MIDRAND CHATTER 3 February 2012 - Midrand High School
MIDRAND CHATTER 3 February 2012 - Midrand High School
MIDRAND CHATTER 3 February 2012 - Midrand High School
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HOW PARENTS CAN ASSIST – EFFECTIVELY<br />
• Designate a specific place for the children to do homework, away from<br />
distractions.<br />
• When frustrations set in, parents can combat this by helping children to get<br />
and stay organised by encouraging good study habits, talking and<br />
brainstorming a task before it is tackled.<br />
• Re-enforce what has been learnt in other practical ways to develop<br />
long-term memory.<br />
• Attend to signs of stress in a calm way.<br />
• Recognise and offer emotional support where needed.<br />
• Work together to review, check and help correct tasks.<br />
• Encourage children to complete homework.<br />
• Encourage children to take pride in their work and make available<br />
all possible resources so that children can conduct the necessary research.<br />
• Carefully monitor whether or not they require assistance.<br />
• Give children a few guidelines and then leave them to work independent ly.<br />
They should only ask for assistance if they are unable to understand the<br />
requirements.<br />
UNIFORM & LATE-ARRIVAL at <strong>School</strong><br />
We are extremely concerned that a large number of learners have the incorrect<br />
uniform at the start of the new year. This is not the manner we would like to start the<br />
new academic year. Once again, learners are still arriving late to school. This will<br />
negatively impact on the learners as the <strong>School</strong> Based Assessment has commenced on<br />
the 02 <strong>February</strong> <strong>2012</strong>, and these learners have already placed themselves at a<br />
disadvantage.<br />
TEXTBOOKS<br />
We are extremely concerned that a number of learners have NOT yet collected the<br />
necessary textbooks for the <strong>2012</strong> academic year. This is rather<br />
disconcerting especially as the teachers are already well underway with<br />
the syllabus. Another issue of concern is that a number of matrics learners<br />
are in class without textbooks. This poor start to their academic year will<br />
seriously jeopardise the results at the end of the year. We urge parents of<br />
ALL learners without textbooks to rectify the matter as soon as possible.<br />
GRADE 8 Concert<br />
The Grade 8 concert took place on the 8 and 9 th <strong>February</strong><br />
<strong>2012</strong>. Our tadpoles worked hard at preparing for their<br />
orientation concert. Thank you to all grade 8 parents who<br />
attended in support of our children. We would like to thank<br />
the Grade 8 Head (Mrs Els) the grade 8 teachers and the<br />
Grade 8 Monitors for all their hard work in assisting the<br />
grade 8’s rehearse for their concert. After listening to the<br />
rendition of the Froggy Song and the <strong>School</strong> Song, we are<br />
convinced that you have all become an integral part of the <strong>Midrand</strong> Family.<br />
RCL Camp<br />
The RCL leadership camp took place from the 27-29 January <strong>2012</strong> at the scenic<br />
nature reserve in Hartbeeshoek. The learners must be commended for the impeccable<br />
behaviour and sportsmanship. We are extremely proud of our newly elected RCL and<br />
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