Fairmont Focus 7: 5 March 2015

CIRCULAR NO. 7

5 March 2015

Dear Parents

“WE ARE WHAT WE REPEATEDLY DO.

EXCELLENCE, THEN, IS NOT AN ACT, BUT A HABIT.”

Aristotle

The Grade 9’s of 2014 were given a copy of the certificate to acknowledge their performance of last year. Well done to them.

1) ACADEMICS

17 School days remain before we close the 1st Term of the year. Teachers are busy with tasks and assignments, and the gathering of marks for the first term reports.

Exams (English and Afrikaans Paper 3) will be written by Grades 8 – 12 on Monday and Tuesday of the final week of this term.

We hope that all our pupils are making every effort as we head towards 1 April when school closes.

Fairmont School Governing Body Elections for parent governors

Please note:

The Fairmont High School SGB Election for parent governors will take place on Tuesday, 10 March 2015, in the Student Centre, at 18h30.

We kindly ask you to attend this important meeting for the process of establishing a quorum of 325 parents.

Parent Forum – Annual Art Exhibition

Mr & Miss FHS

We are only one week away from this popular and glamorous pageant. Tickets are available at our Finance office at R55-00 each.

Please join us for this fantastic show!

Northern Zones Athletics

Congratulations to all our athletes who participated at the Northern Zones Athletics Championships this past weekend. 14 of our learners have qualified as part of the Northern Zones team and will be taking part in the Western Province Athletics meeting this weekend, 6 – 7 March 2015.

1 Angelo Bender (Gr. 9)

2 Siphosethu Boya (Gr. 10)

3 Pierre de Wit (Gr. 8)

4 Marisa du Preez (Gr. 12)

5 Naemi Frenzel (Gr. 10)

6 Bianca Harper (Gr. 12)

7 Julia Hoal (Gr. 8)

8 Cayley Jones (Gr. 11)

9 Joshua Julies (Gr. 11)

10 Ethan Noble (Gr. 11)

11 Carmen Van Der Merwe (Gr. 12)

12 Melanie Van Der Merwe (Gr. 10)

13 Jessica Van Vuuren (Gr. 12)

14 Emily Willson (Gr. 9)

2) MATRIC FOCUS

92 TEACHING DAYS

School Holidays

Public Holidays

Matrics writing exams

2015 January

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3) IMPORTANT NOTICE : TEST CALENDAR UNTIL END OF 1ST TERM

MARCH

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

8 9 TEST 10 11 12 TEST 13 TEST 14

8 - English 12 – Phy. Sci. 10 – IT Prac 8 - Technology 8 - Maths

9 - Creative Arts (Evening) 9 - Maths 9 – Afrikaans

10 – Design/CAT 10 - Geography/Music 10 – Afrikaans

Prac Test 11 - Design 11 - English

11 - Maths/Maths Lit 12 - History 12 - CAT Theory

12 - Consumer St.

15 16 TEST 17 18 19 TEST 20 21

8 – Creative Arts 11 – IT Prac 8 – EMS 10 – Maths

9 – EMS 11 – Phy. Sci. 9 – Technology 11 – CAT Prac.

10 – Life Sciences (Evening) 10 – Consumer St.

11 – CAT Theory 11 – Accounting

12 – IT Theory 12 – Life Sciences

22 23 TEST 24 25 26 TEST 27 28

8 – Camp 8 – Camp 10 – Geog. Excursion

9 – English 9 – Maths

11 – Camp 10 – IT Theory

12 – Geo / Music 11 – Camp

29 30 PRE-EXAM 31 PRE-EXAM 1 April

Gr. 8 – 12 English Gr. 8 – 12 Afr. SCHOOL

Paper 3 (June) Paper 3 (June) CLOSES

PLEASE NOTE!

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.

4) MAJOR EVENTS FOR 1ST TERM, 2015

Friday, 6 March - Choir Camp (6 – 8 Mar)

- Interact Service Weekend (6 – 8 Mar)

Saturday, 7 March - Mr & Ms FHS technical rehearsal (7 – 8 Mar)

Monday, 9 March - Mr & Ms FHS technical rehearsal

Tuesday, 10 March - Mr & Ms FHS technical rehearsal

- SGB Election

Wednesday, 11 March - Mr & Ms FHS technical rehearsal

- Gr. 10 Life Sciences Excursion

Thursday, 12 March - Mr & Ms FHS technical rehearsal

Friday, 13 March - Mr & Ms FHS Show

Saturday, 14 March - Prefect Camp (14 – 16 Mar)

Wednesday, 18 March - Summer Sport Awards

Friday, 20 March - Grade 8 Camp A commences (20 – 22 Mar)

- Boys’ Holland Hockey Tour leave

Saturday, 21 March - Gr. 8 Camp B commences (22 – 24 Mar)

Tuesday, 24 March - Gr. 8 Camp C commences (24 – 26 Mar)

Thursday, 26 March - Gr. 8 Camp D commences (26 – 28 Mar)

Friday, 27 March - Brackenfell Sport Day

Saturday, 28 March - Brackenfell Sport Day

Monday, 30 March - Gr. 8 – 12 English P3 exam (June)

Tuesday, 31 March - Gr. 8 – 12 Afrikaans P3 exam (June)

Wednesday, 1 April - Schools Close

5) PARENT FORUM

Saturday 14 March : Fairmont Family Workparty

Calling all Monty Families!

We are holding a work party on Saturday, 14 March 2015, from 09h00, in the Grade 9 Quad. These work parties end at approximately 14h00 with a bring-and-braai. Mr and Mrs Dingley will be joining us on this occasion. We will be building new table-benches for the quads. The working teams will consist of a bench assembly team, a paint and spray team, a bench repair team, and a general clean-up team.

Please come along: join the fun and make new friends, while doing something practical to improve our children’s school!

Bring along any woodworking power tools you may have such as drills, sanders, screwdrivers, saws, etc., including extension cords, sandpaper and sandpaper blocks. Rakes, spades, garden brooms, shears, secateurs, saws and black bags will also be useful. Please also remember your cooler box with some meat to braai and some drinks.

Fairmont K-Day Competition and Civvies Day

On Thursday 26 February Kfm Personality Tim Thabethe visited Fairmont with other members of the Kfm team, to do the draw of 2 lucky winners for K-DAY tickets. Learners who had paid R10 to wear civvies and to be entered into the draw to win 2 sets of 4 K-DAY tickets, gathered on the field at 2nd break. Our 2 lucky winners were Dylan Squair 9Lp and Romano Cigana 12Ne and we hope that they and their families and friends enjoyed all the fun of K-Day last Saturday. Tim also handed out a number of other prizes to lucky Monties. This fundraiser, organised by the Parent Forum and run as a team effort with the help of the Fairmont Staff, raised over R7800 for our school! THANK YOU to Kfm for the donation of the tickets and to all the staff, parents and learners who supported this fundraiser and showed great school spirit.

Romano Cigana thanking Tim Tim’s biggest Monty Fan – Amy Versveld 12Me

Dylan Squair with Tim Thabethe

6) SOUND & LIGHTING SOCIETY : TEAM BRAAI AND TRAINING

The Sound and Lighting Society had their second annual team braai on Friday, 27 February 2015. It was a highly successful event, enjoyed by all, whilst cementing the bonds that make this society such a wonderful and vibrant society.

This year twenty-one new members completed their training on 27 and 28 February, and they will soon be integrated into the society.

7) MOTHERS WHO PRAY

CALLING ALL MOTHERS!

A very warm welcome is extended to all moms

wishing to join our “Mothers Who Pray” group.

We meet every Wednesday, at 07h30,

in the Boardroom of Fairmont High School.

Please come and join us, or contact Amanda (072 072 1047

8) ADVENTURE CLUB

The Adventure Club is extending an invitation to the learners of the club to join in our first outing for the year. We will be joining the Surfshack in Muizenburg for a surf lesson, including those who are inexperienced with no equipment of their own. We will be hosting outings throughout the year and all events are optional for the learners. We would like to encourage you to send your child on these outings as we will only have five throughout the year.

Please see the details below for our first outing:

Date: 29 March (Sunday)

Place: Muizenburg, The Surfshack

Time: 13h00

Transport: Own transport required

Cost: R250 (includes lesson, instructor, surfboard and wetsuit)

Paid by: 25 March 2015 (Bring proof of payment and indemnity form to Ms.Soga)

As these outings require own transport, we encourage you to form a lift club where each parent will alternate each term. As there are only five outings, the transporting on your part will be kept to a minimum.

Please feel free to contact [email protected] for any further information.

9) CCEA CAREER EXHIBITION (GRADES 9 & 11)

On Tuesday, 3 March 2014, we had 45 tertiary institutions displaying their details in the Student Centre for our pupils to enquire about possible career options.

It was a very successful venture, with pupils asking very pertinent questions.

10) WON LIFE : VOLUNTEER AT OUR LITERACY CENTRE

The Literacy Centre, run in Fisantekraal, is a volunteer-driven organization that relies on willing members of the public to volunteer their time reading with those learners eager to learn this very important milestone.

mailto:[email protected]

With each volunteer, Won Life is able to extend their reach and really make a difference in the community of Fisantekraal. If you can spare an hour or two each week, please email Won Life on:

[email protected]

Watching the faces of these children as they reach each small milestone will give you a great sense of reward.

11) LIBRARIAN’S CHOICE

A HIPPO LOVE STORY by KAREN PAOLILLO

When the threads that hodl human society together unravel, the animal kingdom suffers. Karen Paolillo discovered this first-hand in Zimbabwe when she developed a close connection with thirteen hippos in their natural habitat, the Turgwe River.

Her mission to save these exceptional animals after they came under threat of drought, land invasions and poachers developed into a beautiful African love story. It is also the stirring tale of how one woman faced personal and financial adversities while ensuring the survival of a family of hippos, with Bob, a three-ton bull, as their leader.

With the establishment of the Turgwe Hippo Trust, Karen has triumphed as guardian of the hippos, and the animals have prospered ever since. A Hippo Love Story shares this heroic journey of a nature lover who became an ally of one of Africa’s most fearsome animal species.

12) SPORT RESULTS

SPORT DAY DATE TEAM OPPONENT RESULTS

Basketball (Boys')

Wed 04-Mar

U14 Settlers "B" (Home) Won 14 : 10

U16 Heideveld (H) Lost 14 : 59

U19 Heideveld (H) Lost 14 : 45

Mon 02-Mar

U14 Westerford (Away) Drew 8 : 8

U16 Westerford (Away) Lost 0 : 16


Basketball (Girls')

Wed 18-Feb

U14 Settlers (Home) Lost 9 : 14

U16 Settlers (Home) Won 27 : 12

U19 Settlers (Home) Won 19 : 11

Thu 26-Feb

U14 Herschel (Away) Lost 0 : 52



Mon 02-Mar

U14 Westerford (Away) Drew 8 : 8



Cricket Mon 02-Mar

U15B Melkbos Strand (Away) Lost by 12 runs

Wed 04-Mar

1st KNOCKOUT FINAL

See report

Bellville H.S. @

Northern's Goodwood CC

at 13h30. Fairmont are the

current champions.

SPORT DAY DATE TEAM OPPONENT RESULTS

U14B Fairbairn College (Away) Won by 11 Runs

U15B DF Malan (Friendly) Won by 8 wickets

Indoor Hockey Wed 04-Mar

1st Herschel (Away) Lost 2 : 4

2nd Herschel (Away) Lost 1 : 6

3rd Herschel (Away) Lost 1 : 11

4th Herschel (Away) Lost 0 : 11





Softball Thu 26-Feb

1st Elkanah House (Home) Won 12 : 6

2nd Settlers (Home) Won 7 : 4

3rd Tableview (Home) Won 10 : 9

Tennis Thu 26-Feb

Boys 2nd

De Kuilen (Home) Lost 2 : 10

CRICKET RESULTS

This week we played all our matches vs Bergvliet. The results were as follows:

1st Team at Bergvliet was a Day/Night game:

Fairmont: 140/10 - top score by Ayden Poole (30)

Bergvliet: 142/5 - Ryan Perry (3/22)

Result: Fairmont lost by 5 wickets

1st Team vs Melkbos H.S.:

Melkbos: 90/6 in their 15 overs - Radee Amien (3/12)

Fairmont: 78/6 in their 15 overs - Keegan Smith (22 retired -compulsory)

Result: Fairmont lost by 12 runs, batting too carefully in the run chase.

1st Team vs Bellville H.S. – Knockout Final:

Fairmont: Fairmont won the toss – Kyle de Wet (18), Aiden Abbeglen (13), Ayden van Eeden (13)

65 runs all out

Result: Bellville won by 10 wickets.

2nd team postponed to 3 March by Bergvliet

U15A at Bergvliet:

Fairmont: 208/10 - Braydon Smits (36), Keegan Smith (35)

Bergvliet: 147/10 - Braydon Smits (4/16), Keegan Smith (5/10)

bowling analysis 2.5 - 0 - 10 - 5

Result: The unbeaten Fairmont team from January 2014 looked in trouble when the Bergvliet openers took the score to 93 without loss. When the Spinners, Braydon and Keegan were brought on, they were soon in trouble and Fairmont won by 61 runs.

U14A at Fairmont:

Bergvliet: 56/10 - wickets shared with Ethan Sevenoaks (3/9) the best of the bowlers

Fairmont: 57/0 - Aaron Smith (34/no) in 7.4 overs

Result: Fairmont's unbeaten U14A team won by 10 wickets

HOCKEY

Girls’ Indoor Hockey

Well done to our girls’ indoor teams for a great week of hockey as they only lost 2 out of 9 matches against Westerford and Cannons Creek. Our 6th team beat Cannons Creek 1st team 4 - 2.

Special mention must go out to our 8th indoor team which is our U14A team for being unbeaten so far this year.

Back: Jaime Tubby, Emma Cole, Kerra Harper, Allayna McLean

Front: Kayle Dolpire (Coach), Julia Hoal, Lynda Portelli, Gabriella Jordaan, Rachel Vermaak, Melissa Taylor (Manager)

Outdoor Hockey

Teams are being finalised this week as the outdoor season fast approaches. There will be plenty of hockey over the holidays as our U/14 A Boys’ and Girls’ teams head to George for the annual Kwagga Tour to play at Outeniqua High School.

Our Boys’ Holland touring team is leaving in a matter of weeks. We are off to get the Visa’s finalised on Friday (hold thumbs).

The annual Fairmont Easter Tournament is also happening from 7 – 11 April. This tournament is now firmly established as one of the best pre-season tournaments in Cape Town - a highlight on the Fairmont Calendar.

Please also take note of the International Hockey taking place on our doorstep in March:

Mens World League Hockey at Hartleyvale:

- SA vs China, Sat 7 March 16h15

- SA vs Egypt, Sun 8 March 16h15

- SA vs Swiss, Tues 10 March 18h30

- Quarter Finals, Thurs 12 March

- Semi-Finals, Sat 14 March

- Finals, Sun 15 March

Rob Goslett Professional Coach: Boys’ and Girls’ Hockey

13) SWIMMING GALA

What a lovely sight it was to see all the Fairmont learners who went along with our swimming team to Newlands to participate in the “A-League Gala”.

Although our swimmers ended in 7th position, every one of them bettered their individual times.

To all our fantastic supporters! You were awesome and the sound of the clapping under the water really spurs one on to swim harder.

14) SPORT FIXTURES UNTIL THE END OF TERM 1 SPORT DAY DATE TEAM OPPONENT

Cricket Sat 07-Mar

1st De Kuilen (Away)

2nd El Shadai (Home)

U15A Brackenfell (Away)

U14A Monument Park (Home)

Wed 11-Mar

1st Tygerberg H.S. (Home)

2nd Tygerberg H.S. (Away)

U15A Tygerberg H.S. (Home)

U14A Tygerberg H.S. (Away)

Indoor Hockey Wed 11-Mar

1st Rustenburg H.S. (Home)

2nd Rustenburg H.S. (Home)

3rd Fish Hoek 1 (Away)

4th Rustenburg H.S. 3 (Home)

5th Rustenburg H.S. 4 (Home)

6th Fish Hoek 2 (Away)



Softball Thu 05-Mar

1st Milnerton (Home)

2nd Milnerton (Home)

3rd Edgemead (Away)

Thu 12-Mar

1st Edgemead (Away)

2nd Parklands (Away)

3rd Elkanah House (Home)

Thu 19-Mar

1st Chesterhouse (Home)

2nd Chesterhouse (Home)

3rd Bye

Tennis Thu 05-Mar

Boys 2nd

Settlers (Away)

15) WELL DONE

Theodor Demasius Gr. 8

Theodor Demasius was selected at the Feedem Pitseng Cricket Tournament in Worcester, in September 2014, to go to Sri Lanka as part of a Western Cape Schools’ Invitational Cricket Tour. He will be leaving for Sri Lanka from 1 April - 12 April 2015.

Well done, Theodor! We wish you everything of the very best for your tour.

Ben Vorster (Class of 2008)

Ben has passed his final board exam and is now a Qualified Chartered Accountant, at 23 years of age. He is doing his articles at First Rand in Johannesburg and will finish at the end of this year.

Ben is seen here with his wife.

Congratulations, Ben!

Jordan Grossett Gr. 9

Jordan is currently doing his 3rd level SANPARKS Jnr Rangers.

A few weeks ago, Jordan and his brother Connor (the little boy in a blue t-shirt in the video) were asked to participate in an IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) video against international wildlife trade that will be shown around the world and at a summit where world leaders will see it. Individual children from all over the world were filmed. There was so much footage that only some of the kids made it into the final video so this is even more special! Please note that Jordan is proudly sporting his Jnr Ranger t-shirt! This is an amazing initiative by SANPARKS and I am very proud that these kids, globally, are taking a stand to make a difference. Now we just hope the world leaders take notice!

If you would like to watch the video, kindly click on the following link:

http://www.ifaw.org/international/news/4-ways-get-seriousaboutwildlifecrime

Keep up the good work, Jordan.

http://www.ifaw.org/international/news/4-ways-get-seriousaboutwildlifecrime

16) PRINCIPAL

On Wednesday night we witnessed our swimming team perform in the A-League Gala at Newlands.

Whilst we were up against some fierce opposition, that did not stop us from having some good individual performances.

Thank you to Mrs Friedenthal and the 100 pupil supporters who cheered the swimmers along. Thank you to all the teachers who came along to support our highly spirited swimming team.

To the Monty Community, have a great weekend.

Yours sincerely

Mr R Dingley PRINCIPAL

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Fairmont Focus 7: 5 March 2015

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