Schools

Drum majorette training will start on Saturday 4th August 2018 from 11am to 1pm at Ferndale Grounds. Registration forms must be handed in latest Thursday. (Download Forms HERE) Fees are R100 per month and registration R50. See you all there.

SGB elections will take place today at Barracuda Primary at 2:00PM. People wanting to stand for elections or vote must be a parent, legal guardian and attend with green barcoded ID or smart card. Drivers licence IS NOT ACCEPTABLE on your communication.

The Community Outreach Committee of Barracuda Primary school recently held a pampering day for 50 of the Newlands East senior citizens on the 20th of June. The day was full of excitement with the pampering and entertainment the outreach children and the Aftercare girls from Barracuda school. See the pics …

This was our 3rd sports event and every year it seems to get better and better. A heartfelt thank you goes out to the ECD Forum, especially to our sport team. They have done an excellent job the team are Debbie Cherry who heads this department in the forum with …

ECD SPORTS 8 JUNE 2018 Newlands (ECD) Early Childhood Development Forum will be hosting their annual Sport Event. Our creche’s will be having our sports day on Friday 8th June commencing from 9am. Come and join us and have an enjoyable day with lots of laughs and fun. There will …

After 27 years as a Group Admin Manager at Mr. Price group, Lynette Smale Francis decided to follow her passion, which is children. She called a meeting with all creche owners, stake holders and DSD in the area back in 2015 with the idea to get all of the creches …

Meet Linda Sanssouci, a Lay counselor and crisis interventionist at both Hillview Secondary, N.E.S.S. as well as one primary school in the Newlands East community for the past six years. Linda also runs her own aftercare and homework classes at Barracuda primary school due to children’s safety after school, poor academic performances …

Knowledge is power, and books have the knowledge that lots of people in Newlands East may not have access to over the limited internet resources available in our community. Led by Ithemba Labantu, a NPO(Non-Profit Organisation) doing amazing work around the area, a drive to get books in for an established …

NECD (Newlands East Early Child Development) Crèche Forum held its first Sports Day last year on the 19 August 2016. Being a 1st in the area, it took a great deal of dedication, and hard work from all the Principals, Teachers and child minders of the Creche’s and play school’s …