The exceptional extra mural achievements over the past few months have been inspirational and �lled me with overwhelming pride! There is no better moment than being congratulated by visiting parents or principals commenting on the behaviour and performances of our learners. Well done to each Woerie, coach, teacher, parent and supporter. We value your input, passion, dedication and hard work and I sincerely would like to express my thanks and appreciation.

On the academic side, we also experienced an improvement. A comparison of the beginning of the year’s results to that of 2018, shows an increase of 5% in the overall general marks. I believe that this is a result of the continuous effort by management and staff to have less absent learners and to drive punctuality, not only at the beginning of the day, but also during lesson times. We would really appreciate the support of all our parents in this matter. Academic time is not negotiable in our strive for a 100% pass rate.

The choir continues to be true ambassadors of our school and holds the WOERIE name high! They achieved an A++ at the ATKV regionals and will compete in the Nationals in July.

We had a very good winter season with many sport teams winning their respective leagues. It is often

hard to remember that it is ordinary learners who achieve such honours. Ons was gelukkig om slegs me Frané Jacobs op die personeel te moes groet. Haar plek is gevul deur me Elize Opperman in die Afrikaans-departe-ment en sy rig ook sagtebal af.

The school once again had an overwhelming number of applications to process for the new admissions for 2020. A special word of thanks to the administrative and security staff for facilitating this process so smoothly and effectively. We keep on striving to offer top quality education and as many extended opportunities as possible.

School �nances remain challenging. We want to urge each parent to diligently make school fee payments each month as the smooth running of the school can not happen without your input. Thank you so much to those of you who make this responsibility a priority. We also want to thank all parents for their support in the Dream Big fundraiser. Baie dankie ook aan me De Beer en haar span vir al die harde administratiewe werk.

I would like to thank the SGB chairperson, Ms Olga Veldsman, for her professional and dedicated assistance in the name change process of the school.

Uit die hoof se kantoor • From the principal's of�ce

1

16 AUGUST: Compulsory examinations meeting for all Matrics

19 AUGUST: Matric preliminary examinations commence

13 SEPTEMBER: Matric Farewell at Batter Boys

For the second year in a row the Boys Junior Team reached the league �nals, even after they had been entered into a higher league because of their successful 2018 season.

4

tennis

Aalwynuitgawe • edition • 2/19

Rietondale High School

Tel: 012 329 0574 Fax: 012 329 0534 E-mail: admin@rietondalehs.com web: www.rietondalehs.com

IMPORTANT

d a t e s

The team: Damien Karastamatis, Keeanu Thys, Lindo Nazo, Tarek Aly and Tevlin Erasmus (absent for photo).They definitely let their rackets do the talking.

The First team once again, had an exceptional season and managed to reach the �nals in the City Cup. Unfortunately they lost against Die Wilgers. In the Virseker Cup playoffs, we lost to Hoërskool John Vorster from Nigel.

RU

GB

Y

2019 has been a fantastic year of hockey for the school. We witnessed the thrills and spills, victory and defeat, all which made this season so memorable. The boys ended 2nd overall and the U16 boys won their league convincingly.

The girls team blasted their way to victory and won the overall league.

HO

CK

EY

Mr Francois Maritz was the best lifter overall at the Arnold Classic Africa championships.

He will be competing in the Arnold Classic Europe championships in Spain in September this year.

dance

Our chess team secured a 2nd place overall in the Arnold Classic 2019. Twelve schools took part and the highlight was beating Hoërskool Rustenburg who has been the overall winner for 3 consecutive years.

P O W E R L I F T I N G

Alexandra dos Santos was selected as the Best Junior dancer at the Dance World Cup South African quali�ers in March this year.

She will represent South Africa at the 2019 World Championships.

Our team: Ushindi Malaba, Bonolo Sefike, Didintle Mokua, Kurt Taylor, Tyrone Joynt, Amantle Mokua and Ms Sandra Pretorius

CH

ESS

Christopher Kachungunu (right) and Heindro Ellof (left) were selected for the 2019 Craven week.

2 3

Grade 8

1. Vimbai Magwedere 2. Summer Croucamp3. Damien Karastamatis4. Ndalo Mahalangu5. Shannon Harvett6. Dreshné Jantjies7. Tshebeletso Simango & Vanencia Moyo8. Bonolo Kgwadi 9. Zinhle Mahlangu10. Keziah du Bois

Grade 9

1. Ashlynn Taylor2. Jameelah Stam3. Elizabeth Gajule4. Tarek Aly5. Monal Cherian 6. Pippa Larsen7. Ronin Vermeulen8. Raistlin du Plooy9. Bianca Bredenkamp10. Chido Ligomeka

Grade 10

1. Michelle Longueira 2. Kurt Taylor3. Thando Gajule4. Lethabo Sebopa5. Cornelius Anyankeng6. Gradi Kabeya & Luna Sousa Pinho7. Calista Heppes8. Megan Daniels9. Alexandra Dos Santos10. Tyrone Joynt

Grade 11

1. Luvuyo Hlophe2. Bafedile Maleka3. Bangambi Wabuandi4. Mulanga Ramatshimbila5. Soyamangaye Myeki6. Bianca Rademeyer7. Amandah Maila & Mashadi Matlhobogoane8. Mayowa Olaokun9. Catherine Verster10. David Mapisa

Vimbai Magwedere Ashlynn Taylor Michelle Longueira Luvuyo HlopheCape Town in July! What a great experience. We enjoyed a wide range of activities from visiting a colony of penguins at Boulders, an exhausting hike at Cape Point, a trip to Seal Island on a very rough sea, playing with monkeys at World of Birds in Hout Bay and of course “shopping” at N1 City. The learners tasted chocolate at the Huguenot chocolate factory in Franschhoek and also learned a lot about the production of wine at the Neethlingshof Wine Estate.

A highlight was de�nitely going up Table Mountain with the cable car in icy weather and ending the day on a warm note at the Gold restaurant with traditional African dancers.

Thank you so much to the parents and sponsors who made this experience of a lifetime possible. Baie dankie ook aan die leerders wat hulle soos ‘Ware Woeries’ gedra het en met entoesiasme aan al die aktiwiteite deelgeneem het.

Term 2 TOP 10 The Woerie choir has performed excellently in the last few months. At the annual Eisteddfod held in May at Laerskool Tygerpoort the Choir was awarded an A++ certi�cate and crowned as overall winner in the merit section.

Competing choirs in this section were Akasia , Cornwall Hill College, Eldoraigne, Garsfontein, Oos-Moot, Overkruin and numerous others.

We hosted our own choir festival on 4 May and stunned the audience with the repertoire. The culmination of the hard work was being awarded a GOLD certi�cate at the ATKV regional competition, placing the choir in the top FIVE choirs in the country! Eighty nine choirs competed in this section.

The choir has now advanced to the National �nal choir competition in Bloemfontein during the weekend of 25 to 27 July.

HOSPITALITY and TOURISM TOUR

CHOIR

Grade 12

1. Thato Monyemangene2. Baratile Matseke3. Kamogelo Mabe4. Tiras Poongavanum5. Charlize Ossendryver6. Rochelle van Rensburg7. Keren Mwika8. Cailynne Jordaan9. Ramaano Ramapela & Diandra Gulston10. Renitia Rousseau

Thato Monyemangene

HONORARY colours

Mpho Peleowa (Athletics), Luvuyo Hlophe (Academiscs) and Simi Akinola (Athletics)

Bianca Bredenkamp het aan die ATKV-redenaars in die afdeling vir addisionele taalsprekers, vir onvoorbereide toesprake deelge-neem en deurgedring na die �naal wat Augustus in die Wes-Kaap by Goudini Spa plaasvind.

REDENAARS SENIOR ENGLISH FAL

VICTOR VAN DIJK

In life, I have lived

while living I have lost

by losing I’ve learned

through learning I gained

while gaining I experienced

in experience I found ways

through all my ways of

living I made a life

SENIOR ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE

JOANNE BUNDUKI

Hurricane You

Thoughts of you whistle through my mindlike a soft breezeclouding my mindtaking over

Your whistles to incoherent whisperswhispers to shoutsshouts to screams

Screams to empty wordsempty words of love, synthetic loveempty words of hate, pure hate Silence It’s over Right?

Blink… Screams… Whispers… Sniffles… Here we go again.

POETRY COMPETITION sen ior winners

2 3

Grade 8

1. Vimbai Magwedere 2. Summer Croucamp3. Damien Karastamatis4. Ndalo Mahalangu5. Shannon Harvett6. Dreshné Jantjies7. Tshebeletso Simango & Vanencia Moyo8. Bonolo Kgwadi 9. Zinhle Mahlangu10. Keziah du Bois

Grade 9

1. Ashlynn Taylor2. Jameelah Stam3. Elizabeth Gajule4. Tarek Aly5. Monal Cherian 6. Pippa Larsen7. Ronin Vermeulen8. Raistlin du Plooy9. Bianca Bredenkamp10. Chido Ligomeka

Grade 10

1. Michelle Longueira 2. Kurt Taylor3. Thando Gajule4. Lethabo Sebopa5. Cornelius Anyankeng6. Gradi Kabeya & Luna Sousa Pinho7. Calista Heppes8. Megan Daniels9. Alexandra Dos Santos10. Tyrone Joynt

Grade 11

1. Luvuyo Hlophe2. Bafedile Maleka3. Bangambi Wabuandi4. Mulanga Ramatshimbila5. Soyamangaye Myeki6. Bianca Rademeyer7. Amandah Maila & Mashadi Matlhobogoane8. Mayowa Olaokun9. Catherine Verster10. David Mapisa

Vimbai Magwedere Ashlynn Taylor Michelle Longueira Luvuyo HlopheCape Town in July! What a great experience. We enjoyed a wide range of activities from visiting a colony of penguins at Boulders, an exhausting hike at Cape Point, a trip to Seal Island on a very rough sea, playing with monkeys at World of Birds in Hout Bay and of course “shopping” at N1 City. The learners tasted chocolate at the Huguenot chocolate factory in Franschhoek and also learned a lot about the production of wine at the Neethlingshof Wine Estate.

A highlight was de�nitely going up Table Mountain with the cable car in icy weather and ending the day on a warm note at the Gold restaurant with traditional African dancers.

Thank you so much to the parents and sponsors who made this experience of a lifetime possible. Baie dankie ook aan die leerders wat hulle soos ‘Ware Woeries’ gedra het en met entoesiasme aan al die aktiwiteite deelgeneem het.

Term 2 TOP 10 The Woerie choir has performed excellently in the last few months. At the annual Eisteddfod held in May at Laerskool Tygerpoort the Choir was awarded an A++ certi�cate and crowned as overall winner in the merit section.

Competing choirs in this section were Akasia , Cornwall Hill College, Eldoraigne, Garsfontein, Oos-Moot, Overkruin and numerous others.

We hosted our own choir festival on 4 May and stunned the audience with the repertoire. The culmination of the hard work was being awarded a GOLD certi�cate at the ATKV regional competition, placing the choir in the top FIVE choirs in the country! Eighty nine choirs competed in this section.

The choir has now advanced to the National �nal choir competition in Bloemfontein during the weekend of 25 to 27 July.

HOSPITALITY and TOURISM TOUR

CHOIR

Grade 12

1. Thato Monyemangene2. Baratile Matseke3. Kamogelo Mabe4. Tiras Poongavanum5. Charlize Ossendryver6. Rochelle van Rensburg7. Keren Mwika8. Cailynne Jordaan9. Ramaano Ramapela & Diandra Gulston10. Renitia Rousseau

Thato Monyemangene

HONORARY colours

Mpho Peleowa (Athletics), Luvuyo Hlophe (Academiscs) and Simi Akinola (Athletics)

Bianca Bredenkamp het aan die ATKV-redenaars in die afdeling vir addisionele taalsprekers, vir onvoorbereide toesprake deelge-neem en deurgedring na die �naal wat Augustus in die Wes-Kaap by Goudini Spa plaasvind.

REDENAARS SENIOR ENGLISH FAL

VICTOR VAN DIJK

In life, I have lived

while living I have lost

by losing I’ve learned

through learning I gained

while gaining I experienced

in experience I found ways

through all my ways of

living I made a life

SENIOR ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE

JOANNE BUNDUKI

Hurricane You

Thoughts of you whistle through my mindlike a soft breezeclouding my mindtaking over

Your whistles to incoherent whisperswhispers to shoutsshouts to screams

Screams to empty wordsempty words of love, synthetic loveempty words of hate, pure hate Silence It’s over Right?

Blink… Screams… Whispers… Sniffles… Here we go again.

POETRY COMPETITION sen ior winners

The exceptional extra mural achievements over the past few months have been inspirational and �lled me with overwhelming pride! There is no better moment than being congratulated by visiting parents or principals commenting on the behaviour and performances of our learners. Well done to each Woerie, coach, teacher, parent and supporter. We value your input, passion, dedication and hard work and I sincerely would like to express my thanks and appreciation.

On the academic side, we also experienced an improvement. A comparison of the beginning of the year’s results to that of 2018, shows an increase of 5% in the overall general marks. I believe that this is a result of the continuous effort by management and staff to have less absent learners and to drive punctuality, not only at the beginning of the day, but also during lesson times. We would really appreciate the support of all our parents in this matter. Academic time is not negotiable in our strive for a 100% pass rate.

The choir continues to be true ambassadors of our school and holds the WOERIE name high! They achieved an A++ at the ATKV regionals and will compete in the Nationals in July.

We had a very good winter season with many sport teams winning their respective leagues. It is often

hard to remember that it is ordinary learners who achieved such honours. Ons was gelukkig om slegs me Frané Jacobs op die personeel te moes groet. Haar plek is gevul deur me Elize Opperman in die Afrikaans-departe-ment en sy rig ook sagtebal af.

The school once again had an overwhelming number of applications to process for the new admissions for 2020. A special word of thanks to the administrative and security staff for facilitating this process so smoothly and effectively. We keep on striving to offer top quality education and as many extended opportunities as possible.

School �nances remain challenging. We want to urge each parent to diligently make school fee payments each month as the smooth running of the school can not happen without your input. Thank you so much to those of you who make this responsibility a priority. We also want to thank all parents for their support in the Dream Big fundraiser. Baie dankie ook aan me De Beer en haar span vir al die harde administratiewe werk.

I want to thank the SGB chairperson, Ms Olga Veldsman, for her professional and dedicated assistance in the name change process of the school.

Uit die hoof se kantoor • From the principal's of�ce

1

16 AUGUST: Compulsory examinations meeting for all Matrics

19 AUGUST: Matric preliminary examinations commence

13 SEPTEMBER: Matric Farewell at Batter Boys

For the second year in a row the Boys Junior Team reached the league �nals, even after they had been entered into a higher league because of their successful 2018 season.

4

tennis

Aalwynuitgawe • edition • 2/19

Rietondale High School

Tel: 012 329 0574 Fax: 012 329 0534 E-mail: admin@rietondalehs.com web: www.rietondalehs.com

IMPORTANT

d a t e s

The team: Damien Karastamatis, Keeanu Thys, Lindo Nazo, Tarek Aly and Tevlin Erasmus (absent for photo).They definitely let their rackets do the talking.

The First team once again, had an exceptional season and managed to reach the �nals in the City Cup. Unfortunately they lost against Die Wilgers. In the Virseker Cup playoffs, we lost to Hoërskool John Vorster from Nigel.

RU

GB

Y

2019 has been a fantastic year of hockey for the school. We witnessed the thrills and spills, victory and defeat, all which made this season so memorable. The boys ended 2nd overall and the U16 boys won their league convincingly.

The girls team blasted their way to victory and won the overall league.

HO

CK

EY

Mr Francois Maritz was the best lifter overall at the Arnold Classic Africa championships.

He will be competing in the Arnold Classic Europe championships in Spain in September this year.

dance

Our chess team secured a 2nd place overall in the Arnold Classic 2019. Twelve schools took part and the highlight was beating Hoërskool Rustenburg who has been the overall winner for 3 consecutive years.

P O W E R L I F T I N G

Alexandra dos Santos was selected as the Best Junior dancer at the Dance World Cup South African quali�ers in March this year.

She will represent South Africa at the 2019 World Championships.

Our team: Ushindi Malaba, Bonolo Sefike, Didintle Mokua, Kurt Taylor, Tyrone Joynt, Amantle Mokua and Ms Sandra Pretorius

CH

ESS

Christopher Kachungunu (right) and Heindro Ellof (left) were selected for the 2019 Craven week.