ACS 75th ANNIVERSARY
FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK
APPOINTMENT OF MR OWUSU AS HEAD OF SPORT
Neville Workman
Principal
GOLF DAY 2021
Dear Assumption Parents
We are very excited about our PTA Golf day 2021.
We will be hosting the event at Glendower golf club this year on 5 November 2021.
We are very pleased to announce that all our playing slots have been filled and we will have a full field of 30 four balls playing.
We are still 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 all out on the course.
Regards
Japie Goosen
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HIGH SCHOOL PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
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HIGH SCHOOL RELIGION
GRADE 10 CONFIRMATION
On the evening of 8 October, five of our Grade 10 girls received the sacrament of Confirmation in Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. The Mass was a beautiful celebration, the girls were supported by their parents and sponsors as they made this important step in growing their faith in God. We congratulate Ana Cordeiro, Victoria Goatcher, Kathryn Mkhwanazi, Emma Simon, and Angelique Tenente. May the Good Lord who has begun His work in them, continue to bless them abundantly.
VALEDICTORY
Valedictory Mass on the evening of 13 October was the last Mass for our Matrics of 2021. Fr Andrew congratulated them and encouraged them in these last moments of their schooling. The girls had prepared special cards of appreciation for their parents and they handed these to their parents before the final blessing of the Mass. We continue to pray for our Matriculants.
OCTOBER: THE MONTH OF THE ROSARY
The Rosary is a special prayer of devotion to God through the intercession of our holy mother Mary. The rosary can be prayed alone or in groups, it can be especially beautiful when prayed as a family. This month we are all encouraged to pray the rosary.
You don’t need to worry if you have never prayed the rosary before; there are plenty of resources online to help. Here is a website that can help you to get started: https://rosarycenter.org/how-to-pray-the-rosary
Sr Kgomotso
CONDOLENCES
HIGH SCHOOL
2021 VALEDICTORY
Our Valedictory celebration took place on the evening of Wednesday 13 October. It is the culmination of a school career, and a springboard for all that lies ahead. Our matric class of 2021 have shown resilience, grit and adaptability. It has been a privilege to witness their growth into young ladies prepared to face whatever life will throw at them. We wish our matric class of 2021 the very best, while we are sad to see them go, we hope they will return to visit us and always know that Assumption Convent School is their home away from home.
Congratulations to all our prize winners.
MDC COMPETITION
The MDC is running a competition where you have to guess how many Jelly Beans there are in a 1.6L jar (100x100x190mm). Cost is R5 per guess. Please support this initiative.
Approach one of the Gr11’s or Mrs Taffara to put your guess on record. The person who guess is correct or the closest will win the whole jar of Jelly beans.
Mrs Taffara
JOHANNESBURG JUNIOR COUNCILLORS 2021/2022
Congratulations to Simphiwe Mashabela and Kiara Krchnavy who have been selected as the Johannesburg Junior Councillors for 2021/22.
Mrs Weinerlein
YOUTH
Thank you to all the girls that attended Youth last night at St Benedict’s , I truly appreciate your support! Thank you to our brother school St Benedict’s for hosting us. We all had a lot of fun playing whilst learning the Virtues of our Catholic teachings and learning which Value we each hold as most important to ourselves.
Next week there will be no Youth as it’s our mid-term break. We look forward to seeing everyone at our last 2021 Youth on the 28 October 2021 from 17H00-18H30…it’s one you wouldn’t want to miss! We are going to end off our year to the “BEAT” of the Holy Spirit and make some MUSIC together!!! COME JOIN US, make new friends, grow with us in FAITH!
Catarina Regal
MATRICS' LAST DAY AT SCHOOL 2021
Our Matric girls spent their last day at school on Monday. We wish them all the best for their final exams, we will miss you all.
INTERACT - SANTA'S SHOEBOX
The Interact has partnered with the Santa’s Shoebox initiative and we will be collecting and distributing Shoebox presents to little boys and girls for Christmas.
The following are some of the items that will be included in the Shoebox:
1. Toothbrush
2. Toothpaste
3. A bar of soap
4. A wash cloth
5. An outfit for the little boy or girl
6. Educational supplies
7. Sweets
8. A toy
This is a great opportunity to celebrate Christmas with a jingle to a child’s life.
If you would like to be part of this heartwarming drive, kindly give your name to Tamyrn Currie, Tracy Moukouemi or Mrs Heeralall. Let the Shoeboxes be filled.
INTERACT - BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
To honour and support Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Interact Committee will be selling Pink ribbons at R2 each. This ribbon will be worn as a symbol of support.The funds collected will be donated to the Helen Joseph Hospital – Breast Clinic. Our young girls at Assumption Convent School, see the need to be involved with the spread of Hope and Awareness. If you would like to purchase a ribbon, please contact Tamryn Currie, Tracy Moukouemi, Mrs Heeralall or any other Interact member.
Cancer can be beaten.
Mrs Heeralall
ALUMNI
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CHESS TOURNAMENT
The Catholic Schools Chess Tournament took place on Saturday 9 October.
The tournament was played on the Lichess Team Battle / Arena platform. Well-known Gauteng chess personality Tshediso Mpiya was the independent tournament director who set up and managed the day’s play. The organiser’s welcome, opening prayer, and tournament rules were presented as voice note recordings and disseminated to coaches and teachers via WhatsApp, who in turn passed on the voice notes to their team WhatsApp groups. Assumption’s captain Jackie Musakwa warmly welcomed her contemporaries via one of these recordings, as Assumption Convent hosted this event.
Seven schools participated in the online team tournament played over 2 and a half hours. Matches were timed at 10 minutes each side with an increment of 3 seconds per move. Assumption Convent’s Chess girls assembled at school to play the tournament in the computer centre where we were assured of a fast internet connection. Chess can really be exciting. Players enjoyed the morning of competitive chess, and Assumption Convent gave a very good account of ourselves, staying competitive throughout the tournament. The total number of games played was 365, with over 23 000 individual moves. Think about this for a moment: each move represents a considered decision, a strategy or a tactic that culminates into a game plan that is either successful or unsuccessful. Chess is a fantastic educational tool, and a source of immense enjoyment and reward in its own right. The Tournament team results were as follows:
1. De La Salle
2. St Benedict’s
3. Sacred Heart
4. St Dominic’s
5. St Catherine’s
6. Assumption Convent
7. Our Lady of Lebanon
8. St Matthew (withdrew)
Congratulations to the individual winner – Liam Allison of De La Salle.
The following players represented Assumption Convent: Jackie Musakwa, Daniela de Goede, Chloe Quan, Nina Pantovic, Emma Lauf, Haleigh Knipe, and Keziah Singh.
Full tournament results and a record of every game can be seen here: https://lichess.org/tournament/TQiUJZcs
TENNIS
On Tuesday 12 October the ‘A and ‘B Tennis teams played against King David Linksfields’ ‘A and ‘B teams away. We were fairly confident on the back of 3 league wins already but KDL were way to strong for us on the day. There are definitely things that we need to work on, however the better team won on the day.
KDL 90 – 36 ACS
UPCOMING TENNIS FIXTURES
- Saturday 16th Catholic Schools Tennis
- Tuesday 19th Home vs Trinity House
- Tuesday 26th Junior Inter-high at St Andrews
ATHLETICS
On Thursday 14 October the HS athletics team travelled to St Andrews for a meet. We also competed against St Mary's.
Although there were no points to be gained, our girls were involved in some intense competition. We were racing the clock hoping for improvements with one week to go before inter-high.
Well done to all the girls and coach Zyne.
INTER-HIGH ATHLETICS
On Wednesday 20th the Athletics squad will go to Boksburg stadium to compete. The whole team will leave at 07:50 from the front of the school. We will return to school at about 14:30.
Mr Lydall
ROWING
There was great excitement on Saturday 9th October and Sunday 10th October as the ACS Rowing Club participated in the Homestead Knock-Out regatta, our first races in exactly 540 days!!
Day 1 (Saturday 9th October)
5 of our rowers took part in the racing. Lily Cullingworth and Chayanka Govender finished 4th in the U16 doubles. Sadly they were unable to race for their finals due to heavy delays during the regatta.
The U19 double with Kiara Krchnary and Grace Keegan won their match-up with St Mary's progressing to the Sunday final. Grace doubled up in the sculls winning her race against St Mary's to qualify for the quarter-final. Nikka Coetzee and Kiara Krchnavy raced valiantly in the same event but were unable to progress to the final.
Day 2 (Sunday 10th October)
Another challenging day of racing bore witness to the U15s-Opens all taking part in races.
GOLD - Grace Keegan beats St Mary's in the grand final to win the gold medal in the 1st sculls event.
In the U15 Octapule as well as open quads, our girls were beaten by St Mary's in their finals.
The rowers represented the school with pride and heart! For many girls, this was the first race of their lives. The first of many.
Well done to our ACS rowers.
#stayfast
Mr Owusu
PRIMARY SCHOOL RELIGION
WISHING
There is a wise Chinese proverb that says “If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.” If we could simply achieve all our aims and goals by wishing for them, life would be extremely easy. We often wish for things in our lives without really thinking things through, like I wish it would stop raining now, or I wish my teacher had set an easier test. At the same time the farmer is wishing for rain for his crops, and the teacher is wishing her students had studied harder for the test. Sometimes in life we land up in situations, in relationships, work, school, or just difficult experiences, which make us wish that certain outcomes or consequences were different. Greg Anderson, American author and chairman of the American Wellness Foundation, bluntly once said, “Stop the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining why we don’t have what we want, we can start to pursue other ways to get it.”
I heard one of the younger girls wishing out loud today, she was frustrated because her best friend was miserable and she just ‘wished’ that she would cheer up. I gently suggested to her that instead of wishing for it, she could perhaps go and try to cheer her up, that maybe she was having a bad day and she just needed a friend to be kind and understanding. There is a old Russian saying which sailors used, that goes, “Pray to God but row for the shore.” This simply means that when we are faced with life’s stormy challenges, sitting back and fervently praying to God for deliverance, and expecting the boat to magically make its way safely to shore, is not always enough. We have to take an active role in the outcomes and consequences of the choices we make in life.
I always tell the girls the following story when we speak about praying and wishing. A young priest was walking through the countryside when he came across a farmer hard ar work, tilling acres of magnificent farmland. He stopped to chat with the farmer and exclaimed that God had certainly blessed him with wonderful land and abundant crops. To which the farmer replied with a cheeky smile on his face, “Yes I am certainly blessed, but you should have seen the mess this land was when God had it to Himself!” In other words, know that God will bless our lives, but He also expects us to do our part. Trusting God when things are challenging is difficult, which is why it is so important to spend time with Him and exercise our faith, so that He can help us and give us the courage we need when are struggling to “row for the shore”.
Dear Heavenly Father
Bless each of us with strength and determination to always put our faith in You, regardless of the situation we face. Remind us to always look towards You and know that You are our safe shore. Help us to be firm in our faith and to face our problems with courage. Amen
Mrs Bondonno
GRADE 1 2022
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PRIMARY SCHOOL
ELEVATE WEBINARS
Earlier on in the year, the Grade 4 to 7 girls attended workshops on study skills presented by elevate. As part of the service provided, ELEVATE offers webinars for parents to help them support their children cope during assessments.
They are running their final two parent webinars of the year this term. The focus is on helping parents to support their children in the lead up to end of year tests and exams. They will cover exam preparation and exam room skills (including time management and answering the questions!)
- The first webinar is next Wednesday 20th October at 6pm
- The final webinar is on Wednesday 3rd November at 6pm
Parents can register for free here: https://get.elevatecoaching.info/za/register
As a reminder the students also have access to our website which contains past papers and memos for every subject from Grade 4-12: https://zastudent.elevateeducation.com/exam-questions
The password is springbok.
Parents are encouraged to join the webinars.
Mrs van Wyk
GRADE 5 SOIREE
“Welcome to our Grade 5 Soiree. Today we are going to explore wild and wonderful fairy tales, myths and legends that will stimulate your imagination as we sprinkle fairy dust leading you to magical forests and mystical castles. So, buckle up and enjoy the ride!”
 
Mrs Ritky
OUTREACH ACS GRADE 7
Nandi Duma, Head of Outreach - Promotions and her team, would like to thank parents and pupils for all the donations received for Animal Anti-Cruelty League, SPCA and Katia Cignoli.
Our new project this term is “Secret Santa Christmas Surprise Bag” which will be donations given to various charities. We would like to help various children receive a little joy this Christmas .
For the month of October, we will be collecting:
T-Shirts / clothing for children (sizes – babies – young teens)
Stationery – pens/pencils, notebooks, pencil cases, erasers
Sweets – chocolate / s
Toothbrushes / toothpaste
Thank you kindly for touching lives and helping us make a difference.
Mrs Ritky
TOUR DE MATHS
On Thursday evening 6 girls participated in the Tour de Maths at Pridwin Preparatory School, this is an exciting event where the girls are paired with other schools and they are tsasked with completing a challenging mathematics problem solving paper. The girls who attended are: Belinda Law, Ashleigh Knipe, Kayleen Van Houwelingen, Daniela Whitfield, Avuzwa Essien and Chiara Szabo. The girls completed against 21 schools and there were 150 students who participated. Congratulations to Chiara Szabo and Belinda Law who placed 2nd with their partners from De La Salle.
Mrs Elliott
NUTCRACKER
On Saturday, 9 October 2021 Chiara Szabo and Stella Szabo performed at the Johannesburg Theatre in The Nutcracker. Amelia Kuiken will also perform with Chiara and Stella on Sunday, 17th October 2021.
HIGH SCHOOL MDC COMPETITION
The MDC is running a competition where you have to guess how many Jelly Beans there are in a 1.6L jar (100x100x190mm). Cost is R5 per guess. Please support this initiative.
Approach one of the Gr11’s or Mrs Taffara to put your guess on record. The person who guess is correct or the closest will win the whole jar of Jelly beans.
Mrs Taffara
PRIMARY SCHOOL PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
PRIMARY SCHOOL SPORT
ATHLETICS
Well done to our athletics girls for participating in their first athletics meet on Friday, 8 October. It was a tough day out on the track, but it was good to be back.
TENNIS
Well done to our Tennis girls for their matches played this week.
- U11 vs Founders Hill: Loss
- U13 vs St Dominics: Win
God luck to Tzar Reckas, Chidera Ngwu, Ashleigh Knipe and Charlotte Brass for the Catholic Primary School’s Tennis Tournament on Saturday, 16 October.
EXTRA-MURALS
1. There will be no Extra-murals on Thursday, 21 October due to mid-term break.
2. We will start with a new Extra-mural timetable from Tuesday, 26 October. The new timetable will be on the app on Thursday, 21 October.
Ms Tennant
BABY STEPS 2 ASSUMPTION
Baby Steps held their very first mini Olympics and it was a huge success and fun was had by all. Each class chose a country and came dressed in the respective colours, the children took part in various events and special medals and certificates were handed out to each one, well done to our Olympic stars.
 
Thank you to one of our special mom’s Bernadine Burgess for coming through and assisting us with our mini Olympics and setting up such an amazing event for the children, Baby Steps really appreciates it.
What are we learning about next week?
Literacy Week
Letter – Ww for Whale
Extra homework – Learning to tie your shoelaces
- 22 October – Literacy Week dress up – dress up as your favouite story book character. Please bring a box of biscuits or a 6 pack of cupcakes to share with friends for our mad hatters tea party.
- 26 October – Graduation Photo’s – more details to follow.
- 29 October – Splash Day and Grade 00/R to visit the Primary School market day – details to follow.
- 6 November: Open Day/Meet your new teacher: Toddlers to Grade 00 – more details to follow.
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Kind Regards
Tracey Urquhart
Baby Steps 2 Assumption Principal
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