The first semester has seen our school maintain a high academic tempo while most sporting codes were affected adversely by the drought. A number of our learn-ers have participated in Olympi-ads for Mathematics and Science. We congratulate grade 8 learners, Ismaa’eel Ahmed and Mihirkumar Palsania, who were Gold Award Winners in the UCT Mathematics Competition. Moreover, our three Argus Quiz teams have

reached round of 64. Once again we would like to commend all learners who have contributed towards keeping up the healthy ethos of our school. We wish to remind parents to continue instilling sound values on an ongoing basis. Our pupils are vibrant and display great potential, often absorbing and learning like giant sponges. Instil a gentle spirit in your children, show them how to look on the bright side and how to handle disappointment so that they may become stronger

individuals in future. It is encouraging that many of our grade 8 pupils seem to be coping with their transition to secondary schooling. I would also like to wish our grade 12 learners all the best with their academic prepara-tions for the upcoming trial exam-

ination and the fast approaching final NSC examination. We are very proud of our matric students and our thoughts and prayers are with you as we strive for a 100% pass rate in 2018. Perseverance pre-

vails! Enjoy a restful winter break with your

families.

KSK Naidoo.

From the pen of Mr. Naidoo, the School Principal

June 2018 NEWSLETTER Issue 2

RYLANDS HIGH

Inside this issue:

Quiz report 2

Fees, Textbook & Uniform updates

2

UCT Maths Olym-piad

3

RCL Report 4

Around the school in 10 minutes

5

Staff News Motivation from former students

8 9 10

RHS Sports 11

Head girl's Report 4

Important Diary Dates:

School Opens 17 July

UWC Tuition Maths & Science Grade 10 From 21 July

Grade 8-11 Reports 24 July

PTA meetings 25 July

MST Tuition Grade 12 21 July

Grade 12 English Challenge 25 July

Grade 10-11 Life Sciences Olympiad 31 July

Grade 12 Oral Moderation Starts 1 August

Grade 10-11 Physical Sci-ences Olympiad 2 August

Women’s Day 9 August

School Holiday 10 August Eid Ul Adha 22 August

Trial Examination 31 August

Partnership towards Success

It was all smiles when the Grade 12 of 2018 received their

well designed Matric jackets

More Important dates…...

LO CAT for NSC Grade 12– 7 September

Control Tests—17 September

Heritage Day– 24 September

School Term Ends- 28 September

Grade 8 2019 Orientation– 29 September

PLEASE NOTE NEW EMAIL FOR SCHOOL

rylands.high@wcgschools.gov.za

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Rylands High Quiz teams make it to the top 64 once more

Rylands high has once more qualified to the Top 64 Cape Argus Foodlovers Market Quiz teams of Cape Town. This year the school made a remarkable achievement as all the 3 Teams qualified for the knockout rounds to be held next term. During the 2nd term the quiz took a round robin format, with a total of 125 teams having entered this year. Every Monday , four teams com-peted against other teams and the top 64 teams with highest scores knock each other out in term 3. RYLANDS HIGH TEAMS

This year’s 2 top teams from the Western Cape will represent the province in Johannesburg during the course of the year. We wish our teams all the best .

School fees Update

Textbooks Update

We wish to applaud all parents who have paid their school fees to date. Thank you. This is mak-ing a huge difference in the education and lives of our learners at RHS. We urge all parents to please settle their 2018 school fee accounts as a matter of urgency.

TEAM A GRADE

Rizwana Chiktay 10B

Zainab Abdul Aziz 10B

Faseeqah Davids 11A

Raigaanah van der Ford 11E

Jacqui Daniels 11D

TEAM B GRADE

Tawanda Madziya 10B

Russel Mazambara 10B

Craig Khumalo 10C

Muhammad Crombie 10B

Alban Gwesu 10F

D6 Communicator Update Actual

Usage rate of unique mobile and 48%

Active Desktop Users 39

Active Mobile Users 405

Unique users (mobile and desktop) 431

Change in usage 4%

New unique installations in last 30 56

The d6 communicator is used to convey all messages from the school to the parents. It is the latest technology that most schools have adopted to cut down on high printing costs. It is also very efficient as the messages are received in real-time. The statistics on the right shows the percentage number of parents using the app. We urge all parents to register as it will

be the only future means of communication.

TEAM C GRADE

Rabiyah Jada 9D

Abdul Qaadir Parker 9A

Maheer Karbary 9C

Layla Hassan 12B

Remi Adams 12B

In term 4 textbook letters will be issued to parents indicating the status of your child’s returns

and cost of textbooks. All outstanding textbooks MUST be returned in term 4 in accordance with the dates that will be issued to parents. Parents will be responsible for the cost of outstanding textbooks. A learner who has any outstanding textbooks at the end of the year will not be issued with

any textbook in the new year.

Uniform Update We applaud our learners for the excellent response to our school uniform during term 2. We urge all learners and parents to plan accordingly for the winter school uniform in the second se-

mester. No learner will be allowed to wear jackets, beanies or any other garment that is not the school

uniform. All garments that are not the school uniform will be confiscated.

Rylands High Grade 8’s make History at the UCT Mathematics Olympiad

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Grade 8D boys Ismaa’eel Ahmed and Mi-hirkumar Palsania , made history by becoming the first grade 8 to achieve first position at the UCT Mathematics Challenge pairs category , held at the prestigious UCT on the 8th of June. These two boys , both formerly from Rylands Primary, were amongst the 75 learners who were entered by Rylands High for this competition, they won Gold ahead of the pairs from Reddam House Constantia and Internation-al School of Cape Town, who were runners up, and then followed by other 175 schools. From the Rylands team , an additional 7 leaners received merit certificates. Recipients were Masooda Olday 9A, Vishal Bhoodia 10B, Mariam Khan 11A, Brian Mvukwe 12B, Tasin Ul Islam 12A , Ki-yaan Patton 12B and Imtiyaaz Matthews 12B. The rest of the learners who entered re-ceived certificates of participation. We encourage more learners to enter the Mathematics Olym-

piad next year.

We pray for you Aqeel

It was sad to discover that one of our Grade 11 pupils, Aqeel Hope was diagnosed with cancer. The friendly, funny student had touched many hearts. His classmates and friends had felt the need

to do something meaningful for Aqeel.

Together with Mrs Davids ,they organised a Khatamal Quran (spiritual prayer) praying for his health and strength. The Khatamal Quran was held at our school in the Salaah room. Aqeel was emo-tionally touched and grateful for the meaningful effort and even though it was a time for prayer there was lots of room for laughter and joy. The experience was overwhelming for Aqeel and his fellow classmates. It was a special time because he now knows that he does not only have the support of his friends, teachers, and whole of

Rylands High as well.

To Aqeel:

May Allah Grant you all the health and strength and May Allah ac-cept all Duas upon you, We Miss

you dearly. His classmates made the above artwork for him.

Message from the RCL Page 4

ANTI-BULLYING CAMPAIGN

This term the RCL ran a campaign that called for every role player at Rylands High to unite against

bullying. Many of us do not realize that bullying is a form of oppression. Dur-

ing our assembly presentations,

we conveyed to everyone what

bullying truly means and why

people take it lightly. Our mem-

bers had performed different

pieces, such as an instrumental

and spoken work poetry to cap-

ture everyone's attention.

Our closing statement for the

campaign was an oath that instructed each learner to:

•treat others respectfully

•refuse to oppress others or be a bystander of an

act of bullying

•inform the correct role players

And several more duties that each class had to commit

to.

Simply because our campaign has ended does not mean

we are putting the values of respect, compassion and

understanding among others, aside. We pray that every

single Rylander carries these values with them throughout life and that our efforts will be of im-

mense value.

Our upcoming campaigns include : Anti-Drug and Self Love campaigns. We look forward to

working closely with everyone in the terms to follow.

Your RCL Chairperson, Mariam Khan

Message from the Head Girl As the matric year nearly comes to a close, we would like to take the opportunity to wish all our

peers well over the upcoming break. We would also like to

thank the prefects who assisted us, worked eagerly together

and for their sterling work throughout the term.

We aimed at preparing our prefects with skills that were not

necessarily taught in the classroom. We provided them with

discipline and order, and helped shape their leadership potential.

With these skills, the prefects assisted in leading and managing

the rest of the learners at Rylands High School, conveying the

order and discipline on to them. While the changes were small,

we as Rylanders could see these changes, as we are faced with

issues every day.

We commend the prefects once again and pray that they carry

with them what they have learnt.

- Head Girl Laylaa Abdurahman Headboy Raees and Headgirl Laylaa

AROUND THE SCHOOL in 10 minutes Page 5

MADD Society (Music, Art, Dance & Drama) This term we have taken up some new and exciting pro-

grammes. The drama department holds auditions for a play in term 3. Auditions will be held during second break everyday in the first week of the new term. However, if we fail to cast the required amount of actors needed we will not be able to go ahead with our production thus we encourage all these inter-ested to not delay and audition. For additional information

consult Ismaeel Cornelius and Ms Pluke.

The dance department holds a dance boot camp after school on Mondays and Wednesdays. These sessions are mentored by Chay Botman and Yusuf Brink. We encourage all dance enthusiasts to participate and foster their love of

dance. In term 3 the music department plans to launch a choir. This initiative will be run by Robynne Oc-

tober the head of music .All interested singers are welcome to join as soon as possible. We as the MADD Society look forward to welcoming all learners with a love for the arts. For any

further inquiries see Ms Y.Khan and Ms K.Pluke.

Heritage Competition

Green Revolution SAIIA MINI-MUN Debates is a wing of the Green Revos. They participated in a debate on Argentina and Kenya. The

two teams flew the Rylands flag high. Team Argentina won a certificate for best position paper; while team Kenya got one

for presentation. TEAM ARGENTINA: Faseegah Davids, Imaan Em-

eran, Azraah Daniels TEAM KENYA: Shaakirah Lagadien, Muzzamil Essop,

Azraa Hoosain.

Four Grade 11 History learners have been chosen to represent EMDC district at a Heritage com-petition focusing on the values left behind by Nelson Mandela. These learners Fatima Sadien Abduragmaan Esau ,Mariam Khan and Yusuf Brink will continue with this competition in August. The winning school will represent the Western Cape

in the finals in the Free State in October.

Artwork done by Shauqat Mohamed

Grade 8s impress in SACEE Spelling competition 18 Schools entered for this year ‘s Grade 8 competition for spelling in term 2. Rylands High ,

with an entry of 233 , received a total of 39 certificates, the largest number of any school.

AROUND THE SCHOOL in 10 minutes Page 6

Business Studies Quiz

The WCED organised a Business Studies Quiz for Grade 11 at Goodwood Commercial College.

RHS won round one where eighteen schools competed. We also won round two at Norman

Henshilwood through to the quarter finals. Certificates were issued to Lameez Hendricks 11C

Yonique Fick 11F Abdul Q Cassiem 11C and Yusuf Brink 11E.

Resource Centre Assistants

This group of Grade 11 learners are in charge of cleaning

and dusting the Resource Centre twice weekly: From left: Mahmood Dalvie, Zaaidah Abrahams, Sarah Cassiem, Ammaarah Petersen, Ragma Abrahams, Zuhair Essack. Resource centre is opened everyday after school for one

hour for learners to research.

SAICE BRIDGE-BUILDING COMPETITION Russel Mazambara, Thaania Francis and Ta-

wanda Madziya took part in the bridge-building com-

petition at Canal Walk. Their bridge withstood pres-

sure of 20kg and they came 17th out of over 60

schools.

Exchange Students

We bid farewell to Pavit Trisoopasin in

Grade 11D from Thailand and Tillman

Stabenow in Grade 11B from Germany

who joined us in July 2017. They fitted in

to the RHS family and adapted very well

to a different environment. They fully in-

volved themselves in all aspects of the

school and the community at large. We

will miss you!

Pavit Tillman

AROUND THE SCHOOL IN 10 MINUTES... Page 7

Life Sciences Excursion to the Heart Museum Life Science is fun. It is not confined to classroom walls or labs. Our Grade 11 Life Sciences learn-

ers were taken on a tour of the Morphology Museum. It was breath-taking to see real life-size lungs, all body organs, embryos, skel-

etons and all. Those not taking this subject must think again. Our Grade 10 learners also flew out to the Heart Museum. Did you know that: 1) Your heart is the size of your fist. 2) South Africa did the first successful heart transplant in the whole world. Ask any Grade 10 LS learner anything about the heart and they will pour their hearts out to you. Hats off to Mr Ngwen-

ya, Mr Waglay, Miss Edries and Miss Jardien, who organised the excursion.

History Excursions Grade 11 History learners visited the Archives on Wednesday 9 May as part of Archives Week 2018. His-tory learners attended the Budget Speech of the Minis-

ter of Home Affairs in Parliament on Wednesday 16 May.

Young Entrepreneurs , Best Adver-

tisement Craig Khumalo in Grade 10B and Asma Fernold in Grade 11F received a certificate and a R100 cash prize for designing the best advertisement. The Society sold Boerewors Rolls and Cool-drinks as their selling activity for the second term. Best Salesperson for the

second term – Kimera Mudaly Grade 11F

STAFF NEWS... Page 8

We celebrate Aunty Marie’s 60th Birthday!! This year marks a momentous occasion. Aunty Marie is the foundation on which Rylands High school is built. She celebrates her 60th birthday. Aunty Marie has been the corner stone of Rylands High for 25 years. She is one of the strongest and kindest mothers of Rylands High School. No one can fault her dedication to our school as her incredible work ethic is only surpassed by her amazing personality and kind heart. Aunty Marie can always be seen help-ing both staff and learners with every request and every need. She is loved by all. On her special day she was brought to tears during the singing of her birthday song. We wish her a happy birthday once again and hope that she

spends many more birthdays with her Rylands High School family.

Ms. M Jardien Will not be joining us next term as she has gone on maternity leave. We

wish her well with her bundle of joy.

Mr Adams completes the Comrades Marathon We congratulate Mr Adams who completed his second Comrades Marathon

(90.184km) on the 10th of June held in Durban , with an excellent time of 11 hours 14 minutes! His love for running motivates both educators and

learners who are hoping to join him in future .

MOTIVATION PAGE: Adli Peck-Engineer Page 9

ADLI PECK : PHD Chemical Engi-

neering

On Monday the 16th of April, Rylands host-

ed a young man by the name of Adli Peck

who conveyed his story and tips on how to

improve yourself. Adli is an ex-Rylander

who matriculated in 2008, and went on to

study Physics at the University of Stellen-

bosch. After attaining his master's in Physics,

Adli moved on the University of Cape

Town, where he is currently completing his PhD in Chemical Engineering, which is

sponsored by SASOL.

Adli's tips included the following:

•Make mistakes, but learn from them;

•Speak to people with experience; and

•Be your own worst critic, but your own biggest supporter at the same

time.

Adli Peck, as well as Nazeem Baartman, who is mentioned elsewhere in this newsletter

by Mr Adams, are living proof that great success is able to come from Rylands High!

We wish them all the success, and hope that our current Rylanders are inspired by

their stories. Mariam Khan

Battle of Blood donation

Rylands High too blood donation to another level as

they entered the Battle of Blood Donation (BOBD)

by campaigning vigorously and surpassed their target

of 60 units and they donated 216 units of blood in

one day! The school also registered 137 new donors.

Please note that through this campaign, Rylands High

also made it to the top 10 schools even though we

only have two clinics a year.

Congratulations to HTS Drosdy for being the Ulti-

mate Winner of the BOBD. In second place is

Rylands high and in third Spine Road High. Special

Congratulations to Rylands, Malibu and Settlers for

entering the Top 10 for the first time!

Rylands High Trophy

MOTIVATION PAGE: Nazeem Bartman-Soccer Star Page 10

Nazeem Bartman started his jour-ney at Rylands High School in 2008. A very respectful and hard working boy. It would only be later on when RHS would find out just how talent-ed and disciplined "Ziemo" would

be. Nazeem had always sat right in front of the classroom hanging on the word of every teacher. I believe that is a testimony to Mr & Mrs Bartman who made sure that this boy was never an embarrassment to the family name. The start of the school year is filled with excitement and the Inter-School Athletics meeting. It was here where we saw how fast he was. He put everything into training, often

being present first and assisting peers to improve themselves.

Ziemo was involved at Ajax CT Football club and Old Mutual Football Academy. It was dur-ing his stay at OMFA when I saw the true po-tential of this young man. At Mutual, the coaching staff had former Bafana Bafana play-ers and these gentlemen were impressed with Nazeem from the beginning. Ziemo didn't stay at Mutual nor Rylands HS for much long-er. After a very successful Engen and Bayhill tournament, he was scouted by Supersport FC in Johannesburg. Nazeem left Cape Town

during his Grade 11 year and it would be a sign of big things to come for him. From Supersport Nazeem attended Tyler Junior College in Texas, while in an aca-demic programme he played for the Tyler Apache, from 2013-2014 making 39 ap-pearances and scoring a whopping 33 goals during that brief period. From College Football he then went to the University of South Florida for the 2015-2016 football season scoring 14 goals in 37 appearances for the South Florida Bulls. After gradu-ating from University , Nazeem was snapped up by the Vancouver Whitecaps in the 4th round of the football draft. He was the 73rd player bought by one of the Major

Soccer League teams in North American football. That is indeed a big deal. While his football career was reaching new heights Nazeem like many other Cape Town boys would miss home and his family. As a young Muslim man away from home and family he would often turn to prayer to get him through many tough pe-riods in his young life. As always, the Man above shows Mercy and Grace when we need it most. Ziemo's career flourished and a young lady stole his heart. Eventually the two of them got married. . His desire to get out of Bonteheuwel, to take his family to America and most importantly be close to his mum and dad. Before his

last visit to Cape Town, Nazeem had not seen his mother for four years. He wasn't afraid to make the move overseas and he also made the point of coming back to Rylands High to have a word with our learners. We wish Ziemo all the best in his football career and we were glad to see him come back to the very spot

where he often played football to give a motivational talk to our school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKHAVtjjyUk Mr Adams

PHYSICAL:

3 Yusuf Gool Blvd/Balu Parker Gatesville

POSTAL: P.O . Box 9 Gatesville

7766

Phone: 021 637 4407 Fax: 021 638 7472

Email: rylands.high@wcgschools.gov.za

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Website: www.rylandshigh.co.za

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Term 3 sports: Inter-class soccer

Inter– school Chess league Netball Softball

Rylands High School (closed group)

The electronic version of this Newsletter is available on the School Website &

D6 communicator

RYLANDS SPORTS NEWS

Chess Results This year for the first time the Chess Club registered two teams at the Dis-trict Chess League 2018 , Under 15 and Under 19 mixed groups . The re-

sults are indicated below UNDER 15 Rylands 5 Star College 1 Rylands 5 Claremont 1 UNDER 19 Rylands 6 Phoenix 0 Rylands 5 Silikamva 1 We encourage more Girls to join so that we Can have a girls only Team.

Karate Asheeqah Davids will be attending the All Japan Weight Division Championship on the 23 and 24 June 2018 in Osaka, Japan. We wish her the best in all her fights and we hope she will do her family, club and country proud when she brings home trophies

and medals.

Inter-class soccer Results of matches played during term 2 Senior Section 1. 12B 4 Points 2. 12C 4 Points 3.

11A 4 Points Junior Section 1. 9D 6 Points 2. 8C 6 Points 3. 9 C

4 Points

Prefects of 2017-18 thank you!!

We acknowledge the hard-work done by the outgoing prefects of 2018

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