Dear Parents

We are launching into one of the most exciting weeks of the year, READATHON 2022! Parents came in today and transformed our building into a forest fairyland.  One little boy, when walking through this morning commented “this is really a forest, I’m telling you now.”  Thank you to those willing helpers this morning that helped to create this wonderland.  Your help and time is so very appreciated by all at the Pre-Prep! Mrs Wallace has put together a magnificent array of activities for the week.
Right in the middle of the week, we are hosting our first Grandparents/Special Guest tea since before COVID.  We are expecting around 500 guests, starting off at our chapel at 8.15am.  The College students will be using the chapel before us, so we are only able to enter the Memorial Chapel at 8am once they have left.  If anyone arrives before then, please feel free to take a walk around or wait on the large grass area outside the Brooke chapel (the smaller chapel) until the main doors open.  Kindly note that no beverages are please to be brought into the chapel.  The bathrooms are at the theatre, to the one side of the chapel should anyone need to use these facilities.

From Tuesday we will have a lovely book display in our foyer, where you can purchase books at a good price.  There will be many exciting titles to choose from so please take a little time out to pop down and view the display.  I have included the flyer in the section below as well.

Wishing Mr Tsotso a fabulous birthday on 30th August!  May you all enjoy a wonderful weekend; keep warm!

Kind regards

SHARLENE GROOM
HEAD:PRE-PREP

Choir Evening

The Choirs of the Pre-Prep, Prep and College came together in the Memorial Chapel on Tuesday evening to celebrate that we are, once again after COVID, able to sing in groups.  It was an evening of showcasing the work we had done with the various choirs – in a relaxed manner. Everyone walked away with their cups filled to the brim. It was just such a wonderful evening of great choral music and togetherness.  We are very proud of our Pre-Prep choir for delivering a beautiful and energetic performance.

Baptism
The Lord be with you
It has been a fun and educational week with the boys as we looked at the first sacrament of the church and our entrance and affirmation to our faith. Baptism is the beginning of the call and ministry that God has placed on us and the washing away and cleansing of our sins. This is all achieved when we repent, ask for God's pardoning and get accept into God's family.
We reflected on the gospel of Mathew 3:13-17 where the recording of Jesus’ baptism is found. We saw how John prepared the way and eventually baptized Jesus in the Jordan river. The Holy Spirit came down in the symbol of a dove and God spoke from heaven affirming this sacrament and sealing it with bold acceptance and authority saying - "this is my beloved Son in whom I am most pleased”. It was amazing to learn that at baptism we are confirmed to being the family of God and are beloved before Him.

Let us pray
Dear Lord, we thank you we are all members of your Holy family, and we thank you for the love you have for each one of us. We are sorry for all that we do wrong- either in thought, word or deed, or in what we have left undone. Please forgive us of our sins and help us to live pure lives and pray that we may grow in our faith and shine as light in the world.
Amen  

Readathon

Thank you to all the parents that helped to decorate. We look forward to an exciting week.

We have continued loving our Dinosaur theme this week with the boys creating different kinds of new dinosaurs and naming them. We have loved our new wooden toys purchased recently creating much opportunity for fantasy and role play in the art room. Our singing voices are ready for our grandparents and special guests next week and we can't wait to show them how beautifully we sing.

The boys have been working in teams getting ready for Grandparents day. Each class has had to decorate their classroom doors with Fairytale characters. Our classes have been a hive of activity as we have prepared for our Readathon and Grandparent's / Special Guest's tea. Mrs Daames’ class visited Newlands Forest this week and learned how to build a shelter and were surprised to by how little we actually need to survive.