Message from the office
Wednesday, 5 February, is World Read Aloud Day (WRAD). We have planned a week of activities for next week that celebrate and promote reading. We hope that you too celebrate the joy of reading in your homes. We encourage you as families to continue the theme of celebrating and discovering the love of reading in your homes with your daughters next week:
- Choose a special book for WRAD; a family favourite, ask your children to choose their favourite book/s, take a book out the library or surprise the family with a new book.
- Create a cosy, comfy reading corner for the whole family to read together.
- Discuss the book, pictures, plot and characters as you go, and get everyone involved.
- Share your reading time with us, send a family photo to admin@victoriaprimary.co.za so that we can share them on our Facebook Page and/or our next newsletter.
We hope that you have such a lovely time and that this will become a weekly or even daily event for your family!
Our plans at VP for next week:
Monday, 3 February: Assembly at 09:00. Guest speaker Dr Hellemann will present an assembly on ‘telling your own story’.
Wednesday, 5 February: Story Time with Mrs Rafferty 07:30- 08:00. SPCA Children’s Book sale from 10:45-14:30 in hall foyer (Please bring cash and buy a book! Credit card facilities will be available.)
Thursday, 6 February: Paired reading for the whole school. Girls will be paired with different grades and will read to each other
Friday, 7 February: Dress up (no cost). Come dressed as your favourite book character (If possible bring the book to school and tell your class all about him/her).
PTA Meeting
A reminder about our PTA meeting to be held on Tuesday at 17:15. Enter the hall from Beaufort Street, we will be discussing and planning some exciting 75th birthday fundraisers.
Personality of the Week
Well done to Thorin Prince who was our first POW this week for Honesty. She handed in a large amount of money which she found. We are proud of you, Thorin.
Worker of the Week
Our Worker of the Week is Leah Fox for her wonderful work in Maths. Well done, Leah!
Mulan rehearsals
The cast will be rehearsing Scene 4-6 on Saturday, 1 February from 09:00-12:00, and all girls involved in these scenes will be expected to attend. Girls are to be dropped off at the Beaufort Street gate. We are looking forward to another wonderful rehearsal. Don’t forget to pack in your healthy snacks and water.
GC relay gala
Our team swimmers will be participating in the Graeme College Relay gala next Friday. More details will be sent to parents next week. Please note, due to the gala, Friday training next week will be cancelled.
Kingswood Shortcourse gala
Thank you to all our team swimmers who braved the rain on Tuesday and swam beautifully in their first gala of the year. You made VP very proud!
Tennis vs Hangklip
Good luck to our first team tennis girls playing their first match against Hangklip on Friday, 7 February. Have fun and play well girls!
Athletics
The Zone 1 Athletics event was scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, the field events did not take place. However, on Thursday, 17 of our athletes participated in the track events, giving their absolute best despite the challenges.
We are incredibly proud of every single one of them for their dedication and perseverance. A huge thank you to all our athletes for their hard work and commitment!
We await the results to see if any athletes have qualified to represent Sarah Baartman on Saturday, 8 February in Gqeberha. Stay tuned!
Valentine’s day
We have some exciting ideas for Valentine’s Day. Please see the order form on the back page of the newsletter sent home today. All funds raised will go towards our Sports and Cultural and Music Committees’ fundraising.
SGB by-election
One of the parent members of our SGB left at the end of 2024 and we will have a By-election on Thursday, 20 February. Please see the notice in the newsletter sent home today for more information.
Birthday wishes
We wish the following staff and girls who celebrate their birthday this week a very happy birthday: Mrs Sauls, Ms Jamela, Ms Purdon, Lilani Wolmarans, Rebecca Berriman, Marabel Kuja, Oyintando Gumenge, Sesona Mnqinana, Tshiamo Moleko, Kailani Mcuba, Iviwe Jakavula, Ngcwalisa Mbambo and Iminathi Mgwebi.
Regards
Mrs Rafferty
PRINCIPAL
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Saturday 01/02 |
Mulan rehearsal 09:00-12:00 |
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Monday 03/02 |
Read Aloud Day Assembly Guest speaker Dr Hellemann |
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Tuesday 04/02 |
PTA meeting @17:15 |
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Wednesday 05/02 |
SPCA Children’s Book Sale (cash or card payments) |
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Friday 07/02 |
Dress up as your favourite book character. Graeme College Relay gala Tennis vs Hangklip |