Cooper College News TERM 2 2014

NEWSLETTER

7 APRIL—27 JUNE 2014

Dear Parents,

Welcome back to the second term! The weather is definitely starting to get colder,

so don’t forget to dress your children in layers. This enables them to take off layers

of clothing as necessary as the days warm up. Please note that the children must be

in their winter uniform in Terms 2 and 3.

We have some exciting news and developments happening at Cooper College in

the coming months - have a look at page 3 for our special announcements!

Please take a look at, and like, our Facebook page—

www.facebook.com/coopercollege

We hope you have a wonderful Easter break, and enjoy all the holidays in the next

few weeks. If you are travelling, be sure to travel safely!

Have a lovely Term!

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Contact Details….2

Important Announcements ...3

Term 2 Sports ...4

Important Dates ...5

Update—Alyssa’s Save The Rhinos … 6

Term 2 Info … 7

Class Matters/Notices … 8

Friday’s Paid Extra Murals… 9

How Can I Help My Child Succeed In School … 10

Progressive Education for Tomorrow’s Challenges

April 2014

We are happy to welcome our fantastic new security team!

Cooper

Contact Details Class Teacher Email Address Term 2 Half Days (leave at 13h30)

Office Louise Louw info@coopercollege.co.za

Principal Shiku Macharia shikum@coopercollege.co.za

Grade 0 A Mrs Boltman mrsboltman@coopercollege.co.za Mon & Fri

Grade 0 B Mrs Wilmot mrswilmot@coopercollege.co.za Tue & Thur

Grade 0 C Mrs Pereira mrspereira@coopercollege.co.za Wed & Fri

Grade 0 D Miss Chiesa misschiesa@coopercollege.co.za Tue & Fri

Grade 0 E Miss Packett misspackett@coopercollege.co.za Mon & Fri

Grade 1 A Miss Mansfield missmansfield@coopercollege.co.za Mon & Wed

Grade 1 B Miss Motto missmotto@coopercollege.co.za Tue & Fri

Grade 1 C Mrs Rozyn mrsrozyn@coopercollege.co.za Wed & Fri

Grade 1 D Miss Sykes misssykes@coopercollege.co.za Mon & Fri

Grade 1 E Miss Cardinal misscardinal@coopercollege.co.za Tue & Fri

Grade 2 A Mrs Palmer mrspalmer@coopercollege.co.za Wed & Fri

Grade 2 B Miss da Silva missdasilva@coopercollege.co.za Tue & Fri

Grade 2 C Mrs van Reenen mrsvanreenen@coopercollege.co.za Wed & Fri

Grade 2 D Miss Gordon missgordon@coopercollege.co.za Mon & Fri

Grade 2 E Mrs Verster mrsverster@coopercollege.co.za Tue & Thur

Grade 2 F Mrs Hoatson mrshoatson@coopercollege.co.za Mon & Fri

Grade 3 A Miss van Blerk missvanblerk@coopercollege.co.za Mon & Thur

Grade 3 B Mrs Browning mrsbrowning@coopercollege.co.za Wed & Fri

Grade 3 C Mrs Liebenberg mrsliebenberg@coopercollege.co.za Tue & Fri

Grade 3 D Miss Crisp misscrisp@coopercollege.co.za Mon & Fri

Grade 4 A Mr Kotze mrkotze@coopercollege.co.za Mon & Fri

Grade 4 B Mrs Sheasby mrssheasby@coopercollege.co.za Wed & Fri

Grade 4 C Mr Roskruge mrroskruge@coopercollege.co.za Tue & Thur

Grade 5 A Miss de Beer missdebeer@coopercollege.co.za Mon & Wed

Grade 5 B Mrs Sheng mrssheng@coopercollege.co.za Tue & Fri

Grade 6 Mrs Naicker mrsnaicker@coopercollege.co.za Wed & Fri

Sport Coach Bianca sport@coopercollege.co.za

PRINCIPAL

We are very pleased to announce that Mrs Hesna Muller will be taking over as the Principal of Cooper College,

from 1 July 2014. Mrs Muller is an Educational Specialist, and a Certified Life Coach. She has a B Ed Honours

degree specialising in Educational Management. She also holds a Diploma in Life Coaching, and a Diploma in

Higher Education, and has attended various other post tertiary educational courses and workshops. Mrs Muller

will be leaving her current post as Deputy Principal of the Foundation Phase at Curro Aurora, to join us. We are

very excited to have Mrs Muller join us, and believe she will bring a wealth of knowledge and ideas to the Cooper

College team.

SPORTS DIRECTOR

We take great pleasure in announcing that we will have a Director of Sport joining us at Cooper College in Term 4

of 2014. Mr Aleshan Moodley is currently the Director of Sport at one of the best performing government

schools in Gauteng. He will bring with him a wealth of expertise and he aims to build our sporting department up

to an interschool competitive level. We look forward to our growth in this area with Mr Moodley at the helm!

SAFETY AND SECURITY

Tactical Reaction Services have joined Magic Beings and Cooper College, to enhance the safety and security of

our parents, children and staff. As you may have noticed, the first phase of the security enhancement has already

been rolled out, with a team of 8 security guards on site between 06h30 and 18h30. As of 1 July, we will also be

implementing 24 hour security, with guards on duty at night and over weekends, so as to ensure that the safety

of the school is never compromised.

HAPPY CONGRATULATIONS, AND FOND FAREWELLS

Mrs Rowley welcomed her baby girl, Kiara-Sky, on 5 March 2014—congrats, and all the best!

Mrs Wilmot (GR 0B) will be leaving us at the end of April to have her baby girl! We wish her and her new family all the

best! Mrs Rowley will be returning from her maternity leave, and will take over Grade 0 B. Her email address will be

mrsrowley@coopercollege.co.za.

Miss de Jager (Gr 2A) was married on 21 March, and she is now Mrs Palmer—we wish the newly weds well on their

journey through life! - mrspalmer@coopercollege.co.za

Miss Kotze (Gr 4B) was married on 29 March, and she is now Mrs Sheasby—congratulations! -

mrssheasby@coopercollege.co.za

Miss Squara (GR 0E) will sadly be leaving us in May, as she takes some time to complete her studies for the remainder of

the year. We wish her all the best. Miss Candice Packett will be joining us to take over Grade 0 E. Miss Packett has

worked with us at Magic Beings, and is very excited to join us in Cooper College. Miss Packett’s email address will be

misspackett@coopercollege.co.za

Miss Bernard (GR 2D) will also be leaving us at the end of April, after being with us for over a year. We wish her all the

best for the future. Miss Sheralyn Gordon will be taking over the Grade 2 D class. Miss Gordon has completed her 4 year

B ED degree at Wits. Her email address will be missgordon@coopercollege.co.za

Cooper College News

Term 2 Sports 08:00-08:45 09:00-09:45 10:15-11:00 11:00-11:45 13:00-14:00 14:00-14:50

Mon Gr 0A PE

Gr 0B PE

Gr 0C PE

Gr 0D PE

Gr 4A PE

Gr 4B PE

Tue Gr 0E PE

Gr 1A PE

Gr 1B PE

Gr 1C PE

Afternoon Sport Gr 1 Boys: Ball Skills Girls: Ball Skills

Afternoon Sport Gr 2 Boys: Hockey Girls: Hockey

Wed Gr 1D PE

Gr 1E PE

Gr 2A PE

Gr 2B PE

Gr 4C PE

Gr 5A PE

Thur Gr 2C PE

Gr 2D PE

Gr 2E PE

Gr 2F PE

Afternoon Sport Gr 0 Boys: Ball Skills Girls: Ball Skills

Afternoon Sport Gr 3,4,5,6 Boys: Hockey Girls: Hockey

Fri Gr 3A PE

Gr 3B PE

Gr 3C Gr 5B PE

Gr 3D Gr 6A PE

SPORTING UNIFORM

As we begin to formalise our sporting activities, we will be implementing a more formal sports uniform. This will

be phased in gradually, and will become compulsory for all children participating in sport.

To this end, we have introduced Hockey/Soccer socks to be worn with the current extra mural uniform for these

sports.

The socks are currently available at McCullagh and Bothwell, Fourways Crossing.

HOCKEY

Please note that hockey is an official sport at Cooper College. Should your child want to participate in hockey they will need their own:

1. hockey stick

2. gum guard

3. shin pads

4. Cooper College hockey socks

5. running shoes or hockey/soccer boots

Should your child not have all the attire, they may still participate in the sports, however, they will become part of an alternative fitness program, while those that do have hockey attire continue with hockey. The hockey attire is something that will be used every year going forward.

Thank you for your support!

Cooper College News

Important Dates:

Term 2 Start: Mon 7 Apr

Good Friday: Fri 18 Apr

Family Day: Mon 21 Apr

Freedom Day: Sun 27 Apr

Public Holiday: Mon 28 Apr

School Holiday: Tue 29 Apr

School Holiday: Wed 30 Apr

Workers Day: Thur 1 May

School Holiday: Fri 2 May

PLEASE NOTE THAT COOPER

COLLEGE IS CLOSED FOR THE

WEEK OF 28 APR UNTIL 2

MAY, AS PER THE

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

CALENDAR, AND THE

COOPER COLLEGE 2014 PUB-

LISHED CALENDAR.

OFFICE CONTACTS / HOURS

Mon—Thur: 07h00—16h00

Fri: 07h00—12h00

011 022 6692

083 782 9533

info@coopercollege.co.za

As you know, one of our Grade 2 students, Alyssa Carter, has been involved in her own Save The Rhino’s project, since learning about endangered animals at school. Alyssa is the very first SANParks Rhino Champion, named by the SANParks Honorary Rangers. Alyssa’s goal is to raise R100 000 by the Rangers 50th Indaba, taking place in May. Her aim is to sponsor a sniffer dog, the initial cost of which is R40 000, but with all the training, homing, feeding, equipment etc. to set the sniffer dog up, the total cost will be closer to R100 000. To date, Alyssa has raised over R30 000! Alyssa is selling chocolates, stickers, lollipops, rock candy and biscuits, all at a charge of R10 each. If you would like to help Alyssa’s cause, you can: 1. Buy any of the above items from her on Fridays at Cooper College, for R10 2. Give a secure donation through her website www.savetherhinos.co.za 3. Email Alyssa’s father, Brian Carter info@savetherhinos.co.za 4. Contact Cooper College kellyc@coopercollege.co.za Alyssa is representing her cause by doing additional appearances to spread the word – she has done a number of interviews, appeared on ENCA news, Mix FM, Talk Radio 702 and Cape Talk, Radio Today, as well as speaking engagements, such as at the Centurion Seniors Association and various companies and schools. She will be doing a number of TV appearances in the near future, so keep an eye on her website/facebook page for information. Cooper College is extremely proud of Alyssa. She has the courage and endurance to take on a fundraising activity of this mag-nitude, and see it through, and she is gaining valuable life skills and experience through public speaking engagements and in-terviews. This young girl will really be going places if she carries on as she is, and we can only be privileged to be a part of that – well done, Alyssa! If you would like to see more about Alyssa’s cause, view the links below: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alyssas-Save-The-Rhinos/1374662462760311 http://www.sanparksvolunteers.org/alyssa-carter http://www.givengain.com/cause/2552/projects/14311/ http://lowvelder.co.za/44144/seven-year-old-aims-to-help-save-the-rhino-in-the-kruger-national-park/ http://www.mylowveld.com/news/conservation/item/124-seven-year-old-fights-to-save-rhinos.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz2PX2IKRos http://mpumalanganews.co.za/35929/seven-year-old-helps-save-rhino/ http://player.fm/series/talk-radio-702-environmental-hour/alyssas-save-the-rhino

UPDATE: ALYSSA’S SAVE THE RHINOS

TERM 2 REPORTS AND PARENTS EVENING

Reports will be handed out at the Parents Presentations as follows:

Grade 0—Mon 23 June @ 16h00

Grade 1—Tue 24 June 16h00

Grade 2—Wed 25 June 16h00

Grade 3—Thu 26 June 16h00

Grade 4, 5, 6—Please book your appointments with the teachers on either Tue 24 June, or Wed 25 June, between 14h00—18h00. Please email or speak to Louise in the office—info@coopercollege.co.za to make your booking.

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TERM 2 2014 OUTING

Our second term’s outing will be taking place during the last week of the term. The children will be going to Ditsong National Museum of Natural History in Pretoria.

The children will be returning from their outings by 14h00. There will be extra murals during the week of the outing, however, for the Grade that goes on the outing on their respective day, there will not be extra murals.

Grade 0 Fri 27 June

Grade 1 Wed 25 June

Grade 2 Thur 26 June

Grade 3 Tue 24 June

Grade 4, 5 & 6 Mon 23 June

Grade Heads for Term 2

Grade 0: Mrs Pereira

Grade 1: Miss Motto

Grade 2: Mrs Palmer

Grade 3: Miss Van Blerk

Grade 4: Mrs Sheasby

Grade 5 & 6: Miss De Beer

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TERM END/CIVVIES DAY

The second term of 2014 comes to an end on Friday 27 June. The school will operate the normal opening and closing times on this day.

We will not be having a Civvies Day on the last day of school, however, we will have a Civvies Day on Friday 20 June 2014. There will be no monetary charge for the Civvies Day, however, we do request that the children donate an age appropriate story book on the day. This does not have to be new—good condition old/used books are welcome.

TERM 2 END HOLIDAY CARE

Term 2 ends on Friday 27 June, and holiday care will be offered from 30 June until 18 July—3 weeks/15 days in total.

Holiday care will be offered at a daily rate of R150.

Bookings and payments must reach us by Wednesday 25 June to confirm your booking.

Please note that holiday care bookings and payments MUST reach us by the given deadline, as we need to co-ordinate the planning of the program.

Holiday care fees are refundable up to 7 working days prior to the holiday period commencing, less 20% admin fee. Thereafter, holiday care fees are not refundable. Holiday care fees are non-transferable.

Please email info@coopercollege.co.za your booking and proof of payment.

UNIFORM/MCCULLAGH & BOTHWELL

The children are required to wear the winter uniform during term 2 and term 3.

Please note that the uniform stock is available at McCullagh and Bothwell Fourways Crossing. Their contact details are as follows:

Tel: 011 705 1070

Email: fourways@mcandb.co.za

Website: www.mcandb.co.za

ALWAYS CHECK YOUR CLASS NOTICE BOARDS, HOMEWORK DIARIES AND GRADE NEWSLETTERS FOR INFORMATION!

Girls

Tartan skirt

White, short sleeve fitted collared shirt

Navy pullover jersey

Navy drymac

Navy sleeveless/slipover jersey

Black school shoes

School scarf and beanie

Navy winter woollies tights

Boys

Navy pullover jersey

Navy drymac

Navy sleeveless/ slipover jersey

Black school shoes

School scarf and beanie

Long grey pants

White short sleeve collared shirt

Extra Murals

Maroon long sleeve/short sleeve Golf Shirt

Navy Tracksuit Pants/shorts

Hockey Socks

Navy Fleece Jersey

White or Black Takkies

Should there be an extraordinarily cold day during winter, the

extra mural uniform may be worn in place of the school

uniform.

Tammy Mewes & Carmen Sidders 0828887601 / 0840601856 www.dancemouse.co.za

2nd Hand Uniform Shop

A reminder that the 2nd Hand Uniform Shop is looking for stock. If you have any clothing that is too small for your children, please deposit it in the swing bins placed in both offices. Remember to put the clothing items in a bag, with your name and telephone number. We have quite a few parents looking for 2nd hand items of clothing. Contact details: Linda Smith Email: smith.linda@mweb.co.za Cell: 0828594133

Karate

Stuart

083 417 6315

Soccer Starz

Patrick

083 236 8559