Snippets March 2019

March 2019

SNIPPETS PRETORIA HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

MATRIC DANCE

The long-awaited Matric Dance took place on Saturday 9 Parents gathered to watch the a endees show off their
March. The Matrics looked stunning and their partners ou its on the catwalk before entering the hall.
equally striking. The wonderful evening was held at Casa
Social da Madeira and the venue was decorated beau fully Thank you to by Mrs Gemeliaris and all those involved in
and elegantly in the theme “Under the Stars – The Li le making this a superb and unforge able evening.
Prince”.
For more pics, click here.

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HOUSE PLAY FESTIVAL Best Comedy Performance - Galaletsang Galane
(Gladstone)
The fabulous and well-a ended House Play Fes val took Best Ensemble - Clarendon (the McLaren children)
place during March and if you didn't a end you missed out! Best One-Liner - Buhle Mvemba "Any opening is a door
for me" (Buxton)
The wi y playwrights ensured that their respec ve plays Best Comic Moment - Busi Mathe and the hat/hair fiasco
had excellent plots and entertained the audience with the (Connaught)
following tles: Best Suppor ng Actor - Ora le Mokgoko (Buxton)
Best Suppor ng Actress - Krisi Chapanov (Connaught)
Aitken - Exam Aid, Athlone - Not-so-sweet Sixteen, Buxton - Best Actor in a Lead Role - Michelle Cazalet (Gladstone)
Sipho, The Gi , Clarendon - Case 100, Connaught - The Best Actress in a Lead Role - Kayla Geel (Clarendon)
Elevator, Duncan - A Fairytale Romance, Gladstone - The Honourable Men ons go to - Cecile Fraser (Gladstone),
"Perfect" Neighbour, McWilliam - Whatever Can Go Wrong, Jaudyn Denton (Selborne), Elke du Toit (Aitken), Ann Lee
Will Go Wrong, Selborne - Trapschool Musical and Van Zyl - (Connaught) and Cayley Sampson (Clarendon)
Just when I thought I was ge ng married. Best Cast - Selborne
Best Directors - Bonolo Moikanyane & Modiegi
Of course, we held our very own “Oscars” and the highly Motsoaledi (Clarendon)
coveted awards went to (…drum roll…): Best Script - Trapschool Musical, wri en by Daniella Yav
Best Set - Clarendon (Selborne)
Best Incorpora on of Tech - McWilliam Best House Play of 2019 - The "Perfect" Neighbour",
Best Use of Space - Aitken directed by Jo-anne Mahlobo & Kendra Wilkinson
Best Prop - Van Zyl (for the Home Affairs sign) (Gladstone)
Best Sound & Ligh ng - Connaught
Best Concept - Aitken Thank you to all the learners and the staff who were
Best Costumes - Selborne
Best Backstage Crew - Van Zyl involved and contributed to the success of the House Play
Best Make-up - McWilliam
Best Produc on Secretary - Kumi Makhubele (Van Zyl) Fes val.
Best Cameo - Uthimna Nape (Connaught)

For more pics, click here.

Calling all Restaurateurs!

We are looking for Old Girls, parents or supporters of PHSG in the Food and
Hospitality Industries to help us make the 100th Spring Fair the best one to date.

Help us raise funds in the form of vouchers or products for prizes on the day,
or simply offer your support by offering your time or other expertise.

Drop us a message at [email protected] and let us know how we can work together.

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BOARDER PARENT DINNER

By Fawn Dile ante Of course, a celebra on also needs to be accompanied by
delicious food. This year Mrs Claassen, the catering
This Gala Dinner was very exci ng! The Hall was manager, served four courses of the boarders' favourites.
transformed with colourful paper maché balloons, chic The Grade 9s ran themselves ragged with plates of chicken,
table décor and fairy lights twinkling in the windows. pork, beef and special puddings.

The boarders danced through songs of Iconic Women which At the end of a very long evening, the parents wrapped up
was the theme for the exci ng evening. Every grade of the with an auc on, which was deemed very successful. All the
two boarding facili es tried to interpret the 50s, 60s and the hard work and long hours by the many different par cipants
end of the twen eth century the way they thought best – contributed to a very dy sum for the hostels.
with hilarious results!

CHARITY DAY Grade 11s held their Valen ne’s Dance and the Matrics all
tried their hand (or feet) at Soccer. Thank you to all parents
In an effort to raise social awareness and help those less who contributed R50 and helped make a difference!
fortunate, each year PHSG holds a charity day in which the
different houses compete in a variety of fun ac vi es. The Click here for more pics.
Grade 8s held a Charity Walk, the Grade 9s a Codesa Dance,
the Grade 10s put on a spectacular Dance-a-Thon, the

SQUASH RESULTS GETTING

The Squash League scores: PHSG C beat DSG D: 16-0 OUR GEEK
PHSG A lost against Sutherland A 1 - 16 PHSG 5 beat DSG 7 16-0
PHSG B beat Midstream B: 16 - 5 PHSG 6 beat Uitsig 4: 16-0 ON FOR
PHSG 6 beat Sutherland 3: 16 - 1 PHSG 7 beat DSG 9: 16-0
PHSG 7 beat Sutherland 4: 16 - 0 PI-DAY
PHSG A lost against Menlo A: 4 - 13 (Nail Results from the DSG Squash and Tennis
Bi ng Games) Fest: Pi-Day was held on 11 March
PHSG B lost against Menlo B: 1 - 15 PHSG beat Parktown: 8-0 and the Maths department
PHSG D lost against Menlo D: 1 - 15 PHSG beat St Mary's 3: 5-3 put together a fabulous
PHSG C beat DSG C: 13-3 PHSG lost to Roedean 1: 3-5 due to a presenta on to excite
PHSG 5 beat Uitsig 3: 16-0 forfeit from PHSG team learners about the wonders
PHSG 6 beat Uitsig 5: 16-0 PHSG beat Roedean 2: 6-2 of Pi. Want to find out what
PHSG 7 beat Uitsig 6: 16-0 This placed us second in our pool. all the fuss is about? Click
PHSG A lost against DSG A: 0-16 here to see for yourself.

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VOLLEYBALL INTER-HOUSE

On Saturday 2 March, our U14 Volleyball girls took part in WATER POLO
the first 3-a-side tournament hosted by St. Mary's.
The Pretoria High School for Girls Inter-House water polo
U14A won 6 out of 11 games, U14B won 3 out of 11 games finals took place from 12 - 13 March. Connaught took the
and U14C won 6 out of 11 games. much-coveted 1st place having gone to penalty shoot outs
against van Zyl. McWilliam took the spirit award thanks to
On Saturday, 9 March the Volleyball girls a ended the their cheerleaders and supporters who avidly supported
annual Fourways tournament. the event.

U14s won 3 out of 7 games. They went to the knock out
round and beat DSG 25-8.

U16s won 3 out 4 games.

U19 B won 4 out of 5 games. They went to the knock out
round and beat Fourways C 25-11. In the Quarter finals
they played against Fourways B and lost 21-25.

U19A won 5 out of their 6 games. In the knock out round
the faced Fourways B and lost 21-25.

The U14 Team at their first tournament

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READY…STEADY…DEBATE!

By Fawn Dile ante invited to the last regional Junior Rounds, being held at
PHSG on 6 April 2019.
Deba ng requires a great deal of training, listening, wri ng,
listening and reading and listening. The days are very long: Think that Ar ficial Intelligence should decide sentencing
with the three obligatory debates running over a whole in criminal cases instead of judges and juries? Maybe? Do
Saturday. Then you should have nerves of steel (because you believe that colonial states should be compelled to
exposing to the opposi on you're a li le out of your depth return cultural artefacts? Of course, you do! PHSG had to
could turn them into a school of Great White sharks) and defend the colonial masters…
you have to be able to consider the mo ons to the limits of
credulity. Now do it in seven minutes exactly, without repea ng your
previous speaker's points and be prepared to be
The Senior Side has managed to move to the next round of interrupted every 15 seconds. (Adrenaline is pumping.)
the SACEE Senior Gauteng Championships and everyone is

Senior side preparing Junior Debating side

ENGLISH OLYMPIAD 2019

By Fawn Dile ante

The tension is palpable the closer the girls move to the More than 7000 learners write the paper which is graded in
exam. This year the group had to concentrate on South the Eastern Cape. The Top 100 candidates earn gold
African short stories and their impact. It did mean hours cer ficates; the Top 50 are offered first year tui on free at
spent on Fridays and Saturdays with various lecturers, Rhodes University and the Top 15 are lauded on the stage at
studying the passages in depth. the Grahamstown Fes val. Besides very handsome prizes,
the Top 3 are awarded between R27 000 and R30 000 cash.
The paper is always a surprise. The topics tend to catch one Whoever is considered the very best also wins a beau ful
on the proverbial back foot. While it is exci ng wri ng, one crystal trophy.
feels quite drained a er the three hours.

AVO STRING QUARTET

By Jasmine Beeforth (Grade 9) melody played on the violin and is then repeated by the
viola a few bars later. This sets the mood for a calm yet
On 28 February the girls from the PHSG String Ensemble even ul movement to follow, filled with beau ful
and Cello Ensemble were invited to the UP Lunch Hour countermelodies and new material rhythmically and
Concert. harmonically.

AVO String Quartet is a Pretoria-based string quartet. The The second string quartet is opened by a striking rhythm
quartet has two violins, a viola and a cello. The quartet and is followed by a rhythmically intricate second theme
played two string quartets: String Quartet No 3, Opus 18 by introduced by the viola. The final movement opens with a
Beethoven and String Quartet No 1, Opus 11 by simple but sprightly theme of great energy. The viola again,
Tchaikovsky. introduces the second theme, which is Russian in character
and very noble.
The first string quartet opens with a clear and simple

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INTER-HOUSE GALA

The much-an cipated Pretoria High School for Well done to the following swimmers in the
Girls Inter-House Gala took place on Thursday 14 Individual Medleys:
March. Van Zyl won the overall event and JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY:
proudly boasts bragging rights to having the best 1. Emma Nunn
swimmers with Connaught and Aitken coming 2. Frankie Spies
second and third respec vely. Selborne took the 3. Taylin Alberts
Spirit Trophy, just bea ng McWilliam and Aitken SENIOR INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY:
once again in third place. 1. Stephanie Houtman
2. Rachel-Ann van Biljon
For more pics, click here. 3. Nicola Sequeira

2ND EQUESTRIAN QUALIFIER

PHSG is excep onally proud of all the girls who par cipated Amani Hoosen

in the 2nd Equestrian Qualifier at Misty Meadows earlier 16th posi on in the Dressage junior novice test 2

this month. Congratula ons to the following learners: 8th posi on in the Dressage junior novice test 3

Luca Bailey Courtney Robbeson
19th posi on in the Junior prelim test 2 5 th posi on in the Working hun ng 90cm
16th posi on in the Dressage Junior prelim test 3 8th posi on in the Show jumping 100cm compe on
10th posi on in the Equita on special test 60cm 10th posi on in the Show jumping 100cm Accumulator
15th posi on in the Show jumping 70sm compe on
Megan Crabtree
Jordaan Venter 9th posi on in the Equita on 90cm novice
1st posi on in the Dressage junior prelim test 3 10th posi on in the Show Jumping 90cm accumulator
10th posi on in the Performance riding category
5th in the Working Hun ng 70cm Simone Synman
3rd in the Working Riding 27th posi on in the Show Jumping 80cm accumulator
24th posi on in the Show Jumping 80cm compe on 6th posi on in the Show Jumping 80cm compe on

Madison Ferula Nadia Pentz
6th posi on in the Working hun ng 80cm 21st posi on in the Show Jumping 90cm accumulator
9th posi on in the Equita on Welcome 80cm 2nd posi on in the Show Jumping 90cm compe on
5th posi on in the Show Jumping 80cm accumulator
19th posi on in the Show Jumping 80cm compe on

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OLD GIRL WINS A BEARY exciting project is in
RECORD-BREAKING DIVE
the pipeline for PHSG Spring
PHSG is excep onally proud of our Old Girl, Cydney Liebenberg, who won Fair and we need your help!
a record-breaking dive at the Horizon League Championships and set a
UIC record for her phenomenal diving. Cydney recently sat down with Calling Old Girls, moms,
the UIC Flames to discuss her championship performance, where she grannies or anyone that loves
stated that she lives by the mo o 'I can, I will, and I want to', which making a difference.
mo vates her to perform at her best. To watch the full interview click
here. Join us on Wednesday 27
March. We will be having a
tracing and cutting workshop.

We will be working from 09:30-
18:00. Pop in for an hour or for
the morning, afternoon or the
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SAVE THE DATE

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STAFF NEWS

Congratula ons
Congratula ons to Mrs Benzien, our Financial
Manager, on the birth of her daughter, Heillie,
on 1 March.
Farewell
PHSG wishes a fond farewell to Mr
Schu enburg, our Estate Manager, who is
re ring at the end of the term. We wish you all
the best for the future.
April Birthdays
3 - Mrs Jackson
8 - Mr Prigge
10 - Ms Barra
10 - Mrs Lombard
17 - Mrs Skhosana
23 - Ms Zulu
25 - Ms v Wyk
29 - Mrs Abraham

The Term 1 report
cards will be handed

out during the
first week of Term 2.

APRIL 2019

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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
LIAISON TEACHER

HEAD OF SUBJECT SPORT / CULTURAL / CLUB / FORM ORGANISER
SERVICE ORGANISER GRADE EXECUTIVE
HEAD OF
DEPARTMENT HEAD OF SPORT / CULTURE /
CLUB / SERVICE

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

PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL

PASTORAL BOARDING LEARNER REPORTING
RELATED QUERY RELATED QUERY STRUCTURES

FORM TEACHER Administrative Pastoral / LEARNER QUERY
Academic /
FORM ORGANISER HOSTEL Discipline RCL
SECRETARY REPRESENTATIVE
FAMILY
HEAD

GRADE EXECUTIVE SENIOR HOUSE MISTRESS RCL EXECUTIVE

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

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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