MARIST BROTHERS LINMEYER NEWSLETTER FRIDAY, 25th May 2018

A Message from the High School Principal, Mr Gary Norton

THE IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN OUR LIVES…

A while back I wrote an article about dealing with exam stress and mentioned the importance of exercise. This week, I would like to make some comments about the overall general importance of physical activity in our lives.

We all know that we are living in times where we eat too much highly processed food, park as close as we can to the shops that we visit, drive rather than walk, etc. We often attribute this behaviour to our busy lives, work-related stress and lack of time.

The effects of regular physical exercise have been researched by many health practitioners, psychologists and educators and the following are some of the confirmed benefits:

 Children who participate in physical activities like sport usually achieve excellent academic results.  Some sports like Archery and Golf enable children to increase concentration levels, especially those who are diagnosed with ADHD.  Team sports generally help children to integrate socially and work together.  Regular physical activity enables children and adults to increase their resistance to many illnesses.  Participation in sports makes children feel good through the release of endorphins.  Physical activity helps to reduce stress levels.  Healthy eating combined with exercise helps to maintain the correct body mass.  Exercise also helps to maintain a healthy cardio-vascular system and bone density.

As children grow older, they need to recognize the health benefits of an active lifestyle and continue making exercise a priority when they become adults. We as parents need to encourage our children to get involved in regular physical activities and to participate ourselves, thereby setting an example to our young ones.

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At Marist Brothers Linmeyer we offer a wide range of sports and place great importance on our Physical Education programme, so please encourage your child to become active.

I wish all Parents and Educators who are running the Comrades Marathon an enjoyable, injury-free run on the 10th June.

Gary Norton

DAILY REFLECTIONS PRAYER FOR THE WEEK http://www.acatholic.org/ Lord Jesus, your death brought life and freedom. Make me a servant of your love, that I may seek to serve rather than be served. DAILY LITURGICAL READINGS http://www.ewtn.com/daily-readings/

The Month of May

It is the month of May, traditionally a month of special devotion to Mary, our Mother. Mary was given a unique place in the history of the world - arguably the most privileged place of any person. In spite of this, she was not exempt from any challenges or suffering, joy or pleasure in her life. Mary offers to journey with each of us in our own struggles, uniting her prayers to ours, as she points us always in the direction of her Son, Jesus. May we accept her invitation and draw inspiration from her example of living always within God’s Plan of unconditional love.

PRAYER BOOKS Please note that Prayer books were a once-off free distribution. Replacement due to loss or damage will be at a cost of R20.

PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWS

STAFF ENGAGEMENT Congratulations to Miss Natalie Baptista and Mr Ken Brown on their engagement.

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GROCERY DONATIONS Thank you kindly for all your generous donations of groceries each month. They are so appreciated by our charity groups especially St. Vincent de Paul of La Rochelle parish. Please kindly continue your donations. Monthly class lists can be found on the school app under Primary School; Outreach; Mass Grocery Collection.

INK CARTRIDGES Please send all used ink cartridges to Mrs Bolland in the Computer Lab for recycling.

MY SCHOOL APP Parents are encouraged to download the My School App. The App can be found on both Google Play and through the Apple App store and is free.

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FIRST HOLY COMMUNION The second First Holy Communion meeting takes place on Tuesday, 05th June @ 18h30 in the Marian Resource Centre.

JOHANNESBURG MINI CITY COUNCIL EASTER EGG COLLECTION

A very big thank you to all our Marist families for donating so many boxes of Easter eggs to the Johannesburg Mini City Council.

In total we collected over 300 000 boxes of Easter eggs. These were distributed to over a hundred charities all over Johannesburg.

With the surplus Easter eggs, we were able to choose three charities of our own to send Easter eggs to. On the Easter weekend, Mrs Cummings and Mrs Durand gave Easter eggs to St Paul’s Church in Mulbarton, the church then passed them onto The Second Noordsig Community near Soweto.

Easter eggs were also given to The Boys and Girls Brigade’s Easter Egg Hunt, where they serve to teach children about Christ and also how to play musical instruments.

After their school holiday, children from Robertsham Primary School each received an Easter egg as part of our bread buddies initiative.

Thank you again to everybody for bringing boxes and boxes of Easter eggs!!!

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NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Mihla de Oliveira, a Grade 6 student, performed on Saturday, 19th May at the National Eisteddfod Young Performers Competition held at the Roodepoort Theatre and was announced as the overall contemporary music winner!

The National Eisteddfod of South Africa commenced last year September with over 400 000 entries.

In February this year 1500 diploma winners were invited to perform in the NEA Young Performers Competition.

Mihla performed her way through the 1st rounds, quarter finals, semi- finals and then the finals on Saturday.

This is such an achievement and she has worked extremely hard practicing for many hours.

Well done Mihla!

PRIMARY SCHOOL SPORT

All Sports Fixtures and Results are on the sports website: http://sports.maristbl.co.za/

RESULTS Catholic Schools Festivals, Saturday, 19th May:

U11 Soccer at Veritas College: vs St Catherine’s won 4-0 vs Veritas College won 3-2 vs St Theresa’s won 11-0

U13 Soccer at Marist Brothers Linmeyer: vs Our Lady of Lebanon lost 3-2 vs Winchester Ridge lost 2-1 vs St Martin’s won 3-0

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U10 Netball at Maryvale: vs Maryvale won 8-0 vs De La Salle won 3-0 vs St Catherine’s won 7-2 vs St Theresa’s won 6-4 vs Veritas College won 7-0

U11 Netball at Veritas College: vs St Catherine’s won 5-4 vs St Theresa’s lost 10-8 vs Veritas College won 21-4 vs De La Salle won 8-4 vs Dominican Convent won 13-5

U12 Netball at De La Salle: vs St Theresa’s A won 4-2 vs St Theresa’s B won 17-0 vs De La Salle won 14-0 vs Mayfair Convent won 25-0 vs Veritas College won 20-0 vs St Catherine’s won 14-1

U13 Netball at Marist Brothers Linmeyer: vs Our Lady of Lebanon won 41-1 vs Glenanda Primary won 37-3 vs Waterstone College won 24-5 vs Winchester Ridge won 32-3 Well done girls on winning the festival.

Chess: vs Winchester Ridge Primary won 11-1.

Soccer vs Sacred Heart College Wednesday, 23rd May: U10A lost 4-2 U10B drew 2-2 U10C won 5-0 U11A drew 3-3 u11B won2-1 u12A lost 2-0 U12B drew 2-2 U13A lost 1-0

FIXTURES Monday, 28th May:

Netball vs St Martin’s: U9A @ St Martin’s U10AB @ St Martin’s U11A @ St Martin’s U12A @ Marist Brothers Linmeyer

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U13AB @ Marist Brothers Linmeyer

Wednesday, 30th May:

Soccer vs King David Linksfield: U9ABC @ Marist Brothers Linmeyer U10ABC@Marist Brothers Linmeyer U11AB@Marist Brothers Linmeyer U12AB @ King David Linksfield U13AB@King David Linksfield

Thursday, 31st May:

Netball vs St Dunstan’s U10AB @ St Dunstan’s U11AB @ St Dunstan’s U12AB @ Marist Brothers Linmeyer U13AB @ Marist Brothers Linmeyer

Friday, 01st June:

Under 9 Netball festival at Marist Brothers Linmeyer

Saturday, 02nd June:

St Martin’s winter festival: Soccer U9-U13 A team only 7-a-side Netball U9-U13 Chess, Tennis, Quiz

U13A NETBALL The Under 13A Netball squad continue on a winning streak, winning back our trophy from Waterstone College after 3 years and winning the Marist Festival 2018. Well done girls!

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EXTERNAL ACHIEVEMENTS Parents are encouraged to forward details of their child/ren’s external significant achievement/s to Mr Powell ([email protected]) and to Mr Deere Jones ([email protected]). All awards will be acknowledged internally at the various line-up assemblies.

GYMNASTICS Chelsey Kalil, a Grade 7 student, participated in the Wild Flames Concordia Gymnastic Competition on Saturday,12th May at the John Barrabel Hall, Benoni and came 3rd for Airtrac. Well done Chelsey!

Leina Myburgh, a Grade 3 student, participated at the Central Gauteng Gymnastic District Competition on the 11th May where she achieved a Silver medal. Leina received her Central Gauteng Gymnastics Junior Half Colours level 2 and will be representing the Central Gauteng District A team at Provincials which will be held in Pretoria on the 26 May 2018. Well done Leina!

MATHEMATICS Skylar Jack, a Grade R student, participated in the A+ Maths Regional Championships on Saturday, 19th May 2018 at Parkhurst Primary School. Participants were from the following Regions: Bedfordview, Noordheuwel, Cradlestone and Joburg South. The exam entails two tests: · 1 x 6min Soroban Exam (Abacus) · 1 x 2min Anzan Exam (Mental Maths) Skylar achieved between 80% - 90% in her age group and category for her maths result. Well done Skylar!

SOCCER Connor Wait, Lazlo Teles and Mekhiel Chetty, all Grade 7 students, made the first round of the Gauteng school districts. Well done boys!

THE WEEK AHEAD 28/05 Hospice collection begins

29/05 CSO Chess @ De la Salle

30/05 Science Cycle Test Grade 5 – 7

01/06 Grade 7 Marist Schools Mass and Fun Day @ St David’s 07:30 Mass – 6B

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HIGH SCHOOL NEWS

BLOOD DONATION Date: Tuesday, 29th May 2018 Venue: School Hall Time: 11:00 - 15:30 Please support our blood donation.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORT

All Sports Fixtures and Results are on the sports website: http://sports.maristbl.co.za/ The Marist Tigers Kits are available at The Uniform Shop. Please see attached link for details. http://www.maristbl.co.za/maristbrotherslinmeyer/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Marist-Tigers-First-Team-Kits-and- Warm-Up-Shirts.pdf

WINTER SPORTS Please see attached link for the timetable. http://www.maristbl.co.za/extra-curricular-timetable-sport-high-school

EQUESTRIAN The second last eventing qualifier was held at Northern Farms over the weekend. Because of the large number of entries, it was held over 2 days. Gabriella Spinelli, a Grade 10 student, and her horse Supasaro placed 4th! Well done Gabriella!

SQUASH Congratulations to Giorgia Dates, a Grade 10 student, who has been selected for the Central Gauteng ‘A’ Team squash squad to travel to East London to represent Gauteng in the annual Inter-Provincial Tournament from the 22nd – 28th June 2018. Giorgia is ranked 3rd in Gauteng U16. Well done Giorgia, we wish you all the best for the upcoming Tournament.

GENERAL NEWS

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MUSIC Congratulations to the following students who completed their Rockschool exams in April this year:

• Kiana de Abreu (Grade 7) - 92% (distinction) for Grade 2 Piano • Gabriela Fernandes (Grade 6) - 76% (merit) for Grade 1 Drums • Nikiesha Jose (Grade 10) - 90% (distinction) for Debut Theory • Keana Cardoso (Grade 4) - 86% (merit) for Debut Drums • Catarina Camacho (Grade 6) - 88% (merit) for Grade 1 Theory • Adam Leicher (Grade 10) - 90% (distinction) for Debut Theory • Abigayle Otto (Grade 5) - 78% (merit) for Debut Theory • Daniela Fernandes (Grade 4) - 84% (merit) for Debut Drums • Mihla de Oliveira (Grade 6) - 90% (distinction) for Grade 2 Piano

Well done! Your teacher is very proud of you!

THE UNIFORM SHOP The Uniform Shop will be open on the following Saturdays:

May 26th from 8:30 to 12:00. July 28th from 8:30 to 12:00. Sept 29th from 8:30 to 12:00. Oct 27th from 8:30 to 12:00. Nov 24th from 8:30 to 12:00.

From Monday, 2nd July onwards normal shop hours apply 7:00 to 15:00. Wednesday, 29th August to Friday, 31st from 8:30 to 13:00. Monday, 3rd September onwards normal shop hours apply 7:00 to 15:00.

The School shop will officially close on the 14th December, please look out for notices concerning shop hours. It will reopen in January 2019 on the 3rd till the 7th from 8:30 to 15:00. Saturday, 5th from 8:30 to 13:00.

Please also take note that there are NO exchanges or refunds allowed on the following items for hygiene reasons: Swimming caps, Swimming costumes, socks, hats, tights and stockings. For the above items please make sure that your children are with you to try them on. Karen Fagan : The Uniform Shop : +27824168209 : [email protected]

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THERAPY CORNER

DEVELOPING ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS – Marcelle Niehaus

Many of our little one’s battle with organisational skills at home and at school. To develop these skills, we first need to teach them to organise themselves and their belongings. Here are a few simple ideas to implement at home:

 Put out all clothes, school bags, extra mural togs/items, lunch boxes the night before so your child doesn’t waste time in the morning hunting for these items. As the child gets older they can do this for themselves, with your supervision. It helps to have a weekly timetable up in the kitchen. Each night use this timetable to go through what is happening the next day with your child and what they need to pack.

 Encourage your child to dress him/herself in the mornings before school. With younger children, start with having the child’s clothes in your room and having a dressing race with them. As they improve, advance to having your child dress in his/her own room. Try to reduce the toys/ distractions in the room and give lots of verbal feedback and encouragement.

 To help your child remember the morning routine, take pictures of them doing each step. Include all the things he/she needs to do before going out in the morning (e.g. making bed, getting dressed, eating breakfast, brushing teeth etc.). With older children make a list in the correct sequence. This list can be laminated and your child can use a white board marker to tick off each task as they complete it. As the child improves, include a time factor, e.g. they

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must be dressed and in the kitchen by 7h00. Use a kitchen timer to help them be aware of the time.

See example above taken from; https://carrotsareorange.com/daily-routine-charts-for-kids/

As our children have day-to-day fluctuations in their performance, be understanding for the days when they are not coping as well. You may need to assist your child with some of the steps.

Marcelle Niehaus-Occupational Therapist

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SENSORY PLAY WORKSHOP Our school will be hosting a workshop hosted by “Sensory Intelligence” on Thursday, 12th July. This workshop is ideally suited for teachers and parents of pre-school children as it addresses “sensory play for pre-schoolers.” If you are interested in joining us, please make use of the information below.

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SCHOOL CALENDAR SCHOOL CALENDAR 2018 2019 1ST TERM 1ST TERM Term Starts Term Starts Wednesday, 10th January 2018 Tuesday, 15th January 2019 MidTerm Break MidTerm Break Wednesday, 21st February 2018 (Close) Thursday, 21st February 2019 (Close) Tuesday, 27th February 2018 (Return) Tuesday, 26th February 2019 (Return) Term Ends Term Ends Friday, 06th April 2018 Friday, 12th April 2019

2ND TERM 2ND TERM Term Starts Term Starts Wednesday, 2nd May 2018 Tuesday, 7th May 2019 MidTerm Break MidTerm Break Friday, 22nd June 2018 (Close) Friday, 28th June 2019 (Close) Monday, 2nd July 2018 (Return) Monday, 8th July 2019 (Return) Term Ends Term Ends Friday, 3rd August 2018 Thursday, 8th August 2019

3RD TERM 3RD TERM Term Starts Term Starts Tuesday, 4th September 2018 Tuesday, 10th September 2019 MidTerm Break School Holiday Thursday, 18th October 2018 (Close) Monday, 23rd September 2019 Tuesday, 23rd October 2018 (Return) MidTerm Break Term Ends Thursday, 24th October 2019 (Close) th Tuesday, 4th December 2018 (Close for Students) Tuesday, 29 October 2019 (Return) Thursday, 6th December 2018 (Close for Staff) Term Ends Wednesday, 4th December 2019 (Close for Students) Friday, 6th December 2019 (Close for Staff)

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