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HIGH SCHOOL HAPPENINGS With term 3 well on its way, we are working hard towards our targets. You may ask, ‘How did we get to those targets?” On the first day of school we as a staff, sat down per grade and reviewed the marks of the whole school, per subject, until 21:00. We looked at learners who struggled with one or two subjects and their parents were formally invited to Parents’ Evening. The learners who struggled with more subjects were invited to a panel discussion with their parents during the following few weeks. The meetings were attended by all staff as far as possible, barring sports fixtures. These panel discussions were in no way an inquisition to find culprits or to point fingers, but rather aimed at finding solutions and setting targets. All the information gathered from Parents’ Evening and the panel discussions was used to devise a subject specific intervention plan by every teacher - to be implemented immediately. Our core business is still academics. Please help and support us in pushing the limit. It is of grave concern to me how many learners are signed out early during the school day. Be mindful that any learner signed out before 09:00 in the morning is deemed absent. Intentions are great but attending one and a half lessons does not constitute being present at school. The world out there is just not that forgiving. Although the term 3 marks will consist of tests and assignments, it is a term where marks are easier to come by. We find that learners paint themselves into a corner due to a lack of planning and use the excuse that two assignments must be submitted in the same week. Exactly for that purpose, assessment planners are handed out a term in advance. Assignments which take longer to complete were handed out at the beginning of the term and shorter assignments are handed out a week before the due date. Not to generalize, but our learners think that being absent on the same day as the due date is a solution to the problem. A 10% deduction for submitting an assessment each day later than the due date is such a wasted AUGUST <strong>2018</strong> PROUDLY DESIGNED BY SALES-SQUAD.COM 6
opportunity. We were blessed by the performances of our On the Tip of your Tongue and Oppitongaf orators and I can see the positive influence of these public speaking competitions, along with the ATKV and Toastmasters, in the way that our future prefects had to sell themselves on stage during our last assembly. The gift of the gab is still the key to success. It is with great anticipation that we await the opening of the pantomime (the posters are up!) along with the choir and Breyten & Blake performance at the Tshwane Youth Arts Festival. We also ran a successful week of Drug awareness with a number of guest speakers informing our learners on all the dangers. well. Cross-country, cricket, golf and soccer are now the current flavours and after a great soccer camp, we expect great things from the boys. We wish all our Grade 12 learners and parents just the best towards the preparation and writing of the preliminary exams. May God bless every one of our family. Pieter van Wyk Head: High School Last Saturday, our u/16 hockey girls made Curro Roodeplaat history by being our first sports side playing in the final of the Noord Vaal competition. Even though Curro won the trophy, unfortunately, we were the runners up. Our hockey girls lost 0 - 1 to Curro Heuwelkruin. By the way, they beat us 9 - 0 last year. YOU GO GIRLS. Both our u/15 and u/17 rugby boys lost in the round of sixteen. Marcelle Cronje was chosen for the Gauteng North Action Cricket side (U23’s). We wish him AUGUST <strong>2018</strong> Keep on asking WHY? 02 PROUDLY DESIGNED BY SALES-SQUAD.COM 7
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