Academic Achievers

IBT - International Bench Marking Test Results - English & Mathematics

In 2018 our Grade 9 students’ sit the International Benchmarking Tests in both English and mathematics. These assessments are administered through the IEB and are designed to test generic skills that underpin the teachings in these subjects. The tests measure individual student performance and provide an opportunity for South African schools to assess their provisioning against international standards which provides valuable learnings. Certificates are awarded to the top 1% of students’ as well as to those who achieve a Higher Distinction or Distinction in either subject.

Congratulations to our 2018 certificate recipients on this significant achievement!

Top 1% certificate recipients for Mathematics:

Higher Distinction and Distinction certificate recipients:

English High Distinction Certificate Recipients: 

• Alexandra Eaton
• Christina Holme
• Boitumelo Lamola
• Kekgethegile Mohasoa

English Distinction Certificate Recipients:

• Rachel Cohen
• Claire Newman
• Vartika Pillay
• Roxanne Steenkamp
• Tessa van Heerden
• Ané Winterboer

Mathematics High Distinction Certificate Recipients:

• Vartika Pillay
• Skye Tucker

Mathematics Distinction Certificate Recipients:

• Samatha Varrie
• Ané Winterboer
• Tsmin Lee
• Nkazimlo Matyolo
• Dayna McCarthy
• Gabriella Moll
• Shelby Schoeman
• Alexandra Eaton
• Christina Holme
• Jenna Kohler
• Boitumelo Lamola
• Emma Aitken

Young Executive Programme

Congratulations to our 5 students who have been selected to attend the Deloitte Young Executive Programme.  They will be networking with role-players in the chartered accounting profession and will be making valuable contacts for their future studies and career paths.

Holocaust Art & Poetry Competition

For the last 20 years Chapman University in California has run an International Holocaust Art and Writing Contest. The Grade 9s from 2018 had to select the testimony of a holocaust survivor and base their prose and poetry on one survivor's experience. We submitted one poem and piece of prose. Veneke Mkombe and Tasmin Lee received certificates of participation in this prestigious contest.

Mathematics Olympiad Round 1 Results

All of our students wrote the 1st round of the Mathematics Olympiad again this year. This is a National Competition set by the South African Maths Foundation. Students who achieve 50% or higher are invited to write the 2nd round. We were delighted with our overall results, with the highest number of girls through to the 2nd round in our history of writing this olympiad.  We had 84 Seniors, 67 Gr 9s and 60 Gr 8s (211) in total who have qualified for the 2nd round.

The top achievers in each grade were:

Senior category: (gr 10-12)

• Jessica James 100% Gr 11
• Kamryn Norton 80% Gr 12
• Zanele Nzau 80% Gr 12
• Skye Tucker 75% Gr 10

Junior category (Gr 8 & 9)

• Nina Asch 90% Gr 9
• Jemma Antoncich 90% Gr 9
• Katherine Hollingworth 90% Gr 9
• Rebekah Bennett 85% Gr 8
• Sarah Calaca 85% Gr 8

Sports Achievers

Swimming

Well done to the swimmers who competed at the SA National Junior Championships in Durban over half term:

Gina Miller won a bronze medal for the 400m Freestyle & a Silver in the 200m Backstroke

Grace Hudson won a silver medal for the 100m Backstroke and a bronze medal for the 50m Backstroke

Dakota Tucker won a silver medal for the 50m & the 100m Breastroke and 3 gold medals for the 200m and 400m Individual Medley and the 200m Breastroke

Netball

Congratulations to the following girls on their selection by the D13 (District 13) to attend the Gauteng Netball Trials next month:

U15 Jocelyn Dyer, Sizzy Modika, Stephanie Court and Kyra Webber

U16 Amara Agbai

U17 Shakira January

Karate

Well done to Emma O'Gorman on her results at the National Karate Championships in Cape Town. She won a bronze medal for Kata and a silver medal for Kumite.  She has been selected for the SA team to compete in the World Goju Ryu Championships to be held in Kuala Lumpur in September.

Well done to Claudia Dobson on winning the silver medal for Kumite at the National Championships.

   

Water Polo

Jennifer Everett, Zanne Smit, Nicolle Cronje and Olivia Sim were members of the Gauteng team that won the U18 section of the Currie Cup Water Polo Tournament held at St Stithians College this year.  Jennifer Everett was awarded the medal for the Most Valuable Player in the U18 section.

Mr Pierre Le Roux (Captain of OJ Eagles team) and Mr Etienne Le Roux earned their 15th GOLD medal for winning the Men's Section of the Currie Cup.  Mr Etienne Le Roux won the award for the Most Valuable Player for the 3rd year in a row and was the coach of the winning U18 Ladies side!

Tatum Lomax, Shakira January, Natasja Troskie & Jordan Wedderburn travelled to the Czech Republic to play in the EU Nations Cup U17 event for South Africa and returned with a silver medal losing to Germany in the final.

Squash

We are pleased with our squash results for this term.  The league results were as follows:

• U14A 1st
• U14B 1st
• U15B 1st
• U16B 1st
• U19C 3rd
• U19B 6th
• U19A 5th

DanceSports

Congratulations to the following provincial selections for the Gauteng Dance Sports League Team:

Open Girls: Nikita Jacobs, Daniella Wanketa and Lindiwe Mabanga

U16 Girls: Reserve Khanyi Nkuhlu.