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Elvis Blue

We chat to SA’s favourite singer-songwriter

FRESH EGGS NOURISH THE BODY

All the best for a great Term 3!!

Editorial team C ONTENT Welcome to Term 3. Our Matric learners are preparing for one of the biggest exams of their lives, and we wish them well for this last stretch of their school careers.

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Seeing that we are still in the midst of winter, we are bringing you some upto-date info on how parents are often the ones suffering the worst in the cold and flu season – not just because they have to look after everyone, but also because they are at high risk to contract colds and flu.

We had the pleasure of chatting to the über-charming Elvis Blue about his journey as beloved South African musician.

This month, we would like you to meet team member Ryno Wolfaardt, who makes sure that we get the news from our AWSUM schools to you every month.

The winners of our recent competitions are announced below – congratulations! Happy DIY-ing and colouring in!

Enjoy this edition, and stay warm and healthy!

Marika & your dedicated AWSUM team

SUZELLE DIY WINNERS

Primary Schools: Fairland, Bryanston, Fontainebleau, Louw Geldenhuys, Craighall, Esperanza, Randpark, St Peter’s Boys Prep, St Peter’s Girls Prep, Jan Cilliers. High Schools: Parktown Boys’, Northcliff, Bryanston, St Peter’s College, Randburg, Linden, Helpmekaar Kollege, King Edward, Fourways.

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Suzelle DIY The Book Sharon Cox from Johannesburg Suzelle DIY Die Boek Jeannette Wagner van Robertson

SLOW COLOUR WINNERS Skyler Carels from Blackheath Kim van der Merwe from Bothasig

Elvis Blue

HEALTH & WELLBEING

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Parents Colds & Flu

DIY

All the best for this term.

AWSUM News is distributed to the following schools in JOHANNESBURG:, SANDTON AND RANDBURG:

H I G H LI G H TS

Ryno Wolfaardt Editorial Coordinator Ryno has been with AWSUM News for over two years. He aspires to become a high school teacher in a few years’ time, so will then be sending his school’s news instead!

Suzelle DIY Tips 5 of the best Suzelle DIY

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AWSUM Celebrity Interview

Elvis Blue became an overnight sensation when he won Idols in 2010. The hugely popular singersongwriter chatted to us about his journey, things he loves, and what the future holds.

Q: Tell us about your early journey as a musician.

A: During my high school years at Linden High, I started busking when I was about 16 around Rosebank, at parking lots and in malls.

I already wrote my own songs, so I had a great opportunity to play them to my ‘audiences’, as well as many other favourite and popular songs.

I took a gap year after school, and spent time as a street musician in Europe, mostly in Scotland and Ireland. I then studied contemporary music at Allenby Campus in Joburg and also had my own music school.

In my twenties, I released five albums, one of which was nominated for a SAMA. Q: What made you enter Idols?

A: In my thirties, I started getting really frustrated with my lack of commercial success, and decided to enter Idols. As they say, the rest is history.

I have been on a truly extraordinary and humbling journey ever since winning Idols.

Q: How did it happen that you split your Idols prize money?

A: Lloyd (Cele, who came second) realised that we both had R250 000 guaranteed when we were the final two standing. A few people joked throughout the day of the final that we should just split the money, and we started taking the idea seriously. Our decision to split the prize money, no matter who

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won, simply indicated our special friendship and a really cool journey we had together on Idols.

Q: Who are your greatest music role models?

A: Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon. I also like pop stuff, Coldplay, and our ‘own’ special stars, such as Mango Groove and Johnny Clegg.

Q: Favourite songs?

A: Graceland, by Paul Simon. Where the Streets have no Names, U2. Secret Garden, Bruce Springsteen.

Q: Career highlights?

A: Opening for Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi! Also winning the SAMAs and other awards has been a huge honour.

Q: What does the future hold for Elvis Blue?

A: I am very lucky that I have a strong brand, with which I can explore different roads on my journey. I strive to be authentic in my music, to be honest and real and raw. More songs, in English and Afrikaans!

Q: What do you do when you’re not making music?

A: I love to surf at Victoria Bay, watch sports on TV, hang at my home with my wonderful wife and two adorable young daugthers, Jua and Lila. Six-year-old Lila is getting her first quitar today – she has been begging forever, so it is a quite a big event!

Health & Wellbeing Parents most at risk for colds & flu Young children are a reservoir of germs and if they’re at crèche, school or anyplace else where they are around other children, they’re in a super-virus environment, which makes them the perfect vectors for illness and for passing viruses around. Kids hug, touch and cough all over each other. They chew on toys and as a result share their saliva, and then parents hug, kiss and cuddle them.

It’s no wonder that the average parent catches a cold more compared to those without children.

Families with two, three or four children have some type of virus present in their household just under 60% of the time, whereas childless households were only infected with viruses three to four weeks of the year.

Each additional child in a household increases a family member’s risk of falling ill. Parents who live with small children are 1.5 times more likely to become ill, since children under the age of five tend to have at least one virus present in their mucus 50% of the time.

It is imperative that those at risk, especially parents of younger children, give their immune systems a boost, whilst adequately protecting themselves from sources of cross-infection. But for a parent with little ones, it’s

difficult to take care of yourself when you’re ill, since you have to take care of everyone else. This makes the recovery process so much harder (and unpleasant).

The best and most practical way of protecting yourself (and your family), is to practise proper handwashing techniques and to do so often. This could reduce the chances of catching your child’s cold by 30 to 50%. Another way is to stay out of waiting rooms in doctor’s offices, emergency rooms and the shops, and to avoid public transport as much as possible. Also use your judgement about your own situation. If you are pregnant and have had several bouts of flu or have a newborn, you may actually want to wear a mask.

Besides eating your greens, getting enough sleep is a critical factor in fighting off colds and flu. Research tells us that people who sleep six hours or less a night are four times more likely to catch a cold when exposed to a virus, compared to those who get in more than seven hours a night. Most parents probably don’t get enough Zs, but it’s vital to your wellbeing, so try to carefully plan your day to ensure enough time is spent in slumberland.

The biggest risk factor for parents catching the common cold is having children under the age 12.

Parents fall ill almost twice as much as anyone else.

Keeping a clean and dust-free house is equally important. It might also be worth getting an air filter to clean and purify the air in your home, especially if you’ve experienced wave after wave of illness in your household.

In truth, there is no cure for the common cold or flu, but time-deprived parents may benefit from supplements that can boost their immune system.

If you do catch your child’s cold, there is an upside to all of this shared illness business: once a child starts to develop a functioning immune system, at about six months, the exposure to general viruses and germs isn’t necessarily a bad thing, since it helps build and stimulate the immune system.

It’s important to remember that a child’s immune system will only be fully developed between 12 to 14 years of age, when they finally reach adult levels of antibody formation, so you may be in for a tough few years, but as the children grow up, it will help them fight other infections and stay healthier in the long run.

Bestmed’s You’ve Got the Power Campaign is back!

Does your school have the power to take on the challenge?

Launched last year with 63 schools across the country, the ‘You’ve Got the Power Campaign’ has now expanded. This year, healthy living will be demonstrated not only by learners, but their families too. This campaign will run from 1 to 31 August.

Sasja la Grange, Marketing and Communications Manager at Bestmed, says, “Following on the success of last year’s pilot campaign, we have once again identified 63 schools across the country that will be participating in this year’s campaign. The teams are expected to showcase the benefits of healthy living by creating unique, cool and fun music videos.

“The campaign is both educational and rewarding.

We have awesome prizes up for winners, and these include cash prizes for runners-up and other spot prizes.

The overall winning school will, over and above its cash prize, be treated to a live concert by The Voice SA finalists.”

The ‘You’ve Got the Power Campaign’ challenge underpins Bestmed’s focus on preventative healthcare,

which is validated by its wellness pillars of Be Active, Be Safe, Be Nutri-wise, Be Fin-fit and Be Happy.

The campaign challenge inspires scholars and their families to incorporate these pillars into their daily lives, and demonstrate it in the music videos. “Who says you cannot be healthy and have fun? We received encouraging feedback from last year’s launch campaign where schools learnt quite a bit about healthy lifestyle activities and enjoyed the process. We are committed to continue educating children about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle in all possible ways we can,” adds la Grange.

In last year’s challenge, the schools created a music video based on Jeremy Loops’s songs and this year the music videos will be based on an upbeat song composed by Bestmed. The children will be able to sing or lip sync the song. The videos can include choreography and fun dance moves that are cool, energetic and happy.

With the aim of encouraging children to not only

practise healthy lifestyle activities at school but also at home, this year Bestmed is including families to take part in the challenge. La Grange cites, “Students spend their time both at school and at home therefore we would like them to continue practising their healthy lifestyle activities in all aspects of their lives. We also want to encourage their families to do the same.”

“We look forward to receiving awesome music videos, and good luck to everyone,” she concludes.

You’ve Got the Power Challenge To become part of the challenge, visit www.ygtp. co.za for more information. Each school is required to create a music video based on Bestmed’s song and demonstrate how healthy living can make for a better life within the school and family context. Teachers and families can also participate in the video, as the aim is for the whole school to have fun. Once the video is completed, it can be uploaded on the site before the competition closes on 31 August 2016. Bestmed will announce the winners on 23 September 2016.

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DIY Do It Yourself

Suzelle DIY Tips

Here are 5 of the best Suzelle DIY 1. KEEP YOUR MONEY SAFE

Hide your spare money in an old container.

Perfect for the beach!

2. FROZEN YOGURT LOLLIES Pop ice cream sticks in a yoghurt pack. Freeze and ENJOY!

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3. DIY AMP

Pop your cellphone in a large jar to pump up the volume!

4. HANDY CELLPHONE HOLDER Give your hands a break. Use the arms of your sunglasses as a holder for your phone.

5. TRAVEL LIGHTLY Decant your shampoo and conditioner into a contact lense thingey.

Source: http://www.channel24.co.za/Viral/7-suzelle-diy-life-hacks-that-will-make-living-easier-20160405

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BRYANSTON PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 011 7061263 (e) newsletter@bryanstonprimary.co.za Bryanston Primary supporting Mandela Day In leading up to Mandela day, Bryanston Primary did some ‘digging around’ to find out how people in our own school are helping to make the world a better place.

On the 18th of July 2016, the staff put together a presentation for the school assembly showcasing all the kind things the leaners are doing to help others. They hoped this would encourage more to do the same.

Here are some examples of how the Bryanston Primary school community is impacting the lives of others: the U11A netball team donated new takkies to their opposing team from Ebomeni Primary in Ivory Park, who did not have any shoes to play in; the school is raising money for CHOC through Cup4Cansa, and there was a project to donate water to help ease the dire situation for the residents of Senekal during the drought. In addition, the school collected Easter eggs and made sandwiches for underprivileged children, gathered food for an animal shelter, and have an ongoing collection of used car seats to donate to families who do not have any to keep their children safe in their vehicles.

For their 67 minutes this year, every child in our school made a postcard with the hash tag #WWMD which stands

for “What Would Mandela Do?” The idea was to use social media and any other means to spread the hash tag, encouraging people to always be kind and thoughtful and do the right thing.

The prefects of Bryanston Primary School celebrated Mandela Day early this year. They devoted their 67 minutes to the senior citizens in the Village Retirement Home on 15 June 2016.

Residence were entertained with piano playing, poem reading and songs. The prefects enjoyed listening to the tales told by the senior citizens and were amazed by the fact that there are a number of people over the age of 90 in the Home!

All residents were treated to hot drinks and delicious eats, which were provided by the prefects’ parents. Each resident also received rusks as a gift to enjoy with their afternoon tea.

When time came to say good bye, residents of The Village didn’t want to let them go and prefects were reluctant to leave. This is an annual event and, although the young people are nervous beforehand every year, it is an unforgettable experience which they all enjoy and will remember in years to come.

CRAIGHALL PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 011 788 7223/4 (e) gazette@craighallprimary.co.za Grade 7s Stop Hunger Now Nelson Mandela’s birthday was on 18 July.

Each year, the call is out for people everywhere to celebrate his birthday by acting on the idea that each person has the power to change the world. 67 minutes are asked for. Our Grade 7 pupils had an opportunity to offer 4 hours by packing food packs for “Stop Hunger Now”. As a school, we are wanting to establish an intrinsic desire to always look for ways to change the world, not only for 67 minutes on 18 July.

LAERSKOOL ESPERANZA (t) 011 673 6331 (e) laerskoolesperanza@telkomsa.net Nuwe leiers vir Essies Baie geluk aan ons twee nuwe leiers, Mogomotsi Magogodi en Nabeelah Hoosain.

Dan wil ons ook net baie geluk sê aan ons twee vise-presidente, Jessica Roux en Ancha Cuila, asook ons president, Hannah Malik. Ons weet dat julle ons skool se naam sommer hoog sal hou!

Mogomotsi Magogodi

Nabeelah Hoosain

Ancha Cuila, Hannah Malik en Jessica Roux.

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LAERSKOOL FAIRLAND (t) 011 678 4591/2 (e) karen@lsfairland.co.za Laerskool Fairland ontvang Laerskool Lochnerhof Die leerders het hokkie- (dogters en seuns), rugby- en netbalwedstryde gespeel.

LAERSKOOL FONTAINEBLEAU (t) 011 791 6160/1 (e) skool@fontainebleau.co.za Kriekettoer Laerskool Fontaineblau se o/11- en eerste krieketspan het tydens die Junie/Julie vakansie gaan toer by Jubaweni. Al twee spanne het hulle puik van hul taak gekwyt. Die o/11 span wen twee van hulle drie wedstryde en die o/13 span drie van vier.

Josua Smith van die o/13-span presteer uitstekend. Sy lopies in die onderskeie wedstryde

EERSTE SPAN VOOR: Dumel du Plessis, Zander Jansen van Rensburg, Heinrich Horn. MIDDEL: JP le Roux, Dian Botha, Elmar Smith, Josua Smith, Jean-Louis van Rensburg. AGTER: Yanik du Toit, Petrus Pretorius, Marnitz van Jaarsveld, Wihan Venter, Charl van der Berg.

was 88, 56, 105, 45, waarvan hy by drie van die vier wedstryde nie uit was nie.

Ander spelers wat ook uitgeblink het was: • Onder 11: Simon Pretorius 62 lopies, Pieter Naude 59 lopies, Juan Opperman 10 paaltjies in drie wedstryde.

• Onder 13: Petrus met 52 lopies en 5 paaltjies in 5 beurte (een wedstryd).

O/11 SPAN VOOR: Simon Pretorius, Hanno Rossouw, Daniel le Roux, Wian Heine. AGTER: Josh le Roux, Pieter Naude, Wian Kouwenhoven, Henro Steyn, Michael Jooste, Jayden de Wet, Juan Opperman.

SATCH – South African Talent Championships Vier van Laerskool Fontainebleau se leerders is deur na die nasionale rondte van SATCH in die Drama-afdeling. Hierdie is voorwaar ‘n uitstekende prestasie. Baie geluk, dames!

Juanique Cloete

Johané Fritz

Juané Keulder

Nicola Keulder

LAERSKOOL JAN CELLIERS (t) 011 646 3336 (e) info@jancelliers.co.za SA Biathle Boetie en sussie Marco Prins (Graad 5) en Alica Prins (Graad 4) verteenwoordig die Gauteng Biathle span in die SuidAfrikaanse Biathle Kampioenskappe (hardloop en swem), wat op 25 Junie in Bela-Bela plaasgevind het. Marco het algeheel 12de geëindig uit 40 atlete, met die meerderheid van die opponente wat ‘n jaar ouer as hy was. Alicia het algeheel 13de geëindig uit 26 atlete. Baie geluk aan beide leerlinge met ‘n suksesvolle Biathle-seisoen.

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SA Gimnastiek Mia Joubert (Graad 6) het in die begin van Julie Gauteng verteenwoordig by die Suid-Afrikaanse artistiese gimnastiek kompetisie in Pinetown. Sy kompeteer teen 25 deelnemers landswyd en behaal ‘n 1ste plek op die vloer en ‘n 3de plek op die balk.

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Hokkiekliniek Die leerlinge was so bevoorreg om by oud Suid-Afrikaanse hokkiespeler Pietie Coetzee die fynere kuns en tegnieke van hokkie aan te leer. Oor die 120 leerlinge het hierdie kliniek van vyf weke bygewoon en is begeesterd en gereed vir die komende hokkieseisoen.

LAERSKOOL LOUW GELDENHUYS (t) 011 782 5442 (e) pos@llg.co.za Sop-en-Brood Aand 2016 Laerskool Louw Geldenhuys, saam met NG Parkkruin, het vanaf 3 Mei vir drie behoeftige skole in ons gemeenskap ‘n klomp produkte soos seep, tandepasta, tandeborsels, waslappe en deodorant ingesamel.

Die kinders kon van twee kersbome (by die ingang van die kantoor) kaartjies gaan afhaal, waarop die verskillende produkte was. Soos die kinders die kaartjies teruggebring het, is hul name op die glasdeure van die kantoor geplak.

Op 2 Junie het die projek afgesluit met ‘n sop-en-brood aand, waar ons ‘n verdere bedrag kon insamel om vir die behoeftige skole komberse ook aan te koop. Die kinders het in totaal meer as 1 500 produkte skool toe gebring. Die kerk het ook ‘n groot borgskappe ontvang, wat toe gebruik is om die produkte aan te vul.

Die behoeftige skole het groot waardering vir die kinders en ouers van Louwtjies.

RANDPARK PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 011 793 7434 (e) info@randparkprimary.co.za Wacky Walk FUN! The Wacky Walk took place at the end of the second term. Thank you to all the students who participated and made this day rememberable.

We appreciate all the sponsors and help received on this day.

The Wacky Walk would have not taken place if it weren’t for our students and all the awesome teachers who made this day possible.

Big thanks to Nicola Roudledge, Melissa Riley and Andre’ Niehaus. We cannot wait for next year’s FUN DAY!

BRYANSTON HIGH SCHOOL (t) 011 706 6010 (e) bryhigh@bryanston.com Winter racing over holidays The Knysna Oyster Festival of Racing took place over the winter break and our very own Cameron MacNair entered in to the Big 5 Challenge Full and came 5th overall. He was the youngest competitor and was competing with top South African athletes. The race consisted of 3 stages; Part 1 was an 80km MTB, Part 2 included a 1,8km ocean swim and finally Part 3 which consisted of a 15km trail run.

Next Cameron went on to race the Dual Cross #4 which consisted of a 21km half marathon. He came 1st in Junior Men category, another great result in the Momentum Dual Cross series for Cameron.

His younger sister and fellow Bryanstonian, Ceiara MacNair (Grade 8), also competed and came 3rd in the Dual Cross #4 Half Marathon in her section.

Cheerleaders placed 3rd in SA Nationals The first weekend of July cheerleading teams from around South Africa gathered in Bloemfontein in the Free State to compete in the annual National Cheerleading Competition. Four categories of teams competed over the two days from Bryanston High School: Bryanston

Stars, Co-ed Squad; Bryanston Magic as well as Group Stunt teams and Partner Stunt teams.

The results for Team Bryanston were as follows: • Place 2nd in Partner Stunts • Placed 3rd in Group Stunts • Placed 3rd in All Girls Teams • Placed 3rd in Co-ed Teams

Cameron MacNair

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ST PETER’S BOYS PREP SCHOOL (t) 011 705 3423 (e) reception@stpeters.co.za St Peter’s Boys Prep Inter-House Football St Peter’s “kicked off” the Football season with the Inter-House Football Tournament.

Boys played in their houses in a round robin tournament against each of the other houses.

All boys played and there were two teams per age group for U9, U10, U11, U12 and Open.

The boys played well and had loads of fun! Any spectator could see that the season ahead is going to be filled with energy and healthy competition.

Results of the day were: Sage 5th, Dodson 4th, Bishops 3rd, Mirfield 2nd and Bavin in 1st position.

ST PETER’S GIRLS PREP SCHOOL (t) 011 367 6631 (e) girlsreception@stpeters.co.za Official opening of St Peter’s Girls Junior Prep School St Peter’s Girls School marked an important day in its history on Friday, 1 July 2016 as the new Girls Junior Prep was officially opened. Reverend Canon Godfrey Henwood led the service in the Chapel, after which the congregation moved to the Girls JP for the blessing of the building. Trish Attlee, Founding Headmistress of the Girls School attended and took part in the service.

The JP choir sang and the building was blessed with Holy Water which was sprinkled with the traditional olive branch. The Reverent Canon Henwood cut the red ribbon on the commemorative plaque to officially open the school.

The plaque is inscribed with the following words: ‘To see a World in a Grain of Sand and a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold infinity in the Palm of your Hand and Eternity in an Hour’ (William Blake). And now these three remain: Faith, Hope and Love. But the greatest of these is Love. (1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV).

The central fountain, in the JP building, was decorated with beautiful flowers. The ceremony was followed by a delicious tea and a beautifully decorated cake.

Congratulations to Heather Kissack (Head of the Girls JP) and Darrel Webb (Headmaster of St Peter’s Girls Prep) on this significant day in the life of our school.

ST PETER’S COLLEGE (t) 011 807 5315 (e) info@stpeterscollege.co.za College celebrates new hockey astro turf St Peter’s College broke ground on Monday, 30 November for their new hockey astro turf. Father Trevor Prince from St Stephen’s Church conducted the blessing of the site with staff, PA members and the Parents’ Hockey Committee in attendance.

Artificial turf is now a permanent feature in the hockey world. Field hockey is a game of speed and with the introduction of astro turf it has become more exciting and consequently more popular, the fastest growing sport in SA schools. It is a game that places high demands on its players. It demands just as much from the pitch. The rules have been amended and techniques refined as the synthetic sports surface has become an essential part of the sport.

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Tournament Results

St Peter’s College celebrated Friday, 10 June Junior Schools the new hockey astro turf with an Boys Results: Opening Tournament on 10 and 11 1st St Peter’s Boys Prep June 2016. The tournament will be 2nd Dainfern run annually going forward.

3rd Redhill The actual Opening and Blessing 4th Rivonia Primary Ceremony of this +R10million facility Girls Results: took place on Saturday, 11 June 2016 1st Dainfern with the College Director of Sport, 2nd St Peter’s Girls Prep Ms Saranne Hudson, cutting the red 3rd Grayston Prep ribbon and Father Samuel Masemola 4th Rivonia Primary conducting the blessing of the new astro turf.

There were some fun matches too: • South African Invitational team vs College boys and girls (mixed) 1st teams. Result: SA narrowly won 4-3 • Staff vs students. Staff won 3-0 • Old Petrians (alumni team) vs current students. Old Pets won 2-1. College Astro

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Saturday, 11 June High Schools Boys Results: 1st Helpmekaar Höerskool 2nd St Peter’s College 3rd HeronBridge College 4th Silverstars Girls Results: 1st Helpmekaar Höerskool 2nd HeronBridge College 3rd St Peter’s College 4th Silverstars

First team girls & boys

FOURWAYS HIGH SCHOOL (t) 011 465 1104/07 (e) fourways@4ways.co.za Volleyball

On Friday, 17 June the Fourways first team volleyball girls represented Central Johannesburg in the Top Schools Gauteng Volleyball Union Tournament held at the University of the Witwatersrand.

In the finals of the Tournament the Fourways Volleyball Team played the West Rand and won the match 25-14,2516,25-14, thereby winning the tournament. Fourways High U19A girls remain undefeated this year after winning the Goliath League and the annual Fourways High Volleyball Tournament.

On Saturday, 18 June 2016, the girls went to the Interprovincial trials where seven of our girls were selected to the U19A Gauteng team.

They will represent Gauteng in the IPT tournament to be held in Bloemfontein during the upcoming school holidays.

They are Michaela Heynes, Neo Manyatja, Clarice Phakathi, Limpopo Molife, Shaylee Krumples, Sarah Shabalala, Siya Makakane. Congratulations must also go to Kelly Williams and Sethu Gadu, who were selected as the two nontravelling reserves.

Rugby

Netball U14A Netball girls placed 4th in the Jomo Regional Championships.

On Wednesday, 1 June the Fourways High U16 rugby team played in the final against King David Linksfield.

Fourways got off to a fantastic start with an early try

by Tristan Potgieter from a line out drive in the King David 22. Daniel Pieterse converted the try to make the score 7-0. Shortly afterwards, Fourways went into a 12-0 lead after scrumhalf Timothy Waspe scored from a scrum 5 meters from the King David try line.

King David scored next to bring the score to 12-7, but this scoreline changed shortly afterwards from a long- range try by Fourways fullback, Callum Coombs.

Early in the second half, Fourways lock, Chad Horsfall scored to make the score 22-7 in Fourways favour.

Fourways became league champions with a narrow 22-17 victory.

Tyne Bainbridge Arrow, Kayla Lemkus, Morgan Peché, Jenna Fiebiger, Mrs L Clay (Coach), Nqobile Buthelezi, Ofentse Rakgogo and Yomelela Ntuli.

Hockey Fourways First Team Boys Hockey won 1-0 vs Monument High School, claiming the first spot in Aitken B-league, with the automatic advancement to A-league next year.

Chad Horsfall (black and green skull cap).

KING EDWARD VII SCHOOL (t) 011 551 5800 (e) www.kes.co.za Rugby well represented in 2016 Provincial Teams KES hockey players on 2016 provincial selection The following King Edward VII School rugby players were selected in the following teams that took part in the Junior Weeks fixtures during the July holidays: Craven Week Team Mpilo Mabusa Keegan Glade Kalvin Mills Kennedy Mpeku Golden Lions Academy Team Themba Mpembu Mpho Khambule Yanga Hlalu Golden Lions Grant Khomo Week Team Neo Pheko Golden Lions Puk Welpies Team Tyran Dickson Golden Lions U16 Academy Team Rory Atwill Neil Hoffman Kayleb O’Donoghue Jason Cloete Luke Bramhal Golden Lions U16 Welpies Team Keane Morse Reece Botha

King Edward VII School 2016 Golden Lions Provincial Players.

King Edward VII School is duly proud of the fantastic representation of provincial hockey players selected to Southerns Hockey Teams for the 2016 season. 32 KES hockey players were selected to various provincial age groups.

Squash player’s 2016 provincial & SA School Team selections Our squash players and educator/ coach, Mr Bradd Lodge, were selected to various Gauteng teams: Mr Lodge Men’s Provincial - C Team Makhosonke Ntuli Men’s Provincial - C Team U/19 A Team SA Schools Team Amukelani Zitha U/16 A Team SA Schools Team Joshua Van Der Wath U/14 A Team Tyrin Van Baalen U/16 B Team Nicholas Johnstone U/14 B Team Makhosonke Ntuli and Amukelani Zita were also selected to the SA Schools Team to compete in Malaysia.

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HELPMEKAAR KOLLEGE (t) 011 339 2226/7 (e) info@helpmekaar.co.za Helpmekaar Kollege se Bruin Truie maak geskiedenis Helpmekaar Kollege het hierdie jaar geskiedenis gemaak deur te spog met vier spelers wat in die 0.18 A Cravenweek-span opgeneem is. Chuinier van Rooyen, David Cary, Tiaan Scholtz en Mark Snyman was deel van die Leeus-span wat tydens die pas afgelope Cravenweektoernooi in die finaal teen WP uitgedraf het.

Altesaam 19 Helpmekaar-rugbyseuns is hierdie seisoen in provinsiale rugbyspanne opgeneem – ‘n klinkklare bewys dat Helpmekaar se Bruin Truie opponente is om mee rekening te hou.

Die eerstespan beklee tans die no. 13-posisie op die SA Skole Rugbyranglys nadat hulle hierdie jaar makroskole soos Garsfontein, Waterkloof en Monument gewen het.

Al vier Helpmekaar-rugbyspanne het ook deurgedring na die kwarteindrondte van die Beeldtrofee-kompetisie wat op Saterdag 13 Augustus op Helpmekaar se A-veld sal plaasvind.

HOËRSKOOL LINDEN (t) 011 888 1433/4 (e) linden@linden.co.za “Game, Set and Match”

Netbal

Rugby

Wel gedaan aan Ryan Christensen. Hy wen die NoordGauteng Wintertoernooi vir o.16 seuns wat by die Groenkloof Tennisbaan in Pretoria plaasgevind het.

Baie geluk aan vyf van ons top rugbyspelers wat nou ook Leeus-sterre is. Drie Lindeneerstespanspelers is gekies om die o.19 Leeus-skolespan te verteenwoordig by die NWU (PUK)-reeks wat van 28 Junie tot 2 Julie in Potchefstroom plaasvind: • Steven Matthyser (haker) • Wian de Lange (heelagter) • Neil Burger (slot) Nog twee o.16 spelers is gekies om vir die Leeus uit te draf: • Davan du Plessis (vleuel) • Campwill Willemse (veelsydige agterspeler) Campwill was van 4 Julie by die Grant Khomo Toernooi in die Paarl in aksie. Davan speel in die Noordvaaltoernooi van 28 Junie tot 2 Julie in Vanderbijlpark.

Dit is ‘n puik prestasie ouens! Sterkte met julle onderskeie wedstryde. Hoërskool Linden staan bankvas agter julle. Gee gas!

NORTHCLIFF HIGH SCHOOL Euro Tour 2016 On 21 June, 63 students and eight teachers set off from our school on a huge adventure. We were going to expand our horizons and explore some of what the European continent had to offer. Shortly after arriving in London, we headed to the London Dungeons and enjoyed the thrills of the shows which were put on. Next stop was the London Eye – fantastic views over the city of London. Other highlights of the London stop included seeing the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London, a visit to Chelsea Football Stadium, a boat trip to Greenwich and dinner at Jamie Oliver’s restaurant.

From London we headed to Paris on the Eurostar – hard to believe we were travelling at 285km/h while travelling 60m under the sea floor! In Paris we were able to explore Montmartre and the Sacre Couer, ride on the Metro then spend a day at Disneyland and Disney Studios. A highlight was a midnight trip up the Eiffel Tower! From Paris we flew into Venice and spent time exploring the wonders of this magical city on water.

Next stop was Florence with the wonders of the Uffizi Gallery and the incredible sights of this culture-filled city. Amazing to walk where the finest artists had also

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Zahne Becker is gekies in die o.17 Top 35 SA Skolegroep.

Hierdie eer het haar te beurt geval tydens die NSA/SASN o.17 en o.19 Toernooi wat in Kuilsriver (Wes-Kaap) gehou was.

Sy is verder ook aangewys as een van die Top 15 o.17 speelsters tydens hierdie Toernooi.

Ons is baie trots om te kan sê sy is ‘n Lindeniet.

(t) 011 476 1544 (e) awilkins@northcliffhigh.co.za

walked. We saw the famous statue of David and took lots of photos. Italian gelato (ice-cream) became a muchenjoyed treat – so good that it often replaced meals for some of the tourists! As we continued through Tuscany, a highlight was a stop at a wine farm where our entire group was split up and given a chance to do a cooking class on the farm – we prepared a four-course meal and sat on the deck enjoying the sunset as we ate what we had just made.

Our tour continued to a magical place called Civita di Bagnoregio – an ancient city built entirely on an isolated mountain top. After a strenuous walk to get there we were awestruck at the wonder of the place.

Our journey continued to Rome with tours around the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Pantheon. Free time meant that we could go toss a coin into the Trevi Fountain and shop for those important Italian leather items we wanted to take home!

Our last stop was the Vatican City, where the enormity of the wealth of treasures was almost beyond belief. The Sistine Chapel and St Peter’s Basilica were breath-taking.

All too soon it was time to return to Johannesburg. A whirlwind tour, for sure – but packed with memories and experiences that will last a lifetime.

PARKTOWN BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL (t) 011 642 4531/2 (e) info@parktownboys.com Hockey Our U14 took part in the Inter Provincial Hockey week at the beginning of the holidays.

Well done to Darian De Bruin, who was the leading goal scorer.

U19 Lions Matthew Van Huysteen and Michael Tambwe both made their debuts for the U19 Lions side.

Soccer Over the July holidays our 1XV participated in the DHS tournament in Durban. We received awards for “Team of the festival” and “Top goal scorer”(Lyle Foster, who scored 9 goals in 4 games). By the end of the tournament we had played 7 games, won 6, drew 1, scored 23 goals and conceded 2.

HOËRSKOOL RANDBURG (t) 011 782 6226 (e) sport@hsrandburg.co.za Akademiese tradisie verbreed Randjies se horisonne Hoërskool Randburg se akademiese toertradisie wat elke twee jaar plaasvind, is beslis ‘n hoogtepunt vir die skool. Ons het die afgelope Junie-vakansie 56 akademiese toppresteerders geneem op die akademiese toer na Amerika.

Die doel van hierdie toer is om internasionale universiteite te besoek om sodoende leerders se horisonne, met betrekking tot verdere studies, te verbreed. Dit is ‘n uitnodigingstoer en leerders moes uitsonderlike akademiese prestasies gelewer het om hierdie toer mee te maak.

Gedurende die twee weke in Amerika het die leerders onder andere die strate van New York, Boston, Princeton en Washington gaan verken.

Ons het vyf ‘Ivy League’-universiteite besoek, naamklik Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia en Princeton sowel as MIT en Juilliard. By meeste van die universiteite is ons deur huidige studente op kampustoere geneem en het waardevolle inligting gehoor aangaande toelatingsvereistes

en studente-ervaringe.

So tussendeur die fokus op akademie was daar ook baie tyd vir pret met toeristeaantreklikhede soos die Empire State gebou, Broadway vertonings, ‘n bofbalwedstryd en talle museums. Die bekende Carlo’s bakery van die televisie-reeks Cake Boss het selfs vir Hoërskool Randburg ‘n koek gebak vir die skool se vyftigste verjaarsdag. ‘n Hoogtepunt vir baie leerders was beslis MIT se museum waar ons na die nuutste navorsingsprojekte van hierdie universiteit gekyk het. So ook was Washington ‘n belewenis met ‘n groot verskeidenheid museums en bekende geboue. Dit was ook die stad waar ons Onafhanlikheidsdag op 4 Julie saam met die Amerikaners gevier het.

Hoërskool Randburg sien uit daarna om die volgende toer vir 2018 te begin beplan. Hierdie tradisie van erkenning vir akademiese prestasie is beslis iets wat ons nog lank sal voortsit.

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12:05 20th Australia vs New Zealand ANZ Stadium, Sydney

09:35 10th New Zealand vs Argentina FMG Stadium, Hamilton

AUGUST 2016

17:05 20th South Africa vs Argentina Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit

09:35 27th New Zealand vs Australia Westpac Stadium, Wellington

SEPTEMBER 2016

12:05 10th Australia vs South Africa Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

09:35 17th New Zealand vs South Africa AMI Stadium, Addington

21:40 27th Argentina vs South Africa Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

12:05 17th Australia vs Argentina NIB Stadium, Perth

OCTOBER 2016

17:05 1st South Africa vs Australia Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

17:05 8th South Africa vs New Zealand Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban

00:10 1st Argentina vs New Zealand Buenos Aires

20:30 8th Argentina vs Australia Twickenham, London

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