Senior Preparatory Weekly Memo

Dear Parents

Thank you to Mrs Wells who headed up our Tour de Maths events this year. We are proud of our learners achievements and look forward to creating the Tour de Maths as an annual event on our calendars. Please see the Academics tab for more information on this year's Tour de Maths. 

Thank you to Kayden Biernacki, Grade 11, who designed, printed and mounted our Tour de Maths Trophy. 

Academic Information

Please refer to the academic tab for important information.

2025 Requirements

Please refer to the 2025 requirements tab for important information.

Class Placements

It is impossible for the school to accommodate all class requests, approximately 50 different requests in each grade, and it would be unfair to allow some parents to make requests and not others. An example of these requests would be:

Johnny's mom has asked for him to be with his best friend Mark, however, Mark's mom has asked that they are not placed together. Mark's mom would like him with Peter and Paul, however, Paul's mom would like him to be with Johnny and not Mark. Peter wrote on his friendship slip he would like to be with Johnny, however, Peter's mother does not want him with Johnny or Mark. All with an added request that we don’t tell the other parents.

Should a parent make a request for placement as shown in the above example, we will need to share the request with the other parent in order to avoid unfair parent conflict with the teacher. Unfortunately, parents can sometimes be aggressive and rude to teachers when their requests are not met even though this could be due to many conflicting requests.

With this in mind, we ask that you trust the teachers’ ability to place your child in the most suitable class. Class placements are a mammoth task and many hours are spent deliberating over the most suitable combinations for the learners.

We trust that you will support our decision, as it is based on our professional evaluation of each learner within their learning environment. We promise to do our very best to ensure each child is placed in a class in which they will thrive.

Extra Mural News

Learners artworks that were entered in the Western Cape Art Eisteddfod and Cape Town Eisteddfod. 

Learners' artistic achievements were celebrated in assembly and were called to 

stage to receive their certificates from the Cape Town Art Eisteddfod. 

Sports Announcements

Notes and Reminders:

• Please contact the Sports Department should you wish to sign your children up for Quarter 4 sport.
  Liam Maharage
  Nadine Marais-Swart
  Jared Margetts

• Physical Education

Swimming is back! Please pack in Parklands swimming costumes / swimming Cap / towel and sunblock. Whilst we are still playing it by 

ear, we’ll make a decision on the day regarding swimming for PE. 

• SAVE THE DATE
  U/10 Cricket: 6’s Cricket Tournament
  Date: 1 Nov ‘24
  Venue: Elkanah House Sunningdale
  Time: 14h15-18h30

Sport Practices and Matches in the week of 11-15 November 2024

Please see below for sport practices and matches in the week of 11-15 November:

No Gr 4-6 Softball practices or matches in the week of 11 - 15 November

No Gr 4-6 Cricket practices or matches in the week of 11 - 15 November

No Gr 4 - 6 tennis practices or matches in the week of 11 - 15 November

No Gr 4-6 Water Polo practices or matches in the week of 11 - 15 November

No Squad Swimming practices or galas in the week of 11 - 15 November

Dance, Junior Chefs, Drama Society, Design Society, Chess and Golf will continue during the week of 11 - 15 November.

Marimba, Choir and Orchestra lessons will continue, however, will end slightly earlier in the morning during the week of 11 - 15 November.

Sports Results 

On Friday, 11 October 2024, Parklands College made a splash at Laerskool Jan Van Riebeeck's friendly gala!  To say our swimmers did exceptionally well would be an understatement. Out of the 24 events we competed in, we proudly secured 16 first places and 8 second places.

A special shoutout goes to our incredible U10 boys relay team, composed of just three swimmers (a relay is typically 4 x 25m). Despite the odds, our team, including Taylor Harrison-Ralph (U10), Sebastian Fourie (U9), and Jean-Louis Kroon (U9), remained undefeated on Friday. What an inspiring performance from these young athletes!

Congratulations to all our swimmers for making Parklands College proud! Your hard work and dedication truly shone through. Go Parklands!

Library News

LIT QUIZ

On Friday two teams took part in the last interschools Lit Quiz. Participants faced ten categories of five questions each, together with around thirty other Cape Town teams. Well done to our learners for their hard work and dedication to the team. 

Learner News 

We wish our families a Happy Diwali for 31 October.