Nursery School News (Mrs Lonsdale)

Well..... Here we are at the end of yet another great term at the nursery school.  I would like to thank my wonderful staff and Mr Osmond for the support through this term.

A lot has happened.  We have new paving, sand pit toys, repairs to the  fence and more.

Thank you to all the Mums and Dads for all your help and support and of course our beautiful babies.  We love and cherish every day spent with them.

Have a wonderful holiday with your families and please all stay safe. We look forward to the final term together starting on the 3rd September.

Big hugs 

Teacher Jane

"Today was good.
Today was fun.
Tomorrow is another one."
..... Dr Seuss

HERMITAGE HOUSE DERBY  – 12 JULY 2019

St Francis College hosted Hermitage House in a derby day on 12 July.

Early morning rain did nothing to dampen the spirits of the children from both schools as they looked foward to competing against each other in soccer, hockey, netball and chess.

Hermitage House does not play soccer but they were happy to take on the College in two eleven-a-side games. St Francis College played good, structured soccer and won both games convincingly.

Hermitage House faired much better on the netball field, winning all of the three matches. The College girls played very well against strong opposition.

The Hockey matches were hotly contested with one game being drawn 1-1 and the other games being won by narrow margins by St Francis College.

The chess games were tightly contested with St Francis College getting the upper hand.

The St Francis College grade 7 class made the most of the influx of visitors to the school by holding their entrepreneurs day at the same time. This added a festive element to the occasion with lots of tasty goodies being for sale from the various stalls.

All in all it was a fantastic day of sport, fun and friendship.

Inter-House Cross Country

There was great excitement as all the children gathered, in their house colours, on the grass above the farm dam. Coach (Mr Fortuin) had spent a lot of time marking out the courses for the different age groups. The Spar flags, flapping in the breeze at key points on the routes, gave an indication of the challenging runs to be completed. 

The grade 0 girls were first up, followed by the grade 0 boys. These little ones completed the same distance as the grade 1's which was quite a challenge for them. Some of these boys and girls showed that they have great long distance running abilities.

The under 7 age group event was followed by events for under 9, under 11 and the open age group. Each age group faced a slightly longer distance with the open age group event being 2,2 kilometres. 

Some excellent, courageous running was displayed by the children. 

The final House positions were

 Musselcracker 78 

Yellowtail  71

Red Roman 66

Congratulations to Musselcracker on winning the Inter-house cross-country!

Age group winners were:

U7(g)     Hayley Holmes

U7 (b)   Murray John Boonzaier

U9(g)     Hinetea Chretien

U9(b)    Ethan Darke

U11(g) Katie Joubert

U11(b) Nicholas Niven

Open(g) Cadence Marais

Open(b) Sine Ndabambi

100 Club

The second meeting of the 100 Club of St Francis College, once again held at the St Francis Bay Golf Club, was a great success.

The evening kicked off with headmaster Warwick Osmond giving a brief report on the goings on at the College. He sketched a picture of a busy term which is drawing to a close.

In the intervening month since the first get-together, the number off members went past the fifty mark. This meant that the Early Bird draw could be done. The lucky Early Bird winner of R1000 was Joha Moolman.

The attendance prize winner was Geanne Darke and the 100 Club winner was Mrs Elma Brooker.

The opportunity to turn a card in the Joker Draw was won by Cath Hempel, but she did not find the Joker. The Joker Draw jackpot now stands at R1000 and rolls over to the next draw.

This meeting of the 100 Club was another great success. The snacks provided by Janie in the kitchen were top-notch. A super occasion was enjoyed by all.

Convener, Barry Phillips, announced that the next meeting of the 100 Club will take place at the St Francis Golf Club at on the 29th of August.

We look forward to seeing everyone there.

The Senior Concert - Dream a Little Dream

This year it was the seniors turn to don their costumes and take to the stage for a fun night of entertainment. Our grade 7 girls – Abigail Davids, Emily Cownie, Sivenathi Stuurman and Cadence Marais – transported the audience through their dreams, captivating everyone with their antics. We met up with Pharoah, Cleopatra and their Egyptian guards, pirates aboard the Bounty and their clumsy captain and smelly, hairy arm-pitted cavemen and women. The last stop on this dream tour was in the future – at the 2022 Soccer World Cup where we saw South Africa score the winning goal.

The concert was held at The Links on a specially constructed stage. It was the perfect venue for a spectacular night. The children performed magnificently. The costumes and make-up were so professionally done and so much hard work had been put into the choreography and stage direction. It was really a top notch performance of which everyone involved can feel justly proud. Thank you to Shona Marais and all other staff members involved for their hard work with the concert.

SILENT AUCTION

The main event of the PA this term was a silent auction. The call went out for items which could be put up for auction. The response was amazing. In the end there were thirty-three items available. Di Harcus did a fantastic job of presenting a picture and a description of each lot. These were then displayed on a notice board which was set up in front of the school office every morning. It was then a matter of encouraging people to put in their bids. On the evening of the school concert at The Links the bidding wars started in earnest. There was a strict cut-off time, being the start of the concert, after which no further bids were accepted. After the concert the winning bidders were announced. The total raised by the auction was just over R24000.00. Well done to everyone concerned and a big thank you to all who donated items and also to those who purchased the items. The silent auction was a great idea and certainly something which could be done again next year.

School Security

Please note the following

 If a child is being fetched during the school day, due to being ill or having to leave school for some other reason, the office must be informed and the child must wait at the office and then be signed out when they are collected.. Children may not wait outside or walk up to the gate to wait for the lift.

Any visitor to the school, during school hours, must announce their visit at the office. No visitor should walk to classes or interrupt teachers in their classes when the school is in session or during break times. If a parent is bringing something for a child or needs to see their child, they should work through the front office.

Congratulations to Mrs Mariana van Kradenberg who won the  R1000 SUPERSPAR vouchers for the July draw.

Forms can be obtained from the office and a debit order of R50 a month as part of fund raising could win you a R1 000 shopping voucher from the St Francis Bay Village Square Superspar.

If you would like to enter into the monthly draw for just R50 per month please inform the office on info@stfranciscollege.co.za