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TERM 2<br />

<strong>NEWS</strong>LETTER 06/18


“Live life to the fullest, and<br />

focus on the positives.”<br />

- Matt Cameron*<br />

I can say without a doubt that the<br />

abovementioned quote echoes what<br />

we have experience at our school<br />

during term 2. The respective heads<br />

will reflect on the great achievements<br />

of our schools and learners over<br />

the past few months later on in the<br />

newsletter. I am extremely grateful for<br />

the role our teachers have played in<br />

the success story of our school.<br />

The PAC (Parent Advisory<br />

Committee) is organising our golf day<br />

for 31 October. The flyer with all the<br />

necessary information is displayed<br />

later on in the newsletter and I urge<br />

all parents to please support us in<br />

raising funds. We are looking forward<br />

to a great day on the golf course.<br />

As part of the communication<br />

and marketing of our school we<br />

are actively involved on social<br />

media. Without investing money in<br />

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MESSAGE FROM THE OFFICE<br />

advertising on billboards<br />

and in newspapers, we<br />

can very easily reach<br />

close to 3 000 people<br />

with one post on social<br />

media. I encourage all<br />

parents and learners<br />

to follow us on social<br />

media and to spread the<br />

good news about our<br />

wonderful school and its<br />

people (Facebook: Curro<br />

Roodeplaat Independent<br />

School; Instagram: @<br />

curroroodeplaat; Twitter:<br />

@CurroRoodies).<br />

We have collected a<br />

lot of school clothes in<br />

our “lost and found”. In<br />

due course, we will give<br />

parents the opportunity<br />

to come and screen<br />

the clothes for missing<br />

items. The remainder of<br />

the clothes will then go<br />

on sale. To help us start<br />

an active second-hand<br />

school uniform business,<br />

I request that you please<br />

send all second-hand<br />

school uniform articles<br />

to school. These can be<br />

handed in at reception of<br />

the different schools.<br />

Bullying is a great<br />

concern for parents and<br />

teachers alike and as<br />

such I am very proud to<br />

announce that we will be<br />

rolling out an anti-bullying<br />

campaign early in term<br />

3. Although bullying<br />

should be a regular<br />

point of discussion at a<br />

school’s managements<br />

meetings, we will focus<br />

specifically in term 3<br />

on this campaign. We<br />

hope that this will assist<br />

a great deal in stamping<br />

out these acts on school<br />

grounds.<br />

The exams are almost<br />

over and I am looking<br />

forward to viewing the<br />

results of the hard work<br />

our teachers and learners<br />

put in. Good luck to our<br />

grade 12s doing winter<br />

school!<br />

I would like to wish<br />

everyone all of the<br />

best during the winter<br />

holidays.<br />

Kind regards<br />

Ferdi Niemand<br />

*American drummer.<br />

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HIGH SCHOOL HAPPENINGS<br />

We are in the<br />

midst of the<br />

exams, a<br />

very stressful time for<br />

any family – uniquely<br />

experienced by all. Our<br />

Grade 8 learners are<br />

writing their first formal<br />

exam with longer papers.<br />

The Grade 9’s need to<br />

indicate, with their results,<br />

which subjects they are<br />

inclined towards for future<br />

choices. Our Grade 10’s<br />

have lots more work<br />

but fewer subjects and<br />

have to ask themselves<br />

if their subject choices<br />

were correct. The Grade<br />

11’s need top marks to<br />

apply to the university of<br />

their choice. Finally, the<br />

flagship - our Grade 12’s.<br />

Need I say more? A busy<br />

learner is a planner, so,<br />

don’t shift the blame if the<br />

time wasn’t spent in front<br />

of the books. Be that as<br />

it may, a lot was learnt<br />

during the first half of<br />

the year and after a wellearned<br />

rest, we will have<br />

done reflection on the<br />

past and devise a plan on<br />

the way forward.<br />

On the day before<br />

school starts, all staff<br />

will attend training as we<br />

do before every term.<br />

The afternoon of the first<br />

school day, we as the<br />

staff will have academic<br />

meetings per grade. If<br />

need be, you and your<br />

child will be invited to a<br />

panel discussion during<br />

that week where the<br />

relevant staff teaching<br />

your child will attend,<br />

and we will make<br />

plans going forward.<br />

Difficult decisions will<br />

have to be made after<br />

this term. Wanting to<br />

become a doctor or<br />

CA is great, but getting<br />

the grades is another<br />

thing. Intentions must<br />

be backed up by good<br />

grades. I am not the killer<br />

of dreams, but we must<br />

be realistic. Postponing<br />

these decisions has a<br />

ripple effect, for instance,<br />

subject changes will take<br />

place and starting a new<br />

subject, sooner rather<br />

than later, is a no-brainer.<br />

During Coffee@<br />

Roodeplaat with our<br />

Executive Head and<br />

about 80 of our parents,<br />

the concern was raised<br />

that manners, conduct,<br />

discipline and uniform<br />

at the high school are<br />

not up to standard. I<br />

ask of you to take my<br />

hand in addressing<br />

these issues. You are<br />

my first line of defence,<br />

because some learners<br />

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leave their homes in the<br />

morning with white socks,<br />

unshaven and without<br />

having done home work.<br />

If only we at school fight<br />

the fight, we will all lose.<br />

On stage, we were<br />

truly blessed with<br />

performances from ATKV,<br />

Curro Create, and the<br />

Pretoria Eisteddfod. But,<br />

the cherry on top is the<br />

fact that the choir and our<br />

drama group auditioned<br />

and were selected to<br />

participate at the State<br />

Theatre in the Tshwane<br />

Youth Arts Festival. All of<br />

this will culminate in the<br />

pantomime performance<br />

later this year.<br />

On the astro, our 1st<br />

team boys and the u.16<br />

girls were crowned<br />

as the victors in their<br />

respective leagues.<br />

The 1st team boys did<br />

not have a goal scored<br />

against them during the<br />

league and scored 47<br />

goals themselves. What<br />

a distinction! Netball was<br />

not going to be left out<br />

and the u.15s also won<br />

their league. The rugby<br />

boys were not going to<br />

be out done as the u.14s<br />

and u.16s are all playing<br />

in the finals.<br />

Although we have<br />

mentioned their names<br />

in congratulations, this<br />

time, is to wish them<br />

well for their respective<br />

tournaments:<br />

Abigail Welch<br />

Gauteng u/14 netball<br />

National Tournament<br />

Boipelo Moloisane<br />

u/15 hockey National<br />

Tournament<br />

Liam Whitehead<br />

Gauteng rugby team<br />

touring to Italy<br />

Bonolo Mane<br />

u/18 rugby Rooikatte<br />

Johan Albasini<br />

u/18 rugby Rooikatte<br />

We will say goodbye to<br />

one of our staff members<br />

Ms Reana Le Roux at the<br />

end of term, she helped<br />

us out in a time of great<br />

need and we were truly<br />

blessed to have her teach<br />

here.<br />

All the best to the<br />

matric staff that will host<br />

winter school during the<br />

holidays. I hope that you<br />

reach your goals.<br />

A big word of thanks to all<br />

our staff from class room<br />

to ground staff for a job<br />

well done.<br />

Please spend time during<br />

this holidays with your<br />

loved ones.<br />

We truly appreciate your<br />

support and we wish you<br />

well.<br />

Keep on asking: WHY?<br />

Pieter van Wyk<br />

Head: High School<br />

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HIGH SCHOOL<br />

SPORT<br />

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GIRLS HOCKEY<br />

From the previous newsletter until now, the girls’ hockey played three games.<br />

Our first game was against Loreto Convent. The first team won 2-0 and the u/16<br />

won 1-0. The second match was against Christ Church, where the first team and<br />

the u/16s won again with a score of 2-1 and 3-0 respectively. Our last match for the<br />

league was against Curro Thatchfield, where both teams once again showed what<br />

they were made of by winning their final matches convincingly.<br />

We came to the end of the league with a group of girls who showed us again and<br />

again that hard work pays off. The first team finished second in their league and<br />

the 0/16 team finished first. This means that the season is still far from over for the<br />

u/16s.<br />

The u/16’s progress into the play-off rounds for the Noordvaal trophy. Their first<br />

game will take place on 21 July <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

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BOYS HOCKEY<br />

Boys Hockey vs Eduplex – 16 May<br />

<strong>2018</strong> (Away)<br />

As the fourth round of the league<br />

started, Curro Roodeplaat was set to<br />

face Eduplex for the first away game<br />

of the season.<br />

Point for this game were given to<br />

Curro Roodeplaat as Eduplex used<br />

senior players in the team. The juniors<br />

stood their ground against a side that<br />

outmatched them. The first half came<br />

to a close with the scores level at 1-1<br />

and the second half produces one<br />

goal, which ended the game 1-2 for<br />

Eduplex.<br />

The seniors played on grass during<br />

the pre-season tour as preparation<br />

for the upcoming league games. This<br />

game was what they were preparing<br />

for to determine if the tour was<br />

successful. The game started sloppily<br />

as the transition from playing on astro<br />

to playing on grass is not that simple.<br />

After almost 10 minutes into the game,<br />

Thato Matlaila scored and broke the<br />

tension. The first half produced 3<br />

more goals for Curro Roodeplaat and<br />

a further 4 goals in the second half,<br />

and with that, our first away victory of<br />

the season ended 0-8 in the favour of<br />

Curro Roodeplaat.<br />

Boys Hockey vs AHS – 23 May <strong>2018</strong><br />

(Home)<br />

Round 5 of the boys hockey league<br />

saw Curro Roodeplaat facing Affies on<br />

Roodeplaat’s home ground. Judging<br />

by the season’s results, this was going<br />

to be a tough game for the juniors.<br />

Affies scored first and added another<br />

goal in the first half to have a 0-2<br />

advantage at half time. Roodeplaat<br />

came back with one goal in the second<br />

half but unfortunately, the game ended<br />

with 1-2 which was the first loss for the<br />

juniors in the season.<br />

After a mistake from Affies, the senior<br />

team scored their first goal in less than<br />

a minute after the game started. The<br />

ball found the back of the goal another<br />

four times in the first half and the team<br />

added four more goals in the second<br />

half to end the match 9-0 for the home<br />

side.<br />

Boys Hockey vs Maragon – 30 May<br />

<strong>2018</strong> (Home)<br />

The result of this game determined<br />

if the junior team would be going to<br />

playoffs or not. The pressure was on<br />

as they had to win, or this would be<br />

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the last game of the season. The first<br />

half ended with a narrow margin, with<br />

Roodeplaat in front with just one goal.<br />

But, the second half tells a completely<br />

different story, as Roodeplaat scored<br />

an additional 3 goals to secure their<br />

place in the playoffs.<br />

This season was the first time<br />

Maragon played in the hockey league.<br />

As there was no history to fall back<br />

on, we had no idea what to expect.<br />

The game started with Roodeplaat<br />

attacking wave after wave and<br />

converting when needed. This was the<br />

first double digit win in the history of<br />

the school. Roodeplaat won 11-0, and<br />

secured their place in the playoffs.<br />

used as preparations for the playoff<br />

rounds to follow.<br />

The senior team started the first half<br />

well when they score from a short<br />

corner in the 3rd minute. The rest of<br />

the half was an enormous defensive<br />

effort from Overkruin to keep out the<br />

goals. The second half produced some<br />

of the best goals of the season, as<br />

Roodeplaat scored seven goals to take<br />

the game and make it a successful<br />

day of hockey with an 8-0 victory.<br />

Boys Hockey vs Hoërskool<br />

Overkruin – 1 June <strong>2018</strong> (Home)<br />

This fixture would be a first for<br />

Roodeplaat against such a big<br />

school with years of sporting history.<br />

Overkruin has a total of 3 teams going<br />

through to the Noordvaal hockey<br />

playoff rounds, which had our nerves<br />

running wild before the game.<br />

The juniors scored one goal in the<br />

first half and played their hearts out<br />

to score another three goals in the<br />

second half. This game was a friendly<br />

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NETBALL<br />

<strong>2018</strong> was yet another successful netball season<br />

for Curro Roodeplaat. Not only did we have four<br />

complement of teams, but also performed extremely<br />

well in all age groups within our league.<br />

We are very proud to announce that our under 15<br />

team won the D1 league (the second year in a row)<br />

and played at the play-offs on 31 May. Although they<br />

lost their match, the players played their hearts out<br />

and enjoyed the play-offs thoroughly. Congratulations<br />

on your achievements!<br />

Thank you to each player who made the netball season<br />

such a wonderful and successful season.<br />

Netball results:<br />

u/14 u/15 u/16 1st team<br />

16 May<br />

Cultura H/S<br />

Win<br />

23-8<br />

Win<br />

28-2<br />

Win<br />

10-8<br />

Win<br />

38-4<br />

17 May<br />

Tygervalley College<br />

Win<br />

31-2<br />

Win<br />

44-0<br />

Lost<br />

11-17<br />

Win<br />

32-15<br />

23 May<br />

Erasmus H/S<br />

Lost<br />

14-10<br />

Win<br />

23-9<br />

Lost<br />

14-12<br />

Lost<br />

30-15<br />

24 May<br />

Maragon Mooikloof<br />

Win<br />

22-5<br />

Win<br />

35-1<br />

Win<br />

16-4<br />

Win<br />

25-13<br />

25 May<br />

CR Swart H/S<br />

Win<br />

17-12<br />

Win<br />

30-10<br />

Win<br />

18-2<br />

Win<br />

45-8<br />

1 June<br />

Silverton H/S<br />

Win<br />

25-1<br />

Win<br />

25-1<br />

Win<br />

11-4<br />

Win<br />

25-22<br />

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EQUESTRIAN<br />

Congratulations to Marike Hillocks who participated in the fourth qualifier round of<br />

Sanesa that took place on 9 and 10 June.<br />

She achieved a third place in her discipline.<br />

RUGBY<br />

The end of the high school rugby league has arrived and we can proudly say that<br />

we performed above expectations. All 4 of our teams qualified for the play-offs that<br />

started on 5 June. It was however decided to only continue with our u/14, u/15 and<br />

u/17 team in the play-offs. Both the u/14 and u/15 teams won their semi-finals and<br />

will be playing in the final for their respective age groups. The u/17 team will be<br />

playing in the semi-final on 14 June.<br />

The league results look as follows:<br />

u/14 u/15 u/16 1st team<br />

18 May<br />

Lyttleton Manor<br />

No match<br />

Lost<br />

12 - 15<br />

Lost<br />

31-5<br />

Win<br />

17 - 13<br />

25 May<br />

CR Swart<br />

Won<br />

76 - 0<br />

Won<br />

60 - 12<br />

CR Swart<br />

send points<br />

Win<br />

26 - 22<br />

1 June<br />

Silverton<br />

Win<br />

27 - 26<br />

Win<br />

50 - 0<br />

Canceled<br />

Lost<br />

7 - 12<br />

5 June<br />

SEMI FINAL<br />

Maragon / VTH<br />

Win<br />

38 - 0<br />

Win<br />

24 - 17<br />

TSHWANE CHESS TOURNAMENT FINALS (District 1)<br />

The annual Tshwane District 1 Tournament took place at Du Preez Van Wyk Primary<br />

School on 19 May <strong>2018</strong>. More than 20 schools were represented by sending their<br />

7 best chess players to take part in the tournament in every age group. Different to<br />

previous years, players were announced individually instead of in teams.<br />

After 8 gruelling hours, Roodeplaat’s u/15 team delivered two top players. Gerhardt<br />

Behrens ranked 2nd, and David Wang ranked 5th in the top 10 players in the district.<br />

Velile Makgosi also ranked 8th in the u/13 team.<br />

Only the top 7 district players progressed to the Gauteng North individual<br />

championships. This will take place in the Amfisaal, at the Voortrekkermonument<br />

heritage site on 26 May <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

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HIGH SCHOOL CULTURE<br />

Pretoria Eisteddfod broadens horizons!<br />

The Eisteddfod Art Festival creates a<br />

platform where learners can celebrate<br />

their love for music, poetry, drama and<br />

creative arts. Recognition is given to<br />

outstanding work and learners receive<br />

positive feedback from adjudicators,<br />

which they can use to broaden their<br />

horizons.<br />

Various learners from Curro Roodeplaat<br />

took part in the Pretoria Eisteddfod. The<br />

Eisteddfod is hosted from May <strong>2018</strong> to<br />

August <strong>2018</strong>. The categories learners<br />

participated in include monologues,<br />

poetry, prose in English as well as<br />

Afrikaans, original work in poetry as<br />

well as individual songs.<br />

The fine arts category will be adjudicated<br />

in August.<br />

Various learners participated in the<br />

arts festival for the first time and in<br />

spite of initial stage fright, fully enjoyed<br />

themselves.<br />

The learners achieved the following<br />

awards:<br />

1. Chantal van Rooyen: (Gr 12)<br />

English prose speaking: B<br />

English sight reading: A<br />

Afrikaans poetry sight reading: A<br />

2. Abigail Strachan: (Gr 12)<br />

English prose speaking: A+<br />

English sight reading: A+<br />

3. Lulama Sithole: (Gr 12)<br />

English verse speaking: A<br />

English vocal light music: A++<br />

4. Nirel Sithole: (Gr 11)<br />

English verse speaking A<br />

English original work: A+<br />

5. Khanya Tshobeni: (Gr 11)<br />

English vocal light music: B<br />

6. Mbali Kgwedi: (Gr 11)<br />

English verse speaking: B+<br />

7. Reithumetse Manyika: (Gr 10)<br />

English verse speaking: A++<br />

8. Kenzo de Bruyn: (Gr 10)<br />

Afrikaans poetry: A+<br />

9. Henro Heyl: (Gr 9)<br />

Afrikaans dramatic prose<br />

speaking: A++<br />

Afrikaans dramatic poetry: A+<br />

Afrikaans variety concert: A+<br />

10: Moya Lovell: (Gr 9)<br />

Vocal light music: A+<br />

11. Katrinika Karuiki: (Gr 9)<br />

English dramatic monologue: A<br />

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Congratulations to the above-mentioned learners! Keep on building on this<br />

foundation in the future. Good luck to those learners who still have to participate.<br />

Break a leg!<br />

Furthermore, on the cultural front, we are very proud to mention that Moya Lovell<br />

finished third in the First Additional Language section during the semi-final round of<br />

the ATKV Redenaars.<br />

Our choir, as well as our Breyten and Blake drama group, was chosen to participate<br />

in the Tswane Youth Arts Festival during August.<br />

Keep watching this space for more achievements and information.<br />

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HIGH SCHOOL<br />

IMPORTANT DATES<br />

15 June Youth Day celebrations (Victor Vermeulen talk) HS hall<br />

22 June School closes<br />

25 June Winter school starts<br />

Date Time Subject Time Subject<br />

25 June 08:00 – 11:30<br />

26 June 08:00 – 11:30<br />

27 June 08:00 – 11:30<br />

28 June 08:00 – 11:30<br />

29 June 08:00 – 11:30<br />

Maths (Afr)<br />

Physics (Eng)<br />

Maths (Eng)<br />

Physics (Afr)<br />

Maths (Eng)<br />

Physics (Afr)<br />

Maths (Eng)<br />

Physics (Afr)<br />

Maths (Eng)<br />

Physics (Afr)<br />

12:00 – 15:30 Accounting<br />

12:00 – 15:30 Accounting<br />

12:00 – 15:30 Life Sciences<br />

12:00 – 15:30 CAT<br />

12:00 – 15:30<br />

Maths (Eng)<br />

Physics (Afr)<br />

29 June Winter school ends<br />

17 July School opens<br />

19 July Reports handed out<br />

23 July Parents evening<br />

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THE PRIMARY SCENE<br />

I<br />

sometimes visit the<br />

grade1-3 learners in<br />

the quad area during<br />

their breaks and time<br />

after time I am pleasantly<br />

surprised by their sincerity<br />

and friendliness. Cheerful<br />

the little ones will come<br />

running to say hallo or<br />

just to spoil me with a<br />

hug. And I experience it…<br />

our Roodies are happy<br />

learners!<br />

The term was filled with<br />

activities and had many<br />

highlights. We think of<br />

the Roodie learners that<br />

excelled at the Pretoria<br />

Eisteddfod (see article<br />

under culture). Then<br />

there was the class music<br />

evening where learners<br />

blew us away with their<br />

musical talents. Young<br />

orators surprised us with<br />

their convincing abilities<br />

and tongue-in-the-cheek<br />

sayings. We end this term<br />

with an exam which has<br />

been studied hard for.<br />

Thank you to every coach,<br />

player and parent for a<br />

season’s commitment<br />

towards the netball and<br />

rugby activities. This also<br />

includes the mini-netball<br />

and “bulletjie rugby”.<br />

We are super proud of<br />

our u11 and u13 rugby<br />

teams who were crowned<br />

winners of their leagues!<br />

Thank you to the cross<br />

country coaches and<br />

athletes for their hard<br />

work this term as well.<br />

Congratulations to<br />

Armand Vivier and Mr<br />

Glen Attwell who both<br />

received North Gauteng<br />

colours and qualified<br />

for the inter-provincial<br />

meeting at Zeerust.<br />

Congratulations to<br />

teachers Sanet Myburgh<br />

and Janique Smuts and<br />

their junior choir on their<br />

selection to take part in<br />

the Tshwane Youth Arts<br />

Festival during August.<br />

Please ensure that all<br />

the items of your child’s<br />

school uniform are clearly<br />

marked. This will assist in<br />

ensuring that the learners<br />

receive back their lost<br />

clothing. Please also read<br />

Mr Niemand’s paragraph<br />

regarding our “lost and<br />

found”.<br />

In conclusion I would<br />

like to emphasise the<br />

importance of school<br />

attendance. Please<br />

do not keep your child<br />

home unnecessarily<br />

and communicate<br />

absenteeism with the<br />

register educator.<br />

Appointments need to be<br />

scheduled after school<br />

hours.<br />

I wish you and your family<br />

an enjoyable winter<br />

holiday. Drive safely and<br />

see you on Tuesday, 17<br />

July when the school reopens<br />

again.<br />

Alta Theunissen<br />

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“I feel the capacity to care<br />

is the thing which gives life<br />

its deepest significance ”<br />

– Pablo Casals<br />

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PRIMARY SCHOOL<br />

SPORT<br />

RUGBY<br />

The results of the last league matches are as follow:<br />

17 May<br />

Laerskool Derdepoort<br />

24 May<br />

Laerskool Kameelfontein<br />

31 May<br />

Curro Thatchfield<br />

u.9 u.11 u.13<br />

Derdepoort<br />

send points<br />

Lost<br />

0 – 42<br />

Lost<br />

0 – 12<br />

Won<br />

59 – 0<br />

Won<br />

26 – 25<br />

Won<br />

7 – 0<br />

Won<br />

36 – 29<br />

Won<br />

32 – 12<br />

Won<br />

19 – 10<br />

We are very proud of our u.11 and u.13 teams who are winners of their league.<br />

LOFTUS BULLETJIE RUGBY DAY<br />

It was a very cold morning at Loftus Versfeld, but Curro Roodeplaat’s bulletjies were<br />

warmed-up and ready for action. We enjoyed the day tremendously and played lovely<br />

bulletjie rugby. A special word of thanks to our coaches and parents for your help and<br />

support throughout the season.<br />

NETBALL<br />

We stand at the end of our netball season. All the girls worked very hard and we are<br />

very proud of them. Unfortunately, none of our teams are league winners, but we do<br />

have positive feedback and we will sets higher goals for 2019. Thank you to all the<br />

girls, parents, coaches and umpires for their hard work and dedication throughout this<br />

netball season.<br />

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EQUESTRIAN<br />

The Curro Equestrian team<br />

participated in the fourth<br />

qualifier round of Sanesa<br />

over the weekend of 9 and<br />

10 June . Our riders did extremely<br />

well in their respective<br />

classes.<br />

Congratulations to the following<br />

riders:<br />

Rashelle Duarte and Picasso<br />

for three first places and a<br />

second place.<br />

Haylee Duarte and Kingsdale<br />

for two first places, a second<br />

place, a fourth place and a<br />

fifth place.<br />

Shakeira Lee Davey and<br />

Sticky Toffee for a first, a<br />

fourth and a fifth place.<br />

Sulize Hillocks and Sticky<br />

Toffee for a first, a second<br />

and a fifth place.<br />

Our deepest condolences to<br />

Rashelle and Haylee for the<br />

passing of their trainer, Maxine<br />

on Sunday, 10 June on<br />

her way to Sanesa.<br />

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IMPORTANT DATES<br />

21 June Grade R excursion: Bester Birds<br />

22 June School closes @ 10:00 (Reports)<br />

22-25 June u.11 and u13 cricket tour: Camp Discovery<br />

Important dates: Term 3 (first three weeks)<br />

17 July School reopens (07:45)<br />

28 July Equestrian: Gauteng finals<br />

30 July u.9 Cricket: league match<br />

31 July u.13 Cricket: league match<br />

2 August u.11 Cricket: league match<br />

4 August Hockey: boys and girls<br />

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PRIMARY SCHOOL<br />

CULTURE<br />

Participation in cultural activities and festivals continues at a rate of knots this term.<br />

Learners have taken part in a variety of activities, such as the Pretoria Eisteddfod, the Curro<br />

STEAM(D) art competition and the Tshwane Youth Arts Festival auditions. Congratulations<br />

to the following learners on their excellent results at the Pretoria Eisteddfod:<br />

Foundation Phase:<br />

1. Katekile Chauke: English Drama – Grade 3 Own choice A++<br />

2. Milla van Eeden: Afrikaanse drama poësie – Graad 1 A<br />

3. CharlLouis van Rensburg: Afrikaanse drama poësie – Graad 1 A+<br />

4. MacKenzie Main: Afrikaanse drama poësie – Graad 1 A+<br />

5. Lisa Grobbelaar: Popular music instrument – Piano own choice – A++<br />

Intersen Phase:<br />

1. Aiden Varghese: English Drama – Grade 4 Sight Reading A+<br />

English Drama – Grade 4 Verse Speaking: Own choice A++<br />

2. Jorja Jacob: English Drama – Grade 4 Verse Speaking: Own choice A+<br />

3. Nika Rakesh: English Drama – Grade 4 Verse Speaking: Own choice A+<br />

English Drama – Grade 4 Sight Reading A++ as well as the<br />

Category Winner<br />

4. Mathokoe Theledi: English Drama – Grade 4 Verse speaking: Own choice A<br />

5. Myralene Fourie: English Drama - non-English speakers Grade 6 – 7 A+<br />

6. Enya Pretorius: Junior Klavier, Impressionisties & Modern: Voorgraads B<br />

7. Inacio Marques: Junior Piano, Impressionistic & Modern: Grade 1 A<br />

8. Dané Mouton: Junior Klavier, Impressionisties & Modern: Graad 1 A+<br />

9. Neo Robertson: Junior Piano, Impressionistic & Modern: Grade 2 A<br />

Junior Piano, Jazz: Grade 2 A<br />

Junior Piano, Classical: Grade 2 A<br />

10. Phumelele Khumalo: Popular Music Instrumental Piano: Pre-Fifties/Oldies : 10<br />

and under: B+<br />

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11. Kristen Barry: Afrikaanse Drama Skole Poësie (niemoedertaalsprekers)<br />

Graad 4 A++<br />

12. Riani Pretorius: Vokaal Laerskool (Junior): Gewyde/Gospel Lied:<br />

Graad 5 A<br />

Vokaal Laerskool (Junior): SA Komposisie: Graad 5 A<br />

Vokaal Laerskool (Junior): Afrikaanse Lied: Graad 5 B+<br />

13. Anton Ben Biehler: Afrikaanse Drama – Graad 5 Gedramatiseerde Prosa A++<br />

English Drama – Grade 4-5 Verse speaking: non-English<br />

speakers A++ as well as the overall Category Winner<br />

A special word of congratulations to Anton Ben Biehler and Nika Rakesh. To be a category<br />

winner at the Pretoria Eisteddfod takes significant effort and practice. It is a special honour!<br />

This long list of results makes us proud of every learner and their hard work. Well done!<br />

We look forward to more good results.<br />

Congratulations to the Junior choir, High school choir and High school drama group who<br />

all took part in the Tshwane Youth Arts Festival auditions and will be performing at the<br />

festival in August. We look forward to an inspiring performance from you all!<br />

Thank you to each parent and learner’s contribution to culture. We appreciate everyone’s<br />

effort. Without you, none of these excellent results would be possible. Term 3 promises to<br />

be just as exciting and successful and we eagerly anticipate what lies ahead.<br />

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CURRO CASTLE<br />

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Here we are at the<br />

end of yet another<br />

term. We’ve<br />

experienced so many<br />

adventures, learned and<br />

discovered new things and<br />

played with our friends.<br />

In these last three weeks<br />

our progress reports are<br />

being done, we finish off<br />

our hard work and then<br />

it’s holiday. We’ve also<br />

worked on a surprise for<br />

daddy on Father’s day<br />

and we have a pyjama<br />

day with a movie to look<br />

forward to. Have a look at<br />

our photos to see just how<br />

much we have been spoilt<br />

by Sable Hills Kwikspar<br />

with our shopping spree<br />

there. You will also see<br />

our Group 5 friends who<br />

went to Kameeldrift police<br />

station to say thank you for<br />

all their hard work.<br />

We would like to thank<br />

both mommy Gertbrecht<br />

(Ankeli in the Bee class)<br />

who gave us the three<br />

Cycads at the entrance of<br />

our school and mommy<br />

Monique (Jaéndre, who<br />

is also in the Bee class)<br />

who organised the pretty<br />

painted wooden words<br />

displayed in our foyer.<br />

We would also like to<br />

say a heartfelt thank you<br />

to each and every one<br />

of you as parents for<br />

your contributions, care<br />

and love this term. We<br />

appreciate you!<br />

We wish you all a lovely,<br />

snug winter holiday.<br />

Warmest regards,<br />

Castle staff<br />

IMPORTANT DATES<br />

17 June: Father’s day<br />

21 June: PJ’s and movie day<br />

22 June: School closes @ 10:00<br />

17 July: School re-opens<br />

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CURRO CASTLE GALLERY<br />

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CONTACT<br />

DETAILS<br />

General Reception:<br />

087 287 2586<br />

adminr@curro.co.za<br />

Castle Reception:<br />

087 287 2586<br />

veronica.r@curro.co.za<br />

Primary School Reception:<br />

087 287 2586<br />

Charmaine.r1@curro.co.za<br />

Rose.m6@curro.co.za<br />

High School Reception:<br />

087 086 4544<br />

Joelene.p01@curro.co.za<br />

Sport:<br />

Jacques van der Merwe<br />

jacques.v1@curro.co.za<br />

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