Quarter 4 Newsletter DECEMBER 2019

4 Award, which acknowledges a team that displays compassion, creativity, innovation, perseverance, enthusiasm, adaptability, collaboration and dedication. Congratulations to all the teams and the coaches. HIGH SCHOOL E-SPORTS LEAGUE Mr Dickson accompanied our experienced and accomplished gamers. Juanru Visser, Keagan Strydom, Jackie Pillay, Tom Hughes, Ryan Sparg, Katlego Ngobeni, Benny Zhu, Graedon Hawthorn, Chris Boshoff and Joshua Caradoc- Davies to Gauteng this quarter to participate in the National High School E-sports Championships. Both of our teams worked exceptionally hard, with Parklands CSGO managing to pick up a bronze medal and Parklands DOTA2 securing a silver medal in a very close final matchup. APPLE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARDS Parklands College has had finalists in this annual event for South African Schools for a number of years now and this year was no different. The Awards create the opportunity for learners and staff to showcase exciting and creative projects created on Apple Devices. The competition offers a variety of categories from Grade R to Matric, form curriculum linked projects, to creative artistic expression, coding and even photography. There were over 500 entries from over 50 schools across all provinces. We are very proud of all the entries, but particularly of the following winners: Reynard-Gray Smit - 2nd Place: Curriculum challenge Grade 0 – 3 (Teacher: Zoë Traut) Effect of hot air vs. cold air Abigail Neisius - 2nd Place: MySA 4 – 7 (Teacher: Emma Oxley-Simpson) Magical Keagan Strydom - 1st Place: Coding challenge 8 – 12 (Teacher: Marcèl Erasmus) STEM Motion Bianca Botha - 1st Place: Artistic Excellence Grade 10 – 12 (Teacher: Sylvia Stander) Molested Mind Christine Greig, Jana Grobbelaar & Juhi Sewchurran - 1st Place: Curriculum challenge Grade 10 – 12 (Teacher: Carike Cass & Rachel Manyathi) STREAM (iBook) Zarah Linssen & Jade Bremner - 2nd Place: Curriculum challenge Grade 10 – 12 (Teacher: Jolandi Gibson) Biological Brains: The Urinary System (iBook) Omar Abousheer & Juhi Sewchurran - 3rd Place: Curriculum challenge Grade 10 – 12 (Teacher: Jolandi Gibson) The Blight fight (iBook) FIRST LEGO LEAGUE ROBOTICS Two young teams entered the competition for the first time this year. Team Robo Sapiens (Léa Francke, Federico Cavallaro, Lora Shen, Nisema Dikeni, Nthawelanga Nhuku) and Team Creative Impulse (Ruby McCullouch, Alecandria Gwaidza, Ddohu Pannaye, Lesedi Mafojane) worked very hard, and won an award in the Core Values category for their teamwork. Unfortunately they didn’t qualify for Nationals this year, but they are already preparing for next year’s competition, so watch this space! APPLE DISTINGUISHED SCHOOLS CONFERENCE IN DUBAI Parklands College was one of 12 schools invited to attend and present their story at the first Middle East and Africa Apple Distinguished Schools Conference on 4 November 2019. There are 500 Apple Distinguished Schools Globally. In the EMEIA Region there are 117 schools across 17 countries. Paul Mayers presented the Parklands Story of Innovation as the final agenda item on the programme. We received many compliments for the work we are doing and made great contact with Apple Distinguished Schools in the Middle East. SPORT On behalf of the Sport Department I would like to thank all coaches, managers, educators and support staff for your commitment and dedication throughout the 2019 sporting calendar. A HUGE thank you to all the learners who attended practices and represented the College as ambassadors on and off the field. It has been an awesome year - from league matches to festivals hosted and attended, local tours and finally our first International tour to Ireland. An amazing family atmosphere on Derby Weekend, was a true testament to our constantly improving department. Enjoy a well-deserved break; get ready for 2020 for what promises to be bumper-packed programme for all our lovers of sport. #TEAMPARKLANDS Thanersen Pillay Head of Sport A few highlights from the past quarter … CRICKET During the September school holidays, the 1st team participated in the Oakhill T20 Festival in Knysna, along with Bishops, SACS, Wynberg Boys and Grey PE. Inclement weather played havoc with many of the fixtures; nevertheless, the team performed exceptionally well against these traditional cricket schools. A highlight was our win over Grey PE by 9 wickets on the last day! Special congratulations and huge respect to our captain, Darian Naidoo, who was selected for the u/17AWestern Province Cricket team. He will be participating in the National Cricket Week in Port Elizabeth from 11 – 15 December 2019. What an inspiration he is to every young cricketer at the College. CHESS Chris Boshoff, only in Grade 8, continues to excel in the Western Cape Chess competitions. His rating keeps improving and he was invited to attend the Western Province Chess training camp in September. He was fortunate enough to be trained by Fida Chess Master, Calvin Klaasen and International Chess Master, Watu Kobese. He has lead our chess team to many victories and we look forward to the growth of Chess in the year to come. SOFTBALL Congratulations to Tara Goliath and Jade Apsey who were selected for the Western Cape WCSA u/17 softball teams. Parklands College is the only school with two players selected for this team. The softball department of the College is going from strength to strength and we acknowledge all the managers and coaches for their commitment and dedication. TENNIS Congratulations to Ryan Baines, Ulrich Koch, Jaryd Visser, Micaella Korsten and Storm Pike who continue to fly the Parklands tennis flag high. They were all selected for the Cape Town Western Province Zonal tennis teams to participate in the Inter-zone Tournament.