There will be NO AFTERCARE on the last day of term, Wednesday, 7 December. Please ensure that all Grade 1 – 6 pupils are collected at 11.00. Collection arrangements for the last day of term:
Charlene Petersen, Micklefield’s Aftercare Supervisor, will be retiring from Micklefield this year. Hundreds of girls have been personally cared for under Charlene’s watchful eye and patient, loving manner. We would like to thank her for everything she has done for Micklefield over the years and wish her well in her retirement. Her last day at Aftercare will be on Tuesday 6 December.
Please support our collection for the Red Cross Children’s Hospital of good quality second-hand or new toys, games or books The Children’s Hospital Trust has asked us this year for the gifts not to be wrapped please. Thank you for your support!
Please consider donating your good quality gently used / new stationery for the Outliers 2023 after-school Programmes. The last day of the term will be the final day for donations. Thank you for your support!
The Grade 1-7 stationery letters for 2023 were handed out together with stationery and can also be found on the Edana App under Documentation.
Please note that during Terms 1 and 4 there is a compulsory Sport Hour for all Grade 3 – 7 pupils. The Grade 3 lesson takes place during the school day, but the Grade 4 -7 takes place from 14.30 – 15.30. This falls away in Terms 2 and 3 in order to accommodate the winter sports.
It is compulsory for all girls from Grade 3-7 to do at least one winter sport, but both hockey and netball is encouraged as we enter 2 teams into the leagues and must have enough players to fill these teams.
Cross-country training is compulsory for all Grade 3-7 pupils and this takes place during the second break on Wednesdays. We will be asking for parents to volunteer to be marshals at this time to keep our girls safe on the road. Further info will go out nearer the time.
There will be a hired bus to take the Grade 4-7 hockey players to practice on Tuesdays at WPCC. This is during the school day. Parents then collect directly from WPCC at 14.45. There will also be a hired bus to take the Grade 5 -7 girls to netball practice on Monday afternoons at RGHS. Parents then collect directly from RGHS at 16.00.
COMPULSORY SPORT HOUR DAYS AND TIMES 2023
All information with regards to the private extra-murals on offer are available on the Edana App under Documentation. Please liaise directly with the extra-mural providers.
For Grade 00, Grade 0 and Grade 1 and Grade 2, many of the private extra-mural providers do a demo lesson during the school day at the start of the term so the girls will get the chance to experience what is on offer.
We are very excited to introduce a new extra-mural, Sport Hub which offers a multi-sport programme aimed at ensuring competence in our pupils. They run a structured programme starting with Grade 00s and Grade 0s and then Grade 1, 2 and 3s. It is a build on from Playball and will be an excellent extra-mural especially for our Grade 0, 1 and 2 pupils.
We have also added yoga and the Christian Club to our extra-mural programme.
The compulsory Sports Hour for Grade 4 – 7 is now complete for this term. There is no Sports Hour for Grade 4-7 next week. The Grade 3 Sport Hour on Tuesday continues as usual as it is during the school day.
As trials/challenge matches will only be held in the first week and second Saturday of the first term 2023, tentative lists have been emailed to parents this week stating the day of your daughter’s early morning practice for 2023, however this could change once the trials are complete.
Please see under Documentation, Sport/Extra-Murals for tennis clinics in the holidays run by BVTS.
Gala training and Friday galas are now complete for this year. Trials will be held again at the start of next year for the gala squad. We will need any Grade 2s who are able to swim a length of a 25m pool in any stroke to attend these trials as we have to have an U8 team!
The first gala training will be as follows:
The girls from Grade 1-7 enjoyed their final ‘Family Group’ session of 2022. The groups spent their time together reminiscing about their experiences this year and sharing advice for the year ahead.
