The Bryneven Bulletin

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1 The Bryneven Bulletin Vol 21 No 7 August 2017 School Communication copy: For the information of our Parents, the Bulletin will be ed to all our Parents on the mailing list. School Website: Please refer to the school website for copies of the newsletters - School Communicator: Regular communication will now be provided via the Bryneven School Communicator (D6). Please ensure that you have loaded this very useful tool which will be our primary form of communication in future. Welcome back We hope that all our families have had a wonderful break and are ready for this extremely busy term. We certainly have a bumper issue of the newsletter (6 pages) this month, as we share all the exciting events and achievements of our Bryneven community. 50 Not Out Next year 2018 Bryneven will be celebrating 50 years of outstanding delivery of education to the boys and girls of the community. We plan to host certain events in recognition of this achievement. We humbly appeal to any parents (or if you know of past parents) who may have photos of any events held at Bryneven Primary School from years gone by. Kindly these to us at photos@bryneven.co.za with the year and event, where the photo was taken. Condolences Our thoughts are with Robert Gradie (7B) and Tiegan Foley (6C) and their families on the passing of their Grandmothers. School tours GRADE 4-7 The details for the school tours this year are as follows: Grade Date Destination Grade 4 30 August 1 September Klein Kariba Grade 5 29 August 1 September Drakensville Grade 6 28 August 1 September Camp Discovery - Limpopo Grade 7 28 August 1 September Shakaland - KwaZulu Natal Further information can be found on the D6 Communicator. Mandela Day On Thursday, 27 July, Bryneven learners, parents and staff participated in the 67 minutes for Mandela Day. The Foundation Phase learners made sandwiches and the Intersen Phase made goodie bags. These items were delivered to a very grateful Sefikeng Primary. Thank you to all that participated.

2 IT Update Bryneven is excited to announce the introduction of Purple Mash. Purple Mash is an award winning web based educational tool which allows learners to increase their IT knowledge, while at the same time having fun. Purple Mash has the added advantage of being able to link to the CAPS curriculum, further adding to its advantage. One of the main atttractions is the ability of our learners learning how to write a computer program (coding). Please visit the the following website to learn more about Purple Mash - Staff Update Bryneven would like to take this opportunity to welcome and congratulate our new Department Head (HOD) of the Intersen Phase Ms Charlene Kotze. It is with much sadness that we have to say goodbye to Mrs Mangray. We congratulate her on her promotion to Department Head (HOD) of the Foundation Phase for Bryandale Primary. She has really proved herself in the short time that she has been with us and we thank her for her tireless efforts, both in the classroom as a teacher and on the sports field, and as Acting Department Head during Mrs Hughes maternity leave. We wish you everything of the best in your new role. Extramurals Rugby This year marked the first year that Bryneven Primary School competed in the Schools Rugby League. After the round robin section, our Under 9 team competed in the knockout stages, where they played some dynamic rugby and managed to make the District Finals, beating Westgold in the Semi-Finals. They promptly then beat Millennium in the final to be crowned the U9 Golden Lions Winners, a fantastic achievement (and a first for Bryneven)! Well done to all the players, as well as the coaches and parents for their contribution to this wonderful achievement (a collage of the team is on the final page of the Newsletter). Soccer Jordan Cilliers (7A) represented Southerns, the Gauteng A team in the National Primary School Soccer tournament during the holidays and his team won the National Trophy. Well done to Ethan Bleksley (4A) and Kevin Bradbury (4B) who were both selected for the U10 Rand Central District Soccer Team over the school holidays. Joburg KO Cup This week our Under 9 soccer team managed to advance to the Semi-Final of the Joburg KO Cup via a walk over from Risidale Primary. Our Under 10 and Under 11 teams both lost to Crawford Sandton. Our Under 11 Girls team played their Quarter-Final match yesterday at Sacred Heart College but lost the match in the last few minutes.

3 Judo Congratulations to the following Bryneven pupils who received medals at the SA Open Judo competition held in Bloemfontein. This event is open to the international community, with participating teams from Angola, Botswana, Congo, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa. The event was in two parts, individual and team events and the winners were: Gold Individual Meegan Zomero (3D) Silver - Individual and Gold Team event - Andrew Coucourakis-Vermaak (4D); Cameron Jardim (3B) Gold - Team event - Moustafa Elkhodari (3A); Alex Losco (3D) Bronze - Team event Kayden Wethmar (7A) Central Gauteng action cricket Grant Brooker (7B) and Murray Snyman (7C) were selected for the U13 Gauteng Central Action cricket team and Ethan Jooste (7A) was selected for the U14 Gauteng Central Action cricket team. They all took part in the Interprovincial Action Cricket tournament in Pietermaritzburg over the holidays. Keep it up boys. Cross Country On Tuesday 25 July, we held our Inter-house cross country meet at Bryneven. Well done to all the participants and congratulations to the individual winners of each age group listed below: Age Group Name/Surname House U7 Girls Kaia Lin Scorpio U7 Boys Thomas Hall Scorpio U8 Boys Max Fournier Scorpio U9 Girls Danielle Sassenberg Capricorn U9 Boys Christopher Gordon Aquarius U10 Girls Erin Clouston Gemini U10 Boys Ethan Bleksley Aquarius U11 Girls Nakita Du Preez Capricorn U11 Boys Zane Van Niekerk Capricorn U12 Girls Mia Oosthuizen-Speirs Scorpio U12 Boys Jake Matheson Gemini OPEN Girls Caitlin Hahn Gemini OPEN Boys Timothy Clouston Gemini Final results Final Points Positions Capricorn 1 st Aquarius-2 nd Gemini-3 rd Scorpio-4 th

4 Rhythmic Gymnastics Madison van Niekerk (2A) competed as part of the Central Gauteng team at the SAGF North Zone Festival on 23 June. She achieved a gold medal based on score and placed 3 rd overall in the Level 2, under 8 age group. On 22 July she also took part in the Eurodance fest at the Roodepoort Theatre. She achieved a gold medal for her solo and has qualified to partake in the Dance Fest in Novi Sad Serbia, as part of the South African team, this November. Karate Well done to Taneka Visser (5C) for coming 3 rd in her division for Kumite at the AUSC Zone 6 Karate Championship. Taneka was awarded her Protea Colours for Karate at the National banquet that was held in Durban on the 14 th of July. During the same weekend, Taneka competed in the KSA Elite and SA Open Championships where she won Gold for Kata, Gold for Kumite and a Silver for Unison Team Kata. Dance Kiara de Maudave (4B) took part in the World Lyrical Dance Federation Competition on Friday, 16 June and was placed in all 3 categories that she competed in. 3 rd place U14 Squad 3 rd place U18 Squad 2 nd place U18 Duet Madison Furlong (4C) and Amber-Lee Mathews (4B) took part in a dance competition where they won: - 1 st place in couples rock n roll - 1 st place in couples freestyle Madison won 1 st place in slow dance solo and 2 nd place in freestyle solo. Amber-Lee won 2 nd place in slow dance solo and 2 nd place in freestyle solo. Kyra Davis (6A) won two sections in a dance competition held on Saturday, 10 th June. The two sections were for Individual slow dance and Individual freestyle. Janae Oosthuysen (6C) participated in a studio competition this weekend with her dance studio. She competes in the Bronze level and had fantastic results: 1 st In Freestyle Solo 3 rd In Freestyle Couples 3 rd In Slow dance 5 th In Rock n roll 5 th In Hustle Savannah Steadman (4C), Jessica Kemp (4C) and Morgan Allen (4B) all dance for the Theys Dance Academy in Bryanston. They recently held their annual concert from the 24 th - 27 th May where the three girls participated.

5 Ice Hockey Seth Boryna (7D) was selected to represent Gauteng in the Interprovincial tournament in Cape Town during July. His team achieved a Bronze in the tournament. Biathle Championships Loghan Gray (4A) competed at the Biathle SA Champs in July in George and came in 8th place, making the SA Team to compete in Spain in October. Swimming Loghan Grade (4A) recently swam at the CGA Winter Gala and achieved 1 st place for 50m freestyle achieving a personal best, 3rd in 100m freestyle and 3rd in the 100m backstroke. Athletics Day On Saturday, 29 July we held our annual Athletics Day. We were blessed with wonderful weather on the day and the different houses definitely went the extra mile with the preparation of the house themes. We had a very exciting day with some of our existing records being broken, before we ended the day with the Tug-of-War, won by Capricorn. The final results were as follow: - Botts Spirit Cup was won by Gemini for the wonderful Savannah Warriors - 4 th place with 161 points Aquarius - 3 rd place with 198 points Scorpio - 2 nd place with 222 points Gemini - and our 2017 champions with 236 points is Capricorn Individual Awards: Junior Victrix Ludorum - tie between Danielle Sassenberg & Erin Clouston Junior Victor Ludorum - Callum Ritchie Senior Victrix Ludorum - Mia Oosthuizen-Speirs Senior Victor Ludorum - Saweaga Shaw Claire Lowney Best Grade 7 Boy Athlete - Saweaga Shaw Claire Lowney Best Grade 7 Girl Athlete - Sizzy Modika A few of the prize winners on the day

6 Compiled by Mr N Nakooda on behalf of Bryneven Primary School