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Pre Preparatory Information
Dear Parents,
Welcome to HeronBridge Pre-Preparatory, I trust that your
stay with us will be a long and happy one. I draw your
attention to some of the important factors that make our
school easier to run.
PARENT - TEACHER COMMUNICATION
Pre-Preparatory Parents i.e. Grade R, Grade 00 and Grade 000
will receive verbal feedback in the form of a parent
interview, during the course of the first term. You will be
notified of the dates well in advance, whereby you will have
an opportunity to set a suitable time for both mom and dad
to meet with the teacher. Written reports are issued in the
2nd and 3rd term. Communication with the teacher is vital
but we please ask that if you need to give the teacher a
message that the first line of contact is the office. (The
main office number is 0861 437 662 and the Pre Prep cell
number is 073 580 8265). Alternatively you may send the
teacher a sms and she will respond as soon as she has a
moment. We ask that you respect the teachers after hours
personal time, contacting them only in emergencies during
this time.
ASSESSMENTS
Teachers are involved in continuous assessment of your child
and this takes place throughout the year and is never based
on one particular activity.
Assessment can result in concerns been raised and although
it is not our intention to always send children into
Therapy, sometimes it is in their best interest that this is
done. It is never a decision that is taken lightly and is
always done with the child in mind. Our teachers are
qualified in their field of expertise and in consultation
with the parents we will decide on the best way forward.
Through many years of experience and qualifications,
everything I have read and studied indicates that the
earlier a problem is identified the easier it is to rectify.
Written reports are issued in the second and third term. We
ask hereto that you understand the confidentiality and
sensitivity of discussing your child's progress with other
parents in the class or school. Not all children develop at
the same pace.
NEWSLETTER
A school newsletter will be issued to you every two weeks
via e-mail. A pre prep newsletter will be issued on a weekly
basis, please ensure that you check your child's pigeon hole
for this, as it is our main form of communication with you.
Incidental communication may be conveyed to you via the
homework diary or by separate letter.
There may sometimes be discrepancies in the dates between
the two newsletters. If there are please take the Pre Prep
newsletter dates as being correct.
The Grade R's send out a two weekly homework information
letter, which we ask you to please check ,so that you make
yourself familiar with what is expected of them.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
In order to ensure that we can reach you in the event of an
emergency, parents are asked to keep the school updated when
any personal information changes e.g. .postal or physical
address, cell phone, office address and telephone numbers
etc.
AFTERCARE FACILITY
There is an all day care facility available to children,
from Grades 000 - R, held at the Pre Preparatory block.
Details are available on the website.
VEHICLE ACCESS STICKERS
Parents are entitled to two stickers, which they should
display on the top right of their vehicle's windscreen, and
thus gain immediate access to the school grounds without
having to sign in. Should you not display a sticker on your
windscreen, the guard has been instructed to take full
particulars of your vehicle. Please co operate in this
regard. Please obtain your stickers from the front office.
There is a register of the stickers which have been issued.
Should you require additional stickers, these are available
from the office at a cost of R10.00 each.
NUTS AND NUT PRODUCTS ARE PROHIBITED
There are children in our school who are highly allergic to
nuts and nut products. They could die if they eat, touch or
even smell the product on someone else's breath. As a
consideration towards them, we ask that all nuts and nut
products be prohibited.
BIRTHDAY BOOKS
During the month of your child's birthday, parents are
kindly requested to please purchase a book for our Library.
Donated books are to be handed into the office as they are
logged into the computer and your child's name printed into
the front together with their birthday details.
ILLNESS AND ABSENTEEISM
If your child is absent from school for any reason, please
advise the office or teacher as soon as possible. No
medication can be administered by teachers or administrative
staff except in the case of asthma, anaphylaxsis or
diabetes. This must be with the written consent of parents/
guardians. A copy of this consent will be kept in your
child's file. A medical report book is kept to record all
incidents and accidents that occur during school hours. The
parent will be notified in such cases.
LUNCH AND TUCKSHOP
Please send a healthy snack for your child to have at snack
time, as well as a bottle of water. If packing yoghurt for
your child please ensure that they have a plastic spoon to
be able to eat it with. Please be aware that we are unable
to warm up any food for your child. The tuckshop is run by
Lucy Jansen and Pre-Preparatory children do have access to
this facility. Children can receive lunch from the tuck shop
in the form of a tuck box, with stipulated items therein
from Monday - Friday. Details are available on a termly
basis. All money to please be placed in a sealed envelope
with your child's name and class clearly stated thereon. The
envelope must please be handed to the class teacher or
Matilda in the morning.
OPEN DOOR POLICY
Parents are welcome to make an appointment with your child's
class teacher or the headmistress to discuss any problems
concerning their child or the school. Please phone the
school to make an appointment with the child's teacher at a
mutually agreeable time.
DROPPING & COLLECTING
Children are please to be at school to begin the first ring
at 08h00 and 08h30 respectively. Children who arrive late
often feel awkward and embarrassed if they walk into the
classroom during the first ring. Children may NOT be dropped
off outside the school gate. Parents are required to take
their children personally to their classroom. Parents are
requested to please drive slowly and carefully at all times
in the school grounds.
PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE GATE IS LOCKED BEHIND YOU. Children
are to be fetched personally from their classroom or extra
mural. There is a waiting class until 13h30 thereafter
children will be taken directly to aftercare and you will be
billed accordingly.
BAKERMAN
Every week the Grade 000 and Grade 00 classes have a Baker's
Day. The supplying of a cake/iced biscuits or fairy cakes
for Baker's Day works on a roster basis. If at all possible,
please supply something in line with the theme for the week.
Please speak to your class teacher if you are unsure or need
some ideas. There needs to be enough for each child in the
class. The list will be put up in the classroom at the
beginning of each term.
BIRTHDAY RINGS
The class likes to celebrate each child's birthday as close
as practicable to the actual birthday. Please arrange with
the teacher a suitable day and this is normally done at
12h00. A cake is welcome for the ‘birthday ring' held at
school. NO NUT PRODUCTS PLEASE. Grade 00 and Grade 000
parents are welcome and encouraged to share this with their
child. The Grade R children share their birthday ring with
the teachers.
LIBRARY
A visit to our Library occurs every week. Parents are
requested to purchase a library bag as indicated on the
stationery lists and your child will keep this bag for the
duration of their time at the school. Library books, which
are mislaid or damaged, must be replaced and the office must
be informed of this replacement to adjust the computer
records accordingly. Should you wish to assist in the
library, please return to us the enclosed form. You will be
contacted by our librarian who will gladly enlist your
services!
CLASS MOTHER
Each class has its own elected class mother who will be
responsible for coordinating any class or school social
functions. The class mother is not appointed to act as
mediator for any problems that should arise. Parents are
requested to come straight to the headmistress.
PIGEON HOLES
A pigeonhole is allocated to each child in the
Pre-Preparatory this is how we communicate with you - all
notices/newsletters/party invitations are placed in your
child's pigeon hole. Please check your pigeon hole on a
daily basis.
SCHOOL INNINGS
School innings in line with the theme of the week/month and
age appropriate for the group, are arranged at least once
per term.
SCHOOL EQUIPMENT
If school equipment finds its way home please bring it back
to school. Please ensure that the child is aware that you
are returning it. Please don't take this as stealing at this
stage.
MESSAGES
Messages about the different plans for the day must be
communicated to your child's class teacher or phoned into
the office. DO NOT ARRANGE FOR A STRANGE PERSON TO COLLECT
YOUR CHILD WITHOUT TELLING THE TEACHER AND THE OFFICE. Your
child's safety is paramount and we will not release them.
SCHOOL BAGS
Each child must have his/her own named school bag or case,
which should always contain a change of clothing. Lockers
are shared and so please don't send in a big bag for school,
a small one just big enough to fit in a change of clothes
and snack box is fine. This is such a good way to be able to
teach the child to look after and put away his/her
belongings. All clothes should be properly marked with your
child's name to avoid losses. Please do not send children in
their best clothes - this inhibits their enjoyment of messy
play. A lost property box is kept at school. Whilst we try
to make sure that missing items of clothing are recovered,
the school cannot be held responsible for any losses.
SUN PROTECTION
It is compulsory that all children wear hats outside during
playtime. Marked hats should be sent with your child and
left at school. HeronBridge hats are available from the
school uniform shop. Sun cream is not provided at school -
please remember to apply it on your child before school and
also to put a small tube inside their bags to be re applied
later if necessary.
HEARING AND EYE TESTSS
Hearing and Eye Screening Tests are conducted on children 3
years and older. It IS recommended that children participate
in these on an annual basis. Hearing and Eye screening is
compulsory for Grade R children. Parents are requested to
settle this account with the therapist on receipt of an
invoice. You will be advised of these dates before hand.
TOYS AT SCHOOL
Bringing toys to school often results in tears, especially
when they are broken. Please if at all possible leave them
at home.
SHOW AND TELL
Children are required to bring something from home related
to the theme to show to the class. This builds their
confidence as they talk in front of their class and it
emphasizes and enhances learning. The class teacher will
inform you when this needs to sent in.
WASTE MATERIALS
Waste Materials such as clean empty boxes, milk bottle tops,
cotton reels, silver paper, old Christmas cards, etc are
always most useful to the school. PAPER AND CARDBOARD IS
ALWAYS NEEDED - please could you bring any unwanted or used
paper from home. Waste products may be brought to the school
on Thursdays and placed outside the office.
SICK CHILDREN
Children of this age are often ill, therefore, please
co-operate on the following points. These are for your
children's benefit as well as for those around them. Sick
children are miserable and do not gain anything from being
at school, so they are far better off at home. When
three-year-olds first come to school, their immunity is
often poor but will develop, as they get older. For this
reason they get sick and no sooner come back to school than
they catch something else. This is why it is so important to
keep children at home if they are infectious in any way. If
the teacher notices that a child is not well enough to be at
school, you will be asked to take your child home. Until
your child is fetched he/she will be cared for by the
teacher. We would appreciate a phone call to inform us if
your child will not be at school. Children on antibiotics
must stay away for at least 48 hours after which they may
return, as long as they do not have a fever. Please do not
send children to school who have had a temperature, vomiting
or diarrhea during the night before, even if they beg to
come. They often feel fine at first but the fever returns
later in the day. Cancel afternoon social arrangements too.
If children have a nose with thick mucus and/or a cough with
lots of phlegm they should not be at school. Please try to
teach your children to blow their noses correctly and to put
their hands in front of their mouths when coughing and
sneezing.
- Children may not come to school with nits or lice. If these occur, a
clearance certificate from a doctor or a municipal clinic is necessary before
your child is allowed to return to school. Even though nits are supposed to be
killed by the special shampoo, it is strongly recommended that they are
removed from the hair, using finger nails.
- Ringworm must be treated with an anti-fungal ointment and be covered
while the child is at school.
- Impetigo must be treated with antibiotics by a doctor and the infected
area should be covered. It is highly contagious.
- Conjunctivitis (pink eye) is also highly contagious and the eyes must
have been treated, have no discharge and may not be pink before the child will
be allowed back at school.
- Chickenpox is contagious until all the spots have dried up and no new
spots have occurred for two days. This usually takes about two weeks, but with
a clearance certificate from your doctor, your child may return earlier.
- Please check unexplained rashes with your doctor before sending your
child to school. Some may be allergic reactions but others are contagious.
- A spare asthma pump/ Epicene must be kept in the secretary's office if
prescribed for a chronic or anaphylactic condition.
- Remember to keep the school informed of any allergies or food
intolerances your child may have.
HEALTHY AND HAPPY CHILDREN LEARN - LET US DO OUR BEST TO KEEP IT THAT WAY
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