Our 95 Years Knitting Drive is gaining momentum! Any of the following knitted items will be welcome:
Plain black beanies for the Dominican School for the Deaf in Wynberg
Beanies of any colour, pattern, or pompom for the Bridges Foundation
Detailed information and the pattern for the preemie octopuses can be found on the Edana App under Documents.
There has been a wonderful response to this fundraising initiative. If you would still like to place an order for a Micklefield blanket, please complete the order form by Monday 22 May 2023, for delivery by the end of this term: Micklefield Blanket Order Form
These blankets are the ideal size for use at school during chilly winter weather.
The Grade 6s are very busy with raising funds for their organisations. Thank you for supporting them in their endeavours.
The Grades 4-7 are looking forward to showcasing their hard work in the upcoming week. See the invitations below. All are welcome!
A reminder that beautiful art card packs are available @R100 per pack from reception. These will also be available for sale at the Science Expo evenings.
NASA Astronaut, Nicole Stott is in South Africa. As a veteran of 2 Shuttle Flights, she spent 104 days in space, did a spacewalk, is an Artist, Aquanaut, Author and Astronaut. She believes in the importance of Art and STEM and she is working with LIving Maths to spread the joy of STEAM as far and wide as possible. Nicole has been wowing crowds in Joburg and Cape Town and her last public talk will be on Saturday the 20th of May at Livingstone High School from 5-7pm. This will be a fundraiser for the Sakhikamva foundation to help raise funds for a robotics team to travel overseas. Click here for ticket info: Livingstone High school 20 May 2023 5 to 7pm
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.
Please see the Edana App under Documents, Sport/Extra-Murals for the letter with all the winter sports information and dates. In order for the programme to run smoothly and efficiently, please follow the info on the letter. There are a lot of logistics and many outside coaches so we need your support in making sure your daughters are at their sport practice and match correctly.
Fixtures lists for both hockey and netball are available on the Edana App. Please be aware that the venues for netball and hockey matches are finalised between the two schools nearer the actual fixture. Schools need to establish what facilities are available at each school and it also depends on whether the fixture has been allocated as a home or away match for each particular school. The exact time of the matches and venues will be on the team sheets that will be sent via the class Whatsapp every Monday after practice for Netball and every Tuesday after practice for Hockey.
Please note that in netball, players may only be substituted at half time, unless there is an injury. In hockey, we have ‘rolling subs’ as the players may be substituted at any time during the match, except in the case of a penalty/short corner.
The following teachers are on duty with each of the sports teams at practices and matches:
Our coaches are mostly students whose primary responsibility is to coach the girls. If any issues arise on the day, please take it up with the teacher in charge who will report back to Sandi Blackbeard.
We have completed our first 2 weeks of matches for both netball and hockey. In order for our girls to be ‘match ready’, they need to take on board what happens at practices and put that into play on the court/field on match day. We always remind the girls that how you practice is how you are going to play so all effort needs to be put into training so that on match day, they leave it all out there. They must each have given of their very best and have no regrets. If they win, that is fantastic and if they lose, but have played to their absolute best, that is also a ‘win’.
“The more I practice, the luckier I get” – Gary Player
Regardless of a win or loss, the players must know how to win humbly and lose graciously. This is an important value that all Micklefield girls need to follow. There is no blaming of the umpire or the opposition or their own team-mates. Besides the skills and match play, team work is of vital importance. Some players might have a blinder of a game and some players might have a really bad day, but because we are a team, we support each other and see how we can remedy the situation going forward. On that note, we are thrilled to have the parent support from the sidelines. A reminder to please cheer for ‘Micklefield’ as a collective and not individual players. Parents are not coaches and the players need to hear clear instructions from their coaches.
Some practical measures:
Monday, 22 May:
Wednesday, 24 May: Matches vs Greenfield
Tuesday, 23 May:
Thursday, 25 May: Matches vs RGJS
We will be running the following compulsory hockey clinic. All girls who play hockey need to attend. Our practices are not long enough to incorporate all that the girls need to learn. These clinics are incredibly helpful as the girls also get introduced to new drills and work on different aspects of the game.
Please note that this was originally set aside for the U10s, but has been changed to the U9s.
Saturday, 3 June:
The girls may wear their Phys Ed uniform or any other appropriate sport kit. Please ensure that they have their water bottle and a snack.
Cross Country information is available on the Edana App. The cross country race for Friday, 26 May is at Camps Bay. Details will be sent out as soon as received.
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.
For private tennis lessons, please find the BVTS Micklefield Tennis Academy information in the Adana App under Documentation, Sport/Extra-murals. We are wanting one coaching style for our girls so we can build our teams to be strong and competitive.
Here are some of our cross-country runners who braved the cold wind last Friday to run the route at the Zwaanswyk Academy!
The school was a hive of industry and excitement this week as we celebrated Micklefield’s 95th Birthday. The birthday love was spread in the community and the week ended with a special assembly where the Junior Choir sang “A Very Happy UNbirthday”, each grade presented their outreach activities to the whole school, and the Birthday cake was cut!
I hope that Micklefield lives a long and happy life. – Faye Peter (Gr 1)
Your little ones in Grade 1 sang to us this morning here at Avondrust and their programme was a wonderful success. The teachers were charming, kind, competent, musical and the children loved them. The children themselves were very polite and looked good and sang beautifully. We were very privileged to have them visit us.
The gifts of cards and flowers were greatly appreciated, especially by those here who do not have many family people or friends to encourage them. I think that everyone who could move at all was brought in from Frail Care because there was a forest of wheel-chairs and an army of nurses to help them. The children moved among us very gently and politely – and were simply lovely! Micklefield can be proud of them.
At least two of us living here are old Micklefield girls. One of my daughters was a Micklefielder, so the connections are all there.
Thank you for arranging this, and please, somehow, tell the parents how lovely their flowers were – that was a generous gesture indeed. Most of the flowers have gone to the people in Frail Care where they give great joy.
Yours sincerely
Margaret Elsworth (Blagden)
Pet show-and-tell in Grade 00. Morgan Chetty’s dogs Ginny and Harry came to school. Thank you to Megan for the informative chat on caring for dogs. Ginny really runs like the wind and Harry loved all the attention!
