Your child’s year at RVS

Summer, terms 1 and 4

07:30 to 12:15

Winter, terms 2 and 3

08:00 to 12:45

In the first two weeks of the year, the school day is 07:30 to 11:00.

1. Term 114 January to 27 March
2. Term 28 April to 26 June
3. Term 321 July to 23 September
4. Term 46 October to 11 December

Download the calendar file

Grade R fees are paid every term in advance.

Amount per term: confirm with the office.

The banking details are in the front of the homework book. Send your proof of payment to admin@rvs.co.za.

Parents who cannot afford the full amount can speak to the office in confidence about exemption.

Buy the compulsory stationery pack from the secretary. Everything must be at school on the first day.

The clothing bank sells school clothing at cost, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 13:30 to 14:30. Buy socks, shoes and school jerseys elsewhere. Mark every item with your child’s name.

All messages, circulars and notices come through the d6 School Communicator app. Download it and add RVS with the cellphone number or email address the school has for you.

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• Certified copy of your child’s full birth certificate
• Copy of your child’s immunisation card (the Road to Health booklet)
• Certified copies of both parents’ or guardians’ identity documents
• Proof of residential address, not older than three months
• Your child’s latest school report, for Grade 1 to 3

• Download the d6 app and add RVS.
• Visit the school with your child.
• Buy and mark the school clothes and stationery.
• Move bedtime towards the school routine a few weeks ahead.
• Practise opening the lunch box and bottle without help.
• Agree together on a short way to say goodbye.

• Sign the homework book and any circular every day.
• Let the school know before 09:00 if your child is ill.
• Come to the information evening in the hall at the start of the year.

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