Inside this issue:

Congratulations

My school update

Sport & Cultural Events

Thank you

Dates to Diarise

JUNIOR SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

JUNE 2016

ST DOMINIC’S JUNIOR SCHOOL

One School, One Family, One Spirit

A Note From Mrs Van Dyk’s Desk Celebrate the fact that “you are Unique”.

Our Gr 4-7 Concert was amazing with a very important message which we need to

share with our girls . It is a message which we all need to remember.

The following extract taken from “Pathway to Success” by Lissy M has some

good ideas, which I hope you will discuss with your daughter, to remind her and

encourage her, to be the unique individual that God intended her to be !

Recognize and develop your gifts If you think you have no special gifts, perhaps you just haven’t learnt to recognize them.

Be open to new things , different opportunities.

Take stock of your strengths

Each of us is born with distinctive equipment-more than we learn to use; no person is

inferior to another…..

Every individual is gifted with a multitude of strengths and weaknesses.

Often we look so hard at our weaknesses that we miss seeing our

strengths. Try to identify your best traits

Maybe you have the knack of cheering people up or encouraging them by sympathetic

listening.

Build your self-confidence The next time you doubt your worth, remember that you have some awesome credentials.

God made you in His own image and He loves you.

Make the most of your gifts You are not a copy of anyone else. You are an original creation by the Master Artist-God.

You are his work of Art.

Well done once again to Olivia Teeling 5 M and Erin

Guy 5 M on both achieving 1st place in their tum-

bling competition held in Benoni on the 4th June

We are very proud of you! Keitumetsi Kope, G5 K, participated in the Eagles Tumbling Competition Level 3, on the 4th Of June 2016 and was placed 3rd.

Well done to Gina 4 D and Daniella 6 L Bergonzi on being awarded their SA

National Colours for Karate. Daniela obtained a Silver and Gina obtained a

Bronze. We are so proud of you both!

Well done to Madjozeldi Nel she achieved 1st Place/Gold Medal for Level 1

after only being a member for 3 months of the Boksburg Gym and Tumbling

club. We are proud of you!

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Olivia Teeling Erin Guy

Keitumetsi Kope

A big thank you to the following girls who helped at the Drummies on Saturday 4

June

Paige Dolman Gr 6

Andreia Carvalho

Angela Krunic

Ashleigh Drummond

Storm Evans and her Mom Nadine Evans

Khwezi Nqeketo

Emma Green

Khanyi Mbele

Michaela Pinto

Lisa Mwewa

Jaydene Ellis

Emma Wilson

Tayla Gilmour

Siobhan Kluckow

Marina Da Costa

Nicole Fawcett

Isabella Domiter

Kayla Richardson

Courtney Stride

Gabriella Teixeira

Angela Wang

Tayla Ashton

Pabala Mahlatsi

Jessica Crawford

Rutendo Masango

Katja De Freitas

Kaylin De Freitas

Joy Molomo

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Bible Quiz 2016

Blanket Mass Our Blanket Mass was celebrated by Fr Mark James in the Jubilee Centre on

Thursday 26 May.

This Mass has in the past coincided with Ascension Thursday, but from this year,

this feast will be celebrated on the following Sunday. Fr Mark gave a thought-

provoking sermon and the girls’ singing and marimba-playing added beauty and

reverence to the service.

Our theme this year was “Collecting, having and keeping just what we need, and

not more” and our whole school united around this by donating a large number

blankets (many of them handmade), baby items and groceries to those who are in

need.

Thank you to all the girls and their families who contributed blankets, baby prod-

ucts, clothes, and food. At the recent Grade 11 Mass at the Cathedral, Bishop

Duncan made the point that every little thing that we do for others makes it a

happy day. The numerous blankets on display during the Mass was a demonstra-

tion of how much the St Dominic’s Family cares about others. All the contribu-

tions have been handed over to the following organisations:

New Beginnings

TLC

Almond Tree

St Vincent de Paul

St Francis Care Centre

SPCA

Sr Leo Sr Margaret

Bible Quiz On Friday 27th May, two teams of St Dominic’s girls from Grades 6 and 7 partici-

pated in the annual St Jerome Bible which was hosted by Veritas College in

Springs this year. Teams from many different schools in the East Rand competed

against each other, having to answer general knowledge questions and questions

from Luke Chapters 1 to 16.

Our teams acquitted themselves very well and had a very enjoyable and challeng-

ing afternoon.

We look forward to taking part in this event again next year.

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Our very Special Blanket Mass

A very big THANK YOU to all the wonderful grannies at Rynpark 5 for the 240 squares they knitted for Tayla Marais 3T , and to all the other mommies

aunties and grannies who knitted squares and sewed the blankets together for

us .We are sure they made

a couple of very warm and welcome blankets which would have been part of our very special Blanket

Mass Celebrations

DATES TO DIARISE

Mon 30 May to Fri 4 June Catholic Schools week

Saturday 4 June Drummie Provincials at St Dominic’s

Thursday 16 June Youth Day

Friday 17 June School Holiday

22 June to 1 July Gr 7 Exams

Friday 1 July School closes at 13:00 for mid-term

4 July to 8 July Mid-Term

Friday 15 July Gr 7 Barn Dance

Tuesday 19 July Gr 1-3 Choral Verse

Wednesday 20 July Gr 4 & 5 Choral Verse

Thursday 21 July Gr 6 & 7 Choral Verse

Tuesday 26 July Gr 1-3 Cultural Evening

Wednesday 27 July Gr 1-3 Cultural Evening

Thursday 28 July Gr 1-7 Reports go out

Monday 1 August Parents’ Evening 16:00 to 18:00

Tuesday 2 August Gr 3-7 Awards’ Assembly 7:50

Gr 2 Violin Concert 18:00

Friday 5 August School closes at 12:00 for end of Term 2

One School, One Family, One Spirit