Welcome back to the final term of 2016!

It will be another very busy term, and we have a lot of exciting functions and activities to prepare for. And then the final exams in 5 weeks time!

Please take note of the following:
Extra murals begin today, Monday 10 October – please see the list handed out with reports.


13 October:
– Mr. Miya and our cultural group will be honoured at a function at Dokkies. Well done – This is a District event and a huge credit to Mr. Miya and his group.
– Entrepreneur’s Day for Gr. 7’s at R10 per selling space.
(Refer to letter sent home.)

14 October:
– Grandparents Day hosted by the JP Department.

17 October: Monday – 5:30 p.m.:
– Meeting in hall to approve school fees for 2017.
Teachers will be available from 4:30 to 5:30 to discuss any concerns from the Term 3 report. This will be done on an individual basis. Please make use of
this time to rectify any problem areas.

18 – 21 October:
– Grade 4/5 Camp at Berg Venture in the Drakensberg.

21 October – 09:00 a.m.:
– Open Day for all the New pupils to DPS in 2017.

25 – 28 October:
– Grade 6/7 Camp at Berg Venture in the Drakensberg.


Top Achievers for Term 3: Congratulations to all of you. Well done!

Grade 3 – Neo Biyela 94% 3N
Grade 4 – Smangaliso Magwaza 88% 4N
Grade 5 – Kuyanda Sibisi 82% 5G
Grade 6 – Qhawe Ngubo 88% 6P
Grade 7 – Aphelele Ngcobo 83% 7W
“Believe, Dream, Dare”

Raffle Winners:

Congratulations to the following winners of our Gr. 7 Raffle:
R5 000 – Diane from Tatenda’s raffle sheet 1G
R1 000 – Hope Ngcobo 5L
R 500 – Andiswa Mdoda 7W

Top Sellers were:

  • Tatenda Nyakudya (4sheets) 1G Siphesihle Miller (4 sheets) 6P
  • Philasande Ndaba (4 sheets) 1W Tumelo Maponya (5 sheets) 3N
  • Elihle Ngcobo (4 sheets) 1M Sinegugu Ngcobo (5 sheets) 6M
  • Nkululeko Mthembu (4 sheets)1M Sithandiwe Hadebe (5 sheets) 7T
  • Nqaba Noyingana (4 sheets) 2M Thuso Ntobela (6 sheets) 1M
  • Lebongang Tsikedi (4 sheets) 3N Linathi Filtane (6 sheets) 3N
  • Awande Lembede (4 sheets) 6P

Thank you Miss Gardiner for all your hard work in putting this together and sorting out all the prizes – a fantastic effort.

An amount of R32 216.00 was raised and the new signs around the school will be paid for from this money. Thank you for all the support.

Sincerely
MRS. MILLER
PRINCIPAL