NEWS_T3.1-Sep 2018

TERM 3 

NEWSLETTER 09/18

TABLE OF 

CONTENTS 

01 MESSAGE FROM THE OFFICE pg 04 

02 HIGH SCHOOL HAPPENINGS pg 08 

03 HIGH SCHOOL SPORT pg 12 

04 HIGH SCHOOL CULTURE pg 16 

05 HIGH SCHOOL IMPORTANT DATES pg 18 

06 THE PRIMARY SCENE pg 20 

07 PRIMARY SCHOOL SPORT pg 24 

08 PRIMARY SCHOOL CULTURE pg 28 

10 PRIMARY SCHOOL IMPORTANT DATES pg 32 

11 CURRO CASTLE pg 34 

12 IMPORTANT DATES pg 36 

13 CURRO CASTLE GALLERY pg 37 

14 CONTACT DETAILS pg 38

MESSAGE FROM THE OFFICE 

“Be a buddy not a bully.” 

SEPTEMBER 2018 

PROUDLY DESIGNED BY SALES-SQUAD.COM 4

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During the month of September, we are focusing on training and talks 

with our staff and learners as part of our anti-bullying campaign. As 

stakeholders in the education of our children we take pride in this 

campaign. I invite learners and parents to feel free to speak to a staff member 

if you experience acts of bullying, witness acts of bullying or if you are the 

bully yourself and need help. 

Curro introduced tablets and e-learning for the Intermediate, Senior and FET 

Phases in 2014 with mixed success. Most learners and parents embraced 

this new technology; however, there were learners who chose to use hard 

copies, i.e. textbooks. As from 2019, Curro will follow a blended approach, 

combining textbooks and e-books. Parents may now choose if they would 

rather buy hard copy textbooks or continue using e-books. Please note that 

learners will still need devices, as teachers will push content (worksheets, 

notes, etc.) to their devices and will not make hard copies of such work/ 

content for students. In due course, I will send a separate letter in this regard 

outlining the process to all parents and learners. 

I would like to thank all our parents, learners and teachers for your 

commitment and hard work over the past term. We were truly blessed 

with exceptional results and achievements in all areas of school life and 

the respective heads of school will reflect on this in their sections. I would 

especially like to commend the hours and hours of hard work put in by our 

high school learners and staff with our first ever pantomime. This was truly 

a great fun-filled evening of which we can all be very proud. I am grateful to 

each parent and learner that participated in raising funds through our soap 

box day. It was once again a huge success – I can only say THANK YOU! I 




would like to remind all our parents about our golf day, organised by the PAC, 

which is taking place at Pebble Rock on 31 October 2018. Please support this 

initiative. 

Child safety has made headlines in the media over the past few weeks and 

I share the concerns of the community at large regarding how we take care 

of our children. We are constantly monitoring the security at our school and I 

would like to draw your attention to the following important matters: 

• Please report any suspicious behavior by anyone immediately at reception. 

• Take care in making sure your child enters our school grounds safely. 

• If you need to pick up your child from school before the end of the school 

day you need to report to the school’s reception and are not allowed to go 

directly to your child’s register class. 

Congratulations to our newly elected high school prefects. We are privileged 

to have you as the leaders that will take our school to the next level in 2019. 

I wish all our families and teachers well during the coming holiday. May God 

bless you and your loved ones! Our grade 12 staff and learners will do final 

preparations during the spring school in the holiday – good luck, you will reap 

the benefits in the final exams. 

Kind regards 

Ferdi Niemand 



HIGH SCHOOL HAPPENINGS 

Keep on asking WHY? 



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Term 3 is coming to a close in a 

few weeks, but we still have a 

number of exciting events still to 

come into full flower and bear fruit. 

We as a school can thank the Lord 

that we have been blessed. Our 

learners have grown so much and in 

so many ways. When I reflect on the 

prefect presentations and prefect camp 

compared to last year, it appears to 

be from a totally different school. The 

eloquent way that our learners are able 

to get their point across is commendable. 

We have democratically managed to 

select a prefect body that will lead the 

way into 2019, and they definitely have 

my vote. We as the Curro Roodeplaat 

family must now support them all the 

way. Voting by the prefects to select 

who will be leading them is completed 

but will only be announced during the 

inauguration of the whole prefect body. 

Academically, it was an easier term in 

theory due to less stringent assessments 

and should reflect so on the report cards 

that will be handed out on the last day 

of school. Having said that, take into 

account this will only be applicable to 

grades 8-11. Grade 12 is a completely 

different kettle of fish. The Prelim Exam is 

on track and feedback from the learners 

is positive. But yet again, the proof is in 

the pudding and their report cards will 

be handed out after the holidays, since 

they are writing right up until end of term. 

Spring school is scheduled to take place 

during the holiday and learners will work 

on their prelim papers and shortfalls 

even before report cards are handed 

out. That is why this effort by the staff is 

to be embraced. 

Thank you to everybody who attended 

the Grade 9 subject choice info evening. 

Our Grade 10 learners will embark on 

their annual Compass Camp, where 

they get in touch with themselves and 

where each and every one will determine 

there right of way, hence the name of 

the camp. In the same week, our Grade 

8 and 9 learners will go on excursions 

and the Grade 11 learners go on a day 

of job shadowing. 

Many hours of hard work will culminate 

into our first ever pantomime and we 




hope that everybody will attend the show 

of the year. If the success of our choir 

and the drama performance entitled 

Breyten & Blake at the Tshwane Youth 

Arts Festival is something to go by, 

then the pantomime promises to be a 

roaring success and a true celebration of 

culture that is growing in stature at our 

school. During the Eisteddfod Art prize 

giving, Calain Bloys was announced as 

the winner of Grade 10 photography 

category. Mieke Bolhuis won in a number 

of categories and was subsequently 

declared as the overall winner of the 

Pretoria Eisteddfod. 

Soccer (for boys and girls), cricket, cross 

country, mountain biking, chess, indoor 

hockey and golf were the sport activities 

of the term; and to top it all off, a number 

of our boys are currently busy with rugby 

and cricket trials for provincial accolades 

and representation. All of them made us 

proud. The scores and reflections will be 

conveyed in the sports component of the 

newsletter. 

investment in the future - planting a tree. All 

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, the netball 

started, where only the boys could score 

the goals. You can imagine the true talent 

we discovered. Hockey and touch rugby, 

with similar rules, followed this. Then we 

moved on to the Chariots of Fire Relay 

Race. We concluded with the Lenteliedjie 

competition. All the celebrations took 

place in a house competition format. The 

question remains - WHO WON? 

On the last day of school, we have our 

annual Matric Farewell. We want to invite 

the whole community to come and enjoy 

the arrival parade at school, starting at 

17:00 on the red carpet. Come have a 

look at the dresses and cars and wave 

our matrics off to enjoy a memorable 

evening at the secret venue. 

As we go into the final stretch, have a wellearned 

rest to come back rejuvenated to 

conclude 2018 and set the foundation for 

2019. 

Spring Day was truly celebrated this 

year. We started the day by making an 

Pieter van Wyk 

Head: High School 



HIGH SCHOOL 

SPORT 

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GIRLS HOCKEY 

Term three has brought about a new challenge for the hockey girls. The hockey girls 

are playing, for the first time, in an indoor hockey league. The goal of the league is 

to sharpen the girls’ hockey skills and to keep their fitness levels up in preparation 

for next year’s hockey season. 

The first matches took place on the 29 August 2018 at Hatfield Christian School. The 

day started with the junior team who played three games of 20 minutes each. 

The results are as follows: 

• Match 1 - Curro Roodeplaat against Hazeldean (3-1) 

• Match 2 - Curro Roodeplaat against Hatfield Christian School (0-3) 

• Match 3 - Curro Roodeplaat against Crawford College (2-0) 

The seniors had a bye and will start playing their matches in the upcoming week. 

Although the girls were scared at first, they enjoyed every minute of it. 

We wish the girls good luck with their upcoming fixtures. 

SOCCER 

Soccer is still going on strongly at the high school. Our learners have exceeded the 

expectations that we had of them. During this season we came up against stern opposition, 

and still our learners surprised the opponents. 

The u/15 and 1st team played against Hatfield Christian School and Curro Soshanguve 

since the last newsletter was published. The u/15 team won Hatfield Christian 

School 2 – 1 and drew 2 – 2 against Curro Soshanguve. The first team lost 4 – 3 

against Hatfield Christian School and won Curro Soshanguve 4 – 2. 





CRICKET 

Term three has brought about a new challenge for the cricket boys as they moved 

up a league from last year. Our u/15 team as well as the first team have had excellent 

results up to date. 

The u/15 team is currently undefeated. The results for the matches that has already 

been played looks as follow: 

1st team 

Date Opposition Result 

13 Augustus 2018 Cullinan Win by 52 runs 

20 Augustus 2018 Erasmus Lost by 3 wickets 

27 Augustus 2018 Silverton Won by 10 wickets 

3 September 2018 CBC Won by 9 wickets 

u/15 

Date Opposition Result 

16 Augustus 2018 Lyttelton Manor A Won by 140 runs 

23 Augustus 2018 Soshanguve A Won by 43 runs 

30 Augustus 2018 FH Odendaal A Won by 10 wickets 

We wish the boys good luck with their upcoming fixtures. 

CHESS GAUTENG CHAMPION LEAGUE 

On Saturday the 18 August Curro Roodeplaat u/15 and u/19 teams participated in 

the District 1 league match at Du Preeze van Wyk in Bronkhorstspruit. Imagine, over 

50 teams competing for the first place in our district. The silence… 

Our u/15 team came first in the league, and the u/19 team third. 

The u/15 team was invited to compete in the Gauteng league final championships. 

This is a major victory for Curro Roodeplaat as our u/15 team has never before 

qualified to present our school at the championships league. 

On 25 August, emotions run high as the Pretoria showgrounds was transformed. 

Chess matches was played inside the Badminton hall. Outside under every possible 

patch of shade team strategy was discussed, planned, and practised. After every 

round of chess, a stronger opponent had to be faced. Curro Roodeplaat made it to 

round 4 where we unfortunately lost. 

Our u/15 team is now ranked 1st in our District and 24TH in the Championship 

league. 

Congratulations! 



Tshwane Youth Arts Festival 

Congratulations to the following 

learners who performed 

extraordinarily well during the 

Tshwane Youth Arts Festival. 

Calain Bloys was the Grade 10 item 

winner in the photography category. 

Mieke Bolhuis was the Grade 9 item 

winner in the following sections: 

• Painting 

• Drawing 

• Ceramics 

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CULTURE 

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Mieke is therefore the category 

winner for high schools in ceramics 

and is the overall winner of Visual 

Arts: High School. 

We are incredibly proud of both of 

you. 





HIGH SCHOOL IMPORTANT DATES 

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SEPTEMBER 

SUNDAY 16/09 Grade 10 Compass Camp returns 

FRIDAY 21/09 Report cards handed out to Grade 8-11 

School closes (10:00) 

Matric Farewell 

WED-FRIDAY 03/10-05/10 

Grade 12 Spring School 

TUESDAY 09/10 School reopens 

THURSDAY 11/10 Blood Drive 08:00-15:00 

MONDAY 15/10 Grade 12 Parents evening (18:00) 

TUESDAY 16/10 Sport Culture Gala evening (19:00) 

THURSDAY 18/10 Grade 12 Valediction 

FRIDAY 19/10 Grade 12 Final Assembly 



THE PRIMARY SCENE 



“Real success is a journey. We have 

to approach it with a long-term mindset 

” 

– John Maxwell 

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THE PRIMARY SCENE 

It is with gratefulness that we stand at the end of another successful term. As a 

school we have experienced and accomplished so much in this short, yet busy 

third term. 

I thank all the participants, coaches and organisers of the eisteddfods, culture week, 

cross country, cricket, soccer, hockey, tennis and equestrian. You have made this 

term a super term! Without the support of you, our parents, these activities would 

have been impossible. I am grateful towards you all! 

A successful culture week ended on a high note with the gala evening where 

learners shone like stars and showcased their many talents. Thank you, Roodies, for 

the enthusiasm shown in this week! 

Our book week (3-7 September) kicked-off with a spring picnic and a book 

exhibition. Thank you to all our learners who donated books towards our soon-toopen-library! 

Congratulations to the following five cricket players who represented us at the u.13 

Big Bash cricket week at SuperSport park: Divan de Bruyn, Dirk van der Hoff, Adam 

Cannata, Amogeleng Tshoagong en Jan-Lourens du Toit. We are super proud of 

you! 

But it is not just the learners that have excelled. Mr Glen Attwell kept our Roodie 

flag high when he qualified for the SA cross country team that took part in the 

national championships in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, 8 September. Proudly Curro 

Roodeplaat! 



Spring is in the air….and our first mother and daughter tea welcomed Spring in 

a suitable manner. Thank you to everyone that made this splendid morning an 

outstanding one! 

Our annual fundraising project- the soapbox day- is still a highlight on our calendar. 

Thank you to every learner, parent and educator who are also pulling their weight to 

ensure the success of this project. The total amount raised will be revealed to you in 

the first newsletter of term four. 

School closes on Friday, 21 September at 10:00. All learners must attend the first 

three academic periods and then receive their reports during register period (09:30- 

10:00). School re-opens on Tuesday, 9 October. 

Important dates of the first two weeks of the new term can be found in this 

newsletter. 

Enjoy the well-deserved rest that lies ahead. My prayer accompanies all our families 

wherever you may travel this holiday. 

Proudly Curro Roodeplaat. 

Alta Theunissen 



PRIMARY SCHOOL SPORT 

SOCCER CAMP 

On Friday, 31 August the u.11 and u.13 

soccer boys set off to Camp Discovery for 

their soccer camp. Upon arrival the boys 

did not have a lot of time to get settled in as 

coaching started almost immediately. The 

coaching team was led by former Bafana 

Bafana star and Supersport United legend, 

Phil Evans. After a busy first day the boys 

cooled down and relaxed with their own 

pool party. The second day started bright 

and early with a team strategy coaching 

session. After lunch the boys enjoyed 

their down time with a very educational 

game drive. The afternoon session 

kicked off with the u.11 team winning 

both their matches against Glenstantia 

A and B. Later in the afternoon the u.13 

team followed by also winning their match 

against Prestige College Thornview. At 

the end of the second day no one had to 

tell the boys to go to bed as they were all 

exhausted by the day’s activities. Sunday 

left us with a final coaching session and 

the prize giving ceremony. At the prize 

giving Leaveill Ceylon won the MVP award 

for the u.11’s and Tiisetso Hlokwe won the 

MVP award for the u.13 age group. 

Thank you to all the boys who made the 

camp very successful and memorable for 

everyone. 

TENNIS 

Our under 13 boys’ tennis team is on fire. 

They won five out of five of their matches 

up to date. The results for the past three 

weeks are as follow: 

Laerskool Pierneef 32 – 23 

Laerskool Villieria 41 – 14 

Laerskool Voorpos 29 – 26 

We are extremely proud of you. 

CROSS COUNTRY 

Five of our learners participated at 

Hoërskool Eldoraigne on 18 August 2018. 

Even though none of them qualified for 

the SA team, we are still very proud of 

Kwetsima Chabalala Gr 2, Armand Vivier 

Gr 3, Rosou Rossouw Gr 3, Kristen Barry 

Gr 4 and Ethan van Deventer Gr 6. 

Curro Roodeplaat did, however, have a 

SA participant ….our very own Mr Glen 

Attwell. He placed 3rd at the championship 

and went through to the SA championships 

that took place on 8 September in Port 

Elizabeth. 



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PRIMARY SCHOOL SPORT 

EQUESTRIAN 

The primary school’s equestrian team 

did very well so far this year. They were 

announced winners of the Gauteng North 

region in their league at the Sanesa 

prize-giving on Saturday 25 August. 

Congratulations to the team: Haylee 

Duarte, Rashelle Duarte, Shakeira Lee- 

Davies and Sulize Hillocks. 

Haylee also received an overall 4th place 

for primary school riders 2018, level 1-7. 

Rashelle received an overall 1st place for 

level 0 riders, as well as the best rider of 

the year level 0 trophy. 

Well done, we are proud of our equestrian 

team! 

HOCKEY 

They hockey season is well on its way. 

The boys and girls are practicing very hard 

for their matches each week and we can 

see the improvement during their games. 

All the teams have been practicing on the 

astro at the high school and we are proud 

to have been hosting our home games on 

the astro as well. The girls’ hockey teams 

still have two games left against Laerskool 

Bergsig and Laerskool Meyerspark and 

we are very excited to see how they will 

play. The boys’ hockey teams also have 

two games left against Hatfield Christian 

School and Laerskool Rooihuiskraal and 

we cannot wait to see them flourish on 

the field. Good luck with the rest of the 

season and keep practicing and playing 

hard. 

CRICKET 

We are extremely proud of the following boys who were selected to take part in the T20 

Big Bash u.13 tournament hosted by the Titans: Divan de Bruyn, Dirk van der Hoff, Adam 

Cannata, Amogeleng Tshoagong and Jan-Lourens du Toit. It is a privilege to be able to 

play cricket at SuperSport Park. 

School u.9 u.11 u.13 

Eduplex Primary Lost by 9 wickets Lost by 2 wickets Lost by 8 wickets 

Southdown College Lost by 174 runs Lost by 8 wickets Lost by 32 runs 

Curro Thatchfield Won by 84 runs Won by 100 runs Won by 157 runs 

Jacaranda College Lost by 7 wickets Lost by 4 wickets No game 

Die Krans Won by 7 wickets Lost by 1 run Won by 41 runs 

Laerskool Bergsig Lost by 10 runs Won by 10 wickets Won by 30 runs 

Maragon Still to play Still to play Won by 29 runs 



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PRIMARY SCHOOL CULTURE 

Term 3 has been a busy term for culture! There have been many events for the 

learners to take part in. The culture week took place from 20 – 23 August. Learners 

enjoyed workshops in the afternoons in dance and drama. We also had “graffiti in 

the quad” on Monday, 20 August. The learners thoroughly enjoyed themselves and 

created magnificent artworks for us to admire. The winners for the “graffiti in the 

quad” were: 

• Grades 1-3: Naledi, Maxine, Rumby and Lesedi from Grade 1E 

• Grades 4-6: Anrizel, Izette, Reynard and Donovan from Grade 6A 

• Grade 7: Myralene, Daniele, Johané and Zandri from Grade 7A. 

Congratulations to these learners! Thank you to the teachers who helped make 

the workshops such fun for the learners. We hope that next year even more of the 

learners will come join us at the culture week workshops and develop their talents. 

The culture Gala evening was also a wonderful and enjoyable event. We watched 

many different talents such as singing, dancing, playing an instrument, acting and 

even stand-up comedy! It was truly a special night and we thank every learner and 

parent for their input into culture. 

Book Week took place from 3 – 7 September, and learners donated books to the 

school’s library. Thank you for your generosity in supporting this project. We also 

enjoyed a lovely spring picnic on 3 September to celebrate the change of season. 

The learners looked lovely in their civvies and had a wonderful time sharing their 

picnics with their friends. 



PRIMARY SCHOOL CULTURE 

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER 

TEA 

The first annual Mother and daughter tea 

took place on Saturday, 8 September. It 

was a truly festive event. All the moms 

and daughters looked beautiful in their 

spring outfits, and some even wore 

lovely matching outfits! The spring mood 

ways to save money on beauty products. 

Thank you to each person who helped 

make this a wonderful morning, and to 

each mother and daughter for enjoying 

the morning with us. We look forward to 

hosting our next Mother and daughter 

tea next year! 

was further echoed in the beautiful 

décor and delicious, floral cupcakes and 

other snacks. Several famous guests 

were present to entertain our moms 

and daughters. Ryan Hammond and 

CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINKS 

TO SEE MORE ON THIS AMAZING 

FUNCTION 

Angelique Allison, from Dancing with 

the Stars SA, were present and taught 

everyone how to cha-cha and enjoy a 

bit of dancing. Kedidimetse Tswai, the 

winner of Mrs Africa Globe in 2017, came 

to speak about inner and outer beauty, 

and to inspire each one to look after 

both. Ms Sarsih Miskin, a beauty and 

make-up artist, taught us some tips and 

tricks on how to do make-up and clever 



Guests of honour 

Sarsih Miskin,Kedidimetse Tswai and Ryan Hammond 



IMPORTANT DATES 

SEPTEMBER 

15 September Mini-hockey: Curro Roodeplaat 

u.9 Cricket: Jacaranda College 

20 September Soapbox 

21 September School closes (10:00) 

TERM 4 

OCTOBER 

9 October School reopens 

11 October Athletics: interhouse 

12 October Grade 6 camp 

15 October Photoday: sport and culture 

17 October Parent evening 

19 October Swimming gala 

20 October Run & Ride 

24 October Grade 1 concert 

26 October Swimming gala 

30 October Music department: year concert 

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“Be kind to everyone 

you meet. You do not 

know if they have a 

toddler at home” 



CURRO CASTLE 

We had the best visit for this 

year by far. Thank you very 

much Captain JP Marais and 

your whole team, who represented our 

Police force so well. You are definitely 

wonderful and we appreciate your effort 

and time to come and teach and show 

how much you do to serve our country. 

The police officers thoroughly enjoyed 

seeing our little toddlers dressed as police 

or fire brigade staff. You as parents are 

so original and absolutely the best. See 

in our photo gallery exactly how much we 

appreciate your efforts. 

with joy! 

We are also inviting Leeuwfontein 

pre-primary to our Puppet show. 

They are our outreach-friends for 

2018. Any old, clean clothing or shoes 

you would like to donate is most 

welcome. We are going to paint 

boxes, pack all the donations in there 

and will deliver it to them by the end of 

the year. Our appreciation is lying 

deep in our hearts for another term 

filled with new memories, lots of 

learning, smiles and fun. 

On Friday, 24 August we baked spring 

flower cookies. Here is definitely a few 

Michelin-star-chefs to be developed. It 

smelled delicious and it tasted just as 

nice. 

Enjoy your holiday! 

Warmest regards, 

Castle staff 

Our Spring day on 3 September was so 

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beautiful. We had numerous flower faces, 

ladybugs and bees. You made us skip 


IMPORTANT DATES 

14 September: Puppet show 

21 September: School closes @ 10:00 

09 October: School re-opens 

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CURRO CASTLE GALLERY 

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CONTACT DETAILS 

General Reception: 

087 287 2586 

adminr@curro.co.za 

Castle Reception: 

087 287 2586 

adminr@curro.co.za 

Primary School Reception: 

087 287 2586 

Charmaine.r1@curro.co.za 

High School Reception: 

087 086 4544 

Joelene.p01@curro.co.za 

Sport: 

Jacques van der Merwe 

jacques.v1@curro.co.za 

Marketing: 

087 287 2586 

Rose.m6@curro.co.za 

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