Up and coming events

Beach Fun Day and Half Term

The Beach Fun Day will take place on Thursday 21 February. Children are to be dropped off at the beach at Cape St Francis at 8 a.m. in appropriate beachwear with hats and copious amounts of sunburn lotion. Fun activities are being planned for the day, but no swimming will be allowed. Children can be picked up from the beach at 11:30 a.m. to commence the half-term long weekend.

Greenwood Bay College sports tour

Arrangements are being finalized for the Greenwood Bay sports tour which takes place on 1 and 2 March. The under 13 boys cricket team will play a T20 match on the Friday afternoon followed by five-a-side soccer matches for under 13 boys and girls in the evening. There will be a swimming gala on the Saturday morning for all swimmers from under 10 through to under 13. We look forward to this exciting trip.

Wacky Woods Camp

Planning for the Wacky Woods Camp, which takes place from 13 to 15 March, is well under way. The grade 7’s will spend two nights at the camp, while the grades 4 to 6 children spend just the night of the 14^th at the camp. A letter, detailing arrangements, will go out soon.

Birding Outing

John Suckling of the Bird Club paid a visit to the school.  A birding outing has been arranged for 28 February 2019.  Grade 5, 6 and 7 children and their parents are invited to meet at the school at 6:30a.m on 28 February.  We will then drive a short distance to the Grasmere Road where John and his birding colleagues will help us to identify birds in that area.  The outing will be finished by 7:30a.m so that the children can be back at school by the start of the school day.  Children should wear their school clothes on this outing.  Mr. Osmond will be the teacher representative on this outing.  A letter with a reply slip will be sent out next week to determine numbers and availability of transport.

Academic programme

In addition to the many fun activities referred to above, there is also a lot of learning taking place. Grade 4 to 7 classes have been writing cycle tests every week. The last tests for the term are scheduled for the week of 18 March.

Cricket News (Mr. Fortuin)

I am happy to say that our cricketers are developing at a good pace. We have played two matches against VCS with SFC winning both.

U13
VCS vs SFC
SFC 115-5 after 20 overs
VCS 48 All out. Winning by 67runs
Best batsmen
Alexander Moolman 48 runs
Jaylon Geswindt 22 runs

U11
VCS vs SFC
VCS 83 All out after 20 overs
SFC 85 -3 winning by 7 wickets
Best batsman Gian Moolman 46 not out
Best bowler Troy Kennedy 3overs 3wickets 8runs.

Unfortunately 2 of our matches were affected by rain and were called off.  We still have some exciting matches against Jeffreys Bay Primary and Stulting Primary in the coming weeks.

Mini Cricket

We have decided to only play mini cricket in the last term as this gives us an opportunity to develop the upcoming players through the year.

Kind regards
Ralton Fortuin
Sports Coordinator

Swimming News (Mrs. Marais)

Our swimmers have been working very hard and the proof is in the pudding. Here are a couple of results we would like to share, from the past few galas.

3^rd B Age Group Gala – 1/26/2019

Alexander Moolman was our only representative at this gala and achieved the following results:

• 5^th in Boys 12, 50 Meter Fly out of 10 participants;
• 7^th in Boys 12, 50 Meter Backstroke out of 17 participants;
• 5^th In Boys 12, 100 Meter Freestyle out of 12 participants;
• 4^th in Boys 12, 50 Meter Breaststroke out of 22 participants;
• 4^th in Boys 12, 50 Meter Freestyle out of 22 participants

Our C Age Group Gala held on the 2^nd February at Sunridge park was a great success, with many of our students taking podium positions. Here are some results:

 Butterfly

10 y/o Boys
1^st Gian Moolman
2^nd Ryan Marais

Backstroke                                                                 
8 and under Boys                   
1^st Ethan Darke                                              

9 y/o Boys 
5^th Gabriel Pearton
9^th Noah Pearton

9 y/o Girls
1^st Micaella White

10 y/o Boys
1^st Gian Moolman
2^nd Ryan Marais

12 y/o girls
1^st Cadence Marais

Breaststroke
8 and under boys
1^st Ethan Darke

9 y/o boys
4^th Gabriel Pearton
7^th Noah Pearton

9 t/o Girls
1^st Micaella White

10 y/o Boys
1^st Ryan Marais
2^nd Gian Moolman

12 y/o Girls
1^st Cadence Marais

Freestyle

8 and under boys
1^st Ethan Darke
10^th Noah Martin

9 y/o boys
4^th Gabriel Pearton
9^th Noah Pearton

9 y/o girls
1^st Micaella White

10 y/o boys
1^st Gian Moolman
2^nd Ryan Marais

12 y/o girls
1^st Cadence Marais

We are very proud of our students and look forward to the upcoming gala events.
Happy Swimming
Shona Marais

Valentine's Market (Mrs. Anderson)

On Thursday our Grade 2’s held their annual Valentine’s Market in the hall. 

They have spent weeks making bracelets, play-dough and cards as well as lots of sweet treats to sell in class.  Careful attention was paid to hygiene, packaging and marketing in order to host a professional-looking stall. 

Well done Grade 2’s.  It was a very successful market with almost everything being sold out.

Mrs. Anderson
Grade 2

Nursery School News (Mrs. Lonsdale)

We are happy to say we are well into the first term and all of your children have settled with little problems.  Thank you to all the parents for being so brave!

We celebrated Valentine’s Day on Thursday and we decided to show the children that love for animals is also very important.  We asked all the children to bring some dog or cat food to school. We had the beautiful Sue Rae Fox from The St Francis Animal Rescue come to chat to us about how they look after the animals in Sea Vista.  I would like to thank you all on behalf of the nursery school for all your generous donations.

Outing Term 1
Our outing is on Thursday 21st February at the cove (weather permitting.  Letters have been sent home with your child.

Have a wonderful half term.  We re-open on Monday 25th February.

Keep safe
Teacher Jane

Dates for Term 1 2019

Friday 15 February - Friendship Social
Friday 15 February - Grade 4 Baker Day
Friday 15 February - PEA Gala 
Saturday 16 February - B-Age group gala
Sunday 17 February - Sundays River Mile
Tuesday 19 February - Independent Schools Gala (Kingswood College)
Thursday 21 February – Beach Fun Day.  Break up for half term
Friday 22 February - School Closed
Saturday 23 February - C Age Group Gala, Port Elizabeth
Monday 25 February - School re opens after half term
Tuesday 26 February - Interhouse Gala 
Friday 1 March – Greenwood Bay Sports Tour (away) cricket & soccer
Saturday 2 March - Greenwood Bay Sports Tour (away) swimming
Tuesday 5 March - Kouga Schools Gala (Nico Malan)
Thursday 7 March - Recycling Collection
Friday 8 March - PA Golf Day
Friday 8 March - Baker day grade 3
Wednesday 13 March - Grade 7 leave school for Wacky Woods Camp
Thursday 14 March - Grade 4-6 leave school for Wacky Woods Camp
Friday 15 March - Grade 4-7 return to school from camp
Thursday 21 March - Public Holiday school closed 
Friday 22 March - Baker day grade 2
Tuesday 26 March - Splash In Gala (Grade 0 - 2)
Thursday 4 April - Recycling
Friday 5 April - Baker day grade 00
Friday 12^th April – Term 1 ends

Term 1 2019 Extra Mural Timetable

Monday

1:15 to 2:00                         Grade 1 to 2 Girls     Tennis                     

1:15 to 2:00                         Grade 1 to 2 Boys     Cricket                   

2:00 to 3:00                         Grade 3 to 7 Girls     Tennis                     

2:00 to 3:00                         Grade 3 to 7 Boys     Cricket                   

Tuesday

1:30 to 2:30                         Grade 0 – 2 Swimming    

2:30 to 3:30                         Grade 3 – 7 Swimming      

Wednesday

1:15 to 1:45                         Grade 0 Ball Skills                            

1:15 to 2:00                         Grade 1 and 2 Ball skills                           

2:30 to 3:00                         Grade 0 and 1 Water sport         Liquid Lines (optional)  

2:00 to 2:45                         Grade 2 to 7 choir (optional)     

2:00 to 2:45                         Grade 3 to 7 chess (optional)       

3:00 to 4:00                         Grade 2 to 7 Water sport            Liquid Lines (optional)

Children from Grade 2 – 7 may audition for the choir

Children from Grade 3 – 7 must either participate in the choir or in chess practices  

Thursday

1:15 to 2:00                         Grade 1 to 2 Boys Cricket              

1:15 to 2:00                         Grade 1 to 2 Girls Netball                       

2:00 to 3:00                         Grade 3 to 7 Cricket/ Netball     

2:00 to 3:00                         SFC Tennis League (CSF)