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07 April 2008 |
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HOUSE News
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ACADEMIC & CULTURAL News
MATHS OLYMPIAD
Congratulations to the following boys who have qualified for the 2nd
Round of the South African Mathematics Olympiad which will be written on
the 22nd of May. There are 23 Juniors and 55 Seniors.
| Juniors | ||
| Balfour L | Frost D | Onasanya S |
| Basson G | Hugo J | Pappas G |
| Bloom N | Kassier F | Sangarapillai J |
| Breetzke T | Kelly F | Shah M |
| Coutts C | Leslie R | Thorneycroft J |
| De Kock J | Mahommed I | van der Merwe S |
| Ellis R | McCrae N | Van Zyl L |
| Fainsinger T | Murphy J | |
| Seniors | ||
| Alexander G | Fernandes C | Ncube V |
| Allen C | Ferronha D | Ntombela M |
| Arenstein D | Florence G | Pattinson N |
| Balfour O | Fraiser A | Reed K |
| Beron J | Fraser R | Robinson M |
| Bezuidenhout L | Goldswain C | Sangarapillai R |
| Bourdillon A | Hancock S | Schorn A |
| Bowen-Davies J | Harding G | Schorn T |
| Bowen-Davies Z | Harty J | Singer JM |
| Bower M | Heita H | Slabbert T |
| Buckley T | Hellmann C | Tack M |
| Chi K | Kvalsvig A | Tucker J |
| Coetzee S | Maritz F | van der Walt W |
| Davis A | Masimula N | Wellbeloved M |
| du Preez G | McKnight G | Wernars J |
| Ebert C | Merrick D | Wishart A |
| Ellis S | Meyer D | Zulu W |
| Essery K | Moxham M | |
| Fainsinger S | Naidoo R |
MUSIC
Our choir is practicing hard in anticipation of their tour to Turkey and
Austria to participate in the World Choir Olympics. Rehearsals for this
year’s production of ‘Grease’ are well on track and this promises to be
a wonderful event. There has been an interesting upswing in interest in
our Music Production courses. These focus on computerized music, both
recording and composing, and have attracted a whole new group of boys to
the Music Department, boys who cannot play a note on a piano but who
have a love of and aptitude for music.
More info on the tour to Turkey and Austria
ACADEMIC STUDIES
This year’s Matric group will be the first to write the new Further
Education and Training curriculum as their Matriculation Examination. A
significant number of our teaching staff are involved as examiners,
moderators or markers and so have had an input into the curriculum and
assessment standards.
Lynne
McMillan, our Deputy Head and Director of Studies, comments:
"While access to overseas universities is important and we want the
education of our pupils to be transportable, so that they can go with
confidence wherever life takes them, we are in the main educating our
students for entry into South African Universities, which is where the
vast majority of them will end up. South African Universities will use
the National Senior Certificate results plus the results of the common
entrance/access tests (benchmarking tests) to assess each candidate’s
suitability for tertiary study."
"This procedure is akin to that practiced in the UK and the USA for a number of years, and by some South African Universities for different faculties. In 2007 our Grade 12 pupils participated in the pilot and field study projects for the National Benchmarking Tests. Our pupils performed successfully in these tests and according to our expectations. It is our policy to participate in and contribute to all initiatives to measure, against trusted benchmarks, the education we provide our pupils and in so doing to ensure that we safeguard the quality of the their education. We continue to have academic excellence as our hallmark and firmly believe that our Grade 12 pupils will be well equipped to face their futures in the rapidly changing world in which they will have to make their way."
ISASA Brochure on the new National Senior Certificate (PDF)
Academic & Cultural Achievements of 2007
SPORT News
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Sport news and results
On the sportsfield we have had a good number of successes to
celebrate. Without doubt, the highlight of the cricket season was a
sound win against Maritzburg College who consistently field a strong
team. A victory against Northwood and draws against DHS and Michaelhouse
all contributed to a good term. We field twenty cricket teams and all
had good seasons, with the ‘A’ teams winning more than their fair share
of fixtures.
Our golfers once again won the Inter-High School event, retaining Hilton’s place as the top golfing school in the province. We also won the Douglas Cup against Michaelhouse in a match played in very good spirit at Boschoek this last weekend. Without going into too much detail, the breadth and depth of our sporting life has been extraordinary. The canoeists did well at the various races, Basketball and Waterpolo had good seasons, as did our swimmers, not to mention tennis and squash. Some of our top achievers are:
SWIMMING
Rubin Cloete and Clayton Prowse have been chosen for
the KZN Schools Swimming Team to represent KwaZulu-Natal at the S.A
Inter-Provincial Championships from 01 - 02 March 2008 in East London.
TENNIS
Graeme Heerden, Kevin Essery and Michael Tack have been
selected for the KZN Midlands Boys’ U/19 Tennis squad and who will
participate in the Inter-Regional tournament in March. Greg Morris has
been selected for the U15 Midlands team.
Sport Teams &
Arrangements
Cricket
Match Details and Stats
FLEUR DE LYS Magazine
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2008
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Last updated: 07 April 2008 02:11 PM