Date: 7 February 2020 Issue no.: 4 Dear Parent Curro Aurora – A recipe for Success It is important for any institution to understand, acknowledge and support the processes and contributions of the main role players that ultimately determine the level of success that is achieved. Without these partnerships and ongoing collaboration, no school will be able reach its full potential. Thanks to the passionate learner community, dedicated staff compliment and supportive parent body, Curro Aurora is performing exceptionally well and is well on its way to reaching its full potential. I firmly believe that the elements listed below are essential to ensure that we are successful at helping all students achieve academically and helping them to be caring, contributing, productive, and responsible citizens. Vision: having a common understanding of goals, principles and expectations for everyone in the learning community; Leadership: having a group of individuals dedicated to helping the learning community reach its goals; High Academic Standards: making sure all our learners reach their full potential in a creative and supportive environment; Standards of the Heart: helping all within the learning community become caring, contributing, productive, and responsible citizens; Family School and Community Partnerships: "making room at the table" for all role players; Professional Development: providing consistent, meaningful opportunities for teachers to engage in continuous learning; Equity, diversity, fairness, and inclusiveness must be a part of every aspect of education. It should permeate everything that happens in the school. This includes every program; every classroom environment, curriculum; and every policy and procedure of the school. I look forward to the 2020 academic year, during which we will continue, to not only embrace these elements, but also the Curro values of Child Friendliness, Positive Discipline, Christian Values and Creative Thinking. Mr JC Engelbrecht – Executive Head 087 087 7773 | [email protected] | www.curro.co.za 1 MyHub ISSUES: Please email [email protected] with a brief description of the problem at hand. This e-mail must please include the name of school (Curro Aurora) and your family code. You should receive a reference number via e-mail. Please use this reference number when following up on the progress of the query. This process is for eBooks, uniform as well as general access to MyHub. New parents will only have access to MyHub 24 hours after enrolment has been finalised. 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 School Dion Kotze [email protected] 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] ENRICHMENT TOUR: EUROPE JUNE 2020 WE HAVE ONLY 4 SPACES STILL AVAILABLE FOR THIS TOUR! 2 Contact Mr Kotze or Mrs Bornman for more information on this amazing opportunity! 3 SPORT Mr Adrian Ferreira BOYS’ TENNIS ‘A’: Curro Aurora hosted Allen Glen High School on Friday, 31 January. In a weather-affected, shortened match, Curro Aurora won 23-9. CRICKET: St Dunstan’s College hosted the 1st team on Saturday, 01 February. The players displayed great teamwork and spirit in winning a good contest. St Dunstan’s scored 144: • Vaiyur Moodley took 4 wickets Curro Aurora scored 145 for 6. Curro Aurora won by 4 wickets. GOLF: League results: @ Royal Johannesburg & Kensington GC: 1. St John’s College 2. Curro Aurora 3. St Benedict’s College 4. St Alban’s College @ CMR Golf Club: 1. Helpmekaar Kollege 2. BSI 3. Trinityhouse Randpark Ridge 4. Curro Aurora ‘B’ Please find the High School sports programme for Monday, 10 February to Saturday, 15 February 2020. 4 Programme: Date Sport Opponents/Hosts/Event/Venue Time Mon 10/02 Boys Tennis ‘B’ @ Northcliff High School ‘F’ 15:00 Mon 10/02 Golf ‘A’ St Stithians College @ Bryanston CC 15:00 Wed Cricket (juniors) @ De La Salle Holy Cross College 15:00 12/02 Wed Softball (u/15) @ Curro Academy Wilgeheuwel 15:00 12/02 Wed Boys Tennis ‘A’ The King’s School Robin Hills @ Curro Aurora 15:00 12/02 Thu 13/02 Swimming @ The King’s College 15:00 Thu 13/02 Girls’ Tennis @ Beaulieu College 15:00 Fri 14/02 Boys’ & Girls’ Curro Aurora Night Series 15:30 Hockey (1st) Sat 15/02 Cricket Marist Brothers, Linmeyer (1st) @ Curro Aurora 08:30 @ St Peter’s College (juniors) CULTURE Mrs Saskia Snyders CURRO CREATE ARTS SUPERHERO Curro Aurora’s learners have a wonderful opportunity, again, to showcase their creative talents. The Curro CAS entries must be in by the 21st of February 2020. The categories include: Write it!; Play it!; Sing it!; Act it!; Make it!; Tweet it; Read it!; Move it!. For more information and entry forms, please collect a Curro CAS entry form from Mrs. Snyders. Do not miss out! 5 HIGH SCHOOL CULTURE PROGRAMME TERM 1 2020: Activity Teacher in Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday charge Drama Club Mrs S. Snyders Rehearsal: Rehearsal: 13:45 – 14:45 14:45 – 15:45 Choir Miss K. Hayter Rehearsal: 17:00 – 19:30 Creative Mrs K. Gallon Session: Writing 13:45 – 15:45 Course (Limited space) Film Club Mrs S. Weber Every Second *Times and dates Friday are subject to 31 January change and is 14 February dependent on 28 February learner participation and 13 March schedules . FEDA One Act Mrs S. Snyders, Rehearsal: Rehearsal: Play Mrs TL 14:45 – 15:45 13:45 – 16:00 Rehearsals Edwards and *More *More Miss H. rehearsals will rehearsals will Dawson be scheduled be scheduled around the around the casts’ casts’ schedules schedules isiZulu Drama Mrs P. Kunene Rehearsals to Rehearsals to Rehearsals to Rehearsals to Rehearsals to Club be booked with be booked with be booked with be booked with be booked with Mrs Kunene Mrs Kunene Mrs Kunene Mrs Kunene Mrs Kunene Curro CAS Mrs S. Snyders Individual Individual Individual Individual Individual Rehearsals to Rehearsals to Rehearsals to Rehearsals to Rehearsals to be booked with be booked with be booked with be booked with be booked with Curro CAS Curro CAS Curro CAS Curro CAS Curro CAS teachers teachers teachers teachers teachers FEDA Congratulations to the following learners who have been selected as the cast of the original FEDA production: Eugene Cilliers, Jayden Pohl, Joshua Daniels, Kiara Fryer, Kundani Phupeli, Matsibe Mahonko, and Tinaye Paradza. DRAMA CLUB All the aspiring thespians amongst us, please join the Drama Club. Rehearsals are on Wednesdays (13:45 – 14:45) and Thursdays (14:45 – 15:45). 6 OTHER ACTIVITIES: Photography Mrs L. Reddy Lessons and workshops to be scheduled with facilitator to accommodate learners’ schedules. Learners to please listen out for announcements and watch the Culture Notice Board for more information High School Marimba Mrs S. van Dyk Rehearsals to be scheduled with Mrs van Dyk and Alicia Ferguson to accommodate the learners’ schedules. Learners to please listen out for announcements and watch the Culture Notice Board for more information. High School Band Learner Run Rehearsals to be schedules with Alicia Ferguson, assisted by Mrs S. Snyders, to accommodate learners’ schedules. Learners to please listen out for announcements and watch the Culture Notice Board for more information. MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD The South African Mathematics Olympiad is the largest Olympiad in South Africa and we would like to encourage our learners to participate. It is voluntary and open to all Grade 8 and 9 learners and any Mathematics learners in Grades 10 to 12. The first round is written on 12 March 2020. The entry fee is R20 and payable to the learners Mathematics Teacher. Learners who attain 50% or higher in the first round qualify for the second round which is written on the 14th May. It is well known that mathematics competitions generate a lot of enthusiasm and curiosity for the subject. Every participant in the SAMO papers will be challenged by at least one problem and hence his or her problem-solving skills will improve. Problem solving skills can be further improved by carefully working through the solutions of these rounds. Creative problem-solving skills are very necessary and very marketable in today's technically oriented marketplace. This marketplace is now global and South Africa needs to be very competitive. Hence, we need expert problem solvers. Practice in problem solving will help to train our future leaders in technological development. 7 8 9 10 UPCOMING EVENTS We urge parents and learners to please read the TERM PLANNERS that have been posted to MyHub. We adhere to these dates as best we can, but where changes are made, we will communicate such changes on MyHub and via our learners. 11 THOUGHT TO PONDER: Yours in education, Dion Kotze Head of High School. 12 13 14 15 .