The Ridge School Magazine 2020

MEDIA
KIDS’ LIT QUIZ
On the 10th of February, twelve very excited (and well-read) boys,
went off to St John’s, to fly the Ridge flag high in the regional round of
this international competition. We are only allowed to enter two teams
(eight boys), but took an extra team along for the exposure. Our boys
did us proud, coming 7th and 18th out of 37 teams. A special mention
was made after the event, on the helpfulness of our reserve team, who
helped collect answer sheets, and offered assistance where needed. Well
done to Parkview Senior School on their win.
TEAM 1 TEAM 2 RESERVES
Vashiv Naidoo 7B Michael Jeong 7N Madimetja Tema 6M
Kabir Budlender 7N Connor v.d. Walt 6L Calvin Wagner 6L
Matthew Thomson 7N Joshua Heeger 6Ma Nyiko Mabunda 6L
Robert Steyn 7N William Boland 6L Ethan Stein 6L
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 2
On the 11th of March, two teams of bright boys, travelled to
Beaulieu Prep School on a mission to conquer the world. They were
accompanied by Mrs Mbele, Mr Motsepe and Mrs Glanz, and driven
all the way, by the patient Mr Senyatsi. We competed against 13 other
teams, and celebrated with a win (Team 1) and a fifth place (Team
2). Well done boys, you did us proud! Thank you too, to the staff
members and parents, who joined us in support.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 1
On the 12th of February, we joined a few schools at St David’s, to
take part in an interschool competition. Because there are only four
boys per team, and we had two boys extra, they cleverly worked out a
rotational system, in which all of them got a chance to be a part of the
team. We had a tie for 5th position, as well as 7th place. The General
Knowledge Interschool Quiz, is an ongoing event, with (usually) two
or three quizzes per term (which obviously didn’t all happen this
year). Our boys showed the “Right Stuff” by being polite, courteous
and helpful to all. A special shout out to the mums that came to
support us, it was wonderful having you as our cheerleaders.
TEAM 1 TEAM 2
Michael Jeong 7N
Luke Holden 6L
William Boland 6L
Josh Heeger 6Ma
Robert Steyn 7N
Connor van der Walt 6L
Vashiv Naidoo7B
Calvin Wagner 6L
YELLOW TEAM 1 YELLOW TEAM 2
Valentino Sartini-Kruger 7B
Calvin Wagner 6L
Ethan Stein 6L
Chris Herman 6Ma
Zhy Ravjee 6L
Nyiko Mabunda 6L
Madimetja Tema 6M
Adam Ball 6Ma
Adam Gardee 6L
Adam Stourjesdyk 6L
Now that we are back to an altered normal, we had to re-define the
role of the library. It is currently being used as a Maths classroom
and boys cannot browse the shelves or occupy the benches, as in the
past.
In spite of it not being used as a social/learning/safe space, we have
cleverly set up an online reservation system (with the help of Kabir
Budlender). Boys book their books online, on the Ridge School
library system, we pull the books from the shelves (with sanitised
hands), accession them to the boys, and deliver them to their classes.
When books are returned, they are placed in a quarantine box,
where they are kept for 10 days, before we sanitise them, return
them on the system and back to the shelves, ready for the next boy
to reserve.
This system seems to be working well. We will continue to adapt and
change, in compliance with changes to COVID regulations. (Online
reservations will re-open on the 18th of January, 2021)
In the meantime boys, keep reading! We’ll keep the couches warm
for you!
HANLIE GLANZ
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