

Since 1961
Walvis Bay Private School
Year Planner
1ST SEMESTER 2023
18 Jan – Gr R – 12 Parent evening @18h00 (Nantie van Aswegen guest speaker)
23 Jan – Gr R - 12 Parent evening @18h00 (Parents meet the staff)
24 Jan - Inauguration of Netball courts @ 10h00/Sport coaches and managers meeting @ 17h00 in Tom Swemmer Hall
25 Jan – Orators course @17h00
26 Jan – Big Brag + Watermelon Festival
27 Jan – House Athletics starts @ 13h00
28 Jan – House Athletics starts @ 08h00
30 Jan – Book Fair (Staff room)
31 Jan – Book Fair
1 Feb – Gr 11 Camp/Book Fair/All books covered
2 Feb – Gr 11 Camp/Gr 1 food sale/Book Fair
3 Feb – Gr 11 Camp/Gr 1 Anchor ceremony and new primary phase learners/Book Fair
7 Feb – Guppy concert (learners)
8 Feb – Guppy Concert (parents)
9 Feb – Training reporters - Orakel
10 Feb – Grade 8 Anchor ceremony and new secondary phase learners ATKV due date for entries/Afr Senior Olimpiade/NSSR Workshop/NAPSO Athletics Moria
11 Feb – NAPSO Athletics Moria/NSSR AGM
14 Feb – Test series 1 start/Valentine’s day/Gr 7 Valentine's food sale
15 Feb – Closing date Senior olympiad
16 Feb – Academic Awards evening (Grade 1 - 12 of 2022 academic year)
17 Feb – ATKV closing date/Orators entries
24 Feb – NAPSO Athletics Pro-Ed
25 Feb – NAPSO Athletics Pro-Ed/Hokkie Duineveld @ Naartjie Park
1 Mar – Mr & Mrs WBPS/Gr 2 food sale
2 Mar – PVATN
3 Mar – NAPSO Subject meetings /PVATN/Erongo Boards Trophy
4 Mar – NAPSO Subject meetings /PVATN/Erongo Boards Trophy
10 Mar – NAPSO National athletics Keetmanshoop
11 Mar – NAPSO National athletics Keetmanshoop
13 Mar – Examination Gr 11 AS & Gr 12 OL + AS
15 Mar – Gr 1 eye tests
16 Mar – Gr 1 eye tests
17 Mar – Gr 3 outing/Hennie de Waal
18 Mar – Hennie de Waal
21 Mar – Independence Day
24 Mar – Exams end / Test series 1 end
27 Mar – Desert Sport Festival
28 Mar – Desert Sport Festival
29 Mar – Desert Sport Festival
30 Mar – Desert Sport Festival
31 Mar – Desert Sport Festival
1 Apr – Desert Sport Festival
3 Apr – Mid-term Break
4 Apr – Mid-term Break
5 Apr – Mid-term Break
6 Apr – Mid-term Break
7 Apr – Mid-term Break/Good Friday
10 Apr – Mid-term Break/Easter Monday
11 Apr – School starts teachers & learners
12 Apr – SPCA Fund raising
14 Apr – Gr 2 outing/Erongo Regional Trials
15 Apr – Erongo Regional Trials
19 Apr – Gr R recruitment evening
20 Apr – Gr 1 recruitment evening
21 Apr – Athletics Nationals/NSSU
22 Apr – Athletics Nationals/NSSU
24 Apr – Gr 1 – 12 Parents evening
27 Apr – Gr 3 food sale
28 Apr – Gr 4 outing/National Rugby Trials
29 Apr – National Rugby Trials
1 May – Workers’ Day
3 May – NAPSO Winter Sport Private Schools @ Naartjie Park
4 May – NAPSO Winter Sport Private Schools @ Naartjie Park
5 May – NAPSO Winter Sport Private Schools @ Naartjie Park
6 May – NAPSO Winter Sport Private Schools @ Naartjie Park
9 May – Gr R food sale
16 May – Senior Olympiad Examination
17 May – Senior Olympiad Examination
18 May – Ascension Day/Senior Olympiad Examination
19 May – School holiday
20 May – Rugby Round 1
22 May – Examination starts for Grade 4 – 12
24 May – Junior Olympiad closes
25 May – Africa Day/ATKV Orators
7 Jun – Examination ends/School closes for learners
9 Jun – Prefect Camp
10 Jun – Prefect Camp
11 Jun – Prefect Camp
14 Jun – School closes for teachers
2ND SEMESTER
Monday, 10 July – School starts for teachers
Tuesday, 11 July – School starts for learners
MID-TERM BREAK
25 Sep –29 Sep
5 Oct – International Teachers’ Day
1 Dec – School closes for learners
8 Dec – School closes for teachers