Go Karting - action shots

Want to see more pics from our Go Karting?  Well you're at the right post.

The floating trophy lap winning classes

Some of the prize winners

Grade Rs and Grade 4s having fun

Watch them go.... round and round

Go Australia aka Grade 6

Did you know our teachers were such good sports?

Some of the amazing parents having a turn around the track

The brave (and crazy!) Grade 7s

The final racers - Grade 3s

Food stalls from each grade

Thanks goes to Liz Manchest Photography for these awesome shots.

GoKarting - class pics and winners

Wow I'm sure all feel the same... our Go Karting day was a huge SUCCESS and LOADS of FUN!!!!  Just look at all our fantastic classes ready to race.

Floating Trophies are awarded to the Lap Winners in each grade.  This year's winners are:

Grade RR

Grade 1E

Grade 2W

Grade 3B

Grade 4L

Grade 5M

Grade 6M and 6S

Grade 7B

There was lots of excitement too for the Parents vs Teachers race... just look at them all waiting to start.

After all the fun, we got down to business and drew all the raffle winners.

Prize	Form	Grade	Number	Winner
2 x DVD set	Ethan Govender	1E	7	Cheryl
2 x DVD set	Unathi Masondo	1M	5	Unathi
2 x DVD set	James Logan	1M	8	Debby
2 x DVD set	Livaren Rajoo	2W	1	Thanesha
2 x DVD set	Damien Breckenridge	4H	3	A Breckenridge
2 x DVD set	Nathan Beyer	6M	8	Tracy
2 x DVD set	Tymon Minaar	6T	5	Tymon
2 x DVD set	Alex Stuart	7B	2	Alex
Africa Shirt	Cassidy Poulsen	4	9	Wayne
Berri Beetle Jewellery	Benji Shipster	6T	7	J Willets
Bucky Balls	Yuvan Jagan	3B	8	Yuvan
Bucky Balls	Ofentse	3R	2	Mpho
Bucky Balls	Jaxmyn Shanmugan	4H	3	Sheryll
Bucky Balls	Thomas Beyer	5S	3	Thomas Beyer
Bucky Balls	Reese Lewis	RR	4	Charles
Bucky Balls	Hannah Rundle	RV	5	Matthew
Casa do Sol weekend away	Michael Rens	1E	3	Eileen Rens
Charity Hamper	Jayden Camacho	1E	7	Josephine
Cricket Bat	Talia Dayani	RH	6	Talia
Double Movie Tickets	Shahin Khazdoz	2W	4	Marges
Double Movie Tickets	Thomas Beyer	5S	3	Thomas Beyer
Electric Robot	Kevin Smith	3M	2	Rob
Facial voucher	Xavier Saunderson	5B	7	Suria
Flea Market Gift	Joshua Frerk	1H	5	Helen Cloete
Flying Saucer	Dayna	4L	6	Mike
Glasses case by Heather	Jordan Skolmen	5M	8	Brett S
Marys Voucher	Dayna	4L	4	Mike
Nail Voucher	Anu	20	5	Joyce
NWCS Flash Drive	Shylo Lothian	1M	6	Jan v Niekerk
Plaka Voucher	Nishcol Mahadeo	6T	4	Sunita
Weekend in the bush for 8	Mbasa Singanzo	1M	2	Noma

Congrats to all the kids for selling sooooooooooooo many raffle forms. The pupils who raised the most money in each grade were also acknowledged.
The prizes received were:
1st - iPod Shuffle and Headphones
2nd - Double Movie tickets

Grade R 1st: Aiden McKeever 2nd: Reese Lewis
Grade 1 1st: Peter Beyer 2nd: Ethan Govender
Grade 2 1st: Ethan Blythe 2nd: Johan Prior
Grade 3 1st: Yuvan Jagan 2nd: Jordan Trollope
Grade 4 1st: Gabi van Staaden 2nd: Chichi Anugo
Grade 5 1st: Thomas Beyer 2nd: Michael Shi
Grade 6 1st: Nathan Beyer 2nd: Kirsten Beyer
Grade 7 1st: Jordan Crowder 2nd: Dylan Roux-Kruger

 At last count we had raised over R60 000 towards our school bus fund.

Are you ready to go Go Karting?

Well done everyone on getting in the raffle forms.... to date we have raised over R46000.... keep it coming.

Saturday 8th June is just around the corner

The Grades will race as follows on the day (this time includes a time for the parade):

09:00 – 09:35                      Grade R and Grade 4

09:45 – 10:20                      Grade 1 and Grade 5

10:30 – 11:05                      Grade 2 and Grade 6

11:15 – 11:35                      TEACHERS and PARENTS Race

11:45 – 12:20                      Grade 3 and Grade 7

Grade 0-3 will be on TRACK 1 and Grade 4-7 will be on TRACK 2

PRIZE GIVING:

This will take place at 13:00. We will do ALL prize winners at this time, including ALL raffle draws as well as the floating trophy awarded to the winning class from each grade for most laps.

RULES FOR THE DAY:

1.       PLEASE we urge everyone to attend on the day, but if you are unable to make your race for the day PLEASE let your teacher know ASAP because this will affect your laps.

2.       No cars will be allowed to park inside on the day apart from teachers. Parking will be on Albert, Park and Walter drives. We will have security guards on duty.

3.       NO DOGS will be allowed on the property for the day.

4.       There is NO entry fee. All purchases for the day will be on a ticket system. ONLY THE FLEA MARKET STALLS WILL BE HANDLING CASH. Tickets can be purchased on the day from the information table in denominations of R20, R50 and R100

FOOD

 Each grade will be selling food from around the world on the day. Please come hungry and we will make sure you are WELL FED! A menu (with prices) will be available soon.

New teachers for 2013

Welcome to the new school year. We hope that all the pupils will be happy and settle in to the routine quickly. Good luck with the homework that will be coming your way.

This year we are lucky enough to have three new teachers join our staff

Mrs Husted (Gr R), Mr McNab (PE), Mrs Bodnarchuk (Gr 5)

and just in case you get lost wandering around the school, here is the latest classroom layouts.

 

Soap Box Derby - photos from the races

Here are some action shots from the races.

Grade R

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Grade 6 & 7

Parents

Teachers

If you need copies of any of these photos (or others), just leave a comment with your email address and we will forward them to you.

Congratulations to our teachers

It is with pleasure that we congratulate our teachers who have been recognised for their long service awards. Mrs Liz Bowen (3B) and Mrs Laurette Ostrom (2O) both received certificates (and mugs!) for their 30+ years of service at a NAPTOSA awards ceremony held on 19th May 2012.

Well done and heartfelt thanks from us all.

Welcome to our new teachers

Each year our school is growing in size.  This means that we need a few more teachers each year too.  In 2012 we welcome the following teachers to our school:

Grade 3 - Miss McCormack

Grade 4 - Mrs Lewis

Grade 5 - Miss Olivier

and for Junior PE - Miss Bowen

Welcome to all.  We hope your stay will be a very happy one.

Welcome back

The new school year has started.  We hope that all the pupils are settled into their new classes and have made lots of friends.  Just in case you get lost or need to know where to find the classrooms now that everyone has been shuffled around, herewith the new school layout.

Spring Day with the Grade 0s

Spring arrived and we had the most glorious weather.  The Grade 0s all came out in the most amazing spring hats.

Fun and festive.  Well done to everyone.

Grade R Opposites

Have you ever turned your world upside down and back to front?  Well our Grade 0s did just that in August when they all came to school with their clothes on backwards, inside out or put on in the reverse order.  Some even only had one shoe on!

This is such a novel concept for teaching all about opposites.