Dear Parents

May I wish all our Hindu families a very happy Diwali which they will celebrate on 26 October.My congratulations go to all our new office bearers for 2012. I wish you well for your term of office and look forward to an exciting year.Our other thrilling news is that our hostel, under the name of St Michael and St George, has been reinstated as a fully fledged school House.  Many years ago St Michael and St George constituted two separate Houses of the school, but as the boarder number decreased, the two houses amalgamated into one House.  Again, boarders became fewer and only the Queen Houses were used as school Houses.  Now that we have nearly 100 boarders, they believe that they are a force to be reckoned with!  We wish them all the best for the year ahead.

It gives me great pleasure to share the fact that Miss Ellis’ health is improving daily.  She returned home from hospital on 5 October and we look forward to seeing her at special functions again soon.

I would like to salute all girls who received prizes at Speech Night. There is an abundance of talent in this school and the girls have worked very hard.  Well done, girls!

Our final assembly will be on Friday 25 November as that is the last day when big exams are being written.  Some subjects will still be written after that date.  Reports will be handed out on Friday 9 December. Please take note that in 2012 the first term starts earlier than usual, namely on Wednesday 11 January.
We wish all our girls an enjoyable and fruitful examination period.

MRS M BAGSHAW

The annual Alexander Playhouse High Schools' Play Festival semifinals took place on the 10 and 11 October.   Donna de Jongh, Amy Annear, Caitlin Wiggill and Hildegarde Malan travelled to East London and performed the play entitled “Disturbances of the Feminine Kind”, an in-depth investigation of womanhood.  The play was collaboratively directed by all the girls with Donna de Jongh as the main director.  Naturally, these talented actresses were thrilled to have been chosen as one of the three schools to perform in the final round of the festival at a gala evening on 12 October.  A highlight of the festival was the invaluable and inspiring guidance and direction Deon Opperman gave to the four actresses at a rehearsal for the gala evening.

A dramatic fairytale ending was in store for the actresses. The play came second overall in the competition with Donna de Jongh winning the best actresses and a prize of a R35 000 bursary to study at a university of her choice, and Amy  Annear being named the runner-up.  Opperman noted that Donna was not only a born actresses but also a born director which he said was a very rare combination to find in one person.  He also praised “Disturbances of the Feminine Kind” as being quietly profound.  The provincial festival will become a national festival next year with its aim being to reward and nurture the dramatic interest and talent at a high school level.  This festival gives the Dramatic Arts the recognition it deserves as the Dramatic Arts is an integral facet of any society in its attempt, at a fundamental level, to bring about social transformation and create great performers and    leaders of a  country.

Special thanks must go to Jade Limbert who also travelled to East London for the festival in the capacity of lighting   technician. Her wealth of wisdom and experience regarding the technical side of stage productions is tremendous, and she will be sorely missed by Collegiate as she is matriculating this year.

Back Row:  Hildegarde Malan and Caitlin WiggillSeated:  Donna de Jongh, Miss J Kromhout, Amy Annear 

Our sincere thanks to the mothers who provide flowers to the School on a weekly basis.  They are enjoyed by all!Special thanks must go to Mrs Henriette Brummer and her team of mothers who arranged the flowers for all the special functions last week.  Our School looked truly magnificent.A reminder to the following moms of their flower duties:

Please encourage your daughter to sell her book of tickets and to return the stub and money by Friday 4 November. For each book sold, the seller scores two free tickets to go into the draw.Selling extra books of tickets is optional, but those girls who sell the most tickets will be in a separate draw for another Apple I-Pad 2. Entry to this draw is limited to top sellers, thus increasing their chances of winning.

REMEMBER: SALES CLOSE ON 4 NOVEMBER 2011

Congratulations to the following girls on their results in the second round of the AMESA Olympiad:
Grade 9
Elma Alam: BlueBianca Moodaley: Silver Simran Juglal, Saadiyah Mayet, Hayley Ward: Gold.
Grade 11
Shaneen Kooverjee, Hildegard du Plessis: Blue Hildegarde Malan: SilverSo – Mang Kim: Gold Frances le Roux: Platinum. 

Next Issue 25 November

The Prefects of 2011/2012 were inducted last week. There was great excitement amongst all to know who the office-bearers amongst the Prefects were to be. Congratulations to our Head Girl, Kate Ferreira and to her Deputy, Callan Schroeder. We are confident that they will honour the trust placed in them and lead the girls ably. We also congratulate the Heads of House: Zintle Mente (Queen Alexandra); Jamie-Leigh Michau (Queen Elizabeth); Catherine Fish (Queen Mary); Jamie-Leigh Michau (Queen Mary); Sinethemba Foley (Queen Victoria) and Michelle Zondagh (St Michael and St George – Head of Hostel). 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF PARENTS AND STAFF WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY 8TH NOVEMBER 2011  AT 17H30 IN THE IVY LEAF

AGENDA

1. Welcome and apologies 
2. Confirmation of Minutes of 2010 AGM
3. Matters arising from the Minutes
4. Chairman’s Report
5. Principal’s Report
6. Treasurer’s Report
7. Presentation of Budget and proposed School Fees for 2012
8. General
9. Closure       

We would like to congratulate Courtney Lynch for being selected as the Head Scorer for the 2011 -2012 polo season.  Courtney will be the head table official and ensure things run smoothly at our Wednesday evening league.We wish our 1st and U16A teams and their coaches well with the upcoming Clarendon Centennial Stayers Tournament to be hosted in East London on the weekend.We are proud of the U15A team for making it to the finals at the Stirling U15 tournament at the end of last term.  They played convincingly against strong competition and narrowly lost in the final against Stirling.We are also proud to mention the U14A team that travelled to East London to play at the Hudson Park, Peter Cuff Water Polo tournament and also faced with Stirling in the finals.  The u14s were ahead at the start of the match but were defeated by Stirling in the end.

Back Row:
Kayleigh van Vuuren, Brittany Combrink,Chelsey Daniels, Tara van de Venter, Hannah Woodhead
Front Row:
Cayli van Thiel Berghuys, Sara Makowen,Michaela King, Natalie Billson
Absent:
Chrstine Morley, Ally Giddy

The following Collegiate girls are to be congratulated for being selected to represent our province at the National tournament in Cape Town from 10 – 14 December 2011.   Miss Kerrigan will be managing the EP U19A team.  Once again Collegiate dominated the trials with the greatest number of representatives.

Collegiate and Grey will combine for a festival of band music in the school hall at Collegiate Junior on Saturday 29 October.  The concert will feature both the Collegiate Junior Wind Band, under the direction of Mr Simon Stickells, and the Grey Junior Concert Band as well as the Grey Boyzz Jazz band, directed by Mr Jeff Taylor.The Concert will also feature the Collegiate Junior Choir, under the direction of Mrs Camilla Bowes, and the Collegiate High School Concert Band, under the direction of Mr Alan Parker.  This will be one of Mrs Camilla Bowes’ last concerts as she will be retiring after 26 years service to the school.
Tickets @ R20.00 each are available from the secretary at Collegiate Junior School during office hours. Tel:  041 396 4500