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Volume 2:1 2016 (4 – 8 April 2016)
From the Headmaster MR DAVID CLARK [email protected]
Dear Parents, Welcome back to the start of the 2nd term – I trust that you had an enjoyable Easter holiday with your child/ren. We have an exciting term ahead of us, jam-packed with wonderful challenges and opportunities. Parent Teacher Liaison meetings The first of the three scheduled PTL meetings took place this week. The remaining PTL meetings are scheduled for the following times next week:
o Monday 11 April: 16:00 to 19:30 o Wednesday 13 April: 15:00 to 18:00
Online booking has been possible for some time already, but if you have not yet booked a 10-minute interview with each of your child’s teachers via the TASS Portals/Parent Lounge on the Reddam App, please do so as a matter of urgency. Alternatively you can access this booking schedule on: http://tass.con.reddamhouse.org.za/parentlounge/login.cfm
Please refer to the reminder below regarding accessing the Parent Lounge:
Once you have logged in using your ACCOUNT NUMBER as the “username” and REDDAM as the “password”, simply book the meeting times on your preferred date with the relevant teachers.
Please contact Mrs Ling or Mr Monk if you have any booking issues. We look forward to seeing you at the meetings.
Summer Sports Awards The Summer Sports Awards ceremony is taking place at 11:00 this Monday, 11 April (please note the change in time – previously advertised as 11:30). An invitation is extended to all interested parents to attend this special event.
College Musical – Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the protagonist of the Victorian penny dreadful The String of Pearls (1846–47). The tale became a staple of Victorian melodrama and London urban legend, and has been retold many times since, most notably in the Tony award-winning Broadway musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, which we are staging. Claims that Sweeney Todd was a historical person are strongly disputed by scholars, although possible legendary prototypes exist. In the original version of the tale, Todd is a barber who dispatches his victims by pulling a lever as they sit in his barber chair. His victims fall backward down a revolving trapdoor into the basement of his shop. In case they are alive, Todd goes to the basement and "polishes them off". After Todd has robbed his dead victims of their goods, Mrs. Lovett, his partner in crime, assists him in disposing of the bodies by baking them into meat pies and selling them to the unsuspecting customers of her pie shop. Todd's barber shop is situated at 186 Fleet Street, London, next to St. Dunstan's church, and is connected to Mrs. Lovett's pie shop in nearby Bell Yard by means of an underground passage. He and Mrs. Lovett hire an unwitting orphan boy, Tobias Ragg, to serve the pies to customers.
Performances are on 19, 20 and 21 April at 19:30
Tickets are available at Kauai and at the door. (and Vovo-Telo pies will be sold at all performances!)
Waterpolo News Congratulations to Logan Isola who just returned from the EU Nations Cup U17 Women’s Water polo Tournament in Odense, Denmark. The South African team won the tournament, convincingly beating the Czech Republic 15-3 in the final.
Congratulations are also extended to the following Reddam House girls on their selection for the South African U16 team that travels to New Zealand in July:
o Hannah Hill o Leah Bullough o Jordan Harding
The SA U17 Boys team competed in the EU Nations Cup in Vienna, Austria. The South African team played 5 matches, losing only in the final match of tournament, going down narrowly to Malta. Their tournament match results were as follows:
SA vs Malta - won 8 – 7
SA vs Ireland - won 18 – 3
SA vs Scotland - won 30 – 13
SA vs Wales - won 18 – 9 (semi)
SA vs Malta - lost 10 – 11 (final)
Congratulations to Hugh Bedford, Chris Beamish, Jesse Pye, Dannon Siljeur and Keegan Clark for their participation in this international tournament. The following waterpolo players have been selected to represent their respective Western Province teams at the Currie Cup tournament taking place in Durban from 21 – 24 April 2016: WP Men’s U18 Team:
o Mika’eel Essa o Josh Ackerman o Tim Worthington-Fitnum o Keegan Clark o Ishma’eel Essa (reserve)
WP Men’s A Team:
o Mr Nic Molyneux Swimming News
Congratulations to Jessica Herbst who competed in the SA Level 3 National Age Group Championships Gala which took place in Port Elizabeth during the holidays. Swimmers from South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe took part in this competition. Jessica achieved her personal best times and made the finals in three events, taking home a bronze medal in the 50m Butterfly, together with 5th place in 50m backstroke and 6th place in the 100m butterfly. Chelsea Mills swam in the SA Level 2 Regional Age Group Championships during the holidays. She
swam exceptionally well to achieve many of her personal best times, culminating in a total of eight medals - 1 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals. Well done, Chelsea! Springbok Scout Award
We are delighted to announce that Chad Corbett has been awarded the Springbok Scout Award, the top award of SCOUTS South Africa. Chad is now a member of an elite group of Scouts who have shown tremendous perseverance, creativity and determination to achieve this goal, the highest level of Scouting. Well done, Chad!
Reddam Knit-a-Bit Following on from the wonderful success of this blanket project last year, you are warmly invited to join the community of Reddam knitters creating beautiful blankets. Please use double knit wool and size 4 or 5 needles. Knit till your square is 20cmX20cm. Once complete, please hand your finished masterpiece/s in at reception, marked with your name.
Join the Facebook page or contact [email protected] or [email protected]
Harvest Fest 2016 Update We are very excited to be entering into the final week before this year’s Fest... The weather is looking good, the tickets are almost sold out and we are finishing off the final touches to make this year the best one yet!
Some important things to note please:
- Tickets will be sold on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (11th, 12h, 13th April) ONLY… we are almost sold out and will NOT sell at the event . - Parking is limited so please carpool (or walk if in Silvertree Estate)
- The event is being held at the school on the Cricket Oval from 3:00 – 9:00pm - Bring something warm for when the sun goes down and don’t forget your dancing shoes as we have a great music line up! - Bring plenty of cash as we have a fantastic selection of artisan foods, wine, bubbly and craft beer as well as some retail stalls and a pocket money market - Don’t forget to buy your raffle tickets for the sought after parking bay (you will own it for a year)!!! We look forward to seeing you all at the Fest next Friday! The P&F Committee
Parting shot …
Enjoy the little things in life because one day you`ll look back and realize they were the big things.
- Kurt Vonnegut -
Have a wonderful weekend. Warm regards,
David Clark
From the Deputy Heads ACADEMIC MATTERS: MR JASON MONK ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS: MS JOY WILSON STUDENT AFFAIRS: MR LIONEL BOTHA [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
2016 Term 2 week 3 and 4- Grade 8 Work Schedule
Date Cycle Tests Class Tests Projects / Pracs/
Worksheets/Tutorials Outings/Excursions/
Guest Speaker
Monday 11 April SPORTS AWARDS
Tuesday 12 April Life Orientation
Wednesday 13 April
Thursday 14 April English R & J Sonnet ws
Friday 15 April BIOLOGY
Monday 18 April Sweeney Todd
Tuesday 19 April ART English listening comp Sweeney Todd
Wednesday 20 April Sweeney Todd
Thursday 21 April Sweeney Todd
Friday 22 April AFRIKAANS
Grade 9 Work Schedule
Date Cycle Tests Class Tests Projects / Pracs/
Worksheets/Tutorials Outings/Excursions/
Guest Speaker
Monday 11 April SPORTS AWARDS
Tuesday 12 April MATHS
Wednesday 13 April
Thursday 14 April
Friday 15 April Life Orientation
Monday 18 April Sweeney Todd
Tuesday 19 April SPORT SCIENCE Sweeney Todd
Wednesday 20 April Sweeney Todd
Thursday 21 April English Animal Farm Sweeney Todd
Friday 22 April HIST/GEOG
Grade 10 Work Schedule
Date Cycle Tests Class Tests Projects / Pracs/
Worksheets/Tutorials Outings/Excursions/
Guest Speaker
Monday 11 April Design Prac due SPORTS AWARDS
Tuesday 12 April ENGLISH
Wednesday 13 April
Thursday 14 April Geography mapwork
Friday 15 April ECONOMICS/FRENCH
Monday 18 April Sweeney Todd
Tuesday 19 April MUSIC/DRAMA Dance research essay Sweeney Todd
Wednesday 20 April Life Science Sweeney Todd
Thursday 21 April Sweeney Todd
Friday 22 April ACCOUNTING
Grade 11 Work Schedule
Date Cycle Tests Class Tests Projects / Pracs/
Worksheets/Tutorials Outings/Excursions/
Guest Speaker
Monday 11 April Design Model due SPORTS AWARDS
Tuesday 12 April DESIGN/CAT/IT
Wednesday 13 April English listening comp
Thursday 14 April Physics video analysis
Friday 15 April MATHS/MATHS LIT
Monday 18 April Sweeney Todd
Tuesday 19 April ECONOMICS/DANCE Sweeney Todd
Wednesday 20 April Sweeney Todd
Thursday 21 April English self-read/Dance research essay Sweeney Todd
Friday 22 April HISTORY
Grade 12 Work Schedule
Date Cycle Tests Class Tests Projects / Pracs/
Worksheets/Tutorials Outings/Excursions/
Guest Speaker
Monday 11 April Design Exam Concept phase due SPORTS AWARDS
Tuesday 12 April BUS STUDIES/FRENCH
Wednesday 13 April
Thursday 14 April English Poetry Test
Friday 15 April CAT/IT/DANCE HARVEST FESTIVAL
Monday 18 April Geography Rural settlement ws PHOTOGRAPHS/ Sweeney Todd
Tuesday 19 April HISTORY Sweeney Todd
Wednesday 20 April Sweeney Todd
Thursday 21 April Sweeney Todd
Friday 22 April PHYSICAL SCIENCES/FRENCH Business studies task
Date Day Term 8 9 10 11 12
12 April Tuesday 2 LO MATHS ENGLISH DESIGN/CAT/IT BUS STUDIES/FRENCH
15 April Friday 2 BIOLOGY LO ECONOMICS/FRENCH MATHS/MATHS LIT CAT/IT/DANCE
19 April Tuesday 2 ART SPORT SCIENCE MUSIC/DRAMA ECONOMICS/DANCE HISTORY
22 April Friday 2 AFRIKAANS HIST/GEOG ACCOUNTING HISTORY PHYSICAL SCIENCES/FRENCH
26 April Tuesday 2 SPORT SCIENCE EMS HISTORY ENGLISH AFRIKAANS
29 April Friday 2 HIST/GEOG SCIENCE MATHS/MATHS LIT DRAMA/ART ENGLISH
3 May Tuesday 2 DANCE AFRIKAANS GEOGRAPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES MATHS/MATHS LIT
6 May Friday 2 BIOLOGY DANCE BUS STUDIES MATHS/MATHS LIT GEOGRAPHY
10 May Tuesday 2 EMS ART LIFE SCIENCE GEOGRAPHY ACCOUNTING
13 May Friday 2 MATHS SCIENCE DESIGN BUS STUDIES/FRENCH ECOS/DRAMA/ART/MUSIC
17 May Tuesday 2 AP English Exam
20 May J U N E IEB DRAMA ESIT 7th June
IEB LO CAT Part B 8th June
11 June E X A M IEB English CAT
SEMESTER 2
Date Day Term Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
21 June Tuesday 3 ENGLISH DESIGN PHYSICAL SCIENCES MUSIC ACCOUNTING
2016 CYCLE TEST Term 2 CALENDAR
JUNE/JULY HOLIDAY
Term 2:Extra Maths timetable
Monday 14:25-15:10
Tuesday 14:45-15:30
Thursday 14:35-15:20
4/4 Mrs Niss
5/4 Ms McGavin
7/4 Mr Bowen
11/4 Miss Wilson
12/4 Mrs Harrison
14/4 Ms Yeo
18/4 Mrs Niss
19/4 McGavin
21/4 Mr Bowen
25/4 Miss Wilson
26/4 Mrs Harrison
28/4 Ms Yeo
2/5 Holiday
3/5 McGavin
5/5 Holiday
9/5 Mrs Niss
10/5 Mrs Harrison
12/5 Mr Bowen
Exams commence
Students will be advised by their individual teachers as to possible lessons immediately prior to their individual exam.
From the Sports Department HEAD OF COLLEGE BOYS’ SPORT HEAD OF COLLEGE GIRLS’ SPORT MR PHILIP KRIEL MRS KIM BLOOMHILL [email protected] [email protected]
Girls Sport Fixture Schedule for College Friday 8 April to Saturday 16 April 2016
Day Fixture Time Venue Transport
TO Transport RETURN
8th Fri
9th Sat
11th Mon HOCKEY PRACTICE from 15h30 Reddam Astro x x
NETBALL PRACTICE from 16h00 Netball Courts x x
CROSS COUNTRY PRACTICE from 14h45 TBC
12th Tues NETBALL PRACTICE from 14h45 x x
HOCKEY PRACTICE from 15h30 Reddam Astro x x
SQUASH PRACTICE JNR from 15h00 Bergvliet Courts 14h30 17h45
WALKING CLUB FROM 14H50 Groot Constantia TBC
13th Wed HOCKEY PRACTICE from 14h00 Reddam Astro x x
SQUASH PRACTICE SNR from 14h30 Bergvliet Courts 13h50 17h00
CROSS COUNTRY RACES At Elfindale TBC
14th Thur NETBALL MATCHES vs Rustenburg from 14h45 At Rustenburg x 18h00
WALKING CLUB FROM 14H40 Groot Constantia TBC
15th Fri SQUASH
U19A vs Rondebosch 15h30 At Rondebosch 14h15 18h00
U19B vs Bergvliet 15h00 At Bergvliet 14h15 17h00
U15A vs SACS 15h30 At SACS 14h15 18h00
16th Sat
BOYS Sport Fixture Schedule for College Friday 8 April to Saturday 16 April 2015
Day Fixture Time Venue Transport TO
Transport RETURN
8th Fri Tennis x x x x
HOCKEY x x x x
1st Team vs Bellville HS 18h00 Hartleyvale A Depart the tennis
court area at 16h00
x
u.14 A vs Bellville HS 18h00 Hartleyvale B x x
u.14 B vs Bishops C 14h30 Hartleyvale B Depart tennis court
area at 13h50 Return at
16h00
9th Sat RUGBY x x x x
u.14 vs Fish Hoek HS 08h30 Reddam x x
u.15 vs Fish Hoek HS 09h30 Reddam x x
u.19 B vs Fish Hoek HS 08h30 Reddam x x
1st Team vs Fish Hoek 10h30 Reddam x x
HOCKEY x x x x
U.16 B vs Bellville HS 08h30 Reddam Astro x x
U.16 A vs Bellville HS 09h30 Reddam Astro x x
10th Sun x x x x x
11th Mon COLLEGE SPORTS AWARDS 11h00 PITCAIRN AUDITORIUM x x
GOLF FROM 14H30
Bus departs Reddam Tennis court area
Bus departs Tennis Court area 14h30
x
1st team vs Bishops 15h00 Royal Cape GC Bus departs Tennis Court area 14h30
x
2nd team vs WBHS 15h00 Westlake GC Players to meet at
Westlake x
3rd team vs Reddam ASB 15h00 Metropolitan GC Bus departs Tennis Court area 14h30
CROSS COUNTRY FROM 14h30
Reddam Cricket Oval x x
BOYS HOCKEY u.14, u.16 & u.19's FROM 15h30
Astro x x
12th Tues RUGBY u.14, u.15, u.16 u.19's FROM 14H50
Jacques le Roux Pavilion x x
Mountain Biking FROM 15h00
Tennis Courts x x
BOYS HOCKEY u.19's FROM 15h30
Astro x x
WALKING CLUB FROM 14H50
Jacques le Roux Pavilion Bus departs Tennis Court area 15h00
13th Wed BOYS HOCKEY u.14, u.16 & u.19's FROM 14H00
Astro x x
CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE RACE FROM 14H00
Elfindale Bus departs Tennis Court area 14h00
x
14th Thurs x x x x x
WALKING CLUB FROM 14H50
Jacques le Roux Pavilion Bus departs Tennis Court area 14h45
x
RUGBY u.14, u.15, u.16 u.19's FROM 14H50
Jacques le Roux Pavilion x x
Mountain Biking FROM 15h00
Tennis Courts x x
15th Fri SQUASH MATCHES TBC TBC x x
16th Sat RUGBY x x x x
u.14, u.15. u.19B & u.19A MATCHES vs J G MEIRING
08h00 AWAY Bus departs Tennis Court area 07h00
Bus returns 13h00
HOCKEY x x x x
U.14 A & B, U.16 A & B, and 1st Team matches vs Khayelitsha
08h00 Reddam Astro x x
From the Counselling Department MRS ROCHEL SEYMOUR-HALL MR ERNEST GARTHOFF [email protected] [email protected]
For Your Interest
Do the following headlines appeal to you? “Studying abroad – It’s not as hard as you think!” “2017 University Application Dates” “3 Steps to discovering your career” Visit www.STOOGLE.co.za and subscribe to their newsletter. A Career-Focused Gap Year The University of Stellenbosch Business School offers a “Young Minds Entrepreneurship Programme” that helps school leavers, students and young graduates to create their own career opportunities in life. The programme is presented by USB Executive Development (USB-ED), the designated public executive education provider within the University of Stellenbosch Business School. See the Counselling Department for more Information. COMING UP…
Date Event Career Field Time For More Info…
8 & 9, 15 & 16, 22 & 23, 29 &
30 April
Smudge Makeup Academy
Beauty 10H00 – 14H00
[email protected] www.smudge-makeup.co.za
021 712 1951
15 – 16 April Student Expo
Waterfront Wide Variety
Friday: 09H00 – 18H00
Saturday: 09H00 – 15H00
Waterfront Workshop 17 in the Watershed building
16 April UCT Open Day All Faculties 10H00 – 15H00 021 650 4556
Go Green
How many plastic shopping bags do you purchase in a single month?
The Challenge:
Reduce the amount of plastic shopping bags you use in a month by 50%..
…it will save you money and help the environment.
Courtesy of “The Green Portfolio”
23 April Red & Yellow
Open day
Design, Marketing, Copywriting &
Advertising 10H00 – 13H00
info@red&yellow.co.za
23 April CTI and MGI Open
Day
BScIT and BCom degrees as well as
Higher Certificates in IT and Business Management.
09H00 – 12H00 021 914 8000
Booking is essential
7 May Cape Peninsula
University of Technology
All Faculties 09H00 – 16H00 Grade 11 and 12 learners only RSVP to [email protected]
14 May VEGA Open Day School of Brand
Leadership
[email protected] www.vegaschool.com
23 May University of
Pretoria All Faculties 08H00 – 14H00 www.up.ac.za
University Application Deadlines 31 May (Medicine) and 30 June (All other courses, including residence and financial aid applications) University of Stellenbosch
30 September 2016 University of Cape Town
30 September 2016 UNISA
30 September 2016 Rhodes
30 September 2016 (All course applications, residence applications and financial aid applications)
Exceptions: BArch (Bachelor of Architecture), Faculty of Health Sciences, B Audiology and B Speech-Lang
Pathology close on 30 June 2016
WITS University
Visit http://stoogle.co.za/2017-university-application-dates/ for more information