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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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