JPS NEWSLETTER

Reddam House Preparatory, Waterfall

Volume 1:1 2013 (18 - 24 January 2013)
Dear Families, A week has passed in the busy lives of our families and it is wonderful to see that all the children have got to know their teachers and have made new friends. I hope that all our new families are finding their feet in our school community. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new teachers to Reddam Grade 1 - Tracy Hill, Claudia Harris, Shivanni Sahadeo Grade 2 - Jess Schultz, Tarryn Brooke (Locum for Julie Smith who is on maternity leave) Grade 3 - Shelley Steyn Our new specialist teachers are Anine Erasmus Music Catherine Dickenson Atelierista Dorianne Alexander Drama Sarah Engelbrecht - Dance Zodwa Chauke Zulu We will be introducing our team in the weekly newsletter. We have sent out a lot of correspondence this week and request that parents please assist us and send back the required sheets as soon as possible. This is essential in ensuring the smooth running of the programmes. We will be starting the Extra Curricular Sports and Cultural programme on Monday 28 th January 2013. Please ensure that your child packs the correct clothes for the activities PE clothes and a hat. We are enforcing the NO HAT NO PLAY policy which has been explained to the children during assembly. Car Park I am aware that the car park is a big concern to our families and so we will be assembling a Parent School Safety Team that can assist in enforcing good practices in the car park. I will send out more details in the next newsletter. To free parking bays in the ELS the teachers will be parking their cars in another area of the school. We look forward to our Parent Information Evening on Tuesday 29th January 2013 at 6h00pm in the Auditorium. The aim of the evening is to give the parents the opportunity to meet the teachers and for teachers to explain classroom practices. Teachers will be able to answer questions that you might have. I will welcome the parents and introduce the team in the Auditorium and then the parents will be able to move to the classrooms where each teacher will address the parents. We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday evening. Warm Regards Amy Goodlace

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Contents: Amys Address- Page 1 Parking Area-Page 2 Things to remember- Page 3 We shall give back- Reddam Motto- Page 4 Sports and cultural breakdown-Page 5 Assembly activity-Page 6 Sports, cultural and extra mural timetables-Page 7 Adventure Zone and Ballet classes Page 9

Parking Area
Grades 2 - 4 parents must use the WEST ENTRANCE (next to the towers / Emergency Entrance) as the ONLY entrance and exit. Grades 2 - 4 parents must park on the side closest to the school, for easier access for their children. Grades 5 - 10 parents must park on the opposite side of the road, i.e. where the JP block is going up. Grades 1 -10 students and parents may ONLY use the MAIN ENTRANCE to enter and exit the school. We urge parents not to block oncoming traffic in the car park and always to be mindful of young children who might dash across the road.

Grade 3 classes hard at work

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Things to remember::
Every teaching day starts punctually at 8AM. Parents are urged to drop their children off by 7:45 enabling them to be well prepared for the day. Please be mindful that the beginning of the day is not an opportunity for parents to interact or converse with the teachers as they are preparing for the day ahead. Grade 1 children are allowed to be dropped off at the right hand door from 7:15. Only Grade 1 children are allowed to go through this gate as the ELS has its own Early bird policy. This door will be locked at 7:30 and pupils are to then go through the main Piazza. Grade 2 and 3 pupils who arrive early are to drop their bags off at their classrooms and go down to the field where a teacher will be on duty to ensure your childs safety. Parent lounge The Parent lounge is an online facility specially developed for parents to access relevant information regarding the school. An email has been sent with a password to log into this facility. It is now operational and is available at your leisure. Parent Lounge will give you access to your childs timetable, the school calendar, your contact details, email addresses of each of your childs teachers and your school account balance. Holding class This class is available only if your child is waiting for a sibling in the higher grades. Please familiarise yourself as to which holding class your child will be sent to. Children must be fetched punctually at the end of the school day at 1:30PM. If your child is doing an extra-curricular activity they will be fetched by the respective teacher and you are to fetch them immediately after the activity. Children not collected punctually will be booked into Adventure zone and charged accordingly. Adventure Zone Adventure Zone for Grade One is in the ELS block in teacher Nicolas class. For Grade two and three is in the first level of the prep school. For more information please see page 9. School House Colours All children have been allocated to a school house. T-shirts for the different houses are available at the uniform shop. Your teachers will inform new children as to which house they belong to. If they have older siblings they will be in the same house.

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In line with our Reddam motto We shall give back please enjoy the article written by Jody van Zijl on behalf of the 2012 Grade 2 children, Gordon Primary School.

Bread tags: There is an ongoing drive in the school to collect bread tags. We hope to be able to collect 247.5kg of bread tags so that a wheelchair will be donated to the school by CE Mobility, QASA (Quadriplegic Association of SA), Groplast, MFI and the Polystyrene Packaging Council. Once we have the wheelchair we will be able to donate it to a needy, disabled child. Containers have been placed in each classroom for your child to put the bread tags in. Please ask grannies, grandpas, aunts, uncles and neighbours to collect!

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Specialist Teacher and Art Atelierista

Catherine Dickerson: Catherine is joining the specialist team at Reddam Waterfall to teach Art and Design and Technology with the Junior Primary. She has been a practicing fine artist making sculptures, since completing her Masters in Fine Art at UCT. Catherine has worked with children for many years and has been part of many art exhibitions. Catherine has focused on making large scale inflatable sculptures that use air and fans to grow in size. She uses plastic bags and sews them into shapes of animals and plants. Here is a picture of a school of jellyfish and a lion from one of her exhibitions!

Extra-curricular Sports and Cultural Programme: If you have been wondering what we will be doing in our Stitch craft activity? Stitccraft Club is a project based activity where we focus on fabric and needlework. It encourages fine motor co-ordination, planning and design work. Each week will be a progression of the skills learnt the week before and will be filled with very rewarding outcomes. This class is run Mrs Fitzgerald and Mrs Spring. Woodwork Club is a class where children will learn the basics of wood and wood related crafts. The process of gluing wood, hammering, sanding, painting and cutting wood will be explored in different activities each week. It will be run by Miss Hill and specialist teacher Miss D Lego Club is a building class that encourages lateral thinking, team building and planning. It involves lots of lego and a final product to be proud of! This class has limited availability so it is on a first come and first serve basis organised by Mrs Muller.

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Reddams new Drama specialist was asked to do a performance in assembly on Friday and this is what she thought...

When asked to tell a story at assembly I was flattered as well as terrified. I find my biggest critics outside of myself to be, children, yet they critique with such love and honesty that one has no choice but to listen and make the necessary change. I thought I might not be able to pull it off. Choosing a story was easy the hard work was making sure that my delivery was going to hold the attention of 200 honoured guests, the grade 1-3 Reddam children. The Chief, the tortoise and the drum is story about belief, peace within your heart, caring and sharing what one has with the community of people around you. It encourages one to break free from your rigid mind set by believing in your heart that anything can happen. Well to my surprise the children and teachers at Reddam listened with open hearts and minds, and in that encouraged me to belief that. Anything is possible when you have peace in your heart. So keep an eye out for the moral of next weeks story. Keep on believing Ms A Reddam JP Drama teacher

Extra Mural Program

JUNIOR PREPARATORY: GRADE 1 - 3
Extra Mural Activity Karate Monday Grade 1-3 14:15-15:00 Ian Duncan ianduncan@mweb.co.za R Squad 13:45-14:30 Stewart Robinson stewart.robinson@yahoo.co.za Grade 1-3 13:45-14:30 Henry Scheun brett.dewar@reddamwaterfall.co.za E Squad 13:45-14:30 Stewart Robinson D Squad 13:4514:30 Stewart Robinson Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Mini Gold

Rugga Kidz

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Extra Curricular Sports Program:

JUNIOR PREPARATORY: GRADE 1 - 3
Intra Mural Activity Cricket Monday Tuesday Grade 2 13:45-14:30 Claire Lombard Quinton Vosloo VENUE: Sports Field Grade 1 13:45-14:30 Shelley Steyn Benjamin v Rensburg VENUE: Club House Grade 2-3 13:45-14:30 Candice James Taryn Smuts TBC Grades 2-3 13:45-14:30 Candice James Jess Schultz TBC Team Galas TBC Candice James Roy Nyati TBC Wednesday Thursday Grade 1 13:45-14:30 Claudia Harris Quinton Vosloo VENUE: Sports Field Friday Mini Cricket Matches TBC Quinton Vosloo Roy Nyati VENUE: Sports Field Grade 2-3 13:45-14:30 Michelle Peters Benjamin v Rensburg VENUE: Club House

Tennis

Swimming (Team Practice)

Swimming (Developmental and Team Trials)

Please note that only Grade 2 children will participate in matches as indicated in the timetable. Grade 3 children are able to take part in the Junior Cricket Programme with the Grade 4s on a Tuesday from 14:30 15:45. Matches have been scheduled on a Wednesday afternoon.

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Extra Curricular Cultural Program

JUNIOR PREPARATORY GRADE 1 - 3
Extra Mural Activity Chess Monday Grades 1-3 13:45-14:30 Roy Nyati Dorianne VENUE: Claire Lombards class Grade 1-3 13:45-14 :30 Anine Erasmus Shivani S VENUE: Auditorium Grades 1-3 13:45-14:30 Claudette Muller VENUE: Mrs. Mullers Class Grades 1-3 13:45-14:30 Claudette Muller VENUE: Mrs. Mullers Class Grade 1-3 13:45-14:30 Sarah Spring Nadia Fitzgerald VENUE: Mrs. Fitzgeralds class Grade 1-3 13:45-14:30 Tracy Hill Catherine Dickerson VENUE: Lower Ground Covered Patio Grade 1-3 1h45 -2h45 Morkel Combrink Donny Bouwer Anine Erasmus *Only for students that participate in the Instrumental Programme. Note that there is an additional cost of R450 per term. VENUE: TBC Grade 2 -3 1h45-2h15 Bonnie Phillips * Note that there is an additional cost of R450 per term. VENUE: TBC Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Choir (Junior)

Lego Club

StitchCraft

Woodwork

Junior Orchestra (Music@ Reddam)

African Drumming (Music@Reddam)

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Adventure zone
Adventure zone is a facility developed by the school to satisfy the needs of the parent for afterschool supervision of their child/ren, seven to twelve years of age.. The service operates between the end of the school day to 17:30. Staff are at Adventurezone from 13:30 until 17:30 and can be contacted during these times on 082 052 838. Nutritional hot meals are provided by a professional catering team that also caters to dietary and religious restrictions. There will be supervised homework each day from 15:00-16:30 and children can participate in a variety of organised activities or choose to relax in a safe and stimulating environment. A balance of indoor and outdoor, physically active and passive play options is offered. We are a professional facility where the, caring staff are carefully chosen for their enthusiasm, professionalism and ability with children, to provide the best possible experience for your child/ren. Reddam also offers an amazing holiday Program every school holidays.

Extra Mural Dance There are Ballet (RAD) and Jazz/Contemporary (TDA) classes available as an extra mural. RAD Primary (Friday) and TD Intro (Tuesday) is recommended for beginners. Please contact Tara Stretch for more information about classes offered on tara.stretch@reddamwaterfall.co.za. Monday
13h45-14h15 Dance Tots (School Stage 2 and 3) 14h20-15h00 RAD Grade 1 st (1 session exam class) 15h00-16h00 RAD Grade 4

Tuesday
13h45-14h30 Primary st (1 session exam class) 14h30-15h15 RAD Grade 2 st (1 session exam class) 15h15-16h00 Contemp/Jazz TD Intro

Wednesday
13h45-14h15 Dance Tots Pre-Primary (School Stage 4 and 5) 14h20-15h00 RAD Grade 1 st (1 session exam class) 15h00-16h00 RAD Grade 4

Thursday

Friday
13h45-14h30 Primary

14h45-15h30 RAD Grade 2 st (1 session exam class) 15h30-16h15 Contemp/Jazz TD 1

14h45 -15h45 REDDAM HOUSE DANCE ENSEMBLE (School Grade 5-10)

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