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Newsletter #4 2020 7 February 2020
Dear Parents,
Last weekend was our Grade 8 Camp, hosted at Back to Basics. This camp forms a vital part of the induction of our new
Grade 8’s into the life of Camps High School. In an “adventure” camp setting we build team spirit in their Houses and
hopefully also build friendships that will last a lifetime. We follow the same programme for each camp. This ensures that
every pupil in the school has had the same shared experience at the start of their high school career. One of the activities at
the camp led by Mr Mostert is planned to encourage each house to decide how to succeed academically. At the end of their
discussion, each House is required to make a poster to capture their plan. On Monday in Assembly I took one of the six
presentations and presented it to the whole school as I felt it best summarized the general discussion. So, let me share their
secrets to academic success with you.
Their recommendations are:
1. Motivation: Find a method of learning that motivates you to do your best;
2. Dedication: Commit to learning;
3. Take it easy: Don’t put too much pressure on yourself. Work at a pace you find comfortable.
Don’t leave everything to the last minutes;
4. Focus: Take responsibility for your own learning.
This will mean taking good notes and paying attention in class.
Their final shout-out was ….”Enjoy the work you do”
I am sure you will agree with me that this is really good advice, no matter what Grade you are in. Thank you to to the Grade
Heads, Tutor Teachers, Prefects and Catering Team for making it such a fun-filled weekend for the Grade 8s.
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INTER-HOUSE ATHLETICS
Today (Friday, 7/02) we ran our annual Inter-House Athletics day. We were very fortunate to have an overcast day with light
wind in the early morning.
The day starts with each House having a walk-on from their cheerleaders. This year we were again treated to some “props”
by way of special cars to assist in the “look” of this movement. This year saw the Houses use a couple of Merc convertibles,
a bakkie, a VW soft-top, a Lamborghini SUV and my favourite, a 60’s Valiant Muscle car. Each House can start their points for
the day by scoring on their dress, dance and initial cheerleading. There are a number of Senior Staff doing this scoring, so my
scores were added to theirs, but for my part, Green House scored tops on this part of the morning.
This was the first year we had to use a generator from 10h00 onwards due to load shedding.
At the start of this morning, already one record had fallen, with the 3000m (U14), where Christiano da Silva ran 11.31, which
broke Sam Warrens’ 2018 record of 11.54. There were some more records which fell during the course of the day.
The following records were set by the time this newsletter was written:
Lawrence Banda Boys U14 High Jump 1.69m
Lesley Zinzile Boys U14 High Jump 1.69m
Photos and more records to follow in next week’s newsletter
DOMINIC HOLLING FINISHES THE CAPE TO RIO YACHT RACE
Dominic Holling in Grade 10 and team JML Rotary Scout arrived safely in Rio de Janiero on Sunday The managed to scoop an
award at the Awards Ceremony for Best Blog Post Updates.
Here is Dominic's last blog post which help win his team the award:
Ewan and I had a double night watch which was hard, going to bed late and knowing that the next time you are woken it’ll still
be night. However, this does have some upsides; we get to experience the sunrises every morning. The sun comes up painting
the clouds in a golden and pink lining and reflecting on the ocean, stretching for miles.
Last Sunday when my shift came to an end I picked up my phone to play some music, only to be interrupted by Daniel
confiscating my phone and reminding me of it being a “no tech Sunday”. After that I went back to bed and was woken up by
Josh saying “hey Dom, you wanna go up the mast?” This is something I’ve wanted to do the whole trip. I had to go up because
we could see on the chart plotter that we were approaching the islands of Is Martiz Vaz and Ilha da Trindade, but they couldn’t
be seen from the deck. I sprang up, got in the harness and ascended up. The further up I went, the more rocking and unstable
it became. I had to hold onto every halyard to avoid being flung and swung around. Once at the top I could make out some
rectangular blob on the horizon, but I thought it was a cargo ship, as that is what we had more often been seeing. However, I
quickly realised that it was indeed the first island.
It’s quite magical being up there on the top of the mast just looking down and around, when you can see ocean for miles
around and then you look down at the boat, so small below and then realize that we are just this tiny little vessel in the wide
open ocean. For the remainder of the day we peered out to the horizon as the islands came nearer and nearer. It’s scary seeing
land after 23 days of no land.
The islands were beautiful, with high cliffs and full of lush plants all around. We have lately been reading the Sail & Leisure
magazines, admiring the superyachts and reading all the interesting articles about the stories of ordinary people who ended up
sailing in the league of the TP 52’s and Volvo Ocean Race. For a bunch of kids who love sailing, it is quite inspiring to read these
stories.
The days have also been extremely hot lately and we have been slaved to lazing around all day in the heat, dipping in the water
occasionally to cool down. By sunset the first island was alongside us and we could make out a faint light on the other side,
which was the lighthouse on the island. The second and larger island was now visible as well. By our morning watch both islands
were out of view and long off the horizon. We have also gotten into our routine again of making daily bread, which we braai
over some burning coals. It’s a highlight of the day to get lovely warm bread. After lunch I went to go sit on the bow, peering
over looking onto the sea, pondering a while.
It’s crazy to think that we are out here, a group of teenagers with two 21 year olds skippering the yacht as we sail across the
Atlantic. If I weren't a Scout, I would think that would be crazy. But that’s what’s so different about the Scouting youth
movement which is like none other and is the largest in the world. It really provides so many opportunities for young people and
provides so many skills and insight. It was merely a year ago that the spark of JML Rotary Scout taking part in Cape 2 Rio was
lit. The skippers Nick and Daniel say that it was their involvement in Scouting, and the leadership skills they had learnt, that has
helped them to get to this point where they can lead us across an ocean.
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I am so grateful for this opportunity and it has really opened up my eyes to
the world of sailing. To think, it was 25 days ago that we left the Port of
Cape Town, and we are soon to reach a different continent. It’s amazing to
think of it like that, and to think how far we have come. It really makes the
world feel so much larger with amazing beauty and wonderful things to see.
I am so grateful for the beauty of nature. Out here in the middle of the
ocean, escaped from the daily routines of life, just out here sailing, taking in
all the glories of nature. I can only relate to the sailors back in the days that
would sail for months by just the power of nature. You truly are at the
hands of nature; we are crossing the ocean by nothing but the power of the
wind, the motion of the ocean while putting our skills to the test. When you
are out here, that is all you have and you don’t know what may come your
way, it may be a storm or it may be a dead, flat ocean with no wind to
move. All I know is that we have been doing our best using our knowledge
to get us through any situation, because when you are there sitting on the
deck with the wind in your face and the sound of the waves lapping on the
hull, staring out to the horizon surrounded by the crew and watching the
sunset, it’s all well worth it (especially knowing that I would otherwise be at
school )
Now as this journey is coming to an end, approaching the finish line, we are in this for the race, to cross that line, but it’s the
journey that has made it all so worth it for us all.
Looking back, we are so grateful and have learnt so much in this trip. All of us have also learnt so much about sailing, from our
very capable skippers and the rest of the crew. We will take with us the knowledge and skills we have learnt to pave a way for
a future of sailing. Looking forward, the next couple of days do not promise the best winds, but we will do our best and keep on
going until we cross that finish line.
If you would like to welcome Dominic and the
rest of the crew home, they will be arriving at
Cape Town International Airport on Sunday, 9
February at 13h40 (1:40 p.m.)
ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB
BEACH CLEAN UP
Thanks to Environmental Club members, Ridha
Essau, Taneal Dougal, Daniella Letizia and Francois
Kemp for the awesome job they did on their
Beach Clean-up at Maiden’s Cove last Friday!
2019 MATRICS
RETURN FOR
ACADEMIC ASSEMBLY
It was so lovely to see some of our top
2019 Matriculants back at school on
Friday for the special Academic
Assembly celebrating our Top
Achievers for 2019.
Thank you all for being there and thank
you to our top student, Iona van der
Westhuizen, for her wonderful speech!
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2019 ACADEMIC ACHIEVERS
Congratulations to the top Academic Achievers for 2019.
Junior Merit is awarded to pupils who achieve an average between 80 and 85%, and Junior Colours are awarded to pupils
who achieve above 85%.
Senior Merit is awarded to pupils who averaged between 75% and 80%. Senior Colours are awarded to pupils who
averaged between 80% and 85%., and Senior Honours are awarded to pupils who achieved over 85%
Grade 8 (current Grade 9) 2019
JUNIOR MERIT:
Richard GRUNEBERG
Ntando MAMBUKWE
Laila SANDERS-PERRIN
Polina SENKINA
Michaela SMITH-HOWE
Jemima WESSELINK
TOP 10
10. Kayla GILMOUR - JUNIOR MERIT
9. Mila YOUNG - JUNIOR MERIT
8. Chiara ARIU - JUNIOR MERIT
7. Xavier REBELO - JUNIOR COLOURS
6. Kristina STREETEN - JUNIOR COLOURS
5. Georgina WOODBURN - JUNIOR COLOURS
4. Isabella LUBCZONOK - JUNIOR COLOURS
3. Lili LOUW - JUNIOR COLOURS
2. Daniella SEGALL - 93.10% - JUNIOR COLOURS
1. Benjamin PIENAAR - 93.43% - JUNIOR COLOURS
Grade 9 (current Grade 10)
JUNIOR MERIT:
Faith ARBUTHNOT
Kate BLOMERUS
Noa-Sara DE WITT
Nikita ERNI
Nicholas HAUPT
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Jorja HEWITT
Ziyaad JAKOET
Sonam KRISHANLALL
Lance METROWICH
Tate MOOR
Mia MORRISON
Amy OCTOBER
Matthew PAPE
Chiara ROSS
Ben STOLTZMAN
JUNIOR COLOURS:
Dominic HOLLING
Tessa SIRIN
TOP 10
10 Ailing GUAN - JUNIOR COLOURS
9. Thuwaybah BASSIER - JUNIOR COLOURS
8. Michael ADAMOU - JUNIOR COLOURS
7. Vieve STAAL - JUNIOR COLOURS
6. Jade WAKEFORD - JUNIOR COLOURS
5. Helena LAUBSCHER - JUNIOR COLOURS
4. Zoë BRAND 90.61% JUNIOR COLOURS
3. Emma BLOMERUS 90.68% JUNIOR COLOURS
2. Shakila AFRICA 91.73% JUNIOR COLOURS
1. Nishaat WILLIAMS 93.86% JUNIOR COLOURS
Grade 10 (current Grade 11)
Trinity DE VILLIERS
Taneal DOUGALL
Sophia EIKI
Ridha ESAU
Julia KEOHANE
Kayla KOHN
Asemahle MADLINGOZI
Ibrahim MUSSA
Neleya PENDLEBURY
Ruby RODERICK
Kira VAN ZYL
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SENIOR COLOURS:
Gina MARKS
TOP 10
10. Kiera KRESFELDER - SENIOR COLOURS
9. Teia MASSEY - SENIOR COLOURS
8. Zara ARIU - SENIOR COLOURS
7. Aurora BLUMBERG - SENIOR COLOURS
6. Amy BYSSHE - SENIOR COLOURS
5. Jana KEMP - SENIOR COLOURS
4. Lola-May DUNN - SENIOR HONOURS
3. Ruby BERG - SENIOR HONOURS
2. Nina-Karoo HOFMEYR - SENIOR HONOURS
1. Justine BRAAF - 91.59% - SENIOR HONOURS
Grade 11 (current Matric)
SENIOR MERIT:
Niamh FITZGERALD
Hannah FOWLER
Muzaffar HENDRICKS
Tyrese JONES
Lati-Tah MBAMBO
Sofia REGGIO
Tia-Lily VAN DER SPUY
Jessica WOAN
Rosemarie ZOLLNER
SENIOR COLOURS:
Mila ENGELBRECHT
Cleo SIRIN
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TOP 10
10. Justine GARDE - SENIOR COLOURS
9. Hannah O’CONNOR - SENIOR COLOURS
8. Thandiwe MABUMBULU - SENIOR HONOURS
7. Hudaa WILLIAMS - SENIOR HONOURS
6. Alaya ASHBY - SENIOR HONOURS
5. Amicah EVANS - SENIOR HONOURS
4. Kirstyn SMITH - SENIOR HONOURS
3. Ronaldo DA SILVA - SENIOR HONOURS
2. Grace VAN HEERDEN / SENIOR HONOURS
1. Francois KEMP - 94.13% - SENIOR HONOURS
300m & 1500m RACES
Earlier this week our athletes ran the 3000m and 1500m races - all the results will be published with the results from Inter-
House Athletics Day
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NICHOLAS HAUPT SELECTED AS ASSISTANT REF FOR RUGBY 10S
Nicholas Haupt in Grade 10 was selected as Assistant Referee for the Cape Town 10’s held on 31 January and 1 February.
The event is one of the biggest Rugby 10’s competitions worldwide. Nicholas assisted with the top league rugby matches with
the highlight of the weekend being when he assisted as a Goal Referee for the Main Cup Final which conclude the
tournament.
Well done, Nicholas!
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CAMPS BAY HIGH SCHOOL OPEN DAY 2020
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INTOUCH PARENT PORTAL
Camps Bay High School makes use of the InTouch Parent Portal for communications. If you are a new parent to the school,
you will need to register for the Camps Bay High School InTouch Parent Portal. We also have quite a few existing parents
who have not yet registered, so please use this opportunity to register now!
The InTouch Parent Portal is a website that parents can use to see information about their children at Camps Bay High
School and is a convenient way to help you keep up to date with:
School Announcements
Upcoming Events
Calendar Information
Student & Family Contact Information
Correspondence Sent to the Family
Attendance Records
Student Behaviour
Copies of Term Reports
To get started:
Go to http://cbhs.intouch.zone/public/login, Register using the email address where you currently receive Camps Bay
High School newsletters Once you have registered, your Username = your e-Mail Address. If you need additional help,
go to http://help.intouch.zone. The InTouch portal has a help site which contains FAQs that will help you to register and
use the site.
THE WEEK AHEAD:
Wednesday, 12 February 2020: Inter-House Swimming Gala
Thursday, 13 February 2020: Invitational Inter-Schools Athletics
Friday, 14 February 2020 – 16 February 2020: RCL Camp
David de Korte
PRINCIPAL
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We’re offering Camps Bay High School families an exclusive 10% off their first order at Gia’s Kitchen online! Simply
use the promo code CBGK10 during check-out before the 28th of February 2020 in order to receive your discount.
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Qlicked Maths Weekly Workshops
Why do we offer this:
At Qlicked, we believe the success of students is obtained through consistent training. As a result, we will be offering a 7-
week mathematics programme geared towards getting your child’s academic year started on the front foot.
What to expect?
Time spent on focal topics for Term 1;
Personalised assistance preparing learners for term tests;
Write one test for Qlicked half-way through Term 1.
How do we do this?
By providing professional Qlicked trained teachers operating out a centralized location
(Workshop17) in a conducive learning environment.
When does this happen?
One Grade class per week (Maximum of 5 learners per workshop)
Gr9- Mon, Gr10- Tue, Gr11- Wed, Gr12- Thur
Where to go?
Workshop17 Kloof, meet at Reception. 32 Kloof Street
Look us up:
Facebook: Qlicked
Instagram: @Qlicked
Website: Qlicked.tv (All info about workshops on here)
Contact:
For any further queries please contact Michael Hagglund at [email protected]
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