THERE S NO WRONG TIME TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.

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1 CIRCULAR NO April 2014 Dear Parents THERE S NO WRONG TIME TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. by Dalton McGuinty Artwork titled Identity by Casey Bosman of Grade 11

2 1) ACADEMICS Four more school weeks remain before examinations commence. Teachers are busy finalizing School Based Assessment exercises and completing classroom work in the time that remains. It is a busy time for all and I ask our pupils to manage their time well so that they can be properly prepared for the exams. 2) COUNSELLOR S CORNER Respect Value Focus of the week. When talking about values, Respect is a word that is always mentioned. It seems selfexplanatory and many people and learners think that they do show respect to others, their school uniform, their parents, property, etc. What is respect: Respect is having regard for someone else, and treating them with esteem. This is sometimes easily said, but difficult to do. Respecting someone goes beyond just acknowledging them; it is accepting all of who they are; whether you like them or not, agree with them or not, enjoy their company or not. Respect is a choice we make every time we connect with another individual. To hold another person s feelings, emotions and sense of self in our hands, is a big responsibility. Therefore saying we have respect goes beyond acknowledgement; it is a choice and deliberate act of taking someone else into account. 3) MATRIC FOCUS GUIDELINE TO TEACHING TIME FOR MATRICS - 64 DAYS Matrics writing exams JANUARY FEBRUARY (0 Days) MARCH (0 Days) Mo Tu We Th Fr Mo Tu We Th Fr Mo Tu We Th Fr APRIL (0 Days) MAY (20 Days) JUNE (2 Days) Mo Tu We Th Fr Mo Tu We Th Fr Mo Tu We Th Fr JULY (9 Days) AUGUST (21 Days) SEPTEMBER (2 Days) Mo Tu We Th Fr Mo Tu We Th Fr Mo Tu We Th Fr

3 OCTOBER (10 Days) NOVEMBER (0 Days) DECEMBER (0 Days) Mo Tu We Th Fr Mo Tu We Th Fr Mo Tu We Th Fr ) TEST WEEK: MONDAY, 5 MAY & THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014 Monday, 5 May 2014 Thursday, 8 May 2014 Grade 8 English Maths Grade 9 English Afrikaans Grade 10 History Maths Grade 11 IT Practical Afrikaans Grade 12 Life Sciences Business Studies PLEASE NOTE! All pupils are required to be at school at the regular time - 07h55 - even if they are not writing a test. This time will be used for consolidation or tasks organized by various subject departments. All parents are asked to please be aware that when your child misses a Monday or a Thursday test, a relevant chemist slip (the date on the slip must pertain to the pupil s absenteeism and medication bought), a certificate from the clinic or a doctor s certificate is required. A medical certificate from either the clinic or the doctor is applicable for missing any exam. A note from you excusing your child from school for the days missed is also required. Grade 9 and Matric pupils must produce a doctor s certificate for tests and exams missed as these are the two exit phases and their marks are externally moderated by the Education Department. Learners are not allowed to go home immediately after a test if they are ill. They have to stay until first break. If they are ill, then they should not come to school. A doctor s certificate will be required. 5) MAJOR EVENTS FOR 2 ND TERM Friday, 25 April - Orange River Tour Starts - Drummie Camp Starts Sunday, 27 April - Public Holiday (Freedom Day) Monday, 28 April - Public Holiday Tuesday, 29 April - School Holiday Wednesday, 30 April - School Holiday Thursday, 1 May - Public Holiday (Workers Day) Friday, 2 May - School Holiday Monday, 5 May - Appearance Check - Interhouse One-Act Plays Technical Rehearsal - LO Focus Week

4 Tuesday, 6 May - Interhouse One-Act Plays Technical Rehearsal Wednesday, 7 May - Interhouse One-Act Plays Technical Rehearsal - Public Holiday Thursday, 8 May - Interhouse One-Act Plays Friday, 9 May - LO Assembly (Boys and Girls Separate) Saturday, 10 May - Bergvliet Derby (Away) - Drummie 2 nd Small Drill & Group Competition Sunday, 11 May - Mother s Day Monday, 12 May - Blood Clinic Wednesday, 14 May - RCL Civvies Day Wednesday, 21 May - Stage Fright Technical Rehearsal Thursday, 22 May - Stage Fright Friday, 23 May - Senior s Tea Saturday, 24 May - Fairbairn Derby (Away) Tuesday, 27 May - Gr. 9 EMS Banango Workshop (Compulsory) Wednesday, 28 May - Gr. 9 EMS Banango Workshop (Compulsory) - Appearance Check Saturday, 31 May - Paarl Vallei Derby (Away) - Drummie 1 st Large Drill Competition - Choir (ATKV) Monday, 2 June - Gr. s Exams Start Saturday, 7 June - Laborie Derby (Away) Monday, 9 June - Gr. s 8 9 Exams Start Sunday, 15 June - Fathers Day Monday, 16 June - Public Holiday (Youth Day) Saturday, 21 June - Drummie 2 nd Large Drill & 3 rd Groups Competition Wednesday, 25 June - Exams end Thursday, 26 June - Gr. 9 Aptitude Tests - Gr. 10 Community Service - Gr. 11 Job Shadow Friday, 27 June - Schools close - Gr. 10 Community Service - Gr. 11 Job Shadow Saturday, 28 June - Drummie Champagne Breakfast

5 6) MY SCHOOL NEWS It is with great regret that we bid farewell to Bargain Books who will no longer be participating in the MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet programme. Their stores will no longer accept the MySchool card as from 1 May Our 11-year partnership has been very rewarding and we are sad to see them go, however we respect their decision. Should you have any queries about their decision we recommend that you contact Bargain Books directly (Carike Nieuwoudt on carike@bargainbooks.co.za or ). There are over national and local business partners that will eagerly accept the MySchool card. For books we can especially recommend that you try our partner kalahari.com, SA s largest online retailer of millions of books, ebooks, music, DVDs, games, electronics and more Find your local partner stores here. National Partners: Woolworths, Waltons, kalahari.com, Toys R Us, Reggie s, Altech Netstar, Engen Foodstops, Power24 pre-paid electricity, MySchool Holidays, and participating Engen QuickShops, SupaQuick stores and Jacks Paint stores. 7) SPORTS RESULTS SPORT TEAM OPPONENTS RESULTS Cross Country League 1 Tygerberg League 2 Malibu Soccer - Boys' U14 Parklands (Away) Lost 0 : 10 U19A U19B Tableview (Home) JG Meiring (Away) Soccer - Girls' U19A Parklands (Away) Won 2 : 0 U19B DSK (Away) Postponed U15A U15B Elkanah House (Away) JG Meiring (Away) 8) GAMING The following learners will be appearing in a Gaming programme on SABC 2, on Thursday, 8 May. Should you be interested, tune into the programme between 16h00 17h00. Charmaine Nyakutira Thapelo Mapilo Sinjen Bourn Siyasanga Nongxa Tashreeq Bassier Mikhyle Nel Garrin Bruwer

6 9) PARENT FORUM Matric Expo A new concept brought in by our Parent Forum is the Matric Dance Expo (MD-X). For the first time, we have businesses coming to display their goods and services - from tanning and manicures to the beautiful luxury limousines which you can rent for this prestigious event. WHEN: TIME: WHERE: Fairmont (and top Rugby field) Friday, 16 May 14h30 20h00 Multi-Purpose Centre You can also read more on this by logging onto Facebook: WhatsonatFairmont Diarise this date because you don t want to miss this event. 10) DRUM MAJORETTES

7 11) LIBRARIAN S CHOICE CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF by NELSON MANDELA In real life we deal, not with gods, but with ordinary humans like ourselves: men and women who are full of contradictions, who are stable and fickle, strong and weak, famous and infamous. Nelson Mandela Conversations With Myself gives readers access to the private man behind the public figure: from letters written in the darkest hours of Mandela s twentyseven years of imprisonment to the draft of an unfinished sequel to Long Walk to Freedom. Here he is making notes and even doodling during meetings, or recording troubled dreams on the desk calendar of his cell on Robben Island; writing journals while on the run during the anti-apartheid struggles of the early 1960 s, or conversing with friends in almost seventy hours of recorded conversations. In these pages he is neither icon nor a saint; here he is like you and me. An intimate journey from the first stirrings of his political conscience to his galvanizing role on the world stage, Conversations With Myself is a rare chance to spend time with Nelson Mandela the man, in his own voice: direct, clear, private. 12) CROSS COUNTRY EXCELS Twelve Fairmont athletes took part in the second zonal trial at Malibu High School on Wednesday, 24 April, with Nina Dunleavy being placed first in the Girls U15 heat. Nina Dunleavy on achieving 1 st place TOP POSITIONS U15 Girls Nina Dunleavy 1 st U16 Boys Samuel van der Merwe 2 nd U17 Girls Carmen van der Merwe 3 rd U19 Girls Christine de Kock 4 th We are extremely proud of the placings of all the other Monties who participated, considering that there are up to 100 athletes per race!

8 All Monties athletes with Team Manager, Mrs Visagé, who participated 13) SPORT Please note all fixtures are subject to change. Your manager will inform you of any changes. SPORT DAY DATE TEAM OPPONENT Hockey - Boys' Fri/Sat 9/10 May U14A Bergvliet (Away) U14B Westerford U14B (Away) U14C BO U14A (Home) U15A Cannons Creek U16A (Home) U16A Bergvliet (Away) U16B Bergvliet (Away) U16C Monument Park U16A (Home) U16D Jan van Riebeeck U16A (Home) U19A Bergvliet (Home) U19B Bergvliet (Home) Fri/Sat 16/17 May U14A Diocesan College (Home) U14B Diocesan College (Home) U14C Diocesan College (Home) U15A Diocesan College (Home) U16A Diocesan College (Home) U16B Diocesan College (Home) U16C Diocesan College (Home) U16D Diocesan College (Home) U19A Diocesan College (Home) U19B Diocesan College (Home) Fri/Sat 22/23 May U14A Fairbairn College (Away) U14B Fairbairn College (Away) U14C Fairbairn College (Away) U15A SACS (Home) U16A Fairbairn College (Away) U16B Fairbairn College (Away) U16C Fairbairn College (Away) U16D SACS (Home) U19A Fairbairn College (Away) U19B Fairbairn College (Away)

9 SPORT DAY DATE TEAM OPPONENT Fri/Sat 30/31 May U14A DF Malan (Home) U14B DF Malan (Home) U14C DF Malan (Home) U15A Rondebosch U16A DF Malan (Home) U16B DF Malan (Home) U16C DF Malan (Home) U16D DF Malan (Home) U19A DF Malan U19B DF Malan Hockey - Girls' Sat 10 May U14A Bergvliet Derby U14B Bergvliet Derby U16A Springfield (Home) U16B Bergvliet Derby U16C Bergvliet Derby U16D Bergvliet Derby 1st Springfield (Home) 2nd Bergvliet Derby 3rd Bergvliet Derby 4th Bergvliet Derby Cross Country Thu 6 May League 3 HTS (Bellville) Wed 14 May League 4 Fairmont Wed 21 May League 5 Blackheath Wed 28 May League 6 Bernadino Heights WPA X COUNTRY Sat 3 May League 1 UWC Sat 10 May League 2 CPUT Sun 18 May League 3 Elfindale Sat 24 May League 4 Youngsfield Sat 7 Jun League 5 Koeberg Sun 20 Jul League 6 Atlantis Sat 26 Jul League 7 Rocklands Sat 2 Aug League 8 Correc / Service Golf Mon 5 May Fairmont A WC Sport School (Durbanville) Fairmont B Edgemead (Parow) Mon 12 May Fairmont A DF Malan (Durbanville) Fairmont B Durbanville (Durbanville) Mon 19 May Fairmont A De Kuilen (Kuilsrivier) Fairmont B Brackenfell (Kuilsrivier) Mon 26 May Fairmont A Brackenfell (Kuilsrivier) Fairmont B Bellville (Durbanville) Mon 2 Jun Fairmont A BYE Fairmont B Atlantis Schools Rugby Sat 10 May U14 Bergvliet Derby (Away) U15 Bergvliet Derby (Away) U16 Bergvliet Derby (Away) U19 Bergvliet Derby (Away)

10 SPORT DAY DATE TEAM OPPONENT Sat 17 May U14 Islamia College (Away) U15 Islamia College (Away) U16 Islamia College (Away) U19 Islamia College (Away) Sat 24 May U14 Fairbairn College Derby (Away) U15 Fairbairn College Derby (Away) U16 Fairbairn College Derby (Away) U19 Fairbairn College Derby (Away) Sat 31 May U14 Parel Vallei Sports Day (Away) U15 Parel Vallei Sports Day (Away) U16 Parel Vallei Sports Day (Away) U19 Parel Vallei Sports Day (Away) Sat 7 Jun U14 Laborie Sports Day (Away) U15 Laborie Sports Day (Away) U16 Laborie Sports Day (Away) U19 Laborie Sports Day (Away) 26 Jun - 30 Jun 1st Cambridge Rugby Tour (Away) Soccer - Boys' Thu 24 Apr U16A Herzlia Middle (Home) U16B Edgemead B (Home) Tue 6 May U14 JG Meiring (Home) U19A Tournament at 5's Football U19B Tournament at 5's Football Thu 8 May U16A Edgemead A (Home) U16B Milnerton B (Away) Tue 13 May U14 Elkanah House Wed 14 May U19A Parklands (Home) U19B CBC (Away) Thu 15 May U16A Camps Bay (Home) U16B YZK College (Home) Tue 20 May U14 Oude Molen A (Home) Wed 21 May U19A Eben Donges (Away) U19B Cape Town High School Thu 22 May U16A DSK (Away) U16B Eben Donges (Away) Soccer - Girls' Tue 6 May U19A Tournament at 5's Football U19B Tournament at 5's Football Wed 7 May U15A Buren H.S. (Home) U15B Oude Molen (Away) Tue 13 May U19A Elkanah House (Away) U19B JG Meiring (Away) Wed 14 May U15A Bye U15B Herzlia Middle (Home) Tue 20 May U19A Edgemead A (Away) U19B Buren H.S. (Away) Wed 21 May U15A DSK (Away) U15B Edgemead B (Home)

11 14) BOYS HOCKEY RESULTS Wednesday, 23 April : 1 st Team vs Crawford (Lone Hill, Johannesburg) The visitors looked good until Kyle Friester scored a field goal off the Goalkeepers pads after 10 minutes. They responded by a series of concerted attacks on our goal, but Matthew Martins showed why he is the South African U18 keeper by nonchalantly clearing the ball off their hockey sticks. Thereafter, the Fairmont 1 st team machine got into their stride with 6 more goals from Jamie Christians (3), Schaughn van Greunen and two more by Kyle Friester, giving Fairmont an easy 7 0 win. After the game, the Crawford coach said that this was their biggest loss in her 3 years as Crawford s coach, and invited our boys to tour Johannesburg in a tournament arranged by them. She further commented that their behaviour on the field, and the respect that they showed the umpires, was why they were inviting our boys (as well as their hockey skills!). Other Results: U16A vs Fairmont 2 nd Won 2 : 0 U16B vs Tableview U16A Lost 1 : 2 U14A vs Edgemead U14A Drew 0 : 0 U14B vs Tableview U14A Drew 0 : 0 15) WELL DONE District North Cricket Team Selection Four of our learners have been chosen for the District North age-group teams for These cricketers will participate as a team in the winter program which is held during the off-season May to September period at the indoor facilities of the Peninsula Cricket Academy. The aim is to condition and prepare our cricketers through a high performance winter program for the new cricket season, and this winter program starts the weekend of the 3 & 4 May U15 U17 U19 Liam Witten Aintree Burns Kyle de Wet Schaughn van Greunen Aintree Burns, Schaughn van Greunen, Kyle de Wet, Liam Witten Tristan Hamilton Gr. 11 Congratulations to Tristan on a couple of Golf achievements! He qualified for South Africa U19, qualified to play National Order of Merit taking place on 1 & 2 May at St Francis Links, and was selected for the WP U17 team playing at the Riversdale Triangular on May. Well done Tristan! We wish you everything of the best for the upcoming tournaments! Tristan in his WP Golf Colours blazer

12 16) PRINCIPAL We wish all our families a happy time together this next week, and ask that our pupils use the days off school to work towards their forthcoming exams. Yours sincerely Mr R Dingley PRINCIPAL Disclaimer: Fairmont High School does not necessarily endorse the products/services advertised in this circular.

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