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HoB NEWS
Well 7 weeks into
term and I am now feeling settled in and have got to know most of the
Boarders quite well and also have got a lot of positive feedback about
Boarding at Baobab College in general. I have also been approached by a
couple of parents who have raised issues with me and I am happy to say
that I feel these issues have been dealt with already. If you have a
contrary view to that please do not hesitate to get in touch with me and
later in this edition of The Boarding Bark you will see a general invite
to an informal social gathering in the boys House on Monday (15th
October) at 07:00.
Some or all of you
will have noticed that the school has introduced a detention period from
13:10 to 14:00 on a Friday and unfortunately a number of Boarders have
been placed in detention over the past few Fridays, this will of course
mean that they will not be available for collection until 14:00 on
Friday and with this in mind the House Parents are ensuring that the
children do ring you to inform you if they have been placed in
detention.
I would like to wish
you all a Happy Half Term which starts on Friday 19th October
after the Independence Assembly (unless your child is in detention) and
look forward to welcoming the boys and girls back on either Sunday 28th
October or Monday 29th October 2007
AS Merryweather
Head of Boarding.
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
For everyone’s
information:
Main School Number:
01 278791-5
Girls House: 0966
860995
Boys House: 0966
860885
General e-mails:
info@sch.baobabcollege.org
HEALTH MATTERS
The rainy season is
nearly upon us and by way of a polite reminder would all parents please
try and furnish you son or daughter with a mosquito net |
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ON THE CALENDAR
External Exams Begin
– Monday 8th October
Independence
Assembly
– Friday 19th October
Half Term
- Friday 19th October to Monday 29th October
PTA Fireworks
– Friday 2nd November
Progress Sheets
– Friday 2nd November
Progress Sheets
– Friday 30th November
Carol Concert
– Wednesday 5th December
Parents Consultation
– Thursday 6th December
End of Term
– Friday 7th December
Term 2 Starts
– Monday 7th January 2008
POSITIONS OF
RESPONSIBILITY
School Prefects have
now been appointed and we are all really please to see that of the 14
appointments made (7 boys and 7 girls) Boarding has 9 representatives as
School Prefects (5 boys and 4 girls) and of this group we have both Head
Boy and Head Girl and Deputy Head Boy and Deputy Head Girl. The details
are as follows:
Head Boy: Andrew
Toms
Deputy Head Boy:
Mwansa Mwewa
Head Girl:
Tafadziswa Museba
Deputy Head Girl:
Kylie Grose
Head of Hawk:
Duncan Thorne
Head of Falcon:
Rowan Green
Head of Eagle:
Chitalu Mwanakatwe
Prefect: Hannes
Kotze
Prefect: Robyn
Geldehuys
Good luck to all of
these Boarders, we are immensely proud of you all
The Positions of
Responsibility within boarding have been decided and the announcements
will be made on Wednesday 17th October in assembly and you
will be notified in the next Boarding Bark
School Prefects
Academic Year 2007 - 08
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BOYS NEWS
Just a polite
reminder that we are looking for some volunteers to help man the Coffee
Stall on Friday 2nd November at the PTA Fireworks. At the
moment it’s looking like Mrs Snook is going to be very busy and will
miss the firework display completely as she will be up to her elbows in
coffee. If you can’t help on the night a tray of brownies or muffins or
biscuits will suffice.
CAR BOOT SALE
– It is
coming back and again we will be putting up a stall to flog all the
wonderful treasurers you bring us. Only problem being we don’t have much
or any so have a scratch around and let us relieve you of all the stuff
you don’t want anymore – selling of husbands is not permitted!!
SPORTS NEWS
– Yet again
there is much to report from the sports field:
Cricket 6’s:
The main competition was won by DILLIGAF who managed to scrape past the
Boarders Team led by Andrew Toms with Tyrone Toms, Duncan Thorne, Nicole
Ford, Robyn Geldenhuys and that old boarder Mr Terry Toms making up the
team. Being put into bat The Boarders got off to the worst possible
start losing Nicole out, bowled for a duck and then disaster of
disasters that “old boarder” got himself run out scrambling for a run
after some confusion in the middle between him and his son and some
sharp work in the outfield. Andrew went on to make 24 not out of the 47
runs in total and DILLIGAF knocked the runs off in reply with an over to
spare. At the prize giving ceremony conducted by Mr Tim Middleton,
Principal, Mr Gavin Rose, captain of DILLIGAF commended the Boarders VI
for the high standard of cricket they played and it was only the
superior experience of the DILLIGAF players that won them the
tournament. Andrew also went on to win “Best Batsman” in the tournament
for his 107 runs not out for the whole tournament.
We are
organising a Parents/Staff vs Baobab College cricket match and I am
pleased to announce that Mr Terry Toms has been appointed captain of the
Parents/Staff team. The venue is likely to be Lusaka South Country Club
but the date is still to be confirmed
WE ARE NOW AVILABLE
IN FULL COLOUR ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE
Just go to
www.baobabcollege.org
hit Boarding and there we are
The Boarding Bark for all the “Inside
Information”
GIRLS NEWS
SPORTS NEWS
Cricket 6’s:
As mentioned
in Boys News 2 of our girls were involved in the Cricket 6’s team which
came a close 2nd to DILLIGAF. Robyn and Nicole held their own
against the men and Robyn came out as overall winner with 4 wickets and
the disputed run out of Mr Riddiford. Congratulations Robyn.
Volleyball:
At the
volleyball tournament our Girls U19 team were beaten into 2nd
place after a very tight and closely contested final. Once again
Boarding was well represented and congratulations go to Nyamekye Egan,
Souadou Brogan, Manjase Lungu and Royce Kabunda
General:
We are proud that
the Head Girl and Deputy Head Girl have been chosen from Girls Boarding
and we wish Tafi and Kylie success in the coming year. We are also
pleased that Chitalu and Robyn were also given positions of
responsibility. Keep it up and lead with the best of your ability
NOTICES
Have you seen these
two boarding parents, they were last seen crossing the Kafue Road en
route to Kamwala. A reward is offered to anyone who knows of their
whereabouts to keep it a secret
Above is a small
montage reminder of last years independence assembly with Mr Grey Zulu
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Swimming:
We have had 2 gala’s since the last bark and boarding has been well
represented in both with Dewaal Kotze, Claudio Valenza, Selby Cary, and
Rudi le Roux all representing Baobab College at the Junior gala hosted
by Italian School. In the more recent Senior gala hosted here at Baobab
we had Tyrone Toms, Andrew Toms and Troy Landing in an under strength
team. Mr Middleton, in his address to the secondary school on Wednesday,
noted that a number of students deliberately missed the gala rendering
us under strength to the extent that we could not enter swimmers in some
of the races. He compelled students to take pride in being selected to
represent the school in any sport or activity and such a situation would
not be tolerated in future.
Volleyball:
Thabo Mazombwe, Tiens Kahenya and Mulemwa Mukande all played volleyball
for Baobab last Saturday in the U19 division. Some great volleyball was
on display and this gang of three helped Baobab to a commendable semi
final spot. It should also be mentioned that we provided 5 scorers on
the day and thanks go to Rudi le Roux, Saidi Malewa, Samuel Nkhoma,
Paricha Chikoye and Tonderai Kanyowa for giving up most of their
Saturday and scoring the volleyball
ACADEMICS
This
group really should come before Sports News, however:
Examinations:
The CIE
external exams have started already and we would like to wish everyone
who is sitting exams at this time the best of luck.
Selby
Cary sat his ABRSM Theory exam a few weeks ago and is awaiting the
results of that. He reports that it went ok but a couple of questions
were a bit tricky. Having checked some of the answers he gave with Mr
Merryweather it seems actually he has done rather well. Fingers crossed
Selby.
Progress Sheets:
These
came out on 28th September for Secondary students and you
should by now have received them even if they were forwarded to you by
carrier pigeon. If you haven’t seen your son’s progress report now would
be a good time to ask him. The next progress sheet comes out on 2nd
November, make a note in your diary.
Drama &
Performance:
Well done Dewaal and Claudio who both had significant parts in the
recent Year 6 Assembly a more realistic hyena I have never seen
portrayed on stage and also to Vasco, Nick, Troy, Juan and Will for the
work and effort they put in recently to make the Secondary Production on
25th and 26th September such a huge success
General:
As
mentioned earlier well done to those boys who have been appointed
prefects for this year, in particular to Andrew and Mwansa who are head
Boy and Deputy Head Boy respectively.
NOTICES
COFFEE MORNING:
All boarding parents
are cordially invited to an informal coffee morning in the Boys House on
Monday 15th October 2007 starting at 07:00hrs. This
will be a chance for parents to mingle and perhaps meet other parents
for the first time. All Boarding staff will be in attendance and whilst
it is informal we will be able to deal with any queries you may have.
ART EXHIBITION:
There will be an
Art Exhibition in the Boys House on Thursday 18th October
from 17:30 hours. All parents are most welcome if they are available
otherwise some of the exhibits may be in place on Friday when you come
to collect your children after the Independence Assembly
INDEPENDENCE ASSEMBLY:
Baobab
College is hosting its traditional Independence Assembly on Friday 19th
October in the presence of Mr Simon Zukas, Guest of Honour, starting at
10:00hrs. Guests are invited to take their seats at 09:45 and everyone
is free to leave for the half term break immediately after – except
those in detention that is.
CONTACT DETAILS
A plea from the
matrons. Do we have your up to date contact details and does your son or
daughter have an up to date medical form. If you are unsure, don’t know,
can’t remember or any of the above please take the time to complete the
section below and return it to one of the house parents so we can update
our files.
Childs
Name:_____________________________
Known As:
_______________________________
Mother Cell No:
___________________________
Father Cell No:
___________________________
Emergency No:
___________________________
Would you like a
blank medical form to update your child’s medical details? YES NO
Would you like to receive an e-mail
version of The Boarding Bark? YES NO
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