The King’s Chronicle

Issue 6 – November/December 2019

2019 is officially coming to an end and what a year it has been!

With our feet firmly planted in our theme - Rooted in Christ - we have seen wonderful

growth in so many areas and as a school we can truly see the impact of prophesying

this message throughout the year. Not only did we see this in our individual lives but

we also saw it translate corporately as a school in the many milestones we achieved.

From our brand new astro turf to the development of our pool and soccer area for our

little brothers and sisters, we cannot wait to make use of our new facilities.

Sadly, we greet some of our teachers who are off to grow in new areas of their lives.

Mrs Dugmore and Mrs Krynauw will soon be enjoying their well deserved retirement

(or “refirement” as we think it should rather be called). Mrs Potgieter will be fulfilling

an exciting position as a Deputy Principal and Miss Momberg is off to travel the

world. We wish them all a very blessed future and thank them for their investment in

our school.

We also want to take this opportunity to thank our brothers and sisters in Matric for

their stewardship, leadership and companionship. We wish them well in their new

adventures.

To all learners, parents and staff we pray that you have a blessed Christmas and a

happy New Year.

Blessings,

Naleli and Damian

Head Girl and Head Boy 2020

As we look back over 2019, it has been a challenging year for many of us. As a nation we are

grateful for our Springboks who relieved some of the pressure that our nation has been feeling.

As Christians we are not immune to similar feelings of discouragement and hopelessness, but

to be a born-again Christian is to be alive with hope.

“Hope” in Scripture means “a strong and confident expectation.” Hope is not a wishy-washy

“maybe” or a kind of unsure optimism. Hope is the sure certainty that what God has promised in

the Word is true, has occurred, and/or will occur in accordance with God’s sure Word.

As a church we want to be messengers of hope; believers who carry the culture of the kingdom

into the ordinary moments of life. We want to live with a hope that is contagious and infectious.

Not a faith that ignores reality and ignores the problems we still face but a faith that recognizes

the presence of Jesus in the midst of trouble...in the midst of what this nation still faces.

Hope changes how we view our circumstances. Hope changes what we value in life. Hope

changes what we do with our lives—our talents, time, treasures. Hope gives us strength,

courage, boldness. As a church we want to be empowered by the Holy Spirit and we seek to

bring life and hope to our places of influence.

Alan Scott believes that the next great move of God is not a movement in the church but a

movement of the church. Join me in praying this prayer: “God, what is your plan for this city

and how do I fit into it?”

By His grace,

Pastor Paul Dennison

More about us at www.newcreation.co.za

HOPE

The swop shop will be open on Tuesday, 14 January 2020

from 14:00 to 16:00 for purchases or exchanges and then

from 13:15 – 14:15

on Wednesday, 15 January and Thursday, 16 January 2020.

From the following week (starting Monday 20 January 2020) it will be

open on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:00 to 7:30.

A reminder that we welcome donations of used and unwanted school

clothes at the Swop Shop.

Please take note of the following dates and times:

OFFICE HOURS DURING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

Reports not collected on the last day may be collected on

Thursday, 5 December or Friday 6 December

between 9:00 and 13:00

For any account queries during the holidays, please email

debtors@thekingsschool.co.za

Winters with sunshine, Summer with rains

Red wine, roaring fires

Wildebeest, zebra, hyena on the plains

11 languages, 9 provinces,

World heritage sites, small towns,

Bushveld sunsets and big city lights.

We live for rugby, boerewors, biltong

and braais

Our vuvuzela, Nelson Mandela

Our nation, our people

Our gees, and our Rand

We love our South Africa

Our Home and Our Land

Matric Dance 2019

Prayer March

“When the roots are deep, there is no reason to fear the wind.” African Proverb

Outings and special visits (some of them)

Gr10 Self defence

Some of our Primary school learners

had a special visit from Life Saving

South Africa (an internationally

renowned lifesaving organisation) who

came to share vital facts on water

safety. Not only were we so grateful to

be enriched with so much knowledge,

but we also had the unexpected treat of

discovering that their sponsor was

Wimpy!

Lessons in sushi-making at John Dory’s

to sushi-making in The King’s Café Kitchen

Gr8, 10 and 11 Outings to Historical landmarks

Gold Reef City

Voortrekker Monument

Soweto

On Thursday 14 November our grade 9 – 12 Visual Arts

students went on an outing to the South African

Foundation for Contemporary Art’s SEED 1 exhibition.

This exhibition is a celebration of the wealth, depth and

diversity of Southern African Contemporary Art. This

exhibition is made up of 30 of the finest established artists,

who each in turn were charged with selecting one

emerging artist to participate in the exhibition. The result is

60 spectacular artworks by 60 spectacular artists.

The SAFFCA director Pierre Lombart wanted to place

particular importance on bringing schools from the area to

view the work, saying “If art in our country is to grow it

must start at the earliest stages of schooling.”

In the spirit of making a difference, The King’s School

decided to sponsor Robin Hills Primary School to join us

on the outing and lunch.

After the learners had their minds and hearts filled by

beautiful artworks and stories on our private guided tour,

we stopped at Mc Donald’s to fill our tummies. For some at

Robin Hills this afternoon lunch was their first meal of the

day. Their immense gratitude at every stage of the outing

was a touching inspiration for our own learners and

teachers.

This blessed us with a new awareness of all we have and

take for granted.

Visual Arts Outing to SAFFCA’s SEED 1 Exhibition

Pierre Lombart – Manager and Director of

SAFFCA – giving the learners from TKSRH and

Robin Hills Primary a passionate and

informative private tour of the

artworks on display.

Beautiful mosaic portraits of Sir Lionel

Phillips and his wife Florence Phillips.

History of the Villa Arcadia:

In 1906 it was bought by Randlord and MP Sir Lionel Phillips, the

chairman of Rand Mines. His influential wife Florence, founder of the

Johannesburg Art Gallery, was described as No Ordinary Woman. She

masterminded the creation of the present Villa Arcadia with architect Sir

Herbert Baker.

Achievements

Alisyn Francis (Gr6) completed her Grade 2

UNISA practical and theory exam and also

received a distinction with 80%.

Well done to Caleb Francis (Gr9) who completed

the Trinity Grade 1 drum exam and received a

distinction with 93%.

Because of

your help, we

have

delivered

234 eco bricks to

the Boitshepo

creche in

Honeydew to

aid them in

their building

plans.

We already

have over 60

eco bricks

for our next

initiative!

Staff A very heartfelt THANK YOU, to all the

parents who supported and contributed

to Honouring our Traffic team. A total of

R7500 was contributed by parents and

teachers, and that amount was equally

shared among the 10 gentlemen who

serve us every morning

by directing traffic.

Thank you to the parents

who initiated and arranged

this special gesture.

Our knitters ain’t quitters!

We are immensely proud of our amazing soccer coach, Mr Thando Zulu, who

was chosen to be part of the technical team for COSAFA

(Council of Southern Africa Football Associations) .

Mr. Zulu departed to Zambia this week where he will be performing National team

duties for our Men's U20 National team who is participating in the 2019

COSAFA championships.

Proud is an understatement.

Liam Devenish was selected

to go to the Pasteur Institute in

France to do a course in

Advanced Molecular Biology in

January and February 2020. He

is one of three in the world who

received a fellowship.

Congratulations to Kayleigh Slogrove

for being the 2019 Top Female Honours

Student at UJ! We are so proud of you.

Congratulations to Zachary Webb who

graduated top of his class!

Your MySchool contributions making a difference

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