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30 MAY 2024

NEWSLETTER

1. GRADE 4 – 7 DAY TRIPS (EXCURSIONS)

Please take note of the information below pertaining to Day trips. We inform parents that their school fees account must be up to date before making payments for Day trips. Payments must be made on the Karri App or via EFT (Reference: Day trip, grade, your child’s name, and surname). Please note that the cutoff date for payments is on the 31^st of May 2024. NO LATE PAYMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DAY TRIP FOR GRADE SEVEN LEARNERS’ IS ON THE 12/06/2024.

2. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS – JUNE 2024

Midrand Primary School (MPS) invites qualified service providers for the provision of the following services:

• Shade Ports/Nets for the courts
• Specialised painting of school courts
• Painting of school court fencing
• Landscaping of portions school lawn
• Building of school spectator stands
• Building of school spectator stands
• Building of staff room area (Details to be communicated during briefing session)

A compulsory briefing session will be held on school premises on Wednesday 5^th June 2024 at 12h00

Interested parties may contact mandla@midrandprimary.co.za. All proposals should be in writing and will be presented in person by a representative of the service provider to the school Governing Body on a date to be confirmed.

3. GRADE 2-7 NEW APPLICATIONS FOR 2025

Applications for new admissions in Grades 2-7 for 2025 commenced on the 15^th of April 2024 and will conclude on the 16^th of August 2024. Parents are welcome to apply at school between 09:00 and 13:00. Kindly ensure that the compulsory certified documents (not older than three months) are brought to school as listed below. No late applications will be accepted. Required documents: Certified copy of birth certificate, certified copy of parent’s ID’s, recent/latest school report, and municipality account/lease agreement. Please bring a black pen to complete the application form.

4. CONTROLLED TEST (JUNE EXAMINATIONS) TIMETABLE TERM 2 – GRADE 4-7

Parents and learners are hereby reminded of the Controlled test programme that commenced on the 22^nd of May 2024 and will conclude on the 5^th of June 2024. Learners have already received a copy of this timetable. In order for learners to improve their academic performance from Term 1, parents must ensure that learners revise content from Term 1 and Term 2 which will be examined. Grade 1-3 and LSEN learners must come to school daily as assessment is continuous. Learners must design and commit to a study timetable. Parents are required to actively monitor their child’s study sessions, revise with them, and test them to gauge how prepared learners are. All the best to our learners for the Controlled Test programme. Kindly take note of the remaining Controlled Test programme on the overleaf:

MAY/JUNE CONTROLLED TEST TIMETABLE – INTERSEN PHASE (GRADES 4-7)

NB: TEXTBOOKS WILL BE RETRIEVED DAILY AFTER EACH TEST IS WRITTEN.

5. SCHOOL FEES

All parents are requested to ensure that their school fees account is up to date. School fees can be paid at the school’s finance office using debit or credit card or by direct deposit into the school’s bank account. No cash will be accepted.

BANK DETAILS: Please use the correct references when making deposits.

BANK: NEDBANK          BRANCH: MIDRAND                 ACC. NO: 1686 04 0075

CODE: 168642               TYPE: CURRENT                        REF: USE NAME, SURNAME & GRADE OF THE CHILD

Kind Regards,

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 Mr. M. Mulaudzi

      Principal

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