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From The Principal’s Desk
March 2017 Volume 1; Issue 17
Fourways High School
ICE HOCKEY SENSATION
Matric pupil Alistair Bywater has been playing ice hockey for
Vipers Ice Hockey Club for the last 13 years. With the guidance of
some great coaches (Darion Whitford,
Daniel Fisher and Steven Ryan amongst others) and hard work,
he has been selected to represent South Africa in the IIHF Ice
Hockey U18 World Championship in Mexico.
The team consists of 20 talented players. Countries that are
participating are Mexico and Hong Kong.
“As proud sponsors of Fourways High School’s hockey over the
last few years, SA Home Loans is happy to have contributed
towards Alistair Bywater’s tour. He is an extremely talented and
hardworking student, and highly deserving of this honour –
we wish them all the best for the tour.”
Debbie Mulder (Property Finance Consultant at SA Home
Loans).
The exam timetable for June 2017 is not available as yet. We are
waiting for the dates of the common examinations from the GDE. Once
this information is available, the timetable will be
added to the Communicator and the website.
Dear Parents and Legends, We have come to the end of a very busy
term. I would like to thank the parents and legends for the
continued support of the school. I came across the following quote
and thought it was worth sharing. “Remind your children constantly,
through your words, that they are unlimited – that they can have
anything,
do anything they want. Remind them to speak of what they want
and to focus on that.
When they say they do not want something, ask them what they do
want. Always bring them back to what they do want. Embrace each of
your children as the unique beings that they are, and rejoice in
their freedom to express themselves. ALLOW THEM TO LEARN THEIR OWN
LESSONS, and know within yourself that everything is unfolding for
them perfectly.” Enjoy your holiday. Gwendolyne de Bruyn
Please take note of the following times and dates for
PARENT/PUPIL/TEACHER meetings in term two:
18 April – Grade 12 20 April – Grade 11 24 April – Grade 10 25
April – Grade 9 2 May – Grade 8
The meetings will run from 18:00 to 20:00 in the pavilion.
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AWARDS CEREMONY
PREMIER AWARDS
Grade 10 and 11 Prize Giving, 2016
Senior Culture Award for Girls: Masebaka Makakane
Senior Culture Award for Boys: Reiley Walther
Sportswoman of the year, 2016: Gr 10: Erin Haupt Gr 11: Tylor
Andrew
Sportsman of the year, 2016: Gr 10: Nicholas Mitchelmore Gr 11:
Jordan Kernot
The Fourways Stop Trophy for the Most Spirited Individual: Fidel
Solomons
Chairman’s Trophy for Overall Achievement and Contribution:
Faith Lindeque
The Jade Gibson Memorial Award: Zinhle Sigola Genevieve
Rousseau
WJF Trophy for Esprit de Corps in Grade 11: Reiley Walther
Esprit de Corps
Grade 10 (2016)
Paige Andrew Daniella Asher Sanam Bhoola Kirsten Chambers
Nicholas Mitchelmore Anna Kotschy Shaylee Krumples Ivan Low Sanam
Maharaj Mojarad Limpopo Molife Tamarin Nel Tristan Potgieter
Gabriella Rudolph-Furweger Kelly Williams
Ambassadors
Grade 10 (2016)
Peter Calvani Sebastian Casal-Galego Jared Hockaday Aisha Ilyas
Caleb Johnstone Angela Kilfoil Aidan Kilfoil Jemma Kyle Eunbi Lee
Thulaganyo Madumo Stanie Mphande Vukile Ngubane Keyura Pather
Andrea Popara Shania Richardson Natalie Smith Chloe White
Esprit de Corps
Grade 11 (2016)
Tylor Andrew Sanveer Baliraj Alexander Burford Kelsi Chomse
Lauren Fletcher Tatenda Garande Kendall Gow Darren Horwitz Jordan
Kernot Faith Lindeque Joshua Mollentze Yashen Narasoo Rebecca
Rosenbaum Genevieve Rousseau Zinhle Sigola Kyle Twomey Reiley
Walther
Ambassadors
Grade 11 (2016)
Alistair Bywater Matthew Lemmetjies Jamie-Lee De Pinna Masebaka
Makakane Alyssa Evangelou Madeline Nemacha Emma Fitzsimons Nhlanhla
Simelane Tayla Johnson Wesley Smit Kyle Johnston Buhle Tshabalala
Brittney Kotze
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GENERAL
Having started fencing at the age of 14 in 2014, Kiandra Eaton
excelled at the sport. Now at the age of 16, Kiandra is
ranked first in South Africa in Under 17 (Foil) and Under 20
(Foil). Kiandra received Gauteng Colours in both age groups.
Kiandra has attained 33 medals.
22 Provincial, of those 10 Gold, 9 Silver and 3 Bronze
12 National, of those 9 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze
Kiandra is trained by world renowned Russian coach, Andrei
Kovrijnykh. Her achievements have resulted in her being invited to
the FIE Junior World Fencing Championships in Povliv, Bulgaria,
from 1
st - 10
th April 2017.
After the A league Inter High final, 17 Fourways
swimmers qualified for the prestige gala at Delville in
Germiston. The swimmers did fantastically well, winning 1 gold
medal, 2 silvers and 4 bronze. Medal winners were: Tarryn
Campbell—Gold medal u/16 girls 50m
breaststroke Tylor Andrew—Silver Medal Open girls 50 m
breaststroke Thomas Venables—Silver Medal u/14 boys 50 m
freestyle Lauren Fletcher—Bronze Medal Open girls 50 m
backstroke Jasmin Ferreira—Bronze Medal u15 girls 50 m
breaststroke Taine Richardson—Bronze Medal u14 boys 50 m
backstroke Bronze Medal—u/15 Mixed Medley relay
ATHLETICS SUPER STAR
Grade 8 pupil, Jada van Staden, has qualified for the SA schools
athletics meeting.
Running for the Johannesburg North district
in the CGA meet which serves as a qualifier for the SA schools
meeting she obtained gold
in the 400m Girls U15 (57.6s) and gold in the 300m Hurdles Girls
U15 (43.63s).
Team Fourways congratulate her on her success on the track and
wish her all the best
at the SA schools meet.
Teagan McGinley
Teagan got to perform with these industry giants at Woman of
Stature, Women of the year 2017 awards at Emperors Palace on 11
March 2017. (Paul Dalasile, Carlo McFarlane, Mmusi Morekhure &
Johan Anker)
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/teamfourways?source=feed_text&story_id=1325925460798235
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WATERPOLO
Shaun Fuchs Cup 2017 U15 Girls Annual
Waterpolo Tournament At Crawford Lonehill
23 to 26 February 2017
Back row, from left to right: Aimée Muha; Nadya Stolarczyk;
Jemimah Pritchard; Erin Murray; Casey Bylett; Skylar
Casal-Galego;
Jemma Scott and Jenna Fiebiger
Front row, from left to right: Catia Cawrse; Bethany
Maongera;
Kelly Honiball (Coach); Morgan Peché; Shannon Botha
(Manager);
Ashley Marais and Claudia Buckler
REEF CUP
Reef cup
2017/03/03 Dainfern Win 6 3
2017/03/04 St Alban's Loss 2 12
2017/03/04 Beaulieu Win 13 1
2017/03/04 Affies Loss 1 21
2017/03/04 St David's B Loss 1 16
2017/03/05 Reddam Loss 2 8
Reef Cup
2017/03/03 St Dominic's Loss 4 15
2017/03/03 St Peter's Loss 2 11
2017/03/03 Parktown Girls Win 12 3
2017/03/04 Roedean Loss 3 13
2017/03/04 Kingsmead Win 4 3
2017/03/04 St Dunstan's Win 5 1
2017/03/05 Pretoria Girls Loss 6 10
Waterpolo Boys 1st Team ended 8th out of 12 schools
Waterpolo Girls 1st Team ended 10th out of 16 school
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GENERAL
Open Day Welcome Grade 8 class
of 2018 (11 March 2017)
RUGBY BOOT CAMP
11 March 2017
Sportisimo Netball Camp (3 to 5 March 2017)
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SPORTS
ORIENTEERING
(Editorial by Reiley Walther)
As the 2017 Orienteering season comes to an end, The Fourways
High School Orienteering Team can gladly say that this year they
were very successful.
Throughout the term, a number of meetings took place at venues
such as Parktown Boys, Heronbridge College, Delta Park and Golden
Harvest. This year, Fourways High School had the greatest number of
team members ever, each participating in at least one event
throughout the season.
The practicing system altered this year, bringing excitement and
enjoyment to the learners on Tuesday afternoons. The interactive
and challenging practice methods proved their worth and this also
saw much improvement in the learners skills. Even the staff members
involved couldn’t resist participating in the new system!
The Orienteering Schools League Final was held at the Walter
Sisulu Botanical Gardens where a combination of 16 learners from
the junior boys, senior boys and senior girls division were
selected to represent Fourways High School. The results came back
successful with Fourways High having 3 of their senior girls
placing in the top 5 and 2 of their senior boys placing in the top
5 for the finals.
Fourways High placed second overall for the 2017 season with 12
705 points behind Helpmekaar who came first overall with 13 083
points. A very slim margin of 378 points separated these two
schools.
To finish, we’d like to acknowledge every learner who
participated in Orienteering this season, as well as the dedicated
staff members and coaches who willingly gave up their time for the
sport and the team. Thank you and we hope to have many more
incredible seasons in the future.
Volleyball
Once again volleyball has kicked off to a great start at
Fourways High School. The new year saw an influx of over 60 grade
8’s, resulting in the creation of 7 new teams.
The pavilion was filled with shouts of delight and laughter
as the girls learnt to dig, set, block and move around the court
in their new found sport. Their eyes grew big on
days when they watched the first team practice as they started
to understand how challenging volleyball is. The
excellent results this season come from the intense dedi-cation
and commitment of the players and coaches. We
participated once again in the Goliath Cup League and
saw our u19 Girls take home the championship trophy for the
third year in a row, beating HeronBridge in a nail
biting final, which went to Fourways in a score of 2-1. Our u16
Girls also did us proud, taking home the
championship trophy for the second year in a row.
The annual Fourways Volleyball Tournament was the biggest one
yet with 54 teams participating. It was a
fantastic day filled with teamwork, fun and sportsmanship. The
tournament is an international one, with Waterford
Kamhlaba United World College travelling from Swaziland. We also
had the French School (Lycee Jules Vern), the
German Schools (From Johannesburg and Pretoria) and St
Vincent’s School For The Deaf participating, just to name a few.
We were incredibly proud as we watched ALL our
teams participating in the different age groups. Out of the 12
teams that Fourways had in the tournament, five of
them earned spots in the top three of their age group.
The u14 B girls placed third and the u14 A girls placed fourth
in their category. The u16 B girls placed second,
with the u16 A girls placing third in their category. The u19
girls gave us a Fourways final as the 1st team beat
Waterford in the semi’s and the 2nd team beat Heron-
Bridge. The final was an intense one with both teams from
Fourways giving it their all to prove themselves. The
reigning champs showed their true grit as they beat the 2nd team
in 2 sets to nil, although it was not a smooth
ride. Overall it was a fantastic day with all the girls loving
the chance to play games and have some fun. Their par-
ents also made a huge contribution by helping us to run a
tuckshop in order to fundraise for volleyball at Fourways
High.
Our girls have also committed their time, family and friends to
their sport as they have made huge efforts to
raise funds for Volleyball by waitressing at Greywolf Spur
and by running Smartie Jar Competitions. We are incredibly proud
of all of our players involved in
volleyball and we continue to look ahead as we prepare for the
biggest tournament of our season which arrives in
August in the form of a tour to Mahikeng. Here we will play the
strongest teams in South Africa, as well as those
that journey from our neighbouring countries.
Go Fourways! SHE’S A WHAT? …… SHE’S A BEAST!!
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GENERAL
ROTARY INTERACT CLUB Community Service visit to Refilwe (23
March 2017)
Central Gauteng Athletics Schools Championships On the 10th and
11th of March a few athletes achieved a first for Fourways when
they were selected to represent District 10 at the provincial
championships at Germiston. The very competitive two day meeting
featured some amazing athletes and they left with two gold medals,
both won by Jada van Staden, including two provincial records in
the 400m and 300m hurdles events. Athletes participating were Aerin
Brombacher (under 15 girls long jump), Jada van Staden (under 15
girls 300m hurdles and 400m), and Dylan Middleton (under 19 boys
javelin and high jump). We look forward to Jada’s results when she
represents the province at the South African Schools Championships
in Durban on the 30th of March and 1st of April.
Congratulations Shannon Davies
Matric pupil Shannon Davies has been selected
to represent the Johannesburg Bowls Association in the Under
15/20 Inter District Tournament,
which will be held in Bloemfontein from the 4th to the 7th of
April 2017.
Wishing you all the best!
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CLASSIFIEDS
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RYAN HORWITZ, a 2013 Fourways High School matric pupil has been
selected to represent SA in THE MACCABI GAMES HELD IN ISRAEL. Jews
worldwide compete. RYAN is competing in a 180 km Road Cycling event
and 2x 40km events. As a student, Ryan works at Cyclelab on the
weekends. We have to fundraise R60 000. Ryan requires sponsorship.
Please contact Penny Horwitz on 083 459 6161
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Personalised and private tuition in the comfort of
your home. Qualified and experienced university
graduates offering tuition in all subjects, all
grades. Competitive prices offered, available on
short notice. Will travel to all areas of Gauteng.
Contact Kim 0785536196,
email:[email protected]
VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED AT
FOURWAYS HIGH SCHOOL FOR
Lost Property on a Monday afternoon (even every second week) for
about 15-20 minutes directly after
school.
The Lost Property room needs to be
opened and the pupils come and look for items they have
lost.
Should you be interested, please e-mail Irene Renton as
follows:
[email protected]
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PLANT SALE AND LANDSCAPING/ ONCE OFF GARDEN CLEANUPS: Perrenials
both indigenuos and exotics at affordable prices available to view
at home in my landscaped garden 5 minutes from the school. 25
Pipers Rd off Crawford Douglasdale Ext 66 Chat to me how I work
backwards on your budget for your landscaping needs. Once off full
day supervised garden cleanups allow for your grass to grow better
and your flowers to bloom! Make your appointment now! Penny Horwitz
O83 459 6161
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Raising funds for Ryan Horwitz
Raffle tickets are on sale for R200.00 to win a FORD FIGO!
When booking, please use RYAN'S NAME and give your name as
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Suitable for a professional single person to share with owner. The
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The room is serviced and comes complete with linen
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Washing & ironing is included
Electricity is included
There is a fully equipped kitchen available with refrigeration
but you must supply your own food
Wifi is included in the rent
Uncapped ADSL is included
DSTV is included in family room but you must bring your own
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