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Date: 28 February 2020 Issue no.: 7 Dear Parent It takes Earth approximately 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 45 seconds, to circle once around the Sun, therefore causing the addition of an intercalary day, called a leap year, every fourth year. This matching up of the seasons to our Gregorian calendar makes us realise that nature does not listen to the laws or conventions of man, but rather that man has made rules to describe what is happening in nature. Tomorrow, 29 February, is such a special day. It is therefore only apt that we use this “bonus day” in our calendar to promote our wonderful school. Please invite family and friends to pop in and visit us at our Open Day. It promises to be an amazing opportunity to showcase our school with our incredible learners and facilities. Needless to say, we are engaging with prospective parents on various levels for this event, but most importantly, our learners will be the true marketing material for Curro Aurora. I therefore ask that you help ensure that they show up dressed neatly for the various activities on offer. We will have learners, teachers and coaches involved in academics, sport activities and cultural activities. The day promises to be jam-packed with excitement, learning and social interaction. ALUMNI If you have been with Aurora, now Curro Aurora, please send an email to [email protected] with your name and surname, the year you completed school, your telephone number and email address – to form part of the Curro Aurora alumni database. Alumni children save 50% on their enrolment fee and 10% on their school fees. Also follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curroalumni Visit our website for more info: https://www.curroalumni.co.za/ GET INVOLVED: We call on all learners, parents and teachers in the Curro Aurora family to get involved – participate where you can, show interest and help to grow our magnificent school. Our school is blessed with learners who have exceptional talent evident in the classroom, on the sports field and in the cultural sphere. Please avail yourselves to be included in the multitude of events and activities that are organised – your participation is ultimately what will drive excellence at Curro Aurora. 087 087 7773 | [email protected] | www.curro.co.za 1 SHAVATHON Our annual CANSA Shavathon will be taking place on 11 March in the three schools on campus in different ways: PRE-SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL & HIGH SCHOOL: NO CUTTING Or SHAVING CURRO AURORA APT (ASSOCIATION OF PARENTS & TEACHERS) Our APT raises funds for the school and strives to promote school spirit and fun. Although Curro provides for the needs and services of our learners, the funds from the APT provide the cherry-on-top that makes us all stand out. Our first exciting APT event is the Great Grade Quiz that is taking place on 13 March 2020! Tickets will be on sale from Josie at Main Reception from Friday, 21 February 2020. Tickets are R100 for adults and R80 for learners, but the good news is that a table of 8 people will cost you only R640.00! 2 The ticket includes a meal, but drinks will be sold separately. As it is a family function, no alcohol is allowed. We would like to have at least 3 teams per grade (24 people per grade) who can take on (and demolish) both Primary School and Castle teams! Come on, High School parents and learners, those awesome prizes are as good as ours! Please also save the dates for numerous other activities that we have planned to take place over the course of the year. Term 1 The Great Grade Quiz Friday, 13 March Women’s Day Tea Saturday, 1 August Term 3 Golf Day Friday, 21 August Family Fun Day Saturday, 5 September The 2019 Yearbook is proudly sponsored by the APT and will be coming soon. The APT is also sponsoring hoodies for our high school Sound and Lighting Team (SALT) as well as T-Shirts for all our coaches. Please come and support us in all our endeavours. We would love to meet you. GREEN CAMPUS Sabrina Freeman In the past week, many Grade 11s and Matrics have been working hard on the Green Campus Project, creating more mini recycling bins out of boxes to distribute to all the classes and make our learning environments more eco-friendly. There has been a great deal of involvement from everyone in both grades, and a lot of effort put in throughout the past week. The Green Campus committee is excited to begin their monthly campaigns in a week and start promoting and raising awareness towards areas of sustainability in which the whole school, and parents, can get involved . GRADE 9 ADVANCED PROGRAMME MATHEMATICS Grade 9 AP Mathematics will be on a Wednesday from 13h40 – 14h25. It is free of charge in Grade 9 and there are no assessments for it. We encourage all our eager grade 9 Mathematicians to join. #I’m_Involved. 3 WORLD MATHS DAY COMPETITION Two-and-a-half hours of Mathematical Problem Solving! Of course that classifies as fun! Learners from Grades 10 to 12 participated in the World Maths Day competition hosted at Northcliff High on 26 February from 18:00 to 20:30. A huge positive parabolic smile to Nicole, Morgan, Ruben, Siphesihle, Erique, Sayhen, Andrew, Oaribile, Vuyo, Tega, Jared, Kayla, Jasmin and Sifiso who did us proud! It was great to see our learners have fun and rub shoulders with top achievers from several other schools. Well done, Mathemagicians – we are very proud of you. 4 COMMUNICATION: Please note that e-mails cannot always be read or answered immediately as all members of the School Management Team and Grade Heads have a teaching responsibility too. We do try our best to answer as quickly as possible. Contact details of the School Management Team and Grade Heads herewith for easy reference: Cindy Duma [email protected] Receptionist Head of High Dion Kotze [email protected] School FET Phase Head Sarah-Jane Olivier [email protected] Snr Phase Head Donne Valkenburg [email protected] Head of Sport Adrian Ferreira [email protected] Head of Culture Saskia Snyders [email protected] Nicole Webb [email protected] Grade 12 Heads Maria Chou [email protected] Judy Beeston [email protected] Grade 11 Heads Anita Bornman [email protected] Janine Tobin [email protected] Grade 10 Heads Wendy Longwitz [email protected] Kelsey Gallon [email protected] Grade 9 Heads Brendan van Zyl [email protected] Kyla Hayter [email protected] Grade 8 Heads Warrick Hammond [email protected] 5 ENRICHMENT TOUR: EUROPE JUNE 2020 WE HAVE 4 SPACES STILL AVAILABLE FOR THIS TOUR! Contact Mr Kotze or Mrs Bornman for more information on this amazing opportunity! 6 SPORT Mr Adrian Ferreira SAHETI Festival: The 1st and u/16 rugby and netball teams participated at the prestigious SAHETI Festival on Friday, 21 and Saturday, 22 February. The playoff matches were cancelled due to the weather, but the pool matches were played. The festival offered the players valuable game time ahead of the season. Results: Rugby 7s: 1st: u/16: Curro Aurora 5 SAHETI School 17 Curro Aurora 12 Highlands North Boys High 0 Curro Aurora 0 Dainfern College 17 Curro Aurora 17 Mondeor High School 10 Curro Aurora 12 Redhill School 12 Curro Aurora 0 SAHETI School 19 Netball: 1st: u/16: Curro Aurora 3 Crawford College Lonehill 9 Curro Aurora 4 Crawford College Lonehill 10 Curro Aurora 8 Jeppe High School For Girls 7 Curro Aurora 4 Glenvista High School 14 Curro Aurora 8 Greenside High School 2 Curro Aurora 4 Greenside High School 6 7 Hockey: The second of the Curro Aurora Night Series took place on Friday, 21 February. The u/15 boys played the Curro Academy Wilgeheuwel 1st team and prevailed 4-3. Curro Aurora has started a Preseason Hockey Night Series, something that will hopefully become an annual tradition at our school. The main aim is to bring schools together before official leagues start and give everyone a chance to play the sport they love in a fun environment. We encourage everyone to please come and support our teams again next week Friday. The tuckshop is open for snacks, drinks and food. Swimming: We wish the team well at the ‘C’ League Inter-High Gala that takes place on Thursday, 05 March at Delville Pool. Open Water Swimming: Connor Lipp is congratulated on finishing in 2nd place in the boys 13-14 age-group at the CGA Open Water Championship. Softball: Summerhill International College hosted Curro Aurora on Monday, 24 February. • 1st won 12-7 • u/15 lost 7-6 Cricket: Beaulieu College hosted the 1st XI on Thursday, 20 February. Curro Aurora lost. Golf: League results: @ Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club: @ Randpark Golf Club 1. Curro Aurora 1. King David Victory Park 2. BSI 2. KES 3. St Alban’s 3. Trinityhouse Randpark Ridge 4. Dainfern College 4. Curro Aurora ‘B’ Kim Turgut is congratulated on advancing to the semi-finals of the ‘B’ division at the South African Women’s Matchplay Championships, played at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club. Street Dance: The dancers participated at St Stithians Girls’ College on Friday, 21 February. The team finished 1st out of 4 schools. Individual results: u/14 girls: u/16 boys: u/18 boys: • Okuhle Scheepers: 3rd • Jared Rypstra: 1st • Siphesile Mahlangu: 1st • Tanaka Paradza: 2nd u/14 boys: u/16 girls: • Luvo Ntanga: 1st • Munashe • Lethu Ntlanganiso: 2nd Dombodzvukou: 2nd 8 Please find the High School sports programme for Monday, 02 March until Saturday, 07 March 2020.