Rustenburg Times

03 September 2010

Volume Three Issue Five

Rustenburg High School for Girls, Camp Ground Road, Rondebosch 7700

Tel: (021) 686-4066 / (021) 686-3683 / (021) 685-4710

Fax: (021) 686-7114; E-mail: info@rghs.org.za

Website: www.rghs.org.za

Rustenburg: a school of excellence where girls are leading courageously, exploring their unique potential confidently and serving the world compassionately.

Inside this issue:

New leaders

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Academic Achievers

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General news 4

Debating

5-6

ICDL 7

Artworks 8

From the Deputy 9

Music news

10-11

Sports news

12-13

Personality of the Month

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Forthcoming events 15

Art Flash 14

4th Term Sports Programme

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E 2010 Celebrates 40 days

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School and Hostel Prefects 2010 / 2011

We extend our congratulations to the girls who have been chosen as School and Hostel Prefects for the coming year. Their induction will take place during the school assembly on the first day of next term. They will take up their duties from Monday 4 October, working in tandem with the Grade 12

prefects until they begin their final NSC examinations.

New Leaders 2010 / 2011

New Prefects’ Seminar

There will be a leadership seminar for ALL newly-elected school prefects from Friday 15 October to Sunday 17 Octo-

ber.

Further information and details regarding the weekend pro-gramme will be given to the girls at the start of next term.

School Prefects 2010 / 2011

Ameerah Allie

Gail Arosi Nicola Barrett

Kirsten Bennett Angeliki Carvounes

Catherine Cogill Sydney Davis

Meghan Goncalves Rose Jiang Julia Kabat

Darielle Kellerman Hannah MacMillan Samantha Marchant

Camagu Mayosi Tatum McGregor Roxanne Mentoor Catherine Paterson

Karen Schuster Maleekah Terblanche

Christi Vosloo

Hostel Prefects 2010 / 2011 Gina Botha

Maxine Furlong

Cara Mazetti-Claassen Mary-Anne Mowatt

Toni Olen Catherine Paterson

Michaela Peters Karen Schuster

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Top Academic Achievers Term Three

Grade Eight 1. Rowan Banks (89.0%) 2. Yusra Modack 3. Yi Tin Yuan 4. Ayesha Kaprey 5. Michaela Mc Hugh Grade Nine 1. Lauren Denny (92.8%) 2. Nicola Cilliers 3. Yi-Shin Yuan 4. Courtney Ravell 5. Lauren Duckitt Grade Ten 1. Petrune Beattie (91.2%) 2. Yohan Chun 3. Ayesha Najjaar 4. Chloe Kruger 5. Courtney Wallace

Grade Eleven 1. Karen Schuster (89.8%) 2. Nicola Steinhaus 3. Roshaan Solomon 4. Samantha Marchant 5. Lauren Jankielsohn and Catherine Paterson Grade Twelve 1. Tasneem Amra and Samantha Filby (88.7%) 3. Jennifer de Villiers 4. Imbileni Shatiwa 5. Ameerah Davids

Grade Twelve Half Colours Hendricks, Natasha Re-Award Hock, Ghislaine Re-Award Loizides, Jessica Mafu, Noxolo Nygaard, Alyssa Re-Award Ridgway, Elizabeth Roux, Nicola Re-Award

Grade Twelve Full Colours Amra, Tasneem Re-Award Davids, Ameerah Re-Award de Villiers, Jennifer Re-Award Filby, Samantha Re-Award Jakoet, Nuria Re-Award Prest, Kirsten Robertson, Jenny Re-Award Scarborough, Laurie Re-Award Shatiwa, Imbaleni Re-Award

Grade Twelve Academic Colours

Congratulations to the following Matric girls who have been awarded Academic Colours:

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A message from the Representative Council of Learners

Hello Readers The RCL just wants to remind the girls again that they must keep their valuable possessions safe and don’t leave them anywhere. Take responsibility for your things and if you do have something valuable, put it in your locker. If something of yours does get stolen, please do report it immediately. C Cogill

An Interact Visit

On 6 August 2010, a few Interact committee and sub-committee members visited Huis Luckhoff and Place of Hope. While there, we handed over the toiletries that were collected in the toiletry drive. We also served cake to the elderly as well as to the mothers at Place of Hope. The toiletries were greatly appreciated. We as the Interact com-mittee would like to say thank you to all those who contributed towards the toiletry drive.

Blood Donor Committee Thanks to the outgoing Blood Donor Committee for all their hard work: Hayley Groom, Desiree van der Scyff and Thando Pahlana. The new Blood Donor Committee is: Head - Kimberley Dale; Deputy Head, Samantha Mar-chant; committee members - Charissa Carter, Lushetha Hermanus and Aneesa Solwa. The next opportunity to donate blood at RGHS will be on 1 December 2010 in the Thompson Hall from 12.30 until 14.00.

Ms P Norval

and

Hayley Groom

Ignition news On Monday 20 September Ignition hosted a movie night pyjama party. This was a fun time to relax with friends after a long term. The girls watched Fireproof in the comfort of blankets, pyjamas and en-joyed hot chocolate and pizza. Fireproof is a romance movie (with tense moments and action) that is applicable to all people of dating age and older. The event ended with a short talk and discussion time led by a guest couple.

General News

Recycling The Earth Children, a society formed for girls who are concerned about the environment, will be taking over the recycling at the school. I have spent many hours over the last 5 years sorting out recycling that some people have just dropped off! It would really help the girls if every-one could put their recycling in the applicable areas. Just a few minutes spent sorting out your recycling can save a lot of time for someone else. You have probably noticed the plastic that has been gathering in the recycling area. This is being collected in Mrs Botha’s Biology class where the Earth Society sorts it out. If you do want to recycle plastic please ask your daughter to drop it off in Mrs Botha’s class.

Please note that we DO NOT RECYCLE TETRAPAK (milk and juice cartons) A special note of thanks to Gwyn Searle who arranged to have Mondi collect 2,6 tons of magazines from her office – she earned the school R780! As I’ve said before, we earn much more money from magazines and white paper than we do for the paper placed in the orange igloos. So it’s really appreciated if these could be kept separate and placed in the bags in the left-hand shed. Thanks once again for your recycling efforts. Irene de Kock

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On 21 August 2010, the Rustenburg senior de-bating team flew to Johannesburg for ASDC (the African Schools’ Debating Championships), to compete against schools from all over Africa. The team (of Ameerah Allie, Angeliki Carvounes, Chelsea Kelly and Cara Mazetti Claassen) was managed by Mr van Dyk. An excited team went to St John’s College (the host school) straight from the airport to start the thrilling programme of events immediately. The school has something like 5 houses, all re-quiring fingerprints which we scanned upon arri-val for entry to the dorms and common room. The slogan of ASDC is “Critical Thought For A Critical Future” which set the theme for the entire tournament. We started off with workshops which developed this theme by encouraging better argumentation and also discussing Science and Ethics. We en-gaged in mature, thought-provoking dialogue with prominent, intellectual speakers like Thabo Mbeki, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke of the Constitutional Court and CEO of FNB, Michael Jordaan, amongst others.

The debates, as always, were highly entertaining and stimulating on topics like the Americanisation of African culture and removing critical service workers’ right to strike. We went on multiple edu-cational outings, namely to the Apartheid Mu-seum. Possibly the most poignant moments of this tour to Jo’burg was our visit to Constitutional Hill which made the atrocities of Apartheid much more real and left much of the touring group moved (from the adjudicators visiting with us and members of other teams). Debating definitely goes beyond debates itself as the greatest moments involved the friendships formed and the people we impacted. Debaters from Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda were impressed with the new South Africa and how it has pro-gressed while we met interesting people from other countries and formed “international rela-tions”. We extended our understanding of the world beyond our small corner of Cape Town. We thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity and hope to use what we’ve learnt and apply it to our lives.

Ameerah Allie

Debating News

African Schools’ Debating Championships

United Nations Debating We now have the results of this interesting and and excit-ing competition. Fifteen teams participated and Rustenburg and their partner school, Oaklands High, was awarded second place. Congratulations to Ameerah Allie and Chelsea Kelly and their Oaklands prtners, Adene Daniels and Phaphama Tsolekile. This was the first time that we en-tered this competition, there-fore we were pleasantly surprised by the results. Next year we will be setting our goals on attending a session of the UN in New York!

Mrs Anita Pretorius

The team mascot, Javier the Brazilian

Child Labourer

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More Debating News This house believes that RGHS Debaters have had the most successful Debating

season ever! Term 3 Report result = Level 7

Congratulations to all our committed debaters, the Debating Society committee, the managers (Ms A. Pretorius: Juniors) and our excellent coach, Mat-thew Butler-Adam. There is no doubt that this year has been the most successful year in debating history at RGHS. This résumé of achievements should prove this point:

February to June: Rotary League Competition Seniors:

Undefeated in five debates, winners of their section and qualified for the quarterfinals of the

Senior Rotary Cup. Juniors:

winners of 60% (3/5) of their debates, runners-up in their section and qualified for the quarter-finals of the tournament.

April:

Winners of the FACETS Debating Competition at Sans Souci

Winners of the Debating competition at the National Girls’ High Schools’ Festival for the

third year in a row (a first for RGHs and the tournament).

August: Winners of the SACEE Forum Discussion

Competition: Members of the Senior Debating team (Cara Mazetti-Claassen;

Angeliki Carvounes; Ameerah Allie and Chelsea Kelly)

were part of the successful RGHS Forum team. RGHS last won the SACEE Shield in 1976.

Both Senior and Junior teams qualify for the WP Championships Tournament

Winners of the Western Province Debating Championship Trophy (the first time in RGHS

debating history)

Three RGHS debaters (a first for RGHs) are selected for WP trials: Saeeda Bassardien

(Juniors), Cara Mazetti-Claassen and Angeliki Carvounes.

Two of our Seniors are selected for the Western Province A team: Angeliki Carvounes and Cara

Mazetti-Claassen.

Placed Second in the Senior ROTARY Cup Com-petition. RGHS has never won the competition.

First appearance at the ASDC Tournament in Gauteng and placed 9th. See Ameerah Allies’s

detailed report.

September: Placed Second in the UN Model Debating

Competition: Chelsea Kelly and Ameerah Allie

And it’s not over. In another first…

RGHS Vs SACS Date: Friday 24 September 2010

Heritage Day Debate Venue: Iziko Slave Lodge

Upper Adderley Street Cape Town

Junior Programme 09h30 – 10h30: The Junior debate is between RBHS (proposers) and WGHS (opposers)

TOPIC: This House believes that South African History should be a compulsory subject for the

matric examination.

Senior Programme

10h30 – 12h00: The senior debate is between SACS and RGHS. TOPIC: This House believes that the state should financially assist the development of new plays by South African authors depicting our heritage. Proposer and opposer to be decided by coin toss at the start of the junior debate. There will be no adjudication but the winners will be decided by audience vote

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News from the Computer Department

ICDL Start Certificate (At least 4 modules passed with 75% and higher) Tasneem Amra Kimberley Beck Jehan Bedford Ashleigh Blignaut Christina Botha Shannon Campbell Aurora Christie Yasmina Dada Jennifer De Villiers Hilary De Villiers Tameryn Eckert Nicola Engel Jenna Flynn Samantha Fourie A'isha Gierdien Lailah Gool Lauren Goslett Hayley Groom Dominique Hendricks Gigi Hock Caitlin Hoogervorst Aneeqah Isaacs Saskea Jacobs Nuria Jakoet Ragmah Jakoet Shaakirah Jardine Chelsea Johnson Kauthar Kerbelker Margaret Ketteringham Ramona Koen Micha Liebenberg Hira Malik Zahraa Mathews Nina McFall Liezl McKenzie Megan Mehnert Sadika Mohamed Sanjuri Naidoo Lahja Newaka Kerry Newby Alyssa Nygaard Priyanka Patel Kate Pitcher Jami Priessnitz Kesley Quinn Shriya Ramjee Elizabeth Ridgway Jenny Robertson Nicola Roux Imbileni Shatiwa Laura Skippers Jesse Steyl Skye van Aswegen Ayesha van der Schyff Desiree van der Schyff Maryke van Heukelum Kendall van Niekerk Julia West Kimberley Williams Nina Wu

ICDL Core Certificate (All 7 modules passed with 75% and higher)

Chantél Mari Atkins Caleigh-Ann Coetzee

Bronwyn Cunnold Alia Davids

Ameerah Davids Samantha Fourie

Kyra Francis Natasha Hendricks

Irene Kyobe Catherine Luyt

Brita Magan Naadirah Modan

Zahra Omar Kirsten Prest

Tegan Rowe Candice Smithie

Rachel Wood

Congratulations to the following Grade 12 learners who have received International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) Certificates:

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A visit to Henry Fagan, the Designer of the Swing Bridge at the V& A Waterfront

On Friday 3 September 2010, we went to visit Henry Fagan, the designer of the Swing Bridge at the Waterfront. We first met with him at his agency in Bree Street Cape Town, where he pre-sented us his plan of the Swing Bridge and told us in depth about the function of the bridge and the purpose that it serves. He also informed us that this bridge is the only kind in the world! After the briefing he handed us each a piece of paper and a pencil on which we were asked to design our own bridge that fulfilled the same purpose as the Swing Bridge. We all came up with many creative and imaginative de-signs which we then presented to him. We then went to the Waterfront to have a look at this bridge, and were all thoroughly impressed as we discovered the many details of the bridge that we were briefed about before. Not only was the bridge opened and closed for us, but we had the most amazing opportunity to climb 4meters down into the ground to the mechanics room be-neath

the bridge. All seven of us squashed into this 1 meter x 2 meter room. There were many inquisi-tive onlookers as our heads suddenly appeared from underground. This outing was incredible as many of us never think twice about something like a bridge, but through this experience and the knowledge that we gained we have truly come to appreciate it. Julia Kabat, D2

Artworks outing: Stephen Inggs On Friday 10 September 2010, we were lucky to attend an Art lecture at Bishops (Diocesan College). Stephen Inggs professional photographer and printmaker and head of UCT’s Michaelis School of Fine Art gave up his time to address us on his work and experiences as an artist working in both disci-plines. His talk was extremely interesting and visually fascinating as he showed us a collection of his works. As a Grade 8, I would strongly encourage all Art and Design learners to sign up and make the most of these Friday afternoon Artworks outings. Thank you for the opportunity. Alex Faber, A4.

Artworks Outings

Art & Design Society - Badge Competition On Monday 20 September 2010, the Art & Design Society held a badge Competition. All form classes were required to reinvent the conventional badge. Form captains were then required to wear these badges from where they were judged. The winners of the competition will then wear their de-signs until the end of the term. The winners from the competition were: D4, for the badge that showed the most class spirit. C4, for the total reinvention of the badge. B2 & A1, for the most class participation and the incorporation of all the design elements. Thank you to all the Form classes who participated. Julia Kabat Head of the Art & Design Society

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From the desk of the Deputy Head

Grade Nine: Important Academic Information

Next term, all Grade 9 learners will have to com-plete the Western Cape Education Department’s

diagnostic tests in ENGLISH and MATHMATICS.

We have been notified that testing for our Grade 9 learners will take place on

TUESDAY 12 OCTOBER. The testing has been outsourced by the education department and will, therefore,

be run by externally invigilators. ALL LEARNERS are expected to be present in

order to be tested on this day.

Important Dates and Events for Term Four

Learners are reminded that Term 4 starts on

Monday 04 October 2010. This is Day 6 (Week 2) on the timetable.

Friday 8 October will be a CIVVIES DAY,

at a cost of R10, for our end-of-year thank-you gifts to support staff.

This is our opportunity, as a school community, to thank the grounds and cleaning staff for all

that they do for us during the year. Your support would be greatly appreciated!

Winter/Summer Uniform Changeover

Girls have the option to wear either winter or summer uniform at the start of next term. From Monday 25 October, however, it will be compul-sory for all girls to wear the summer uniform. Parents are advised to use the coming holiday to check that their daughters’ summer dresses still fit and that the hems are lengthened, where neces-sary. Please make new purchases timeously, as stock or certain sizes may not be readily available closer to the compulsory changeover date next term.

The Grade 8 Art students from Ms. Simpson’s

class are to be congratulated for the beautiful clay models of 'Post and Lintel' and 'Arcuated' struc-

tures which they made in class as a practical com-ponent for their theory on Architecture. Our

thanks to Mr. Vosloo for photographing the 'Post and Lintel' structures to create 'Stone Henge at Rustenburg'.

More Art News

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News from the Music Department

Certainly a year to celebrate, what with the ter-centenaries of the invention of the fortepiano by Cristofori and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, the bicentenaries of Chopin and Schumann, the 150th anniversary of the birth of Gustav Mahler, the 50th birthday of Mark-Anthony Turnage and more, the centenary of the founding of the SACM and the 65th birthday of the South African composer Peter Klatzow. On our home ground, Ms Davis (pictured below) had just announced her intention to retire in De-cember this year after 36 years of teaching, of which, fortunately for us, the past 10 were spent at RGHS. And celebrate we did, at our Annual Music Concert, held in the Kemp Hall on 15 Sep-tember. We were able to showcase the best of our En-sembles, Orchestras, Bands, starting with the String Ensemble who recently achieved an Hon-ours award at the Kaapse Afrikaanse Eisteddfod. The enlarged group of string players, carefully coached by Mrs Raynham performed a lively tango, setting the pace for the Wind and Jazz Bands that followed. Our Wind and Jazz Bands and more recently the Jazz Combo are a tribute to the hard work and passion that Ms Davis has brought to Rustenburg, starting all from scratch and indeed the woodwind and brass tuition. Opening with several move-ments from the delightful Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens, the Wind Band certainly impressed, and the Jazz Combo with two new pieces in their repertoire including the Lennon/McCartney Come Together, were enthusiastically received. The challenging Libertango by Piazzolla per-formed by the Jazz Band showed what our musi-

cians are capable of. The Keyboard Ensemble – all seven players on keyboards - was an ear opener with their demanding repertoire including the Ha-banera from Bizet’s Carmen. The Junior Flute En-semble, another new group that has developed this year, is proving to be a useful training ground for our flautists and a good feeder for the Orches-tra and Wind Band. The first half concluded with two lively items from the General Choir, including choreography in the 1930s medley devised by Ms Jamey. Our 21 Grade 12s had a tricky time trying to learn this in one not-so-easy lesson! The second half opened with some solid per-formances from an expanded Orchestra directed by Ms Gordon, including some scary Hans Zimmer music from the film Gladiator. The Re-corder Ensemble offered two new works, one by Hans Ulrich Staeps and a River Song that had us riding the rapids and rowing our boat across a fast moving Berg River. Berocca G presented one item that they will be performing at the National Ensemble Competition on 29 & 30 September from Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, followed by the Chamber Choir in the lively Amen with a beautiful flute solo from Samantha Filby in the Caccini Ave Maria and a Fever-ish conclusion skilfully choreo-graphed again by Ms Jamey. The evening ended on a rousing note with the Savuyisa Junior and Senior Marimba Bands di-rected by Julia Johnson and Grant Adams respec-tively. EMS

Annual Music Concert 2010

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News from the Music Department

Rustenburg’s Jazz Combo brightens the SACEE awards

The SACEE awards were held in Charlie’s Hope on Wednesday 18 August. The Jazz Combo provided suitable background music as entertainment while the guests arrived. They gave a confident performance which they had to tone down so as not to overpower the guests while they were conversing. All enjoyed their performance greatly. The combo of Gladys Kisela, Yohan Chun, Nicky Cathcart and Cheryl Muchapondwa played some well-known standards such as Honeysuckle Rose and Autumn Leaves, and they accompanied the singers Saskea Jacobs in Stormy Weather and Amy Walton in Cry Me a River.

National Ensemble Competition All good wishes to the members of Berocca G Recorder I Samantha Filby Recorder II Alexandra Mould Soprano Jenny Robertson Contralto Lauren Davis Violin I Sara Lambert Violin II Saira Adams Viola Ingrid Pienaar Violoncello Lynne Donson Harpsichord Yohan Chun who are performing in the National Ensemble Competition at Stellenbosch University on 29 & 30 September. They will perform: Round I: Robert Woodcock; Concerto no 5 in C (Vivace-Largo-Presto) Edmund Rubbra; Fantasia on a theme of Machaut Round II: Robert Woodcock; Concerto no 5 in C (Vivace-Largo-Presto) GB Pergolesi; `Quando corpus morietur’ (from Stabat Mater) Edmund Rubbra; Fantasia on a theme of Machaut

Berocca G (named after Berocca C, the vitamin booster, with Berocca here, representing Baroque music and G, performed by Girls from Rusten-burg) has been in existence for the past seven years at Rustenburg High School for Girls. It succeeded a very successful String Quartet, which competed regularly in the National Ensem-ble Competition, organised then by Bloemhof Meisies Skool. Berocca G provides Chamber Music opportuni-ties for a variety of advanced instrumentalists and singers at the school, focussing on the perform-ance of mainly repertoire from the Baroque Pe-riod, but not exclusively. A notable achievement in their musical repertoire includes J S Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G major, which they performed at the National Ensemble Compe-tition in 2009.

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Sports News

Touch Rugby

Congratulations to the following RGHS girls who have been selected to represent Western Province in the U17 touch rugby team.

Neda Isaacs (captain); Katherine Werge (vice-captain); Carla Puccini; Dani Austin; Mbali Mahajana; Amy Charnley Toinette Tobias; Kerry Grey (non-travelling reserve) The WP U17 touch rugby team will be participat-ing in the Junior Inter-Provincial tournament which will be held in Cape Town on 24-26th Sep-tember at the City Park Rugby Ground, Thornton Road, Belgravia. Good Luck!

PGSGU U14 Hockey Tournament Friday 3 September

The Rustenburg u14A hockey team placed 5th overall in this tournament.

Results were as follows: Vs Herschel lost 0 - 1

Vs Springfield lost 0 - 1 Vs St. Cyprians drew 0 – 0

Vs Wynberg lost 0 – 1 Vs Sans Souci won 3 – 0

PGSGU U16 Hockey Tournament Saturday 4 September

The Rustenburg u16A team played very well to place 3rd overall in the tournament

Results were as follows: Vs Herschel won 1 – 0 Vs Springfield lost 0 - 1

Vs St. Cyprians drew 0 – 0 Vs Wynberg drew 0 – 0

Vs Sans Souci won 6 – 0

PGSGU Squash Tournament Saturday 11 September

Rustenburg was represented by Alexandra Fuller, Courtney Brown, Candice McConney, Gillian

Pinder and Jennifer de Villiers.

Congratulations to the RGHS 1st squash team who placed 2nd overall behind Herschel.

Golf Robyn Moore has been selected to play for

Western Province in the Hexangular U16 interprovincial girls golf tournament to be held at

Somerset West from 26-29 September. She will also be participating in the A division

Women’s Golf Western Province 30th Gus Ackerman 54 holes Stroke Play Championship

and the Jonathan Ackerman 21 and under Championships taking place at the Clovelly Coun-

try Club on 16 and 17 October.

New sports drink 32GI

A new sports drink on the market which is safe for children. It has a GI count of 32.

A drink that will sustain your energy levels throughout the school day. Helping you to concentrate on your academics and your sport.

Its unique formulation lets it slowly release the exact amount of glucose needed for sustained energy,

while promoting fat store tapping to deliver the balance of energy. This results in a longer lasting, more balanced energy supply.

Tennis Kiana Neethling will be competing in the Jun-

ior National Tennis tournament and the Free State Keyhealth tournament in Bloemfontein

during the September holidays. We wish her all the best for these tournaments

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Thursday 21 October: Individual A team gala at Herschel

Thursday 28 October: Relay gala at Bishops

Thursday 4 November:

Girls/Boys only gala at Paul Roos

Friday 15 October:

vs Bloemhof at Paul Roos (bus booked)

Friday 22 October: vs Reddam at Reddam (bus booked)

Wednesday 27 October: vs Rhenish at Paul Roos

Friday 29 October:

vs Herschel at Herschel

Friday 5 November: vs Westerford at Westerford

Sports Dates for Term Four 2010

4th term sports dates to diarise:

Tuesday 12 October 2010 RGHS Sports dinner – by invitation only

Saturday 6 November 2010

Kids 4 Kids (K4K) relay at Bishops

Sunday 7 November 2010 Landmarks 6km Fun Run (Start at WPCC)

Water polo 4th term training times:

1ST TEAM

MONDAYS AT WESTERFORD : 18H30 – 19H30

WEDNESDAYS: SWIM TRAINING

AT RGHS 06h15- 07h15

THURSDAYS AT WESTERFORD:

18H30 – 19H30

MONDAYS AT RGHS: 16H15 – 17H15

WEDNESDAY AT RGHS:

17H00 – 17H45

MONDAYS AT WESTERFORD: 19H30 – 20H30

WEDNESDAY AT RGHS:

16H15 – 17H00

MONDAYS AT WESTERFORD: 19H30 – 20H30

TUESDAYS AT RGHS:

16H15 – 17H15

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Julia Kabat

Raheema Parker

Shana-lee Kruger

Skye Smith

Sumayyah Shaikh Kim Mann

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Forthcoming Events Grade 12 Awards Ceremony and Valedic-tory, Thursday, 14 October 2010 The annual Grade 12 Awards Ceremony and Valedictory will take place on Thursday 14 Octo-ber. (Details in this regard have been communi-cated to Grade 12 parents elsewhere). Owing to a lack of space in the Kemp Hall, Grades 8 and 9 will finish school at 10:45. Please would you pick your daughter up from the South side of the school at the Recycling Containers. The programme for Grades 10 – 12 will end at 12:15.

National Senior Certificate Information Meeting for Grade 12, Friday, 15 October 2010 All Matrics are expected to be at school on Friday, 15 October 2010, when an important meeting will be held during which their NSC Examination documentation will be handed to them and all rules and procedures explained. No documenta-tion may be handed to any other person than the candidate herself. It is therefore imperative that every matric be present at school, in school uniform, from 07:50 – 11:00.

TERM FOUR, OCTOBER 2010 Monday 04 SCHOOL TERM STARTS

Assembly: Induction of School and Hostel Prefects Tuesday 05 Grade 11 Art & Design Exhibition

Grade 12 Tea for past pupils @ RGJS SGB Meeting (Media Centre) 17:30

Wednesday 06 Royal Schools Theory Examinations (Kemp Hall) 13:30

Thursday 07 Gr 12 Final Drama Performance Examination

Friday 08 Concert at Huis Luckhoff (Chamber Choir and Orchestra) 14:30

Saturday 09 Erinville Fancy Dress

Monday 11 RGJS Gr 6 visit Trinity Guildhall practical examinations Hostel Committee Meeting 16:00

Tuesday 12 Trinity Guildhall practical examinations Grade 10 Art & Design Exhibition

Wednesday 13 Grade 12 Final Music Practical examinations (Charlie’s Hope)

Thursday 14 Grade 12 Final Music Practical examinations (Charlie’s Hope) Sports Awards Dinner (Thomson Hall) 19:00

Friday 15 Civvies Day for support staff gifts New Prefects’ Leadership Seminar

Scenes from the Grade 11

Leadership Camp

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4th TERM SPORTS PROGRAMME 2010

*LTS = Learn to Swim and Social swim programmes run by HEADSTART SWIM SCHOOL

MONDAY

SWIMMING LTS: 15h15 – 15h45* SOCIAL: 15h45 – 16h15* WATER POLO 16h15 – 17h30

INDOOR HOCKEY 17h00 – 18h00 (Venue: Westerford)

CRICKET MATCHES 15h00 – 18h00

TUESDAY

SWIMMING TEAM 15h15 – 16:15 WATER POLO 16h15 – 17h30

TENNIS TEAM MATCHES 4th,5th ,6th teams 15h15 – 17h30 TOUCH RUGBY TEAM: 15h10 -16h10 SOCIAL: 16h00 – 17h00

RUNNING CLUB 15h15 – 16h15

WEDNESDAY

SWIMMING SOCIAL: 15h15 – 15h45* SOCIAL: 15h45 – 16h15* WATER POLO 16h15 – 17h30

WATER POLO 16h15 – 17h30

CRICKET All Players 15h15 – 16h30

THURSDAY

SWIMMING TEAM GALAS 15h15 – 17:00 LTS :15h15 – 15h45* LTS: 15h45 – 16h15* SOCIAL: 16h15 – 16h45* SOCIAL: 16h45 – 17h30*

TENNIS TEAM: 15h15 – 16h45 TOUCH RUGBY 15h15 – 16h30 INDOOR HOCKEY 17h00 – 18h00

RUNNING CLUB 15h15 – 16h15

FRIDAY

WATER POLO PRACTICES and MATCHES

TENNIS TEAM MATCHES: 1,2 & 3rd Teams 15h15 – 18h00 TOUCH RUGBY TEAM MATCHES

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Personality of the Month: Rachel Wood E3

On Saturday 5 May 2010, Rachel participated in the South African National Aerobic Gymnastic Champion-

ships where she placed 2nd in the Mixed Pairs.

She also participated in the 11th World Aerobic Gymnastics Championships

in Rodez, France from 18-20 June 2010.

She participated in the Seniors Division for both the Mixed and Trios, and placed 23rd

in both sections Rachel was awarded her

Senior Protea Colours for Aerobic Gymnastics.

Well done, Rachel.