TRINITYHOUSE HIGH

SCHOOL RANDPARK RIDGE

Newsletter

15 June 2018

TRINITYHOUSE HIGH

SCHOOL RANDPARK RIDGE

GLOBAL COMPETENCIES

Educators and education systems

worldwide are reassessing the

knowledge, skills and dispositions

students need for success in today's

rapidly changing and complex world.

Many occupations our young people will

find themselves in do not exist yet.

With this in mind, Trinityhouse High

School Randpark Ridge places

importance on the teaching of GLOBAL

COMPETENCIES. Read the article below posted by

Charlotte Edmond, on the World

Economic Forum website

(https://www.weforum.org/agenda/20

17/09/skills-children-need-work-

future/).

This has been exacerbated by two colliding

trends: firstly, the global shift from an

industrial economy to a knowledge economy,

and secondly, the way in which today’s school

children – brought up with the internet – are

motivated to learn.

In his book The Global Achievement Gap,

Wagner identifies seven core competencies

every child needs in order to survive in the

coming world of work.

Education may be the passport to the future,

but for all the good teaching out there, it

would seem that schools are failing to impart

some of the most important life skills,

according to one educational expert.

Dr. Tony Wagner, co-director of Harvard's

Change Leadership Group, argues that today’s

school children are facing a “global

achievement gap”, which is the gap between

what even the best schools are teaching and

the skills young people need to learn.

TRINITYHOUSE HIGH

SCHOOL RANDPARK RIDGE

GLOBAL COMPETENCIES

7 skills

your child

needs to

survive the

changing

world of

work

1. Critical thinking and problem-solving

Companies need to be able to continuously improve

products, processes and services in order to

compete. And to do this they need workers to have

critical thinking skills and to be able to ask the right

questions to get to the bottom of a problem.

2. Collaboration across networks and leading by

influence

Given the interconnected nature of the business

world, leadership skills and the ability to influence

and work together as a team has become

increasingly important. And the key to becoming an

effective leader? It's twofold, says Wagner,

involving "creative problem-solving and a clear

ethical framework".

3. Agility and adaptability

The ability to adapt and pick up new skills quickly is

vital for success: workers must be able to use a

range of tools to solve a problem. This is also known

as "learnability", a sought-after skills among job

candidates.

4. Initiative and entrepreneurialism

There is no harm in trying: often people and

businesses suffer from a tendency to be risk-averse.

It is better to try 10 things and succeed in eight

than it is to try five and succeed in all of them.

Image: REUTERS/David Gray

5. Effective oral and written communication

Recruits’ fuzzy thinking and inability to articulate

their thoughts were common complaints that

Wagner came across from business leaders when

researching his book. This isn’t so much about

young people’s ability to use grammar and

punctuation correctly, or to spell, but how to

communicate clearly verbally, in writing or while

presenting. "If you have great ideas but you can’t

communicate them, then you’re lost," Wagner says.

6. Accessing and analysing information

Many employees have to deal with an immense

amount of information on a daily basis: the ability

to sift through it and pull out what is relevant is a

challenge. Particularly given how rapidly the

information can change.

7. Curiosity and imagination

Curiosity and imagination are what drive innovation

and are key to problem solving. "We’re all born

curious, creative and imaginative," says Wagner.

"The average four-year-old asks a hundred questions

a day. But by the time that child is 10, he or she is

much more likely to be concerned with getting the

right answers for school than with asking good

questions.

"What we as teachers and parents need do to

keep alive the curiosity and imagination that, to a

greater or lesser extent, is innate in every child."

Gauteng West Qualifier 4: Rider / Horse/ Discipline

& Description / Level / Class / Result

EQUESTRIAN

Rider Horse

Discipline

Description Description Class Result

Prix Caprilli Intermediate H5PC01a 1st

Beate Tuscan Sky Showjumping 1 metre H4SJ09 5th

Malan Showjumping 1 metre H4SJ10 Eliminated

Equitation 80 cm H3EQ04 2nd

Indiah Gowans Yours Always Showjumping 80 cm H2SJ06 4th

Prix Caprilli Novice H3PC01a 1st

Prix Caprilli Novice H3PC01b 1st

Showjumping 70 cm H1SJ03 6th

Alex Davis-

Hannibal Dark Prince Showjumping 70 cm H1SJ04 15th

Dressage Novice H2DR03a Scratch

Danica Galahad S Dressage Novice H2DR03b Scratch

de Freitas Equitation 70 cm H3EQ04 Scratch

Showjumping 80 cm H2SJ05 Scratch

Showjumping 80 cm H2SJ06 Scratch

Performance

Riding H1PR025th

Jasmine Ko-Da Working Riding H1WR02 1st

van Prix Caprilli Beginner H1PC01a 4th

Schalkwyk Prix Caprilli Beginner H1PC01b 7th

Equitation 60 cm H1EQ02 6th

Dressage Novice H2DR03a 3rd

Jenna Bisset Rivendale Dressage Novice H2DR03b3rd

Performance

Riding H5PR042nd

Equitation 80 cm H3EQ04 Scratch

Showjumping 80cm H2SJ05 Scratch

Showjumping 80cm H2SJ06 Eliminated

Handy Hunter

Team Event

80 cm H3HH01 1st

Equitation 80 cm H3EQ04 7th

Jessica Howard Hope Showjumping 80 cm H2SJ06 17th

Riding

Peanut Working Hunter 80 cm H3WH021st

Dressage Preliminary H1DR02a 12th

Jolanda Merlot Dressage Preliminary H1DR02b 8th

Janse

Performace

Riding H3PR03 3rd

van Working Riding H3WR03 1st

Rensburg Prix Caprilli Beginner H1PC01a 5th

Prix Caprilli Beginner H1PC01b 4th

In-Hand Utility H3InU01 1st

Katarina Kellow Dressage Preliminary H1DR02a No show

Stamenic First Love Dressage Preliminary H1DR02b No show

Equitation 80 cm H3EQ04 Scratch

Lailah King Sovis Showjumping 80 cm H2SJ05 Scratch

Bald Showjumping 80 cm H2SJ06 Scratch

Working Hunter 80 cm H3WH02 Scratch

Trinityhouse Riders, left to right: Jolanda Janse van Rensburg on Merlot,

Indiah Gowans on Yours Always, Jessica Howard on Peanut, Katarina Stamenic

- standing, Beate Malan on Tuscan Sky, Jenna Bisset on Rivendale and

Jasmine van Schalkwyk on Koda.

Several of our Grade 8 and Grade 9 girls have been selected for the U15 JSA

Softball District squad. The final team will be announced in September.

SOFTBALL

EQUESTRIAN

Jodie Howard

Casey Cripps

Chiney Eneanya

Megan Pretorius

Chloe Still

Piper Tewson

Ashley Branford

Megan Woest

Sheldyn Haikney

Paige Salis

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS

INDOOR NETBALL

CHESS ALERT

Michaela Hards, Zoë Frank, Kelly José,

Michelle du Preez and Bailey Janse Van

Vuuren were involved in the

Inter-Provincial Indoor Netball

Championships held during the April

school holidays.

Michaela Hards and Zoë Franck

represented Central Gauteng U15A and

their team won gold by beating Kwa-

Zulu Natal in a nail-biting final.

Kelly José played for the Western

Gauteng U17 side, with her team

finishing the tournament in 3rd

position, taking home a bronze medal.

Michelle Du Preez and Bailey Janse Van

Vuuren represented the Western

Gauteng U19 side which placed 2nd in

the 6's and 3rd in the 7's, receiving

silver and bronze medals respectively.

Congratulations to all

these players. What an

incredible achievement!

Zoë Franck (above)

Kelly José

Michaela Hards (front right)

Michelle Du

Preez

(middle back)

and Bailey

Janse Van

Vuuren (front left)

EQUESTRIANSPORTS RESULTS

Great news!

Jordan Dunne has been called up to join the

Southern Gauteng U14D Boys Hockey side.

Seen here are the Trinityhouse players at the

Capping ceremony held on 8 June 2018:

From left to right: Jordan Dunne U14D,

Matthew Vickers U16D, Ethan Milella U16A,

Bradley Jacobs U18B, Liam Milella U16B and

Phenyo Moilwa U17A.

Our debaters, public speakers and drama

pupils competed in the first rounds of the

Allegretto eisteddfod for the first time this

year.

We are proud to announce the following who

attained Prestige certificates and have made it

through to the Gala Performance round:

Public-Speaking:

Gr 8 Megan Grobler

Gr 8 Sinead Singh

Gr 9 Shanna Dawson

Gr 10 Kelly-Ann Moir

Gr 10 Jarred Feldman

Gr 11 Daniel Nel

Drama:

G11 Caitlin Rajchrt

Debating:

Gr 10: Kelly-Ann Moir

Gr 10 Ryan Dinwoodie

Gr 10 Jarred Feldman

Gr 11 Bronwyn Sinclair

Gr 11 Anya Rabbets

Gr 11 Daniel Nel

BOYS HOCKEY

DEBATING

Recently our two senior and two junior teams

progressed to the SACEE Gauteng provincial

championships. We were extremely happy

with the performance of our teams.

It is an honour for our Grade 8 team to

compete at this level in their first year.

Our grade 9 team finished 17th in the Junior

section. They will progress to the final round

should another team drop out, as they placed

one outside the final round selection. They

have also been invited to the combined

provincial tournament in September.

Our first team Wolves finished in 10th position

and progress to the final round in July. A

senior team will also compete in the combined

provincial tournament in September.

Over 100 schools compete in SACEE and we

are very proud of the results attained by our

debaters.

EISTEDDFOD

June July

22Last day of

school

23Cultural tour

departs

6Cultural tour

returns

17Term 3 Begins