We as Foundation Phase

would like to thank

Richelle Pretorius

(a grade 11 mom)

for her dedication and hard

work. Richelle is responsi-

ble for loading the clips.

She has a heart for educa-

tion, and making this excit-

ing project come to

life online.

The Foundation Phase at

ESCS has been blessed with

a reading series written by a

dear friend of mine, Saretta

Louw. Its main focus is to

help the English and Xhosa

speaking children to im-

prove the Afrikaans level of

reading. Thanks to the dedi-

cation and time of a special

ESCS mommy, we were able

to start our own reading

series on Youtube.

We plan to send the hard

copy of the zig-zag booklets

home. Parents can then ac-

cess the site, and their chil-

dren are able to follow the

video clip.

We started this project

one month ago and by

next year we hope to

have all the phases on

YouTube.

*Grade 1

will use Phase 1-4

*Grade 2 will use

Phase 5-7

(already online)

*Grade 3

will use

Phase 8 –12 + extra

Lead Story Headline:

EL SHADDAI’s OWN

EXCLUSIVE READING PROGRAM ON YOUTUBE

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We encourage you and your child to have a look at these excellent clips, during the holi-

days. We are very excited to be offering this Afrikaans reading assistance to you.

Because you are an integral part of your child’s education, communication is of a vital im-

portance for successful learning and teaching. I would like to extend an invitation to you to

contact us with your concerns, encouragement and support. We can be reached through

the main office at school (021 975 1980). Please do not hesitate to contact us; we will al-

ways appreciate your feedback about your child's learning.

Have a happy, fun-filled holiday!

Cecilia Esterhuyse (Head of Department)

YouTube: Just type

ESCS EDUFRIENDS

PHASE 5

WHY?: …to assist parents with the “Afrikaans leeswerk”homework!

JUNIOR PRIMARY

Culture Term 2

EISTEDDFOD

I want to thank all the parents and students for working really hard on their

Eisteddfod pieces. We have over 35 Drama entries in the Junior Primary and two

Group Readings. I can see the hard work is paying off. The Eisteddfod is from 18 July

until 19 August.

SKAAK

Ons skool staan ook trots agter ons U/9 tot U/11 skaak spelers wat aan die

Vriendskaplike Vrydae wedstryde deelneem. Sien baie uit na die derde kwartaal waar

El Shaddai, 2 September, die gasheer is vir die Vriendskaplike Wedstryd.

JUNIOR DRAMATIX (AFTER SCHOOL DRAMA)

In term 3 we are looking forward to the Gr. 1 – 3 Drama Evening, 6 September,

where the “mini” actors perform their Assembly Plays for us.

HONOURING NIGHT

We had our first walk through rehearsal for both Pre-Primary (13 September) and

Primary School (18 October) Honouring Night’s and we are very pleased with the

progress we are making.

Marinette Cilliers

Head of Culture

CRAFT CLUB

Clay Play by tannie Daryl is soos gewoontlik op Woenssdae na skool, dieselfde tye. Sy

sal die nuwe datums (vir Augustus) volgende kwartaal deurgee.

Christelle Fourie

Kuns Departement

MUSIC

The Gr. 1 – 3 Music is Fun concert, “We All Stand Together” were a wonderful “bom-

bom-bom-by-i-yah” event, where our pupils once again excelled.

Thank you to all the parents who come to support this initiative. Parents of pupils

who do musical instruments, voice training or dancing with private tutors, must

please feel free to contact the school via the email facility, to arrange for their child

to be included in the programme.

Term 3 has the Tygerberg Eisteddfod and the “Kaapse Afrikaanse Eisteddfod”, for

which we are presently preparing.

Anita Ferreira

Music Department

WINTER SPORT

TERM 2

Dear Primary School Parents

Term two has come and gone by in a flash and I am truly excited

and energised by the participation of our pupils, staff, coaches

and parents over the past few months. Again, I say a very special

thank you to all of you for your encouragement and involvement

in the lives of our children. I trust that we will all continue to work

together with a clear understanding that we want them to

participate in sport as far as possible, to seek enjoyment in it while

striving to improve and ultimately, achieve goals set, in order to

be a witness to others while bringing glory to our Father.

Participate

Enjoy

Improve

Achieve

WINTER SPORTS

NEWSLETTER

The numbers of children participating definitely seem to be up from last year and I have seen and heard

from many of them that they are enjoying the sports they participate in, both inside and outside of El

Shaddai. We have also seen a marked improvement in a lot of the children and there are most certainly

achievements which we can all be proud of. I urge you to also continue to forward me details of sport

and activities that your children participate in outside of the school’s offerings, and most definitely send

me information and photos of their achievements. We celebrate with you and them as they grow.

Gym Wizards held their 19th Annual Winter Inter Schools Competition on June 11th at the Sunningdale

Sport Centre and this was their biggest competition yet, with almost 600 participants from 15 different

clubs.

Children took part in 14 different difficulty levels preparing them step by step for competitive sports as

well as Western Province Level participation in Tumbling and Trampoline.

Children from El Shaddai Christian School took part in the competition and the following children

finished among the top 10 in their level:

Blue Beginner Girls – 9th Jani Holtshausen

Blue Advanced Girls – 1st Marne Arlow

Red Beginner Boys – 1st Adriaan Arlow and 3rd Daniel van Wyk

Cleo van Coller received 1st place with a gold medal in her club competition that took place in May

and has been selected to compete in an even bigger competition which will take place at the end of

July.

We congratulate all of our gymnasts and tumblers.

Holly Gerber (middle) had her District

Trials for Gymnastics at the Western Cape

Sports School where she competed in the

Level 1; age 7 years group for the Cape

Town district. She got a gold and came 1st

overall - out of about 40 girls! This was the

first of her major competitions, her next

one is the big South Zone competition

which covers the Western and Eastern

Cape regions in Uitenhage in August. We

wish her all the best.

Netball

Our netball girls, under the dedicated coaching and guidance of Hanlie, Zendre and Ethel, with ongoing

assistance from a few moms, have developed and continue to do so. I thoroughly enjoyed watching

their matches at the Monte Vista Primary School tournament and am extremely proud of the way we

played and fought back from defeats, to draws and wins.

Our girls will have a few more fixture matches in the new term and we have also been included in

another tournament in early August. We are also setting up a number of friendly matches for the girls

Ronen Marais also

continues to improve and

achieve on the swimming

front and again we

congratulate and stand

behind him in this sport

as he grows, matures and

competes at exceptional

levels.

Our Junior Primary girls in

action at a recent tournament

held at Monte Vista Primary

School.

so that they can have increased game exposure, with the hope that their passion for the sport will

continue to grow and develop.

Hockey

Our hockey boys and girls have grown too this past term under the coaching of Ilse, Amelia, Corne,

Sam, Tobie, Annalise, Louwrika and Marelise and I have enjoyed being a part of this coaching team as

we all aim to help guide the players to further enjoy, improve and achieve in this sport. We definitely

have a wealth of talent in this school and our match results are evidence of that.

More action from the

girls at the Monte

Vista PS tournament.

Results from the Monte Vista

Primary School Netball Tournament

U7 vs Bastion – lost 0-3

U7 vs Curro Durbanville – won 3-0

U7 vs Edgemead – drew 0-0

U8 vs Bastion – lost 0-2

U8 vs Goodwood Park – lost 1-5

U8 vs CBC St Johns – won 3-0

U8 vs Edgemead – lost 0-2

U9 vs Bastion – drew 2-2

U9 vs Monte Vista – won 3-0

U9 vs Edgemead – won 5-2

The astro sessions on a Wednesday evening have given our children added exposure to a surface that

they will all most certainly be playing on more often than not in the coming years and I truly appreciate

the dedication of parents in bringing their children to these additional training sessions, and a time when

most of us are thinking of homework, dinner and bed.

Our U8 Boys pictured here in a

recent tournament held at Curro

Durbanville. They thoroughly

enjoyed the experience and

displayed some skills that have

certainly come through proper

coaching and a love for the game.

Our boys and girls have most certainly done us proud in their matches and tournaments and a full

breakdown of results to date will be available on the website in the new term. We are also waiting on

the new terms fixtures from Durbell Hockey and these should be available on the notice board at school

on the first day of term.

Third Term

We are starting practices on the first day of the term, the 18th July 2016 and we look forward to a full

and exciting one. The fixtures for both netball and hockey matches in term 3 should be released before

schools start and will be made available to parents and players as soon as possible.

The postponed hockey clinic with Enhanced Sports has been re-scheduled for Wednesday 27th July

2016 (weather permitting) and I ask that you please diarise this date. We will have the astro facility for

the full two hours, from 17h00 to 19h00 and I know that great value will be offered at the clinic.

We have registered for a number of term 3 tournaments and schedules and dates will be sent out at

the start of the term, upon receipt from the hosting schools. I encourage you and your children to make

use of these opportunities, as the shortened format of matches often results in an anvaluable learning

process for the players.

The netball coaches and I are designing a Winter (wet weather) programme for training days where it

is just not safe or wise to practice outside. We aim to therefore not have any cancelled training slots in

the new term and I trust that this will also help parents in the complicated planning process.

We will also look at the option of hosting a Primary School specific Cross Country event in the new

term as we start preparing any interested boys and girls, and parents, for the upcoming Biathlon season.

Wishing you all a wonderful break over the holidays.

Sincere thanks and regards

Lee Topper

Sport coordinator: Primary School

pssport@escs.org.za