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"Sports do not build character. They reveal it."
GREENSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
Volume 6 - 30 November 2017
GREENSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
Geers Avenue, Greenside, Johannesburg, 2193
PO Box 84042, Greenside, 2034
T 011 646 0113/4
F 011 646 2436
www.greensidehigh.co.za
Dear Parents, Students and Staff
Another successful year is coming to an end. In true Greenside fashion, some of the most impressive successes have been saved for last to top off 2017. Our World Robotics Champs have arrived back from Costa Rica with outstanding results and extraordinary stories; our sports season for Term 4 has drawn to a close, and students and teachers alike are getting ready for the festive season ahead.
SCHOOL NEWS FROM TERM 4
- Heywood Broun (American journalist)
Greenside Awarded as a Top Feeder School to Wits University for 2017We are proud to announce that Greenside High has been awarded Top Gauteng Feeder School to Wits University yet again. Needless to say, this puts us in the national ranking for providing Wits University with new scholars to enrol. It is an achievement for which we thank our entire Greenside community. The tireless efforts put in by our students; the often unrecognised hours our educators devote, and the support from parents and the wider community have made it possible to yet again call ourselves a prominent institution with a solid foundation.Top Feeder Certificates are awarded to schools both in Gauteng and other provinces based on either of the two following criteria (based on first year undergraduate enrolment statistics for 2017):· Total number of enrolments (i.e. the highest number).· Enrolments vs. Matric Class Size (i.e. the % conversion).Greenside was one the schools that qualified in the first category.Community through individuality has never rung more true at Greenside High. It is a belief we hold in high regard, and hope that our students carry it with them through their journeys at Wits University, and further.
LEFT: Ms Whyte (right) accepts Top Feeder School plaque from Ms Zonda Ndebele (left) of the University of the
Witswatersrand, Johannesburg.
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• Mathematics and Physical Science
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PAGE 2 SPORTS AWARDS ASSEMBLY
ATHLETICS
JUNIOR HALF COLOURS
Sebastian FrancisRiley Alexander
Carel GrobbelaarNkhensani RamasiaThando TshabalalaVubhoni MabuzaAbigail Khumalo
Samkele MohlakoanaAsad Walljee
Daniel Van RheedeLethiwe Zulu
Tayob Muhammad Refilwe HlongwaneJUNIOR FULL COLOURS
Mpho LentsaTanyaradzwa Shava
Ndivhuwo MakhavhuMohammed Kadwa
Mmeli SibiyaSasha Joseph
Mardiya UsmanMichelle Nkiwane
Re-Award Junior Full Colours
Belinda MabenaDaiyaan Small
SENIOR HALF COLOURS
Brighton MushavhelaYusra Surtee
Siphiwe MothaRumbidzai Munyanyi
Nabeel Mahomed
SENIOR FULL COLOURS
Neo MorokaSandile Moyo
Pearl NemahunganiLestan Pillay
TROPHIES
Pamela Page Trophy for Best Senior Girl Sprinter
Pearl Nemahungani
Gary Maserow Trophy for Best Senior Boy Sprinter
Brighton Mushavhela
Ngwako Mautle Trophy for Best Middle Distance Boy
Siphiwe Motha
Trophy for Relay Team Of The Year - U/19 Boys
Thabang MontshoSiphiwe MothaSandile Moyo
Brighton Mushavhela
ABOVE: The Athletics team for 2017. Thirty of the athletes made it to Prestige. The team has been growing from strength to strength consistently through the past seasons.
Austin Le Roux Trophy for Extraordinary ServiceSumaya Akhtar
Seemeen Mohamed
Perm Trophy for Best Junior Middle Distance Boy
Mmeli Sibiya
Pretorius Trophy 1500m for Team of The Year
Mmeli SibiyaMohammed Kadwa
LIBRARIANS
JUNIOR HALF COLOURS
Alexandria PillayGlorious Nkabinde
Jared Cole RobbertseKisha Gumede Rosalea Stratis
CERTIFICATES
Abigail KhumaloFanele Mantshantsha
Kayl GrayLilitha Sifolo
Mimi Rangata
Mpho LentsaSihle Dube
Tshegofatso NkwalaWanga Mammburu
Emmanuella Ohanma
Ndivhuwo MkhavhuTariq Mahomed
Zahra Khan Zahra Sheik HoosenNjabulo Buthelezi
PAGE 3ROBOTICS
JUNIOR FULL COLOURS
Neil Jadav Tariq MahomedLuqmaan Shaik
Layla MayetMarcel Swart
Jordan WilliamsSENIOR FULL COLOURS
Tinotenda MudzingwaPhilip Ginster
Stevens Ndawonde
WORLD ROBOTICS OLYMPIAD 2017RESULTS ARE IN This year we entered seven teams into The World Robotics Olympiad held on Saturday, 9 September 2017, at Tshwane University of Technology. Learners had to design, build and programme robots that addressed this specific theme. Greenside once again dominated the Open category. Two of our teams were selected to aid the South African team in representing our country at the 14th WRO held in Costa Rica during November of 2017. They were:Team TBC (Philip Ginster, Grade 11; Tinotenda Mudzingwa, Grade 11; and Layla Mayet, Grade 10) who chose the “Climate Action” goal within the UN sustainability goals and
SAILING
NATIONAL COLOURS
Stephen van Niekerk (BELOW)
ABOVE: The 2017 Greenside High Robotics team and Dr Ginster, among them teams Mastermind and TBC who placed 12th and 16th, respectively, in their categories at the 14th WRO in Costa Rica.
were to take their animatronic puppet, Enviro-Boy, designed to raise awareness of the effects of Climate change, along to the WRO. Team Masterminds (Stevens Ndawonde, Grade 11; Marcel Swart, Grade 10; and Jordan Williams, Grade 10) chose to work with the UN Goal number 15, “Life on Land”. Their project aimed to conserve and increase the supply of endangered indigenous medicinal plants. Team Masterminds and Team TCB, in the Senior High Division, attended the world tournament in San José, Costa Rica, 10-12 November 2017. The two team captains were the two learners who went to India in 2015, who shared their knowledge and skills with the other learners. Being the fourth consecutive year that Greenside has taken part in the WRO, we are proud to announce the results for the 14th WRO as follows:Results - Open Senior XIV World Robot Olympiad Team Masterminds placed 12th out of over 80 other teams in their category. Team TBC placed 16th out of over 80 other teams in their category. We cannot express how incredibly proud we are of the learners who participated during the entire
process, from January to date. We look forward to what our teams will come up with next year! A special mention of appreciation must also be made to Dr Anne Ginster, without whom none of this could have happened. Well done, Greensiders!
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SOCCER (GIRLS)
JUNIOR HALF COLOURS
Ruchita Ramphal
Re-award Junior Half Colours
Aamirah VariawaThandeka MoyoFatima BooleyMegan Chhiba
Re-award Junior Full Colours
Leila ChammaiTsholofelo ModiselleLindokuhle MlotshwaSENIOR HALF COLOURS
Relebohile Nkoana
SOCCER (BOYS)
CERTIFICATES
Setjhaba ThanjekwayoNhlalala Mthembi
JUNIOR HALF COLOURS
Khitsane KutoaneMuzomuhle ShanduNtokozo Mpungose
Kyaima ForbesAyanda LinganiMusadiq JabaarAlyasa SchafferPrivilege NyathiAundre Moorkey
U/14CERTIFICATES
Ryan NgobeniZakariyyah Adams
JUNIOR HALF COLOURS
Matthew MashauRorisang Ramphadile
Mohammed KaiAyanda Tshabalala
Tristan KeyserZamani Sachiti
Fulufhelo NemahuganiSandile Cindi
Tholo MdakaneAmogelang Seleke
U/15CERTIFICATES
Tyreek Green Teboho Mohai Umair Mahida
Ziyaad McKenzie Muzzamil Jabaar
JUNIOR HALF COLOURS
Dillon Pillay Salmaan Suliman Jonathan Merckel Joseph Mothapo Dean Kamsate
Siphesihle Manyoni
U/16
JUNIOR FULL COLOURS
Thabang MatsogaStanley LeputuMikhail Khan
SENIOR HALF COLOURS
Chistian MashauKuzoraunge Rufaro
JUNIOR FULL COLOURS
Kamohelo Hoala Duncan Abrahams
SENIOR FULL COLOURS
Uthmaan Badat Alfred Busakwe
Njabulo ButheleziJoao Cavel
Mthokozisi Mponase Sibusiso Ndaba Zimele Shandu
BOYS 1st TEAM
RUM LessonsDBeginner - intermediate drum lessons based at a private home studio in Blairgowrie, Randburg.
All Ages Welcome
R200 Per Hour
• Reading • Rudiments • Grooves and fills
and more!
Learn:Contact Kamal at 079 249 1633
TROPHIES
Piontkowski ‘Team of The Year’ Trophy U14 for reaching the finals of the League
Piontkawski ‘Golden Boot’ Trophy for Top Goal ScorerDuncan Abrahams
Mikhail Khan
SQUASH
JUNIOR HALF COLOURS
Yaaseem HassimEshan Naidoo
Themba Nlcwashu
ABOVE: U/14 Boys Team: recipients of the Piontkowski 'Team of the Year' Trophy.
MATHS, ACCOUNTING, FRENCH LESSONS
In Greenside, All Grades, Many Years’ Experience,
Reasonable Rates.
Mrs Saksenberg Tel: (011) 646-3412
PAGE 5Social EndorsementThis past week saw a campaign in Cresta Shopping Mall organised and run by Save The Children (South Africa), which we really like!All they ask for is a pledge of R150 per signatory. Have a look at some of their stuff below and support this worthy NGO!
School Transport Available For 2018
Book Your Child’s Place Now
We do transport in the following areas:
Mayfair Crosby Emmarentia Greenside
For further information
Contact Fathima on 0631367261