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WHOLE SCHOOL Week 4 Term 2
Dumelang! the timeline in which they 2009. Fundamentally the
Friday 6th June 2008
Over the last two weeks I have to be completed. Al- actions to be taken by the
though the meetings were school are: UP COMING
have run a number of com-
only attended by 53 fami- EVENTS
munity meetings to discuss
lies I was extremely heart- 1. The Mission Statement
the feedback from the Ac-
and Statements of Belief – 21st June
ened by the questions and
creditation visit to the Westwood Family
feedback given. complete the revision com-
school. This feedback was Bush Ramble
menced by the School Coun- 8:30am
tough but fair, accurately
For re-accreditation to be cil last year and revise/adopt
reflecting the challenges
endorsed by the Accredit- it following a process of 3rd July
faced by the school.
ing Agencies, the school school community commu- Secondary Parent –
Teacher Student
At those meetings I out- has to provide two special nication and consultation. Consultation
lined the tasks that the reports detailing the 3:30pm—6:00pm
2. Amend the school’s
school needs to complete to school’s response to a num-
Admissions Policy, as ap- 12th July
retain its accreditation, ber of key findings. The Westwood Interna-
propriate, in the light of the
which was re-issued but first of these reports is due tional School’s 20th
newly revised Mission
subject to probation, and on November 15th, 2008 Birthday
and the second, April 15th, Statement and Statement of
Beliefs to ensure that it: (a) Statements of Belief riculum—in line the educa- Many of these tasks are
accurately reflects who the tional programmes deliv- budget related
4. Develop a five year
school serves and (b) is ered by the school both (programmes, staffing, in-
Strategic and accompany-
clear about who the school vertically and horizontally. cluding provision for
ing Financial Plan to ensure
enrols, with a view to en- ‘expert teachers’). Last
that the school has in place Though two Special Re-
suring that within the limits year School Council made
the appropriate resources ports are to be sent—the
of the school’s resources it an undertaking to the
(including staffing) and second of which requires
can provide those whom it school community that the
facilities and practices to more detail—it becomes
enrols a quality education. 2009 fees would be pub-
realise the school Mission quickly apparent when
lished before the end of
Articulate the curriculum – looking at the tasks that
3. Review and amend Term 2, 2008. What this
as necessary, the pro- in line with the educational much of the work required
means is that most of the
grammes offered by the programmes delivered by for the first report depends
school to ensure that those work required to meet the
the school both vertically upon tasks detailed for the
programmes are aligned to re-accreditation timeline
and horizontally. second being complete.
the goals of the school as has to be completed this
described in the school’s
term.
Mission Statement and 5. Articulate the cur-
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Whole School news continued….
To ensure that we have a shared vi- in relation to both the feedback re- future consultative meetings and an
sion for and ‘ownership’ of the ceived by me from the school meet- implementation timeline of the major
school it is really important that the ings conducted over the last few tasks needing to be completed during
decisions made leading to the devel- weeks and written comments from Term 2.
opment and finalisation of the parents. Please ask your children for
school’s five year Strategic and Fi- the letter on Monday evening and/or We are all in this together for the
benefit of your children.
nancial Plan have come through an check your email (including junk Best wishes
appropriate process of school com- mail!). Michael Francis
munity consultation. Director
It is MOST important that you read
th
To this end on Monday 9 June I will these documents and complete the
be sending out a letter to every West- tear off slip and return it promptly to
wood family outlining a draft Mis- school indicating your support, dis-
sion Statement and Statement of Be- agreement, comments, as appropriate
liefs as well as a statement relating to Details of the process to be followed
the role of the Council in ensuring will be included in the letter.
that the school’s mission is realised.
In the letter I will also be detailing
These documents have been revised
PRIMARY NEWS
Last week we had two great ath- The teachers are currently work- hope that the evaluation process
letics days. On Thursday we had ing hard on different areas of the will be a positive one.
Upper Primary enjoying a day of curriculum. In October this year
sports and on Friday it was the we will have a team coming Please make sure that the stu-
Lower Primary who were on the over from the IBO to evaluate us dents are dressed appropriately
field. Both days we had great for the IBPYP programme. Using for the colder days. Sweaters,
participation of parents and I the recent documents from the cardigans and jackets are for sale
wish to thank all the parents accreditation process, we are in the uniform shop.
who volunteered. Both days working very hard on specific
were a great success and the stu- areas within the Primary curricu-
Juliette van Eerdewijk
dents thoroughly enjoyed the lum. Our focus is mainly on lan- Primary Principal
activities. I’d also like to thank guage development, math devel-
the PE department for organising opment and inquiry based learn-
and supporting such a lovely ing. We hope to have addressed
event. aspects that needed strengthen-
ing from the accreditation and
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SECONDARY NEWS
Diploma Programme future. report will make commendations,
Evaluation recommendations and specify mat-
Hot on the heals of our recent Whilst the evaluation is not a re- ters to be addressed. No individual
school-wide accreditation process, authorization (in the same manner teachers, or students, will be evalu-
it is now the turn of our Diploma that we have recently sought re- ated or assessed.
Programme to undergo a full accreditation), it does allow West-
evaluation which is both a require- wood, and the IBO, to ensure that If you have any questions about
ment of, and service provided by, standards and practices are being this process, or wish to find out
the International Baccalaureate Or- maintained. more, please contact Mrs. Munira
ganisation (IBO). Mall, our Diploma Programme Co-
For the Diploma Programme (and ordinator. In the Primary School,
The main purposes of the evalua- again similar to the accreditation the PYP will also be undergoing a
tion is to assess the quality and ef- process), the evaluation has already similar process of its own in tan-
fectiveness of the current pro- started with a wide-ranging self- dem with the evaluation in the sec-
gramme at Westwood, and to as- study process and concludes with ondary school.
sist the school in making improve- an evaluation report prepared by
ments and developments in the the IBO in October of this year. The
secondary news continued…..
Parent-Teacher Conference IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME
Year 9 Mrs. Francis
Please mark your diary. We are ar-
ranging a parent-teacher student Year 10 Mrs. Pienaar IB students will be confer-
consultation on Thursday 3, July
encing on an individual basis
3:30- 18:00. We are also hoping that Year 11 Mr. Shikuku
with the IB Diploma Pro-
this will be an opportunity for par-
Year 12/13 Mrs. Mall gramme Coordinator next
ents and students to meet the new
Christopher Edmunds week. Discussions will re-
secondary principal, Mrs. Phyllis
Secondary Principal volve around learning-related
Hildebrandt.
issues raised in the recently
Making Contact published term one report.
Parents are reminded that for mat- Subsequent to these meet-
ters of a pastoral (social/emotional) ings parents may be invited
nature for which you seek guidance for a three-way conference if
or have a query, the first point of necessary.
contact should be the Year Leader: Munira Mall
IB Diploma Coordinator
Year 8 Mr .Puddefoot
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Secondary news cont….
WE WANT YOUR WASTE!!
(PLEEEEEEEZZZZZZ!!)
Please collect as much waste as possible during the holidays and bring it in to
school early in the 3rd term. Otherwise call Erika – 729 80843 – and she will
collect from you.
We need things like:
OLD SHADE CLOTH; chicken wire; bottle tops; TIN FOIL; plastic spoons,
forks and knives; plastic toys; hose pipes; OLD CDS; old tents; old sheets; old
blankets; old pots and pans; OLD BASKETS; corks; old crockery; OLD
SHOES; old books; old spectacles; false teeth…………………
any haberdashery
SPORTS
Secondary Soccer very talented Legae team. Our boys groups. We ended the day with an
gave a good display of soccer but exciting inter-class-tug-o-war.
Open Soccer Legae was just too strong on the day Thank you to all the parents who as-
On Wednesday 28 May, Westwood and comfortably won the match. sisted us and to all parent who came
played their first match against Cres- and supported. A very big thank you
cent at home. It was a perfect way to to all the teachers for their support
Upper and Lower Primary
start the season by winning 5-0. Our and special thank you to Mr. Taraz
boys played well as a team. The
Sports Day
and Mrs. Mokokwe for assisting with
team would like to thank Mr. Orbon A fun-filled day of sports activities the organization of the event.
(parent of Westwood) for assisting as took place on Thursday 29th June
coach of the team. (Upper Primary) and Friday 30th
The final results were as follows;
June (Lower Primary). The children
were excited and truly enjoyed them- Lower Primary
U15 Soccer
selves. We started the programme 1st: Leruolatau: 176 points
On Wednesday 4th June , Westwood
with the sprints where all the children 2nd: Matsieng: 167 points
travelled to Legae for their first
took part. They then went through a 3rd: Orapa Bling: 141 points
game. Our boys were really excited
range of activities in their class
about the game. They came across a
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Upper Primary for this event can be found on the Al-Nur School. Westwood played
white board opposite the tuck-shop. well in the first half. The game
1st: Matsieng 469 points
A very big thank you to all the par- was tiring. At the end of the first
2nd: Leruolatau: 455 points ents who assisted with the transport
half Westwood was leading 7-2.
and those who came and supported
3rd: Orapa Bling: 396 points We started playing again it was
our kids.
tough. Both teams played ex-
Primary Cross Country
The Sports Department wishes the tremely well in the match and in
On Wednesday 3rd June, 34 athletes Wester Family everything of the best
the end it was 12-7 to Westwood.
represented Westwood in an Inter- for the future and a safe journey
back to the USA. We value your
Well done Girls! We all had fun
School Cross Country which was
support and contribution made to- playing the match. Team: Han-
held at the Lobatse Golf Club. 18
wards sport at Westwood. nah, Kelisha, Bangu, Ivy,
schools participated . Although it
was raining, our children made the Segran Naido Maanda, Charne, Safiyaa and
most the day. This was the first time Head of PE and Sport Elisha.
Westwood participated in such an
U11 Netball The U11 Netball team played
event and our students did very well.
Our next run is on Tuesday 10th June Last week Thursday the U11 again yesterday against The
at Legae Primary School. Team list played their first match against Learning Centre. The players
Zoe, Almone, Ashley, Ivy, Amoge- SOCCER U13 Soccer vs Al-Nur
lang, Reneilwe, & Francina. West- U13 Tournament @ Northside On the 22nd of May Westwood
wood won 4-0 and everybody had On Saturday our U13 Team played a played a match against Al-Nur. It
7-aside tournament at Northside was a great match. The whole
fun and played very good. On
School. The U13 soccer team played team played exceptionally well.
Saturday 7th June, all the U11 four matches. Westwood got many Westwood had many opportunities.
netball players are going to great chances to score goals and win We converted once with Abdul scor-
the game, but unfortunately the ball
Jwaneng for a tournament. Zoe ing a great goal. Lance, Laone and
went over the goal post. It was a
and Ashley were the players for Muhammad held the defence very
tough tournament but the boys had
well. Abdul and Jimmy were play-
the game, they did very well. Zoe fun. I am really proud of my team
ing well at the front. Thanks to Mr.
stole all Learning Centre’s ball and congratulations to all the players
Taraz for coaching us. Team: Abdul
for their excellent performance. Man
and Ashley scored 3 of our goals. (Captain), Jimmy, Lance, Laone,
of the match was given to Ashen and
I want to congratulate all the Jimmy. The team thanks Mr. Naidoo Muhammad, Simon, Joey, Ngaka,
players for doing their best. We and the parents for their support. Thabiso, Angelo, Nnang and Daniel
Players: Jimmy, Thabiso M, Abdul, W.
hope that we do very well in the
Simon, Ashen, Muhammad, Robin, Jimmy Wester (7A)
netball tournament.
Aasif, and Daniel.
Almone Oosthuizen 5A
Mr. Taraz, Coach
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