Save the Date for our celebratory 95th Micklefield Art Exhibition which will run from 23 -25 October. Every girl from Grade 00 – 7 will have 2 pieces of artwork exhibited as well as a group artwork from each Grade. We would also like to invite any parents, relatives and old-girls to showcase their work. Please click on the link before 30 August to enter your artwork : Exhibit at Micklefield Art Exhibition
Just a reminder that no glass water bottles may be used at school. When these are dropped they shatter and the shards of glass go everywhere posing an obvious safety hazard. Also, a reminder to label your daughter’s water bottle, as there is a pile of unmarked water bottles in lost property.
Thank you for your continued support of the Grade 6 Entrepreneurship Program. The profits this past week were in support of the organizations below. The next round of sales will take place 21 September, and we thank you in advance for your support.
Bookings opened this past week and the shows for Friday, 15 September and Saturday, 16 September are sold out! Tickets are still available for the Saturday Matinee (2:30 PM), Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 September.
Click here to book via Quicket: https://www.quicket.co.za/organisers/7437-micklefield-school
Madagascar Fever has hit! Click here to buy your Madagascar Cake Lucky Draw tickets: Madagascar Cake Lucky Draw
Saturday 26 August rehearsal | 14:00 – 16:00 | All Dances and Choreography | All Grade 4-7 girls |
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.
Article: Why You Should Encourage Your Kids To Be Multi-Sport Athletes written by Nick Buonocore (Parent, Volunteer Coach, & Founder of The Reformed Sports Project)
There are many benefits to multi-sport development, on and off the field of play. Multi-sport experience supports cognitive, social, and emotional development as kids are exposed to new environments, new coaches, new teammates, new rules, and new sport cultures. Multi-sport development also helps with motor skills and physical fitness. Many of the college coaches I’ve interviewed have said that their best players are the athletes who played multiple sports in school. It can also reduce the risk of burnout and overuse injuries, which seem to be more prevalent than ever. Finally, multi-sport opportunities provide an environment for kids to try different things and figure out what they like. Just because you and your husband or wife love soccer doesn’t mean your kid will. Just because your kid’s favorite sport at seven is softball doesn’t mean she might grow to love lacrosse more by 14. Providing opportunities for multi-sport experience can help your kids learn about themselves, grow in different ways, and build a strong sense of self.
Many youth sports athletes don’t end up playing high school sports and far fewer make it to college. Only a miniscule amount become professional athletes, and many professional athletes grew up playing multiple sports! While I am not saying that early sport specialization can’t make sense for anyone, I am confident it doesn’t make sense for the overwhelming majority of our kids. What is best for the overwhelming majority of our kids should be what the youth sports system is focused on, instead of the one-in-a-million stories like Venus and Serena or Tiger Woods.
Please see the full article on the Edana App, under Documentation.
Monday, 28 August
Wednesday, 30 August: Matches vs Pinehurst Primary, Pinelands
Tuesday, 29 August
Thursday, 31 August: Matches vs Fish Hoek
Cross country training for Grade 1 – 7 continues as normal until Wednesday, 20 September.
The saying goes that Micklefield School girls always punch above their weight. This was certainly true for Shocking Pink on Tuesday evening 22 August when they proudly took the stage at Christ Church Constantia, alongside the globally acclaimed Cape Town Camerata. This was not a competition but a celebration of vocal music. Thank you to our warmly responsive audience who braved stormy winter weather to share the big occasion with us. It was an inspiring musical education for Shocking Pink as they listened with wide-eyed awe to the young adults of the Camerata. Lorna Field (Director Shocking Pink)
Parents’ Ultimate Guide to Tik Tok: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/articles/parents-ultimate-guide-to-tiktok
