Happenings Hudson From the Headmaster’s Desk Cultural Prize Giving

Hudson Happenings
6 November 2014
Cultural Prize Giving
From the Headmaster’s Desk
English and Maths
We are very proud of our pupils who recorded impressive
results recently in English and Mathematics. Out of 34 345
pupils from all over South Africa, Dylan Kurten came first in
the Grade 4 SACEE Language Challenge with 97% while
Palesa Mandile and Liyanda Vusani came joint second in
the Grade 5 paper with 99% each. In the Amesa Maths
Olympiad, Benjamin Brent scored 95% and is one of only
five Grade 7 pupils from South Africa to be invited by SAMF
to the prestigious week long Maths Development Camp at
Stellenbosch University in December.
Support
Thank you to everyone who attended our Grade 7
Academic Awards Assembly, our Cultural Prize‐giving and
our Work Display. I trust that you were impressed by the
evidence of our children's talents and the hard work put in
by them and our staff members.
Staffing
The post of rugby co‐ordinator, which is being vacated by
Miles Rayner at the end of the year, will be advertised soon.
We are interviewing shortlisted candidates this week for
our Grade 5 and Grade 7 posts and we shall announce the
successful candidates in due course. Scholar patrol
operator, Eric Webb, will be leaving us next week as he has
secured permanent employment. We thank Eric for the
caring manner in which he handled his duties and wish him
well in his new job.
Absenteeism
While it is expected that children who are ill remain at
home to rest and recover, teachers have noticed an
increase in absenteeism that appears to be based on
parental choice. A number of children have missed school
due to extra holidays being taken, for example. The school
does not have the authority to grant time off for pupils. The
responsibility of ensuring that children attend school lies
with the parents. As a school, we implore our parents to
take this responsibility seriously and use the weekends and
school holidays for time off. It creates extra pressure for
teachers and children when key sections of the syllabus is
missed and needs to be caught up. If parents insist on
taking children out of school during term time, please
understand that the responsibility lies with you and your
children to catch up missed work. The 2015 school terms
have already been published, so please plan accordingly.
Ian Lehy
Red House Avenue, Vincent 5247 | Telephone 043‐7263220 | Fax 043‐7262821 | Email office@hpps.co.za
Weekly Dates (Part 1)
6 Nov
7 Nov
8 Nov
Academic
Grade 5 Afrikaans Skryfwerk T1
Cricket
U13B vs Kuswag
U13C vs Lilyfontein
U11B vs Central
Swimming
C League Gala
Student Council Assembly
Academic
Grade 4 Afrikaans Taal Test
Grade 5 English Comprehension T2
Grade 6 Maths Assignment
Cricket
U9A vs Central
U13B vs Grey
U11A vs Grey
U10A vs Grey
Mini Cricket
U9A vs Kuswag B
Cricket
U13A & B vs Grey
U11A vs Grey
U10A vs Grey
10 Nov Academic
Grade 5 English Read Out Loud T2
Grade 6 English Comprehension
Cricket
U9A vs St Johns
U10B vs Stirling B
U10C vs Selborne C
11 Nov Grade 4 Concert
Academic
Grade 6 Maths Investigation
Grade 4 History Test
Grade 5 Afrikaans Skryfwerk T1
Traveling Bookshop
Swimming
B League Gala
12 Nov Grade 4 Concert
Traveling Bookshop
Academic
Grade 5 Afrikaans Mondeling T2
SACEE Prize Giving 18:30‐19:30
Cricket
U13A vs Stirling
U11A vs Stirling
Water Polo
Boys B vs WSA Boys 16:30
Boys A vs Border U14 Girls 17:00
Boys B vs Selborne U13 3 19:30
School Calendar
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Term 1 15 Jan ‐ 28 Mar 21 Jan ‐ 1 Apr
Term 2 7 Apr ‐ 27 Jun
13 Apr ‐ 26 Jun
Term 3 21 July ‐ 3 Oct
20 July ‐ 2 Oct
Term 4 13 Oct ‐ 10 Dec 12 Oct ‐ 9 Dec
Parents’ Prayer Group
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You are welcome to join our parents’ prayer
group on Thursday mornings from 7:30‐8:00 in
the Centennial Centre.
Second Hand Books
If you have any books that your children have
grown out of, please consider donating them
to the library. We are looking for pre‐loved
good reads in good condition to be put to
excellent use on our shelves. All books can be
sent with your children to the library.
School Shop
Home
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Home
Open from Mondays to Thursdays from
12:00‐15:00. Contact Julie Holmes on 083
417 8114 or jholmes@hpps.co.za.
We keep lost property.
Please ensure that your child’s clothing is
labeled to ensure it can be returned if lost.
The school shop will be open at the following
times next year:
FP Hall
Cambridge
FP Hall
Monday, 12 Jan 2015
Tuesday, 13 Jan 2015
Wednesday, 14 Jan 2015
Thursday, 15 Jan 2015
Friday, 16 Jan 2015
Monday, 19 Jan 2014
Tuesday, 20 Jan 2015
Stirling
Away
Away
East Pool
School Magazine
It’s time to order the Hudsonian, our annual
school magazine. The price for the 2014
edition is R50. Please contact Sherelle Smith
on ssmith@hpps.co.za for more information.
Weekly Dates (Part 2)
13 Nov Grade 1 Moms Dinner 18:30
Academic
Grade 5 Afrikaans Leesbegrip T2
Cricket
U13C vs Stirling
U11B vs Beaconhurst
14 Nov Pastoral Prizegiving 7:30
Academic
Grade 4 Geography Test
Grade 5 Afrikaans Kreatiwe Teks T2
Cricket
U9A vs Selborne
Mini Cricket U9 Festival
Centennial
Away
Home
Main Hall
Home
15 Nov Outreach CHOC Visit
Cricket
Dads & Lads
U13A & U9A vs St Andrews
U11A, U10A & U13B vs St Andrews
Home
Away
16 Nov SACEE Church Service
Biathle
Stirling Baptist
Cambridge
18 Nov FP Appearance Check
Grade 1‐7 New Parents Meeting 18:00
Academic
Grade 6 English Language Exam
Grade 7 Drama & EMS Exams
Main Hall
19 Nov SP Assessment Week
Grade 4 Maths & FAL Written Work
Grade 5 Maths Paper 1 & English Language
Grade 6 Common Exam English
Grade 6 Maths 1
Grade 7 Science & Maths
Cricket
U13A vs Lilyfontein
Home
Water Polo
East Pool
Boys A vs WSA Boys 17:00
Boys B vs Stirling U13 Boys 17:30
Boys A vs Selborne U13 1 19:00
20 Nov Sports Prize Giving
Grade 6‐7 Appearance Check
SP Assessment Week
Grade 4 FAL Language & Comprehension
Grade 5 Science & English Writing
Grade 6 Maths 2 & Life Orientation
Grade 7 History & English
Cricket
U13B & U13C vs Gonubie
U11B vs Stutterheim
Away
Home
Toebroodjies
Mrs Cox’s Grade 3 Afrikaans class
learned common food vocabulary
words by making sandwiches.
Work Display
On Wednesday evening, 29 October, we held our annual work display. This gives our learners the opportunity to show
their parents and loved ones all the projects, posters, artworks and books they have been working so hard on during
the year. The children could also demonstrate their skills in our specialised facilities, such as the ceramic studio and the
three computer laboratories. Our sports academy coaching specialists also demonstrated their techniques.
From the Senior Primary...
AMESA Maths Challenge Results
The final round of the Sasol SAMF
South African Maths Challenge was
written at Merrifield on Monday, 28
July. Our results were very pleasing,
with 69 of our 87 learners who
participated in the final round
receiving certificates. We achieved
15 gold, 35 silver, and 19 bronze
certificates.
Gold certificates are awarded for
85% and above. The Hudsonians
(pictured below) who received
these are:
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Nika Eybers and Joane Joseph
(Grade 4 Doubles)
Daniel Emslie (Grade 4 Singles)
Brooklyn de Klerk and Oyama
Mzayidume (Grade 6 Doubles)
Milisa Sithole, Corbin Stander,
Aron Hubbard, Nicole
Thompson, Jessica Craddock
and Joshua Emslie (Grade 6
Singles)
Skye Coombes and Melissa
Bham (Grade 7 Doubles)
Klara Eybers and Benjamin Brent
(Grade 7 Singles)
In addition to these fantastic results,
we are proud of Benjamin Brent who
is one of 5 learners nationally to be
invited to the prestigious SAMF
week long development camp at
Stellenbosch University during
December. The camp is seen as a first
step in the selection of teams to
represent South Africa at the
International Mathematical
Olympiad and the Pan African
Mathematics Olympiad.
SACEE Language Challenge Results
Hudson Park is very proud of its achievements in the
South African Council for English Education Language
Challenge this year. 34 345 learners from 89 schools
nationwide participated in 2014.
Dylan Kurten won the national Grade 4 section, with a
score of 97%.
Palesa Mandile and Liyanda Vusani placed joint second
in the national Grade 5 section, with a score of 99%.
They are pictured here with our school’s English head,
Mrs Sheryl Human.
From the ICT Department...
Our children live in a digital age and the challenge for all
schools is to embrace appropriate new technology as a
tool for enhancing learning. Hudson Park Primary has
always taken a lead in this area being one of the first
schools to utilise interactive whiteboards in our
classrooms as well as with our computer academy. As
part of Vision 2020, initiated in 2010, our ICT department
has been studying local and international trends and
particularly the use of tablets/laptops by learners. The
research has yielded mixed results – some successes and
some failures. The challenge for us is to embrace this
technology but to do so in a manner which does not
create unnecessary cost for the parents or risk to the
learners who would need to transport these devices
between home and school.
We have chosen Office 365 as the platform for Cloud
computing. This is supported by the Education
Department who has a school license agreement with
Microsoft. Microsoft Office is also the software required
for Matric IT subjects and the most commonly used
software in business.
We are considering providing each Foundation Phase
Class with tablets to be used in the classroom for group /
mat activities. We believe that tablets are ideally suited
to young learners whereas laptops/netbooks are being
evaluated for Grade 4‐7 pupils because of their greater
functionality both at home and at school.
Installation of a direct fibre connection is the first step we
will be taking to ensure that the additional devices can be
accommodated onto our network without impacting the
speed and quality of connectivity, ensuring efficient use
of the new technology. This will take us closer to
achieving our vision and work will begin on the direct
fibre connection in early 2015.
The Grade 7's wrote 7 computer skills exams
endorsed by the ICDL (International Computer
Driver’s Licence). All our learners achieved gold
certificates, and the grade average was 88%. The
exams topics were IT basics, files and folders, drawing
tools, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations
and internet and email. Our top achievers, whose
averages ranged between 94‐98%, were Klara Eybers,
Siobhan Barry, Erin Bruton, Zenande Rubushe, Dylan
Chantler and Bradley Schreiber.
One to Watch ‐ Old Hudsonian stars in South African Dragon’s Den
The popular British TV show Dragon’s Den has recently launched
a South African version. The premise of Dragon’s Den is to match
startup companies with investors who will aid them to grow their
businesses. Old Hudsonian Vinny Lingham is one of the South
African investors. Vinny, who now lives in San Francisco, made a
substantial amount of money by creating internet technology
based companies, such as Clicks2Customers, Yola and Gyft. Vinny
has won multiple accolades, including being appointed as a
World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2009 and being
named as one of 10 young African millionaires to watch by Forbes
magazine in 2012. Vinny co‐founded the Silicon Cape NGO, which
aims to make the Western Cape a technology hub. Earlier this
year Vinny sold Gyft for an estimated R1 billion. Watch Dragon’s
Den on Mzansi Magic (DSTV channel 161) on Tuesdays at 19:00 to
see Vinny impart business wisdom and encouragement to young
entrepreneurs.
From the Pastoral Department...
Once again our school contributed to the Santa’s Shoebox Project. Through this project volunteers pledge to fill a
shoebox with Christmas gifts for an underprivileged child. Hudson Park pledged 66 boxes in total. The Grade R’s
contributed 49 boxes, along with odds and ends to assist filling additional boxes. A big thank you to the parents and
children for their enthusiastic participation.
From the Sports Department...
Sports Results
27 October 2014
3 November 2014
Cricket
U13A: HPPS 187/4 – (J. Troon 40, D. Kassan 46 n.o., R.
Jones 24 n.o.) Cambridge 71/10 (J. Troon 3/18, R. Jones
2/8, J. Steenkamp 2/13, P. Notununu 2/11) HPPS won by
116 runs. Dale 149/10 (P. Notununu 5/35, J. Troon 2/16)
HPPS 99/10) (K. Cweba 27) HPPS lost by 50 runs.
U13C: HPPS 78/8 Gonubie Christian School 40 (L. Nkonki
2/2, C. Brown 2/4) HPPS won by 38 runs.
U11A: Selborne B 99/7 (J. Hansen 5/8, R. Anderson
2/18) HPPS 100/2 (M. Coetzer 48 n.o., J. Hansen 25 n.o.)
HPPS won by 8 wickets. Dale 117/10 (J. Hansen 4/45, L.
Swinney 2/5, R. Anderson 2/42, R. Naidoo 2/7) HPPS
105/10 (M. Coetzer 28) HPPS lost by 12 runs.
U11B: Gonubie 52/10 (A. Mc Claren 4/11) HPPS 53/0 (R.
Kieck 24 n.o., H. Wood 22 n.o.) HPPS won by 10 wickets.
U10A: HPPS 52/10 Gonubie 27/10 (L. Barrat 5/0) HPPS
won by 25 runs.
U9A: HPPS 119/4 (O. Newland‐Nell 23 n.o., B. Goss 24
n.o.) Cambridge 45/10 (O. Newland‐Nell 3/6, S. France
2/4, J. van Oordt 2/8) HPPS won by 74 runs.
Cricket
U13A: George Randell 110/10 (P. Notununu 3/8, R.
Sinclair 4/24) HPPS 114/4 (R. Jones 61 n.o.) HPPS won by
6 wickets.
U13B: Selborne U13C 85/8 (T. Steenkamp 4/18, R.
Sinclair 2/16) HPPS 89/2 (R. Sinclair 50 n.o.) HPPS won
by 8 wickets.
U13C: Selborne U13D 32/10 (L. Nkonki 2/3, N.
Wainwright 4/8) HPS 33/3 HPPS won by 7 wickets.
U10B: HPPS 59/7 Selborne U10C 59/7 (J. Sinclair 3/11)
HPPS won by 2 runs.
U10C: HPPS 47/10 Crewe 49/4 (T. Mahlunge 2/4) HPPS
lost by 6 wickets.
Water Polo
U13A girls lost to WSA 2‐9 ,
U13B girls lost to Stirling U13A 1‐9,
U13 A boys beat Selborne U13 team 3 9 – 1,
U13A boys drew to Border U13A girls 4 ‐4,
U11B mixed team lost to Stanmore Juniors 9 – 1.
Biathle
nd
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Boys U13 C.Roodt 2 , Boys U9 J. Taylor 3 .
Mini Cricket
HPPS U9 A scored 108 runs. Gonubie U9A scored 14
runs. HPPS won by 94 runs.
Biathlon
At the recent took EP Inter‐provincial Biathlon
Championships Khanyisa Mabula ended 12 th and
th
Lusanda Haardt 14 .
Biathle
Congratulations to Jenna Willows who came 4th in the
U12 section.