Thank you for your support over the first week. Boys are showing independence, carrying everything in on their own to their classrooms and most haircuts are appropriate. Using the different gates for drop off and collection by grade seems to be going well and the boys have made a good start and are full of excitement and energy for school and everything that it brings.

SPORT
Physical development and sport are an important part of our curriculum and any boys’ school has a strong sports offering. And, for the majority of boys, their sport is a major part of life and they participate and compete with great enthusiasm (even informally at break time). However, I am sad to say that it is also an area that can cause unhappiness and even friction between parents and staff. We probably receive more complaints or emails about sports selection than academics – and school sport is meant to be fun.  Please see the letter HERE from our Head of Sport, Chris Groom, in which he outlines the key principles of our sports programme and its management.

Time: 07h30 to 13h00
Venue: Bishops College

Boys to be dropped and collected from Prep.
Normal extra-murals continue in the afternoon for Grade 7s

Civvies Day

Please see details under TAKE Note

House Picnics (Grades 3 to 7)

Time: 18h00 to 20h00
Venues:
Bramley - Clifton 4th Beach
Brooke - Prep Pool
Charlton - Clifton 4th Beach
VDB - Lutgensvale A Field (Click HERE for VDB Info)

Civvies day will take place on Friday 31st January. This is our day to collect dog and cat food, blankets, bowls, brushes and toys for our two chosen charities: Mdzananda Animal Clinic and The Gingerbread Club kitten rescue. Boys can drop their items first thing in the morning at the library.

Music Department Request

Going forward, please can you direct all music related queries to

Nikki Fyvie (Head of Music) at nfyvie@bishops.org.za,

or Kashiefa Kerven (Music Administrator) at prepmusic@bishops.org.za.

Athletics

Next week, during athletics practices, is the final week to be timed if boys missed trials in the first week.
Athletics practices are open to all.

• Tuesday : U11
  
• Wednesday: U9, U12 and U13 
  
• Thursday: U10  

Boys can either be walked down to Lutgensvale from aftercare or water polo or can be dropped at Lutgensvale at 16h30.
Practices end at 17h30.

Test Timetable - Grade 4 - 7

Please visit the calendar on the Website or on your son's profile on MyBishopsLife to view the Term 1 Test Timetable for Grades 4 to 7.