Newsletter 30 / 2013

16 October 2013

Dear Parents

Learning without thinking is labour lost; thinking without learning is dangerous.

~Chinese

proverb

I have recently returned from an invigorating and rigorous Deputy Head‟s conference in Johannesburg,

this was time well spent. I have come back realizing that Grantleigh is a wonderfully affirming, rigorous

and exiting space at present and we are delighted with the progress we continue to make in all facets of

school life.

On Friday evening two weeks ago we celebrated all things cultural during our College Cultural Awards

ceremony organized by our Head of Culture Mrs Susan van den Berg and her team. They ensured that

fun was had by all and we have no doubt that all who attended the evening will join me in congratulating

her and the team and offering our sincere thanks for their dedication and commitment to the Arts. Last

Friday evening I had the pleasure of attending the College Sports Awards ceremony and this was equally

a testimony to the talent at Grantleigh. The students were addressed by our guest speaker Kyle Abbott

who pointed out the importance of enjoying your school career and sticking to you goals no matter what

difficulties may arise. Perseverance and self believe are key elements to success. We thank Mr Dewald

Kruger and his team for the organizing and smooth running of the function.

Ultimately a school is about the young children, men and women who attend it and I am continually

amazed at the number of achievements and accolades received by our students in a range of activities.

Students continue to thrive here, they continue to learn, to grow in confidence and stature and they

continue to amaze us with their resilience and positive attitude.

The students of Grantleigh are engaged, motivated and determined to grow and learn in every aspect and I

look forward to celebrating the joy of learning as we head into our celebrations during the term. We say

goodbye to the Matrics at their Valedictory and we celebrate their and everyone else‟s unique impact in

the life of our school during this term.

Robert Frost says in that wonderful poem „The Road Not Taken‟: yet knowing how way leads onto way, I

doubted that I should ever come back. So too we move on as a school and say farewell to these Matrics

who have made a significant difference here.

Term 4 is a busy one in terms of the final preparation to the Academic year and various ceremonies.

Please take note of these important dates for the term:

17 October Gr 12 Final Assembly

18 October Gr 12 Valedictory and Gr 12 Academic Awards Ceremony

01 November SP Christmas Market

06 November Jnr Sports and Culture Awards Ceremony

08 November Gr 9 Accolades

14 November Gr 9 Examinations begin

18 November Gr 7 and 8 Examinations begin

19 November RRR-R Christmas Show

25 November Gr 6 Information Day

26 November JP Awards Ceremony

27 November SP Awards Ceremony

28 November College Academic Awards Ceremony

28 Carols by Candlelight

30 November Inter-Prep Trivia Challenge

31 November JP Nativity Play

I would like to close off with the following words:

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will-power.

~Honore De Balzac (1799-1850)

I wish you and your families an amazing week, may the grace of God be with you.

Warm regards

Juriana Filmalter

Deputy Head: Student Matters

ACHIEVEMENTS

Student Profile: Sizwe Mthembu

We recently caught up with Sizwe Mthembu fresh from a national cricket training camp. We asked him a

few questions on cricket and sport and what drives his passion for the

beautiful game of cricket.

So when did you start playing cricket?

It was u9 Baker‟s mini-cricket

Other Sporting Codes involved in?

I play and enjoy Rugby and Soccer.

Favourite Sport Personality?

Quade Cooper

Who do you look up too and why?

Merle Muller for always being there for me and for showing great

compassion and love. As well as setting a good example to follow.

Greatest Sporting Achievement?

Playing KZN schools cricket, Grantleigh‟s Sportsman of the year 2012 and also having the opportunity to

attend 2 national cricket camps.

If you could spend an afternoon with any person in the world who would it be???...what would you

talk about?

Quade Cooper, and we would just talk rugby.

Fav Colour? Black

Food? Pizza

Shoe Size? 10

Would you rather gym arms or chest? I would gym both

Chris Smit

CYCLING

Cheneille Hall was awarded Overall First Place in the MiWAY Big5

MTB Series for U11 girls in the 10km challenge. She completed all 5 of

the races. Well Done Cheneille!

Chris Smit

On Monday, 7th October 2013, the new leaders for 2014 were inducted:

GRANTLEIGH PORTFOLIOS GR 11-12 (2013-2014)

Academic Community Partnerships Cultural

1 Sethembiso Mamba 1 Kwanele Gumede 1 Amy Cook

2 Genevieve Hanbury-

King 2 Caitlin Serra

2 Annuschka van

Schalkwyk

3 Megan Sutherland 3 Tayla Anselmo 3 Anja Timmerman

4 Kristien van der Walt 4 Julia McGrath 4 Siya Mdletshe

5 Caroline Hubble 5 Ernestus Botha

6 Keshmika Moodley

7 Stacey Mattison

8 Raquel Lopo

9 Corey Yngsdal

Environmental Esprit de Corps Health & Safety

1 Carmen de Villers 1 Xavier Palmer 1 Brad Turner

2 James Leigh 2 Abigail Pieters 2 Londeka Hlekwayo

3 Megan Harrison 3 Caitlin Ullbricht 3 Rowan Veater

4 Nyasha Michel 4 Ashleigh Engelbrecht 4 Joshua Smith

5 Sven Otto 5 Julia Wilson-Browne 5 Kirsten Ehlers

6 Caroline Webster 6 Tyrone Le Roux Atterbury

7 Peter Cloete 7 Jenade Augustine

8 Caelia Voysey

9 Melanie Muhwava

10 Sizwe Mthembu

IT PR Sport

1 Jonathon Taylor 1 Samantha-Sue Johnson 1 Dandre Bisschoff

2 Ruan Pretorius 2 Jamie-Lee McGregor 2 Dylan Yeld

3 Zanric Smith 3 Julio Marques

3 Allan van der

Westhuizen

4 Mauritz van den Heever 4 Sizo Xaba 4 Taylor Styger

5 Kenneth Bleksley 5 Happy Mthembu 5 Robynne Edgar

6 Sarah McMurtry 6 Michelle Fowler

7 Kerryn Farrell

8 Jordan Becks

9 Matthew Russell

10 Joshua Harvey

PREFECTS 2014 (in alphabetical order).

GIRLS BOYS Tayla Anselmo Jordan Becks

Jenade Augustine Ernestus Botha

Kerryn Farrell Peter Cloete

Genevieve Hanbury-King Joshua Harvey

Caroline Hubble Sizwe Mthembu

Raquel Lopo Matthew Russell

Stacey Mattison Corey Yngsdal

Julia McGrath

Sarah McMurtry

Keshmika Moodley

Melanie Muhwava

Megan Sutherland

Kristien van der Walt

Caelia Voysey

Head Girl Head Boy

Tayla Anselmo Joshua Harvey

Deputy Head Girl Deputy Head Boy

Genevieve Hanbury-King

Sizwe Mthembu

Head of Grant House

Head of Founders House

Joshua Harvey Jenadé Augustine

NSC Gold Bars: Term 4 2013

Grade 10 (over 80%) Grade 11 (over 75%) Grade 12 (over 75%)

Bakken, Jessica Anselmo, Tayla Akhtar, Sana'a

Crous, Danna Augustine, Jenade Benade, Hancke

Demont, Kaylee Becks, Jordan Blendulf, Liesel

Ehlers, Anri Botha, Ernestus De Lange, Steven

Harrison, Sarah Cook, Amy Du Toit, Suzanne

Holmes, Jessica Farrell, Kerryn Hansraj, Tayana

Hunter, Jonathan De Villiers, Carmen Haworth, Evan

Kunda, Chishala Hanbury-King, Genevieve Holmes, Tyla

Mgwaba, Akhona Harvey, Joshua Naicker, Talisha

Opperman, Jacques Hlekwayo, Londeka Naidoo, Serisha

Prozesky, Micayla Hubble, Caroline Narrainsamy, Kreasan

Schick, Ashley Johnson, Samantha-Sue Nel, Emile

Trezise, Thomas Le Roux-Atterbury, Tyrone Pennefather, Emma

Lopo, Raquel Redinger, Jason

Mattison, Stacey Stallard, Emma

McGrath, Julia Van der Walt, Stefan

McGregor, Jamie-Lee Yngsdal, Wesley

McMurtry, Sarah

Michel, Nyasha

Mthembu, Sizwe

Muhwava, Melanie

Russell, Matthew

Smith, Zanrik

Sutherland, Megan

Ullbricht, Caitlin

Van den Heever, Mauritz

Van der Walt, Kristien

Voysey, Caelia

Yngsdal, Corey

Van Schalkwyk, Annuschka

Middle School Gold Bars: Grade 7 (over 80%) Grade 8 (over 80%) Grade 9 (over 80%)

Armstrong, Annabelle Akhtar, Sameen Akhtar, Saman

Deonarain, Liam Davidson, Thomas Dickson, Dian

Govender, Jared Dean, Kendra Esterhuyse, Anel

Groom, David Ferraris, Tyron Forbes, Micaella

Harmse, Marja Hoffman, Hilton Govender, Mayur

Hooper, Joshua Hubble, Tessa Govender, Nickiel

Johnstone, Megan Janse van Vuuren, Ruan Hashmi, Sana

Lonsdale, Luke Kelling, Gunther Herman, Nolan

Lopo, Ricardo Lotz, Gerduan Jacobs, Steven

Mattioda, Marco Moodley, Tamera Maxase, Minenhle

Naidoo, Sashen Nagessur, Sajana McCondochie, Rachel

Smith, Keagan Pillay, Renita Morkel, Declan

Stander, Jade Prinsloo, Chene Morkel, Tamryn

Stevens, Erin Robins, James Nompumza, Vuyiswa

Van Staden, Herman Symington, Amy Stallard, Tessa

Van Onselen, Danielle Sutherland, Brandon

Van Wyk, Chene Todd, Kyle

Van der Merwe, Tristan

Van Niekerk, Michael

Volker, Emily

College Sports Dinner

The annual Sports awards dinner was held on Friday, Mr Kyle Abbott a former Grantleigh Prep student

was the guest speaker. Mr Abbott explained to the sportsmen and women present that hard work, self-

belief and always being prepared but expecting nothing in return for all this was vital to achieve the

highest levels possible. It was also at the dinner the trophy winners for each sport, as well as honours

recipients where acknowledged. A number of KZN reps from both school and outside sports where also

honoured. The evening ended off with the most prestigious awards, The Asher-Wood Trophy for Service

to the School Through Sport and Sportsman and Sportswoman being awarded. Samantha Johnson won

the Asher-Wood trophy for her dedication to the 1st boys cricket team as scorer, 1

st girls cricket player, 2

nd

girls hockey player, 1st girls soccer player, and Inter-House athletics participation. The Sportswoman of

the Year went to Heidi Dalton for representing South Africa at the cycling world champs in both the road

race(21st position) and time trial(13

th position). Sizwe Mthembu was rewarded for an outstanding

sporting year as the sportsman of the year. Sizwe was a member of the 1st XI cricket team, 1

st XV rugby

team, Captain of the 1st XI soccer team, a member of the KICCSSA athletics team. He has also been

selected into the KZN U17 cricket team and was invited to attend a CSA cricket training camp in Pretoria

for some of the country‟s top U17 players.

Sailing

James Leigh and Matthew Russell KZN Inter Schools Regatta Winners

Cyling

Heidi Dalton Honours Gold Sa Champs Time Trial + Road Race

& World Champs Participation

Athletics

Junior Victrix Chene Prinsloo/Nichole Anderson

Junior Victor Liam de Villiers

Senior Victrix Emma Pennefather

Senior Victor Sizwe Mthembu

Swimming

Junior Full Colours

Jordan Stevens

Junior Victrix - Minnie Nkosi

Junior Victor - Jordan Stevens

Senior Vixtrix - Leone Anderson

Senior Victor - Steven de Lange

Tennis

Girls Player of the Year - Krisitien vd Walt

Boys Player of the Year - Stefan vd Walt

Equestrian

Jamie-Lee Mcgregor (Captain)

Winners Group D SANESA KZN High

schools League

Jamie-Lee McGregor Honours Level 6 Eventing

Girls Soccer

Players Player of the Year Akhona Mgwaba

Player of the Year

Raquel Lopo

Boys Soccer

Most Promising Player Jonathan Hunter

Most Improved Player Clarke Bishop/Shona Vaughan-Williams

Players Player of the Year Anele Gumede

Player of the Year

Anele Gumede

Netball

Jade Schutte

KZN U15 Netball

Most Improved Player Carmen de Villiers

Most Promising Player Anri Ehlers

Players Player of the Year Anri Ehlers

Player of the Year

Liesel Blendulff

Girls Hockey

Nichole Anderson

KZN U16 Country Districts Hockey Team

Minnie Nkosi

KZN U14 Hockey Team

Players Player of the Year Micayla Prozesky

Player of the Year

Leone Anderson

Boys Hockey

Players Player of the Year Paddy Lendrum

Player of the Year

Wesley Yngsdal

Rugby

Forward of the Year

Hancke Benade

Back of the Year

Dylan Yeld

Most Improved Player Julio Marques

Most Promising Player Joshua Harvey

Players Player of the Year Jason Redinger

Player of the Year

Bayede Mdletshe

Girls Cricket

Player of the Year

Emma Pennefather

Boys Cricket

Honours

Joshua Harvey KZN U17 Rural

Ernestu Botha KZN U17 Rural

Sizwe Mthembu KZN U17

Most Improved Player Chad Duncan

Most Promising Player Timothy Russell

Player of the Year

Jason Redinger/Sizwe Mthembu

Outside Sports

Carmen de

Villiers

Zululand Surfing

Liam de Villiers

Zululand Surfing

Micaela Smith

Zululand Surfing

Steven de Lange

Zululand Surfing

Nichole Martyn

KZN Ladies Golf

Kerryn Farrell

KZN Triathlon

Ruben Linde

KZN Wrestling

Clarke Bishop

KZN Country Districts Mens Hockey

Leone Anderson

KZN Country Districts Ladies Hockey

Garth Bishop

REPORT BACK

Cultural Evening:

There was an error in the previous Newsletter under the Cultural Evening – the correct information

should have been:

Sibuko Dlamini received the Grantleigh Trophy for the Most improved student in Drama practical and

the Cultural Personality of the Year Award.

Emma Stallard received the trophy for the Most improved student in Art practical.

Sorry Sibuko and Emma.

Fire- fighting training for Grantleigh staff and students

Keith Eaton from Zululand Fire Control was on site Tuesday 8th

October to train the staff and student

representatives serving on our Health and Safety Portfolio Committee. Valuable training around the

causes and types of fires took place as well as instruction in the handling and effective use of the available

fire-fighting equipment. Occupational health and safety enjoys high priority at the school as we strive to

maintain a safe and hazard free learning and working environment.

Peter Cook

Hi there,

Please pass this email on to the three outstanding pupils & parents/teachers involved in the White River

EV Challenge that recently visited our Solar Car Team…

Many thanks to you outstanding & inspirational scholars – it was wonderful to have you here, and I hope

you all enjoyed the visit as much as we did.

We have posted a recent blog-post from the visit (copied in below) from our website

(http://nmmusolarcar.co.za/), which also includes a link to a couple of photos that we took of your visit

down here.

The Solar Car team was recently visited by two teams that had recently participated in the recent White

River Rotary Club EV Challenge 2013. They were High School teams, Cyril Clarke High School from

Mataffin, Nelspruit in Mpumulanga and Grantleigh College from Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal.

Hummer explains why he almost “…did a #1…” in the cockpit of the car on the first day of the Solar

Challenge

Both had performed outstandingly

in the latest White River EV

Challenge, and, as part of the

recognition of their excellent

work, were rewarded with a trip

that in part, lucky for us, included

a visit to the NMMU and the eLab

to view the solar car and to also

meet & spend time with the team.

Our guys took our enthusiastic

visitors through the development

and build of the solar car,

explaining the whole process in

detail, as well as showing them

around the many other projects

currently on the boil in the eLab.

Driver fitment for the SASC‟14 was going pretty well – let‟s hope that canopy doesn‟t stick like last time;

those parents weren‟t at all happy about not getting their kid back…

We also had a long sit-down

discussion with these intrepid,

bright young designers, who then

also gave us a lot of background

into their event, their vehicles &

their teams, and how they went

about the preparations to their

event. Fascinating stuff, and

good to see there was quite a lot

of commonality in the two

challenges – well done guys!

The whole happy group

together…

We were all mightily impressed I

can tell you, and hope we have

encouraged each other to strive

even higher next time around – hopefully you also went away from here with a longing to come back one

day as a full-time NMMU student, working on the solar car of course!

RESULTS

PREP SCHOOL RESULTS

Cricket vs Winterton

U11 20 Overs

Winterton went in to bat and made 140

Grantleigh made 41 all out

Grantleigh lost by 99 runs

U11 30 Overs

Winterton made 150 all out

Joshua Groom took 5 wickets for 21 runs

Kyle Blackmore took 2 wickets for 28 runs

Grantleigh made 43 runs

Grantleigh lost by 107 runs

U13 20 overs

Grantleigh made 115 runs all out

Winterton made 116 for 1

Grantleigh lost by nine wickets

U13 30 overs

Winterton made 162 all out

Grantleigh made 132 all out

Grantleigh lost by 30 runs

College Cricket Results

U14 vs Eshowe HS

Eshowe 51 all out

Josh Hooper 3 for 16

Phila Maxase 3 for 8

Nikiel Rajah 2 for 2

Wessel Venter 2 for 3

Grantleigh 52 for 3

Grantleigh won by 7 wickets

U15 vs Eshowe

Grantleigh 282 for 4

Timothy Russell 76 not out

Gunther Kelling 65

Richard Dobeyn 64

Eshowe 62 all out

Shaun Martyn 5 for 13

Liam de Villiers 2 for 11

Grantleigh won by 220 runs

1st Team vs Eshowe

Eshowe 139 all out

Jonathan Hunter 3 for 22 including a hat-

trick

Jason Redinger 3 for 25

Sizwe Mthembu 2 for 27

Grantleigh 142 for 4

Jason Redinger 67 not out

Grantleigh won by 6 wickets

Grantleigh vs Uthungulu Development

Grantleigh 144 for 3

Sizwe Mthembu 42 not out

Timothy Russell 34 not out

Uthungulu 99 for 8

Jonathan Hunter 3 for 12

Taylor Styger 3 for 9

Grantleigh won by 45 runs

Inter-High Social Relay Gala

The 1st gala of the season was a social gala hosted at Grantleigh. All the swimmers gave of their best and

produced some fine results. No points or times are used at the social galas but it was a good way to kick

off the start of a new season.

EVENTS

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UNIFORM ROOM - Operating Hours

The Uniform Room will be closed from Thursday, 14th

to Friday, 22nd

November due to College

exams in the Hall.

Additional Hours open in November & December:

Tuesday, 26/11 from 11h00 to 14h30 (JP Awards from 08h00 to 10h30)

Wednesday, 27/11 from 07h30 to 14h30 (Walton’s & Bay Stationers handover)

Thursday, 28/11 from 12h30 to 16h00 (College Awards from 10h00 to 12h30)

Friday, 29/11 from 07h30 to 12h00 (school closes at 11h00)

Monday, 02/12 to Tuesday, 03/12 from 07h30 to 14h00

Additional Hours open in January 2014:

Wednesday, 08/01 to Friday, 10/01 from 07h30 to 14h00

Monday, 13/01 to Tuesday ,14/01 from 07h30 to 14h00

Wednesday, 15/01 to Thursday, 16/01 from 07h30 to 14h30

Normal Uniform Room hours resume on:

Tuesday, 21/01/2014 (from 07h30 to 14h30 on Tuesdays & Thursdays)

Contact Mogie on 072-182-5148

FORECAST

GRANTLEIGH SPORTS FORECAST

AS AT: Wednesday 16 October 2013 WEEK ENDING: Wednesday 23 October 2013

Wednesday 16 October

08:00 PS/Col Photos

14:30 Col 1st Cricket vs HSRB Grantleigh

Thursday 17 October

14:30 PS Cricket vs Mtunzini U9 & U11 Grantleigh

14:30 PS Cricket vs Mtunzini U13 Mtunzini

Friday 18 October

No Fixtures Planned

Saturday 19 October

08:30 PS U11 & U13 Cricket Tour Winterton

09:00 Col/PS Cricket vs Felixton 1st, Girls U11 Grantleigh

09:00 Col/PS Cricket vs Felixton U15, U13 Felixton

09:00 Col Cricket vs JWS U14 Grantleigh

Sunday 20 October

Monday 21 October

No Fixtures Planned

Tuesday 22 October

14:30 PS Cricket vs RBPS U13 RBPS

Wednesday 23 October

14:30 Col 1st Cricket vs Felixton Felixton