Snippets August 2017

August 2017

SNIPPETS Pretoria High School for Girls

SPRING FAIR SUCCESS IMPORTANT
DATES

4 September
PHSG Annual Art Expo

20 September
Social Media Brief

Thank you to everyone who joined us at our annual Spring Fair. The day may have 21 – 23 September
started with clouds and a chill but that did not deter the PHSG community and Four Schools' Art Exhibi on
friends as they a ended the 2017 Spring Fair.
24 – 26 September
Our pride and joy, our girls, donned their summer green dresses and welcomed Four Schools' Music Concert
everyone as stalls popped up everywhere offering trinkets, gi s, an auc on, and
many bargains. The Parents' Associa on ensured that all a endees had their 10 October
choice of delicious food and delectable treats and meals including Lebanese School's 115th Birthday
schwarmas, German coffee and cakes, Indian curries, Greek souvlakis, African
Ginger Beer, pancakes, boerewors specials and a much more. 11 October
Valedic on
Chef Bre Ladds, who was President Nelson Mandela's personal chef for over a
decade, was Master of Ceremonies at the Spar Ba le of the Chefs compe on. 12 October
Chef Ladds inspired the cooking par cipants from Pretoria High School for Girls Matric Final Assembly &
and Pretoria Boys High School. Learners, teachers, friends, siblings, Moms and Breakfast
Dads cooked up a storm following a demo and using ingredients from a surprise Night at the Proms
goody bag.
13 – 15 October
We hosted our first Ford Frenzy Obstacle Course race aiming to promote team Old Girls' Reunion Weekend
work in true PHSG style – having tons of fun! There were prizes for the top 3
fastest teams, best dressed team, best team name and a few spot prizes. Will we Park Street Arcadia
see you and your team compete in 2018?
Tel: 012 430 7341
A gigan c thank you to Spec Savers Groenkloof, CMH Ford Ha ield, Futurelife Email: [email protected]
and DSTV for the fantas c prizes they sponsored.
www.phsg.org.za
Thank you to all the event assistants and parent volunteers that assisted on the
day and to each and every a endee – you make a difference in the lives of our
girls. The Spring Fair is PHSG's annual fundraiser. Funds raised go towards
subsidising tours and educa onal ou ngs, as well as infrastructure development
at PHSG.

More Spring Fair pics on the last page.

RCL ANNOUNCEMENT

PHSG announces their 2018 Representa ve Council of Khutso Maloka, Fendi Mampone, Tshegofatso Matlou,
Learners (RCL). Lucia Mkanda, Karabo Mlangeni, Kendahl Moore, Kiese
Mpasa, Annemarie Mugisa, Antonia Mugisa, Mbali Ntuli,
Congratula ons to the following learners who were Tiffany Padiachy, Cara Schoombie, Naledi Sekoa , Khona
elected to this posi on by their Grade 11 peers: Shabalala, Charlo e Smit, Wamu Spies and Helena Zelle.
Claire Angel, Vanessa Annor, Nicole Barnard, Alessia
Bevilacqua, Meadow Brener, Nomzamo Chabalala, Jenna- Head Girl and por olios will be determined at a later
Lee Clingham, Ashley Coetzee, Unako Dubula, Jessica stage.
Guimaraes, Nikita Huliciar, Kiara Jaimungal, Jacky James,

MATRIC MUSIC CONCERT

On Friday, 25 August, the Grade 12 Music class performed
in their last concert before their Preliminary and Final
Prac cal exams. Each student performed one solo piece
and provided background on their work before playing.
This is part of their SBA task.

The Grade 12's looked elegant and performed beau fully.
Thank you to the family, friends and teachers that
supported our music girls. Special thanks to all the music
teachers involved on Friday night and to those who have
walked this journey with them.

We wish them well in their exams!

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NATIONAL HOUSE DEBATES
ARTS
FESTIVAL

In the July holidays, a group of 22 made the
annual pilgrimage to the Na onal Arts
Fes val for Schools in Grahamstown. The girls
also visited the world renown Owl House and
the Kitching Fossil Ins tute in Nieu Bethesda,
Ba ss House in Somerset East before being
thrilled the arts in all its guises down in the
Eastern Cape. What a thrill it was to learn at
the English Olympiad prize giving ceremony
that our own Amy Finlayson and Themba
Jiyane had been placed 19 th and 24 th
respec vely in South Africa!

House Debates on Wednesday, 23 August. Grateful
thanks to the gallant debaters of Boys High who
were adjudicators.

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RHYTHMONY CONCERT

The sounds acapella and folk music filled the hall on Friday, lead the girls in local and interna onal songs bringing back
25 August. The Rhythmony girls par cipated in a concert, memories of years past when these songs were hits. At
which is set to become a fixture on the PHSG calendar
every year. mes the audience were encouraged to join in, resul ng in
The concert was the brainchild of Rhythmony head, a great shared experience.
Zenaye Skosana, and was her par ng gi to her fellow For the last song, current Rhythmony girls were joined by
singers with this being Zenaye's last performance as PHSG visi ng Old Girls as they serenaded arm-in-arm and
leaner. Mr Ndlovu, Conductor and Director of Rhythmony, showed us the immense skill that has been part of the
Rhythmony group.

GIRLS ON BIKES

The girls of Tshwane will celebrate their
youth, feminity and caring spirit through the
streets of Tshwane by riding bicycles in the
beau ful purple Jacaranda City. An expected
1500 girls will be cycling in summer dresses
and high heels (for the brave) –through the
streets of Pretoria from LC de Villiers Sports
Grounds and then follow a pre-determined
route. The first stop is Afrikaanse Hoër
Meisieskool in Bond Street. Upon arrival they
will be welcomed by their hostess and invited
to a tea party for 45 minutes to socialise with
other girls across the spectrum. The girls will
then depart from Affies and return to the LC
de Villiers Sports ground. The return route will
see them passing through Pretoria High
School for Girls, University of Pretoria campus
and the St Mary's DSG school grounds. Upon
arrival at the finish, each and every rider will
receive a goody bag.

The event will take place on 15 October
star ng at 9:00 – the girls will be sent on their
journey in batches – 9am, 9:20am, 9:40am;
10:00am, 10:20am; 10:40am and 11am (7
batches in total). Price R120.00 per girl.
Entries will become available via
h ps://www.entryninja.com

IRIS DAY Matrics do the Polar Bear Swim on Iris Day

In 1902 Miss Edith Aitken founded Pretoria High School
for Girls. Although the school's official birthday is in
October, Iris Day is customarily held in August to
celebrate the legacy and history of the school in a fun day
where learners par cipate in various ac vi es
throughout the day. This year, on Friday 11 August,
current learners commemorated 115 years of girls
passing through these doors and corridors to leave as
capable and inspired young women.

Each department as well as a few sport and cultural
groups hosted ac vi es for learners to spend the day
laughing, playing, and crea ng memories that will last a
life me. PHSG only hosts an Iris Day for every 5th
birthday of the school ensuring each group of learners
will have the opportunity to take part in this experience
at least once during their me at the school.

BLUE BULLS VISIT

Pretoria High School for Girls received a visit from the Blue
Bulls a er having won a cheering compe on in May
when the Blue Bulls played the Highlanders. Edgar
Marutlulle, Roelof Smit, Cabous Eloff, Eli Snyman,
Louwtjie Steenkamp and Ciaran Dayaram joined the Iris
Day Fes vi es at the school on 11 August. Edgar
addressed the school and gave an inspiring talk about how
your a tude affects your outlook in life. This was followed
by signatures, selfies and squeals of delight from PHSG
learners.

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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]
and they will be
HEAD OF SUBJECT FORM DISCI- forwarded on to the
ORGANISER PLINARY relevant person or
HEAD OF OFFICER department.
DEPARTMENT
GRADE EXECUTIVE Should all these
MRS STOFFBERG avenues fail to
address your
concern, please
contact the School
Governing Body.

MRS SCHOOMBIE /
MRS STOFFBERG

MRS K DU TOIT MRS K DU TOIT

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
MS ELOFF/
MRS B DU TOIT RCL EXECUTIVE

MRS SCHOOMBIE PRESIDENT OF THE RCL

MRS K DU TOIT MRS K DU TOIT

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SPRING FAIR

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