CIRCULAR NO. 24 6 August 2015 Dear Parent(s) / Guardian(s) “YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD TO SET ANOTHER GOAL OR TO DREAM A NEW DREAM.” By C.S. Lewis This photo, received from our exchange programme school, Stenhus School in Denmark, shows the group of students that will be visiting our school next term. We look forward to hosting them as we roll out our plans to send a group from Fairmont to Denmark next year.
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CIRCULAR NO. 24
6 August 2015
Dear Parent(s) / Guardian(s)
“YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD TO SET ANOTHER GOAL
OR TO DREAM A NEW DREAM.”
By C.S. Lewis
This photo, received from our exchange programme school, Stenhus School in Denmark, shows the group of students that will be visiting our school next term. We look forward to hosting them as we roll out our plans to send
a group from Fairmont to Denmark next year.
1) ACADEMICS
Term 3 is an important academic term for Grades 8 to 11 to make full use of the time available to study without the pressures of an examination.
For the Grade 12’s however, they will be busy with the writing of their Trial examination.
We encourage them to do the best they can to attain their goals.
MATRIC FOCUS
24 TEACHING DAYS TO FINAL EXAMS
School Holidays
Public
Holidays Matrics writing exams
July August (14 Days) September (3 Days)
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
All pupils are required to be at school at the regular time - 07h55 - even if they are not writing a test. This time will be used for consolidation or tasks organized by various subject departments.
All parents are asked to please be aware that when your child misses a Monday or a Thursday test, a relevant chemist slip (the date on the slip must pertain to the pupil’s absenteeism and medication bought), a certificate from the clinic or a doctor’s certificate is required. A medical certificate from either the clinic or the doctor is applicable for missing any exam. A note from you excusing your child from school for the days missed is also required.
Grade 9 and Matric pupils must produce a doctor’s certificate for tests and exams missed as these are the two exit phases and their marks are externally moderated by the Education Department.
Learners are not allowed to go home immediately after a test if they are ill. They have to stay until first break. If they are ill, then they should not come to school. A doctor’s certificate will be required.
3) IMPORTANT NOTICE : GENERAL CALENDAR : 3RD TERM
Tue, 11 Aug Annual Production
Wed, 12 Aug Annual Production
Fri, 14 Aug Annual Production Gala Evening
Edgemead Derby (A)
Sat, 15 Aug Edgemead Derby (A)
Mon, 17 Aug Gr. 9 Subject Choices
Wed, 19 Aug Winter Sport photos
Thu, 20 Aug Academic Honours Dinner
Blood Clinic
Tue, 25 Aug Cultural Awards
Fri, 28 Aug Gr. 12 Exams start
Sat, 5 Sep Past Pupils’ Sport Day
Mon, 21 Sep Girls’ Choir Festival
Mon, 28 Sep Winter Sport Awards
Thu, 1 Oct Matric Dance
Fri, 2 Oct Schools Close
4) ANNUAL PRODUCTION 2015 : DEADLY DEVIOUS DOMESTICATION
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
DATE SWOP FOR ANNUAL PRODUCTION
The Thursday production date for the annual production has moved:
FROM: 13 August
TO: 11 August
… to accommodate for the scheduled load shedding.
If you have bought a ticket for the Thursday show, please note that it is now valid for Tuesday,
11 August. If this date does not suit you, you can swop it for Wednesday, 12 August.
To avoid confusion, these are the dates for the production:
Tuesday, 11 August – R40
Wednesday, 12 August – R40
Friday, 14 Gala Evening – R100
5) MEMORIAL FLOWER DAY
A group of pupils stand at our memorial stone to honour our new tradition of laying flowers at this stone as a means of remembering those pupils and teachers who have passed away during their tenure at Fairmont.
6) GRADE 9 SUBJECT CHOICE MEETING
On Monday, 17 August at 7pm the grade 9s of 2015 will be gathering in the Student Centre for a subject choice meeting where they will learn about their options for the future. If you have a career that you are passionate about and are willing to share your experiences, please contact the school office so that you can be available to share a little bit about your career before or after the meeting with learners and parents who wish to ask questions. Let us help our youth to make informed decisions about their future. We would love to hear from doctors, geologists, lawyers, engineers, designers to name but a few.
Lord Netherwood keeps his considerable fortune, and the upkeep of Netherwood Hall, ticking over with the profits from his three coal mines. The welfare of his employees isn’t a pressing concern – more important is keeping his wife and daughters happy and ensuring the heir to the family wealth, the charming but feckless Tobias, stays out of trouble.
BELOW STAIRS
Eve Williams is the wife of one of Lord Netherwood’s employees. When her life is brought crashing down, Eve must look to her own self-sufficiency and talent to provide for her three young children. And it’s then that ‘upstairs’ and ‘downstairs’ collide in truly dramatic fashion.
11) NATURAL BEAUTY AND AWSUM NEWSPAPER COMPETITION
The AWSUM newspaper, in collaboration with Natural Beauty, has a competition running in which schools have the opportunity to WIN R10 000 and Fairmont is a finalist!
For Fairmont to receive as many votes as possible all you have to do is go to the Natural Beauty Facebook page, “like” the page and post “Fairmont High School”.
There will be a live draw held at Fairmont on the 14th of August during assembly. Students who voted will also go into a draw for other prizes on the day! Don’t miss out on this great opportunity! Vote for Fairmont today.
12) ROAD CLOSURES
13) LANDSDIENS
Landsdiens
Land Service
WES-KAAP / WESTERN CAPE
23 July 2015
Amana - Hermanus
28 - 30 August 2015
Dear parent/guardian
The Land Service is going camping!
Students are invited to attend the Land Service camp taking place on the weekend of 28 -30 August 2015 in Hermanus. They will be joining Land Service members from clubs all over the Western Cape and participating in a variety of fun activities and games.
Campers will be leaving for the weekend on Friday, 28 August directly after school, and returning on Sunday morning, 30 August 2015.
All students who would like to join must please rsvp with Miss Matthee in Prefab 4 before 14 August 2015.
Costs:
Land Service Membership fee: R70
Camp: R300
Transportation: R200 * maximum amount
Total: R570
Camp monies and membership fees are directly payable to Land Service Western Cape or to the finance office.
Transportation fees are paid to the relevant party on the day of travel.
Please send proof of payment to [email protected] or give directly to Miss Matthee.
Zak and Mikey led out the Trojans on a sunny winter morning at home game against Camps Bay.
Fairmont was on the board quickly at 7 : 0. Camps Bay strike back and it was 7 : 7. After that it was really just Fairmont all the way. Camps Bay fought hard, but our structures and defense was far more organized and resolute. It was a hard game that led to some injuries. Both Mikey and Spencer will have to sit the next one out.
Tries: Caleb 3, Spencer 1, Matthew 1, Michael 1
Conversions: Caleb 3
Penalties: Caleb 1
Final score: 39 : 14 to Fairmont
15) EMMA SADLEIR
16) GIRLS’ CHOIR TIMETABLE
AUGUST
4 & 5 Tue & Wed
Normal rehearsals at school Gallery
11 Tue Normal rehearsals at school Gallery
12 Wed Performance: Four Schools Choir and Orchestra Evening
Stellenbosch High School
19h30 - 21h00 Bus departs
17h00
18 Tue Normal rehearsal
19 Wed ENSEMBLE Tygerberg Eist De Vrije Zee
Primary 17h00 - 18h00
Own transport/Lift
Clubs
AUGUST
25 Tue Performance- Society Awards
Hall 18h00
26 Wed Normal rehearsal Hall 15h00 - 16h00
SEPTEMBER
1 & 2 Tue & Wed
Normal rehearsal
8 Tue Normal rehearsal
9 Wed TWO HOUR REHEARSAL 15h00 - 17h00
12 Sat Morning Tea – Fund raising event
Hall 10h00 - 13h00
15 Tue Normal rehearsal
16 Wed Kaapstad Eisteddfod Simon vd
Stel Primary, Wynberg
TIMES TBA Bus
21 Mon Girls’ Choir Festival Cape Town Own
transport/Lift Clubs
22 & 23 Tue & Wed
Normal rehearsal
29 & 30 Tue & Wed
Normal rehearsal
2015/10/02 - School closes
TERM 4
OCTOBER
12 Mon School opens
12 Mon FINAL REHEARSAL ACADEMIC AWARDS
Hall 16h30 - 18h30
13 Tue Performance: Academic Awards
Hall 17h30 - 19h30
14 Wed Normal rehearsal
20 & 21 Tue & Wed
Normal rehearsal ( music concert and new program)
Hall 16h30 - 18h30
15h00 - 16h00
27 & 28
Tue & Wed Normal rehearsal ( music
concert and new program) Hall
16h30 - 18h30
15h00 - 17h00
NOVEMBER
3 & 4 Tue & Wed
Normal rehearsal Hall 16h30-18h30
15h00-16h00
NO REHEARSALS DURING EXAMS
DECEMBER
YEAR END SOCIAL To be confirmed
1 Tue Rehearsal – music evening Hall 13h00 - 15h00
2 Wed Performance: Christmas Music Evening
Hall 18h00 - 20h00
17) WHEELCHAIR RUGBY
The Maties Wheel Chair Rugby team currently practice at the Fairmont Student Centre on Saturday mornings. This venue has also been earmarked for a match against the Eagles on 22 August at approximately 10h30. Training will then move to Stellenbosch where preparation for a friendly against the Blitz bokke is scheduled for 19 September. We would appreciate some youngsters to assist during that game.
Our next national competition is scheduled for 2 October where the National team will be announced to compete in London to try and qualify for the Olympic games in Rio de Janiero next year.
Middle: Hennie Afrikaner, Mark Adams, Eudricht Kotze, Charles Opelt, Raven Benny (Captain), Enrico Avenant
Back: David Jacobs (Manager), Keith Abrahams (Coach), Edward Moos
(Assistant Coach)
Fairmont making their facilities available to accommodate the needs of others, such an amazing group of men that just enjoy the game of rugby…rugby the game they play in heaven!
SPORT DAY DATE TEAM OPPONENT RESULTS
Hockey (Boys') Fri/Sat 31/1 Aug U19A Rondebosch (A) Drew 1 : 1
U19B Rondebosch (A) Lost 0 : 3
U16A Rondebosch (A) Lost 0 : 6
U16B Rondebosch (A) Lost 0 : 9
U16C Rondebosch (A) Lost 1 : 3
U14A Rondebosch (A) Lost 1 : 4
U14B Rondebosch (A) Lost 0 : 3
Hockey (Girls') Fri/Sat 31/1 Aug U19A Reddam (H) Postponed
U19B Elkanah 1st (H) Lost 0 : 2
U16A Reddam (H) Won 4 : 2
U16B Bye
U16C Elkanah (H) Lost 2 : 6
U14A Reddam (H) Won 2 : 0
U14B Elkanah (H) Won 1 : 0
Sat 01-Aug U19A Rustenberg U19A Won 2 : 1
Mon 03-Aug U19A Blundell School (U.K.) Lost 2 : 3
Netball Thu 30-Jul U19A Parow HS (H) Won 25 : 20
U19B Parow HS (H) Won 9 : 7
U16A Parow HS (H) Won 15 : 5
U16B Parow HS (H) Lost 7 : 9
U16C Parow HS (H) Lost 9 : 13
U16D Parow HS (H) Lost 4 : 9
U14A Parow HS (H) Won 15 : 2
U14B Parow HS (H) Won 9 : 2
U14C Parow HS (H) Won 5 : 2
Rugby Sat 01-Aug U19A Camps Bay HS (H) Won 24 : 8
U19B Camps Bay HS (H) Lost 12 : 19
U16 Camps Bay HS (H) Won 38 : 7
U15 Camps Bay HS (H) Won 33 : 31
U14 Camps Bay HS (H) Won 41 : 14
Soccer (Boys') Thu 30-Jul U16 Y2K (H) Postponed
Mon 03-Aug U16 Chesterhouse (Friendly) Drew 3 : 3
Tue 04-Aug U14 JG Meiring (H) Lost 2 : 3
Wed 05-Aug U19A Camps Bay HS (A) Drew 2 : 2
U19B Edgemead HS (H) Drew 1 : 1
Soccer (Girls') Tue 04-Aug U19A Camps Bay HS (A) Won 9 : 0
Table Tennis Tue 04-Aug U19 The Settlers Won 4 : 2
U16 The Settlers Lost 1 : 5
19) CROSS COUNTRY
Fairmont senior cross country runners did exceptionally well in the Northern Zone championships held at Brackenfell on Wednesday, 5 August.
Samuel van der Merwe (our boys’ Captain) came second, while Carmen van der Merwe (girls’ Captain) came 3rd . Both captains were awarded medals.
Nina Dunleavy U16 came 4th out of 53 qualifying entrants, Bianca Harper U19 came 8th, and Sabrina Beeka U16 came 10th.
Three junior girls, namely Aakifah van Rooyen, Merle Burger and Rebecca Walker participated. Aakifah came 17th and Merle 18th out of 59 qualifying entrants.
From the abovementioned athletes, several may qualify to participate in the Western Cape Championships to be held at the University of the Western Cape on Saturday.
We are very proud of all these dedicated athletes!
20) GIRLS’ HOCKEY
1ST TEAM
The International Hockey Tournament saw our first team girls hit the second half of the season running as during the first week of school the girls played 8 games in 5 days including The Settlers derby on the Saturday.
This was excellent preparation for the second half of the league season as 5 massive league fixtures lay in waiting. The first was on Saturday morning as the girls took on Rustenberg. Despite having beaten them in the early part of the season to advance to the third round of the SPAR Knock-Out Tournament, it was always going to be a tough encounter.
The girls produced some of the best hockey of the season in an enthralling first half but saw a few clear cut chances go a begging. The second half saw Fairmont take an early lead through a Cayley Jones penalty stroke after Nicole de Abreau-Aires was denied on the goal line by a Rustenberg foot. Continued pressure and excellent build up play saw a deserved second goal for Fairmont as Courtney Sinclair finished off a good attacking move up the right flank.
The final 10 minutes were a tense affair as Rustenberg scored a scrappy goal to get back in the game but it ended on 1 - 2 to Fairmont for an excellent win.
The hockey kept on coming as a touring team from Blundell School in England arrived late on Sunday evening. After being hosted by some of the first team girls, it was time to do battle on the turf on Monday.
After one of the most entertaining and high tempo games of the season, the Blundell girls ended up winning the game 3 : 2. The post-match presentation saw our captain receive a beautiful shield from Blundell as a reminder of the great occasion. That evening the girls all headed to Willowbridge as well as some of the Fairmont parents who shared dinner with the staff from Blundell. All in all a fantastic experience!
21) BOYS’ HOCKEY
Fairmont played the all mighty Rondebosch Boys’ High on Friday, 31 August. Although most of our teams bowed to this legendary boys’ hockey school, our 1st team did us proud with a final score of 1 : 1.
Fairmont dominated the first half and it is a pity we could not score more from the ample opportunities we had. Our defense did us proud in only allowing one goal from nine short corners.
Kyle Friester (middle) and Luke Jervis (right)
Lawrence Kenyon-Slade
Congratulations to Luke Jervis and Kyle Friester for playing their 50th cap on Friday.
The 1st team also played a Knock-out on Monday, 3 August, and beat Bosmansdam 19 : 1.
Congratulations to Lawrence Kenyon- Slade who played his 50th Cap.
U14 Boys’
The following boys were selected to represent the U14 WP Zebra team and took part in the U14 Inter- Provincial Hockey Tournament from the 1st to the 5th of July 2015 in Bloemfontein.
Jordan New
David Myburgh
Dylan Rauch
Jack Mantell
Pierre de Wit
Grant Rousseau
On behalf of Fairmont, well done and congratulations with your great achievement.
22) GOLF
Fairmont 1st team at the opening ceremony of the 2015 High School National Championships at the Irene Country Club.
23) 3RD TERM SPORT FIXTURES
SPORT DAY DATE TEAM OPPONENT
Badminton (Boys') Thu 06-Aug 1st Fish Hoek A (A)
2nd Bye
Thu 13-Aug 1st The Settlers "A" (A)
2nd South Peninsula "B" (A)
Cross Country Wed 05-Aug Boys' Zonal Champs@Brackenfell HS
Girls' Zonal Champs@Brackenfell HS
Golf (Boys') Mon 03-Aug 1st DF Malan (H)
Mon 17-Aug 1st Stellenberg HS (A)
Hockey (Boys') Fri/Sat 14/15 Aug U19A Edgemead HS (A)
U19B Edgemead HS (A)
U16A Edgemead HS (A)
U16B Bye
U16C Edgemead HS (A)
U14A Edgemead HS (A)
U14B Edgemead HS (A)
Fri/Sat 28/29 Aug U19A Westerford HS (H)
U19B Westerford HS (H)
U16A Westerford HS (H)
U16B Westerford HS (H)
U16C Westerford HS (H)
U14A Westerford HS (H)
U14B Westerford HS (H)
Hockey (Girls') Fri/Sat 14/15 Aug U19A Edgemead HS (A)
Samuel van der Merwe, the cross country boys’ captain, recently took part in several major long distance races.
Samuel came 1st in the Juniors and 4th overall at the Jive Slave 10km race. His time was just under 33 minutes.
Last Saturday, Samuel participated in the cross country club championships. He came 1st in the boys’ U17.
He also ran the McKenna & Scott 10km race last Sunday in a time of 31:57. Samuel was placed 1st in the Juniors and 5th overall. There were 1,500 participants.
Samuel was chosen as runner of the month for the Bellville Running Club. He ran the Master 15km in a time of 49:58.
On Wednesday, Samuel came 2nd to the South African champion at the Northern Zone School Cross Country Championships.
We are really proud to have this phenominal committee athlete in our midst!
25) PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Time appears to be approaching rather rapidly for the start of our matric trial exams. This against our Grade 12 teachers having to complete their teaching in the next three weeks.
We encourage all our Matrics to continue working hard for this exam.
Happy weekend to all our families.
Yours sincerely
Mr R Dingley PRINCIPAL
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