Honours for our Top Achievers

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1 Newsletter #18 / 1 November 2018 Honours for our Top Achievers The annual Honours Dinner was held on 18 October in the school hall. Our top learners who have excelled in academics, sports, service and culture were recognised for their outstanding achievements at this event. Courteney Pienaar received the evening s top award - HONOURS TRIPLE COLOURS - from our Principal, Mr Wilke, in acknowledgement of obtaining Senior Full Colours in Academics, Swimming and Water Polo. The Honours Dinner is held annually as an exclusive event for top achievers in Grades 10, 11 and 12. Only those learners who have obtained Senior Full Colours and Honours at Rand Park during the year are invited to attend. Succeeding at this level requires absolute dedication, perseverance, commitment and most importantly, excellence. The Colours and Honours roll is published in the annual school magazine, The Oriole, which is distributed at the end of the academic year to all learners. Congratulations to our top achievers who received Senior Full Colours and Honours this year. We are proud of your successes in the classroom; on the sports field; in the cultural arena and in the service to others.

2 NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS School Closing Time for Grade 8 & November The school will run on Wednesday times for the week leading up to the examinations. School will therefore close at 13h00 from 5 to 9 November. From 12 November, finishing times will be according to the examination timetable. Textbooks & Stationery lists for 2019 have been posted on the school s website and on the D6 School Communicator. Rand Park Bus Service Book Now! *New Route Catch the morning bus to Rand Park. R750 per learner, per term. Limited seats available. Two routes from January 2019: Rock Cottage to Rand Park* (NEW!) Weltevreden Park Primary to RPHS Booking forms are available from Mrs Kerr: rphs@randparkhigh.co.za RCL Food Drive The RCL has started the annual Food Drive so that hampers of food products can be packed for our Ground Staff as a thank you for their work during the year. Learners are requested to contribute one non-perishable food item which may be handed in to their RCL representative. The collection will continue until the end of Term 4. Examples of items being collected include: Sugar Toothpaste Bath soap Mayonnaise Jam Rice & Pasta Oil Peanut Butter Tinned Beans Tinned Fish Tinned Beef Tinned Vegetables Packets of Soup Thrift Shop Trading Hours During Exams Wed, 7 November Fri, 9 November Wed, 14 November : 10h30 11h00 13h00 13h30 : 10h30 11h00 : 10h30 11h00 Wed, 21 November Mon, 10 December Wed, 12 December : 10h30 11h00 : 10h00 12h00 : 08h00 10h00

3 TOP 20 ACADEMICS TERM 3 GRADE 8 1 Rhys Meyer 2 Tamsin Swart 2 Francois Le Grange 4 Thabiso Naka 4 Kemaiya Govender 6 Shikara Bharat 6 Jason Green 6 Tyne Rouquette 9 Trinity Hull 10 Zanokuhle Myeni 10 Anusha Ramanathan 10 Jessica Rossouw 10 May Badenhorst 10 Carmen Gossman 15 Anjali Bauchoo 15 Melissa Buchholz 15 Declan Hugo 15 Sudhir Ajodhya 15 Lisa Buitenhuis 20 Caley Fauconier 20 Lamees Essop 20 Jayden Pieterse GRADE 10 1 Natasha Otto 2 Robyn Clark 2 Yasmin Soror 2 Blade White-Smee 2 Chanté Klynsmith 6 Marisa Naidoo 6 Gabriella Adolphe 8 Sarah-Leigh Stanton 8 Kiyana Rehnema 8 Zoë Chishimba 11 Angela Graham 11 Hannah Nash 13 Dylan Coertzen 13 Jieun Choi 15 Goitsemodimo Babedi 15 Hannah Reddy 15 Ngiyabonga Manana 15 Kaylee Moodley 19 Thomas Cornelius 19 Georgina Furter 19 Cassidy Naidoo 19 Jeremy Bibb 19 Letlhogonolo Liebenberg 19 Rinae Mamphaga GRADE 9 1 Olivia Davies 1 Monique Nieuwenhuizen 3 Jaden Viljoen 4 Amber du Plessis 4 Megan Rushworth 4 Kerryn Chetty 7 Abbigail Daves 7 Cairin Van T Hof 9 Teagan José 9 Kimischca Naidoo 9 Sharon Fotso 9 Courtney-Simone van Zyl 13 Jaime Coles 13 Taya Arnold 13 Tanya Freese 13 Kira Butt 13 Nicole Mazikana 18 Isabella Smith 18 Immaculate Masunungure 18 Megan Savage 18 Shanna Henderson GRADE 11 1 Connor Houston 2 Kyla Swart 3 Joshua Lerm 4 Megan Liddle 4 Sabrina Goncalves 4 Courteney Pienaar 7 Angela Spenceley 7 Daniel Appelman 7 Ruan Kriel 10 Mishka Stemmet 10 Sandra Grasilovic 10 Channing Du Plessis 13 Gao Mogokonyane 13 Dean Abrahams 15 Jenna Hirsch 15 Arno Van Zyl 17 Tashan Chetty 18 Robyn Strydom 18 Carmen Wright 18 Gabriella Smith 18 Phoebe Redelinghuys

4 TOP 20 MERITS TERM 3 GRADE 8 1 Erin Pillay 2 Rhys Meyer 3 Tamsin Swart 4 Lauriesian Brett 5 Kristin Keenan 6 Mpho Matodzi 7 Matthew Smith 7 Tyla Wright 9 Kaitlyn Koevort 9 Mañana Du Toit 11 Rachel Kruger 12 Declan Hugo 13 Tamia Anderson 13 Tisani Mohajane 13 Melissa Buchholz 16 Ashleigh Badenhorst 16 Joshua Abourizk 18 Michaela Haripersad 19 Travis Smit 19 Caley Fauconier 20 Shikara Bharat 20 Tia Willis 20 Callum Townsley 20 Tshiamo Hlomuka GRADE 10 1 Nicholas Tebbit 2 Tiayana Nappies 3 Gabriella Adolphe 4 Milah Woolnough 5 Letlhogonolo Liebenberg 6 Tyler Glasson 7 Cameron Willis 8 Dylan Lloyd 8 Robyn Clark 10 Rick Weimar 11 Nikki Murgatroyd 12 Hannah Nash 12 Angela Graham 14 Yasmin Soror 14 Cailey Balfour 14 Bandile Gamede 17 Dylan De Klerk 17 Bryan Robinson 19 Georgina Furter 20 Letumile Chocho GRADE 9 1 Jaden Viljoen 2 Monique Nieuwenhuizen 2 Jaime Coles 4 Jessica Pick 5 Aiden Pitout 6 Megan Savage 7 Megan Rushworth 8 Immaculate Masunungure 9 Olivia Davies 10 Jaden Govender 11 Kerryn Chetty 12 Amé Johnson 13 Amy Mc Bride 14 Dylan Grove 14 Taya Arnold 16 Kayla Schwarz 17 Nicole Somerset 18 Andrew Bowles 19 Shawwal Bagaria 19 Alyssa Hoock 19 Teagan José 20 Justina Ilunga GRADE 11 1 Samantha Thomas 2 Zavier Rabatin 3 Amy Bannister 4 Zeta Rabatin 5 Jabulile Mbanjwa 6 Kevell Umrao 7 Joshua Lerm 8 Richard Sims 9 Connor Houston 10 Andrea Ramsay 11 Channing Du Plessis 12 Gareth Murdoch 13 Christina Koevort 14 Megan Liddle 15 Ruan Kriel 15 Hannah Zoutendyk 17 Kiash Chetty 18 Sandra Grasilovic 18 Timothy Langa 18 Muhammad Muslim

5 DEBATING & EISTEDDFOD NEWS The Inter-House Debating Competition was held last week. Congratulations to the winning House, Martin and to the runners-up, Loerie. Well done to the debate winners: Erin Dix, Olivia Davies, Zoë Chishimba, Gina Furter and Hannah Nash. The following learners earned a certificate for excellent debating: Best Junior Speaker: Olivia Davies (Loerie) Argued for Competition is necessary for better learning. Best Senior Speaker: Best Debate: Hannah Nash (Loerie) Argued against Competition is necessary for better learning. Prostitution Should Be Legalised Zoë Chishimba (Martin) and Maryjane Igbojinna (Bishop) raised thought-provoking issues. Thank you to all who took the time to participate. Several learners participated in the National Eisteddfod Cultural Festival during September and did very well. Congratulations to the following learners. SINGING KELLY CLARKE ABIGAYLE ROYFFE TEYA POULSEN ISABELLA SMITH 2 DIPLOMAS 3 DIPLOMAS DRAMA MEGHAN GOOD OLIVIA DAVIES DIPLOMA 3 DIPLOMAS DANCING KAYLA RACHSTEIN ISABELLA SMITH KYLA SWART 2 S DIPLOMA DIPLOMA READING JAIME COLES JESSICA PICK DIPLOMA POETRY AND PROSE KIARA NAIDOO MARYJANE IGBOJINNA JESSICA PICK MEGAN RUSHWORTH ROBYN STRYDOM JEMMA POLLOCK BIANCA LIEBENBERG & HANNAH NASH JADE WERNER & JORDAN HENRY MEGHAN GOOD OLIVIA DAVIES BRONZE SILVER SILVER and a DIPLOMA and 2 DIPLOMAS

6 SPORTS RESULTS Water Polo Friday, 19 October Boys vs Saheti 1 st Team Lost 3 7 Juniors Lost 1 7 Wednesday, 24 October Boys vs Reddam Bedfordview 1 st Team Lost 2 18 Juniors Lost 4 6 Boys vs Reddam Helderfontein 1 st Team Won 24 1 Friday, 26 October Boys vs Fourways 1 st Team Won 9 2 Juniors Lost 1 2 Girls vs Fourways 1 st Team Won 7 2 Juniors Won 6 0 Swimming Thursday, 18 October A Team Northcliff 497 Rand Park 345 Trinityhouse RPR 303 Fourways 280 B Team Linden 202 Edenvale 182 Waterstone 156 Rand Park B 122 Edenglen 58 Thursday, 25 October A Team Northcliff 512 Rand Park 406 Fourways 274 Trinityhouse RPR 272

7 SPORTS RESULTS Cricket Wednesday, 17 October 1 st Team vs Hoërskool Randburg Rand Park batted first and scored 88 for 3 in 20 overs Randburg batted second and scored 90 for no Rand Park lost by 10 2 nd Team vs St Stithians Rand Park batted first and were 69 all out St Stithians batted second and scored 70 for no Rand Park lost by 10 U15A vs Central Hub Rand Park batted first and scored 121 all out Central Hub batted second and scored 122 for 6 Rand Park lost by 4 U14A vs Alex Cricket Club Rand Park batted first and scored 124 all out Alex batted second and were bowled out for 64 Rand Park won by 60 runs Notable performances: Damian de Jongh took 4 for 20 runs Camron Govender scored 36 runs Saturday, 20 October 2 nd Team vs Hyde Park Rand Park batted first and scored 81 all out Hyde Park batted second and scored 82 for 1 wicket Rand Park lost by 9 U15A vs Noordheuwel Rand Park batted first and scored 155 all out Noordheuwel batted second and were 120 all out Rand Park won by 35 runs Notable performance: Leandro da Silva scored 37 runs U14A vs Noordheuwel Noordheuwel batted first and scored 336 for 6 in 35 overs Rand Park were 167 for 5 Match was a draw due to rain which stopped play Notable performances: Jack Loram scored 58 runs and took 3 for 35 runs Sunday, 21 October Best of the West Tournament 1 st Team vs Trinityhouse RPR Trinity batted first and scored 215 for 4 in 20 overs Rand Park batted second and scored 99 for 6 in 20 overs Rand Park lost by 116 runs vs Krugersdorp Krugersdorp batted first and scored 134 for 6 in 20 overs Rand Park batted second and scored 136 for 2 Rand Park won by 8 Notable performances: Tyler Glasson scored 65 not out Kian Moodley took 3 for 30 runs /pto

8 SPORTS RESULTS Cricket Continued Best of the West Tournament Cont. vs Bastion Rand Park batted first and scored 149 for 5 in 20 overs Bastion batted second and scored 132 all out Rand Park won by 74 runs Notable performances: Timothy Langa scored 46 not out and took 3 for 35 runs Kian Moodley took 3 for 11 runs Rand Park won the Plate section of the competition, with Kian Moodley being named Bowler of the Tournament. Wednesday, 24 October 1 st Team vs Beaulieu Beaulieu batted first and scored 236 for 4 in 20 overs Rand Park batted second and scored 154 for 8 in 20 overs Rand Park lost by 82 runs Notable performance: Bryan Robinson scored 56 runs 2 nd Team vs Northcliff Northcliff batted first and scored 256 for 5 Rand Park were 33 all out Rand Park lost by 223 runs U15A vs Parktown Rand Park batted first and scored 169 all out Parktown batted second and scored 170 for no Rand Park lost by 10 Notable performance: Kian Moodley scored 75 runs Above: 1 st Team players received medals and the Plate Trophy at the Best of the West Tournament. U14A vs Northcliff Rand Park batted first and scored 89 all out Northcliff batted second and scored 90 for no Rand Park lost by 10 Notable performance: Robert Gradie scored 36 not out Left: Kian Moodley Bowler of the Tournament

9 SPORTS RESULTS Cricket Continued Saturday, 27 October vs Dainfern 1 st Team Rand Park batted first and scored 263 for 8 in 50 overs Dainfern batted second and scored 264 for 8 Rand Park lost by 2 Notable performances: Bryan Robinson scored 67 runs not out Benjamin du Preez score 41 runs Tyler Glasson scored 43 runs Tashan Chetty scored 41 runs Girls Tennis Tuesday, 23 October A Team vs Kingsmead C Won B Team vs Kingsmead D Lost Boys Tennis Friday, 26 October A Team vs St Alban s A Won Boys Junior Inter-High Saturday, 27 October Rand Park placed 7 th out of 16 schools. Congratulations to the following boys who represented Rand Park: Rhys Meyer, Matthew Burrows, Riku Swartz and Daniel Linström. U14A Rand Park batted first and scored 122 runs all out Dainfern batted second and scored 124 for 2 Rand Park lost by 8 Notable performance: Matthew De Klerk took 2 for 10 runs

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