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Newsletter #23 2019 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 BASKETBALL 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 Camps Bay 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 Cape Town 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 South Africa 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.
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