Message from the office
Welcome back to Term 3. I trust that you had a wonderful time with your daughters during the holidays. We have started this term off with a bang with many events planned for next week already. Our Grade 7 girls shadowed as waitrons at Spur on Wednesday night and if you weren’t able to support them this week, please save the date to support them on Wednesday the 17 July. We will be celebrating Mandela Day on Thursday, 18 July and we appeal to you to donate any items for our SPCA drive. Also on Thursday we are very excited to present our Victoria in Concert which will showcase our musical talent with VGHS at the Rhodes Theatre. On Friday, 19 July we will have a Civvies Day and the funds raised will go towards our other Mandela Day initiative. More details for these exciting events will follow in this newsletter. Please support us.
This term we are focusing on greeting each other. Whether this be pupil to pupil, teacher to pupil or to visitors – greeting those we know and those we don’t know. This is an important life skill and certainly a good culture to establish within our school. We also want everyone to feel seen and appreciated! In our first step to encourage greeting, we were fist bumping and high fiving each other this past week. We ask that you also encourage greeting with your girls at home and wherever you may go to really establish this important social skill to a point that it becomes a healthy habit and to also endorse greeting as not only something that is practised at school.
‘Good manners are just a way of showing other people that we have respect for them’ – Billy Kelly
Worker of the Week
Well done to Olibango Ngabaza in Grade 1 for her good work in Maths!
Merit Achievers
Sithe-Nkosi Busakwe, Iminathi Malusi, Zizo Zomelele, Iminqweno Qalani 
and Christelle Moriarty have received over 250 merits so far this year. Keep up the hard work, girls!
Assembly
On Monday, 15 July Grade 2A will be presenting their assembly. Parents are welcome to join us. Assembly will start at 10:15.
Victoria In Concert
The VP Junior Choir (Gr. 3), Senior Choir (Gr. 4-7), Chamber Choir and Orchestra will perform alongside the VGHS ensembles on Thursday 18 July at 17:30pm at the Rhodes Theatre. This is an exciting collaboration between our two music departments, and we look forward to a wonderful celebration of music. Tickets cost R10 and will be available from the school office and at the theatre door.
Grade 7 Spur Shadow Shift Evening
Thank you to all the parents who supported the first group of Grade 7 girls on Wednesday at the Spur Shadow Shift evening. The second group of Grade 7s will be shadowing on Wednesday the 17th July. Victoria Primary will receive R50 per table booking and 5% of the evenings turnover generated through the Howzat Locals app. All monies raised on the evenings will be used to purchase T-shirts for the Grade 7 Valedictory at the end of the year. Your support is greatly appreciated and we look forward to seeing you at Spur!
Dates: Wed 10th and 17th July
Time: 5pm-8pm
For a table booking call: 046 622 2629
SPCA – Mandela Day 18 July
The theme for Grade 6 for Life Skills is Caring for Animals. As part of this theme and as a Mandela Day initiative, the Grade 6s would like to request donations of the following items for the Grahamstown SPCA: Blankets, Non-perishable foods for cats and dogs, Bowls (all sizes) and pet toys. Items can be handed in to Mrs Goodes. The SPCA are also in need of monetary donations for daily operations. Cash can be handed to Mrs Goodes for receipting. If you pay by EFT to the school account, please use the reference ‘SPCA’. We appreciate your support!
Civvies Day
On Friday, 19 July we will have a Civvies Day to raise funds for a Mandela Day initiative. We are planning on identifying an area to beautify that will benefit our community. Watch this space! Girls are to come dressed in our school theme ‘We are a rainbow of possibilities!’. Girls are to pay R5 to wear their civvies but they may make a larger donation of any amount towards this event.
Trolley Dash (PTA Fundraiser)
Last term your daughter has received a Trolley Dash booklet to sell. They are due to be returned on Monday, 5 August. Each child is expected to sell at least one booklet which consists of 5 tickets only. Thank you to our girls who have returned theirs already and are already on their second or third booklets. You are stars! Prizes will go to the individual and class who sells the most tickets.
Recycling plans
We are excited to announce that the month of July at VP is dedicated to recycling! We will focus on creating Eco Bricks. Our girls have all been shown an informative slideshow encouraging them to participate in making Eco Bricks. These Eco Bricks will be used to create a special structure, promoting environmental awareness and responsibility.
Ways you can contribute to our month of recycling:
Create Your Own Eco Brick: Use clean, dry, non-recyclable plastic to fill 2-liter or 1.5-liter bottles. Compress the plastic items tightly to make a solid brick.
https://youtu.be/b5ccBJXgzWs?si=uNdGdbSZ7D8k-prP
Collect Unusable Plastics: Gather non-recyclable plastic items from your home.
Bring these items to school.
Donate Bottles: Send 2-liter or 1.5-liter bottles to school, which we will use to create Eco Bricks.
Your participation will help us build a meaningful project and teach our children the importance of recycling and sustainability. Let’s work together to make a positive impact on our environment!
The Makhanda Schools Chess Championship
We are thrilled to announce that we will be participating in our very first Chess Tournament at Kingwood on Saturday, 20 July. This is a fantastic opportunity for our students to showcase their skills and represent our school in a competitive environment. Please note that only the girls who were invited to attend the tournament will be taking part. We wish all our participants the best of luck and look forward to a successful event!
SPORTS RESULTS
On Wednesday, 10 July the U8s and U9s played a netball fixture vs St Andrew’s Prep at VP. The girls had lots of fun and played with enthusiasm. The scores are as follows: U8A drew 2-2; U8B lost 3-2; U9A lost 3-1; U9B won
On Thursday, 11 July the U8s and U9s played a hockey fixture vs St Andrew’s Prep and Bedford Country School at Prep. The girls played their hearts out and had lots of fun. We can be proud of our girls’ sportsmanship on and off the field.
The scores were as follows: U9A vs Bedford Country School lost 3-0; U9A vs St Andrews Prep lost 5-0; U9B vs St Andrews Prep lost 3-0; U8A vs Bedford Country School won 5-2; U8A vs St Andrews Prep won 4-0; U8B vs St Andrews Prep won 2-0.
A big thank you to all the coaches and parents for the support and encouragement.
Upcoming fixtures
Girls involved will receive letters.
Hockey:
- Wednesday, 17 June: U13C&D vs St Mary’s @VP
- Friday, 19 July: U9s will play in St Andrew’s All Girls Hockey & Netball Festival
- Saturday, 20 July: U9-U11 vs Kingswood College @VP
Fixtures for hockey Saturday, 20 July:
| Victoria Primary School vs Kingswood College | |||
| Hockey | |||
| Times | Top Field | Top Field | |
| 09:00-09:25 | u10A vs KC u10A | u11s vs KC u11A | |
| 09:25-10:00 | u13C vs KC u13C | ||
| High School Field | |||
| 09:00-09:45 | u13B vs KC u13B | ||
| 09:50-10:40 | u13A vs Kingswood u13A | ||
Netball:
- Friday, 19 July: U9s will play in St Andrew’s Festival
- Friday, 19 July: U10-U13 vs Kingswood College @VP
Fixtures for netball on Friday, 19 July:
| Victoria Primary School vs Kingswood College
Friday 19th July 2024 |
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| Netball | ||
| Times | Court A | Court B |
| 14h30 | u10A | u11A |
| 15h00 | u12A | u13B |
| 15h30 | u13A | u12B |
VP’s Got Talent
We are delighted to inform you that we raised R10 000 from this event. Thank you to our PTA parents, teachers, supporters and our talented girls who made it such a success.
Donation request
Mrs Olivier requests donations of old newspapers and Mrs Calitz requests donations of old spectacle frames (without the lens).
Stationery
We have noticed that many of our Grade 4-7 girls have lost or run out of stationery particularly in the higher grades. We request that you check with your daughter if she has all the stationery she is needing for class and please top-up any items needed.
Birthday wishes
We wish the following girls a very happy birthday for this and next week: Mila McConnachie, Makatendeka Chakona, Ophola Mbongwana, Tawananyasha Afonso, Avenathi Msuthu, Minentle Bill, Nevaeh Jacobs, Zinako Pikoli, Colette Musarurwa, Limandi Dyibishe, Akhe Songongo and Silubonile Mtimkulu. We hope you have a very happy day!
Regards
Mrs Rafferty
PRINCIPAL
UPCOMING EVENTS
| Mon. 15/07 | Assembly Grade 2A @10:15 |
| Wed. 17/07 | · U13 C&D Hockey vs St Mary’s @VP
· Grade 7 Spur Shadow Shift |
| Thurs. 18/07 | · Mandela Day
· Victoria in Concert @17:30 Rhodes Theatre |
| Fri. 19/07 | · Rainbow Civvies Day (R5)
· 13:00 Grade 7 Committee meetings’ · St Andrew’s Prep All Girls Hockey and Netball tournament @Prep (U9) · Netball vs KC (U10-U13) @VP |
| Sat. 20/07 | · Hockey vs KC @VP (U9-U13)
· Chess Tournament @KC |