PTA Ladies' High Tea a Great Success

A little over eighty ladies gathered for a beautiful morning of high tea, gifts, entertainment and inspiration to raise funds for breast cancer research. Each table was beautifully decorated and catered for by a special lady.

A stunning dress made from printed pages by Charis McKeever graced the entrance together with a collection of bras to be donated to charity.

    

The speakers were Alison Dupen, a breast cancer survivor, who cheerfully faced a barrage of personal and practical questions, and Kona Brown, winner of Mrs United Nations International in 2012, who encouraged us as women to enjoy deeper relationships with each other in order to become true friends, the kind that God intended us to be, and to be less busy being busy.

Kona Brown, Katherine Bird, Nadine van Staden and Debbie McGowan 

 

Alison Dupen

  

Join us for tea

THE RACE IS ON! INTERNATIONAL DECOR FOR THE DERBY

Grade R - Brazil

Grade 1 - France

Grade 2 - Japan

Grade 3- India

Grade 4- England

Christmas Shoe Box

We are now collecting for our Christmas Shoe Boxes. They will go out this year to 80 Nursery School children. We will be collecting different things each week for these boxes

28th Oct –1st Nov : Bar of Soap (Children)
4th Nov—8th Nov : Face Cloth
11th Nov—15th Nov : Toothbrush (Children )
18th Nov –22nd Nov : Toothpaste (Children)
25th Nov—29th Nov : Jar of Vaseline.
Any Time: New Tennis balls (good quality) soft toys (if second hand they must please be washed and brushed) They need to fit into a shoe box.

Please leave items with Mrs Mc Birnie, Mrs Norel or Karen Castle at Aftercare.

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.

PTA Fundraising

This year the PTA has pledged to raise funds for a new school bus. ALL money raised will go towards our new school bus. If you have contacts in the vehicle industry, please speak to Tessa, our PTA chairlady. We are looking for the best quote possible.

Other ways to help are:

SUPPORTERS SHIRTS
Order your supporter shirts from Tessa. We have lots of stock still. Only R150 each. Fill in the slip found in the newsletter, then put the slip with money in the PTA post box in the 2nd hand shop and your order will be delivered to your class.

FAIRLANDS SPAR FUNRAISING
Fairlands SPAR – Smit street, have joined with NWCS to raise funds for our school. It is SO simple for ALL parents to help raise money. If you shop at Fairlands SPAR please write the school name on the back of your till slip and post it in the Box at the Entrance marked NWCS. Each month SPAR will give back 2% of all spending to our school. This money will go towards the bus.

SPORTSAVERS RANDBURG
Sportwavers are helping NWCS raise funds for sports equipment!

Don’t pay more for sports equipment! Pop in to Sportsavers in Fontainebleau Village (Rabie Street - Randburg) and get up to 50% off big brand sports gear. We carry a wide variety of genuine stock items from most major brands at unbelievable prices.

For Big Brands @ Small Prices call 011 0262011 or check out www.sportsavers.co.za

Shop at Sportsavers Randburg and get 5% loyalty discount when you pay at the till. Just mention that you are from NWCS and they will donate 2.5% back to the school that we can use to purchase sports equipment!

Help us to help our children.... get busy raising much needed extra funds.

Agapanthus day sale

Every year we have a sale for Agapanthus Day (our version of Valentine's day).... so bring your money and come and help us raise funds towards the Grade 7 farewell at the end of the year.

There will be a variety of goodies on sales for everyone's tastes... prices range from R2 to R50 an item.

Sale dates: Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th February

Agapanthus Day: Thursday 14th February

Outreach Sale

On Friday 26 October 2012 there will be a R5 sale.... bring your pocket money and come and help the Outreach team raise money to help some underprivileged children in Limpopo.

There will be all sorts on sale... yummy things to eat and cool things to make.  All it takes is R5.

Soap Box Derby - photo feast

Wow wow wow did we have fun today at the Soap Box Derby, or what?  It was a fun-filled day with lots of laughs, team spirit, cheering and winners.


Keeping things on track all day, was Paul Elliot...

A big well done goes to Tessa Elliot, PTA Chairlady.  She did an amazing job coordinating everything.  Well done to all the class parents too.

Welcoming faces selling tickets....thanks to Sinead and Deana Smith

Once all the races were over this was part of the crowd congregating for the prize giving.

And if there was not enough to do, the India classes provided a few crafts for the kids to try their hands at.

Each grade operated a food stall in keeping with their country theme:

China

Italy

Portugal

Germany

India

Mexico

USA

France

Now on to the classes all ready to race:

Grade RE

Grade RR

Grade RV

Grade 1H

Grade 1M

Grade 1S

Grade 2B

Grade 2O

Grade 2W

Grade 3B

Grade 3M

Grade 3R

Grade 4B

Grade 4H

Grade 4L

Grade 5B

Grade 5M

Grade 5O

Grade 6M

Grade 6S

Grade 7O

Halfway through the races was one of the highlights... the parent/teacher race.

Parents

Teachers

The results and all the winners will be posted once collated.