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1 Prep Patter is available online at Follow us on and facebook at Durban Prep Parent Community DPHS NEWS AND RESULTS BULLETIN 06: WEDNESDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2016 The Headmaster : hpike@dphs.co.za Admissions : denise@dphs.co.za Media Centre : mmuthusamy@dphs.co.z Marketing : cmccarthy@dphs.co.za a Finance : michellew@dphs.co.za Sports Office : michaeldick@dphs.co.za TELEPHONE: FAX: FROM THE HEADMASTER The first Prep Pal meetings met the expectations of the many who had eagerly anticipated their first encounter with the members of their 2016 Prep Pal family. Each Grade 7 Leader was able to set the tone for the year with their respective group, duly assisted by house teachers as a guide on the side. This initiative contributes much to the camaraderie in the school and we look forward to the further promotion of this sense of oneness amongst the boys of Prep through the year. Of matters DPHS Family and School Governance: Notice of the School Governing Body By Election Meeting of 18h30 Thursday 18 February 2016 was sent a month ago. The Notice is also available in Resources (under General ) on the school s d6 Communicator. We are expecting a good turn by DPHS parents to exercise their right to vote at this important meeting. Manners maketh the man. As the boys will often hear in assembly, our People of Prep ; boys, staff and parents; are our very best advertisements. The school is happy to receive many a letter, recording and commenting on the good impression left on folk coming into contact with representatives of the school. I close this week by sharing with you excerpts from a letter (name supplied) received last week: Good Morning,

2 I have had the most awful experiences while visiting various schools and watching the behaviour of the scholars and have been completely appalled! I was beginning to wonder if this was now the way of the world Yesterday I attended the... and while sitting on the benches observed a young man, between the ages of 6 8 playing by a tree. (After a while) he dusted himself off, neatened his shirt and came skipping past me. When he reached me he stopped and greeted me: Good afternoon, Ma am and continued on his way. I was completely blown over! I noticed his badge on his shirt and thought that, even though he was not at his school or with a parent, he instinctively knew to greet and this behaviour for him was completely normal something I have not seen in many years. this little boy has restored my faith in the young adults they will become. I thought I would let you know ab this incident as I am sure your teachers would like to know that what they are teaching these children, ab manners and respect and how they portray themselves of the school premises, is indeed working! They should be very proud of themselves. Thank you to all who guide and assist the boys to continue to contribute to Prep s honoured name. Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. (Joshua J Marine) CONGRATULATIONS The following boys were chosen as Swimming Captains of their respective swim teams: A Team: Chad Uys B Team: Taine Roothman C Team: Riley Hardwick D Team: Samuel Spooner DPHS staff member Ross Bedford participated in the Midmar Mile swim on the weekend. He received a Pope Ellis Biathlon medal for completing both the Comrades Marathon and the Midmar Mile. The school is very proud of our swimming coach, Heather Campbell. For the fifth year in succession, Coach Campbell swam all 8 Midmar Mile weekend programme events, raising money for the Pink Drive Fund (breast and prostate cancer) fund. We have been informed the following boys successfully completed the Midmar Mile on Sunday 14th February 2016: Matthew Hayes, Yusuf Dhai, Mark Maree, Seth Hopkins and Jack Hampson Benjamin Ribbink was awarded 3 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze and U11 boys Competitor of the Championship pennants at the 2016 Lifesaving KZN Nipper Championships. This year 2 teams were entered in the SA Kids Lit Quiz held at Durban Girls College on Monday 15 February. They were 2 of 33 teams answering 10 categories of 10 questions each. Both teams won a category each and received R400 in vouchers. Yahshiv Moodley answered 2 individual questions and won R20 and Joshua Maskell answered 1 individual question and won R10.

3 Jibran Mulla, Nicholas Kidd, Yahshiv Moodley, Javashkar Naidoo, Javhar Naidoo, Asher Knox Davies, Douglas Wilson and Joshua Maskell took part, we are very proud of them. The following boys have been selected to participate in the KZN U11 Cricket Festival from 4 6 March 2016 for the Central Durban Cricket Team. Wade Veitch, Huzaifah Badat, Michael Thornton, Hamza Mahomed, Yusuf Thandar and Dominic Hislop CALENDAR Wednesday 17 February Thursday 18 February Friday 19 February Saturday 20 February Sunday 21 February Monday 22 February Tuesday 23 February Wednesday 24 February Cricket vs Highbury SGB: By Election Cricket vs Highbury Mini Cricket Cricket vs Highbury D&D C Gala D&D B Gala D&D A Gala 02:00pm 06:00pm 02:00pm 07:20am 01:00pm 05:00pm RECEPTION UNIT NEWS Thanks to the parents who attended our School Readiness Evening presentation, we are sure you found the talk most worthwhile. A big thank you must also be extended to the Blue Group parents for providing the delicious eats. On Thursday, Puppet World will be presenting a show to the boys on Homes and Habitats. Please remember that Eye Screening will be taking place during school on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd February. JUNIOR PRIMARY NEWS Last Friday was a particularly important day at Prep. The boys arrived at school dressed in their House Kit and started the day with their first Prep Pal meeting of the year. The focus was on meeting each member of their new family under the care of their appointed Grade 7 leader. Activities involved games and discussion which gave the boys opportunities to introduce themselves and to get to know something important ab each other. The Grade 7 leaders always take particular care of the JP boys in their family and are looking forward to supporting them in their various endeavours during the year. Three U9 cricket teams had the exciting experience of travelling to Pietermaritzburg to play their fixtures against and did themselves proud. The results of these matches can be found in the results tables below. Prep has a proud swimming tradition and there are many JP boys who have recently made some fine achievements in this area. A number of U9 boys have been selected to swim in the DPHS U10 teams. They participated in galas last week and will also be competing in the Durban and Districts Galas next week. An U8 and U9 team will be participating in the Friendly Relay Gala at Glenwood Prep on Thursday afternoon. One of the Grade One boys, Seth Hopkins,

4 swam in two Midmar Mile events at the weekend! Special congratulations and best wishes are extended to each of these swimmers. MERIT AWARDS Congratulations to this week s recipients WEEKLY MERIT AWARD WELL DONE CLASS NAME REASON GRADE 1 GRADE 2 Langley Samuel Joel Giai Minietti For his good word recognition skills Muhammad Uwais For his lovely manners and Aboobaker very pleasing work Everitt Griffon le Meme For his very good work skills Henry Harker For always giving of his best Greensill Ross Young For trying hard in all aspects of his school day Ryan van Zyl For his very neat work and good word recognition skills Twaddle Michael Jansen For his beautiful work presentation Muhammad Seedat For his kind, friendly nature May Jake McDonald For his consistent good work Nabeel Jhazbhay For his improved task completion Bush Keane Petzer For his perseverance when faced with challenges Matthew Mottram For well presented work and beautiful manners Murphy Jan Bothma For his beautifully presented James Aitken work For giving of his best in all tasks and his kind nature Oosthuis Ethan Aitken For his good work skills and beautiful manners

5 GRADE 3 Michael Howden For giving of his best in all of the subjects Veerasamy Zachary Ungerer For his bubbly nature and his enjoyment of Maths Matthew Terblanche For his lovely smile and giving of his best in all subjects Marklew Mbuso Zondi For his diligent approach to all tasks Jaxon Ribbink For his helpful nature and for always giving of his best Martin Zwa Mpanza For his excellent listening skills and beautiful manners Thomas Taylor For his excellent listening skills and beautiful work Vawda Tushar Bhikha For his diligent approach to all tasks Joshua Hansmann For trying hard to give of his best Junior Primary Paper Recycling Challenge Recyclers of the Week 1st Grade 2 Oosthuis (6m 80cm) 2nd Grade 1 Everitt (2m 85cm) SPORTS NEWS Cricket Results * Denotes hat trick DPHS 1st vs 204 for 8 Muhammad Azhar Akoob 3/47 DPHS 124 all Nicholas Hatton 27 DPHS lost by 81 runs DPHS 2nd vs 120 for 8 DPHS 121 for 1 Jack Aylward 5/12 Callum Jestin 3/22 Matthew Gore 55 n.o Mickele Lehman 50 n.o DPHS won by 9 wickets DPHS 3rd vs DPHS 124 all Karan Varyani 38 n.o 118 all Aidan Jack 2/8 Karan Varyani 2/12 Joshua Neill 2/17 DPHS won by 6 runs DPHS 4th vs 156 for 6 DPHS 61 all DPHS lost by 95 runs

6 DPHS 5th vs 70 all DPHS 71 for 1 Wesley Simon 2/8 James Bentley 2/11 Amile Gumede 2/12 Toby Rautenbach 25 n.o Javhar Naidoo 19 n.o DPHS won by 9 wickets DPHS 6th vs 102 for Keenan Mcleod 2/0 4 DPHS 84 for 7 Prince Dube 20 DPHS lost by 20 runs DPHS 7th vs 71 for 9 DPHS 72 for 1 Cameron Thom 31 n.o DPHS won by 9 wickets DPHS U11A vs DPHS 163 for 6 Wade Veitch 50 n.o Huzaifah Badat all Huzaifah Badat 3/14 Michael Thornton 2/13 DPHS won by 50 runs DPHS U11B vs 62 all Ahmed Limalia 3/10 Mackenzie Haygarth 2/3 DPHS 63 for 1 Hamza Mahomed 21 n.o Scott McKay 17 n.o DPHS won by 9 wickets DPHS U11C vs DPHS 131 for 8 Luke Freitag 20 all Colm Reardon 2/2 DPHS won by 35 runs DPHS U11D vs 72 for 9 Luke Tombleson 2/5 Angus Arro 21 DPHS 74 for 2 Matthew Hayes 18 n.o DPHS won by 8 wickets DPHS U10A vs 79 for 6 Shahzaad Perumal 2/10 Luke Davidson 2/14 DPHS 83 for 4 Nehal Naidoo 21 Daniel Sweeney 18 DPHS won by 6 wickets

7 DPHS U10A vs Glenwood Prep DPHS 113 for 9 Glenwood Prep 60 Oliver da Costa 2/12 for 8 Daniel Sweeney 3/12 DPHS won by 54 runs DPHS U10B vs 121 for Jared Pearson 2/12 8 Joshua Shwood 2/16 DPHS 89 for 9 DPHS lost by 32 runs DPHS U10C vs 95 for 6 Dawood Akoob 2/9 Kwandokuhle Dlamini 2/10 DPHS 96 for 2 Muhammad Butler 30 n.o DPHS won by 8 wickets DPHS U10D vs DPHS 90 for 7 Jack Foster all Jack Foster 4/10 DPHS won by 30 runs DPHS U9A vs DPHS 186 for 8 Tristan Uys 44 Ismaeel Omar 43 Jason Campese all Cohen Naidoo 3/4 Thomas Taylor 3/8 Luke Macduff 2/9 DPHS won by 107 runs DPHS U9B vs 54 all Jordan Matthews 2/3 DPHS 55 for 6 DPHS won by 4 wickets DPHS U9C vs 78 for 8 Ryan Spooner 2/10 DPHS 79 for 6 Lucas Peria 41 n.o DPHS won by 4 wickets DPHS Headmaster s 2016 List of Top 10 Batting and Bowling Performances as at 15 February BATTING Score Name Tea Opposition m n.o N Hatton 1st Clifton 2 62 M Bergset 1st Clifton 3 60 J Wilmans 3rd Clifton 4 58 n.o S Spooner 3rd Clifton

8 5 56 n.o M Wellbeloved 4th St Stithians 6 56 N Hatton 1st St Stithians 7 55 M Gore 2nd Clifton 55 M Gore 2nd 8 52 M Stewart 11A Westville 9 51 T Arro 4th St Stithians n.o W Veitch 11A 50 n.o M Lehman 2nd BOWLING Score Name Tea Opposition m 1 6 wkts for 12 K Setzkorn 11D Clifton 2 5 wkts for 5 S Rampiari 10E Northlands 5 wkts for 5 L Tombleson 11E Northlands 11C 3 5 wkts for 12 J Aylward 2nd 4 4 wkts for 10 J Foster 10D 5 4 wkts for 18 S Perumal 10A St Stithians 6 4 wkts for 20 R Taylor 4th St Stithians 7 3 wkts for 0 N Dlamini 10D Clifton 8 3 wkts for 2 J Aitken 10B Westville 9 3 wkts for 4 C Naidoo 9A 10 3 wkts for 5 T Hammond 4th Westville 3 wkts for 5 E Reeves 5th Clifton * Denotes including hat trick Cricket Fixtures WEEK 5 Day/Date Tea m Opponents Venue Time Wednesday 17 Feb 3rd Highbury DPHS (Smith) 14h20 5th Highbury Highbury 14h20 7th Highbury Highbury 14h20 11A Glenwood Prep 11A Glenwood Prep 14h20 11C Highbury Collegians 14h20 11E Highbury 11D DPHS (Walshaw) 14h20 10A Highbury Highbury 14h20 10B Highbury DHSOB 14h20 10E Highbury 10D Highbury 14h20 Thursday 18 Feb 1st Glenwood Prep 1st DPHS (Smith) 14h20 2nd Glenwood Prep 2nd Glenwood Prep 14h20 Friday 19 Feb 16 9A Highbury DPHS (Smith) 14h00 9B Highbury Highbury 14h00 9C Highbury Highbury 14h00 9D Highbury DPHS (Walshaw) 14h00 11D Chelsea DHSOB 14h15

9 10D Chelsea Collegians 14h15 Saturday 20 Feb 16 2nd Highbury DPHS (Smith) 09h00 4th Highbury Highbury 09h00 6th Highbury Highbury 09h00 11A Highbury DPHS (Walshaw) 09h00 11B Highbury Highbury 09h00 10C Highbury Highbury 09h00 ERRATUM BIG BASH PRO 10 VS ST STITHIANS The U11B Cricket team completed their Big Bash Pro 10 match vs St Stithians with a win. The match was not drawn due to rain. TEA RESULTS M 1st Match drawn due to rain 2nd Match drawn due to rain 3rd Match drawn due to rain 4th Match drawn due to rain 11A Match drawn due to rain 11B Won by 8 Wickets 10A Won by 10 runs DPHS ASSOCIATION Director: Richard Neave rneave@dphs.co.za FIELDING BRILLIANCE AWARD One of the great thrills of being a sport follower is how frequently a game or a match can turn on a moment of sheer brilliance or excellence by the team or an individual. The more moments of brilliance a team or individual achieves, the greater their chance of success. Supporters or spectators of DPHS sport know how hard DPHS teams and boys work to take their skill and team work to the highest possible level. I m not referring to A teams or 1st teams only. I have seen and been told of standing brilliance in inter school fixtures across the full range of weekly fixtures, from E to A team and 6th to 1st Team! I am referring to cricket, tennis, water polo, swimming and golf this term. The Association fielding brilliance award for this week goes to KARAN VARYANI, 3rd team cricketer, whose super clean pick up, bullet fast and pin point accurate throw from mid wicket ran the opening batsman to ensure a win for DPHS in a match that went right to the wire! Please see in this edition of the Prep Patter, Karan s excellent bowling and batting figures in the same match. DEDICATION, SACRIFICE AND HARD WORK The DPHS Association stands tall in tribute and awe of the DPHS water polo teams, coaches and parents who despite the great handicap and obvious duress of being with a DPHS water polo pool go to the extreme extent of practising on Sundays or whenever an opportunity presents itself to strive to be the best water polo primary school in KZN. You know what I m talking ab! DPHS has always known how to fight their way to the top. No school in Sh Africa that I know of has more fight per square metre than DPHS. What pride you bring to your Association, Old Boys Friends and Supporters. This afternoon the DPHS 1st Team take on the big guns when they play the Kearsney U14A team at Kearsney College. GENERAL DPHS OPEN DAY

10 The DPHS Open Day is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 2 March For further details contact Caroline McCarthy on cmccarthy@dphs.co.za TERM DATES as supplied by Naptosa TERM 1: 13 January 18 March TERM 2: 05 April 24 June TERM 3: 18 July 30 September TERM 4: 10 October 07 December Follow us on and on Facebook at Durban Prep Parent Community