Through the Chat we have frequently alerted all to the importance of our girls exercising vigilance while waiting for lifts after school. Despite various appeals, many of our girls are still negligent about waiting inside the school grounds and keeping the pedestrian gate closed. Consequently, some girls were in danger last week when an intruder came onto the property through the gate and harassed some of our girls who were waiting for lifts. Fortunately, our girls did not come to any physical harm. A security guard has been employed to stand guard at the Conyngham Road gate pedestrian entrance each afternoon from 2 to 6pm.

Please do not try to gain access to the school through the Conyngham Road gate. This gate MUST be kept closed at all times and the Hostel Staff are not to be buzzed to open it. If you are bringing your daughter to waterpolo practice in the afternoon or evening, drop her in Kestell Street to enter through the opening in the fence. She can then walk to the waterpolo pool while you watch her. Thank you for your understanding. Together let us make Collegiate grounds safe for your daughter.

Two Grade 11 girls, Khanyisa Nogaya (D3) and Senthil Pillay (D5) (placed first and second in the Collegiate Youth Leadership Programme speech competition earlier this year), participated in the Inter-Schools’ Speech Competition on Monday night. Both spoke extremely competently, but Khanyisa, especially, is to be congratulated on being placed second amongst the Port Elizabeth High Schools. Whilst her prepared speech was of a high standard, it was her fantastic unprepared speech that secured her the position of runner-up.

The results of this year’s AMESA Olympiad have been our best yet. Of the twenty-nine entrants twenty-one progressed to the final round. The results are as follows:

Platinum Certificate:  (Junior Mathematics) Seo-Young Kim (A2); So-Jin Bae (B1); Frances Le Roux (B3); Hildegarde Malan (B2); Simran Juglal (A3); So-Mang Kim (B1).

Platinum Certificate:  (Senior Mathematical Literacy) Trudi Van Olm (D3).

Gold Certificate: (Junior Mathematics) Tashfia Amin (B1); Nicole Erasmus (B2); Hildegard du Plessis (B2).

Gold Certificate: (Senior Mathematics) Anna Griebenow (D1); Laura Smith (D1); Candysse Vrancken (D1).

Six Silver certificates and two Blue certificates were also awarded. Congratulations to all who took part. In addition, three junior participants were included in the Eastern Cape team which took part in an interprovincial competition. They were: Hildegarde Malan; Frances Le Roux and So-Jin Bae.

Last week Wednesday the newly-appointed prefects, accompanied by Mrs Biggs, Mrs Abrey, Ms van Rooyen and Ms van der Westhuizen departed to Waterways for the Prefect Camp. The two days spent at camp were crammed with activities centering on leadership and developing a bond amongst the new prefects as they prepare for the year ahead as leaders of the school. A special thanks to the Management Team as well as the House Mothers who gave of their time to engage with the girls at camp. The year ahead is set to be filled with optimism and enthusiasm as the girls prepare to embark on their journey as the Prefects of 2011.

SCENES FROM THE CAMP:

Newly elected Head Girl, Laura Smith, and her Deputy, Anna Griebenouw

Join us for an afternoon of fellowship and fun at
The Collegiate Race Day!

Friday 5 November 2010 from 12:30 to 17:00
Fairview Racecourse
R150.00 - includes a three course lunch and tea time treats.
Make up a table and have some fun.

Businesses may sponsor races for the day: R3000 gets you naming rights, national exposure on DSTV Channel 232, "Tellytrack", and an advert in the national race card, "Computaform". You may also display any advertising material on the course.

Contact either Arlene on 072 213 2841 or Raelene 082 578 9486 ASAP to buy tickets for the fun afternoon and/or for sponsorship details.

(All money raised will go towards Collegiate Hockey Tour to The Netherlands 2011)

Congratulations to Rebecca Hartle (E4) who enjoyed success in the Arts and Culture Trust/DALRO scholarship competition. In July Rebecca took part in the Eastern Cape regional audition held in Grahamstown and was chosen to go forward to the final national round of auditions. During the September holiday she joined 5 other finalists in Johannesburg where they had to perform at the Globe Theatre in Gold Reef City. Each finalist had to perform a monologue, a contemporary dance routine, a vignette and a group musical theatre piece in front of a panel of judges comprising various theatre personalities, actors, agents and choreographers. Rebecca won a sum of money as well as a large book prize.

Rebecca performing her contemporary dance routine.

A successful fundraising event, Striking a Chord, was held at Centrestage to raise funds for the hockey tour to the Netherlands in 2011. Thank you to all who attended and to the following sponsors, both of eats and lucky draw prizes, of the evening.

Sponsors of Snacks: 
Fishtales – (Clive Wulfsohn); Jack’s Fresh Produce (Brenda);Ibhayi Seafood Wholesalers (Neal); Chetty’s Wholesale Fisheries (Bashie); Pick ‘n Pay hypermarket (Nicolette);Suzette and Thinus Botha; Grootendorst Bakery (Leila); Snow Cap Mushrooms (Charlie Rennie)

Sponsors of Lucky draw prizes:
Portofinos Restaurant, Interior & Decor,Jeffreys Bay; Padlangs Country Restaurant & Shop, Patensie; Continental cars (BMW), Greenacres; Bliss Hair & Beauty, 9th Ave Shopping Centre, Walmer; Juan Joubert Hair & Beauty, Main Road, Walmer; Balloon Memories, Cape Road, Newton Park;Endulini Fruit
(Pietie Ferreira); Pollen Florist & Gift Shop, 9th Avenue Shopping Centre, Walmer ; The Cheesehouse, Main Road, Walmer(Bev Hancocks & Lesley Schroeder); Collect a Debt; Space, Greenacres; Cadbury (Stuart Hancocks) 

Jesse February (A5) was selected to the Eastern Province U16 Chess team which played against Border over the weekend of the 9th 10thand of October. EP won the trophy and all received gold medals. In December this year Jesse will play in the EP A team in the National Championship. We congratulate Jesse on this achievement.

Dates to Diarise:

Next Issue 5 November 2010

Dear Parents
Speech Night, Prefects’ Induction Ceremony and Valedictory are all prestigious occasions and cause for celebration. At Speech Night we celebrate the academic, cultural and all round success of those who have excelled. At this stage I would like to apologise to the Grade 10 girls and their parents for having to exclude the non-award winners from Speech Night. Unfortunately, with the school having grown and with the increased numbers in Grade 10, 11 and 12, it was not possible to fit all three grades into the Hall.
Inducting the 2010-2011 Prefects is further cause for celebration as we acknowledge the pupil leaders of the Collegiate family. At the Valedictory ceremony we take leave of our 2010 Grade 12 ladies and celebrate with their parents the drawing to a close of their school years as they step out into the adult world. We wish them and their parents much strength over the next weeks of study and examination writing and success at the end of it.
Please take note that all pupils in Grades 8 to 11 have been issued with a copy of the final examination timetable. This is also available on the Collegiate website.

Mrs F. R. Biggs

PREFECTS 2011 - OFFICE BEARERS

Congratulations to the following Prefects 2011 who were inducted on Wednesday as the office-bearers for the year 2011:

House Captains:
Queen Alexandra: Thalita Tshangela
Queen Elizabeth:   Chantal Botha
Queen Mary:         Keisha Arnold
Queen Victoria:     Zöe Ryan


Head Prefects:
Deputy Head Girl: Anna Griebenow
Head Girl:               Laura Smith


HOSTEL LEADERS - 2011
Last night Waterfield House girls took leave of the Boarder Matrics of 2010 at the annual Hostel Banquet. Congratulations to the following girls who were announced as the leaders of Waterfield House for 2011:

Head of Hostel:       Chantal Botha
Deputy Head:        Brooke Warren
Seniors:                Aimee Roesstorff
                           Chanel Crous
                           Natalie Collier
                           Rachel Albers
                           Ruth Morely
                           Sihle Nkatsha

Eight of our school’s athletes headed for Cradock on Friday afternoon. We stayed in the Victoria Manor - a pure gem from yester year, where Collegiate Old Girls made us feel at home with their magnificent B&B facilities. The owner, Mrs Sandra Antrobus, will be returning to Collegiate next year to celebrate her 50th school reunion and we look forward to hosting her at Collegiate.

After a restful evening, our athletes were prepared for the stiff competition that lay ahead of them. Their results are as follows:
U14: Lauren Church(A2) - gold in 100m, bronze in 200m;
Olivia Briggs(A4) - 4th in 100m heat and 4th in the 200m heat;
Anoraine Cowley(A1) - 3rd in her 400m heat.
U15: Sinclair McConnell(B1) - silver in 100m, gold in 200m; Caitlin Shone(B5) - bronze in 400m, silver in 800m.
U16: Alise Ferreira (C1) - 7th in long jump, 3rd in 400m heat; Helena Du Randt (C2) - 4th in the long jump final.
U17: Aidan Battison (D1) - gold in Long Jump and Triple Jump.

Congratulations to the girls on achieving these fine results and thank you to the parents who came to Cradock to support their daughters.

It is with much sadness that we say farewell to Sinclair McConnell as she leaves South African to live in Australia. Sinclair has fast became one of Collegiate’s and the Eastern Cape’s most promising school girl athletes. We shall miss Sinclair, but we hope that she enjoys a long and successful involvement in Athletics "down under".

A familiar sight which we will miss: Sinclair McConnell sprinting for the finishing line

Those who attended Speech Night would have seen the stunning flower arrangements that adorned the stage. Special thanks to Mrs McConnell for these arrangements.

Thank you, too, to all the Matric mothers who are leaving us for all the flowers you have provided so generously over the years for the school.

Collegiate entered girls from its u14, u15, u16 and u19 teams to participate in the EP trials. Our girls, true to form, made our school proud. Miss Kerrigan sat on the stands waiting in anticipation to hear who had been selected for the EP team and she burst with pride when the teams were announced. It is pleasing to see the Collegiate standard of polo is of such a high calibre.
We are proud of the following 23 girls who were selected to represent the Eastern Province Waterpolo Team travelling to Durban in December 2010:

Jessica Jacobs (D2), Jamie Wilke (D2), Shannen Kotze (D3), Laetitia Gerard (E3), Lisa Wulfsohn (D2), Natalie Theron (D1), Megan Momberg (C5), Catherine Fish (C1), Lize van Staden (C5), Adrienne du Preez (C2), Celine Gerard (C5), Kelly van Jaarsveldt (C2), Kim Daly (C5), Alexandra Ayerst (C1), Zoë Ryan (D5), Alexandra Edmayr (D2), Kirstie Engelke (B3), Lauren Billson (B4),Bianca de Marco (B5), Meganne Jacobs (B1), Ashley Fraser (B5), Katharine Chandler (B1), Victoria Haynes (A2).

We are especially proud of our U15A coach, Kate Mather, an old girl, on being named the EP U15 Girls Coach.

All parents are invited to attend our Wednesday evening league matches. Waterpolo is a growing sport and we need to encourage the girls and show them your support as parents.
We have a tuckshop facility that sells delicious boerewors rolls to nibble on while watching matches or networking with parents from other schools. There are 28 teams playing matches every week from seven different schools. It starts at 17h15 and ends at 20h05. Bring the family and granny and gramps and let us support Collegiate Waterpolo.

A big thank you to Mr and Mrs de Marco and Mr and Mrs Goosen (Bianca and Charis’s parents) for their time and commitment to running the tuckshop. Any parents who would like to get involved must please contact Miss Kerrigan at the school.

If you have not as yet purchased your Sport and Cultural photographs remember that you are able to do this on-line as there is a link from the school website. Payment is by secure credit transaction. Please note the prices shown are in US$ but are set at the correct current exchange rate.

Exciting new additions have been placed on our website as well as the latest photographs from various occasions. Please have a look at the website in order to keep up to date with what is happening at Collegiate.