Hat Chat Volume 19 Issue 08 of 3 June 2016

Volume 19 ∞ Issue 08 ∞ 3 June 2016
Founders’ Day 21 May
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Out Of The Hat
A warm welcome to our new Grade 8
Housemother, Lynne Lawrence, who
started this term. Her beautiful smile
has brought a ray of light to Tully
Hall.
Some events that have taken place
in boarding over the last few weeks
were:
THEME EVENINGS
This term we have had two different
theme evenings. The first evening
we joined up with the day girls for an
evening of day girl/boarder “Olympic
events” where the girls enjoyed an
evening with supper at Rosies (build
a burger) then activities on the top
field.
The second evening SCA
asked us to join them in their bonfire
evening which was a great success.
We also say goodbye to Michele
Segal and Charlie Schoerie who
have assisted us with Boarder Assistant duties. Wendy Dlamini and Carmen Brand will be joining us.
WATER
We’re nearly half way through the
year and boarding has survived all
the water shortages. Thank you to
all those parents who sent their
daughters back with extra water and
hand sanitizer; it has been a great
help. To put your minds at ease, the
girls have been fantastic in coping
with the water cuts. Thank you to the
day girls’ parents, aunts and grandmothers who have taken a number of
our girls home for a quick shower.
Water cuts have become a regular
occurance for Pietermaritzburg so
we have made sure that the kitchen
has extra drinking water in stock.
The water tanks in the ceilings of the
boarding establishment have been re
-instated for emergency water and a
Jojo tank placed at the LHC. This
does give us a bit of relief. Thank
you also to Theunis Ferreira and
Barry Moig who have willingly arranged numerous buckets of water
for boarding during this trying time;
this water is used for toilet flushing
etc.
ETIQUETTE TRAINING
Brenda Horner from Gap Academy
gave a brief talk on general etiquette
and social graces around the table.
HYGIENE TALK
Boarding arranged for the Grade 8
girls to be given a general hygiene
talk during their LO lesson. With
having so many girls living together
we find that a reminder to the girls on
general hygiene is always welcome.
DINNERS WITH MRS
KOLLER AND THE
HEADS OF HALLS
The junior girls love to dress up!
They arrived “turned out” all dressed
up and ready to have fun. The
‘dance off’ was greatly enjoyed!
We had a far calmer Grade 9 dinner.
We started the evening with two ice
breakers and true to form Melissa
Duarte kept us entertained with her
antics. Skittles for pudding was a hit!
WEEKEND OUTINGS
To add to a number of other outings
this last term, the junior boarders
together with a couple of the Grade 8
and 9 girls went hiking at Cumberland.
GRADES 8 & 9 SOCIAL
WITH ST CHARLES
COLLEGE
Last weekend the Grade 8 & 9 girls
enjoyed a games evening with the
Grade 8 & 9 boys from St Charles.
When the boys arrived, the girls
were rather shy but in no time there
was lots of chatting and exchanging
of stories. Even a dance or two were
welcomed.
EXAM TIME
To end on a serious note, exams
have started and boarding takes on
a quieter atmosphere. The girls
knuckle down to prep each evening
and often ask for a little extra time for
learning, which we grant them. For
those of you who are not aware, the
Grade 10 & 11 girls have the privilege of going home during the week
if they do not have an exam the next
day.
Good luck to all the girls writing exams and know that if you work hard,
the holidays will be better appreciated.
Gill Koller - Boarding Co-ordinator
BOARDER CHAPELS
The girls have enjoyed the more frequent morning chapels which now
start later, giving them an easier
Sunday morning wake-up time. We
have had a number of guest speakers and the girls always relate well to
the “Youth Teams” who entertain the
girls with wonderful praise and worship and entertaining messages.
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Junior School
PRE-PRIMARY
MUSIC HOUR
Last week, I had the privilege and joy
of accompanying the Junior School
Band on their overnight tour to
Underberg. It was an opportunity to
interact with the girls in a different
environment. I had forgotten just how
loud the talking and singing on a bus
can get – especially with 33 musicians!
Our overnight stay at Ashtonvale
was comfortable, with some girls
getting more sleep than others! We
performed at three very diverse
schools on Friday and I was reminded of the following: that our girls are
privileged to have the opportunity to
learn to play a musical instrument; to
have dedicated and passionate music teachers; the opportunity to play
in a band, and tour sharing their talents with others. I am very grateful to
Mrs Aldum for organising the tour
and am in awe of Ms Theron for her
wonderful skill as band conductor.
Next year we hope to include the
choir on a tour.
Our annual Pre-Primary music morning was attended by a number of
local Pre-Schools. Our Grade RR – 3
girls were involved in a variety of
musical items.
Playing outdoors at Faithway School.
Mrs Mustard, Mrs du Plessis and
Mrs Duffy put together a wonderful
programme that was enjoyed by all.
Playing at Noah’s Ark Pre-Primary School.
Mrs Duffy encouraging audience involvement.
Playing at Underberg School.
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Grade 5’s trip to Durban.
O
ur Grade 5 girls and
teachers went on their first
overnight stay to Durban.
They enjoyed a busy and rewarding
educational programme, visiting the
following places: The Sharks Board,
The Science Centre, Mini Town, The
Maritime Museum and Treasure
Beach.
FOUNDERS’
DAY
On this celebratory day, the staff vs
1st hockey team was a fiercely contested match where the staff, to the
astonishment of the spectators, outplayed the girls.
EARLY MORNING
CROSS-COUNTRY
U11 hockey girls love playing the game!
GRADE 2 VISIT TO
BUTTERFLIES FOR AFRICA
W
ith three weeks left of
a very busy term, we
have a number of
functions and activities to look forward to: the school play “Adventures
of Alice”; the Grade 6s have their
overnight beach hike from Port Edward to Margate; the Cordwalles
Choir evening; the Black Tie Music
Evening at the City Hall and the Junior Primary Mini-Comrades Marathon.
Karen Gardner - Headmistress
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SPORT HIGHLIGHTS
Junior School
What a busy Sporting time we have had! Founders’ Day
was so much fun with Campbell winning the Inter-House
Competition. Our U9 Hockey and Netball girls played in
their first fixture against St John’s.
Rachel Edwards, Mbali Gama and Amy Burnett represented the U12 Midlands Netball Team, while Mviti
Ndlovu played for the U13 Midlands at the KZN Provincial Trials in Durban on Friday 21 May.
Here are the results from week 6 & 7:
CHESS
HOCKEY
vs St John’s, Tuesday 17 May:
Open A
0-1
Open B
3-0
Open C
1-0
U11 A
3-0
U11B
1-0
U10A
1-3
U10B
4-0
U9A
0-2
U9B
2-1
TWC vs Pelham, Wednesday 25 May:
Open A
0-1
Open B
0-0
Open C
2-0
Open D
1-3
U11 A
3-5
U11B
5-2
U10A
2-1
U10B
1-1
Abby Daugherty and Kian Green were selected to represent U12 Inland Hockey. Josie le Roux, our first team
captain, was selected for the U13B Inlands team.
Congratulations girls, it takes grit and determination to
be selected for provincial team.
NETBALL
TWC vs St John’s, Thursday 19 May:
Open A
11-4
Open B
13-3
U11A
21-0
U10A
10-2
U10B
2-2
U9 A
5-0
U9 B
1-1
TWC vs Pelham, Thursday 26 May:
Open A
5-6
Open B
4-7
Open C
0-8
Open D
0-19
U11A
4-10
U11B
0-6
U10A
5-0
U10B
5-1
Results:
TWC vs Cowan House:
JNRS
13-19
SNRS
4-28
TWC vs Laddsworth and Howick:
Howick
20
Laddsworth 21
TWC
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SQUASH
Abby Daugherty made the Top 10 for KZN Squash in
the U12 age group. Emma Hoole and Lexi Uys were
selected for the KZN U11B Squash Team to play in
George over the June/July Holidays. Isabella Uys was
selected to represent the KZN U13B Squash Team.
RYTHMIC GYMNASTICS
Josie le Roux competed in a Preliminary Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition. She came first in Level 8. This is
the highest level you can achieve in Rhythmic Gymnastics. Josie will be competing at level 8 at National Level
later this year.
SWIMMING
Tori Jackson won 3 silver medals, 2 gold medals and 2
gold trophies at the recent Club Championships at
Seals.
KARATE
Pumla Mtshali received her Yellow Belt in S.A. Shukokai
Karate grading.
TABLE TENNIS
Yashka Rabichand competed in the Hopes Tournament
at the Sandton Convention Centre. Out of all the U12
representatives from all provinces, Yashka emerged as
the overall winner.
GYMNASTICS
 Catherine Bracco was awarded a Bronze Medal for
level 2 bar, beam, floor and vault.
 Lunathi Mkasi won a Bronze Medal for Gymnastics.
 Tori Jackson won a Bronze Medal at the Pietermaritzburg Gymnastics Competition.
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CROSS-COUNTRY
Haley Conway is the first recipient of the Cross-Country
25km Club. The following girls have joined the 10km
Club:
Aadnesgaard, Kari
4RA
Bae, So Jeong
4RY
Bekker, Georgia
5W
Bhagwan, Dhiya
4RY
Brauteseth, Cydney 5W
Browning, Rachel
3C
Zwart, Jordan
4RA
Bullock, Hannah
4RA
Burnett, Amy
6B
Chalk, Abbie
3C
Daugherty, Abby
6R
De Klerk, Sophie
7R
Gace, Tamzin
5S
Zwart, Kelly
6R
Harrison, Emma
5W
Hatfield, Emma
5W
Hatfield, Ruth
3L
Henderson, Georgie 4RY
Hoepfl, Ella
3L
Hoole, Emma
5S
Hugo, Alexandra
5W
Koning, Topeka
3C
Ndlovu, Zeqophelo
4RY
Uys, Isabella
6R
van Deventer, Megan 3C
Zikode, Anelisa
3C
At the New Hanover Cross-Country Meet, Keya Mudaliar and Danny Baxter represented TWC. Kaya ended 9th
and Danny 14th in the U9 age group.
Last Friday 16 girls participated in the Maritzburg Christian School Meet:
U9 – Keya Mudaliar 12th
U10 – Hannah Bullock 2nd and Georgie Henderson 3rd
U11 – Emma Hatfield 10th
EQUESTRIAN
Hayley Conway competed in the Dressage Challenge
warm-up at Shongweni. She came 1st in her Elementary
class with 70% and 2nd in her World Dressage Challenge class. Hayley came 1st in her Muscial Cur.
Jeannie Strauss - Head of Sport
Senior School
NETBALL
TWC’s 1st team travelled to St John’s on Tuesday 24
May as their game was postponed from the week before. The team played really well, with excellent shooting, and won 27-18.
uMgungundlovu Teams
Seven TWC girls were selected for the uMgungundlovu
Netball Teams and competed at the Inter District tournament in Durban.
They next day, the teams had a tough fixture against St
Anne’s.
Unfortunately all the teams lost but special
mention to the U15A team who narrowly lost 17-22.
U15: Hannah Volker, Savannah Lotze, Anele Dlamini,
Mpanga Kheswa
On Wednesday 01 June, the teams had an away fixture
against GHS. Well done to the 1st team (23-12), U16B
team (3-1) and U15A team (16-12) on winning their
matches.
DISTRICT NETBALL CHALLENGE
Our U15 netball team participated in the District Netball
Challenge hosted by St Anne’s on Friday 27 May. They
played hard and finished first in their pool and defeated
Mpophomeni in the semi-finals to book themselves a
place in the final. Unfortunately injury to some of our
players in the first half had our girls on the back foot and
they lost to St Anne’s.
TWC vs Treverton
TWC vs Epworth
TWC vs VHS
TWC vs Mpophomeni
TWC vs St Anne’s
U16: Jemma Fox
U17: Jade Newman, Micaela Abreu
Jade Newman and Micaela Abreu will participate at the
KZN Netball Championships at Hoy Park in Durban from
3-5 June.
Jemma Fox is congratulated on her selection for the KwaZulu-Natal U16 Netball
Team.
19 - 4
15 - 3
9- 7
9- 2
4 - 13
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CROSS-COUNTRY
HOCKEY
The cross-country league is at the half way stage and
the TWC runners are doing well. At Grace College on
Wednesday 18 May, the top 3 places were:
Three TWC teams were in action on Thursday 26 May
against Grace College. Well done to the 2 nd team who
drew 2-2 with Grace 1st team; TWC 3rd team beat Grace
2nd team 3-0 and TWC U14B team beat Grace U14A
team 1-0. Congratulations to the goal scorers: Jordyn
Glanfield, Zama Ngomane, Erin Smith, Grace Grant and
Sam Halford.
Juniors:
4th Jess Behrens
20th Claire Thomson
25th Brogan Mitchell-Innes
Seniors:
40th Tamryn Nicol
47th Morgan Rowland
48th Rebecca Farquharson
The team travelled the long way to Treverton College on
Wednesday 25 May, and despite some very cold wintry
conditions, our runners ran excellent races. Well done
to:
Juniors:
1st Luzaan de Wit
7th Jess Behrens
18th Claire Thomson
Seniors:
12th Savannah Mitchell-Innes
17th Beth Conolly
31st Hannah Chapman
TWC hosted the penultimate cross-country fixture with
the runners running through the NCT forests in World’s
View behind the school. TWC had 16 junior runners and
30 senior runners competing, with the 1st and U16A
hockey teams joining the run. Well done to:
Juniors:
Seniors:
3rd Jess Behrens
8th Luzaan de Wit
15th Megan Carter
7th Kirsten Moody
8th Savannah Mitchell-Innes
9th Beth Conolly
It was 6 wins out of 6 for the hockey teams on Saturday
28 May when they took on Voortrekker. Congratulations
to the U14B team who won 8-0 with Kelsey Bartmann
scoring 4 goals! The results were as follows:
1st
2nd
U16 A
U16B
U14A
U14B
TWC girls were in action at the KZN Closed Squash
Tournament. Well done to Tess Foster who was placed
5th in the U19 section and Jodie Conolly who was placed
3rd in the U16 section.
Tess Foster
5-0
3-0
1-0
1-0
4-0
8-0
CANOEING
The KZN Canoe marathon champs were held at the Drift
on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 May. Well done to the
following paddlers:
U18 K1:
6th Gemma Lawson
7th Savanna Mitchell Innes
U18 K2:
4th Gemma Lawson and
Savannah Mitchell-Innes
U16 K2:
5th Erin Smith and Stephanie Steyl
SQUASH
Congratulations to the TWC 2nd team who beat SJS 4th
team 12-0.
Won
Won
Won
Won
Won
Won
INTER-HOUSE
On Saturday 21 May, the Wykeham Collegiate held their
Founders’ Day which included a variety of Inter-House
sporting events. The morning included hockey and netball matches as well as the Inter-House country race
into the NCT forests behind the school. Thank you to all
the staff who helped with the running of the events.
Jodie Conolly
TWC squash teams played at TWC on Monday 30 May.
The 1st team had a convincing 11-3 win over SJS 1st
team with the 2nd team beating Epworth 3rd team 11-4.
Epworth U15A team were too strong for TWC U15 team,
winning 12-0.
The Start.
The cross-country
race was very challenging, with a gradual
uphill climb at the start
of the race.
Luzaan de Wit, Jess Behrens,
Beth Conolly, Jess Hirschowitz,
Claire Thomson,
Chelsea-Belle Gevers and
Kirsten Moody.
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There was some fierce competition as important house
points were up for grabs. Congratulations to the following winners, with Moore house claiming a clean sweep
in the Senior section:
Grades 8-9 Cross-Country:
1st Luzaan de Wit (Campbell)
2nd Jess Behrens (Moore) and
3rd Claire Thomson (Moore)
The hockey teams played on the astro, playing a 7-aside tournament with no GK’s. There was great team
spirit and the girls worked together as a team to score
some great goals. Congratulations to Moore house who
won both the Junior and the Senior Sections. The results were as follows:
Junior Hockey:
1st Moore, 2nd O’Brien, 3rd Crookes, 4th Campbell.
Grades 10-12 Cross-Country:
1st Kirsten Moody (Moore)
2nd Jess Hirschowitz (Moore) and
3rd Chelsea-Belle Gevers (Moore)
Senior Hockey:
1st Moore, 2nd Crookes, 3rd Campbell, 4th O’Brien.
The netball teams played 3 rounds and there were plenty of goals scored, and some very close matches. In the
senior section, there were a few matches with only 1
goal separating the 2 teams.
The results were as follows:
Junior Netball:
Senior Netball:
1st Crookes
2nd Campbell
3rd Moore
4th O’Brien
Campbell vs Moore Juniors.
1st Campbell
2nd O’Brien
3rd Crookes
4th Moore
Jemma Veenstra (Moore) vs Sam Yeats
(Crookes).
Linda Royston - Head of Sport
Yasha Nair – Crookes.
Crookes vs O’Brien.
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