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Volume 1; Issue 58 March 2021
Fourways High School
From The Principal’s Desk
Rotation of Grades
The School Management has carefully considered all the implications of continuing with online learning or
returning more Grades to school daily. The regulations have been studied and the requirements and protocols
can be facilitated at the school. A decision has been made to return all Grades to school from Tuesday 6 April
2021. There will be a registration period daily, starting at 07:30 and there will be no time changes for break and
the end of the day at this stage.
We believe that it is in the best interest of the students to minimize the negative impact of online learning as
much as possible by increasing face-to-face contact time. Please be assured that the situation will be monitored
closely and if necessary, a return to the rotational timetable will be made. It is critical that parents emphasize the
importance of each student’s responsibility in ensuring the safety of themselves and those around them. Failure
to follow COVID-19 protocols (e.g. incorrect wearing of a mask) will lead to students being sent home
immediately. I would like to remind you that there is very little, or no evidence of COVID-19 spreading at schools.
There is however ample evidence of the spreading during social events.
Appointments
According to the Regulations for Safety Measures at Public Schools, parents are required to make an appointment
prior to the visit and must state the reason for the visit and the persons who may be involved during the visit.
This regulation has been reinforced by the same requirement in the COVID-19 regulations that aim to reduce the
number of visitors to any school.
School Fees
Thank you to all parents who are making every effort to keep up with your responsibility towards the payment of
school fees. There is very good support from a significant number of families, and this is always appreciated. You
are certainly doing your share to make sure that we can continue to provide that service you need.
Attendance, Late Coming & Early Leaving
A concern to the teachers is the high level of absenteeism and late coming by students. I need to remind you
that any absence from an assessment without a valid excuse will result in a zero mark. Missing of any lessons is
also seriously detrimental to a student’s academic progress. In most subjects, there is new work covered in
almost every lesson and activities designed to enhance learning are constantly taking place. Late coming, is not
only a major administrative burden, but it also disrupts classes. Late coming without a written valid excuse, will
be treated as a misdemeanor and may lead to disciplinary action. The school aims to complete screening by
07:30 every morning. There are clear controls in place to ensure safe procedures when students are picked up
early from school and parents are requested to comply with these procedures. I would however, like to request
parents to try and avoid taking students out of school unless absolutely necessary as we should be doing our
utmost to avoid losing academic time.
Extra-Murals
We are very pleased that we are slowly able to return to extra-mural activities. We will continue to increase these
activities as the regulations allow. Parents are requested to encourage their children to start participating
whenever possible. A happy school career is likely to depend on the level of commitment to a wide variety of
activities offered at the school.
2022 Grade 8 Admissions
The 2022 Grade 8 Admissions process is scheduled to begin in Term 2. Please e-mail admissions@4ways.co.za
should you wish to be added to the admissions 2022 mailing list. I need to remind you that according to GDE
admissions criteria, first preference is given to applicants who reside within the feeder zone and based on
proximity to the school. If applicants reside within the feeder zone, that preference must be selected on
application. If the sibling option is selected, the application will be placed on the second list.
Open Day
We hosted a very successful Open Day on Saturday 27 March 2021. Thank you to all those involved who
displayed what our wonderful school has on offer.
Stay Safe.
Warm Regards,
Andrew Holliday
Principal
CONGRATULATIONS
Grade 8 Inter Tribe Gala (9 March 2021) Congratulations to Mr Moepye, coach of
the @centralsamurais U14 team, and
Results as follows: players Abby Neilson and
Letlotlo Mokone as well as the rest of
• 1st Ignus 272 their team mates, on winning the gold
• 2nd Terra 231 medal in the inaugural @jhleague
• 3rd Aqua 225 Hockey Tournament.
• 4th Ventus 207
Junior Victrix Ludorum: Timieke Smith
Junior Victor Ludorum: Ivan Hershenshon
Merit Award for most committed swimmer
with outstanding grit: Keabetswe Mbuli
Indoor Hockey
Congratulations to Kim Sitoe and
FHS applause to the following alumni and current pupils on her team, the @northsidegriffins,
their selections to the @southerngautengha indoor teams: on winning the Bronze Medal in the
inaugural @jhleague Hockey
Southerns Women: Tournament.
- Alex Kavanagh
- Hayley Kilfoil
- Robyn Johnson
Witsies Women:
- Bree Porter Congratulations to Travis Krumples
- Erin Haupt and his team, the @northsidegriffins,
on winning the Bronze Medal in the
Witsies Men: inaugural @jhleague Hockey
- Travis Krumples Tournament.
Further our congratulations to 1st team girls coach
Mr Moepye on his appointment to coach the Witsies
Women's team.
Swim For Rivers
Two local school heros making a
16 March 2021: Applause to Miss van Coppenhagen difference in South Africa!
and the Athletics coaching team on an amazing
inaugural Athletics Night Series. FHS pupils Martin Esterhuizen and
Ross Gibson who worked hard
paddling crocs on flat waters to
support international swimmers.
Well done to coach Mr Grant Poulton Hearty congrats regarding your
and player and #FHSlegend participation in this worthwhile
Jordan Van Der Werken on winning initiative.
the Bronze Medal with the u16
@northsidegriffins Girls team during
the inaugural @jhleague Hockey
Tournament.
CONGRATULATIONS
Debating Massive congratulations to
Nadya Stolarczyk (middle) on taking
the silver medal in the SA Triathlon
Congratulations to the Fourways Red team on having Champs on Sunday 21 March 2021 in
four out of four wins in the SACEE Preliminary Rounds. Bloemfontein.
They have four rounds to go and we wish them the An outstanding achievement.
best of luck.
The tournament is happening entirely online amongst
70 schools.
OPEN DAY
Our Open Day took place on Saturday
27 March 2021. A fantastic way to show case
what our wonderful school has on offer.
The team from left to right is Chisumino Mombureme,
Zaid Omar, Shreya Moodley, Danielle Knott.
Absent Veer Gosai
Sincere congratulations to our Head Girl
Siphesihle Skosana who was recently
voted in as the chairperson of the Regional
Executive Council of Johannesburg.
Photo credit Mr. G Neilson
Photo credit Mrs. J Selesnick
MARCH GALLERY
Photo credit Miss M van Zyl Photo credit J Linnell Photo credit H Swartz
Photo credit J Linnell
Photo credit J Davey
Photo credit H Swartz Photo credit J Linnell
Photo credit Miss M van Zyl
Photo credit A Santangelo
Photo credit K Leong
ANNUAL FUNDRAISING GOLF DAY Fourways High School invites you, your company, our alumni, your friends, family, our community, and anyone interested to participate in our 2021 Golf Day. Pull out those clubs, dust them off, sanitise them, pack your masks, come and join the #FHSlegends on 28 July 2021 at Bryanston Country Club. We would also welcome any prizes and hole sponsorships that you or your amazing organisations can assist with. Further questions or queries can be directed to Jodi Selesnick (Marketing Manager) at jodi@4ways.co.za.
GIVING BACK
Maphindi Mogajane—Education Assistant Dear Fourways Legends,
I would just like to extend a big thank you
to the Fourways High Family for the
I was asked by Mrs Chimes to help her grocery/toiletry item donations you made
out at the store books. I started by for our Human Rights Day civvies day.
sorting out the books to check which We were not expecting to receive such an
overwhelming amount of donations
books were no longer used in the school. considering the tough year we have all had
but we were able to collect so much food
Upon completion, I had to organise them and so many toiletries – more than we have
according to grades and subjects. I collected in years.
googled a nearby school to check which This is just proof that when we work
together, we can achieve the unexpected.
textbooks were needed. I found out Without your contributions we would not be
able to feed our families in need. The spirit
SGODIPHOLA SECONDARY SCHOOL in of Ubuntu is definitely present at Fourways
COSMO CITY needed them. I contacted High School and I can’t wait to see how
much more we can achieve in our outreach
the school Principal to establish their initiatives in future because of it.
needs and we were able to facilitate for Legends, thank you once again for your
contributions in helping us strive for
all the subjects and grades. I compiled a excellence.
list of textbooks which we were going to
Your Head of Service,
donate. On 29 March 2021, we delivered
Rirhandzu Mashele
the books to them. The school was happy
about the donation made by FOURWAYS
HIGH SCHOOL. Mrs. Chimes guided me
all the way and I enjoyed working with
her.
Digi-mags (digital newspapers & magazines)
A FRIENDLY REMINDER to ALL learners to access and browse Digi-mags’ digital newspapers &
magazines collection.
A large selection of titles is available covering numerous topics of interest.
The procedure to gain access to digi-mags is as follows:
Log into the school wifi
Type www.digi-mags.co.za into the browser / scan QR code
No requirement for a password.
PLEASE NOTE: Learners will only have access to the digital magazines from school.
Happy browsing!
H Kirstein
Media Centre Librarian
NEWSPAPERS MAGAZINES
MEDIA ALERT: The Media Centre is open daily during break for borrowing books.
OVERDRIVE DIGITAL LIBRARY
SORA – A Brief Guide to get you started
A FRIENDLY REMINDER to ALL
LEARNERS to take advantage of the LOG IN
OVERDRIVE digital library to read ACTION
digital books using the Sora reading 1 If using a mobile device Download and open the
app!!! Sora App
As a Fourways High learner, you have
FREE ACCESS to the OVERDRIVE digital
library, accessible via the Sora reading
app?
2 If using desktop GO TO
https://soraapp.com/
library/gautengza
What is Overdrive?
3 At ‘Find my School’ CLICK ON ‘Find my
school’ then select
‘Gauteng Department
of Education’
4 Sign into your school SELECT ‘the name of
your school’ from the
drop-down list
Overdrive is an internet-based
“library” of a variety of eBooks that
can be downloaded and read on your
electronic device.
Ebooks and audiobooks can be 5 Your Library Card number TYPE your Library Card
checked out digitally 24/7… number and log in.
ANYWHERE, ANYTIME!
(Library Card number is
a Special number or
Persal Number for
A copy of an eBook can only be teachers & a school
borrowed by one learner at a time. code followed by 4
The eBook will automatically “return” numbers for learners
e.g. 4WYH2908)
to the Overdrive library after 14 days –
no late, lost or damaged books!
Contact the Media Centre for a comprehensive guide and personal
assistance.
In order to borrow a book from the Please note: Every learner has a personalised library card number,
“library”, you will need to download obtainable from the Librarian!
the Sora reading app to your device.
Happy browsing and reading!
Ms H Kirstein
MYSCHOOL SCHOOL-DAYS
Parents, could you, your families and
friends apply for a MySchool card and
make Fourways High School your
beneficiary?
Reason: with the funds generated through this
programme, our Fourways Student Development
Program takes care of a number of less fortunate
families in our school by supplying them with a food
parcel on a monthly basis.
Benefits of being a cardholder
You can raise funds for Fourways High School without
costing you a cent.
Exclusive discounts and special offers for cardholders.
For example, you automatically get
Instant savings on Woolies Favourites - quality
staples and best-loved products. Look out for
the WRewards icon in the Daily Difference in
store and online.
You will receive a monthly email statement showing
exactly how much Fourways High School has
raised.
How to become a supporter
• Register online https://www.myschool.co.za/
supporter/apply/
• E-mail jodi@4ways.co.za to request an
application form
Where can I swipe my MySchool WITH THANKS
MyVillage MyPlanet card?
The success of the programme depends
on the number of times you swipe your card.
Supporters can use their cards at a range of national,
regional and local retail partners on the MySchool Starbucks Fourways Mall has chosen
MyVillage MyPlanet system. Fourways High School’s teachers and
staff
Some of the national partners include:
We would like to say THANK YOU for your tireless efforts
in educating our youth and ensuring that our children’s
learning experienced minimal impact throughout the
global Covid-19 pandemic.
To view a more comprehensive list of local As an expression of our thanks, we are offering all
business partners, visit www.myschool.co.za teachers and members of your staff one complimentary
Tall Blonde Cappuccino, to be claimed at your local
Starbucks store before the end of March 2021.
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