The IRIS 2015 by Pretoria High School for Girls

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School Maga zine 2015

Four Schools’ Art Exhibition Une celebration d’art, initiated by Mrs B du Toit, is the first Four Schools’ Art Exhibition that has ever taken place in Pretoria, involving Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool, Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool, Pretoria Boys High School and Pretoria High School for Girls. The Four Schools’ Concert has been an annual event for many years, showcasing all the music talent that the schools have to offer and this festival of art provides a platform for the visual artists to showcase their talents.

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Comment by the Head

Houses

Governing Body

Clephan Shield

Educators

House highlights

Staff news

Autographs

RCL induction and Camp

Hostels

Office Bearers

Sport Highlights

16 Valediction

Games

Valedictory awards

114

Cultural Highlights

Colours awards

118

Music and Culture

Matrics’ Last Assembly

127

Clubs and Societies

Matrics’ Breakfast

136 Viewpoint

Polar Bear Swim

155

Charities

Matric Results

159

Visitors to the school

Matric Dance

160

Old Girls

Matrics 2015

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Out & About

House plays

180

Art

The school magazine committee This past year, PHSG’s one hundred and thirteenth year, has come and gone all too quickly. It proved to be another busy, exciting and fruitful year and we trust that this is reflected in the ensuing pages. We trust that you will enjoy sharing in some of our experiences and successes. There are far too many people to thank individually but special credit must go to the girls for their contributions and to those who provided photographic material.

Mrs L du Toit, Mrs N le Riche and Mrs J Manders

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Comment from the Head

Comment from the Head Mrs K du Toit

My appointment as the tenth Headmistress of Pretoria High School for Girls was indeed a great honour. At the start of 2015 the many calendar items afforded the girls the opportunity to develop their skills, master new ones, try new activities in both the sporting and cultural spheres and to make new friends. Being able to serve the school and their peers, and in this way making a difference to the school and broader community has also been possible and many girls have benefitted from this. Watching the young ladies meet their academic and numerous commitments inspires the staff and provides more than hope regarding the young people entering society in the near future. The school is proud of the results achieved by the grade 12s of 2015. A total of 282 matriculants wrote the exam and at the time of printing this magazine 87% achieved access to a Bachelor’s Degree and 12% achieved access to a diploma. Duduetsang Kasonkola achieved eight distinctions, eight girls achieved seven, fifteen attained six and twelve succeeded in achieving five distinctions. In addition, two young ladies were invited to the Gauteng awards for achieving 100% for Mathematics. They are Duduetsang Kasankola and Amy Gouws. Maude Loffstadt came sixth and Michaela Begemann tenth in Gauteng respectively for Computer Applications Technology (CAT). The top achiever in the final examination in the school was Anastasya Papavarnavas with an average of 93,14%. We congratulate these young ladies. During the first term the aquatics sports were most active in participating in the St Mary’s Splash Gala, various water polo tournaments, the Aquatics Festival in Durban, Midmar as well as numerous galas. The A Swimming Team was placed fourth in the Pretoria Inter-high gala. The B Team was placed sixth in the league and the C Team, fifth. The equestrian girls had a very good year with five girls achieving North Gauteng colours and four of these girls

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achieved Gauteng colours, winning the category C section of High School Equestrian. The volleyball teams were very busy this year and achieved second place in the tournament held in Mafikeng. This is the highest placing in six years. Hockey also had a good season. The A Team competed in the St Stithians and St Mary’s Festivals during the April holiday, playing sixteen matches in seven days. At the National Girls’ Schools’ Festival the First Team was placed sixth out of twenty-two schools; a huge improvement on last year’s eleventh place. In addition they were placed fourth in the Noordvaal Tournament. The U16A Team unfortunately lost the semi-finals of the Stadsbeker while qualifying for Noordvaal. Three players made South African Schools hockey teams: Marlise van Tonder U18, Meeghan Klomp U17 and Kelsey Langley U16. Marlise van Tonder heard that she was selected for the U21 South African Women’s Hockey Team in December shortly after completing her final grade 12 examination. Congratulations to these talented young ladies. The Netball First Team competed in the St Andrew’s Festival during the April holiday and was placed fifth out of thirty-two schools. At the National Girls’ Schools’ Festival they were placed fourth out of eighteen teams. In 2014 they were placed twelfth. Three players were selected for provincial teams: Serah-May Smedsrud progressed to the final round of the U18 trials and Elke du Toit and Melissa Sithole were selected to the Gauteng U14 Schools Team. On the athletics front a decision was made during the year to continue competing in the private schools’ league during

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the third term, but to extend the season into the first term of the following year. In this way the young ladies who are talented in field events will have the opportunity to compete and the season for the track events will be longer. This league will give a wider range of competition. Commitment to athletics will require practising four times a week, twice a week here and twice at Pretoria Boys High. The basketball teams had a good season and the First Team was placed sixth out of twenty-four teams in the Pietermaritzburg Festival. Pre-season training in all of the different sporting codes is now standard procedure in order to work on fitness and skills. The school still encourages participation in a variety of disciplines and the girls are accommodated in order to experience a range of activities. In the cultural sphere, the house plays were once again of a high standard and well managed by Ms Russell and Ms Dugmore. The exceptional talent shown by the writers of the plays continues to impress us. The lessons and life skills learnt by the directors, actresses, backstage teams, lighting, sound and make-up teams remain a most important part of the House Plays. The debaters work incredibly hard and spend many hours during the week, but in particular over weekends, representing the school at gruelling debates in Pretoria and Johannesburg. The school participates in the Model UN and SACEE debates. The teams performed well and achieved best speaker and best delegation awards. The public speakers participated in five competitions during the year. Five girls went through to the National Finals of the Emalahleni English Orators’ Competition where Thiavna Subroyen in grade 12 was placed third in the senior section and Caitlin Schroder- Beneke won in the junior section. The Night at the Proms held in July showcased the incredible musical talent of so many young ladies at this school. This is one of the many musical events presented by the Music Department that should be supported by everyone. The Junior and Senior Choirs, Rhythmony and the Chordettes, as well as the various ensembles and large orchestra of over sixty members are truly incredible ambassadors for the school. The Four Schools’ Concert held in September of each year continues to be a highlight on the Pretoria musical calendar and the audience continually need to remind themselves that the performers are school children. In addition, the Four Schools’ Art Exhibition, a new venture, was initiated by Mrs B du Toit, together with the Art Department of the school. A total of sixty artworks by learners from each of the four schools were exhibited in our school hall. It is hoped that the other schools will continue with this new tradition. Particular mention must be made of the staff and support staff who spend many hours after the normal school hours to make all this possible. A new principal from another school came to visit us earlier in the year as her school’s pass rate was only 48%. When she was told about the extra lessons and extra-

mural activities at our school, she said it would be difficult to get her staff to do this. In January the school was visited by the Honorary Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture together with her Portfolio Committee. An outside assembly was arranged with a flag raising ceremony but due to inclement weather this had to be moved to the hall with a ‘presentation of the flag’. An essay competition was announced by the Deputy Minister, requesting that the girls explain the role of the Executive Committee for Arts and Culture. The competition was won by Kate Kabe in grade 11 who then went to Cape Town and had the privilege of going to parliament. In September Dr Fred Brownell, who served as State Herald from 1982 until 2002, visited the school. He had just been awarded his D.Phil. from the University of Pretoria. Dr Brownell addressed the girls about his role in designing the new national flag. Dr Brownell’s wife and daughters are Old Girls of the school and he also designed our school flag in 1986. In addition, his promoter for his doctorate is Professor Karen Harris from the University of Pretoria. Professor Harris was a teacher at our school many years ago. In the June holiday the school was joint host, together with Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool, of the U18 Inter-Provincial Tournament (IPT) Girls’ Hockey Tournament. Many positive comments were received regarding the beautiful facilities at the school and the lovely accommodation and hospitality of our hostel staff. This is of course a compliment to the staff for the upkeep of the facilities which requires many hours of hard work. In January the school welcomed Mr Richard Schuttenberg as the new facilities manager and he has settled into his new job. We thank Mrs Spruyt for her many years of service to the school as a pottery teacher, art teacher, form organiser and facilities manager. We wish her well in her retirement. We also welcomed Mrs Danića Stoffberg as Deputy Headmistress from the fourth term. Prior to her appointment, Mrs Dee McCusker had been Acting Deputy Headmistress from July 2014. We thank her for her willingness to take on this role and for her valuable contribution. Mrs Lynette Stellaard, Mrs Lorraine du Toit and Mrs Erna van Schoor left the school during or at the end of 2015 due to retirement. Mrs Jubber left the school to join her husband in East London and Mrs Janse van Rensburg left to join her husband in Cape Town. Mrs Meintjies decided to move to an independent school after three years at the school. Mrs Leonie Powell and her husband moved to the United Kingdom. Thank you to the PA Committee, and in particular, the Governors under the Chairmanship of Mr Graeme Wilson, for many hours spent supporting, advising and assisting the staff and girls of the school. I must also thank all the staff for their dedicated hard work throughout the year. This is indeed appreciated. The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

Governing Body Executive: Mrs Karen du Toit (Headmistress) Mr Graeme Wilson (Chairperson) Mrs Ansuya Govender (Vice Chairperson) Mr Tim Waterson (Treasurer) Mrs Anne Gioia (Secretary) Parent Representatives: Dr Sello Galane Mr David Manley Mr Cornel Swart (PA Chairperson) Mr Moses Twala Mr André van Tonder Educator Representatives: Mrs Elzahn Bloem Mrs Birgit du Toit Mrs Doret Schoombie

Non-Educator Representative: Mr Pierre de Villiers RCL Representatives: Hayley Elcombe Amy Gouws Tina Kondouli Co-Opted: Mr James Tubb Mr Moray Smit Invited Representatives: Ms Kim Lovegrove (OGA Chairperson) Mrs Cheryl Alton (Bursar) Mrs Joan Viljoen (Minutes Secretary) Tumisang Letebele (Head of North Lodge) Keabetswe Tsebe (Head of School House)

Parents’ Association Committee Mr Cornel Swart (Chairperson) Mrs Candice Beukes (Marketing) Mrs Janet Johnson (Secretary) Mrs Lungi Qwelane (Marketing) Mrs Lilja Lakic Mrs Alda Swart Mrs Heike Auret

Mr Graeme Auret Mrs Maphefo Mokhuane Mrs Itumeleng Mpe Mrs Soula Petoussis Mrs Helen Smit Mrs Mmoni Sehlapelo Mrs Marion Beeforth

Acknowledgments Editors: Photographers: Advertising: Typing: Design and layout: Reproduction and printing:

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Mrs Lorraine du Toit Mrs Niki le Riche Mrs Joan Manders Mrs Joan Manders Mr Pierre de Villiers Ms Sandy Dorlas Mr Brendan Hohls (Music) Contributions from learners Mrs Joan Manders Mrs Yvonne Uys Ms Anita Stapelberg Typo – Mr Warren Haskins

Educators

EXECUTIVE STAFF Absent: Mrs D Stoffberg (Deputy Headmistresses) Mrs D Schoombie (Deputy Headmistress), Mrs K du Toit (Headmistress), Mrs D McCusker (Acting Deputy Headmistress)

HEADS OF DEPARTMENT Absent: Ms S Dorlas (Extra-mural Sport) Back Row (L-R): Mrs A Lamb (FET Curriculum Assessment), Mrs A van Niekerk (FET Curriculum Integration and Security), Mrs B du Toit (Cultural Co-ordinator), Mrs E Bouwer (Mathematics, Life Sciences and Physical Sciences), Mrs K Ungerer (Accounting), Mrs L Godfrey (Life Orientation) Front Row (L-R): Mrs M Marais (Sports Director), Mrs D Schoombie (FET Development), Mrs K du Toit (Headmistress), Mrs D McCusker (Languages), Mrs P Skhosana (LTSM & Sepedi)

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Absent: Ms S Dorlas, Mrs M Albertyn, Ms I Turpin, Ms D Dugmore, Mrs M Holzhäusser, Ms M Jelley, Ms E Russell, Mrs S Rugbar Back Row (L-R): Mrs S Pike, Ms L Austin, Ms E Bezuidenhout, Mr F Pretorius, Mrs E Foxcroft, Mr M Fourie, Mr W Smit, Mrs L Stellaard, Mrs A Gilliomee van der Walt, Mrs L Leslie, Ms E van Niekerk, Mrs A Campbell-Atkins, Mrs R Matthyse 5th Row (L-R): Ms H Pelser, Ms C Greenwood, Mrs N van Wyk, Mr V Sebuthuma, Mrs N le Riche, Ms M Moll, Mrs K Buckley, Ms B Grover, Mrs E Bloem, Mrs V Hohls, Mrs I Rademeyer, Mrs M Oertel, Mrs E Whelpton 4th Row (L-R): Mrs N de Bruin, Mrs D Klopper, Ms C Park, Mrs J Esterhuizen, Mrs S Dowlath, Mrs J van der Westhuizen, Mrs J Greenberg, Mrs E Lubie, Ms S Eaton, Mrs T Janse van Rensburg, Mrs R Mackenzie, Mrs L van Heerden, Mrs V Venter, Mrs A Boustead 3rd Row (L-R): Mrs J Cÿrus, Mrs M Gouws, Mrs M Ford, Mrs K Brimecombe, Mrs T Meintjies, Mrs T van Tonder, Mrs D Glover, Ms T Goyns, Ms D Cooper, Mrs T Hellberg, Mrs Y Jackson, Ms M Buchel 2nd Row (L-R): Ms S Rahman, Mrs A Mjadu, Mrs H Wright, Mrs S Ntuli, Mrs J Cowan, Ms M Oldfield, Mrs L du Toit, Mrs M Andrade, Ms M Lippi, Mrs A van der Merwe, Ms P Buchanan, Mrs V Ramlaul, Mrs J Jubber, Ms J Venter Front Row (L-R): Mrs E van Schoor, Mrs A Lamb, Mrs M Marais, Mrs K Ungerer, Mrs E Bouwer, Mrs D McCusker, Mrs K du Toit, Mrs D Schoombie, Mrs P Skhosana, Mrs L Godfrey, Mrs A van Niekerk, Mrs B du Toit, Mrs M Robertson

EDUCATORS 2015

Educators 2015

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Educators 2015

Educators 2015 Mrs M Albertyn Mrs M Andrade Ms L Austin Ms E Bezuidenhout Mrs E Bloem Mrs A Boustead Mrs K Brimecombe Ms M Buchel Ms P Buchanan Mrs K Buckley Mrs A Campbell-Atkins Ms D Cooper Mrs J Cowan Mrs J Cÿrus Mrs N de Bruin Ms S Dorlas Mrs S Dowlath Mrs B du Toit Mrs K du Toit Mrs L du Toit Ms D Dugmore Ms S Eaton Mrs J Esterhuizen Mrs A Floor Mrs M Ford Mr M Fourie

Mrs E Foxcroft Ms K Gerber Mrs A Gilliomee van der Walt Mrs D Glover Mrs L Godfrey Mrs M Gouws Ms T Goyns Mrs J Greenberg Ms C Greenwood Ms B Grover Mrs T Hellberg Mrs V Hohls MrsM Holtzhäusser Mrs Y Jackson Mrs T Janse van Rensburg Ms M Jelley Mrs J Jubber Mrs D Klopper Mrs A Lamb Mrs L Leslie Mrs N le Riché Mrs E le Roux Ms M Lippi Mrs E Lubie Mrs R Mackenzie Mrs R Matthyse

Mrs D McCusker Mrs T Meintjies Mrs A Mjadu Ms M Moll Ms A Mulder Mrs S Ntuli Mrs M Oertel Ms M Oldfield Ms M Olivier Ms C Park Ms H Pelser Mrs S Pike Mr C Pretorius Mrs A Raconzier Mrs I Rademeyer Ms S Rahman Mrs V Ramlaul Mrs M Robertson Mrs S Rugbar Ms E Russell Mrs D Schoombie Mr V Sebuthuma Mrs C Shelley Mrs P Skhosana Mr W Smit Mrs L Stellaard

Mrs D Stoffberg Ms I Turpin Mrs K Ungerer Mrs A van der Merwe Mrs J van der Westhuizen Mrs L van Heerden Mrs A van Niekerk Ms E van Niekerk Mrs E van Schoor Mrs T van Tonder Mrs N van Wyk Ms J Venter Mrs V Venter Ms E Whelpton Mrs H Wright Student Assistants Mr A Amunga Ms A Cowan Ms A du Preez Ms L Grindley-Ferris Ms T Manders Mrs M Mouton Ms M Polo Ms B Powell

Staff 2015 Administration and Other Mrs C Alton Mrs C Cameron Mrs L du Plessis Mr P de Villiers Ms M Ellis Mrs M Gemeliaris Mrs E Kruger Sr A Lourens Ms P Maluleke Mrs J Manders Mr S Mashishi Mrs S Morezzi Mrs A Muller Mrs M Oates Mrs L Powell Mrs S Samouris

Mrs L Sanders Mr R Schuttenberg Sr T Shenfield-Schwartz Mrs S Shields Mr P Sindane Mrs J Viljoen Ms T Zulu Conductors Mrs V Hohls (Orchestra) Mr Stephan Gericke (Choir) Mr Mbuso Ndlovu (Rhythmony) Hostel Mr D Mokhine Mrs L Malapela

Mr C Marumo Mrs P Mashilo Mrs G Mashishi Mr C Mokoena Mrs F Molekoa Mrs R Nkadimeng Mr D Ramasetlha Matron S Ries Matron A Streak Mrs E Tjiane Mrs L Tjiane Ms P Ledwaba General Assistants Mr A Ditshego Mrs J Kutu Mr E Komape

Mr S Mandlazi Mr F Mangwana Mr W Manyala Mrs J Masethla Mr P Mashilwane Mr W Mashishi Mr T Mdluli Mr K Kgomo Mr M Mojela Mr P Makonjane Ms R Mokwena Mr M Moloro Mr K Molwantwa Mrs E Seketa Ms P Sibanyoni Mrs A Skhosana

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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Absent: Mrs L Sanders Back Row (L-R): Mrs C Cameron, Mrs C Alton, Mrs E Kruger, Mrs L Powell, Ms T Zulu, Mrs S Shields, Ms M Ellis Front Row (L-R): Mrs J Viljoen, Ms P Maluleka, Mrs A Muller, Mr P Sindane, Mrs L du Plessis, Mr R Schuttenberg, Mrs J Manders

GROUNDS STAFF Absent: Mr W Manyala Back Row (L-R): Mr T Mdluli, Mr M Mojela, Mr F Mangwana, Mr S Mashishi, Mr W Mashishi, Mr K Molwantwa Middle Row (L-R): Mr P Mashilwane, Mr K Kgomo, Mr E Komape, Mr M Moloro, Mr S Mandlazi, Ms J Kutu, Mr A Ditshego Front Row (L-R): Ms P Sibanyoni, Mrs A Skhosana, Mrs E Seketa, Mr R Schuttenberg, Mrs J Masethla, Ms R Mokwena, Mr P Mokonjane

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Staff Informal

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Staff News

Staff News Six new staff members were welcomed in January. Ms Tamsin Goyns and Ms Megan Jelley were appointed to teach in the English Department; Mrs Madeline Gouws and Ms Janet Venter in the Afrikaans Department; Ms Elaine Bezuidenhout in the Art Department and Mrs Erica Foxcroft in the Physical Science Department. Soon into the first term, Mrs Andrea Racionzer resigned and Ms Karlien Gerber was then appointed to the Music Department. Mr Richard Schuttenberg took up the post vacated by Mrs Spruyt as the new Facilities Manager. Several of our teachers swam the Midmar Mile again this year, but special mention needs to be made of Mrs Albertyn and her family who won the family race. Mrs Albertyn was placed second in her age group. At the end of the first term Mrs Jessica Jubber and her husband relocated to East London. Mrs Catherine Shelley returned to our school, this time teaching English to Mrs Jubber’s classes. Mrs Lynette Stellaard resigned after teaching at our school for fifteen years, leaving a void not only in the Afrikaans Department and on the netball field but also as the coordinator of our ushers. Mrs Lorna Ferreira agreed to teach Mrs Stellaard’s classes for a period of time. Sister Tanya Shenfield-Schwartz relocated to Cape Town and Sister Anita Lourens joined the staff. A few weeks before the end of the second term Mrs Eldene Whelpton, who had been at our school since January 2014, and who taught Natural Science, Life Science and Life Orientation, resigned to pursue a business venture. At the end of the second term, we said farewell to Ms Philippa Buchanan who decided to join her Blue Bulls fiancé, Grant Hattingh, who is playing rugby in Japan. She taught Life Orientation, Physical Education and Geography, organised tennis and she was the social tennis coach. Our second farewell at this time was to Mrs Erna van Schoor whose retirement finally arrived! She joined our Mathematics Department in 1993 and was soon appointed Head of the Department, teaching the senior classes mostly and, together with Mrs Kitto, she taught Additional Mathematics for eight years and Optional Mathematics to the seniors when we had FET. She taught countless extra maths classes and Remedial Maths, mostly to our matrics in the afternoons. She was also a cluster leader for fifteen years, moderated portfolios and she marked for the Gauteng Education Department for twenty-five years too. She is a teacher with many years of experience and expertise and we sadly bid

her farewell but wish her a happy retirement in the Cape. We welcomed four teachers at the beginning of the third term. Mrs Este le Roux joined the Life and Natural Science Department; Ms Marietha Olivier, the Afrikaans Department; Ms Anli Mulder, the Life Orientation and Physical Education Department and Mrs Annette Floor who agreed to teach in the Maths Department until the end of the year. Mrs Leonie Powell, although no stranger to us as she was the chairlady of our Parent Teachers’ Association from 2006 to 2009 and had joined our staff in 2013, managing hostel administration matters, resigned to join her husband in London. Mrs Soula Morezzi was appointed in her position when she left. Our new Deputy Headmistress, Mrs Danića Stoffberg was appointed at the end of term two although she only came to our school in the fourth term. She filled the post which was left vacant subsequent to Mrs Karen du Toit’s appointment as Headmistress in January. Mrs Stoffberg earned her MSc degree in 1990 from the University of Johannesburg (RAU), having completed her BSc in Biological Studies in 1987 and a BSc Hons in 1989. She is an experienced senior teacher in Life Sciences, having taught this subject at both Rand Park High School and Springs Girls’ High School. Mrs Stoffberg was the Principal of Springs Girls’ High School and has extensive school management skills. We look forward to many years under her leadership. It is customary to say farewell to a number of staff at the end of a year and this year was no exception. Mrs Tinsie Janse van Rensburg who was with us for fourteen years, teaching Physical Sciences to the Grade 10s, 11s and 12s, Natural Science to the Grade 8s and 9s and Technology to the Grade 8s, relocated with her family to Cape Town. She was a Form Organiser for seven years and she was involved in netball, robotics and athletics at our school. She was also involved with the successful annual Mole Day event. Mrs Tanya Meintjies who was with us for the past three years, taught Mathematics to our Grade 9s, 11s and 12s, and AP Mathematics to the Grade 10s, also sadly resigned to join another school in Pretoria. She assisted with remedial mathematics, coached hockey to our U16 girls and she was involved with the Spring Fair Fashion Show. Mrs Lorraine du Toit retired after eighteen years at the school, teaching English to the Grade 9s, 11s and 12s. She was Head of Selborne House for many years and she had assisted as a squash liaison teacher until she was the editor of the Iris magazine up to the time of her retirement. Mrs Annette Floor’s time with us came to an end and we wish her a happy retirement too.

FORM ORGANISERS

TEACHER ASSISTANTS

Back Row (L-R): Ms D Dugmore, Mrs M Andrade, Mrs E Lubie Front Row (L-R): Ms M Lippi, Mrs J van der Westhuizen

Absent: Ms A Cowan, Mr A Amunga, Mrs L Grindley-Ferris, Ms B Powell Back Row (L-R): Ms Abbi du Preez, Ms Margaux Mouton Front Row (L-R): Ms Masego Polo, Mrs L Godfrey, Ms Tess Manders

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Staff News

Welcome

Goodbye

Catherine Shelley

Danića Stoffberg

Elaine Bezuidenhout

Erica Foxcroft

Eldene Whelpton

Erna van Schoor

Karlien Gerber

Janet Venter

Este le Roux

Anita Lourens

Jessica Jubber

Leonie Powell

Madeline Gouws

Megan Jelley

Soula Morezzi

Anli Mulder

Lorraine du Toit

Lynette Stellaard

Marietha Olivier

Richard Schuttenberg

Tammi Goyns

Annette Floor

Pippa Buchanan

Sr Tanya Shenfield-Schwartz

Tanya Meintjies

Tinsie Janse van Rensburg

In Memoriam

Pauline Spruÿt Myers sadly passed away in December 2015 after a long and revered association with Pretoria High School for Girls. Pauline was a pupil at our school and it was here that she was introduced to the game of hockey. She was the Headgirl in 1945 and played for the Northern Transvaal Schools and senior sides. In 1956 she was awarded her Springbok colours and she went on to play for a college team and had the unique experience of playing in a Midlands of England XI against a touring Springbok side whilst studying at Bedford College in England. Pauline was appointed to our staff in the Physical Education Department upon her return to South Africa. She was involved in administration, coaching and management, including being the coach and manager of the Springbok team in 1976. In 1986 she was awarded with The State President’s Award for Sports Administration. She has a street named after her in Pretoria and was awarded an Honorary M. Ed from De Montford Bedford University for her contribution to sport and sport administration in a foreign country, in particular for her contribution to the new dispensation and organisation in the new South Africa. Pauline had a great love for PHSG and served two terms of office as the Chairlady of the Old Girls’ Association. Her famous homemade lemonade was sold for many years at the OGA stall at the Spring Fair. Pauline’s keen sense of humour and love of her alma mater will be sadly missed by all associated with the school.

Mr Andries Ditshego was employed as a general assistant in 1984 and worked for the school for 31 years. He passed away on 2 January 2016 at the age of 51 after a long illness. He will be fondly remembered by all who knew him. The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

RCL Induction

RCL Camp

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Absent: Sasha Lordan, Duduetsang Kasankola Back Row (L-R): Bongiwe Mjwara, Kerry-Anne Genricks, Annebelle Bettman, Lorraine Dippenaar, Cameron Perumal, Kirsten Coetzee 3rd Row (L-R): Vhonani Radzilani, Lily Mgangira, Tabo Mwila, Candice Gunn, Yaelin Tate, Lungile Mahlangu, Lucy da Costa, Hayley Elcombe 2nd Row (L-R): Tumisang Letebele, Lwazi Khoza, Danielle Gradwell, Ofentse Pheme, Zonke Makaula, Amy Gouws, Rachel Glass, Letsobang Ledwaba, Tyla Grobler Front Row (L-R): Tiisetso Mofokeng, Tina Kondouli, Mrs K Ungerer, Keabetswe Tsebe, Mrs D McCusker, Sandiswe Mdoda, Tshegofatso Maja

RCL EXECUTIVE

Office Bearers

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Absent: Bronwyn Openshaw Back Row (L-R): Bongiwe Mjwara, Kerry-Anne Genricks, Cameron Perumal, Lorraine Dippenaar, Annabelle Betmann, Kirsten Coetzee, Thato Legodi, Shana Enslin 4th Row (L-R): Alice-Jane Marais, Lucy da Costa, Savina Popov, Hayley Cooke, Daniella Christian, Lebohang Maboa, Tabo Mwila, Lungile Mahlangu, Candice Gunn, Kayla Badenhorst, Kristen Marshall, Nicola Barnard, Simona Coetzee, Britney Hand, Lily-Rose Mgangira 3rd Row (L-R): Karen Collins, Likando Kamuwanga, Lennie Elsenbroek, Tina Mabugu, Duduetsang Kasonkola, Amy Gouws, Danielle Grant, Vhonani Radzilani, Lisah Dzemwa, Gift Baloyi, Hala Wagi Allah, Tori Fossett, Gaby Birkholtz, Hayley Elcombe 2nd Row (L-R): Tyla Grobler, Letsobana Ledwaba, Lwazi Khoza, Ofentse Pheme, Rachel Glass, Ye Bam (Esther) Kim, Kendra Wilkinson, Zonke Makaula, Amy Holtzkampf, Charné Griesel, Natalia de Nobrega, Danielle Gradwell, Tumisang Letebele, Kylie Pillay Front Row (L-R): Tiisetso Mofokeng, Tshegofatso Maja, Naledi Pooe, Sasha Lordan, Mbali Nzimande, Tina Kondouli, Mrs D McCusker, Mrs K Ungerer, Keabetswe Tsebe, Mabongi Nyalungu, Kiese Mpara, Sandisiwe Mdodo, Tosca Musiker, Sharna Moonsamy

REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL OF LEARNERS

Office Bearers

PEER COUNSELLORS

Absent: Mishka Wazar, Thato Mochesane, Amy Finlayson Back Row (L-R): Lebohang Maboa, Phumzile Mukhari, Claire Jurisch, Cameron Perumal, Lungile Mahlangu, Callista Duursema, Johanna Makgobane, Racheal Ngyende Middle Row (L-R): Kgali Ratsoana, Lavita Nuvunga, Humaira Carim, Shannon Wardlaw, Gift Baloyi, Tina Mabugu, Zonke Makaula, Malaika Eyoh Front Row (L-R): Kea Pooe, Pascale Mestdagh, Savanah Xanthides, Mrs L Godfrey, Ofentse Pheme, Justine King, Jarnelle Robinson

TUTOR LEADERS’ COMMITTEE

Absent: Ms I Turpin Back Row (L-R): Ponahalo Mojapelo, Ingrid Roos, Pearl Lutwama, Gabriella Lucas, Pabi Maubane 4th Row (L-R): Simona Coetee, Basetsana Mamogale, Tabo Mwila, Tumi Mashego, Elif Yilmaz, Lesego Maubane 3rd Row (L-R): Heejin Jung, Gwen Viljoen, Gift Baloyi, Linoré van Wyk, Zonke Makaula, Shannon Wardlaw, Kamohelo Motsoeneng 2nd Row (L-R): Misha de Beer, Bronwyn Adams, Kea Pooe, Kgali Ratsoana, Vrishti Singh, Zahwa Jagot, Aqhama Pityana, Tumi Makhofola Front Row (L-R): Nateso Devan, Amy Gouws, Shikara Balkishun, Sinazo Magadlela, Maricelle Immelman, Leoné Venter, Laurentia Bopela The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

Valedictory Speech

Valedictory Speech Keabetswe Tsebe, Headgirl Good evening ladies and gentlemen, guest speaker and fellow matriculants. The mission statement of Pretoria High School for Girls states that ‘It is the aim of the school to produce well educated , balanced young women, who are adaptable, creative and independent, having integrity, social responsibility and respect in an environment of inclusivity and equality’. To my fellow matriculants of 2015, we have come to the end of our twelve years of schooling and the memories created over the last five years at Girls High have been the highlight of my schooling career and I am sure, of yours too. I have seen girls grow into young women who are independent, respectful and outspoken. It is evident from the successes of past pupils that the qualities which are stated in the mission statement equip us for the outside world which we are about to face and it is almost guaranteed that, with the lessons we have learnt here, we will not only survive but we will be victorious in much of what we do. An occasion such as this seemed so far away at the beginning of Grade 8 but I remember my Grade 8 form teacher, Mrs Rugbar, telling us before our Commencement Ceremony that the next time we will see the teachers in their academic attire will be at the Valediction and here we are after five eventful years. Being a border, the first day was filled with anxiety. My fellow boarders and I waited with nervous excitement and anticipation, hoping that we would be in the same form class. For most people coming to Girls High it was a time for change. Personally, coming into a new environment, to a new school in a different province was definitely a time for change. We were all incredibly fortunate to have attended a school that offers as many opportunities in an environment of such history and tradition which I believe sets us apart as privileged. As soon as I saw the number of learners in my Grade 8 class I was convinced that I would never be where I am today. But here I am and here we all are! This year has been a rollercoaster ride for me and I am sure, for many of you but with the support of everyone around me I believe we did it. I will never forget the day I got elected as Headgirl of this school and I received a standing ovation from the school. I was truly humbled and it was an honour and privilege to serve you in 2015. On a lighter note, what I will always remember about Girls High is the overindulgence in food, the many laughs, the special language we used and the sisterhood we formed. I would like to say thank you to all the teachers for providing more than just an education to us during the five years at Girls High. In particular I would like to thank my Grade 12 teachers for your constant motivation, patience and understanding. To the hostel staff, Mrs Lamb, Ms Greenwood, Ms Dugmore, Mrs Ford, Mrs van Niekerk,

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Ms Dorlas and Ms Turpin, thank you for your guidance and support throughout this year. To the RCL Executive of 2015, you have all been nothing but great leaders that I could rely on, and I have learnt much from all of you. Thank you to my Vice-head, Tina Konduoli, for always getting what needed to be done, and for your constant support and reassurance that I could do whatever it was. To Ofentse Pheme, thank you for being my partner and for going beyond your duties as Vice-head of Hostel . We have both had a challenging year but you have always been the one who got up and encouraged me. I believe we have both grown from the experience. You were my pillar of strength and someone in whom I could always confide. Thank you to Mrs K du Toit for your patience, advice and guidance during the year. To the executives, thank you for leading Girls High to the best of your abilities and for upholding the values that this school was built upon. To the maroon badges, the Aitken matrics of 2015, thank you for your support and for making this year a memorable one. You have all grown into such remarkable women over the past five years spent within the walls of our beautiful school. I firmly believe you will all achieve your goals and dreams and make a difference in the outside world. May we all remember the lessons learnt at Girls High and keep the bond that we have built. Last, but certainly not least, thank you to my parents for all that you have done for me. Thank you for your understanding love and constant support throughout this year and for bringing me to a school of this calibre that has given me so many opportunities to grow and become the woman I am today. Your sacrifices and all the early mornings and the late nights I appreciate immensely I thank you all.

Valedictory Speech

Valedictory Speech Tina Kondouli, Deputy Headgirl Good evening ladies and gentlemen, executive, guest speaker, staff and fellow matriculants. Tonight I wish that I could give you some wisdom about the future, or share my insight on what is to come in the years to follow but unfortunately, when it comes to the future, I am as clueless as any of my fellow peers sitting here. For this reason, I would like to take this opportunity rather to reminisce about the past. To describe our past five years at Pretoria High School for Girls as an emotional and mental rollercoaster ride would be the understatement of the century. We laughed, we cried, we danced, we fought, we ate but above all: we learned. Of course, we learnt about algebra, trigonometry, poetic devices and figures of speech but most importantly, we learnt about kindness, appreciation, confidence and respect. The majority of the girls sitting here really began to learn about kindness in the January of 2011 when we entered the doors of Pretoria High School for Girls for the first time as little Grade 8s. We were introduced to the big wide world of high school – and we were terrified! I had just arrived from a different country and I was only just beginning to grasp the South African way of life. The real reason why I know that kindness is at the foundation of this school is because when I was alone in a new school and a completely foreign country, I felt completely at home. Through the kindness of both the teachers and the girls of Girls High, I felt that I truly belonged. This is just my story, one of nearly three-hundred girls who found a new home at this institution. The second lesson that we were taught very early on was that of appreciation. For the past five years, we have been reminded of how privileged and lucky we are to be attending a school of such calibre. And we truly are. We have been taught by the best teachers, coached by the best coaches and mentored by the best mentors. We have been offered over fifty different sporting and cultural activities from netball and cross country to debating and orchestra. We have been able to showcase our stage talent in fashion shows, house plays and musical productions, while our recently renovated sports facilities allowed us to become the skilled sportswomen that we are. Our writing prodigies have been recognized through a variety of competitions, while our passionate readers have been rewarded through the library team. We have been accompanied by the staff to places such as Pietermaritzburg, Cape Town and even Paris. Pretoria High School for Girls has given us every platform that we need to develop our identities and to take us to the top. This brings me to the third lesson: confidence. Girls who have come into this school as Grade 8s in the past have grown to become lawyers, architects and Olympic medalists. They are women who run charities, produce beautiful art, teach, sing, lead and even climb Mount Everest. No matter which field they are involved in, past pupils of Pretoria High School for

Girls excel and succeed because this school has equipped them with the confidence that they need to pursue their dreams and to believe in themselves. Looking up at the matriculants of 2015, I no longer see young girls but confident women who are ready to tackle the world in all spheres of life. The last but certainly not the least lesson that I will be referring to is respect. Pretoria High School for Girls has taught us to respect our peers and our elders, our superiors and our inferiors, our environment, our property, our rules, our heritage and ourselves. This school has taught us that, while we may not always agree with everyone, it is imperative that we treat them with the utmost respect. This is what it means to be a true ‘Girls High girl’. To end off, I would like to thank everyone who helped me go through the past five years unscathed. To all my teachers who have been patient and understanding and who have shared their wisdom with me, thank you. To Mrs McCusker and Mrs Ungerer for always offering a listening ear, thank you. To Mrs K du Toit for making my job a pleasant past time, thank you. To the twenty-nine prefects whom I have laughed and cried with so much this entire year, thank you. To Kea, whom I have shared this incredible journey with and to whom I owe the greatest deal of gratitude, thank you. To my friends, thank you for always being there for me when I needed you the most and for making me smile every single day. To my mother, the strongest person I know and am ever likely to know, thank you for being my rock through the good times and the bad. To my fellow matriculants who have supported me for the past five years: you have become my second family and that is something that I will never forget. Thank you for making school truly worth coming to each day. J M Barrie once said: ‘Never say goodbye, because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting’. I doubt that there will ever come a day when I will forget about the little green dress, the one way corridor or the right-hand margin. If, however, that day ever comes, I hope that I will still remember two things: firstly, the incredible joy that I have felt throughout the past five years with the girls and the staff who are sitting here, and secondly, the most important lesson of them all – you can never predict or control what will happen in the future. What you can control is the way you choose to deal with it, and if you are a true ‘Girls High girl’, you will deal with it in style and with poise. This is not goodbye. This is only our beginning. Thank you. The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

Valedictory Awards

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Valedictory Awards

Valedictory Awards ACCOUNTING Amy Gouws The Anne Williams Trophy Michaela Begemann AFRIKAANS Beste Prestasie in Afrikaans Huistaal Lorraine Dippenaar Die Elsa Krige prys vir die Beste Prestasie in Afrikaans Eerste Addisionele Taal Maude Loffstadt Die Inez du Saar prys vir die Beste Vordering in Afrikaans Kgalalelo Ratsoana Die Jooste Trofee vir die Beste Prestasie in Afrikaans deur ‘n nie-Afrikaanssprekende leerling Anastasya Papvarnavas Die Prys vir Besondere Vordering in Afrikaans Huistaal Marlise Van Tonder COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY Michaela Begemann CONSUMER STUDIES Michaela Begemann THE DESIGN TROPHY Carmen Joubert ENGLISH The Anne van Zyl Prize Anastasya Papavarnavas The Barrow Prize Rachel Glass The Spheight Prize Duduetsang Kasonkola The Valda Inglis Prize Vani Pillay The Dorreih Elahi Prize Nicole Kleynhans FRENCH Tina Kondouli The Hélène Verdier Prize Duduetsang Kasonkola GEOGRAPHY Anastasya Papavarnavas Marlise van Tonder GERMAN Kaitlin Studer HISTORY The Vida Guytstein Prize for the highest marks Rachel Glass

LIFE ORIENTATION Rachel Glass Anastasya Papavarnavas LIFE SCIENCES Amy Gouws Anastasya Papavarnavas MATHEMATICS Michaela Begemann Rachel Glass The Bertha Gall Prize Duduetsang Kasonkola The Alison Kitto Prize Amy Gouws MATHEMATICS LITERACY Mishka Ismail Wazar MUSIC The Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph Prize Sarah Mirkin The Noel Niven Music Prize for being an outstanding musician Sarah Mirkin The Margaret Van Der Post Music Trophy for sharing musical talents with the school Helen Wu The Maisie Baikie Singing Trophy Vani Pillay Carlynne Wade The Yvonne Taylor Memorial Cup for the pupil who has contributed the most to the choir during the year Amy Gouws PHYSICAL SCIENCES The Beryl Mullins Prize Duduetsang Kasonkola The Mary Harrop-Allen Prize Anastasya Papavarnavas SEPEDI Lebogang Madisha VISUAL ART Amber Crouse The Nira Ramlall Memorial Trophy for the highest practical mark in Art or Design Nombulelo Moepi

SPECIAL AWARDS

The Kay Noel-Barham Award Demetria van Rooi The Eileen Nelson Debating Award Joyce Bongongo Sinazo Magadlela The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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The June Sussens Trophy for Consumer Studies Remy Bruzzaniti The Trophy for Enthusiasm, Dedication and Service Alexa Robinson The Trophy for Diligence and Commitment Marlise van Tonder The Gertrude Theiler Prize for All-round Meaningful Contribution to school life Hayley Elcombe The Margaret Theiler Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Sport in the School Jemimah Smith The Sheila Abrahams Trophy for Sportsmanship Alexandra Pashkin The Moira Arni Prize for Loving Kindness and Caring Shikara Balkishun The Bernice Catzel Award for Service to the Commuity Gwen Viljoen The Katz Trophy for Goodwill and Harmony Nokwazi Kola The Edith Aitken Award for progress in a Foreign Environment Trang Le Vitrix Adversarium awarded for Achievement under Difficult Circumstances Zonke Makaula The Winifred Hawkins Prize for excelling in a new or particular sphere or under unusual circumstances Duduetsang Kasonkola Nokwazi Kola Tumisang Letebele Sinazo Magadlela Daisy Nemutanzhela Anastasya Papavarnavas Jenna Pretorius Jemimah Smith The Old Girls Award Hayley Elcombe The Pauline Myers Spruÿt Award for Love and Devotion to her school Candice Gunn The Iris Award for Headgirl Keabetswe Tsebe

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ACADEMIC AWARDS

The William Anderson Award for Distinguished Scholarship (for receiving an average of over 84.5% in Grades 10, 11 and 12) Michaela Begemann Rachel Glass Amy Gouws Duduetsang Kasonkola Anastasya Papavarnavas Marlise van Tonder Academic Honours Rachel Glass Amy Gouws Anastasya Papavarnavas Marlise van Tonder

CULTURAL AWARDS Service to Culture Chiara Wheatley (Orchestra, Choir and Big Band)

SERVICE AWARDS Service Honours Shikara Balkishun

SPORTS AWARDS

Award for Sporting Excellence Amy Gouws (South African Robotics) Odette van Deventer (South African Women’s Track Cycling) Marlise van Tonder (South African Schools Hockey Under 18A) Chiara Wheatly (South African Equestrian for Show-Jumping – Level 3) Sport Honours Hockey Marlise van Tonder Robotics Amy Gouws Service to Sport Kirsten Coetzee First Teams (Hockey, Swimming, Water Polo, Athletics) Jemimah Smith First Teams (Hockey, Swimming, Water Polo, Athletics)

Colours Awards

Colours Awards ACADEMIC AWARDS

Iris Awards June 2015

Grade 12 Michaela Begemann Melissa Botha Rachel Glass Amy Gouws Duduetsang Kasonkola Tina Kondouli Maudie Loffstadt Anastasya Papavarnavas Vhonani Radzilani Marlise van Tonder Grade 11 Tatiana Blecher Laurentia Bopela Kurston Fortuin Veronique Frances Bilonda Lonji Amy Marais Janie Mouton Maryam Sanatkaran Méja Schoeman Vrishti Singh Grade 10 Anne Bredell Simona Coetzee Alexia Daniel Mikayla Isebeck Kristin Katzin Esther Kim Larissa Liebenberg Pascale Mestdagh Stacey Sapsford Derryn Wenhold Grade 9 Claire Angel Vanessa Annor Noa Anthony Raeesa Boodoo Gabriella Clara Lauren Cooke Lara Gouws Jemima Luis Kameryn Muffler Cara Schoombie Grade 8 Alessia Bellomo Robin Davies Shayla de Leeuw

Tamsyn Hunter Lehlogonolo Letshela Bonolo Moikanyane Sandy Soe Kayla Stroud Annelie van der Walt Kendra Wilkinson

December 2015 Grade 11 Tatiana Blecher Laurentia Bopela Veronique Frances Eternal Lonji Amy Marais Jane Mouton Megan Rikkers Maryam Sanatkaran Méja Schoeman Vrishti Singh Grade 10 Daniella Birkholtz Anne Bredell Simona Coetzee Alexia Daniel Ye Dam Kim Mikayla Isebeck Larissa Liebenberg Pascale Mestdagh Stacey Sapsford Derryn Wenhold Grade 9 Claire Angel Vanessa Annor Noa Anthony Raeesa Boodoo Jenna-Lee Clingham Lara Gouws Kaylee Harris Jemima Luis Kameryn Muffler Cara Schoombie Grade 8 Alessia Bellomo Robin Davies Lennie Elsenbroek Mia Janse van Rensburg Lehlogonolo Letshela Bonolo Moikanyane Sandy Soe Kayla Stroud Annelie van der Walt Kendra Wilkinson

Gold Certificates and Full Colours Grade 12 Michaela Begemann Melissa Botha Rachel Glass Amy Gouws Thenesia Govender Candice Gunn Duduetsang Kasonkola Nicole Kleynhans Tina Kondouli Maudie Loffstadt Sasha Lordan Lily Mgangira Havisha Moodley Anastasya Papavarnavas Cameron Perumal Natalie Petzwinkler Vhonani Radzilani Marlise van Tonder

Pascale Mestdagh Chané Nel Mikéla Nortje Flourish Oluwamakinde Stacey Sapsford

Grade 11 Tatiana Blecher Laurentia Bopela Kurston Fortuin Veronique Frances Kelsey Langley Eternel Lonji Tina Mabugu Amy Marais Gama Mashigo Jane Mouton Micaela Rodrigues Dominique Rossi Maryam Sanatkaran Méja Schoeman Vrishti Singh Chané Theron Jeanay van Schalkwyk Natasha Victor Shannon Wardlaw Ashleigh Wilhelm

Silver Certificates and Full Colours Grade 11 Racheal Ngyende

Grade 10 Gabriella Birkholtz Simona Coetzee Alexia Daniel Amy Finlayson Mikayla Isebeck Kristin Katzin Amy Kim Esther Kim Larissa Liebenberg Ellen Maartens Alice-Jane Marais Kristen Marshall

Gold Certificates and Half Colours Grade 12 Tamsyn de Witt Caitlin Dixon Mishka Ismail Wazar Carmen Joubert Kajil Naraindath Jordan Netherlands Vani Pillay Jeanique Strydom Grade 10 Anne Bredell Derryn Wenhold

Silver Certificates and Half Colours Grade 12 Shikara Balkishun Annebelle Bettman Petronè Bezuidenhout Niharika Bhardwaj Raquel de Almeida Lorraine Dippenaar Ashlee Lotter Lebogang Madisha Sinazo Magadlela Biotumelo Makhafola Sarah Mirkin Simbongile Nyangintsimbi Ofentse Pheme Angelique Smith Thiavna Subroyen Yaelin Tate Angela van Rooyen Grade 11 Isabella da Silva Courtney Donaldson Ruth du Toit Ashton Flowerday Nina Fondse Leigh Joubert Heejin Jung Trina Kim The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

Colours Awards

Taeeun Kim Mamphokeng Modiba Savanna Primmer Loraine Shuttleworth Jordyn Weiss Megan Wilding Crystal Willis Grade 10 Riyazah Du Toit Isabella Gioia Bronwyn Harmse Charissa Holdt Sascha Kacnik Gillian Loffstadt Tamryn Logan Savina Popov Kirsten Regan Julia Tosi Gold Certificates (80% + average) Grade 12 Demitria Engelbrecht Grade 11 Raeesa Cassim Patricia Eschmann Megan Rikkers Grade 9 Claire Angel Vanessa Annor Noa Anthony Kayla Badenhorst Nicole Barnard Jessica Blair Raeesa Boodoo Nomzamo Chabalala Gabriélla Clara Jenna-Lee Clingham Lauren Cooke Arielle Gibson Lara Gouws Jessica Guimaraes Kaylee Harris Jacky James Hanán Jeppie Nicolette Kotze Vibaksha Lalla Jemima Luis Kemelo Maila Karabo Mlangeni Kiese Mpasa Kameryn Muffler Aqila Rab Katy Racionzer Cara Schoombie Charlotte Smit

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Ashley Strauss Clea Welch Grade 8 Gabrielle Amrouni Alessia Bellomo Savannah Carvalheiro Michelle Cazalet Zoë Damon Robin Davies Shayla de Leeuw Kalilah Dippenaar Lennie Elsenbroek Megan Grobler Tamsyn Hunter Mia Janse van Rensburg Melita Katakuzinos Lehlogonolo Letshela Karabo Malete Monica Martins Lebogang Modjadji Bonolo Moikanyane Sharna Moonsamy Modiegi Motsoaledi Ornella Pavone Gabriella Petoussis Koketso Phale Kelsey Prost Mmaphale Ramatsetse Kelebogile Ratsoana Tamrin Slager Sandy Soe Kayla Stroud Asante Tshwane Annelie van der Walt Emma van Schalkwyk Dominique van Staden Miecke Venter Kendra Wilkinson Silver Certificates (75% - 79% average) Grade 12 Tabitha El Mohamadi Shannon Henry Gina Lazarides Trang Le Johanna Makgobane Sandisiwe Mdoda Karabo Mokoena Kgalalelo Ratsoana Ingrid Roos Grade 11 Tarryn Augus Nkhensani Biko Caela Gauche Maricelle Immelman Hee-rak Lee

Pearl Lutwama Nthabiseng Mabapa Caitlin Manley Dominique Martin Kawala Masondo Mametse Moropyane Tashmika Naidoo Vaschel Naidoo Molebogeng Pooe Hannah Snyman Cassidy Strybos Megan van Schalkwyk Grade 10 Stephanie Beatson Dominique Bothma Jennifer de Beer Abonga Dube Rebekah Miller Kamohelo Motsoeneng Rebecca Nel Kemisetso Phakathi Storm Posthumus Langelihle Sitsha Grade 9 Alexandra Bahkmann Kellin Burger Disa Burger Ashley Coetzee Unako Dubula Chipo Hansungule Natascha Janse van Rensburg Isabeau Joubert Likando Kamuwanga Berniciel Lonji Tshilidzi Mabadzhabadzha Keletso Maboitshego Obakeng Mahlako Keamogetswe Manamela Refentse Manyelo Grace Mngadi Lesego Mokoena Kendahl Moore Antonia Mugisa Yearng Oh Clarissa Olivier Tiffany Padiachy Naledi Sekoati Amy Serfontein Khona Shabalala Nicole Siebert Mercedes Singh Annette Tsaku Jessica van der Merwe Grade 8 Shalom Agbiji Tristan Behr

Medha Bhatt Kayla Bontekoning Iman Cassim Reitumetse Chaisi Natalie Chrisochos Elke du Toit Jeanay Gordon Taralyn Greyling Dineo Hlonyana Hawa Ibrahim Thato Loate Gabby Lourens Jo-Anne Mahlobo Khensani Mangolele Courtney Marshall Paige Mitchley Sphesihle Mkhize Celeste Mnguni Amo Modimoeng Gosiame Mosiane Tlalane Ntlatlapa Bronwyn Openshaw Daniela Paterson Victoria Selby Oregaugetse Sepeng Katinka Sik Shani Smit Dominique Steeman Jessica Thacker Savanna Thomson Chantelle Tseka Yashoda Yengopal SPORTS AWARDS Athletics Full Colours Kirsten Coetzee Megan Gerber Regina Maepa Jemimah Smith Marlise van Tonder Half Colours Jamie Brown Jennifer Cazalet Kendal Grant Benita Kiabilua Meeghan Klomp Gabriella Lucas Lebogang Maboa Hannaé Meyer Naledi Mnisi Mabongi Nyalungu Flourish Oluwamakinde Cayla Rosenblatt Emma Scheffer

Colours Awards

Basketball Full Colours Lebogang Madisha Tumelo Mashego Gcinile Mlungwana Thembelihle Shabangu Tshephisho Thlotse Half Colours Deborah Amenigy Nonthando Bankole Naledi Dile Pearl Lutwama Leago Mangolele Kelebogile Masemola Gama Mashigo Naledi Mnisi Batlile Motuku Monica Nel Chess Full Colours Marlise van Tonder Half Colours Tania Blake Abigail Kuhn Nikhila Moodley Tara Pemu Cross Country Full Colours Ashleigh Connell Lebogang Maboa Tristen Rees Half Colours Gabriella Birkholtz Alexandra Botha Anne Bredell Megan Gerber Taylor Rees Alexa Robinson Lufuno Sigwadi Diving Full Colours Melissa Botha Danielle Fröhling Cydney Liebenberg Sérah-May Smedsrud Jade Theys Half Colours Amber Crouse Tyla Grobler Leah Mascini Jenna Pretorius Erinn Simpson Jeanay van Schalkwyk

Equestrian Full Colours Kristi Harvey Tiffany McAllister Half Colours Jean-Marie Rossouw Hockey Honours Meeghan Klomp Kelsey Langley Marlise van Tonder Full Colours Annebelle Bettman Kirsten Coetzee Shannon Henry Mabongi Nyalungu Matika Ras Meeghan Scheffer Jemimah Smith Yaelin Tate Half Colours Melissa Botha Karen Collins Hayley Elcombe Kerry-Anne Genricks Kristi-Leigh Harvey Kaylah Mascini Teneal Morkel Jane Mouton Natalie Petzwinkler Ashleigh Wilhelm Lifesaving Full Colours Simona Baptista Rosa Natania Harding Laiken Venter Half Colours Gabriella Viera Netball Full Colours Bronwyn Adams Lorraine Dippenaar Tyla Grobler Sérah-May Smedsrud Half Colours Tayla Frans Kendal Grant Bonolo Kgoebane Zonke Makaula Johanna Makgobane Nicole Mampye Kristin Marshall Thandiwe Ndlovu

Natalie Ntsaku Simbongile Nyangintsimbi Jodi Steytler Robotics Honours Amy Gouws Half Colours Payton Beyleveld Natania Harding Hinvira Sujan Jamie Wills Squash Full Colours Alexandra Pashkin Half Colours Jessica Colley Rachel Glass Mignon van Zyl Marcail Wragg Swimming Full Colours Kirsten Coetzee Lucy da Costa Hayley Elcombe Kelsey Langley Kaylah Mascini Robyn Murphy Alexa Robinson Jemimah Smith Michelle Swanepoel Heike Thormählen Courtney van Biljon Half Colours Tayla Cromhout Charné de Jager Kendal Grant Mia Köpplinger Caitlin Manley Emma Scheffer Hannah Snyman Deidré van Niekerk Tennis Full Colours Isabella Chela Half Colours Annebelle Bettman Jessica Heath Ariami Joubert Meeghan Klomp Simone Pretorius Chané Theron Danica Wolfhaardt

Volleyball Full Colours Angelique De Kock Magali Kiabilua Tina Kondouli Tumisang Letebele Ami-Rose Nel Anastasya Papavarnavas Priyanka Ramnath Half Colours Elsie Bokaba Kathryn Bredell Louise Burdett Bianca De Aguiar Lisah Dzemwa Khanyisile Hlalethoa Nomsa Mahlangu Paballo Mangala Mahlatse Motitswe Melissa Muregerera Vaschel Naidoo Maryam Sanatkaian Lerato Thabane Phemelo Tshehla Nomsa Twala Water Polo Full Colours Kirsten Coetzee Hayley Cooke Shannon Henry Caitlin Manley Alexa Robinson Abigail Smit Jemimah Smith Jodi Steytler Michelle Swanepoel Deidré van Niekerk Half Colours Alexandra Botha Kendal Cole Tayla Cromhout Monica Esterhuizen Isabella Gioia Kendal Grant Brittani Korb Kaylah Mascini Danielle Roux CULTURAL AWARDS Big Band Full Colours Helen Wu Half Colours Jessica Bule Leigh Cruywagen The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

Colours Awards

Chordettes Full Colours Ruby McGreggorLangley

Raquel de Almeida Ashton Flowerday Linette Kotzé Vani Pillay Firdaus Salie Zeenat Salie Abigail Smit Cristina Valente Chiara Wheatley Choir Full Colours Amy Gouws Maricelle Immelman Lungile Mahlangu Sarah Merkin Phumi Mukhari Mashoto Tsagae Keabetswe Tsebe Angela van Rooyen Chiara Wheatly Half Colours Blessings Baloyi Naline Boketsu Wenge Laurentia Bopela Kimberleigh Campher Antonia Chela Avril de Nation Themba Jiyane Kristin Katzin Lwaphesheya Khoza Kelly Lucas Tshepang Mabuela Tina Mabugu Rasenoko Makatu Kayleen Makgabo Paballo Maubane Naa Shidaa Mills Tshimollo Mnisi Lesedi Moerane Ponahalo Mojapelo Kia Monyokolo Mametse Moropyane Kamohelo Motsoeneng Vaschel Naidoo Lelethu Nokele Qukeza Nokele Nicole Nortman Danielle Oelofse Lynadia Samuel Leovan Scott Gabriella Sigalas Kaitlin Studer Carlynne Wade Marcail Wragg Mylo van Straaten

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Debating Full Colours Shikara Balkishun Kate Kabe Sinazo Magadlela Stacey Sapsford Shannon Wardlaw Half Colours Buitomelo Makhafola Flute Ensemble Full Colours Tatiana Blecher Half Colours Ye Seul Cho Abigail Smit Musical/Drama Full Colours Alexandra Botha Neo Kgobane Daphney Maponya Olive Olusegun Demetria van Rooi Half Colours Gift Baloyi Simone Baptisa Rosa Camerondene Buys Mishael de Beer Megan du Preez Alessandra Gemeliaris Maricelle Immelman Genevieve Joynt Tina Kondouli Gina Lazarides Eternel Lonji Sinazo Magadlela Alizwa Manona Josephine Martin Lëlani Mbukwane Hannaé Meyer Ponahalo Mojapelo Lavita Nuvunga Kayla Phitides Sarah Pitt Savanna Primmer Pooja Pundit Megan Rikkers Ingrid Roos Alexandra Savvas Jordyn Weiss

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Orchestra Full Colours Tatiana Blecher Raquel de Almeida So-Jung La Sandisiwe Mdoda Sarah Mirkin Cristina Valente Chiara Wheatley Helen Wu Half Colours Ye-Bin Cho Ye Seul Cho Leigh Cruywagen Airyn Goodbrand Heejin Jung Linette Kotzé Phumzile Mukhari Alexandra Reeler Firdaus Salie Zeenat Salie Abigail Smit Deirdré van Niekerk Megan van Schalkwyk Public Speaking Full Colours Letsobana Ledwaba Sandisiwe Mdoda Tabo Mwila Thiavna Subroyen Half Colours Mishka Cassim Nthabiseng Matsimela Olive Olusegun Masego Ramabu Rhythmony Full Colours Nokwazi Kola Nonhlanhla Maphanga Daphney Maponya Lelani Mbukwane Nemesia Tau Angela van Rooyen Half Colours Blessings Baloyi Zandi Dinwayo Phumzile Gubanca Themba Jiyane Lwazi Khoza Ntombikayise Khumalo Onalerona Moleko Kamohelo Motsoeneng Malebo Ramaotsoa Grace Yav

SERVICE AWARDS Honours Shikara Balkishun

Nombulelo Ntuli Naledi Pooe Lili Smit Shannon Wardlaw

Grade 12 Full Colours Deborah Amenigy Maushami Bhawani Hayley Elcombe Charlene Ferns Amy Gouws Sinazo Magadlela Lungile Mahlangu Sarah Mirkin Gontse Mathiba Lebogang Motolla Anastasya Papavarnavas Cameron Perumal Ofentse Pheme Vhonani Radzilani Kaitlin Studer Keabetswe Tsebe Gwendoline Viljoen Savanah Xanthides Kutlwano Yende Elif Yilmaz

Half Colours Gift Baloyi Karen Collins Kurston Fortuin Monica Germishuizen Basetsana Mamogale Josephine Martin Tshegofatso Mathe Talia Moodley Christen Naidoo Mmopi Nkuna Leluthu Nokele Mabongi Nyalungu Tisetso Phadu Lufuno Sigwadi Vrishti Singh Emmerentia Tshiovha

Half Colours Natesa Devan Tabitha El Mohamadi Kerry-Anne Genricks Danielle Gradwell Lwaphesheya Khoza Merveille Luis Lebogang Madisha Tshegofatso Maja Boitumelo Makhafola Unathi Mangqalaza Lily-Rose Mgangira Bongiwe Mjwara Vasalya Moodley Tabo Mwila Tshilidzi Nemutanzhela Lavita Nuvunga Kgalalelo Ratsoana Marlise van Tonder Amber Welkom Helen Wu

Half Colours Yebin Cho Simona Coetzee Alexia Daniel Mishael de Beer Jade Georgiou Jade Gower-Jackson Gabriella Lucas Alice-Jane Marais Terrell Mbokota Daniella Mosako Daniellé Nieuwenhuis Flourish Oluwamakinde Tarabhan Pemu

Grade 11 Full Colours Laurentia Bopela Isabella da Silva Maricelle Immelman Heejin Jung Ponahalo Mojapelo Racheal Ngyende

Grade 10 Full Colours Hoai Quynh Anh Le Thabiso Mthombeni

Matrics’ Last Assembly

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Matrics’ Polar Bear Swim

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Matric Results

8 Distinctions

*Denotes University Exemption These are the results at the time of printing. (Re-marks are not included.) ABDO, Savannah Emma* (Visual Arts) ABERSALIE, Rethalia Dominique* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Mathematical Literacy, History) Duduetsang Kasonkola

7 Distinctions

CHARMAN, Leigh Brittany*

AFONSO, Gabrielle*

CHAUKE, Thokozile Shongi

AMENIGY, Deborah Mawulolo* (Life Orientation, Life Sciences)

CHELA, Isabella Musonda*

AMOD, Ammaarah* (Mathematical Literacy)

COLE, Kendal Wendy Robyn

ATARO, Bereket Abayneh

CONNELL, Ashleigh Lynne* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Life Orientation)

BAPTISTA ROSA, Simone*

CROUSE, Amber-Tyler* (Visual Arts)

BEGEMANN, Michaela* (English Home Language, Afrikaans First Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Accounting, Computer Applications Technology, Consumer Studies)

DA COSTA, Lucy Anne * (Mathematics, Geography, Life Sciences)

BEZUIDENHOUT, Petroné * (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Computer Applications Technology, Visual Arts) BHARDWAJ, Niharika* (Mathematics, Life Orientation, Life Sciences) BHAWANI, Maushami* BOKETSU WENGE, Naline Vanita* (French Second Additional Language) BONGONGO, Joyce Divina* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Life Orientation, Geography, Geography, History) BOOI, Atandiwe* BOTHA, Alexandra Emma* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Life Orientation, History) BOTHA, Melissa* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, German Second Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Accounting) BROOKS, Nikita Alyce* (Life Orientation, History)

Amy Gouws

BRUZZANITI, Remy* BUCKLE, Danielle Adriana* (Afrikaans First Additional Language) BUYS, Camerodene-June* (Mathematical Literacy) CANOVI, Nikita Chané*

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COETZEE, Kirsten Lesley*

BALKISHUN, Shikara* (Accounting, History)

BETTMAN, Annebelle* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Geography, Physical Sciences, Visual Arts)

Rachel Glass

CAROLISSEN, Ashton* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Life Orientation, Accounting)

ADAMS, Bronwyn Megan*

BEGG, Saarah* Michaela Begemann

CARIM, Humaira* (Life Orientation, History, Life Sciences)

DA SILVA, Gabriela Bonita* (History) DAMON, Chanté* DAS, Asha DE ALMEIDA, Raquel Rodrigues* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Computer Applications Technology, Music) DE KOCK, Angelique* (Afrikaans First Additional Language) DE SOUSA, Catalina Jesus* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Accounting) DE WITT, Tamsyn* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Accounting, Computer Applications Technology) DEN HERTOG, Kelly Jade DEVAN, Natesa* DEVCHAND, Mishka Paresh* DIPPENAAR, Lorraine* (Afrikaans Home Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Accounting, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences) DIXON, Caitlin* (English Home Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Geography, History, Physical Sciences) DU PREEZ, Megan* (Afrikaans First Additional Language) EL MOHAMADI, Tabitha* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Mathematical Literacy, Life Orientation, History, Visual Arts) ELCOMBE, Hayley Catherine*

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ELLIS, Kristin* (English Home Language, Afrikaans First Additional Language, History)

HOWELL, Mégane Eugénie* (Mathematical Literacy, French Second Additional Language)

ENGELBRECHT, Demi* (English Home Language, Afrikaans First Additional Language, Mathematical Literacy, Design, History)

IMRIE, Leslie (Afrikaans First Additional Language)

ESTERHUIZEN, Monica*

ISMAIL WAZAR, Mishka* (English Home Language, French Second Additional Language, Mathematical Literacy, Life Orientation)

FERNS, Charlene* (Mathematical Literacy, History)

ISMAIL, Laa’iqa*

FERREIRA, Amy Louise* (Mathematical Literacy)

JACOBUS, Kay Celine

GCWABE, Lilita* (History)

JAGOT, Zahwa* (Mathematics, Life Sciences)

GELDENHUYS, Erica* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Life Orientation, Design, Geography) GEMELIARIS, Alessandra* (English Home Language, French Second Additional Language, Life Orientation, Geography, History) GENRICKS, Kerry-Anne* (Mathematics, Life Sciences) GEORGIADES, Jamila Emilie* (Mathematical Literacy, Design) GLASS, Rachel Michele* (English Home Language, Afrikaans First Additional Language, French Second Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, History, Physical Sciences) GORDON, Samantha Jeanine* GOUWS, Amy Christina* (English Home Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Accounting, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, AP Mathematics) GOVENDER, Thenesia Roshaline* (English Home Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, History, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences) GQWEDE, Mona-Lisa Ntombizamahlubi* (History) GRADWELL, Danielle Leanne* (Afrikaans First Additional Language) GROBLER, Tyla Rosa* (Afrikaans First Additional Language) GUBANCA, Phumzile Basetsane* GUNN, Candice Katheleen* (English Home Language, Afrikaans First Additional Language, French Second Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Life Sciences) HADJINICOLAIDES, Alexandra* HANSUNGULE, Edila Mukahahunyunyu* HARVEY, Kristi-Leigh* HENRY, Shannon* (Life Orientation, Life Sciences) HEYN, Jane Helen* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Life Orientation, Visual Arts)

7 Distinctions

JAFTA, Lenay Danielle* JOUBERT, Ariami*

Tina Kondouli

JOUBERT, Carmen Catherina* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, French Second Additional Language, Mathematical Literacy, Life Orientation, Design) KALIMASHE, Simnikiwe* KASONKOLA, Duduetsang Keabetswe* (English Home Language, Afrikaans First Additional Language, French Second Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, AP Mathematics)

Lily-Rose Mgangira

KEARNS, Miché Kelsey* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Mathematical Literacy) KEMP, Sydney Lauren* KGOBANE, Neo Seabi Precious* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Mathematics, Life orientation, Life Sciences) KGOEBANE, Nompendulo Bonolo KHOZA, Lwaphesheya Sinethemba Zethu* (Life Orientation)

Sarah Mirkin

KIABILUA, Tshita Esther Magali* (French Second Additional Language, Life Orientation) KLEYNHANS, Nicole (English Home Language, Afrikaans First Additional Language, French Second Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Life Sciences) KNIGHT, Monique Tamika Sadé KOLA, Sharon Nokwazi* KONDOULI, Tina* (English Home Language, French Second Additional Language, Modern Greek Second Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, History, Visual Arts)

Anastasya Papavarnavas

KORB, Brittani Fallon* (Life Orientation, History) KOTZÉ, Linette Vivian* KRUGER, Hailey Natalie* LAGERDIEN, Sade * (Afrikaans First Additional Language) LAZARIDES, Gina Argentina* (Computer Applications Technology)

Vhonani Radzilani The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

Matric Results

6 Distinctions

LE, Minh Trang* (Mathematics, Computer Applications Technology, History)

MANGALA, Paballo Michelle*

LEDWABA, Lerato Gomolemo*

MANGQALAZA, Unathi*

LEDWABA, Letsobana Mmabatho*

Annebelle Bettman

LESETEDI, Lesego Oaitsi*

MANONA, Alizwa Vuyelwa* (Mathematics, Accounting)

LETEBELE, Tumisang*

MAPHANGA, Nonhlanhla*

LEYDS, Tashlyn Sheena

MAPONYA, Tlou Daphne Basetsana*

LOFFSTADT, Helen Maude* (English Home Language, Afrikaans First Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Accounting, Computer Applications Technology)

MAROMULA, Khumo Ya Basetsana*

LORDAN, Sasha Maria* (English Home Language, Afrikaans First Additional Language, Life Orientation, Geography, History, Life Sciences) LOTTER, Ashlee Catherine* (Mathematics, Life Orientation, Design) LUIS, Merveille Kapinga* (French Second Additional Language, Mathematical Literacy) LUPKE, Genevieve* MABUNDA, Sphelele Thandi

Caitlin Dixon

MADISHA, Lebogang* (Sepedi, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Geography, History) MAGADLELA, Sinazo Vuyiswa* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Life Orientation, Geography, Life Sciences) MAGERMAN, Kelicia Aziza* MAHLANGU, Nhlangano Lungile* MAHLOBOGOANE, Bonolo* MAILA, Masehlabane Ofentse

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MASEMOLA, Kelebogile MASEMOLA, Sibusisiwe MASHEGO, Tumelo Carol* (Mathematical Literacy) MATHIBA, Gontse Mamogoane* MATTHEWS, Fikile Rosa* MBUKWANE, Lëlani Serele* (Mathematical Literacy) McGREGOR-LANGLEY, Ruby* (English Home Language, Accounting, History) McALISTER, Tiffany* MDODA, Sandisiwe Sibulele* (English Home Language, Afrikaans First Additional Language, Life Sciences) MGANGIRA, Lily-Rose Thandizo* (English Home Language, Afrikaans First Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Geography, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences)

MAKGOBANE, Johanna Mpho* (Mathematics, History)

MJWARA, Bongiwe Nokwanda* (Accounting, Computer Applications Technology)

MAKHAFOLA, Boitumelo Jessica Isme* (English Home Language, Afrikaans First Additional Language, Life Orientation, Accounting, Computer Applications Technology, Life Sciences)

MLUNGWANA, Gcinile Portia* MMULEDI, Princess MODISANE, Vuyiswa* MOEPI, Nombulelo* (Life Orientation, Accounting, Life Sciences, Visual Arts)

MALALA, Lebogang Rosemary*

MOFOKENG, Chantell Mabontle

MALAN, Annetha Marié* (Computer Applications Technology)

MOFOKENG, Tiisetso Dieketseng* (Design) MOKGOSHI, Kelebogile Ashleigh

MALHERBE, Canzonette* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Mathematical Literacy)

MOKOENA, Karabo Realeboga* (Mathematics, Life Orientation, Accounting)

MALOPE, Kelebogile Kgomotso* (Mathematics, Life Sciences)

MOKOTEDI, Nthabiseng Letta

MALULEKA, Dineo Lebogang Precious

MOLELEKENG, Teboho Maite*

MAMPYE, Nicole Mmabatho Jasmine*

Nicole Kleynhans

MASCINI, Kaylah Cecilia*

MAKAULA, Zonke* (Life Orientation)

MAKHWELO, Bontle Busisiwe Boikarabelo* (Mathematical Literacy)

Candice Gunn

MARTIN, Bianca*

MIRKIN, Sarah Hannah* (English Home Language, Afrikaans First Additional Language, German, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Music, Physical Sciences)

MAJA, Tshegofatso Robin* (Mathematical Literacy, History)

Thenesia Govender

MANGOENYANE, Bakang

MOLEKO, Onalerona Tiisetso MOLELEKI, Moleboheng* (History)

Matric Results

MOLWELE, Kgaugelo Christin MOODLEY, Havisha* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Accounting, Physical Sciences) MOODLEY, Sameshnee* MOODLEY, Vasalya* MOSIANE, Oratile* (Afrikaans First Additional Language) MOTHUPI, Natefo Tsholanang* MOTOLLA, Lebogang Verna* (Sepedi First Additional Language) MUNYAI, Nndanganeni Sharon* MUREGERERA, Rudo Melissa MURPHY, Robyn Nicole MURUGAN, Nicky MWILA, Tabo* (Mathematics, Accounting, Life Sciences) NARAINDATH, Kajil* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Accounting, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences) NASHED, Monica* NDALA, Princess Nomvuyo Khensani NEL, Ami-Rose* (Afrikaans First Additional Language) NELUVHALANI, Vhuiwa Kurhula* NEMUTANZHELA, Tshilidzi Daisy*

PERUMAL, Cameron Joesal* (English Home Language, French Second Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences) PETZWINKLER, Natalie Mary* (Mathematics, Life Orientation, Accounting, Computer Applications Technology, History) PHEME, Ofentse* (Mathematics, Life Orientation, Accounting, Physical Sciences) PHITIDES, Kayla Ariadne* (History) PIETERSE, Kim* (Afrikaans First Additional Language)

Maude Loffstadt

PIETERSE, Megan* (Life Orientation, Visual Arts) PILLAY, Vani* (English Home Language, French Second Additional Language, Life Orientation, History, Life Sciences, Music) PITT, Sarah Robyn* (Mathematics, Computer Applications Technology) PITYANA, Thandekile Aqhama* (Mathematics) POTGIETER, Anna-Mart* (Mathematical Literacy)

Sasha Lordan

POTGIETER, Kaylene* PRETORIUS, Jenna Charlotte* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Design) PUNDIT, Pooja* (History)

NETHERLANDS, Jordan Izabella* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Geography, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences)

RADZILANI, Vhonani Khumbudzo* (English Home Language, Afrikaans First Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Accounting, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences)

NGXAMNGXA, Lelona Azola

RAMNATH, Priyanka*

NKOANA, Palesa Khumo NKOSI, Lebogang Prudence

RATSOANA, Kgalalelo Karolo* (Mathematics, Life Orientation, Accounting)

NORTH, Laura Jade Olivia*

REES, Tristen, Carissa*

NUVUNGA, Lavita Germaine* (History)

RIYANO, Faith* (History, Visual Arts)

ROBINSON, Alexa Paige* (Design, Geography) NYANGINTSIMBI, Simbongile Silakhe* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, ROBINSON, Charnelle Amy* Mathematics, Life Orientation, Accounting, History, ROBINSON, Jarnelle Felicity* (Afrikaans Life Sciences) First Additional Language) PAPAVARNAVAS, Anastasya Joanna* ROBINSON, Kayla* (English Home Language, Afrikaans First ROGERS, Loudia-Mari Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Geography, Life Sciences, Physical ROOS, Ingrid* (Mathematics, Life Orientation, Sciences) Accounting, Life Sciences) PASHKIN, Alexandra Vasilievna*

6 Distinctions

PATERSON, Keneiloe Casey*

ROSSOUW, Nadia* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Design)

PEREIRA DA SILVA, Jaydene Marié*

ROUX, Danielle*

PERFECT, Caitlin Murron*

SARDIE, Leigh*

Boitumelo Makhafola

Kajil Naraindath

Simbongile Nyangintsimbi The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

Matric Results

6 Distinctions

SCHEFFER, Meeghan* (Visual Arts)

THLOTSE, Tshephisho*

SEANE, Boichoko*

THULARE, Neo*

SEKOAILA, Kelebogile Melita

THWALA, Thandiwe*

SETHOGOA, Kgomotso, Qaqamba* (Mathematics)

THWALA, Thembisile Mpho*

SHABANGU, Thembelihle Khanyisile*

TOMLINSON, Shanzé Lisan Auliya* (Afrikaans First Additional Language)

SHAI, Phafane Reshoketswe* (Sepedi First Additional Language)

TSAKU, Tsaku Natalie* (French Second Additional Language)

SHONGWE, Itumeleng Marge*

TSEBE, Keabetswe Tessia* (Life Orientation, Accounting)

SILWIMBA, Ndanji* Cameron Perumal

SITA, Hema* SKEEN, Alex Jessica* SKOSANA, Mitchell Bongiwe Bahlukeni SMEDSRUD, Sérah-May* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, History) SMIT, Michaela SMITH, Amy* (Afrikaans) SMITH, Angelique* (English Home Language, Afrikaans First Additional Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Accounting, History)

Vani Pillay

SMITH, Jemimah Tallulah* (Life Orientation) SONCINI, Carla Louise Van Lelyveld*

VAN ROOI, Demetria Michelynne (Afrikaans First Additional Language VAN ROOYEN, Angela Lengoloi* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Life Orientation, Life Sciences, Visual Arts)

VAN ZYL , Mignon Nèna* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Design)

SWANEPOEL, Noëlle* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Life Orientation, History, Life Sciences) TARIGHA, Faith Tamara TATE, Yaelin-Rue* (Mathematics, Life Orientation, Life Sciences) TAU, Nemesia Tshegofatso TAVARES, Leandra Nicol da Silva* (Mathematical Literacy, Computer Applications Technology) THABANE, Lerato Princess*

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VAN HEERDEN, Chene* (Afrikaans First Additional Language)

STRYDOM, Jeanique* (Afrikaans First Additional Language, Mathematical Literacy, Life Orientation, Design)

SWART, Andriesa Mekayla*

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VAN DEVENTER, Odette Natashka

VAN ZYL, Lara* (Afrikaans First Additional Language)

SWANEPOEL, Michelle*

VAN DER MERWE, Tiffany Shelley* (Life Orientation, Computer Applications Technology)

STEWART, Tamryn Yvonne* (German Second Additional Language)

SUBROYEN, Thiavna-Nishka* (English Home Language First Additional Language, Mathematical Literacy, Life Orientation, Geography, History, Life Sciences)

Marlise van Tonder

VAN BILJON, Mashan*

STEVENS, Frances Jess* (History)

STUDER, Kaitlin* (Afrikaans Home Language, German Second Additional Language, Visual Arts)

Thiavna-Nishka Subroyen

VALENTE, Christina, Janet*

VAN TONDER, Marlise* (Afrikaans Home Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Geography, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences)

STEPHENSON, Mazarine Emanuelle Sphie*

Angelique Smith

UTLA, Mathapelo Nthabiseng

VELINI, Sabrina* (French Second Additional Language, Life Orientation) VENTER, Laiken* VILJOEN, Gwendoline Matilda* VOGT, Chane Lisa* WADE, Carlynne Felicity* (Visual Arts) WAGEMAKER, Tarquin* (Mathematical Literacy) WELKOM, Amber* WHEATLEY, Chiara Jade* WINTERSTEIN, Brigitte* WU, Helen Tsai-Yeu* (Mathematics, Music) XANTHIDES, Savanah Valerie* (Life Orientation, Design) YASBEK, Daniella Amy* (Accounting, Computer Applications Technology, Life Sciences) YENDE, Kutlwano Chimvano Precious* YILMAZ, Elif Yagmur*

Matric Dance

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Matric Dance

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Matric Dance

The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

Matrics 2015

Aitken Matrics 2015

Absent: Anastasya Papavarnavas, Chené van Heerden Back Row (L-R): Yaelin Tate, Jeanique Strydom, Genevieve Lupke, Kristi Harvey 3rd Row (L-R): Lebo Nkosi, Amy Smith, Lily Mgangira, Bongiwe Mjwara, Ashlee Lotter, Nemesia Tau, Jordan Netherlands 2nd Row (L-R): Lerato Ledwaba, Maushami Bhawani, Alizwa Manona, Sharon Munyai, Lebo Malala, Charnelle Robinson, Lëlani Mbukwane, Nthabiseng Mokotedi Front Row (L-R): Bonolo Mahlobogoane, Bakang Mangoenyane, Nokwazi Kola, Mrs N le Riche, Kerry-Anne Genricks, Kgaugelo Molwele, Faith Tarigha

Athlone Matrics 2015

Absent: Bereket Ataro, Tiffany van der Merwe Back Row (L-R): Priyanka Ramnath, Jaydene Pereira da Silva, Petroné Bezuidenhout, Annebelle Bettman, Tamryn Stewart, Alexandra Botha, Melissa Muregerera 3rd Row (L-R): Gcinile Mlungwana, Hailey Kruger, Marié Malan, Frances Stevens, Laiken Venter, Sabrina Velini, Zozo Makaula 2nd Row (L-R): Merveille Luis, Thembisile Thwala, Tumisang Letebele, Tarquin Wagemaker, Dineo Maluleka, Alessandra Gemeliaris, Monica Nashed, Karabo Mokoena Front Row (L-R): Camerodene Buys, Princess Ndala, Tashlyn Leyds, Ms E Russell, Letsobana Ledwana, Jemimah Smith, Laa’iqa Ismail

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Matrics 2015

Buxton Matrics 2015

Absent: Mignon van Zyl, Sasha Lordan Back Row (L-R): Loudia-Mari Rogers, Kim Pieterse, Laura North, Mégane Howell, Ingrid Roos, Phumzile Gubanca, Ashleigh Mokgoshi 3rd Row (L-R): Kelicia Magerman, Gabi Afonso, Noëlle Swanepoel, Nicole Mampye, Sarah Pitt, Bianca Martin, Angelique de Kock 2nd Row (L-R): Paballo Mangala, Odette van Deventer, Rachel Glass, Thandi Thwala, Daisy Nemutanzhela, Tshepi Thlotse, Monique Knight, Edila Hansungule Front Row (L-R): Princess Mmuledi, Nicky Murugan, Bonalo Kgoebane, Mrs M Albertyn, Lungile Mahlangu, Niharika Bhardwaj, Mitchell Skosana

Clarendon Matrics 2015

Absent: Duduetsang Kasonkola, Ona Moleko, Saarah Begg, Jade Heyn, Angela van Rooyen Back Row (L-R): Faith Riyano, Chané Vogt, Kaylene Potgieter, Leigh Charman 3rd Row (L-R): Kristin Ellis, Sydney Kemp, Rethalia Abersalie, Vasalya Moodley, Lelona Ngxamngxa, Danielle Roux, Daniella Yasbek 2nd Row (L-R): Lerato Thabana, Nikita Brooks, Miché Kearns, Sinazo Magadlela, Alex Skeen, Monica Esterhuizen, Keabetswe Tsebe, Leandra Tavares Front Row (L-R): Tiisetso Mofokeng, Lebo Moleleki, Kgali Ratsoana, Mrs A Campbell-Atkins, Brittani Korb, Jamila Georgiades, Boichoko Seane The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

Matrics 2015

Connaught Matrics 2015

Back Row (L-R): Elif Yilmaz, Johanna Makgobane, Kaylah Mascini, Alexa Robinson, Megan du Preez, Ndanji Silwimba 3rd Row (L-R): Gwen Viljoen, Michelle Swanepoel, Savanah Xanthides, Chantell Mofokeng, Natalie Tsaku, Caitlin Perfect, Ami-Rose Nel 2nd Row (L-R): Khumo Maromula, Catalina de Sousa, Brigitte Winterstein, Tamsyn de Witt, Havisha Moodley, Robyn Murphy, Ofentse Pheme, Sibu Masemola Front Row (L-R): Aqhama Pityana, Gaby da Silva, Tabo Mwila, Ms I Turpin, Hayley Elcombe, Natefo Mothupi, Bronwyn Adams

Duncan Matrics 2015

Absent: Vani Pillay Back Row (L-R): Amber Crouse, Caitlin Dixon, Cameron Perumal, Tabitha El Mohamadi, Tina Kondouli, Jenna Pretorius 3rd Row (L-R): Lavita Nuvunga, Lihle Shabangu, Nthabiseng Utla, Leigh Sardie, Shannon Henry, Sameshnee Moodley, Ashleigh Connell 2nd Row (L-R): Pooja Pundit, Unathi Mangqalaza, Tiffany McAlister, Simbongile Nyangintsimbi, Lilita Gwabe, Nadia Rossouw, Anopa Malaila, Palesa Nkoana Front Row (L-R): Natesa Devan, Lenay Jafta, Lwazi Khoza, Ms B Grover, Vhuiwa Neluvhalani, Shikara Balikshun, Vuyiswa Modisane

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Matrics 2015

Gladstone Matrics 2015

Absent: Isabella Chela, Magali Kiabilua Back Row (L-R): Joyce Bongongo, Lebogang Madisha, Carlynne Wade, Nombulelo Moepi, Megan Pieterse, Kelly den Hertog 3rd Row (L-R): Itumeleng Shongwe, Simone Baptista Rosa, Bontle Mathwelo, Mazarine Stephenson, Lesego Lesetedi, Alexandra Pashkin, Marlise van Tonder 2nd Row (L-R): Ashton Carolissen, Kajil Naraindath, Gina Lazarides, Maude Loffstadt, Thenesia Govender, Kelebogile Masemola, Cristina Valente, Mishka Devchand Front Row (L-R): Thiavna Subroyen, Angelique Smith, Tshegofatso Maja, Ms D Cooper, Lucy da Costa, Raquel de Almeida, Tristen Rees

McWilliam Matrics 2015

Absent: Amy Ferreira Back Row (L-R): Kendal Cole, Danielle Buckle, Charlene Ferns, Ruby McGregor-Langley, Candice Gunn 3rd Row (L-R): Keneiloe Paterson, Michaela Smit, Fikile Matthews, Demi Engelbrecht, Carla Soncini, Oratile Mosiane, Jarnelle Robinson 2nd Row (L-R): Shongi Chauke, Kelebogile Sekoaila, Leslie Imrie, Trang Le, Amaarah Amod, Humaira Carim, Amber Welkom, Gontse Mathiba Front Row (L-R): Tumi Makhafola, Lebo Motolla, Kayla Phitides, Ms M Jelley, Kirsten Coetzee, Kgomotso Malope, Siwe Madoda The Iris â&#x20AC;˘ PHSG 1902â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2015

Matrics 2015

Selborne Matrics 2015

Absent: Kaitlin Studer, Anna-Mart Potgieter Back Row (L-R): Melissa Botha, Savannah Abdo, Remy Bruzzaniti, Natalie Petzwinkler, Alex Hadjinicolaides 3rd Row (L-R): Amy Gouws, Teboho Molelekeng, Daphney Maponya, Demetria van Rooi, Hema Sita, Deborah Amenigy, Sarah Mirkin 2nd Row (L-R): Asha Das, Shocky Shai, Kutlwano Yende, Sade Lagerdien, Helen Wu, Mashán van Biljon, Noni Maphanga, Zahwa Jagot Front Row (L-R): Kgomotso Sethogoa, Canzonette Malherbe, Neo Kgobane, Mrs L du Toit, Vhonani Radzilani, Nicole Kleynhans, Mandy Gordon

Van Zyl Matrics 2015

Absent: Nikita Canovi Back Row (L-R): Mishka Ismail Wazar, Sérah-May Smedsrud, Lara van Zyl, Lorraine Dippenaar, Carmen Joubert 3rd Row (L-R): Mekayla Swart, Kayla Robinson, Linette Kotzé, Michaela Begemann, Tumelo Mashego, Schanzè Tomlinson, Atandiwe Booi 2nd Row (L-R): Ofentse Maila, Naline Boketsu Wenge, Erica Geldenhuys, Kay Jacobus, Simnikiwe Kalimashe, Ariami Joubert, Sphelele Mabundu, Chanté Damon Front Row (L-R): Tyla Grobler, Mona-Lisa Gqwede, Danielle Gradwell, Mrs N de Bruin, Meeghan Scheffer, Neo Thulare, Chiara Wheatley

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Back Row (L-R): Ms V Ramlaul (McWilliam), Mrs J Greenberg (Gladstone), Mrs M Albertyn (Buxton), Ms E Russell (Athlone), Ms C Park (Duncan), Mrs L van Heerden (Clarendon) Front Row (L-R): Ms D Dugmore (Aitken), Ms I Turpin (Connaught), Ms S Dorlas, Mrs L du Toit (Selborne), Mrs V de Bruin (Van Zyl)

LEARNER HEADS OF HOUSES

Absent: Letsobana Ledwaba (Athlone) Back Row (L-R): Duduetsang Kasonkola (Clarendon), Lungile Mahlangu (Buxton), Kirsten Coetzee (McWilliam), Tabo Mwila (Connaught), Nokwazi Kola (Aitken) Front Row (L-R): Tshegofatso Maja (Gladstone), Danielle Gradwell (Van Zyl), Ms S Dorlas, Neo Kgobane (Selborne), Lwazi Khoza (Duncan) The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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Aitken Grade 8 Venus Adams Gabrielle Amrouni Tristan Behr Medha Bhatt Shannon Busacker Kalilah Dippenaar Elke du Toit Lennie Elsenbroek Dineo Hlonyana Stephanie Hugo Mariya I’Ina Keorapetse Khoza Keamogetswe Lepule Megan Loganathan Mbali Mahlaka Tegan Makovini Oratile Maloka Gomolemo Mangoenyane Khensani Mangolele Kholofetso Mokomane Gosiame Mosiane Reamo Mphahlele Chiara Müller Nicole Nascimento Ayo Ojo Benica Phillips Thuli Sitsha Anathi Soga Kgodiso Tloane Celine Tshefu Asante Tshwane Talya van Heerden Caitlyn Wragg

Grade 9 Gabriella Afonso Noa Anthony Afreen Ayob Alessia Bevilacqua Keratilwe Chiloane Lauren Cooke Palesa Dube Deren Effendi Arielle Gibson Charné Griesel Megan Hautmann Basetsana Khanya Cayla Lieberum Thabang Malatji Khutso Maloka Kutlwano Mamabolo Lindo Masango

Botshelo Matshate Erin McKenna Mazvita Muchenje Asanda Nkonde Yerang Oh Mikaila Phillips Thato Ramodibe Khona Shabalala Melissa Sithole Michaela Skinner Cairo Sourlis Daniélle Strydom Amiksha Sujan Juliette Taylor Basetsana Tlamama Lelethu Tlou

Grade 10 Abigail Ashfield Francesca Bernardi Nicole Birch Kate Fitzgerald Kayla Fraqueiro Tannah Howe Lucia Jardim Kyla Joåo-Palm Gontse Ledwaba Dimpho Lehabe Maxine Loganathan Kamoo Maganyele Desiree Mahlangu Jasmine Majeke Megan Male Lukhanyo Manona Happy Maumela Danielle Oelofse Cayla Pearson Chantelle Pienaar Savina Popov Dimpho Pudikabekwa Stacey Sapsford Alexandra Savvas Palesa Sebego Langelihle Sitsha Hinvira Sujan Mylo van Straaten

Grade 11 Elsie Bokaba Antonia Chela Thabi Choshane Mckyle Clarke Hayley Cooke

Ruth du Toit Shannon Forbes Airyn Goodbrand Natania Harding Trina Kim Pearl Lutwama Tshepang Mabuela Wendy Mahlobo Leago Mangolele Kawala Masondo Kia Monyokolo Talia Moodley Thandiwe Ndlovu Shanique Parker Masego Ramabu Megan Rikkers Lili Smit Laura Thanh Phemelo Tshehla Courtney van Biljon Jess van der Westhuizen Hannah Visser

Grade 12 Maushami Bhawani Kerry-Anne Genricks Kristi-Leigh Harvey Nokwazi Kola Lerato Ledwaba Ashlee Lotter Gen Lupke Bonolo Mahlobogoane Lebogang Malala Bakang Mangoenyane Alizwa Manona Lëlani Mbukwane Lily Mgangira Bongiwe Mjwara Nthabiseng Mokotedi Kgaugelo Molwele Sharon Munyai Jordan Netherlands Lebo Nkosi Anastasya Papavarnavas Charnelle Robinson Amy Smith Jeanique Strydom Faith Tarigha Yaelin Tate Nemesia Tau Chené van Heerden

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Athlone

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Athlone Grade 8 Juanice Apollus Juliette Auret Savannah Carvalheiro Daniella Christian Zoë Christofi Claire Dreyer Katinka Froneman Taryn Garden Jeanay Gordon Jade Haynes Courtney Hugo Sandra Johnson Laura Kelly Dineo Kgasago Moyahabo Lentsoane Onkgopotse Makwiting Karabo Malete Tlhogi Mangwale Neo Maringa Nomhle Masina Masindi Mudau Seipati Nhlapo Tshiamo Olifant Favour Oluwamakinde Kayla Ott Kaylin Schultz Jemma Shannon Jessica Sinclair Nandi Suteka Tshiamo Tauyane Joyce Tshiswaka Yashoda Yengopal

Grade 9 Megan Allen Alexandra Bahlmann Raeesa Boodoo Kellin Burger Shaylyn Davis Jamie Gopaul Nicola Grobbelaar Margot Haskins Caitlin Kruger Boipelo Lehapa Jemima Luis Mose Lwayo Keamogetswe Manamela Ayanda Mkhabela Thuto Moshoette Manushri Naidoo Ntokoza Ngcobo Erin Savage

Reneilwe Seboga Oratile Shabangu Lerato Skosana Charlotte Smit Atarah Subrayan Melissa Swartz Hazel Tingini Esmee van der Arend Rebecca van Heerden Chelsey Venter

Grade 10 Caitlin Alapatt Eyerusalem Ataro Jessica Botha Misha de Beer Tyla Gartland Megan Gerber Britney Hand Bianca Human Zabet Janse van Noordwyk Andronicca Khoza Micaela Lima Naledi Mametse Mmathabo Maredi Keneilwe Mmako Tshedi Mokoele Phumelele Ndlovu Daniella Nieuwenhuis Ruby Plaakie Krisha Radia Caitlin Raman Malebo Ramaotsoa Milena Rodrigues Mashako Seshibe Hatlani Shabalala Phindile Shongwe Kay-Lee Squire Leoné Venter Nana Zulu

Grade 11 Micaela Alapatt JD Baard Laurentia Bopela Tamryn Brynard Leigh Cruywagen Tia-Natasha Dupuy Veronique Frances Abigail Howard Carla Hüsselmann Taeeun Kim Amanda Kwele

Kelsey Langley Kgatsi Letsoala Regina Maepa Noko Makatu Ontiretse Makgeledisa Meyanka Maniram Lesego Matsimela Thato Mochesane Lesedi Moerane Obakeng Moropa Christen Naidoo Mabongi Nyalungu Savanna Primmer Shanesia Rugbar Loraine Shuttleworth Abigail Smit Gabriella Vieira Jordyn Weiss

Grade 12 Bereket Ataro Annebelle Bettmann Petroné Bezuidenhout Lexi Botha Camerodene Buys Allie Gemeliaris Laa’iqa Ismail Hailey Kruger Letsobana Ledwaba Tumi Letebele Tashlyn Leyds Merveille Luis Zozo Maluleka Marié Malan Dineo Maluleka Gcinile Mlungwana Karabo Mokoena Melissa Muregerera Monica Nashed Princess Ndala Jaydene Pereira da Silva Priyanka Ramnath Jemimah Smith Frances Stevens Tamryn Stewart Thembi Thwala Tiffany van der Merwe Sabrina Velini Laiken Venter Tarquin Wagemaker

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Buxton

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Buxton Grade 8 Noa Abramovitz Jordan Boonzaier Ayesha Boyce Katiya Carreira Kiara Chetty Ev Gee Anja Grobler Natasha Janse van Rensburg Boipelo Langa Lehlogonolo Letshela Gabby Lourens Xiluva Macheke Neo Masemene Tshepi Mashiloane Nthabiseng Mncube Celeste Mnguni Kemo Motjelele Hope Mpe Tegla Mudacumura Jannett Mwali Tintswalo Ngobeni Precious Phala Chanté Pietersen Caitlin Regan Jeanique Schubart Mpho Sehlapelo Palesa Selepe Simeoné Snyman Samukelisiwe Thwala Orea Tshiamo Emma van Schalkwyk Emma van Schie Noella Yav

Grade 9

Nicole Barnard Auliya Boyce Francis Breckenridge Meadow Brener Siphumelele Buhali Shannon Campbell Kerryn Egan Tanya Goxo Chipo Hansungule Jo-Ann Harrison Kagiso Kenoshi Jennifer Koen Lelanie Liebenberg Sky Marryatt Hope Mashau Lethabo Mokgalaka Keorapetse Mokoena Lungile Molubi

Katleho Moteane Antonia Mugisa Otsile Muzana Joy Mwali Nandipha Ndwalane Cassandra Papangeli Jeandré Schubart Nicole Siebert Mercedes Singh Kutlwano Sithole Ashley Strauss Jessica van der Merwe Aobakwe Visagie

Grade 10 Louisa Anyimadu Mianca de Kock Riyazah du Toit Lerusha Govender Hannah Havenga Thembalethu Jiyane Orapeleng Kgampe Meaghan Koen Sherly Lepedi Larissa Liebenberg Tamryn Logan Kelly Lucas Gabriella Lucas Alice-Jane Marais Tlhago Mathibedi Lisa Mawunganidze Pascale Mestdagh Alexia Morezzi Daniella Mosako Lethabo Motlonye Teri Müller Kemisetso Phakathi Tayla Pretorius Kirsten Regan Toni Siebert Zenaye Skosana Camryn Thurman Angela Wang Caryn Wright Grace Yav

Grade 11 Courtney Anderson Vanessa Arcanjo Tarryn Augus Gift Baloyi Nothando Bankole Michelle Blake Raffaella Braga

Chloé Chappell Tamica Davids Malaika Eyoh Gemma Felton Ashton Fl owerday Hannah Jensen Nthabiseng Mabapa Atlegang Mametse Dominique Martin Lesego Maubane Hannaé Meyer Teneal Morkel Tashmika Naidoo Matika Ras Méja Schoeman Calista Singh Emmerentia Tshiovha Simoné van der Merwe Megan van Schalkwyk Ashleigh Weideman

Grade 12 Gabrielle Afonso Niharika Bhardwaj Angelique de Kock Rachel Glass Phumzile Gubanca Edila Hansungule Mégane Howell Bonolo Kgoebane Monique Knight Sasha Lordan Kelicia Magerman Lungile Mahlangu Nicole Mampye Paballo Mangala Bianca Martin Princess Mmuledi Ashleigh Mokgoshi Nicky Murugan Daisy Nemutanzhela Laura North Kim Pieterse Sarah Pitt Loudia-Mari Rogers Ingrid Roos Mitchell Skosana Noèlle Swanepoel Tshephisho Thlotse Thandiwe Thwala Odette van Deventer Mignon van Zyl

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Clarendon

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Clarendon Grade 8 Courtney Boyes Yushania Chetty Taylor Cook-Patterson Zoë Damon Sheila Dias Kayla Geel Dashia Govinden Mia Janse van Rensburg Milla Lakic Bulumko Lebese Mase Tumi Malefo Courtney Marshall Sphesihle Mkhize Lebogang Modjadji Bonolo Moikanyane Shane Mokgokong Lethabo Mokhuane Danné Momberg Motatso Mongalo Tricha-Lee Moses Modiegi Motsoaledi Tamryn Munnik Thando Ncobo Meta Nkgadima Nelisa Pamla Kelebogile Ratsoana Lanna Reinders Precious Sabeka Victoria Selby Acaila Smit Micaela Thomaides Chantelle Tseka Annelie van der Walt

Grade 9 Claire Angel Teagan Barnard Jessica Blair Disa Burger Gabriélla Clara Claudia da Cunha Unako Dubula Tori Fossett Caitlyn Hattingh Risuna Hlungwani Jacqueline James Hanán Jeppie Annabelle Keet Thando Mahlangu Rebecca Martin Lunga Masondo

Lauren McLaughlin Dimpho Mhlanga Oratile Mokgwabone Khumo Mosidi Siphesihle Ndwalane Kemmone Nthla Sibusisiwe Nyika Georgina Purkis Lauryn Schutte Masego Selemela Danian Smit Helena Zelle

Grade 10 Kayla Barnard Aa’ishah Begg Danièll Cook-Patterson Khea Du Preez Shereen Duba Jadene Farinha Mikayla Isebeck Jade Joubert Sascha Kacnik Amy Kotzé Michelle Kwofie Nomsa Mahlangu Kristen Marshall Kamogelo Masango Thandokazi Mashalaba Thabiso Mtombeni Helen Napier Nomfundo Ngongoma Mikéla Nortje Yehwi Oh Boitumelo Phadi Simone Pretorius Tsholo Selwane Khensani Shibambo Savana Summerton Nomsa Twala Michaela Worthington

Grade 11 Chelsea Ashworth Nkhensani Biko Tania Blake Tatiana Blecher Jessica Bule Bianca Caldeira de Aguiar Daniella da Cunha Avril de Nation

Monnica Germishuizen Princess Gwangwa Heejin Jung Benita Kiabilua Meeghan Klomp So Jung La Keentswe Magodielo Kutlwano Malete Josephine Martin Tsholofelo Molefe Nikhila Moodley Hlobisile Mtshali Khanya Petje Naledi Pooe Micaela Rodrigues Maryam Sanatkaran Samantha Scott Erika Smit Kristen-Lee van der Merwe

Grade 12 Rethalia Abersalie Saarah Begg Nikita Brooks Leigh Charman Kristin Ellis Monica Esterhuizen Jamila Georgiades Jane Heyn Duduetsang Kasonkola Miché Kearns Sydney Kemp Brittani Korb Sinazo Magadlela Tiisetso Mofokeng Onalerona Moleko Moleboheng Moleleki Vasalya Moodley Lelona Ngxamngxa Kaylene Potgieter Kgalalelo Ratsoana Faith Riyano Danielle Roux Boichoko Seane Alex Skeen Leandra Tavares Lerato Thabane Keabetswe Tsebe Angela van Rooyen Chané Vogt Daniella Yasbek

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Connaught

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Connaught Grade 8 Iman Cassim Skye de Bruyn Shayla de Leeuw Megan Grobler Kirsten Harrison Tamsyn Hunter Caitlin Jones Kgolagano Kharume Juwairiyyah Kraft Thato Legodi Rutendo Mafukidze Anelisa Mbeje Julia Melliar Phili Memela Samantha Meyer Buhle Mgwenya Lesego Mkhonto Kea Mokhele Oratilwe Ntsoe Daniela Paterson Ornella Pavone Darshika Pillay Diane Pretorius Kara Prinsloo-Heyns Boikokobetso Ramashija Robyn Saltmarsh Cay-Lee Saunders Oregaugetse Sepeng Lesedi Thabethe Lawrencia Thahane Palesa Thokoane Deveney van Rooi Pepy Veselinova

Grade 9 Jodi Bartz Nastassja Biccard Dayna Binda Gabriella Blake Tiyani Chabalala Gemma de Wet Talisa Dippenaar Valentina Fiachetti Megan Hilton Yebin Im Onke Klaas Vibaksha Lalla Nadia Larsen Lucia Leal Garcia Beniciel Lonji Tshilidza Mabadzhabadzha

Emi Magnin Ntsako Manamela Shakeerah Masoet Lukho Matu Grace Mngadi Precious Mphafudi Mbali Ntuli Favour Nwabunwanne Ashleigh Place Leovan Scott Amy Serfontein Lesego Setshedi Annette Tsaku Hala Wagi Allah Tasmin Wood

Grade 10 Gabriella Abro Ilhaam Ally Nicola Antoniazzi Megan Bezuidenhout Yebin Cho Phuong Dao Kelsey de Jongh Deoné de Meyer Avela Dlungele Zozibini Gwabeni Charissa Holdt Monique Jivan Leah Mascini Tshiamo Mathabathe Aeryn Mc Ewen Katia Menhouk Rebekah Miller Juanita Minnaar Clara Minny Kassidi Murphy Mbali Nzimande Sarah Oeschger Sarah Place Lexie Reeler Zeenat Salie Inga Shumane Caitlyn Thompson Cameron van den Berg

Grade 11 Michaela Agathopoulos Yeseul Cho Lara Cramer Isabella da Silva Zandi Dinwayo

Andrea Dippenaar Courtney Donaldson Genevieve Joynt Hlolo Kalena Eternel Lonji Tina Mabugu Leago Mamabolo Zanele Maseko Gama Mashigo Ponahalo Mojapelo Qukeza Nokele Nicole Nortman Tisetso Phadu Kiara Pretorius Dominique Rossi Firdaus Salie Lufuno Sigwadi Cassidy Strybos Relebohile Telite Mashoto Tsagae Charis van Rie Crystal Willis

Grade 12 Bronwyn Adams Gabriela da Silva Catalina de Sousa Tamsyn de Witt Megan du Preez Hayley Elcombe Johanna Makgobane Khumo Marumola Kaylah Mascini Sibusisiwe Masemola Chantell Mofokeng Havisha Moodley Natefo Mothupi Robyn Murphy Tabo Mwila Ami Nel Caitlin Perfect Ofentse Pheme Aqhama Pityana Alexa Robinson Ndanji Silwimba Michelle Swanepoel Natalie Tsaku Gwendoline Viljoen Brigitte Winterstein Savanah Xanthides Elif Yilmaz

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Duncan Grade 8 Shalom Agbiji Omobusola Ajigini Raquel Alexander Amber Beeforth Sophia Deliyiannis Carmen Gauld Aveshni Govender Taralyn Greyling Naledi Hlangweni Jade Isaacs Ivy Kagwisagye Helen Lloyd Kaitlin Mahlare Mamorare Mamagobo Lisa Matanzima Gracious Mavhungu Lesedi Mokgabudi Tshepiso Molekwa Nathi Msezane Tosca Musiker Vauna Naidoo Laura Neumann Jemma Nicol Lehakoe Nyangintsimbi Meagan Picton Veena Pillay Melisa Ruguwa Nicole Smith Nana Sonti Jenna Victor Cara Watson Ashleigh Wenhold Khanyisile Zikalala

Grade 9 Lexi Abro Caitlin Braga Skye Brown Nomzamo Chabalala Jessica da Silva Natalia de Nobrega Caitlin de Wit Ore Dibakwane Cayleigh Halvey Kiara Jaimungal Reitumetse Kelepetsweng Kgalalelo Koloti Angelique Kraounakis Zoë Kuhn Nandile Mabena Motsi Macheka Suvali Maganbeharie Nolwazi Mahlangu

Katlego Malepane Fendi Mampone Lesego Mokoena Siphesihle Moremi Allicyn Moses Naledi Mosikare Bokang Mphuti Annemarie Mugisa Khanyisile Ndhlovu Erin Nicholson Jojo Ogboro Jessica Pillay Rachel Price Julia Wood

Grade 10 Kuhle Besman Peyton Beyleveld Dominique Bothma Annie Bredell Vanessa Caldeira de Aguiar Humairaa Carim Carol-Kate Chapman Themwani Chirambo Alexia Daniel Nicola de Bruin Jade Georgiou Kirthi Jaimungal Gwyneth Kufakunesu Rose Mamabolo Refiloe Manyaapelo Legolo Maphunye Thandolwethu Mbonani Jayde Menelaou Ferroudja Menhouk Kamohelo Motsoeneng Gaatlholwe Nkoana Tamryn Perfett Basetsana Ramahuta Jean-Marie Rossouw Tassy Seagrave-Sutton Samantha Smart Julia Tosi Avalon Ward Natasha Zachariades

Grade 11 Thabang Ajigini Kathryn Bredell Louise Burdett Kurston Fortuin Shawnae Greyling Jessica Heath Khanyisile Hlalethoa

Leigh Joubert Abigail Kuhn Jenilee Lawrence Keneilwe Letsoalo Mfanelo Maluleke Basetsana Mamogale Angeli Marais Joy Michaels Savannah Mihaleto Mametse Moropyane Lesedi Mpye Mmopi Nkuna Lelethu Nokele Nombulelo Ntuli Kylee Pillay Kearbilwe Pooe Bronwin Sebonka Palesa Sedibe Lesedi Tladi Jeanay van Schalkwyk Angelique Webber Megan Wilding

Grade 12 Shikara Balkishun Asleigh Connell Amber Crouse Natesa Devan Caitlin Dixon Tabitha El Mohamadi Lilita Gcwabe Shannon Henry Lenay Jafta Lwazi Khoza Tino Kondouli Anopaishe Malaila Unathi Mangqalaza Tiffany McAlister Vuyiswa Modisane Sameshnee Moodley Vhuiwa Neluvhalani Palesa Nkoane Lavita Nuvunga Simbongile Nyangintsimbi Cameron Perumal Vani Pillay Jenna Pretorius Pooja Pundit Nadia Rossouw Leigh Sardie Lihle Shabangu Nthabiseng Utla

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Gladstone

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Gladstone Grade 8 Musa Baloyi Michelle Cazalet Nokubonga Cele Robin Davies Kaylee Dewkie Ofentse Dinala Galaletsang Galane Raquel Gomes Nasira Hajee Thelma Kalima Inutu Kamungoma Seongjin Kim Luyanda Kunene Tinashe Kupakuwana Jo-Anne Mahlobo Shayna McAlister Robyn Michael Nokwanda Mkhonza Kholofelo Mothoa Neo Nkhumane Chelsea Nortje Nathi Qwelane Lerato Ramakoae Charnice Rorke Reratiloe Sekoto Katie Slabbert Geena Mae Steyn Jessica Thacker Fiona Tsang Jenna van Zyl Taryn Wathen Kendra Wilkinson

Grade 9 Omolemo Baloyi Nika Britz Kirstin Dippenaar Chané du Toit Kaylee Harris Courteney Hislop Monthati Hlatshwayo Ayla Inggs Skhanyiso Jako Likando Kamuwanga Nicolette Kotze Obakeng Mahlako Thabiso Malapela Athena Marais Jordan Martin Gabriella Matthews

Mmakosha Modiba Kendahl Moore Amogelang Mothapo Nolitha Mrwata Kgalalelo Ndhundhuma Reagile Nkadimeng Palesa Ntlatleng Cassidy Pillay Bontle Theo Jabulani Tjiane Caylynne van der Westhuizen Carlene van Wyk Clea Welch

Grade 10 Gabriella Birkholtz Sabrina Caldeira Jennifer Cazalet Jennifer de Beer Daniela de Sousa Milan Dowlath Abonga Dube Zinhle Dzivhani Abegail Fraser Sydney Harris Caitlyn Hilliard-Lomas Mishka Kramer Angelika Lightley Gillian Loffstadt Kayleen Makgabo Angel Masombuka Khanyi Mbukwane Naledi Mnisi Shanelle Moopanar Amogelang Nhlapo Flourish Oluwamakinde Tarabhan Pemu Emma Phillips Taylor Rees Tiffeney Singh Katelyn Strydom Lesedi Tshabalala

Grade 11 Mishka Cassim Jessica Colley Karen Collins Charné de Jager Simone Dorland Leigh Gibson Savannah Gilmour

Claire Jurisch Justine King Cydney Liebenberg Jordan Lowe Caitlin Manley Amy Marais Bakang Mlangeni Tshimollo Mnisi Lisa Mntungwa Ino Moepi Vaschel Naidoo Jeanne Ngo Mbous Mokgadi Ngwepe Sahania Padaychee Jade Theys Marine van Zyl Shannon Wardlaw Ashley Wilson Aretha Zamundu Sibusisiwe Zondi

Grade 12 Simona Baptista Rosa Joyce Bongongo Ashton Carolissen Isabella Chela Lucy da Costa Raquel de Almeida Kelly den Hertog Mishka Devchand Thenesia Govender Magali Kiabilua Gina Lazarides Lesego Lesetedi Maude Loffstadt Lebogang Madisha Tshegofatso Maja Bontle Makhwelo Kelebogile Masemola Nombulelo Moepi Kajil Naraindath Alexandra Pashkin Megan Pieterse Tristen Rees Itumeleng Shongwe Angelique Smith Mazarine Stephenson Thiavna Subroyen Cristina Valente Marlise van Tonder Carlynne Wade

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McWilliam

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McWilliam Grade 8 Alessio Bellomo Casandra Beukes Mphoentle Bopape Mpho Chuene Abigail de Kock Boipelo Fafudi Caitlyn Gomwe Madison Herman Maseeha Ismail Buhle Kokela Jaemin Lee Khumo Lekabe Yolo Luke Rebo Maponya Aviwe Mbashe Sav McAlister Paige Mitchley Sharna Moonsamy Mmapula Mosia Lihle Motsa Rivoningo Ndlovu Carina Netto Gabriella Petoussis Tsholofelo Rantsie Cameron Saunders Jesse Selematsela Tamrin Slager Shani Smit Kayla Stroud Nicole Williams Meg Winkler

Grade 9 Kayla Badenhorst Thabang Bapela Trinity Brown Emily Burger Ashley Coetzee Zoë da Sousa Gaby de Souza-Allegria Megan Fourie Thedia Golele Danielle Grassman Jessica Guimaraes Mondi Lekganyane Purity Liaga Kemelo Maila Kamogelo Makgwathana Nthabiseng Malapela Prudence Mbokota

Maxine Milton Lucia Mkanda Maryam Mohamad Al Mahdi Elaina Munnik Levanya Naicker Malengete Ngoatje Tuanh Nguyen Tiffany Padiachy Kathleen Racionzer Caitlin Schroder-Beneke Naledi Sekoati Letablo Sekwele

Grade 10 Charis Chitakira Simona Coetzee Storm de Groeve Catherine de Roubaix Naledi Dile Levona Govender Kendal Grant Amogelang Hlongwane Amy Kim Amy Le Dominique Lockhart Reabetswe Mabilo Naledi Mafela Amaarah Mahomed Kimberleigh Majola Ntando Mbokota Sbusile Mhlanga Margarita Molchan Ishani Moodley Nickyla Naidoo Rebecca Nel Neo Nkwana Melissa Pietersen Alex Potgieter Kea Ramonyai Cayla Rosenblatt Kenya Thomas Sarah Trowsdale Hannah van der Linde

Grade 11 Gyifo Aihoon Raeesa Cassim Meghan Delaney Tshegofatso Dikgale Lisah Dzemwa Jo-Anne Faller

Caela Gauché Vuyi Hoboyi Maricelle Immelman Nikita Jivan Lisa Lastrucci Anele Mahlangu Grace Mamabolo Jennica Marais Tumi Maribeng Jessica Mon Mahlatse Motitswe Jane Mouton Tamryn Murray Katlego Nkambule Tshepiso Ntsabiso Jenna Rushmere Goabaona Sefora Hannah Snyman Jade Swanepoel Linoré van Wyk Natasha Victor Megan Williamson

Grade 12 Amaarah Amod Danielle Buckle Humaira Carim Shongi Chauke Kirsten Coetzee Kendal Cole Demitria Engelbrecht Charlene Ferns Amy Ferreira Candice Gunn Leslie Imrie Trang Le Boitumelo Makhafola Kgomotso Malope Gontse Mathiba Fikile Matthews Ruby McGregor-Langley Sandiswe Mdoda Oratile Mosiane Lebogang Motolla Keneiloe Paterson Kayla Phitides Jarnelle Robinson Kelebogile Sekoaila Michaela Smit Carla Soncini Amber Welkom

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Selborne

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Selborne Grade 8 Kayla Bontekoning Michael Booysen Megan Britz Reitumetse Chaisi Natalie Chrisochos Jaudynn Denton Ezabelle Els Nandi Gumbi Philimena Kollie Kgothatso Mabena Chriselda Machaba Mamello Malete Bontle Maoto Lerato Marcus Monica Martins Thando Mnisi Amo Modimoeng Saalihah Mohungoo Modelle Moodley Sagofiwa Moyo Chloë Munnik Bontle Nkopodi Tlalane Ntlatlapa Bronwyn Openshaw Tshiamo Ramafi Tinisha Ramrabbie Tiego Sepeng Nicole Sher Dominique Steeman Taitum Valentine Megan van Niekerk Erin Weintraud

Grade 9 Jessica Dachs Yolanti du Toit Lara Gouws Katja Hass Erin Hendricks Jabulile Hlalethoa Amy Holtzkampf Vicki Hurwitz Kayleigh Jaftha Natascha Janse van Rensburg Ye eun Jeong Kamogelo Laka Kamogel Letswalo Mandisa Maepa Boiphemelo Magampa Thato Makena

Mokgethoa Mampe Tshegofatso Matlou Caragh McIntosh Kgaugelo Moya Kameryn Muffler Ofiloe Nkadimeng Lauren Proudfoot Morgan Robbie Cara Schoombie Mia Shaul Aspen Store Tania Twinoburyo

Grade 10 Tshepiso Baloyi Francesca Bithrey Daniela Casieri Tayla Cromhout Amy Finlayson Tayla Frans Caitlin Gaylard Isabella Gioia Danielle Grant Bronwyn Harmse Caitlin Holtzkampf Sanam Kanjee Kristin Katzin Tshepang Laka Tlou Lekgau Amogelo Mabote Nomxolisi Malinga Lebone Maluka Paballo Maubane Catherine Michaelides Bophelo Mmako Lorraine Mogale Atlegang Nyatlo Mishqah Parsotam Mpoti Ramokgopa Chelsea Roberts Lynadia Samuel Erinn Simpson Siyabonga Songo Courtney Truebody

Grade 11 Annika Bastian Allessandra Bicego Amy Chapman Ashley Coltman Kezanne Denton

Patricia Eschmann Danielle Fröhling Iman Hajee-Osman Gitika Harrikaran Olivia Hitchcock Ciara Jammine Mumbi Kangulu Jeannicke Kemp Hee-rak Lee Comfort Mangisa Keamogetswe Matsi Batlile Motuku Phumi Mukhari Monica Nel Racheal Ngyende Casey Prinsloo Jodi Steytler Michaella Vairy Ashleigh Wilhelm Courtney Williamson Jamie Wills Ayanda Zikalala

Grade 12 Savannah Abdo Deborah Amenigy Melissa Botha Remy Bruzzaniti Asha Das Mandy Gordon Amy Gouws Alex Hadjinicolaides Zahwa Jagot Neo Kgobane Nicole Kleynhans Sade Lagerdien Canzonette Malherbe Nonhlanhla Maphanga Daphney Maponya Sarah Mirkin Teboho Molelekeng Natalie Petzwinkler Anna-Mart Potgieter Vhonani Radzilani Kgomotso Sethogoa Shocky Shai Hema Sita Kaitlin Studer Mashan van Biljon Demetria van Rooi Helen Wu Kutlwano Yende

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Van Zyl

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Van Zyl Grade 8 Jenna Anderson Donatella Casillo Michiko Ceza Tshegofatso Chokoe Shana Enslin Carlene Govender Hawa Ibrahim Najmah Kamedien Melita Katakuzinos Thato Loate Lesedi Mampa Modjadji Mashashane Phemelo Matlaisane Tshegofatso Matshoga Ditha Mbinda Jade Minnie Katlego Monama Innocentia Musoke Desna Naidoo Khanyisile Nkosi Kelsey Prost Mmaphale Ramatsetse Rizwaanah Saloojee Tina Sawula Minka Shikweni Sandy Soe Brooklin Sofianos Savanna Thomson Dominique van Staden Lavanya van Wyk Miecke Venter Carla Waterson Amy Whittle

Grade 9 Vanessa Annor Jenna-Lee Clingham Frances Coetser Tristan Crawford Ashley de Beer Nicolene Dube Kyra Enslin Leorah Grandison Cara Janse van Noordwyk Alexandria Joseph Isabeau Joubert Goratileone Kau Makhitha Kobola Keletso Maboitshego Tshegofatso Mafuna Refentse Manyelo Tshegofatso Mello

Nontokozo Mgwenya Daniella Mitri Karabo Mlangeni Lethabo Mohloba Thato Molate Kgothatso Motselele Kiese Mpasa Njabulo Ntuli Clarissa Olivier Sabrina Pereira Aqila Rab Wamu Spies Suk Fun Thong Kiara Tolda Lauren van Zyl Amelia Venter

Grade 10 Charmaine Bosma Jamie Brown Kajol Dewnath Jade Gower-Jackson Rachel Heath Holly Kearns Ntombikaysie Khumalo Esther Kim Mia Köpplinger Anya Lureman Pamelo Maako Ellen Maartens Reagile Malatji Tasneem Mallick Ronnel Masemola Lerato Mathiso Tumelo Mokolane Omphile Motsomane Kimera Naidoo Chané Nel Sihle Nkonki Storm Posthumus Cassandra Quiterres Emma Scheffer Larah Scurr Gaby Sigalas Heike Thormählen Derryn Wenhold

Grade 11 Mutsa Chimbo Hsang-Chun Chiu Nicole Cunningham Boitumelo Dibakoane Callista Duursema

Nina Fondse Chanté Fortune Kate Kabe Lebohang Maboa Tsholo Masilela Tshego Mathe Nthabiseng Matsimela Cassidy Meyer Naa Shidaa Mills Phuki Modiba Nothile Mphuthi Charissa Naudé Jade Nel Callia Nicolaides Anastatia Nkhuna Olive Olusegun Vrishti Singh Kirsten Sutton Rhiannon Symons Chané Theron Deirdré van Niekerk Danica Wolfaardt Marcail Wragg

Grade 12 Michaela Begemann Naline Boketsu Wenge Attie Booi Nikita Canovi Chanté Damon Lorraine Dippenaar Erica Geldenhuys Mona-Lisa Gqwede Danielle Gradwell Tyla Grobler Mishka Ismail Wazar Kay Jacobus Carmen Joubert Ariami Joubert Nicky Kalimashe Linette Kotze Sphelele Mabunda Ofentse Maila Tumi Mashego Kayla Robinson Meeghan Scheffer Sérah-May Smedsrud Mekayla Swart Neo Thulare Shanzé Tomlinson Lara van Zyl Chiara Wheatley

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Clephan Shield

Athlone 510 Van Zyl 494 Clarendon 463 Connaught 445 Gladstone 426 Selborne 416 Buxton 406 Aitken 385 McWilliam 357 Duncan 356

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House Highlights

House Highlights For Aitken, 2015 has been a blast and quite an eventful year. When Kerry-Anne Genricks and I knew that we were going be Head and Vice-head of Aitken, we knew that it was going to be an interesting and awesome year. We started the year on a great note when we welcomed the Grade 8s at the Grade 8 Camp. They were full of so much spirit and excitement which led them to victory that Saturday, coming first at their gala, which set the bar high for the rest of the year. Our next big event was the Inter-house Gala which was an event to remember. I would like to thank and congratulate our cheerleaders on their great work. Our theme that evening was The Hunger Games. The talent at the house plays was awesome! Aitken’s play was hilarious. It was called ‘Fomo’ and it was directed by Lelani and Alizwa. I thank you ladies. Inter-house Athletics started on a shaky note as the girls were

not out of exam mode, as the last exam was written a day before this huge event. But after a couple of cheers the whole house morphed from being drained to being spiritful and they cheered their hearts out. A fun day was had by all. I would like to thank KerryAnne who was such an amazing Vice-head. She has always been willing to help wherever she could. I appreciate you, KerryAnne. Ms Dugmore, when the matrics found out that you were not going to be our form teacher, we were sad. Thank you for being the best mom in the past and for your continuous support and love. I would also like to thank Mrs le Riche for being the best form teacher and for leading us this year. To my favourite house, thank you ladies for the support you gave Kerry and me. I wish you nothing but the best. I am going to miss you so much and I love you all dearly. Nokwazi Kola Head

Winning is defined as gaining, resulting in, or relating to a victory in a contest or competition. The dictionary definition of the word ‘winning’ singles out the act of winning as a gain. The year 2015 has been a year of winning in that Athlone has gained a new perspective of what it means to be an Athlonian. Athlonian is the only house where excellence is not the exception but the norm. These words are the words that have been passed down in the form of our motto. Year in and year out we as a house have continued to echo these words through the combined pitches of our screams which served as cheers, the determined strides of our strokes along the length of the swimming pool and the endurance of our muscles on the athletics field. ‘Athlone, Athlone give us a cheer!’ Year in and year out the drive for excellence not only became our motto but it became who we are. The year 2015 can be defined as a year of winning as we gained our new teacher Head of house, in the form of Ms Russell. These wins changed our perspective on what it meant to be an Athlonian, as excellence was further

characterised as a warrior: an Athlone warrior to be precise. We as Athlone warriors were brave and experienced competitors as we dared to challenge our competition and came second in the Inter-house Athletics, first in the Inter-house Water Polo and as mean machine shoulder-pad bearing American football players, we came fifth in the Inter-house Gala. Through the General Knowledge Quiz and the gruelling activities of house week, although our results may have varied, one aspect remained constant and that was our Athlonian warrior spirit. For our house is the best house and the best house is our house! Athlone has evolved and become more than just a house – we are a family bound not by blood but by the deep rich hue of our shirts. We stand side by side, hand in hand, determined to become winners and gaining red hearts through every experience. Red is not only the colour of our blood but the colour of our home. It is said that home is where the heart is, and our home is the home of a warrior. Athlonian warriors. Letsobana Ledwaba Head

Aitken

Athlone

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House Highlights

At the beginning of the year, the responsibility of leading the house together with my Vice-head, Bonolo, was slightly nerve-wrecking to say the least. But as the year progressed it became more fun and pleasurable. With the arrival of our new family members, the Grade 8s, we were once again happy to welcome another army of tadpoles into the frog pond. This year Buxton has truly displayed the various talents that it has and we participated in various activities like the Grade 8 Gala, the Inter-house Gala, Inter-house Athletics and the Inter-house General Knowledge Quiz. As a house we became more of a unit and we were able to stand together when we needed to. Inter-house Athletics was a success for our house as we won a few medals and broke a few records. All of this favoured the ranking of our house naturally. The staff were always supportive, encouraging and offered

us advice when we needed it. When it came to signing up for Inter-house events, the girls willingly offered to participate in the activities. At the gala and athletics meetings we cheered each girl who participated and this made the cheerleaders’ jobs much easier and we commend the girls for their behaviour and attitudes as these displayed the passion for Buxton. On behalf of the matrics, thank you for making this year one final year to remember. We wish you nothing but great success and endless growth. With all that being said, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the house for making my journey in this leadership role fun and easy. It is a journey that I would gladly do again. May the lively green spirit of Buxton be instilled in the future generations of our members. Buxton, Buxton Green and Proud. Lungile Mahlangu Head

If there is one thing that everybody can learn from Clarendon it is this: you can achieve anything and everything – all that you need is a good attitude. At the beginning of the year, our results were not as good as we would have hoped. Coming tenth in the annual Inter-house Swimming Gala and losing the spirit trophy made us unhappy, but instead of giving in to feelings of despondency, Clarendon demonstrated true perseverance and all the grades played their parts. The matrics helped by nominating the most capable group of girls to lead the house to greater heights and louder cheers. The cheerleaders of 2015 were amazing and looked so cute in their oversized tutus at the Inter-high Gala. Other ways in which the matrics helped to propel the house to greater success included making up an all-star team of quizzers who won first place in the Inter-house Quiz, as well as writing our rather entertaining house play titled And the Oscar Goes To … The Grade 11s played a huge role in the success of the play as many of them participated. This grade and Josie, alongside Sinazo in matric, demonstrated strong directing abilities. Bravo on all the awards and nominations received. The Grade 10s are such an intelligent bunch of creative and talented girls. Together, they managed to put together a unique farm-styled jersey display. They made everybody proud to be in Clarendon when they came first in academics with their

Clephan Shield points. What a strong group the Grade 9s are. It is from this group that Clarendon got most of its gold medals, be that in the pool or during Inter-high Athletics. When I met the Grade 8s at their camp, they promised me a year of great fun, excessive laughter and loud cheers – they were not a shy group. On the contrary, they were a talkative, curious group that bubbled with refreshing energy. Placing ninth in the fun gala was not a true representation of them as I strongly believe that they would have come first for spirit. Four years ago I would never have guessed that 2015 would look like this for me. I loved every bit of leading my Clarendon. I loved planning for each house assembly and making up new cheers such as: I went To Town. I loved having Grade 8 and matric picnics in the formal gardens and dressing up for the swimming gala. I loved our house’s talent shows, our secret Clarendon handshake, but more importantly, I loved the girls. Thank you so much, Clarendon for teaching me the beauty of perseverance! Thank you to all of our beautiful teachers for all the support and passion that you demonstrated at every event. May you continue to give rise to future generations of Clarendon ladies who have as much passion and joy as the ones now! ‘C-L-A-R-E-N-D-O-N, CLARENDOOOOONNN! Duduetsang Kasonkola Head

Buxton

Clarendon

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House Highlights

Connaught Reigns Again. 2015 has been such an impressive year for Connaught. This year we have managed to turn the idea of the colour navy blue, being associated with uniformity, sadness and routine, around. This navy blue house is filled with surprises, joy, spontaneity – and we did this all as a family. One could call us – ‘The Blues Sisters’. What follows are just a few highlights from the year to give you just a taste of what we experienced together. Grade 8 Camp was where things all began. Our new ladies settled in well and they bonded with their new-found buddies. They worked brilliantly through their team building tasks and became a force with which to be reckoned. I called them the ‘Mean-blue-we-got-this-machines’! To tip this off, they finished third in the Grade 8 Gala. I’m sure they will fit into Connaught like a well-accustomed glove to a hand. The year then commenced with the charity drive. The Grade 8s had their big walk which took their breaths away – literally. The Grade 9s enjoyed a play. The Grade 10s showed off their interesting techniques. The Grade 11s looked stunning at their Valentine’s Ball and the matrics played soccer. We came so close to winning, losing to Van Zyl in the penalty round. Let’s say our competitive streak kicked in that day. One of the biggest victories we achieved was at the Inter-house Gala – The cheerleaders performed a ‘Yee-hah’ worthy cowboythemed dance routine and the spirit and cheering from the house was great. Naturally we won the spirit cup but we fell short of the ultimate trophy and came second. We’ll get you next time

McWilliam, just wait and see. This year’s house play – Surprise – was directed by Megan du Preez and Ponahalo Mojapelo – Ponahalo was also the playwright – and they worked tirelessly to cast and direct a funny, talented cast of enthusiastic learners who were ready to uphold the Connaught name and shine on stage. We won ‘Best props’ and ‘Best use of space’ titles. Well done ladies! Athletics day took place at the end of the second term. It was a perfect ending to signify the end of our very own race in the form of the June exams. We cheered our runners on and we hoped for the best. We came seventh – an improvement from the previous year when we placed ninth. If we continue at this rate, we will be first in three years. My fingers are crossed. The ultimate highlights of the year took place in the humble classroom in which we hosted our house assemblies where one really did feel at home, except there wasn’t much food! That’s alright though because we fed our souls, knowing that we had a family. We all had that same blue blood flowing in our veins and that strong Connaught heartbeat. It was ‘Kumbaya’ and occasionally karaoke but it was all in the name of Connaught and I loved that. Ms Turpin’s enthusiastic participation in every house assembly was always appreciated – these assemblies were serendipity experiences. This year was blissful and I thank Connaught for happening to me. Tabo Mwila Head

This year was filled with memories, laughter, love and a truckload of team work. If someone had asked me what I would change I perhaps would have said ‘I would have loved to have won the Inter-house Athletics’. It has been a dream since Grade 8, and now it will have to remain a dream for me but a goal for our house. We started off the year with our Grade 8 Camp which was wonderful. It was so good to see that all our preparation and planning had paid off and the Grade 8s thoroughly enjoyed it. We were placed sixth in the gala. This was very pleasing to me and I enjoyed watching the enthusiasm. I have seen them grow and develop into young ladies over this past year who are compassionate and zealous and who will assist in taking out house to greater heights. What followed was the Inter-house Gala, where we took everyone back to the Amazon Jungle in our costumes, decided upon by the matrics. We (Vhuiwa and I) went through the year with endless energy and passion, and even when things weren’t coming together as we had wished, we made a plan and worked together. The house enjoyed all that we had planned for them in house assemblies, especially the annual eating competition.

The year was not easy at all as there were naturally hiccups every now and again but it is indeed something that I would love to do all over again. Interacting with the different classes, hearing their suggestions and complaints and then acting upon them truly assisted in making this year run smoothly. We were blessed with an amazing form class that we could rely on every time we needed something, whether we needed lists compiled and completed, readings or prayers, or someone to carry on cheering the house when the cheerleaders were worn out or in the pool or on the athletics track. The matrics did it all and they did it with a smile. The house would not have been where we are if it were not for the effort and hard work of the teachers who have supported both Vhuiwa and me every step of the way with our ideas and uncontainable energy. I would like to thank everyone who made this year memorable, especially my partner in crime, Vhuiwa. I pray that from here the only path Duncan takes is to the top. This is from me to you: “It’s been great, but the future is even greater. Farewell dearest Duncan.” Lwazi Khoza Head

Connaught

Duncan

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House Highlights

As we approach the end of a very eventful year, it is with a sense of satisfaction that I can look back on a year that in many respects has been challenging but positive. The year was an exceptionally memorable year with the immense support of my Gladstone comrades. The Grade 8 Camp started on a high note and was met with great enthusiasm from our new additions to the Gladstone family. This fascinating group of Grade 8s quickly formed deep-rooted bonds with their Gladstone peers. Gladstone’s outstanding dedication, spirit and overall solid unity shown at the Inter-house Gala made me proud! Our cheerleaders made a memorable entrance as air hostesses and undoubtedly left a mark of pride on the hearts of the Gladstonites and the school as a whole. Gladstone collected a significant number of jerseys for the needy and our Grade 10s must be commended for their beautiful, creative and successful presentation. The Gladstone house play called Trapped in a Musical was written by Raquel de Almeida and Gina Lazarides and it was directed by Simone Baptista-Rosa and Gina Lazarides. Our play show-cased the talent we have in our house. Gladstone was represented by Marlise van Tonder, Thiana Subroyen, Thenesia Govender and Bontle Theo at the Inter-house General Knowledge Quiz. Our knowledgeable

participants really excelled by finishing in second place. The highly contested event of the year, the Inter-house Athletics, proved to be a nail-biting and exhilarating event. The house was full of high spirits and solidarity. We were extremely proud of the results we received from this prestigious event. Thank you to our astounding cheerleaders, namely: Itumeleng Shongwe, Bontle Makhwelo, Raquel de Almeida, Ashton Carolissen and Simone Baptista-Rosa, for all your hard work and efforts throughout the year and for always keeping the spirit alive. To my Vice-head, Lucy da Costa, my sincerest thanks to you for bearing the burdens and sharing the joys with me and for your true commitment to the house. Gladstone matrics, I cannot thank you enough for your endearing love and support throughout the year. Lucy and I will remain eternally grateful to you all. To Mrs Greenberg and staff, thank you for always supporting and assisting Lucy and me through the journey that 2015 had to offer. 2015 was patently a successful year for Gladstone. My fellow Gladstone comrades, it was an honour to serve and lead you this year. Thank you all for such a phenomenal and unforgettable journey. Keep shining and keep striding! Tshegofatso Maja Head

McWilliam has always been a family with so much passion and love for our house. This year we decided to show all of the other houses just what we are made of. Our very first event was the Grade 8 Camp where we had a survival theme and we invented a game known as ‘towel volleyball’. It was a simple game but very entertaining to play and watch. We decided that the girls needed to cool down with some water balloons flying at them after a tough, energetic day and fun was had by all. The second event was the Inter-house Gala where our cheerleaders definitely scared everyone away with their ‘Zombie apocalypse’ theme and it gave us such hope and determination for the entire year. When our name was called out as winners of the gala we were so surprised and excited. I don’t think that I have ever seen so many happy faces and I just know that winning did not mean getting the trophy only, but it reassured us that we could do it as a house. The house play production If Movies were in Africa was another way that McWilliam stood out. I don’t think that there was ever a moment where the audience did not laugh. In our house we do have a few really knowledgeable ladies

and this was evident at the General Knowledge Quiz where we ended up sixth. At our annual Jersey Display our Grade 10s did an excellent job recreating an ‘Every cloud has a silver lining’ theme. I think we collected so many jerseys because we just wanted to make a difference in children’s lives and I admire the house for that. Our last sporting event was the Inter-house Athletics and here was another opportunity for other houses to realise that McWilliam is not to be reckoned with. We ended up coming fourth but even though we did not win, our support and determination were evident – we have definitely shown the other houses that we are a force with which to be reckoned. Being Head of McWilliam this year has definitely been an honour. I felt so privileged to lead such a beautiful bunch of girls and to work with Mrs Ramlaul who is an amazing teacher Head of House. She dedicates much of her time to ensuring that every girl and every teacher have passion and love for our house. Even though we are not right there at the top all of the time (or at the bottom), the most important thing is that we are not only a house but more importantly, we are a family. Kirsten Coetzee Head

Gladstone

McWilliam

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House Highlights

In the house of Selborne, one is highly likely to encounter a diverse group of young ladies who go beyond expectations. In 2015 we saw a unity like no other in shining purple and it all started with welcoming the Grade 8s. A new generation of fresh, lively young ladies entered the house and convinced my partner in crime, Vhoni, and me that the year was going to live up to the greatness that our predecessors had warmed us up for. If Vhoni and I were to count on our fingers how many words we could use to describe our year of leading the greatest house PHSG has ever seen, we’d have a billion hands. So, we have summed it all up into a more memorable acronym. S is for the songs we sang. Whether we sang them on the fields, in the crowds, on the road or by the pool, Selbornites sang with pride in their voices and spirit in their hearts. E stands for every entertaining moment we experienced in house assembly and enjoying every nail-biting second, cheering for our sports boffins at the Inter-house Athletics and the Inter-house Gala. L is for all the love we shared. Spreading love in its many forms (hugs, food etc.) felt like second nature. Not a moment passed without the encouraging words we shared through cheer, prayer and laughter. B is for the beauty of our house: the young women of Selborne who dress in purple on the outside, and carry hearts of platinum

on the inside; the inspiring notice boards and our magnificent Jersey Display. O is for the outstanding achievements throughout the year. Our house play in 2015 was one for the books. Shaken, Not Stirred was directed by Daphney Maponya and me, and won several awards which included ‘Best Play’, ‘Best Directors’ and ‘Best Script’. Academically, Selborne leaves a paper trail of intellectual debris wherever we go. R is for all the things the matrics will remember with our departure from the house. The last five years have held some of the greatest memories that we have shared in our high school career. Personally, my favourite memories of our school are those I spent with my fellow ladies in purple. N is for never giving up. Persistence and perseverance have a special place in Selborne. Even if we are slugging it behind the sprinters on track or taking slow strokes in the pool, the concept of giving up is a completely foreign concept (we leave that for the other houses), and E is for everything we were, everything we are, and everything that Selborne will always be. Without Mrs L du Toit, Selborne could never have been the house that Vhoni and I call home. A special thank you is owing to all the teachers for their support and guidance. Forever flawless. Forever Selborne. Neo Kgobane Head

‘WE ARE THE ORANGE JELLY BABIES AND NO ONE CAN MESS WITH US … YES, NO ONE CAN MESS WITH US!’ This year has been an exciting year for the brightest and best house in the school. From meeting our little Grade 8s to the final house assembly – every moment has been unforgettable. So many happy memories were made at the Grade 8 Camp where we quickly learned that we had been given the most energetic and hardworking group of ladies who always had smiles on their faces. Although our Inter-house Gala rained out, our 2015 bikers stole the show with their amazing entrance and dance moves. We cheered until we lost our voices and swam our hearts out, finishing third overall – an improvement from the previous years. Van Zyl, as usual, did not disappoint when it came to the annual House Play Festival. Our hysterical Sorry, I don’t speak South African, written by the talented Olive Olusegun and directed by the creative Carmen Joubert and Erica Geldenhuys, left everyone in stitches with many unforgettable one-liners such as ‘My Gogo always used to tell me … the world, is your omelette’ and ‘Excuse me Mnr, but I are very amphibious!’ The annual Jersey Display was yet another example of Van Zyl’s greatness. The beautiful display showcased all the jerseys we collected for charity and the creativeness of our Grade 10s winning us first place overall. The pressure was on for us

to keep the title of Inter-house Athletics champions. Our athletes left their hearts on the track and we managed to bring home the trophy, coming first once again. This proved Van Zyl’s determination to be the best that we can possibly be. It has been an extremely successful year for Van Zyl, filled with many laughs, cheers and victories. To the 2015 cheerleaders – Tumi, Ofentse, Nicki, Serah and Meeghan, thank you for taking our house spirit to a new level. To my Vice-head, Meeghan Scheffer, your undying love for Van Zyl is evident in all that you do for our house! Thank you for being such a great partner. To all the Van Zyl teachers, thank you for the positive impact that you have made on each and every one of us. To Mrs de Bruin, our Van Zyl mom – thank you for all that you have done for us. For supporting us, for making us laugh and for simply always being there for us whenever we needed you. To the matrics of 2015, we have had the best five years together and I am so grateful to have met every one of you. To the 2016 Head and Vice-head of Van Zyl house and the matrics of 2016, I wish you all the best for the most exciting year in your high school careers. I have full confidence that you will take our beautiful orange house to greater heights! Danielle Gradwell Head

Selborne

Van Zyl

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Autographs

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Hostels

HOSTEL STAFF Back Row (L-R): Mrs L Tjiane, Mr C Mokoena, Mr C Marumo, Mr D Ramasetlha, Mr D Mokhine, Mrs E Tjiane, Mrs F Molekoa Front Row (L-R): Mrs P Mashilo, Mrs G Mashishi, Ms P Ledwaba, Mrs S Ries, Ms A Streak, Mrs R Nkadimeng, Mrs L Malapela

BOARDER REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL Back Row (L-R): Kendal Cole, Kia Monyokolo, Tabo Mwila, Lebohang Maboa Middle Row (L-R): Kamohelo Motsoeneng, Mbali Nzimande, Jessica Blair, Robin Davies, Katli Moteane, Galaletsang Galane Front Row (L-R): Duduetsang Kasonkola, Tumisang Letebele, Mrs J Cÿrus, Mrs A Lamb, Keabetswe Tsebe, Ofentse Pheme The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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Absent: Claudia da Cunha, Daniella Mitri,Rebecca Nel, Yaelin Tate Back Row (L-R): Ponahalo Mojapelo, Kuhle Besman, Nomsa Twala, Ellen Maartens, Alexa Robinson, Daniella da Cunha, Kendal Grant, Jodi Barts, Tyla Gartland, Morgan Robbie, Fendi Mampane, Anya Lureman, Mischka Kramer, Jenna Anderson, Larah Scurr 4th Row (L-R): Lauren van Zyl, Courtney Anderson, Sihle Moremi, Tabo Mwila, Lebohang Maboa, Samantha Scott, Jemimah Smith, Lebogang Madisha, Charis van Rie, Frances Coetser, Marcail Wragg, Cydney Liebenberg, Esmee van der Arend, Rebecca Martin 3rd Row (L-R): Skylar Marryatt, Danielle Gradwell, Lebogang Modjadji, Jordan Lowe, Naledi Sekoati, Modiegi Motwoaledi, Aspen Store, Sarah Trowsdale, Nicole Smith, Melisa Ruguwa, Caitlyn Hilliard-Lomas, Justine King, Khanya Petje, Jenna Rushmere, Nomsa Mahlangu 2nd Row (L-R): Fiona Tsang, Annelie van der Walt, Naa-Shidaa Mills, Sbusile Mhlanga, Khanyisile Mbukwane, Lelani Mbukwane, Letsobana Ledwaba, Natalia de Nobrega, Lesego Mkhonto, Mona-Lisa Gqwede, Themba Jijane, Kamohelo Motsoeneng, Sasha Lordan, Cassandra Quiterres, Tshego Matshoga Front Row (L-R): Nandi Suteka, Caitlyn Wragg, Onke Klaas, Duduetsang Kasonkola, Mrs L Godfrey, Ms M Lippi, Mrs J Cÿrus, Mrs J Viljoen, Mrs L Powell, Mrs B du Toit, Tumi Letebele, Katli Moteane, Galaletsang Galane, Paige Mitchley, Palesa Selepe

What a remarkable year 2015 has been for me at North Lodge. It all started with fourteen new Grade 8s who joined us this year - they have come a long way and have adjusted to hostel life. The creativity at our annual Newspaper Fashion Show during our stay-in weekend was superb and followed by a braai and a dip in the pool the next day. The Boarder Parents’ Dinner was a success. North Lodge and School House ladies showcased great talent and I can honestly say that the parents were pleasantly entertained. It was an enjoyable evening for both the girls and the parents. North Lodge has done it again this year. We have managed to keep our shiny trophies at home, winning the Inter-hostel Volleyball and Soccer for the twelfth year in a row. Returning to hostel in term three, we were all in for a big surprise and that was that the bathrooms were under construction. To this, we have the Boarder Parents’ Committee to thank. With seventy-two girls utilising one bathroom, I would say that we managed pretty well! This would not have been so if it were not for the co-operation of the girls. Thanks to the Boarder Parents’ Committee for making it possible for both hostels to go on a trip to Monte Casino and watch an incredible theatre production, Little Shop of Horrors. The hostel outing was definitely one to be recorded in our books. I have much to thank my Vice-head and my support system, Dudu Kasonkola. You have definitely made leading North Lodge an easier job for me. I would not have been able to do this without you. Thank you is not enough to express how much I appreciate all that you have done to help me. To the North Lodge matrics of 2015, I am extremely grateful for all your

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efforts and hard work in helping lead North Lodge to where it is today. To our hostel moms, Mrs Viljoen, Mrs B du Toit, Mrs Godfrey, Ms Lippi and Ms Dorlas, we owe you greatly for the support, care and kindness you have shown us. To our number one fan, our cheerleader, Mrs Cÿrus, you are our biggest support structure and you are always there to pick us up when we fall. The love and guidance you have given us has not gone unnoticed. My term in office has been a great experience and this is all due to the ladies in pink. Thank you for your consideration, patience and determination for making North Lodge a success. It has been a pleasure to work with all of you young ladies. I wish you all nothing but the best and success for the future. Tumi Letebele Head

North Lodge

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SCHOOL HOUSE Absent: Ms D Dugmore, Bronwyn Openshaw Back Row (L-R): Dayna Binda, Alexandra Botha, Lungile Mahlangu, Tasmin Wood, Heike Thormählen, Jade Gower-Jackson, Kristin Katzin, Rebekah Miller, Jodi Steytler, Stephanie-Ann Beatson, Bongiwe Mjwara, Leigh Sardie, Kendal Cole, Basetsana Mamogale, Ki Monyokolo 4th Row (L-R): Caitlin Gomwe, Josephine Martin, Lufuno Sigwadi, Francis Breckenridge, Gontse Ledwaba, Caitlin Holtzkampf, Meeghan Klomp, Phumzile Mukhari, Lucy da Costa, Jayde Menelaou, Megan Hilton, Kiara Tolda, Thuli Sistha, Kellin Burger, Julia Melliar 3rd Row (L-R): Thandolwethu Mbonani, Tayla Frans, Courtney Truebody, Hannah van der Linde, Shaylyn Davis, Jessica da Silva, Amy Holtzkampf, Vhonani Radzilani, Danian Smit, Emma van Schie, Mmopi Nkuna, Karen Collins, Jessica Blair, Louisa Anyimadu, Neo Nkhumane 2nd Row (L-R): Tlhogi Mangwale, Ashleigh Connell, Brittani Korb, Jenna van Zyl, Lesedi Thabethe, Mmakosha Modiba, Thato Ramodibe, Robin Davies, Thando Mahlangu, Langa Sistha, Mbali Nzimande, Kayla Bontekoning, Lwaphesheya Khoza, Lerato Marcus Front Row (L-R): Kgalalelo Kolati, Amo Modimoeng, Palesa Nkoana, Nombulelo Ntuli, Ofentse Pheme, Mrs L Powell, Mrs A van Niekerk, Mrs A Lamb, Mrs M Ford, Ms C Greenwood, Ketbetswe Tsebe, Lili Smit, Boichoko Seane, Keneilwe Mmako, Orapeleng Kgampe

2015 has been a memorable year for School House. The year started off with the stay-in weekend for all boarders to bond and welcome the Grade 8s to hostel. While the Grade 8s were at camp, those left in hostel went on an outing to The Grove for the first time and this was enjoyed by everyone. This was followed by the annual Newspaper Fashion Show where everyone from Grade 8 to Grade 11 created designer wear using only newspapers and refuse bags. Inter-house Soccer and Volleyball were played against North Lodge and we would like to congratulate North Lodge for winning both their activities and well done to the School House ladies for always doing their absolute best and for their spirit. ‘Hollywood Legends’ was the theme for this year’s Boarder Parents’ Dinner and the evening was spectacular and successful. We then went to Monte Casino in Johannesburg to a fun-filled theatre production called Little Shop of Horrors. This year saw the renovation of the bathrooms in hostel and the revamping of the entire hostel. Thank you to the Boarder Parents’ Committee for the wonderful outing, the renovations in hostel and for everything to ensure the hostel

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runs smoothly. Thank you to all the matrons. To Ofentse Pheme, thank you for your leadership, your support and your contribution to hostel and for the endless hours of laughter. I appreciate all that you have done for School House. To Mrs Lamb, Mrs van Niekerk, Ms Dorlas, Ms Turpin, Ms Greenwood, Mrs Ford and Ms Dugmore, thank you for your love and guidance and for being our hostel moms. Thank you to the matric sisters for truly making this year easier and for your willingness to help where needed. I could not have done it without all of you. I appreciate and love all of you and I wish you all the best for your futures. Being in the sisterhood that is hostel has made a huge impact on my life and has taught me respect and consideration for others. Thank you to all the School House ladies for allowing me the privilege to be your Head of School House for 2015. It was an honour and may you all continue to be the School House ladies you are and to hold the name of the hostel high. All the best to the Head of hostel for 2016. ‘Our blood is black and white, School House.’ Keabetswe Tsebe Head

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Sport Highlights

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Achievers

Odette van Deventer South African Protea colours for Track Cycling. Selected for high performance training at the UCI World Cycling Centre in Switzerland from September to December 2015

NATIONALS Front Row (L-R): Raffaella Braga, Marlise van Tonder, Kelsey Langley, Meeghan Klomp, Charné Griesel Front Row (L-R): Kaylee Stella-Harris, Amy Marais, Mikela Nortje

PROVINCIALS Absent: Saarah Begg Back Row (L-R): Meeghan Klomp, Mellisa Sithole, Alexa Robinson, Kelsey Langley, Annebelle Bettman, Elke du Toit, Khensani Shibambo, Simone Pretorius, Cara Schoombie, Aa’ishah Begg Middle Row (L-R): Daniella Nieuwenhuis, Matika Ras, Danielle Fröhling, Raffaella Braga, Marlise van Tonder, Amy Marais, Amaarah Amod, Karen Collins, Megan Gerber, Kaylee Stella Harris, Jean-Marie Rossouw Front Row (L-R): Angelique Smith, Tiffany McAlister, Tristen Rees, Ms S Dorlas, Charné Griesel, Michelle Kwofie, Mabongi Nyalunga The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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SPORT ORGANISERS Back Row (L-R): Mrs D Klopper, Mrs R Matthyse, Ms L Austin, Mrs M Andrade, Mrs M Oertel Front Row (L-R): Mrs Y Jackson, Ms M Lippi, Mrs V de Bruin, Ms S Dorlas, Mrs M Marais, Mrs K Brimecombe, Mrs T van Tonder

GAMES CAPTAINS

Absent: Melissa Botha (Diving), Priyanka Ramnath (Volleyball) Back Row (L-R): Laiken Venter (Life-Saving), Mrs M Marais, Kirsten Coetzee (Athletics), Annebelle Bettman (Tennis), Sérah-May Smedsrud (Netball), Ms S Dorlas, Amaarah Amod (Equestrian) Front Row (L-R): Rachel Glass (Squash), Hayley Elcombe (Swimming), Tshephisho Thlotse (Basketball), Marlise van Tonder (Chess), Tristen Rees (Cross-Country)

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Jemimah Smith (Vice Captain) and Kirsten Coetzee (Captain)

ATHLETES TEAM

Absent: Ms H Pelser and Ms L Grindley Ferris Back Row (L-R): Meeghan Klomp, Emma Scheffer, Lauren Cooke, Mbali Ntuli, Kendal Grant, Charlotte Smit, Tayla Pretorius, Gabriella Lucas 6th Row (L-R): Annelie van der Walt, Erin Weintrand, Savannah Mc Alister, Cayleigh Halvey, Cayla Pearson, Regina Maepe, Benita Kiabula 5th Row (L-R): Bonolo Moikanyane, Megan Gerber, Lebohang Maboa, Jenna Clingham, Jennifer Cazalet, Naledi Mnisi, Shalom Agbiji 4rd Row (L-R): Mabongi Nyalungu, Kendahl Moore, Nicole Williams, Megan Loganathan, Hannaé Meyer, Obakeng Mahlako, Katlego Monama 3nd Row (L-R): Cayla Rosenblatt, Amo Mabote, Kiese Mpasa, Tlalane Ntlatlapa, Jacky James, Lethabo Mokhaune, Danielle Fröhling, Jamie Brown 2nd Row (L-R): Ms A Mulder, Mr F Pretorius, Mrs M Andrade, Mrs R Matthyse, Ms M van der Westhuizen Front Row (L-R): Gabriella Matthews, Modiegi Motsoaledi, Mikaila Phillips, Flourish Oluwamakinde, Mamello Mamlete

MATRIC ATHLETES

Front Row (L-R): Marilise van Tonder, Kirsten Coetzee, Mrs M Andrade, Jemimah Smith, Meeghan Scheffer The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

Basketball

BASKETBALL 1ST TEAM

Absent: Monica Nel Back Row (L-R): Gcinile Mlungwana, Batlile Motuku, Tumi Mashego, Pearl Lutwama, Nonthando Bankole, Lihle Shabangu, Naledi Mnisi Front Row (L-R): Gama Mashigo, Lebo Madisha (Vice Captain), Mr Mtha Mkwananzi, Tshepi Thlotse (Captain), Mrs M Oertel, Naledi Dile, Leago Mangolele

We say that home is where the court is and that basketball is not about being the best but rather about being better than you were yesterday. The season started with a new team that found it difficult to become a unit and this would cost us dearly in our first challenge for the year. The Redhill tournament was our first tournament as a new team and proved to be very difficult. Out of the four games we played we, unfortunately, lost all of them which placed us fifth in our pool. As the time moved towards the start of the Pretoria league we grew stronger and became more than a team. We became a family which gave strength and motivation to each other. With the Pretoria league beginning late, most teams were faced with playing two games a week, leaving fewer practice days. Both the First and Second Teams won three out of their five games and made it to the semi-finals to play The Glen High School and Prestige College respectively. Unfortunately, we both lost and had to face each other for third and fourth position. The First Team took the bronze medal and the Second Team came fourth. The U16s played a total of seven games each and the U16A Team came through undefeated after all seven games while the U16B lost most of their games and were unable to make it to the semi-finals. The U16A Team played

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against DSG in the semis and lost their first game and later played against Prestige College for third and fourth place. They came out victorious to claim the bronze medal. The U14s started the year very enthusiastically and kept this spirit going throughout the league. They both managed to progress to the semi-finals with the U14B Team winning their game to play for first and second place and the U14A Team losing their game to play for the bronze medal. Unfortunately, both teams lost and the U14B Team walked away with the silver medal while the U14A Team came fourth. All the teams came to realise that we can accept losing as everyone loses a few games. However, we cannot accept not trying because we would rather be our own failures than to fail our team mates. For most teams the Pretoria league was their last chance in action whereas the First and Second Teams, coached by Coach Mtha and Nolwazi, had to prepare for the annual Pietermaritzburg Basketball Tournament where teams from all over the country and some from Zimbabwe came together for a weekend of basketball. The First and Second Teams were placed in different pools at the end of the five games we each played. The First Team managed to come third in their pool and the Second Team came sixth. This was however, not enough to make it to the finals and the First Team had to settle for playing for fifth/sixth position overall and the Second Team for eleventh/twelfth position. At the end of the tournament the First Team was ranked sixth out of twelve schools and the Second Team ranked twelfth The First Team was later invited to a friendly tournament in celebration of Women’s month at the University of Pretoria’s HPC. We managed to win two of our four games at the end of the tournament were placed third out of eight schools

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BASKETBALL 2ND TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Wendy Mahlobo, Amogelang Mothapo Middle Row (L-R): Tshepi Baloyi, Leago Mamabolo, Deborah Amenigy, Themwani Chirambo Front Row (L-R): Kelebogile Masemola, Naledi Masikare, Mrs M Oertel, Hlobi Mtshali, Amogelang Nhlapo

BASKETBALL U16A

Absent: Terrell Mbokota, Pabi Maubane, Reneilwe Seboga Back Row (L-R): Michaela Skinner, Joy Mwali, Khona Shabalala, Ayanda Mkhabeta Front Row (L-R): Lindo Masongo, Mrs M Oertel, Nomzama Chabalala, Ms M Moll, Prudence Mbokota

BASKETBALL U16B

Absent: Omobusola Ajigini, Tshegofatso Mafuna Back Row (L-R): Kagiso Kenoshi, Nthabiseng Mncube, Dine Kgasago Middle Row (L-R): Luyanda Kunene, Nthabiseng Malapeng, Lelethu Tlou, Sanam Kanjee Front Row (L-R): Mamello Mametse, Ms M Moll, Nandi Ndwalane, Mrs M Oertel, Anelisa Mbeje The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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from Pretoria, Johannesburg and one school from Zimbabwe. All of the basketball teams would like to thank Coaches Mtha, Nolwazi, Danny, Simon, Nyaradzo and Yolandi for their contributions to making us better players and always ensuring that we played to the best of our abilities. We would also like to thank Mrs Oertel and Mr Sebuthuma for the countless hours they contribute to the sport. One fails to understand that without these people basketball would not exist and for that we are grateful to them. Basketball to most people is just another one of the many sports available in the world but for basketball players it is a way of life and as you grow as a player you develop a passion and pride for the sport that no one can take away from you. You become your own champion that does not need to be defined by how many medals or trophies one wins. Basketball becomes who you are and in it you find yourself feeling as if you are home and the team is your family. Do not stop playing. Tshepi Thlotse Captain

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BASKETBALL U14A Back Row (L-R): Noella Yav, Khumo Lekabe, Gomolemo Mangoenyane Middle Row (L-R): Lehlogonolo Letshela, Jannett Mwali, Joyce Tshiswaka, Musa Baloyi Front Row (L-R): Galetsang Galane, Mrs M Oertel, Reamo Mphahlele, Mr V Sebuthuma, Amo Modimoeng

BASKETBALL U14B

Absent: Sphe Mkhize Back Row (L-R): Caitlyn Gomwe, Favour Oluwamakinde, Thulisile Sitsha, Boikokobetse Ramashija Middle Row (L-R): Juanice Apollus, Khanysile Nkosi, Katlego Monama, Lerato Marcus, Thlogi Mangwale Front Row (L-R): Michika Ceza, Mr V Sebuthuma, Phyemeo Matlaisane, Mrs M Oertel, Nandi Suteke

Chess

CHESS A TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Tara Pemu, Abi Kuhn, Claire Angel, Nikhila Moodley Front Row (L-R): Tania Blake, Mrs T van Tonder, Marlise van Tonder (Captain)

‘The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.’ – Aaron Nimzowitsch This year in chess we not only made beautiful moves, but wonderful memories. It was a year filled with laughs, amazing achievement and learning that sometimes a sacrifice leads to something great. The latter was learnt while doing puzzles with our coach, where I would say it was a sacrifice. Claire Angel would give an outrageous move, and Nikhila would finally come up with the answer and we would all take credit for it! The Valentine’s Day chess with Boys High was a memorable game and most successful. At the annual All Girls’ Schools’ Festival, we came eighth out of our fourteen schools. Had it not been for stomach viruses striking our team, Claire Angel would have won all her matches. After our success at the District 4 chess trials, Nikhila Moodley, Tara Pemu, Rose Mamabolo, Claire Angel and I were invited to the provincial trials. Claire was also invited to the SA Schools’ Championships. The Eunice Derby Day was, as always, full of fun and camaraderie. We came second in the league, only losing to Waterkloof Hoër. From puzzles to games to the dry jokes on the bus, it was a year that we won’t easily forget. Marlise van Tonder Captain

CHESS B TEAM

Absent: Gabrielle Amrouni Back Row (L-R): Angela Wang, Tasneem Mallick, Mrs T van Tonder, Rose Mamabolo, Natasha Janse van Rensburg Front Row (L-R): Tu Ahn Nguyen, Marlise van Tonder (Captain), Michelle Blake

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CROSS COUNTRY Back Row (L-R): Lebohang Maboa, Ellen Maartens, Tatiana Blecher, Lexi Botha, Courtney Donaldson, Megan Fourie 3rd Row (L-R): Lauren van Zyl, Nika Britz, Gabriella Matthews, Savannah McAlister, Shayna McAlister, Lufuno Sigwadi, Claudia da Cunha, Megan Gerber, Taylor Rees 2nd Row (L-R): Savannah Carvalheiro, Annie Bredell, Ashleigh Connell, Kendahl Moore, Gabi Birkholtz, Obakeng Mahlako, Cayla Rosenblatt, Kea Manamela Front Row (L-R): Mabongi Nyalungu, Megan Wilding, Tristen Rees, Ms M Lippi, Alexa Robinson, Mianca de Kock, Megan Britz

Your lungs are burning, your legs are shredded and this is just the beginning. We are a different breed and nothing can stop us. These are kilometres of agony, not a jog in the park. Injuries are to be damned. Embrace the dirt, the mud, the grit and the rush that drives you to the front of the pack. This is what cross country is about. The cross country team began the season with many new faces at our traditional PBHS social race. In the second term we competed in the Johannesburg league and our Senior Team did exceptionally well. We were narrowly beaten by no more than half a point to place second in the league. The Senior Team qualified for the district championships where they were placed fourth. In the annual Eunice Derby our Junior and Senior Teams won. With the start of the third term, there was a little reluctance as the thought

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of competing against three-hundred girls in the Pretoria league race was quite terrifying, but our teams managed to progress well. Tristen Rees and Megan Gerber were chosen to represent Gauteng North at the South African Championships in Mpumalanga this year after Tristen was placed fifth in the Junior Women’s category and Megan placed eighth in the U16 and U17 categories at the AGN Championships. Thank you to our number one supporters, Ms Lippi and Coach Kenny Mwape. Your constant encouragement is greatly appreciated! As cross country athletes, we are often asked: “Why do you run?” The answer is simple: there is no greater feeling than pushing your boundaries and setting new limits for yourself each day. Tristen Rees Captain

Equestrian

EQUESTRIAN

Absent: Kristi Harvey Back Row (L-R): Simoné van der Merwe, Simeoné Snyman, Savanna Thomson, Elke du Toit, Jenna Victor, Kayla Geel, Emma van Schie Front Row (L-R): Tiffany McAlister, Amaarah Amod, Mrs E Lubie, Francesca Bithrey, Jean-Marie Rossouw

‘Lord, if we fall, my horse and I, pick my horse up first for he has carried me through both heaven and hell.’- unknown We competed in four South African National Equestrian Schools’ Association (SANESA), qualifiers throughout the year. SANESA is acknowledged by the South African Equestrian Federation and South African Sports Confederation and Olympics Committee. We competed in show jumping, equitation, working hunter, working riding, performance riding, dressage, pre-caprelli, endurance and western riding. This year has truly been a challenging and rewarding experience for both riders and horses as each member strived to display her improvements by achieving at the SANESA

competitions. Riders have a great understanding of the bond that forms between horse and rider. Although things don’t always work out, whether it is while training or competing, the Girls High riders never fail to prove their dedication and persistence as they get back onto their horses and try again, never giving up. Special thanks are due to all the riders, their equine partners, instructors and parents for all their hard work, time, money and support given to make our dreams a reality. To Mrs Lubie, for organising the Equestrian Team, our show days and always showing your support, thank you so much. Amaarah Amod Captain The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

Diving

Diving Diving in not just a sport - it teaches patience, dedication and passion. Diving 2015 has proved to be one of our best seasons yet. A practice was never just a practice, but always provided for new excitement and friendships. We came third at the Inter-high and we also came second at the annual Aquatics Festival, held in Durban this year. Through all the wind and rain we never hesitated to do what we were at the side of the pool for and we dived to the best of our ability. We definitely grew as individuals and as a team. We are exceptionally proud of Danielle Fröhling and Jade Theys for receiving their Gauteng Colours this year and special congratulations to Cydney Liebenberg who was awarded South African Colours and who competed in the Junior World Championships in Russia. There are so many memories and victories to cherish from our 2015 season. My Vicecaptain, Serah-May Smedsrud and I could never have asked for a better team to be a part of and I know the PHSG Diving Team will continue to strive to greater heights in the future. Melissa Botha Captain

DIVING 1ST TEAM

Absent: Claudia da Cunha Back Row (L-R): Erinn Simpson, Jeanay van Schalkwyk, Cydney Liebenberg, Amber Crouse, Jenna Pretorius, Lauren Cooke, Lean Mascini, Danielle Fröhling Front Row (L-R): Tyla Grobler, Melissa Botha, Ms L Austin, Serah-May Smedsrud, Mrs J Jubber, Tristan Crawford, Jade Theys

BEGINNER DIVING

Back Row (L-R): Celesté Mnguni, Lara Gouws, Amy Whittle, Rizwaanah Saloojee, Emily Burger, Tshegofatso Matshoga Front Row (L-R): Emma van Schalkwyk, Serah-May Smedsrud, Ms L Austin, Melissa Botha, Paige Mitchley

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Hockey

HOCKEY 1ST TEAM

Insert: Mr David Reid-Ross (Coach) Back Row (L-R): Ashley Wilhelm, Shannon Henry, Meeghan Klomp, Kelsey Langley, Janie Mouton, Meeghan Scheffer, Karen Collins, Marlise van Tonder Middle Row (L-R): Mabongi Nyalungu, Mrs M Marais, Annebelle Bettman (Captain), Mrs K Brimecombe, Jemimah Smith Front Row (L-R): Yaelin Tate, Matika Ras, Teneal Morkel, Kirsten Coetzee

SA Colours: Meeghan Klomp

SA Colours: Marlise van Tonder

Hockey is where we as PHSG hockey players live: life is just a place where we spend time between games. This year was a busy and exciting hockey season. We participated in the St Stithians festival again after so many years. It was a hectic April holiday as, after St Stithians we had one day’s break and it was on to St Mary’s where we came seventeenth. After a long holiday filled with hockey we were then ready to face the league. With our solid defence and amazing goalkeeper we only conceded three field goals in the league and we came third overall. This qualified us for Noordvaal where we played an exceptional brand of hockey by sticking to our structures. Here we came fourth. We all participated in the National Girls’ Schools’ festival

SA Colours: Kelsey Langley

hosted by Oranje Meisiesskool in Bloemfontein. Our U16A Team also had a fantastic year, making it to the quarter-finals for the Stadsbeker. This year we had outstanding representation at provincial and national levels. Twelve of our girls were selected for provincial teams, five of whom made the U18A side. Congratulations are in order to Marlise van Tonder, Meeghan Klomp and Kelsy Langley for making the South African teams. The memories made on hockey fields are ones that will last forever. I can truly say that at Pretoria High school for Girls we are not just ‘chicks with sticks’; we are feisty, hard working and we play with great sportsmanship. We play for the love of the game and have learnt to believe in ourselves. Annebelle Bettman Captain The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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HOCKEY 2ND TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Melissa Botha, Kristi-Lee Harvey, Megan van Schalkwyk, Natalie Petzwinkler, Kayla Mascini Middle Row (L-R): Callia Nicolaides, Hannaé Meyer, Josie Martin, Jo-Ann Faller, Genevieve Joynt, Danielle Fröhling Front Row (L-R): Lisa Lastrucci, Hayley Elcombe, Mrs J van der Westhuizen, Kerry-Anne Genricks, Cassidy Strybas

HOCKEY 3RD TEAM

Absent: Kelly den Hertog Back Row (L-R): Simone Dorland, Shamon Forbes, Caitlyn Dixon Middle Row (L-R): Robyn Murphy, Justine King, Marcail Wragg, Olivia Hitchock, Carla Soncini, Veronique Frances Front Row (L-R): Kezanne Denton, Monique Knight, Mrs M Marais, Laiken Venter, Chiara Wheatley

HOCKEY 4TH TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Michaela Agathopoulos, Keabetswe Tsebe, Michaela Alapatt, Jaydene Pereira da Silva, Jamie Wills, Kurston Fortuin, Sarah Pitt Front Row (L-R): Gemma Felton, Sibu Masemola, Mrs M Marais, Gift Baloyi, Lili Smit

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HOCKEY U16A TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Megan Male, Cami van den Berg, Ellen Maartens, Tayla Pretorius, Leah Mascini Middle Row (L-R): Mikéla Nortje, Michelle Kwofie, Tia Dupuy, Kameryn Muffler, Megan Gerber, Cayla Rosenblatt Front Row (L-R): Jamie Brown, Lara Scurr, Mrs T Meintjies, Emma Scheffer, Cassie Quiterres

HOCKEY U16B TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Rebecca Nel, Abigail Ashfield, Gabriella Lucas, Tamryn Logan, Lexie Reeler, Jen Cazalet Middle Row (L-R): Rachel Heath, Peyton Beyleveld, Hannah van der Linde, Louisa Anyimadu, Camryn Thurman, Lauren van Zyl, Kenya Thomas Front Row (L-R): Alex Savvas, D Andrew (Coach), Sarah Place, Ms I Rademeyer, Jade Grover-Jackson

HOCKEY U16C TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Bontle Theo, Bella Gioia, Rachel Price, Aeryn McEwen, Caitlin Alapatt, Nadia Larsen Middle Row (L-R): Kiese Mpasa, Maxine Milton, Annemarie Mugisa, Natasha Zachariades, Carol-Kate Chapman, Gabriella Blake Front Row (L-R): Mbali Mahlaka, Erinn Simpson, Ms M Moll, Milena Rodrigues, Michaela Lima

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HOCKEY U15A TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Ashleigh Place, Charlotte Smit, Natascha Janse van Rensburg, Cara Janse van Noordwyk, Tristan Crawford Middle Row (L-R): Charné Griesel, Ashley Coetzee, Megan Fourie, Jamie Gopaul, Nicole Barnard, Trinity Brown Front Row (L-R): Lucia Leal Garcia, Cara Schoombie, Ms L Austin, Jenna-Lee Clingham, Kirsten Dippenaar

HOCKEY U15B TEAM

Absent: Francis Breckenridge, Frances Coetzer, Zoë Christofi Back Row (L-R): Naledi Sekoati, Lauren Cooke, Margot Haskins Middle Row (L-R): Cassandra Papangeli, Alexandra Bahlmann, Aspen Kurz Store, Nicole Siebert, Kaylee Harris, Asanda Nkonde Front Row (L-R): Kemi Maila, Jessica da Silva, Coach R Barlow, Esmee van der Arend, Shakeerah Masoet

HOCKEY U15C TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Lara Gouws, Kellin Burger, Nicolette Kotzé, Teagan Barnard, Tasmin Wood, Carmen Gauld Middle Row (L-R): Rebecca van Heerden, Erin McKenna, Ntokoza Ngcobo, Jennifer Koen, Antonia Mugisa, Allicyn Moses Front Row (L-R): Chelsey Venter, Danian Smit, Ms H Pelser, Motsi Macheka, Tiffany Padiachy

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HOCKEY U14A TEAM

Absent: Innocentia Musoke Back Row (L-R): Kara Prinsloo-Heyns, Megan Grobler, Mia Janse van Rensburg, Jade Haynes Middle Row (L-R): Xiluva Macheke, Robyn Michael, Nicole Nascimento, Nicole Sher, Kayla Bontekoning, Hope Mpe Front Row (L-R): Kelsey Prost, Jenna Anderson (Captain), Ms M Oldfield, Jemma Nicol (Vice Captain), Sophia Deliyannis

HOCKEY U14B TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Jessica Sinclair, Anathi Soga, Miecke Venter, Caitlin Jones, Kenara Wilkinson Middle Row (L-R): Caitlyn Wragg, Monica Martins, Michelle Cazalet, Talya van Heerden, Chelsea Nortje, Sheila Dias Front Row (L-R): Taitum Valentino, Jaudynn Denton, Mrs Giliomee van der Walt, Micaela Thomaides, Jenay Gordan

HOCKEY U14C TEAM

Absent: Chantelle Tseka, Carlo Waterson Back Row (L-R): Melissa Ruguwa, Milla Lakic, Cassandra Beukes, Bronwyn Openshaw, Savanna Thomson, Victoria Selby Middle Row (L-R): Meeghan Picton, Yashoda Yengopal, Jenna van Zyl, Nicole Smith, Rizwaanah Saloojee, Katie Slabberts Front Row (L-R): Tricha-Lee Moses, Alessia Bellomo, Mrs M Albertyn, Palesa Selepe, Tshiamo Taunyane

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Lifesaving

Lifesaving Lifesaving is not only a sport in which one competes in competitions, but where one gains knowledge about how to save others’ lives. Every year we have a bunch of eager Grade 8s wanting to join our club. In lifesaving we write an exam at the end of the year in order to receive the title of being either a senior or a junior lifeguard. Throughout the year we train, doing both fitness and learning new skills. Activities such as the spinal board and CPR need to be done over and over again in order for one to be confident and prepared. Lifesaving would not be the same without our instructor, Mrs Mariane Koolen, whose passion and dedication motivates us all.

I thank her for all the countless hours she puts into our club in order for us to succeed. I also thank Ms Buchel for being our liaison teacher and wanting to improve our club within the school. Thank you to Kendal Cole, our Vice-captain, for always being there to support and help me when help was needed. Lastly, thank you to all the lifesaving girls for always trying your best and being enthusiastic about swimming more than thirty laps in eighty minutes, especially when unfit and tired. Without the help and enthusiasm of all these people, lifesaving would not be what it is at PHSG. Laiken Venter Captain

SENIOR LIFESAVING Absent: Laiken Venter Back Row (L-R): Loraine Shuttleworth, Abigail Smit, Gabriella Lucas, Stephanie Beatson, Monica Nel, Christen Naidoo, Cayla Rosenblatt Front Row (L-R): Micaela Thomaides, Danielle Roux, Ms M Buchel, Kendal Cole, Casey Prinsloo

JUNIOR LIFESAVING Back Row (L-R): Carla Waterson, Victoria Selby, Hanán Jeppie, Nicole Smith, Jenna van Zyl Front Row (L-R): Sheila Bias, Zoë Kuhn, Ms M Buchel, Katie Slabbert, Jo-Ann Harrison

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Netball

NETBALL 1ST TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Tyla Grobler, Thandiwe Ndlovu, Kristin Marshall, Kendal Grant, Jodi Steytler, Mbali Ntuli, Tayla Frans Front Row (L-R): Bronwyn Adams, Ms S Dorlas, Sérah-May Smedsrud (Captain), Mrs R Matthyse, Lorraine Dippenaar

‘You have the talent, drive, determination and skill. What are you girls waiting for?’ – Mrs R Matthyse. This year we have experienced many triumphs and some losses. However, we never let the fear of losing keep us from playing the game. Our netball season started with high spirits when we beat our rivals, Garsfontein, at the Fastnet Netball Tournament held at Tuks. Shortly after this we played DSG and won 50-9. We were very optimistic and excited for the season ahead. Our first official school tournament was held at St Andrews where we placed sixth out of thirty-two schools. It was a miraculous improvement. Our next tournament was the All Girls’ National Sports and Culture Festival in Bloemfontein where we placed fourth out of nineteen schools. We faced a lot of harsh competition and many obstacles. Throughout the season our scores improved drastically and so did

our confidence. We knew that if we brought our all to the game, anything was possible. The First Team ended up beating Eunice 20-19 and in our second match against them, 32-16. Thank you, Mrs Matthyse, for lifting us up when we fell down and for being our netball mom. We fear and love you. Ms Dorlas, thank you for your humour and passion for the game. Thank you to Lorraine, my Vice-captain, for being my partner in crime. Without you by my side I don’t think that we what we accomplished this year would have been possible. To our valued team of unbelievable individuals and to all the netball girls, never be afraid to take risks. Remember to dream, believe and you will achieve. A special congratulations to Elke du Toit (U14) and Melissa Sithole (U15) on being selected for provincial teams. Sérah-May Smedsrud Captain The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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NETBALL 2ND & 3RD

Absent: Absent: Sasha Sasha Lordan Lordan Back Back Row Row (L-R): (L-R): Ashleigh Ashleigh Mokgoshi, Mokgoshi, Alexia Alexia Robinson, Robinson, Johanna Johanna Makgobane, Makgobane, Nicole Nicole Mampye Mampye Middle Middle Row Row (L-R): (L-R): Daisy Daisy Nomutanzhela, Nomutanzhela, Zozo Zozo Makaula, Makaula, Natalie Natalie Tsaku, Tsaku, Princess Princess Ndala, Ndala, Nthabiseng Nthabiseng Utla, Utla, Thandiwe Thandiwe Thwala Thwala Front Front Row Row (L-R): (L-R): Nicky Nicky Murugan, Murugan, Brittani Brittani Korb, Korb, Ms Ms SS Dorlas, Dorlas, Sibongile Sibongile Nyangintsimbi, Nyangintsimbi, Mrs Mrs R R Matthyse, Matthyse, Bonolo Bonolo Kgoebane, Kgoebane, Lebo Lebo Moleleki Moleleki

NETBALL U17A

Back Row (L-R): Nkhensani Biko, Bronwyn Sebonka, Nthabiseng Mabapa Front Row (L-R): Vanessa Arcanjo, Regina Maepa, Ms E Bezuidenhout, Shanique Parker, Mmapi Nkuna

NETBALL U16A

Absent: Rebekah Miller Back Row (L-R): Helena Zelle, Phindi Shongwe, Khensani Shibambo, Tshedi Mokoele Front Row (L-R): Holly Kearns, Coach D Mogoale, Refiloe Manyaapelo

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NETBALL U17B

Back Row (L-R): Pamela Maako, Basetsana Mamogale, Sheryl Lepedi, Kristen-Lee van der Merwe Front Row (L-R): Obakeng Moropa, Ms E Bezuidenhout, Dominique Rossi

NETBALL U16B

Absent: Favour Nwabunwanne Back Row (L-R): Daniéll Cook-Patterseon, Courtney Truebody, Mishka Kramer, Lesedi Plaakie, Skhanyiso Jako Front Row (L-R): Jayde Menelaou, Coach D Mogoale, Siya Songa

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NETBALL U16C & D

Back Row (L-R): Caryn Wright, Taylor Cook-Patterson, Nicole Williams, Dayna Binda, Jadene Farinha, Caitlin Holtzkampf, Kamogelo Masango, Kgothatso Mabena Front Row (L-R): Vanessa Caldeira de Aguiar, Sascha Kacnik, Mr F Pretorius, Palesa Sebego, Jessica Velonis

NETBALL U15A

Back Row (L-R): Nontokozo Mgwenya, Erin Hendricks, Cayleigh Harvey, Karabo Mlangeni, Refentse Monyelo Front Row (L-R): Megan Hilton, Mrs R Matthyse, Melissa Sithole

NETBALL U15B

Back Row (L-R): Kendahl Moore, Jodi Bartz, Annette Tsaku, Jessica Blair Front Row (L-R): Jacqueline James, Mrs R Matthyse, Kayla Hass

NETBALL U15C & D

Absent: Njabulo Ntuli, Tshego Mello, Kamo Letswala, Kamogelo Laka, Keorapetse Mokoena, Dimpho Mhlanga Back Row (L-R): Mose Luwayo, Amy Holtzkampf, Sihle Moremi, Melissa Swartz, Julia Wood, Shaylyn Davis Front Row (L-R): Noluthando Ncobo, Mrs R Matthyse, Siphu Buhali The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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NETBALL U14A

Back Row (L-R): Melita Katakuzinos, Mrs E Foxcroft, Madison Herman Front Row (L-R): Bonolo Moikanyane, Kgolagano Kharume, Madiegi Motsoaledi, Elke du Toit, Savannah Carvalheiro

NETBALL U14C

Back Row (L-R): Mrs M Andrade, Kaylin Schultz, Nathi Qwelane, Kayla Ott, Coach A Kayser Front Row (L-R): Brooklin Sofianos, Kelebogile Ratsoana, Shayla de Leeuw, Annelie van der Walt, Lesego Mkhonto

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NETBALL U14B

Back Row (L-R): Tegan Makovini, Mrs E Foxcroft, Laura Kelly Front Row (L-R): Nathi Msezane, Jesse Selematsela, Shannon Busacker, Courtney Marshall, Bontle Nkopadi

NETBALL U14D

Back Row (L-R): Mrs M Andrade, Carina Netto, Ezabelle Els, Sandra Johnson, Kalilah Dippenaar, Julia Melliar, Tarryn Garden, Coach A Kayser Front Row (L-R): Juwairiyyah Kraft, Amy Whittle, Abigail de Kock, Iman Cassim, Kirsten Harrison

Squash

SQUASH 1ST TEAM

Absent: Kaitlin Studer Back Row (L-R): Marcail Wragg, Mrs D Klopper, Mignon van Zyl Front Row (L-R): Jessica Colley, Rachel Glass, Alexandra Pashkin

Squash 2015 has been a year of development, meritorious achievement and exhilarating competition. Our teams have gone from strength to strength, combining strenuous training and commendable success in many ways. The All Girls’ Festival at Oranje Meisiesskool in Bloemfontein was especially demanding, and we managed to win two out of our five matches – despite half our team having been rushed to hospital over the course of the weekend! We also faced Eunice on home ground at the annual Eunice Derby Day and many friendships were forged. Sometimes, it is just a simple game, and often

squash is so much more than that. Over a season of both wins and losses, we have learnt failure and joy, disappointment and satisfaction. We have learnt about maturity, teamwork, humility and selflessness. None of this could we have learnt without being part of the PHSG squash family. A big thank you to our amazing coach, Mwansa Chileshe, to the head of squash, Mrs Klopper, as well as to the squash managers, Ms Olivier, Ms Grover and Ms van Niekerk. Rachel Glass Captain

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SQUASH 2ND TEAM

Absent: Ashleigh Place Back Row (L-R): Courtney Donaldson, Mrs D Klopper, Nicolette Kotse Front Row (L-R): Canzonette Malherbe, Jane Heyn, Justine King

SQUASH JUNIOR

Back Row (L-R): Ms B Grover, Danian Smit, Kirsten Regan, Caragh McIntosh, Cara Watson, Vibaksha Lalla, Ms E van Niekerk Front Row (L-R): Helena Zelle, Aveshni Govender, Skye Brown, Savannah Carvalheiro, Larissa Liebenberg, Jordan Boonzaaier, Mercedes Singh

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SWIMMING A TEAM

Absent: Cara Schoombie, Megan Grobler, Megan Loganathan, Frances Coetser, Heike Thörmahlen, Charné de Jager Back Row (L-R): Emma Scheffer, Kelsey Langley, Deidre van Niekerk, Mia Köpplinger, Elke du Toit, Tayla Cromhout, Esmée van der Arend Middle Row (L-R): Courtney van Biljon, Kelly Lucas, Alexa Robinson, Kirsten Coetzee, Caitlin Jones, Jade Haynes, Kaylah Mascini, Bronwyn Openshaw, Ashleigh Coetzee, Caitlin Manley Front Row (L-R): Jemimah Smith, Robyn Murphy, Mrs M Marais, Hayley Elcombe (Captain), Mrs M Albertyn, Lucy da Costa (Vice Captain), Michelle Swanepoel

The much anticipated swimming season for 2015 proved to be a truly unforgettable experience. The season began with a three-day camp held a week before the term began as preparation for team trials and for the season ahead. The Grade 8 Gala was held early in the term and much fun was had by all. Without any delay the season began when we swam our all-time favourite, St. Mary’ Splash Gala. Our weekly galas followed every Thursday and these were largely a success. We didn’t take part in the Johannesburg league this year but nevertheless PHSG did a marvellous job competing against Pretoria schools. The All Girls’ National Aquatics Festival was held in Durban, and many of our swimmers swam times they had never swum before. This festival was a clear sign that all the blood, sweat and tears were worthwhile. The U14 and U17 relay teams are to be congratulated for winning 'bronze medal'. On our way home we swam the Midmar Mile which many teachers and girls successfully completed. It is always a true PHSG experience of sisterhood and camaraderie. The Pretoria A-league was particularly exciting this year and we were pleased with our results. Thank you to our cheerleaders for their wonderful performance and incredible support. The A Team impressively placed

fourth with the B and C teams not far behind, making us just as proud – well done to all the girls who swam and especially to those who received medals. The season ended with our Inter-house Gala which was held in our own pool on a school morning. McWilliam won the gala – well done McWilliam and Connaught won the spirit trophy. We are proud of three of our swimmers who qualified and attended the Level 3 National Age Championships as well as three girls who qualified and attended the Level 2 Regional Group Championships this year. Heike Thörmahlen qualified for the SA Youth Senior Championships and we congratulate her for this fine achievement. Last but certainly not least, we would like to say thank you to Ms Dorlas for taking care of the C Team and managing the swimming at PHSG as a whole, ensuring all runs smoothly. To Mrs Marais, we thank her for always being our number one supporter alongside the pool and a special thank you to Mrs Albertyn for all her time, commitment and dedication to the A Team this year. We hope to see many more excellent results from the Girls High Swimming team under the management of these three phenomenal coaches. Thank you too to my Vice-captain, Lucy, for being an incredible help throughout the year. Hayley Elcombe Captain The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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SWIMMING B TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Jade Nel Back Row (L-R): Hannaé Meyer, Busi Nyika, Shannon Forbes, Mia Janse van Rensburg, Lexie Reeler, Mia Shaul, Shayna McAlister, Danica Wolfaardt Middle Row (L-R): Natalia de Nobriega, Lara Gouws, Cami van den Berg, Nicole Cunningham, Savannah McAlister, Hannah Snyman, Regina Maepa, Tiyani Chabalala Front Row (L-R): Jamie Brown, Sasha Lordan, Mrs M Marais, Hayley Elcombe (Captain), Mrs M Albertyn, Lucy da Costa (Vice Captain), Shannon Busacker

SWIMMING C TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Charis van Rie, Sarah Deschger, Tegan Makovini, Rachel Price, Jade Gower-Jackson Middle Row (L-R): Kirsty Sutton, Daniela Paterson, Ezabelle Els, Courtney Anderson, Kalilah Dippenaar, Hannah van der Linde, Micaela Rodrigues, Katie Slabbert Front Row (L-R): Kelsey Prost, Tiffany Padiachy, Sasha Lordan, Ms S Dorlas, Gemma Felton, Zoë de Sousa, Aveshni Govender

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Tennis

TENNIS 1ST TEAM

Absent: Isabella Chela Back Row (L-R): Chanè Theron, Meeghan Klomp Front Row (L-R): Simone Pretorius, Mrs S Pike, Annebelle Bettman

Tennis this year had a year full of changes. We embarked on an exciting journey with our new coaches, Jarryd Sauer and Wayne van Niekerk. They introduced us to new exercises and corrected our technique where necessary. They got involved and showed us new ideas and ways to play the game. As girls we had to learn to adjust to the coaches and we learnt much while doing so. We also welcomed Ms Buchanan to the tennis family this year as the new tennis organiser. We then had to say goodbye to her half way through the year when she relocated to Japan. She was fun and motivational. She was an inspiration by taking on such a huge task and doing so with ease. She always had a smile on her face and we will miss her.

This year we introduced a First Team dress for tennis which was very exciting. The First Team won all their league matches. We placed sixth at the St Mary’s Kloof Tennis Tournament in Durban which was good fun and a great experience. The girls gave it their all at the All Girls’ Festival in Bloemfontein before it came to a quick end with the outbreak of a bug known by the girls as ‘Bloembola’. At tennis we make true friends and have icies with them afterwards. Tennis teaches us many things and it is just as Thisuri Wanniarachchi says, ‘Tennis taught me to take chances, to take life as it comes. To hit every ball that comes my way, no matter how hard it looks. To give it my best shot’. Annebelle Bettman Captain

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TENNIS 2ND TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Ariami Joubert, Jessica Heath Front Row (L-R): Annebelle Bettman, Mrs A van Niekerk, Danica Wolfaardt

TENNIS 4TH TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Shanelle Moopanar, Khea du Preez Front Row (L-R): Michaela Worthington, Mrs S Pike, Ilhaam Ally

TENNIS B JUNIOR

Absent: Lennic Elsenbroek Back Row (L-R): Tosca Musiker, Afreen Ayob Front Row (L-R): Victoria Selby, Mrs S Pike, Erin Nicholson

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TENNIS 3RD TEAM

Front Row (L-R): Ashley Wilson, Marlise van Tonder, Mrs K Buckley, Lucy da Costa

TENNIS A JUNIOR

Back Row (L-R): Nicole Sher, Antonia Mugisa Front Row (L-R): Mikaila Phillips, Mrs S Pike, Noa Anthony

TENNIS C JUNIOR

Back Row (L-R): Kerryn Egan, Shannon Campbell Front Row (L-R): Jojo Ogboro, Mrs S Pike, Kyra Enslin

Volleyball

VOLLEYBALL 1ST TEAM

Absent: Magali Kiabilua Back Row (L-R): Mrs Y Jackson, Kathryn Bredell, Ami-Rose Nel, Tina Kondouli, Nomsa Twala, Anastasya Papavarnavas, Nomsa Mahlangu, Ms C Park Front Row (L-R): Phemelo Tshehla, Angelique de Kock, Priyanka Ramnath, Bianca Caldeira de Aguiar, Tumisang Letebele

Once you experience it, there is definitely no denying your inexplicable love for the sport. The sound of an alarming whistle started off our season at the American International School in Johannesburg last year in October. Energised with high spirits, but upholding our newly selected ‘game faces’, we tackled this tournament head on. It was a rocky start to our season but definitely an eyeopener for the season to come. Throughout the past five years, this year has most definitely been our busiest season. In the first term we entered the volleyball school league. This league included schools from all around Johannesburg and those in Pretoria. We played so many league games that our supporters’ cards became exhausted. The First Team only lost one game in the entire league, placing us second overall. However, it must be noted that our victory was stolen by our well-known rivals – Fourways. The U16A Team won the league in their age group. Training took its toll after the league in preparation for the International School of South Africa’s annual end of year tournament. PHSG started attending this tournament in 2009. Through the years our greatest achievement was being placed third. However, for the first time in PHSG’s history, I was privileged to play with a team that fought with all their

might, taking us to PHSG’s first-ever final. Unfortunately, we battled our rivals and they stole the victory yet again. However, with heads held high we achieved a goal in PHSG’s history of volleyball and for that I am extremely proud. Various members of the First Team received special awards at the tournament: Phemelo Tshehla and Angelique de Kock for best defender and server respectively. None of the volleyball success this season could have been possible without Ms Jackson, the most enthusiastic and understanding organiser a captain could ask for. Our coaches – Maki, Vanessa and Smalley, we are forever grateful for the time, effort and hard work you put into the teams this year and we thank you for the many laughs and memories. One cannot forget our number one cheerleader, Ms Park. Ma’am your support and guidance pushed us the extra mile and we truly appreciate it. Lastly, to my volleyball family: ladies, words cannot even begin to explain how much you mean to me and how blessed I am to have spent the season with such dedicated and talented individuals. You will always have a special place in my volleyball-filled heart. Priya Ramnath Captain

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VOLLEYBALL 2ND TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Mrs Y Jackson, Lisah Dzemwa, Melissa Muregerera, Kayle Barnard, Maryam Sanatkaran, Mahlatse Motitswe, Ms C Park Front Row (L-R): Vaschel Naidoo, Elsie Bokaba, Lerato Thabane, Paballo Mangala, Louise Burdett, Lethabo Motlonye, Khanyisile Hlalethoa

VOLLEYBALL 3RD TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Mrs Y Jackson, Tumelo Mokolane, Simona Coetzee, Athena Marais, Nickyla Naidoo, Taeeun Kim, Chané du Toit, Ms C Park Front Row (L-R): Zenage Skosana, Caitlyn Hilliard-Lomas, Merveille Luis, Gontse Ledaba, Kimera Nicole Naidoo, Bronwyn Harmse, Jeanay van Schalkwyk

VOLLEYBALL U16A

Absent: Khanyisile Ndhlovu Back Row (L-R): Mrs Y Jackson, Jabulile Hlalethoa, Kutlwi Sithole, Clea Welch, Vihaksha Lalla, Reagile Nkadimeng, Ms C Park Front Row (L-R): Tumi Kelepetsweng, Raeesa Boodoo, Unako Dubula, Megan Hautmann, Mercedes Singh

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VOLLEYBALL U16B

Absent: Mondi Lekganyane, Nolwazi Mahlanga Back Row (L-R): Mrs Y Jackson, Lethabo Mohloba, Hala Wagi-Allob, Jemima Luis, Ms C Park Front Row (L-R): Nolitha Mrwata, Emily Burger, Ayla Inggs, Khutso Maloka, Courteney Hislop

VOLLEYBALL U14A

Absent: Mariya Il’ina, Tlalane Ntlatlapo, Claire Dreyer, Megan Loganathan Back Row (L-R): Mrs Y Jackson, Alissia Bellomo, Milla Lakic, Ms C Park Front Row (L-R): Charnice Rorke, Nelisa Pamla, Courtney Boyes, Shalom Agbiji, Najmah Kamedien

VOLLEYBALL U14B

Absent: Gabby Lourens, Anja Grobler, Saalinah Mohungoo Back Row (L-R): Mrs Y Jackson, Amber Beeforth, Cay-Lee Saunders, Ms C Park Front Row (L-R): Thato Loate, Precious Sabeka, Mmapula Mosia, Kiara Chetty, Vaunietta Naidoo The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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WATER POLO 1ST TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Alexa Robinson, Jodi Steytler, Kendal Grant, Deirdré van Niekerk Middle Row (L-R): Bella Gioia, Jemimah Smith, Tayla Cromhout, Hayley Cooke, Michelle Swanepoel Front Row (L-R): Abigail Smit, Shannon Henry, Mrs L Leslie, Kirsten Coetzee, Caitlin Manley

The season this year has been one to remember. From early morning training to late night games at tournaments, every single memory will be cherished amongst all the teams. With our girls only starting Water Polo in Grade 8, we have a lot of catching up to do to compete with the other schools around the country who start in Grade 6. Our U14 Team this year has shown such passion and natural skill and we are excited to see their growth over the next few years. The U15 Team showed incredible improvement this year. In the Shaun Fuch’s U15 Tournament, held at Crawford Lonehill they were placed sixteenth out of twenty schools. This experience was one where they came away with a better understanding of the game and a wonderful synergy in their team. The U16 and Second Teams only managed to get two games this season due to the lack of opposing teams. But these girls still showed their passion for the sport by attending early morning training sessions and participating in the fun mixed team games for Open Day and at Interhouse water polo. The First Team had one of its best seasons to date.

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This group of dedicated, talented and fun-loving girls grew in leaps and bounds this season, and it was all due to their passion, dedication and sheer hard work. From pre-season training in Term 3, 2014, we started to prepare ourselves for this season. We had land training, holiday training and then early mornings and late afternoons during the season. Parents and coaches from other schools noticed the growth in our team this season, which was really encouraging for us. Our season was jam-packed with tournaments and games every weekend, including the Aquatics Tournament in KwaZulu Natal, ending with the Old Pertian’s Tournament at St Peter’s, where twenty-eight schools from across the country competed. We were placed twenty-fourth out of the twentyeight schools. Although we felt we could have done better, we still had some amazing moments in the pool and this will be remembered as a very special time for our team. It was such an honour to captain this sport this season. We have such an amazing and talented group of girls in all the teams. The results that we achieved do not, I believe, reflect the potential that we have. I want to encourage all the teams to maintain their fitness throughout the holiday periods and develop their own personal skills and passion for water polo. I hope that you only build on what we have achieved this year and get into the top twenty at St Peter’s next year. You will soon realise that, unlike many other sports that this sport consists of many teams but we are one big family. Kirsten Coetzee Captain

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WATER POLO 2ND TEAM

Back Row (L-R): Kristi-Leigh Harvey, Caela Gauché Middle Row (L-R): Kendal Cole, Lexi Botha, Nicola Antoniazzi, Cami van den Berg Front Row (L-R): Brittani Korb, Danielle Roux, Ms T Goyns, Monica Esterhuizen, Kelly Lucas

WATER POLO U16A

Back Row (L-R): Danielle Grant, Payna Binda Middle Row (L-R): Julia Rosi, Leah Mascini, Ellen Maartens, Megan Male Front Row (L-R): Courtney Truebody, Lauren van Zyl, Mrs M Gouws, Catherine de Roubaix, Hannah van der Linde

WATER POLO U15A

Back Row (L-R): Tasmin Wood, Mia Shaul, Fendi Mampone, Esmee van der Arend Middle Row (L-R): Jessica Blair, Nicole Siebert, Frances Breckenridge, Julia Wood, Mandisa Maepa Front Row (L-R): Liela Liebenberg, Aspen Store, Mrs A Giliomee-van der Walt, Jessica da Silva, Alessia Bevilacqua

WATER POLO U14

Back Row (L-R): Jade Haynes, Megan Grobler, Gabby Lourens, Nicole Smith Middle Row (L-R): Jenna van Zyl, Erin Weintraud, Karabo Prinsloo-Heyns, Ornella Pavone, Fiona Tsang Front Row (L-R): Kelsey Prost, Michael Booysen, Ms I Rademeyer, Shannon Busacker, Monica Martins The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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Cultural Organisers

Absent: Ms D Dugmore, Ms E Russell, Ms I Turpin Back Row (L-R): Mr M Fourie, Mr W Smit, Mrs L Stellaard Middle Row (L-R): Mrs D Glover, Mrs S Dowlath, Mrs N van Wyk, Mrs K Buckley, Mrs K Ungerer, Mrs J Cÿrus Front Row (L-R): Mrs J Greenberg, Ms C Greenwood, Mrs V Venter, Mrs B du Toit, Mrs V Hohls, Mrs M Ford, Ms D Cooper

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Senior Choir

Absent: Antonia Chela, Laurentia Bopela, Palesa Nkoana, Kimberleigh Campher, Noko Makatu, Lesedi Moerane, Kaitlin Studer, Mona-Lisa Gqwede Back Row (L-R): Tshiamo Mathabathe, Thandiwe Ndlovu, Basi Mamogale, Kristin Katzin, Khensani Shibambo, Maricelle Immelman, Carlynne Wade, Ponanalo Mojapelo, Kia Monyokolo, Lungile Mahlangu, Danielle Oelofse 3rd Row (L-R): Keabetswe Tsebe, Terrell Mbokota, Kelly Lucas, Keentswe Magodielo, Mylo van Straaten, Gabriella Sigalas, Pabi Maubane, Nicole Nottman, Tina Mabugu, Marcail Wragg, Mametse Moropyane 2nd Row (L-R): Stephan Gericke, Keneilwe Mmako, Kayleen Makgabo, Leovan Scott, Angela van Rooyen, Vaschel Naidoo, Zandi Dinwayo, Lelethu Nokele, Avril de Nation, Kanya Petje, Havisha Moodley, Grace Yav, Themba Jiyane, Blessings Baloyi, Mrs K Ungerer Front Row (L-R): Mashoto Tsagae, Lynadia Samuel, Chiara Wheatley, Sbusile Mhlanga, Lwazi Khoza, Mokgadi Ngwepe, Sarah Mirkin (Head), Amy Gouws (Vice Head), Malebo Ramaotsoa, Langelihle Sitsha, Kamohelo Motsoeneng, Tshimo Mnisi, Artheia-Angelica Lightley, Alexandra Savvas, Tshepang Mabuela

‘When words fail, music speaks …’ Under the guidance and encouragement of our conductor, Mr Gericke; the mothering care of our very own Mrs Ungerer and the incomparable support and motivation from Frau B du Toit, the choir has achieved great things. In 2015, the Senior Choir tied for first place in the Eisteddfod competition as well as participated in the regionals for the

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ATKV competition, a national Afrikaans choral competition. This year’s activities have brought the girls closer together and we have formed a sisterhood just like the doves. The memories shared with these amazing singers will be forever be cherished in our hearts. Much love and many blessings for the future. Sarah Mirkin Head

Music

Junior Choir

Back Row (L-R): Kalilah Dippenaar, Lawrencia Thahane, Kayla Stroud, Khumo Lekabe, Jenna Victor, Mia Janse van Rensburg, Thato Legodi, Tristan Behr, Amy Serfontein, Kara Prinsloo-Heyns, Ofiloe Nkadimeng 4th Row (L-R): Ye-Eun Jeong, Megan van Niekerk, Likando Kamuwanga, Tori Fossett, Kgodiso Tloane, Oregaugetse Sepeng, Emma van Schie, Kendra Wilkinson, Katinka Sik, Boikokobetso Ramashija, Buhle Mawenya, Risuna Hlungwani, Jessica Guimarães, Precious Sabeka, Cameron Sunders, Khutso Maloka 3rd Row (L-R): Nokubonga Cele, Boipela Fafudi, Caitlyn Wragg, Tshego Chotse, Thato Loate, Sphe Ndwalane Aviwe Mbashe, Lungile Molubi, Oratile Mokgwaba, Nelisa Ramla, Nomhle Masina, Mamello Malete, Yolo Luke, Tintswalo Ngobeni, Lerato Ramakoae 2nd Row (L-R): Mrs M Gouws, Celeste Mnguni, Lavanya van Wyk, Nandi Gumbi, Skye de Bruyn, Kaylee Stella Harris, Mmaphale Ramatsetse, Lara Gouws, Jemima Luis, Erin Savage, Michelle Cazalet, Kamo Makgwathana, Reatiloe Sekota, Tanya Goxo, Kemo Motjelele, Mrs V Venter Front Row (L-R): Liza Mantanzima, Trisha-Lee Moses, Khuma Mosidi, Mphoentle Bopape, Kalli Moteane, Oratile Ntsoe, Anja Grobler, Mr Stephan Gericke, Minkateko Shikweni, Chantelle Tsena, Philisiwe Memela, Onke Klass, Charnice Rorke, Thelma Kalima, Chriselda Machaba

UP YOUTH CHOIR

Front Row (L-R): Alex Skeen, Maricelle Immelman, Sarah Mirkin, Airyn Goodbrand

SIMPHONIA JUVENTI

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Orchestra

Absent: Mrs M Ford, Qukeza Nokele Back Row (L-R): Tamryn Slager, Basetsana Mamogale, Khona Shabalala, Natascha Janse van Rensburg, Megan van Schalkwyk, Rebekah Miller, Elke du Toit, Tatiana Blecher, Lexie Reeler, Jeanne Ngo Mbous, Airyn Goodbrand, Amy Serfontein 4th Row (L-R): Chanté Fourie, Callia Nicolaides, Zeenat Salie, Louise Burdett, Alice-Jane Marais, Yebin Cho, Gabriella Matthews, Marcail Wragg, Danielle Grant, Erinn Simpson, Khanyisile Mbukwane, Heejin Jung 3rd Row (L-R): Daniela Casieri, Ye-Eun Jeong, Firdaus Salie, Helen Napier, Juanice Apollus, Isabella da Silva, Milan Dowlath, Tshiamo Ramafi, Nombulelo Ntuli, Micaela Lima, Yebin Im 2nd Row (L-R): Leigh Cruywagen, Tshilidzi Mabadzhabadzha, Rebecca van Heerden, Abigail Smit, Linette Kotze, Stacey Sapsford, Loraine Shuttleworth, Katy Racionzer, Skye Browne, Emma van Schalkwyk Front Row (L-R): Deirdre van Niekerk, Phumzile Mukhari, Sarah Mirkin, Siwe Mdoda, Cristina Valente (Vice-head), Mrs V Hohls, Helen Wu (Head), Raquel de Almeida, Chiara Wheatley, So-Jung La, Ye Seul Cho

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The orchestra started the year with an astounding sixty-three enthusiastic musicians. Building a repertoire of ten pieces was not an easy task, therefore our Friday and Saturday rehearsals were no child’s play. However, after many hours of endless practices, we were all confident that Mozart had nothing on us. Our journey started off with the Valentine’s Day concert which we co-hosted with St Albans College. Together we performed ‘Simply the Best’ as well as ‘The Tango’. Soon after, preparations for the Mother’s Day concert were well under way. At the concert, we celebrated and honoured our mothers (biological as well as our school mothers) with the ‘80s Medley’ and ‘Palladio’. The Night at the Proms was a magical evening where our girls dressed up and put on a concert in honour of our new Headmistress, Mrs K du Toit, by performing ‘Superman’, ‘80s Medley’ and ‘Spirit of the Great Heart’. We also collaborated with the PHSG choir to perform ‘Nun’s Chorus’ and ‘May It Be’. Throughout the year, we have all grown as individuals as well as a group. The fellowship and camaraderie of the girls in our orchestra is formed by a bond that cannot be broken. No matter how much hardship we go through perfecting a piece, we can always rely on the saying: “when words fail, music speaks”. All this could not have been possible if not for the constant support of our parents who have supported us at every concert and who have driven us to and from rehearsals.

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Mrs B du Toit, who has always been our number one supporter, is always there to boost our confidence when we are feeling down. Laastly, we thank Mrs Ford who has always treated us with kindness and love and who organises everything for us and also ensures that none of us steps out of line. To Mrs Hohls who spent endless hours shaping and improving us as well as constantly inspiring us to perform to the best of our abilities – thank you. The success of the orchestra is owed to the patience and dedication of these two ladies. Helen Wu Head

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Rhythmony Rhythmony 2015 has been a blast. The group has grown tremendously to a point where no circumstance can break us. The year started with an awesome rehearsal weekend which was a weekend of grooming. After hearing that we were granted the opportunity to attend the All Girls’ festival in Bloemfontein, the group was enthusiastic and excited as it was our first outing in years. Bloemfontein was amazing. Those workshops equipped us with so much knowledge to better ourselves and they really worked, because we are a very strong group now. Despite having seven girls fall ill for our last performance, we stood together, for the show had to go on. The concerts we had at school were also a huge factor in the

success of this past year. We earned so much love, support and respect from the school and that is much appreciated. To Mr Ndlovu, Sir, you have been the best conductor. Your knowledge of music and life in general has equipped me with so much wisdom to face the world. I am going to miss you dearly. To my fellow members, thank you ladies for the love and respect you have given me. I love you ladies so much and I am going to miss you. Rhythmony: when we sing, the rhythm of our hearts and souls is in great harmony. Nokwazi Kola Head

Back Row (L-R): Nonhlanhla Maphonga, Malebo Ramaotsoa, Gweneth Kufakunesu, Phumzile Gubanca, Nemisa Tau, Daphney Maponya, Sbusile Mhlanga Middle Row (L-R): Nicolene Dube, Themba Jiyane, Candi Dinwayo, Stephanie Hugo, Lwazi Khoza, Grace Yav, Kamohelo Motsoeneng Front Row (L-R): Mr M Ndlovu, Amogelo Mabole, Kiese Mpasa, Nokwazi Kola (Head), Angela van Rooyen, Ntombi Khumalo, Blessings Baloyi, Mrs D Glover The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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Big Band

Back Row (L-R): Linette Kotzé, Ashton Flowerday, Jessica Bule Middle Row (L-R): Firdaus Salie, Zeenat Salie, Gift Baloyi, Danielle Grant, Khanyisile Mbakwane, Chiara Wheatley Front Row (L-R): Raquel de Almeida, Abigail Smit, Cristina Valente (Head), Mrs N van Wyk, Helen Wu (Vice-Head), Yerang Oh, Leigh Cruywagen

2015 started on a great note for the Big Band. The sixteen members were getting ready for their first performance of the year, a combined Valentine’s Day concert with St Albans College. ‘Silly Love Songs’ was a memorable performance and one that set the tone for the year ahead. The Mothers’ Day Concert was a chance for the girls to perform a special piece for their moms to thank them for all that they have done for us in their lives. And we did so by playing ‘I’ll Stand by You’ from the hit television series, Glee.

SCA was a new experience this year and we performed ‘Oceans’ for the ladies as they walked into the gym and then accompanied the group of girls as they sang ‘How He Loves’. Night at the Proms was the matrics’ last formal performance with Big Band and we played ‘Stuur Groete aan Mannetjies Roux’ and ended off with ‘Secrets’ by One Republic. The band has grown since it was established in 2013 and membership has increased too. Cristina Valente Head

Woodwind Flute Ensemble 2015 has been an experience filled with laughter, stories, music and food for this ensemble. The Woodwind Ensemble has a long and proud history and has since evolved into a Flute Ensemble of a very high standard, with all its members currently above Grade 6 level. Although consisting of three girls only, Flute Ensemble has managed to grow in musical skill and expertise. As we are such a small group, we were able to perform a musical item in assembly, as well as at the Cultural Awards evening. We also got our moment in the spotlight at the annual Mother’s Day concert. It has, overall, been an exciting year for Flute Ensemble. Thank you to Mrs van Wyk for putting up with our extended food breaks, for sharing many laughs, stories and music knowledge with us and for organising our performances. Helen Wu Head

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Front Row (L-R): Mrs N van Wyk, Tatiana Blecher, Abigail Smit, Ye-Seul Cho

Music

Chordettes

Back Row (L-R): Kameryn Muffler, Lexie Reeler, Ruby McGregor-Langley, Arielle Gibson Front Row (L-R): Jean-Marie Rossouw, Mr M Fourie, Kirstin Dippenaar

The Chordettes ensemble initially started in 2011 with only three members. Since then we have doubled in size and our sound has improved immensely. Because we are a smaller group, it still remains very tight-knit and personal, like a small family. We have achieved an increase in popularity over these four years as initially we would only perform at events such as Spring Fair. In 2015 we performed in various concerts including: St Albans Valentine’s Day concert (which has started a new tradition between the two schools), Night at the Proms and

Spring Fair and other community strengthening projects. We were also delighted that we were recently on an outing to the Jaffa Retirement Home where we performed our repertoire, as well as our new songs, to the elderly in the home, who spoilt us with a high tea in return. We are extremely proud to see that, as a smaller group, we are gaining more recognition in the School and were invited to compete in the ‘My School Competition’, and in 2014 we had our first group photo taken for the Iris magazine. Our Mothers’ Day concert photos were put on the school communicator as well. 2015 is the first year in which the Chordettes qualify to earn cultural colours which is a privilege on its own. As the oldest member in the group, I am honoured to say that nothing would have been possible for the group if it were not for Mr Fourie who created the concept in 2012. Mr Fourie is always there to encourage us when we are nervous. He always makes sure that we are prepared for performances and always offers us smiles of encouragement when we are choosing our repertoire. The Chordettes is a truly unique and close ensemble and I encourage anyone who wishes to join next year to audition as you will not regret becoming a part of this close-knit family of girls. Ruby McGregor-Langley Head The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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Debating Model United Nations

2015 has been a year of incredible growth and development for Model United Nations at our school. Participation has increased significantly, particularly on the juniors’ front, with more than half of our juniors were involved in various competitions under the guidance of our well-seasoned seniors. In March, Kate Kabe, Shikara Balkishun and Malengete Ngoatje participated in a Model United Nations (MUN) conference on the Prevention of Child Soldiers in Conflict Areas, representing South Sudan, where Kate Kabe won the Best Speaker Award. This team later participated in a similar conference where they then represented the USA and won the Best Delegation Award. In honour of Africa Day, Joyce Bongongo and Tumi Makhafola were invited to represent the South African Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA’s) Youth Policy Committee on Sunday Night Live, to discuss the challenges Africa faces as a continent and to propose solutions. Shikara Balkishun and Tumi Makhafola were invited to attend a Young Women’s Dialogue on Climate Change at the Department of Environmental Affairs, where they were awarded the opportunity of meeting with the Minister herself, Minister Edna Molewa. As has now become tradition, we entered two teams into SAIIA's Environmental Sustainability Project. Simone Dorland, Ponahalo Mojapelo and Shannon Wardlaw wrote an essay on Sustainable Development in Cities and Urban Areas. Shikara Balkishun, Kate Kabe and Sinazo Magadlela wrote an essay on Sustainable Development and Energy and made it through to the provincial rounds, where they presented their research in September. Three teams were entered into the South Africa Model United Nations (SAMUN), the largest MUN conference of the year, hosted by SAIIA. Our MUN teams continue to dominate due to the incomparable support and advice of Mrs Cÿrus, the addition of Mr Smit to Model UN and the sheer dedication and passion that the girls have. I am grateful to have been part of the talents of the society. I wish the MUN girls continued success for the future. Cameron Perumal Head

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Absent: Joyce Bongongo Back Row (L-R): Katinka Sik, Kayla Bontekoning, Grace Mngadi, Sinazo Magadlela, Naledi Sekoati Middle Row (L-R): Nolitha Mrwata, Oregaugetse Sepeng, Maryam Mohamed Al Mahdi, Ponahalo Mojapelo, Katli Moteane, Lethabo Mokhuane, Chipo Hansungule Front Row (L-R): Ms J Swanepoel, Stacey Sapsford, Mrs J Cÿrus, Shannon Wardlaw, Mr P Mangondo

MODEL UN

Back Row (L-R): Shikara Balkishun, Katinka Sik, Kayla Bontekoning, Joyce Bongongo, Yebin Cho, Shannon Wardlaw, Kate Kabe Front Row (L-R): Tumi Makhafola, Cameron Perumal (Head), Mr W Smit, Chipo Hansungule, Malengete Ngoatje

Public Speaking

Absent: Langelihle Sitsha, Masego Ramabu, Lebohang Maboa, Jenna Rushmere, Boipelo Lehapa, Mazvita Muchenje, Medha Bhatt Back Row (L-R): Caitlin Schroder-Beneke, Sabrina Pereira, Palesa Dube, Gaby Birkholtz, Tabo Mwila, Kristin Katzin, Abigail Ashfield, Jo-Ann Mahlabo, Khanyisile Zikalala, Mishka Cassim, Lucia Mkanda 3rd Row (L-R): Megan van Niekerk, Tshilidzi Mabadzhabadzha, Inuta Kamungoma, Jennifer de Beer, Nthabiseng Matsimela, Obakeng Moropa, Derryn Wenhold, Anastatia Nkhuna, Ashleigh Wenhold, Jo-Ann Harrison 2nd Row (L-R): Kgothatso Mabena, Katlego Malepane, Tshegofatso Matshoga, Reratiloe Sekoto, Aqila Rab, Precious Mphafudi, Gosiame Mosiane, Tshegofatso Matlou, Kholofelo Mothoa, Olive Olusegun Front Row (L-R): Nokubonga Cele, Lerato Ramakoae, Thiavner Subroyen, Letso Ledwaba (Captain), Ms D Cooper, Sandisiwe Mdodo (Vice Captain), Michiko Ceza, Hawa Ibrahim, Omolemo Baloyi

It is said that the fear of death comes a close second to the fear of public speaking. If death comes a close second to speaking in public then the members of the Public Speaking Society have surely done the impossible and escaped death itself. The Public Speaking Society has grown not only in numbers but as a society, from the humble beginnings of a classroom of twelve competing in the odd competition or two to a society that exceeds the limitations of a classroom. The year 2015 started off with an increase in members as a sudden interest resulting them questions of what exactly happens in Public Speaking. Curiosity drove them from being passers-by to new members of the society. So it was to be that every Tuesday for ninety minutes of the afternoon, creative minds gathered to share their views and opinions through the creative forum of speech.

Imagine yourself in a classroom face to face with a sea of eyes. Your heartbeat increases as you realise the magnitude of what you are about to do. These nerves were experienced as our society spoke eloquently through the Van Huyssteen's Competition; Lyttelton Manor Speech Festival and dared the new adventure that was the English Orators' Competition, which led to gold certificates and outstanding performances that landed some of our girls a place in the Gauteng finals with the prospect of reaching the national finals. ‘Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you’. We as a society carved more than our names; we carved our opinions in the minds of audiences. Letsobana Ledwaba Head

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House Plays

SOUND AND LIGHTING Back Row (L-R): Karen Collins, Larah Scurr, Basetsana Mamogale, Ponahalo Mojapelo, Jade Gower-Jackson, Caitlin Alapatt Middle Row (L-R): Mbali Nzimande, Kamohelo Motsoeneng, Mmopi Nkuna, Sbusile Mhlanga, Caitlin Hilliard-Lomas, Langa Sitsha, Derryn Wenhold Front Row (L-R): Laurentia Bopela. Nombulelo Ntuli, Daisy Nemutanzhela, Ms C Greenwood, Danielle Gradwell, Lili Smit, Misha de Beer

USHERS Absent: Nothando Bankole Back Row (L-R): Calista Singh, Justine King, Thato Ramodibe, Nicole Mampye, Gabriella Lucas, Mokgethoa Mampe, Natalie Tsaku, Louisa Anyimadu, Jeanay van Schalkwyk Middle Row (L-R): Shereen Duba, Happy Maumela, Simbongile Nyangintsimbi, Nthabiseng Matsimela, Boitumelo Dibakoane, Emmerentia Tshiovha, Gama Mashigo, Bonolo Kgoebane, Kamo Maganyele, Khanyisile Hlalethoa Front Row (L-R): Elsie Bokaba, Lebogang Motolla, Zanele Maseko, Mbali Nzimande, Ms C Greewood, Daisy Nemutanzhela, Tisetso Phadu, Naledi Pooe, Mokgadi Letsoalo

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HEADS OF CLUBS AND SOCIETIES Back Row (L-R): Deborah Amenigy (Library), Kaitlin Studer (Art), Ponahalo Mojapelo (Debating), Cameron Perumal (Model UN), Charlene Ferns (First Aid), Mishka Ismail Wazar (In the Limelight), Alexandra Pashkin (Bridge), Jenna Pretorius (Drama) Middle Row (L-R): Cristina Valente (Big Band), Sarah Mirkin (Choir), Helen Wu (Orchestra and Wood Wind), Amy Gouws (Robotics), Josephine Martin (Photography), Sinazo Magadlela (House Tutors), Zonke Makaula (Museum), Kay Jacobus (SICC), Nokwazi Kola (Rhythmony) Front Row (L-R): Shikara Balkishun (Peer Tutors), Boichoko Seane (Contact), Lilita Gcwabe (Poetry), Mrs D McCusker, Danielle Gradwell (SCA), Letsobana Ledwaba (Public Speaking), Mona-Lisa Gqwede (Amnesty International)

Art

Art club was a whirlwind of creativity and fun. The girls were very enthusiastic and gladly accepted a new challenge. Their artistic skills improved with every lesson and I am very proud of each and every one of them. The girls, Shannon and I shared many memorable conversations, injuries and laughs. One of the girls even managed to cut herself with a plastic knife! Many of us often went home with paint and ink splatters on our uniforms and I think our mothers have given up. I definitely had my hands full this year and I enjoyed every minute of it. I encourage the girls to continue in their artistic endeavours and I wish them all well with their futures here at Pretoria High School for Girls. Thanks go to my Vice-head, Shannon, for her support and crowd-control skills. Thanks also go to Ms van Niekerk who kept smiling and always offered a helping hand. Thanks go to everyone who attended Art Club this year; they were all wonderful young ladies and I will miss them dearly. Remember Ladies, “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” – Pablo Picasso All the best. Kaitlin Studer Head

BRIDGE

Back Row (L-R): Gwen Viljoen, Caitlin Perfect Middle Row (L-R): Naledi Pooe, Jessica van der Merwe, Mrs J Cowan, Musa Baloyi, Dominique Bothma Front Row (L-R): Sandy Soe, Naline Boketsu Wenge, Alex Pashkin, Obakeng Mahlako, Ashley Strauss

Bridge

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the first term, but by the end of the second term only the boldest remained. Bridge is a game for the witty and the actors, as your face can give away the whole game (as proven during the friendly match against PBHS). Once again the friendly match was a great success filled with laughter and an occasional blush here and there. This year we were also honoured with a visit from Karen Fourie (an international bridge player) who gave the bridge ladies an exceptional workshop. I would also like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all the ladies who were involved in bridge this year. You ladies

truly grew close to my heart. Another huge thank you goes to Amy Ferreira for being a supportive and organised Vice-head. And last, but definitely not least, thanks to Mrs Cowan and Katy Godfrey for being the mommies of bridge and sharing their tips and secrets with us. It is truly appreciated. For future generations and current PHSG students: I encourage you to join the Bridge Club (in Room 57) and remember – life is like a game of bridge. Only a dummy puts all her cards on the table. - Florence Broadhurst. Alexandra Pashkin Head

Contact

This was a very productive and fun-filled year for the Contact Club. Our relationship with the members of Lethabo le Khutso Autistic Haven – grew exponentially. We worked on various projects such as their vegetable garden and fundraisers. Spending time at the haven helped us to create new bonds, friendships and memories. The memories that we made are those that will be kept very close to the heart. Much laughter was shared at our cherished pool parties and games of ‘Simon says’. The knowledge obtained from the old age home will always be valued. Thanks to Mrs van Heerden for arranging our various meetings and outings. She has not only been an organiser, but a mother to us all. Her insight and stories made each day brighter. Boicheko Seane Head

Drama

‘Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide, he exposes himself.’ – Roger Dangerfield. Drama 2015 has most certainly proved to be a memorable year. Watching our Drama Club blossom with talented young actresses has been such a rewarding experience. There was never a dull moment and the enthusiasm to learn and improve made it a pleasure and a privilege to teach and lead drama this year. Under the guidance of an irreplaceable mentor, Ms Russell, many lessons were learnt

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FIRST AID

Absent: Alice-Jane Marais Back Row (L-R): Gontse Ledwaba, Larah Scurr, Bongiwe Mjwara, Basetsana Mamogale, Pohahalo Mojapelo, Jade Gower-Jackson, Lily Mgangira 3rd Row (L-R): Noluthando Mahlangu, Hayley Elcombe, Danielle Roux, Louisa Anyimadu, Thando Mbonani, Keabetswe Tsebe, Thato Ramodibe 2nd Row (L-R): Kgalalelo Koloti, Oropeleng Kgampe, Naledi Pooe, Lwazi Khoza, Mbali Nzimande, Mmakosha Madiba, Tshegofatso Matlou, Asha Das Front Row (L-R): Letsobana Ledwaba, Daniela Casieri, Lebo Motollo, Vhonani Radzilani, Charlene Ferns, Mrs M Marais, Tiffany Padiachy, Nombulelo Ntuli, Kiese Mpasa

that will never be forgotten. From mime, to improvisation, to imitations and even stage make-up, the girls improved tremendously. It has truly been an auspicious year for drama at PHSG and I am certain there will be many more such years to follow. We are extremely proud of the girls for showing immaculate discipline and cooperation which are large components of acting. Jenna Pretorius Head

First Aid

This year has truly been an amazing year for First Aid. From our ever-so-unique collection of sports injuries such as stiff muscles, cuts, bruises and sprains, our First Aid Team was always en-route and ready to help in any situation. Our journey began in term one, where it was decided that we would introduce more First Aiders in our recruitment for the year due to the growing demand of people wanting to join our team. This became a reality at the beginning of term two, when we welcomed the grand new total of thirty ‘newbie first aiders’ to our growing family. The excitement only continued when these newly trained young ladies were taken under the wing of our experienced senior first aiders. Their skills were put to the test on their very first shift, where they proved ready to tackle any situation. The ladies in the First Aid Team worked effortlessly through the year. Whether it was just their daily duties, or

major sporting events, they were always there and willing to help. Thank you to both Sister Tanya and Sister Anita for their endless support throughout the year. Without their kind and caring natures, we would not have been able to accomplish what we did this year. Lastly, thank you to my dedicated Vicehead, Vhoni Radzilani, without whom this year would not have been possible. I wish the first aiders all the best for 2016. May it be a year to remember! Charlene Ferns Head

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House Tutoring

House Tutoring is unique. Those who attend House Tutoring do not sign up for it and those who tutor, sign themselves up, knowing full well the daunting task that lies ahead. These two types of people might seem very different, but one word brings them together: help. The tutor is always willing to help and the tutee, brave enough to accept help. Our tutees struggle with the transition from primary school to high school, and need a little more attention or are repeating a year. The most rewarding part of teaching anyone, everyone will tell you, is the facial expression of the tutee when she finally understands a concept.

A big thank you goes to all the ladies who are responsible for that understanding. Your work may feel unrecognised, but you truly make a big impact on the lives of those you touch. My heartfelt gratitude goes to Mrs Ungerer, who so ably took over from Mrs K du Toit and always had her office door open. All the laughs won’t be forgotten, Ma’am! Ms Turpin, your help is beyond valuable and something rare. I will always remember you and your vast knowledge and experience. You truly have a special place in my heart. Good luck to my successor. May you continue to carry this wonderful programme forward. Sinazo Magadlela Head

LIBRARY MONITORS

Back Row (L-R): Mrs Muller, Lukho Matu, Flourish Oluwamakinde, Ella Mosaka, Ivy Kagwisagye, Jojo Ogboro, Chelsea Roberts, Vasalya Moodley Middle Row (L-R): Chipo Hasungule, Mabongi Nyalungu, Ame Le, Merveille Luis, Prudence Mbokota, Thandokazi Mashalaba, Kurston Fortuin, Deborah Amenigy, Lufuno Sigwadi Front Row (L-R): Lerato Mathiso, Talia Moodley, Cameron Perumal, Terrell Mbokoto

Library

We want you to read, and the place to be is the library! The shelves are packed with best sellers, classics, popular series and many more, and the collection is constantly growing. Our book issue statistics prove that many booklovers make sure that they always have some leisure reading on hand. Our reference sources and computers are used frequently and the girls appreciate the sources available for their school work. Reading Club on Monday afternoons is a meeting place where we discuss our good reads. Every term the competitions regarding books and reading draw lots of attention. It is indeed a pleasure to win a prize for the privilege of reading! Thanks to a friendly and dedicated team of library monitors. Our service runs smoothly and the library is always organised and tidy. Mrs A Muller Head of Library

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IN THE LIMELIGHT

Absent: Talia Moodley, Tania Twinoburyo Back Row (L-R): Simonè van der Merwe, Grace Mngadi, Ashton Flowerday, Pearl Lutwama, Ashley de Beer, Lucia Mkanda Middle Row (L-R): Sandy Soe, Kiese Mpasa, Aqila Rab, Kylee Pillay, Goratileone Kav, Minkateko Shikweni Front Row (L-R): Hawa Ibrahim, Mishka Ismail Wazar, Mrs J Cÿrus, Dominique van Staden, Olive Olusegun

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COMPUTER CENTRE MONITORS

Back Row (L-R): Mrs A Muller, Vuyi Hoboyi, Louisa Anymadu, Jeanay van Schalkwyk, Jemima Luis, Sabrina Caldeira, Thando Mbonani, Emmerentia Tshiovha, Kirthi Jaimungal Front Row (L-R): Amy Le, Btang Mlangeni, Kgothatso Motselele, Tisetso Phadu, Olive Olesegun

LABORATORY MONITORS

Back Row (L-R): Lavita Nuvunga, Tamryn Logan, Alice-Jane Marais, Emmerentia Tshiovha Front Row (L-R): Naline Boketsu Wenge, Tabitha El Mohamadi, Ms E Russell, Vhuiwa Nelvuhlani, Vuyiswa Modisane

PHOTO MONITORS

Back Row (L-R): Erin McKenna, Lara Gouws, Nomsa Twala, Kameryn Muffler, Helen Napier Front Row (L-R): Sarah Mirkin, Mrs A van Niekerk, Amy Gouws, Mrs K Buckley, Helen Wu

MUSEUM CLUB

Absent: Kearabilwe Pooe, Jabulane Tjiane, Shani Smit Back Row (L-R): Thabiso Mthobeni, Tisetso Phadu, Kemisetso Phakathi, Jade Gower-Jackson, Tshego Mathe, Andile Mangisa, Keamogetswe Matsi, Boitumelo Phadi Front Row (L-R): Sharna Moonsamy, Oratile Mosiane, Mrs A Cambell-Atkins, Zonke Makaula, Paige Mitchley The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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Museum Club

This year the museum experienced a major turnaround. We were able to grow as a team and managed to form bonds and friendships that will never be forgotten. We worked hand in hand to complete our assigned tasks and enrich our minds with interesting facts about our school’s history. This year the Museum Club had the privilege of visiting the University of Pretoria’s Art Museum. This trip was aimed at helping us to see how a museum, open to the public at large, is kept. We managed to establish a more efficient and effective method of working in the museum. This year things ran more smoothly, especially due to the cooperation among the museum monitors themselves and our dedicated liaison, Mrs Campbell-Atkins. The Museum Club participated in a number of assemblies, providing the learners and staff with information regarding different aspects of the school’s history. These activities highlighted the role of the museum within the school and due to this, the Museum Club became quite popular within the school at large. A number of learners wanted to participate in museum activities. Though the size of the Museum Club is preferably kept small, this led to the growth in the number of museum monitors. In June the museum had the privilege of being visited by two film directors who hoped to use our school as the main setting for their new movie. It was a great pleasure to work with my Vice-head, Oratile Mosiane (who has been a great source of support and strength), all the ladies, and Mrs Campbell-Atkins throughout the year. I wish the Museum Club many years of future success. Zonke Makaula Head

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Peer Counselling

They say one should always surround oneself with positive people. Peer Counselling this year has been the exact essence of that statement. This year has been filled with highs and lows, but with our wonderfully positive counsellors we have been able to get through it with the happiest smiles on our faces. The number of counsellors has fluctuated as the year progressed. This year has been a busy and progressive year; and a lot of planning for future, positive changes was made. The present counsellors have been ever so willing to assist where it has been needed. I am very grateful to have been blessed enough to be surrounded by such wonderful ladies. This year we arranged to meet our Grade 8s by welcoming each Grade 8 class and offering our guidance. We came up with various methods to draw attention to Peer Counselling. The 2015 peer counsellors have bonded over afternoon duties and we have truly grown to become a family, especially so when sharing all our great ideas at our Friday meetings. We have all learnt the importance of being there when people need someone to talk to, even when it is just our fellow counsellors. I have learnt so much in my time here at PHSG as a peer counsellor. My biggest wishes for the current counsellors are that they may carry their ever-growing understanding that people cannot stand alone. I would like to thank Mrs Godfrey for always being there for all of us, and offering a willing hand to assist us in thriving and progressing throughout each term. She truly has been an inspiration and has helped us to reach our full potential. Peer Counselling will always be a part of my life and a skill I will carry with me forever. Savanah Xanthides Head

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Peer Tutoring

There is no doubt as to whether I made the right decision in becoming a tutor. Taken under the loving wing of Ms Turpin who so excellently trained us, a group of eager girls embarked on a journey of sharing knowledge. It has been a great honour and privilege to work with an excellent group of intellectuals and, more especially, Ms Turpin. As Tutor Leader Committee (TLC) members we shared afternoons of trying to remember past grades’ work if a tutor forgot to come or we simply filled the room with laughter when work became too stressful. We

Photography Club

held two training sessions this year and were delighted by the turnout of many girls who were willing to take on the challenge to share at least a fraction of their knowledge. Not only did the ladies help others, but they also discovered themselves and saw things in a different light. The tutoring system would not be functional without the time and effort of the tutors, as well as the solicitous guidance of Ms Turpin. I thank Ms Turpin and all the tutors for a special year. Shikara Balkishun Head

Photography Club comprises of a group of girls who have a passion for capturing the moments in life that they would always want to treasure. These girls have learnt many skills throughout the year that have helped them to develop into aspiring photographers. Every week is a new lesson and a new adventure for the group. The girls have learnt many skills such as working with people and with objects. We did not just use the camera, but also created a camera out of a box, which taught the girls the fundamentals behind a camera and how a photo is developed through a process of chemicals.

Our group varies from beginners, who are still learning the basics and creating an understanding, to girls who have mastered their cameras and are learning new techniques to fine-tune their photographic skills. The girls have watched sports matches, run around with ribbon, poured water in and out of containers and lay on the ground to capture the perfect photograph. Next year we plan to get more involved with the school and plan on developing the girls’ skills even further. Josephine Martin Head

Pottery

together and chat about their daily occurrences while they enjoyed getting their hands, and somehow, their faces, dirty. I would like to thank Mrs Greenberg for always being an inspiration with her constant support and gentle spirit. She kept a watchful eye on the club to make sure everything was running smoothly. I know I am going to miss my Thursday duties as Pottery Head, along with the hopeful questions of ‘How do you do this?’ and ‘How do you think this looks?’ Over this past year we have really grown to be a family and I will never forget the kind last words that I was left with by the girls and Mrs Greenberg. I will never forget the lessons we learned. The pottery studio holds some of my dearest high school memories that I will cherish and that I am ever thankful for. Savanah Xanthides Head

Pottery this year has definitely been memorable. From my very first day to my last, the ceramic studio was always filled to the brim with enthusiastic, eager young ladies ready to take on their abstract clay blobs, awaiting an element of creativity. Every new term brought along with it some new and fresh faces, anxious to get started and catch up with the group. We were all excited to get new members and welcome them with a short initiation ceremony which is one of our pottery traditions. It warmed my heart to see the passion and creativity that stemmed from the fingers of these ambitious potters. This year we explored themes such as animal-shaped pencil holders, candle holders, door hangers, wind chimes, wheel work, decorative mugs, pinch pots and everything else one’s imagination could possibly conjure. Friendships were built amongst the girls where they could not wait to come

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Robotics

The second year of the Robotics Club was a tremendous success. The group has grown and now consists of sixteen girls who attend our sessions week in and week out. We said a sad goodbye to Mrs Roberts at the end of last year, but were very excited to hear that Mrs Janse van Rensburg was going to join us. Together with Mrs van Heerden, these teachers guided and laughed with us through the turbulent year and made sure that we got where we needed to be and did what needed to be done. Our external coach, Mrs Gouws from the I-SET Community engagement Project of the College of Science, Engineering and Technology, UNISA, trained, explained and led us through the many different concepts and was always willing to help wherever needed. The year began with the preparation for the Africa Open Championships, the very first international FLL (FIRST LEGO League) competition held in Africa. Both the PHSG teams, as well as the community team consisting of members from The Glen High School, PHSG, PBHS and Glenstantia Primary School, qualified for this competition last year at the Nationals, where IRIS won the Pit Area Award (for their research stall) and Hey That’s US (the community team) won the Research Presentation Award. The presentation practice was informative and the teams could explain their concepts thoroughly through their research presented and additional questions they received. This event also explained what we as a club do and enjoy. The three-day competition proved to be an exciting and lifechanging experience. New international friendships were made and research for the education topic was exchanged amongst the teams, illustrating that the problems were universal. The teams achieved excellent results and were ranked as follows out of 43 teams. Hey That’s Us (nineteenth), Iris (thirty-sixth) and Square One (thirty-eighth). PHSG also had the only female

representative in the game play category. Amy Gouws, the current head of the Robotics Club, was the only female referee at the competition and received the Young Mentor Award for her work with the PHSG teams. The club has grown in many ways. The existing teams’ members have improved their knowledge and have assisted the new members to grasp the concepts and put them into practice. There was a fantastic interest shown by the girls after the National competition last year, especially the new Grade 8 learners. Two of the new Grade 8 girls were given the opportunity to compete with the IRIS team at the Championships. The most exciting part of this statistic is that most of the members are in the lower grades, Grade 8 and Grade 9, providing a basis for a good and sustainable future for Robotics at PHSG. The members of this club were not only interested in the promotion of this activity within the school, but also at other schools and clubs. To promote this activity a couple of members attended a Science Day at Hoërskool Garsfontein and a show at the Pecanwood Golf Estate. In addition to the new girls who joined the club, two new robots also joined. They have been sorted and packed and will allow the club to grow even more and allow more girls to have hands-on experience. So this year ends with the new 2015-2016 challenge being released. The theme is TRASH TREK and is based around what happens to our rubbish. PHSG entered two teams again for this new competition this year: R Cubed and Purple Dinos. The community team (Hey That’s Us) will be competing for the last time this year as the full team. As a club we are excited about the challenge and mission table and cannot wait to see what Scott Evans (the designer) will boggle our minds with this time. Amy Gouws Head

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Back Row (L-R): Lara Gouws, Courtney Hugo, Natania Harding, Jenna Victor, Victoria Selby Middle Row (L-R): Jacqueline James, Manushri Naidoo, Peyton Beyleveld, Amiksha Sujan, Hinvira Sujan, Kaylee Stella Harris, Erin McKenna, Antonia Mugisa Front Row (L-R): Ayo Ojo, Evangeline Gee, Mrs C Janse van Rensburg, Amy Gouws (Head), Mrs L van Heerden, Jamie Willis (Vice-head), Suk Fun Thong

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SCA

Back Row (L-R): Amy Finlayson, Sinazo Magadlela, Lungile Mahlangu, Benita Kiabilua, Genevieve Joynt Middle Row (L-R): Orapeleng Kgampe, Langa Sitsha, Keabetswe Tsebe, Brittani Korb, Lwazi Khoza, Olive Olusegun Front Row (L-R): Amy Gouws, Ms C Greenwood, Danielle Gradwell, Mrs S Ntuli, Misha de Beer

We played many exciting games (with prizes included, of course) and did many experiments and scientific write ups that the girls were able to learn from and to apply in their individual school subjects. The games played included: General Knowledge quizzes, Minute to Win It and brainteasers. Ms Rahman has been the pillar of strength for Science Club and she is always enthusiastic about what we do. She always comes prepared for fun and games, but she also makes sure that everyone works when they need to. In the three years that I have attended Science Club I have learnt the importance of friendships, reliability and being a good leader, but I have also made the most unforgettable memories. Here at Science Club we live by these four words: experiment, fail, learn, repeat. Eternal Lonji Head

Student Christian Association

When I was announced Head of SCA for 2015, I knew that it was only by the grace of God. SCA has not just been an extra-mural that I had been assigned to lead, but it has been the most beautiful journey that I have encountered. I have been blessed to work with Amy Gouws, whose undying passion for God is truly admirable. Our 2015 committee consisted of a group of ladies whose hearts are on fire for God. Our themes this year, ‘Identity in Christ’ and ‘The Armour of God’, focused on helping girls discover their true value and worth as daughters of the Most High, and to stand firm in their faith. Our mission this year was to spread the love of God as best as we could and in all that we did. Our worship evenings were without a doubt the highlights of every term, with our SCA band touching our hearts every time with their beautiful praises. To my committee, words cannot describe how much you ladies mean to me. I am so excited to hear about all the things that God is still going to do through you all – you ladies are a force to be reckoned with and I am so proud of each and every one of you. To Ms Greenwood and Mrs Ntuli, SCA would not be possible if it were not for the love and support with which you bless us. Your constant guidance and willingness to help have made it easier for Amy and me to make the most of this year. To the SCA band, your unfailing passion and drive to serve the Lord were remarkable. To the band matrics, thank you for leading our band with such sisterly love – Dudu, Yaelin and Tabo, you are all a perfect example of what it means to be a shining light for God. Lastly, to our Heavenly Father, thank You for blessing us with the opportunity to know you, to worship you and to call you our Father. All that we have done and are still to do is all for the glory of Your name. Danielle Gradwell Head

Student Inter-Cultural Club

The Student Inter-cultural Club (SICC) aims to encourage girls to trust and believe in themselves as well as invoke an understanding of the heritage and cultures of others, ultimately leading to unity in diversity. We had nine groups this year, including ballroom dancing. We had an incredible year with the girls. I have learned a lot about different cultures as well as some new dance moves. This year’s theme of our show was called The spirit of the dance which was held on 24 April. The girls worked really hard in making the show a tremendous success. I could not have done this without my Vice-head, Maushami Bhawani. A big thank you goes to Mrs Dowlath and Mrs Mjadu for always believing in us. Everything would not have turned out the way it did if it were not for the two of you. Kay Jacobus Head

Science Club

‘Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think’ - Albert Einstein That is exactly what we do every Tuesday in lab 33 as a group of young, eager girls who gather at Science Club to learn and put to practise what we have learnt independently. Science Club has been nothing but fun and a learning curve for the girls. We have learnt to be patient, reliable and to share (especially food). The number of girls has grown significantly from the previous year, with a large group of Grade 8 learners joining us. The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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Ketchup-Stained Memories

I will never forget the pungent smell of ripe ketchup in the air on the morning of 26 January 2001, nor will I ever forget the sizzling sounds created by over-stuffed sausages spewing out their juices into the red-hot flames under the grill. Yes, 26 January 2001 was supposed to be a glorious one: my very first athletics day. Although it was eons ago – just another day amongst many others in my chronically disappointing past – I remember every detail as if it were only yesterday. I still remember that pungent smell of ripe ketchup. 26 January 2001 began as a hot morning. Despite it being so early, light and heat exploded out of the seamless sky as if the sun and all of its angels wished also to take part in the jovial affairs of that day. Some parents could be seen in the distance, selling warm hotdogs, while others relaxed in their sunglasses and bobbed their heads to the beat of Michael Jackson songs blaring through the speakers. On the stands the other children were supposed to be separated by their colours into the different teams. This separation was not black and white. No, it was separation into the splendid colours of the rainbow: yellow for the Mercury team, blue for the Pluto team and green for Jupiter. But of course the separation did not last very long as the restless children moved about on the stands. Soon all of the colours melted together to create a sight akin to one of the pages of my messy colouringin book. It was beautiful. Suddenly, the sound of the megaphone scratched the static air. As if by magic, everything – even Michael Jackson – became dead-silent. “Take your marks …” My race was about to begin. Nerves spiked my every breath as I took leaden steps towards my assigned lane. While I bent forwards to assume my position, a powerful vertigo threatened to sweep me off of my little bare feet. I remember feeling so vulnerable, especially because of the strong concoction of fear and anxiety that was brewing in my stomach. “Get set …” As I lifted my small bottom to the sky, the feelings of fear and anxiety were readily becoming a feeling of excitement only. I had suddenly regained all of my confidence as I thought: This one’s for you, mommy. “Go!”

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Cameron van den Berg, Grade 10 I did not hesitate at the command. With all of my night, I kicked against the wet soil and began sprinting. Acid burned my lungs and a cramp threatened to paralyse me, but I still pushed and after those record-breaking fourteen seconds I had become a different person. I had become a champion! I struggled to contain my inhalations when I realised what had just happened. I could scarcely breathe, but that did not even matter. All of my peers rushed towards me and adorned me with high-pitched praises, but even that did not matter. All that mattered was that when I looked up at the cheering crowd … at all of the faces of all of the parents … my mother was nowhere to be found. When I looked down to hide my shame, I noticed that my shirt had a fresh ketchup stain. So, I do not think I will ever forget 26 January 2001. It is a memory that will never fade. It was the day when I won my first gold medal, but it was also the day when I had the first whiff of disappointment and it smelled a lot like ketchup. Duduetsang Kasonkola, Grade 12

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An abnormally tall man enters through the dusty glass doors on the opposite side of the room. Judging by the long confident strides he takes one can assume he’s no stranger to this place. He swiftly paces closer and closer to me until he is positioned directly beside me. The stale stench of smoke wafts its way from his slightly parted lips to the depths of my nostrils causing an involuntary expression of disgust across my face. Somewhere in the disorderly cluster of people in front of me I hear a baby screeching. The unwelcomed noise awakens some sort of beast I have hidden inside me. A part of me wants to barge forward and demonstrate a real reason to cry and shout. (A not-too-hard but firm slap across its rosy, salted cheeks perhaps.) I shake my head in disapproval of my villainous thought. A poorly constructed golden frame catches my eye. I can see the faded bits of a dull dark grey emerging from under the peeling golden paint. None of this is really relevant to me though. My attention is instead held by the fact that this frame – holding in its centre, a black and white photo of our very own Nelson Mandela – is skew. My Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is now in full gear. The whole concept of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder lingers in my thoughts. Why me? What did I do to deserve this uncontrollable burden? My train of thought takes an extreme turn as I suddenly start to question the very meaning of life itself. My existential crisis is, however, quickly a thing of the past as an old gargling cough disrupts the solitude of my mind. An aching feeling is now radiating from my poor overworked feet. (The type of pain that just stirs every fibre of your being into one giant irritable mess.) My patience is now on the edge. My situation is not aided by the fact that – somehow in a matter of minutes – my personal space has been completely raided by strangers. The heat of their allied bodies is soaked up through my pores and converted into a wave of sweat. Clearly I’m not the only victim as the sour smell of perspiration hits me from every side. I take a deep breath in order to contain my mixture of very vulgar and demeaning feelings and thoughts. Just as I start to relax again a determined push sends my patience soaring down to its expected doom. That baby is at it again. I feel a jumble of words building up inside my throat, ready to burst out. I brace myself by closing my eyes tightly and breathing in deeply. One, two… “Mignon van Zyl!” someone seated behind one of the desks calls out. I urge forward and she hands me my little green book. The book I have been waiting for. My ticket out of here. I’m free. I enthusiastically open the first page and scan it. 990504 0236 08 3. Wait 99? That’s not right. I was born in 1998. My ID is … wrong. My heart sinks to my knees as I admit defeat. I’ll come back tomorrow. Mignon van Zyl, Grade 12

This is what the future holds

84 I had always thought that time went by at a frighteningly slow pace and at this moment I wished it would come to a complete standstill, stop in its tracks and freeze – forever.

As I watch the heart monitor beat ever slower and slower, I know my time is running out. I feel so powerless – so weak. I begin to cry and he squeezes my hand, demanding my attention. I look into his grey eyes and he whispers “Don’t forget” and everything in the room goes silent, even the monitor. 60 We don’t do what we did when we were young. I sit on the veranda, a cup of warm rooibos tea in my hand and I watch in amusement as he teaches our grandsons the simple dynamics of rugby, remembering when it was he who taught me just thirty years ago. He still plays the piano every night after dinner, sounding just as graceful as he did at twenty-three. When I look at him I find that a heart of sixty-seven can still fall as hard as a heart of twenty-five. This heart falls deeper every day. 45 He clutches my hand tightly as the rain seeps through my clothes. He uses the other to swat away the hovering hands offering shelter under heavy black umbrellas. Their sympathy fills the air around me – it makes me sick. I wonder what it is that we’ve done wrong. I’m at a funeral. It is February, my birthday, and as they lower our son into his grave, I sink into my own. He tries to get my attention, tries to pull me to my feet away from the grave, but this is my son, my only son! Doesn’t he understand? How could I just leave him here? Barely sixteen years old. My baby, my boy; my child. I do not feel the rain or the hard earth beneath me nor do I feel the cold hands of my husband swoop me up and put me in the car. I only see my boy lost to drugs at the tender age of fifteen. 30 The house is beautiful, elegant – classy. It’s what I’ve always dreamed of. My job is fantastic, working as an editor for Pretoria’s finest newspaper. I am married to a smart man with soft grey eyes and rough hands – he loves me. I hold my twins as I lie in the hospital bed and this is when I finally understand what true, undying love is. I look at my boy and I look at my girl, so young, so beautiful, so innocent. 27 I had never been the type of girl who planned her wedding at thirteen – but if I had, this is what it would have looked like. I capture the moment, when he says “I do”. I capture the way his eyes shine and gleam with excitement, the feel of his hands around mine and the realisation that I had in fact found my true love. The four years I have been with him have been the happiest of my life. 23 April 23rd. He nearly ran me over. I was crossing the street when a very attractive – but careless – grey-eyed man skipped a red traffic light and nearly put an end to my very short life. The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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Faith Riyano, Grade 12

Canzonette Malherbe, Grade 12

Even as he apologised I cursed him. He begged and eventually I relented and accepted a dinner invitation. Never in my life had I met such a gentle man. A man so punctual, respectful, kind and gracious. He had the kind of light that was never shed on me before. 17 If I had known that this is what the future held, maybe I wouldn’t have ended my life at seventeen. Maybe, just maybe – I wouldn’t have jumped. Schanzé Tomlinso, Grade 12

Love, mom

We stopped in the barren parking lot and I dashed over to the other side of the car to open the door and get you out before you started trying to open it by yourself. You fidgeted and I told you to sit still while I got your beloved purple wheelchair from the boot. I gingerly lifted your small, emaciated frame out of the car seat and strapped you into it. I hummed soothingly as I buckled the various belts and straps around you while you gazed up at the building wearily and with wide fearful eyes, shivering as frigid winds blasted us from every direction. You whispered brokenly for your teddy. I let out an exasperated sigh and retrieved him along with a fluffy purple beanie. You whined as I slipped it over your pale, bald head. I knew you hated wearing it. But I hated seeing the evidence of your incurable illness so much, and I hated hearing your teeth chatter from the cold too. We slowly made our way towards the chemotherapy building and you started to whimper, the fear in your eyes burning as bright as fire. The nurses were smiling and friendly, as always, as we tucked you into the plush lazy-boy where you received your treatment. You started squirming as you clutched your teddy with one hand and me with your other. You were crying now, but silently, my big strong girl. After months of this routine, you knew better than to try and beg me

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to take you home. So instead you begged me to sing to you. I held your thin, cold hand and crooned soothingly in your ear while the nurses did their job: poisoning your cancerriddled body. Eventually another couple walked in, also a mother and daughter. I smiled warmly and waved, but the response was one of confusion and outrage. We always got that look there. After what felt like decades, the nurses were finished. They pulled out the needle and patched you up. I looked brokenheartedly at your thin arm which was littered with angry red needle-marks and I saw the chemicals in your blood start to darken your veins, giving you a deathly pallor. I wheeled you down to the café, promising ice-cream and candy for being such a brave girl. Somehow you managed to mess the chocolate ice-cream all over yourself, poor little thing. I wiped your chin and then cleaned your clothes as best I could with the thin paper napkins provided. After a quick, reassuring kiss to your forehead we made our way back to the car. Once safely back in your car-seat, I held your small frail body; kissed your forehead again and whispered: “I’m so proud of you and I’ll always love you, Mom.” Angela van Rooyen, Grade 12

Just a game

I stare up at the sky, watch the clouds drifting by, wind ruffling my hair, piercing cold, but I don’t care. The sand whisps around my feet. I miss the grass that smelled so sweet. Before the drought came and took it away, and now the desert is here to stay. I reach up my hands, hoping, pleasing, I’ve done so much sky reading,

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and I saw the dark clouds far away, and they came closer every day. Now, they are here, almost above me, near enough for all to see. We hoped, we prayed, for the rain to come, to relieve the dry land and the thirst of some. Thunder rolls across the land, and I reach out my bloodied hand, to catch a drop of the much needed rain, to take away some of the pain. But the clouds pass by, leaving the land sterile and dry, breaking hopes and dreams, oh! How foolish hope now seems. We were tricked by weather and fate, I laugh ruefully, full of hate. The clouds drift past our dirty plain, it was just all a game. Tatiana Blecher, Grade 11

Not quite myself

I’m walking on a tightrope. My balance remains with each calculated step forward. Upon looking down I visualise two outcomes; on one side, lies death – and the other side, I walk it out and return to life as normal. Jagged edges line the fall I’m considering taking. My feet are giving in against the strain of my rope. My mother used to ask me where I feel things. Anxiety, love, pleasure, fear. Right now I feel it underneath my left rib. Bright orange bursts of impulse shoot through me. It takes not much more than a flick on my right ankle from some unknown entity to edge me forward. One gallant step forward. Seven billion nerves do the tango inside my body. My fingertips are aching with purple anxiety. I can feel it swimming under my skin. When I was younger I

Hannah Jenson, Grade 11

oftentimes found myself opening my skin to try and release the bright paint but all that that gave me was a bloody sink and ten sessions with a lady who smiled too much and couldn’t understand when I told her about the twisted things I sometimes thought. They plastered a smile on my face and gave me a box of blue and white pills and said to me, take only one a day. They said, ‘don’t take any more’, they said. ‘These will make you feel better’, they said, ‘you are okay’. I am okay. I went home that day and threw up buckets and buckets of bright blue depression. I flushed it down along with the entire box of pills. I remember one night in my dream; I was sitting on the rings of Saturn with my feet dangling into infinity. That night I wanted nothing more than to fall into the endless. Bright red anger was pulsing under my wrists. Oh! But tonight. Tonight I want to dance with the stars. I am yellow. My entire body is glowing yellow. I belong to fleeting, ephemeral moments of bliss. I am a burning mountain that is expected to sit behind a desk and learn about inertia and dead poets and asymptotes and they fail to see how small the system is making me. I am not quite myself. I am not quite myself. I am not quite anybody. And here I am now, on a tightrope. And I find comfort in knowing that I am flirting with death. And nobody notices. And nobody cares. Because we are all walking on a tightrope – battling with our weight against a wire. Battling with the jagged edges we are to deal with at the bottom of the fall. We are all trying to make it to the other side. Too busy to remember that all it takes for someone to lose composure and fall is one small push. One small push and they go falling down. down down down down. At the bottom of the fall I do not feel black as I had expected to. Instead, I feel all the colours burst out of me.

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I feel them returning to the sky and leaving my limp body devoid of colour. I have nothing more to give. I lie here, spent. My spine is creased like a book that has been read one too many times. And I want nothing more than for someone’s palms to cup me and read me again. Hannah Visser, Grade 11

Hourglass man

Hourglass man – please take back the sand. I know I have been a fool and wasted what I had but please turn back the hand to the clock buried inside. No need to warn me. No need for a sign. No need to replay my mistakes. Just rewind. I want it all back. My childhood days and innocent ways. The good and even the bad. My ruthless teens. My experimental times. My summer love and tears. The vows I made to a man I loved and with whom I spent my ageing years. From dust to dust Till my time runs up From love to love If the words run out my mouth. I want to see where I went wrong but if I don’t make it back, Hourglass-man – in the past – is where I belong. Leigh Joubert, Grade 11

Rape breaks the pride of angels

‘Help me!’ she tries to say, yet the words are trapped inside, too scared to even whisper. ‘My dear, why do you hide?’ Across her fragile body, the jagged scars all show, yet she says nothing. ‘You’re hurt, is that not so?’ She looks at me with pale blue eyes, the emptiness shines bright. Yet the yearning for healing appears brighter than the night. ‘Why do you not speak out, my love?’ She turns her head away. I know inside she’s screaming, yet nothing does she say. Her clothes are torn and tattered, the tears dried on her face. In her hand a fragment of material, a now brown piece of lace. She grasps it tight in her dirty hand, ‘My mom’ she manages to say. She must have grabbed the lace as ‘he’ took her away. This glitter of broken hope curls up in front of me. I am watching her drowning in this silent-tortured sea. ‘Give me your hand my love, I’ll help you win this fight. Please, can I help you. I’ll lead you to the light!’ How could he have done that? He’s taken all her pride and left her soul-dead, thrown her to the side. She slowly reaches out, I gently take her hand and slowly pull her up, help her to stand.

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‘We will bring him to justice. He won’t do this again. His reign of rape is over. He has come to an end.’ For the first time in forever her lips twist to a smile. ‘Yes, my dear, it’s over. Leave all this torture behind.’ Jamie Wills, Grade 11

Looking back at my childhood

I remember when Michél came to town. I even remember the way he captured me in his deep golden eyes. Michél was an exchange student from France, with dark shiny locks and skin coloured as if the sun personally kissed it. Even though he was only with us for six months, Michél changed my life in ways I did not know even existed at my age. I was seven, a fresh-faced kid with aspirations of making it to the second grade. He was seventeen, with brooding muscles and a sculptured jaw line. My family had been talking to him prior to his arrival, but it was not until the day I met him that I realised love could be felt at the tender age of seven. I was instantly hooked to Michél. I followed him around all day and waited patiently outside the bathroom when he was occupied. I refused to go to school, unless it consisted of my following him to the local high school which he attended. I remember a point when I refused to acknowledge my brother, because I was jealous as he went to school with Michél. Then it suddenly all changed. The day Jenny Garcia came to our house and held his hand in the tree house, is the day I changed my perspective of love. I gazed at them from my seat on the swing set trying to burn holes into Jenny’s skull. I ran inside, crying, and lied, saying I had fallen off my swing. The truth was that my heart was broken and not my arm. I was truly angered, hurt; you name the bad emotion and I felt it. I did not speak to Michél for the rest of his visit. When he thought I was not looking, I glared at him in the hope that he would combust if I stared long enough. At the airport, I could not even look at him without seeing Jenny ‘Stinking’ Garcia in his eyes. Looking back at my childhood days, I see how ridiculous I was and now Jenny and I are neighbours with spouses of our own. Though no matter what happens, I will always remember Michél. Talia Moodley, Grade 11

The kettle hisses

On the outskirts of a small, old town sits a dilapidated and abandoned house, somewhat slanted from all its years of competing with the wind. There are never any signs of life neither in nor around the brooding building, until tonight, as a small candle appears through the grimy window of an upstairs bedroom. The lady living next door, wrinkled and grey, patters about in her lonely abode, putting her kettle on the stove and going about her usual routine. Looking out at the empty, starless sky, she is confronted by the strange light “What in the world ...?” she whispers quietly to herself as she moves to put on her floral wellies and matching coat. She ventures out into the damp, cold night to investigate a phenomenon foreign to her. She moves slowly – age having taken its toll on her – until finally reaching the front door, which swings open, as though it were inviting her in. Slightly perturbed, she begins her weary ascent of the staircase, clutching the wrought-iron railing as support for her arthritic joints. One door, at the end of the passage is open, spilling light

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Angela Van Rooyen, Grade 12

Amber Crouse, Grade 12

onto the elaborate Persian carpets that cover the floor. “Oh! just be quiet, would you! We’ll never get into the bank like that”. We need someone inside to help us”, says a voice in a harsh whisper. Listening for a little longer, she realises that the intruders are not simply children running about and playing ‘Haunted house’, but rather, dangerous men who planned to rob a bank. She turns herself and attempts to make her way back down the stairs to her home and notify police officers, but on about the third step, the floor board gives way to a terrible, menacing creak! The faces of four men appear in the passageway and start towards her, hands either behind their backs or on their hips where a gun would be holstered. Noticing this, the little old lady begins her attempts to protect her life by explaining what she is doing there and crying out for money. Regardless, the men continue to advance towards her. Unspeakable horrors are seen by the walls of that poor house until the men finally leave her lifeless body, bruised, bloodied and broken, at the bottom of the staircase while, next door, the kettle hisses... Stacey Sapsford, Grade 10

Life is like a mountain

Kilimanjaro, the biggest mountain in Africa. The biggest freestanding volcano in the world. I climbed this mountain. We started in a rain forest and the first day was a long and rough day. I was sick from the yellow fever injection – I was one out of a hundred who reacts negatively to the injection and I climbed a mountain while vomiting into a bush every five metres or so. My poor dad had basically to carry me up the first day. The second day was a long uphill walk to the next camp and for breakfast we got a bowl of porridge and for dinner, a bowl of soup – cucumber soup. I walked with my dad and the guide followed behind. At lunch time I slept under a tree for a while and with much effort we finally reached the camp. The third day was the day of decision: would I continue? I remember it being misty and windy but felt strong enough to continue. The fourth day we walked to base camp, sore legs and all. I was cold and hungry and extremely tired, wanting to go down

Jane Heyn, Grade 12

the mountain and sleep forever! In short, I wanted to give up. The fifth day was the day that we summited. We walked for seven hours during the night, up the mountain, hands in pockets because they were so cold. I even closed my eyes for a few seconds while walking, just to get a little sleep. The sun started rising over the skyline of Africa: red, orange and yellow and we had to just stop and admire the view. Finally, we made it to the top of the mountain – the top of Africa! Even though my body was in pain and I was exhausted, I just had to smile. At this time a thought crossed my mind: if you’re walking through rain and wind, tired and hungry and just want to give up, don’t. Wait for the beautiful sunrise and appreciate it. Life is like a mountain: climb it and you’ll feel on top of the world! If one wants the rainbow one has to put up with the rain. Katie Fitzgerald, Grade 10

A cup of coffee

Family. John, Peter, Golda, Jenna, Simon and their daughter Melon. Aunty Ilene and her brother Russell. Then there is mother who has a drinking problem, father who still bounces from psychic to psychic looking for the person who stole his car ten years ago. There is also Melanie, who is currently Buddhist and can’t seem to stick to a religion for more than three months before going window-shopping for the next one. Jason, my older brother is who I think of next . He has a bad sense of direction, always getting lost in his thoughts. He is married to a psychologist who has proven to be unable to use her qualifications to benefit her marriage to a pale mortician. I analyse the rest of my family tree in my head thoroughly. I trot along all the far-flung corners of the DNA. I don’t know if families can be perfect – mine is far from that. Genetics don’t provide one with pictures fit for framing. My family isn’t quite what I wish it were, or what it could’ve been. My story isn’t very long, nothing special. It won’t make you cry as you did when you read the ending of The Notebook or some other soul-pinching book written by an author who just seemed to know how to write so that his words could create chemical and emotional reactions. The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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I was born a while ago. My mother has a few children. I grew up with pens and correction fluid, cheated of the pure bliss of the graphite that shades life and the eraser that lets you recreate it. I was never afforded the privilege of making mistakes and being able to erase them and try again. I had to bring out the correction fluid and wait a while for it to dry, but there wasn’t always time for that. I ended up living a life of one mistake piled on top of another. An eligible meaningless mess. That is my life, a lot like the stuff in a fine-tip fountain pen – blue and bitter. I am on family dialysis. I depend on friends to do things for me that family ought to do. To love me and invite me over for lunch, only to have them brag about whatever orchestral or non-orchestral instrument their only offspring is currently learning to play. The way I see it – and mind you, I see everything for what it is – family isn’t as wonderful as it is portrayed in cereal adverts. Family, whether it be a relation by genetics or law isn’t heart-warming at all. It is more like a drawing, coloured in by a pre-school child who hasn’t yet grasped the concept of colouring inside the lines. I would like a normal family, a loving one too. I would like a lot of things. I always want something. For instance, right now at this very moment, I would like a warm cup of coffee because this park bench is cold and the wind is beating against my cheeks – telling me to go home to my wife and stop promoting solitude. Yes, at this moment I want coffee. I won’t get some though because Susan, my wife, will smell it on my breath and then she’ll start going on about how bad it is for my health. Across the green grass, on the other side of the park, there is a homeless man. He is drinking coffee. It’s bad for your health, I hear Susan say. This man probably doesn’t have a wife who rants about coffee to him, or a depressed older brother and a peculiar sister-in-law. He probably doesn’t have an alcoholic mother or a father who is in denial. He probably only has that cup of coffee he is holding. I can see it in the contours of his face that he isn’t in need at all, just thanking. I thought about it a little, and it occurred to me that life is very unfair. I have a big family and this man has freedom and peace. I can’t have what he has, but he can so easily have what I have. I walked over to the homeless man and invited him to become a part of my family. There is no way I will allow myself to suffer alone. We can suffer together. Then again, sharing is caring. Tshilidzi Mabadahabadsha, Grade 9

Laughter

The sound of laughter looks like a flower as it is blooming, preparing for spring. As laughter erupts in bubbles and bursts, it explodes into a fit of joy. It is the colour of the sun as it smiles down on the earth bringing warmth and peace from the heavens. It’s the sweet smell of caramel cooking, turning into a golden-brown glow. Every giggle is a footprint; leaving its mark of joy as moments pass;

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Lungile Mahlangu, Grade 12 and remains captured in our memories. like an animal in a sanctuary. Laughter diffuses pain, like a fireman fighting a fire, not stopping until the final drop of water consumes the last spark. These laughter memories become etched in our minds and forever engraved on our souls. Michelle Cazalet, Grade 8

Sounds that I love …

I love many sounds. Mostly sounds that make you feel at rest, like birds singing or the soft pitter patter of rain on the roof. My favourite sound however is the ocean. If you close your eyes and just listen to the booms and crashes of the ocean you can imagine what the sea is thinking. When it’s low tide, it is as if the sea is calm, tranquil and doesn’t have a care in the world. People come and people go – sometimes they swim and sometimes they don’t. He doesn’t have much to say so his waves aren’t very big. Sometimes he doesn’t say anything at all and the sea doesn’t move even a bit. But soon after high tide comes … It is as if he gets offended somehow. It’s as if he has had enough of humans. He covers as much sand as he can when his waves come crashing down so our feet can’t touch it. He covers rocks and fills up tidal pools so we can’t experience its enjoyment anymore. I don’t blame him though. I don’t blame him that he has such a bad view of us. I can just imagine what he thinks of us. We pollute his waters and fill them with plastic bags. I suppose the only friends he has are the creatures that live inside him and we kill those too. The waves build up as the realisation hits him and then you hear a huge boom and the waves come crashing down and the sound rattles your ears. Then, when it is low tide the sea admits that no matter how loud his waves crash down, it’s not going to change. Humans won’t realise what they’re actually doing to him. It occurs to him that maybe they don’t mean to torture him the way they do and low tide is eventually back. I love this sound. The sound of the ocean. Because this is what I think about every time I hear it. BOOM, SHHH, CRASH, BOOM, SHHH… The ocean is either happy or angry but whichever, I can never wait to find out. Dominique van Staden, Grade 8

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A f ri ka a n s St e l w e r k

‘n Skaal se Lewe

Daar is die kolom dowwe lig weer. Iemand moet daar buite wees. Hulle beweeg moedswillig saggies. Dit gaan my verstand te bowe hoekom hulle nou wil wakker wees. Die haan slaap nog en die skugter maan het nog ‘n hele ruk om ogie oor die huis te hou. Almal, behalwe ek en die iemand, slaap ‘n hond uit ‘n bos uit. Die deur word stadig oopgedruk en die lig van buite maak die mure weer wit. Ek het nou na al die jare besluit dat ek in ‘n malhuis moet wees. Een met ‘n bad en ‘n wasbak. Daar is geen ander realistiese rede hoekom die mense wakker word in die donker en dan ‘n groot lawaai maak tot die hele buurt saam begin sing nie. Ek is geen almanak nie, maar elke oggend is dit dieselfe roetine: ‘n lig, die kreun van my lyf as sy op my staan en dan die frustrasie. Kraak! Hier is sy vandag en… wag daarvoor… Ja! Daar is daardie uitdrukking van hopeloosheid,

frustrasie en teleurstelling terwyl my syfers van twee tot drie getalle beweeg. Nou verstaan ek eers hoekom my pa my gewaarsku het teen gewone huise. Hy het altyd gesê hulle was te melodramaties. Waar hy gewerk het, was dit altyd duidelik of mense te veel of amper te veel gehad het. Daar was geen tussen-in nie. Sy stories oor die verskillende tipe mense wat hy by sy toonbank in die lughawe ontmoet het, was ryp met avontuur en ek wou dit ook eendag beleef. Maar nee! Ek besluit toe om mos huiswerk te doen en toe beland ek by die familie wat altyd meer afbyt as wat hulle kan kou. Ek en my batterye word dan blameer en op geskree. Mense maak net tyd om ‘n bietjie te oefen. Ek kan amper nie eers myself hoor dink in al die geraas nie. In die aande is dit net so erg, behalwe vir die rukkie wat die mense “tandeborsel” noem. Die jongste mense kom lusteloos in met rooi oë en pienk pantoffels. Deur die slaap stoot sy my handeviervoet tot by die wasbak. Met die een voet langs die ander, staan sy liggies op my maag en begin haar daaglikse gemompel. Witseep, wat sy in haar mond op ‘n stok sit spat oral op my, maar ek gee nie om nie. As my syfers haar nie pla nie, pla die seep nie vir my nie. Wanneer sy afklim, vat sy ‘n pienk handdoek en vee al die gemors en taaiheid versigtig van my maag af terwyl sy vir my van haar dag vertel en hoe Mamma en Pappa weer geskree het. Sy maak klaar en begin weer haar reis na die ander plek toe. Wit word swart en stil as die ligte verdwyn en vir ‘n oogwenk sal die Kaap weer Hollands wees. Die malhuis word verstandig en my syfers verdwyn… Amy Gouws, Graad 12

Vinniger!

Margo Molchan, Grade 10

Toe hy die oorverdowende gil van die klok hoor is dit asof ‘n klapper onder hom aangesteek is. Hy vlieg op en skielik kan hy die wêreld om hom sien draai. Die mense om hom beweeg asof hul voete van sandsteen gemaak is en hulle gesigsuitdrukkings is soos dié van mense wat ‘n spook gesien het: so bleek om die kiewe. Dit voel asof hy ‘n klont lood gesluk het. Sy longe lê in sy voete en sy maag in sy mond. Kraletjies sweet verskyn soos sproetjies op sy voorkop en hardloop so vinnig as wat hulle kan om by sy kraag te kom. Hy sit een voet voor die ander en aitsa! Hy hardloop! The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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Alexa Robinson, Grade 12

Carmen Joubert, Grade 12

Hulle kom nader. Hy moet vinniger hardloop. Vinniger! Hy hyg, hy swyg en hy swoeg. Hy blaas en hy ploeg. Hy bid dat sy lomp voete en sy loodlonge hom betyds na veiligheid sal kry. Dit is ‘n regte hinderniswedren: alles en almal probeer sy lyf in die rede val. Hy stamp toeskouers uit die pad uit - wil hulle hê hy moet misluk? Die ander is al so naby aan hom dat hy hul afwagting kan proe; hulle kan nie wag om hom uit die aarde uit te trap nie. Hy wonder of hulle sy vrees kan ruik, want dan sal daar sekerlik ‘n klankie wees. Hy moet vinniger hardloop. Vinniger! Hy kan amper hul kloue in sy rug voel. Die einde is in sig. Hy hoor hoe die veilige plek, die heiligdom, soos ‘n engelekoor na hom roep. Die warm ligte binne in die gebou is soos operas wat ‘n verlore siel verwelkom. Hy hyg, hy swyg en hy swoeg. Hy blaas en hy ploeg. Skielik is dit asof die heiligdom tien treë agteruit gegee het. Hy word benoud. Sy hart is ‘n spoelklip wat in sy bors swem. Asseblief. Vinniger. Vinniger! Amper daar! Hulle begin agter hom gil. Sy munte wemel en klingel in sy sak. Hulle gaan hom vang. Sy longe en lompe voete moet net hou. Hy struikel en gee amper vir die grond ‘n druk, maar hy ruk homself betyds reg. Hy kan nie nou wil tou opgooi nie! Hy is amper daar! Hy vlieg vorentoe en die speldeprikkels tinkel in sy hande soos wat hy hulle op die toonbank van die snoepie slaan. “Een toasted ham en cheese, twee pakkies sout- en- asyn tjips, tjoklit milkshake, drie appelkosies en ‘n stokkielekker, asseblief,tannie!” Kaitlin Studer, Graad 12

Winter Weer

Winter is op pad. Die grasgroen blare word stokoud. Eens bloedjonge blaartjies is nou oranje en rooi, hulle hare verbleik. Mettertyd word die bloedrooi blare gevlek met vuil modderspatsels. Die papawertjie-oranje blare word dooie blomme wat wegwaai in die winter se asem. Wanneer die winterwind kom, verloor die soldate moed, verlaat die boom en val grond toe. Die bladwisselende boom sal moet wag vir die lente om weer sy leër op te bou. Intussen omring wit katoenwolke die bome se poedelnakende takke en

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Courtney Donaldson, Grade 11

herinner aan ‘n veldlandskap. Al wat kort, is ‘n arend in die takke wat uitkyk op die renosters. Winter is hier. Krs, krs, krs, speel die grasperk se orkes. Kaalvoetkinders kry genot daaruit om op die droë blare te trap - die vars houtreuk vul jou neusgate en jaag die koue weg. Die koue laat die lug kristelhelder lyk. Die potblou hemel ruik kraakvars. Jou vingers is nie opgepofte wortels nie, maar dun ywerige miertjies. Hoe kan ‘n mens dan anders as om met liefdesoë na die winterweer te kyk? Winterwind kom speel saggies in jou hare. Hulle is gevul met die aroma van nuwe lewe, koue en boombas. Anders as somerwinde wat genadeloos aan jou klere en hare ruk en pluk en jou ongeskik herinner aan die hitte, is die winterwinde vriendelik en spelerig. Soms word hulle ‘n raps depressief en vul jou liggaam met donker donderweerwolke, maar sien vining-vinnig dat hulle die kat aan die stert beet het. Hulle word nie groen van jaloesie nie maar wys jou dat die lewe aangaan en beter word. Wanneer die koue jou tref, weet jy dit gaan ‘n goeie dag wees. Dit gee vir jou ‘n hupstoot en ‘n verfrissende gevoel. Party sê dit klim in jou klere in en byt jou sonder genade en maak sementblokke van jou bene en spiere maar na ‘n oggenddraffie is jy net lus vir die dag en gereed om enige taak aan te pak. Wintersport is vol draaie en swaaie en bollemakiesies en spoed. Die adrenaliengevulde, toon-omkrullende sport vleg die winterwind in jou hare in terwyl jy gravitasie soos ‘n grap laat lyk. Sonsondergang in die winter is prentjiemooi. Die son verf die lug skakerings van pienk en pers. Die watte in the lug word geklee met die son se melodieë. ‘n Titseltjie pienk, ‘n knarsie pers en rapsie oranje, verseker ‘n simfonie van ‘n winterwind met warm sop en snoesige komberse gevolg. Wanneer laas het jy wakker geword wanneer die son se sagte strale pas opgestaan het? Hoe lank terug het die krakende blare onder jou gekras en gesing? Wanneer kan jy sop en warm sjokolade sluk sonder ‘n skuldgevoel? Wag maar totdat die winter weer kom. Marlise van Tonder, Graad 12

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My oupa is agter die tyd, maar hy is my myle vooruit

My oupa het een van daardie stokou Nokia’s met die groen skermpies. Die foon is die grootte van ‘n baksteen en een waarop al die kleinkinders altyd Snake wou speel. Hy verstaan nie die affêre nie en kan nie begryp waarom iemand ‘n boodskap vir hom stuur as dit soveel goedkoper is om dit mondeliks vir hom te sê nie. Net die feit dat ek hom help om sy SMSe te lees, bring verligting, maar dan laat ons maar die feit dat dit die vorige jaar se kerswense is, buite die kwessie. Ek dink nie daar is iemand op hierdie planeet wat nie oudword vrees nie. Op laerskool het ek nooit hierdie realiteit deel van my verwysingsraamwerk gemaak nie, maar nou, as matrikulant, dink ek daagliks daaroor. Wysheid word nie deur die kleur van jou hare of die hoeveelheid plooie rondom jou oogholtes bepaal nie. Alhoewel my ma dit nie wil hoor nie, weet ek die grysheid het al sy verskyning gemaak (feitlik elke maand die rede vir ‘n besoek aan die haarkapper), maar sy het nog nie die wysheid van my oupa nie. Wysheid word gesien in my oupa se gekreukelde hande. Tegnologie hardloop ver vooruit, maar my oupa se kennis, wysheid, liefde en meelewendheid is agter ons tyd. Liefde het ek van hom af gekry. ‘n Vyftigrand noot in ‘n wildvreemde man op die straathoek se hand gestop omdat hy dit méér nodig het. Sonder om daaroor te wik of te weeg, al hinkepink dra hy die ou tannie se kruideniersware. Vir my ‘n draairoomys gekoop die Novembermiddag toe die dokter die k-woord vir my pappa sê. Kanker. Kanker! Oumense kry kanker! Nie my oupa nie! Die lewe is leefbaar gemaak deur my oupa. Die liefde wat hy aan ander gee, het my laat besef dat die gejaag na niks en die druk om te presteer nie ‘n vaalkol teen die liefde is nie. Ek leer by my oupa dat tyd die kosbaarste deel van myself is wat ek aan ander kan gee. Ek leer by my oupa dat dit bo niemand se vuurmaakplek is om ander te help nie. Om ander te bemoedig nie. Sien, ek het nooit gedink dat ‘n bekertjie Rooibos-tee vir die koerantverkoper wat al dou-voor-dag die wêreld op sy hande dra, werklik iets sal beteken nie, maar weer eens leer Oupa

Petrone Bezuidenhout, Grade 12

my dat dit nie gaan oor wat jy kan sien nie, maar hoe ek hulle laat voel. “My kind, sy hart het hemelsbreë geglimlag” oortuig Oupa my… hierdie liefde is nog voor my tyd. Nederig sit hy in ‘n gesprek en praat byna niks. Luister net. Vasgevang in selfbeheptheid is hy alles behalwe. Respek toon hy aan elkeen. Selfs aan die taksman wat ons almal glo, hom net probeer indoen omdat hy ‘n pensioenaris is. Sonder om te probeer (hy sal sê per abuis) het Oupa dit reggekry om ‘n man te wees in wie mens God se beeld kan sien. Die liefde wat ek geëerf het, het my geleer om elke dag ‘n klein stukkie van daardie liefde oor ander te strooi. ‘n Maaltyd gekook vir die een wat in ‘n bewerige handskrif op sy stuk karton geskryf het - “Kos asseblief. Die Here seën u.” Dit is hierdie dinge wat maak dat ek my drukkies nog langer uitrek, want vir hoeveel jare die bloed nog warm deur die gekreukelde handjies gaan vloei, weet ek nie. Gekreukelde handjies wat liefde gee... Lorraine Dippenaar, Graad 12

Winter

Die wêreld is tjoepstil en yskoud in die winter. Die eensame bome is brandmaer stokke tussen die hoë geboue is grys en vol besoedeling. In die agtergrond, is daar die knor van die genadelose dier - die stad in die mis… Waar is die krag van God se warmte en liefde? Hoe sal die siek wêreld weer gesond word? Dit is tyd vir ‘n nuwe begin… God sny die lug oop en waterdruppeltjies val uit die hemel. Die water was al die vuil rommelberge weg. Die wêreld kan weer asemhaal, want God gee nie swaelsuur nie. Hy gee skoonheid…en vreugde. God glimlag vir die aarde en die vuurwarm son kom uit sy skuilplek. Handjies wat van die koue bibber, word pienk. Daar is weer bloed en lewe. Mense hoes nie meer nie, want die siektes en die sneeu het verdwyn. Die aandblom blaas sy tromtrompet. Verskillende kleure van goud, rooi en oranje vul die wêreld met lewe en energie. Die wildevyebome kry hulle blare en is nie meer poedelnakend nie. Hulle staan trots in die lug en beskerm die aarde van die boosaardigheid van die winter.

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Margo Molchan, Grade 10

Die knor van die stad het verdwyn. Die voëls sing ‘n vrolike ritme, wat die stad van al sy pyn genees. Die stad is nie meer ‘n donker en siek plek nie. Dit is nou ‘n stad van die hemel. Mense gesels, braai en waardeer die lewe. Daar is weer hoop in die lewe en die engele dans rondom die aarde. Almal het pyn, selfs die aarde, maar die natuur is die oplossing. Pyn groei deur die duisende takke van al die wildevyebome, en mettertyd, is daar genesing. Vir elke winter is daar ‘n somer. Vir elke oomblik van hartseer, vreugde. Vir elke einde, is daar ‘n nuwe begin… Anastasya Papavarnavas, Graad 12

Deur my venster sien ek…

Elke jaar, net soos die jaar se uurglas uitloop, gaan hou my gesin vakansie by Hondeklipbaai. Die dorp is ‘n spesiale dis met ‘n verskeindenheid van geure. Dit wotd slegs (langs die kus) voorberei. Ek lê nou hier, en deur my venster sien ek ‘n happie van my dorp. Party disse het ‘n perfekte balans tussen teenoorgestelde geure. Hondeklipbaai is ‘n voorbeeld van so ‘n gereg. Reg buite my venster is daar 'n spierwit sandduin. Klein, groen bossies en wilde, pers blommetjies is soos sout-en-peper oor die sand gestrooi. ‘n Nou, grys pad is al wat dit van die reuse, groen-blou oseaan skei. Die duin is klankloos en sonder veel beweging. Elke nou-en-dan kruip ‘n nuuskierige akkedissie uit en hardloop oor die vuurwarm sand. Die see aan die ander kant, lê nooit stil nie. Die bedrywige branders slaan teen die strand. Die water is yskoud en die meeste mense is nie eers braaf genoeg om in te gaan nie. Die kontras tussen die twee elemente is wat die dorp so spesiaal maak. Nêrens anders sal jy so iets ervaar nie. ‘n Sout-en-asyn reuk dryf deur my kamer. Ek smag om my voete in die water te gaan steek. Ek hoor ook die geborrel en gekwetter van die strandlopers. Dit is ‘n feit dat hierdie dis niks is sonder mense om dit mee te deel nie. Hondeklipbaai is ‘n lekkerny waaraan nie almal gewoond is nie.

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Nadia Rossouw, Grade 12

Natuurlik is nie almal so avontuurlustig soos ons om dit te probeer nie. My advies aan hulle is om net ‘n kans te vat, ‘n klein stukkie te proe. Hulle sal dan ook die heerlike smaak kan proe wat voor my oë lê. Maude Loffstadt, Graad 12 Anne Frank ‘n Spatsel goud breek deur die donkerte Nog ‘n dag Nog ‘n lewensbladsy word deel van die geskiedenis Nog ‘n uur Nog ‘n berg vrae wat my kop vorm Nog ‘n minuut Nog ‘n voetstap wat vrees nader aan my hart waag Nog ‘n sekonde… Nog ‘n Jood wat na ‘n wrede “tuiste” toe gestuur is Nog ‘n lewe Chané Nel, Graad 10

Anne Frank

Ek sit in dieselfde klein kamer. Dis soos enige ander dag. Ek verbeel my om weer die son te voel. So warm en so sag. Die blaaie in my boek raak min en niks maak meer sin. Het hulle dan geen genade? Na vyf en twintig maande is daar nog plek vir ons op aarde? Ek knip my oë styf toe en hoop dis ‘n beter dag, want net God alleen weet wat daar anderkant vir ons wag. Misha de Beer - Graad 10

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Fre n ch C r e at i ve Wr it i n g

Journal Des Enfants

Le 1er juillet, je suis partie de Johannesburg à 20:00. L’avion était grand. J’ai mais le vol, c’était confortable. Je suis arrivée à Paris le 2 juillet à 7:30. J’ai pris un taxi à l’hôtel. L’hôtel était magnifique ! J’ai dîné à un petit restaurant, c’était délicieux ! Plus tard, j‘ai écouté la musique dans ma chambre. Le 3 juillet, j’ai fait mon premier voyage en métro. J’ai visité les monuments célèbres, j’ai vu la tour Eiffel, la cathédrale de Notre-Dame, le Louvre avec son pyramide. J’étais fatiguée ! Mais, c’était une bonne expérience. Je suis partie de Paris à Nice le 4 juillet. Le voyage était agréable. J’ai déjeuné dans un hôtel de luxe au bord de l’océan. Le 5 juillet, j’ai fait un pique-nique à Monaco, je pense que je vais le faire encore. J’ai fait du shopping, j’ai cherché des cadeaux, des vêtements, et aussi des cosmétiques. Le 6 juillet, je suis rentrée en Afrique du Sud. Nous étions tristes, mais j’ai gardé les souvenirs incroyables! Khea du Preez, Grade 10

Ashlee Lotter, Grade 12

Kaitlin Studer, Grade 12

Mon petit ami

Je ne suis heureuse qu’avec toi. Tu es ma raison de vivre. J’adore tes yeux. Je n’ai d’yeux que pour toi. Nous allons si bien ensemble. Tu me fais tourner la tête. Tu es le plus beau dans le monde. Je ne rêve que de toi. Merci pour les chocolats. C’est très bien. Tu es mon amour. J’envoie des fleurs à toi. L’amour est où tu es parce que tu es l’amour, mon lapin. A toi pour toujours Caitlyn Caitlyn Hilliard-Lomas, Grade 10

Meeghan Scheffer, Grade 12

Chez Moi

J’adore ma maison. Il y a beaucoup d’espace et de pièces dedans. J’habite près des magasins alors c’est très utile. Il y a quatre chambres dans ma maison, deux salles de bains, une cuisine et un salon. Ma pièce préférée, c’est le salon car c’est là où je vois toute ma famille. Nous passons beaucoup de temps dans le salon et en plus il y a une télé ! J’aime ma chambre car là, il y a tous mes affaires comme mes chaussures, mon lit et mon ordinateur. J’aime aussi la couleur de mon mur. Je suis toujours contente quand je suis chez moi. Annie Bredell, Grade 10

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October 2014 It is an ordinary spring evening like any other in Pretoria. The Pretorians are occupied with their usual comings and goings, yet, outside the Pretoria Girls High Hall the excitement is palpable. Numerous girls, boys and their parents are gathering for the meeting: the meeting which will answer all their questions regarding the tour to France in the coming year. Fast forward 10 months to Tuesday, 30 June 2015 Tuesday, 30 June 2015 (Day 1) OR Tambo International Airport 14:30 It is D-day! The countdown is over and 38 learners from both Pretoria Girls and Boys High Schools have gathered in the international departure hall at OR Tambo International Airport. There is much animated chattering amongst us, the teachers and some of the parents. Although we all know that this trip will be a gratifying experience, some tears are being shed as we say a fond au revoir to friends, family and loved ones. Before long, the Girls High girls, despite donning their red tour t-shirts, will be fading into the background for the start of an enriching, memorable and life-changing experience. Wednesday, 1 July 2015 (Day 2) Charles de Gaulle International Airport greets us at the crack of dawn after many movies, no sleep and an approximately ten hour flight. We have finally arrived. Bonjour Paris! We have just exited the airport and our busy schedule has commenced. A quick change in the hotel Campanile La Villette and thereafter we are off to the Jardin des Tuileries. It is here where we take our first taste of French delights such as Nutella crêpes (pancakes) and toasted cheese sandwiches, with cheese unusually melted on the outsides of the so-called sandwich. From here we catch a quick glimpse of the Louvre, the Obélisque, the Eiffel Tower & the Arc de Triomphe. It is evening and we set off to the famous Montmartre, the oldest district in Paris. The Sacré Coeur Basilica sees us climbing a lot more stairs than anticipated. A stroll takes us to the Place du Tertre which is teeming with its immensely talented artists. The majority of us cannot resist having our portraits sketched to take back home. Supper is a wonderful three-course meal in the famous restaurant La Cremaillère on the square. Thursday, 2 July 2015 (Day 3) After a well-deserved sleep and a delicious breakfast we make our way to the Musée du Louvre to learn about the major works of art and see the Mona Lisa. Imagine our shock when we realise that the Mona Lisa is much smaller than expected. Soon after we are at leisure to enjoy all that Paris has to offer: food, shopping, enjoying a promenade along the River Seine and the Cathedral of Notre Dame! Next on the agenda is a trip to the Galéries Lafayette, a world-renowned department store built in 1912, now a historic monument. Most impressive is its stained glass roof dome and its tiers of balconies with open-plan shops. Adjacent, a grass terrace offers a panoramic view to Paris and a hint of the Eiffel Tower. The evening sees us enjoying the company of our tour mates. Friday, 3 July 2015 (Day 4) It is a slow start to the day and after breakfast we depart for the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs Elysées, the focus naturally, being retail therapy. The excitement is short lived as we realise

that Luis Vuitton, Gucci, Prada, Versace and Chanel will always remain a desire which cannot be satisfied and so we spend our time window shopping. Dismayed, we can only afford the right-hand side of the street when facing the Arc de Triomphe. We end our evening with a night coach tour to the Eiffel Tower and the magic of this romantic city hits home. Saturday, 4 July 2015 (Day 5) We are the first group to go to Disneyland, Paris and what a privilege it is! Somehow in a matter of six short hours, all our childhood dreams come true. We are treated to Adventureland, Discoveryland, Frontierland, Fantasyland and even a sip of the all-American Starbucks coffee. We cannot wait for tomorrow as we will be heading to the Cote d’Azur, where we will connect with a second group from the Cape. Sunday, 5 July 2015 (Day 6) to Saturday, 11 July 2015 (Day 12)The next few days are very different from our time in Paris and we definitely come across a few unexpected ‘surprises’ such as no air conditioning, no wifi in our rooms, rooms only being unlocked at certain times of the day, teachers and animateurs/ animatrices (group leaders) who do not speak a word of English and fire drills at 03:00. Our days at Centre International d’Antibes start with three hours of French tuition. These classes prove that Je ne comprends pas (I don’t know) is a very useful phrase to know, but by the second day, our confusion has already subsided and we find our French skills improving quickly. Each afternoon sees us exploring a different aspect of the south of France. We sail in Antibes on Powerade-blue water, visit the Fragonard parfumerie and Florian confisserie in Grasse, shop in Nice and tour Monaco. The evenings are spent getting to know the other international students. The first night sees us breaking the ice through various activities. The subsequent nights we mingle at a soirée barbecue (the French version of an evening braai) and walking the streets of Juan les Pins or enjoy a night swim in the Mediterranean. As all good things do, so the 2015 Personal Touch French Tour comes to an end and the twelve days abroad seem to have passed by in a flash. It is with mixed emotions that we wave France and Paris goodbye as South Africa, our home, awaits us. Needless to say, this experience would not have been as formidable were it not for the care, assistance and companionship of the teachers who chaperoned and brought France to life for us. The experience, the memories made and the friendships formed will always hold a special place in our hearts, much like France.

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Ke feditše mengwaga ke raloka ka menyetla yeo ke ifilwego, ka fetša ka buna seo ke se bjetšego. Dithaka di ntšhiile ka tema, bangwe ba dira ngwaga wa bona wa boraro kua Yunibesithi. Go a swabiša gore motho wa go ba le mabjoko go swana le nna a ikhwetše a sa le sekolong se se phagamego. Matšatši a mangwe ke ikwa ke se sa nyaka go tšwela pele ka dithuto, fela pelo ga e dumele. Ke šomile ka thata go fihla mo ke lego gona. Ge ke lebelela morago ke lemoga gore ke sentše nako ka dilo tša go se re selo, ke lebeletše gore batho ba tla reng, ke lebetše gore batho ba tlo bolela go fihlela o ikela. Ge o ka dula o boifa o ka se dire selo. Ke tšere sepheto sa go dira ka thata gore le nna ke tle ke be motho setšhabeng sa gešo, ka ge mogologolo a re kodumela moepathutse ga go lehumo leo le tšwago kgauswi. Ge ke fetša ka mphato wa Marematlou ke nyaka go ithutela tša boraditaba yunibesithing ya Kwa-Zulu Natal. Ke nyaka bomma ba ikgantšha ka nna. Ke a tseba gore seo se tlo ba thakgatša kudu, ka ge bona ba paletšwe. Nako ya go ntšha ka go tšhwene e fihlile, ke swanetše go bontšha dira le bao ba nnyatšago gore morwedi wa ga Yende, Hunadi wa Mma Skhosana o na le bokgani bja go fetiša ka moo ba lebeletšego. Ke kgolwa gore ngwaga wo ke waka, ke dumela seo ka pelo yaka kamoka, ke tlo dira seo se ratwago ke pelo yaka gape mmapelo o ja serate, le gona nama kgapeletšwa e phuma pitša. Ditlhahlobo, le batlhahlobi hlokomelang Hunadi o tseleng ebile o tlo thopa meputso ka moka, o tlo ba phala kamoka mo Gauteng. Noko e šetše e fihlile. Kutlwano Precious Yende, Grade 12

Sekolo ke lefelo la thuto le polokego e sego bosenyi

Naa sekolo ke lefelo la mohuta mang? Sekolo ke lefelo la thuto, lefelo leo le tla phadimišago bokamoso bja barutwana ba maikemešetšo. Potšišo ke gore, a naa mafelo a ka bophara, a bolokegile? A naa batswadi ba ka romela bana ba bona mafelong a? Polokego e gona dikolong tša semmušo goba tša poraebete? Bosenyi dikolong bo ka hlolwa ke barutiši, barutwana, bašomi ba bangwe sekolong goba matšwantle ba sekolo. Bomenetša bo ka dirwa ke mang goba mang. Bomenetša bo bogolo ditabeng

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Nombulelo Moepi, Grade 12 lehono, ke tša boBoko Haram, ba go utswa banenyana kua sekolong sa kua Nigeria. Batswadi ba swara dipelo ka matsogo ge ba romela bana mafelong a, ka gobane ga ba na tshepo. Ba tshepa gore tshepo e tla le kotsi, matšatši a. Re ka hlohletša polokego dikolong, ka go oketša le go tiiša tšhireletšo meagong ya dikolo le go barutwana ba sona. Dikolo di ka thwala bahlapetši go hlapetša sekolo. Dikolo di hlohletše taba ya go se dumele motho sekolong, ge a sa amane le sekolo. Bana ba go dira tša phaku le go bea maphelo a barutwana ba bangwe kotsing, ba rakwe. Batswadi ba tseba gore, dikolo di leka ka thata go šireletša bana kamoka. Batswadi ba rapelele bana ba bona ebile ba tshepa go Modimo ka nako tšohle, dilo tše mpe tše di ka diragala e tlabe e le madimabe fela. Batswadi ba romele bana dikolong, ka gobane sekolo ke lefelo la thuto ebile thuto ke lesedi. Lebogang Motolla, Grade 12

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Letšatši e be e le 27 December 2012 gomme ke be ke le moketeng wa Malome Daniel kua GaMphahlele. Jo! Mokete wo bjale e be e le mathomo ke o bona, ga se nke ka ipshina ka tsela ye! Re ile ge re fihla kgorong ya ga Mphahlele, ra hlakanetšwa ke basetsana ba mengwaga ye e ka bago ye lesome ba apere setšo sa sezulu gomme ba re fa dino. Ke be ke šetše ke nkgelwa ke dijo re sa le kgorong! Ke ile ge ke lebaleba, ka bona batho ba bolailwe ke disego, go jewa leoto go bontšha gore batho ba thabile ebile ba ipshina ka mokete wo. Ka nnete di tšwile di phalwa ke re boile. Monyadi le monyadiwa ba be ba sa apara, ka bona gore ke ye go dumediša bangwe ba leloko ka dipitšeng. Ke gahlane le rakgolo Papi a thoma go mpolaiša disego a re: “Ngwanaka lehono ba beile nna ka dipitšeng, ke sa tlo di ja ka kudukudu!” Rakgolo e be e le monna wa metlae. Ke be ke sa dutše ge batho ba tšwela ka ntle go bona monyadi le monyadiwa Jo! E be e le mathomo ke bona malome a eja leoto ka mokgwa wo! Ke segišitšwe ke motswalo ge a re: “mo go malome e no ba go alela kolobe legogwa!” Monyadiwa o be a ipoponne okare ke popiana. Yena ke mosadi yo mobotse, mosadi wa nko ya lenono le mmele wo monnyane. Roko ya gagwe e be e le mathomo ke e bona; e le ya siliki ya matsogo a masesanesesane. Re ile ra ja ra fela re eja leoto ebile re opela “thuntšha lerole.” Re be re ipshina ka mokete ruri. E be e le nako ya go fa mantšu bjale. Ba lelapa la Mphahlele ke ge ba botša monyadi gore a se ke a tlogela malome; a tsebe gore lebitla la mosadi ke bogadi ebile yena le malome ba tla kgaogantšhwa ke lebitla. Ba tšwela pele ka gore ka ga Mphahlele go a šongwa; mosadi ke tšhwene o lewa mabogo. Ke ile ka bona monyadiwa a nyaka go rothiša dikeledi ge ba mmotša gore monna ke phoka o lala a ewa! Go kweša bohloko ka ngwetši ya mmaMphahlele batho bešo. Letšatši le ile la tla bofelong, ka kwa maoto a ka a thunya. Malome o re file mokete wo re ka se o lebalego ka gore batho ba bagolo, bafša le bana ba ipshinne go feta tekanyo. Yena le mosadi wa gagwe ba tla ipshina ka bophelo. Nthabiseng Matsimela, Grade 11

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Bagologolo ba be ba bolela nnete ge ba re kodumela moepathutse, ga go lehumo leo le tšwago kgauswi. Ke nako ya gore baithuti ba tlogele diokobatši, gomme ba lebelele bokamoso bja bona. Baithuti ba swanetše go lemoga gore ntle le thuto, bophelo bo boima. Ge baithuti ba eja diokobatši, ba feleletša ba tšwele tseleng, ba feleletša ba sa be le hlokomelo dithutong le bokamosong bja bona. Diokobatsi di senya monagano wa motho. Ga di senye fela monagano, di na le bokgoni bja go senya maphelo ebile tše dingwe di ka feleletša di go bolaya. Baithuti ba swanetše go tlogela diokobatši gore ba kgone go tšwelela pele bophelong. Batho bohle ba nyaka katlego maphelong a bona, ge re nyaka se se phethagale, re swanetše go tloša dilo tšohle tše mpe tšeo di sa nyakegego. Baithuti bao ba jago diokobatši ba swanetše go hwetša thušo go tšwa go batho ba bagolo gore ba kgone go hlokomela dithuto tša bona mme ba kgone go ba le bokamoso bja go phadima. Bjale ke nako ya gore baithuti ba phagamiše dihlogo, ba šome ka maatla gore ba be le bokamoso bjo bo botse, bokamoso bja go thabiša le bja maemo. Baswa, bokamoso bja naga bo ka diatleng tša lena. Ke nako. Leago Mangolele, Grade 11

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Ke nako yeo motho a swanelang ke go gola. Go diega ga botšhwene ke go gadima morago. Ye ke nako ya go tseba gore Marematlou a a kokota, a nyaka motho a swere dibetša. Ge ke bolela ka go gola ,ke ra go lebala ka dilo tša maloba tša go nyaka go gopotšwa ka mehla gore o swanetše go bula puku le gona go dira mešomo ya sekolo. Ga go sa na nako ya go lebelelana le sellathekeng gobane sona se ka se go thuše ka selo. Se se šalang ke gore o fetole monagano wa gago, gomme o se be kolobe ya mašala morago yeo e bonwago ke dimpša Ke nako ya gore ke kgobokanye ka moka tšeo ke di rutilwego ka gore tše ntši tša dithuto tšeo ke tšeo di dirwago go Marematlou. Barutiši ba rena re swanetše go ba batametša

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kudu mo go rena re sware merumo ya diaparo tša bona gore re se lahlege. Ke nako ya gore re ba botšiše ka dilo tšeo di go hlakišago mo dithutong tša rena. Se sengwe se re swanetšeng go se tseba ke gore ke nako ya gore re gopole ka bokamoso bja rena, ka ditoro gore re rata go ipona re le kae ge re fetša ka Marematlou. Seo se tla re bula mahlo gore re šome go hwetša meputso ye mekaone. Ke nako ya go bolawa ke kgaba, ka ge di retwa ge di bowa mokatong. Zanele Maseko, Grade11

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Tate Nelson Mandela o ile a bolela a re “Thuto ke kotse ye maatla ye e ka fetolago lefase”. O be a bolela nnete ge a be a bolela bjalo. Rena bana ba Afrika Borwa, re swanetše go emelela, re etetše naga ya rena pele. Tsela ye re swanetšeng go e tšea ke ya thuto ka gore, ntle le thuto, motho a ka se kgone go dira selo. Bothata bjo re bo lebilego ke gore bafsa ba a tšwafa le gore ba tlwaetše go fiwa dilo ka malepola a silibere. Ka lebaka le, bafsa ga ba ithaope go ithuta dilo ka bo bona. Gantši ba feleletša ba dira diokobatši, ba ipeya le batho bao ba se nago taba le bona ba go dira dilo tša bošilo goba ba feleletša ba utswetša batho dilo tša bona, tšeo ba šomilego ka maatla go di hwetša. Re swanetše go tšea maele le dithuto tša batswadi ba rena pelong ka gore ba tšwa kgole ebile ba šomile ka maatla go netefatša gore re hwetšwe thuto ya maleba le gore ba re tsentšhe sekolo. “Kgomo go tsošwa ke yeo e itsošago”. Nnete ke gore ye ke yona nako ya go dira dilo ka gore, ga re tsebe gore gosasa le tla tsoga le hlabile bjang. Batlile Motuku, Grade 11

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Sebatakgomo, thušang hle, toro e a ntelekiša!!

Toro o ntshwenya moyeng O nnyaka ke le noši, ke se na motho kgauswi O nkhwetŠa ke sa itebetŠe Wa ntlhasela ka marumo le dipotšišo tša go bula mabadi a kgale O ntlogela ka dipelaelo O ntlholela mathata Pelo ya gago toro, e ke ke leswika; Ga o tle ka nako ya maleba O morara ka gore o ntshebela maaka fela O ntšhela moya o mobe wa ditŠhila Se ntšhilafatŠe toro Se nkiše lehung fela nkiše bophelong Le ge nka tšhaba ka leba kae ke palelwa ke go go šia Ke dire eng gore o ntlogele? Nkarabe ke a go botšiša Toro, phakiša o phule sekaku O reng o mpanyapanyetša mahlo? Tšwela pele go ntlhopha ke tle ke go bontšhe gore ke mang, Ke morwedi wa mmina Tlou Ke motho wa ga mmatšhidi a monyane wa hlapiadi Ke motho wa go tšwa sa hloke le sa hlokwane Ke motho wa go tšwa leweng la mmankgakgane Ke motho wa bo sekuthumane sa barwa le barwedi ba Lekgau, Tlou le letebele Leka go ntshebela gomme nka se go theeletše Leka go nkgwatha o tle o bone badimo ba geno Leka go mpatamela ke katakata Ntlogele toro ntlogele!! Sebatakgomo, thušang hle!! Lekgau Tlou, Grade 10

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Georgina Harwood Old Girl, Georgina Harwood and her daughter, Sue Homer (1964) visited the school for a special assembly on Friday 31 July. They were accompanied by Sue’s daughter, Georgi McGuire and great-granddaughter Daniella, who joins PHSG in January 2016. Georgina spoke to the girls about her school days at PHSG and went on to tell them about her exciting tandem skydiving and the shark-cage dive. The girls were mesmerised for the twenty minutes and many were heard to remark on how remarkable she is and how they now did not fear aging at all!

Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture

Fred Brownell

The Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, Ms Rejoice Thizwilondi Mabudafhasi, with Mrs Karen du Toit. The visit entailed the hoisting of the National Flag and the singing of the National Anthem, followed by the recital of the Preamble of the Constitution by some of the girls. The Deputy Minister donated books and posters on National Symbols and CDs on the National Anthem.

Dr Fred Brownell, who received his PhD in September from the University of Pretoria. Dr Brownell has a long standing relationship with our school. His late wife and his three daughters all attended PHSG. He was invited to assembly so that he could tell the girls about his doctoral thesis: ‘Convergence and Unification: a history of the national flag of South Africa, 1994’, which he completed under the supervision of Prof Karen Harris at the University of Pretoria. Prof Harris accompanied him to assembly and introduced him to the girls. She explained that he not only designed the new South African flag but was also the designer of the school’s flag. The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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Old Girls Dear Old Girls I have really enjoyed my first year as Chairlady of this special association. The committee members and the branch members I have met and worked with have been wonderful and I can honestly say they are all great ambassadors for our old school. There were some exciting events in 2015 and I would like to highlight a few. The Night at the Proms, showcasing the incredible music talent of so many young ladies at the school, was held in July and it proved to be a wonderful evening of entertainment. This year the Spring Fair was once again packed with entertainment for the whole family. It was well attended and always is a popular event on the Pretoria calendar. Again there were many food stalls as well as The Battle of the Chefs, a cooking competition for some staff members, the girls and invited guests. The Old Girls stall did well and by 10:00 we had sold out of all our Girls High and Boys High teddy bears. These have become so popular that we plan on having fourhundred bears dressed for the big day next year! The Four Schools’ Concert this year was held at Seuns Hoër. The Girls High Choir as well as the School Orchestra sang and played to a full house each evening and they did the school proud. The concert grows from year to year and the girls only get better with each passing year. The Four Schools’ Art Exhibition was hosted by Girls High and it was held in the school hall. This event showcased the talent from Girls High as well as Seuns Hoër, Meisies Hoër and Pretoria Boys High. The annual reunion weekend took place from 16-18 October. The weekend started with a cocktail evening on the Friday night that was open to all years with over one-hundred ladies attending. The cocktail evening is growing each year and enjoyed by all. The Saturday morning started with the Annual General Meeting, followed by the various sporting and cultural events where the Old Girls of the school and the current school learners compete against each other for the trophy. The sporting disciplines included hockey, squash, basketball, water polo and netball and there was a debating cultural event too. The trophy was shared this year as there was a tie. Lunch started just after noon and the 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 years plus, as well as VIPs were invited to the luncheon which was held in the school hall. The hall was a buzz of chatter as news was exchanged and the ladies reminisced of days gone by. A church service was held in the school hall by Father Tim Lowes on the Sunday and this ended the weekend festivities. We look

forward to an even bigger reunion weekend next year and welcome any Old Girls to make contact with us regarding the luncheon. The school and the Old Girls’ Association were honoured to have Georgina Harwood, who is an Old Girl of the school and who celebrated her 100th birthday earlier this year, address them in morning assembly this year. The school flew Georgina and her daughter, Sue, from Cape Town for this special occasion. Georgina shared about her life as well as her years at PHSG, reminding them that they should feel proud to be at such a prestigious school. She told the girls how she had started tandem sky-diving on her 90th birthday and that they should never be afraid of anything in life and that they should always face their fears head on and embrace all that life has to offer at any age. Judging by the applause at the end of her address, the girls thoroughly enjoyed listening to her and they were indeed inspired. Miss Commonwealth South Africa, Ms Palesa More, matriculated from PHSG in 2006. She was a special guest speaker at the school’s birthday assembly held on 29 September. She spoke to the girls about her school days and encouraged them to take full advantage of having the privilege of attending a school with so much to offer and with such tradition and history. We would like to have a more active association in 2016 and welcome any Old Girls wanting to join the committee. We are still busy updating the database in order to communicate with all Old Girls and to facilitate the many different functions of the committee. I would like to thank all the committee members for their help this year as well as past committee members and the moms of committee members who all helped out this year and gave of their valuable time. I know that everyone is busy and I really appreciate the personal time that you have all devoted to the association. We had a very busy year and I look forward to 2016. I would also like to thank Ms Tina Panayi for all her hard work, dedication and support over the years. She has decided to step down as treasurer due to work and personal commitments. Having devoted many years of service to the Old Girls’ Committee we are going to miss her terribly. I would lastly like to thank the school, teachers, Governing Body, Parents’ Association and Mrs Karen du Toit for their continued support and help. We are very thankful for all that they do and we look forward to 2016. Kim Lovegrove Chairlady

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Aquatics Festival Results of Aquatics Festival Gala 1. Durban Girls’ College 2. St Mary’s Waverley 3. Oranjemeisieskool 4. Eunice High School 5. St Mary’s Kloof 6. Pretoria High School for Girls 7. Clarendon Girls’ High School 8. Durban Girls’ High School 9. Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High School Congratulations to the following two relay teams who won a bronze medal: Under 14 4 x 50m Breaststroke Relay 1. Megan Grobler 2. Megan Loganathan 3. Jade Heyns 4. Caitlin Jones Under 17 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay 1. Courtney van Biljon 2. Kelsey Langley 3. Deidre van Niekerk 4. Caitlin Manley Diving results 1. St Mary’s, Waverley 2. Pretoria High School for Girls 3. Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High School Congratultions to Cydney Liebenberg who won the Gold in the Under 16 age group. Water Polo 1. St Mary’s, Waverley 2. Durban Girls’ High School 3. Clarendon Girls’ High School 4. St Stithians 5. St Mary’s, Kloof 6. Pretoria High School for Girls 7. Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High School

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All Schools’ National Festival Hockey:

PHSG placed 6th out of 22 schools participating in the tournament. Netball: The First Team played 11 matches and placed 4th. Squash: 9 schools participated, playing in 2 pools. In the orange pool we won 2 of the five matches and in the blue pool we played number 3, but Collegiate won. Tennis: We won three of the pool games and placed 5th in our pool of 7 schools. Chess: Our chess team won 1 match, drew 5 and lost 3; finally ending in 8th place. Debating: The debaters won 3 out of 5 debates. Vocal ensemble: Rhythmony received a standing ovation at their morning concert.

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Art Tour Art tour 2015 was the experience of a life time. Being able to witness and appreciate the Biennale Exhibit that only happens once every two years, featuring spectacular works from various artists all around the world, was truly phenomenal. The gondola, seeing the glass blowing demonstration at Murano Island and St Mark’s Basilica in Venice were definitely some of the highlights. In Florence we were so privileged to go on a cooking course at a farm in Tuscany where we learnt how to make Italian-style pizza, pasta and chocolate cake. The temperature that day was ridiculous, reaching 40 degrees Celsius, which forced some of us to jump into the nearest pool, fully clothed or semi clothed – anything went. That same day we visited a huge market known for its genuine leather products and naturally many of the girls decided to make a small investment at this time. We also went to the Dumo where we climbed up what seemed like endless stairs to the top of the church to see the

most breath-taking view of Florence. That same day we also saw both statues of David. Next stop, Rome – home to the Colosseum, the Spanish steps and the Trevi Fountain. We were most privileged to stay just down the road from St Peter’s Square and the Sistine Chapel. We were also very lucky to visit the city of Pompeii as well as St Francis Church in Asissi while we were in Italy. In Paris we were fortunate enough to see the famous Monet lilies as well as visiting the Louvre where we saw Mona Lisa and other famous art works. We also went to the top of the Eiffel Tower at midnight – the view was breathtaking. We shopped at Champs-Elysees which was such a lovely treat. On our last day we went to Notre Dame and the Lock Bridge. All in all, Art Tour 2015 was absolutely amazing and it was a massive privilege to be part of such an awesome tour. Hannaé Meyer Grade 11 The Iris • PHSG 1902–2015

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Grahamstown Festival Saturday 11 July, 03:00, Girls High. Either that or Kroonstad on the N1 if you were late. Excitement and adventure awaited us as we all sat in the bus wondering if Mrs Viljoen had missed the sound of her alarm clock and if we would ever leave on time. Little did we know that we would spend even more time organising a larger trailer, because our ‘medium’ bags did not fit into the trailer that was meant to accommodate nineteen medium bags. An hour and a ride to Menlyn later, we got our trailer, and Mrs Viljoen and we were finally on our way. Nieu Bethesda was the warm-up for the freezing weather ahead, but our delightful hosts at Weltevreden Farm warmed not only our hearts, but our stomachs too. Dinner was a feast of laughter and bonding as we shared our thoughts of our visit to the Owl House and the Fossil Institute. Later, while some lounged in the guesthouse, the rest bravely set out to sleep in the ‘haunted’ prison. Day two was a whirlwind of bumpy shuttle rides, the Walter Batiss Museum, and finally, arriving in the tiny and tenacious Grahamstown, which can only be described in words of wisdom for potential G-Town goers. Tip number one: fighting the cold is the war you think you’ll never win even if it means fitting a heater into your luggage. Tip number two: cafeteria food is never enough. Due to our frequent late night calls to Steers and Debonairs, all that Kea had to do when she called, was give her name - they immediately knew the order and where to deliver the food. Don’t worry, you can burn off those calories. Due to a mix-up, some of our girls had to live in a men’s residence at the top of campus. After meals, we lunged up the hill to our rooms. The hill was steeper than Boys High’s infamous ‘Suicide Hill’. Tip number three: in Ms Cÿrus’s famous words, ‘Pack your own muti as you might end up sick or injured and spend 80% of the time high on painkillers’. Tip number four: ask and you shall receive. Want really good theatre seats? Ask Ms Cÿrus. She’ll teach you how to push in front of every line by using the words ‘excuse me, sorry, thank you’. Need a matric dance date? Ms Cÿrus has a certain G-Town gentleman in mind. As you can see, G-Town is not for the faint-hearted but never fear, with all the right people, you could end up having an amazing time - almost as good as ours. A big thank you to all the teachers and all the ladies: the Ma’ams, Kea, Shannon, Kutlwano, Lesedi, Schanze, Simone, Kgomotso, Remy, Sade, Canzonette, Shikara, Gift, Mishka, Tsholo; and the best driver, Mr April Thobane. Cristina Valente and Neo Kgobane Grade 12

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Inter-House Athletics

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Inter-House Gala

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Inter-High Gala

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Ground Staff Appreciation Day

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Spring Fair

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* Artwork that was part of the Four Schools’ Art Exhibition

Grade 12

Jane Heyn

Alexa Robinson

* Nombulelo Moepi (Triptych series)

Jeanique Strydom

* Jane Heyn

Annebelle Bettman

Jeanique Strydom

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Hema Sita

Angela van Rooyen

Tiisetso Mofokeng

Amber Crouse

* Megan Pieterse

* Ashlee Lotter

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* Demetria Engelbrecht

* Carlynne Wade

Nikita Canovi

Erica Geldenhuys

* Savanah Xanthides

Hema Sita

Meeghan Scheffer

Jamila Georgiades

Savannah Abdo

Petrone Bezuidenhout

* Saarah Begg

Jenna Pretorius

Tiffany McAliste

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Callista Duursema

Olivia Hitchcock

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Megan Wilding

Hannah Jenson

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Leago Mangolele

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Megan Rikkers

Lili Smit

Olivia Hitchcock

* Erika Smit

Tshimollo Mnisi

Natania Harding

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Kelsey de Jong

Alexandra Savvas

Margo Molchan

Aeryn McEwen

Natasha Zachariades

Chantelle Pienaar

Pascale Mestdagh

Mikayla Isebeck

Zeenat Salie

Megan Male

Ellen Maartens

Amy Finlayson

Anya Lureman

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Grade 9

Gabriella Clara

Ye-Eun Jeong

Francis Breckenridge

Kyra Enslin

Arielle Gibson

Vanessa Annor

Asanda Nkonde

Jessica Blair

Caitlin Shroder-Beneke

Isabeau Joubert

Gabrielle Mathews

Jenna-Lee Clingham

Manushri Naidoo

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Lauren Cooke

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Kayla Stroud

Emma van Schalkwyk

Jade Haynes

Nessia Bellomo

Lethabo Mokhuane

Casandra Beukes

Ornella Pavone

Michelle Cazalet

Milla Lakic

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