Shocking Pink will be hosting a collaborative concert with the Cape Town Camerata (formerly the Cape Town Youth Choir) at 19:00 on Tuesday, 22 August 2023 at the Christ Church Constantia. We are privileged to share the evening with an internationally acclaimed choir of young adults under the expert directorship of Leon Starker. This is an open invitation to all the Micklefield family. Tickets: R50 cash/snapscan at the door.
Scoliosis Screening will take place on Monday 21 August for girls who have signed up. Girls are please to wear their swimming costumes under their school uniforms to school.
Just a reminder that no glass water bottles may be used at school. For obvious safety reasons, when these are dropped they shatter and the shards of glass go everywhere. Also, a reminder to label your daughter’s water bottle, as there is a pile of unmarked water bottles in lost property.
GR 6 ENTEPRENEUR initiatives
Cross Country Ice Bites: The Tackle Trio are selling Ice Bites after Cross Country on a Wednesday for Grades 3-7 for R80. They are supporting the Sporting Chance Foundation. The Sporting Chance Foundation goes into under-resourced communities and teaches the children there how to play sport. Please see the flyer below and click on the order form to place your order: Ice-Bite Order Form
Snack Pack for Madagascar Rehearsals: This sale is in the support of a charity called Wild Rescue. Wild is a nonprofit organisation and 100% of our profit is going to help this wonderful charity to preserve not only the Western Cape’s animals, but the flora as well. Written by Lisa Muller and Amy Carlson. Please click on the link to place your order: Madagascar Snack Pack
Bookings will open on Tuesday 22 August 2023 via the Quicket for our much-anticipated Gr 4-7 production of Madagascar. Click here to make your bookings: https://www.quicket.co.za/organisers/7437-micklefield-school (the link will go live at 09:00 on 22 August).
The booking link will take you to 2 event pages. One event page is for all the evening performances with reserved seating; the other event page is for the Saturday matinee with unreserved seating (children on the floor and adults on chairs). Every girl from Grade 4-7 will perform in all of the performances, except for the main Grade 6 and 7 leads as follows:
Grade 7 leads = Grade 7 (main parts) and all other cast members / Grade 6 leads = Grade 6 (main parts) and all other cast members
Ticket prices: Children (17 years and under) @ R100 / Adults (18+) @ R130. We encourage children under the age of 4 years to attend the matinee show.
Saturday 26 August rehearsal | 14:00 – 16:00 | All Dances and Choreography |
We are delighted to announce that, on Thursday 17 August, we commissioned the first section of our solar and microinverter array. We even managed to produce and consume a little of our own power before the heavens opened. We have chosen a solution using microinverters for a number of reasons. These include that they
The array is situated above the Grade 4 and 7 classrooms. The next section above the Art room, will be commissioned next and will charge our UPS system during load shedding. The last section above the hall will be installed in the coming weeks, as stocks arrive into the country. Once our application has been approved, we will tie into the City grid.
The 2023 sport and extra-mural programme is available on the Edana App, under Documentation. Please check both the Term 1 and 4 (Summer) and the Term 2 and 3 (Winter) schedules when doing your planning. All information with regards to the private extra-murals on offer are available on the Edana App under Documentation, Sport/Extra-murals. Please liaise directly with the extra-mural providers.
During a netball match, substitutions can only be made at half time unless there is an injury. During hockey matches, a system of ‘rolling substitution’ takes place which means that players can be rolled on and off the field all the time. None of the players are reserves unless it specifically states that on the team list. All our ‘subs’ will play, in netball, it can only be half a match, but in hockey it can be at any time and for any length of time. It is important that we have these systems in place as injuries can occur at the match or often girls are absent on match days. Where there are more players available in an age group, the players will rotate on match days to give everyone the opportunity to experience match situations. The core players in these teams will be retained each week so as to give stability to the team. A reminder to all the girls: how they practice is how they play, so we need full commitment from each player at practices. At present, we have had a number of girls being asked to be excused from practices and cross country due to ailments. Parents, please support us in helping to get our girls fit and upskilled so only if they are genuinely ill, excuse them, but otherwise they need to be a bit tougher and push through! We are teaching our girls to have grit and determination, but we need the parents on board too. Our girls/your daughters are more resilient than you think!
Monday, 21 August
Wednesday, 23 August: Matches vs Bergvliet Primary
Tuesday, 22 August
Thursday, 17 August: Matches vs Wynberg Girls’ Primary
The Inter-Schools Cross Country Competition takes place on Friday, 25 August at RGHS. The runners who have been selected must leave school at 12.20 and go directly to the venue. The prize-giving will be at approximately 15.30. All runners must remain until the end of prize-giving.
Jim Thorpe grew up with adversity. As a Native American in the early 1900’s, he faced racial prejudice and a difficult upbringing. His twin brother died at age 9. His mother and then father died just a few years later. He became an orphan.
So when somebody stole his shoes… right before he was set to compete in the Olympics, it was probably no big deal to Jim. He simply put on two other shoes that someone had tossed in a trash can. They were different sizes, though, so he had to wear extra socks on one foot to even them out. He went on to win two Olympic Gold medals.
The focus in the Foundation Phase Assembly this week was on the attitude of Gratitude. We learnt that you will have a happier outlook on life if you focus on all the things that you are grateful for. Your days are filled with glimmers of happiness and you will appreciate them if you are on the lookout for them. These are some of the things that the Grade 1s are grateful for:
Grade 4s launch their robotic ships as part of their blended learning project involving Robotics, Art, and a whole lot of group work.
The young scientists in Grade 3 are enjoying demonstrating experiments using household items. This will be the highlight of our Fridays for the rest of the term as each girl has her turn to present. Last week we witnessed elephant’s toothpaste and dancing raisins and mothballs. We wonder what we’ll see next week.
Repairing, making, and creating props for Madagascar!
