Newsletter #23 2019

12 June 2019

Dear Parents

Term 3 started with a moment where we reflected on the activities that our pupils and staff had been engaged in over the school holidays. Let’s start with Mr Nyathi who has been the Western Province U18 Rugby coach for a number of years. This year Mr Nyathi coached the Western Province Academy team who travelled to Bloemfontein to participate in the Craven Week tournament at Grey College. His team managed to take top honours in the tournament. Those of you who know about school rugby will appreciate what a massive achievement this is.

LEARNER ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE WINTER BREAK

FRANCOIS KEMP IN DE BEERS ENGLISH OLYMPIAD TOP 100

Francois Kemp our top achiever in grade 11 was placed 63rd out of over 8000 entrants to this year’s De Beers English Olympiad.

BASKETBALL BOYS TAKE BRONZE IN YOUTH DAY CLASSIC TOURNAMENT

On the sporting front our U19 boys basketball team participated in the Youth Day Classic Basketball tournament at the CTICC. They played against some tough competition, including one of Kenya's top basketball teams, Vikapu Elite Basketball and managed to beat them 48 - 35.

Three players who really stood out in this tournament were:  Nathan Kalala for his amazing hustle throughout the tournament  Storm Rhoda for his strong defensive presence  Kidimbu Junior for leading the scoring - averaging 20 points per game.

The boys finished the tournament in third place, taking home the bronze medals. The team is:  Maybongwe Mpofu  Si Fan Liang  Xolela Landani  Nathan Kalala  Halcyon Chaonei  Christian Kern  Storm Rhoda  Kidimbu Junior  Raymond Zhang

LOCHLAN WILLIAMSON & EMMA DU TOIT REPRESENT WP AT SQUASH INTER- PROVINCIAL TOURNAMENT

Lochlan Williamson and Emma Du Toit did us proud at the Inter-Provincial Squash Tournament in Bloemfontein. Playing in the U16 Boys A team, Lochlan’s team came 4th out of 12 teams, narrowly losing to Eastern Province in the 3rd/4th play-off match. The standard of squash was incredibly strong, and Lochlan performed exceptionally well, winning 6 of his 8 matches, improving his SA u16 ranking from #29 (before the tournament) to #19 - breaking the Top 20 in SA in his first year of IPT competitive squash. Emma Du Toit, playing for the U16 Girls Team, won 3 of her 7 matches against some seriously strong national players - a very brave effort for her first Inter-Provincial Tournament . She also went up a ranking from fifth to fourth in the province.

Lochlan’s younger brother, Brody, who’ll be starting in Grade 8 at High School next year, played in the U13 Team which came third in Inter-Provincial Tournament in Pretoria. Brody won 6 out of his 8 matches.

AILING GUAN IS TOP STUDENT ON TWO OCEANS AQUARIUM MARINE EXPLORER COURSE

Congratulations to Grade 9 student, Ailing Guan, who was the top student on the Two Oceans Aquarium Grade 9 Marine Explorer Course, receiving a mark of 90% - the only pupil on the course to be awarded with a Platinum Certificate.

Ailing Guan and Abigail van der Spuy (who achieved silver status) were the only two pupils from Camps Bay High School to be selected to be part of the course, out of hundreds of pupils from all over the province.

MEGAN FENNELL IS SILVER MEDALIST FOR WP INTER-DISTRICT NETBALL

Congratulations to Megan Fennell who was selected to play for the Western Province Disas (U16) Team in the Inter-district netball tournament in Wellington. Megan and her team did exceptionally well and were the Silver Medalists for the 2019 Inter-district Netball Tournament.

HALLIE METH COMES IN FIRST PLACE

Congratulations to Hallie Meth in Grade 9 who recently competed in the Western Cape Districts Trials for Rhythmic Gymnastics. She finished the competition in first place overall in her age group, winning gold for level 8.

ESKOM EXPO FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS REGIONALS

Well done to the following Grade 11 students who are the Camps Bay High School finalists selected to represent the school at the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists Regionals to be held at UCT on 24 July. They are Storm Rhoda, Francois Kemp, Si Fan Liang, Christian Lombo, Cleo Sirin, Grace van Heerden, Nicholas Adriaens, Robert Johnson, Hudaa Williams, Justine Garde, Alex Burton, Keegan Kelly and Alisha Schuler-Nitzche.

CAMPS BAY STUDENTS ATTEND #YOUTHSONA

A group of students from Camps Bay High School, accompanied by Ms. Samu and Ms. Siwendu, engaged with President Cyril Ramaphosa at the #YouthSONA - the day before the State of the Nation Address. Grade 11 student, Flynn Annesley, was amongst the youth who got to ask our President a question, if you go forward on this video clip to about 1hr29min you can hear Flynn’s question which President Ramaphosa answers at the end of his address. https://youtu.be/W8Iwx5Krt8Q

EKHAYA - THE MUSICAL REHEARSALS

The last week of the school holidays was taken up with rehearsals for the school musical - eKhaya - which will take place from 15 to 17 August. Thank you to Mr. Cross, Ms. Harvey and Ms. Scarborough for giving up their time in the holidays to ensure that the production we see later this term is of the highest standard, and thanks to all the students who also showed dedication to the rehearsal schedule.

INTER-HOUSE ONE ACT PLAYS - 6.30pm - Friday, 19 August 2019

Don't miss out on this fun evening with plays written, directed, produced and performed by Camps Bay High School Pupils.

The Entrance fee is R5 at the door and there will be a Tuckshop available.

FUNNY FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER

Last few days to buy tickets, please email [email protected] and state how many tickets you require. You will then be charged via Karri and the tickets will be left at reception for collection. The cost per ticket is R190.

MANDELA DAY PLANS

Next week on 18 July 2019, South Africans will be celebrating Nelson Mandela’s birthday by donating some time in the service of others. At Camps Bay High we will be doing the following activities as part of our 67 minutes for Mandela.

Mandela Day Activities:

MAKING SLEEPING BAGS FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE - SATURDAY, 13 JULY

In conjunction with BetterSA, we will be making up Sleeping Bags (with Recycled Plastic & Newspaper) for the homeless people of Cape Town, this Saturday, 13 July between 09h00 and 12h00.

BetterSA will provide the instructions and guidelines and most of the materials needed.

Please bring a roll of packaging tape and a pair of scissors.

BLOOD DRIVE - MONDAY, 15 JULY

Be the change and donate blood for Mandela Day at our termly WP Blood Donation Clinic which takes place between 10:00 and 13:45, on Monday, 15 July 2019. All friends, family, past pupils and members of the greater Camps Bay community are more than welcome to donate blood.

Take your best Superhero selfie and stand a chance to WIN a shopping voucher. Remember to tag Western Cape Blood Service on Instagram and use the hashtags #superdonor & #superselfie.

For more information and to see if you qualify to donate blood, go to https;//wcbs.org.za.

CLOTHING DRIVE FOR HOMELESS

Our friends at Ladles of Love are collecting winter clothers and blankets to be handed out at their special Mandela Day event on Thursday, 18 July . Since the majority of people living on the street are men, they really need donations of men's clothing. Please drop off your donations at reception before 2pm on Wednesday, 17 July.

BREAD BUDDIES - WEDNESDAY, 17 JULY

Interact will be hosting a special bread buddies for Mandela Day in long tutor on Wednesday, 17 July. Please send a loaf of bread and spreads (peanut butter, jam, etc.) with your child on Wednesday morning. The sandwiches will be distributed to schools and creches in our community in need, as well via Ladles of Love Soup Kitchen

LADLES OF LOVE SOUP KITCHEN TAKEOVER - THURSDAY, 25 JULY

We are going to be taking over the Ladles of Love Thursday night Soup Kitchen at The Haven Night Shelter in Green Point. Ms. Samu and the Catering Society kids will be making up the food to be served there, and then members of Interact and the PR Team will be going through in the school bus to serve at the night shelter.

We need your help to make this successful. Early next week, we will send all parents an invitation via KARRI to donate money towards purchasing ingredients for making up the food. Even if you can only donate R6.70 – that is fine but you are welcome to donate as much as you would like.

If this project is a success, we plan to take over the running of a soup kitchen within our local community on a regular basis.

Over this week we will have a board in the foyer with a poster picture of Nelson Mandela and we are asking all pupils to write what they are personally going to do this week and into the future to help others and make a better place. They can write their pledge on a sticky note and put it up next to the picture. Hopefully in this way we will all do something small that will add together to make a big impact.

MATRIC DANCE ( SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019)

We are delighted to be holding this year’s Matric Dance at The Rotunda on Saturday 13 July 2019 starting at 6pm. This is a wonderful evening that matrics and staff enjoy together. Parents are welcome from 6pm to 7:30pm at the Rotunda foyer area to be part of the ‘grand welcome’ we want every matric to experience on arrival.

GAP CLASSES

Please find a copy of the GAP programme attached with this newsletter.

SPORTS CALENDAR TERM 3

Please find a copy of the term 3 sports calendar attached with this newsletter.

SECRETARIES’ DAY

Once again we are hosting the SAPA (South African Principals Association) Secretaries’ Day on 5th September 2019. We are looking for some lucky draw prizes or items for gift packs to give to the hard working administrative staff on Secretaries’ Day. If you are able to donate please email Alison at [email protected] or deliver to Reception. Your support is appreciated.

STAFF ROOM UPDATE

A huge thank you to Ms. Chamunè Du Plessis and all the parents from the PLB who put in time, money and effort to update the Staff Room. It is a vast improvement and the staff are really enjoying it.

There are so many parents who helped out (and we do hope that we don't miss anyone out) including Simone Segall, Chantelle Tiran, Tanya Garde, Jean Bardenhorst, Hester Rousouw, Carol Bysshe, Sandra Duffus, Janine Thetard, Janine Letizia and Shakir Smith.

They all contributed time, money, creative talent, cushions, plants, storage crates and decorative items.

Thank you to Natalie Landsberg-Goldie for organising the incredibly generous donation of a pod Coffee Machine from Vida e Caffe and to Russ Gillward who is also donating a Cafe Luxe coffee machine which we will be using in our "bar area" in the seminar room.

THE WEEK AHEAD:

Saturday 13 July 2019: Sport at home in the morning (from 8:30am) Creation of sleeping bags for the homeless Dance practises Matric Dance

Monday 15 July 2019: Blood donation clinic

Tuesday 16 July 2019: Winter sports photos

Wednesday 17 July 2019: Bread buddies

Thursday 18 July 2019: Governing Body meeting at 5:30pm

Friday 19 July 2019: Interhouse Cross Country Interhouse plays

A reminder that work has started in earnest already and so your child should be in the swing of the 3rd Term academic programme.

Yours sincerely,

David de Korte PRINCIPAL

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CBHS Get Ahead Programme(GAP)

Extra classes offered after school for free. Term 3 2019

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Eng (Je) Maths Afr (LV) GRADE 8 (AC Rm 31) Art (LT)

Afr (CD) Maths (OV) Eng (Je) GRADE 9 Art (LT)

Maths (LM) Art (LT) Afr (CS) GRADE 10 Eng (JH)

GRADE 11 Eng (JH) Maths (LM) Art (LT) Afr (CS) Acc (KM)

Afr (CS) Acc(KM) Art (LT) Maths (LM) GRADE 12 Consumer St Eng (JH) Drama (Poetry) ML

CBHS SPORT CALENDAR, TERM 3 2019 JULY TO SEPTEMBER

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday July 09 10 11 12 13 14 Term Starts  House Meetings  Netball Girls v JVR (Home)  Squash Girls v Rustenburg  Rugby Boys v (Home) SKW (Home)  Hockey Girls U19, U16, U14 v JGM (Home) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21  Winter Sports Photos  Soccer Boys U19 v Herzlia  Netball Girls v Fairmont  Interhouse Cross Country  Rugby Boys v  Soccer Boys U14 v A (Home) HS (Away)  Squash Boys v Table View TLC (Away) Cape Town HS (Home)  Soccer Girls U15 v  Soccer Boys U16 v Herzlia (Home)  Rugby Girls @  Soccer Girls U19 v Gardens Comm (Home) (Away)  Squash Girls v Westerford A City Park Cape Town HS (Home)  Boys Hockey: vs St (Home)  Hockey Girls Georges (Home) U19, U16 v PRE (Home)

22 23 24 25 26 27 28  U16 Rugby v Gordon’s  Netball Girls v Edgemead  Squash Boys v St. Georges  Table View Sch (UK) HS (Home) (Home) Derby  Squash Girls (Home)  Chess: vs Pinelands HS C (Home) 29 30 31 August 01 02 03 04 Cross Country League Race  Netball Girls v  Rugby Girls @ City Park  Rugby Boys v Melkbosstrand (Away)  Squash Girls Gordon High  Boys Hockey: Rhodes HS Westerford B (Home) (Home)  Chess: vs Sans Souci High (Away) 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 House Meetings  Rugby Girls @ City Park

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Winter  Matric Grade Photo  Netball Girls v St Cyprians  Chess: vs St Cyprians A  Rugby Boys v Sports Interhouse Sport (Away) (Away) GSHS (Home) Awards  Boys Hockey: vs Reddam Atlantic (Home)

19 20 21 22 23 24 25  Chess: vs Cannon’s  Rugby Girls @ Creek (Home) City Park

26 27 28 29 30 31 Sept 01  Rugby Girls @ City Park

02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Sports and Cultural St Peter’s College Term ends Awards Dinner Sports/Cultural Festival