	DATE: 27-May-16
Newsletter 16

IMPORTANT NOTICE: 17 June

The 17th of June is a NORMAL SCHOOL day and exams are also written.

Mr Workman

PTA

Here are some of the events on the 2016 PTA Calendar:

28 May 2016 - Bingo Evening has been postponed - new dates will be advertised shortly.
15 June 2016 - School 70th Birthday Dinner & Dance. Cost is R250 per person includes Meal & Live Band.
2 July 2016 - Annual School Rugby Outing. Tickets for the Lions v Sharks Game on the 02/07/2016 are selling fast. R150 per person which includes Transport to and from the School, Entrance to the Game and a snack. Kick off will be at 17:00 but we will meet at the School from 13:00 for refreshments. Contact Richard on 083 290 2404 to secure Tickets.

Richard Keegan - Chairperson

Primary School

Primary School Camp Dates:

Please make a note of the following confirmed class camp dates:

Grade 5 Camp at Magalies Retreat from the 7th to the 9th September (Ubungani)
Grade 7 Camp at Kwaggasrus from the 7th to the 9th September (Ubungani)
Grade 4 Camp at BushPigs from the 12th September to 14th September (Bushpigs)
Grade 6 Camp at Goodland Estate from the 28th to the 30th September (Ubungani)

Mrs Zambon

Primary School Sport

Hockey Dates

Wednesday 15 June match vs St Dominic's(Gr 4 - 7)
Friday 3rd and Saturday 4 June Hockey Clinic at Assumption(Gr 4-7)
Saturday 11th June U13 Inter Catholic Hockey Festival at Brescia

Netball - 20 May

On Friday 20 May the U9's played netball at Saheti. They played 4 matches of which they won 3 and lost 1.

Netball - 21 May

On Saturday the U13 A team participated in the Inter Catholic Festival at Sacred Heart. The girls played well in their pool games and made it to the semi final where they lost to De la Salle.

We also had the U11, U12 and U13 teams playing in the Holy Rosary Netball Festival on Saturday. Well done to all the girls who played.

Netball - 26 May

On Thursday we played against St Dominic's. The results were as follows:

U10A lost 2-13

U10B lost 1-11

U11A won 8-4

U11B lost 1-5

U12A lost 4-12

U12B lost 3-18

U13A lost 14-22

U13B lost 2-11

Ms McAlpine

Netball fixtures U10 -U13

Thursday 2 June vs Leeuwenhof
Thursday 9 June vs Marion College

Netball Fixtures U9

Friday 20 May at St Catherine's
Friday 3 June at Holy Rosary

Congratulations

Congratulations to Paige-Flinn Smith (Grade 3F) and Hadyn Waskis (Grade 4L) who both participated in the Acrobatic Federation of South Africa silver exam in April. Paige achieved an honours with distinction and Hadyn received honours. Well done girls!

High School

Theatre outing to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at Monte Casino.

Jonathan Roxmouth as Pharoah with his two biggest fans, Kiana v/d Schyff and Mrs Watkins.

Presentation Festival

On Monday night, the Grade 10 the ACS public speaking team presented their speeches at Bishop Bavin. Ms Faull remarked that all speeches were eloquently delivered and the content displayed depth and much insight. Annalisa Taffara was selected best speaker and Katie-Meg Weinerlein runner-up speaker in their respective venues.

On Wednesday night, the Grade 8s debuted their public speaking careers at St Benedict’s College. They were all very nervous, but did ACS very proud by speaking about issues that are pertinent to our society today. Well done to Erin Lewis who was awarded runner-up best speaker of the evening.

On Thursday night, the Grade 9s concluded the festival at Holy Rosary School with a bang! Amy Weinerlein and Shaylee Bekker were the best speakers for the evening. Mr Workman was very impressed with the high standard of the speeches and Mr Davis commented on the maturity of the topics handled by our Gr 9 speakers.

Congratulations to all the speakers and a big thank you to all our fans i.e. teachers, friends, moms and dads who supported us all throughout the festival. Special mention to Mrs Watkins and Mrs Taylor whose presence at several evenings made us feel very calm and loved. We anticipate that all girls have learned and gained much experience in the field of public speaking and look forward to next year’s festival!

The English Department

High School Sport

Hockey

ACS 1st hockey team took part in the annual Catholic Schools Open Hockey Festival at the Randburg Astroturf last weekend. The girls played 9 matches, 4 on Friday and 5 on Saturday. We lost 2, won 3 and drew 4. (photo in gallery)

1st - HRS - 25 pts

2nd - Brecia - 19 pts

3rd - St Dominics - 16 pts

4th - De La Salle - 15 pts

5th - St Teresa's - 14 pts

6th - ACS - 13 pts

7th - St Catherines - 10 pts

8th - St thomas - 7 pts

9th - Veritas - 3 pts

10th - St Ursulas - 1pt

The high school hockey teams played against Edenglen on Thursday 26 May. The 1sts and 2nds played away whilst we attempted to field two junior teams at home for the first time.

U14 - L 11-0

U15 - W 1-0

2nds - W 2- 0

1sts - D 0 -0

Netball

On Wednesday 25 May, ACS played netball against Roedean, the U14 and U15s played at Roedean school whilst the U16s 2nds and 1sts played at home.

U14A - L14-6

U14B - L27-4

U15A - L25-10

U15B - L13-5

U16A - L16-11

U16B - L10-6

2nds - W23-16

1sts - W49-8

Upcoming Events

1 June - Primary School (Grade 6 and Grade 7) Afrikaans Eisteddfod
1 June - Combined School Concert at Holy Rosary School - Snr Primary and High School Choirs
2 June - Grade 6 Just one Teenager workshops (during school day)
7 June - Grade 7 Study Fit workshop (during school day)
9 June - Grade 6G Class Assembly
15 June - Assumption Convent's 70th Birthday Dinner & Dance
22 & 23 June - Grade 4 and Grade 5 Study Fit workshop (during school day)
23 June - Study Fit information evening for Grade 4 and Grade 5 parents at 17h30 in the Convent Hall
2 July - Annual Rugby Day
23 July - Inter-House Athletics
30 July - Fun Day
10 Sept – First Confession – 09h00
28 Sept – Grade 3 Retreat
1 October – First Holy Communion practice – 09h00
2 October – First Holy Communion – 11h30