Micklefield School News

Weekly Update

September 16, 2022

12 – 16 September 2022

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SHOCKING PINK CONCERT

Please join us for a not to be missed Shocking Pink concert at 19:00, Monday 12 September at Micklefield. Featuring guest artists: Olga Leonard and Babette Viljoen and past Shocking Pink girls: Sibulele Sodayise, Paballo Mphepya Buhle Lekoma and Zoë West. R20 donation at the door.

GR 6 ENTREPRENEUR SALES

The Grade 6s are very busy raising funds for their various organisations. Here are the upcoming sales for the remainder of the term. Support is voluntary and we thank you in advance!

Entrepreneurs

Group Name

Organisation

Items for sale

Date

For

Simrah Ally & Olivia Trail

 

Pink Heroes

Project Flamingo

Ice lollies R10-R15

Mini donuts on a stick

Notebooks R35

14 Sept

Gr 1-4

Katie Barnhorn & Caitlin Van Zyl

 

Animal Street

SPCA

Milkshakes & Brownies

 

19 Sept

Gr 1-7

Gadija Solomon & Jamie Henchie

Tiny Treasures

Atlantic Hope

Cake pops R10 & lemonade R15

28 Sept

Gr 1-7

DE GRENDEL SAVE THE DATE!

The 5km De Grendel Walk on Saturday 15 October will be our kick-start fundraising event for our School Bus.   Please watch out for the sponsorship forms which will be sent home with your daughter/s next week.

SCHOOL BUS

We have been looking at various options to alleviate some of the transport challenges for parents during the school day and have decided to purchase a 28 seater school bus. If you have any contacts, please send details to joanne@micklefield.co.za  

Our school bus will be used for class outings, tours, camps and sports matches where possible.  We will still be using the Springbok Atlas bus to transport our Grade 4-7 girls to hockey practice on Tuesdays at WPCC and we will also have a Springbok Atlas bus to transport our Grade 5-7 girls to netball practices on Mondays at RGHS.

HERITAGE CIVVIES & BRAAI DAY

Save the Date for our celebration of Heritage Day on Monday 26 September. Pay R20 (cash/snapscan) for a Proudly SA Civvies Day. See flyer below for all the details.

OUTLIERS STATIONERY DRIVE

We are supporting Outlier’s annual stationery drive for gently used, good quality stationery. Please see the flyer below and support this very worthy cause. 20 house points will be awarded for every donation brought to the class teacher. Thank you for your support!

SNACK PACK FUNDRAISER

We are looking at alternative options to the hotdogs for 2023 Snackpack, which do not require preparation. Please send your suggestions and contacts in this regard to accounts@micklefield.co.za

LOST PROPERTY

We have a huge amount of unclaimed lost property.  Items with names have been returned to pupils, but we still have a pile of unmarked fleeces, tracksuit tops and pants as well as water bottles and lunch boxes.  These will be put out outside the foyer for next week, Monday, 12th – Friday, 16th from 12.15 – 15.30.  After that, all items will be donated to the Second Hand Shop.  Going forward all unmarked items will be given directly to the Second Hand Shop.  Spot checks for names on all items will also be done.

SCHOOL SHOP

Please note that the school shop has the following new stock in the shop: scarf and new beanies; black shoes, long, grey trousers

HERITAGE DAY CIVVIES DAY - R20

SPORT & EXTRA-MURALS

The winter sports programme is coming to an end.  Please see the info below in order to know when your daughter’s sport will finish.

GRADE 1 AND GRADE 2 HOCKEY

The last week of Grade 1 and Grade 2 extra-mural hockey will be Monday, 19 September for Grade 1 and Wednesday, 21 and Thursday, 22 September for Grade 2.

HOCKEY

Tuesday, 13 September:  Inter-House matches

  • U9 at Micklefield from 13. 30 – 14.30
  • U10, U11 and Open teams at WPCC from 13.30 – 14.45. Parents collect from WPCC

All players to wear their sport uniform with their colour house t-shirt

Thursday, 15 September: 

  • U9 A, B and C practice at Micklefield to end at 15:45
  • U10 A and B – no match or practice – end of season
  • U11 A and – no match or practice – end of season
  • Open A and B I/S players only – matches vs Herschel at Herschel Prep

HOCKEY PROGRAMME UNTIL END OF TERM:

Tuesday, 13 September :

  • Inter-House matches during normal practice time
  • end of season for U10, U11 and any Open team girls who are not involved in the I/S
  • Thursday, 15 September:  Practice for U9s at Micklefield
  • Only matches for I/S Open A and B teams at Herschel Prep

Tuesday, 20 September:

  • U9 parents and girls fun matches during the normal practice time- end of season

Tuesday, 20 September:

  • Open A Inter-Schools tournament at WPCC from 12:00 – 18:00 – end of season

Wednesday, 21 September: 

  • Open B Inter-Schools tournament at WPCC from 12:00 – 17:30 – end of season

NETBALL

Monday, 12 September: practices

  • U9 and U10 at Micklefield: 14.30 – 15.45
  • U11, U12 and U13 at RGHS: 14.45 – 16.00 – last practice, end of season for U11s and all U12s and U13s not involved with the I/S

Wednesday, 14 September: 

  • U9: Practice at Micklefield: 14.30 – 15.45 – last for this season
  • U10: Practice at Micklefield: 14.30 – 15.45 – last for this season
  • U12 and U13 Inter-Schools teams – leave school at 12.15, playing at Oakhurst Primary

NETBALL CLINICS:

Saturday, 10 September: U12 A and U13 A plus reserves: 09.00 – 11.00

This is compulsory for the girls selected to play in the Inter-Schools Tournament on Wednesday, 14 September. Players and parents have been informed.

CROSS COUNTRY RACE PRACTICE – GRADE 4  -7

All the runners in Grade 4 -7 who are involved in the Inter-Schools Cross Country will have a practice after school on Friday, 16 September from 13.45 – 14.30.  They will run their normal training route so we will please need parents as marshals on the road.  Please contact Sandi Blackbeard if you are able to assist.

Congratulations to our U12 hockey team who came 4th place in the Bishops/ Sporting Chance Day/Night Hockey Tournament hosted by Bishops. The girls played so well and it is and great to have Alice Gwynne-Evans, a Micklefield past pupil, coaching our girls.
Special congratulations to Gadija Solomons who won the top goal scorer trophy at the Day/Night Hockey Tournament!
Thanks to our Grade 2 parents who marshalled on the route for the Grade 2 cross country this week!

Weekly snapshots

We are immensely proud of the Micklefield community for their contribution to the Beanies for Bridges outreach initiative. In collaboration with 'Knitting Fairies,' they have reached their target of 800 beanies for at-risk teenagers. Micklefield staff, parents and grandparents contributed a whopping 529 beautiful beanies towards this total. We will gladly accept beanie contributions until the end of this term and they will go to the young mother project run by the Thula Baba project. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this initiative.
Ms Gray taught the Foundation Phase girls about digging deeper, putting in effort and giving of their best in Assembly on Monday. She used the analogy of filling a jar with marbles, then sand, then water to show the girls that even if we think that we've done all we can, there may still be room to do more!
The Grade 7s tackle a Breakout Room in Technology. Working together to solve the clues, cracking the codes on a Google Form.
Coding with the Grade 0s
Dem bones, dem bones, gonna walk around......
The Grade 1s and 2s enjoyed an outing to The Artscape this week! They watched a performance of Kipper and the Secret. 🎭
We were delighted by our junior pianists’ performances in Assembly on Monday morning. Well done to: Scarlett Buys, Olivia Dunsby, Keira Lee Pan, Audrey and Bianca Quinn.

All in a days work in Grade 00!

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