Snippets February 2018

February 2018

SNIPPETS PRETORIA HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

MATRIC DANCE INVITES IMPORTANT
HANDED OUT DATES

U/19 Bulls pose with Matric learners 1 March
Grade 12 Informa on Evening
6 March
SGB Elec ons
8 March
Inter-house Gala
19, 20, 22 & 23 March
House Plays
24 March
Matric Dance
26 March
Matric Dance Fashion Show
27 March
Hostel Olympics
28 March
Last Day of Term One

An updated, digital version of the
complete PHSG Calendar can be
found here.

Squash Coach, Mwansa, with the Matric Squash players. SGB ELECTIONS

PHSG's Matrics were paid a surprise visit by the U/19 Blue Bulls to hand out Tuesday 6 March
roses to the learners when they received their Matric Dance invita ons. Click
here to view more photos. Nomina on and Proxy forms for the
SGB Elec ons have been added to the
PHSG Matric Squash girls missed out on receiving their Matric Dance invites School Communicator and may also be
during school me. They then received their invites while at a squash fes val, collected from recep on at the school.
with their Squash coach, Mwansa buying them roses and handing over the Completed forms can be handed in at
invites. recep on.

Park Street Arcadia Email: [email protected] You are encouraged to a end this
important event. The following will be
Tel: 012 430 7341 www.phsg.org.za awarded to children whose parents are
present:
Civvies on 16 March
1 supporters signature
5 posi ve merit points.

VALENTINE'S DANCE

In order to raise money for Child Welfare, the Grade 11s held
a Valen ne's Dance on 16 February. Learners set about
decora ng tables and jazzing up the venue for this much-
an cipated event a er school. The evening was memorable
and the young ladies and their partners dressed beau fully
for the occasion. PHSG would like to thank each parent and
the PA for assis ng at the dance. Without their help, it
wouldn't have been possible. Thank you!

ST ALBAN VISITS FOR RCL

VALENTINE’S DAY REPRESENTATIVES

St Alban's College serenaded the ladies at PHSG for ON THE SGB
Valen ne's day with 3 deligh ul songs. The young men's
efforts were recognised with much applause and cheer. Congratula ons to the following learners who were
elected by the RCL to be representa ves at the School
Governing Body mee ngs: Bonolo Moikanyane (Gr 11),
Kiese Mpasa (Gr 12) and Tiffany Padiachy (Gr 12).

IRIS PAINTINGS

Congratula ons to the following girls whose Iris pain ngs
were chosen to be hung up in the school:
Dayna Binda, Annabelle Keet, Nadia Larsen, Robyn
Houtman, Yerang Oh and Tristan Crawford.
A special men on to Megan Fourie, whose pain ng was
chosen by the 2017 Head Girl, Flourish. It is customary
that, upon leaving, the Head Girl selects her favourite
pain ng as a par ng gi .

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ACADEMIC AWARDS CEREMONY

Congratula ons to the following learners on making it through to the top 10 in their respec ve grades in 2017:
Click here to view more photos.

Grade 8

Isabella Afonso, Nashita Chowdhury,
Thandeka Dlamini, Megan Logan,
Alicia Naudé, Lara Prinsloo, Reneliwe
Sefora, Kezia van Rensburg, Aloise
Wepener and Thandiswa Dlamini
w h o wa s t h e to p a c h i eve r.
Thandiswa was presented with the
Principal's Award for Academic
Excellence for having achieved an
overall average of 88.6%.

Grade 9

Pavishka Govender, Mikayla
Hinrichsen, Lara Holtzkampf,
Hannah Mitchell, Bonolo
Mokatse, Hope Muchiri, Taylor
Muller, Rachel-Ann van Biljon,
Daniella Yav and Jade Kuhn who
was the top achiever. Jade was
presented with the Principal's
Award for Academic Excellence
for having achieved an overall
average of 90.6%.

Grade 10

This grade had 2 learners with
iden cal results in the top 10:
Gabrielle Amrouni, Michelle Cazalet,
Shayla De Leeuw, Bonolo
Moikanyane, Kelsey Prost, Mmaphale
Ramatsetse, Kelebogile Ratsoana,
Sandy Soe, Kayla Stroud, Asante
Tshwane and Lehlogonolo Letshela
w h o wa s t h e to p a c h i eve r.
Lehlogonolo was presented with the
Principal's Award for Academic
Excellence for having achieved an
overall average of 90.3%.

Grade 11

This grade had 2 learners with
iden cal results in the top 10: Claire
Angel, Vanessa Annor, Lauren Cooke,
Jessica Guimaraes, Lara Gouws, Kaylee
Stella Harris,

Jemima Luis, Nompumelelo Mlangeni,
Kathleen Racionzer, Cara Schoombie
and Raeesa Boodoo who was the top
achiever. Raeesa was presented with
the Principal's Award for Academic
Excellence for having achieved an
overall average of 89.1%.

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SINFONIA JUVENTI INTER-HOUSE

The following girls have been selected as members of PUBLIC SPEAKING
Simfonia Juven :
Chrirsta Braune (Violin 2) The inter-house Public Speaking took place on 13
Tamrin Slager (Clarinet 2)
Chrisi ne van Niekerk (Cello) February.
Catherine S ff (Violin 1 and concerto soloist)
A huge congratula ons to these girls on their excellent Junior compe on results:
achievement. 9th place – Clarendon
8th place – Buxton
MUSIC EXAMS 7th place – Van Zyl
6th place – Selborne
The following learners passed The Associated Board of the 5thplace – Duncan
Royal Schools of Music exam: 4th place – Athlone
Tied for 3rd – Tshedi from Aitken and Kamo from Gladstone
Victoria Pinetown Grade 2 Music Theory with Dis nc on 2nd place – Kaitlyn from Connaught
1st place – Rozanna from McWilliam
Kayla Marii Grade 4 Music Theory with Merit
Senior compe on results:
Lavanya van Wyk Grade 4 Viola 10th place – Aitken
9th place – McWilliam
Aveshni Govender Grade 4 Viola 8th place – Connaught
7th place – Selborne
Megan van Niekerk Grade 4 Viola 6th place – Van Zyl
5th place – Clarendon
Abigail Vermeulen Grade 4 Viola 4th place – Duncan
3rd place – Lehlogonolo from Buxton
Nandi Gumbi Grade 4 Horn in F 2nd place – Rebecca from Athlone
1st place – Tinashe from Gladstone
The following learners passed the Trinity College of London's
Well done to all these ladies represen ng their houses.
Music exam:

Leovan Sco Grade 2 Clarinet

Landiwe Marivate Grade 4 Clarinet

VALENTINE’S MUSIC CONCERT Photos by Brendan Hohls

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DEBATING

Deba ng SACEE League took place on 24
February at Pretoria Boys High.

PHSG on the first debate against Pretoria Boys
High: This House would implement a quota for
the Oscars.

PJSG won the second debate against Bri sh
Academy: This House would not allow plea
bargaining.

The third round was a blind round (meaning no
results were given) against Afrikaanse Hoër
Meisieskool: This House regrets the
#MeTooMovement.

ATHLETICS TENNIS

On 13 February the athletes competed in the NWU PUK Congratula ons to Ashleigh van der Westhuizen, a Grade
Interhigh mee ng at DP De Villiers stadium in Sasolburg. 8 First Tennis Team member, and Sarah Vogetseder, who
They got off to a very early start and returned late but it was also plays for our First Team, for winning their singles
well worth it. Our athletes joined with Pretoria Boys High to matches against AHMP.
compete in the Noordvaal 5 group this year, against 6 other
schools. With a combined total of 739 points, they placed SQUASH
third in group 5.
PHSG Squash was honoured to welcome Zambian no 1
Pretoria Girls High also placed, with a total of 346 points, Squash player, Manda Chilambwe, to their Squash courts.
third in the group 5 female category. These are wonderful He spent me giving valuable advice and lessons to this
results! A huge thank to every athlete that competed and year's beginners as well as teams. PHSG Squash wishes him
that gave her best. all the best in the upcoming Commonwealth Games in
Australia.
VOLLEYBALL

The Volleyball girls played their first league matches on
Saturday 10 February. Congratula ons to the teams on a
good start to the season.

u/16 A beat Heronbridge 2-1.

The 2nd Team beat Heronbridge's 2nd team 2-0 and Bophelo
2-1.

The 1st team beat the French School, Bophelo and
Heronbridge's 2nd team.

Special Men on to Jessica da Silva and Dee-Dee Dlokova
who were chosen as the u19 and u16 players of the day.
Well done ladies!

ATTENTION GRADE BASKETBALL

11 - 12 PARENTS PHSG travelled to Johannesburg to play Basketball matches
against Sacred Heart College. The results were as follows:
Leave a las ng tribute to your daughter by purchasing a
plaque for one of the chairs in the Hall. For R200.00 per PHSG u/16 beat Sacred Heart u/16 29 - 6
chair we will place a plaque on the top end of the chair's PHSG u/18 beat Sacred Heart u/18 31 - 4.
back with her name and dates. Should you wish to be a
part of this, please collect a form from Mrs Shields. Well done to all the girls.

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EQUESTRIAN OFF TO A GREAT START

PHSG's equestrians started the year off
well. The first qualifier of 2018 saw several
of the PHSG riders come in the top ten in
their individual classes.

Simone Syman finished 7th in Show
Jumping, 80cm; Savanna Thomson
finished 5th in Pirx Caprilli test; Courtney
Robberson rode for PHSG for the first me
and placed 3rd in both Working Hun ng
and Show Jumping 100cm Accumulator;
Franscesca Bithrey finished 4th in
Performance Riding and Emma van Schie
took first place in both Dressage Test and
Performance Riding. Congratula ons on
these outstanding results!

Courtney Robbeson Emma Van Schie

DIVING SSP

The following divers made us proud at Parktown Girls High The Student Sponsorship Programme (SSP) is a non-profit
on 10 February: trust that provides educa onal opportuni es to hundreds
u/15: 6th place Havanna Rix, 4th place Cameron Burgess of talented students from low-income families thereby
and 1st place Georgie Dillon enabling them to a end the best schools.
u/16: 2nd place Amy Whi le and 1st place Kelly Du Toit
Open: 2nd place Tristan Crawford and 1st place Emily Entrance is pres gious as students are selected following
Burger a compe ve applica on process in which academic
excellence, financial need and leadership poten al are
Congratula ons to the following divers for brilliant assessed. Successful candidates are then placed at
performances at De Jong on 17 February: partner schools in Grade 8 and their academic progress
u/15: 10th posi on Reese Mai sa, 9th Jodie Knight, 3rd checked once a month.
Georgie Dillon
u/16: 11th Cameron Burgess, 6th Amy Whi le, 2nd Kelly Apart from the financial support given to these learners
Du Toit from sponsors in SA, the US and the UK, a mentor is also
Open: 11th Kaashifa Saloojee, 2nd Emily Burger, 1st paired with each student for the dura on of their high
Tristan Crawford school career.

SSP visited PHSG to welcome the new Grade 8 SSP
learners into the academic programme. 2017 Headgirl,
Flourish Oluwamakinde was a member of SSP and a true
success story and was also recognised at the event.
Flourish matriculated with 6 dis nc ons despite her busy
year, she has received a scholarshop to further her
studies.

2017 Headgirl, Flourish Oluwamakinde recognised by SSP

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INTER-HIGH GALAS

At the Inter-high galas held on 19, 20 and 21 February, PHSG
A came 3rd in the A Sec on behind Menlopark A and AHMP
A. In the B sec on, PHSG B came 6th out of 9 schools. In the
C Sec on, PHSG C came 9th.

Congratula ons to all the swimmers on their results and
performances. A huge thank you to our cheerleaders, who
placed 4th in the Spirit Trophy and the Grade 8 supporters
from 8 Buxton, Connaught and Duncan who walked to
Hillcrest and cheered for almost 6 hours!

Stephanie Houtman at the Platinum Mile WATERPOLO

OPEN WATER Congratula ons to the 1st Team for coming 9th out of 16
schools at the Reef Cup tournament at St S thians. PHSG
SWIMMING was ed with Fourways in the placement game a er
levelling the score in the last 10 seconds of a gruelling
Well done to Stephanie Houtman who par cipated in the game. The 1st Team went into penalty shootouts and won
Pla num Mile event on Sunday 4 February. This event is the game.
the official Gauteng Schools Open Water Championships
event and Stephanie placed second in the Mile event and Congratula ons to the following girls who were selected
third in the 3km event. to represent Northerns at the SA Schools Waterpolo
compe on last year December:
We are very proud of Stephanie's achievements in Open
Water swimming. She was selected as a member of the u/14 team: Megan Coetzee, Amy Crafford, Jenna
Swimming South Africa squad where she joined SA top Grtobler, Isabella Spies, Jessica de Jong, Nicole Smit, Lara
Open Water swimmers at a camp in Nelspruit in early Prinsloo, Nikita Thompson-Klopper, Emma Miles, Riley
January. At this camp she finished her first 10km swim Wearne and Tamzin van den Berg.
and qualified for SA Open Water Na onals in March in
Jeffrey's Bay. We wish her well in this event! u/15 Team: Alessia Coetzee, Nina McHardy and Emma
Bartz.

LEAVING EARLY

Leaving early le ers must be emailed or
handed in 24 hours in advance and need to
contain the following informa on:
1. Full name of daughter
2. Her grade and house
3. Date and me leaving early
4. Reason with proof of appointment
5. Name and rela onship of person who will be

signing her out

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CONTACT CLUB

On the 15 February, Contact Club as well as the
Saxophone ensemble, visited Silversig Home for the
Elderly. The contact club girls handed out Valen ne's
day cards that they had made while the saxophone
girls entertained the residents. Much fun was had by
all!

STAFF NEWS

Birthdays
The following staff hve birthdays in March
3rd - Ms van Niekerk (Visual art and Design
teacher)
4th - Ms Hubbard (English teacher) and Ms
Rankapole (new Life Science teacher)
7th - Mrs Rademeyer (Consumers Studies
Teacher)
13th - Mrs Viljoen (Execu ve PA)
The following staff have birthdays during the
April school holidays:
3rd - Mrs Jackson (Math and Math Lit teacher).
Congratula ons
Congratula ons are in order for Ms Hubbard who
recently got engaged.
Congratula ons to Mrs Greenburg whose
daughter obtained her fine arts degree with
dis nc on.
Farewell
Mrs Convey is leaving to further her studies in
Educa onal Psychology, we wish her all the best!

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REPORTING STRUCTURES
FOR PARENTS AND LEARNERS

SUBJECT DISCIPLINE Note:
RELATED QUERY RELATED QUERY Please address all
complaints in writing
SUBJECT TEACHER FORM TEACHER to [email protected]
FORM ORGANISER and they will be
HEAD OF SUBJECT GRADE EXECUTIVE forwarded on to the
DEPUTY PRINCIPALS relevant person or
HEAD OF department.
DEPARTMENT PRINCIPAL
Should all these
DEPUTY PRINCIPAL: avenues fail to
ACADEMICS address your
concern, please
PRINCIPAL contact the School
Governing Body.

EXTRA MURAL ALL OTHER
RELATED QUERY LEARNER QUERIES

COACH / QUERIES UNRELATED TO
LIAISON TEACHER SUBJECT, DISCIPLINE OR EXTRA MURALS

SPORT / LEARNER
CULTURAL ORGANISER
RCL REPRESENTATIVE
SPORT DIRECTOR/
HOD: CULTURE RCL EXECUTIVE

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL: PRESIDENT OF THE RCL
CULTURE AND SPORT
PRINCIPAL
PRINCIPAL

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