Weekly Memo 23 July
Today we celebrated Founder’s Day in the College. Staff and learners alike were attired in blue and were treated to a special assembly in which Mrs Roth acquainted us with the Parklands College journey in terms of our history and the vision for the future. The monetary donations from this day will be handed over to the Red Cross Children’s Hospital.
Individual Achievements
Two of our Grade 3 learners, Chloe Govender and Micheala Bezer, choose to do 67 minutes of community service cleaning up the beach in front of the Dolphin Beach hotel on Mandela Day. In that short space of time they filled four garbage bags with predominantly plastic collected on the beach. Well done girls!
Georgia Gerber achieved well at a horse riding show, held at Cheval stables. In the U10 category, she won 1st place in the canter, 1st place in the trot and 2nd place for the best walk. This was the first show in which she has competed. This is a fantastic achievement, Georgia!
Luka September attended the Rising Stars Academy in the school holidays and received the award for the most valuable player. An excellent effort, Luka.
Selin Alp and Antonia da Mata successfully completed the Junior Biologist’s Course at the Two Oceans Aquarium during the holidays and received certificates for their efforts. Well done, girls.
Moonchang Liang and Damian Ewbank came first and second respectively in the recent Designer Golf Tournament. They received two beautiful trophies for their achievements. Congratulations, boys.
Erin Mukheibir participated in the WP Winter Short Course Championships where she achieved a silver medal in the 100m individual medley. Well done, Erin!
Zarah Linsson and Cecilia van der Walt received their Trinity examination certificates. Both these young musicians performed very well and we are very proud of them!
Kelly and Jenna Martin will be performing in “The Little Match Girl” on 5th & 6th August at the Bellville Civic Centre.
Sports Results
Soccer:
vs. Sea Mount
U9A: won 3-0 (Player of the day: Moonchang Liang)
U9B: won 3-1 (Player of the day: Blake Naude)
U10A vs CBC: Won 4 – 2. Coach advises that the whole team played so well that they all deserve a mention! The players are: Yong-Jun Park, Scott Moreau, Jasper van den Berg, Simeon September, Jarred McGinty, Daniel Stein, D’Angelo Savvas, Nicholas Hanel, Jared Schultz, Daniel Robinson and Nicolas Papavasilopoulos
U11A vs. Elkanah A: lost 1-0 (Player of the day: Tieg O’Sullivan)
U11B vs Elkanah B: lost 3-1 (Player of the day: Nicholas Levermore)
U12A vs CBC: win 12-0 (Player of the day: Aleco Savvas)
A special mention must be made this week of the fantastic improvement of our U12B team who played Elkanah B this week and drew 1-1 (Player of the day: Sheldon Reay)
Netball:
vs. Koos Sadie
U9: lost 1-0 (Player of the day: Megan Deghaye)
U10: won 9-0 (Player of the day: Phoebe Bogner)
U11: lost 7-0 (Player of the day: Zintle Mayaphi)
U12: won 7-6 (Player of the day: Tara Panton)
Sport matches
Hockey:
vs. Monte Vista
U10 Girls: lost 1-4 (Player of the day: Litha Chimusoro
U12 Girls: drew 0-0 (Player of the day: Elizabeth Marchese)
U11 Boys vs Edgemead: lost 5-3 (Player of the day: Aron Rosslee)
Culture
During our last two assemblies, members from the !Annie” cast have performed a few songs for us in order to whet our appetite. The staff and learners alike were overawed by the talent and professionalism of these young actors. We encourage you to purchase tickets for this outstanding show!
General
Erratum
Please be advised that there is only one public holiday (Women’s Day) this quarter and this is on Monday 9 August and not the 3 August. The other public holiday (Heritage Day) falls during the September holidays.
Harvard Day
All Harvard learners may wear civvies next Friday 30 July in order to celebrate winning the house point competition last quarter. Well done, Harvard!
Cake Sale
Grade 1 Louw hosted this week’s cake. We would like to thank the parents in this class for their contributions and especially to the following parents who were able to assist with the sale: Hazel Clampett; Tracey Dobkins; Teresa Fidler; Chris and Donna Mulhall and Jane Veitch
