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Happy belated Mothers’ Day to all our moms. I hope you were spoilt rotten by your families.  So, after a relaxing Mothers’ Day weekend, please take note of the following:

• APPLICATIONS FOR 2020:  Please note that the online applications process has been postponed until the 20^th of June.  Parents can still go online to view the tutorial, explaining the whole process, but they will be unable to apply until the 20^th. Should you not apply online for grades 1 or 8, there is a huge possibility that your child will not have a space for 2020.  Please consider this matter seriously and apply online and on time.  Applications for grades 1 and 8 will open at 08:00 on Monday, 20 June and close on 15 July 2019 at midnight.  All learners who are seeking space into grade 1 or grade 8 for 2020, MUST APPLY ONLINE AT www.gdeadmissions.gov.za.  Parents of our own grade R learners, seeking admission for 2020, must please note that their child WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY BE ENROLLED INTO GRADE 1.  You have to follow the online procedure as well.  Should our grade R parents need any assistance, please contact Ms Thembi Ntombela urgently at school. Please parents, apply online as soon as possible to avoid disappointment because of late applications.

• RE-REGISTRATION FOR ALL GRADES - 2020:  Please remember to send the updated forms back to school on or before 17 May 2019.  Should we not receive your form in time, we will then be unable to reserve your child’s space for 2020.

• STATIONERY:  We currently have a huge problem with children not having sufficient stationery at school.  Some children come to school with no stationery at all.  Parents, please top up the stationery on a regular basis.

• UPCOMING EXAMS:  All books as well as the demarcation needed for preparation for the upcoming exams, were handed out today.  Please ensure that your child is well prepared for this very important exam which is starting on Monday 27^th of May.  Please note that learners will go home at 13:00 for the duration of the exams.  Please arrange their transport accordingly

• RACA:  On Thursday the grade 7 learners, who take part in RACA, will be practising their poetry after school, between 13:40 and 14:30.  All the grade 4, 5 and 6 learners who are taking part in RACA, will also be practising their items during the same time on Thursday.

• SPORT:

  • There will be netball practise for the under 11 girls on Thursday from 13:40 until 14:30

  • Under 12 and under 13 mixed soccer team will play a match against West Rand School on Tuesday.  As the match is played at West Rand School, we anticipate to be back at school by 15:30

  • Under 11 soccer boys are playing a match against Krugersdorp Town School on Wednesday.  We play at Krugersdorp Town School and will be back at school by 15:30

  • Please arrange your transport accordingly

• GENERAL:  Many parents visit the school daily to bring forgotten books, keys, clothes, money, food, etc. to be given to children. Please note that we cannot expect a secretary to walk around the school delivering forgotten items to children.  We can also not call children to the foyer, as it disrupts the rest of the class, and the child coming down to the office, misses out on valuable teaching time.  All forgotten items must stay at home.  That is the only way to teach your child responsibility.  Please do not fight with the security guards or the secretaries when they enforce the school rules by not accepting any items on behalf of a child.

Refer to the 'Newsletters' section elsewhere on this page for more information

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Please remember that there are card facilities available at school.  It is a more convenient and a safer way of making payments at school.  Please make use of this facility or make payments via the internet or direct bank deposits.  The school’s banking details are as follows:

Name:  Laerskool Paardekraal

Bank:  ABSA

Type:  Current Account

Account no:  01005000153

Please use your child’s name, surname and class as a reference and send the Proof of Payment to the school. You can email it to joey@paardies.co.za or fax the deposit slip to 011 953 1390.