From the Headteacher

25 September 2020 Dear Parents Here is an update of developments at Chisi Junior and a slightly hopeful anticipation of what we may expect later on. The online education has progressed successfully, with a far greater proportion of the girls now participating in all that is offered each week. ...

16 September 2020 Dear Parents and Girls The Ministry of Education has given permission for pupils in Grade 7 to return to school on 28 September to prepare for the Zimsec exams. Our school has been granted permission for pupils to come to the school next week to be trained ...

10 September 2020 Dear Parents Return to school for Grade 7 s. Cabinet, and subsequently the Ministry, have set the return dates for exam classes to return to school. In our case, that is Monday 28 September for Grade 7 s who will be writing the ZIMSEC exams ...

3 August 2020 Dear Parents In this circular I shall discuss the Parents Survey, but first I think that the time has now arrived to clearly remind Parents of the School Protocols in the event of an actual or suspected Covid-19 case in your family. Even though your daughter is ...

29 July 2020 Circular to all Parents I much look forward to sending you a letter in the near future to inform you of the outcome of our Parents Questionnaire. The staff have discussed this and other matters to guide us further as we tackle the year. For ...

29 July 2020 Dear Grade 7 Parents This letter concerns the Trust Senior Schools Common Assessment Paper, which has now been cancelled. The attached letter from our CEO and also the CHISZ Chairman answer some of your questions. So far as Chisipite Junior School is concerned, here is our position.

22 July 2020 Dear Parents Following the President s address last evening here are the bare bones arrangements for the resumption of lessons:

29 June 2020 Dear Parents The teachers have asked that all books are brought back on Friday 3 July, when the final set of work up to Thursday is handed in, prior to a break of three weeks. There are some variances - such as with our Gd. 7 ...

30 April 2020 Dear Parents. You are receiving a plethora of circular letters at the moment, but there is much going on and a lot that you want to know. All will be revealed. The staff Google Classroom courses are continuing, along with our various ...

23 April 2020 Dear Parents It is pretty unusual for a circular to be sent out during the school holidays, but we all understand the circumstances which leave us with many uncertainties. None of us would relish having to make the national decisions which are the result of ...

20 March 2020 Dear Parents I am quite unable to write my Parents Circular quickly enough to keep up with the changing circumstance. However, you will want to know the latest situation. We understand that all schools are to close on Tuesday 24 March. This has ...

18 March 2020 This circular is a continuation and update to that of last week concerning the school’s response the Covid-19 pandemic. Judging from our attendances our pupils are in good health and we do not intend to respond precipitously to the confirmation of infections within Zimbabwe. We ...

17 January 2020 Dear Parents Welcome back to the start of a new grade for your daughters at Chisipite. Nearly a hundred girls are here for the first time, and a special greeting to them and their parents. The big news for the school is the opening ...

13 November 2019 Dear Parents I would like firstly to thank those who have responded so promptly and kindly to our request for page sponsorship of the magazine. This has supplemented both a significant sponsorship which was donated to secure this year s edition, and also the final ...

3 October 2019 Dear Parents Here are a few more notes for you to help keep in touch with the school, and also the season. To start with, we are approaching the start of the rainy season - we hope - and with that will come the danger of ...

20 September 2019 Dear Parents By now you have received both the school calendar and the activities list, and your active and enthusiastic daughters are keeping us busy. On Wednesday, there were well over two hundred girls for lunch. They were fed a roast with potatoes and ...

21 August 2019 Dear Parents The usual end of term circular is being brought forward a little, as I shall be away after Monday. The school will close as specified, at break time (10:30am) on Thursday 8 August. Please do make collection arrangements for ...

30 May 2019 Dear Parents Here is a continuation of my last circular, with particular regard to the terms activities. There has been some excellent sport already, especially from our hockey and basketball seniors. Yesterday I watched some our little girls - hordes of them - playing ...

28 May 2019 Dear Parents Following is a mainly factual circular letter. I am sure that you have noticed, and we hope admired, the three building projects which occupied us during the school holiday period. Firstly, was the ...

9 April 2019 This term has been marked by strong support from Parents as we have persevered through a few months of unexpected and demanding events. The high proportion of attendance at the early year fees meeting, the 100% support for the Board proposals, and the sense of ...

29 March 2019 Dear Parents. While there are no pressing matters for me to discuss with you at the moment, there are several aspects of the school which you may find interesting, and a few things that need to be said. Our main inter house events ...

11 January 2019 Dear Parents The start of 2019 has brought in the usual crop of bright-eyed enthusiasts, all clearly well prepared for the new year. We have had a good initial attendance allowing a strong start, and a remarkably smooth move up a grade for each class. Apart ...

3 December 2018 Dear Parents The frenetic year end is gradually coming to a close, following the two Prize Givings last week. Thank you all for your support of your daughters, and I am sure that you thoroughly enjoyed the girls’ performances after the ceremonies, too. There ...

31 October 2018 Thank you for your kind support of our last two collections. The colouring competition for the SPCA had 173 participants raising $865.00 plus some family donations which were in sealed envelopes. The other was the school box project for which individuals ...

14 September 2018 Dear Parents 1. You should have received an email letter to all ATS school parents, from Tim Middleton who is the CEO of the Association. You may have read ...

6 September 2018 Dear Parents Even with the school opening a week early, you didn t see the trees at their best. The Lucky Bean, Msasa, Fernandoa and Tabebuia trees were all looking startling, and this is a lovely season (each always seems better than the last - lucky ...

26 July 2018 Dear Parents Yesterday morning our combined Grade 6 classes completed their personal and group projects to raise money in support of the Zambezi Society by staging an excellent assembly on the occasion of presenting the money which they have raised.

18 June 2018 Dear Parents Although this revised calendar for the end of term is subject to change, we do need a bit of structure which to plan.

14 May 2018 Dear Parents Welcome back for our winter term. Although the days are short, the term is quite long so we shall need to pace things a little. So far you should have received the school calendar, and the afternoon activities timetable. Among the ...

11 May 2018 This circular concerns the high prevalence of cervical cancer worldwide, and particularly in Zimbabwe where it is the greatest source of cancer in women. The cause is HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) which affects both men and women in various ways, but is a particular danger ...

8 February 2018 The year so far is going well, with efforts being mainly taken up with getting to grips with the new grade, the new class and the new expectations. It s a great pleasure to watch the pupils respond, and although it s most noticeable ...

11 January 2018 Dear Parents We know that the year has started when the keen cross country runners can be heard on the school course first thing in the morning. Parents are welcome to run as well, and do. In every other way too this has been ...

14 September 2017 Dear Parents From being a slightly frenetic building site in cool weather to a vibrant school in the heat, seems to have taken us just a day or two. It s marvellous to have ...

12 May 2017 Dear Parents Cooler weather is here, along with a distinctly winter term atmosphere about the school with different sports, exams and plays, pressure to push through the syllabus, and so on. It has been a delight to have the girls back and all is going ...

13 October 2016 Dear Parents I am bringing my usual pre-exeat circular letter to Parents forward a little, because I would like to inform you all about theft from a parked car during Friday lunch time.

16 September 2016 Dear Parents You have already received both the afternoon activities timetable, and the term calendar. If not, copies will be available from the office. If you have had time to wander around the school, you may notice the enormous amount of refurbishment ...

24 May 2016 SAY NO SO THEY KNOW A mother was going out for tea with a friend, accompanied by her young child. As she was keen to assure her friend that she was a good parent, she sat down with her child beforehand and reminded him how ...

21 March 2016 Dear Parents The brevity of this term has created its difficulties, both curriculum within the classes and in terms of accommodating first term events and functions within the school as a whole. The next two terms are particularly long, so the children s syllabus will ...

22 January 2016 This year we are continuing to take advantage of the availability of screening for both hearing and sight. The reason that we intend to test hearing of the Grade 2 children - who were screened last year - is that small children s middle ears ...

13 January 2016 How very nice to see you all back, following a somewhat sunny festive period and a well-deserved break for everyone. Chisipite is opening 2016 with slightly higher enrolment figures than those with which we ended last year. A particular welcome to our new ...

25 September 2015 There have been some changes to our extra-mural (afternoon) timetable and term calendar. Firstly, the SPCA Dog Show was cancelled, a little too late to delete it from our calendar. I neglected to inform parents, so while it is gratifying that someone read my circular ...

11 September 2015 Welcome back to the term, with its (at the moment) perfect weather, many activities and functions to look forward to, and a plethora of circulars as we prepare for a significant third term. The grade 7s face important exams, preparation for Form 1 and the ...

6 August 2015 Having reached the end of a somewhat long and demanding term complicated by rounds of persistent flu, we can look forward to the school holidays with their easier mornings, recovering children and possibly some family time away. Our academic, sport and cultural life has been ...

19 May 2015 Dear Parents, This is the term during which the teachers will cover a substantial portion of the grade syllabus, the next few months being marked also by mid-year exams, various plays and an active sport and cultural activities programme....

2 December 2014 Today marks the end of our remarkable 2014, albeit a few days sooner than we had anticipated. The many and complex year-end events have, I think emphasised what competent children we are lucky to have...

14 October 2014 Although this is the exeat circular letter, it is also the first one of the term. I note that no-one seems to have particularly missed the usual first weeks offering, but this effort may be a little longer than usual as a result.

22 May 2014 The most obvious recent development at the school is the extending of the hall, with considerable improvements and updating of facilities. At the moment the frames are being installed with UV protected strengthened glass which is over 6mm thick. The floor is being laid, electrics ...

16 May 2014 At the start of each term I send you an opening circular, generally subsequent to the term calendar and afternoon activities list. While I doubt that anyone has ever awaited its arrival with bated breath, I do try to give parents an idea of the ...