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GIRLS HIGH TWITTEREdition 7: August 2013

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Dear Parents

A very wise man once said, Nothing will work unless you do,and I must say, we at Girls High have adopted that attitude andmoulded it to perfection.

This term has been an extremely busy one, with our main focusbeing on how to improve the academic results of ALL ourlearners not only those who are in danger of failing or thosewho need only a few extra marks to get a distinction. TutorHeads have had numerous interviews with learners and thelength of the list of learners who are attending extra classes inthe afternoon has surprised even us.

Those parents who attended the parents meeting will know now

how important it is for a learner to make the right subject choices that choosing Maths and Science is not necessarily a freepass into a university of your choice; that getting good marks inthe right subjects is imperative if a child wants to further herstudies at a university after school.

If there are any parents who were unable to discuss their childssubject choices or academic performance with the educators onparents day, they must please make an appointment to discussthe matter with those educators as soon as possible.

The test series for Grade 8-11 ended today and the feedbackfrom our learners is that they prefer tests to be written now. Itseems that most of the Grade 12 prelim papers thus far havebeen reasonable.

Thank you to those parents who constantly and lovingly supporttheir daughters in everything they do.

Girls High Greetings

EF Meyer (Mrs)Headmistress

2014 Budget Approval Meeting

The proposed school and hostel budgets for 2014 will be

presented to parents by the SGB Finance Committee on

Monday 30 Septemberat 16:00 The day on which boarders

return for the fourth term.

Parents should make use of this opportunity to raise theirconcerns to the Governing Body. It is imperative that all day girland boarder parents attend this meeting. The finance officewill be closed during the meeting.

Parents must please note that the 4th

Term starts on Tuesday 1October 2013. Boarders have to return on Monday 30September this may be inconvenient to the parents butreturning on the Monday is, unfortunately, the only option.

Re-Admission for Daygirls & Boarders 2013

Parents are urgently requested to inform the school if they intendmoving their daughter to another school in 2014. Attached is aform to be completed to help us with our planning. The formmust please be returned on Monday 2 September 2013.

Parents Meeting

I would like to thank all the parents who attended parents dayon 24 August. It was encouraging to see the large number ofparents supporting their daughters.Cyber bullying is presently a national concern as discussed atmy meeting. Herewith more information on how parents andlearners can be pro-active in preventing issues like this occurringamongst our girls.

What is Cyber Bullying? Cyber bullying is using the Internet orother digital devices to send or post negative messages, images,or video clips about others. Posting/ sending nasty orembarrassing comments and or images on chat rooms,message boards, websites, social networking sites, onlinegaming sites, cell phones, instant messaging or e-mail are all

examples of Cyber bullying.

Criminal implications to unlawful and intentional acts

Some acts of cyber bullying and sexting may fall within theboundaries of either or both of the civil or criminal law responsesavailable in South African law.

Crimen injuria: Violation of dignity or privacy of anotherperson. Example: Posting indecent photos.

Criminal defamation: Publication of a matterconcerning another, which tends to injure his or herreputation. Example: Defamatory remarks to a thirdperson about another.

Extortion: Obtaining advantage by subjecting a personto pressure / threatening to electronically distributeinformation / sending compromising images aboutanother person.

Assault: Threat of personal violence which creates fearor a belief that the perpetrator is able to or intends tocarry out the threat.

Prevention of Cyber Bullying:Please emphasise to your daughter that using the Internet orcellular phones to embarrass or hurt others feelings is not partof your family values. Discuss bystander behaviour as wellbecause bystanders are regarded as accomplices. .

Warning signs of Cyber Bullying:

Child is visibly upset or angry during or after internet use or

cell phone use. Withdrawal from friends or activities

Drop in academic performance

Avoids going to school

Child is a target of traditional bullying at school

Child appears depressed or sad

It is clear that Cyber Bullying has severe emotional implicationsfor the victims, bystanders and bullies.

Intervention tips for responding to Cyber Bullying:

Save the evidence

First offence ignore, delete or block the sender

Report the cyber bullying to police or cyber crime unit

Should your child express emotional distress orthoughts of self-harm, seek help immediately.

Be aware of what your child is doing online.

Dont ignore cyber bullying.

After all is said and done, let us focus on our theme: Gif ted for g reatness.

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