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Issue no. 7
18 May 2021
General News
JUNIOR RCL
Congratulations to our new Grade 8 RCL
reps: Mamphiswana Mushishikwe (8A),
Maryam Khan (8B), Abenathi Ndlovu
(8C), Kate Meng (8D), Noorah Mayet
(8E), Asmaa Badat (8F), Namusi
Mamanyuha (8G), Nabeeha Cassim (8H)
and Kelebohile Sithole (8J). Well done
girls!
Grade 8 RCL
BLOOD DRIVE HAVE GIRLS BLOOD PUMPING!
Report by Christine Kunda and Phillisa Mwila in Grade 12
Parktown High School for Girls was proud to yet again host a blood drive
together with the South African National Blood Service (SANBS).
Awareness of the blood drive was spread through word of mouth, as well as
with the aid of technology. A large crowd of
bubbly young ladies queued ready to donate
their blood and this helped to create a lively hub
that chased away any fear of sharp needles.
Upon interviewing many of the donors+ the
general feeling was that of excitement. Ashleigh,
a grade eleven learner, shared with us that her
father is a pharmacist who always encourages
his family and friends to donate blood. Thenjiwe, a matriculant, informed us
that she wanted to know what her blood looked like in a bag. Through the
selflessness of the ladies who donated their blood, SANBS was able to
reach their collection goal. The kindness demonstrated by our Parktonians
has saved many lives and we are excited for the next blood drive in Term 3.
PAD DRIVE FEEDBACK
For the duration of the first term, the ‘service portfolio’ on the RCL, ran a pad drive. This drive required
learners to bring in sanitary products that would be donated to women and girls in need.
It gives me great joy to say that overall, we managed to collect 337 sanitary products.
All the proceeds were donated to the charity organisation, 1000 Girls. This organisation aims to assist
refugee girls in Johannesburg with providing them with basic necessities, such as sanitary products.
A big thank you must go out to everyone who showed their support towards this drive. Thank you for
dropping off pads and sharing posters. Your contributions to the cause are dearly appreciated. We
hope that our future drives are met with just as much enthusiasm and involvement.
PUNCTUALITY AND LATE ARRIVAL AT SCHOOL
Screening starts at 07:00 in the mornings at the respective grade gates (grade 8s and 9s: Kildare gate
and 10s – 12s: Main gate). The teachers are having to do the screening and if the girls are late, the
teachers are late for class. We are pleading with parents to please ensure the girls are on time for
school. The school gates will be closed at 07:40 sharp. Please ensure that your daughter/ward arrives
at school in time to be screened by 07:40 as she is required to be in
registration by 07:45. There will be consequences for girls who are late as
attendance at registration is a non-negotiable.
If a learner arrives late i.e. misses registration, she needs to see Mrs
Forrester in the Finance Office. This is essential as no learner may go to
class before being screened and she will be marked absent for the day.
Lateness will be excused only in exceptional circumstances. We regret we
cannot excuse learners because of transport problems, other than in
exceptional circumstances. It is a pre-condition of enrolment at the school
that parents/guardians will enable and ensure their daughter/ward's punctual arrival at school. When
we are aware of strikes, accidents or bad weather, we do make exceptions.
Learners who are late for school and miss a part of their lessons are hindering their own and their
classmates' progress. Teachers are not obliged to teach the missed work to learners who arrive late.
Please assist us in teaching the girls that being punctual in an important life-skill.
PA BLANKETS FOR SALE
The PA is selling school blankets for R120 each. If
you would like it personalized with your
daughter/ward's name, that will be an additional
R30. The blankets are a soft luxury Mongolian fleece
and are 1m x 1.5m. It has the school name and star
embroidered on one corner.
Blankets are available at the Finance office.
Looking forward to your support ⭐
Dates to Diarise
18/05 SGB Meeting
18/05 Geography Olympiad
18/05 Afrikaans Olympiad (online)
18/05 Mathematics Olympiad (Round 2)
19 - 20/05 SAGSA Principal’s Conference (Virtual)
25 - 28/05 Major Production
25/05 FEDA Plays’ Festival
27/05 Bling Day 2021
Reminder to all learners to please return your Luck of the Draw
Raffle Sheets as soon as possible.
PARKTOWN APRONS FOR
SALE
Aprons for sale for
R130. Black or white
with the embroidered
Parktown Star.
Aprons can be
purchased from the
Uniform Shop.
REMINDER:
BLING DAY
27 MAY 2021
CANSA HAIR DONATION FOR WIGS
Matric learners, Isabella Sparrow, Erin Helling and Calise Tierney, recently donated their beautiful
ponytails to CANSA. CANSA receives human hair donations (ponytails) in order to make sufficient
wigs for cancer Survivors requesting them. These wigs are distributed, as requested, to CANSA Care
Centres all over the country, and given to cancer Survivors who need it most.
CANSA welcomes all types of hair for donation. Although it is preferred that the ponytail be 25 cm or
longer, shorter hair is also acceptable as it can be used as filler-hair. Rani Chetty from Tymeles
Necessity Hair is the wig maker in South Africa who makes wigs for cancer patients from the donated
hair.
Please direct any queries regarding wigs or the donation of human hair to your local CANSA Care
Centre, alternately, email: lcarter@cansa.org.za or click on this link for more info:
https://cansa.org.za/donating-human-hair-to-make-wigs-availability-of-wigs/
Academic Enrichment
News
Last year Nikisha Baboolal participated in the National Science Olympiad and
achieved one of the top marks in the Physical Sciences paper. This earned her an
entry into the qualifying round for a place in the South African Physics Olympiad
team. Earlier this year she wrote a challenging Physics qualifying paper and
scored within the top five marks in the country. She will be representing our
country in July in the International Physics Olympiad. This olympiad is being held
in Lithuania but due to Covid restrictions she will be participating virtually from a
venue in Cape town. We congratulate Nikisha on her impressive achievement and
wish her all the best for the international olympiad.
Cultural News
THE MUSIC PROGRAMME
The Music Programme consists of 5 students (Yolisa Sphambo, Sibahle Zwane, Simnikiwe Hobe,
Lindelwa Makhunga and Paris Rees) ranging from Grade 10-12 who play songs requested by
students, both juniors and seniors, every Friday morning. These Friday mornings are referred to as
“Feel Good Fridays” and students participate and dance enthusiastically and vibrantly which end up
making them have a great start to their day at school and weekend. The last day of Term 1 was on a
Thursday therefore instead of the morning being called “Feel Good Friday”, it was called “Grand Feel
Good Thursday”.
On that morning, students were highly
enthusiastic and excited as The Parktown
Girls’ Marimba Band and The Parktown Boys’
Band graced us with energetic and incredible
performances that definitely set the mood for
the rest of the day, as songs that were
requested were performed.
The Instagram page has been up and running
where more can be found about The Music
Programme and “Feel Good Fridays”
@music_programme2021.
The Parktown Boys’ Band and The Music
Programme
HIP HOP
The Hip Hop team which had started going through
the rounds last year for the NEA Eisteddfod Young
Performers Awards 2019, had reached the semi-
finals when lockdown occurred. They have now
been invited to compete in the 2020 Young
Performers Awards and were pushed straight
through to the semi-finals. The team competed in the
Final Round of the 18th Young Performer Awards
competition on Saturday, 8 May, at the Roodepoort
Theatre stage.
The adjudicators' panel comprising of Heidi Edeling,
Harold van Buuren, Izak Davel, Desiree Markgraaf
and Peta-Ann Holdcroft had a most difficult task in
selecting the winners. The adjudicators' panel decided to make special mention of our team and
considered them as the Most Inspiring Performance. Congratulations girls on your outstanding
performances!
Sports News
Congratulations to the following girls who have made
it through the JOMO round of netball trials. Being
chosen as the top players within the Johannesburg
region is a fantastic achievement. Good luck for the
next round of trials.
Akhona Nosenga U14 age group
Mushishikwe Mamphiswana U14 age group
Andisiwe Ndema U15 age group
Daniella Monyepao U16 age group
From left: Akhona Nosenga, Mushishikwe Mamphiswana, Andisiwe Ndema and Daniella Monyepao
Congratulations to all the players that went through to District 10 hockey trials. The competition is
fierce and it is very difficult to make a team. The following players were selected for a final team;
congratulations, this is a fantastic achievement.
From left: Erin Hurly, Kate Gordon, Ogone
Khunou, Cassidy Park, Tashriq Elmedany,
Ashleigh Brownbill, Sabeeha Haffejee
Tashriq Elmedany District U18 A Team
Cassidy Park District U18 B Team
Kate Gordon District U18 B Team
Ashleigh Brownbill District U18 B Team
Sabeeha Haffejee District U18 B Team
Ogone Khunou District U14 B Team
Erin Hurly District U14 B Team
ARCHERY
Congratulations to Maseeha Kajee who placed first while representing Gauteng
in the Recurve U15 Girls section at the National Archery Championship in March
2021. Well done Maseeha.
Maseeha Kajee
CROSS COUNTRY
Our Cross country girls enjoyed
a clinic on Friday, 7 May 2021. Thank you to Mrs
Hayter for putting together such a fun afternoon. The
runners were kept very busy with mental strength
training exercises, a map of the school with clues and
route to follow, parachute speed exercises, agility
and strength exercises and to end it all off a bit of
pizza fun for dinner. This was a fantastic way to
prepare for the running season which started this
week with league races.
The first league race was hosted at Delta Park, a familiar route for our girls. Well done to all the
runners who participated; there was a good turnout from all schools. Congratulations to the following
runners in particular who placed in the top 20:
10th place (Senior section) Georgia Shear
th
16 place (Senior section) Rachael Steven
20th place (Senior section) Erin Helling
th
13 place (Junior section) Zinathi Kema
18th place (Junior section) Jade Freeman
Cross Country League Meeting at Delta Park
HOCKEY
The fixtures for the season have been uploaded
onto the D6 Communicator. Please note that Mrs
Pautz is trying to organize more fixtures with
additional schools, especially for our B teams.
The Parktown 2nd Team played in the Curro
Lumley and Hague Festival on Saturday, 8 May
2021 at Curro Aroura. Their first match was
against Northcliff High School which they lost 0 – 3. Their second match against Curro Arora ended 0
– 0 which led to penalties. Raziyah Steyn did a fantastic job as the team goal-keeper and made a great
1st save. Unfortunately, they lost 0 – 2 on penalties.
NETBALL
Our Netball players played a league match vs Fourways U14 A Team Lost 15 – 24
High School on Thursday, 6 May 2021. This was a very U14 B Team Lost 2 – 25
tough fixture but we are proud of our Netball players. U15 A Team Lost 3 – 19
Keep up the hard work ladies. U15 B Team Lost 13 – 19
U16 A Team Lost 6 – 8
On Tuesday, 11 May our Netball teams splayed against U16 B Team Lost 12 – 14
Northcliff High School. The results were as follows. U17 A Team Won 14 – 7
1st Team Lost 15 – 25
U14 A Team Lost 15 – 21
U14 B Team Lost 10 – 11
U14 C Team Lost 1 – 17
U15 A Team Lost 5 – 33
U15 B Team Lost 4 – 29
U16 A Team Lost 4 – 23
U16 B Team Lost 6 – 19
U17 A Team Lost 12 – 16
1st Team Lost 21 – 26
SOCCER
On Saturday, 8 May, we hosted a Soccer Referee Course. Mr Ethan
Molefe, who has been a part of our Soccer Staff for the past 6 years,
prepared a fantastic course for our players to learn the latest rules,
learn how to use the rules to your advantage in a match, analyse
video footage and included a practical session to put it all into action.
This course has given the soccer girls a great start to their pre-
season. The players wrote a test at the end to test
their knowledge. Well done to Tashriq Elmedany
who achieved the highest result with 85%. Please
note that Soccer trials will take place on 2 and 3
June, from 15:00 – 17:30. Pre-season practice will
take place until then as stated on the extra-mural
timetable.
SQUASH
We are delighted that we have started Squash at the Parkview Squash Courts again, however, in a
slightly different way than normal. We will be hiring more courts so that we can limit 2 players to a
court. Unfortunately, this does mean that the number of players per day is limited to 10. If you would
like to play squash, please speak to Mrs F Patel to sign up.
TOUCH RUGBY INTERNAL COMPETITION
During the last week of Term 1 the Parktown Touch Rugby
teams played in a fun internal tournament, due to not having a
league during the term. There was a great vibe and spirit
around the field as players showed off the stepping and speed,
cheered each other on and enjoyed some friendly competition.
Thank you to Mrs Wilson, the Touch Rugby managers and
coaches for making this possible. Well done to all the teams
that participated. The top 3 teams were as follows:
1st Place The Black Mumbas
2nd Place The Smurfs
3rd Place The Sharks
Jenissi Mondaoko – Touch Rugby Captain
The Black Mambas
We hosted Greenside High School for a
friendly match on Thursday, 22 April 2021.
Unfortunately, they could not field a full girls
team so we played their mixed team. This
was a great afternoon and our players did
very well.
Parktown vs Greenside
The Sport Corner
In this week's edition of the Sport
Corner...
You'll read some touching interviews, as
well as being introduced to our new
edition of this corner:
'A Spin on Sport’
Brought to you by the Sport Portfolio,
written by Erin Helling
In this week's edition of the Sport Corner, read all about the banging start we've had to our term 2
sports!!
The beautiful start that term 2 is off to is definitely evident in these heart-warming responses to
the question, "Why are you glad to be back playing sport again after the break?" We hope these
answers make you smile and also get you excited for Term 2 sport!
"Being with my teammates makes me really happy and it’s a chance for me to let loose." -Tashriq
Elmedany.
"I am extremely excited at the fact that I am able to be active in sports. I’m glad to be back to see my
teammates and grow as a squad."- Jessica Knox.
"I’m happy to be back playing sports again because it helps me get through stressful days at school
knowing that I can release that stress and finally relax once I get on the field with my teammates." -
Simamane Komane.
"I'm glad to be back playing sports this week because I
enjoy doing early mornings and seeing the pretty
sunrise, I love that I get to see my friends not just in
class. I'm glad that I can do something fun after a long
tiring day at school." - Jade Freeman.
"I'm glad to be back at sports because firstly it's where
I make new friends and interact with people and just
take a break from school, secondly because it's one of
the places where I'm always happy and smiling!" -
Rofhiwa Muambadzi.
Our canoeists are still at it with their hard work and
dedication and are looking forward to what this
term brings for them. Sherona Gower, the captain, gave
us this report: "We started the second term strong and
were excited to get back on the water. The cold
weather means we will be doing a lot more distance
work. We also have a bus taking paddlers to the dam
which we are incredibly grateful for. I am hoping for a
fun season with steady progression in paddling overall."
Another sport, who are just starting their season share
the same anticipated excitement for this term. Our softball captain, Taaliah Sulaman reported: "Softball
girls just hit the ground running! The softball season has started and we begin to welcome old as well
as new faces every Friday from 13:30-15:30. After getting one practice in for the season we are
excited to see this group of girls grow their potential for the sport and see them blossom into confident
players. We can’t wait for you to become part of our big softball family!"
Our cross country girls are proving that hard work does indeed pay off. "The cross country girls ran their first race on Monday afternoon at Delta Park. Five girls placed in the top 20 in their respective categories. It was an exceptional run from all our girls and loads of fun too." - said the captain, Jenna Freeman. A Spin on Sport *A to Z on tennis* Tennis is an exciting sport which uses a tennis racket, a small green ball and a tennis court to play. Tennis courts have many lines drawn onto them including the baseline, service line, tram lines and centre mark. The game is simple and super fun to play. To play, the first player serves the tennis ball from the baseline into the opposite court over the net. The other player returns the ball over the net into the court. For singles the players cannot hit into the tram lines on the sides of the court. This is deemed out. The players must return the ball anywhere on the court binside the baseline. This carries on until either player hits out. Through tennis you will learn to concentrate, think fast and reveal your inner strength. So, take this opportunity to sharpen your mind and stay fit. Bring your friends for a round of doubles and come hit a few balls with us!! Service News COMMUNITY SERVICE Although Covid restrictions have halted many of our calendar events and interactions with the community, our Community Service learners were still able to show their love and appreciation for the residents of the Salvation Army Eventide Old Age Home in Emmarentia on Mother's Day. Sadly, we were not able to spend quality time with the residents. However, when delicious cupcakes and beautiful cards made by our learners were delivered to the Home, the residents were deeply touched by this kind gesture, and felt how much they are cared about.
The Potted Sports Committee are
selling masks
Parents’ Association NewsTHE SCHOOL ACCEPTS OUTSIDE ADVERTISEMENTS. WE ARE UNABLE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE NATURE AND QUALITY OF THE SERVICES OFFERED Grade 8 pupil looking for a lift from Melville to Parktown High School for Girls and back every day. If you can help, please call Londi at 078 377 6863 or Camille at 074 778 7871.
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