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DURBAN-NORTH COLLEGE
The Perfect Balance January 2019
We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.
JK Rowling
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE….
It is the first newsletter of 2019! May it be an awesome, blessed year for each DNC
family. May we take our school to a new level during 2019 with a perfect balance!
Welcome back Grade 9 – 12 learners and parents and welcome to the Grade 1 and
8 learners and families as well as all other new families in the school. The start to the
year has been smooth and everyone is settled into their classes and getting on with
work. I trust that our new staff members also have slotted in quickly and that they are
enjoying their time with us. The Grade 8s have had a busy few days which were
rounded off with action packed activities after the Inter house swimming gala and
their concert on Friday night.
Thank you to all the parents that attended the welcoming function for our new par-
ents on 23 January. I trust that you enjoyed the evening.
The HS Inter House gala was a huge success and enjoyed in high spirit on a warm sum-
mers day on Friday 18 January.
The school calendar for 2019, with the main events, which are subject to change, was
issued to each family. Any changes or new dates will be communicated via our
newsletter or the D6 communicator.
This term consist of only 10 weeks (48 school days).
I would like to see 2019 be a year of concerted efforts to ensure that none of our boys
and girls under achieve.
Best wishes for a successful 2019!
Private Bag X02, Hyper by the Sea, 4053 25 Prospect Hall Rd, Durban North
T: 031 564 1347 / F: 031 564 1359 E: admin@durbannorthcollege.co.za
GOVERNING BODY BY ELECTIONS
First date: 5 February
Second date: 12 February
A ‘parent’ vacancy has occurred on the current Governing Body. Information and
the by-election dates were made available. I urge parents to become involved and
make themselves available. Nomination forms are available from the receptionist.
SCHOOL FEES
Thank you to all those parents who have already paid their school fees for 2019 in full.
Just a reminder that if you pay in full before 28 February 2019 you qualify for a 5%
discount. The first monthly payment is now due.
EVERY SWIPE COUNTS
Parents you can
Make a difference!
Do you know that every time you swipe your MySchool Card, DNC receives a
percentage that goes towards the successful running of the school?
Sign up if you don’t have a card and remember to add DNC as a beneficiary.
Funds raised last month were R2 252.50 with 283 parents supporting.
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WAITING, FOR DROPPING OFF OR COLLECTING YOUR CHILD
I once again would like to urge all parents to be extremely alert when waiting
for, your child to be picked up after school. The security guards are our first line
of defence and do not have the power to stop any form of hijacking from intrud-
ers. Your child should not wait outside school if he/she is not collected directly
after school.
We continuously receive complaints from our surrounding owners and tenants.
They are tired of tolerating the inconvenience of being stuck behind parents
dropping off their children. Parents remember to please not stop in the road to
drop off and collect your children. It is really dangerous for your child to exit a
vehicle in the road, in particular with taxis and cars heading to the M4.
SCHOOL TERMS - 2019
1st 2nd
09/01 - 15/03 02/04 - 14/06
3rd 4th
09/07 - 20/09 01/10 - 04/12
IMPORTANT DATES
February
Saturday 2 Mini cricket matches start
Tuesday 5 HS Inter School gala
Wednesday 6 Production 2000 Grade 1 - 7 learners
Thursday 7 Gr 8 – 2020 information Open Day
Friday 8 PS Inter House swimming gala
Tuesday 12 PS Inter School gala @ Werda
Civvies day
Friday 15
Valentine’s disco Gr 8 – 12
Friday 22 DNC Golf day
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STAFF NEWS
WELCOME TO OUR NEW STAFF
We would like to wish a warm welcome to our new staff members: Miss L. Burnett,
Mrs. N. Mc Leod and Mrs. M. Potgieter. We wish you many happy years at DNC!
The following staff members will be celebrating their birthday during the month of
February:
Mrs. Paisley
Mr. Lombard
Mrs. Carstens
Mrs. Lourens
Mrs. Jacobs
Mrs. Callow
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STUDY COURSE FOR GR 4 - 7
Mrs Howard will offer a study course starting on 25 January aimed at all SP learners. The
course will be for a duration of 6 weeks, for about 1 1/2 hours on a Friday afternoon. Parents
are also welcome to attend this course with their child. The cost of this course is R600 per
learner and will be beneficial to everyone who attend
1. They will be covering how to understand their own brain
2. Setting goals
3. Understanding their school work
4. Learn to listen to important information
5. Making summaries to assist in remembering and obtaining
more information
6. Completing assignments and projects through research
7. Managing stress and a whole lot more.
We hope to see you at this course, helping your child reach his/her full potential.
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PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWS
The new Grade 1 learners of DNC showing off their big smiles
on the first day of school.
Proud DNC Gr 1 learners during their candle ceremony - Let
your lights shine!
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Grade 2 learners proudly
showing off their project
they made based on
“Healthy Food”
The Grade 3 learners spent time
weeding the vegetable garden
this week. We found many
weeds and some interesting
worms. Next week Wednesday
we will begin to plant seed-
lings. Parents are welcome to
send in spinach and cabbage
seedlings for us to plant in our
beds.
The Grade 3 E class enjoyed
celebrating International
popcorn day on the 21 January.
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7 Ways to Teach Your Grade 4-9 Organization Skills
In grade 4-9, children have to learn how to deal with more homework and a busy social cal-
endar. Learning organisational skills and how to prioritise time is important. Here are some
ways to teach those skills, from planning for deadlines to keeping school materials in order,
organisational skills are important.
Here are ways you can help your child improve these skills at home
1. Organise lists in a logical order.
Goal: Take some of the chaos out of chores.
Example: Projects can be organised by due date—or by time needed or how hard
(or easy) they are.
2. Teach how to divide and conquer
Goal: Keep deadlines for long-term projects from creeping up.
Example: Using a calendar, show your child how doing a little work each day can help her
prioritise and organise tasks.
3. Have a front-door “go” box or launch pad.
Goal: Have everything your child needs for school at the door.
Example: Designate a place for items your child needs to remember for school: backpack,
projects, sports bag, clarinet or an eraser!
4. Colour-code tasks.
Goal: Prioritise chores and messages by colour.
Example: You might use red sticky notes for important jobs and green ones for things that
have to be done by the end of the week.
5. Use a whiteboard.
Goal: Make things easier to visualise.
Example: Your child can make to-do lists, map out thoughts for an assignment or just write
down things he wants or needs to remember.
6. Set a weekly schoolbag cleaning day.
Goal: Get rid of clutter and important items.
Example: Clearing out old papers, unnecessary things, leftover snacks and pencil stubs once
a week can make it easier for your child to find things.
7. Keep track of time.
Goal: Help your child plan better.
Example: Writing down start and end times for chores or assignments for a couple weeks can
help your child figure out how to budget time in the future.
By Amanda Morin
https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/learning-at-home/teaching-organizational-
skills/at-a-glance-7-ways-to-teach-your-middle-schooler-organization-skills
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HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
GRADE 8 ORIENTATION
The Grade 8 Candle ceremony took place on 28 January 2019.
Welcome to DNC. We hope that you will be very happy at our
school.
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GRADE 8 CONCERT
The Grade 8 learners of 2019 performed a successful school concert on Friday,
25 January. Thank you to all of those involved and our wonderful parents for all
the support.
10HIGH SCHOOL INTERHOUSE GALA
Die High School Interhouse gala took place on 18 January 2019. We would like
to thank all the parents that proudly supported the learner. Well done to all of
the swimmers and trophy winners.
Learner Gold Silver Bronze
Shirees Pretorius 2 1 1
Armand van Rensburg 4
Ursula Viljoen 2 1
Tianu van Niekerk 4
Marcé Strydom 4
Wandré Terblanche 3 1 1
Mia Fourie 2
Hannah Gilbert 4
Nathan Gilbert 1 2
Calandra Naiker 2 1
Dillon Verster 1 1
Antonio Chetty 3
Dawid Cronje 3 1
Theane Janse Van Rensburg 2 2
Marco Van Dyk 1 1
Suvaan Sookdeo 1
Hesmé Cronje 2
Akshay Dabideen 1 1
Kaydene Williamson 1
Chad Stevenson 1
Giordan Christophers 1
Tyron Britz 1 1
11Nicelle Grobler 1
Wilhelm Viljoen 1
Darlene van Dyk 1 1
Anika Rabie 1 2
Justin Scott 1 1
Immeul Van Dyk 1 1
Seth Sotiralis 1
Chamoné Visagie 1 2
Adelio Nadass 1
Justine Henning 2
Maritia Schoeman 2
Angelo Duvenhage 1
Daniel Pillay 1
Timothy Still 1
Cade Smith 1
Jarrod Venter 1
Zeeshan Rasool 1
12Victor Ludorum Wandré Terblanche
Victrix Ludorum Marcé Strydom
FINAL RESULTS
Red Team 317
Yellow Team 194
ACADEMIC TOP 3 LEARNERS FOR TERM 4: 2018
It is an acknowledgement on a year’s hard work. It is an excellent achievement!
Gr. 8: 1. A. Jeewon
2. K. Gopaul
3. D. Ramnaryan
Gr. 9: 1. H. Cronjé
2 . P. Nayagar
3. C. Putter
Gr. 10:1. A. Daniel
2. M. Fourie
3. A. Silochan
Gr. 11:1. S. Harilal
2. D. Cronje
3. S. Xulu
132019 LIBRARY MONITORS
Congratulations to the following learners for being chosen as a Library Monitors:
1. Dedré Van Aardt
2. Elvoné Strydom
3. Zander van Zyl
4. Janéy Carstens
5. Hanaa Habida
6. Gemma Strydom
7. Enhle Mthombeni
8. Cayleigh Adriaan
9. Mary-Jane Van Dyk
10. Theané Janse Van Rensburg
11. Shaun Venter
14DNC’s first Golf day takes place on 22 February 2019.
Kindly contact us should you wish to take a 4 ball or to sponsor a hole.
15Download the D6 app on you phone or tablet and stay
Like our Facebook page, and follow us!
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