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BAOBAB COLLEGE – News and Information Issue 18 2006/7 June 15th

 

SECONDARY NEWS

Well, we are almost there, only two weeks remaining and then the long end of Year break will be upon us. Today the last Cambridge examinations took place as well as the final examinations in our own internal assessment week. Many thanks to staff for their tireless efforts invigilating and marking but a big thanks to Mr. Chris Sparks for his co-ordination of the whole affair. Next week sees our Year 10 students off to experience a week in the “World of Work”. Don’t be surprised to see them taking your meal order, trying to fix your car or even taking your teeth out. Once again Thank you to all of our partner employers for making this week possible. Also next week our Year Eight students will be off to Bridge Camp for a three night trip, when amongst other activities they will be canoeing. During the last week of term we will be having a cross-curricular day where students will be focusing on the theme of “The Future”. If you are free please pop in and see what is happening. In addition to this we will be having our Annual Speech Day and Prize giving ceremony on the last day of term. I am pleased to announce that Samuel Matete, without doubt Zambia’s finest ever athlete to date, will be our Guest of Honour. Sadly at the end of this term we will be saying farewell to a number of staff members. As you will already have read, Mr Muntzer has already left. Also leaving will be Mr. Mohamed Ali, Mrs Wendy Hewit, Ms Kath Law, Ms Julie Dale and Mr. Chris Sparks. I wish them all the very best in their future endeavours. As this is the last newsletter of the Academic year I hope you all have a pleasant break from school and I look forward to seeing you all return, refreshed, on the 22nd August. Best wishes Jon Turner Assistant Head of Secondary

 

PRIMARY NEWS

Year Five and Six Trip The trip to Choma takes place next week. Those children who will not be going on the trip are expected to be in school. For those attending the trip we wish you a wonderful time. PTA Campout Thank you to the PTA for organising the campout last Friday. The children and parents who stayed had a wonderful time. Interhouse Rounders Well done to all those children who participated in Interhouse rugby last week. On Monday 18th June children will participate in Interhouse rounders. Humpty Dumpty The Key Stage One play takes place on Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th June at 18.00hrs in the hall. Please keep these days free to come and support the Key Stage One children. Children from Reception to Year Two will all be participating. Please make sure your child is here for both events. Adults entrance K10, 000 and children K5, 000. There will be no afternoon activities for Key Stage One on Tuesday and Wednesday so that children can rest before the performance. Are you leaving school before the holidays? We encourage children to stay until the end of term but if it is absolutely essential that they leave before term ends please put this in writing to the class teacher. Early Learning Centre Graduation and Play This will take place on Wednesday 27th June at 10.30am. Children in the Early Learning Centre will be allowed to go home afterwards. Assembly On Thursday 28th June there will be a final Assembly at 7.30am where we say good bye to staff and the Year Six children who will be moving into Secondary. Speech day Speech day will start at 8.30am on Friday 29th June in the assembly hall. Children are expected to look smart in their school uniform. Children will be free to go home for the holidays at about 10am after the prize giving ceremony. The ELC will be closed on this day. Enrolment 2007-2008 We have already reached maximum capacity in some year groups for August 2007. If you wish to enrol any of your other children please see Admissions or contact us via email on enquries@sch.baobabcollege.org. Staffing This time of year we have to say goodbye to some members of staff in the Primary school. We wish Ms. Rachel Miles all the very best for when she returns to Wales. Ms. Miles will have been with us for nearly two years. We also wish Mrs. Barbie Gwilliam all the very best in her new job at Simba School in the Copperbelt. We know we will see Mrs. Gwilliam at the various sporting fixtures next term. We hope we are not saying goodbye to Mrs. Claire Sauter but a huge thank you for all her wonderful work over these last few years. We hope she will enjoy her break from teaching. This will be the last newsletter for the term and academic year. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a wonderful holiday and we look forward to seeing you on August 22nd. Best Wishes Laura Stokes Head of Primary

 

UPCOMING DATES •

 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 • Saturday 23rd, Under 19 Rugby v Heritage • Monday 25th, Primary parents 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.

 

CIVVIES DAY MUSIC NEWS

The much anticipated school music CD and songbooks are now on sale. They really are excellent and can be obtained from Mrs Sportel or the Finance Office at a cost of K30000 for the CD and K20000 for the song book. Buy now to avoid disappointment when they have all sold out!

 

RUGBY RESULTS

There has been a significant amount of rugby in recent weeks. At school level the following occurred: Under 11 – After topping the league they lost in the semi-final to Birdsfield (the eventual winners) 24-19. Under 13 – Beat LICS in the semi-final and went on to lose to AIS in the finals Under 15 – Lost narrowly to Nsansa in the semifinals of the seven’s Under 19 – Beat Libala in the semi-finals before losing 24-10 to David Kaunda in the final. The Under 19 game took place at the recent Castle 7s in front of a crowd in excess of 3000. We also had the Inter-house event with the following winners: Under 11 Boys – Hawk Under 13 Boys – Eagle Under 19 Boys – Eagle Under 19 Girls - Eagle As if this was not enough the Under 19 team will be playing Heritage School from Zimbabwe on Saturday 23rd June at Baobab College, please come along and support.

 

SECONDARY SPORTS DAY

Our annual Inter-House Secondary Athletics championship was held on 1st June. After a lot of keen competition throughout the day, Eagle emerged as the winners on 467.5pts, with Hawk second on 442.5 and Falcon third on 393pts. Many outstanding performances were recorded resulting in fourteen records being broken. The best athlete awards went to the following; Under 13 Girls – Carla Nel Under 13 Boys – Noble Kapotwe Under 15 Girls – Lesley Gwilliam Under 15 Boys – Tiens kahenya Open Boys – Michael Hacking Open Girls – Fraukje Sportel Victrix Ludorum – Carla Nel Victor Ludorum – Michael Hacking Well done everyone!

 

ISAZ INTER-SCHOOLS SECONDARY ATHLETICS

This event was hosted by Baobab on 9th June. The occasion witnessed the largest turn-out ever for these championships with a total of ten schools and close to 400 athletes in attendance. Baobab athletes gave a very good account of themselves and finished a very creditable second behind Lwengu. An indication of the keenness of the competition was the fact that a total of 33 new records were established, eight by Baobab students. Top performances by Baobab Students included: Michael Hacking; he became the first Baobab student ever to go over the 6m barrier in the Long Jump, he then followed this with 12.61m in the Triple Jump, both new ISAZ records. Sean Wilson; he won the Shot Putt, Discus and Javelin with new ISAZ records in the first two events. Natassja Chelemu; she won the 800m for the fourth year “running” and the 400m, setting ISAZ records in both events.

 

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE

As with previous years this proved to be as exciting as ever. Results were as follows; Criteria Design & Plan (10) Elegant Designs/ Manufacture (20) Group Work (10) Total House Final Design (10) Manufacture (10) Best Launch (52) Eagle A 6 3 3 7 12 31 Eagle B 6 8 9 10 22 55 Falcon A 8 6 4 10 10 38 Falcon B 7 7 5 9 10 38 Hawk A 5 7 6 10 14 42 Hawk B 6 5 7 8 14 40 There will be a Civvies day for the whole College on Thursday 28th June. The charge will be K2000 per person. The winning plane Spot the plane!

 

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.

 

MUSIC CONCERT

 On Friday , June 15th there will be a 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. Delicious snacks will be on sale from Mrs Ismail. Tea and Coffee will be available free of charge.

 

VISIT OF JACQUES ROGGE

 

 As mentioned in the previous Bark, Mr. Jacques Rogge the President of the International Olympic Committee recently paid a visit. A number of our students were lucky enough to be at the Airport when he arrived. Perhaps the most fortunate was Pippa Asherwood who was chosen to present a bouquet of flowers to him and his wife: Baobab College Lower Primary Department presents Date: Tuesday 19th June & Wednesday 20th June Time: 18:00 hours Cost: Adults K10 000 Children K5000 Was he pushed or did he fall? HuMpTy DuMpTy