PEARSON NEWS / PEARSON-NUUS

HOËRSKOOL PEARSON HIGH SCHOOL

ISSUE/UITGAWE: 11 2015

You are probably aware that, in the past 2 weeks, I attended the 12th Convention

of the International Confederation of Principals in Helsinki, Finland. As always

this conference was a wonderful experience. I found this second visit to Helsin-

ki as enlightening as the first one I attended in 1999. Finland is voted amongst

the top 12 countries in the world for the best basic education. Their education system,

referred to as the Finnish Miracle, is one which encourages individuality and

creativity and is a design-lover’s paradise.

Although the culture and schooling practice of

Finland is very different to ours, it was heartening

to realise that there are many things that we are

doing at Pearson of which we can be proud.

Some of the things I have learnt from this visit to

Finland: Silence is important for success; you

need to reclaim your inner peace; be yourself,

everybody else is taken.

An interesting fact is that the speed limit in towns

is 50 km per hour and that 10% of your salary is

deducted if you have any speeding fines!

A big thank you to all parents and learners who supported the Union High Derby Day.

Ek wil graag die hele Pearsongesin vra vir almal se ondersteuning vir hierdie Saterdag,

15 Augustus se Derbydag teen Nico Malan by Pearson.

CONGRATULATIONS TO / GELUK AAN

* Nina Smith (13-15) & Ceri Bezuidenhout (16-18) who have

been chosen to participate in the Commonwealth Synchronised

Swimming Festival in Perth, Australia from 1—5 September.

* the following Pearsonites who have been selected for E.P.

Chess: u/16A: Wesley Loxton, Ruben Smith & De Raven

Stoltz ; u/18A: Timothy Scott.

Mr and Mrs van

Staden outside the

National Museum in

Helsinki, Finland

A rare occasion -

shopping for sportswear

in Helsinki

* Marie Lötter who participated in the SACEE Inter-schools’

Public Speaking Competition and was placed in the top 3 after the prepared

speeches and, after each of these speakers had presented an impromptu

speech on the topic Tablets, Marie was judged the best speaker overall.

Marie is holding the Trophy she received.

*die volgende leerders wat aan die Pearson Redenaarskompetisie deelgen-

eem het: Die wenners is: Gr. 8: Ivana Beattie ; Gr. 9: Isabella Finestone ;

Gr. 10: Lara van Heerden ; Gr. 11: Jani Gerber ; Gr 12: Samantha Pieters.

Die naaswenners is: Gr. 8: Alexea Vaughan & Shamara Perumal ; Gr. 9:

Taylor Penrith ; Gr. 10: Carla de Klerk ; Gr. 11: Marie Lötter ; Gr 12:

Emma Finestone.

* the following Pearsonites who have been invited to the Natural Science Week Science Week Awards

Function to receive prizes. In the Science Quiz Category Grades 8 & 9: Taylor Penrith & Keegan

Reid ; Jenna Conradie & Marli Roulstone ; Grade 10 Maths Relays Category: Carla de Klerk, Dan-

ica Strydom, Raissa Umwali, Alicia Moyles ; Grade 11 Maths Relays Category: Justin Tulleken,

Tristan Theron, Heather Phillips, Hannah Stroud.

* the following who have been selected to the Eastern Cape Port Elizabeth Senior B Team Mathemat-

ics Team to participate in the South African Mathematics Team Competition: Justin Tulleken

(Captain) & Heather Phillips, and the following selected for the Eastern Cape Port Elizabeth Junior

A Team: Adrian Grové (Captain), Pak Him To, Kianna Petersen, Gemma Gherbavaz & Jessica

Beukes.

* our out-going Interact President, Alisa Louw, for her fine leadership in her 2014/2015 term of of-

fice and congratulations to our in-coming Interact President for 2015/2016,

Kelsey Brooks. We wish her everything of the best for the following year.

* Mikaila Kliment who was awarded full Protea Colours owing to her outstanding contribution and

achievements in Traditional Karate for the past 5 years. This included 2 World Titles and 3 African

Titles.

* Ms Makkie & our Girls’ 1st Hockey Team on their fine achievement at the Top 8 Tournament in

the country in which they ended 4th. We are very proud of the girls.

* Macayla Bedser, Jani Gerber, Chanté Grobler & Garron Shepheard who qualified for the final

round of the Mathematical Literacy Olympiad.

* Megan Hall, selected for the South African JKA Squad to represent S.A. at All African Cup

Championships in Johannesburg from 25—26 September.

RUGBY VS UNION O/14A wen 69-0

O/15A wen 28-5

0/16A verl. 12-53

3de span wen 25-10

2de span wen 31-24

1ste span wen 41-9

GIRLS’ HOCKEY RESULTS VS UNION

1st won 6-0 (S. Upman 2, O. Mali 2,

A. Vaughan, D. Garner)

2nd won 1-0 (A. Carse)

3rd won 8-0

u/16A lost 1-2 (M. Snyman)

u/16B won 5-2 (C. Arries 2, J. Parry 2,

C. Duvenhage)

BOYS’ HOCKEY VS VP

14A won 11-0

2nd won 5-0

1st lost 3-4

NETBAL VS KINGSWOOD

14A wen 24-8 Beste Speler: Britney van der Merwe

16A wen 31-10 Beste Speler: Marelise Olivier

18A wen 43-12 Beste Spelers: Kristin Basson/Shari McGear

NETBAL VS DF MALHERBE

14A wen 23-11 Beste Speler: Tara de Koker

14B wen 14-4 Beste Speler: Mieke du Toit

14C wen 22-0 Beste Spelers: Kayla Joubert/Chrislyn Els

16A wen 24-5 Beste Speler: Anelise Olivier

16B wen 25-11 Beste Spelers: Mareli Neethling/Nicole Chrysanthou

18A wen 33-23 Beste Spelers: Lauren McCarthy/Micaela Zenha

18B wen 30-7 Beste Spelers: Abigail Dorfling/Daena Palmer

SQUASH

3/8

1st team vs Framesby A lost 8-12

2nd team vs Daniël Pienaar lost 7-12

7/8

1st team vs Alex won 11-9

GIRLS’ HOCKEY: FNB TOP 8 TOURNAMENT

Thursday 6/8

vs Paarl Gim drew 0-0

vs St Mary’s Waverley drew 1-1 (R. van Wyk)

vs Durban Girls’ High won 1-0 (S. Upman)

vs Oranje lost 1-3

Friday

Eunice lost 0-1

vs St Stithians drew 0-0

vs St Mary's Kloof won 2-1 (S. Upman, C. Gouws)

Saturday: Semi-final

vs Oranje lost 1-5 (S. Upman)

3/4th play-off vs St Mary’s Waverley lost 0-2

Pearson ended 4th out of 8 teams after round-robin games.

Well

done

to

them!

NETBALL vs Otto du Plessis

14A won 27-2 Best player: Leona Botha

14B won 17-3 Best player: Mieke du Toit

14C won 20-2 Best player: Tashné Bain

14D won 15-1 Best player: Shaylen Ackerman

16A won 13-2 Best player: Jesse Fourie

16B won 13-3 Best player: Nicole Chrysanthou

16C won 18-4 Best player: Ané Meyer

16D won 19-4 Best player: Shadé Zwennis

18A won 39-16 Best player: Mekayla Potgieter

18B won 24-14 Best players: Kelsey Brooks/

Nadine Barnard

18C won 23-13 Best player: Chantelle O'Kennedy

18D lost 7-13 Best player: Tanika du Toit

NETBALL 14E vs Kabega Christian School lost 2-16 Best Player: Cameron Aspeling

16E vs Kabega Christian School lost 4-18 Best Player: Bronwyne White

16D vs St George’s College won 3-1 Best Player:

19D vs St George’s College won 10-3 Best Players: Sindy Koen/

Adrianne Burhmann

RUGBY vs Otto du Plessis

o/14B wen 47-0

o/14A wen 12-5

o/15B verl. 22-25

o/15A verl. 7-17

o/16A verl. 14-20

3de span wen 24-7

2de span verl. 5-26

1ste span verl. 13-23

BOYS’ HOCKEY vs Queens College

14A lost 0-4

14B lost 0-2

16A won 1-0

16B drew 1-11

16C lost 0-1

16D won 6-3

4th won 3-1

3rd drew 1-1

2nd lost 1-2

1st drew 2-2

TENNIS DOGTERS

1ste span 1A-Liga vs Despatch wen 8-2

2de span 1B-Liga vs Brandwag verl. 2-8

SEUNS

2de span 1B-Liga vs Brandwag gelyk. 5-5

3de span 1C-Liga vs Humansdorp 1 wen 8-3

4de span 2B-Liga vs Brandwag verl. 0-10

5de span 2C-Liga vs Humansdorp 2 verl. 3-8

6de span 3A-Liga vs Humansdorp 3 verl. 0-10

CHESS

vs Brandwag lost ½ - 6½

vs Muir lost 3-4

vs Lawson Brown won 6-1

vs Grey won 6-1

IMPORTANT DATES / In the next 2 weeks

BELANGRIKE DATUMS / In die volgende 2 weke

14-16/8/2015: - Dancesport Tests

15/8/2015: - Rugby, Hockey & Netball vs Nico Malan (Home)

17/8/2015: - Prefekte: Pensketse op

19/8/2015: - Test 4

- Toastmasters: Youth Leadership Course (Week 4)

20/8/2015: - Poetry Society (16:00)

- Grade 11 Career Evening (18:00—20:00)

21/8/2015: - Afrisame (15:00)

- Squash: 1st team: Bye ; 2nd team vs Collegiate

(Crusaders)

22/8/2015: - Rugby & Netbal vs Despatch (Weg)

- 1st XI Boys’ Hockey: End of Year Function

25/8/2015: - Bloedskenking

26/8/2015: - Toastmasters: Youth Leadership Course (Week 5)

- Rugby Ontbyt (07:00)

- Chamber Music Concert (18:30) - (Grade 5-8)

28/8/2015: - Rugby: Pearson Primary School Stayers tournament

- Cultural and Winter Awards Assembly

- Prefects’ Election

- Matric Committee Wine Fair (18:30)

28/8/2015: - Squash: 1st team vs Westering & 2nd team vs Kirkwood (Crusaders)

28-30/8/2015: - ECOS Camp

YEARBOOK/JAARBOEK 2015

SPECIAL APPEAL FOR PAGE SPONSORSHIP

We appeal to all parents to sponsor a page in the Yearbook at R150. Your

name will appear at the bottom as the sponsor of that page or you could

sponsor a “brick” on a page at R50.

Ons vra ouers om ons asseblief te ondersteun deur ’n bladsy teen R150, of

’n “baksteen” op ’n blaai, teen R50 te borg.

ADVERTISEMENTS FOR PEARSON 2015 YEARBOOK

We appeal to all parents of learners to help us with adverts for the Yearbook by either ad-

vertising their own businesses or the businesses for which they work.

Adverts are very affordable and copies of the Yearbook will be issued to all learners at the

end of the year, thus reaching nearly 1000 families. Please contact

Karen Beckett on becketts@lantic.net or 082 823 2396.

Ons vra ouers om ons asseblief te ondersteun deur advertensies in ons

Jaarblad te plaas. Kontak asseblief vir Karen Beckett vir besonder-

hede. Ons maak staat op ons ouers om ons hiermee te help.

NEW BANKING DETAILS FOR

CLOTHING SHOP

NUWE BANKBESONDERHEDE VIR

KLEREWINKEL

The banking details for the Clothing Shop have changed. Please deposit

any money for the Clothing Shop into the following account:

Account Name: Jenvey Development Trust

Account Number: 372 131 921 Branch Code: 051001

Ref.: JDT/child’s name and surname

email: clothing@pearsonhs.ecape.school.za

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UITGAWE

28/8/2015

GOOD LUCK TO: Linda-Louise Swain and our Drama learners who will be

taking part in the first round of the Alexander Playhouse

Play Festival in East London.