The Baobab Bark

The Baobab Bark

BAOBAB COLLEGE – News and Information Issue 17 2006/7 June 1st

SECONDARY NEWS

This week saw a number of our year eleven students complete their IGCSE examinations and begin a well earned rest. The remainder of the year group will complete theirs on Thursday. They are then going to have a one night camp out which sadly represents the last time that that year group will be together as some will be leaving for pastures new. The rest of the secondary school have the end of year examinations looming on the horizon and should be busy preparing themselves for those. From Monday 18th June to Friday 22nd June inclusive our Year Ten students will be out on a week’s “Work experience”. Letters have gone out to a number of prospective employers. All of the year ten students now know where they will be going and the excitement amongst them is definitely palpable. Many thanks to all the companies that have agreed to take students for this week. I would like to draw your attention to an additional date for your calendar that was not in the blue card calendar at the start of term. On Thursday 28th June not only will Secondary end of year reports be issued but we will also be holding parents’ consultation from 14:00. Jon Turner Assistant Head of Secondary

PRIMARY NEWS

I hope you enjoyed the Long weekend break and are a little more refreshed for the remainder of the term. Thank you to all those parents who supported the Primary Sports Day and Interhouse hockey held last week. Both events were very successful and enjoyed by all children. Please refer to the sports section for the results. I hope that those parents who participated in the parent races have recovered from their aches and pains. Well done to the P.T.A for providing refreshments on the day. Congratulations to all who gained prizes in the Copperbelt Art show. The children worked extremely hard and we are delighted with their success. The children are: Sonia Patel- 3rd, Akabiwa Sassa- 1st, Sameera Kadoura- 3rd, Pippa Asherwood- Highly commended, Won Bin Woo- 1st, Hussein Hamze- 2nd, Abhinav Bala- 3rd, Abbie Sauter- 1st, Luke Miller -2nd, Zeydan Saadi- 3rd, Parisha Mistry-Patel, 1st ,and class collages won an achievement in all year groups. I am pleased to announce that the children have raised ZMK7,911,950 for the spellathon. This money will be shared amongst the classes and library to purchase new books. Assessment week starts on 11th June. Activities will continue as normal in the Primary school for Key Stage One and Two. There is a change to the blue calendar. The Early Learning Centre graduation will now take place on Wednesday 27th June at 10.30am and not as indicated on the blue calendar. Reminders will be sent out nearer the time. Best Wishes Laura Stokes Head of Primary

UPCOMING DATES

• Friday 1st, Under 13 Rugby Semi-Finals @ AIS • Saturday 2nd, Under 15 Rugby 7s @ Baobab • Sunday 3rd, PTA Car Boot Sale • Wednesday 6th, Interhouse Rugby • Thursday 7th, IGCSE examinations end, Year10 Work Experience Preliminary visit. • Friday 8th, Under 11 Rugby semi-finals, Year 11 Camp out, PTA Campout • Saturday 9th, Secondary ISAZ Interschools Athletics • Monday 11th, End of Year Assessment week • Friday 15th, CIE examinations end, Year 6 Taster Day in Secondary • Saturday 16th, Primary ISAZ Interschools Athletics, Secondary Prom • Monday 18th, Interhouse rounders, Year 10 Work Experience week and ABRSM examinations begin, Year 5/6 trip to Choma begins • Tuesday 19th, Key Stage One Production @18.00, Year 8 trip to Bridge Camp begins • Wednesday 20th Key Stage 1 production @ 18.00 • Friday 22nd, trips return • Monday 25th, Primary parent consultation • Wednesday 27th, ELC Graduation @ 10.30am, Secondary Cross Curricular day • Thursday 28th, Secondary Reports issued and Parents consultation @ 14:00 • Friday 29th, Primary and Secondary Speech day and end of term.

PRIMARY SPORTS DAY

There was excellent participation from all the students. Hawk emerged victorious overall. The individual winners were as follows; Under 9 Girls – Pippa Asherwood Under 9 Boys – Zeydan Saadi Under 11 Girls – Stephanie Gordon Under 11 Boys – Bupe Mulenga Well done everyone!

COMMUNITY SERVICE UNIT Several of our students who are regularly involved in Community Service project will be visiting, accompanied by teachers, Kathie Harding’s New Jerusalem Settlement for Leper families on Saturday June 23rd. There are many small children in this remote rural area who have died of malnutrition lately. If anyone would like to send in gifts of food, especially powdered milk or any other nonperishable commodity, we would be happy to carry it there. Soap would also be welcomed. Please bring your gifts to Mrs. Jones as soon as possible.

SENIOR PROM

Masquerade Ball Saturday 16th June 2007 Inter Continental Hotel Tickets: K40 000 Single K70 000 Couple Masks are on sale for Boys and Girls at K30 000 each, they can be bought from Mrs Lindsay. Tickets are available from either Mrs Kamand or Mr Golson. This year the students have been fortunate to receive sponsorship from a number of organizations, we would like to extend a big vote of thanks to the following; Nissan CFAO Saro Agri Equipment Choma Garage Standard Sales, Choma, and, Baobab College PTA.

P.T.A. NEWS

PTA Committee Nominations: While every parent at Baobab is a member of the PTA, we have an elected Committee which oversees the running of the PTA, and which co-ordinates events at school throughout the year. The members of the Committee work hard to help make Baobab a better school, and we value all the support we receive from parents. We hope you feel that your 2006/2007 Committee has done a good job during their tenure, and we have certainly enjoyed the involvement we have had with the school over the past 2 and a bit terms. While some members of the current Committee will be standing for re-election for the 2007/2008 school year, other positions will become vacant at the end of this term. We thus urge all parents to consider seriously offering up some of your time and talent towards helping the PTA continue its good work. Anyone who would like to join a fun, dedicated and motivated PTA Committee, PLEASE come and chat to us over a cup of coffee in the morning in the Piazza. Your school needs you!

VISIT OF JACQUES ROGGE

You may be aware that the President of the International Olympic Committee, I.O.C., has been touring the region recently. On Tuesday this week he arrived in Zambia and some of our top sportsmen and women were invited to be at the Airport to welcome him. Pippa Asherwood was fortunate enough to be chosen to present him with a bouquet. Other students present were; Jandre Gunther, Bupe Mulenga, Stephanie Gordon, Terri Gwilliam, Lesley Gwilliam, Sebastian Stobart, Tiens Kahenya, Devanshi Naik, Michael Hacking and Meegan Lindsay.

VISITING TEAMS

Recently our school facilities have been used by various teams for training. First was the turn of a group of 18 athletes who were chosen to represent Zambia at the recent Southern Region Track and Field championships held in Namibia. Subsequently four of these managed to qualify for the All Africa Games. This week has seen a number of the teams participating in this weekend’s Castle 7s (formally Mosi 7s) training at school. Teams include; Mphumalanga, Namibia, Swaziland, Botswana, Uganda and Zimbabwe. In addition to this our Under 19 team will be featuring in a schoolboys tournament. The action takes place on both Saturday and Sunday at Lusaka Rugby Club. Take time to go and watch Zambia’s premier rugby event.

CAR BOOT SALE

This weekend sees the last Car Boot Sale of the academic year take place. As usual gates open at 9:00 until 12:00. Entrance is K20000 for vendors, K5000 otherwise. For more information please contact:

MUSIC CONCERT On Friday , June 15th there will be fantastic opportunity to witness our talented Musicians perform. There will be a concert in the New Hall at 18:00. Tickets are on sale for K25000 for adults and K10000 for children, they are available from Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Sportel.