Dear [NAME]

I feel I must begin my message to you with an apology for the staff absenteeism this week.  Unfortunately staff in any organisation do from time  to time take sick leave due to illness or injury; however I can assure you that we have put measures in place to ensure that our students are not sitting idly in classrooms.

All the affected classes have been covered on the timetable and students have received work and are being professionally facilitated.

I would like to thank you all for your patience and understanding.  Hopefully by next week our affected colleagues will be back in the saddle. We wish them a speedy recovery.

On a lighter note, I hope you all enjoy the long weekend, and I wish all our Matric students a happy and memorable Matric Dance on Saturday night.

Yours sincerely

G.C. McQUEEN

ACADEMIC PRINCIPAL

DATES TO DIARISE   SECOND TERM

26-27 April

School Holiday

15 May

Opening of the

Sports Facility

20 May

Parents Information

Evening Talk

John Buswell

Parents

GRANTLEY SOCCER DAY

Saturday 15 May 2010

Grantley College is proud to announce that the formal opening of its brand new sports facility will take place on Saturday 15 May 2010.

The days activities will have a World Cup theme and will be an enjoyable and fun day for the whole family.

This Saturday will be compulsory for all students and also be on our major fundraisers for the year.

To this end we will need your help with sponsorship/contribution towards one of the stalls or prizes or vouchers for the grand raffle.  We are also looking for parents to help organise the days events.

Your childs tutor will be in touch with more details in the near future.

Please put Saturday 15 May in your dairy and join us celebrating the opening of our sports field and help us to  raise money for future projects.

LOOKING FORTRANSPORT!!!!!

Looking for transport from Grantley College to Northcliff from Monday to Thursday pick up time is at 15h30-please contact Sharon on 083 308 9024-willing to pay.

ADDENDUM TO THE SCHOOLS CODE OF CONDUCT

PROCEDURE FOR A FORMAL SCHOOL DETENTION

FIRST DETENTION

An infringement of the Code of Conduct could result in a child being placed in a formal school detention.

The detention takes place on a Friday afternoon from 13h00 to 15h00.

A letter informing the parent about the detention will be sent home with the student.

The parent must sign the letter and return it to the office.

Failure to attend the first detention without a valid written excuse from a parent will result in a double detention.

Non-attendance for a double detention will result in a 3rd detention to be served on a Saturday morning from 09h00 to 12h00.

SUSPENSION FROM COLLEGE

A student will be suspended from the College for a period of no less than two days if he or she earns more than three detentions in a term or fails to attend the 3rd Saturday detention of the formal procedure.

LATE COMERS DETENTION

Students who are consistently late upon arrival for school i.e. late twice in a week will receive a Friday detention 13h00  15h00 hours.

Late four times in four weeks will result in a Saturday detention for 09h00  12h00.

Failure to attend the Saturday detention for latecoming will result in a two day suspension from the College.

Dear Parents

Don`t forget!!!

UPCOMING TALK - BOOK YOUR PLACE

20 MAY 2010 19h00

The talk directly addresses the safety and wellbeing of adolescents in the 21st century society.

The talk will cover the following topics:

• New Serious Sexual Offences Amendments Act
• How does the new Sexual offences Act affect your child
• Mixit & Facebook
• The influence and dangers of technology on our adolescents
• Pornography on the internet and cell phone
• Giving your child the tools in how to not fall prey to paedophilia
• Drugs including date rape
• What are the signs of drug abuse and different types of drugs?
• Give your child the tools to survive when out socialising
• Subcultures in the youth (Emo)
• How to spot what subculture your child is in and are they in danger?
• Depression in adolescents
• Signs of depression and what to do
• Self Mutilation
• Is your child hurting himself / herself and do you know about it?

Jon Buswell is an expert in this field and is well known to the Grantley Staff and our students who have

attended his workshops.

Please RSVP with Erika at 011 643 8321 or info@grantleycollege.co.za

WHAT COUNTRY WILLYOU BE SUPPORTING!!

Come and support your child on our Soccer Day!!

What country will you be supporting!!

Ask your child and sign up to assist your childs tutor teacher!

Contact the teacher directly on 0116438321or Ms van Heerden on info@grantleycollege.co.za

Gold 1 - England

Ms Randall

krandall@grantleycollege.co.za

Gold 2 - Brazil

Mr Moyo

mmoyo@grantleycollege.co.za

Gold 3 - Australia

Mr Buchalter

dbuchalter@grantleycollege.co.za

Gold 4 - Spain

Ms Maharaj

rmaharaj@grantleycollege.co.za

Gold 5 - Portugal

Ms Khan

akhan@grantleycollege.co.za

Gold 6 - Netherlands

Mrs Smit

ismit@grantleycollege.co.za

Green 1 - Mexico

Ms Mercado

amercado@grantleycollege.co.za

 Green 2 - South Africa

Ms van Gysen

info@grantleycollege.co.za

Green 3 - USA

Ms Bell

cbell@grantleycollege.co.za

 Green 4 - Ghana

Mrs Jamneck

sjamneck@grantleycollege.co.za

Green 5 - Germany

Mr Paulse

bpaulse@grantleycollege.co.za

Green  6 - France

Ms Mokoena

smokoena@grantleycollege.co.za

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