Dear Parents

My diary quotes Flavia Medrut for June and I think it is rather fun to share her thoughts:  Laughter might be the only contagious thing that you actually want to catch.  So laugh whenever you get the chance, and laugh hard even when people give you funny looks.  The right kind of person will start laughing too, without even knowing why.  May this new month be full of smiles and laughter for you all.

The cold weather has arrived and the unpredictable rain has certainly made an appearance.  Please be reminded that we will continue to supervise boys that are signed up for a school sport, even if the weather does not permit us to be outside.  During soft showers, we can continue with some winter sport but when there is a downpour, this is not possible.  We will then supervise your son in an inside venue, covering sportsmanship and other related topics of discussion.  With covid still lurking, if we have a very large group of boys and no venue big enough, we may offer you the chance to collect the boys early, if you so choose, but this is not standard practice and really depends on the many challenges we face on a daily basis. It is more challenging for outside service providers as there are not always indoor venues available for them to suitably offer an indoor lesson. In these cases they may need to cancel lessons which is sometimes unavoidable.

As we turn our diaries to the pages headed JUNE, we suddenly find that we head into the last few weeks before the end of the term 2.

It may be a good idea to confirm you spaces with the privately offered extra murals for next term (tennis, clay, golf, judo, young engineers, playball) but school offered sport (hockey, tag rugby, art, chess and cross country) stay the same for both term 2 and 3 unless you have notified the school of your intention to change. Please remember that next term, chess in Grade R and drama in Grade 1 and 2 will be offered to the red classes (van Zyl, Merrick and Anstey).

Next week we head into the last full week of sport.  All extramural activities end on Wednesday 15 June.

Wishing you all an exciting weekend ahead and wishing Ms Fiona Stuart, a very happy birthday on 9th.

Kind regards

SHARLENE GROOM
HEAD: PRE-PREP

Family Chapel Service

We invite all families to join us at this combined service with our Pre-Prep boys and staff.  We start at 8.15am in the Memorial Chapel. 

Youth Day and school holiday

We celebrate Youth Day on 16 June, and 17th June has been identified as a school holiday. We therefore close school on these two days.

The Lord be with you

We began this week learning about the light of Christ and the with Pascal candle being extinguished. It's glow no longer visible in our presence. This has caused much anxiety to the church and it's people for now we may feel that God in Christ is no longer with us. But is it so? Has Christ really left us desolate and unattended to in these troubling times in our world? Well, I don’t believe our Lord would do such to us. And so the week was affirming to us as it marked Child Protection Week, and this reminded us that we are still being protected and taken care of.

We find comfort in knowing that we are taken care of despite the illness that surrounds us at home and here at school. We found time to reflect on the miracles that Christ has done in the sight of His people. We asked the question of whether or not our Lord was just a mere magician or an actual miracle worker. Having looked at the stage performance of magicians we learnt that they can trick us into believing them. But Jesus, through the Power of God did miracles that were able to save people and give healing, especially to those who believed. Even in today's uncertainties, God can heal us and give us our lives back through our collective faith.

Let us pray

Lord, we thank you for the powerful work of your Son Jesus, who lived amongst people and shared His light with everyone He came across. Now we pray that even if we may not see the physical light of Christ in our immediate surroundings, that we may be the light that You have called us to be. In Jesus name. Amen

Message from the PA

1. The PA has invited James Sedgwick to a Q&A evening at The Mitre to explain why there are fundraising events for the Invest In Our Future Foundation (IIOFF) and how it may one day benefit their boys. The ODU is hosting the event and is providing soup and beverages (no cost to you) for any parents attending.  https://www.odunion.com/event/soupandsherryinformationevening

2. Rhodes Scholarship applications are now open.  To apply for this fully funded postgraduate scholarship at Oxford click on the image below.  This opens doors to a future where you will join a very special community of people in your academic journey.

The Rhodes Scholarship (ox.ac.uk)

The Grade N's were treated to Gilly's phenomenal storytelling skills on - Africa Day. They also learned all about Shapes and Numbers took part in various creative activities.

We are so busy in Grade R and there is so much fun to be had. From building houses out of big Lego blocks, digging and making jelly out of Lego moulds in the sandpit and practicing our climbing skills. We are never short of things to do here at Grade R.