Ek kan!

I can! Privaatskool Private School

Prospect House, Morkel Street, Somerset West. 7130

www.vergezicht.co.za

The Inkpot

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2019

2019

Dear Parents,

Welcome back after the holidays!

May the wonderful golden, yellow, red and rust of

the autumn leaves shine like bright lights in our

hearts. May every child look forward to going to

school every day, as we are the school where

children get the opportunity to reach

their own potential.

Kind regards,

The News Team

Kaden Rix, Grade 2E

http://www.vergezicht.co.za/

We are so proud of our Grade 7’s Our Grade 7’s do a

magnificent job as Monitors ,

and they wear lovely tops to

set them apart from the rest

of the school.

Thanks to teachers

Bardene and Heidi who

organised all of this.

Thank you to our Grade

7’s for their co-operation.

Mieke de Meillon

Aaron Hendrikse

Rivashni Govender

Xavier Garvs

Izak Venter

Our Grade 7’s: “Aspire to inspire, before we expire!”

TEN YEARS OF SERVICE!

Congratulations to Mr Donovan Present, our Grounds Manager, for 10 consecutive years of

service! We feel privileged to have you as part of our team, Donovan! Thank you so much!

The princesses of Grade 2.

On 8th March 2019, it was

International Women’s

Day. The Grade 2

princesses added colour to

the day with their regal

outfits and wide smiles.

Thanks, grade 2’s!

Simone Reyneke, Nawal Baard, Kira Hariri & Kayla Allen

We enjoy Aftercare. In an era where parents are often very

worried about the amount of screen time their

children are exposed to, we are grateful to see

how the children love to play in Aftercare.

Even on a cold, rainy day they don’t yearn

for a video. No, they play like never before and

the younger and older children enjoy it in equal

quantities.

Thank you to the staff for creating a “home-

from-home” for our kids.

Aiden Bruwer, Gr 4

Jacques Smit (Gr 4A) en Kaden Rix (Gr 2E)

Simone Reyneke & Nawal Baard (Gr 2)

Drake Clarke (Gr 7E), Reagan Daniëls (Gr 7E) &

Kaden Rix (Gr 2E)

Our Aftercare has the most FANTASTIC games and toys!

Play, think and learn!

No screen time, just play time!

Jacques Smit & Rivashni Govender

Grade R & 1 Outing In the words of Ben Strydom Grade 1, “We

need to explore to learn new things and to learn

to be brave.”

To end off a very productive and exciting

Term 1, we put our brave faces on and went

exploring. We travelled a "100 000 km"

according to Reuben van Dyk and we eventually

arrived at Giraffe House.... Some were a bit

concerned that the giraffe didn't have a proper

tall house where we could join him for tea.

But... explore we did, we met many

different animals, fed some, petted some and

had our own private "Get to know the animal

show". We were brave, polite and so well

behaved that two people stopped to ask which

school we had come from.

Thank you to teachers Marlise and

Monique who organised all of this.

Ben Strydom meets

Steve the Tortoise.

Johan Terblanche with his striped shirt

was in competition with Uncle Zebra

and his striped pyjamas.

Jean Eybers

My best part was having the snakes on

my arm. I love snakes. - Morgan Du Plessis

I liked the giraffes best because they

were cute. – Diego Fernandes

“Kinderspiele”

Painting by

Pieter Bruegel

(1560)

Vergezicht: The school where all the children get the

opportunity to reach their own potential.

Autumn The green leaves are turning

To yellow, red and brown

And when the wind comes

Whistling by, they'll

all

come

sailing

down.

“Falling Autumns Leaves”

Vincent van Gogh (1888)

Nessy The eager little green monster should

actually be part of our teaching staff, as he

helps all our children with all aspects of

reading and writing.

We request parents to encourage their

children to log in over weekends and during

holidays, and thus sharpen their skills.

Kharma Crafford

Kayla Allen, Kayyum Montjies & Christopher Smith

Nehan Ras & James Lamprecht

I believe in me.

Wedding Bells Congratulations to our seniors’ Maths

teacher, Caren Jansen van Vuuren,

who got married to Marcel

Serfontein during the holidays.

The Vergezicht family wishes them

all of the best and welcomes Marcel

as a member of our team where the

spouse often works as hard as his

wife behind the secnes!

2 April – Christiaan van Schalkwyk, 4 April – Pieter-Louis Erasmus, 5 April – Kaden Rix,

8 April – Nadia van Coller , 9 April – Lino Mkhontwana, 11 April – Thalia Mazza,

20 April – Juf Heidi Weyers, 21 April – Brandan Grobler, 29 April – Connor Jean,

April Birthdays

Poem by Daniel Brink, Grade 5E

The Eagle There once was a smart eagle

who every day saw his friend Reagle.

Then he saw a smart dolphin.

Who had a spikey long fin!

He challenged the animals to a quiz,

and won with help of Mr Bee Bizz.

He soared along his kingdom

and the Orange River even when it’s din

He caught a big catfish,

to be his tasty dish.

It is easy to say, “No matter the weather…”

He will be king of all with a feather!

Fingers hard at work!

Ferdinand Botha (Grade 1)

Diego Fernandes (Grade 1)

Welcome at Vergezicht

ROLANDA BOUWER GRADE 4E

I grew up and went to school in Pretoria. After I

have completed my B.Ed and B.Ed. (Hons) at the

University of Pretoria, I accepted a teaching position

at Moot Christian Academy, where I taught

Computer Studies and Art. I then worked as a

lecturer at the University of Pretoria.

In 2017 I moved to the Cape. I have a passion for

children and it is wonderful to see my learners grow

and develop. My favourite quote is from Disney:

“Dream, believe, achieve.” I use it to inspire my

learners.

Exchange student visits us. Vergezicht staff and learners were very excited to

welcome exchange student Anna Schmitz to spend some

time with us. Anna lives in a small village near Cologne and

she is the second oldest of four children. She is com-

pleting her community service before returning to

Germany to begin studying to become a teacher.

She will be visiting us until the 28 April and will be

spending time in different classes in order to experience

all aspects of teaching and our special Vergezicht magic.

We hope she enjoys her stay with us as much as we enjoy

having her here.

LOUISE REYNEKE GRADE 5(E)

Vergezicht creates an opportunity for every

child to succeed in his or her own way.

Therefore I am privileged to join this

extraordinary team of teachers and learners.

I see my move to Vergezicht as an

opportunity not only continuing my teaching

career, but also to live my dream of being a

teacher who not only teach, but one who inspire

hope, ignite the imagination, and instil a love

of learning.

I’m very much looking forward to my journey

at Vergezicht.

Ich liebe

Vergezicht!

Grade 4’s are weather men!

Gr 4E presented their weather charts that they recently made, by pretending to be news reporters giving the

weather report for South Africa.

Abongile Mdakane

Daniel Ruiters

Teacher Welna

Gilbert asks our

support for this

special project

which takes care

of Basset

adoptions.

Grade 3’s make tea.

Reghardt Ehlers

Ernst Engelbrecht

"Grandpa dropped his glasses" The Grade 3 E learners made glasses to go with the poem "Grandpa dropped his glasses", which was

discussed in class.

Nicholas Geldenhuys, Zion Crafford, James Almond, Slade Duncon, Griffen Guy, Isabella Snyman, Zandré

August.

Grandpa dropped his glasses

In a pot of dye,

And when he put them on again

He saw a purple sky.

Purple birds were rising up

From a purple hill

Men were grinding purple cider

At a purple mill.

Purple Adeline was playing

With a purple doll,

Little purple dragonflies

Were crawling up the wall.

And at the supper table

He got crazy as a loon

From eating purple apple

dumplings

With a purple spoon.

Wise Words

Christopher Smith

When life hands you a

cactus, you don’t have

to sit on it …

Morgan du Plessis

Good bye, our

next Inkpot will be

in May 2019.