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SNIPPETSSeptember 2017
IMPORTANT DATES 9 OctoberStart of Term 4
10 OctoberSchool's 115th BirthdayService and Cultural Colours Awards Evening 11 OctoberValedic�on
12 OctoberMatric Final Assembly Matric BreakfastNight at the Proms
13 - 15 OctoberOld Girls’ Reunion Weekend
15 OctoberGirls On Bikes
17 OctoberNew Parents Informa�on Evening
24 OctoberGrade 11 History Ou�ng
19 OctoberPA Apprecia�on Evening 26 OctoberCarols by Candlelight
1 NovemberExams begin
6 DecemberTerm 4 ends
Park Street Arcadia Tel: 012 430 7341
PRETORIA HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Lizzie Harrison from Emma Sadleir’s law firm The Digital Law Company, addressed the school in assembly on 20 September. Her rive�ng speech on social media had students and teachers alike glued to her every word.
Those that a�ended learnt that even when you delete something it always remains in the cloud, they learnt that “the screen shot is the devil”, that it is important not to talk to people you don't know (seems obvious but is very tricky), they learnt to leave WhatsApp groups where things are being discussed that are malicious, because even though you may remain quiet you are legally equally as liable, and they learnt that if you wouldn't want you mom to see it, DON'T SEND IT!
THINK BEFORE YOU POST
Email: [email protected]
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VOLLEYBALL
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Annual Volleyball tournament
The volleyball team took part in the annual Volleyball
tournament at the Interna�onal School of South Africa in
Mafikeng.
U19C made it to the quarter finals but lost all 4 of their
matches.
2nd team made it to the quarter finals where they lost to
our 1st team; winning 2 out of 5 matches
1st team won 3 out of 6 teams making it to the semi-finals
and placing 7th overall.
TUKS Tournament
Saturday, 16th of September the Volleyball girls took part
in the annual TUKS Tournament.
The First team beat St. Vincent 2-0 and American
Interna�onal School of Johannesburg's B team 2-0, but
unfortunately lost against Fourways B 0-2. They went to
the quarter finals but lost against AISJ 0-2.
The second team beat DSG 2-1 and JEPPE's B team 2-0,
but lost against Fourways A and American Interna�onal
School of Mozambiek 0-2.
U16's beat American Interna�onal School of
Johannesburg and Fourways B 2-0, but lost against Heron
Bridge 1-2 and the Interna�onal School of South Africa 0-
2. They went through to the quarter finals and beat
Fourways A 2-0. In the Semi-finals they faced Heron
Bridge again and beat them 2-1. In a nail bi�ng final, we
lost 1-2 against the Interna�onal School of South Africa.
Well done for receiving second place.
U14's beat Fourways D, Midrand and Fourways F 2-0,
they also beat Fourways A and Jeppe 2-1. In the quarter
finals they beat Gressworld 2-0. In the semi-finals they
beat Fourways A 2-0. In the finals they lost against
Fourways C 1-2. Well done for receiving second place.
SOFTBALL Klara Kific, Grade 10, is currently par�cipa�ng in schools
and club so�ball on both regional and provincial level.
Earlier this year she par�cipated in an inter-provincial
tournament and earned full provincial colours. She also
received full SA colours for her age group as she was
selected for the Gauteng All-Star Team. In addi�on, Klara
was recently selected for the u19 South African na�onal
team trials for the Junior World Championships to be held
next year.
School Results
Our Chess first team came second in the District Schools
Chess Championships and went through to the Gauteng
Schools Championships. Tara Pemu, Gabrielle Amrouni,
Caitlyn Ha�ngh, Natasha Janse van Rensburg, Rose
Mamabolo and Deren Effendi played a fierce game on 9
September 2017 at the Sports Arena on UP's Mamelodi
Campus, and achieved 3rd place over all.
Tara Pemu, Claire Angel, Gabrielle Amrouni, Caitlyn
Ha�ngh, Natasha Janse van Rensburg, Rose Mamabolo
and Deren Effendi were also invited to par�cipate in the
South African Junior Chess Championships to be held in
January 2018.
Congratula�ons to these girls and their achievements!!!
Individual Chess Championships
Members of the PHSG 1st and 2nd team par�cipated in
the D4 Individual Chess Trails at Hoërskool Waterkloof on
13 May 2017.
Five of the seven par�cipants progressed to the Gauteng
Individual Championships played on 27 May 2017 at
Hoërskool FH Odendaal: Tara Pemu, Claire Angel,
Gabriel le Amrouni, Caitlyn Ha�ngh and Rose
Mamabolo.
Gabrielle Amrouni placed 27th overall.
Claire Angel placed 4th overall (out of 63 par�cipants)
and progressed with 7 other students in Gauteng to the
South African Schools Individual Championships in July
2017.
A�er par�cipa�ng in the SA Schools Individual
Championships, Claire achieved 5th place overall (out of
63 par�cipants) and also ranked first of all the Gauteng
players.
Congratula�ons to these girls and a huge thank you for
your commitment and hard work!!!
CHESS
CHOIR
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The PHSG Senior choir are hi�ng all the right notes. On
Saturday 2 September they stole the show at the "Life is a
Song- Sing it" Choir Finals held at the State Theatre.
This took place following the Choir's success at the Irene
Village Mall Choir Compe��on on 29 July where they
walked away the winners. They were also invited to
perform at the SheEO Sleepout at the Women's Day event
at Cons�tu�on Hill in Johannesburg on 8 August.
The Choir, alongside conductor Stephen Gericke,
accompanist Tessa Olivier, and with support from Ms
Dugmore and Ms Mangena, took on the best as they
competed in the "Sing in Harmonie" compe��on on 23
September at the Silver Star Casino complex in
Krugersdorp where they made the top 9 (finalists) out of
104 par�cipa�ng choirs. The show will be broadcast on
Kyknet later this year.
The Choir and the School Orchestra have also been
featured in the Four Schools Concerts which took place
from 24 to 26 September. We wish them all the best a�er a
busy and very successful year!
The girls of Tshwane will celebrate their youth, feminity
and caring spirit through the streets of Tshwane by riding
bicycles in the beau�ful purple Jacaranda City. An
expected 1500 girls will be cycling in summer dresses and
high heels (for the brave) –through the streets of Pretoria
from LC de Villiers Sports Grounds and then follow a pre-
determined route. The first stop is Afrikaanse Hoër
Meisieskool in Bond Street. Upon arrival they will be
welcomed by their hostess and invited to a tea party for 45
minutes to socialise with other girls across the spectrum.
The girls will then depart from Affies and return to the LC
de Villiers Sports ground. The return route will see them
passing through Pretoria High School for Girls, University
of Pretoria campus and the St Mary's DSG school grounds.
Upon arrival at the finish, each and every rider will receive
a goody bag.
The event will take place on 15 October star�ng at 9:00 –
the girls will be sent on their journey in batches – 9am,
9:20am, 9:40am; 10:00am, 10:20am; 10:40am and 11am
(7 batches in total). Price R120.00 per girl. Entries will
become available via h�ps://www.entryninja.com
GIRLS ON BIKESGirls awarded their Junior Lifeguard Awards in the Open
Water: Ezabelle Els, Skye Kershaw, Zoe ten Krooden, Jenna
Paveley.
Girls awarded their Lifeguard Awards in Open Water:
Gabriella Lucas, Pamela Maako, Tasmin Seagrave-Su�on.
LIFEGUARD AWARDS
Congratula�ons to Nessa Nkosi who was one of four
learners aged 9-14, who went to China in the July holidays.
Four learners were selected from the Mandarin groups in
Pretoria to represent Africa, together with the 4 learners
from 5 other con�nents as part of the promo�on of
Mandarin. We would like to congratulate her on her
selec�on.
Some girls wrote the HSK Mandarin exam and the results
are as follows:
Passed Level 1: Julia Mar�nez, Juanita Minnaar, and
Mercedes Singh
Passed Level 3: Monnica Chiu
CHINESE CLASS AWARDS
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UNESCO
On Thursday 31 August our Model United Na�ons society had two teams taking part in a UNESCO event at Jeppe Boys' High School, discussing the topic of the youth in global governance.
Kiese Mpasa, Beniciel Lonji, and Meagan Picton did an outstanding job of represen�ng the pro-youth delega�on of Ecuador, while Chipo Hansungule, Nolitha Mrwata, and Tshegofatso Matlou represented the People's Republic of China and played their cards a bit differently, arguing that the youth must first be educated significantly before their role in global governance would really ma�er.
Needless to say, we made sure we were no�ced.
We would like to thank our dedicated and ever suppor�ve coach Kate Kabe for coming along, as well as our driver Mr Kgomo.
At the end of the day, a working document was successfully passed and Tshego walked away with the prize of third best speaker of the day. We would also like to congratulate our three first-�me MUN debaters, Kiese, Nolitha, and Beniciel on a job well done, making it seem as though they have been doing it for years.
MODEL UNITED NATIONS Annual Johannesburg MUN
On Saturday 16 September the South African Ins�tute of Interna�onal Affairs hosted the annual Johannesburg MUN event at the Wits University – the biggest MUN event of the year. PHSG entered three teams, represen�ng Germany in a futuris�c Security Council, Zimbabwe in the United Na�ons Water Commi�ee and Canada in the Interna�onal Organisa�on of Migra�on.
While all our girls did an outstanding job, we would like to congratulate the delega�on of Zimbabwe (Omolemo Matseke, Hawa Ibrahim, Jo-Anne Mahlobo) for receiving an Honourable Men�on Award, and also Bonolo Moikanyane from the delega�on of Canada who walked away with a gold trophy for 1st Best Speaker in the IOM.
We are also excep�onally proud to say that two of our Old Girls (Joyce Bongongo and Morategi Kale) were seen filling
very important posi�ons of Chair and Co-chair for the UNSC Commi�ee.
Congratula�ons to all these girls for their inspiring accomplishments.
Girls High's Got Talent compe��on held on Iris Day medals.
3rd place Lise-Lea Bangue Bangue Elcombe
2nd place Christy du Preez and Keleketso Mabiotshego
1st place Zenaye Skosana (won R200)
Special awards to:
Sinokuhle Masilela for enthusias�c performance of a poem
Dani van Zyl for best original composi�on
GIRLS HIGH'S GOT TALENT
ART EXHIBITION AND AWARDS CEREMONY On Monday 4 September PHSG held
its annual Art Exhibi�on and Awards
Ceremony, the exhibit on display was
open for all to come and view. Judging
the pieces was Lothar Bὅ�char, a
renowned glass ar�st.
Congratula�ons to the following
learners who's fabulous pieces got
awarded:
1st Place overall - Michelle Cazalet
Pain�ng Category
· 1st place - Yerang Oh
· 2nd place - Margo Molchan
· 3rd place - Savana Summerton
Drawing Category
· 1st place - Michelle Cazalet
· 2nd place - Toni Siebert
· 3rd place - Dayna Binda
Design Category
· 1st place - Margo Molchan
· 2nd place - Anya Lureman
· 3rd place - Kgaugelo Mkumbeni
Jewellery Category
· 1st place - Zinhle Dzivhani
· 2nd place - Nicole Birch
· 3rd place - Siya Songa
Print-Making Category
· 1st place - Deren Effendi
· 2nd place - Kris�n Katzin
· 3rd place - Sanam Kanjee
Sculpture Category
· 1st place - Jean-Marie Rossouw
· 2nd place - Mfusi Son�
· 3rd place - Khanyi Nkosi
Photographic Category
· 1st place - Peyton Beyleveld
· 2nd place - Monique Jivan
· 3rd place - Amy Gravato
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On 19 September, Grade 10 German girls enjoyed
another visit to Die Brotstube in Rossouw Street. The
queue stood s�ll for nearly 30 minutes as they ba�led to
choose from the in�mida�ng variety of pastries. Time and
�me again this is proven to be the hardest part of having
German as a subject. #Schwierige Entscheidungen
GERMAN DELIGHTS
SOCCERSenior B won 3/0 against Cornestone College
Junior A won 2/0 against Cornerstone College.
Senior B drew 0/0 against Crawford College Pretoria
Senior A won 7 / 0 against Pretoria Central School
Juniors won 4/0 against Pretoria Central High
Senior A won 2/1 against Curro Hazeldean
Senior B Team won 8 / 0 Ha�ield Chris�an School
Senior A won 5/ 0 against Clapham
Senior B lost 3/1 against Cullinan Combined School
Senior A won 8/1 against Curro Thatchfield
Juniors won 1/0 against Curro Thatchfield
PHSG A vs Menlo A: Menlo won 16-2
PHSG B vs DSG B: PHSG won 13-4
PHSG C vs PHSG D: PHSG C won 13-5
SQUASH
Catherine S�ff, Grade 8, was awarded a number of A++
cer�ficates as well as several trophies and selected as
the overall winner in the violin category String Sec�on of
the Pretoria Eisteddfod.
PRETORIA EISTEDDFOD
PHSG athletes competed at Germiston Stadium against
the Johannesburg private schools on 14 September and
were placed 1st with a 94 point lead to the runner up. This
is a great start to the season. Keep it up.
ATHLETICS
SA’S BODY BUILDING CHAMPS Jade Haynes Grade 10 Athlone has qualified to represent
the Gauteng Team at the NABBA/WFF World at the
Na�onal Body Building Championships at UNISA in Oct.
Congratula�ons to Leigh-Ann Pentz in Grade 8
par�cipated in the Atris�culta Dance Fes�val earlier in
August in Centurion. She was awarded 2 silver medals for
individual dance, and a gold medal for her group hip hop
dance. She has qualified to take part in the Rising to Fame
Na�onal Arts Fes�val at the Wild Coast Sun in 2018.
ATRISTICULTA DANCE FESTIVAL
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Tshwane Team Selec�on
Following a successful Pretoria League Basketball
season a number of our players took part in the District
trials and we are pleased to announce that the
following girls have been selected for the Tshwane
teams:
U18
Refiloe Manyaapelo
Terrell Mbokota
Prudence Mbokota
Nthabiseng Malapela
Michaela Skinner
Caitlin Gomwe
U16
Odelia Madzivhe
Amandla Mashigo
Khensani Mangolele
Phemelo Matlaisane
Palesa Lenken
Congratula�ons and well done! The Provincial trials will
be held on 30 September.
St Peter's Tournament
From Friday 15 to Sunday 17 September a team from
PHSG took part in the annual St Peter's College
Basketball tournament. Over the course of the weekend
we played 5 pool matches, bea�ng The Glen 24 – 7,
Ridgeway 8 – 5, Enjabulweni 18 – 8, and St Dunstan's 36
– 4 and narrowly losing to Dominican Convent 10 – 11.
PHSG thus ended first in their pool and proceeded to
the quarter-finals where we beat Waterford College
from Swaziland 22 – 14. We met Norkem Park in our
semi-final match where we narrowly lost 17 -18.
PHSG thus finished 3rd overall at the tournament, our
best result in the last three years. Well done to all our
girls and a special word of thanks to our matrics who
played their last ever tournament for PHSG.
BASKETBALL DESIGN AN ADCOMPETITION
Pretoria News has been hos�ng a Design an Ad compe��on for the past few years. This compe��on is open to learners from several schools. We would like to congratulate Ann Ha Jin Lee and Kristy Lowe, both in Grade 8, who received honourable men�on for their entries as well as Savana Summerton who took the prize for overall winner in the Grade 10 to 12 category! This is an outstanding achievement! Well done ladies.
Congratula�ons to the following girls who have passed
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Theory exam:
Grade 1: Masana Mashapha (98 %) & Caitlyn Reddy (92 %)
Grade 3: Minkateko Shikweni (76 %)
Grade 5: Tamrin Slager (88 %), Rbekah Miller (90 %), Milan
Dowlath (80 %), Yebin Cho (83 %), and Christy du Preez (99
%)
Grade 6: Jessica Guimaraes (75 %)
ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC EXAM
OLD GIRLRANKS TOP 10 Old Girl, Jo-Anne van den Berg, took part in the Anglo
American Pla�num 2017 PLATAFRICA compe��on in
which she was ranked in the top 10 for the piece below.
We are very proud of her. PHSG is one of 2 schools in the
country that offers Jewellery Design as a subject.
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Delicious smells wa�ed down the passageways while the
Matrics did their final prac�cals. PHSG believes there may
be some Master Chefs in the making at our school.
CONSUMER STUDIES
A huge congratula�ons to Kaylee Harris who par�cipated in the Northern Clivia Show. Kaylee won the Gold medal as the overall winner in the Open Exhibi�on category as well as the Gold for the informal arrangement and Silver for the formal arrangement.
NORTHERN CLIVIA SHOW
SECURITY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND Security Officer Ismael Ndziane, a Security Guard placed at PHSG, received a cer�ficate of acknowledgement and a gi� from owner of Owen Owen Musiker, Musiker Security. Officer Ndziane went above and beyond his du�es when he found a wallet and enlisted the help of Brooklyn police to track down the owner to reunite him with the item he had lost. Well done and thank you for your outstanding service.
Congratula�ons to all our riders on a very
successful year. Very special congratula�ons to
the following riders who were chosen to ride for
the Gauteng Tshwane Team at the Gauteng
Finals Compe��on:Jenna Myer, Savannah Thomson, Ka�e Tulloch,
Nadia Pentz, Simone Syman and Jean-Marie
RossouwA�er the Gauteng Finals a team was chosen to
represent Gauteng at the Na�onal Championship
and we are very pleased to announce the Jenna
Myer has been chosen to represent this team.Congratula�ons to all the riders and a big thank
you to the parents for the many hours you have
given up in order to get the riders to the correct
venues and to make our team a success.
EQUESTRIAN
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Iris Day
Congratula�ons to the following learners who amazed
us with their photos of Iris Day:
The winner of the Category with the most interac�on
was Emma Bartz! Her picture had received an
outstanding 526 likes at the �me!
Also worth men�oning is Riley Wearne and Rachel
Meyer. Their photos received 380 and 444 likes
respec�vely.
The winner of the category with the most pics posted is
Amy Le with a resounding 97 photos.
Rach van Biljon and Min Yoongi followed closely with 62
and 68 photos respec�vely.
As a whole, thank you to each young lady that
par�cipated, we thoroughly enjoyed going through the
photos, some of them were absolutely beau�ful!
Spring Fair
The winner of the #SpringFair2017 compe��on is
Michaela Thomaides, her photo received a stunning 328
likes. In second place, Emma Bartz with 201 likes.
PHOTO COMPETITION WINNERS
Nine schools in Pretoria entered the 2017 South African Council for English Educa�on (SACEE) wri�ng compe��on. The standard was very high and we are very proud of the following learners who have been invited to the SACEE prize giving ceremony:Christy du Preez Junior Wri�ng Dis�nguished PerformanceGrace Mngadi Senior Poetry 3rd PlaceStacey Sapsford Senior Wri�ng 1st Place
SACEE
Syacey Sapsford Christy Du Preez and Grace Mngadi
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Lizzie taught learners the importance of using social media to build your digital CV, yes, one day your prospec�ve university or employer WILL be doing a search on you and profiling you accordingly. Unlike �mes past where silly things you said or did where a�ributed to being young and naïve and were soon forgo�en, it is now permanently recorded and you are legally responsible and can be sued in your own capacity from the early age of 7 years old!
Learners were advised to ensure the se�ngs on their social media are private to avoid unfavourable people from viewing their accounts. Under South African law, once you have posted something it becomes public knowledge, even
on WhatsApp.Did you know?:· When signing up to various well known social media accounts you have given them permission to, without your knowledge or any form of compensa�on, use your content in whatever way they deem fit. They may use your bikini shot in an advert oversees on a billboard 20 years from now.· Reputable social media sites have relaxed certain public figures privacy se�ng for just 3 hours so that the media could access their informa�on and photos – yes they can do that!· If you are tagged to a photo that may be deemed as discriminatory or malicious, you are legally equally as responsible as those that created, shared or liked it. Change your se�ngs so that people can't just tag you!If an app or site is promising you that you are anonymous, it is lying! Read the terms and condi�ons.
PHSG celebrated heritage day with some of the young ladies dressed in full regalia. We are truly blessed to have so many girls from different cultures (Africa and abroad) in our school. To find such diversity at one establishment is a rare and informa�ve gi�, how many other students can start their careers a�er leaving school with such an opportunity to develop knowledge and understanding about language, customs and tradi�ons? The school was alive with colour on 22 September and the young ladies looked beau�ful!
HERITAGE DAY
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THINK BEFORE YOU POST
Grade 8
10th: Duncan – 8
7th: Buxton, Selborne, & van Zyl – 24
6th: Clarendon – 27
4th: Athlone & McWilliam – 31
2nd: Connaught & Gladstone – 45
1st: Aitken – 82
Grade 9
10th: Clarendon, Gladstone, Selborne, & van Zyl – 0
5th: Athlone & Buxton – 12
4th: Duncan – 22
3rd: Connaught – 24
2nd: Aitken – 27
1st: McWilliam – 48
Grade 10
10th: Athlone & Connaught – 0
8th: Aitken – 2
7th: Buxton – 5
6th: Gladstone – 8
5th: McWilliam – 11
4th: Clarendon – 25
3rd: Duncan – 27
2nd: van Zyl – 40
1st: Selborne – 49
Grade 11
10th: Aitken – 7
9th: Buxton – 11
8th: McWilliam – 14
7th: Selborne – 18
6th: Athlone – 21
5th: van Zyl – 25
4th: Clarendon – 29
3rd: Duncan – 36
2nd: Connaught – 37
1st: Gladstone – 47
Grade 12
10th: McWilliam – 2
9th: Gladstone – 13
8th: Duncan – 15
7th: Selborne – 16
6th: Clarendon – 17
5th: Athlone – 29
3rd: Buxton & Connaught – 38
2nd: Aitken – 43
1st: van Zyl – 83
SUPPORTERS CARDS RESULTS TERM 2 2017
CLEPHAN SHIELD ACADEMIC POINTS RESULTS TERM 2 2017Grade 810th: Connaught – 788th: Clarendon & Duncan – 807th: Gladstone – 866th: Selborne – 905th: McWilliam – 914th: Aitken – 933rd: Buxton – 962nd: Athlone – 991st: van Zyl – 100
Grade 910th: Buxton – 958th: Duncan & Connaught – 985th: Clarendon, Athlone, & Aitken – 1004th: McWilliam – 1023rd: Gladstone – 1102nd: van Zyl – 1131st: Selborne – 119
Grade 1010th: Duncan – 728th: Gladstone & Selborne – 837th: Connaught – 845th: Buxton & Clarendon – 874th: Athlone – 883rd: McWilliam – 892nd: van Zyl – 911st: Aitken – 93
Grade 1110th Connaught – 639th: Buxton – 758th: Gladstone – 767th: Duncan – 786th: McWilliam – 805th: van Zyl – 814th: Aitken – 823rd: Selborne – 832nd: Athlone – 881st: Clarendon – 89
Grade 1210th: McWilliam – 699th: Aitken – 708th: Clarendon – 717th: Duncan – 776th: Athlone – 785th: Connaught – 803rd: Gladstone & van Zyl – 812nd: Selborne – 901st: Buxton - 91
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REPORTING STRUCTURESFOR PARENTS AND LEARNERS
FORM ORGANISER
DISCI-PLINARY OFFICER
DISCIPLINE RELATED QUERY
FORM TEACHER
GRADE EXECUTIVE
MRS SCHOOMBIE / MRS STOFFBERG
MRS K DU TOIT
SUBJECT
RELATED QUERY
SUBJECT TEACHER
HEAD OF SUBJECT
HEAD OF
DEPARTMENT
MRS STOFFBERG
MRS K DU TOIT
EXTRA MURAL RELATED QUERY
COACH / LIAISON TEACHER
SPORT / CULTURAL ORGANISER
MS ELOFF/ MRS B DU TOIT
MRS SCHOOMBIE
MRS K DU TOIT
Should all these avenues fail to address your concern, please contact the School Governing Body.
ALL OTHERLEARNER QUERIES
QUERIES UNRELATED TO SUBJECT, DISCIPLINE OR EXTRA MURALS
LEARNER
RCL REPRESENTATIVE
RCL EXECUTIVE
PRESIDENT OF THE RCL
MRS K DU TOIT
Note:Please address all complaints in writing to [email protected] they will be forwarded on to the relevant person or department.
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