Newsletter – 17 January 2025

Welcome to the first Newsletter of the year.

Firstly, we wish everyone Compliments  of the Season  and a wonderful 2025.

We once again welcome everyone back and extend a special welcome to new pupils and parents.

We also welcome Mrs. Le Roux, who joins us to teach Grade 6 ,and Miss. Compton, who joins us to teach Grade 1.  Neither are strangers to Bishopslea.  Mrs Le Roux is a former pupil and Miss. Compton was a Junior Mistress before commencing her studies.

We also welcome our new compliment of Junior Mistresses, who always offer so much support to the school.

We have had a very smooth and happy start to the term with everyone settling in quickly and a lovely atmosphere prevailing in the school.  The ECD pupils once again amazed us all with their confidence when coming into assembly for the first time today.  

The Afternoon Activities Timetable and Term Calendar are on the calendar.  As Day Boarding starts on Monday, the completed forms must be returned on Monday at the latest please.

We are also forwarding Pupil Information Update forms that should be filled in and returned on Monday as well please.  This information is extremely important, as we require updated contact details for parents as well as medical and general information on pupils.

Please note that Afternoon Activities begin on Monday and are compulsory for pupils Grade 3, 4 and 5 on Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons and for Grade 6 and 7 pupils on Monday and Wednesday afternoons.

Extra curricular activities including ballet, modern dancing, gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, music lessons, drama and extra tennis are optional and will start next week as well, with information available from the office.

Please note that we require physical proof of payment of fees in order to issue receipts as our bank statements do not indicate who deposited the fees or whom they are for.  Until we can ascertain whom a deposit is for, the fees are put into our suspense account.  This does frustrate many parents who pay the fees but don’t bring in proof of payment and then receive statements indicating they still owe fees.  However, without proof of payment or transfer we have no means of knowing whom to allocate the fees to.

After such a good start to the term we look forward to a special year.

Class Captain & Vice Captain

5W Captain: Yevedzo Chiweshe |  Vice Captain: Winona Chitando

Yours sincerely

R J Crook

HEADMASTER