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English Olympiad
The English Olympiad is a competition that
draws around 8000 entries each year and
enriches students through the study of English
to encourage critical thinking and creative
writing. Student prizes include free tuition
scholarships for their first-year of any course
of study at Rhodes University along with cash
prizes. This year, Parklands College is proud to
announce that Romy Bogner placed 48th across
South Africa. Congratulations, Romy!
Parklands
Connoisseur
Kitchen
The Hospitality
Department
hosted a number
of restaurant
evenings over
the past quarter
with our Grade
10, 11 and 12
chefs and waitrons
impressing
everyone. A
highlight of this
year was the visit
by Chef Reuben
Riffel to our
kitchen on Derby
Day.
Mathematics Olympiad
Emile Tredoux took part in the Actuarial
Society South Africa (ASSA) Mathematics
Team Competition trials earlier thios
quarter and qualified to be part of the
Western Province Senior B team. This was
Emile’s first time competing as a senior
and we congratulate him on this incredible
achievement!
The ASSA South African Mathematics Team
Competition (previously known as the Inter
Provincial Mathematics Olympiad) was held on
10 September in Stellenbosch. The Western
Province A team won the senior division and
the B team placed 6th.
Science Expo at UCT
15 learners from Parklands College entered
the Cape Town Regional Science Expo: Kelly
Martin, Frank Smuts, Chelsea Botha, Simeon
September, Seth Vögler, Cecilia van der Walt,
Enzo Peres Afonso,Tara Pohl, Nina Rossouw,
Megan Büttgen, Stephan Cilliers, Amy van Wyk,
Adam Knoesen, Kye Jenkinson and Sarah
Stewart.
These fine young scientists competed against
the top scientists in our province over a period
of three days. The standard of their projects
was very high. Parklands College walked away
with:
4 gold medal winners: Chelsea Botha,
Seth Vögler (Best Energy project), Adam
Knoesen (Best Energy project) and Enzo Peres
Afonso (Best Senior Science project). All of
these learners were selected to enter the ISF
(International Science Fair) which will be taking
place in Johannesburg in October. This is an
enormous honour.
7 Bronze Medal Winners:
Stephan Cilliers, Frank Smuts, Kye Jenkinson
(SAM Prize Winner), Amy van Wyk, Simeon
September, Nina Rossouw and Sarah Stewart.
Parklands College Science Week
Science undeniably lies at the base of
mankind’s technological progress and will
continue to do so in the future. Science
however will also have to play an intrinsic role
in solving the huge problems that we face in the
21st Century. Hence, it is imperative that the
next generation, who currently sit in our classes,
are inspired to pursue careers in Science.
Parklands College’s Science Week is
designed to do just that by exposing learners
to the wonders of Science through fun
activities like chemistry, physics
and Food Science
demonstrations,
workshops on topics
beyond the syllabus
like Nuclear Physics
and Relativity, as well
as bringing in experts to
speak on their research
fields and the career
opportunities that
are available for
young people to
pursue.
Science is a
collaborative
venture and in
line with this
learners and
teachers from
other schools
were invited
to join us in
celebrating the
beauty and
wonder of Science.
We look forward to
more schools joining us for another exciting
programme next year.
Unicorn Awards
After studying their setwork novel, Coconut
by Kopano Matlwa, the Grade Tens had to write
their own poem or short story about ‘Being
South African’, dealing with their own South
African identity. They then had to create a 4
minute short film or motion-poem portraying
their poem or short story. Well done to the
Grade Tens on their amazing short films shown
at the Unicorn Awards Evening.
The winners for best overall movie were:
- 3rd place ‘South Africa has two faces’ by
Megan Conradie, Maria
Meletiadou, Tammy James, Troy Innes &
Alaia de Blanche.
- 2nd place ‘Broken Lights’ by Harley
Moriarty, Jamie Turnbull & Emilia Kostiris.
- 1st place ‘Other’ by Luke Cillie, Sarah
Stewart & Tamaryn Taylor.
Other awards were awarded to:
Best Actor: Ariel Katz for Reflection
Best Actress: Oluhle Zisile for The Battle
Best Comedy: Refections
Best Sound Track: Other
Best Sound Effects: Broken Lights
Best Original Script: Other by Sarah Stewart
Best South African Footage: South Africa
has Two Faces
Best Cinematography: Broken Lights
Best Editing: South Africa has Two Faces
Most Memorable Line: “Black.White.Other”
from Other
Best Director: Zöe Van Rooyen & Cecilia
van der Walt for xeNOphobia
Best Voice Over: Meritxell Cilliers for We are
South African
Best Creative Concept: The Flag
BOOK LAUNCH:
The Wild Olive Bowl
We were most excited to hear Mr Michael
King talk about his first novel, “The Wild Olive
Bowl”, on Thursday, 15 September. Mr King
has been a teacher for most of his life, but he
has also edited a number of journals, including
New Contrast and English Alive. He won the
Sir Roger Newdigate Prize for Poetry at Oxford,
and published a collection of poems called
“The Fool and other poems.” Please feel free
to contact reception at Sandown if you are
interested in obtaining a copy of his book.
World Robot Olympiad 2016
- South African National
Competition
Pride was running on an all time high this
weekend for Parklands College when our
Robotics teams were the recipients of two Gold
medals and one Bronze medal at the South
African World Robot Olympiad (WRO) held at
Tshwane University of Technology on
Saturday (10 September). The display of results
was a culmination of months of dedication and
perseverance.
The WRO is an annual global Robotics event
incorporating Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics (STEM) Education, that
comprises different categories of participation,
including the Robot Explorer, Open and Regular
categories in three different age groups, WRO
Football and an Advanced Robotics Category.
The overall themed competition for 2016 is
“RAP THE SCRAP”, which involved teams in
each of the specific categories building a robot
according to specifications, and programming it
to complete a specific task in a required amount
of time.
robotics