From The Deputy Principal’s Desk

February 2017 Volume 1; Issue 16

Fourways High School

At the beginning of each Academic year, we tend to reflect on the previous year. The highlight is when we acknowledge the achievements of our students at our Annual Awards Ceremonies. A list of prize winners is published in this newsletter and it is worth reminding ourselves that the achievements of these young ladies and gentlemen is largely due to their individual continued hard work and commitment across the board. We know that teachers should share some of the credit, but we are happy to stand back and applaud these deserving students. There has already been a lot of publicity regarding our very gratifying matric results from 2016. We are particularly pleased with the significant increase in the Bachelor’s Pass rate as this has been a focus area for a few years. On Friday 24 February, Mrs de Bruyn attended the District Awards Ceremony held at Hoërskool Linden. We are very proud to announce that Fourways High School was announced as the 3rd placed school in the District behind Parktown Girls and Linden. We are therefore the Top Co-ed English Medium High School in Johannesburg North. Our current and past achievers have done us proud. Now we need to focus on maintaining or

improving our standards going forward. Good standards are not just about the requirements of the

curriculum, they are about shaping young people to think for themselves. In the words of Malcolm

Forbes, “Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”

WATER POLO St Peter's College hosts the annual Old Petrian's tournament every year for the top girl's waterpolo playing schools in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Our 1st team girls had the privilege of being invited to this prestigious event and of competing against some of the strongest waterpolo playing schools in the country. Fourways High girls did us proud by their level of determination and drive throughout the tournament and held their heads high after every game.

AWARDS CEREMONY

PREMIER AWARDS

Junior Culture Award for Girls: Tarryn Nieuwoudt Junior Culture Award for Boys: Andrew Bradfield Sportswoman of the year: Gr 8: Jenna Fiebiger Jenna Martins Gr 9: Tarryn Campbell Sportsman of the year: Gr 8: Dean Selesnick Gr 9: Joshua Flanagan

Ambassadors (Grade 8)

James Boogaard Tapo Mhango Catia Cawrse Brooklyn Miles Themba Dessena-Maggee Tristan Nel Jasmin Ferreira Connor Nery Jenna Fiebiger Parys Nkoke Jemma Frazer Yomelela Ntuli Kearin Green Morgan Peché Calvin Jean-Jacques Jonathan Pienaar Campbell Johnstone Thembeka Radebe Matthew Karam Mbali Rani Suzette Klingenberg Dean Selesnick Jason Lemon Connor Smit Mbali Mafuya Tanvi Sujanani Deryn Maier Jack Walther Jenna Martins Caylin Young Mollen Matsane

Ambassadors (Grade 9)

Andrew Bradfield Ulysses Makubika Tarryn Campbell Daniella Muir Caitlin Clark Joshna Narasoo Matthew Dinner Tarryn Nieuwoudt Joshua Flanagan Matteo Rakic Caleb John Henri Rousseau Aidan Johnson Jade Van Der Brugghen Dylan Kannemeyer Nicholas van Zijl Natasha Killassy Michelle Venables Renna Vogelzang

Esprit de Corps (Grade 9)

Declan Backos Broc Mills Kristen Crew Nina Ottesen Colbey Gerber Matthew Riley VCayla Gonçalves Caitlin Scott Chloe Greig

TOP 20—Grade 8

TOP 20—Grade 9

1. Tristan Nel

2. Tanvi Sujanani

3. Jonathan Pienaar

4. Parys Njoke

5. Deryn Maier

6. Jack Walther

7. Campbell Johnstone

8. Daniel Bezuidenhout

9. Samantha Kemp

10. Suzette Klingenberg

11. Mbali Rani

12. Yomelela Ntuli

13. Megan Morris

14. Saabiqah Khan

15. Jasmin Ferreira

16. Caylin Young

17. Mirellia Premchand

18. Caitlin Daniels

19. Basetsana Manaka

20. Joshua Devadasan

1. Renna Volgelzang

2. Natasha Killassy

3. Tarryn Nieuwoudt

4. Nina Ottesen

5. Gemma Young

6. Matteo Rakic

7. Aidan Johnson

8. Matt Aldous

9. Joshna Narasoo

10. Tristan Govender

11. Casey Wright

12. VCayla Goncalves

13. Caitlin Clark

14. Michelle Venables

15. Daniella Muir

16. Jenna Greenwood

17. Ethan Swanepoel

18. Iain Webb

19. Andrew Bradfield

20. Dylan Kannemeyer

AWARDS CEREMONY

STAFF—LONG SERVICE AWARDS

Mrs D Waspe—25 years Ms A Skillicorn—15 years Mr J De Wit—10 years Mrs J Borrill-Fombe—10 years Ms S Toohey—10 years Mr J Evans—10 years Mr R Meyer—5 years Mr B Vismer—5 years Mr E Grové—5years Mrs V Boateng—5 years Mr K Golding—5 years Mr J Ramphele—5 years

TOP 20—Grade 10

TOP 20—Grade 11

1. Ivan Low

2. Anna Kotschy

3. Eunbi Lee

4. Shania Richardson

5. Micaela Santangel

6. Sanam Maharaj Mojarad

7. Daniella Asher

8. Keyura Pather

9. Mashudu Nkosi

10. Gordon Mai

11. Sanam Bhoola

12. Tamarin Nel

13. Caleb Johnstone

14. Joely Woodward

15. Kelly Williams

16. Daniel Balev

17. Kirsten Chambers

18. Paige Andrew

19. Prenavan Murugan

20. Tayla Baron-Williamson

1. Rebecca Rosenbaum

2. Emma Fitzsimons

3. Tatenda Garande

4. Nhlanhla Simelane

5. Yashen Narasoo

6. Shannon Hill

7. Nhlanhla Mathye

8. Tameeka Rajoo

9. Sachin Naidoo

10. Sinead Elston

11. Tiaan Spies

12. Genevieve Rousseau

13. Reiley Walther

14. Darren Horwitz

15. Kelsi Chomse

16. Alexander Burford

17. Brittney Kotze

18. Faith Lindeque

19. Jade van Wyk

20. Michael Potgieter

Full Colours—Grade 10

Ivan Low

Anna Kotschy

Eunbi Lee

Shania Richardson

Micaela Santangelo

Sanam Maharaj Mojarad

Daniella Asher

Keyura Pather

Mashudu Nkosi

Gordon Mai

Sanam Bhoola

Full Colours—Grade 11

Rebecca Rosenbaum

Emma Fitzsimons

Tatenda Garande

Nhlanhla Simelane

Yashen Narasoo

Shannon Hill

Nhlanhla Mathye

Tameeka Rajoo

Sachin Naidoo

Sinead Elston

Tiaan Spies

Genevieve Rousseau

Reiley Walther

Darren Horwitz

SPORT

MIDMAR MILE (Tylor Andrew, Grade 12) On Friday 10 February 2017, a group of determined

and excited, most people would say mad, swimmers left for an awesome trip to Durban to

swim the Midmar Mile. Yes, that’s right, one mile in a dam, 1600 meters, or to put it in simpler terms,

64 lengths in a 25m pool. To many, it might seem

impossible, but not for us 36 swimmers. Bearing in mind that the majority of these swimmers had

never swum in a dam before, everyone finished, and all in under one hour.

We were accompanied by six great teachers, namely Mr and Mrs Clay; Mr Arndt; Ms Skillicorn;

Mrs Maritz and Ms Rykenberg, who all (other than Mrs Clay) braved the race and completed it with the

rest of us.

Mrs Clay, our “Mom”, was the photographer for the

weekend. Swimming the Midmar Mile was only one of the few things that we got up to over the

incredible weekend. We spent many hours on the beach, a whole day at Ushaka Marine World and

enjoyed free time at the South Coast Shopping Mall

and in our hotel rooms.

Well done to all the crazy swimmers—WE DID IT! It was definitely a weekend to remember and

absolutely recommend that it is done again.

District 10 Track & Field Championships

A small but excited team of athletes made history on Saturday as the first Fourways High team to

participate at the District 10 Track & Field

Championships. Introduced for the first time in 2017 some of these athletes participated in the

respective events for the very first time. Familiar faces were seen in the track events.

Nicholas van Zijl came 5th in the 1500m boys under 17 in a personal best of 4m35sec. Elena Renton

came fourth in the girls under 17 100m and 200m sprint events. New kids on the block, twin brother

and sister Gary and Jada van Staden, also made their presence felt as Gary came 4th in both the

800m boys U15 (2m19), and the 400m (59sec).

Jada, who actually specialises in the hurdles events, dominated her girls U15 400m race winning it in

57,4sec! Both Jada and Gary will still be under 15 in 2018 which makes their performances even more

outstanding.

Other notable performances include Sarah

Shabalala (3rd in U10 shotput), Dylan Middleton (2nd U19 javelin), Aeron Brombacher (2nd U15 long

jump, 3rd high jump), and Daniel Pieterse (3rd U17

shotput).

Fourways achieved nine medals and podium positions and showed that we will be a force to be

reckoned with in the years to come!

GENERAL

Teagan McGinley

Teagan has achieved great success in Eisteddfods, both nationally and regionally. She has been

involved in musical theatre and has sung at various

other charity and corporate events, most recently the GDE Grade 12 District Awards Ceremony.

Well done Teagan!

PUBLIC SPEAKING

The public speaking teams in grade 9 participated

in the Speech & Drama College's festival.

We obtained the following results:

Team 1: (Received an A) Parys Njoke Iman Ndlovu Kearin Green Thembeka Radebe Team 2: (Received a B ) Naledi Khumalo Ofentse Rakgogo Relebogile Malaza Mbali Rani Thanks to Mrs Opperman and Mrs Dros for

their involvement.

CHESS

The Junior Chess team won their game on the 16th of February 2017 against St Stithians A

team 4 ½ points to 3 ½ points.

The team consisted of: Tamiah Vather Lara Rutherford

Michelle Craig Reece Trivett

Outreach

7 February 2017—Items collected by our pupils and

staff for Woodrock Animal Shelter.

Grade 11 PUBLIC SPEAKING

Grade 11 Public Speaking group, consisting of two groups, attended a meeting in Crawdford High School,Sandton on Thursday 23rd February. The two groups involved were: Thuli Madumo, Carissa Rossouw, Keyura Pather and Kelly Williams Micaela Bayne, Ivan Low, Reuben De Kooker and Robyn Bayne Each group performed extremely well and received an A+ which is the highest mark that can be awarded. The two groups mesmerized the adjudicator and the audience with their speeches and overall performance. Well done to both groups who represented Fourways High and made us all extremely proud. Editorial provided by Mrs V Boateng

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