Weekly Round-Up 16 July
Welcome back to life before the World Cup! It has been a phenomenal time in our country’s history and a privilege for our learners to be part of the celebrations in many ways. Special congratulations must once again go to our Reporter’s Club who did us proud with all the coverage they received on television. Redi Direko from 702 managed to interview Itumeleng Mabusha and their World Cup movies can be viewed on web – ischoolafrica.com.
Looking ahead, we still have many highights on the school calendar to look forward to. Our formal matric ball takes place tonight and we would love to see many parents and learners lining the red carpet to see the matrics arrive in style, for pre-drinks in the College Hall. The matrics will start arriving at 17:30 and proceedings inside the hall, of which attendance is by invitation only, will commence at 18:45.
Parent-Teacher Meetings
An important reminder: Parent-Teacher Meetings will be taking place on Monday night from 17:30 to 19:30. As a result of the ongoing rehearsals for the Musical production, this will NOT take place in the hall as usual but rather in rooms 8, 30 and 31 (the Art and Dance Class rooms). Please will you take the time to come meet with us. We are keen to give you feedback on the progress of your child.
A lot of work has gone into this production and we would like to invite you all to come and enjoy this feel- good musical with your friends and family. Please support us by booking your tickets today through Computicket.
Staff news
Welcome to Mrs Tanya Manterfield who has joined our IT team for the rest of the year. Mrs Merlyn van der Rheede will be taking a sabbatical from the 1st August.
Associate Principal: Learner Affairs – Stephen Le Feuvre
The week ahead
Monday 19/7
- U/14 soccer practice match vs CBC (h)
- U/14 netball practice match vs CBC (h)
- Parent-Educator Meetings from 17:30 – 19:30
Tuesday 20/7
- U/14 Soccer vs Elkanah (h)
Wednesday 21/7
- U/19 Soccer vs Herzlia (a)
- Girls Soccer vs Elkanah (a)
Thursday 22/7
- All Netball vs de Grendel (a)
- U/16A Soccer vs Fairmont (a)
- Pienaar XI Soccer vs JG Meiring (a)
Friday 23/7
- Annie Musical Opening Night
Saturday 24/7
- Matinee Musical Production
- Musical Evening Production
- Rugby matches vs SACS (a)
This week we hosted 12 schools for an U/19 World Cup Soccer Tournament and participated in soccer tournaments and netball matches at other schools. Our Run/Walk Club started with Mr Frederick and a small group of very enthusiastic runners braved the cold and went out on the fields to try out a brand new programme. We would like to thank Mr Frederick for his initiative and invite learners to come and join him on a Wednesday afternoon. A special word of thanks to Mr April and the support staff for their help with readying the fields for our Soccer Tournament and to all our coaches for a wonderful start to the quarter.
Soccer
With the World Cup Soccer hype and the blazing vuvuzelas it is not surprising that school sport has been very focused on soccer during the past few months. Two of the Girls’ Soccer teams and the U/14, U/16 and U/19 boys all participated in soccer tournaments during the last few weeks. Our girls played at Oude Molen during the holidays and the junior team came 4th and the senior team achieved 7th position.
Our boys played at various venues on Wednesday and Thursday and the results are as follows:
- U/19 team reached the plate final and unfortunately play was suspended due to bad light
- U/16 team reached the semi finals and lost to the team that eventually won the tournament
- U/14 team beat Elkanah and then lost to Reddam who eventually won the tournament
Netball
Our Netball Girls travelled to Atlantis on Thursday. Congratulations to the U/19 team who remain unbeaten after their 19 – 7 win. Unfortunately both the U/14 and U/16 Girls lost this week (their first loss of the season).
Acknowledgements
Megan and Emma Wrensch took part in the dance Eistedfodd held in Bellville recently and achieved the following results:
Recent Internal Events
Despite the cold, wet weather, we have had an amazing start to the co-curricula programme. It was wonderful to see the soccer and netball girls on the practice fields and courts during the last few days of the holidays.
Emma Wrensch:
Hip-Hop Under 14 – Solo – Finalist
Modern Group (Age 17-19) – “Super Human” – Bronze medal
Modern Group (Age 17-19) – “African” – Silver medal
Modern Group (Age 17-19) – “Crows” – Gold medal
Hip-Hop Group (Under 14) – “Urban Venom” – Gold medal
Hip-Hop Group (Age 17 -19) – “Jump Up” – Gold medal
Megan Wrensch:
Hip-Hop Under 14 – Solo – Gold medal
Modern Group (Age 17-19) – “Super Human” – Bronze medal
Modern Group (Age 17-19) – “African” – Silver medal
Modern Group (Age 17-19) – “Crows” – Gold medal
Hip-Hop Group (Under 14) – “Urban Venom” – Gold medal
Hip-Hop Group (Age 17 -19) – “Jump Up” – Gold medal
Action Netball
We would like to congratulate Ellie Clews and her Indoor Netball Team who have been crowned winners of the First Ladies League that is played at Montague Gardens on a Wednesday night. We would like to pay special tribute to Ellie for organising and leading this team so successfully.
The team members include:
- Ellie Clews (captain)
- Michelle Smal
- Leigh Pietersen
- Krysia Gaweda
- Cailin Snyman
- Alexa Sowade
- Gabby Johnson
- Stephanie van Zyl
Swimming
Johnathan Wilmans recently competed in the Western Province Short Course Swimming Championships (12 – 13 year old age group) held during the school holidays. His achievements were as follows:
- Gold in the 200m Backstroke with a new record
- Silver in the 200m Butterfly, the 400m Freestyle and the 400m Individual Medley – all with new records
- Bronze in the 100m Backstroke and the 100m Butterfly.
- With the exception of the 100m Butterfly he was the top 12 yr old in each of his events
Golf
Renato Santo took part in quite a few golf tournaments this holiday with the Western Province Junior Golf
Foundation and placed in the top 10 in all of them. His best results were as follows:
- He won the Milnerton Junior Open in the B Division
- He tied 3rd at the Glacier Junior Series at Steenberg and the Westlake
Junior Open
- At the Parow Junior Open he tied 5th.
ABSA General Knowledge Quiz
In the annual ABSA General Knowledge Quiz Timothy de Wet obtained first place in grade 10 in the Western Cape with an average of 89.41%. He will be receiving R1 100 in prize money.
Thank you to Madame Bailly and her team for running a very successful Winter School. We trust that this has benefited our grade 12 learners in preparation for their matric examinations later this year.
I wish everyone a very successful Winter Quarter and to the Matrics, enjoy your evening!
