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Issue no. 14 20 September 2021 General News RCL 2022 Congratulations to the Senior RCL for 2022 Aneesa Aden Oleboheng Lephuthing Amy Alexander Tshedza Mamanyuha Aaliyah Cassim Amahle Mhlongo Dora Di Noia Kananelo Motselebane Tashriq Elmedany Boningo Mthombeni Sera Farista Relive Nkole Imaan Haffejee Katleho Ntlhakana Naima Jacob Menon Khumo’etsile Senyane Maliha Khan Micaela Smith Lauren Lachman Bianca Lachman Junior RCL for 2022 GRADE 8 ALSEIDS – Amani Docrat DRYADS – Yasmin Abusamra HESPERIDES – Keketso Smith NEREIDS – Annabel Donaldson OREADS - Oratilwe Coka PLEIADES – Mosa Motselebane GRADE 9 ALSEIDS - Leah Cornell DRYADS – Tameeha Ahmed HESPERIDES – Alayna Badat NEREIDS – Nosisa Mnguni OREADS – Kendra Lagerwey PLEIADES – Diyaanah Essay GRADE 10 ALSEIDS – Paris Rees DRYADS - Ashlyn Hayter HESPERIDES – Daniella Monyepao NEREIDS – Tuelo Diseko OREADS – Chaye Sequeira PLEIADES – Puleng Chirwa
NIGHT OF STARS
Congratulations to our Finalists for Night of Stars which takes place on 30 September.
The Sportswoman finalists 2021: Cultural Woman finalists 2021:
Ashleigh Brownbill Chiddimma Nwokedi
Erin Helling Oluchi Nehiweze
Izabella Sparrow Ammaarah Cachalia
Georgia Shear Sibahle Zwane
Robyn Norval Katelyn Forbay
Jessica van der Merwe
AGM AND BUDGET MEETING
This is a reminder of the AGM and Budget Meeting on Tuesday, 19 October. It is essential that we get
a quorum at this meeting so that we can continue with our planning for 2022 and we ask all parents to
please make every effort to attend. Due to ongoing restrictions and to make this meeting accessible to
as many parents as possible, we will be hosting the AGM online and at school, as we did last year.
Further details about registering for the online AGM will follow.
Please complete the link which was part of the first AGM notice which went out on Friday, to assist us
with our planning: https://bit.ly/3kewiaW
Copies of the 2020 Audited Financial Statements and the 2020 AGM minutes are available from the
Finance Office by request (williams@parktowngirls.co.za). They will also be on display at the school on
Tuesday, 19 October. The proposed budget will be on display at the school from Thursday, 30
September.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to the following girls who have received various bursaries as
a result of their continued participation and contributions to various school
activities:
1. Old Parks Scholarships:
Annabel Nyongwana
Ashlyn Hayter
Jessica van der Merwe
Sandra Dube
2. Rotary Scholarship:
Yolisa Sphambo
From Left: Annabel Nyongwana, Ashlyn Hayter,
Jessica van der Merwe and Sandra Dube
Yolisa Sphambo
Academic News
GAUTENG PROVINCIAL ESKOM EXPO FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS 2021
Report by Teacher-in-charge, Miss Govender
Eskom Expo for Young Scientists is an exposition, or a science fair where learners have a chance to
show others their projects about their own scientific investigations. This year, 36 learners were
selected from Parktown High School for Girls, to exhibit their science expo projects at the online
Gauteng Provincial round of the competition. The standard of projects was particularly high this year,
according to provincial co-ordinator of the Eskom Expo, Raven Motsewabangwe.
At the virtual Gauteng awards event held on Saturday,
4 September, Parktown learners received the most
awards – 6 highly commended certificates, 15 bronze
medals, 10 silver medals, 2 gold medals and 5 of
Eskom’s highly prestigious special awards.
We are extremely proud of our learners’ achievements
and appreciate their hard work, time and commitment
in producing projects of such a high standard.
Below is a summary of our learners’ results.
Highly commended Bronze medals Silver medals Gold medals Special awards
certificates
Salma Stroebel Vuyolwethu Mangisa- Gabby Nunes Rebecca Leisegang Rebecca Leisegang
Siwela (Best Project – Animal
Sciences)
Safiyyah Loonat Jemma Kelly Tahseen Fazluddin Radeeyah Sader Radeeyah Sader
(Best Project –
Chemistry and
Biochemistry)
Maseeha Mahamed Abigail Taim Kendra Lagerway Jessica Klaaren and
Abigail Dickerson
(Best project –
Engineering)
Leah Cornell Layla Mayet Mirttika Mahendra Tameeha Ahmed and
Alayna Badat
(Best project –
Physics, Astronomy
and Space Sciences)
Maseeha Kajee Ameerah Dean Rumaysa Osman Gabby Nunes
(Best innovation)
Mbali Mthembu Jaleela Cassim Tiarah Pather
Kaylee Wiggill Jessica Klaaren
Cameron Brook Abigail Dickerson
Grace Short Tameeha Ahmed
Tashavia Govindsamy Alayna Badat
Tasneem Gerbicha
Laila Cashdan
Faaria Tikly
Diyaanah Essay
Shristhi Bickram
Shristhi Bickram is in Grade 10, all other learners are in Grade 9
Dates to Diarise 22/09 RCL Blue Day (Wear Blue or Heritage attire)
23-25/09 RCL Camp
24/09 Heritage Day (Public Holiday)
27-28/09 House Plays
28/09 SGB Meeting
30/09 Night of Stars
01/10 Term 3 ends
08/10 Grade 8 online Admissions (Phase 2) closes
11/10 Term 4 starts
13/10 PA Meeting
14/10 Art and Drama Exhibition
15/10 RCL Induction
16/10 Matric Dance
19/10 AGM and Budget Meeting at 19h00
UNIFORM SHOP
The PHSG Uniform Shop will be closed from
Wednesday, 22 September 2021. It will reopen as
usual as from Term 4.
Cultural News
SHAKESPEARE FILM FESTIVAL
Report by Teacher-in-charge, Miss Doust
On Saturday, 11 September, our girls performed their play, The Taming of the Shrew, for the annual
Shakespeare Schools' Festival. The learners performed at the Joburg Theatre to a small audience.
They had an absolute blast. Well done to the entire cast and crew for their exceptional hard work over
the last few months.
DEBATING
Report by Teacher-in-charge, Mr Ciric
On the 11th and 12th September, the Parktown senior and
junior debating teams participated at the Gauteng Schools'
Debating Board tournament. The girls performed incredibly
well (seniors ranking 2nd in the province, while the juniors
ranked 13th overall). Both teams will progress to the
knockout rounds in October. The girls and coaches are to be
commended for their excellent work ethic and for these
superb results.
Please note that
due to Covid, and
in line with current
restrictions, only
200 people will be
allowed in the
audience
and it is first come,
first serve.
Sport News
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Kate Gordan, who has been selected for
the final Southern Gauteng U18 B Hockey Team after
training with the squad for the past few weeks. This is a
fantastic achievement. Well done Kate.
Kate Gordan
TENNIS
On Tuesday, 7 September, we hosted St Dominic’s
for a friendly Tennis match. On a beautiful afternoon,
our Tennis players enjoyed their first inter-school
match in about a year. They played well and enjoyed
a change-up of doubles partners which proved to be
a fruitful experience. Overall, we lost 41 – 22. Well
done to all the players and good luck for the
upcoming league starting on 21 September 2021.
SOCCER
Our Soccer Teams have kicked off their season with a bang. The four teams have been working hard
in their training sessions and are enjoying being back on the field together after a very long wait over
the past year.
On Tuesday, 7 September, we hosted Jeppe High School for Girls. Jeppe is always a tough
competitive game and it was a great way
to start the season. The U15 A Team drew
their match 1-1. This was an exciting
match where the team managed to settle
into a rhythm and started to get to know
each other on the field.
The First Team won their match 2-1
against the Jeppe First Team. This was a
gripping match; both Goal-Keepers had to
be on their toes throughout the match. A
special mention to Jessica Chukwuyem
who played her first match as Goal-
Keeper for the First Team and did
extremely well.
U15 A Team half-time talk
On Thursday, 9 September, we hosted Greenside High School. Our Second Team played first against
the Greenside First Team and played their socks off, winning the match 5-1. A special mention to Zoe
Devine who scored 2 goals for the team!
The U15 B Team went on to play the same team, as Greenside could only field one team on the day.
What a fantastic result; 1-1 from our U15 B Team. This was their first match together and their first
match in high school. The talent from the junior group this year is very exciting and our coaches are
extremely excited to work with the players going forward.
First Team Soccer players supporting the juniors
Parktown Fast 5’s Netball and Hockey 5’s League
On Friday, 10 September, we hosted the first round of the
Parktown 5’s League with great success. The schools that
joined us on the day were very excited to be back at it,
especially after the winter season being cut short due to
regulations earlier in the year.
The league has been designed to be a friendly fun
environment with no pressure on results and no winner.
Friday afternoons the seniors get to show off their skills
against other schools and clubs. Tuesday afternoons the
juniors get a chance to play some competitive sport, some for
the first time in their high school career due to the last two
winter seasons being in the peak of Covid-19.
Each school is given a designated space to relax between
their matches to limit the amount of contact between schools.
The first aiders were fantastic on the day, strapping and
plastering any injuries. Jehan Elmedany and Grace van den
Berg were our local DJ’s making sure the environment was
festive with music playing throughout the afternoon.
Thank you to Mrs Pautz and Mrs Nkosi for all their effort in making sure this league is a success. We
look forward to the next 3 weeks of fun hockey and netball. Thank you to Mr Helling who has taken
some very nice action photo’s of our hockey girls and shared them with the team. The fixtures can be
found on the D6 Communicator “Resources – Sport”.
Imaan Fadal Erin Helling
One of Parktown’s Fast 5’s Senior Teams Our fabulous Netball Scorers
during their half-time talk with Coach Tshina
TOUCH RUGBY AND SOFTBALL Our Softball Team continues with their training, sharpening their skills and hand-eye coordination, while our Touch Rugby players are well into their pre-season for the second half of the year, getting fit again and fine-tuning their knowledge of the game. TOTALSPORTS TotalSports has been very kind to donate two beautiful brand new gazebos to the school. We are extremely grateful as at sporting events gazebo’s are in endless need. We used them for the first time at the Parktown 5’s League on Friday, 10 September. Thank you TotalSports. The Sport Corner Brought to you by the Sport Portfolio, written by Erin Helling In this week's edition of the Sport Corner, read all about the continuous buzz in our sporting world, including the start-up of matches for many of our sports! It has been a very successful two weeks of sport at Parktown. Much to the delight of everyone, many of our sports including netball, soccer, hockey and water polo were able to start matches again! All these teams have loved being back in action in a more competitive environment and have played exceptionally well. With that being said...5 aside netball and hockey matches have been underway at Parktown and it's wonderful seeing our courts and AstroTurf full! Thank you to everyone who made it happen. This report from Karabo in Grade 10 emphasises just how happy everyone is about not only matches starting again but also about regular afternoon practices that give everyone some normality. "I'm happy that netball is back because it gets my mind off of school and our physical health is so important. I've learnt that working with other people is way better than working alone and that winning isn't everything but rather having fun in that moment is what matters. Sometimes it can be overwhelming for me because I feel like I don't play my best.... but that makes me work harder and push myself more." The water polo girls played their first match of the year on Saturday and the first team worked really well together and won their game. The juniors, most of whom had never played a match before, also impressively won their game! "I really enjoyed playing on Saturday! I loved being back with my teammates and I really loved how we all played so well together as a team!" - Alayna Badat. The cross country team is now offering Icey's to all who participate in the time trial on Tuesdays! There is a 2.5km and 5km option and all are welcome. Come show them what you’ve got!
Spin on Sport Touch Rugby is a sport that will test your limits. In touch rugby, you are taught how to be resilient, calm and confident. Touch is a game of opportunities. Every set of 6 touches is a chance for you to create something beautiful. All you need to play touch is an open mind and a determined mind-set. Scoring tries in touch is the most exhilarating feeling that any player can experience. Touch is a team sport! Remember there's no “I" in "team". With that being said, it provides a platform for one to form new relationships and to have a place to grow. The rules of touch rugby are very simple. All you have to do is tap the ball to start and remember to never pass the ball in front of you. Listening to the referee and your coaches is very important as they will help you navigate your way in the game. When in doubt, come to Touch!!! Left: Rodha Olivier
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