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Old Herschelian News 2020 2020 Old Herschelian News OHA NEWS STAYING CONNECTED Old Herschelian News 2020 2020 Old Herschelian News OHA NEWS STAYING CONNECTED WHAT’S INSIDE The Committee........................................................................................................2 Dates to diarise........................................................................................................3 2021 Reunions.........................................................................................................3 Letter from the Head .............................................................................................4 Report from the Chair..........................................................................................6 Founder's Day photos...........................................................................................8 The 2020 Committee Caroline Herschel Award..................................................................................10 President: Caroline Lucretia Herschel ...............................................................................11 Heather Goedeke Vice-president: Lady Margaret Herschel Cocktail Club.........................................................12 Pru Crawley (nee Borton) Minutes of the AGM of the OHA 2020.......................................................13 Chairman: Kristina Miller Archives and Heritage..................................................................................... 15 Treasurer: Lucy Bailey (nee Burns) Centenary Book and Celebrations ...............................................................16 Secretary: Fund Raising ..........................................................................................................18 Joyce Goldschmidt Committee Members: Take the Tour .........................................................................................................19 Daphne Beames Covid Comments by the Class of 1960 ........................................................21 Diana Burns (nee Dicey) Ariyaana Cader Calling all Old Herschelian Authors ..........................................................22 Zeanne Duminy Meet the Committee ..........................................................................................23 Tania Johnstone (nee Peck) Reunion Reports .................................................................................................29 Justine Macdonald (nee Peters) Zanele Ngalonkulu News from Old Herschelians ...........................................................................49 Tamlyn Prevost (nee McKeag) Obituaries ...............................................................................................................53 Talysa Rudah Death Notices .......................................................................................................57 Corinne Symons (nee Dicey) Emmanuelle Tshala Mandy van Dugteren (nee Noakes) Contributions to the OHA Newsletter are always welcome. Barbara Vintcent Please submit articles to The Secretary, Joyce Goldschmidt [email protected] Editor of the OHA Newsletter: Joyce Goldschmidt Photographs www.herschel.org.za/alumni Anna Engelhardt - Front Cover & Others Joyce Goldschmidt Old Herschelians Old Herschelian Association Proofreading Diana Burns Mandy van Dugteren Lady Margaret Herschel Cocktail Club Kristina Miller 2 Old Herschelian News Old Herschelian News 2020 Dates to Diarise Date Time 2021 DATES TO DIARISE RSVP tbc 18:00 Lady Herschel Cocktail Club Daphne Beames (Acceptances only) Thu RSVP by 1st February 2021 (Acceptances only to 17:30 OHA Cocktail party (R100 per person) 11 Feb 2021 [email protected] 10:15 Walk to St Saviour's Church from school All Old Herschelians Founder's Day Service & Rose Ceremony RSVP by 1st February 2021 (Acceptances only to 11:00 at St Saviour's Church [email protected]) School Song & Arch Ceremony around 12:30 All are welcome Fri the fountain 12 Feb 2021 12:45 AGM on the lawn All are welcome RSVP by 1st February 2021 (Acceptances only to 13:00 Luncheon in the Mary Jagger Hall [email protected]) 14:30 Guided tour of the school by Matric girls All are welcome Winter Dinner (R250 per person) - OHA, tbc 18:00 RSVP - Acceptances only to [email protected] Staff and Friends of the School welcome 2021 Reunions Class of Reunion Circle Secretary Email Address 1961 60 years ANNE SNYDERS [email protected] 1971 50 years SALLY SILBERBAUER [email protected] 1981 40 years KATHY TRIPP [email protected] 1991 30 years JUSTINE MACDONALD [email protected] 2001 20 years ZEANNE DUMINY [email protected] 2006 15 years EMMA ACKERMAN [email protected] 2011 10 years MIRA BRIEL & ALISON ROTHMAN [email protected] / [email protected] For any information you require, please email The Secretary, Joyce Goldschmidt on [email protected] Old Herschelian News 3 2020 Old Herschelian News A letter to the OHA from the Head “Yesterday I was clever, so I want- of the National Disaster Management Act and are challenging ed to change the world. Today I Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’s decision. The pandemic am wise, so I am changing my- has disrupted school life as we know it and has definitely taken self.” (Jalaluddin Mevlana Rumi) South African education into the technological space, forcing engagement and allowing schools to rethink and to recalibrate Dear Old Herschelians their core business; curriculum delivery. (Of course, this ap- It is wonderful to be able to com- plies to schools with the economic capacity for investment and municate with the wider Her- growth in this area). schel community, having made The socio-econom- it to the end of this tumultuous ic divide revealed year! It is with a deep sense of re- itself as a gaping lief that I sit and put pen to paper wound in South Af- and reflect on events that have rica, and the impact taken place this year. And what a of the pandemic year it has been! will continue to When I arrived in January, I had no idea of the chaos that would play out for a long accompany me. Throughout this year, I have been cognizant of time. We will only the additional stress placed on the Herschel community in hav- be able to measure ing a new Head; someone totally outside of the system, who did the severity of its not know the school or the community. I am extremely grateful reach in a few years’ for having been made to feel welcome here, and I look forward time. It showed inequity, laid bare the dire need of so many, to experiencing Herschel more fully in 2021, having had a taste none more so than those who are displaced and homeless. of the richness of campus life in Term One. To say that 2020 has Poverty and corruption thrived in the rush to procure tenders surpassed expectation is an understatement indeed! It has sur- for the distribution of PPE, food parcels and aid. On the other passed (and bypassed) almost everything and everyone; and hand, it also showed us that South Africans generally care for yet, it has brought with it a great deal of perspective. each other as private organisations and companies, individuals and the business sector engaged in several operations to assist In the wake of the pandemic, we have witnessed massive dis- and to provide shelter, food and medical care. ruption in the education sector. Despite this, the core curricu- lum was delivered across all phases and given the resources Of far greater consequence to South Africa than the Covid-19 and the fantastic support received by Stuart Levey and the ICT pandemic, is the racism pandemic which Herschel is actively department, we were fortunate to be able to complete the re- addressing through policy and actions, building on the existing spective curricula, with our pupils not missing out on teaching transformation, equity and belonging policy to operationalise and learning. I am so grateful to the Herschel staff for their com- these critical aspects to support change. The role played by Lo- mitment, ‘hands on’ and ‘heads down’ approach, during what gan Govender in seeing through a commitment to change at has been an exceptionally challenging year. The uncertainty, the school is noteworthy in so much of what has been achieved changing goal posts and extensive protocols all added layers of in recent years, and in 2020 in particular. Logan’s resignation additional stress and they have soldiered on and seen this year from Council signals the loss of a committed and astute Council through, always putting the pupils first. I applaud them for this. member. He leaves a legacy and we will miss his energy and vision. We have committed to retaining a blended learning environ- ment at Herschel as we move forward and will be considering The Anti-Racism Task Team (formed to manage the crisis dur- how best to implement this to ensure that we evolve to become ing the anti-racism campaign) has met regularly to manage a more adaptable, progressive academic space. We are mind- the changes and to ensure accountability for actions agreed to. ful of a number of online academies and institutes emerging There is much to be done still, but the concept of operation- as educational competitors, but believe that the relational as- alising transformation, equity and belonging is a long-term pect of education, including socialisation, extramural activi- sustainable response, especially since the policies for all areas ties (sport and cultural) and friendship opportunities, makes of school operation have been/will be updated to reflect this. contact teaching preferable to most students and parents. We Next year’s initiatives include: incorporating aspects of the
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