From The Principal’s Desk

January 2017 Volume 1; Issue 15

Fourways High School

Welcome Back!! A warm welcome to our parents and students, may you have a superb year. A special welcome to our grade eights and new students who have joined us this year.

This year will be a year of setting and reaching attainable goals, working harder and smarter and taking our school to the next level. As a staff, we are here to support all of you, please remember we cannot do this without the support of our parents. We look forward to working with you, our parents and pupils, to ensure that our students are successful. We need to work as a team to prepare our “young legends” for the real world so that they become productive citizens. Students are expected to wear their uniform with pride, attend school every day, be on time, do their homework and get involved the extracurricular programme. I look forward to working with all of you.

Remember, SUCCESS IS NOT AN OPTION…. BUT AN EXPECTATION! Yours truly

Gwendolyne de Bruyn

Congratulations!

Mrs Rabe played in the National Blackball Pool Championships from 19 to 24 January 2017 for the

Gauteng Ladies 1st side against 15 other provincial teams. Mrs Rabe and her team were runners-up in the team event.

Mrs Rabe came 3rd in the individual rankings, securing a spot in the 5-person Protea side.

MATRIC CLASS OF 2016

We would like to extend a warm round of applause to the Matric Class of 2016 on an outstanding set of results. Of particular congratulations is the massive percentage improvement in number of pupils achieving NSC passes with Bachelors Exemption, from 76.1% in 2015 to 84.4% in the 2016 results. In addition the group achieved a whopping 31% increase in the number of subject distinctions relative to the 2015 results. Dux Scholar with an average of 89.00% is Reine Aldous, closely followed by Sarah Rodda with 88.29% and Nicole Pottek with 87.71%

The following pupils are congratulated on their achievements: 7 distinctions: 6 distinctions: 5 distinctions: 4 distinctions: Sarah Rodda Reine Aldous Gemma Armstrong Kiana Baron-Williamson Matthew Taylor Amit Bhoola Daniela Calvani Jureya Dildar Alexa Greig Spencer Kyle Kirstyn Hutcheson Colleen Muller Ana-Mieke Loubser Calvin Kekana Nicole Pottek Thato Mamaregane Kivasha Naidoo Matthew Muli Keegan Nel Georgina van Heerden Kayla Samuels Emma van Nierop Rhyan Sims Amber Wegerle Laa’lqa Waja Michael Wilke

STAFF NEWS

Hearty congratulations to Mr and

Mrs Barnard on the birth of their second daughter, Hannah-Jade, sister to Bethany-Ann

CONGRATULATIONS

BREAKING NEWS Alistair Bywater selected to the Men's U18 Ice Hockey team to attend the Div III World Championships in Mexico City, Mexico in March 2017.

Mr K de Bruyn completed the Dis-chem half marathon (21kms) in 2:09:10 on Sunday 15 January 2017. Special thanks to Mrs K Maritz (centre) for inspiration and motivation.

GRADE 8 ORIENTATION

Grade 8 orientation took place from the 10th of January 2017 until the 12th of January 2017. Each child participated in the following extra-curricular codes: Tennis; Netball; Touch Rugby; Continuous Cricket; Volleyball; Hockey and various Cultural items. The inter tribe gala took place on Wednesday 11 January 2017; the barn dance took place on Friday the 13th of January 2017 and inter tribe athletics took place on Saturday 14 January 2017. Grade 8’s; Staff and Grade 12 Councillors enjoyed the fun-filled week.

INTERTRIBE GALA - 13 JANUARY 2017

The final points position was:

1st Ignus 829 2nd Ventus 682 3rd Terra 668 4th Aqua 578

Winners of the Spirit Trophy was Ventus

Victor Ludorum Winners: - Junior: Thomas Venables - Senior: Daniel Ferreira

Victrix Ludorum Winners: - Junior: Caitlin Fletcher - Senior: Tylor Andrew

Photo credit to S Cascioli

Photo credit to S Elston Photo credit to G Turner

Photo credit to Y Rajah Photo credit to P Calvert

Photo credit to T Sujanani

CRICKET

1st XI Cricket plays International touring team

The pride of Fourways took on Hellenic Academy, an

international touring team from Zimbabwe on the 21st of

January. The day started in good spirit with the boys mixing

well and introducing themselves to each other, a rare

occurrence in this competitive world we live in today.

Fourways won the toss and elected to bat first, posting a

competitive 279/9 in 50 overs. The majority of the runs were

scored by captain Nicolas Mitchelmore (66) and contributions

were made by Brendan Maidment (44) and Maurice

Ramarumo (44 not out). The Fourways 1st XI set about their

task of defending their total with aplomb, with Kyle Dornan

taking a wicket on the first ball of the innings. Maurice

Ramarumo (3 for 16 in 6) and Callem Hume (3 for 24 in 5)

were Hellenic Academy’s main tormentors. Fourways

managed to bowl Hellenic out for 130 runs thereby winning

the match by 149 runs.

Fourways 1st XI Coke T20

In another accomplishment for Fourways

cricket, the 1st XI progressed to the last 16 of

the Coke T20 competition. The tournament is

the biggest school boy tournament in the

country and Fourways’ progression puts

them in the top 16 cricket teams in the

province. This includes the likes of St

Stithians, St Davids and KES to name but a

few. Unfortunately the knockout game

against St Stithians proved a hurdle too far

and Fourways was defeated by 9 wickets.

U14A capping ceremony

Eleven excited young U14 cricketers were introduced to one

of the many traditions that Fourways has, the pride in our

baggy cricket caps. In any cricket culture the team baggy

represents the team ethos and is the identifying marker of the

team. 1st XI players have to earn their red caps. The 1st XI

players, led by some inspirational words from captain Nicolas

Mitchelmore, handed each new U14A player his cap before

they represented the school in their very 1st match. The U14A

team played against Jeppe U14B team and in a nail biting

finish Fourways managed to beat Jeppe by 3 runs. The top

U14 performers were Ethan Pearsall with 22 runs and Luke

Renton with bowling figures of 2 for 7 in 4 overs.

Results

1st XI 1st XI vs Crawford Lonehill Crawford Lonehill 101/9 Maurice Ramarumo 2 for 6 in 3 overs Fourways 1st XI 104/2 Matthew Gouws 52 not out Fourways won by 8 wickets

1st XI vs Hellenic Academy from Zimbabwe Fourways 1st XI 279/9 Nicolas Mitchelmore 66 Brendan Maidment 44 Maurice Ramarumo 44 not out Hellenic Academy 130 all out Maurice Ramarumo 3 for 16 in 6 overs Callem Hume 3 for 24 in 5 overs

2nd XI Jeppe 140/7 Mihlali Peni 3 for 31 in 4 overs Fourways 122 all out Graeme Webster 33 Brody Sims 32 Jeppe won by 18 runs

U15A vs Northcliff Northcliff 124/7 Claudio da Silva 3 for 24 in 4 FHS 105/8 Jack Walther 46 not out Northcliff won by 19 runs

U14A vs Jeppe U14B FHS 109/10 Ethan Pearsall 22 Jeppe 106/10 Luke Renton 2 for 7 in 4 overs

U14B vs Jeppe U14D Jeppe 114/7 Arne Nell 3 for 14 in 4 overs FHS 118/1 Sean Pringle 65 not out

OUTREACH

DAINFERN SQUARE | FOURWAYS HIGH SCHOOL PRESS RELEASE JANUARY 2017 DAINFERN SQUARE’S DATE NIGHT ON US

The month of love and romance is around the corner. You can expect to see red and white everywhere and some of us crumble under the

immense pressure to pull out all the stops when it comes to spoiling our Valentine this V-day.

Dainfern Square, however, has your back with their Valentine’s Day Facebook Competition which launches on the 3rd of February 2017 and

culminates on Valentine’s Day the 14th of February 2017; giving five lucky couples the opportunity to win a Date Night to the value of R500

at the restaurant of their choice. A free parking ticket is also thrown in; proving that Date Night is really taken care of by Dainfern Square.

Prospective entrants must visit Dainfern Square’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/DainfernSquare/ from the 3rd of February

2017 and post the name of their favourite Dainfern Square restaurant under the competition post. Enter and you could be one of 5 lucky

random winners enjoying a Date Night during the month of love- on Dainfern Square!

Also Visit www.dainfernsquare.co.za from 03 February 2017 for more information.

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Tel: 011 807 7150

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