Thank you to all for your support over the weekend’s sport. It is always wonderful to have you at Falcon to support your boys.

This week we have had teachers away on Cambridge English, Accounts and Biology workshops. This has enabled them to interact with other school teachers, glean ideas and talk extensively to the Cambridge examiners. This will go a long way to making them better teachers. Ms. Treasure Ndlovu, Head of the English department, said that the course was very enlightening.

The holidays were packed with boys involved in various sporting tournaments. The Best of the West Rugby Festival in Krugersdorp and the Cottco Festival in Harare kept our Rugby players busy. The 1st XI Hockey team played in the Independent Schools’ Festival in Pretoria. The 1st XI Soccer team represented Falcon at the festival in Benoni and there was also Athletics in North Africa, Swimming in South Africa and Golf being played locally. These all provided invaluable experience for the boys.

Dear Parents,

I hope you are having an enjoyable holiday with your families.

Please may l kindly request that you use sew on rather than iron on labels for your sons’ clothing and linen. The iron on labels are coming off in the wash so laundry is not identifiable. Unclaimed/unidentified laundry will end up being sold in the thrift shop.

Thank you for your understanding.

Mrs. Louise Van Rooyen

lvanrooyen@falconcollege.com

Dear Parents,

I trust that you are enjoying your time with your sons.

Please be reminded that no boys will be allowed to return to the College without a Clearance Certificate issued by either Falcon College or Tetrad. Payment can be made at the Harare or Bulawayo offices or at the College itself as well as at Tetrad. Representatives from Tetrad will be at the Gym from 7 am on Sunday 5^th May 2013.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

Kind regards

Mrs. A. Widdop

Financial Manager

Dear Parents,

Joy Wicks has asked me to advise you of the following:

IN STOCK:

Hockey shirts, hockey and rugby socks.

FROM 12^TH APRIL:

White and navy rugby jerseys will be available.

FROM 29^th APRIL:

Joy Wicks will be on leave until the end of May, after this time

You can use Glen Abbey who are fully stocked with Falcon

Clothing.

Joy’s cell no. is 0772347160.

 Sue Hawthorne

Ice Age – Last week the Bulawayo public and a large number of falcon boys had the opportunity to watch Falcon’s latest dramatic production – the musical, Ice Age – performed at the Bulawayo Theatre. With a cast and crew of over 60, a thoroughly entertaining show was enjoyed by those who attended. The costumes, as always, were magnificent and the music and acting was very good. The schoolboy band, for all their inexperience, coped very well on the big occasion. Overall it was an excellent learning curve for cast, crew and the band and they obviously benefitted hugely from the experience.

The production team, particularly Cecile and Jan Ferreira, are to be thanked most sincerely for their input. Such a production takes a huge amount of time and effort and they managed it very well.

C...

CATERING – FOUNDERS DAY

 Bacon and egg rolls, chicken burgers, steak rolls, water, canned drinks and energy drinks will be on sale – proceeds to go to the Martial Cripps Trust. Please support this initiative.

Visit of Educational Psychologist

Mrs Lyn McElvaine, an Educational Psychologist from Harare, will be visiting Falcon from 18  - 22 March. Mrs McElvaine conducts testing for boys with learning difficulties to ascertain whether they are eligible for special consideration, such as extra time, in the public exams. Please note that Mrs McElvaine simply makes a recommendation. The final decision rests with the Cambridge Examining Board. Testing takes approximately two hours and after the tests, Mrs McElvaine would like an hour long interview with parents to discuss her findings...

The third fixture free is upon us already –  l am not sure where the days have gone! Much has been achieved through the term and there is still a lot left to do before the holidays.

Please do not ask for boys to be taken out of school early. It has been a short term and we will need all boys at school right to the end.

This week the Form One boys sat their grading tests. We will not move boys until the beginning of the second term as it is too disruptive for them to move at this stage.

The Form One Adventure Course is  ’out in the field’, as l write this. The boys undertake a variety of activities such as: mountain climbing, orienteering, first aid, confidence and team building, bush cooking, knots, tracking, bush craft, camping and swimming pool challenges.

We have David Cam...

The most important news this week is that we have had to move “Founders Day” from Saturday 16^th  to Sunday 17^th March. After consultation with the Regional Director and the Chairman of the Board,  it has been decided that we need to give everyone the opportunity to vote in the upcoming Referendum. Moving the event is the least disruptive change that we could make. I hope that this  does not disrupt too many plans.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at our Inter-House Relays Athletics meeting this Saturday  - 8.30am start: and  the Inter-Schools’ Relays Athletics meeting at CBC on Wednesday 6^th March –  1pm start .

Our Adventure Racing Club went to Domboshawa last weekend and took part in the Mountain Bike Selection race for the first time...

Dear Parents,

Please be advised that Cambridge exam fees for those students who are writing exams will now be debited directly to your son’s account via disbursements. These will be payable as soon as your statement is received. Please ensure that these are paid as soon as possible as funds will need to be remitted to Cambridge by the College. All payments need to be made into the following bank account as Falcon College Trust no longer banks with Stanbic Bank.

Kingdom Bank

Bambanani Branch

Bulawayo

Branch number: 12333

Account Name: Falcon College Trust

Account number: 33150369

Swift code: KFISZWHA.

Yours sincerely,

Ashley Widdop (Mrs.)

Finance Manager

Falcon College

Esigodini

Email: awiddop@falconcollege.com

Tel: 0778731100