3 October 2022 This week has been punctuated by daily trips to the ZIMSEC
Head Offices, more specifically to a warehouse on the ZIMSEC
grounds. Alongside my fellow Headteachers, I have delivered
exams papers every day and will continue to do so until exams
finish. I have become fond of my daily ...
26 September 2022 This week has been busy, I feel more relaxed, as I get a little more settled. Today marks my 1 month anniversary in Zimbabwe. It s been a steep learning curve in all areas of life! I continue to feel that ChisiJ is a safe ...
16 September 2022 This has been a very busy, productive week! I have met with
many of the staff, including with Mrs Milner, our Sports
Director, Mrs Wall, our ICT teacher and Mrs Fowlds, our Music
Director. Also, I met Mr Greener, our Estate Manager, and Mrs
De Bruijn, who runs ...
12 September 2022 It s been a wonderful week! Thank-you for making me feel so
welcome. It was lovely seeing and meeting so many of you on
the roadside in the mornings and at pick up time. The staff have
been fabulous, we have had a few very positive strategic
meetings this ...
2 September 2022 Dear Parents,
Hello! I have relocated successfully and am very happy to be writing to you for the first time as the Headteacher of Chisi J. I m delighted to be here at last. I am filled with gratitude, excitement and a fair
amount of trepidation.
29 July 2022 A good place to start this circular is to thank our Grade six parents, who as last year s Grade fives, were not able to run the traditional Fountain Fives Fundraiser . They have collected money between themselves and added a most welcome amount ...
22 July 2022 We always know that the end of term is approaching when the usual afternoon activities programme starts changing. This week has seen the final inter-school matches, except for hockey against Springvale, and we have been most impressed by some very good sport played by our ...
29 April 2022 Dear Parents
I hope that you have all enjoyed the holiday break, and that those travelling did so successfully. Although my usual start of term circular will follow with the afternoon activities timetable next week, here are a few notes which should clarify some points.
4 March 2022 Dear Parents
Included in this circular is the calendar of events to the end of this term, which is naturally subject to change according to the progress of Covid and other exigencies. At the moment we are enjoying school life which is as close to normal ...
25 February 2022 Dear Grades 3 - 7 Parents
The new afternoon activities list closely follows our usual, pre-Covid programme. The interceding few years with widely variant teaching and limited non-academic activities leaves us in a position where it is difficult to simply pick up where we left off. ...
17 February 2022 Dear Parents
You should have received the new afternoon activities timetable yesterday by email. Your daughter is being given a hard copy today, with a few minor changes. The programme is essentially our normal one from Term 1 2020, modified to accommodate visiting coaches. This ...
11 February 2022 Dear Parents
We recently received our ZIMSEC Grade 7 results for 2021, these having been a particularly demanding set of exams. Firstly, we were dealing with the potential effect of pupils having spent much less than their usual time in class for the last two years, ...
1 February 2022 Circular letter to Parents, ECDA to Grade 7
I am sure that most of you are pretty ecstatic that schools re-open on Monday 7 February.
Here is a reminder that ALL GRADES 1 - 7 children should be on grounds by 7.30am latest (teachers will be in ...
18 January 2022 Dear Parents
Yesterday we started the academic year online, which following the extremely difficult but similar start in 2021, has been an entirely different kettle of fish. Helped by their experience and a very much more efficient internet system, the teachers are finding this to be ...
7 January 2022 Dear Parents
Following a letter of confirmation which we have just received, I am now able to give you more detailed timings of the plans for our opening of school on-line. The teaching and administrative staff have been busy with preparations, and will continue to do ...
6 January 2022 Dear Parents
I am sure that you and your families have enjoyed the year end break, and hope that the festivities went well. I can scarcely remember a more deserved holiday period. We were anticipating the opening of school on Monday 10 January 2022, but are ...
1 January 2022 After twenty-eight happy years at Chisipite Junior School, the incumbent Head has decided to retire during 2022. The Board of Governors is accordingly searching for an exceptional person to become the sixth Head in the school’s ninety-two-year history. Chisipite Junior is a Girls’ Day School ...
16 December 2021 Dear Parents
In the closing of 2022 amidst a rising fourth wave of Covid-19, I am pleased that we managed to have galas for all of the grades, and some form of final assembly and Prizegiving for each as well. The Grades 7 ss ...
2 December 2021 Dear Parents
You may be aware that some schools have closed because of Covid-19. We do not plan to do so at present, because there are no grounds to cause us to request such approval from the Ministries of Education and Health - these being part ...
10 November 2021 Dear Parents
2022 Term Dates
Following is the 2022 term calendar holiday dates as set by the Secretary for Education, and which ATS schools have undertaken to follow.
17 September 2021 Dear Parents
Here are a few notes to keep things running smoothly.
Portrait Photographs by Savannah Studios
Savannah Studios, Gregg Robinson, usually takes Portrait Photographs during the second term but on this occasion, they will be done on Monday 27 September for all children from Grades 1 to ...
15 September 2021 Dear Parents
Some of my previous circulars have commented on our frustrations at the curriculum and examination demands made on junior school children in general and our Grade 7 s in particular. During the time that we are trying to recover the deficit from our second ...
9 September 2021 Dear Parents
You may notice today, and tomorrow (Friday), that the Chisipite flag is flying at half-mast. This is a sign of respect for a past teacher Lynn Fuller who sadly passed away yesterday. She ran the ECD B department for some years, and ...
27 August 2021 Dear Parents
Celebratory circular letter to Parents.
We are pleased that the Ministry of Primary Secondary Education has now confirmed that pupils may return to school, so this letter will clarify many points in this regard. Also, we need to remind ourselves of the safety ...
20 August 2021 Dear Parents
At a Board meeting this week, the Parent Liaison members expressed the various concerns of many families. Perhaps the leading one relates to anticipated term dates and consequent dates of possible holiday periods. As before I can shed little light on these, other than ...
23 July 2021 Dear Parents and Staff
It is not usual to send the same circular letter to both teachers and parents, but I think that it is equally relevant on this occasion. Firstly, with the forthcoming public holidays of Heroes and Defence Forces days coming up on the ...
7 July 2021 Following our online lessons at the start of this year, we were able to give our pupils the absolute maximum of in-class teaching time which could have been managed under those conditions. We saw a surge in children s responses and catching up, so far ...
24 June 2021 Dear Parents
I am sure that you are by now aware that Cabinet has deferred the opening of schools by two weeks, with the possibility of this being extended according to developments with the Covid-19 third surge. In deciding our response to this development, the Chairman ...
3 June 2021 Dear Parents
With this term finally closing after a non-stop period of twenty-one weeks of punishing on-line teaching immediately followed by in-class education, we close for three weeks with a collective and heartfelt sigh of relief. Next term at Chisi. J. will be known as the ...
30 April 2021 Dear Parents
Firstly, a reminder that we will go into winter uniforms for Grades 1-3 this Monday, 3 May 2021. The rule of not mixing uniform still applies i.e. No tracksuits with uniform dress/pinafore. If wearing sports kit, then track shoes should be worn (not slip-ons) ...
30 April 2021 Dear Parents
Firstly, a reminder that we will go into winter uniforms this Monday, 3 May 2021. The rule of not mixing uniform still applies i.e. No tracksuits with uniform dress/ pinafore. If wearing sports kit, then track shoes should be worn (not slip-ons) and girls ...
21 April 2021 Dear Grade 7 Parents and Pupils,
It was great to meet your daughters last week for a brief view of the school. The Form One pupils particularly enjoyed talking about senior school life. We are aware that some girls were away and we will endeavour to ...
9 April 2021 Dear Parents
Winter Uniforms
We usually start wearing our Winter Uniforms in early May. They are warmer than our Summer kit and will be worn through the winter season. The date for the changeover will be Monday 3 May, so now is a good time ...
31 March 2021 Dear Grade 7 Parents
UPDATE to attached document (31 March) as of 10 April:
With respect to the Common Assessment Paper and applications for CHISZ Senior Schools, please note the following changes of First Choice Forms.
Senior Schools to contact parents with the ...
19 March 2021 As an ATS member, this school will respect the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education s directive that our request for a deviation to the calendar was not granted and will adhere to the revised school calendar issued by the Ministry.
12 March 2021 I am sure that you are now familiar with the widely publicised statement from the Permanent Secretary yesterday, concerning the 2021 school calendar. We are obviously deeply concerned and affected by this. The ATS will continue to engage with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary ...
11 March 2021 Following up from my previous circulars, and undoubtedly just ahead of my next, I thought you should know how we envisage next week running. We share your frustrations at the lack of clear direction, but we are all ready to respond fairly quickly to circumstances.
10 March 2021 With no further information or response to my letter to the Ministry of Education yet, we are still having our Grade 7 s back for the full morning on Monday, 15 March, with the rest of the school supposed to return on 22 March. The ...
8 March 2021 Dear Parents. We are very conscious that with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education s issuance of the revised term calendar for 2021 parents are very concerned about how these dates will apply to us, given that we have engaged in online learning since ...
5 March 2021 Dear Parents.
I am sure you are all excited about your daughters returning to school on Monday 9 November 2020. I would like to draw your attention to a number of important protocols which we will need to follow to ensure we have thought of ...
4 March 2021 You are likely to have seen or been informed of the return to school dates of 15 March 2021 for exam classes (Grade 7) and 22 March 2021 for the rest of the school. We think that these may be very possible but ...
2 March 2021 Dear Parents
Although some lockdown restrictions have been relaxed and schools are preparing to have students return, we are given our instructions by the Ministry of Education. We await this notification from the Ministry, and we will inform you as soon as we are able.
10 February 2021 Dear Parents
Here are a few notes for you, as we continue online and look forward to the short exeat. The Grade 7 ZIMSEC results have been published, and many of the candidates from last year were able to access their results online. I should comment ...
5 January 2021 Dear Parents
We ended 2021 with our pupils and staff in a generally good state of health, and having enjoyed a successful in class
outcome. I hope that you have all enjoyed your break; the Christmas season and New Year. Following these, our
original planned opening ...
2 December 2020 Dear Parents
This is the time of year when we look back on the triumphs and hopefully few failures of our school year, and try to sneak a look at what may lie ahead. This is usually partially done during the two Prizegivings, junior and ...
23 November 2020 Dear Parents.
End of 2020 holiday dates.
Further to my circular letter last week, and with the year end rapidly approaching, I don t think that our families can be expected to wait any longer for a school calendar.
20 November 2020 Dear Parents. By now we are quite used to the uncertainties and sudden changes which are caused by the vagaries of
the Covd-19 pandemic, and the frustrations which result.
9 November 2020 All Parents ECD A to Grade 7. We are prepared for your daughters to arrive back at school on Monday morning and are looking forward to it. Until all of the girls have relaxed in to school again, which won t ...