We are about to embark on our Focus Week: Imbokodo – Women Who Shape Us. Every grade will be engaging with this topic at their own level. There is an exciting line-up of guests who have been invited to share their stories with us including authors Xolisa Gazulu and Athambile Masola; Rethabile Sonibare (Director of Moho Mhlaba School); Tsepo Moche (writer, director and activist), past pupil and environmentalist Donna Reynolds; Xolisa Gazulu (lecturer in multilingual and multiliteracies education) and Advocate and Micklefield mum Veronique Barthus-Joseph.
LAST DAY OF TERM, 24 JUNE
Please note that there will be no Aftercare on the last day of term, Friday, 24 June so please make alternative arrangements. The final assembly will finish at 11.00 with all the staff, including Theo then leaving to have lunch with Jeannette Welgemoed.
We encourage you to find parking and walk to collect your children so as to avoid congestion as the whole school is leaving at the same time.
Andisa Hlanza and Rebecca Zizi will be running their Junior Holiday Fun Club for grades 00 -2 in the first week of the June/July holidays. Hard copy forms have been sent home and the form is also available on the Edana App under Documentation – News & Calendar Events.
If you would still like to donate a book to the Library, please complete the rsvp form e-mailed this week and return it to our Librarian, Karin Peters: karin@micklefield.co.za. The form can be found on the Edana App under Documentation – Calendar Dates & Events.
Grade 1 parents are please to return the completed form regarding Term 3 Gr 1 recorder lessons to Barbara Smith, Music HOD, by Friday 10 June. The form is available on the Edana App under Documentation – Music.
Please remember to notify reception and the class teacher every day that your daughter is sick, as well as on consecutive days, or if she is booked off for a period. Please also be mindful that when a pupil is absent they do miss out, even in the younger grades, and it is not always possible to “catch up” those gaps especially if the pupil is absent on a regular basis.
The winter sport/extra-mural programme is available on the Edana App under Documentation, Sport/Extra-murals.
Fixture lists for both hockey and netball for the third term will be available on the Adana App under Documents, Sport/Extra-Murals before the end of this term. Please note that each week all the information and team lists for that particular week will be sent out after the practices for the matches taking place that week.
The last Grade 1 extra-mural hockey practice will be on Monday, 13 June and the last extra-mural hockey practices for Grade 2 will be on Wednesday, 15 June. The Thursday group is now complete for the 2nd term as Thursday, 16 June is a Public Holiday. The first lesson for Grade 1 in the third term will be on Monday, 25 July and the first lesson for Grade 2s will be on Wednesday, 27 July and Thursday, 28 July respectively.
Tuesday, 14 June: (Last Day of Hockey for Term 2) Practices
Please see the poster below for a holiday clinic that is being run at Herschel Prep in the school holidays for both hockey and netball skills.
NETBALL
Monday, 13 June: Practice (U9s) and matches vs RGJS for U10-U13
All teams playing at the away venue, go straight there at the end of the school day, irrespective of the time of each match. Players may leave after their match is completed, unless they are a reserve for another match.
Exact details for each team will be on the team lists that will be sent out via the class Whatsapp group today, Friday, 10 June. Parents are reminded that they are please to transport players to and from the matches. Spectators are allowed
Wednesday, 15 June (Last day of netball for Term 2): Inter-House Matches at Micklefield from 12.30 – 14.30
The Gr 6s had a fun and sticky maths lesson with Mrs Howie today. They investigated the concepts involved in Ratio, by mixing different colour juices.
Grade 0s practising writing letters in shaving foam!
During Phys Ed this week, the Grade 6s were having fun while working on their core strength!
On Tuesday evening, a farewell function was held to pay tribute to Jeannette Welgemoed. It was a special celebration as past and present Chairs of the Board, Heads, colleagues and representatives from various Education stakeholder groups honoured her as an outstanding educator and leader and for her incredible contribution to Micklefield over the past 19 years.
We would like to extend a huge and heartfelt THANK YOU to the entire Micklefield community who contributed so generously to Jeannette’s dream of seeing the Northern Lights. This amazing gift was presented to her at the function.
