Term 1 Issue 4

Educating young South Africans with Heart

Wed 6 Mar 2013

Head Councillor Ofentse Moduka draws the first raffle ticket in aid of the Mellon housing initiative

FROM THE OPERATIONS DESK With

Carryn Boden

January

we

conference. We were blessed to have three

commenced March with a BANG! The

excellent speakers address us: JP Landman,

recent tragic events in SA that have created

who is currently the Economic Advisor for

enormous global interest are Oscar Pistorius

Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for

and Reeva Steenkamp, the unexpected

South Africa (ASGISA). He is self-employed,

natural disaster of lightning striking two

devoting his time to analyzing politico-

cricket boys at KES, the brutality of police

economic trends, with a focus on politics,

violence leading to the tragic death of

economics, demography and social capital.

Emidio Macia after he was apparently tied

Alan Committie, who is best known for

to the back of a van and dragged through

‘Defending the Caveman’ brought us to

a street in Daveyton and Lead SA needing

tears and Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, founder and

to focus on protection of women and

prime mover behind The Gift of the Givers

children against rape. We continue to pray

Foundation gave us hope and inspiration

for SA daily!

with his presentation on the work his

However, whilst there is continued strife

organization does. Thank you to

and

caterers for the excellent buffet and last but

anger

and

February

throughout

past,

the

world,

HeronBridge College has just hosted two

certainly

excellent and well attended events! On 1

passionately

March the staff of HeronBridge had a

community all day, every day!

fantastic

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‘Talking

Together

with

Heart’

not

“Do unto others as you would have them do to you.” Luke 6 : 31

least serve

the our

staff pupils

Rave

who

so

and

the

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PREP AGAPE DAY

On the 14th of February we celebrated AGAPE day in the Prep school. The children and staff came to school dressed in pink, red and white and much fun was had by all. The love of God was incorporated in the morning line-up, weekly Bible verse and devotions and spoken about in assembly, too. Everyone had a day filled with God’s love!

GRANDPARENTS DAY What a wonderful day we enjoyed in Grade Three on Friday 15 February! Grannies,

grandpas

and

other

special

people arrived to spend some quality time with their Grade Three children. Each child provided a beautifully decorated tea table and

some

delicious

eats.

Wonderful

conversations were had and each child interviewed their special person to find out something about life in days gone by. Thank you to all the special people for taking the time and effort to come. We really hope you enjoyed your visit. The Grade Threes certainly have some precious memories of the day.

AGM NOTICE

Book this date: 7 March @19h00 for HBC Together (AGM) in Baobab. See School Communicator for details

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KIDS LIT QUIZ The quiz was created by Wayne Mills, an educator at the University of Auckland, who wears a zany purple and black hat while hosting this literary quiz.

TEAM 1 Left to right: Scott McGill (Gr6), Tristan Murgatroyd (Gr7), Hayley White (Gr5) and Dylan White (Gr7) TEAM 2 (Insert) Kiara Melnick (Gr7), Caela Kleynhans (Gr7), Ben Smyth (Gr7), Sarah Biesman-Simons (Gr6) On 15 February 2013 our Prep School

Mills, an educator at the University of

entered two teams in the Kids Lit Quiz.

Auckland, who wears a zany purple and

This year we decided to enter the Pretoria

black hat while hosting this literary quiz. The

Round, held on the Friday morning, which

Kids' Lit Quiz motivates and inspires children

meant that the Grade 7s had to rush back

to read a wide range of children's literature

from their tour. This Quiz is an annual

from the classics to the contemporary, from

literature competition, in which teams of

nursery rhymes to comics, and from folk

four students, aged 10 to 13, work together

tales to myths.

to answer wide-ranging literary questions. The

winning

team

from

each

region

competes in the national final. The winner of the national final is invited to the World Final which is being hosted in South Africa

Congratulations to HeronBridge team 1 who performed exceptionally well, finishing in fourth

place.

Team

2

also

performed

admirably, coming in closely behind Team 1.

this year. The quiz was created by Wayne

Well done to both teams!

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Co-ordinator,

The second event was the Open Day which

Masimbira, our Transport Manager, and his

we hosted in our magnificent new Baobab

drivers; as well as the entire supportive staff

Hall. The school was a buzz of interested

including the PA’s, Administrators, Accounts

prospective parents eagerly investigating

staff, Uniform shop staff, Marketing staff,

the possibility of investing in their children’s

Estate staff and the Retreat staff who ‘Just

future through the education given at

Do It’ with smiles on their faces and are

HeronBridge College. We had a total of 80

never in the spotlight! Talking about staff,

families with children ranging in age from

we would like to welcome Candice Gibson

in utero to Grade 10.

who has just joined our Marketing team in a

I would like to take this opportunity to

temporary assistant role. It is great to have

thank

you join our team! - Carryn Boden

Sandy

Burke,

our

Events

and

her

team;

Richmond

College boys prepare to fill the sand indicator that indicates whether the target has been reached

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GRADE 7 SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE TOUR In the true “Spirit of Adventure” our Grade 7 pupils spent five days in the bush building the valuable skills of leadership, teamwork, encouragement, determination and compassion. They had endless fun, making the best of each challenge and in true HeronBridge style, every activity was done “with heart”. We are proud of our Grade 7 pupils!

Tatum Evans, Melody Wilson, Kelly Lumley, Caitlin Hudspeth, Alexa De Greef

Chelsea James, Amy Hodgson and Christie Benjamin

Kinah Geerdts, Ryan Richardson, Gareth D’ennis –Rowson, James Rugani

PREP COWAN HOUSE CRICKET TOUR On the weekend 1st – 4th March our Open A cricket side toured the Natal Midlands. We played our hosting school, Cowan House on Saturday, winning this game by 9 wickets. On Sunday we played in a six-a-side tournament hosted by Hilton College. There were top schools from around the country playing in this festival such as Highbury, DPHS, Crawford's from all areas and many more. We played exceptionally well and managed to win 6 out of the 9 games. - Jonathan Morgan, Prep Cricket Coach Back: Mr Morgan Middle (left to right): Michael Kurzewski, Thabo Munhuwani, Daniel Copeland, Connor Esterhuizen, Thomas Triggol, Gareth d’Enis Rowson, Ryan Van Der Klis , Ben Smyth, Sebastian De Oliveira. Front (left to right): Bismarck Olivier, Cameron Shekleton, Mark Jennings

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TENNIS TOUR TO MPUMALANGA

Mrs Braithwaite and Mr Janneker

Back row l to r: Mr Janneker, Katelin de Vlieg, Ryan Bush, Jethro Anderson Middle row l to r: Sonia Chitate, Tara Milligan, Mrs Braithwaite, Megan Taylor, Cord van Eck, Melissa Kreft Front row l to r: Michael Daubermann, Lisa Fellingham, Mischa Boddenberg and Ryan Absalom

On the 22 of February during the mid-term,

delicious five course meal when we returned

the boys and girls first tennis team went on

to the Hotel and spent the evening playing

the first ever HeronBridge Tennis tour to

games.

Mpumalanga. We stayed in Karula Hotel

On the last day we woke up early to a rainy

where we had such a stunning time.

grey morning and started packing, unsure if

We set off on the Friday on a six hour bus

we were going to be able to play tennis. We

trip to arrive excitedly at our destination.

headed out to Uplands, where we swept the

After quickly unpacking at the Hotel, we all

rain off the courts, determined. We played

piled back on the bus to go and play Ten

doubles, singles and mixed doubles. The

Pin Bowling at Riverside Mall. We played in

girls won and unfortunately, the boys had

two teams, the Aces, and the Love team.

very challenging opponents and lost, but

Thereafter we headed back to the Hotel

with great sportsmanship.

and were rewarded after a long day with a

After everyone had showered we returned

five course meal.

to the bus, ready for our long trip home.

The following morning started bright and

We enjoyed the experience touring as a

early with an amazing breakfast. Arriving at

mixed tennis team. All the boys, girls and

our first opponent’s school, Penryn College,

teachers shared many funny and memorable

the twelve of us set out for the first day of

moments that all contributed to great team

tennis with sheer determination. We played

building. We look forward to next year’s

doubles as well as mixed doubles which the

Tennis Tour and would like to thank Mr. and

girls won by 3 points.

Mrs. Braithwaite, and Mr. Janneker for

We enjoyed a refreshing swim and headed

organizing and sharing this unforgettable

back to the Mall where the male teachers

tour with all of us.

and boys showed us what they were made of on the Go-karts. Again we had a

- Katelin de Vlieg and Tara Milligan

Megan Taylor

Ryan Bush

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COLLEGE GIRLS B TEAM

Left to right: Melissa Kreft, Lisa Fellingham, Sarah Wynberger and Georgina Tasioulas The Girl’s B side tennis team took part in a tournament with 19 schools competing on Saturday 16 February. Being such a large tournament, the first round was played at 4 different schools and from there teams moved to a second venue, depending on how well they fared in the first round Round Robin.

HeronBridge then joined all the second placed teams at St Andrews in Bedfordview and after another 2 games in a knockout competition, were placed 8th overall. This is an excellent achievement and I congratulate Lisa

Fellingham,

Melissa

Kreft,

Sarah

Wynberger and Georgina Tasioulas on a

HeronBridge played their first round at Jeppe Girls’ High School in Kensington. The two top teams were closely matched and HeronBridge

Fourways High School.

was

unlucky

to

lose

sound performance. - Helen Braithwaite, Tennis Coach

The indicator is filled with sand

to

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL On Saturday, 23 February 2013, our 4 volleyball

teams

participated

in

a tournament

hosted by Pretoria High School for Girls. Our Boys’ First Team ended 2nd overall, while our Senior and Junior Girls’ Volleyball Teams won 4 out of 7 matches on the day. Both girls’ teams made it through to the play-offs. Our junior boys’ team played well, but still have some work to do in the coming weeks. We are very proud of the improvement in our teams and players since the start of the year and have high expectations for the rest of the Girls Volleyball Team

season. - Dina Kladis, Volleyball Coach

DID THEY REACH THE TARGET??

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INTER-HIGH SWIMMING AT WATERSTONE

SIBLING ALERT NOTE FROM THE ADMISSIONS DEPARTMENT:

Have you registered your younger siblings? Whilst we do prioritize sibling enrolments, we can only do this if they are registered timeously. We have three major intake years – Grade 000, 00 and Grade 8. Please note that Grade R and Grade 1 are not common intake years therefore it is difficult to accommodate pupils (including siblings) in these grades. All other Grades feed through from the previous year, and places only become available if an existing child leaves.

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INTER-HIGH SWIMMING AT MONDEOR

WINTER INTER-HOUSE SPORT: HOCKEY

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SWIMMING SENSATIONS

Our HeronBridge swimmers participated at the Central Gauteng Level 2 Swimming Championships From left: Dominic Varrie winning a total of 6 medals (2 golds and 4 silver) obtaining a level 3 status, Kaitlin Jericevich with 1 bronze and Daniel Copeland with 2 silvers and 2 bronze medals. Congratulations!!! Alan Honeybun (insert) also competed at this gala and did very well having just moved up into the next age group .

FOURWAYS MALL CANSA SHAVATHON Our HeronBridge Rugby boys took

part

in

the

annual

Fourways Mall Cansa Shavathon in support of Cancer survivors. Well done, boys!

CLOSE SHAVE

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ADVENTURE CLUB

On the pleasantly cloudy morning of 22 February, the first 10 applicants of the HeronBridge Adventure Club met at school to set out on an ac-

Mathew Smith abseiling through a tricky section

tion packed day of hiking and kloofing in the Magaliesburg. Thankfully the cloud cover sheltered us from the powerful morning sun and the kloof protected us from its midday heat. The hike was far from average and straight forward and many complex sections of the kloof had to be tackled with rope and agility. We drank the icy water from the mountain stream when the going got tough and cooled our achy muscles in the stream when the kloof presented no other option. Students from all grades said the day was awesome, suggesting a name change to the “Extreme Club”. Our next trips promise to be longer and more extreme so speak to Mr Paidas and sign up first so you don’t miss out! The participants were: Michalea Schagen, Courtney Schagen, Anees Jappie, Michael Jenkins, Kyle Spencer, Ulemo Tholo, Eric Loosen, Gareth Stubbs, Matthew Smith and Jordan Holland. - Nic Paidas, Adventure Club

WINTER INTER-HOUSE SPORT: RUGBY

Adventurers on top of the Magaliesberg mountain range

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MELLON HOUSE RAFFLE TICKET DRAW On Friday the 1st of March at 14:00 the College met in Acacia Hall to be a part of the long- awaited Raffle Ticket Draw. Everyone waited in anticipation as the Auditor, Mr. Vince Laubscher did his final count and check before the box of stubs were presented. The councilors each drew a stub for each of the 27 fantastic prizes, after which Ingo van der Merwe read out each winner.

Councillors draw the winning tickets Not only were over 1000 tickets bought for the raffle draw BUT we have already reached our target amount of R300 000! Many, many thanks go out to everyone who has been involved in contributing to our Mellon Housing Project. Below the list of lucky prizewinners: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

15.

Mowana Spa, 3 treatments for 2 peopleCourtney Clarke

16.

D’Lish Party Package- Adele Talbot

Mutemwa Lodge, Zambia- Jackie Kauzil Tangala Safari Camp, Thornybush Game Reserve, SA- Wiola Peyper 17.

TARGET REACHED!

R1 000 Blair Atholl Savannah Spa voucher- Vaughan Owen

Serv’d Fresh Meal packs for 2 peopleJohn Bentley

18.

3 months personal training at BasefitSelebake Mbowane

R1 000 Blair Atholl Savannah Spa voucher- Norman Brassell

19.

R1 000 Blair Atholl Savannah Spa voucher- Raimund Heep

Weber Q300 Gas Braai from Morso Fireplaces- Janet Seath 20.

We would like to take this opportunity to again THANK all of the generous sponsors of the prizes, as well as many parents who have helped this initiative by pledging Corporate Sponsorships.

R1 000 Voucher for The Baron, Fourways - Warren Lategan

Porshe Sunglasses unisex- Nicole Nieman

21.

Porshe Sunglasses for men-Manfred Hertenberger

R1 000 Voucher for The Baron, Fourways - Margie Klein

22.

4 Ball round of Golf at Blair AthollNicole Oliver

R1 000 Voucher for The Baron, Fourways - Andrew Pienaar

23.

4 Ball round of Golf at Blair Atholl-Brian Stacey

R1 000 Voucher for The Baron, Fourways - Bennie van Wyk

24.

R1 000 Voucher for Hirsch-Carol Jacques

10.

4 Ball round of Golf at Blair Atholl-Tim Brown

25.

R500 Voucher for Hirsch- Louise McCrystal

11.

Maropeng SA for 2 people sharing incl. Maropeng & Sterkfontien Caves Experience- Kuno Stilau

26.

R500 Voucher for Hirsch- Tammy OwenJones

27.

12.

Professional Photo shoot with Wasabifoto- Bunmi Ademoye

High tea for 2 at The Westcliff Hotel- Sue Lawson

13.

Groche faucets and fittings- Andrea Seaton

14.

Nine & Co by Nine West handbag, Guess sunglasses plus Eye test- Melony Smith

WELL DONE TO ALL WINNERS! We will be contacting you this week to arrange for the collection of your prize.

BOKSBURG here we come!

The funds are in and we are building in Boksburg

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HERONBRIDGE MELLON T-SHIRT LAYOUT

MELLON BRACELETS Mellon Bracelets! Only R20.00 and all money goes towards Mellon Housing. Wear it with your school uniform and show your support to build dreams and houses!

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ANNUAL PUBLIC SPEAKING FESTIVAL Our Grade 11 Public Speakers participated in the annual Public Speaking Festival last week and must be congratulated on their success. They competed against Redhill, Yeshiva College and Christ Church College, Midrand and we are proud to say that we were awarded the highest result of the evening. The speakers had to choose, as inspiration, the title of a painting by an acknowledged artist. This was a very academic exercise and resulted in excellent content that was interesting, inspiring and entertaining. Both teams were praised by the adjudicator for L to r: Michael Daubermann, Sonia Chitate, Josh van den Berg and Rebecca Cullum

their polished presentations and for their confidence and their skill. Michael Daubermann, Sonia Chitate, Joshua v.d Berg and Rebecca Cullum must be congratulated on achieving an A (89%) and Natasha Lewis, Mpho Madau, Valentine Chisango and Erin Oberem for being awarded a B+ (79%). Four of our Grade 11 speakers spoke for the very first time and must be commended on an excellent result. It takes courage to address an audience and it takes a great deal of hard work for the speakers to synthesise four distinct

speeches

into

a

performance of 15 minutes. Left to right: Natasha Lewis, Mpho Mudau, Valentine Chisango and Erin Oberem

We are very proud of our speakers! - Ros Wood, Public Speaking

WINTER INTER-HOUSE SPORT: NETBALL (believe it or not)

unified

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DEBATING TOP 6

COTTAGES TO LET HeronBridge Estate has two cottages available at Heron Village (across the river) Cottage V1 and V 3 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom with shower, Open plan kitchen and lounge, 1 covered carport Rent R4400 incl. Water but excl. Electricity Cottage V1 – Available 1 March 2013

Valentine Chisango, Grant Fourie, Ofentse Moduka, Rebecca Cullum, Mpho Mudau, Jemma Muller and Kelly Green

Off to war! On Saturday 23 February HeronBridge

the paying of ransom for kidnapping

College hosted the Top 6 debating

illegal.

challenge. In this competition debaters do not take part as a team, representing the school but rather debate as a mixed team and are ranked as individuals. Fourways, King David Linksfield and HeronBridge College sent their best speakers and created new teams to debate some difficult topics.

Our

debaters

opponents

and

faced

their

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worthy

trumped them

all!

Ofentse Moduka was the best Grade 12

URGENT NOTICE

speaker. Valentine Chisango was the best Grade 11 Speaker and Grant Fourie was the best Grade 9 speaker. Overall Valentine Chisango won the Senior competition, Grant Fourie won

The motions on the day included This

the Junior competition and Kelly Green

house would re-instate all of Lance

came third in the Junior competition.

Armstrong’s titles, This house would

Cottage V3 – Available 1 April 2013

Mellon has advised Ingo vd Merwe that the building of houses will no longer be in

Well done to all the debaters!

Thembisa but rather in

cases, This house would replace aid with

Kim Muddiman

Reiger Park, Boksburg

remittance and This house would make

Debating Adjudicator

limit media coverage in celebrity court

WINTER INTER-HOUSE SPORT: RUGBY (stranger things have happened...)

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PUBLIC SPEAKING VICTORY

Left to right: Thabile Yende, Ofentse Moduka, Megan van Wyk, Teagan O’Gorman, Harriet Bentley, Maxine Brassell, Kathryn van der Plank, Ninza Mwenesongole

On Tuesday 26th February, the Grade 12

year, to ensure that they perform at

Public Speakers went to King David

their very highest level.

Victory Park for their final evening of

Our two teams had to respond to the

Guild

a

topic “The Title of a Painting, by an

prestigious event and HeronBridge has

Established Artist”. The team consisting

always showcased its wonderful talent

of Harriet Bentley, Megan van Wyk,

very successfully. Public speaking is an

Ninza

important

communicating

Yende, spoke on the topic of “The

sincerely, intelligently, persuasively and

Massacre of the Innocent” and earned a

inspiringly is vital in all aspects of adult

fabulous

life.

Ofentse Moduka, Kathryn van der Plank,

The Guild standard is the very highest

Teagan O’Gorman and Maxine Brassell

and, at Grade 12 level, students are

spoke

expected to be simply spectacular. They

achieved an outstanding ‘A+’ symbol.

are expected to have speeches that

Both teams impressed the adjudicator

sparkle,

research,

with their sophisticated ideas, relevant

humour, intelligent commentary and

issues and depth of content, as well as

lofty ideas, and they are expected to

their vibrant, engaging delivery and

deliver their speeches with fluency, flair

cohesiveness as a team. The adjudicator

and energy. To prepare for these

awarded

expectations takes hours and hours each

distinctions of the evening.. The girls

week, writing, editing, rewriting, honing,

are to

perfecting and practising the speeches

phenomenal

until they are exceptional. The students

through sacrifice and hard work.

Public

life

Speaking.

skill;

showing

depth,

This

is

Mwenesongole

‘A’

and

Thabile

on “The Card Players” and

both

be

teams

the

congratulated

only

on their

achievements,

earned

give up each and every break for weeks, from the very beginning of the school

Public speaking team with Miss Morgan

symbol. The team of

Kerry Morgan - Public Speaking

Photosoc image Chain by Jack Singer (Grade 9)

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REFLECTIONS FROM OUR PSYCHOLOGIST The five love languages are classified by Chapman as:



WORDS OF AFFIRMATION



ACTS OF SERVICE



RECEIVING GIFTS



QUALITY TIME



PHYSICAL TOUCH

When

it

comes

to

relationships,

“speaking” different languages in terms of giving and receiving love, potentially leaving both parties with unmet needs.

If you read my column last time, I hope

This, in turn, can leave some feeling

that in recent weeks you have found

disconnected, unappreciated or some-

more love for yourself as well as

what insecure. When we are able to

moments to encourage your children to

both give and receive love in the ways

love themselves too!

that best suit us and those close to us,

So how do we express our love? You may

have

Languages”

heard

of “The

written

by

5

Love

Dr.

Gary

Chapman. According to his theory, there are five main love languages, or ways in which we give and receive love.

“When we are able to both give and receive love in the ways that best suit us and those close to us, there is a greater chance of achieving more fulfilling and positive relationships.”

there is a greater chance of achieving more fulfilling and positive relationships. Visit www.5lovelanguages.com to learn more. There is a short online quiz that can help you discover your own dominant love language. Think about how it might apply to the various relationships in your life, particularly the closest. Reflect on what your children’s love language might be. For teenagers, there is a questionnaire that can help to

determine

language.

Feel

their free

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challenges may arise when people are

Carey-Ann Dellbridge

RIDING HIGH

dominant to

email

love me

([email protected]) if you would like to take a look at this.

Each individual ultimately prefers or

Remember the little things that make a

naturally gravitates towards one or two

big difference: genuine praise or a

of the love languages; when they receive

heartfelt compliment; a personalized

love being demonstrated in these ways,

certificate made for your child; filling

they are likely to feel more secure and

your spouse’s car up with petrol; a

loved. Similarly, they are more likely to

surprise note in a lunchbox; fresh

demonstrate their love for others in the

flowers; 20 minutes quality time with

“language” in which they feel most

your child engaging in an activity of

comfortable.

their choice; and more hugs and kisses!

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