Newsletter #5 2019 1 February 2019 Dear Parents, We were greeted this morning with the sad news that one of our general workers, Nicky van Rooyen, was killed this morning on his way to work while being mugged. He was our “handyman”, and yesterday was at work making repairs in the Computer Room. He will be sorely missed by his family and colleagues at work. At this time there are no details of the funeral arrangements. We have set up his picture and candles in the foyer area to allow pupils and staff to take a moment to think of him. There will be a formal “farewell” to him in due course.
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Newsletter #5 2019 1 February 2019
Dear Parents,
We were greeted this morning with the sad news that one of our general workers, Nicky van Rooyen, was killed this morning
on his way to work while being mugged. He was our “handyman”, and yesterday was at work making repairs in the
Computer Room.
He will be sorely missed by his family and colleagues at work. At this time there are no details of the funeral arrangements.
We have set up his picture and candles in the foyer area to allow pupils and staff to take a moment to think of him. There
will be a formal “farewell” to him in due course.
Camps Bay High School Outreach Programme
Camps Bay High School is a school full of wonderful children who are all very different. We have a saying that there is
‘Strength in Diversity’. So, being different is good for us.
Apart from the range of differences that include gender, age, height, weight, sporting ability, cultural interests, race, academic
interest and abilities, there are also economic differences. While we love the other ‘differences’, the economic differences
are a challenge.
To meet this ‘challenge’, we have chosen to manage this to the best of our ability on Campus and this means making every
effort to minimize these economic differences on campus. Our approach is to make every effort to allow Camps Bay pupils
to feel as ‘normal’ as possible on Campus. So at no stage should they feel that they are less than the other pupils, or that they
are missing opportunities because they come from a poorly-resourced home.
To this end, we offer the following support:
● Free lunch every day from Ardi’s Tuckshop [Soup and Roll]
● Uniform items if needed
● Books and stationery
● Ad-hoc transport costs
● Free or subsidized camps and outings
● Assistance with reading glasses
● Other needs that may arise.
To access this support, a pupil needs to come privately to me, Mr. Mostert or Mrs. Olivier [the Bursar] or be referred by a
teacher. We will then assess the need and ask the Bursar to allocate resources appropriately.
So where does this money come from to pay for all these needs? As some of the costs like transport for an individual pupil
couldn’t really be justified from school fees, a decision was taken to set up a separate fund that would be funded from
donations. We have done this and it is called the ‘Outreach’ fund.
Currently, the income is obtained from two sources; the first being regular monthly payments as salary deductions from a
small group of teachers and staff who wanted to do this. We also receive donations from past pupils, parents and ‘friends of
Camps Bay’.
So I am inviting you to be a part of this social responsibility project at Camps Bay High School.
If you wish to make a donation please do an EFT to our school fees account below:
Bank: FNB Sea Point
Branch Code: 201 809
Account Number: 50240343463
Reference: Outreach
Thank you for considering this.
Governing Body By-Elections [19 February 2019 @ 5:30 p.m.]
We have two vacancies on the Governing Body and so we will be holding a by-election on 19 February 2019 at 5:30 p.m.
in the School Hall. Parents are encouraged to come on the evening and cast their vote.
If you are interested in standing for election, please contact me. You will need to be nominated and seconded to stand.
First Aiders
Congratulations to all our First Aiders who have recently qualified and were given their certificates in Assembly on Monday.
MySchool Card
The MySchool card is an important monthly contributor of funds to our school. We would really encourage all parents to
either sign up for a card (see PDF form attached to this newsletter) and make CBHS the beneficiary, and for those who have
a card already please take a moment and change the beneficiary to CBHS - especially to all Grade 8 Parents. Your actions will
make a huge difference to our income from this initiative.
Boys Waterpolo Fixtures
Unfortunately the Waterpolo fixtures were not available last week so we have included as a separate attachment this week.
Inter-House Athletics Day Results
Well done to Green House who made a clean sweep at the Inter-House Athletics Day winning both the Spirit Cup and for
finishing in first place with points.
The final House standings for the 2019 Interhouse Athletics were:
1st: Green House
2nd: Orange House
3rd: Blue House
4th: Yellow House
5th: Red House
6th: Purple House
All the pictures from Interhouse Athletics Day have been loaded to the Camps Bay High School Facebook page.
We have also included a short video of each house on the Camps Bay High School YouTube Channel:
