Fairmont Focus 8

CIRCULAR NO. 8
12 March 2015
Dear Parents
“YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU THINK YOU ARE,
BUT WHAT YOU THINK … YOU ARE.”
Various photos taken today include the colours of our logo.

1) ACADEMICS
This term appears to be passing by quite rapidly as we have 13 school days before the term
comes to an end. Term 1 has certainly been a rewarding one in many ways. Details of our
accomplishments will appear in the last circular of this term.
Fairmont School Governing Body Elections for parent governors
On Tuesday evening, 10 March 2015, an election meeting for parent
representatives of the SGB was held at school.
The S.A. School’s Act requires that 15% of the parent body be present
to vote, if necessary, at the meeting.
Our required quorum of 325 parents was not met which now results in a
second election meeting that will need to take place.
This meeting will take place next Wednesday, 18 March 2015, at 18h00 for 18h30. The election
meeting will be followed by the Summer Sport Awards function in the Clive Wigg Hall.
We kindly ask parents to support this second meeting.
Tomorrow night we will be entertained by the much awaited Mr and Miss FHS show, and we
wish all contestants everything of the best.
Our Prefects leave for their Prefect Camp this coming Saturday and will return on Monday.
Next Friday, the first of our 4 Grade 8 camps leave for Rawsonville. We wish them well as they
share the fun and work that they will experience.
Thank you to our staff and camp leader, Miss Hancock and our parents, for making these
worthwhile camps possible.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
This morning, a near tragedy was witnessed on the way to school.
In Hillrise Crescent a well-meaning parent stopped to allow 2 boys to cross the road. The boys
were thankful and were indicating this to the driver whilst crossing.
At the last second they happened to look left and narrowly missed being run over by a vehicle
travelling in the opposite direction. The boys went on their toes and had to lean backwards to
avoid being hit.
For the safety of our learners, PLEASE do not stop in the roads surrounding the school
in the morning. There are cars behind you as well as coming from the opposite direction
and, although your intentions are good, not everyone is thinking the same way and it
could end in tragedy.

Some important tests and exams still remain to be completed and we ask all pupils to keep
focused until the term ends.
We still have a number of activities going forward:
Friday, 13 March - Mr & Miss FHS
Saturday, 14 March - Prefect Camp (14 – 16 Mar)
- Parent Forum Bench-building
Wednesday, 18 March - SGB Elections (2 nd date)
- Summer Sport Awards
Friday, 20 March - Gr. 8 Camp A commences (20 – 22 Mar)
- Boys’ Holland Hockey Tour
Saturday, 21 March - Public Holiday
Sunday, 22 March - Gr. 8 Camp B commences (22 – 24 Mar)
Tuesday, 24 March - Gr. 8 Camp C commences (24 – 26 Mar)
Thursday, 26 March - Gr. 8 Camp D commences (26 – 28 Mar)
Friday, 27 March - Brackenfell Sport Day
Saturday, 28 March - Brackenfell Sport Day
Monday, 30 March - Gr. 8 – 12 English – Paper 3 Exam
Tuesday, 31 March - Gr. 8 – 12 Afrikaans – Paper 3 Exam
Wednesday, 1 April - School closes
We thank our Teachers, Pupils and Parents for their support this term.
2) MATRIC FOCUS
School
Holidays
Public Holidays
87 TEACHING DAYS
Matrics writing exams
2015
January February March (13 Days)
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April (14 Days) May (19 Days) June (2 Days)
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July (10 Days) August (19 Days) September (3 Days)
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October (7 Days) November December
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3) IMPORTANT NOTICE : TEST CALENDAR UNTIL END OF 1 ST TERM
MARCH
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
15 16 TEST 17 18 19 TEST 20 21
8 – Creative Arts 11 – IT Prac 8 – EMS 10 – Maths
9 – EMS 11 – Phy. Sci. 9 – Technology 11 – CAT Prac.
10 – Life Sciences (Evening) 10 – Consumer St.
11 – CAT Theory 11 – Accounting
12 – IT Theory 12 – Life Sciences
22 23 TEST 24 25 26 TEST 27 28
8 – Camp 8 – Camp 10 – Geog. Excursion
9 – English 9 – Maths
11 – Camp 10 – IT Theory
12 – Geo / Music/ 11 – Camp
Design
29 30 PRE-EXAM 31 PRE-EXAM 1 April
Gr. 8 – 12 English Gr. 8 – 12 Afr. SCHOOL
Paper 3 (June) Paper 3 (June) CLOSES
URGENT NOTICE FOR ALL PUPILS
‣ NO pupils will be allowed to go home early on any day or after a test without a written letter
from the parent requesting this. No emails!
‣ Permission for going home early will only be allowed for emergencies.
‣ If a pupil is too sick to stay for the full day after a test, then they must not come to school to
write, but must provide the school with a medical certificate.
PLEASE NOTE!
All pupils are required to be at school at the regular time - 07h55 - even if they are not writing a
test. This time will be used for consolidation or tasks organized by various subject departments.
All parents are asked to please be aware that when your child misses a Monday or a Thursday
test, a relevant chemist slip (the date on the slip must pertain to the pupil’s absenteeism and
medication bought), a certificate from the clinic or a doctor’s certificate is required. A medical
certificate from either the clinic or the doctor is applicable for missing any exam. A note from
you excusing your child from school for the days missed is also required.

Grade 9 and Matric pupils must produce a doctor’s certificate for tests and exams missed as
these are the two exit phases and their marks are externally moderated by the Education
Department.
Learners are not allowed to go home immediately after a test if they are ill. They have to stay
until first break. If they are ill, then they should not come to school. A doctor’s certificate will be
required.
4) PARENT FORUM
Parent Forum – Annual Art Exhibition
Saturday, 14 March : Fairmont Family Workparty
Calling all Monty Families!
We are holding a work party on Saturday, 14 March 2015, from
09h00, in the Grade 9 Quad. These work parties end at
approximately 14h00 with a bring-and-braai. Mr and
Mrs Dingley will be joining us on this occasion. We will be
building new tablebenches
for the
quads. The working
teams will consist of a bench assembly team, a paint
and spray team, a bench repair team, and a general
clean-up team.
Please come along: join the fun and make new
friends, while doing something practical to improve our
children’s school!

Bring along any woodworking power tools you may have such as drills, sanders, screwdrivers,
saws, etc., including extension cords, sandpaper and sandpaper blocks. Please also remember
your cooler box with some meat to braai and some drinks.
ONE DIRECTION FAIRMONT FUNDRAISER
We are giving away 3 sets of
double tickets for the One
Direction Concert in Cape
Town on Wednesday, 1 April
2015! Stand a chance to win
these tickets by entering our
Competition for R20-00 in one
of two easy ways:
SMS ‘MONTY’ and your
‘NAME’, followed by the
answer to the question ‘How
many guys make up One
Direction?’ to 40131.
OR
Buy your competition entry
ticket from Parent Forum /
RCL members outside Cafe
Monty at 1 st break, from Monday to Friday next week,16 – 20 March.
All entries - SMS or School ticket – cost R20-00, and entries are unlimited.
One Direction Mugs and mouse pads to be won by lucky entrants.
Big Draw takes place on Friday 27 March.
Competition rules at: Whatsonatfairmont.co.za
To Special Fairmont Families
We owe a special THANKYOU this week to
generous and committed Fairmont parents who
have made donations or secured sponsorship
for the school. The Pretorius and Makin
families have each donated two One Direction
tickets which the Parent Forum is using to raise
funds for the school through a competition. Ilza
Makin has also secured sponsorship of several
exciting One Direction goodies such as mugs
and mouse pads as extra prizes to be won during the One Direction Ticket Competition.

Peter Gdanis has sponsored the printing of our promotional material for the One Direction
Competition. THANK YOU!
Thank you, Rene Herbst, for your kind donation of wine for parents at the glamorous Mr & Ms
FHS function this Friday evening, following on from Manny da Silva of Eaglevlei’s donation of
wines for our Meet the Parent Forum and Teacher Evening in February.
Parents Mario Fernandez of Lumar Foods, Bryan Devine of Strange Foods cc and Inge
Demasius have made contact with the school with a view to being involved with the school to
address various catering needs in the future. We thank them for their interest and look forward
to their involvement in the school.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT APPEAL
A reminder that the Fairmont Music Department is still looking for a saxophone and a trumpet or
other percussion instruments for its band. If any Fairmont Families have instruments at home
that they no longer use and which they would be willing to sell, donate or lend to the school, we
would be grateful if you would contact us.
Tanya Burness 082 6587587 burnessb@iafrica.com
Colleen Wilson 082 7819887 CWilson@metropolitan.co.za

5) INTERACT SERVICE WEEKEND
RAPE / CHILD ABUSE FOCUS – FRIDAY, 6 MARCH 2015
80 Interactors attended a workshop on child abuse and
rape. The Interactors made their voices heard by
speaking out against rape by making 100 care packs
that will be delivered to the local police station. Each
care pack was carefully put together to include a
facecloth, deodorant, energy bar and a handmade
token ring to encourage the rape survivor.
LUCKY LUCY FOUNDATION
Interactors visited the animals at Lucky Lucy to help walk the
dogs and provide much needed “tlc” to the cats. We wish to
thank Kids Can Pre-Primary for collecting donations for this
organisation that cares for stray, lost and abandoned pets.

ARGUS CYCLE TOUR
A group of ten Interactors helped to hand out medals at the finishing line of the Argus Cycle
Tour. This was very rewarding as many cyclists completed the cycle tour in aid of charity. The
focus of this year’s ride was to support and show solidarity to the Volunteer Firefighters who
worked tirelessly to put out the raging veld fires in our surrounding mountains.
Well done Interact Society – we are proud of you.
6) INTERACT SERVICE WEEKEND

7) PUBLIC SPEAKING SOCIETY
Fairmont High School’s Junior and Senior Debating Teams participated
in the first round of The Rotary Debating Competition this week Monday,
09 March 2015. Our very first opponents were the respective teams
from The Settlers High School and after the Spirit Trophy which went to
them for the Athletics we certainly had a score to settle.
The Junior motion was THIS HOUSE WOULD LEGALISE
PROSTITUTION. Fairmont proposed the motion and succeeded to convince the adjudicators of
the validity of their arguments. Not only was the debate awarded to Fairmont, but Justin
Waddy, in his first official debate, was awarded BEST SPEAKER. We would like to
congratulate Ilse Harmse, Justin Waddy and Celine Gravenor on their first victory.
8) MOTHERS WHO PRAY
The Senior motion was THIS HOUSE WOULD LEGALISE
RECREATIONAL DRUGS. Fairmont successfully opposed the
motion and was awarded the debate. Joshua Sampson was
granted BEST SPEAKER. We would like to congratulate Kayla
Gordon-Hogg, Joshua Sampson and Matthew Hill on their closely
contested success.
Ms Piek, teacher-in-charge of the Public Speaking Society, is very
motivated about the new influx of learners who signed up to join the
society this year. A number of promising speakers have been
identified and have experienced the New Schools Style of
Debating.
CALLING ALL MOTHERS!
A very warm welcome is extended to all moms
wishing to join our “Mothers Who Pray” group.
We meet every Wednesday, at 07h30,
in the Boardroom of Fairmont High School.
Please come and join us, or contact Amanda (072 072 1047
9) WON LIFE : VOLUNTEER AT OUR LITERACY CENTRE
The Literacy Centre, run in Fisantekraal, is a volunteer-driven organization that relies on willing
members of the public to volunteer their time reading with those learners eager to learn this very
important milestone.

With each volunteer, Won Life is able to extend their reach and really make a difference in the
community of Fisantekraal. If you can spare an hour or two each week, please email Won Life
on:
info@wonlife.org.za
Watching the faces of these children as they reach each small milestone will give you a great
sense of reward.
10) LIBRARIAN’S CHOICE
FIXING DELILAH
by SARAH OCKLER
Things in Delilah Hannaford’s life have a tendency to fall
apart. She used to be a good student, but she can’t seem to
keep it together anymore. Her “boyfriend” isn’t much of a
boyfriend. And her mother refuses to discuss the fight that
divided their family eight years ago. Falling apart, it seems, is a
Hannaford tradition.
Over a summer of new friendships, unexpected romance, and
moments that test the complex bonds between mothers and
daughters, Delilah must face her family’s painful past. Can even
her most shattered relationships be pieced back together again?
11) SPORT RESULTS
SPORT DAY DATE TEAM OPPONENT RESULTS
Basketball Boys’ Mon 9 Mar U14 Protea Heights Academy Drew 4 : 4
Basketball Girls’ Mon 9 Mar U14 Protea Heights Academy Lost 8 : 10
Cricket Sat 07-Mar 1st De Kuilen (Away) See report
2nd El Shadai (Home) See report
U15A Brackenfell (Away) See report
U14A Monument Park (Home) See report
Wed 11-Mar 1st Tygerberg H.S. (Home) See report
2nd Tygerberg H.S. (Away) See report
U15A Tygerberg H.S. (Home) See report
U14A Tygerberg H.S. (Away) See report
Indoor Hockey Wed 11-Mar 1st Rustenburg H.S. (Home) Drew 1 : 1
3rd Fish Hoek 1 (Away) Lost 1 : 2
5th Rustenburg H.S. 4
Lost 1 : 4
6th (Home) Fish Hoek 2 (Away) Lost 1 : 3
7th Fish Hoek 3 (Away) Lost 0 : 1
8th Fish Hoek 4 (Away) Won 4 : 0
Softball Thu 05-Mar 1st Milnerton (Home) Won 10 : 6
2nd Milnerton (Home) Lost 5 : 10
3rd Edgemead (Away) Won 12 : 0
Tennis Thu 05-Mar Boys 2nd Settlers (Away) Won 12 : 1

1 ST TEAM BOYS’ TENNIS
Fairmont High School was
privileged to participate in
the annual Tjaart Vorster
Tennis tournament in
Cradock. This prestigious
event took place on the 26
– 28 February 2015.
The boys stayed in the
well renowned Tuishuise,
and played their matches
on Marlow Agricultural
School’s courts. There
were 10 boys’ and 8 girls’
teams. Fairmont fared
very well and ended in 7 th
Place.
The boys had a super time.
After very strong tennis in
extreme heat, they spent some
time floating on tubes on the Fish
River. They were also taught by
Afrikaans girls how to “sokkie”
during one of the social events.
On our return, we were fortunate to see two
lions walking in the Bergkwagga National
Park.
Well done boys, and we look forward to
seeing your growth at the next annual event.
HOCKEY REPORT
Last week, Wednesday, our Indoor Girls took a trip through to the Southern Suburbs to take on
Herschel. It was a tough day for all our indoor teams but, like they always say, more is learnt in
defeat than in victory.
Results vs Herschel
1 st Team Lost 2 : 4
2 nd Team Lost 1 : 6
3 rd Team Lost 1 : 11

4 th Team Lost 0 : 11
5 th Team Lost 1 : 12
6 th Team Lost 1 : 2
7 th Team Lost 0 : 11
8 th Team Lost 1 : 6
On a more positive note, our 1 st Team girls squad had a sensational hockey camp at the
Stellenbosch Academy of Sport this past weekend. A high performance weekend filled with
team building, training and a match vs Rhenish saw this talented group of young ladies become
a team. A special thanks to the team at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport for making the
weekend a huge success.
Our boys 1 st Team and our U/16 A team played their first pre-season matches against Paarl
Boys’ High.
The results were as follows
1st team Won 3 : 0
U16A Lost 2 : 3
All the best for a great season boys!
A reminder to all to please follow Fairmont Hockey on Twitter (@FairmontHockey) for news,
information and results surrounding our boys and girls hockey. Please tag this account as well
as use #GreenMachine when tweeting about hockey at Fairmont.
Good luck to our 30 boys and 4 management staff going to Holland on Friday, 20 March. We
hope you have the most amazing time and make lifelong memories.

Don't forget to get down to Hartleyvale on Saturday and Sunday to watch the World Hockey
League Semi-Finals and Finals. Please also come down to the Wynberg Astro on Saturday
morning as our 1 st Team Girls’ take on Bergvliet at 08h30 in the first round of the SPAR Knock
Out Tournament.
All hockey players are reminded to keep checking the hockey notice board.
Finally, congratulations to the following girls who have made it through the 3 rd round of Western
Province trials:
U/18
U/16
Cayley Jones
Courtney Clother-Sinclair
Julia Masureik
Candice Earley
Teagan Crament
Jessica Rossouw
SWIMMING
On Friday, 27 February 2015, our Championships Gala was held at the Kenridge Primary School
pool. Seen here are Michaela Anderson & Tugcan Yildirim receiving their trophies from Mr
Dingley, and a number of swimmers in action during the gala.

Trophy winners were:
U14 Victor Laudorum Callum Marté
Victrix Laudorum Megan Lawson
U16 Victor Laudorum Dante de Frey
Victrix Laudorum Kelly Vroon
U19 Victor Laudorum Tugcan Yildirim
Victrix Laudorum Michaela Anderson
12) LOVE IN THE TIME OF CONTEMPT by JACANA MEDIA
Westerford High School and Jacana Media invite you
to celebrate the launch of
With perhaps the most apt title out of any work about teens ever
written, the book beautifully elucidates the challenges,
heartbreak and hysteria of losing our babies and enduring their
awkward metamorphosis to adulthood.
Kerri Sackville – Author, Columnist, Speaker
Listen to Joanne Fedler’s witty, wise and humorous
account of what it truly means to be a parent of a
teenager.
Monday, 16 March 18:00 for 18:30
Westerford High School, The School Hall
Corner of Mount Road and Main Road
Rondebosch
RSVP:
Contact Tracy-Lee tracylee@jacana.co.za or 011 6283200. Please include the venue in
the subject line of your email.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Joanne-Fedler/156384901082945

13) SPORT FIXTURES UNTIL THE END OF TERM 1
SPORT DAY DATE TEAM OPPONENT
Softball Thu 12-Mar 1st Edgemead (Away)
2nd Parklands (Away)
3rd Elkanah House (Home)
Thu 19-Mar 1st Chesterhouse (Home)
2nd Chesterhouse (Home)
3rd Bye
Tennis Playoffs Tue 17-Mar 1st SACS (Home)
2nd SACS (Home)
14) MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD
27 learners were invited to write the South African Mathematics Olympiad.
15) INTERHOUSE BASKETBALL WINNERS : DALE HOUSE
The winners of the Interhouse Basketball competition, celebrating with a cookie.

16) U14 BASKETBALL BOYS’
The U14 basketball boys beat The Settlers in their last official match of the season.
17) CRICKET REPORT
1 st Team (7 Mar) De Kuilen 185/10 (Liam Witten 4/41)
Fairmont 131/10 (Kyle de Wet 43)
Result: Fairmont lost by 64 runs
1 st Team (11 Mar) H.S. Tygerberg 101/8 in their allotted overs
Fairmont 116/10
(100 run opening partnership between
Jason Vermaak – 37 – and
Kyle de Wet - 45)
Result: Fairmont won by 15 runs
2 nd Team (7 Mar) El Shaddai 163/10 (Jason Thomas 3/20)
Fairmont 124/10 (James Daly 26)
Result: Fairmont lost by 39 runs
2 nd Team (11 Mar) H.S. Tygerberg 129/8
Fairmont 107/10
Result: Fairmont lost by 22 runs
U15A (7 Mar) Curro 0/10 (Jarrod Grunewald 3-3-0-5 and
UNBEATEN Gareth Jones 3-3-0-4)
Fairmont 274/6
(Cameron Sinclair 69 retired and
Braydon Smits 66 retired)
Result: Fairmont won by 274 runs
U15A (11 Mar) H.S. Tygerberg 65/10 (Matthew Nel 4/19,
UNBEATEN Keenan Opperman 3/13)
Fairmont 208/6 declared (Cameron Sinclair 105)
Result: Fairmont won by 143 runs
U14 (7 Mar) Monument Park 46/10
UNBEATEN Fairmont 48/2
Result: Fairmont won by 8 wickets
U14 (7 Mar)
UNBEATEN
H.S. Tygerberg 112/6 in 30 overs
Fairmont 114/4 in 21 overs (Stuart Mellors 33 n.o.)
Result: Fairmont won by 6 wickets

18) WELL DONE
Daniel van der Walt (Gr. 8)
Daniel took part in the opening round of the South African Cup Series for Mountain Biking in
Port Elizabeth.
On a technical and physically demanding course, Daniel ended in 1 st Place.
He will be riding for the OMX Pro Bike team in Europe during 2015.
Daniel is the South African & African Continental Champion, and his goal is to emulate that
again in Stellenbosch and Rwanda this year.
Houston Yu (Gr. 8)
Houston was selected to play in the 2015 WP Schools Chess Individual
Tournament played at Wynberg Boys’ High School on 6 & 7 March 2015.
He won the bronze medal at 5 points out of 6 (the first 3 places had the
same points) in the U/15 age group.
With this result, Houston has been selected to play in the 2015 Western
Cape Schools’ Chess Tournament being held in Worcester in May 2015.
Congratulations, Houston!
Tristan Hamilton (Gr 12)
Tristan came 3rd in the Western Province Men’s Amateur U23 Championship that was played
on Sunday, 8 March 2015. He takes confidence from this tournament going into the SA
International Juniors Tournament being played from 9 - 12 March 2015.

19) PRINCIPAL
Details of the progress of the new Education / Aquatic Centre will be communicated to parents
shortly.
The construction contractors will be on site soon to work on the pool and steel structure.
We are waiting for the Safety Officer to receive documentation from the contractors.
Following the lengthy paper process and administration that has been required, we are now
ready to keep our parents up-to-date with the project as each phase commences.
Have a great weekend.
Yours sincerely
Mr R Dingley
PRINCIPAL
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