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GSHS Jazz band collaboration celebration

The Golden Grove Primary School wind band, led by Mr and Mrs Malan, performed for the whole school on Friday 27 May 2016. Mr Malan introduced all the instruments to the school and the band played a few pieces for all the learners and teachers to enjoy. Keep up the excellent work GGPS wind band!

The Groote Schuur music department has grown tremendously over the past three years, offering learners the opportunity not only to study Music as a subject, but to perform on a variety of platforms throughout the year. The band, under the direction of Ms Ronel Nagfaal, performs at many gigs, from Westend to Jazz-on-the-Lawn, and members also travel annually to participate in the Grahamstown National Youth Festival.

This year we celebrated 18 years of the Cape Town Big Band Festival – a program established by Dennis Barr, the late husband of Ann Barr, who continued with the program since Dennis’s passing.

The festival is used as a platform to showcase Cape Town’s talented youth from previously disadvantaged areas. The festival, which was held over 2 nights with 4/5 bands, has grown tremendously over the years to a four-night performance with 24 big bands from across Cape Town participating. Uni-Sound/Groote Schuur showcases GSHS music students and friends.

FRONT: Lisa Wesson – bass guitar, Dale De Windt – synthesizer, Chaz Abrahams – trumpet, Uviwe Caso – guitar, Clayton Pretorius – bass guitar. BACK: Brandon William – alto sax, Matthew Oktober – tenor sax, Jody Williams – alto sax, Nobuhle Mazinyane – piano, Dane Paris – drums, Ms Ronel Nagfaal – band director, Angelo Danster – trumpet, Ms Kelly (colleague).

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BERGVLIET PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 021 715 1103 (e) secretary@bps.wcape.school.za Grade 7’s volcanoes The Grade 7s of Bergvliet Primary School built volcanoes in Natural Sciences in order to test the reaction between acids and bases. There was much enjoyment and excitement when they “erupted” their volcanoes by combining the acids and bases.

GREENFIELD GIRLS’ PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 021 797 0554 (e) greenfieldgirls@gmail.com Father’s Day breakfast To celebrate fathers and Father’s Day, the Greenfield Girls had a lovely breakfast with their dads.

Grade 4 paper jet competition The Grade 4s made paper jets as part of what they are learning in English and then they raced them. Ella, Kirsty and Lily were the finalists in one of the paper jet races. Their paper jets went the furthest.

Grade 1s visited the College of Magic The Grade 1s visited the College of Magic in Claremont and learnt lots of amazing things – including how a magnifying glass works.

GROOTE SCHUUR PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 021 685 7295 (e) deonie@gsps.co.za Groote Schuur Drummies WP Small Drill competition, 4 June After a great display, we were crowned WP Small Drill champions.

Results Leader - 1st place Subbies - 1st place Squad - 1st place Display elements - 1st place Overall Small Drill Champs WP Province Large Drill competition, 11 June We were also crowned WP Large Drill champions.

Results Leader - 1st place Subbies -1st place Squad - 1st place Display elements -1st place Overall Large Drill Champs We are extremely proud of our girls for displaying an incredible performance. Well done to Azraa Simons (Grade 6), our Drum Majorette leader on taking her team forward to an amazing victory this year. We wish our GSPS girls the best of luck for Nationals 2016.

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What’s happening in & around Southern Suburbs KIRSTENBOSCH TREE CANOPY WALKWAY Where: Close to the Enchanted Forest or van Riebeek’s Hedge at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Rhodes Drive, Newlands, Cape Town.

When: The Garden is open during Winter from 08h00 to 18h00 (April to August).

How much? Free EARTH FAIR MARKET Where: South Palms, Main Road, Tokai, Constantia Valley (same location as Builders Warehouse) When: Every Saturday from 09h00 to 14h30 Every Wednesday from 14h00 to 20h00.

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INDOOR CLIMBING Where: Corner of Collingwood and Anson Road, Observatory, Cape Town.

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Sizzling soups Brrr. The cold is finally really here to stay!

Temperatures are dropping, socks are getting thicker and you’re suddenly finding you need an extra blanket on your bed at night. Winter is here, and it brings with it more time snuggled up indoors, endless cups of tea and, of course, bowls of steaming soup. There’s no better side for soup than fresh bread, so here’s a round-up of six super soups and the perfect bread sides to accompany them.

Cheeky broccoli and cheese

Soup: Broccoli and cheese are a heavenly match, and this is a good way to disguise healthy green vegetables if your family aren’t mad about them. Fry half an onion in a little oil until soft. Add two cups of broccoli, a litre of chicken or vegetable stock and a tin of evaporated milk. Boil until the broccoli is soft, then add a cup of grated cheddar cheese.

Blend until smooth.

Side: Mix softened butter with grated lemon zest, then spread onto toasted low GI brown bread. Serve with the broccoli soup and enjoy.

whip up this soup for almost nothing. Fry one onion a little oil, then add chopped carrots, celery and courgettes. Add two tablespoons of tomato paste and two cups of vegetable stock to the mixture. Bring to the boil, then add two cups of short pasta (macaroni, penne, fusilli or shells) and cook until the pasta is al dente.

Side: To serve with the soup, cut slices of toaster white bread into cubes, sprinkle with olive oil and salt, then roast in the oven until crispy.

Sprinkle the homemade croutons into noodle soup just before serving – scrumptious!

Smoky bacon and bean

Creamy mushroom

Soup: The best thing about this soup is that you can make it with items from your kitchen cupboard or freezer. Simply fry a few rashers of chopped bacon until crispy. Add a tin of Italian tomato and onion mix and a tin of butter beans.

Side: Make herbed garlic butter by mixing together soft butter, one chopped garlic clove and some dried herbs. Spread this mixture onto slices of low GI white bread and then grill until crispy and golden. Dunk the garlic bread into the soup for a hearty meal that’ll warm anyone up from the inside.

Tummy-filling sweetcorn

Soup: This soup is a great way to use up leftover roast chicken pieces.

Fry two chopped potatoes and one onion in a little butter, then add a tin each of creamed sweetcorn and whole kernel corn (drained). Add a can of cream of chicken soup, a dash of milk and any leftover chicken, chopped into small pieces.

Side: While the soup bubbles away, toast a few slices of low GI crushed wheat brown bread, top with grated parmesan and grill until the cheese has melted into the bread. Serve the soup when the potatoes are completely soft, with a healthy portion of parmesan toasts.

Hearty veggie noodle

Soup: If you have odds and ends of vegetables in your fridge, you can

Soup: This soup couldn’t be simpler and it works for a laid-back dinner party starter. Fry two punnets of sliced mushrooms, one chopped onion and three cloves of chopped garlic in melted butter until all the mushrooms are brown and tender. Add two cups of fresh cream and a cup of vegetable or chicken stock, simmer for five minutes, then turn off the heat.

Side: Cut slices of toaster brown bread into ‘soldiers’, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with brown onion soup powder, and bake until completely crispy. The brown onion soup gives them a salty, savoury flavour. Serve with the hot mushroom soup and top with a dollop of sour cream, if you have some.

Meaty lasagne soup Soup: If your family loves lasagne, they’ll adore this twist on the classic pasta dish. Fry mince with one onion and a chopped carrot until golden brown, then add two tins of chopped tomatoes and simmer. Add two cups of beef stock and a cup of elbow macaroni. Cook until the pasta is soft.

Side: Toast three pieces of sliced white bread, then whizz in a blender until a chunky crumb is formed. Fry the crumbs in a little olive oil with some dried herbs, until crispy. Use these crunchy breadcrumbs to top the lasagne soup.

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Join the adult colouring-in craze Adult colouring books are all the rage right now. Turns out there are some health and psychological benefits of colouring, a fact that children may instinctively know (like so many other life lessons we should learn from our kids!). Most children naturally love to draw and colour and we actively encourage this in our children. Yet, sometime around “real school” age, we stop encouraging creative activities like colouring and drawing and instead encourage more structured academic activities. By adulthood, the idea of cracking open a colouring book seems almost laughable … except that researchers have been studying the benefits of this classic childhood activity for adults for over a decade. It might seem crazy that something as simple as a colouring book could actually be beneficial, but research continually supports this idea.

Stress relief Colouring has stress-reducing benefits. The reason?

Colouring is said to calm the amygdala, the part of the brain related to the fear/stress response, while stimulating the parts of the brain responsible for creativity and logic.

Colouring therapy is being used experimentally for those with anxiety and stress- related disorders. Some people report sleeping better when colouring for even 5 minutes before bedtime.

Focus & creativity There’s a reason that adult colouring books are becoming a favorite among high-profile business professionals in high-stress industries and creative professionals. Even a short colouring session can help improve focus and spur creativity. Some offices are having group colouring sessions for employees as a way to improve group focus and creativity during big projects. While we may think of group colouring time as an activity for pre-schoolers, high-profile executives are joining the trend!

Social time Group colouring time is becoming an increasingly popular activity in many places as clubs and social groups pop up to facilitate it. Even libraries host adult colouring sessions.

Alternative to meditation Many people find it difficult to turn off and calm the mind.

Colouring and other hands-on activities offer an alternative because they allow you to “do” something without the need for active concentration. Activities like colouring are able to produce a similar effect to meditation in the brain.

Adult colouring books: how to There are hundreds of adult colouring books on the market, as well as dozens of opinions about the “right” way to colour them. Since adult colouring pages tend to be much smaller and more detailed than the colouring books of childhood, we suggest coloured pencils or very fine tip markers over crayons or regular markers.

Bottom line Colouring in is a fun and relaxing activity and an inexpensive way to relax, de-stress and spend some time with friends or your kids.

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NEVER EVERS Tom Ellen And Lucy Ivison (Chicken House)

A dark tale about the disappearance of a teenager. There is a touching moment when the family of Lizzie Summersall post a missing notice with the words: "Lizzie is a much loved sister, daughter and friend.

She loves Harry Potter, roast potatoes and every kind of sweet except orange ones." Follow Me Back is also a love story, because we see Lizzie through the eyes of Aiden. His first view of Lizzie is not great: he thinks she is "mousy". He soon realises she is a girl who is "full of surprises".

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A lively story centred around Jack and Mouse from different schools who go to the same ski resort on a school trip. Things start to go awry when Jack is mistaken for a French teen pop sensation.

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THE GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 021 674 2077 (e) info@thegrove.co.za Founder’s Day The Grove Primary School’s annual Founder’s Day lunch was held on 29 May, celebrating the school’s 131st birthday! What a great event it was for Grovites old and new.

The Italian decor was great, the food delicious, and a range of fabulous folk music was presented by our music department. This fabulous day was enjoyed by all.

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PINELANDS NORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL Lerato’s Hope Our annual Lerato’s Hope Trading Day was held on Friday, 3 June.

Instead of our usual charity tuckshop every Friday, we had a fun day of bartering at our Lerato’s Hope Trading Day, where the children bring non-perishable food items to “barter” for tuckshop purchases. No cash is accepted on the day. A total of ten boxes was donated to Lerato’s Hope, a Charity Organisation supporting children and families affected by Aids.

Horizon Maths Congratulations to the following pupils who are ranked in the top 200 achievers of the Horizon Maths Competition this year: • Thomas Vos 70th • Ameer Darries 163rd • Zara Nijzink-Laurie 146th • Ryan Blankenberg 198th About 20 000 children write this exam annually.

Zoe and Tatum’s butterfly project

(t) 021 531 3414 (e) admin@pnps.co.za

PNPS Facilitators’ Course Pinelands North is an inclusive school and so the school often needs to find adults who are willing to attend school with children who need extra help.

During May and June 2016, Rose-Anne Reynolds, Lisa Harrison and Ann Morton have trained 11 adults, most of them currently unemployed, to work with children in classrooms.

Early next term several of the trainees will return to the school to volunteer as facilitators to gain valuable experience.

Some comments from the course goers: • “Thank you everyone for making this course possible.

It gave me a new outlook

on learning and looking at children, not judging them by their behaviour but really taking time to know the child was awesome.”

• “When I came I never knew what inclusion was, however, PNPS moulded me to do this and I would love to go into this career.”

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THE PINELANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 021 531 3674 (e) blueschool@mweb.co.za Blue School Art

Aashiqa Williams - Grade 7

Emma Peters - Grade 3

Hannah Groenewald - Grade 4

Zarha Benjamin - Grade 2

Iviwe Mawisa - Grade 1

ST JOSEPH’S MARIST COLLEGE (t) 021 685 6715 (e) admin@maristsj.co.za

Egyptian Day

PINELANDS HIGH SCHOOL (t) 021 531 7410 (e) postmaster@phs.org.za Matric Art practical exam pieces

Artist: Charlie Murray

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Artist: Christopher Timm

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Splendid Spellers Congratulations to our Grade 8s who excelled in the annual SACEE spelling test. The students below received full marks or were highly commended for making only one error.

FRONT: Nicola Amon, Thaakirah Fritz and Simthandile Mack.

BACK: Astha Sirothia, Mikayla Daniels and Caylee Coetzee. ABSENT: Tanzeel Gamaldien, Leah Williams.

SOUTH AFRICAN COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL (t) 021 689 4164 (e) twinek@sacollege.org.za SACS beat Wynberg

Hockey

SACS hockey results against Wynberg:

The game was played on a lovely winter’s morning, with host SACS beating long standing archrivals Wynberg Boys 24-12 (Halftime: 12-0).

• 1st 1 - 4 • 2nd 1 - 4 • 3rd 1 - 4 • 4th 0 - 11 • U16A 2 - 3 • U16B 1 - 2 • U16C 1 - 4 • U16D 1 - 4 • U16E 1 - 4 • U16F 1 - 4 • U14A 3 - 1 • U14B 2 - 4 • U14C 0 - 2 • U14D 1 - 5

WESTERFORD HIGH SCHOOL (t) 021 689 9154 (e) admin@westerford.co.za The Shakespeare Schools Festival

On Saturday, 4 June the hard work and patience of a group of talented pupils finally paid off when they performed in the Shakespeare Schools Festival of South Africa at Artscape.

The Shakespeare Schools Festival is a highly respected organisation that aims to increase and develop students’ love and understanding of Shakespeare. This is the first time Westerford has entered the festival. The initative was taken by the newly formed Drama Society. It is impressive to see students paving new roads for future Westerfordians.

The play was A Midsummer Night’s Dream and was adapted to a 30-minute production for the Festival. The pupils of Westerford then decided to take it even further and adapted it to a Great Gatsby style. The cast consisted of about 20 pupils from all different grades and was co-directed by two Grade 11 pupils, Chelsea van Coller and Yuri Behari-Leak.

After many weeks of rehearsals and one long day at the Artscape, the pupils’ hard work paid off and their performance was extremely well received.

Well done to them all!

SUN VALLEY GROUP OF SCHOOLS (t) 021 785 2722 (e) hello@sunvalleygroup.co.za U13A Western Province Rugby Carlos Da Costa of Sun Valley Primary School has been selected as part of the U13A Western Province Rugby Team which will take part in the Coca-Cola Craven Week in the June Holidays.

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SCHOOL SPORT RANKINGS RANK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

FIRST XV RUGBY RANKINGS 13 JUNE 2016

TEAM PAARL BOYS HIGH GREY COLLEGE AFFIES PAARL GIM GLENWOOD DALE COLLEGE MONUMENT JEPPE PAUL ROOS GYM BOLAND LANDBOU EG JANSEN GREY HIGH SCHOOL SELBORNE COLLEGE HELPMEKAAR SACS OUTENIQUA KEARSNEY COLLEGE KINGSWOOD COLLEGE OOS MOOT DIAMANTVELD

PLAYED 13 11 12 12 15 15 18 16 14 14 15 13 15 12 14 12 13 12 11 14

AVG PTS 6,915 6,909 6,667 6,533 6,113 5,740 5,361 5,069 5,050 5,036 5,000 4,854 4,700 4,533 4,307 4,250 4,154 4,075 4,036 3,900

RANK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

BOYS’ XV HOCKEY RANKINGS 14 JUNE 2016 RANK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

PLAYED 17 23 20 26 18 29 25 16 18 19 20 22 14 23 23 13 18 16 20 24

TEAM MARITZBURG COLLEGE WESTVILLE BH RONDEBOSCH JEPPE BISHOPS ST DAVIDS PRETORIA BOYS HIGH WYNBERG BH CLIFTON NORTHWOOD KEARSNEY COLLEGE GREY HIGH SCHOOL PAUL ROOS GYM ST ANDREWS COLLEGE MICHAELHOUSE OAKHILL GLENWOOD ST STITHIANS GARSFONTEIN WOODRIDGE

AVG POINTS 4,44 4,38 4,13 4,10 4,05 4,02 3,98 3,96 3,73 3,72 3,71 3,67 3,66 3,54 3,27 3,26 3,21 3,13 3,04 2,97

U16 RUGBY RANKINGS 9 JUNE 2016

TEAM JEPPE PAARL BOYS HIGH PAUL ROOS GYM GLENWOOD MONUMENT GREY COLLEGE HTS DROSTDY HUDSON PARK MENLOPARK WYNBERG MONTANA JHB GREY HIGH SCHOOL WESTVILLE OOS MOOT BOLAND LANDBOU HILTON COLLEGE AFFIES SELBORNE COLLEGE CENTURION KRUGERSDORP

AVG PTS 6,708 6,377 6,364 6,156 6,054 6,050 6,009 5,089 4,883 4,867 4,790 4,688 4,645 4,488 4,436 4,385 4.208 4,157 4,088 4,060

PLAYED 13 13 11 9 13 10 11 9 12 9 10 8 11 8 11 13 12 7 8 10

GIRLS’ XV HOCKEY RANKINGS 14 JUNE 2016 RANK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

TEAM ORANJE MEISIES ST MARYS WAVERLEY DSG ST MARYS KLOOF RUSTENBURG ST STITHIANS HERSCHEL COLLEGIATE EUNICE WESTVILLE GH PAARL GIM TRANSVALIA PEARSON SPRINGFIELD WOODRIDGE HUDSON PARK PAREL VALLEI STELLENBERG PMB GIRLS WATERKLOOF

PLAYED 30 30 27 28 23 26 26 34 28 18 21 7 32 26 15 24 21 10 13 18

AVG POINTS 4,59 4,54 4,02 4,00 3,99 3,72 3,65 3,56 3,49 3,49 3,46 3,44 3,38 3,25 3,23 3,15 3,05 3,02 3,02 2,99

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