#BlueFlame B r y a n s t o n H i g h S c h o o l | Newsletter #1 of 2017 - March
2017 A TRUE BLUE YEAR To p S c h o o l i n N o r t h e r n Suburbs Since 2010
Message from our Principal
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ear Bryanstonians
Muller (15 years); Mr Calvin Malatjie, Mr Smuts Boloka (twenty years). Well done and thank you for your years of service to the school. A special long service awards function was held on 18th January where they received their awards from the governing body.
Unfortunately, this year we did not receive 100% pass Welcome to 2017 and a special word of welcome to all rate but were congratulated on our 98.2% pass at a GDE function. Congratulations to the following high achievers: our new families joining Bryanston High School! It certainly has been a very busy start and we have Paayal Naiker – Top student with 8 distinctions already had our two Academic Awards ceremonies on Sheoree Suklal – 7 distinctions 30th and 31st January. Well done to all the award winners and a big thank you to the parents who attended Kirthin Bedessie, Makabongwe Kaseke, Amy Thomson – 6 distinctions these ceremonies. We have started our first round of Academic Council and Michael Alves, Sherodene Devalogan, Kristina I urge all parents to co-operate with the grade controllers Marinkovic, Priya Naicker – 5 distinctions and teachers in this process of helping learners achieve Congratulations also to Mrs Cook and Mr Gillespie who better marks. Those learners who co-operated last year, were both awarded Top Educator in their District in their improved greatly and we would like to see this process respective subjects. continue this year. I would like to thank to Ms Markantonis who has come We had our Grade 8 Induction evening on 25th January back to help us out for this term due to a sudden vacancy. and it was a very special event. The Grade 8s of 2017 A new replacement will start in the second term. certainly seem spirited and we look forward to see a great Congratulations to Mr Aleshan Moodley who got married year with many achievements. We encourage our grade 8 during the December holidays. parents to become involved in our school and urge them We would also like to congratulate Amy Dewesto support their children in their activities. Goulborn and her husband on the birth of their son Jayke Ms van Rooyen has taken over as Head of Swimming James on the 4th of February. and, if the Inter-House gala is anything to go by, we are going to have a great swimming season. The first gala A reminder to all parents that we believe that looked very promising and with further training, we communication is of the utmost importance. Please note should hopefully see ourselves as top of the league this that the grade controllers are your first point of reference and they are always available on the School’s email. season. Please communicate any concerns or issues with them. I would like to apologise to parents for the lack of some cricket fixtures at the moment. It seems that some of our We had some excellent results from our swimmers who traditional rivals are not fielding B teams which is very participated in the Midmar Tour over the weekend of 11 frustrating for our coaches and for the B team players. February. A big thank you to those staff who Mr Moodley is currently negotiating with other schools to accompanied them on the tour. see if we can make up these fixtures. Our Grade 8s went away on their camp over the weekend Congratulations to our Under 14A Cricket Team who of 24-26 February. This is a tradition we would like to stress to all parents that is of utmost importance for your demolished St Martins by 185 runs. child’s successful introduction to Bryanston High School. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the new staff to Bryanston High this year: Mr Dobie (Assistant We also had our councillor camp and I am sure that the Teacher), Mrs Venter (Maths Literacy), Ms Buttemer councillors and teachers had a meaningful camp. (Art), Ms Homan (Maths/Science), Ms Wannenburg A special request to parents to please park in the parking (Maths), Mrs de Klerk (Afrikaans), Ms Marais (English) lanes provided as there is insufficient space to park across and Mrs Lester (Life Sciences). We hope you will enjoy these lines as you take up two, or even three places and many years with us at Bryanston High. cars are having to double park in the street, causing chaos We need to congratulate staff who have served the school at peak hours. for their long service at Bryanston High.: Ms Danny J SKELTON Barkay (five years); Mrs Yvonne Boloka, Mr John Principal Farnell, Mrs Pinky Phillips, Mrs Bronwyn Mackrory, Mr Sam Malebana, Mrs Trish Maxwell (10 years); Mrs Shan
Matric Results 2017
TOP I.T. LEARNER IN THE DISTRICT Congratulations to Bryanston High School’s Top Matriculant from the class of 2016, Paayal Naiker, for being awarded the Top Learner in the District for IT (Information Technology) at this year’s Top Achievers Awards Ceremony held by the Gauteng Department of Education.
BRYANSTON HIGH SCHOOL STAFF LEADING THE WAY Congratulations to Mrs Cook, and her English department, on receiving the Top Achieving Educators Award in the District for 2016. Mr Gillespie once again walked away with the Top Achieving Educators Award for EGD (Engineering Graphics and Design) for 2016, which makes this the third year in a row that he has received this award. Well done! We would like to welcome the following new staff to Bryanston High School (left to right in the image below). Front Row Ms Homan - Mathematics and Science Ms McCann - History Mrs Lester - Life Sciences Mr Dobie - Assistant Teacher and Sports Administration Back Row Mrs Venter - Subject Head for Mathematical Literacy Ms Wannenburg - Mathematics Mrs de Klerk - Afrikaans Ms Buttemer - Visual and Creative Arts Ms Marais - English
BRYANSTONIAN TRIATHLETE Bryanston high School matric learner, Cameron McNair, has been selected for the Gauteng Central Triathlon Team for 2017. Cameron will be competing in the 2017 SA Triathlon Champs and African Cup on Sunday 19 March. We wish you all the best Cameron!
PHENOMENAL BRYANSTONIANS BESTOWED HIGHEST AWARD WITH HONOURS BLAZERS Bryanston High School is proud to be able to award a white blazer to three young ladies who have shown an extra commitment in taking their academic achievements to new heights, by achieving 6 distinctions in their Grade 11 year for 2016. Our congratulations go to matric learners JENNA PRINSLOO, TARSHA ISAAC and our very own Councillor President (Head Girl), MUSA NDABA. The following learners receive a white blazer for achieving four sets of full colours in a single year in various aspects of school life in one/the same year: CANDACE ESLICK who received full colours for netball, athletics, academics and councillorship. She is a wonderful example of a well-rounded, involved Bryanstonian.
TAMARA CHINGANYA is awarded the White Blazer for achieving four full colours in one year for Tennis Coaching, Hockey Umpiring, Academics & Councillorship. Well done to this exceptional young lady.
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IAN EDWARDS receives his white blazer for receiving full colours for orienteering, squash, academics and councillorship. Ian also received a reaward of a White Blazer for achieving 9 distinctions in Grade 11. Current Councillor President (Head Boy), GARETH EDWARDS, received a White Blazer for achieving four full colours in his Grade 11 year (2016) in the following fields; orienteering, squash, academics and councillorship. Gareth also received a re-award of a White Blazer for achieving 8 distinctions in Grade 11. We would like to not only congratulate each of these Bryanstonian learners on their achievement of their white blazers, but also like to thank and congratulate their families and support networks who have been there every step of the way to help these learners reach these new levels of success in all that they do.
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enior Academic Awards Ceremony GRADE 11 (2016)
TOP 25 PARTICIPATION POINTS 25th (75) 22nd (76) 21st (80) 20th (81) 19th (83) 18th (85) 16th (88) 15th (91) 14th (92) 13th (93) 11th (94) 10th (98) 9th (100) 8th (104) 7th (109) 6th (111) 5th (114) 4th (115) 3rd (118) 1st (120)
Tamara Chinganya, Natania Krishnasamy & Alicia Perumal Courtney van Rooyen Jacques Rossouw Rebecca Suttie Gift Boloka Candace Parker, Reabetswe Monyamane Jessica Lubbe Musa Ndaba Ian Edwards Rutendo Nyikadzino, Thato Boloka Half Academic Colours Candace Eslick 68% Thomas Joos-Vanderwalle Alina Holubeva Divashan Naidoo Philani Dlamini 69% Akhil Bhoopal Gareth Edwards Yankho Kumbemba Jess Muller Farah Gool Full Academic Colours Roland Desplace 70% Kgola Rahube Tarsha Isaac Vongai Chibvongodze Caitlin Bell, Martin Dijkhuis 71% Shrestha Arijune Kgola Rahube Leos Bedessie Jarod Paul TOP IN EACH SUBJECT 2016 Devlan McKenzie ENGLISH IAN EDWARDS 91% Rudolph Venter AFRIKAANS MUSA NDABA 91% Presholin Govender ZULU ALMIN BURDETT 82% Farah Gool MATH LIT JARRETT ROBINSON 82% Jane Sichilya MATHS IAN EDWARDS 98% Hannah Zulu AP MATHS IAN EDWARDS 98% 72% Thembalethu Khuzwayo BUS STUDIES JANE SICHILYA 90% SCIENCE LIFE SCIENCE ACCOUNTING GEOGRAPHY HISTORY LO IT EGD CAT ART
IAN EDWARDS GARETH EDWARDS JENNA PRINSLOO RUTENDO NYIKADZINO IAN EDWARDS IAN EDWARDS IAN EDWARDS DYLAN VISSER SHRESTHA ARIJUNE TAMARA TESORIERO
90% 88% 86% 87% 95% 95% 98% 96% 86% 90%
DISTINCTIONS 3 Yumna Karodia, Kayla Heckrath, Thato Boloka, Jane Sichilya Tamara Chinganya, Rutendo Nyikadzino & Shannon Penny 4 Tamara Tesoriero, Alina Holubeva, Caitlin Bell Candace Eslick & Jessica Lubbe 5 Dylan Visser 6 Musa Ndaba, Tarsha Isaac & Jenna Prinsloo 8 Gareth Edwards 9 Ian Edwards
TOP 20 (Full Academic Colours) 20th (73%)
19th (74%) 17th (75%) 13th (76%)
11th (77%) 9th (80%) 7th (81%) 5th (82%) 4th (83%) 3rd (85%) 2nd (88%) 1st (95%)
Michelle Ikeh Michelle Seo Charlotte Koury Shannon Penny Mufaro Chiyangwa Nazeerah Karodia Darren Rondganger Thato Boloka Kayla Heckrath Tamara Chinganya Jessica Lubbe Yumna Karodia Rutendo Nyikadzino Candace Eslick Caitlin Bell Tamara Tesoriero Tarsha Isaac Alina Holubeva Dylan Visser Jenna Prinsloo Musa Ndaba Gareth Edwards Ian Edwards
TROPHY WINNERS GRADE 11 IN 2016 CULTURAL GIRL The recipient of this award is an amazing young lady who has taken rhetoric to a new high level. She is an outstanding speaker, an integral part of the Debating society and a valued adjudicator for the Junior SACEE League Debates and received full colours. She has been an outstanding Chairperson this year and has mentored the younger debaters inculcating within them a love of debating. We look forward to another year with her at the helm. Congratulations Musa Ndaba. SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR This award goes to a young woman who has participated in swimming, open water swimming, netball and athletics. She received team colours for swimming. She was the most promising under 17 swimmer at inter-house and she was the best under 17 swimmer overall. She also was awarded the Senior Victrix Natationis for swimming. She played 1st team netball for the second year in a row and received full and area colours and was awarded best goal shooter. She ran for the athletics team at inter-high and was the sprint captain. She was awarded full and area colours for athletics as well as received a silver medal at prestige and won the Senior Victix Lodorum at inter-high. Congratulations, once again, to Candace Eslick. SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR This award goes to a young gentleman who has participated in Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Cricket, Hockey and Tennis. He received half colours for Swimming and Open water Swimming and was the vice captain for the A Swimming team. He has been part of the Boy’s First Hockey team and Cricket for 3 years, where he received full colours for Hockey and half colours for Cricket. He is truly a phenomenal and talented Tennis player who has played in the first team since Grade 8. He captained the Tennis team and received full, provincial and national colours. Congratulations, Martin Dijkhuis. ESPIRIT D CORPS GIRL: Musa Ndaba BOY: Gareth Edwards GRADE CONTROLLER’S AWARD GIRL: Hanna Zulu. BOY: Matimba Baloyi
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enior Academic Awards Ceremony GRADE 10 (2016)
TOP 25 PARTICIPATION POINTS 24th (39) 22nd (41) 21st (45) 19th (50) 18th (51) 15th (54) 14th (55) 13th (61) 12th (64) 11th (65) 8th (66) 6th (67) 5th (69) 4th (77) 3rd (81) 2nd (107) 1st (118)
Boitumelo Raphadu, Sheldon Weldhagen, Michaela Stoltz, Rohan Todorov & Brendon Dlamini Anresa Naicker & Sophia Zhao Chelsea April Half Academic Colours Natasha Makamba & Noxolo Kampi (68%) David Dobie Kelly Cousins Liam Lebenon Graham Ramsden Tracey Mthunzi Liza Els, David Dobie & Winona Meek Zizile Ndaba Alexandra Vernon Kashveer Sewjalal Melissa Moselane Attias Larry Simelane Rosemary O’Connor (69%) Phumudzo Bvumbi Dante Koster, Chris Denton & Lulu Dhlamini Matilde De Oliveira Riya Naidoo Andrea Foster Milani Kwinana Brad Fulcher & Brent Smith Vaishnavi Moodley John Tyson Nicole Perumal Kim Van Duyn Jessica Schlebusch Full Academic Colours
TOP IN EACH SUBJECT 2016 ENGLISH AFRIKAANS ZULU FRENCH CHINESE MATHS MATHS LITERACY EGD ACCOUNTING
KAILECE GOVENDER 86% ANJA PISO 95% ZIZI NDABA 81% EDWARD CHO 91% SOPHIA ZHAO 81% SOPHIA ZHAO 94% AUSTIN DE JAGER 77% SOPHIA ZHAO 88% TANAKA MARUNGA NIKYLE PERUMAUL JESSICA SCHLEBUSCH 83% LIFE SCIENCE SHANNON NAIDU 90% PHYSICAL SCIENCE EDWARD CHO BRADLEY FULCHER 83% HISTORY ANDREA NORIEGA DEL VALLE 86% GEOGRAPHY BRADLEY FULCHER 98% CAT SHRIYA JUGGATH 87% IT SHRIYA JUGGATH 72% CONSUMER STUDIES OLISWA ACCOM 69% ART ROSEMARY O CONNOR 90% LIFE ORIENTATION KIM VAN DUYN 87% BUSINESS STUDIES FATIMA KHAN 92%
DISTINCTIONS 4 Bradley Fulcher & Liza Els 5 Sophia Zhao & Rose O Connor 6 Kailece Govender & Shannon Naidu
(70%) (71%) (72%)
(73%) (74%)
Lestar Masia Melissa Moselane-Attias Kyle Abrahams Gigi Merafe Rahel Jasson Anresa Naicker Boitumelo Raphadu Jessica Theart Shriya Juggath Tshenolo Koapeng Teagen Naidoo Tumi Morobe
Top Twenty (Full Academic Colours) 17th (75%) Fatima Khan Andrea Noriega Del Valle Nikyle Perumaul Kim van Duyn 14th (76%) Ashish Jakkam Michael Mpofu Anja Piso 12th (77%) Merusha Govender Jessica Schlebusch 8th (78%) Edward Cho Chris Denton Milani Kwinana John Tyson 7th (80%) Saryna Curia 6th (81%) Liza Els 5th (82%) Brad Fulcher 4th (83%) Rosemary O'Connor 1st (84%) Shannon Naidoo Sophia Zhao Kailece Govender
TROPHY WINNERS GRADE 10 IN 2016 BEST CLASS CAPTAIN Very well done to Savanna Nash. CULTURAL GIRL The recipient of this award is a young lady who is multi talented. As a member of the Rhetoric Society, she proved herself a force to be reckoned with on the Senior Debating Team. She represented the Grade 10 Public Speaking team in a most prestigious inter-school competition and she demonstrated great skill as a negotiator in her role of delegate at the Annual Model United Nations Conference. Added to this, she wowed the audience in her role of Kathy in the outstanding 2016 Major Production “Disco Inferno”. Congratulations and well done to Andrea Noriega Del Valle CULTURAL BOY The recipient of this award achieved a lead role as Terry in the 2016 production of “Disco Inferno”. He is always eager to improve himself and is always ready to help in any way that he can. This young man has been a delight to have in the major production team and we look forward to seeing him on the Bryanston stage this year. Congratulations and well done Bradley Fulcher. SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR (SHARED AWARD) The first recipient is a fantastic Netball player, playing for Bryanston First Netball team and was award half colours. In addition to this she plays in the Western Gauteng Indoor Netball Super League and in the Central Gauteng Netball team took part in the Interprovincial tournament last year and was placed 3rd overall. She is also a very accomplished Netball umpire and is qualified to umpire at first team level. This young lady is also a very talented runner as well and ran for the school Athletics and cross teams. She ran at Inter-High Athletics and was placed 4th. She was awarded half colours for athletics. She was a cricket scorer though out the course of cricket season and took part in the polar bear swim as well. Congratulations to an amazing sportswoman Tracey Muthunzi. The second recipient of this shared award is going to a young lady who is also a very talented netball player. She played in Bryanston first team and was awarded her half colours for netball at school and was award with regional colours for netball as well. She is a superb swimmer and was awarded half colours for swimming and open water swimming last year. She ran in the school athletics team and was awarded team colours for athletics. She was a cricket scorer during the cricket season too. This young lady is an exceptional gymnast and was awarded her provincial gymnastics colours. She took part in the National Gymnastics competition held in Durban last year finished 3rd in the country! Congratulations to a phenomenal sportswoman Kim van Duyn. SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR (SHARED AWARD) The first recipient of this award to a young gentleman who played in the Bryanston High School first tennis team and was awarded full colours for tennis. He was also a member of the school First Boys hockey side and was awarded half colours for hockey. He played cricket for the second cricket team during 2016. He was a runner in our athletics team and was awarded team colours for athletics. This young man was also a swimmer in the schools team. Congratulations to an amazing young sportsman John Tyson. The second recipient of this award goes to a young gentleman who played first team cricket and was awarded team colours. He was also a member of the first tennis team and was awarded half colours for tennis. He played in the 2nd boys squash team. He is a fantastically talented hockey player and played in first boys hockey team and was awarded full colours. In 2016 he was chosen for the Southern Gauteng District hockey team which is a remarkable achievement AND he is a hockey umpire. Congratulations to a great sportsman on a great sporting year Chris Denton. ESPIRIT D CORPS GIRL: Kim van Duyn BOY: John Tyson
GRADE CONTROLLER’S AWARD GIRL: Melissa Moselane-Attias BOY: Larry Simelane
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unior Academic Awards Ceremony GRADE 9 (2016)
TOP 25 PARTICIPATION POINTS 24 (48) 23 (50) 20 (51) 19 (53) 15 (54) 14 (57) 13 (58) 12 (59) 11 (61) 10 (63) 8 (72) 7 (74) 6 (75) 5 (77) 4 (86) 3 (93) 2 (98) 1 (116)
Calvin Jones & Thobani Madlala Ralekwa Kgarabyang Priyanshu Srivastava, Tatenda Mdege & Ashley Cowling Buhle Ndlovu Half Academic Colours Anja Venter, Judith Ikeh, Yasmine Bie & 18th (78%) Neo Eloff, Ashleigh Ethan Mitchley Forrester & Kaveshan Tristan Hayman Govender Caitlin Baird 15th (79%) Mokgadi Morapa, Anjali Katelyne Ismail Samantha Kalemba Parbhu & Tiago Timothy Peter Nyoni Nkanyiso Mahlobo & Tiago Timothy Full Academic Colours Robyn Baird 10th (80%) Anelisa Budula, Anifa Rethabile Mofokeng Linga, Katya Pombo, Kyle Anifa Linga Pottinger & Georgia Theart Kate Enslin 8th (81%) Yasmine Bie & Shana Neo Eloff Kenneth Tiernan Clifford 7th (83%) Priyanshu Srivastava Madison Yeatman
5th (84%)
TOP IN EACH SUBJECT 2016 ENGLISH AFRIKAANS MATHS FRENCH SCIENCE BIOLOGY GEOGRAPHY TECHNOLOGY EMS HISTORY ART L.O.
ANJA VENTER ANJA VENTER ANJA VENTER ANJALI PARBHU MOHAMED PATEL MOHAMED PATEL ROBYN BAIRD ROBYN BAIRD PRIYANSHU SRIVASTAVA LESEDI LESUTHU LESEDI LESUTHU LESEDI LESUTHU
85% 91% 98% 98% 92% 91% 91% 89% 95% 80% 95% 91%
DISTINCTIONS 6 Neo Eloff, Georgia Theart, Kyle Pottinger, Katya Pombo 7 Anifa Linga, Anelisa Budula, Shana Kenneth, Mohamed Patel 8 Yasmine Bie, Priyanshu Srivastava, Robyn Baird 9 Mia Tanneback , Ahmed Ravat 10 Anja Venter, Lesedi Lesuthu
2nd (87%) 1st (88%)
Ahmed Ravat & Mia Tanneback Robyn Baird, Mohamed Patel & Anja Venter Lesedi Lesuthu
TROPHY WINNERS GRADE 9 IN 2016 BEST CLASS CAPTAIN Very well done to Tiago Timothy. CULTURAL GIRL This award goes to a young lady who has continued to contribute to the cultural life of Bryanston in varied and challenging ways. She played a lead role in last year’s major production of “Disco Inferno”. She was also selected or the 2016 Amped Fest and represented Bryanston High in front of 7000 spectators at the finals. Congratulations Jenna du Toit SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR The recipient of this award was a young lady who was selected to play at District level for athletics and hockey. She received both gold and silver medals at the Athletics Torch Trophy event. She represented Bryanston High at both the inter-high and prestige swimming galas. She also played for the U16 hockey team at the Pullen-Howel Tournament. Congratulations to a truly talented, all round sportswoman Yasmine Bie. SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR (SHARED AWARD) The first recipient of the sportsman of the year award is a highly competitive and dedicated all round sportsman. He was selected for the Gauteng Inter-Provincial Athletics squad as well as for the Northern District team for Inter-District Cross Country. This young gentleman also played inter-district cricket and was awarded full junior colours for athletics and cross country. In addition to this he also played first team cricket and first team hockey for Bryanston High. Congratulations Peter Nyoni. The second young man received both National and Provincial colours for Karate. He was awarded team certificates for athletics and was also a member of the Tennis, Cross Country, Rugby and Orienteering Teams. Congratulations Neo Eloff.
GRADE CONTROLLER’S AWARD GIRL: Anifa Linga
BOY:
Joel Combe
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unior Academic Awards Ceremony GRADE 8 (2016)
TOP 25 PARTICIPATION POINTS 24 (51) 23 (53) 22 (54) 17 (55) 16 (56) 15 (59) 14 (60) 13 (61) 12 (63) 9 (66) 7 (68) 6 (69) 4 (71) 3 (78) 2 (87) 1 (116)
Makhi Nyalambisa, Lerato Lebitse, Kayla Wafer, Su-Mian Jia, Glen Sayers & Maysa Sornthong Sibusisiwe Maphumulo John Mabhena, Melusi Knocker, Makaylan Ramburan, Koketso Rammutla & Mallory Nightingale Krystelle Rupnarain Nicholas Vernon TOP 20 Claira Tavener 20 (75%) Rayne Wiseman, Gabriella Allyssa Wilson Wharton-Hood & Christina Rose Agwa-Ejon Govender Dylan Dlamini, Keletso Sithole & Lerato Ledwaba 17 (76%) Shakti Sookraj & Tyra Chloe Beukes & Ben Hillebrand Prithpaul Langa Madonsela 14 (77%) Awakhiwe Mhlanga, Claira Brooklyn Bradley & Dylan Adams Tavener & Trevolen Arminita-Lee Swann Naicker Molemo Monyamane Thomas Schlebusch Ceiara MacNair Academic Half Colours
TOP IN EACH SUBJECT 2016 ENGLISH AFRIKAANS L.O. MATHS
YASHNA RAMKISON 86% ARMINITA-LEE SWANN 86% NICOLE WALLIS 88% GIANFRANCO NORIEGA DEL VALLE 96% HISTORY KIRSTYN SMITH 88% GEOGRAPHY YASHNA RAMKISON 92% SCIENCE NICOLE WALLIS 95% BIOLOGY GIANFRANCO NORIEGA DEL VALLE 92% ART ARMINITA-LEE SWANN 97% EMS NICOLE WALLIS 93% TECHNOLOGY NICOLE WALLIS 84%
DISTINCTIONS 6 Glen Sayers, Lavaran Naidoo, Sibusisiwe Maphumulo, Tyra Prithpaul & Unathi Madonsela 7 Gianfranco Noriega Del Valle & Kayla Butkovic 8 Arminita-Lee Swann & Mihlali Ndabeni 9 Kirstyn Smith & Yashna Ramkison 10 Nicole Wallis
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Sibusisiwe Maphumulo & Matilda Ndlovu Unathi Madonsela & Glen Sayers
Academic Full Colours 9 (80%) Zoe Barron 7 (81%) Mihlali Ndabeni & Lavaran Naidoo 5 (82%) Kayla Butkovic & Kirstyn Smith 3 (84%) Yashna Ramkison & Gianfranco Noriega Del Valle 2 (86%) Arminita-Lee Swann 1 (88%) Nicole Wallis
TROPHY WINNERS GRADE 8 IN 2016 BEST CLASS CAPTAIN Very well done to Megan Britz. SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR This young lady blew us away with her skills on the tennis court from the moment she arrived at Bryanston High School. She received Junior full Colours for tennis in 2016. She was the overall winner of the grade 8 tennis tournament and placed 2nd at the Bryanston High tennis championships. It is clear that this young lady loves being on court as she excelled during the netball season too – playing for the U/14A team and going on to be selected for the Gauteng team for her age group. She has a cheerful disposition and is clearly passionate about what she does. Congratulations Matilda Ndlovu. SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR We are very proud of this Bryanstonian for showing us his True Blue Spirit as he led the U/14A rugby team to many victories during the 2016 season. He portrayed great leadership on and off the field and is a true gentleman. During 2016 he not only took part in Cross Country but also participated in Athletics. This young man is proof that dynamite comes in small packages. He was awarded his South African colours and had the honour of representing South Africa in Judo at the Commonwealth Games. Congratulations Koketso Rammatla. GRADE CONTROLLER’S AWARD GIRL: Ceiara MacNair BOY: Glen Sayers
BRYANSTONIANS WITH UNIQUE TALENTS Tristan Hayman (Grade 10) received his fir st Dan black belt in Takwondo on 12 Nov 2016. Tristan has set his sights on competing overseas at World Championships later in 2017 in Takwondo. Congratulations Tristan and coach Bbm Sonya Rebelo. Jenna du Toit (Grade 10) par ticipated in the National Figures Model of the Year competition at the end of last year and was awarded an honorary medal for winning a place as one of the top ten commercial models in her age category in the country. Well done Jenna! CHEERLEADING NEWS The following members of the Bryanston High School cheerleading squad have been awarded with Provincial Scrolls for achieving Gauteng Colours in cheerleading, congratulations to Crystall Murray, Kgola Rahube and Kate Enslin. Some of their fellow squad members were awarded with National Colours for cheerleading, Bryanston High School would like to congratulate the following learners for this excellent achievement; Shannon Penny, Jess Muller and Philani Dlamini. This year the cheerleading squad will be led by captains Shannon Penny and Vongai Chibvongodze together with vice capatins Tarsha Isaac and Roland Desplace. Well done cheerleaders!
SPIRIT MASTERS 2017 The following learners have been selected to represent Bryanston High School as the 2017 Spirit Master and Mistress: Matimba Baloyi and Thembalethu Khuzwayo. Congratulations!
GIRLS TENNIS 2017 Congratulations to the following girls who completed the tennis basic coaching course: Level One Mrs Lester, Kayla Butkovic, Nokuthenda Chituko, Kayla Killian, Milani Kwinana, Chloe Lawrence, Matilda Ndlovu, Nicole Wallis and Hannah Zulu Level Two Jessica Schlebusch The following Bryanston High School learners have been selected to represent Bryanston High School as the Girls First Team for Tennis in 2017. We wish them well for the season. Jessica Schlebusch, Matilda Ndlovu, Sarah Nettleton, Nicole Wallis, Jayde Laws and Chloe Lawrence. Match secretary: Matilda Ndlovo Vice Captain: Jessica Schlebusch Captain: Tamara Chinganya
INTER-HOUSE GALA RESULTS 2017 SENIOR VICTOR (Shared Award) Rogan Shepherd & Cameron Macnair JUNIOR VICTOR Thomas Schlebusch SENIOR VICTRIX Yasmine Bie JUNIOR VICTRIX Megan Shepherd MOST PROMISING SWIMMERS U14 boy Thomas Truter U14 girl Carla Reddy U15 boy Victor Jia U15 girl Ciara Macnair U16 boy Tiernan Clifford U16 girl Megan Ashford U17 boy Sheldon Weldhagen & Adrian Musper U17 girl Kim van Duyn Open boy Gareth Edwards Open girl Candace Eslick SPIRIT TROPHY WINNERS 2017 Jupiter House OVERALL INTERHOUSE WINNERS Apollo House
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