SNIPPETSSeptember 2017

IMPORTANT DATES 9 OctoberStart of Term 4

10 OctoberSchool's 115th BirthdayService and Cultural Colours Awards Evening 11 OctoberValedic�on

12 OctoberMatric Final Assembly Matric BreakfastNight at the Proms

13 - 15 OctoberOld Girls’ Reunion Weekend

15 OctoberGirls On Bikes

17 OctoberNew Parents Informa�on Evening

24 OctoberGrade 11 History Ou�ng

19 OctoberPA Apprecia�on Evening 26 OctoberCarols by Candlelight

1 NovemberExams begin

6 DecemberTerm 4 ends

Park Street Arcadia Tel: 012 430 7341

PRETORIA HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

Lizzie Harrison from Emma Sadleir’s law firm The Digital Law Company, addressed the school in assembly on 20 September. Her rive�ng speech on social media had students and teachers alike glued to her every word.

Those that a�ended learnt that even when you delete something it always remains in the cloud, they learnt that “the screen shot is the devil”, that it is important not to talk to people you don't know (seems obvious but is very tricky), they learnt to leave WhatsApp groups where things are being discussed that are malicious, because even though you may remain quiet you are legally equally as liable, and they learnt that if you wouldn't want you mom to see it, DON'T SEND IT!

THINK BEFORE YOU POST

Email: info@phsg.org.zawww.phsg.org.za

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VOLLEYBALL

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Annual Volleyball tournament

The volleyball team took part in the annual Volleyball

tournament at the Interna�onal School of South Africa in

Mafikeng.

U19C made it to the quarter finals but lost all 4 of their

matches.

2nd team made it to the quarter finals where they lost to

our 1st team; winning 2 out of 5 matches

1st team won 3 out of 6 teams making it to the semi-finals

and placing 7th overall.

TUKS Tournament

Saturday, 16th of September the Volleyball girls took part

in the annual TUKS Tournament.

The First team beat St. Vincent 2-0 and American

Interna�onal School of Johannesburg's B team 2-0, but

unfortunately lost against Fourways B 0-2. They went to

the quarter finals but lost against AISJ 0-2.

The second team beat DSG 2-1 and JEPPE's B team 2-0,

but lost against Fourways A and American Interna�onal

School of Mozambiek 0-2.

U16's beat American Interna�onal School of

Johannesburg and Fourways B 2-0, but lost against Heron

Bridge 1-2 and the Interna�onal School of South Africa 0-

2. They went through to the quarter finals and beat

Fourways A 2-0. In the Semi-finals they faced Heron

Bridge again and beat them 2-1. In a nail bi�ng final, we

lost 1-2 against the Interna�onal School of South Africa.

Well done for receiving second place.

U14's beat Fourways D, Midrand and Fourways F 2-0,

they also beat Fourways A and Jeppe 2-1. In the quarter

finals they beat Gressworld 2-0. In the semi-finals they

beat Fourways A 2-0. In the finals they lost against

Fourways C 1-2. Well done for receiving second place.

SOFTBALL Klara Kific, Grade 10, is currently par�cipa�ng in schools

and club so�ball on both regional and provincial level.

Earlier this year she par�cipated in an inter-provincial

tournament and earned full provincial colours. She also

received full SA colours for her age group as she was

selected for the Gauteng All-Star Team. In addi�on, Klara

was recently selected for the u19 South African na�onal

team trials for the Junior World Championships to be held

next year.

School Results

Our Chess first team came second in the District Schools

Chess Championships and went through to the Gauteng

Schools Championships. Tara Pemu, Gabrielle Amrouni,

Caitlyn Ha�ngh, Natasha Janse van Rensburg, Rose

Mamabolo and Deren Effendi played a fierce game on 9

September 2017 at the Sports Arena on UP's Mamelodi

Campus, and achieved 3rd place over all.

Tara Pemu, Claire Angel, Gabrielle Amrouni, Caitlyn

Ha�ngh, Natasha Janse van Rensburg, Rose Mamabolo

and Deren Effendi were also invited to par�cipate in the

South African Junior Chess Championships to be held in

January 2018.

Congratula�ons to these girls and their achievements!!!

Individual Chess Championships

Members of the PHSG 1st and 2nd team par�cipated in

the D4 Individual Chess Trails at Hoërskool Waterkloof on

13 May 2017.

Five of the seven par�cipants progressed to the Gauteng

Individual Championships played on 27 May 2017 at

Hoërskool FH Odendaal: Tara Pemu, Claire Angel,

Gabriel le Amrouni, Caitlyn Ha�ngh and Rose

Mamabolo.

Gabrielle Amrouni placed 27th overall.

Claire Angel placed 4th overall (out of 63 par�cipants)

and progressed with 7 other students in Gauteng to the

South African Schools Individual Championships in July

2017.

A�er par�cipa�ng in the SA Schools Individual

Championships, Claire achieved 5th place overall (out of

63 par�cipants) and also ranked first of all the Gauteng

players.

Congratula�ons to these girls and a huge thank you for

your commitment and hard work!!!

CHESS

CHOIR

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The PHSG Senior choir are hi�ng all the right notes. On

Saturday 2 September they stole the show at the "Life is a

Song- Sing it" Choir Finals held at the State Theatre.

This took place following the Choir's success at the Irene

Village Mall Choir Compe��on on 29 July where they

walked away the winners. They were also invited to

perform at the SheEO Sleepout at the Women's Day event

at Cons�tu�on Hill in Johannesburg on 8 August.

The Choir, alongside conductor Stephen Gericke,

accompanist Tessa Olivier, and with support from Ms

Dugmore and Ms Mangena, took on the best as they

competed in the "Sing in Harmonie" compe��on on 23

September at the Silver Star Casino complex in

Krugersdorp where they made the top 9 (finalists) out of

104 par�cipa�ng choirs. The show will be broadcast on

Kyknet later this year.

The Choir and the School Orchestra have also been

featured in the Four Schools Concerts which took place

from 24 to 26 September. We wish them all the best a�er a

busy and very successful year!

The girls of Tshwane will celebrate their youth, feminity

and caring spirit through the streets of Tshwane by riding

bicycles in the beau�ful purple Jacaranda City. An

expected 1500 girls will be cycling in summer dresses and

high heels (for the brave) –through the streets of Pretoria

from LC de Villiers Sports Grounds and then follow a pre-

determined route. The first stop is Afrikaanse Hoër

Meisieskool in Bond Street. Upon arrival they will be

welcomed by their hostess and invited to a tea party for 45

minutes to socialise with other girls across the spectrum.

The girls will then depart from Affies and return to the LC

de Villiers Sports ground. The return route will see them

passing through Pretoria High School for Girls, University

of Pretoria campus and the St Mary's DSG school grounds.

Upon arrival at the finish, each and every rider will receive

a goody bag.

The event will take place on 15 October star�ng at 9:00 –

the girls will be sent on their journey in batches – 9am,

9:20am, 9:40am; 10:00am, 10:20am; 10:40am and 11am

(7 batches in total). Price R120.00 per girl. Entries will

become available via h�ps://www.entryninja.com

GIRLS ON BIKESGirls awarded their Junior Lifeguard Awards in the Open

Water: Ezabelle Els, Skye Kershaw, Zoe ten Krooden, Jenna

Paveley.

Girls awarded their Lifeguard Awards in Open Water:

Gabriella Lucas, Pamela Maako, Tasmin Seagrave-Su�on.

LIFEGUARD AWARDS

Congratula�ons to Nessa Nkosi who was one of four

learners aged 9-14, who went to China in the July holidays.

Four learners were selected from the Mandarin groups in

Pretoria to represent Africa, together with the 4 learners

from 5 other con�nents as part of the promo�on of

Mandarin. We would like to congratulate her on her

selec�on.

Some girls wrote the HSK Mandarin exam and the results

are as follows:

Passed Level 1: Julia Mar�nez, Juanita Minnaar, and

Mercedes Singh

Passed Level 3: Monnica Chiu

CHINESE CLASS AWARDS

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UNESCO

On Thursday 31 August our Model United Na�ons society had two teams taking part in a UNESCO event at Jeppe Boys' High School, discussing the topic of the youth in global governance.

Kiese Mpasa, Beniciel Lonji, and Meagan Picton did an outstanding job of represen�ng the pro-youth delega�on of Ecuador, while Chipo Hansungule, Nolitha Mrwata, and Tshegofatso Matlou represented the People's Republic of China and played their cards a bit differently, arguing that the youth must first be educated significantly before their role in global governance would really ma�er.

Needless to say, we made sure we were no�ced.

We would like to thank our dedicated and ever suppor�ve coach Kate Kabe for coming along, as well as our driver Mr Kgomo.

At the end of the day, a working document was successfully passed and Tshego walked away with the prize of third best speaker of the day. We would also like to congratulate our three first-�me MUN debaters, Kiese, Nolitha, and Beniciel on a job well done, making it seem as though they have been doing it for years.

MODEL UNITED NATIONS Annual Johannesburg MUN

On Saturday 16 September the South African Ins�tute of Interna�onal Affairs hosted the annual Johannesburg MUN event at the Wits University – the biggest MUN event of the year. PHSG entered three teams, represen�ng Germany in a futuris�c Security Council, Zimbabwe in the United Na�ons Water Commi�ee and Canada in the Interna�onal Organisa�on of Migra�on.

While all our girls did an outstanding job, we would like to congratulate the delega�on of Zimbabwe (Omolemo Matseke, Hawa Ibrahim, Jo-Anne Mahlobo) for receiving an Honourable Men�on Award, and also Bonolo Moikanyane from the delega�on of Canada who walked away with a gold trophy for 1st Best Speaker in the IOM.

We are also excep�onally proud to say that two of our Old Girls (Joyce Bongongo and Morategi Kale) were seen filling

very important posi�ons of Chair and Co-chair for the UNSC Commi�ee.

Congratula�ons to all these girls for their inspiring accomplishments.

Girls High's Got Talent compe��on held on Iris Day medals.

3rd place Lise-Lea Bangue Bangue Elcombe

2nd place Christy du Preez and Keleketso Mabiotshego

1st place Zenaye Skosana (won R200)

Special awards to:

Sinokuhle Masilela for enthusias�c performance of a poem

Dani van Zyl for best original composi�on

GIRLS HIGH'S GOT TALENT

ART EXHIBITION AND AWARDS CEREMONY On Monday 4 September PHSG held

its annual Art Exhibi�on and Awards

Ceremony, the exhibit on display was

open for all to come and view. Judging

the pieces was Lothar Bὅ�char, a

renowned glass ar�st.

Congratula�ons to the following

learners who's fabulous pieces got

awarded:

1st Place overall - Michelle Cazalet

Pain�ng Category

· 1st place - Yerang Oh

· 2nd place - Margo Molchan

· 3rd place - Savana Summerton

Drawing Category

· 1st place - Michelle Cazalet

· 2nd place - Toni Siebert

· 3rd place - Dayna Binda

Design Category

· 1st place - Margo Molchan

· 2nd place - Anya Lureman

· 3rd place - Kgaugelo Mkumbeni

Jewellery Category

· 1st place - Zinhle Dzivhani

· 2nd place - Nicole Birch

· 3rd place - Siya Songa

Print-Making Category

· 1st place - Deren Effendi

· 2nd place - Kris�n Katzin

· 3rd place - Sanam Kanjee

Sculpture Category

· 1st place - Jean-Marie Rossouw

· 2nd place - Mfusi Son�

· 3rd place - Khanyi Nkosi

Photographic Category

· 1st place - Peyton Beyleveld

· 2nd place - Monique Jivan

· 3rd place - Amy Gravato

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On 19 September, Grade 10 German girls enjoyed

another visit to Die Brotstube in Rossouw Street. The

queue stood s�ll for nearly 30 minutes as they ba�led to

choose from the in�mida�ng variety of pastries. Time and

�me again this is proven to be the hardest part of having

German as a subject. #Schwierige Entscheidungen

GERMAN DELIGHTS

SOCCERSenior B won 3/0 against Cornestone College

Junior A won 2/0 against Cornerstone College.

Senior B drew 0/0 against Crawford College Pretoria

Senior A won 7 / 0 against Pretoria Central School

Juniors won 4/0 against Pretoria Central High

Senior A won 2/1 against Curro Hazeldean

Senior B Team won 8 / 0 Ha�ield Chris�an School

Senior A won 5/ 0 against Clapham

Senior B lost 3/1 against Cullinan Combined School

Senior A won 8/1 against Curro Thatchfield

Juniors won 1/0 against Curro Thatchfield

PHSG A vs Menlo A: Menlo won 16-2

PHSG B vs DSG B: PHSG won 13-4

PHSG C vs PHSG D: PHSG C won 13-5

SQUASH

Catherine S�ff, Grade 8, was awarded a number of A++

cer�ficates as well as several trophies and selected as

the overall winner in the violin category String Sec�on of

the Pretoria Eisteddfod.

PRETORIA EISTEDDFOD

PHSG athletes competed at Germiston Stadium against

the Johannesburg private schools on 14 September and

were placed 1st with a 94 point lead to the runner up. This

is a great start to the season. Keep it up.

ATHLETICS

SA’S BODY BUILDING CHAMPS Jade Haynes Grade 10 Athlone has qualified to represent

the Gauteng Team at the NABBA/WFF World at the

Na�onal Body Building Championships at UNISA in Oct.

Congratula�ons to Leigh-Ann Pentz in Grade 8

par�cipated in the Atris�culta Dance Fes�val earlier in

August in Centurion. She was awarded 2 silver medals for

individual dance, and a gold medal for her group hip hop

dance. She has qualified to take part in the Rising to Fame

Na�onal Arts Fes�val at the Wild Coast Sun in 2018.

ATRISTICULTA DANCE FESTIVAL

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Tshwane Team Selec�on

Following a successful Pretoria League Basketball

season a number of our players took part in the District

trials and we are pleased to announce that the

following girls have been selected for the Tshwane

teams:

U18

Refiloe Manyaapelo

Terrell Mbokota

Prudence Mbokota

Nthabiseng Malapela

Michaela Skinner

Caitlin Gomwe

U16

Odelia Madzivhe

Amandla Mashigo

Khensani Mangolele

Phemelo Matlaisane

Palesa Lenken

Congratula�ons and well done! The Provincial trials will

be held on 30 September.

St Peter's Tournament

From Friday 15 to Sunday 17 September a team from

PHSG took part in the annual St Peter's College

Basketball tournament. Over the course of the weekend

we played 5 pool matches, bea�ng The Glen 24 – 7,

Ridgeway 8 – 5, Enjabulweni 18 – 8, and St Dunstan's 36

– 4 and narrowly losing to Dominican Convent 10 – 11.

PHSG thus ended first in their pool and proceeded to

the quarter-finals where we beat Waterford College

from Swaziland 22 – 14. We met Norkem Park in our

semi-final match where we narrowly lost 17 -18.

PHSG thus finished 3rd overall at the tournament, our

best result in the last three years. Well done to all our

girls and a special word of thanks to our matrics who

played their last ever tournament for PHSG.

BASKETBALL DESIGN AN ADCOMPETITION

Pretoria News has been hos�ng a Design an Ad compe��on for the past few years. This compe��on is open to learners from several schools. We would like to congratulate Ann Ha Jin Lee and Kristy Lowe, both in Grade 8, who received honourable men�on for their entries as well as Savana Summerton who took the prize for overall winner in the Grade 10 to 12 category! This is an outstanding achievement! Well done ladies.

Congratula�ons to the following girls who have passed

The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

Theory exam:

Grade 1: Masana Mashapha (98 %) & Caitlyn Reddy (92 %)

Grade 3: Minkateko Shikweni (76 %)

Grade 5: Tamrin Slager (88 %), Rbekah Miller (90 %), Milan

Dowlath (80 %), Yebin Cho (83 %), and Christy du Preez (99

%)

Grade 6: Jessica Guimaraes (75 %)

ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC EXAM

OLD GIRLRANKS TOP 10 Old Girl, Jo-Anne van den Berg, took part in the Anglo

American Pla�num 2017 PLATAFRICA compe��on in

which she was ranked in the top 10 for the piece below.

We are very proud of her. PHSG is one of 2 schools in the

country that offers Jewellery Design as a subject.

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Delicious smells wa�ed down the passageways while the

Matrics did their final prac�cals. PHSG believes there may

be some Master Chefs in the making at our school.

CONSUMER STUDIES

A huge congratula�ons to Kaylee Harris who par�cipated in the Northern Clivia Show. Kaylee won the Gold medal as the overall winner in the Open Exhibi�on category as well as the Gold for the informal arrangement and Silver for the formal arrangement.

NORTHERN CLIVIA SHOW

SECURITY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND Security Officer Ismael Ndziane, a Security Guard placed at PHSG, received a cer�ficate of acknowledgement and a gi� from owner of Owen Owen Musiker, Musiker Security. Officer Ndziane went above and beyond his du�es when he found a wallet and enlisted the help of Brooklyn police to track down the owner to reunite him with the item he had lost. Well done and thank you for your outstanding service.

Congratula�ons to all our riders on a very

successful year. Very special congratula�ons to

the following riders who were chosen to ride for

the Gauteng Tshwane Team at the Gauteng

Finals Compe��on:Jenna Myer, Savannah Thomson, Ka�e Tulloch,

Nadia Pentz, Simone Syman and Jean-Marie

RossouwA�er the Gauteng Finals a team was chosen to

represent Gauteng at the Na�onal Championship

and we are very pleased to announce the Jenna

Myer has been chosen to represent this team.Congratula�ons to all the riders and a big thank

you to the parents for the many hours you have

given up in order to get the riders to the correct

venues and to make our team a success.

EQUESTRIAN

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Iris Day

Congratula�ons to the following learners who amazed

us with their photos of Iris Day:

The winner of the Category with the most interac�on

was Emma Bartz! Her picture had received an

outstanding 526 likes at the �me!

Also worth men�oning is Riley Wearne and Rachel

Meyer. Their photos received 380 and 444 likes

respec�vely.

The winner of the category with the most pics posted is

Amy Le with a resounding 97 photos.

Rach van Biljon and Min Yoongi followed closely with 62

and 68 photos respec�vely.

As a whole, thank you to each young lady that

par�cipated, we thoroughly enjoyed going through the

photos, some of them were absolutely beau�ful!

Spring Fair

The winner of the #SpringFair2017 compe��on is

Michaela Thomaides, her photo received a stunning 328

likes. In second place, Emma Bartz with 201 likes.

PHOTO COMPETITION WINNERS

Nine schools in Pretoria entered the 2017 South African Council for English Educa�on (SACEE) wri�ng compe��on. The standard was very high and we are very proud of the following learners who have been invited to the SACEE prize giving ceremony:Christy du Preez Junior Wri�ng Dis�nguished PerformanceGrace Mngadi Senior Poetry 3rd PlaceStacey Sapsford Senior Wri�ng 1st Place

SACEE

Syacey Sapsford Christy Du Preez and Grace Mngadi

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Lizzie taught learners the importance of using social media to build your digital CV, yes, one day your prospec�ve university or employer WILL be doing a search on you and profiling you accordingly. Unlike �mes past where silly things you said or did where a�ributed to being young and naïve and were soon forgo�en, it is now permanently recorded and you are legally responsible and can be sued in your own capacity from the early age of 7 years old!

Learners were advised to ensure the se�ngs on their social media are private to avoid unfavourable people from viewing their accounts. Under South African law, once you have posted something it becomes public knowledge, even

on WhatsApp.Did you know?:· When signing up to various well known social media accounts you have given them permission to, without your knowledge or any form of compensa�on, use your content in whatever way they deem fit. They may use your bikini shot in an advert oversees on a billboard 20 years from now.· Reputable social media sites have relaxed certain public figures privacy se�ng for just 3 hours so that the media could access their informa�on and photos – yes they can do that!· If you are tagged to a photo that may be deemed as discriminatory or malicious, you are legally equally as responsible as those that created, shared or liked it. Change your se�ngs so that people can't just tag you!If an app or site is promising you that you are anonymous, it is lying! Read the terms and condi�ons.

PHSG celebrated heritage day with some of the young ladies dressed in full regalia. We are truly blessed to have so many girls from different cultures (Africa and abroad) in our school. To find such diversity at one establishment is a rare and informa�ve gi�, how many other students can start their careers a�er leaving school with such an opportunity to develop knowledge and understanding about language, customs and tradi�ons? The school was alive with colour on 22 September and the young ladies looked beau�ful!

HERITAGE DAY

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THINK BEFORE YOU POST

Grade 8

10th: Duncan – 8

7th: Buxton, Selborne, & van Zyl – 24

6th: Clarendon – 27

4th: Athlone & McWilliam – 31

2nd: Connaught & Gladstone – 45

1st: Aitken – 82

Grade 9

10th: Clarendon, Gladstone, Selborne, & van Zyl – 0

5th: Athlone & Buxton – 12

4th: Duncan – 22

3rd: Connaught – 24

2nd: Aitken – 27

1st: McWilliam – 48

Grade 10

10th: Athlone & Connaught – 0

8th: Aitken – 2

7th: Buxton – 5

6th: Gladstone – 8

5th: McWilliam – 11

4th: Clarendon – 25

3rd: Duncan – 27

2nd: van Zyl – 40

1st: Selborne – 49

Grade 11

10th: Aitken – 7

9th: Buxton – 11

8th: McWilliam – 14

7th: Selborne – 18

6th: Athlone – 21

5th: van Zyl – 25

4th: Clarendon – 29

3rd: Duncan – 36

2nd: Connaught – 37

1st: Gladstone – 47

Grade 12

10th: McWilliam – 2

9th: Gladstone – 13

8th: Duncan – 15

7th: Selborne – 16

6th: Clarendon – 17

5th: Athlone – 29

3rd: Buxton & Connaught – 38

2nd: Aitken – 43

1st: van Zyl – 83

SUPPORTERS CARDS RESULTS TERM 2 2017

CLEPHAN SHIELD ACADEMIC POINTS RESULTS TERM 2 2017Grade 810th: Connaught – 788th: Clarendon & Duncan – 807th: Gladstone – 866th: Selborne – 905th: McWilliam – 914th: Aitken – 933rd: Buxton – 962nd: Athlone – 991st: van Zyl – 100

Grade 910th: Buxton – 958th: Duncan & Connaught – 985th: Clarendon, Athlone, & Aitken – 1004th: McWilliam – 1023rd: Gladstone – 1102nd: van Zyl – 1131st: Selborne – 119

Grade 1010th: Duncan – 728th: Gladstone & Selborne – 837th: Connaught – 845th: Buxton & Clarendon – 874th: Athlone – 883rd: McWilliam – 892nd: van Zyl – 911st: Aitken – 93

Grade 1110th Connaught – 639th: Buxton – 758th: Gladstone – 767th: Duncan – 786th: McWilliam – 805th: van Zyl – 814th: Aitken – 823rd: Selborne – 832nd: Athlone – 881st: Clarendon – 89

Grade 1210th: McWilliam – 699th: Aitken – 708th: Clarendon – 717th: Duncan – 776th: Athlone – 785th: Connaught – 803rd: Gladstone & van Zyl – 812nd: Selborne – 901st: Buxton - 91

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REPORTING STRUCTURESFOR PARENTS AND LEARNERS

FORM ORGANISER

DISCI-PLINARY OFFICER

DISCIPLINE RELATED QUERY

FORM TEACHER

GRADE EXECUTIVE

MRS SCHOOMBIE / MRS STOFFBERG

MRS K DU TOIT

SUBJECT

RELATED QUERY

SUBJECT TEACHER

HEAD OF SUBJECT

HEAD OF

DEPARTMENT

MRS STOFFBERG

MRS K DU TOIT

EXTRA MURAL RELATED QUERY

COACH / LIAISON TEACHER

SPORT / CULTURAL ORGANISER

MS ELOFF/ MRS B DU TOIT

MRS SCHOOMBIE

MRS K DU TOIT

Should all these avenues fail to address your concern, please contact the School Governing Body.

ALL OTHERLEARNER QUERIES

QUERIES UNRELATED TO SUBJECT, DISCIPLINE OR EXTRA MURALS

LEARNER

RCL REPRESENTATIVE

RCL EXECUTIVE

PRESIDENT OF THE RCL

MRS K DU TOIT

Note:Please address all complaints in writing to info@phsg.org.zaand they will be forwarded on to the relevant person or department.

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