Dear Parents
WELCOME
We are pleased to welcome everyone back for the 4th term. I hope you were able to enjoy something of a break, even if it was just not driving to Bishops every day. Boys have entered into their summer activities with great enthusiasm. And the weather has played ball – wonderful to have longer days with sunshine and warmth.
We welcome back Mr Mitchell, looking refreshed and relaxed, after a term’s sabbatical.
During the holidays both our Cricket 1st XI and the Orange River group enjoyed very successful trips. The 1st XI competed in the Cape Schools Cricket Week in Komani (Queenstown) winning four out of their four matches. As importantly though, they were a credit to their school and families both on and off the field, in terms of their general behaviour, manners and attitude.
THIS TERM
This is a very short term, eight weeks and two days actually, and as always there is a great deal to be done. We will finish the curriculum with the necessary assessments, together with all our summer activities. We then have a special time over the last two weeks to celebrate the year, prepare for Christmas, enjoy the last few days with our classmates and do various activities; go-kart racing, Market Day, Bishops Got Talent, as well as a service component.
Please note these important dates that involve all boys:
Tuesday, 27 November (evening) Carol Service
Thursday, 6 December 09h00 Prizegiving
There are also a number of special Grade 7 events as well as a Grade 3 Celebration and information regarding these will be sent out separately.
PLEASE SUPPORT US
These eight weeks and two days will be very full and boys will be fully and meaningfully occupied right until the last day of term, 6 December. So we ask you to please support the school by not asking for your son to leave school before the end of term for travel purposes. We also had a number of boys miss days of school and even evening functions, to play in the IPL Cricket league. This should not start before the end of term and, even if it does, please kindly inform the organisers that your son will not be available during school time. Some parents did do this last year and their sons were not prejudiced in any way.
When boys leave early they miss out on so much of the celebration time at school, very different experiences and the opportunity to experience proper closure. I seem to have had more requests than ever before during this year to miss school for travel, so I ask you to please allow your son to finish school properly on Thursday, 6 December.
The boys have arrived back excited about what this term holds for them, so we wish you all a very good term.
Kind regards
GREG BROWN
HEADMASTER |
