Good day
Hope and trust that you had a wonderful week so far? Time is flying and it is already the second week of the school year. There are so many things to do and so little time, but we work hard to achieve all our goals for this term.
We have given important info through in the first letter for this year. Please make sure that you familiarize yourself with that and also of the important rules and regulations of the diary. Hope you have signed the pages in the diary which are extremely important.
SCHOOL HOURS:
All learners must be at school not later than 07h30. The first bell will ring at 07h40 and then all must be in their classes. We start with register period, except on the day they are writing test, then we start with the test period.
Monday to Thursday: 07h40 – 14h00
Friday: 07h40 – 13h00
Believe it or not, but there are still parents bringing their children late to school. We have decided to keep these learners in the waiting area at the main gate until the end of the register period. They come late and disrupt the class. Also make sure you collect your child not later that 14h15 from Monday to Thursday and not later than 13h15 on a Friday. If your child is not going to make use of the school bus then you need to inform the taxi, own transport or after care that they need to obey the times promptly to avoid action. Learners will be outside and we as school will not take any responsibility for any learner after school is out. Gates will be closed at 14h15 and only extra class learners will be on the premises, others will be outside the gates. We WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LEARNER AFTER SCHOOL IS OUT EVERYDAY.
SCHOOL FEES:
All school fees for February 2024 must be paid on or before the 3rd of February 2024. Late payments will result in penalties. Learners behind in school fees will not be able to make use of the bus transport and drivers will get a list and those learners must be transported by their parent’s mornings and afternoons.
DISCIPLINE:
We at Charlton Vos adhere to rules and we have a ZERO tolerance attitude when it comes to discipline. It is the responsibility of the parent to instil the importance of rules in the children. We have already phoned some parents of learners not behaving in class or being disrespectful towards other learners and teachers. We will not allow any child to dictate to us what to do.
CELL PHONES:
This is one of our biggest concern and headaches. We do understand that some parents need their children to phone them when at home, but they are not allowed to use their cell phone on the school premises/during school hours. If we find them disobeying this rule, the phone will be confiscated and can only be retrieved after 3 months. Cell phones are becoming a huge hazard in our society and many children and adults have been caught in situations that lead to embarrassment or other worse case scenarios. Parents need to check their children’s cell phones on a regular basis to avoid these above-mentioned situations taking place. We as teachers are doing our best to inform them about the negative sides of sending messages or looking at unsafe and harmful images and videos, but at the end it remains the parents’ responsibility to keep your child out of harm’s way. When a learner is found with harmful or pornography items on the phone, such learner can be expelled immediately. This is a bad influence for other learners in the school and we will deal with it in a very serious manner. NO LEARNER MAY USE A CELL PHONE DURING SCHOOL HOURS OR ON THE SCHOOL PREMISES!!
IMPORTANT DATES FOR TERM 1:
| 25 January 2024 | Photo Day | Gr R & 1 Gr 8 – 12 |
| 25 January 2024 | Mini Athletics | Gr 4 – 7 |
| 26 January 2024 | Gideons are visiting the school | Grade 8 |
| 29 January 2024 | Photo Day | Gr 2 – 7 |
| 29 January 2024 | Paws for a cause starts today | Gr R – 12 |
| 29 January 2024 | Voting for RCL | Gr 8 – 12 |
| 30 January 2024 | Athletics Relay | Gr 4 – 7 |
| 31 January 2024 | Mr & Ms CVC entries close today | Gr 8 – 12 |
| 31 January 2024 | New RCL announced | Gr 8 – 12 |
| 1 February 2024 | Test series starts today | Gr 4 – 7 |
| 2 February 2024 | Interhouse Athletics | Gr 8 – 12 |
| 8 February 2024 | Interhouse Athletics | Grade R |
| 9 February 2024 | Interhouse Athletics | Gr 1 – 3 |
| 9 February 2024 | Junior Leader Development camp | Gr 7 |
| 11 February 2024 | Junior Leaders back from camp | Gr 7 |
| 12 February 2024 | Career Day | Gr 11 & 12 |
| 12 February 2024 | Mr & Ms CVC finalists announced today | Gr 8 – 12 |
| 14 February 2024 | Valentines Dress Up day | Gr R – 3 |
| 14 February 2024 | Colour run & Entrepreneurs Day | Gr 8 – 12 |
| 24 February 2024 | Public Speaking workshop | Gr 6 & 7 |
| 29 February 2024 | Mr & Ms CVC photo shoot payment due | Gr 8 – 12 |
| 7 March 2024 | Cross Country | Gr 4 – 7 |
| 8 March 2024 | Mr & Ms CVC photo shoot | Gr 8 – 12 |
| 9 March 2024 | Public Speaking | Gr 6 & 7 |
| 15 March 2024 | Civvies & Praise and Worship | Gr 8 – 12 |
| 20 March 2024 | Sunglass dress up day | Gr R – 3 |
| 20 March 2024 | School closes today: 12h00 | Gr R – 12 |
PARENT DAY FOR TERM 1:
We do ask that upon arrival, parents must go directly to the register class or then the subject teacher they would like to see.
Please come on the days that is specific for a grade. Other grades will not be here or they will be busy with extra classes or meetings.
| GRADE | DATE | TIME | PLACE |
| Grade R – 3 | 5 February – 8 February Invitation only. You will receive an invite. | 14h15 – 16h00 | Register class |
| Grade 4 & Grade 5 | 29 January | 14h15 – 16h00 | Subject teachers |
| Grade 6 & Grade 7 | 31 January | 14h15 – 16h00 | Subject teachers |
| Grade 8 – Grade 12 | No specific date. Invitations will be sent to parents individually. | Subject teachers |
High School learners: The High School will have a scheduled parent day after they learners receive their first marks.
GRADE 12 EXTRA CLASSES:
Extra classes for grade 12 learners already started the weekend before the school re-opened. They will continue with classes as stipulated on the extra class time table they received.
GENERAL HEALTH:
Ensure that your child take vitamins every day. This will boost their immune system to avoid getting ill (flu, diaree, colds or any other illness). Speak to your child and tell them that touching, hugging, sharing food or stationery is not allowed at all.
MEDICINE:
We are not allowed to administer any medicine at school. We will phone parents to come and fetch a child who is ill. If your child is using any medicine, please administer before school and again when he/she arrives at home.
IMPORTANT FOR EACH DAY:
Learners must go to bed early; some learners are so tired that they fall asleep in the class. All learners need to eat breakfast before coming to school. This also helps with concentration if their tummies are full.
COMMUNICATION:
We encourage parents to rather email or phone the school for any queries. If really necessary we will make an appointment with you only after school. Please communicate with the teacher or office, we can’t solve problems if we don’t know about it. If you would like to se a teacher or the principal, please mail the relevant person and make an appointment. All email addresses in previous letter.
Loadshedding has got a huge influence on everything, and that includes the telephone lines. So it is better to send a mail if you don’t get through. The school does have a generator, so we always have electricity but the cell phone towers are off.
If you need any information about a subject, homework or any other grade related issues, please send an email to the relevant HOD. They will communicate it immediately to the relevant teacher or they will answer you asap.
Teachers are not allowed to use their phones during school hours. So please don’t call them. If you need to speak to them, send a message or phone the office: 012 5270614. The office will give the message during break time or after school. If it is urgent, they will call back asap. No teacher will be called out of his/her class during teaching time.
INFORMATION REGARDING OWN TRANSPORT AND BUS TRANSPORT:
Learners using own transport will be accompanied to the main gate as follows:
Grade RR – Grade 3: 13h30
Grade 4 – Grade 12: 14h00
If your child is making use of the bus transport, make sure you wait at the drop off point to get your child when they disembark the bus. The driver can’t wait and cant take any responsibility for your child once they are off the bus. Make sure your child knows exactly where to get off the bus.
HOMEWORK, ASSIGNMENTS, TESTS AND EXAMS:
It is the responsibility of the parent/care taker/after school to make sure that learners are doing their homework and prepare thoroughly for tests and exams. Make sure that your child adheres to all due dates that will be given for each term. We need to make sure learners are in a set routine daily. This routine will help them complete all tasks and prepare for the next day.
TERMS FOR CHARLTON VOS COLLEGE: 2024
| TERM | DATES |
| Term 1 | 17 January – 20 March |
| Term 2 | 3 April – 14 June |
| Term 3 | 9 July – 20 September |
| Term 4 | 1 October – 6 December (buses only until 29/11) Date for closing might change. |
PARKING IN FRONT OF SCHOOL:
If you drop off or pick up your child, DON’T PARK IN FRONT of the neighbours’ gates. They have business and the client and themselves are struggling to leave their houses if their gates are blocked by cars.
MATRIC RESULTS:
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! We had a 98,8% pass rate for 2023. Only one of our leaners did not pass.
TOTAL BACHELORS: 68%
TOTAL DIPLOMAS: 25%
TOTAL CERCIFICATES: 7%
We strive to have all learners pass with a Bachelor’s degree.
We would like to congratulate Emmanuel T Oluwole with his 7 distinctions:
English 84%, Afrikaans 87%, Mathematics 87%, Life Orientation 86%, Life Sciences 90%, Physical Sciences 89% and Tourism 89%
We had 2 learners with 6 distinctions:
Mashudu J Ramasunzi: English 78%, Afrikaans 82%, Mathematics 84%, Life Orientation 84%, Accounting 96%, Life Sciences 89% and Physical Sciences 89%
Phumedza L Hlongwane: English 85%, Afrikaans 87%, Mathematics 79%, Life Orientation 88%, Accounting 94%, Life Sciences 86% and Physical Sciences 83%
The following learner had 4 distinctions: Ofentse Modibela
We also had learners with 3 distinctions: Temoso V Mokoena and Aobakwe N Masuvhe
Then we had many other learners also getting 2 and 1 distinctions.
We are very proud of you all. Thank you to all the teachers for their hard work and effort to help our learners reach their goals.
GENERAL:
We at CVC always have the best interest of the learner at heart. We do our utmost best to ensure their happiness at school. Their emotional and physical well-being is also very important. We do ask all parents to take our hands and strengthen the bond so that we can help every single learner to reach their goals and to succeed in life.
Always keep in touch with the register teacher to ensure your child is up to date and if he/she is experiencing a problem that we can immediately deal with it.
It is important to monitor your child’s social media. There are many dangers that can have a very bad influence on our children and we need to keep them out of harms way.
May our Lord Jesus Christ bless all our staff, parents and learners during this new year.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. JS Diedericks
Operational Principal
CHARLTON VOS COLLEGE
