18 August 2016 Dear Parents, Staff, Boys and Girls

Our children are exposed to so many, “epic fails, stunts gone wrong, can you see it? That moment when!“

videos, memes, pictures etc and the list goes on! Society has allowed our youth to fall into a trap where

they celebrate failure more often than success, I know I have discussed this before and often make

reference to it when I speak of Cyber-safety and bullying.

I recently read this quote I had banked on my old hard-drive:

“People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or

entertained. Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be

entertained is a passive state - it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle....

Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions.”

- Abraham Joshua Heschel, “The Wisdom of Heschel”

My request this week is that we choose to celebrate what is right in the world, and in particular our 80

years of existence as a school this weekend. What better way to celebrate than with our St George’s Fair

on Saturday. We hope to see all of our families and their friends here on Saturday and may you all have a

wonderful time with your children at what promises to be our best to date!

I will not bore you with a long newsletter as there is a lot of information about the Fair in this letter today.

Kind regards

Alex Hall Campus Head Twitter- @AlexHallZA Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/AlexHallZA Linkedin- za.linkedin.com/in/alexhallza

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St George’s Fair on Saturday!!! Food, Market stalls and kids entertainment open from 10h00 to 16h00!

Car Parking Areas Please note that the only entrance to the Fair on Saturday is through the Main Gate on Park Drive. There will be no access to the Fair through the McIntosh Road gate or the Hall gate. Parking on Saturday is available:

at Greenwood School (R10) – entrance opposite our Hall gate on Jutland Crescent/ Forbes Avenue

Around St George's Park

McIntosh Road and the swimming pool parking areas are reserved for stall holders only. The Food Stalls on offer are: Braai Stall Juice Box Sno Zone Coffee on the Go Ice Cream Dream Spit Braai Food Stall Dip a Chip Stall Indian Food Stall Stir Fry Food Stall Dumplings Stall Island Way Sorbet TeozePortuguese Egg & Bacon Grill Station Nova Kitchen Thai Spring Rolls Hot Chocolate Stall Pancake Stall Tuckshop Waflebak The Market Stalls (something for everyone!) on offer in the Jan Immelman Hall are:

Alliance Francais PE For My Sister Miglio Annique Heaps of Awesome PumkinPumba Back to Earth Jumboo Toys & Crafts Runners & Placemats By Erica Lesley Lee Clothing Sjukla CALM Life with Jacqueline Skdonk Cre8tive Kidzz Lu’s Designs The Art Café Deco Succulents Magical Mermaids The Mustard Deli Fairy Wings & Pretty things Megan’s Biltong Upcycled Wooden Frames Foot & Mouth painters The Outside Stalls on offer are:

The Information Booth For Sale : Lucky Draw tickets and Balloon Competition entries, and St George’s Water Bottles (R140) and St George’s Supporter Shirts (S, M & L – R260) and (XL & XXL R280)

ABSA ATM Tavcor Second Hand Books & Magazines Stall Candle crafts Mazda Sylvan Belle Coke Van Nourish on line REACT Dried Pasta Selmarie Face Painting The Rocket Seed Kiddies Tombola Stall

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The Adventure Zone for the bigger kids costs R150 for an ALL DAY PASS

Sumo Wrestling Target Shooting Zone Bocca Ball / Lawn Bowls Roller Balls Giant Games Dunker Large Blow Up Slide Rocket Launching Sugar Sack races Sports Obstacle Course Cowabunga Puzzle Station Sky-Runners

Go-Carts - R10 for 4 minutes To keep children between the ages of 2-6 entertained, the Pre-Primary School invites you to their Mad Hatters Tea Party area, where their Interactive Entertainment Area has many options to choose from while you enjoy delicious freshly backed treats.

Play Dough Jumping Castle Movie Screenings Nails & Make-Up Soft Play area Sand Art Look out for our exciting entertainment programme throughout the day:

10h00 - 11h00 Stilt walker 11h00 - 12h00 Animals in Wonderland Show 12h00 - 13h00 Stilt walker 12h30 - 13h30 African Drumbeat Interactive Drumming Session 13h30 - Balloon Competition winner draw - Enter our balloon competition until 13h00 to stand a chance to win a Jetmaster GP gas grill with stand, sponsored by BUCO, to the value of R 2,399.00! 14h00 - 15h00 Stilt Walker 14h00 - 16h00 Live music with Charlie Finch in the Beer Tent 16h15 - Cutting of the St George's 80th birthday cake and the Lucky Raffle Draw winner draw – there are 7 awesome prizes to be won! You can still buy tickets on the day at the Information Desk until 13h00 17h00 - Live stream rugby SA vs Argentina in the Beer Tent 19h00 - 21h00 Charlie Finch in the Beer Tent Join us in the Beer Tent from 16h00 to 21h00 where we invite you to sit back and relax with a chilled beer or a glass of wine in hand, while you enjoy a few sweet tunes as well as the live-streaming of the Rugby.

The Foongs Chinese Food Stall will be selling eats from 16h00 – 21h00 at the Beer Tent

A big thank you must be given to our PA Chair, Helen Nepgen, and her team, plus our staff for their time and effort in putting together this exciting fun-filled day.

Thank you also must go to you, the parents’, we have so appreciated your support in supplying amazing jars for the Tombola Stall. It is going to be a ‘feature’ stall at the Fair.

Also a big ‘shout-out’ for all the books and magazines collected for the Book Stall.

St George’s Preparatory Piano Studio Concert – Thursday 1 September 2016

The Music Department invites you to attend a Piano Studio Concert, presented by our piano students, on Thursday 1 September in the Hilary Davies Room in the Music Department. Entrance is free and cheese and wine will be served from 17:45. The Concert begins at 18:00.

Main Prep Events remaining in Term 3

Friday 19 August 11h00 : Foundation Phase Sports morning Saturday 20 August St George's Fair Tuesday 23 August Eskom Science Expo at NMMU Friday 26 August School closes at 12h30 due to Merrifield Derby 26 & 27 August Merrifield Derby Day (A) Thursday 1 September 18h00-19h00 : Music Concert Thursday 8 September 08h00 : Senior Primary Athletics Day @ Oval Wednesday 14 September Summer Sport Commences Thursday 15 September Independent Schools Athletics Day at St Andrews Friday 16 September 11h30 : Foundation Phase Grandparents Day 20 – 24 September St George’s Annual Art Exhibition of South African artists Tuesday 20 September St George’s Schools Golf Day @ Port Elizabeth Golf Club Wednesday 21 September Music Concert Monday 26 September 16h00 - 19h00 : Grade 1-7 Parent interviews Tuesday 27 September 16h00 - 19h00 : Grade 1-7 Parent interviews Wednesday 28 September 10h00 - 16h00 : “Books 2 You” Bookshop in the Library Thursday 29 September Term 3 ends

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A peek around the School Grade 6 pupils displayed some interesting Science Expo projects at the School Science Expo and were asked some

challenging questions by the panel of judges and parents.

“Heart Rate vs Running Surfaces” “Can Texters Type?” “Eco-Cooler - Does it really work?” by Jorja & Tara Sacké by Juhi Gajjar by Daniel Ristow “The Chewing Gum Project” – by Sophie France “Sugar to the Rescue” – by Dylan Bouwer

Great start for our netball girls against our neighbors, Greenwood

The Grade 4s on an outing to watch Ice Age and seeing how movies are screened at the cinema

A peek into the Clubs sessions last week ...

The Gumboot Dance Group & the Dance Club learning Irish Dancing

Our Gardening club learning about soils and fertilizers for their veggie garden! Next up costing tools and materials!� They even got a sponsor for seedlings, clever bunch!

Our Social Media Presence on Facebook and Twitter Our school’s Social Media presence is growing by the day and I encourage you all to follow us on Twitter @SGSchoolsPE and on our Facebook page using the link https://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Georges-Preparatory-School/109880722428084. Please like our Facebook page, so that posts will then be seen in your newsfeed.

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Fixtures for the week commencing: 22 – 27 August

Date Sport Time Opponents Venue Estimated End Time

Monday 22 Aug U13A&B Netball

14:30(B) 15:00(A) Bluewater Bay Bluewater bay 15:00

U11B hockey 14:30 Lorraine Pirates 15:30

Tuesday 23 Aug U9C Hockey 14:30 HHPS D HHPS 15:00

U9A&B Hockey

14:30(B) 15:00(A) Sunridge Sunridge

U10A&B Hockey

14:30(B) 15:00(A) Clarendon Clarendon 15:30

U9 A&B Soccer 14:30 Cotswold Union B 15:30

Wednesday 24 Aug

U14A&B Girls Hockey 14:30 Charlo Pirates 16:30

U14C Girls Hockey 14:30 Summerwood Summerwood 15:30

Thursday 25 Aug

U10&U11 Girls Netball

14:30(U10) 15:00(U11) Bluewater Bay St George’s 15:30

U13B&U11B

Soccer 14:30(U11) 15:15(u13)

Brylin Brylin

U13A&11A Soccer 14:30(u11) 15:15(u13)

Nasruddin Union B 16:30

Athletics Trials (Compulsory) 10:45 – 12:45 Grade 3-7 Union B

Friday 26 Aug

Merrifield Derby Weekend

Saturday 27 Aug

Merrifield Derby Weekend

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Fixtures for the week commencing: 29 August – 2 September

Date Sport Time Opponents Venue Estimated End Time

Monday 29 Aug U13A&B Netball

14:30(B) 15:00(A) Sydenham St George’s 15:00

Tuesday 30 Aug U9C Hockey 14:30 Westering Westering 15:00

U9A&B Hockey

14:30(B) 15:00(A) HHPS Crusaders B

U10A&B Hockey

14:30(B) 15:00(A) Summerwood Summerwood 15:30

U9 A&B Soccer 14:30 Diaz Union B 15:30

Wednesday 31 Aug

U14A&B Girls Hockey 14:30 Sunridge Sunridge 16:30

U14C Girls Hockey 14:30 Riebeek Pirates 15:30

Thursday 1 Sept

U10&U11 Girls Netball

14:30(U10) 15:00(U11) Sydenham Sydenham 15:30

U13A&11A

Soccer 14:30(u11) 15:15(u13)

Cotswold

Union B 16:30

Friday 2 Sept

U13A&u11A Hockey 14:30 Summerwood Summerwood

15:30

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