Dietrich Moravian Primary School

Today was a very special day for all of those at Dietrich.

Raeesa, a resident in Philippi and a worker at the Fire Department, saw that often children in her community would have to walk to school with broken school shoes.

Raeesa saw the need and quickly came up with solutions. Today, Raeesa and the Fire Department came to our school to provide learners with school shoes. The children didn’t only get shoes on their feet but also had big smiles on their faces when they were entertained by the firefighters at the Fire Department and when they received the delicious soup made by women who live our community.

Thank you to Alderman JP Smith, Spar Ottery, the Fire Department, Community Members, Sharief Manuel and family, and especially Raeesa for organizing a memorable day for the learners at our school.

Today was also our Principal’s , Ms Fisher, birthday, and one of the best gifts for her was seeing the smiles on the children faces at the end of the programme.

Our children were blessed today by Kusasalethu Group and Spar. Not only were they given school bags, but those bags were filled with joy, inspiration and hope.

The guys from the Kusasalethu Group taught our kids the importance of dreaming and the value of education, while Charlene from Spar emphasized the value of respect.

Thank you Charlene, Spar and Kusasalethu Group!

The last few weeks have been full of celebrations at Dietrich Moravian Primary.

We celebrated World Read Aloud Day, World Cancer Day and yesterday we celebrated Valentine’s Day.

All of the days were huge hits with our kids, they enjoyed the stories told to them on World Read Aloud Day, they raised funds for a member of the staff/community on World Cancer Day and yesterday they had lots of fun with their red and white.

We would like to remind parents that tomorrow is our “Meet the Teacher” parent meeting and we urge parents to come and meet the teachers tomorrow!

Christmas came early to Dietrich Moravian Primary School!

The teachers, staff and teaching-assistants made sure that the children at school could feel the Christmas Spirit this year.

The kids were welcomed to school with Christmas carols, beautifully decorated tables and a big Christmas tree 🎄. The kids were then treated to a delicious lunch prepared by our beloved kitchen ladies, cupcakes and party packets to take home.

The day was made extra-special by KPMG who surprised every learner with a tasty ice-cream and a gift bag which has all of the essentials and more for the kids to do their very best next year.

Yesterday our school held its annual prize-giving ceremony.

Learners were awarded with certificates for academic achievements, progress, behaviour, helpfulness and attendance.

The learners enjoyed seeing who took the top spot in each grade and those learners were awarded with grocery hampers for their families. All of the other learners who won awards were also treated with something special.

A massive thank you to SPAR and Sanlam for always sponsoring and donating goodies to assist with days like these. The kids were smiling from ear-to-ear!

This week, our book club girls had their last book club meeting for the year.

The girls were treated with a beautiful story by Val Kohler. The story was named “verassing verassing”, and as the name suggests it was all about surprises.

The girls then discussed their wishes, dreams and what they would like to be surprised with.

The girls were then surprised by Mrs Pillay who made the girls burgers, trifle and treated a few of them to Christmas gifts.

As the year comes to an end, we would like to remind our parents of the important dates for next week. Our prize giving will be held on Tuesday the 4th of December and parents are welcome to come and support their children on that day.

Last week our Grade 2 and Grade 7 learners were rewarded by Claire and Nadine Sass, who took all of them on the Red Bus Tour to Hout Bay, Camps Bay and Green Point. The day that our learners were looking forward to for several months, had finally arrived!

The day started at Constantia Nek where the kids were treated to delicious donuts and cool drink before getting on the bus. The bus then drove around the mountain and stopped at Camps Bay, where the kids could dip their toes into the icy water at the beach. The day then ended at Green Point Park where the kids were treated to a delicious lunch, snacks, games and entertainment!

This was an unforgettable day for the kids. When the Grade 2's came back to school on Monday and began with their writing activity, almost every learner wrote about their exciting experience on Saturday.

A big thank you to Claire Sass, Nadine, Brandon Jacobs and all the other volunteers who blessed our learners with the most memorable day of their lives.

There was a great spirit at Dietrich Moravian Primary yesterday as we celebrated our diversity through song, music, dance and recitation.

We are fortunate to have so many different cultures at our school. We use this as an opportunity to encourage our learners to respect one another for who they are and to celebrate their differences.

Each grade wore different cultural clothes in order to celebrate the various cultures that we have at our school. Learners were also treated to trying foods representing the various cultures. They enjoyed it all - from magunyas to hoenderpootjies!

Days like these really stand out to our children and it is a blessing since they learn to respect and show tolerance to all those around them, despite the differences they may have.

We are preparing for our biggest fundraiser for the year: THE BAZAAR!

Our bazaar will be held tomorrow at school at 9AM.

There will be fresh vegetables, party packets, decadent cakes and mouth-watering braai and potjie for sale at the bazaar tomorrow. There will be music and lots of games for all of the family to enjoy.

Thank you for your ongoing support and see you tomorrow for a memorable day.