9 000 BOOKS!
Well done to our boys in the Inter-House Book Collection competition who handed in 9 000 books in total, more than 20 books per boy. These books have all been taken to our VUSA Rugby and Learning Academy who will distribute them in the Langa schools and community. Thank you for supporting this drive; a wonderful way to end a fun-filled week of books and reading. The winning House was Brooke.

PUNCTUALITY AND CARRYING OUT INSTRUCTIONS
Currently we are working on improving and developing two behaviours in particular, namely punctuality and carrying out instructions.

The first, punctuality, involves changes to break bell times and setting time limits for changeover between lessons, arriving at class after break, etc: essentially raising our expectations and ensuring the requirements are met.

The carrying out instructions is a bit more difficult and will take a while to improve. This is a worldwide problem with children being used to instructions repeated many times and sometimes not carried out and the matter then left, sometimes with adults doing the task or action for their child. There are many reasons for this – the very busy life of many families, the predominant carer often not being the parent and the distraction of so many media that are easily available, the complete absorption that something on a screen provides; one that does not improve listening skills. I am showing my age when I mention that I grew up listening to a radio; missing a word or two could mean missing a scene or misunderstanding an aspect of the plot. I had to listen.

In addition, children are being raised and educated more gently than many past generations. This is much better in so many ways, but can go too far and not develop the responsibility and accountability our children need to master as they grow up. 

In our busy lives and a busy school, the adults also need to slow down; make sure our boys are settled and can hear the instruction(s) and not give too many at once. And then have the expectation that they will be followed.

So many children struggle with executive functioning these days: time management and active listening are two key components that enable us to execute tasks in a structured and manageable way, completing them and in time.

Punctuality and carrying out instructions are part of home and school education and, if we make our boys accountable for both, we will be doing them a real favour.

Best wishes

U12 7s Rugby

Time: 14h30
Venue: Wynberg

U12 Day/Night Hockey Tournament

Time: 14h30 to 20h00
Venue: Woodlands

U9 7s Rugby

Time: 14h30
Venue: Lutgensvale

VUSA Cyclathon

Time: 14h30
Venue: Lutgensvale

Interclass Soccer U10 and U11

Time: 14h30 - 16h00
Venue: Lutgensvale

Interclass Soccer U9, U12 and U13

Time: 14h30
Venue: Rossall (U9) Lutgensvale (U12 and 13)

Interclass Soccer U10 and U11

Time: 14h30 - 16h00
Venue: Lutgensvale

VUSA Cyclathon

Van der Bijl House Cake Sale

Further details to follow

Grade 5 Charlton House Outing

Time: 18h00 to 20h00

Rohan Bloom - Waka, Waka Soccer Tournament

Time: 08h00 to 15h00
Venue: Lutgensvale

Rugby Tuckshop

We are needing assistance in the Tuckshop at the following matches:

• Mon 1 Sept: U10 & U11 Interhouse Rugby 
  
• Tues 2 Sept: U9, U12 & U13 Interhouse Rugby
  
• Fri 5 Sept: U9 7s @ Bishops  

If you are able to spare just 30 minutes, please book a slot.

• Please ensure you refresh your page when loading the BOOKING SPREADSHEET
• Please be considerate and don't overwrite another volunteer's name.  
• Please click HERE for the Interhouse fixtures

All tuckshop proceeds go directly towards PA initiatives, supporting our school community.

Holiday Clinics and Workshops

If you are interested in the Soccer Clinic, please click HERE

If you are interested in the Study Skills Course, please click HERE

Klikd App and WhatsApp Group

A reminder that all Grade 4-7 parents have access to the Klikd app which gives regular advice on digital trends, games, gaming and any difficulties that young people are experiencing in the online world. If you have not yet downloaded it, please do so; their balanced and realistic insights of a rapidly changing digital world are very valuable and they also include advice for yourselves as the parents.

To stay connected to your son's online world, we recommend joining the Klikd inyr Pocket WhatsApp Group. To join, please click HERE while on your mobile phone or scan the QR code provided.

Congratulations to the following boys who performed at the Wednesday Music Assembly.
Back: Mr Nicholas (showcasing the French Horn), Kuhle Cossie, Martin Truter, Phoenix Jordan, Minggu Xiao, Finn Coetzer, Henri Kuys, Leatile Magoro, Samuel Yazdanpanahi, Sam Neethling
Front: Nicholas Gray, David Chen, Murray Prain, Samuel Burchell, Raadi Rinquest.

A heartfelt thank you to all the Bishops Prep families who so generously donated books to the VUSA library. We are certain that our new VUSA library will become a safe and special place for our children. Thank you to each of you who donated for opening the doors to magical worlds, characters, and adventures.
Please know that the adult books will be shared with senior citizen homes, and any duplicates and surplus will help stock a new library in Delft.

A special word of thanks goes to Chloe de la Harpe and Alison Larcome for leading this project, and to Jerome Wolfaardt, Sebastian Stemmett, and their hardworking teams for transporting the books to our new library in Langa.