Snippets September 2021

September 2021

SNIPPETS PRETORIA HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

HERITAGE DAY CELEBRATIONS

By Jasmine Beeforth tradi onal clothing, the girls will try to match themselves to
the South African flag. This is a demonstra on that through
Heritage Day is an important day where people celebrate our different cultures and backgrounds, we make one PHSG
their heritage and culture with their family and friends. In and one South Africa.
honour of this, Girls' High decided that alongside their

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FIRST LEGO LEAGUE

On 18 September, the PHSG's Robo cs teams, The Bots and Itohan Zulu, Linamandra Mzileni and Krisha Bhoola, took
Fineline, took part in the first ever virtual compe on. the award for Best Innova on Project. This is awarded to
the team with the most innova ve and unique idea to help
The compe on involved research and robot design and solve a world problem.
core values.
Fineline, comprising of Malaika Kamangu, Michelle
With limited me and limited physical contact, this year's Jaramba, Vaibhav Maharaj, Kumiko Van der Spuy, Danita
compe on was far from easy but with the help of mentors Naicker and Kego Kau, took the award for Best Robot
both teams managed to pull through and bag two major Design. This is awarded to the team with the most efficient
awards, Best Robot Design and Best Innova on Project. running robot and effec ve high-level programming.

The Bots, comprising of Damola Adeyemo, Malaika Miteo,

Fineline The Bots

GRADE 11 CONCERT The concert was opened by an energe c Timpani
performance by Sibahle Skosana accompanied by Mrs
By Jasmine Beeforth Hohls on Piano. This was followed by an invigora ng piano
piece en tled, 'The Reef'performed by Roxanne van der
The Grade 11 Music students had their much-an cipated Lith and the concert was closed by a hopeful rendi on of,
concert on Monday 13 September. The week leading up to 'Deliver Us', from The Prince of Egypt by Micara May.
the concert was spent relessly on score analysis,
programme notes and prac ce performances in It was also a truly special occasion as it was the final concert
prepara on. a ended by Mrs Dednam and Mrs Grimbeek and the Grade
11s rose to the occasion and gave a truly spectacular
The concert could not be a ended by anyone outside of the performance.
school, but each girl was allowed to invite one person from
inside the school, either a teacher or another learner.

The Grade 11 Music subject class Erna Grimbeek with her Grade 11 vocal students.
This was her last concert with us as she retires
at the end of Term 2.

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2021 PRETORIA EISTEDDFOD

Sisters, Catherine and 9. Winner of best violinist 18 and under – Nota on Music
Emma S ff, took part trophy
in the 2021 Pretoria
Eisteddfod and 10. Winner of Nota on Music and Anne-Marie Swanepoel
clinched several money prize
trophies. These
incredible young 11. Winner of best string player 16 – 24 years – Dorothea
musicians have a lot Goedkoop trophy
to be proud of. The
results are as follows: 12.Winner of Dorothea Goedkoop money prize
13.Overall winner – Pretoria Eisteddfod trophy
Catherine S ff (Grade 12) 14.Winner of Pretoria Eisteddfod money prize
1. Modern 18 and under A++ 15. Overall winner – Stefans Grove trophy
2. Concerto 18 and under A++ 16.Winner of John Roos Memorial Prize
3. Recital 18 and under A++ 17. Winner of Best duo – Pleyel trophy
4. Duo 16 and under A++
5. Winner of best solo: modern – Anne-Marie Swanepoel Emma S ff (Grade 8)
1. Classical 14 and under A++
trophy 2. Concerto 14 and under A+
6. Winner of best concerto – Brenda Brink trophy 3. Recital 14 and under A+
7. Winner of best recital – Lizelle le Roux trophy 4. Duo 16 and under A++
8. Winner of best overall solo – Paganini trophy 5. Winner of best solo: Classical – Mozart trophy
6. Winner of best violinist 14 and under – Pro Arte Alphen

Park trophy
7. Winner of Dorothea Overbeck money prize
8. Winner of Best duo – Pleyel trophy

2021 PRETORIA

CLASSICAL GUITAR

EISTEDDFOD

Hear elt congratula ons to the PHSG Guitar Ensemble for winning
the best ensemble award at the 2021 Pretoria Classical Guitar
Eisteddfod! In this photo, from le to right: Setso Lekoma, Jessica de
Wit, Caitlin Smit, Lihle Mosiane and Jocelyn Weiss.

Congratula ons to Lihle Mosiane for her well
deserved success in winning the following
catgories at the 2021 Pretoria Classical Guitar
Eisteddfod:1) Best performance of a classical
piece.2) Best performance of a modern /
postmodern piece.3) Best recital (3 contras ng
pieces) - shared award with another guitarist.4)
Best senior guitarist at the classical guitar
Eisteddfod.5) Overall winner of the Pretoria
Classical Guitar Eisteddfod 2021!

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2021 SEEDBANK CEREMONY

By Courtney Gauld envelopes with their seeds and le ers to grow. The main goal of the
when they are in matric (in 2025) ceremony is to ensure a future with
The Seedbank Ceremony is a beau ful during their final assembly. The girls many types of colourful, healthy
ceremony to honour Margaret have a choice to take the seeds and plants for the coming genera ons of
Roberts and the environment. Each grow them or give them to the school Old Girls.
year all the Grade 8s write a le er to
themselves about their personal goals
and they put the le ers in envelopes
with unique, organic seeds from the
Margaret Roberts' Herbal Centre. The
seed bank ceremony was held on
Friday, 10 September.

The envelopes were placed in the
secure concrete benches in the
Margaret Roberts' Memorial Quad.
Owing to Covid regula ons, not all the
Grade 8s were able to witness this
ac on, so each class sent their RCL
representa ves and their Class
Captains to transfer the envelopes to
the benches.

The 2021 Grade 8s will receive their

SASMT ENSEMBLE COMPETITION

The PHSG String Ensemble performed at the SASMT Ensemble Compe on with such energy, good sound and a en on to
musical detail. Well done, ladies!

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SPRING IS IN THE AIR!

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INTERHOUSE IS BACK!

1st Connaught 2nd Aitken

3rd (tied) Athlone 3rd (tied) Buxton 3rd (tied) Clarendon

6th (tied) McWilliam 6th (tied) Van Zyl 8th (tied) Duncan

By Emily Hawkes 10th Selborne

A er over a year of interhouse events for two bonus points, ac ng out watching TV, flying a drone
and many other ac ons. A er an hour of wracking their
being put on hold, a few compe ons brains, Connaught placed first, with Aitken second and
Athlone, Buxton and Clarendon sharing third place.
have emerged from the ashes, allowing For the house boards compe on, the Grade 11s of each
house had to decorate their house board to mo vate their
houses to show their talent and house and build spirit. The boards had to include the house

compete for the Clephan Shield once Continued on next page

more. These events include the

interhouse general knowledge test and

quiz, the house boards compe on and

interhouse hockey. 8th (tied) Gladstone

A general knowledge test was wri en by the whole school
on 24 March. Using the results of this test, two juniors and
two seniors who performed well, represented each house
in the interhouse general knowledge quiz held on 1
September. Ques ons ranged from “Where was
Muhammad born?” and “How many spices does Nando's
offer?” to “What is the chemical name of quicksilver?”. Each
house also had the opportunity to play a round of charades

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INTERHOUSE IS BACK! mascots as well as pictures of the heads
of houses and house teachers and they
Continued from previous page had to be interes ng and stand out. The
boards were judged on 3 September.
1st Buxton 2nd Selborne 3rd Duncan Buxton won this compe on, with
Selborne second and Duncan in third
place.

Interhouse hockey will take place
during the first week of term 4.
Although no spectators are allowed,
due to Covid-19 regula ons, the revived
interhouse contests s ll offer a brilliant
opportunity for friendly compe on
and for bolstering house spirit.

4th Clarendon 5th McWilliam 6th Connaught 7th Gladstone 8th Aitken 9th Van Zyl 10th Athlone

EQUESTRIAN Hannah Rabie Jordie Venter

Hannah Rabie has qualified the Sanesa Gauteng Team for classes and 5th in her two Elementary dressage classes at
Western Mounted Games and will partake in na onals in the Gauteng Finals.
Parys from 3 - 6 October 2021.
This are amazing achievements. We are so proud of these
Jordie Venter was placed 2nd with Doink in her two novice young ladies!

FOUR SCHOOLS ART

This year, the Four Schools Art Exhibi on will be hosted
virtually. Be sure to check out the work of these excep onally
talented learners at the digital art exhibi on:
h ps://4skole.affie100.co.za/4-skole-kunsuitstalling-2021/

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A SHOT FOR HOPE the vaccina on can be seen as a beacon of hope.

By Neha Singh Many fond PHSG tradi ons had to be put on hold in 2020/1
because of the pandemic but, with the opportunity to get
On 22 September, the Department of Health brought their the vaccine, hopefully some of those tradi ons can be
mobile vaccina on bus to Lo us Park. Staff, learners (18 brought back (following Covid-19 protocols).
and over) and any parents who were interested in ge ng
their vaccina on were given the opportunity to do so. “It is up to each and every one of us to convince our family,
friends and co-workers that vaccina on is safe and that it
The school used their social media pages to adver se and could save their lives” – President Cyril Ramaphosa.
encourage members of the PHSG family to get the vaccine.
As the school con nues, on a daily basis, to work in hope,

Phoebe Naiker, Grade 10 Siobhan Lane, Grade 10

Nicole Azevedo, Grade 10

Kay-Lynne Squire, Grade 10 Zoë Hawker, Grade 10 Maia Loots, Grade 10

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ARTISTIC SQUASH

GYMNASTICS On 25 September Darcey Brown competed in the
Northerns Regional Inter-Provincial Tournament,
Charice Barnes received her North Gauteng Colours for represen ng Northerns Junior Squash. She won the ITP
Ar s c Gymnas cs and has qualified to a end the in the U14 Girls category. Well done, Darcey. We are
Na onal Championships. Congratula ons, Charice. We proud of you!
are proud of you!

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ELECTED
PREFECTS
FOR 2022

Damola Adeyemo Woo An Dylan Bosch Akhiwe Busakwe Erin Davies

Preena Devchand Georgie Dillon Payal Harrikaran Emily Hawkes Eliel Kaninda Faith Kekana Naomi Khoza

Ofentse Lebele Grace Lushamba Carly Madiba Crystal Magezi Tazkia Mahomed Ismail Mpho Mamahlodi Tumelo Mampane

Micara May Emihle Mboyana Okuhle Mjadu Erin Mokone Kago Moloisane Rea Motaung Masego Motswe

Lwandle Nkomonde Bonga Ntuli Nashe Nyamkure Rebecca-Ruth Pullen Rayna Ramrabbie Amy Roux Kenyabu Sakata

Masechaba Sebata Lihle Sgudla Neha Singh Jaydee Slater Teagan Smit Megan Stroud Nthabiseng Xaba

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LIT MONTH Publishers. Be sure to look out for it at Exclusive Books and
other well-known retailers.
By Neha Singh
Tazkia Mohammed Ismail (Gr 11) and Arin Sitole (Gr 10)
The smell of blooming flowers, the sounds of pages turning became published authors, a special treat was placed in the
and the scratches of pen to paper filled the corners of PHSG Smarty Box rela ng to literacy in the corporate world and a
as Na onal Literacy month was embraced. new column, much appreciated by all PHSG bookworms,
was added.
Most people associate September with spring, but it is also
a me to explore the world of literacy. On 6 September, it The authors, writers and bookworms celebrated this
was Na onal Read a Book Day and on 8 September, it was special month between the pages of novels.
Interna onal Literacy Day.

Old Girl, Lindelwa Skenjana donated three copies of her
book, “Black Girls' Guide to Corporate South Africa”, to the
school on Interna onal Literacy Day. Talk about perfect

ming. Aside from this generous dona on, several other
ini a ves, regarding the month of literacy, and
achievements were announced.

Old Girl, Caroline (Wyllie) van Rooyen, who now resides in
Canada, has completed her first
book, “Any Girl”. The book is
published by Mawenzi House and
will be available in 2022.

Old Girl, Zulaikha Patel, recently
wrote a children's book en tled
“My Coily Crowny Hair ”,
published by Lingua Franca

“SOCIAL JUSTICE STORIES - NO LONGER
SILENT ON GBV” BOOK LAUNCH.

By Tazkia Mahomed Ismail short stories and poems by aspiring young South African
authors and poets, under the auspices of CSA & G.
“Social Jus ce Stories - No Longer Silent on GBV”- finally,
the long-awaited launch of the hard-hi ng, emo ve book, The book showcases the wri ng of Gr 11 learner, Tazkia
dawned on 18 August 2021: an impac ul anthology of Mahomed Ismail, as well as a Gr 10
learner, Arin Sithole. It is an honour to
have their wri ng chosen as part of
the top 30, na onally, from among
thousands of entries.

Tazkia's entry, a compila on of a short
story and poem, tled “The Blue Eye”,
brings forth the o en- ignored link
between GBV and human trafficking,
in a manner that evokes feelings on a
visceral level.

Arin's short story, “When the Children
Weep “, highlights the deep underlying
effects of GBV on children and the
tragic cycle it perpetuates.

The book aims to heighten awareness,
sensi sa on and educa on of a
horrendously real issue, with every
person needing to be an ac ve agent
of change.

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PUBLISHERS… THE HAPPIEST BOOKWORMS

By Jemma Hall publishing manager from the start, so pa ence is key.

Imagine reading for a living. It's every bookworm's dream. Graduates will start off as editorial and publicity assistants
Literature publishing has become a sought-a er job for and slowly work their way up the ladder. The internships
learners with a knack for analysing literature. last for about 10 weeks, where they will follow in the
footsteps of an entry level employee and be immersed in all
Joy Bertan, director of staffing at Simon and Schuster (one the aspects of their role in the business. Interns can be hired
of the top publishing companies in the world) spoke about into full me jobs and don't need a specific degree. All they
what she looks for in interns. need is a passion for reading.

They typically hire around twelve new interns a month. One In the spirit of literacy month and high school being a me
of the most important traits she looks for in candidates is, of to consider what a future career may be, anyone interested
course, to be a voracious reader. One should also know the in reading and willing to earn some cash is welcome to
latest trends and issues to choose exactly what readers consider exploring the world of publishing.
want. Obviously, no one can expect to be hired as a top

BOOK REVIEW STAFF NEWS

A review of “A Thousand Perfect Notes” by C. G. Drews October Birthdays

By J. Cilliers 1 Mrs M Jelley (Academic Staff)

Have you ever felt as if you're living someone else's dream? 1 Ms A Marais (Academic Staff)

A Thousand Perfect Notes is a story about a boy who is living his mother's 5 Miss H Potgieter (Academic Staff)
dream, despite his own wishes.
6 Ms S Kutu (Hostel Staff)
In the novel, the reader follows Beck, the main character, through his
journey of overcoming obsession, pressure and achieving dreams he had 9 Mrs M Ellis (Academic Staff)
never thought possible, alongside his new friend, August.
11 Mrs M Mello (Estate Staff)
It is a story that deals with overcoming self-doubt, standing up for what
you believe in and escaping the crushing grip of unrealis c expecta ons 18 Mr I Meyer (IT Staff)
that are set by those around you.
19 Miss M Maredi (OA)
This novel is a highly relatable read for teenagers and young adults who
feel overwhelmed by other peoples' expecta ons of them. It's a tale that 22 Mrs E Rossouw (Academic Staff)
is truly heart-wrenching; a highly recommended novel (keep a box of
23 Ms J Mangena (Academic Staff)
ssues near you).
23 Mr M Mojela (Support Staff)

28 Mr J Mothoane (Support Staff)

29 Mr P Sindane (Admin Staff)

30 Ms P Maluleke (Admin Staff)

31 Mr G Dreyer (Academic Staff)

Welcome and Farewell
We bid farewell to Mrs Holzhäusser
(CAT), Mrs Dednam (Music) and Mrs
Grimbeek (Music). We wish them all
the best for their future endeavours.

Mrs Nhlapo and Mrs Coetzer, who
were here in a temporary capacity will
also be leaving and we thank them for
their assistance.

We welcome Ms Reyneke, she will be
assis ng us in the CAT department un l
the end of 2021. We trust that your stay
with us will be happy and successful.

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

GRADE EXECUTIVE BOARDING MANAGER BOARDING MANAGER RCL EXECUTIVE

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

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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