Privaatskool
Private School
Ek kan!
I can!
Prospect House, Morkelstraat/Street, Somerset-Wes(t) 7130
Postnet 217 P Bag/sak x29, Somerset-Wes(t) 7129
Tel 021 851 4402 Fax 086 627 6808 [email protected]
The Inkpot
Dear Vergezicht family,
Welcome back after the short
Spring holidays! The year is
almost at its end and only the last
little steep climb now lies ahead.
In this Newsletter you’ll find:
October 2014
Almost
there!
 Stories about the
marvelous camp which the
Grade 5 to 7 classes
attended.
 Vergezicht Stars.
 Important dates.
Regards,
The News Team
IMPORTANT DATES
 4 November: Fun Run for the whole school
 17- 24 November: We get artificial grass!
 1 December: Exams Gr 4 – 7 start
 9 December: Prize giving and Nativity Show
 10 December: School closes for learners
 12 December: School closes for teachers
Lots of luck to our Grade R teacher (Hanel Neethling) who’ll start
writing her UNISA exams on 31 October.
Stick to the studies, Hanel!
VERGEZICHT STARS
On 14 September 2014, Albie de
Waal took part in the Dressage
competition for South African pony
riders and scored second place.
Well done, Albie!
GYMNASTICS
During the October holidays,
Janey Sutherland took part in the
South African Gymnastics
Championships.
She did extremely well and scored
the first place in her age category.
Well done to S.A. champ, Janey!
S.A. Champion
MARATHON ATHLETE
Mrs Sannette Gibson, our Executive Manager, not
only manages the school like a tight ship, she is also an
acclaimed Half Marathon athlete and member of the
Strand Athletics Club.
So far her 2014 highlight was the Cape Town
Marathon of 21 September, where she completed the
42,2km in 4 hours 21 minutes. And if this was not
enough, she quickly ran the 21km “Gun Run” half
marathon on 12 October, together with 20 080 other competitors. She
and Zelda Gooderham did the 21,1km “Grape Run” in Constantia on 18
October and Sannette says, “It was fantastic running all the way through
the vineyards.”
Congratulations, Mrs Gibson and thank you for your excellent example!
“Gun Run”
Athlete Gibson
CLEVER BOY!
Frederik Moolman in Grade 1 started doing
SEMAS Maths last term and recently took part
in die Western Cape Regional competition in
Durbanville.
He had to do 2 Maths papers: The first without
his abacus and the second one with his abacus.
The questions were quite difficult and he had to
do long train sums with mixed plus and minus
calculations. Frederk did very well and was
awarded a bronze medal.
Congratulations, Frederik!
Teacher Gibson
WE GO CAMPING!
Let’s go off where there are no bars,
And spend the night out under the stars
Get away…
For a day…
Or so…
We’ll build a fire from a little spark,
Catch some fish before it gets too dark,
So hey…
Whatta ya say…
Let’s go.
Thanks to the teachers
who organised
everything and went
with us to Grabouw.
From 1 to 3 October, the Grade 5,6 and
7 classes went camping at True North,
Applecreek, Mizpah Farm in Grabouw.
Everyone came back and told us how
much fun they had and how much they
had learnt.
“This was the best camp by far!”
Danny Bryant, Grade 7
“All the activities were so much fun. I realised that you can have more
fun outdoors than indoors.” Connor Beel, Grade 5
Relax
and
Work...
“First we played games and I thought it was going to be boring, but I was proved
wrong. The next day we went kayaking and it was a wonderful experience boating
across the waters, not a worry in the world.” Tomas Holdsworth, Grade 5.
“Dit was baie lekker om met die kajakke te roei. Ek en Ayabonga het vir Ella
en Danny sommer vir die pret nat gespat!” Edgar Cloete, Grade 6
“I really liked our camp leader and how he taught us to work together.”
Ella van den Bogaert, Grade 7
“If had another chance, I would like to go on the river raft again.”
Nadine Hoogenboezem, Grade 7
“We were taught that life is not about phones and T.V. It is about learning and
knowing about team work.” Tiree Turner, Grade 5
“Ons het dinge gedoen wat ons gedink het ons nie sal kan doen nie.”
Nicola Steele, Grade 6
“Ek kan dit nie glo nie, ek het my eerste berg geklim! Ek wonder hoekom het
die juffrouens nie saam met ons gestap nie?” Angelo Asaro, Grade 6
“Die twee beste kosse was die hamburgers en die potjiekos.”
Rory McCleod, Grade 6
Go well...
Bright sides up!!
Good bye!