Micklefield School News

Weekly Update

September 9, 2022

5-9 September 2022

weekly updates

Shocking Pink Concert

Shocking Pink will be hosting an intimate concert at Micklefield featuring guest artists: Olga Leonard and Babette Viljoen and past Shocking Pink girls: Sibulele Sodayise, Paballo Mphepya Buhle Lekoma and Zoë West. R20 donation at the door.

  • Date:                      Monday 12 September
  • Venue:                   Micklefield School
  • Starting time:       19:00 

SAVE THE DATE! DE GRENDEL 5KM WALK – SATURDAY, 15 OCTOBER

We will be holding our annual 5km walk at the De Grendel Wine Estate in Plattekloof on Saturday, 15 October at 08:30 and this year we are fundraising for a 28 seater school bus! Details to follow!

SCHOOL TRANSPORT

We have been looking at various options to alleviate some of the transport challenges for parents during the school day and have decided to purchase a 28 seater school bus. If you have any personal contacts / recommendations for dealerships please send to joanne@micklefield.co.za  

Our school bus will be used for class outings, tours, camps and sports matches where possible.  We will still be using the Springbok Atlas bus to transport our Grade 4-7 girls to hockey practice on Tuesdays at WPCC and we will also have a Springbok Atlas bus to transport our Grade 5-7 girls to netball practices on Mondays at RGHS.

MARIMBA FESTIVAL 

Micklefield will be participating in the Cape Town Marimba Festival at the Baxter Concert Hall on Saturday 17 September. Please see the flyer below for all the details.

OUTLIERS STATIONERY DRIVE

We are supporting Outlier’s annual stationery drive for gently used, good quality stationery. Please see the flyer below and support this very worthy cause. 20 house points will be awarded for every donation brought to the class teacher. Thank you for your support!

SNACKPACK 

Our wonderful Snack Pack Co-ordinator, Fezekisa Makeleni, is relocating and leaving Micklefield at the end of September. We would like to thank her for co-ordinating the snack pack so ably over the past few years and wish her well. Please contact  joanne@micklefield.co.za if you would be interested in taking over this role for Term 4, 2022. 

We are looking at alternative options to the hotdogs for 2023 Snackpack. Please send your suggestions and contacts in this regard to accounts@micklefield.co.za

GR 00, 0 & 7 MOVIE AFTERNOON

The Kingfisher Housecaptains are holding a Movie Afternoon o 16 September from 12:45 -15:00. A letter has been e-mailed to the grades concerned. Kindly fill out the Google form below by no later than 10 September to register: Movie afternoon sign-up form

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sport & extra murals

The winter sport/extra-mural programme and hockey and netball fixture lists are available on the Edana App under Documentation, Sport/Extra-murals. 

HOCKEY

Tuesday, 6 September:  practices

  • U9 at Micklefield from 13. 30 – 14.30
  • U10, U11 and Open teams at WPCC from 13.30 – 14.45
  • Parents collect from WPCC

Thursday, 8 September: 

  • U9 A, B and C practice at Micklefield
  • U10 A and B at Hartleyvale A astro
  • U11 A and B at Hartleyvale A astro
  • Open A and B – no matches or practice
  • U12 team playing in the Day/Night Tournament at Herschel and Bishops

HOCKEY PROGRAMME UNTIL END OF TERM:

  • Tuesday, 13 September: Inter-House matches during normal practice time
  • Thursday, 15 September:  Matches vs Herschel – end of season for U10 and U11
  • Tuesday, 20 September: U9 parents and girls fun matches during the normal practice time- end of season
  • Tuesday, 20 September: Open A Inter-Schools tournament at WPCC from 12:00 – 18:00 – end of season
  • Wednesday, 21 September:  Open B Inter-Schools tournament at WPCC from 12:00 – 17:30 – end of season

NETBALL

Monday, 5 September: practices

  • U9 and U10 at Micklefield: 14.30 – 15.45
  • U11, U12 and U13 at RGHS: 14.45 –16.00

Wednesday, 7 September:  Matches vs Rustenburg Junior School

  • U9 A and B at Micklefield
  • U10 A and B at Grotto Road courts
  • U11 A, B and C at Grotto Road courts
  • U12 A and B at Grotto Road courts
  • U13 A, B and C at RGJS courts
  • U12 A and B at Grotto Road courts
  • U13 A, B and C at RGJS courts

NETBALL CLINICS:

Saturday, 10 September: U12 A and U13 A plus reserves: 09.00 – 11.00

This is compulsory for the girls selected to play in the Inter-Schools Tournament on Wednesday, 14 September. The squad for this will be finalized after the practice this coming Monday.

NETBALL PROGRAMME UNTIL END OF TERM:

  • Monday, 5 September: practice as usual
  • Wednesday, 7 September:  matches vs RGJS
  • Monday, 12 September: practice as usual
  • Wednesday, 14 September: U12 and U13 Inter-Schools Tournament at Oakhurst from 12.15 – 17.00 (end of season for U12 and U13 players)
  • Monday, 19 September: practice as usual for U9, U10 and U11 (end of season for these teams)

CROSS COUNTRY RACES GRADE 1 – 7

There are no more fixture races on Fridays, however closer to the Inter-Schools Competition on Friday, 23 September, there will be some races which will be compulsory for all the fast group runners (Grade 3 – 7) as well as any others who would like to join them.  Details and dates to follow.

Weekly snapshots

The Grade 6s have taken a journey through the Renaissance over the past 5 weeks and showcased all their work at the open evening this week. Their creativity, hard work and collaboration really shone through.
Shocking Pink celebrated their return to live performance in a collaborative concert at Constantia Christ Church. Here they are pictured with Vocal Unity and The Settlers High Chamber Choir.
Congratulations to our own Alison Smith who completed the Comrades Marathon on Sunday in 10:36. A down run PB by 24 minutes and an overall Comrades PB!
Happy 60th Birthday Mandy van Wyk!
Funky Socks Friday! Thanks to all who supported!
5 plump peas in a pea pod pressed!
Making fruit salad in Grade 0.
Maths problem solving with sugar snaps.
Thank you to Lyndsey Philipps and Jessica Walford for the beautiful piano solos in Assembly this week.
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