WALK FOR KATIA

MESSAGE FROM HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

“Together we can do so much more.”

Dear Parents

We are now well into our final Term of 2022, and it is so gratifying to see our special school so busy and so “Fully Alive”. 

Our students have participated in a number of exciting and challenging sport fixtures, cultural activities, and school excursions.
Our tennis teams have moved up a league from last year and remain very competitive, our swimmers are participating in a variety of prestigious events, and our chess team recently hosted an inter-high chess tournament, the first that was not on-line in more than two years! Yesterday We participated in an inter-school athletics, and we will be participating in the inter-Catholic athletics meet today and a few more athletics meetings in the weeks to come. Next week we will be hosting a number of eisteddfods, and our girls will be well represented in a wide range of entries. Our choirs and marimba bands will also be participating. Our primary school artists did exceptionally well in the St Benedict’s Art Eisteddfod and four of our learners have been invited to their prize-giving next week as they have made it into the top ten.  Our rowers look forward to the new season with great anticipation after their success at the ergo regatta held at St Andrews last weekend. 

On 13 October, our matrics will be attending their very last school function, the Valedictory before officially completing their final year of school and commencing their matric examinations. The cohort of 2022 are diligent and very able. They have prepared well and we anticipate pleasing results.  

Despite the very challenging economic climate, Assumption Convent continues to look forward and plan for its future. We cannot stand still, and must be open to innovation and renewal. During 2022, we opened our new Learn to Swim facility, which has the ability to operate twelve months a year, and our new studios dedicated to ballet and our marimbas. We are excited about our primary and high school robotics centre, which is currently under construction, and will be housed in the old estate manager’s house. We plan to have this up and running for the beginning of 2023. 

Our Learn to Swim swimming pool.



Our New Battement Studio

We are proud of the energy, enthusiasm and excellence that we witness daily. Assumption Convent continues to provide a wonderful, caring education that is world-class, and which prepares our girls superbly for what lies ahead in their tertiary studies and future careers.
Please help us let others know about our remarkable school – word of mouth is the greatest tool we have to promote our school. Please inform family and friends who may be looking for a school for their children for next year, about our Primary School Open Day on Saturday October 29, from 9am to 11am. 

Thank you

Neville Workman
Principal

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Nadia Calore

PRIMARY SCHOOL OPEN DAY

MESSAGE FROM THE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

Important Dates This Term 

September

• 23 - PS Mass/ Athletics at St Stithian's
• 26 - Lead4Life with Gr 6 and 7
• 27 - Violin and Guitar Eisteddfod
• 28 - Choir, Marimbas and Piano Eisteddfod-
• 29 - Poetry Eisteddfod
• 30 - Candle Mass (High School and Gr 7s) Confirmation Mass 18h00 (HS)

October

• 5 - PTA Meeting
• 6 - IsiZulu Chatterbox at ACS
• 7 -  Athletics at St Stithians
• 11 - U/11 Tennis atACS
• 13 - First Confession/ u/13 Tennis at ACS
• 14 - Inter-House athletics JP 10h00 – 11h30 and SP 12h00 – 15h00
• 14 - Gr 7 Mass at St Patrick’s in Benoni
• 15 - First Holy Communion / Inter schools athletics at St Stithian's / Inter-Catholic Tennis at St Theresa’s
• 18 - U/11 Tennis at St Dunstan’s
• 20 - Dear Day / Midterm school closes at 11h00
• 25 - Inter-House Art Competition / U/11 Tennis at ACS
• 26 - Gr 7 Entrepreneur’s Day
• 27 - Gr 6 Just One Teenager Workshop/ u/13 Tennis @ St Dominic’s
• 28 - Gr 7 Just One Teenager Workshop
• 29 - Primary School Open Day

November

• 2 - PTA meeting
• 2 - Remembrance Mass for whole school 
• 3 - U/13 Tennis at ACS 
• 4 - JP inter-school gala
• 8 - U/11 Tennis at Reddam
• 9th and 10th - JP Production – Sash Got Swept Up The Chimney
• 10 - U/13 Tennis at ACS
• 11 - School Golf Day.
• 14 - 15 Parent afternoon meetings
• 19 - New Children’s breakfast (TBC).
• 21 - 25 SP Assessment Week

December

• 5 - JP Celebration of Achievement
• 6 - SP Celebration of Achievement

Chantal Van Wyk
Primary School Principal

PRIMARY SCHOOL RELIGION

Challenges

On Monday my oldest son passed his driver’s license, during stage 6 loadshedding. He had to negotiate his way through the streets of Edenvale without one robot working, and deal with irate drivers frustrated with all the problems of Eskom! But he did it. Before I left for work, I wished him the best of luck, told him I would light a candle for him, and we said a little prayer. I asked him if he was nervous because of loadshedding which just made everything more difficult, to which he cheekily replied with a grin, “Nah, I love a challenge! Besides, I am lucky that it’s not raining!” I was impressed that he was up for the challenge, but it was also good to hear that he was focusing on the positive - it wasn’t raining - and not dwelling on the negative, loadshedding. There is a quote that says happy people focus on what they have, unhappy people focus on what is missing. Our minds respond to the pain of sometimes not having something, of missing out and being left behind. We all want the satisfaction of achievement versus failure, and it can be very hard to find the positive in a situation when despair, frustration, or unhappiness overshadow everything.
 

To take it a step further, this is why teaching our children resilience is so important. The ability to find the positive things in life even when difficulties seem overwhelming is an excellent life skill. Parents and teachers can build resilience when they push, gently, young people to the edges of their comfort zones, be it intellectual, social, emotional, physical, or spiritual.  Supporting and encouraging our children when they take risks, when they succeed or fail, when they face obstacles and difficulties teaches them to bounce back from the ups and downs of life. There are many readings in the Bible that urge us to press on and to overcome hardship and temptation, and to persevere in the face of trials. Proverbs 24:16 raises the theme of resilience, “Though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.” 

 
It is so difficult to navigate through all the struggles we have in this country. Loadshedding and the threat of a national blackout is very worrying, there are financial woes of an economy that is not moving forward, our youth face desperate unemployment numbers, violence and crime…the list could go on. These are the times when instead of looking at what is broken or missing in our lives, we should be focusing on all the blessings we have. It is not always easy to do, believe me, when your power has been off for over six hours, your fridge is defrosting, and your electric gate has died a sad and silent death in the face of no power! “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.”2 Corinthians 4:8-9. The key to resilience is our faith in the Lord. When a situation seems out of control or seems overwhelming, give it to God. Hand it over to Him, He knows the direction we need to be heading in. Take a good look at the good things in your life, your child’s beautiful smile, an encouraging note from a work colleague, the smell of a delicious South African braai, the joy of celebrating our diverse nation with all its rich and wonderful cultures. Jodi Picoult, American author once wrote, “The human capacity for burden is like bamboo-far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” The positives are there, we just have to look for them.
Prayer for Resilience
Merciful Lord, I’m weary, so I’ve come to you now to ask for your help. I’ve been knocked down before, and this time it feels like I won’t be able to get back up. So, Father, I’m in great need of your help. When I’m weak and tired, please be my strength. Amen  

Mrs Bondonno

PRIMARY SCHOOL 

Heritage Celebrations

Grade 2

Grade 2s celebrate their Heritage in style! What beautiful outfits, girls!

Grade 3, 4 and 5 

Grade 6 Heritage Celebration

Grade 7 Creative Arts

Drawing with charcoal is a popular medium that can create amazing works of art that are dimensional and versatile. Over the past three weeks, the Grade 7s experimented with tonal techniques and applied their new skills in their beautiful charcoal drawings. 

Mrs Swanepoel

PRIMARY SCHOOL EXTRA-MURALS

Athletics

Well done to our Primary School Athletics team who participated in their first meet at Brescia House on Friday, 16 September. We ran against Brescia House, St Stithians and St Peter's. It was an extremely hot and tiring day, but our girls had a lot of fun. Well done girls!
"𝔸𝕥𝕙𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕠 𝕞𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕤. 𝕀𝕥'𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕕." - 𝔼𝕝𝕚𝕦𝕕 𝕂𝕚𝕡𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕘𝕖

Physical Education and Afternoon Sports

Please ensure that your daughters pack sunblock, school caps, water bottles and extra lunch for the days they have PE and afternoon sports. It is important for the girls to stay hydrated as it is getting hotter. I have also found that girls are struggling due to not eating correctly. Your daughters are growing and participating in physical activities; therefore, they need to fuel their bodies correctly. 

Private Tennis Coaching at Assumption:
Our new tennis coach, Kent Joubert, is now offering private lessons. These lessons will be held at our school courts. Please contact Coach Kent for further information: 079 506 6846

Swimming Club at Assumption

We are excited to promote the new swimming club that will be running from the Assumption School pool during the summer months and from Planet Fitness Bedfordview during the winter months. The club offers swimming sessions for all levels and all ages. This is a private activity, and all queries must be sent directly to the club itself. Please contact the below numbers for more information.

• Swim Waves: Janine – 076 585 1509
• Raven Aquatics: Eden – 083 566 5114

Upcoming Fixtures

Ms Tennant

Congratulations

Charlotte Brass is in the beginners section of Highland Dancing Competitive dancing and through her successful competitions this year she has now moved up to the Novice section. Her achievements are as follows: 

• 9 April 2022 - PTA High School Old Boys Highland gathering - 1 X first place and 2 X 2nd places
• 23 April 2022 - Vaale Highland Festival - 1 X First place, 1 X 2nd Place and 1 X 3rd place
• 28 May 2022 - All African Highland Competition - 5 X 1st places and the overall winner trophy 
• 16 July 2022 - Northern Johannesburg Highland gathering - 2 X 1st place, 2 X 2nd place and the overall winner trophy
• 10 September 2022 - Highland SA Champion Competition - 2 X 1st places and a number of places and a runner up trophy

BABY STEPS 2 ASSUMPTION

Grandparents are like magicians. They can create wonderful memories for their grandchildren out of thin air –

We celebrated our grandparents; kiddies performed a few songs and had a fun and interactive morning together with Granny and Grandpa. Our beautiful art was on display – grandparents were gifted with beautifully handmade (by the children) grandparent’s day cards.

A huge thank you to all our awesome teachers for all your hard work, in helping make this a memorable event for all.

Please see below our new bank details

Please forward POP to bs2assumption@outlook.com for prompt allocation

Photo's

Extra Clothes

No toys to School

• Please ensure your children are at school by 8am sharp as learning starts taking place. It can be disruptive to the class if children arrive late, and they also miss crucial learning. Thank you for your understanding in this regard.
• If your child is sick, has a fever or a runny nose and cough please do all possible to keep them at home until they are well so we do not spread germs. With COVID we cannot be too careful and need to take extra precaution. Thank you for your patience and understanding in this regard.
• The school provides all meals and snacks, please do not send in any food unless arranged with Chantal – due to severe allergies etc.
• Please do not send your children to school with toys from home. This can cause conflict amongst the children, and we unfortunately cannot be held liable if the toy is lost or broken.
• Please make sure you log onto our school app. – PROSUM – babysteps2assumption (one word) should you need any assistance please contact your school manager - Chantal.
• This app will help keep you updated and connected with all the happening of the school and important dates to remember. You will also be able to view our daily photos there.
• Please note our banking details have changed – please ensure updated your end.
• Kindly note school fees are due on or before the 1st of every month. For prompt allocation, please forward POP to bs2assumption@outlook.com

Our Week Ahead

Theme:   Our Country & Our Heritage 

 

Shape:    Diamond

Letter:     Kk

Number:  6

Colour:    Brown

• 3 October  - Grade R Graduation- "A STAR IS BORN" (Date changed)
• 3 December - School Concert - "A STARY NIGHT"

Tracey Urquhart
Baby Steps 2 Assumption Principal

My School

Parners to MySchool

 

 

School-Days Fundraiser

   

 

OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH MERCEDES-BENZ

 

BABY STEPS 2 ASSUMPTION