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Redakteur: Reitz Broeksma, Francois van Zyl (Adjunk)Tegniese Redakteur: Thomas Butler

Ontwerp en uitleg: Herman Bester, Philip Ellis, Lukas NelNuus: Ettiene Britz, JT Cronje, Charl Smit, Christian Hamman

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Uitgawe/issUe 283 Jaargang Xiii 28 OktOber 2016

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Laaste Jolla Bolla

Renier Hattingh

Die laaste dag van die matrieks se skoolloopbaan is die begin van elke graad se bevordering. Z-dag is dalk vir die Matrieks hartseer, verál as een van jou beste vriende in die laaste Jolla Bolla draai. Maar vir ons wat agterbly, is dinge egter anders: Graad agts is nie meer stampteikens nie, Graad neges gaan ’n groter rol in die skool begin speel, Graad tiens sal begin om hulle te bekommer oor “die belangrikste eksamen van hulle

lewens” en Graad elfs betree die matriek-gronde vir húlle jaar.

Dit bly ’n unieke ervaring om in die Moederkerk vaarwel te sê. As daar een dag is wat vir ewig by ’n Matriekleerder sal bly, is dit sy laaste skooldag waar hy sy stoutste maatjies sien treur, en moontlik selfs deur sy eie trane.

Daar is hierdie jaar van die innigste toe-sprake gelewer, wat ons net weer bewus maak van die merkwaardige ervaring wat ons skool bied. Paul Roos gee vir ons so baie geleenthede om iets agter te laat en

iets in die toekoms as ’n man in die same-lewing te kan bydra.

As die voorafgenome nie vir jou interes-seer nie, gaan jy nog steeds iets hê om oor te lag wanneer jy terugkyk. Besef net dat die volgende keer wat jy op Markötter kom, sal dit as ’n Old Boy wees, aan die ánder kant van die veld. Gebruik jou tyd om aan iets te bou waarop jy kan trots wees wanneer jy in daardie laaste Jolla Bolla draai ...

(Foto’s op bladsy 11)

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Oogpunt.

Van Agter die LessenaarFrom Behind the Desk

Deur Jannie van der Westhuizen

Yours Truly Reitz Broeksma

Editor-in-Chief

Die eksamen is om die draai. Vir die graad 8's, is dit net nog 'n eksamen. Vir die graad 11's, is dit egter 'n ander storie. Dié eksamen...bepaal of hulle drome gaan waar word, of nie. Alles wat hulle tot dusver op skool gedoen het, hoe goed of sleg ook al, is nie van toepassing nie. Heel eenvoudig, omdat daardie

punte nie na universiteite landswyd gestuur word nie. Dis hierdie eksamen se punte wat die land vol gaan

toer opsoek na studieplek. Hierdie eksamen gaan hulle toekoms maak of breek. Ja, dit klink ernstig, maar dis Paul

Roosers waarvan ek praat, en Paul Roosers is kalm mense. Hulle stres nie sommer voor ’n eksamen nie... tot die aand voor die tyd, wanneer hulle tog besluit om ’n boek oop te maak en sien dat hulle 300 bladsye se werk het om in hulle koppe te kry binne die volgende twaalf ure. Baie

sterkte aan die graad 11's, asook die hele skool. Voorspoed met alle stu-dies, en gee julle beste. Hopelik word geen ontwrigting deur die "studente" veroorsaak tydens die eksamen nie. Volgende jaar se leerlingraad is reg vir aksie, met hulle "Back to Basics"-veldtog en hulle uitryke na die gemeenskap. Lees meer oor hulle inisiatiewe op bladsy 3, 6 en 7.

Jaarlikse ouervergadering/Annual parent meeting: 8 November 201626 Oktober 2016Ons herinner ouers aan die kennisgewing in die omsendskrywe van die derde kwartaal:Parents are reminded of the notice in the circular of the third term:Kennis word gegee van die jaarlikse ouervergadering op Dinsdag 8 November 2016 om 18:30 in die Markötter Suite

waartydens die begroting van 2017 aangebied sal word vir goedkeuring.2016 Finansiële State en die 2017 Begroting is by kamer 14 beskikbaar ter insae. Notice is given of the annual parent meeting on Thursday 8 November 2016 at 18:30 in the Markötter Suite when the

budget for 2017 will be presented for approval.2016 Financial Statements and the 2017 Budget are open to inspection in room 14.


Reitz Broeksma

The newly elected Student Council for 2017 has decided to improve the school – not by adding new rules or values – but by revisiting the initial, basic, building blocks that carried Paul Roos Gymnasium forward for 150 years. The Student Council plans on doing this through the Back to Basics Campaign.

The Campaign will aim to remind the scholars of the most basic, yet most ignored, principles of what Paul Roosers are expected to look like. Inspections will be held much more frequently, and will be a lot stricter.

“What should I look like to side step spending breaks in the Quad?”

• Always have a fresh, clean shave

• Your blazer should have all four its buttons

• Polish your shoes• Have neat, short

hair“What happens

when I don’t ad-here to the above mentioned?”

• If you are not shaven, the Stu-dent Council will provide you with a razor and some shaving cream. Make sure you have R5, though. If the SC Room is locked, Mr Laas also runs a razor shop from his classroom down the hall.

• The Student Council will provide you with buttons, to replace any lost ones on your blazer.

• They will also have shoe polish for those dusty summer days.

• If your hair is too long

or messy – you will spend all your first breaks in the Quad, until it is cut or made neat.

To make life easier for eve-ryone, the Student Council advises the students to come to school looking neat. This will save a lot of time.

How will this be enforced?

Every two weeks,

a new

basic idea will be

announced in assem-bly by the Head-boy. It either be

hair, shoes, but-

tons or shaving. The specific idea

will be the main focus during in-spections held that following two week period.

Example: The main idea for the week is an-

nounced in assembly,

and it’s “shoes”.

The SC or PRD will then take learn-ers with dusty, unpolished shoes to the quad that specific Monday morn-ing. Inspection will be held through-out the week. If a student is found with unpolished shoes, the SC will provide him with shoe polish.

These steps will be repeated throughout the year.

Motivational quotes will be put up around the school, encoura-

ging students to be as neat as possible. The boys have

surely seen the first two: “I moustache you a ques-tion, but I’m shaving it for later” and “Do you like a stubble, cause Bloem-hof doesn’t”. There are plenty more to come throughout 2017. Here are a few examples: “Cinderella proved that shiny shoes can change

your life”, “You are never fully dressed without but-

tons on your blazer”, “The only thing you can’t recycle is wasted time” and “Life isn’t perfect, but your hair can be”.The Campaign further aims

to inspire pupils to motivate one another. As soon as a

sense of motivation is created amongst the students, they can work together, making Paul Roos ever greater. Yes, we know that no pupil

wants to shave after waking up on a Monday morning with their weekend stubble on their cheeks, but it has to be done. A friendly tip to the learners affected by this: “Shave Sunday evening” - Problem solved.The SC is clearly very keen to

make the best out of their term as SC for 2017.We wish them all the best with

their initiatives, and hope they succeed in everything they do.

Back to Basics


PRG fietsry bult spiere in Magaliesberg

Foto: Nic de Jager Foto: Derek Moss

Die Einde Is Bereik! (vervolg van bladsy 1)

JT Cronjé

Vir enige hoërskoolfietsryer is die jaarlikse eindronde van die Spur Schools Mountain Biking League in die Magaliesberg die ongetwyfelde hoogtepunt op hul fietsry-kalender.

Paul Roos het in die seunsafdeling van die Wes Kaapse kompetisie eerste geëindig en het dus gekwalifiseer om in die September-vakansie aan hierdie gesogte kompetisie se finaal te gaan deelneem.

Teen die einde van die O/15-resies het PRG die algehele eerste posisie beklee en Jamie Penfold het die O/15-

resies in ’n tyd van 00:44:56 gewen. Tydens die O/16- sowel as gedurende die O/19- wedrenne het PRG onge-lukkig pap wiele gekry (letterlik) en hul voorsprong verloor.

Paul Roos het algeheel derde geëin-dig met ’n totaal van 99 punte. Die span wat egter met die louere weg gestap het, was Menlopark met 118 punte.

Die toekoms van Paul Roos-fietsry is blink. Vyf van PRG se O/15’s het in die top 20 geëindig en met Contego wat bankvas agter PRG-fietsry staan, kan dinge net beter raak. Volgende jaar is ons weer die kampioene!


Simple yet Significant

Charl Smit

Die nuwe Leerlingraad het op 20 Oktober ’n gemeenskapsprojek by die Shiloh School in Klipheuwel aangepak. Hulle het ’n Boe-resportdag vir 130 kleuters van 3-6 jaar aan-gebied.

Juffrou Stofberg en Charl Smit (wat die gemeenskapsdiensportefeulje behartig) het saam met die res van die leerlingraad die dag gereël en ’n partytjiepakkie vir elke kind gekoop. Die skooltjie se kinders en hulle onderwysers het die dag terdeë geniet en was skoon emosioneel toe die Paul Roosers moes terugkeer Stellenbosch toe.

Die dag vir elkeen van die LR-lede op ’n besonderse manier aangeraak. Sulke uitstap-pies beteken baie dikwels vir die mense wat uitreik meer as vir diegene wat in nood is.

Dit was vir die leerlingraad goed om ’n nuwe perspektief op alles te kry.

Een van die LR se fokuspunte vir 2017 is is op verhoudings. Dié uitreik het hulle gehelp om met minder bevoorregtes buite die ge-meenskap verhoudings te bou.

Soms smag mense net na liefde en aan-vaarding. Geld kan nie altyd alle leemtes vul nie. En die leerlingraad het uitgegaan om dié leemte in Klipheuwel aan te spreek.

Daar is ook ’n opwindende projek wat die Leerlingraad volgende jaar bekend gaan stel – dit sal aansluit by dié uitreik; wees dus op julle hoede vir wat voorlê!

Die nuut verkose leerlingraad het dié kwartaal ongetwyfeld ’n stap in die regte rig-ting geneem.

Foto’s: Rennete Stofberg


Christian Hamman

Double-bassist Daniël de Villiers is a member of the Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (CPYO), and the first Paul Rooser in history to accomplish this exceptional achievement.Daniël plays the double bass, which is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. The double bass is a standard member of the orchestra, and features in Western classical music, but is also used in a range of other genres, such as jazz, 1950s-style blues and rock and roll, traditional country music, tango and many types of folk music.Playing for the CPYO is not for the faint at heart. It is a sub-orchestra of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) with the purpose of giving young musicians practical experience as well as granting them opportunities to display their skills. Rehearsal times require three hours of every Saturday and on weekends before

big performances they practise for three full days in a row.The orchestra often tours around South Africa for their performances and in 2018 the destination for a tour is Russia.The Youth orchestra is currently rehearsing for a the performance of “Peter and the Wolf ” under the world-famous Carlo Ponti, an Italian conductor working in the United States, and the son of late film producer Carlo Ponti sr. and Italian movie star Sophia Loren. His younger brother is film director Edoardo Ponti.Because the standard is quite high, it is almost impossible to join the orchestra if you have not acquired at least Grade 5 in the instrument that you can play. Daniël says that everything is always possible if you are motivated enough. This multi-talented Paul Rooser is also an excellent swimmer and is currently training (by swimming around 4 km every morning!) for the South African Championships next year in order to gain national colours.

Paul Rooser takes culture to a whole new octaveRussia, here I come!

Photo: Thomas Moss


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Since its announcement in 2014, fans of Blizzard Entertainment and games of the First Person Shooter genre have been on the edge of their seats in anticipation of the competi-tive hero-based shooter, Overwatch. It has since received many positive reviews.

The game has a huge player base six months after release and is frequently updated.

More than 13 million copies of Overwatch were sold within a month of the game's release, and the game is growing faster than ever. Any further downloadable content like new he-roes, maps or skins come completely free of charge, which emphasises the point that Overwatch is destined for a long lifespan. Blizzard has released one new hero who goes by the name “Ana” and one new map called “Eichenwalde”.

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watch, you are given the option to pick one of the 22 heroes that the game has in store for you. These characters are organized into four categories: attack, defence, tank and support. It is important that each of the six players in the team chooses the right hero for the strategy the team has chosen.

The heavy emphasis on teamwork in Overwatch is one of the most ex-hilarating aspects of the game, but it can be a drawback if you have bad or

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feature rich backstories and lore. Tracer, the hero displayed on Over-watch's front cover, can teleport past enemies and is mostly used to flank and distract the enemy team. Junk-rat, an Australian demo man with a history of robbing banks, can shoot explosives from his weapon to scare the enemy team away. Reinhardt, a former crusader wearing a full plate of armour, can hold up a large shield to protect the team.

Almost every playable hero's backstory can be explored through animated shorts and comics. It feels like a living and breathing world. The only shortcoming in the character aspect of the game is that certain characters are completely useless to the team and are seldom ever used in competitive matches. Torbjorn, for example, is a Swedish dwarf whose purpose is to build automatic turrets. He is an interesting character

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Blizzard responds to feedback on its forums and websites like Reddit, so these heroes will likely be changed.

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The competitive mode in Over-watch is for people who want to take the game seriously and want a real challenge. The only problem with the competitive mode is that trolls who ruin the match for the team aren't punished hard enough and only re-ceive a maximum ban of seven days. Blizzard should enforce stricter rules on this type of people.

The maps in Overwatch are very polished and have their own unique lore relating to the characters you can play. Every map in the game requires experience, which presents a good challenge for new players. It's also worth noting that each map is used for only one of the game modes: Pay-load, Capture Points or King of the Hill, so you won't see multiple game modes shoehorned into a single map.

Overwatch has had two different seasonal events so far, namely Sum-mer Games and Halloween. Dur-ing Summer Games, you could play Lu- cioball, which lets you play

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Despite Overwatch being Blizzard's first attempt at the genre, they have crafted an almost perfect game that will last for years to come. The slight flaws present in the game pale in comparison to the good things that Overwatch offers, and I declare it a must-buy for anyone who enjoys competitive FPSs.

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