Newsletter No. 7 Email: chelsea@cdsp.co.za 7 March 2018

FAREWELL

CRICKET

Sad Moment On Wednesday we said farewell to

Mrs Scruby (after twenty years of

service) and Mr Barnard. Thank

you for your contributions at

Chelsea. You will be sorely missed.

North Durban Cricket Chelsea players who were selected

to represent the U11 and U13 North

Durban cricket teams. (Back row)

Shrey Singh, Harlee Jagga, Mitchell

Tillard, Joshua Botha, Ben Bashford

and Arabella Stevenson. (Front row)

Kyle White, Andrew Deeb,

Mohammed Essack, Luke Allen,

Aiden Bauristhene and Thayin

Kuppen.

From the Acting

Principal's Desk

“Congratulations to our swimmers

on winning the D&D Gala”

As I arrived back from the North Durban Principals’ Conference on Friday, I walked onto the top field where we

were playing a cricket match against Northlands and I heard one of the cricketers shout, “Well done Chelsea!

Keep going.” I think the comment epitomises the spirit of Chelsea where we continue to be positive and

encourage good sportsmanship. The fact that we won all our cricket matches against Northlands Primary and

Reddam House this week was a bonus.

Extra special congratulations go to our swimmers for winning the boys and girls sections at the Durban and

Districts ‘B’ League Gala yesterday. Swimming can be a hard and lonely sport but the dedication and

enthusiasm shown by Mr Widdows, Miss Fryer and Mr Barnard has inspired our team to reach new heights.

We are so proud of their achievements this season, where the girls have won all the major galas they have

participated in, and the boys have achieved first and second places. The cheering by our one hundred and forty-

two Chelsea pupils, who supported our team was absolutely incredible. Never before has a school had so many

supporters at a Durban and Districts Gala. Congratulations to our Chelsea supporters and helpers. Along with

the swimmers, they will all receive Silver Awards.

Special thanks to Mr Cariem and our staff for organising the D&D Gala. In addition to the usual gala organisation,

we put together special snack packs for the coaches, and held cheerleading practices for our supporters.

Equipment had to be transported to the Kings Park Pool – thank you to Mr Klingbeil and his team. It was a really

exciting afternoon. Thank you to our parents who have ensured their children have attended practices, and for

their support at the gala.

There is not a day I wake up and don’t feel privileged to be part of the Chelsea family and this fine institution.

As mentioned, Mrs Maritz and I attended the North Durban Principals’ Conference last week. It is these

inspirational conferences that enable us to be continually in touch with education. Author of the book “Tripping

over Presidents”, Matthew Willman, and a documentary photographer, filled us in on his experiences with

‘Madiba’, one of the most determined leaders of all times. Matthew too must have incredible determination

because after he had decided he wanted to meet Mr Mandela, it took him nine years. I have just begun reading

his book and am looking forward to his story. I will endeavour to arrange for Matthew Willman to do a

presentation on ‘Madiba’ later this year to our Grade 6 and 7 pupils.

Rob Caskie, a story teller, keynote speaker and cultural guide, reminded us about one of the past great leaders,

Ernest Shackleton who set out to travel across Antarctica, from the Weddell Sea via the South Pole to the Ross

Sea. The story is a fascinating one I’ve taught while in the classroom, and is an incredible story of grit and

leadership. It reminded me of how we sometimes overprotect our children these days, and whilst one would

hope that nobody would have to endure such hardships, it does teach about making decisions and leading from

the front.

Well done to all our learners who show determination and grit in their school work, cultural and sport activities.

Our grade five and seven pupils will soon be going away on their exciting overnight excursions, and I hope they

will all be big and brave about sleeping away from home. Thank you to our staff and parents for giving them this

opportunity.

S WILLIAMS (Mrs)

PRINCIPAL

SWIMMING

Durban and Districts "B" League Championship Gala

What an awesome afternoon it has been for our swimmers and all

the spectators.

Our girls came first, with a total of 109 points, and our boys also

came first, with a total of 107 points, breaking a few records along

the way.

This made us the overall winners of the "B" League Gala which

moves us into the "A" League for 2019.

SPORTS NEWS

Dear Parents

The week ahead is a very important one, in terms of meeting our

swimming programme goals that we had set out two years ago.

With an enormous amount of dedication and commitment from our

swimmers and swimming coaches, we will hope to achieve those

goals on Tuesday. Added to this important gala is the fact that

Chelsea will be hosting the gala as well. It was therefore decided

that all extra - curricular activities, including sport, would be

suspended on Tuesday 6 March, resuming as normal on

Wednesday. Parents would have received notice on this.

The sports department would also like to thank those parents who

were kind enough to assist in transporting our swimmers, helpers

and supporters to the Kings Park swimming pool on Tuesday.

Our results over the past two weeks with regards to swimming,

cricket and netball have been an indication that the programmes

that we have in place, as far as developing our pupils’ skills, are

paying off. The results below will give parents a comprehensive

picture of our continued improvement. Thank you to all our parents

for their continued support of all that we do.

Results of the Action netball matches played last Monday:

U12A vs Crawford North Coast won 28 – 3

U13A vs Our Lady of Fatima won 20 – 10

Results of the practice netball matches vs Northlands:

U10A won 5 – 2

U10B won 1 – 0

U10C won 4 – 0

U11A won 7 – 6

U11B won 7 – 1

U11C lost 3 – 6

U11D won 2 – 0

U12A won 12 – 3

U12B won 8 – 4

U12C won 6 – 0

U12D lost 4 – 5

U13A won 12 – 5

U13B lost 4 – 8

U13C won 6 – 4

Results of the netball matches played at Glenashley on

Saturday:

U10B vs Reddam U10A lost 1 - 3

U10B vs Gordon Rd girls A won 3 - 0

U10B vs Durban North College A tied 0 - 0

U10B vs Glenashley A won 1 - 0

U11B vs Embury A won 2 - 0

U11B vs Embury A won 2 - 0

U11B vs Glenashley A lost 1 - 3

U11B vs Gordon Road Girls A won 6 - 0

U11B vs Reddam A lost 0 - 3

U12B vs Embury A won 12 - 0

U12B vs Reddam A won 4 - 1

U12B vs Gordon Road Girls A tied 2 - 2

U12B vs Glenashley A won 6 - 2

U13B vs Embury A won 5 - 0

U13B vs Reddam A lost 2 - 4

U13B vs Gordon Road Girls A won 7 - 2

U13B vs Glenashley A lost 1 - 2

Results of the cricket matches vs Northlands:

1. U10A won by 8 wickets

T Oosthuisen 28*

J Searle 22

2. U10B won by 7 wickets

A Soofie 34

O Bott 21*

S Wilson 24*

3. U10C lost by 4 wickets

B Hancock 3/12

Y Noor – Mohammed 3/18

4. U11A won by 6 wickets

G Vermuelen 3/30

L Allen 23*

5. U11B won by 10 wickets

L Zulu 28*

6. U11C won by 10 wickets

F Sawatski 23*

C Bell 3/11

7. U13A won by 12 runs

S Singh 60

M Tillard 3/40 (including a hat-trick)

H Jagga 3/32

8. U13B won by 86 runs

S Matai 39

L Haswell 47

9. U13C won by 5 runs

C Wanless 37

S Brown 33*

10. U13D won by 5 wickets

L De Vincenzo 25*

11. U13E won by 109 runs

L Erskine 51*

S Muller 31*

S Wilkinson 29

Results of the cricket matches vs Reddam:

1. U10A won by 7 wickets

A Bassa 4/2

D Whelan 3/9

2. U10B won by 4 wickets

A Soofie 4/2

S Wilson 31*

3. U11A won by 35 runs

L Allen 71*

A Stevenson 37*

M Essack 3/11

4. U11B Lost by 39 runs

D Fuller 4/16

5. U13A won by 6 wickets

J Gatonby 38*

S Singh 33

M Tillard 4/9

6. U13B won by 8 wickets

S Matai 51*

J Callanan 51*

J Nielsen 23*

R McIntosh 4/13

Sport this week:

1. Cricket vs Westville Primary on Wednesday 7 March 2018

U13A at 2:30 pm coach Mr Gow at Westville

U11C at 2:30 pm coach Mr Cariem at Chelsea

U11B at 2:30 pm coach Mr van Pletzen at Westville

U11A at 2:30 pm coach Mr Hobbs at Chelsea

2. Cricket vs Westville Primary Thursday 8 March 2018

U13D at 2:30 pm coach Mr van Rooyen at Chelsea

U13E at 2:30 pm coach Mr Campbell at Westville

U10C at 2:30 pm coach Mr Capell at Westville

U10B at 2:30pm coach Mr Swartz at Chelsea

3. Tuesday 6 March 2018

Swimming D and D "B league" gala at Kings Park Pool

4. Wednesday and Thursday

Netball practice matches vs Northlands at Chelsea / Northlands

Netball practice matches on Wednesday 7 March 2018

At 3:00 - 3:30 pm Chelsea U10A vs NPS U10A on court 1, coach Miss Morris umpire Linda at Chelsea

At 2:30 - 3:00 pm Chelsea U10B vs NPS U10B on court 2, coach Linda and umpire Mrs Paine at Chelsea

At 2:30 - 3:00 pm Chelsea U10C vs NPS U10C on court 1, coach Miss Morris and umpire Mrs Strydom at Chelsea

At 3:00 - 3:30 pm Chelsea U11A vs NPS U11A on court 2, coach Zuca and umpire Figo at Northlands

At 2:30 - 3:00 pm Chelsea U11B vs NPS U11B on court 2, coach Zuca and umpire Figo at Northlands

At 3:00 - 3:30 pm Chelsea U11C vs NPS U11C on court 1, coach Mrs Marais and umpire Sizwe at Northlands

At 2:30 - 3:00 pm Chelsea U11D vs NPS U11D on court 1, coach Miss Rabbikissoon and umpire Sizwe at Northlands

Netball practice matches on Thursday 8 March 2018

At 3:00 - 3:30 pm on Chelsea U12A vs NPS U12A court 2, coach Mere and umpire Mrs Paine at Chelsea

At 2:30 - 3:00 pm on Chelsea U12B vs NPS U12B court 2, coach Mrs Paine and umpire Mere at Chelsea

At 3:00 - 3:30 pm on Chelsea U12C vs NPS U12C on court 1, coach Miss Aylward and umpire Linda at Chelsea

At 2:30 - 3:00 pm on Chelsea U12D vs NPS U12D on court 1, coach Jaime and umpire Linda at Chelsea

At 3:00 - 3:30 pm on Chelsea U13A vs NPS U13A on court 1, coach Mrs Strydom/Figo and umpire Sizwe at Northlands

At 2:30 - 3:00 pm on Chelsea U13B vs NPS U13B court 2, coach Figo and umpire Zuca at Northlands

At 2:30 - 3:00 pm on Chelsea U13C vs NPS U13C on court 1, coach James/Sizwe and umpire Mrs Strydom at Northlands

Sport next week:

1. Monday 12 – Saturday 17 March 2018

Cricket vs Ashton and Highbury at Chelsea/Ashton/Highbury

2. Saturday 17 March 2018

Netball matches at Glenashley at Glenashley

WEEKLY CALENDAR

8 - 14 March 2018

Thursday 8 March 2018

Grade 3 Parents Orientation Evening at 6:30 pm

Tennis League Matches

Cricket vs Westville

Netball practice matches against Northlands

Friday 9 March 2018

Service Leaders announced in assembly

School Governing Body Non-Educators and Educators Elections

Saturday 10 March 2018

IEC Address Harvesting (Voter Registration) in Multipurpose Room

Sunday 11 March 2018

IEC Address Harvesting (Voter Registration) in Multipurpose Room

Monday 12 March 2018

Cricket vs Ashton

Indoor Netball Matches

Notification of auditions for "Musical Moments"

Tuesday 13 March 2018

Danville Grade 6 Parent Information Evening

Sub Zonal Netball Trials at Atholton at 1:30 pm

Cricket vs Ashton

Grade 5 and 7 Pupil Profiles (staff)

Grade 4 Soup Kitchen

Wednesday 14 March 2018

Grade 5 Greystone Excursion

Grade 7 Spirit of Adventure Excursion

U10 Cricket vs Highbury

Grade 4 Excursion to Mangrove Swamps

SANDWICH DRIVE

Grade 6 Sandwich Drive

Chelsea Campus Grade 6 Sandwich Drive - 260 trays of

sandwiches were made, which will be donated to St Vincent

Orphanage and The Hope Center.

GRADE 4

History Project

Mrs du Preez's pupils completed a section of their History project

in the hall this week.

They had to find evidence about past principals, teachers and

pupils using the photographs and Awards Boards – they loved

it!

ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM

Leap day for Frogs

It is one day of the year when ordinary South Africans can take a

leap of action and do something to appreciate and protect one of

the most threatened group of animals on Earth: Frogs!

These important creatures are disappearing all over the planet,

largely because of habitat destruction.

Why February? Apart from having tongues 1/3 the length of their

bodies, frogs are also famous for leaping across long distances –

up to 20 times their own body length in a single leap!

The South African Cape River Frog holds the world record for Frog

Jumping – the longest distance covered in three consecutive

jumps – at 10.3 m? Not bad for a 5 cm frog! And if you think about

it, February leaps into March, skipping days 29, 30 and 31 except

on Leap years, which occur every four years, adding the 29th of

February to the calendar. People born on this day are called

“Leaplings”.

The Environment Team have been promoting awareness for

Frogs by doing various activities. They also taught the school a

song in assembly last week about the life cycle of frogs.

On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the Environment Team sold

frog cupcakes to the children at break.

GRADE 7

Grade 7 Sandwich Drive

Grade 7 ended the Sandwich Drive week by making 187 trays of

sandwiches which will be donated to Crossroads.

Mr Mahendra Chetty from Cross Roads with Jada Brown, Aiden

Wild, Andisiwe Mdluli and Bareera Joosub who handed the

sandwiches to him for distribution to rural schools.

TRAINING

Swimming Training

Our swimming squad training with Mr Widdows at 6:00 am in the

mornings.

GRADE 5

Natural Science

As part of celebrating Leap day for Frogs, Mrs Viljoen's pupils

went on a "Frog Scavenger Hunt".

They received a worksheet with frog related questions. They went

to the eco garden and had to find their answers.

GRADE 4

Frog Scavenger Hunt

As part of Frog Awareness week, each class was given a

worksheet to complete.

The grade 4s and grade 5s went down to the Eco Garden to have

a scavenger hunt looking for frog fact cards.

Here is the class of Mrs Crichton, busy with their frog scavenger

hunt.

MRS DU PREEZ

"My Family" Orals

Mrs du Preez's grade 4s had to give a short presentation

about themselves and three members of their families and

bring an item from home to represent each person.

It was wonderful to learn a little more about each child.

GRADE 6

Fractions

Miss Mudie's class learnt about fractions using chocolate bars

and working in groups.

And the best part . . . . . . they could eat the fractions afterwards.

NETBALL CLINIC

Hosted by Northlands Girls' High School

Northlands Girls' High School hosted some primary school

learners for a netball clinic a while ago.

Their learners shared some crucial secrets on aspects such as

reaction time, agility and hand-eye coordination with the

primary school girls - and they had great fun doing it!

What an exciting and productive morning it was. Thank you for

the initiative of NGHS hosting this event.

ENGLISH

English Oral

Mrs Marais's pupils did an English Oral about "My Family".

NETBALL

Netball Practice Games

Chelsea netball practice games held last week. Chelsea

against Northlands U11A, B, C and D.

FULL STOP

Empathy

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame

the lettuce.

You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertiliser, or

more water, or less sun.

You never blame the lettuce.

Yet, if we have problems with friends or family, we blame the other

person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow

well, like the lettuce.

Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade

using reason and argument. That is my experience. No blame, no

reasoning, no argument, just understanding.

If you understand, you can live, and the situation will change.

By Thich Nhat Hanh

VALUE OF THE WEEK

"Respect"

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