DSP Jahrbuch 2016

OLYMPIADEN UND BESONDERE ERFOLGE
Afrikaans Olympiade
English Olympiad
Malebo Lekgoathi, Alainah Parker, Kelebogile Matsomela, Kiara
Bellows, Chimwemwe Mangani, Daniela Prinz, Lulu Feurriegel, and
Jessica Wolf
DSP Results: English Olympiad
Teacher: Mrs B. Wesolinski
In Term 1 this year, ten DSP students from Grades 10-12 participated
in the annual national English Olympiad examination which took
place at the beginning of March. Congratulations to all the participants.
Pretoria Inter-High School
Public Speaking Competition
Team Speakers
In May this year, twelve of our Grade 11 and 12 students took part in
the annual Pretoria Inter-High School Public Speaking Competition
held at Lyttelton Manor High School in Centurion.
The candidates participated in the team speaking part of the
competition. Each team consisted of four members who spoke on
a particular theme of their own choice, based on a quotation from a
poem by T.S.Eliot.
All three teams performed commendably, and the experience will
undoubtedly boost their confidence and performance skills for any
public speaking they will need to do in the future.
The teams were comprised as follows:
Grade 11
Team 1 (Awarded: A+)
1. Ntsako Moshidi
2. Khanyi Masilela
3. Lance Senda
4. Vunene Sephula
Team 2 (Awarded: B)
1. Kgaogelo Kgodane
2. Chimwemwe Mangani
3. Mekayla Van Huyssteen
4. Carmel Botha
Grade 12 (Awarded: B)
1. Boyang Yan
2. Babalo Tom
3. Oaribile Moima
4. Vlleeonnharr Moyo
The results are as follows:
Grade 11
Kiara Bellows
Lulu Feuerriegel
Chimwemwe Mangani
Kelebogile Matsomela
Daniela Prinz
Koketso Selekana
Nadine Whelpton
Jessica Wolf
Grade 12
Malebo Lekgoathi
Alainah Parker
Result
Merit
Bronze
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
Merit
Results Analysis Key
Gold 80-100%; Silver 70-79%; Bronze 60-69%; Merit 50-59%
The English Olympiad
When I handed in my exam paper, an unexpected feeling of sadness
overcame me. This might have been because the “Journey into
Darkness” of this year’s English Olympiad had come to an end.
Together we travelled beyond our own horizons and learnt to think
more creatively during our preparations. The theme created room
for numerous discussions and for sharing different opinions and
interpretations on the stories written by various authors and their
perspectives on the darkness in man’s heart. I think that we all
received our reward and can be proud of ourselves for having taken
up the challenge.
Jessica Wolf, 11a
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