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42 Westville Road, Westville, 3629 ● Tel: 031 266 5218 ● Fax: 031 266 0094 ● admin@wsps.co.za ● www.wsps.co.za

Wednesday, 6 April 2016

After what has hopefully been a restful Easter break for all in the

WSPS family, we face a long and exciting term. I encourage

everyone to work hard to achieve their personal goals and

successes. This hard work is embodied in the dedication and

organisation of our staff and can be found in their willingness to

sacrifice portions of their well-earned holiday to tour with

children, or to embark on another tour in the first week of term,

or in their ability to ensure that sport practices started on the

very first day of the new term. Most critically, all our children

were fully engaged in the timetable of quality learning and

teaching from the very first period of the day. I urge all our

children to follow the example of their teachers and take up the

challenges of the new term with commitment, passion,

organisation and hard work.

Issue 11

Westville Senior Primary School

N E W S L E T T E R

1. From the Principal’s Desk ...

2. Welcome Mrs Bolton

At the end of last term we sadly had to say farewell to Miss

Coetzer as she headed off on her new adventure but we are

extremely fortunate to have secured the services of the highly

experienced and skilful Mrs Anne Bolton for the duration of the

year to ensure the high quality of teaching and learning in the

5C classroom continues uninterrupted. Mrs Bolton is no stranger

to WSPS - apart from being a full member of staff for many

years, she has frequently stepped into the breach at times when

we have needed a locum teacher to cover a prolonged staff

absence. Welcome back, Mrs Bolton!

Camp Out 2016 is 6 weeks away! Important documents will

be sent home next week which include Camp Out Registration

forms as well as Parent Volunteer forms. This is an event not to

be missed, either as a Camper or a Volunteer. Remember that

Camp Out is for the WSPS learners only. Please direct your

queries to rozanna@wsps.co.za.

3. Camp Out 2016

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Moms Who

Care Group in

Swan Pavilion

Ebany Bischoff

072 501 2432

Every

Thursday

at 07h15

Cake Sale 5J at

small break

Thursday,

14 April

With the much anticipated annual WSPS Golf Day less than 3

weeks away, the players in the full field are preparing to battle it

out on the highly respected Kloof Country Club course. This

popular Fund Raising Event promises to be a memorable event

and early signs are that the course will be in excellent

condition. Although all fourballs have been filled, we are still

appealing to parents to support this event with prizes or

sponsorships.

6. WSPS Annual Golf Day

5. Parents “Unpacking Bullying” Presentation

WSPS is happy to inform parents that we will be hosting an

informative talk on “Unpacking Bullying”. The talk will centre on

the environment and culture around bullying and how parents,

the school and educators can be proactive about creating a

culture of respectful and honourable relationships. A group of

our staff attended a full workshop presented by Candice and

their positive feedback about what she has to say make it one

not to be missed. Regrettably, this presentation is for parents of

WSPS learners only. The presentation will be hosted in the WSPS

School Hall on Tuesday, 12 April from 18h00 to 19h00. I look

forward to seeing strong community support of this worthwhile

initiative.

Please make use of the tuckshop pre-order forms and menu

which are available on the D6 communicator. This convenient

and efficient method of having some control over your child’s

tuckshop habits is a real money and time saver.

4. Tuck Shop

Please contact Sharon Dickens at school

(sharon@wsps.co.za) should you wish to

donate prizes or make use of one of the few

remaining sponsorship opportunities.

To all those who are playing on the day, I

trust you will enjoy yourself and support our

sponsors. See you on the course!

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Yours faithfully

_______________ MR R BROWN PRINCIPAL

Congratulations to Tatum Botha who took part in the

South African Nipper Surf Lifesaving Championships in

Durban during the holidays. Tatum was the third top

competitor in the U12 age-group, winning two gold medals

for the Taplin Relay and the Surf-Swim and 2 silver medals

for the Run-Swim and Body Board.

Well done to Cobey Marks who represented KZN in the SA

Karate Championships on 18 March 2016 and won 3rd

place

for Kumite.

Stars of the Week

We will once again be collecting Ladies’, Men’s and children’s

second hand clothing and shoes in support of the Wildlands

Conservation Trust. The Wildlands Conservation Trust have built

a solid reputation through their “Trees for Life” and “Waste for

Life” projects which have created thousands of Tree-preneurs

and Waste-preneurs. Community members across the country

collect recyclable waste and grow indigenous trees which they

then barter with Wildlands for livelihood goods. Last year we

collected more than 100 bags of good quality, second-hand

clothing from our WSPS community and we look forward to

similarly generous support this year.

7. Wildlands Clothes Collection

8. 2016 Soccer Tour to Limpopo and Gauteng

I would like to wish our soccer teams the best of luck for their

tour. The boys depart for Gauteng/Limpopo on Thursday, 7 April

and return on Sunday, 10 April. I am sure they will be excellent

ambassadors for their school and community. Thank you to Mr

Pillay, Mr Schuit and Miss Rencken for all their hard work in

making this tour a reality.