Welcome to Bishops Prep!
Dear Parents
A very special welcome to your family as your son enters Grade 3. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if any of this is not clear.
The transition to Grade 3 does involve a number of changes: uniform, competitive sport, length of day etc. We try to anticipate all these changes and inform you in advance but please feel free to ask the teachers for assistance if required.
For uniform purchases, the School Shop, based at Bishops College will be closed from 14/12/2024 and will open again on 6/1/2025. Please click on the School shop button below for their location and normal opening times.
The 2nd Hand Uniform Shop based at the Prep School will be closed from 2/12/2024 and will open on 13/1/2025 & 14/1/2025, from 10h00-11h00 (school opens on 15 January), thereafter on Mondays 12h15 - 14h00 and Thursdays 07H30 - 08h30. They will also be open on Monday 2 December from 17h30, one hour before the Grade 3 2025 Parent Induction taking place in Jagger Hall. The Second Shop is run by parent volunteers. Should you need further assistance, please WhatsApp either Elsabe Hartog 0828831456 or Jessica Van De Ghinste 0823206123.
For further details on the Second Hand Shop and the School Shop, please click on the "School Shops" button below.
Every Thursday afternoon the Prep Weekly Update will be sent, via email to you. It will contain all the information regarding extra-murals and events for the next week. It is imperative that this is thoroughly read and important dates or events noted. This supersedes the calendar and all changes from that will be highlighted in the Update. News and general information updates will also be included.
Please note, a cocktail party for all Grade 3 parents will be held in the grounds of the Headmaster’s house on Thursday, 23 January 2025 at 18h30.
We look forward to an exciting year with your son.
May you have a Blessed Christmas and a Peaceful and Happy 2025!
Yours sincerely
| LEANNE HAMMAN | CINDY ANSTEY | JOHN-PAUL DUDLEY |
| Grade 3 Teacher (Grade Head) | Grade 3 Teacher | Grade 3 Teacher |
| lhamman@bishops.org.za | canstey@bishops.org.za | jpdudley@bishops.org.za |
Grade 3 Information
SCHOOL Times
Monday - Thursday
| Drop Off: | From 07h10 |
| Start: | 07h30 |
| Finish: | 14h00 |
Friday
| Drop Off: | From 07h10 |
| Start: | 07h30 |
| Finish: | 12h55 |
DROPPING OFF & Collecting
Please drop and fetch in Duke road. Parents may walk their boys to the pedestrian gate. After school ends, boys will be walked to the pedestrian gate by their teachers to be met by their parents. If boys are late or if parents need to drop anything at school during the school day, they must make use of the main reception in Fir Road.
EARLY Leavers / LATE Returns
Boys are expected to arrive in time for the official start of term and to leave at the end. Permission will only be given in exceptional circumstances involving overseas travel, or a similar “long trip”, for an early departure or late return. Permission can only be given by the Headmaster. This is normally granted once while in Pre-Prep, and once at the Prep.
UNIFORM Requirements
- Khaki shorts and short or long-sleeved khaki shirts are worn throughout the year with a Bishops Prep Tie
- Grey shorts and white long-sleeved shirts (Number Ones) are required for the first and last day of each term, and for special occasions
- Blazers must be worn on Mondays and special occasions
- Black lace-up shoes and long grey socks are worn
- Caps are to be worn in summer and a rain jacket is required for the winter months
- A full school tracksuit may be worn over the uniform in the winter months
- A house t-shirt will be worn at all inter house activities
- Watches may be worn (No smart watches please)
- In summer boys will need a Bishops sports shirt and white shorts, rugby socks, white takkies, and the school cap
- Bishops bathing costumes, Bishops swim caps and towels will be needed
We also have a 2nd Hand Uniform Shop at the Prep campus which is open on Mondays from 13h00 to 14h30 and Thursdays from 07h30 to 08h30. The 2nd Hand Shop will close on 8 December 2023 and will re-open on 15 and 16 January from 10h00 to 12h00 (school opens on 17 January). It will then be open as usual on Mondays and Thursdays. Should you need further assistance, please WhatsApp either Elsabe Hartog 0828831456 or Jessica Van Der Ghinste 0823206123.
STATIONERY
Western Cape School Suppliers will deliver all stationery to school. Payment for your son’s stationery will be debited to your school account. There is no need for you to buy your son anything at the start of the year.
Books will be handed out in class. We make book covers in class and the teachers will cover the books with reusable covers in the first few weeks of the term.
Stationery will be sent home in the first week of school. Please mark all the stationery (even pencils, pencil crayons and koki’s) and return to the class teacher. Stationery is kept at school.
HOMEWORK Books
Homework books are the most essential part of the communication between you and ourselves. Please check and sign them every day. These will be handed out in the first week of the term.
BISHOPS Email
Email is Bishops’ preferred method of communication. Therefore, please keep us informed of any change to your email address.
Please read the following document to ensure your own personal settings are set up correctly to receive mail from us, without issue.
Bishops correspondence is only sent to parents. However you may choose to auto forward your mail to another person such as an au pair.
WEEKLY Update
Every Thursday afternoon the weekly update will be sent, via email to you. It will contain all the information regarding extra-murals and events for the next week. It is imperative that this is thoroughly read and important dates or events noted. This supersedes the calendar and all changes from that will be highlighted in this update. News and general information updates will also be included.
MUSIC
Bishops Prep Music Department offers tuition on a wide range of musical instruments. We have a staff complement of over 20 experienced part-time music teachers, alongside 3 full-time educators: namely Mrs Nikki Fyvie, Mrs Tina Sheard and Ms Sandee Clapperton. Mrs Kashiefa Kerven is our Music Department Administrator.
During the Grade 3 year, your son will attend two Class Music lessons per week. The first lesson will involve singing, movement and general music education. During the second lesson, your son will be introduced to some of the instruments on offer at the Prep. These include strings, brass and woodwind instruments.
Individual tuition is offered on the following instruments: piano, guitar, violin, viola, cello, harp, double bass, flute, clarinet, saxophone, oboe, bassoon, drumkit, percussion, voice, trombone, euphonium, trumpet, cornet and tuba.
Grade 3 boys will be auditioned in the Fourth Term for inclusion in the Choir from Grade 4. The Grade 3 year is crucial for gauging talent to set the boys up for their instrumental journey ahead.
In addition to the Choir, the Prep boasts a very successful ensemble programme: Junior and Senior String Ensembles, Brass Ensemble, Wind Band, Marimba Band, Guitar Ensemble and the Grade 7 Vocal Ensemble.
Bishops Prep is very proud of the institution that is our Wednesday Assembly Concerts. These concerts take place on most Wednesday mornings of the school calendar, affording Bishops music pupils the opportunity to perform for their peers, teachers and invited parents.
Should you have any queries pertaining to your son’s music at Bishops, please feel free to contact us at prepmusic@bishops.org.za.
NIKKI FYVIE (HOD)
SPORT
Gr 3 boys participate in u9 cricket, rugby, swimming, cross-country and hockey as extra-mural activities.
Jamie Southgate is the Sports Co-ordinator. Should you have any sports queries please feel to contact her at jsouthgate@bishops.org.za. Details of practice times and fixtures will be available via your son’s MyBishopsLife profile.
Judo and fencing are offered all year round at an additional cost.
Please find further details below:
ART Club
Art Club takes place in the art room after school. Sue Johns, our Art Teacher will send out an email at the beginning of the term with the relevant information.
HOT Lunches
We do not have a tuckshop at the Prep School, but hot lunch is served daily in the Prep dining room. Should you wish to register your son for this service, please take a look at the menu and then click on the blue button below to register:
Please give your son something nutritious/healthy to eat for the first break, even if you have put his name down for hot lunch, as it is a long day (something extra if he is playing sport).
Lunch boxes and juice bottles should be clearly marked.
Summer Menu Term 4 2024 + Term 1 2025
REGISTER for Hot Lunch
PARENT / TEACHER Meeting
An important Parent/Teacher meeting will be held in your son’s classroom in February. Parents are urged to make every effort to attend. The date will be advised to you in the newsletter. These are sent out every week.
MONEY at School
No money should be brought to school, but where it is unavoidable it should be handed to the class teacher.
HOUSES
All boys are allocated to a House. Details of what this entails for Grade 3 will be explained at the Grade Meeting.
SCHOOL Policies
All our school policies are available on our website. Please visit this page to familiarize yourself with them.
PARENTS’ Association
Each year an annual general meeting is held at which an executive committee of six is elected. Two further members may be co-opted onto the committee. The Parents’ Association Constitution is available on the Bishops website.
CHAPEL
Each term a Family Service is held in the Memorial Chapel at College. Family and friends are always welcome and when possible, our Bishop is invited to attend at least once per year. Our Chaplain, Father Monwabisi Peter, is available at any stage. Strict confidentiality is always observed. Our Youth Pastor teaches Divinity and is also responsible for the running of Christian Youth Groups.
CONTACT Details
| Headmaster | Greg Brown | headmaster@bishops.org.za |
| Deputy Headmaster Academics | Karen Dallas | kdallas@bishops.org.za |
| Deputy Headmaster Sport | Chris Groom | cgroom@bishops.org.za |
| Headmaster’s PA and Admissions | Alison Cunnold | acunnold@bishops.org.za |
| Reception | Renate Swartz | prep@bishops.org.za |
| 3B Form Teacher | Cindy Anstey | canstey@bishops.org.za |
| 3P Form Teacher | JP Dudley | jpdudley@bishops.org.za |
| 3S Form Teacher (Grade Head) | Leanne Hamman | lhamman@bishops.org.za |