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Term 3 Edition # 9 - 17 September 2020

Student

Leadership The intention is to develop school-going students to take active roles in their education and develop positive skills in the process. The goal is to inspire student leaders to create a culture of ownership and responsibility, ethical & moral behaviour, collaboration (team work) and community (unity with a common purpose). This means that an elected leader must set an example of the expected behaviour, pride in wearing their school’s uniform, encouraging others (fellow students) to participate and represent their school in all that it has to offer: academics; sports and culture. And most of all, to assist the management of the school by maintaining high standards for the reputation of the brand and all who are within it, both in and out of school uniform. At this time of year, we conduct our annual Prefect voting …. Read all about it on Page 2.

TERM FOUR, LEVEL ONE &

THE END OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR

APPROACHES! Congratulations to all our staff and students….

Term 3 completed.

Ashton International College has pushed through! This has been exceptionally challenging for both student and teacher to manage and maintain different platforms of teaching and learning. However, we did not close, we pushed through with over 80% student attendance, completed our trials examinations for both IEB and the CAIE students, maintaining all social distancing rules. It remains our priority to complete this academic year with all our students writing the end of year examinations.

Thank you, to all our teachers for the continued hard work since January, we wish you a good two weeks break (for the first time this year). To our students, you have tried your best in very strange circumstances, thank you for adapting and keeping your spirits up and keep on working, we are nearly at the finish post.

We had to change the timetable, structure social distancing and through it all….. had some fun and learnt the Jerusalema dance!

A letter was sent out a fortnight ago regarding the arrangements for the end of year examinations. ALL EXAMS MUST BE WRITTEN ON CAMPUS FOR THE VADILITY AND INTEGRITY OF EVERY SUBJECT AND PAPER. There are only 4 weeks of revision time on return for the start of Term 4 (Mon 5 October) to the start of the examinations (Tue 3 November). We, therefore, urge every student to be back in the classroom to revise and prepare as these examinations will determine whether or not the student progress to the next grade. Parents, we cannot express how important it is for your child to return to the formal classroom.

We thank you for your support in advance.

NB! All Disaster Management protocols and regulations will remain in place on campus.

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ALEX VAN DER MERWE

AMAN NGEMA

AYANDA DLAMINI

CHRISTIAN OSBORNE

CHRISTOPHER HILL

COURTNEY TOWEEL

DANIEL DREW

DANIELLA CATARINO

EMMA-JAE DUNN

JACK BELL

JADE PIVACIC

JOSHUA WILSON

KATE BIEBUYCK

Ladies & gentleman, your duly elected leaders for

2021

2021 Prefect Voting

Last week we conducted our Senior College voting for the 2021 Prefect Body. A remarkable number of Form 4 students, 59 in total, applied for a Prefect position. Students were required to submit a competitive Curriculum Vitae (CV) or MeVie (digital CV) as part of their application; a skill taught in Life Orientation earlier this year.

The plan to move to electronic voting this year was halted with the advent of COVID-19, and voting had to take place in Register Classes and in the Hall for our Form 3 to 5 examination candidates. Strict WHO guidelines were followed with the sanitising of hands before voting, the use of students’ own pens to vote and the Register Teachers collecting the votes from individual students to minimise movement. All went smoothly and we thank the Student Body for their mindful cooperation last week.

Our impartial Form 4 Voting Officers, Seth Berkeley, Asande Mathe, Sibu Madikizela, Su Govender, Dayle Fouche, Claire Roelofse and Lisa Floyd, played an important role in ensuring the voting process was conducted efficiently. Thank you to these students for their assistance. Report by: Mrs Donny van Zyl

KEATON NAIDOO

KYLE FISHER

LWASI MASONDO

MOLLY FITZGERALD

SARAH-ANN HOGGAN

SPESIHLE SITHOLE

TAMICA CAMERON

TATUM TOWEEL

TIFFANY BADENHORST

TINODAISHE BANDA

TRISTAN TURNER

YACHE PERUMAL

ZAHRA VADIA

Elected Prefect Body

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MATRIC MATTERS Varsity College Scholarship Programme In the last two years, we have been privileged of being approached by Varsity College to award a number of our students a Scholarship to Varsity. We are in their top 5 feeder schools in the province.

If any of our Matric students have already applied for this scholarship, please kindly inform Mrs van Buuren via email: jvanbuuren@ashtonballito.co.za.

If you haven’t applied as yet and you wish to do so, please follow the categories 1 to 4 and inform us as well. Good Luck!

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Shining ‘s

2020 Culture & Sports Awards We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Colour Awards as follows:

CULTURE AWARDS FOR 2020 Half Colours: Ballet: Rylee Mitchell Dance: Isabella Blackburn & Caitlyn Naicker Voice: Kristin Murison, Aeryn Linington & Madison Taljard Piano: Madison Taljard Full Colours: KZN Choir: Eryn Baird, Tayo Haley, Chanel Bates & Emma-Jae Dunn Piano: Rachel Taljard Voice: Trinity Wright

Swimming: Sven will be competing in the SA Short Course event in Pietermaritzburg during the holiday 24 – 27 September 2020. This gala is by invitation only. All the different regions will have a regional gala during the end of September and then all the results will be compiled as a SA Short Course event. This is all due to Covid-19 regulations. Sven will attend the gala with Coach Mel as no spectators are not allowed. This is very exciting and a great experience for Sven. When competing at SA Short Course you get placed according to your time and not your age in the different heats for the different event. This means that he will be swimming alongside the “big boys”.

Soccer: We are very proud to announce that Julia Cropper has been selected for the WSAS International Scholarship Program on a Soccer and Leadership Scholarship. Julia is the Soccer First Team Ashton Goal Keeper and has been privately coached by Kyle McNeill of the Elite Football Program here in Ballito. Training for hours a week has been rigorous over the past few months. There are more than 2000 applications per year that apply for this WSAS program with only 200 applicants being selected this year. Women’s soccer is a fast growing sport internationally and Julia would like to study a degree at a University in the USA and play for the College team.

We wish her every success in her chosen sport. Congratulations, Julia!

NEWS FROM THE SPORTS

DEPARTMENT

E-Sports: We congratulate our E-Sports Team who have a successful CS-Go league this term. Once the final placements of the top 10 schools in SA are published, we will share their results with you.

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SPORT AWARDS FOR 2020 Half Colours: Chess: Aarti Datharam, Diya Datharam, Kamaya Moodliar, Senayah Moodliar, Aryan Singh & Shriyan Singh Hockey: Amèlie du Plessis, Cayley Bac, Eden Heyns, Jenna Ellse, Kelsey Goss, Lauren Bates, Maya Zuidewind, Caitlin Krambeck, Emma Petersen, Hannah Müller, Isabella du Plessis, Isabella Wilson, Masiko Zulu, Rouxlè Johnstone, Sbabalwe Tundzi, Alexa-Lee Goss & Jaimie Black, Joey Meyer, Erin Black, Hannah Clark, Ritemari Burger & Sarah-Ann Hoggan, Indoor Hockey: Isabella Wilson, Jaimie Black, Joey Meyer, Masiko Zulu, Erin Black, Hannah Müller, Isabella du Plessis, Robert Pritchard, Tshedza Rivhanna, Keano van der Merwe, Joshua Wilson, Kyle Fisher, Christopher Sieling, James Moss & Joshua Roberts. Lifesaving: Reece Strydom Open Water Swimming: Jaryd Holton & Joshua Perold Swimming: Daniel Drew, Jade Erasmus, Jaryd Holton, Rouxlè Johnstone, Reece Strydom, Rogan Strydom &Tristan Turner Tennis: Eryn Baird & Yuichi Nishihira Triathlon: Aaron Turner & Tristan Turner Full Colours: Action Netball: Tiffany Badenhorst, Gayla Hunt, Rouxlè Johnstone, Caitlin Pansegrouw, Kirsten Russell, Marget van der Merwe & Martina Wiesinger Angling: Chais Gaul Chess: Rowan Gounder Equestrian: Chad Hoggan Golf: Kamaya Moodliar & Senayah Moodliar Indoor Hockey: Jaimie Fisher Karate: Atesh Reddy Swimming: Lauran Bates, Dominic Chiccaro, Jenna Ellse, Zoë Frank, Kelsey Goss & Alexa-Lee Goss, Caraline Hill, Emma Moss, Owami Mtolo & Joshua Perold. Tennis: Isabella Wilson

HONOURS: Ice Hockey: Luca-John Meyer Karate: Tahira Reddy & Kira Reddy Open Water Swimming: Sven van der Linde Swimming: Sven van der LInde

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Auditions KZN Youth Choir auditions are now open. Details can be found on the D6 under Cultural News.

The following students have completed their KZN Youth Choir Season. (Follow the choir on Facebook and Instagram to enjoy some of this choirs virtual performances.)

Congratulations to: Chanel Bates, Emma-Jae Dunn, Eryn Baird, Tayo Haley

Shining ‘s

Congratulations to Rylee Mitchell who received a distinction for her TAD Intermediate Foundation Ballet exam. Congratulations to the following students who have completed external music exams: Liam du Rand – TCL Grade 2 Piano Kristin Murison – Rockschool Grade 4 Voice Aeryn Linington – TCL Grade 4 Voice Madison Taljard – TCL Grade 3 Voice (*distinction) & Grade 4 Piano Rachel Taljard – TCL Grade 5 Piano Trinity Wright – TCL Grade 5 Voice

SC Cultural Virtual Eisteddfod: Our adjudicators absolutely loved watching all the videos! Congratulations to the following Music Category Winners

Category Name Instrument Piece

Baroque Eryn Baird Voice O cessate di piagarmi

Classical Madison Taljard Piano Allegretto

Romantic/ Impressionistic

Kyle Neethling Piano Etude in A minor

20th Century Rachel Taljard Piano Blues for Beth

21st Century Aeryn Linington Voice & Guitar Lost Boy

Musical Theatre Aeryn Linington Voice Holding Out for a Hero

Jazz Emma-Jae Dunn Voice They Can’t Take That Away

Own Composition Trinity Wright Voice & Guitar Like Friends Do

Family Ensemble Seth & Reece Berkeley Voice & Guitar Betty

Congratulations to the following Dance Category Winners

Category Name Dance

Tap Kyra Rencken The Other Side

NEWS FROM THE

CULTURAL

DEPARTMENT

OXFORD: 74 CAMBRIDGE: 23 LONDON: 12

Final House Points:

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Ashton Family’s rendition

Video will be available on our facebook page shortly!

NEWS FROM THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT

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TIMETABLE & TERM 4 IMPORTANT DATES

Warmest Ashton Wishes.

Mrs J van Buuren

Senior College Head

TWO WEEKLY TIMETABLE

DATES

*Fridays end at 13h00.

Term 4:

Week 1: 5-9 October

Week 2: 12-16 October*

Week 1: 19-23 October

Week 2: 26-30 October*

IMPORTANT DATES

Class of 2020 Matric Valedictory

Wednesday 7 October 2020 @ 08h30

Matric students & parents ONLY! Invitations to follow – For enquiries, please email

marketing1@ashtonballito.co.za

Examinations

CAIE International Finals:

2 October to 18 November

Matric IEB Finals:

14 October to 25 November

Form1, 2 & 4 CAIE or Form 2 to 4 IEB

3 to 25 November

SCHOOL CLOSES: 2 DECEMBER

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