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VOL. C NO. 4 DECEMBER 2015 THE DIOCESAN COLLEGE, RONDEBOSCH College Address: Campground Road, Rondebosch, 7700, Tel 021 659 1000, Fax 021 659 1013 Prep Address: Fir Road, Rondebosch, 7700; Tel 021 659 7220 Pre-Prep Address: Sandown Road, Rondebosch, 7700; Tel 021 659 1037/47 Editor: Mr CW Tucker [email protected] OD Union Section Editor: Mrs R Wilke [email protected] OD Union Section Editorial Committee: Mr CW Tucker, Dr P Murray, Mr B Robertson, Mrs D O’ Rourke OD Union E-mail: [email protected] Museum and Archives: Dr P Murray [email protected] website: www.bishops.org.za FOUNDED IN 1849 BY THE BISHOP OF CAPE TOWN, AS A CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT, 1891 Visitor HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF CAPE TOWN, THABO CECIL MAKGOBA Members of the College Council Chairman Mr MJ Bosman Bishop GQ Counsell, Dr R Nassen, Mrs M Isaacs, Prof HI Bhorat, Mr AVR Taylor, Mr DG Burton, Mr PG van Tonder, Mr A Selby, Dr E Fullard, Mr T Mashologu, Mrs T Moyo Principal: Mr G Pearson, B. Com, HDE, B Ed COLLEGE STAFF Deputy Principal: Mr V Wood, B Ed, BA, HDE Deputy Headmasters Mr S Henchie, MA (Economics) Mr MS Bizony, B.Sc (Hons) Ms B Kemball, BA, HDE, FDE (I SEN) Mr PG Westwood, B.Sc (Hons) Mr K Kruger; B Sc (Erg), HDE Mr A Jacobs, PTD, HDE Mr D Russell, B Com, HDE Assistant Deputy Headmaster Mr R Jacobs, B.Sc(Ed) Mr M Mitchell, MBA, M Mus, HDE, LTCL, FTCL, UPLM, UTLM Mr J Nolte, B.Soc.Sci (Hons); B Psych, PGCE Mr R Smith, BA (Hons) SportsSci (Biokmetics), PGCE Academic Staff Mr JH Swift, B SocSci, HDE Mr RPO Hyslop, BA (FA), HDE Mrs A van Selm, BA, PGCE Mr PL Court, BA (Hons), BA, HDE Mrs J Campbell, M Sc (Education), B.Sc, HDE Mrs GM Bassett, BMus Mrs R Manie, BA, STD; Child Development and Dr PL Murray, DPhil, MA, BA (Classics), Cert Lit (Italian) Barriers to Learning Mr L Glanvill, B Sc (Hons); HDE Ms J Stielau, MA, B.Ed (Hons), HDE Mr MJ Withers, B Ed Rev T Wilke, M Ed (Ed. Psych.), B Th (Hon), BA, Mr WJ Richter, BA (Hons), HDE HDE (PG), FDE(Remedial) Mrs C Douglas, B Sc, HDE, DSE Mr K Warne, B Sc, HDE Mr DM Sudding, BA, HDE Mr WH Steyn, B Com (Hons), B Sc (Hons), HDE Mr A Firth, BA, HDE Mr S Carletti, M Mus, B Mus Mrs M Bradley, B Mus, HDE Mrs T Hoefnagels, B Dram, HDE Mrs J Withers, BA HDE Mr B Maree, BSc, PGCE Mr D Ledwidge, B Ed, B.Sc, HDE Mr W Theron, BA, PGCE Mr G Gibbon, B.Sc HDE Dr A Stevens, PhD, M Sc, B Sc (Hons), PGCE Mrs S Wilson, B.Sc, B.Ed (Hons) Mr P Farlam, MA (Clinical Psychology) Mr J de Villiers, BA (Hons), HDE Mrs C Gammon, BSc, HDE Mr J Lanser; B.Ed, BA(Ed) Mr G Noel, BSc (MedSci Hons), PGD (Education) Mr G Klerck, BA (Hons), HDE Ms FC Mallett, BA (Hons), PGCE Dr RC Warwick, PhD, MA, BA (Hons), HDE Mr W Steenkamp, BA, PGCE Mr CW Tucker, BA (Hons), HDE Mr MA Vamvadelis, BSc Mrs O Peel, B.Sc, HDE Mr C Smith, BA (Hons), HED Mrs S McPetrie, B.Sc. HDE Mr B Emms, BA, BEd (Hons), PGCE Mr T Pasquallie, B Ed, BA, HDE, PGDE Mr S Petersen, BA, PGCE Mr G Robertson, B Sc, HDE Mrs A Rutter B Mus(Hons), HDE, UPLM Part-Time Staff LARM, ARCM, ILD, PDM Mr J Wrensch, B Mus, B.Ed (Hons) Mrs B Howman, B Com, HDE Mr J Holtman, BA (Hons), PGCE Mr G Coombe, M Phil (Applied Linguistics)., Mr M Walsh, HDE (Sec) Mrs DA Slemon, BA (FA), PGCE Mr J Knight, MA Ms K Spindler, BSc HDE Mr AD Mallett, BA, HDE Mrs NR Gerhardi, M.Ed.Psych (Hons), PGCE, BSoc.Sc (Psych & Mr D Abrey, B.Sc, PGCE Ms C Upham, Organisational Psych) Mr Y Kerbelker, B Sc, HDE Mr W Wallace, BA (Hons), HDE December 20142015 College 1 COLLEGE MATRIC VALEDICTORY - 2015 (Photographs: Mr Donovan Abrey) CONTENTS COLLEGE NEWS OGIlvIE 52 ALL SHOOK UP 2016 2 KIDD 54 [Poster: Freddie Child-Villiers (OD)] BIRT 57 COLLEGE NEWS 4 MALLETT 60 FAREWELL TO STAFF 13 CHAPLAIN’S REPORT 18 COLLEGE SPORT COLLEGE PRIZE GIVING 2015 20 FENCING 63 MATRIC 2015 36 GOLF 65 PRESIDENt’S AWARD 39 HOCKEY 66 RANGER COURSE 40 RoWING 72 WoRLD FLY FISHING COMPETITION 41 RugbY 75 WoRLD RHINO DAY 43 RunnING Club 91 NEWS FROM HOUSES PREPARATORY NEWS 92 FOUNDERS 44 SCHOOL 46 PRE-PREPARATORY NEWS 125 WHITE 48 GRAY 50 OD NEWS 133 2 College December 2015 December 2015 College 3 4 College December 2015 COLLEGE NEWS STAFF NEWS Headmaster (Sport and Discipline) and schoolmaster extraordinaire, a peaceful and fulfilling retirement; Jo Stielau, English guru and Debating legend, all the very best as she relocates to Gauteng to join her husband; Carey Upham, BSU educational psychologist, well as she continues her studies in London; and Will Steenkamp, Head of Xhosa and Cricket enthusiast, the best of luck as he returns to Stellenbosch University to continue his studies. We shall miss them all. ACADEMIC AFFAIRS The matric accounting class took part in the SAIPA National Accounting Olympiad which consists of two rounds with boys who achieve 80% in round one going through to the second round. This year’s class recorded two notable achievements: Firstly, the school had the highest percentage of boys from round one going through to round two in the Western Cape. Secondly, Jonti Oehley was placed first in the Western Cape in the independent school category. This is the second time in three years Bishops has had the winner in this category. Bev Kemball and Samuel Jeremy Wilkinson was placed first at Bishops in the recent Computer Olympiad and At the start of the term we welcomed selected for the final round. John Knight back from his long leave. We Alexander Peile was awarded a Gold congratulated Richard and Nina Smith Certificate in the Queen’s Commonwealth on the birth of Sebastian Richard, and Essay Competition, based on the theme Bev Kemball on the birth of the ‘apple of ‘A Young Commonwealth’. The Royal of his Grandmother’s eye’, her grandson, Commonwealth Society received more than Samuel Berthold Alheit. At the end of the 13 000 entries from over 600 schools in 49 term we bade farewell to a number of staff Commonwealth countries and territories. A members: we wish André Jacobs, Deputy number of our Grade 10, Set 1 English pupils December 2015 College 5 entered films in the SA Teen Film Festival which is organized by Springfield Convent. The boys entered in the Grade 10 poetry film category, which required a five-minute film that used a published poem as the script. The team of Nicholas Bowden, James Hamilton-Russel and Ross Tucker won the prize for Best Short Film in this category for their animated film based on the poem by Sydney Carter entitled Run the film backwards. Their film will be screened by the Short & Sweet Film Company at their regular screenings in Cape Town and Amsterdam. Medals at the UCT Science Expo were awarded as follows: Gold medals: Felix Burt and KwangBem Ko for their project, Angus Thring, Gold Medal Winner at the Eskom Harnessing electrical energy from different piezoelectric Expo International Science Fair crystals; Nicholas Peile and Michael Wilson-Trollip for How water affects spinach CULTURAL AFFAIRS growth in window farms; Angus Thring and Desmond Fairall was re-awarded his Richard Wellington for Meissner effect and Distinction Tie for representing the SA flux pinning in a high-Tc superconductor. Bronze Schools Debating team for the second year in medals: Christian Rohrer and Francois a row. For consistent participation in Internal van der Merwe for Bowling injuries among debating leagues, for 80% attendances at teenage cricketers; Nikolaos Tapanlis for all coaching sessions, for assistance with Generating energy from candles; Nicholas admin when required, and for adjudicating Bowden and Nicholas Featherstone at Rotary Debates and the UCT provincial for Recycling with a parabolic reflector. The gold championships in 2015, Aidan Bizony was award projects went on to be displayed at the awarded Half Colours for Debating. Eskom Expo International Science Fair held After the success of the Bishops production in Johannesburg and the following awards of Cold Stone Jug at the Edinburgh Festival were made: Angus Thring achieved a Fringe, the following new drama awards Gold medal and was nominated for a second were made: Full Colours: Graeme Irvine; round of selection for participation in an Ben Steyn and Jordan van Tonder; international science fair in 2016; Felix Burt Half Colours: Jonathan Frost; Ibrahim and KwangBem Ko achieved a Silver medal; Kerbelker (Technical); Nayati Moodliar; Michael Wilson-Trollip and Nicholas Alexander Peile; Alexander Steyn; Peile achieved a Silver medal. Ross Tucker; James van Niekerk and 6 College December 2015 Conversation and Love Me Tender to name just a few. Wayne Tucker will be directing and staging the production, with musical direction by Stephen Carletti and Andrea Rutter. Well-known Cape Town choreographer, Roxy Levy, will by choreographing the piece. One hundred and fifty learners auditioned and after a grueling three weeks the cast has been finalised! The roles of Chad, Dennis, Dean, Jim Haller and Sheriff Earl will be played by Julien Schlebusch, Joshua van Breda, Joseph Linley, Troy Horrell and Matthew Clayton. Natalie, Miss Sandra, Lorraine, Sylvia and Mayor Matilda Hyde will be played by Emily Turnbull, Kristi Lowe, Adrienne Hendricks, Khanya Gubangxa and Jean Marr.