Snippets April 2018

April 2018

SNIPPETS PRETORIA HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

GRADE 8 SEED BANK CEREMONY

By Antonia Mugisa (Grade 12) wrote a le er to themselves of their hopes and dreams and
placed it, together with their seeds, in the seed banks,
What an even ul day! The Margaret Roberts' Heritage Seed symbolising the growth and height each one their dreams
Bank Program was kicked off officially in assembly on 17 can reach. We look forward to 2022 when the seed bank will
April. Sandy Roberts, daughter of Margaret Roberts, and be opened and they receive their seeds and le ers. PHSG
proud old girl of PHSG, spoke about the importance of looks to con nue this for each new group of Grade 8 learners
growing and sustaining our natural seeds. The 2018 Grade 8 that a end the school. We would like to thank the Margaret
learners were the first genera on of ladies to each receive Robert's Herbal Centre for their effort and assistance in what
their seeds that were placed in a seed bank which will we hope will be a las ng tradi on!
remain sealed un l they are in matric. Each one of them

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SURVIVAL EEC

By Buhlebenkosi Mgwenya (Grade 11)

The Grade 11 learners a ended EEC
from 11 to 13 April at Grootvlei.

EEC was an emo onal rollercoaster
both draining and eleva ng; it turned
hunger into an emo on. Although Day
One felt like an episode of “Survival
South Africa” with ac vi es such as
crea ng a shelter; making your own
dinner and then sleeping outside, Day
Two le us excited and wan ng more.
Some of us went to EEC not expec ng
the harshness of the veld but we all
returned with a couple of inexplicable
bite marks, more understanding of
each other as members of the grade
and as surprising individuals, and
more knowledge about when and
where to be wary of snakes and
spiders!

SCA CAMP D4 INDIVIDUAL

By Ms Rankapole CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS

About 40 young ladies of PHSG joined the By Mrs van der Merwe
SCA teachers for pizza, cupcakes and a night
of music, fun, laughter and sisterhood on On 10 March, the D4 Individual Chess Championships took place at
Friday, 13 April. A er much jubila on and PHSG. The following 10 learners par cipated in this event: Claire
dancing in the Gym, the group re red to the Angel, Gabrielle Amroumi, Deren Effendi, Rose Mamabolo, Natasha
'Afrikaans Block' to sleep on the floor there. Janse van Rensburg, Buhle Mvembe, Amber Kahumuza, Lorato Daly,
The camp con nued the next day a er Paballo Motaung and Bonga Ntuli.
muffins and juice and speakers enlivened
the campers with inspiring messages related In the u/18 division, Claire Angel came 1st, Gabrielle Amroumi 2nd,
to the world and their place in it. We were Derren Effendi 4th and Rose Mamabolo 5th. These learners will
mo vated to serve the Lord and each other progress to the Gauteng Individual Chess Championships in May.
with humility, love, kindness and gra tude. Congratula ons to all the girls that par cipated and good luck to the
4 learners who progressed to the next round.

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STUDENT INTER-CULTURAL CLUB (SICC)

PHSG is home to much diversity and once a year the SICC
get together to celebrate different cultures' diversity with a
concert. This year's performance took place on Friday 20
April. Ticket holders were treated to an evening full of
dancing, singing, poetry and other fun performances by
learners who were eager to show off their talents and
various cultures.

DEBATING SACEE WORLD SCHOOLS' STYLE

By Ms J Cÿrus speakers were Cameron Burgess, Danica Daniels, Crystal
Magezi and Damola Adeyemo who were ranked 5th; 6th;
At the end of Term 1, the First Deba ng Team finished top of 14th and 15th out of 30 compe ng speakers.
the Pretoria Pool having won all six of their debates. There
were 16 teams compe ng. Our Senior speakers; Grace Because the teams fared so well, they are now progressing
Mngadi; Ka nka Sik and Buhlebenkosi Mgwenya were to the Gauteng Championships in May and June in
ranked third, sixth and twel h respec vely, out of 75 Johannesburg.
speakers, which is really most excellent.
Well done and best wishes!
The Junior Team broke fourth out of eight teams and the top

The Junior debating side at Pretoria Tech The Senior Debating team at the last rounds of the
Pretoria tournament

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VOLLEYBALL STAFF NEWS

On 17 March, PHSG par cipated in the annual Fourways Congratula ons
Volleyball tournament. Congratula ons to Mrs Gouws who got her BA Crea ve
Wri ng degree during the holidays.
The u14B team fought hard during the tournament and
made it to the Plate knock-out and beat Fourways F 21-20. New Staff
They however lost 13-25 in the Plate quarter finals. PHSG welcomes the following new staff:
1. Mrs Koster for Mathema cs
U14 A beat Wendywood 21-20 and Fourways D 21-13. They 2. Mrs van Kraayenberg for LO
lost 15-21 to Midrand and beat Jeppe B 21-17 in the knock- 3. Mr Jelley subs tu ng for English
out round. They lost 13-25 in the quarter finals to Rand 4. Mrs Lombard is the new PHSG Shoppe Manager
Girls. In the Plate quarter finals they beat Fourways D 21-9 5. Mr Meyer is the IT Systems Administrator
and lost to Fourways A 0-2 in the Semi-finals. They came 6. Mrs Motsweni for Procurement
4th in the Plate sec on a er losing 1-2 to Fourways C.
Hostel welcomes the following new staff:
U16 B beat Jeppe B 21-18, Gresswold 21-16, Krugersdorp 1. Mrs Smit
High School 21-4, Queens 21-0 and Fourways D 21-17. They 2. Ms Rankapole
lost 13-21 to DSG in the knock-out round. 3. Ms Human

U16 A beat Waterford A 21-18, Fourways G 21-0, AISJ B 21- Welcome! We believe that you will contribute
5 and Fourways C 21-11. They lost 13-21 to Jeppe A and tremendously towards our School’s success.
beat Fourways F 21-12 in the knock-out round. A er a hard-
fought match, they lost 19-25 to Fourways A in the quarter Student Teachers
finals. We welcome the following student teachers doing their
teaching prac cals at our school:
U19 B beat Waterford 21-19 and lost 5-21 to Fourways A, 1- 1. Ms. Magagula
21 to DSP, 10-21 to St. Barnabas and 12-21 to Krugersdorp 2. Ms Anselmo
High School. 3. Ms. Lightbody
4. Ms. Hadebe
U19 A beat DSG 21-3 and Fourways C 21-15 but lost 15-21 5. Ms. Mclaren
to Waterford A and 17-21 to ISSA. In the quarterfinals our 6. Ms. Dives
1st Team lost 19-25 to Jeppe A. 7. Ms. Vogelzang
8. Ms. Kemp
BASKETBALL 9. Ms de Jong
10. Ms Ryan
By Mrs Oertel 11. Ms Mabotja

In October 2017 Palesa Lenken was elected for the We trust they will gain a lot of invaluable experience at
Gauteng U16 Basketball team. They played in the Inter- PHSG.
Provincial Tourna,ent where Gauteng won the bronze
medal (3rd place). We say farewell to the Dutch exchange teacher student,
Ms. Cluistra with LO and Ms. Siewers with Life Science, who
Last week we were informed that Palesa has been will return home in May. We wish them the best of luck
selected for the SA U16 team which will be playing in Italy with their teaching careers.
in July.
Birthdays in May
Well done Palesa! 3 - Mrs McCusker (English)
4- Mrs Gouws (Afrikaans)
LEAVING EARLY 6 - Mrs Esterhuizen (Mathema cs)
8 - Mrs Nabal (Hostel Secretary)
Leaving early le ers must be emailed or handed 12 - Mrs Shields (Finance)
in 24 hours in advance and need to contain the 12 - Mrs Rwida (Afrikaans)
following informa on: 18 - Ms Cooper (History)
1. Full name of daughter 27 - Mrs Sto erg (Deputy Principal and Life Science)
2. Her grade and house 30 - Mrs Schu enburg (Estate Manager)
3. Date and me leaving early 31 - Mrs Mackenzie (Geography).
4. Reason with proof of appointment
5. Name and rela onship of person who will be 4

signing her out
This informa on is required so that the school
knows the parent is aware that their daughter will
be leaving the property and to ensure we release
her into the custody of the correct person.

LOST JACKET

A jacket was le in the school gym a er the SGB
elec ons. Whomever can iden fy it can collect it
from Recep on.

IMPORTANT DATES

Jersey Display 9 May
PA Movie Night for All @ PHSG 11 May
Inter house Quiz 15 May
Mothers' Day Concert 18 May
Examina ons 1 – 20 June
Inter house Athle cs 21 June
Spring Fair 18 August
Grade 12 Preparatory examina ons 23 August
School's Birthday 10 October
Valedic on 11 October
Matric Final Assembly & Breakfast 12 October
Old Girls' Reunion Weekend 12 – 14 October
End of year exams start (tbc) 1 November
Reports handed out 12 December
End of Term 4 for learners 12 December

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TERMS

Term 2 10 April – 22 June
Term 3 17 July – 28 September
Term 4 9 October – 12 December

MAY 2018

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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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