Combined Newsletters 17 September 2021

	DATE: 17-Sep-21
Combined Newsletters 17 September 2021

ACS 75th ANNIVERSARY

FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK

Hospitalisations due to Covid-19 at Groote Schuur Hospital as at 10 September 2021

Source: ISASA newsletter 11/9/2021

Kind Regards

Neville Workman

Principal

GOLF DAY 2021

Dear Assumption Parents

We are very excited to get the ball rolling with our PTA Golf Day 2021.

We will be hosting the event at Glendower golf club this year on 5 November 2021. We are extremely excited about this as our golf day could not happen in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic and we would really like to make this year's day a big success. Please share this event advert with family and friends we would be very grateful. Booking forms are available from jgoosen@assumptionconvent.co.za and marketing@assumptionconvent.co.za. Booking forms are also uploaded on our school App.

Hole sponsorships are available for R1500 per hole. For this, you will be able to set up a stall on the day, we will still get more detail from the course on what is allowed to be handed out. You will also get your name on our sponsor board that is displayed in the school hall for the next year.

We are also in need of prize donations, any prizes are welcome, some ideas are: small kitchen appliances, beauty products, gift vouchers and DIY tools. All prizes, no matter how big or small will be appreciated.

We need everyone’s help in making this Golf Day a success.

Hope to see you on the course.

Japie Goosen

LINKS TO ACS

https://www.facebook.com/Assumption-Convent-School-490865964395871/

https://www.instagram.com/assumptionconvent/

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HIGH SCHOOL PROMOTIONAL VIDEO

We have just launched our High School promotional video. This video showcases and captures our High School in a short but fuzzy-feeling video. This video is available on all our social media platforms as well as You Tube, School app, LED outdoor board and our website. Please share with family and friends and promote this video on your own private social media platforms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B52pGhJwBdg

ENROL NOW FOR GRADE 8 2022

HIGH SCHOOL RELIGION

Season of Creation: 7 Lessons from Scripture about the Earth and Caring for It

The Bible can provide us with guidance on what God has to say about our duty as stewards of the earth and everything God created to inhabit it. God's good vision for the care of the earth has been marred by humans in many ways, hopefully, we can turn to scripture to re-inspire us to play our role in caring for God’s amazing Creation

God gives us the task of being stewards of the earth
In Genesis, God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden to “tend and watch over it” (Genesis 2:15). God of course is capable of caring for the earth He Created but it is significant that the task is assigned to people.

God gave people authority over creation
Humans are God's special creation, God gives us the task of using our minds, bodies, and resources to be good leaders of the rest of Creation. "Then God said, 'Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground'" (Genesis 1:26).

The earth needs a Sabbath rest, just like we do
All of God's Creation was made with the need to breathe, to rest. Even the very ground we walk on needs time to refresh and replenish its ability to produce good things. The Bible speaks of this in Leviticus when God tells the people of Israel, "When you have entered the land I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath rest before the Lord every seventh year. (Lev 25:2-4)

God wants us to enjoy Creation, not defile it
God grants us dominion over Creation and so we have a right to use what we need from the earth. In Jeremiah, God says, "I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and rich produce. But you came and defiled my land and made my inheritance detestable" (2:7). This is a warning to us to use the earth well and to treat it as a valuable mark of God's Creation and provision, rather than as a thing to waste and defile.

Jesus uses Creation to remind us of God’s truth
In Matthew 6:26 Jesus tells His followers, "Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?" God often uses Creation to remind us of important Truths. Creation complements God’s word so well for example in Isaiah 1:18 “though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool”

The earth is a showcase of God’s existence
From the vast ocean to the stunning mountain ranges to the intricacies of an ecosystem, the whole earth is a canvas that proclaims the existence of a Creator. The Apostle Paul writes about this in Romans 1:20: "For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—God’s eternal power and divine nature. So, they have no excuse for not knowing God."

We are stewards of the earth for a limited time
As caretakers of the earth, we are reminded that God has given us this task for a limited time. One day God will "create new heavens and a new earth" (Isaiah 65:17). But for now, and especially in this Season of Creation, let us do all within our power to care well for this amazing planet God created and entrusted us to steward.

Edited from an article by Veronica Neffinger for Christian Headlines.2018

GRADE 8 MASS - 17 SEPTEMBER

This morning Fr Andrew welcomed the Grade 8 girls to Mass in Blessed Sacrament parish church. This was a special morning as it was their first Mass in the Church this year.
In his homily Fr Andrew challenged us to examine our friendships and family relationships against the qualities in the 1st Reading of the Mass. Father encouraged us not to attempt everything all at once, but to rather work on one quality at a time, and that will help us bring positive change into our lives.
This morning Mass was a lovely opportunity for our Grade 8s to be the praying body for our school, and to spend time with God.

Sr Kgomotso

CONDOLENCES

Our thoughts and prayers are with:

Chumwe Ngandwe (Gr 11) who's grandmother passed away on Wednesday.

HIGH SCHOOL

GRADE 1 - 3 OPEN DAY

We will be hosting a Grade 1-3 Open Day on Saturday 2 October 2021 from 09h00 to 11h00. Please could you share this link with family and friends.

https://youtu.be/2mLV0JedaUI

Thank you

Marketing Department

SANGO GEOGRAPHY OLYMPIAD 2021

On 18 May 2021 149 schools from across South Africa participated in the online geography Olympiad.
2575 pupils successfully completed the 5th annual online geography Olympiad.
Four assumption geography pupils participatied: Ashba Mir Grd 10, Joy Prince Grd 10, Chloe Quan Grd 10 and Chumwe Ngandwe
Special mention must be made of Chumwe Ngandwe. She achieved a silver certificate, which means she was in the top 126 pupils –

Ms Mennen

ENGLISH OLYMPIAD 2022

HELLO BIOKITTY

A lesson in Grade 10 Life Sciences with Hello BioKitty Simphiwe Mashabela.

DRAMA

Term 3. Students are back enjoying drama club😁

ALUMNI

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

ROWING OPEN DAY

We hosted our Rowing Open Day on Saturday 11 September. It is evident that the ACS girls are excited to get back onto the water.
Open Day was well attended and the weather was perfect. We are excited to welcome some new girls, who bring fresh talent for the coming rowing season.

TENNIS

Assumption A/B played their first tennis match in 19 months against St Mary’s E/F. It was 3 rounds of doubles only. The ‘A team win 38-25 and the ‘Bs won 33-30 for an overall win of 71-55. Well done girls!

FIXTURES

Saturday 18 September Senior Rowing Regatta at Roodeplaat
Tuesday 21 September – Home game (KenRho-Rhodes Park) vs St Teresa's

INTER-HOUSE ATHLETICS

Inter-house athletics to take place on Friday 1st October from 14:15 – 16:15.
Only the athletes who are representing their houses will be present. No parental spectators or non-participating pupils are allowed to attend.

CONGRATULATIONS

ANA CORDEIRO

This is to let you know that in the World Trial Circle Qualifying event Ana Cordeiro came 1st in her Tap solo "Visualization" and 1st in her Tap Duo "South of the Border". She also came 3rd in her modern solo.
The attached are some photos from the competition. Ana has also qualified to participate in the Dance Sport South Africa Nationals Competition taking place in October

TATIJANA IGNJATOV

Please click on the link below. We are super proud of Tatijana. Thank you for always supporting Tatijana.

https://germistoncitynews.co.za/280076/tatijana-aims-for-ido-world-championships/

PRIMARY SCHOOL RELIGION

MOVING FORWARD

During the holidays, my mother-in-law gave me a beautiful book to read, titled “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse,” by Charles Mackesy, who simply states that the book is for anyone from eight years old to eighty, and is about living courageously with more kindness for yourself and for others. Each page, beautifully illustrated, has a simple lesson, with the characters, the boy, mole, fox, and horse teaching each other as they embark on a journey. There was one quote that stuck with me, when the horse said, “Sometimes just getting up and carrying on is brave and magnificent.”

This year has been very challenging and for many of our Assumption families, there has been heartache, loss, financial difficulties, and relationship worries. In class we often discuss how difficulties and challenges are like speed bumps in the road, they will slow you down and even stop you, but they cannot stop you from moving forward. Bear Grylls, survivalist, author, and television personality, makes it very clear when he says, “It is only when we get kicked down that we see what we are made of. It’s easy to be positive when everything is going well, but the heart of all great endeavors is the ability to stagger back to our feet and keep moving forward, however grim it gets.”

Resilience is such an important lesson for us to be teaching our children. Learning to be able to move forward after someone has hurt your feelings, said something nasty, blocked you on a WhatsApp group or excluded you from a social group are all difficulties many of our girl’s face. These are not pleasant lessons, but they can help our children develop and grow and be ready to handle all the challenges that life will throw at them. There is a lovely quote that says, “The Bible never once says figure it out, but over and over again says, TRUST GOD.” Trust in our Father, build a solid relationship with Him, but also trust in yourself, so that when the hard times come, you can get up from that fall, and carry on, which is brave and magnificent. As we see in Scripture, God loves His children, but that does not mean His children won’t go through trials.
Joshua 1:9 I repeat, be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, for I, the LORD your God, am with you in all you do.

Loving Father
Please help me to rise above my challenges
To be patient yet resilient in affliction
To be inspired and to inspire others.
Amen

Mrs Bondonno

CONDOLENCES

Our thoughts and prayers are with:

The Bodonno family -Mrs Bondonno who has lost her father-in-law

GRADE 1 2022

ENROL NOW FOR GRADE 1 2022

PRIMARY SCHOOL

GRADE 1 - 3 OPEN DAY

We will be hosting a Grade 1-3 Open Day on Saturday 2 October 2021 from 09h00 to 11h00. Please could you share this link with family and friends.

https://youtu.be/2mLV0JedaUI

Thank you

Marketing Department

PIRATES & MERMAIDS MAGIC SHOW

BACKABUDDY

Calling our Assumption Family. Please let's help our pupil, Katia Cignoli’s family to raise enough funds for her cancer treatment in Rome. Katia’s has been bravely battling cancer since 2019, sadly she has experienced recurrent cancer after being in remission due to successful medical treatments and surgeries. Her family has started a campaign to help raise funds for her to travel to Rome, Italy and be enrolled in a trial of immunotherapy for her stage 4 Neuroblastoma, giving her a chance at beating this cancer. https://www.backabuddy.co.za/katia-cignoli

PRIMARY SCHOOL MERITS

Congratulations to the following girls who received merits this week:

GRADE 0

Kirei Burgess - For being helpful and always giving of her best.
Sienna Peters - For being so kind, considerate and working so beautifully.

GRADE 1

Alessia Cignoli: For trying her best to do neat work and reading so beautifully.
Zoey Groenewald: For working quickly and quietly and trying her best to colour neatly.
Zenande Ndava: For her positive attitude towards her work which is always neat and well-presented.

GRADE 2

Eryn Motala: For her positive attitude, neat handwriting and progress in reading.
Neo Chomba: For her excellent classwork and wonderful reading skills.
Janel Abaidoo: For her beautiful manners and always trying her best in her schoolwork.

GRADE 3L

Meelah Fletcher: For her fun-loving personality that adds an exciting elements to our lessons
Kimberleigh Knipe: For being my right hand person in the class and always willing to help out.

GRADE 3F

Olivia Aub: For her super neat cursive handwriting and her high standard of schoolwork.
Alyssa Peters: For her persistence and positive attitude towards her schoolwork.

GRADE 4

Mpho Nkopane: For her pleasant and hardworking disposition and always giving of her best.
Nqobile Makhathini: For her super effort in her prepared reading.

GRADE 5A

Peyton Smith: For her positive attitude and for her making a huge effort to improve her Mental Maths.
Whitney Lauf: For always being super organized and giving of her best.

GRADE 5R

Keira Clifford: For extending her abilities to achieve more in all aspects of her work.
Yixin Fang: For academic excellence in all subjects. Yixin delivers superb work of a high standard.

GRADE 6J

Summer Fillis: For her mature behaviour and her strength at all times.
Jennifer-Kate Ellis: For settling in so well and always giving of her best in her schoolwork.

GRADE 6S

Emma De Pontes: For her lovely and caring disposition. Her sunny personality is such a joy.
Hannah Gielink: For always giving of her best and approaching challenging tasks with a positive attitude.

GRADE 7D

Chiara Szabo: For always giving of her best in academics, sport and culture.
Nandi Duma: For her positive attitude and always being so helpful.

GRADE 7E

Kecedra Petersen: For being so strong during such a difficult time.
Anabelle Texeira: For her amazing work! Keep it up

Mrs van Wyk

GRADE 2

What’s Mickey without Minnie? What’s Piglet without Pooh? What’s Donald without Daisy? The Grade 2’s find fun in exploring the life of Walt Disney and creating famous Disney characters, such as Ariel.
Acrostic Poems by Grade 2

Dumbo knows how to fly
Ice is around Anna’s eye
Snow White is pale
Nemo spots a whale
Elsa does not really go on sand
Yay, we are going to Disneyland!
By Ava Fiandeiro Grade 2S

Daisy Duck’s favourite colour is purple
In Frozen, Olaf is mostly made of circles
Snow White’s story is so dramatic
Nemo’s story is fantastic!
Every single Disney character is my favourite
You know, I can’t believe I made it to the end of this Disney story!
By Mikayla Marrian Grade 2S

Mrs Sheerin

GRADE 3F

Discovering fascinating facts about space has been the highlight of the Grade 3 week. Each girl drew a planet of their choice.
Wow! Your art is ‘Out of This World’.

Ms Faulha

GRADE 3L

Space Presentations
We heard some wonderful facts about planets around us and space in general. Well done girls. You did a fantastic job.

Mrs Lloyd

INTERNATIONAL DOT DAY

International Dot Day is proof that even the smallest positive action, has ripple effects that change our planet and the lives of the people on it. It is a message of courage and confidence, creativity and collaboration. It’s a moment to impress upon everyone the creative power they hold, the beauty of their unique gifts and that each day we have the chance to lift others up.

Mrs Knipe

PRIMARY SCHOOL PROMOTIONAL VIDEO

Please click on the link below and view the video promoting our Primary School. Please share with family and friends.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_C_bZTm54NTgVXpWrP6puONQTcp6ONAb/view?usp=sharing

ST BENEDICT'S JP OPEN DAY

BABY STEPS 2 ASSUMPTION

This week the children have been learning about Dinosaurs. This theme is a firm favourite for the teachers and especially the children. We have had so much fun with various learning activities inside and outside of the classroom. Look out in next weeks letter for the awesome photo’s.

What are we learning about this week?

Our Country and Heritage Day

Letter – Ll is for Lion

Extra homework – Learning to tie your shoelaces

Baby Steps now stocks Silverguard products, please enquire with Tracey or Boni and get your products now!!

23 September – Heritage Day and Grandparents drop off – Calling all grandparents to drop their grandchild off at school between 7-8am. They will receive a special card and gift from their grandchild and have a photo or two. Due to covid protocols we unforunately can not have our grandparents stay too long to eliminate traffic on the schools premises. Children and grandparents to please come dressed proudly South African or in their heritage clothing.
24 September – PUBLIC HOLIDAY – Baby Steps is CLOSED on this day.
1 October – Splash Day – more details to follow.