Weekly Round-Up
The College will be a very busy place during the holidays with our Grade 12 Winter School and Annie rehearsals spread out over the next month. We are pleased to announce that ticket bookings for Annie will soon be available through Computicket. More information will follow shortly. This production promises to be highly entertaining and yet another highlight on the Parklands calendar.
May was the month for Dance Eisteddfods and I want to pay tribute to Sylvia Stander and Simone Nieuwoudt who spent many hours preparing our dancers and many hours supporting them at the Eisteddfods. They can indeed feel very proud of the excellent results achieved by all our dancers.
The Matric Ball takes place on the first Friday of next quarter. Parents and learners from all grades are invited to watch our Matrics walk down the red carpet as they arrive for pre-drinks at the College hall between 17:30 and 18:30. See you there!
The last weekly round-up for this quarter will go out next Friday, 9 June.
Academics and related – A Bailly (Associate Principal: Academics)
The Academic Programme for Grade 12 (Winter School) will start on Thursday 10 June until Tuesday 15 June 2010. We urge each learner to attend these lessons. They must also ensure they have a study and revision programme in place for the June/July holidays in order to prepare well for their Preliminary Examinations, which will commence on Saturday the 11 September 2010.
2010 WINTER SCHOOL GRADE 12
Date and Time Subject and work to be covered
Thursday 10 June
- 8h00 – 11h00 – Afrikaans FAL Third Genre for Final Oral Moderation Geography Research Project
- 12h00 – 14h00 – Accounting
- 12h00 – 15h00 – Information Technology
Friday 11 June
- 8h30 – 13h00 – History/ Accounting
- 8h30 – 13h00 – APMATHS
Monday 14 June
- 8h00 – 12h00 – AP MATHEMATICS EXAMINATION (3hrs)
- 9h00 – 11h00 – Economics Economic Development, General Economic Development Policies, SA’s Past Development Policies, North-South Debate
- 12h00 – 15h00 – Physical Sciences CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM
Tuesday 15 June
- 9h00 – 12h00 – Economics – SA’s Industrial and Regional Development Policy, Import Substitution and Export Promotion, Reasons for Protectionism, Free Trade Agreements
- 12h30 – 15h30 – Mathematics (Mr Du Preez/ Mr Loseby and Mr Joubert)
Associate Principal: Learner Affairs – Stephen Le Feuvre
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements must go to:
- Those who competed and won their sections at the Finals of the Modern and Tap Eisteddfod 2010:
- Kayla Bosman won the 15-16 yrs own choice solo section.
- Celina Gruber won the 9-10 yrs Pre-Am modern set solo
- Jessica Hawthorn won the 9-10 yrs Pre-Am tap set solo
- Sean Hegarty as he travels to Pietermaritzburg to represent Western Province at the U/13 Inter-provincial Tennis Tournament.
Learner Profile: Elllie Clews
We can be very proud of the initiative taken by Ellie Clews, one of our Grade 9 learners. Ellie was selected as a member of our 1st Netball Team earlier this year and she decided to start a Parklands Action Netball Team in order to afford the girls the opportunity to play more netball at a higher level. This team, consisting of girls ranging from U/15 to U/18 can be seen competing against other senior netball teams at the Montague Gardens Indoor Netball Centre on a Wednesday night. This young team have managed to win through to the final stage of this competition and we congratulate them and wish them all the best for the finals on Wednesday night.
Important announcements
The Kilimanjaro Expedition
We would like to remind all parents that we will be having an information morning on Saturday the 5th June at 12:00, during our Open Day, for those learners and their families who are interested in joining us on our epic quest to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro and tour the Ngorongoro Crater. Thomas Schrick from African Outdoor Adventures, the company we have engaged to run the expedition, will do a presentation highlighting all the relevant details of the proposed adventure. Even if you are just mildly curious we encourage you to join us for the presentation.
Sporting Achievement Talk
Laurie Ward from The Complete Cricketer Academy in conjunction with Parklands College will be hosting a talk by Mary Ann Dove (B.Sc (Med) (Hons) Sports Science – UCT) on sporting achievement through mental skills coaching. The aim is not just to focus on the elite sports person but rather to provide sporting participants with the skills to make sport a positive experience for all those wanting to achieve their own level of excellence. The following key topics will be covered:
- Sport and psychological development
- Motivation
- Effective ways of looking at success and failure
- The role of the adult in youth sport
- Guidelines for positive sport
The aforementioned workshop will be free of charge and is scheduled to take place at the beginning of next quarter. We will send you more information in due course.
8-a-side Girls’ Soccer Tournament
Our Girls’ Soccer Team will be participating in an 8-a-side Tournament to be held at Oude Molen on Thursday 10 June 2010. The girls are asked to meet at Parklands at 7:15 as the Tournament starts at 8:30. We will be back by 14:00.
We wish these committed competitors all the best.
Staff news
Happy birthday to Sue McIntosh on 8 June, Stephen Le Feuvre on 10 June and Ancia Vosloo on 11 June 2010.
I trust that you are all starting to feel the World Cup spirit now as “it is here!”
