Snippets October 2020

October 2020

SNIPPETS PRETORIA HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

MEET THE 2021 PREFECTS

By Jasmine Beeforth Thandeka Dlamini, Thandiswa Dlamini, Kelcey Gernard,
Suzie Holliday, Olerato Kgotle, Faith Khumalo, Kutlwano
On 23 October, the Grade 11s, only, gathered in the pool Legoabe, Tshedimoso Lerefolo, Megan Logan, Valen na
enclosure. Teachers ensured that the correct social Lohrentz, Gao Mahlakoana,
distancing was followed. A er the vo ng in the previous
months, by the various en es, the forty prefects were Yanila Makhudu, Tshego Makola, Khutšo Malaka, Fatso
announced on Friday morning. The new Boarding Prefects Maoto, Amy Marshall, Lethabo Mathopa, Koketso Matlou,
were presented with long-stemmed, ruby red roses and the Luvhani Mbedzi, Alwande Mlambo, Didi Moleko, Lihle
School Prefects, with beau ful ivory roses. Therea er, the Mosiane, Chanda Mwanza, Cwenga Nazo, Lara Prinsloo,
New Body proceeded to the Hall where they signed their Ayakha Qhomfo, Havana Rix,
pledges.
Erin Russell, Irmgard Rwida, Irmuske Rwida, Maleah Schultz,
The Induc on of the new leaders, which will include Dimpho Sefora, Ntando Sgudla, Zoe Sithole, Naledi Temo,
por olios for 2021, will happen at a later date. Mmakgosi Tlhabadira and Rachael Weatherhead.

It is a formidable task that the new leaders face a er this Best wishes, Ladies!
year's Covid whirlpool. 2021
will be packed with challenges
never faced before.

Congratula ons to the
following learners who were
elected to this posi on:

Isabella Afonso, Megan
Coetzee, Jessica de Jong,

Park Street, Arcadia Tel: 012 430 7341 www.phsg.org.za Email:[email protected]

HIP HIP HOORAY

By Neha Singh young person. This is the me when you 'come of age'.
Pretoria High School for Girls turns 118 on 10 October and
On Saturday, 10 October, Pretoria High School for Girls this is the me for a new era of the school to 'Come of
celebrated their 118th birthday. This pres gious ins tu on Age'.”
has embraced change and development. For over a
century many young women have walked through the halls A video was played during the online assembly. It
of PHSG with a sense of pride and dignity. portrayed the accomplishments and developments of the

The usual fes vi es could school while the school
unfortunately not take song played in the
place due to Covid-19. background. The
Usually, students and staff melodious tune warmed
would gather in the hall the hearts of many. Once
for a special assembly and all had watched the video,
a guest speaker, who is Mrs Erasmus said, “The
typically an Old Girl, gi that we will get at the
would be invited. Despite end of this journey should
the fact that these plans be one of a sense of
had to be canceled, the belonging for all”. Her
school managed to make statement managed to
the Thursday and Friday tug at the heart strings of
before the birthday, all who listened to her
extremely special. speech. She emphasised
the vital role that staff,
Mrs Erasmus, the students, parents and
principal of the school, alumni play in the journey
said during an online of change on which the
Teams mee ng assembly, school is embarking and
“We all know that an 18th wished all a 'Happy
birthday is a very special Birthday!'
one in the life of any

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GIRLS' HIGH HOODIES

By Leah Malan extra mural ac vi es.

A new item has been added to the uniform selec on, a Looks as though this item is going to become a “must” in
lovely Girls' High hoodie! every Girls' High girl's wardrobe!

Originally there were hoodies for members of a first team
only, but the school has decided it
would be best if all students had
access to a hoodie. The guidelines
as to when the hoodies will be
allowed to be worn will be
communicated. The prices of the
hoodies range from about R386 to
R442, depending on the sizes.

They come in two different
colours: grey and navy-blue. Grey
hoodies are available to students
who are part of a first team or
senior members of cultural
ac vi es. The hoodies themselves
do not have the words “first team"
printed on them but can be added
with no addi onal cost. The navy
hoodie is available for all learners,
not just those par cipa ng in

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OCTOBER MUSIC CONCERT

By Jasmine Beeforth performances included: Inaminkosi Mayekiso who played
a fast-paced Orientale on the cello; Sivu Maphasa who sang
On 14 and 15 October the Grade 10 and 11 girls performed an enchan ng Lied des Marmo enbubben and Catherine
for audiences of family and friends. They introduced their S ff who expertly played Romance in F minor.
pieces with informa on about the composers and about
the different stylis c techniques. Both concerts were filled with skilful playing and singing.
Even in these uncertain mes, when we can't touch, we can
The pieces were duly performed on a variety of s ll connect through music.
instruments and in an assortment of styles. Some notable

For more pics of the Concerts, please click here.

STAFF CONCERT

The Grade 10 and 11 subject Music learners performed in were thirs ng for beauty and art. I was moved by the polish
the 2 assessment concerts this week. From the 36 items 10 and the dedica on, I didn't realise how much I had missed
items were chosen for our first Staff Concert. This concert the arts. It's as though the sanity of the con nuance of
was a token of apprecia on for all the support that the prac ce and performance were signs of the old, familiar
Music Department had received from Staff. life we used to lead before COVID. The a ernoon brought
some equilibrium in the madness.”
The concert was par cularly well supported, with many
Teachers capturing the moment on their cell phones. Mrs We thank the learners for trea ng us with their spectacular
Cyrus, who was in a endance, had this to say, “People performances.

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Can you guess the sta member?

To celebrate our 118 Birthday, we decided to do a throw-back campaign of staff photos. You have been
seeing them on social media, did you guess them correctly? On the next page you will find more pictures
and the names of the staff who competed.
The first learner on Day A (4 November) and the first learner on Day B (5
November) to correctly match all the staff photos with the correct name and
hand it in to Ms du Toit in room 117, will get a chocolate. Need some clues? Go
back and check out the pics on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.

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7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30

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Can you guess the sta member?

Name Number

Mrs A Benzien _______

Mrs A Boustead _______

Mrs A le Roux _______

Mrs A Lightbody _______

Mrs A Mare _______

31 32 33 Mrs A Mulder _______
Mrs A Muller _______

Mrs A van der Merwe _______

Mrs C Kolbe-Rossouw _______

Ms C Koster _______

Mrs C Shelley _______

Mrs C van Zyl _______

Mrs D Bullock _______

Mrs D Dugmore _______

34 35 36 Mrs D Schoombie _______

Mr D Snyman _______

Mrs E Kruger _______

Mrs E Lubie _______

Mrs F Rwida _______

Mrs J Barra _______

Mrs J Carstens _______

Mrs J Esterhuizen _______

Ms J Mangena _______

37 38 39 Mrs K Brimecombe _______
Ms K du Toit _______

Ms L Human _______

Mrs L van Heerden _______

Mr M du Plessis _______

Ms M Eloff _______

Mrs M Olivier _______

Ms M Oosthuizen _______

Mrs M Russell _______

40 41 Mrs N Nowak _______
Mrs P Erasmus _______

Mr R Prigge _______

Mrs S Dorlas _______

Mrs S Klopper _______

Mrs S Pike _______

Mrs S Saunders _______

Mrs V Hohls _______

Ms V Ramlaul _______

42 43 Mr W Smit _______
Mrs Y Jackson _______

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STAFF NEWS STAFF SONGBIRD

November Birthdays We are very proud of Mrs Skosana, who works at as a general assistant
2 - Mrs Weideman (English and French) at PHSG. She made her first appearance on Ga-Rankuwa FM on 11
2 - Mr Mashishi (Support Staff) October in an interview to promote her new album. Soon you will be
3 - Ms Robbertse (Maths) hearing her songs played across a variety of music sta ons.
7 - Yolandé Dodds (PA to the
Mrs Skosana fell in love
Headmistress) with music from an early
12 - Mrs van Kraayenburg (LO) age. She grew up singing
21 - Mrs Pieters (CAT and Business in Church, at school and in
the Village Music Group.
Studies) A er being in several
25 - Ms Lightbody (Life Sciences) groups and being a part of
25 - Mr Ndluli (Support Staff) mul ple collabora ons,
26 - Mrs Greenburg (Visual Art and she went solo and
recorded her first Gospel
Design) album, Konyana. Recently
27 - Ms Mokhabela (Support Staff) she released her second
28 - Ms Cowan (Assistant to Academic album called Hateng ya
tshwanang le Jesu, with
Manager) songs that she hopes will
encourage people in the
Congratula ons Lord.
Congratula ons to Mrs van Kraayenburg
on the birth of her baby, Bjorn. Click here for a link to her
YouTube channel.

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REPORTING STRUCTURES
FOR PARENTS AND LEARNERS

SUBJECT EXTRA MURAL DISCIPLINE RELATED QUERY
RELATED QUERY RELATED QUERY

SUBJECT TEACHER COACH / FORM TEACHER TEACHER
LIAISON TEACHER

HEAD OF SUBJECT SPORT / CULTURAL / CLUB / FORM ORGANISER FORM ORGANISER
SERVICE ORGANISER
HEAD OF GRADE EXECUTIVE HAIR & UNIFORM COMMITTEE
DEPARTMENT HEAD OF SPORT / CULTURE /
CLUB / SERVICE

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL: DEPUTY PRINCIPAL: DEPUTY PRINCIPAL: DEPUTY PRINCIPAL:
ACADEMICS EXTRA & CO-CURRICULAR OPERATIONS & DISCIPLINE OPERATIONS & DISCIPLINE

PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL

PASTORAL BOARDING RELATED QUERY LEARNER REPORTING
RELATED QUERY STRUCTURES
ADMINISTRATIVE PASTORAL / ACADEMIC / DISCIPLINE
FORM TEACHER LEARNER QUERY
HOSTEL SECRETARY FAMILY HEAD
FORM ORGANISER RCL
REPRESENTATIVE

GRADE EXECUTIVE SENIOR HOUSE MISTRESS SENIOR HOUSE MISTRESS RCL EXECUTIVE

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL: DEPUTY PRINCIPAL: DEPUTY PRINCIPAL: LEARNER HEAD
PASTORAL & BOARDING PASTORAL & BOARDING PASTORAL & BOARDING OF RCL

PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL

Note: Should all these avenues fail to address
Please address all complaints in writing to your concern, please contact the School
[email protected] and they will be forwarded on to the Governing Body.
relevant person or department.

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