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Elim Farm Carlton Road Addo 6105

Tel: 042 234 0716 Fax: 086 770 5951

P.O. Box 282 Addo 6105

E-mail: info@hermitagehouse.co.za Website: www.hermitagehouse.co.za

17 February 2017

fter watching the deeply moving ceremony for the Springbok legend of the 1995 World Cup winning team, Joost van der Westhuizen, I realized that there are so many different challenges which people have to face. Yes, we all have

challenges, even extremely fit and athletic people like Joost, but what is important is how one reacts to these challenges. Each child in our school has a challenge he/she needs to face, may it be academic, sport, cultural or even socially or emotional challenges. As parents and educators, we need to be the best possible examples and teachers of how one must react to adversity and challenges. At Hermitage House, we strive to teach our learners one of the most important life skills; to face challenges head on and turn a seemingly bad situation into a positive one. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Martin Luther King Jr.

am pleased to see the dedicated approach towards the past

few tests from our Grade 4-7’s. If this effort and attitude continues in the same manner it will definitely pay dividends in their future studies. There have been some good results in the English and Maths tests. Well done!

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t has been great to hear how well our previous pupils have been getting on in their new schools.

is in the top set for Maths and Afrikaans at

Kingswood College in Grade 8 and has settled in well.

has settled in well at Woodridge and

is doing well in her tennis. She is enjoying the boarding school life too!

é has been getting very involved in the

sporting front at Kirkwood, she is one of the top 8 tennis players in the school and she is happy to be rather advanced in the hockey. Elké is enjoying the academics; we will wait to hear more about her success in this regard.

has adapted well during her first few

weeks at Kirkwood. Although it is a long day, she is relishing the challenges that High School poses.

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n Friday, 10 February, we had a summer fun day instead of our termly outing. We had a slippery slide,

which everyone enjoyed, as well as a jumping castle. We made our own ice-cream and used different sweets to decorate our ice-creams. It was a day filled with fun and everything we need to enjoy summer with.

Thank you to

Tannie Tilla

for all our

lovely Teddy

Bears. The

children love

playing with

them all.

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For our theme:

we had a

very special guest – Aunty

Charlene whom is

Delandre’s granny. She

showed us how to crochet

and it was very interesting.

The children thoroughly

enjoyed the lesson.

was a

very special theme to all the children. I can

see the love in each home. Big and small we learned it all. “My house” we learned that mine can be bigger than yours. It is our safe place where our family lives together. Each day we learn something new and special. We enjoy every day.

or the past two weeks we concentrated on

and “My house” as our themes. The

three little pigs were one of our favourite stories! We

painted some colourful houses and we learned what shape

a house is, by building some houses with colourful sticks.

A BIG thank you to

Addo Earthmovers

for fixing our road at

the Pre-School!

Grade: R

Grade: 00

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veryone exercised their finger by sticking stickers on the outline of a circle. It was

great fun.

e learned how and why we need to brush our teeth and take care of our

bodies. We also learned how to take care of our nails. The girls were treated

by painting their nails in

class.

We dressed up like mom

and dad with our theme.

We spoke about all the fun things to do in summer and enjoyed the summer fun day at school.

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(Tuesday, 31 January 2017) Woodridge batted first and scored 58 for 7 after 20 overs.

Best Bowlers: Amani Tupanjanin Clase (2 wickets for 5 runs in 4 overs) Tyron Kleinsmidt (2 wickets for 9 runs in 2 overs)

Allan Benecke (2 wickets for 5 runs in 4 overs)

Hermitage House then went in to bat and managed to pass the score with only 3 wickets down after 10 overs.

Best Batsman: Amani Tupanjanin Clase (18 runs, not out)

Result: Hermitage House won the match by 7 wickets.

Tuesday, 7 February 2017) St Dominics batted first and scored 103 for 2 after 20 overs. Hermitage House then went in to bat and managed to score 43 runs for 7 wickets after 20 overs.

Result: Hermitage House lost the match by 60 runs.

n Wednesday 15th February, the Gr 1-3 girls played mini cricket with

Nanaga School. The two schools played together in mixed teams, with

three matches being played at the same time. Each batswoman was

limited to facing 8 balls and each bowler was limited to bowling 8 balls.

This gave each player an equal opportunity to demonstrate their cricketing skills.

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The players all seemed to enjoy themselves on the field, and showed that the girls of Hermitage House know a thing or two about cricket. They were also well supported by several parents watching from the side. Thank you to those parents who were able to help with lifts.

Tennis

nnis

On the 30th of January, we travelled to Port Elizabeth to play against Theodor Herzl in a fun, but competitive tennis match. Each player played 5 matches with each match consisting of the best out of 5 games. Our team did very well and gave their best. Although our players won many matches we narrowly lost to Theodor Herzl. It was a good warm-up to a promising year. The players that took part were: Rolene Beyl, Amani Tupanjanin Clase, Eloise Whittle, Isa Stiemie, Nina Mouton, Shani Barnard, Marshlin Hendricks and Hlomela Peter.

Well done to you all!

We look forward to a

fun day filled with

swimming at the Inter-

house Gala next Friday

morning (24 February) at

Birchmore Farm. (Willem Bouwer)

More details to follow soon...

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22 February – Cricket vs Theodor Herzl

u9 + u13 (A)

24 February – Inter-House Gala

8am – 11am

Gr. 1-7

Birchmore Farm (Mr. Willem Bouwer and Mrs. Henriëtte Bouwer)

1 March – Internal Tennis Matches

13:30 – 14:30

Gr. 2-3 (Three Rings)

No Other Sport

6 March - Internal Tennis Matches

13:30 – 15:00

Gr. 4-7 (Meet and fetch at Three Rings,

both Three Rings and Polo Club Courts

will be used)

No Other Sport

7 March – Internal Cricket Matches

(Gr.1-7)

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We look forward to the Herald this weekend. It promises to be an action-packed

weekend with 1300 mountain bikers riding on the Sunday.

Saturday, 18 February

- Campers arrive. From 16:00 bar and braai facilities available

- Braai Packs sold at R100 each, includes the following:

2 x Chops

1 x Wors

1 x Chicken Sosatie

1 x Packet of Braai Spice

Rooster Brood

Salad

Pudding

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Sunday, 19 February

- From 4:30 mountain bikers start arriving

- From 5:30 egg and bacon rolls served

- From 6:00 mountain bikers begin the race

- From 6:00 helicopter flips begin

- From 7:00 the kiddies’ corner/day care facility opens with jumping castle,

slippery slide, face painting, sandpit, trampolines, etc.

- Throughout the day until 14:00 there will be the Farmers Market. Many

vegetables, meat and treats will be on sale.

- From 8am the Pancake Table will be open, along with the Anything Goes

table. All homemade goodies from our local moms.

- Burgers/wors rolls and the bar will be available throughout the day until

14:00.

Save The Date for Our Next Big Event, 11 March 2017...

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huge thank you to the parents who kindly donated either material

or money towards the Polo Club renovations.

This certainly helps the school make these types of things possible.

Thanks to Rob Hayter who ran with the building and renovations.

It is a pleasure leaving the building in his capable hands.

A huge thank you to Colin Pearson who built and installed the

protective cages for the new gas geysers. These cages are very well made.

Rodney Bolton has been the driving force behind this process.

There are many aspects in which to thank him.

To name a few: Organising for the road to be graded, finding and organising

builders, sourcing material, getting people to help

contribute to the renovations and even fixing leaks. Rodney also organised

and purchased signs for the Polo Club. He cut away bush/trees

himself and saw to the Polo Club grounds being tidied up.

Thank you Rodney for providing transport in order for the bus to be

serviced in Port Elizabeth.

Gary Webb – for organizing the TLB

Jacques Jooste - for using his tractor to pick up the cut grass at

the Polo Club and carting much grass/bush felling away.

Quintin Whittle – for transporting rubble and tank

Charlie Hume (Addo Earthmovers) – for carting away

all the rubble and fixing the dirt road

at the Polo Club

.

Polo Club Renovations

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Don’t forget about the MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet loyalty card. Each time you swipe your loyalty

card or Woolworths card you are raising funds for our school.

Ensure that your Woolworths Card and MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet cards are linked. See the

instructions below on how to link your Woolworths card to this fundraising programme.

To apply for your MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet loyalty card, simply go to the following link

www.myschool.co.za and click on the “Get a MySchool Card Now” tab. Following the instructions as

per the website.

Alternatively, you can apply for your loyalty card at any of the partner outlet stores.

Here is how to link your card:

Call MySchool on 0860 100 445 during office hours

OR

Email cs@myschool.co.za

They will need your card number, ID number (or passport number and date of birth), the name of the

school or charity you would like to support and your contact details.

The MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet partner outlets are as follows:

Swipe your card at any of the above partner outlets and make a difference by giving back to the

community and our school.

t the end of the term we say farewell to Mrs.

Sandra Rintoul. We wish her last term at

Hermitage House to be a happy one and her next

chapter in her life an even happier one. We

welcome Mrs. Philicia Bezuidenhout who will be

teaching the class during the 2nd term and possibly to the end of the year.