Our annual Micklefield/De Grendel 5km sponsored fun walk will take place on Saturday, 9 October at the De Grendel Wine Estate in Plattekloof. Sponsorship forms will be sent home shortly. Whilst this is a voluntary event, we encourage all families to participate. In order to comply with our protocols, it will be a staggered start with 2 grades walking at a time. Masks are mandatory, sanitizers will be available.
The Grade 7s will be hosting a bake sale for all the grades on Friday 27 August to raise funds for their Grade 7 gift to the school. Items will range from R5 – 20.
We are acutely aware that the W-Cape is still experiencing high numbers and we encourage you to limit all social gatherings for the next couple of weeks to limit the transmission. Please be assured that we are following all protocols to the very best of our ability. Please support us in reminding your girls that masks must be worn correctly at all times, even when off the campus at sport and extra-murals.
Please notify your class teacher, Jeannette Welgemoed and Sandi Blackbeard immediately if your daughter or any member of your family contracts Covid or comes into contact with a positive person. Please supply as much information as possible so as to help with tracking and tracing and in order to be able to inform the rest of the class appropriately.
Thank you to Dr Claudia Gray for the following reminders:
Click on the link for the Term 3 Sport & Extra-Mural Timetable Please note the times and venues.
Although the new Government Gazette has stated that all non-contact and contact sport as well as choirs can resume with immediate effect, we are erring on the side of caution as we are in the height of this Covid wave.
We will continue with sport practices and include match play in these practices so as to be ready for when we play against other schools, the first fixture is planned for the first week of September. All information will be given nearer the time. Choir practices will now resume on Monday, 6 September. Shocking Pink auditions are currently taking place as this is one on one singing.
Since the start of the term the attendance at hockey and netball practices has been disappointing with some girls being off for genuine injuries or Covid related issues, but many of the girls have not attended due to minor injuries and some who have just not attended without even as much as an excuse. With a long absence of match play due to restrictions, our girls need to work hard to get fit for the upcoming season. Sadly, not all of them are showing commitment to their team and the sport. This applies to cross country training on a Wednesday as well. We need to get match ready quickly, otherwise our participation against other schools will be sorely affected. Please support us in ‘toughening’ up the girls, getting them to push through and be true team players.
Have a look at this special video recording of Zoe West playing “Legend” by Khachaturian: Zoe West Piano Solo
Micklefield celebrated its 93rd Birthday this week. Thank you for the overwhelming support of our Jars of Hope collecttion drive. Over 440 Jars of Hope will be distributed to families in need. The school was festive in pink and white with classrooms decorated with birthday trimmings and messages, a special assembly was held by the Grade 7s, prizes won and cupcakes enjoyed. Happy Birthday, Micklefield!
