Tuesday 19 May SP Assembly - Grade 5W 07h25

InterHouse Girls’ Cross Country
Dear Parents, Staff and Pupils
This week we start with first of our reports from different sections of our school
with a comprehensive review of Sport in the Prep School from Miss Shellard.
News from our Sports department
We have some exciting new developments on the extramural front which will
prove to be of huge benefit to both the College and our children. A ‘Dainfern
College Sports Strategy’ is being implemented with the intention of creating
uniformity and consistency between the Prep and High School in the various
sporting codes offered, as well as in terms of the various coaching strategies
and skills applied. By executing this ‘whole school’ Sports Strategy, our vision
is to be a school recognised for sporting excellence.
The College Sports Strategy incorporates the following positions:
College Head of a sports code:
 Responsible for drawing up the whole school strategy for the particular
sports code.
 Drives and promotes the sport at all times.
 Ensures consistent coaching strategies between the Prep and the High.
 Sets up effective channels of communication.
Currently the following staff have been appointed to these roles:
 Ross Greeff: Golf
 Clinton Flynn: Cricket
 Julian Hykes: Hockey
Head of a sport in the Prep or High School:
 Manages the particular code of sport in the respective part of the school.
 Implements approved coaching strategies.
 Ensures effective communication takes place on a daily basis.
Tuesday 19 May
SP Assembly - Grade 5W
07h25-08h30
Auditorium
Friday 22 May
SP House meetings
07h25-07h35
JP Assembly - Grade 2D
07h30-08h05
Auditorium
Monday 25 May
JP production Dress rehearsal
TBC Auditorium
Tuesday 26 May
SP Assembly - Grade 5S
07h25-08h30
Auditorium
JP Major production
18h00
Auditorium
Wednesday 27 May
JP Major production
18h00
Auditorium
Thursday 28 May
JP Major production
18h00
Auditorium
Friday 29 May
SP House meetings
07h25-07h35
No JP Assembly - JP children come to
school late
09h00
The following staff have been appointed to these roles in the Prep School:
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Tessa Shellard: Athletics
Ross Greeff: Cross Country
Erica Faul: Equestrian and Softball
Janine Clements: Golf
Anthony Egbers: Boys’ Hockey
Nikki Candy: Girls’ Hockey
Anthony Egbers: Indoor Hockey
Lauren van Schalkwyk: Netball and Swimming
Nick Watson: Rugby and Soccer
Sandy St Clair: Tennis
Coaches & sports professionals
We have some of the best qualified coaches and sports professionals at
Dainfern College, ensuring that we offer top-class coaching at all times.
 Tshepo Tshetlo - Chess
 Attended JT Secondary School: A Team Board 1 Chess Team
 Represented Gauteng for Chess
 Coaching qualification: King Diploma from the German Chess Foundation
 Kaide Nel - Chess, Cricket, Rugby
 Attended Randpark High: 1st Team in Athletics, Cricket, Rugby
 Represented SACSA Cricket Golden Lions
 Coaching qualification: Boksmart Rugby
 Alex Drigianakis - Cricket
 Attended Fourways High School: 1st Team Cricket
 Represented Sandton Area U19 Cricket
 Coaching qualification: Cricket Coaching Level 1
 Ray Jennings - Cricket
Attended KES: 1st Team Cricket
Played SA Schools Cricket
Represented South Africa over a decade
Part of the 1992 World Cup Cricket Squad
Coached South African Cricket Team, U19 World Cup Cricket Team
(Malaysia), Bangalore Royal Challengers (IPL)
 Professional Cricket coach
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 Tim Munro - Cricket, Hockey
 Attended Crawford Lonehill – 1st Team Golf, Tennis, Cricket, Hockey
 Gareth Neilson - Cricket, Hockey
 Attended Crawford Lonehill: 1st Team Cricket, Hockey, Indoor Hockey,
Squash
 Represented Gauteng Gryphons Indoor hockey in the U18B Team
 Represented Gauteng in the U18 Hockey Team
 Coaching qualifications: Level 1 Cricket & Hockey Coaching and Umpiring
 Matthew Reuben - Cricket, Hockey, Soccer
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The Classifieds section in the
Dainfern College newsletters is a
wonderful way to advertise goods or
services to our community. The
Classifieds appear in all three of our
weekly newsletters and rates are
highly competitive.
Please contact Leanne Ford on 082
900 7390 or email her at
[email protected] for further
information.
MySchool Card
The MySchool Card programme
raises welcome funds for the PA and
our outreach programmes - it is so
easy to use, too!
If you are new to our school please
contact Jacqui to arrange a card for
Issue 1
you. Contact her at 072 290-0601 or
by email at [email protected].
16 April 2014
You can use your MySchool card at
any Woolworths or Engen shop,
McCullagh & Bothwell, Walton's,
Jonny’s Restaurant, Café Frappé as
well as Club Travel. Remember:
'Every Swipe Counts'. Click here to
learn more about this programme
JOANNE LUND
Chair of the PA - 083 308 8828
Website links:
About the PA
PA News
Tuckshop Cards
Attended Fourways High: 1st Team Cricket, Golf, Hockey
Represented Southern Gauteng Schools B Team for Hockey
Represented Titans Cricket Academy
Coaching qualification: Level 1 Hockey, Level 2 Cricket , Gary Kirsten High
Performance Coaching Academy
 Tim Makgabutlane - Cricket, Soccer
 Attended Pace Commercial College: 1st Team in Soccer
 Represented Soweto Cricket Club playing Premier League
 Julian Hykes - Hockey
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Newsletter Classifieds
Attended Greenpoint High: 1st Team Hockey
Represented SA Schools Hockey
Represented Border for Cricket and Hockey
Member of 2010 & 2014 World Cup and 2012 Olympic SA Hockey teams
Current member of the South African Men’s Hockey team since 2007
Professional Hockey player
Coaching qualification: Level 1 Hockey
ENVIRONMENTAL QUOTE
FOR THE WEEK
“Man is a complex being:
he makes deserts bloom and lakes die.”
Gil Scott-Heron
 Eileen van Zyl - Netball
 Attended Akasia Hoërskool: 1st Team Netball
 Represented SA Bokkie Netball
 Robyn Lailvaux - Netball, Swimming
 Attended Dainfern College: 1st Team Netball
 Represented Royal Bafokeng Netball Team (Senior B Team in SA
Champs)
 Coaching qualification: NSA Level 1 Netball Umpires Course, Umpire
Grading, NSA Level 1 Coaching Course
 Daniella Lushington - Netball, Swimming
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Attended Dainfern College: 1st Team Athletics, Netball, Swimming
Represented Gauteng for Swimming
Represented South Africa in Swimming
Coaching qualification: Sports Science Honours Degree with experience in
Athletics, Netball, Swimming and Tennis
 Julia Sanderson - Netball, Swimming
 Attended Dainfern College: 1st Team in Athletics, Cross Country, Netball,
Swimming, Water Polo
 Represented Northern Districts Cross Country
 Coaching qualification: Netball Umpires Grading
 Brendan McBirnie - Rugby
 Attended Northcliff High: 1st Team Rugby
 Represented Wits U19A Rugby Team
 Coaching qualification: Sports Science Honours degree, XLR8 Silver Level,
Jake White Level 1, IRB Level 2
 Werner Knuppe - Tennis
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Attended Westonaria High School: 1st Team Tennis
Southern Gauteng Schools Tennis
Ranked 25 in SA for U18s
Seniors: Ranked 9 in singles and 4 in doubles in South Africa
Currently represents Central Gauteng
Professional Tennis player
Synopsis of last term’s results
I am delighted to report that we had a most successful first term on the
extramural front, with a significant number of children participating in
extramurals. I thank the pupils for their enthusiasm, commitment and
dedication demonstrated towards school activities, they have contributed
positively towards their school.
Our A Swimming Team won all of their League Galas, our B Team won all but
one gala, finishing 2nd and our C Team participated most enthusiastically. We
narrowly missed winning the Prestige Gala, finishing 2 nd by just a few points.
Our Cricket sides generally had a really good season with our U10 A side
being unbeaten in the season! The remainder of our teams won 90% of their
matches. A highlight was our Open A Team who played in the semi-finals of
the Montrose Night Series. Well done on a good season, boys!
Our Chess Team did us proud, winning all their games. There is an excitement
around Chess in the Prep School and our numbers are increasing rapidly.
Our Softball numbers were down this term, which led to mixed results. Both
the Junior and Senior girls thoroughly enjoyed their season, playing with
passion and purpose, and won about half of their games.
New happenings in PE
We are in process of reviewing our entire Physical Education programme to
ensure we focus on the key elements of health and fitness in a fun yet
challenging environment. One initiative is to implement mini tennis with our
resident professional tennis coach, Werner Knuppe, during specific Grade 1, 2
and 3 PE classes. This means that all our JP children will have the opportunity
to play tennis.
On the cards for later during the term are some hockey skills, together with
soccer skills run by Supersport United Soccer and PhysiFun – focusing on
having fun through movement.
We would like to thank our whole
community for your overwhelming
response and contribution to the '67
Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day'
initiative. We very proudly handed over
more than 40 blankets to the '67
Blankets' organisation this week, which
were most gratefully received. These will
be part of the presentation they plan to
make at the Union Buildings on 21 April,
where the aim is to hand over 21 000
blankets from Issue
across the
1 country to
celebrate South Africa's 21 years of
16 April
democracy. After
this, 2014
these blankets
will be returned to us so that we can
distribute them to our Outreach partners.
This is not the end of this Outreach
initiative
for
Dainfern
College,
however! We will continue to knit and
crochet squares for the needy right up to
Mandela Day on 18 July this year. All of
these squares will be used to make
blankets for our own Outreach partners the pensioners supported by Meals on
Wheels, the two Cosmo City crèches
and the schools that we support in
Diepsloot.
Please keep the squares rolling in!
These can be handed in at our Main
Reception and we will sew them into
blankets during Outreach and on
Mandela Day. A reminder that the
squares should be made with 5mm
needles and double knit wool - 25
stitches and 40 rows.
The outpouring of generosity and
support for this initiative has been truly
overwhelming - thank you!
Cheryl Coetzee
Deputy Principal: Pastoral Care,
Leadership & Outreach
Golf
We are currently investigating a programme for our Grade 1-3 players. At this
stage we have Intro Golf for Grade 0s and a very active programme for our
Senior Prep children. This will be part of our whole school strategy for Golf.
Rugby
For the first time ever, rugby will be an extramural in the Prep School and Prep
Rugby sides will be represented in the League. We are most excited about
this! The format will be full contact, seven-a-side Rugby, with no lineouts or
scrums, and will be played on a quarter field. The official season commences
on 22 June. Pre-season practices start next week, Tuesday 19 May. A letter
has been forwarded to those parents whose children showed interest. Should
you require further information, please contact Nick Watson.
Update on our AstroTurf
There has been a delay on the construction of our AstroTurf due to a critical
need to do additional compaction testing on the bottom right hand field, to
ensure that our field has a stable base. Once this has been completed and all
parties are satisfied, the building of the AstroTurf will commence (hopefully) in
June and will (hopefully) be completed by October.
We are really blessed to have the most incredible sporting facilities at Dainfern
College and I look forward to taking advantage of these facilities and working
with our truly dedicated teachers and coaches to ensure that we do become a
school recognised for sporting excellence!
Tessa Shellard
Deputy Principal: Sport & Extramurals
Have a great weekend!
Philippians 4:6-7 “Do not be
anxious about anything, but in
everything
by
prayer
and
supplication with thanksgiving let
your requests be made known to
God. And the peace of God, which
surpasses all understanding, will
guard your hearts and your minds in
Christ Jesus.”
Parent prayer meetings take place
every Friday at 07h15 in the meeting
room behind the Main Reception.
Everyone is welcome to join
whenever you can.
We look forward to seeing the power
of prayer active at Dainfern College.
If you would like more information
please email Cheryl Coetzee at
[email protected].
Issue 1
Darrel Webb
Principal: Dainfern College Preparatory
What’s happening at Dainfern College
Tuckshop
An investigation is underway into the cause of the accident in the cooking area
of the tuckshop earlier this week. We will communicate the findings and
recommendations once these have been received and processed.
Grade 6 & 7 Examinations
The examinations for all the Grade 6 and 7 pupils will commence on Monday 1
June and conclude on Friday 5 June. The Exam Booklets have been emailed
to parents of Grade 6 and 7 pupils as well as to the pupils themselves. These
booklets contain all relevant information regarding the examinations. If you
have any queries please contact me on [email protected].
Louise Browne
Deputy Principal: Organisation & Administration
SA Mathematics Challenge 2015
Our Senior Preparatory Mathematics Department has registered for the South
African Mathematics Challenge this year and pupils are busy with their first
round paper. The Grade 4 classes have already completed their first round and
we are very excited about those who made it to the final round.
The final round takes place on 29 July 2015 and invitation letters will be
extended to the pupils who qualified for this round. I wish all our budding
mathematicians the best of luck: I know they are going to do us proud.
Kidi Ramollo
Head of Mathematics
16 April 2014
LOST PROPERTY
& COLLEGE SHOP
Mondays
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13h15-14h00
Tuesdays
07h15-08h00
13h15-14h00
Wednesdays
07h15-08h00
13h15-14h00
Thursdays
07h15-08h00
13h15-14h00
Fridays
07h15-08h00
Contact:
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Junior Prep major production
Tickets are selling fast! If you are interested in booking for the JP production of
‘Cinderella Justinfella’ on 26, 27 and 28 May, please go to our online booking
link: http://links.dainferncollege.co.za/jptickets
Values Award
This week’s values Award goes to Simone Killops for Self-discipline: For
putting her heart and mind into reading and completing all the Bookworm tasks.
She has also shown exceptional diligence in her learning across the curriculum.
Kidi’s Korner
Last week’s question: Joseph builds 3-legged stools and 4-legged tables.
Last month he used 72 legs to build 3 more stools than tables. How many
stools and how many tables did he build?
Last week’s answer: 12 stools and 9 tables.
This week’s question: Laura has cats and birds as pets. The pets have a total
of 10 heads and 28 legs. How many cats does she have?
Kidi Ramollo
Head of Mathematics
We have had a wonderful start to our
winter term!
After the second round of the National
Eisteddfod
Young
Performers
Competition, 104 music students made
it through to the Quarter Finals out of
20 000 candidates who entered the
National Eisteddfod. Of the 104, the
following
Dainfern
College
Prep
pupils got through:
Grade 2: Fadzai Ndou and Sophie
Marshal
Extramurals
Our Netball season commenced last week with Dainfern College playing against
St Mary’s, one of our strongest oppositions. The Soccer Season ‘kicked off’ this
week with matches against Bryanston Primary. We are looking forward to an
enjoyable and successful sports season.
Pre-season training
In preparation for the season, we are introducing ‘pre-season field / outdoor
hockey and rugby training. Practice sessions will be kept low key as we are
aware that our children are extremely busy on the extramural front as it is.
Unfortunately practices are scheduled for fairly late in the afternoons so as to
avoid children having to choose between sports while also taking field
availability into account. Rugby preseason training will start next week, from
Tuesday 19 May. Hockey will start on 8 June. Details will be uploaded to the
website and children will be notified accordingly.
Logistics
A reminder that each child is expected to participate in at least one extramural
per term. If two practice sessions are indicated on the timetable, SP children
must attend both sessions and JP children are strongly encouraged to do the
same. Should a child be participating in a fixture / match, the fixture / match
takes preference to the practice; however, the onus is on the child to personally
excuse themselves with the relevant coach. Parents may also excuse their child
via email prior to the practice.
Captains
Congratulations to the following players who have been elected as captains for
this season’s sports codes. It is a privilege and an honour to represent your
code and we are proud of your achievement! Good luck for the season ahead!
Cross Country: Girls’ Captain: Jenna Kimber; Boys’ Captain: Michael GaitSmith
Netball: Captain: Emma Mulcahy; Vice-Captain: Holly Rosenberg
Soccer Captain: Loungo Kukama; Vice-Captain: Duncan Meldrum
Cross Country
Our first race of the season was held on Monday at Marks Park, hosted by De
La Salle. We experienced some typically British weather as our runners battled
through the unseasonable rain. Congratulations to the following runners who
achieved top 10 positions:
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U10: Teagan Bouchier 5th, Jaimie Piguet 9th; Michael Mulcahy, 8th
U11: Trennon Bettany 8th, Ben Baumhardt 9th
U12: Gaby Gait-Smith 1st, Kaylyn Fuller 8th; Joshua Bergin 3rd
Open: Jenna Smart 1st, Jenna Kimber 3rd, Skyla-Rae Fuller 4th, Bianca Pitt
5th; Michael Gait-Smith 1st, Marcio dos Santos 3rd
Grade 3: Nicole du Plessis
Grade 4: Jaimee Piguet and Erin Ryan
Grade 5: Kelly Liu
Grade 8: Tina Giannopoulos and Joel
Riffel
Grade 10: Nadine Pace and Mark Pettitt
Grade 11: Lloyd Morgan
Of these, Fadzai, Nicole, Jaimee and
Tina got through to the semi-finals (out
of a total of 38 chosen), and then finally
Fadzai was chosen as a finalist. She will
be performing on Saturday at the
Roodepoort Theatre and we wish her
good luck. We are so proud of all our
amazing pupils.
This week we had our first SP Music
assembly of the term, where the Choir
and
a
number
of
individual
pupils performed. We also had our first
JP Music Assembly of the term today.
Again, I was so proud of all the pupils,
as we have only been back one week!
This term is a very busy one, what with
Trinity College, Rock School and Royal
Schools theory and practical exams, as
well as the JP Major Production, the SP
Choir performance at the Linder
Auditorium, the Dainfern College
Interschools Junior Choir Festival, our
SP Talent Show, Founders’ Day and the
High School ‘Dainfern Has Talent’, as
well as a number of soirées, matinées
and other performances! How wonderful
it is to see our remarkable College go
from strength to strength, particularly
here in our Music Centre.
Patti van der Ploeg
Director of Music
Well done to everyone that ran this week. Our next race is on Monday at
Beaulieu Bird Sanctuary.
Ross Greeff
Golf
St John’s hosted us to a wonderful afternoon of nine-hole golf at Royal
Johannesburg Golf Course on Tuesday, 12 May. Emerson Bam played medal
in the A-League and he stroked 35 which is an outstanding score. James
Reeder and Tyrone Bertholdt played in a B-League Betterball Tournament
and they beat their St John’s opponents by three points. Shaun McClatchie,
Alex Utterson and Charles Rose-Innes played in C-League teams and they
won by one point.
Congratulations to our golfers who are passionate and committed to their
sport and school.
Hockey tour
Congratulations to both our Open Girls’ and Boys’ Hockey teams who
participated in the Oakhill Festival in Knysna last weekend. They played good
hockey, had an exceptional tour and kept the Dainfern College flag flying high!
Well done to all!
Special congratulations to both Emma Mulcahy and Sean Fitzsimmons on
their selection by external coaches as Dainfern College’s ‘Most Valued
Players’ throughout the Festival. This is tremendous! Sean was also named
as the ‘Goalkeeper of the Festival, which was so well deserved: Sean was
totally awesome in those goals!
The Girls’ Team were awarded a certificate for ‘Grit and Determination’ and
the Boys’ Team recognised for ‘Fair Play’.
Results: Girls: Won 2 games, drew 1 game, lost 3 games; Boys: Drew 1
game, lost 5 games.
"Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still." Chinese
Proverb
Monday 18 May
Cross Country
14h00
Beaulieu Bird
Sanctuary
Bus departs 13h20 and returns 16h00.
Tuesday 19 May
Netball Festival: U9-Open A & B
Teams
16h00
St Stithians
Bus departs 15h00 and returns 21h00.
Wednesday 20 May
Soccer: U12 and Open vs St Stithians
14h00
Home
Soccer: U9, U10 & U11 vs St Stithians
14h00
St Stithians
Bus departs 13h15 and returns 16h30.
Thursday 21 May
No Netball Matches - there will be a
practice instead.
Friday 22 May
Mini Netball - U8 & U9
14h00
Home
Mini Soccer - U8
14h00
Home
Tessa Shellard
Deputy Principal: Sports & Extramurals
Sport
Team
Result
U10 A
Lost 0-3
U10 B
Lost 5-10
U10 C
Lost 2-8
U11 A
Lost 5-14
U11 B
Drew 2-2
U11 C
Lost 2-7
U11 D
Netball
Opposition
St Mary’s
Lost 7-9
U12 A
Lost 3-7
U12 B
Lost 2-7
U12 C
Lost 0-6
U12 D
Lost 2-3
Open A
Lost 1-5
Open B
Lost 1-2
Open C
Lost 0-9
SP Sportswoman of the Week:
Emma Mulcahy for her selection by
external coaches as the ‘Most Valued
Player’ in the Dainfern College Hockey
Team at the Oakhill Festival in Knysna.
SP Sportsman of the week:
Sean Fitzsimmons for his selection by
external coaches as the ‘Most Valued
Player in the Dainfern College Hockey
Team and the ‘Best Overall Goalkeeper’
at the Oakhill Festival in Knysna.
JP Sportswoman of the Week:
Kylie van der Westhuizen for her
fantastic shooting at Netball practice.
JP Sportsman of the week:
Tanaka
Mutambara
for
playing
consistently in Soccer and scoring the
only goal.
Website links
JP Extramural Timetable
SP Extramural Timetable
High Performance Centre
Hockey Coaching
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