PA NEWS - The Wykeham Collegiate

1 1 Volume 17 Issue 14 12 September 2014 PA news For the PA Func-tion, we boarded Flight FW2014 and headed for Bar-bados to cele-brate Flick s years at The Wykeham Colle-giate. In spite of the cold, we par-tied Island Style with fire dancers, cocktails, deli-cious food and fabulous music. All who attended had a wonderful evening. Air Hostess, Glen Jenkins, and Our Captain, Brian Lewis. Chairman of the Board, Jeremy Brink, and Flick Wright. Marian Loveday and Jenny Clarence-Fincham. Priscilla & Carlo Cuturi and Flick Wright. Janet Bailey, Belinda Veenstra and Colleen Harries. Michelle Lesur, Helen Christodoulou and Flick Wright. 2 Out Of The Hat It hardly seems possible that we are nearly at the end of the Third Term already!

2 The end of 2014 is in sight and the Grade 12s have nearly completed their Trial Examinations. All the 2014 Prize-Givings are being finalised, Art Exhibitions planned and all those other end-of-year events are being organised. Below is a quick summary of the important dates for you to diarise: Term 3 2014 Grade 6 Sleepover Friday 19 September to Saturday 20 September (TWC & External Grade 6s interested in joining TWC in Grade 8 2016) Eagle & Rose Awards Ceremony Thursday 25 September compulsory for girls in Grades 8 - 12 Grade 12 Prize-Giving Thursday 25 September Grades 8 12, Grade 12 parents, invited guests Term 4 2014 As always, Term 4 is full of final events before the academic year draws to a close.

3 At the time of going to press , the times for these events are still being finalised - please consult the Term 4 Calendar for final details. The second week starts with the opening of the Grade 12 Art Exhibition. Treat yourselves and call past the Senior School Art Studio from Tuesday 14 to Friday 17 October to view the Grade 12 Art Exhibition. This exhibition will be officially opened on the evening of Monday 13 October and may be viewed from Tuesday to Friday, between 08:00 16:00. Please support the many hours of hard work and dedication required of the girls studying Visual Arts - you will be amazed at the diversity of talent on display! The Student Leadership Induction Service, at which the leaders for 2015 are formally inducted, takes place on Friday 17 October.

4 Farewells: Grade 12 Valedictory Communion & Grade 7 Farewell Dinner We bid farewell to our Grade 12s early next term as they leave to begin their final examinations. There will be a Valedictory Communion for Grade 12s on Friday 17 October. The Junior School also bids fare-well to its senior girls at the Grade 7 Leavers Dinner on Wednesday 29 October. YEAR-END FUNCTIONS TO DIARISE: Foundation Phase Nativity Play (Grade RR - 3) Tuesday 11 November, Thursday 13 November and Friday 14 November Foundation Phase Prize-Giving (Grade RR 2) Wednesday 19 November Senior Primary Prize-Giving (Grade 3 7) Thursday 20 November Junior School Closes (closing times in Calendar): Thursday 27 November Festival of Praise: Thursday 27 November Senior School Prize-Giving (Grade 8 11) Friday 28 November We all look forward to seeing many of our parents and the larger TWC Community at these events.

5 Rose Harries Marketing Co-ordinator 3 School news What s inside: * Senior School * Junior School * General * Sport Highlights Junior School Senior School 4 Each year the Grade 9 Economic and Management Sci-ences girls start and run their own businesses. The girls have the option of being a sole trader or forming a part-nership within their registration class. The project in-volves, amongst other things, conducting market re-search, drawing up a business plan and finally selling their wares at The Wykeham Collegiate annual Market Day. The project is concluded with The Business of The Year awards ceremony. This is an opportunity to thank all the girls for their effort and commitment to the pro-gramme and also to award prizes in 4 categories.

6 Mrs Melanie Veness, the CEO of the Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Commerce was the guest speaker at this year s awards ceremony. The Winners were: Business of the Year Award: Hipsta Please Emma Henderson, Jade Newman, Tessa Winter Most Creative Business: Bella Belle Chelsea-Belle Gevers TWC Chamber of Commerce Award: Nutelleria Haseena Kajee Most Profitable Business Award: African Allure Jessica Hirschowitz, Emma Daugherty, Sarah Bristow, Rachel Springate. Photographer: Elizabeth Platt, Grade 11. Left to right: Emma Henderson, Jade Newman, Tessa Winter, Melanie Veness (Guest Speaker), Nanele Mlambo (Chairlady Chamber of Commerce). ENGLISH DEPARTMENT news The Witness has published a list of 9 finalists in the True Stories of KwaZulu-Natal Competition (schools category).

7 Of those, 7 are pupils at TWC! They are: Kate de Gruchy, Megan Manley, Thokola Zungu, Jordan Magrobi, Sesetu Hol-omisa, Brittany Dorning and Sibulelo Jolwana. LEAVERS Please ensure that clothing handed in for resale is clean. The Shop will NOT accept dirty clothing. Clothing of a personal nature and outdated uniforms will also not be accepted for resale but will be donated to a Charity. Vere van der Watt The stories written by these Grade 11 pupils will be published in The Witness over the next few weeks. At a later stage, this year, the winner of the competition will be announced. Grade 10 and Grade 12 pupils, whose work was submitted to the Douglas Livingstone Creative Writing Competition, have done very well.

8 Emma Farquharson was placed first in the Grade 12 Poetry sec-tion; and Kerryn Cockbain was given a Merit for her short story. Ashleigh Reimers was placed second in the Grade 10 Poetry section; and Deantha Govender, third. The work of Fern Bamber and Jessica Dutton was Highly Commended. All these girls will attend the prize-giving at Westville Girls High on Monday 22 September. Congratulations to all these promising young writers. Moira Lovell Head of English 5 PIE (Partners in Education) Workshop Teachers from Grades 4 7 recently facilitated a work-shop which attracted many teachers from a number of local schools. Entitled Easy Art Ideas for Busy Teach-ers, the workshop was practical, enjoyable and in-formative.

9 The facilitators were delighted with the wholehearted participation of the delegates. All involved appreciated pausing for a while to imagine, create and make! ATHLETICS Congratulations to Gaynor Weir and Chanti Firman for organis-ing successful Inter-House Ath-letics meetings on 21 August and 5 September. As always, it was a treat to see the girls giv-ing of their best, cheered on by parents, grandparents and friends of the school. The Inter-Schools Athletics meeting hosted by Pelham on 30 August tested the girls en-durance as the icy wind was relentless. All girls who repre-sented the Junior School are commended. Jessica Bompas, participating in the Open Section, broke records in Long Jump and the 100 and 150m races.

10 She is con-gratulated on this fine achievement. Happenings and adventures to come: Hosting Cordwalles Grade 1 boys for Barn Dancing Grade RR Cordies boys to play in Poppets Patch Grade 4 TWC / Cordwalles Victorian Day Grade 7s to visit Mbubu Cr che Christian Club Movie night Grade 7 field trip to Twin-streams, Mtunzini Stories by Candlelight for Grades RR 3. Flick Wright - Headmistress Delegates, from left to right: Nichola Lam-bert, Nadine Adkins and Cynthia Campbell. Guest of Honour, Gusta Leimecke, with Georgina Harries, Captain of the winning House, Crookes, and Kate Archibald, Vice-Captain. Guest of Honour, Gusta Leimecke, with Campbell House Captain, Erin Jenkins, and Vice-Captain, Megan Wayt.