Congratulations to Miss Goncalves who was placed second in Excellence in Secondary School Leadership at the 17th Annual National Teaching Awards on Saturday 25th March at the Galla-gher Convention Centre. She received a Silver Award. She was voted top in Gauteng at the Provincial Awards on 24th February.

“The National Teaching Awards evening is one of the most pres-tigious events on the Department of Basic Education’s calendar” says the Minister Angie Motshekga, “where the exemplary men and women who go far beyond the call of duty are appreciated in a manner benefitting the responsibility they hold.”

The keynote speaker was President Jacob Zuma and both he and Minister Motshekga praised the teachers for their hard work. This year’s awards were dedicated to OR Tambo who taught Maths and Science for 5 years before going into law. Mr Tambo would have been 100 this year.

A Message from Miss Gonçalves:

Dear Jeppe Family and Friends:

I am overwhelmed by the flood of congratulatory messages, emails and phone calls from colleagues, parents, old girls, schools and district officials. Thank you so much for all your kind words, warm wishes and your generous support. I dedicate this award to each one of you in appreciation of your incredible support of girls’ education. Ngiyabonga. Ke a Leboga. #JeppeUbuntu #passionateJeppeFamily #dedicatedJeppefriends #hardworkingJeppeteachers #dynamicJeppegirls

Jeppe High School for Gir ls

NEWS IN BRIEF 31 MARCH 2017 EDITION

FLOWER SHOW

JEPPE TOP OF JOHANNESBURG EAST

“Where plants and flowers fair, with per-

fume scent the air” engraved into our

school’s tradition, the 89th flower show

was a wonderful success.

“The laughing voices of girls creates a

large noise in my ears; not an unpleasant

one, but rather the sound of a special kind

of unity as we all arrange soft roses, fiery

strelitzias and dainty daisies together. We

may all come from different backgrounds

and cultures , but on this day we are one.

We are Jeppe Girls blooming and display-

ing all our beautiful petals to the rest of the

world. As we arrange jewels of flowers on

this day, we know that they will wither and

die but the flowers of friendship, laughter

and hope that unfurled in our hearts on

flowershow day will bloom eternally.

Cailin Fourie (11 D)

Crassula were the Overall winners of the

flower show, with Protea in second place

and Gerbera in third place.

The individual winners in the Junior sec-

tion were as follows: Ambrochia Moodley

(first place), Jadyn Hovelmeier (second

place) and Tasmin Fourie (third place).

Natasha Dodd came first in the senior sec-

tion and was the Overall individual winner.

Dominique Goncalo was in second place

and Cailin Fourie in third place in the

senior section and overall.

It was trophies, certificates and medals

galore for Jeppe Girls at the District

Awards for Johannesburg East on 27

January 2017, at Crawford Sandton. The

ceremony which celebrated the 2016

Grade 12 results saw three of our stu-

dents being recognised as well as two of

our educators.

Tasmiyah Laher received Top Student

in the District for: English HL;

Afrikaans FAL; Physical Sciences; Life

Sciences and Accounting (100%) as well

as “Best Overall Student in the District”.

Sumaiya Shaik received Top Student in

the District for Consumer Studies and

Tehillah Snyman received Top Student

in the District for Visual Arts.

Congratulations to Mrs Watt and Mrs

Mc Bride who received Awards for Ex-

cellence.

Jeppe Girls received the “Best Perform-

ing School in the District Award”; a

trophy for 100% pass rate in 2016 and

the “Director's Special Award” for 100%

pass rate for 23 years.

Tasmiyah who is now a student at Wits

attended a special Assembly at the school

which celebrated her achievements. She

is seen here with her mother, Mrs Laher.

NATIONAL TEACHING AWARDS

was our first learner to achieve dis-

tinctions in both Advanced Pro-

gramme Maths and Advanced Pro-

gramme English.

8 distinctions—Tasmiyah Laher

who got 100% for Accounting and

Firdous Hamid

6 distinctions—Naseeha Laher

Shezaan Shaikjee and Erin van Wyk

5 distinctions—Zuhaira Ali,

Prianka Kara, Woniso Mazonde and

Tehillah Snyman.

4 distinctions– Savannah Aysen,

Vaisshnavi Harrichund, Jenna

Orchard and Sumaiya Shaik.

8 learners achieved 3 distinctions, 8

learners achieved 2 distinctions and

30 learners achieved 1 distinction.

2016 MATRIC RESULTS

“Congratulations to the class of

2016. Many of the girls did

very well and we are very

proud of the results which the

175 matriculants achieved this

year” says Miss Gonçalves.

A 100% pass rate was attained for

the 23rd year in succession and

99% of the class achieved marks

that allowed them to progress to

tertiary education: 94% qualified

for entrance to a bachelor’s de-

gree. A total of 148 distinctions

were obtained overall.

Our top performers were

10 distinctions (Full House) -

Thirasha Waidyaratne. Thirasha

NEWS IN BRIEF

It was smiles all round when Monica Redman, Savannah Aysen, Claudia Gomes,

Yonela Dishi and Jenna Franks collected their results.

Inside this issue

Prize-giving

Top 10, Public Speaking,

Team Captains and Musical Excellence

Swimming Season,

3

4

5

Cricket , “Listen” &

Orienteering 6

Sports Round up and Potch Derby Day

7

2017 COUNCILLORS The following learners were in-ducted as councillors on Friday 13 January 2017:

Anathi Bonani, Athenkosi Bo-nani, Chane Bothma, Shaylene Clark, Natasha Dodd, Ruth Furber, Sukeina Issufo, Olea Khambule, Zakithi Khulu, Tafadzwa Makhuza, Moratiwa Malatjie, Margret Mashala, Refilwe Mdluli, Lesego Molefe, Mpho Mvelase, Lungile Mvelase, Yoliswa Myaluza, Sashenka Naicker, Bongokuphiwe Nyembe, Daniella Owiredu, Danielle Owiredu, Firdaus Paruk, Caitlyn Slaughter, Kayla Teixeira, Kefiloe Tladi, Angelique Wohrnitz and Noluthando Zikalala.

The Head Councillors are Ruth Furber (Head Girl), Tafadzwa Makhuza (Deputy Head Girl) and Angelique Wöhrnitz (Deputy Head Girl).

CRASSULA DISA GERBERA HARVEYA NERINE PROTEA

Captain Yoliswa

Myaluza

Bongokuphiwe

Nyembe

Angelique

Wöhrnitz

Sashenka

Naicker

Tafadzwa

Makhuza

Moratiwa

Malatjie

Vice Captain Renee

Scott

Zakithi

Khulu

Lungile

Mvelase

Ruth

Furber

Sukeina

Isssfo

Abigail

Nel

Secretary Lesego

Molefe

Tamira

Kherkost

Samantha

Schutte

Daniella

Nicho

Gina

Warner

Refilwe

Mdluli

HOUSE OFFICIALS 2017

2017 Fundraising, Golf Day

and Blankets 8

Prize giving for Grade 8 to Grade 11 of 2016 took place on Friday 20 Janu-ary 2017. Guest speaker for the ceremony was Dr Aaishah Mayet (class of 2006). Dr Mayet has a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery which she com-pleted at Wits University in 2013. She has special-ised in Neonatal Resucci-tation and Life Support.

She presented the prizes and certificates after a heart-warming speech that detailed the joys and challenges she has faced on her journey to date and how she has overcome them.

Merit Certificates

Grade 11

The Loveday Prize for the Highest Aggregate was awarded to Ruth Furber. The runner up was Gabriella Olivier. 2nd runner up: Caitlyn Slaughter.

Certificates of Merit (70% and over) were awarded to: Jasmine Acton, Sukeina Issufo, Olea Khambule, Tafadzwa Makhuza, Refilwe Mdluli, Daniella Nicho, Shelley Nithianand-ham, Shaffaa Shaikjee, Kayla Teixeira and Angelique Wöhrnitz

Grade 10

The A J Grant Prize for the Highest Aggregate was awarded to Ruth Bowdler. Cailin Fourie was the runner up and Alexia Wilton the 2nd runner up.

Certificates of Merit (70% and over) were awarded to: Sophie-Leigh Claassen, Erin Conroy, Caitlin Davies, Lee-Shandrey Felix, Ivana Gar-vanski, Dominique Gon-calo, Tiffany Harzon, Sherry Jiang, Thembela Khuzwayo, Taskeen Laher, Alison Laidley, Tayana Magatti, Sumairaa

Mahomed, Motshebe Mangole, Sydney Mc Dougall, Cyra Muthen, Ntasakisi Ntsekhe, Lak-shita Padiachey, Carmen Parker, Gugu Sikwebu, Claudia Steincke , Ra-chel Wilmot, Tiffany Jane Wilton & Shannie Wu.

Grade 9

The highest aggregate was awarded to Kezia Reddy. Kimberley January was the runner up and Kirsten Dickenson the second runner up.

Certificates of Merit (75% and over) were awarded to: Marlene Angwafor, Tasneem Bharoochi, Jessica Bonthuys, Zoey Cuerden, Micaela De Abreu, Erin Devine, Abigail Hartley, Sumaiyah Laher , Boitumelo Langa, Shauna Limbu, Zainab Manack, Ntandoyenkosi Manana, Amanda Mashingaidze, Nothando Moalusi, Ineeleng Moope, Mandisa Mpinga, Nata-sha Mwilambwe, Mbali Ncube, Melissa Nya-lungu, Shannon Palmer, Fayruz Paruk, Jenna Searle and Monique Teixeira.

Grade 8 The highest aggregate was awarded to Vanessa Ndiangang, Israa Hafeez was the runner up and Jadyn Hovelmeier the second runner up.

Certificates of Merit (75% and over) were awarded to : Kulthoom Adam, Charlize Churcher, Sumaiya Cotwal, Aisling De Lange, Charlotte Dunjwa, Katherine Edwards, Tasmin Fourie, Mikayla Henderson, Charlotte Henning , Crissy Hind, Ivy Huang, Cheryl Jones, Naseeha Moosa, Wande Nduna, Megan Reveley, Simone Scott, Louise Smit, Darnell Swart,

PRIZE GIVING 2016

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Monique Tigere, Zia Touffie & Faeezah Vahab.

Subject Certificates Grade 11

English: Ruth Furber Runner Up: Sashenka Naicker & Shafaa Shaikjee Afrikaans: Shelley Nithianandham Runner Up: Gabriella Olivier Mathematics: Ruth Furber Runner Up: Refilwe Mdluli Maths Literacy: Tracey Adams Runner Up: Danika Moura Physical Sciences: Refilwe Mdluli Runner Up: Ruth Furber Accounting: Alimatou Bah Runner Up: Angelique Wöhrnitz History: Gabriella Olivier Runner Up: Sashenka Naicker Life Orientation: Ruth Furber Runner Up: Caitlyn Slaugh-ter & Kayla Texeira Consumer Studies: Angelique Wöhrnitz Runner Up: Chané Bothma Life Sciences: Shelley Nithianandham Runner Up: Caitlyn Slaughter Visual Arts: Gabriella Olivier Runner Up: Angelique Luis Geography: Zahraa Akhalwaya Runner Up: Mahima Van-dayar Music: Ruth Furber Runner Up: Siphokazi Ma-gaga Design: Anathi Bonani Runner Up: Tafadzwa Makhuza Advanced Programme Mathematics: Kayla Teixeira Runner Up: Angelique Wöhrnitz Advanced Programme English: Ruth Furber Runner Up: Tafazwa Makhuza

Subject Certificates Grade 10

English: Cailin Fourie Runner Up: Ruth Bowdler Afrikaans: Janah Potgieter Runner Up: Karma Beuman

Life Orientation: Ruth Bowdler Runner Up: Tiffany Wilton Mathematics: Sherry Jiang Runner Up: Cailin Fourie Maths Literacy: Robyn Luke Runner Up: Al-Iza Cajee Physical Sciences: Ruth Bowdler Runner Up: Ntsakisi Ntsekhe Accounting: Dominique Goncalo Runner Up: Ntsakisi Ntsekhe History: Tiffany Harzon Runner Up: Ntsakisi Ntsekhe Consumer Studies: Micaela Ferreira Runner Up: Nicole Lume Life Sciences: Alexia Wilton Runner Up: Ruth Bowdler & Cailin Fourie Visual Arts: Sumairaa Mahomed Runner Up: Cailin Fourie Geography: Ruth Bowdler Runner Up: Sherry Jiang Music: Naledi Shabangu Runner Up: Anastasia Geldenhuys Design: Claudia Steinke Runner Up: Jamie Moyce Advanced Programme Mathematics: Tiffany Harzon Runner Up: Sherry Jiang Advanced Programme English: Cailin Fourie Runner Up: Alexia Wilton

Cultural Awards

LMJ Award for Dedication and Perseverance in First Aid: Daniella Owiredu & Danielle Owiredu

Excellence in Public Speaking: Ntsakisi Ntsekhe

The Editor’s Trophy: Tafadzwa Makhuza

Most Promising Debater: Rethabile Maboko

Commitment to Dramatic Arts: Zakhiti Khulu

Beste Afrikaans Senior Redenaar: Miya-Bené Francis

Beste Afrikaans Junior Redenaar: Aléa Britz

Continued on p4

Reveley Senior Soccer Player: Joice Msimuko Junior Tennis: Megan Reveley Senior Tennis: Chané Bothma Junior Volleyball: Shannon Howell Senior Volleyball: Angelique Wöhrnitz The Burford Family Equestrian Cup: Sophie Claassen

PRIZE GIVING 2016 (CONT)

Sports Awards

Most Improved Junior Swimmer: Nicole Baxter Best Junior Swimmer Caitlin Davies Most Improved Junior-Netball Player: Jessica Bonthuis Most Improved Senior-Netball Player: Lungile Mvelase and Bongokuphiwe Nyembe Best Junior Netball Player: Tshepiso Mogale Kirsten Brown Award for Performance in Senior Hockey: Micaela Ferreira Most Improved Junior Hockey Player: Sarah Batchelder Most Improved Goal-Keeper :Hockey Naomi Govender Cricketer of the Year: Jenna Searle Most Improved Cricket Player: Anastasia Geldenhuys All Round Player of the Year Cricket: Samantha Schutte Batswoman of the Year: Sihle Tsoko Bowler of the Year: Samantha Schutte Junior Cross Country: Nadia Calore Most Promising Junior Soccer Player: Megan

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Mamela

Captain: Nosipho Mathenjura

Vice: Thembela Khuzwayo

Marimba Beat Captain: Lesego Molefe

Vice: Bethany Harker Media Centre Head: Olea Khambule

Team Leaders: Genevieve Bo-

nus, Olea Khambule, Zakhiti Khulu, Karjol Maharajh,

Nawaal Satos and Danielle Siewe Ngouabe

Orienteering

Captain: Zoe Steyn

Swimming Captain: Gina Warner

Vice: Shaylene Clark

Tennis

Captain: Chané Bothma

Volleyball Captain: Angelique Wöhrnitz

TEAM CAPTAINS

Wishing all the team captains

a most successful year:

Choir Head: Lesego Molefe

Deputy: Zakithi Khulu Voice Leaders: Buhle Dube,

Thato Mokgothu, Lungile Mvelase & Nthato Molefe

Cricket

Captain: Jenna Searle

Debating

Captain: Rethabile Maboko Vice: Magret Mashala

First Aid

Captain: Daniella Owiredu

Vice: Bongo Nyembe Secretary: Miya Francis

Duty Monitor: Danielle

Owiredu

Hlabelela: Head: Zakithi Khulu

Deputy Head: Lesego Molefe Secretary: Danielle Siewe

Ngouabe

MUSICAL EXCELLENCE

Congratulations to two learn-ers who achieved excellent results in external music examinations:

Ruth Furber: Grade 5 violin from Trinity College London

Kimberley January: Grade 2 theory from ABRSM London

This year the South African

College of Speech and

Drama’s High School Public

Speaking competition saw

over 100 schools participating

and our girls have performed

extremely well.

Grade 8 Team 1: Azraa Adam,

Tshaamano Mabuba, Danika

Bonus, Madeleine Martin-

Young and Jade Murray spoke

on the topic “Witches can be

right, giants can be good” and

were awarded a B+

Team 2: Meaghan Scott,

Nelisiwe Masango, Buhle-

benkosi Mungwe, Ayabukwa

Magocoba and Taylor Marx

PUBLIC SPEAKING Gram and Jessami van der

Merwe spoke on the topic “

“Cost an arm and a leg” and

were awarded a B+ symbol.

symbol.

Grade 11 Team 1: Tiffany Harzon,

Sabeehah Hamid, Cailin

Fourie and Alexia-Rei Wilton

spoke on the topic “Lead

down the garden path” and

were awarded an A symbol.

Team 2: Sherry Jiang, Shan-

nie Wu, Siduduziwe

Motaung and Tayla Shaw

spoke on the topic “A drop in

the ocean” and were awarded

an A +symbol.

Grade 11 Trophy Team: Carmen Parker, Tiffany

Wilton and Hlakaniphile

Mngomezulu spoke on the

topic “The future belongs to

those who believe in the beauty

of their dreams” and were

awarded an A symbol.

Grade 12 OPEN TEAM: Raeesah Vahab,

Sashenka Naicker, Yaseera

Mayet and Kayla Teixeira

spoke on the topic “A knight in

shining armour” and were

awarded an A symbol.

Best Individual Speaker– Ntsakisi Ntsekhe spoke on the

topic” Re-dreaming Africa”and

was awarded an A symbol.

At the Speech and Drama Col-

lege’s Prize-giving event, we

were awarded the Allen Miller

Trophy for Consistent Excellent

Endeavour. Alexia-Rei Wilton

and Carmen Parker were also

awarded certificates for excel-

lence in the performance of the

duties of a Master of Ceremonies.

spoke on the topic “Why can’t

the English learn to speak” and

were awarded a B+ .

Grade 9 Team 1: Thato Molefi, Aisling

de Lange, Manal Shrabne and

Katherine Edwards spoke on the

topic “Let’s do the Time Warp”

and were awarded an A.

Team 2: Kali-Ante Moodley,

Darnelle Swart, Sarah

Batchelder and Louise Smit

spoke on the topic “If I die it

won’t be from sitting” and were

awarded an A symbol.

Grade 10 Team 1: Boitumelo Langa,

Abigail Hartley, Jenna Searle

and Kirsten Dickinson spoke on

the topic ‘To kill Time’ and

were awarded an A+ symbol.

Team 2: Kimberley January,

Tsholofelo Hlakuva, Lerato

TOP TEN Congratulations to the following girls for achieving Top Ten status at the end of 2016:

Grade 11 Zahraa Akhalwaya, Ruth Furber, Tafadzwa Makhuza, Refilwe Mdluli, Daniella Nicho, Shelley Nithianandham, Gabriella Olivier, Caitlyn Slaughter, Kayla Teixeira and Angelique Wöhrnitz

Grade 10 Ruth Bowdler, Erin Conroy, Cailin Fourie, Tiffany Harzon, Sherry Jiang, Taskeen Laher, Ntsakisi Ntsekhe, Lakshita Padiachey, Claudia Steinke and Alexia Rei Wilton

Grade 9 Tasneem Bharoochi, Erin Devine, Kirsten Dickinson, Abigail Hartley, Kimberley

January, Susan Mashingaidze, Mandisa Mpinga, Mbali Ncube, Melissa Nyalungu and Kezia Reddy

Grade 8 Charlize Churcher, Sumaiya Cot-wal, Aisling De Lange, Tasmin Fourie, Israa Hafeez, Charlotte Henning, Crissy Hind, Jadyn Hovelmeier, Vanessa Ndiangang and Megan Reveley.

SWIMMING SEASON

the day:

The 2010 Junior Backstroke

record of was broken by

Kerri-Lyn Claase of

Crassula in a time of 17, 5

seconds; the 2010 Senior

Backstroke record was

broken by Nicole Baxter of

Gerbera in a time of 40,56

seconds; the Junior Boatrace

record was broken by Protea

in a time of 26,44; the

Junior Backstroke relay

record was broken by Disa

in a time of 1:23,26 and the

Senior Freestyle relay record

was broken by Gerbera in a

time of 01:04,07.

Gerbera’s Airhostesses won

the cheerleading section

with Disa’s Tinkerbells and

Harveya’s Gladiators com-

ing in second and third place

respectively.

The Spirit Award went to

Nerine. Gerbera came sec-

ond and Crassula third.

Caitlin Davies was our first swimmer out of the water followed by Beth-any Harker and Alea Britz.

The senior team consist-

ing of Caitlin, Bethany, Sydney McDougall and Gina Warner finished 16th out of 224 teams while our new swimmers, Alea, Flavia Palmeiro, Qamar Nqgawana, Sarah

This year’s Inter house gala

was a very eventful day, with

the challenges of the weather

thrown into the mix. The day

dawned on 30th January with

the matrics looking amazing in

their inspired costumes -

Harveya were Gladiators, Disa

were Tinkerbells, Nerine, Snap-

chat, Protea Cookie Monsters,

Crassula Red Riding Hood

Wolves and Gerbera Air

Hostesses.

Thanks to these vibrant and

enthusiastic cheerleaders, the

day was a guaranteed success.

After the matrics danced

around the school singing war

cries, the girls headed to the

pool for the actual event.

Results

Junior Swimmers—Protea

were the winners, Gerbera

came second and Crassula

third.

Senior Swimmers—Gerbera

came first, Crassula second and

Protea third.

Combined Teams Results Gerbera moved from 2nd place

in 2015 to 1st place this year.

Crassula took 2nd place,

Protea 3rd, Disa 4th and

Harveya and Nerine 5th and 6th

respectively.

Five records were broken on

MIDMAR MILE

GERBERA WINS SWIMMINGLY

Every year the Midmar Mile (the world’s largest open water swim) takes place at the Midmar Dam in Kwa-Zulu Natal on the second weekend in February. This year we had 12 Jeppe girls participating in the Non-company event on Sat-urday the 11th of Febru-ary.

Once again, our girls swam very well with girls who had swum previously improving their times and first-time swimmers re-cording good times.

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Batchelder and Aisling De Lange finished 71st. The team consisting of Rachel Wilmot, Micaela Malyon and Nicola Roncaglia f inished in the 73rd position.

INTER HIGH GALA Thursday 9th March marked

the end of the swimming

season for 2017 with the In-

ter-High gala which was

hosted by Kingsmead Col-

lege at Ellis Park.

The grade 8’s cheered with

enthusiasm for hours and

never seemed to tire. We

were placed 5th out of 10

schools, behind Assumption

Convent, St Catherines,

Potch Girls and St Mary’s.

We had some impressive

results from individuals and

relay teams:

Kerri-Lyn Claase won the

u14 individual 50m butterfly

Nadia Calore won the u15

individual butterfly event

Alea Britz achieved 2nd place

in the u14 50m individual

breaststroke and the u14 50m

freestyle individual event .

The u14 relay team

(Elizabeth Ballack, Alea

Britz, Sydney Bagley and

Flavia Palmeiro , Sydney McDougall , Gina Warner, Nicola Roncaglia, Micaela Malyon, Caitlin Davies,

Bethany Harker, Qamar Ngqawana, Rachel Wilmot, Aisling de Lange ,Sarah Batchelder & Aléa Britz

Twelve of our swimmers got to train with the Italian Olympic swimming team and coaches on 17 February. The girls were put through their paces and given some valuable racing techniques.

Kerri-Lyn Claase) were placed

2nd in the 50m Medley Relay

and 2nd in the u14 50m Freestyle

Relay

The Grade 8 50m Medley Relay

Team (Kerri-Lyn Claase, Eliza-

beth Ballack, Sydney Bagley,

Kristin van Aardt, Kayla Au-

erswald and Jessica Craig

achieved 3rd place.

Nicole Baxter achieved 2nd place

in the u15 50m individual breast-

stroke and 3rd place for the

u16 100m individual breast-

stroke events.

The enthusiasm and dedication

of every swimmer contributed to

the success of the team this sea-

son. The girls are ready to take

that next step towards excellence

and look forward to the 2017-

2018 season.

TRAINING OLYMPIC STYLE

Congratulations to Kimberley

January who achieved overall

5th place in the Orienteering

Schools’ League in the Junior

Girls category for the season.

Our top senior runner was

Shaylene Clark who came 5th

in the District Finals held at

Walter Sisulu Botanical

Gardens on 13th February.

On Sunday 26 March Tiffany

Harzon, in Grade 11, entered

a mixed Jeppe Girls’ and

Jeppe Boys’ team in a club

relay event at the Wilds. The

Jeppe team, consisting of

Tiffany, Brett Harzon (her

brother ) and David Newton,

won the trophy!

Jeppe High School for Girls are the Central Gauteng Cricket Champions for the third year in a row. They played a combined Soweto schools team in the final on 8th March and beat them by 33 runs.

Jeppe Girls were first to bat and scored 132 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs. Sihle Tsoko scored 67 runs and the Captain Jenna Searle scored 35 runs. Soweto scored 101 runs all out. During the Soweto innings, Samantha Schutte took 4 wickets.

The Woman of the Match went to Megan Reveley who opened the batting, took 3 wickets and was an excel-lent fielder.

The team were presented with the trophy and gold medals by Mr AJ Rudman (Gauteng Cricket). Thank you to Mr Bloem for coaching the team.

Our Orienteering girls had a

great season this term and we

had more than 40 girls partici-

pating in the Monday League

events. We had an enormous

intake of juniors who are new

to the sport and we were very

privileged to have Karen

Chambers from the Orienteer-

ing School’s League to run an

introductory training course to

bring them up to speed.

At the end of the season we

had 10 girls qualify to com-

pete in the District Finals for

the Orienteering Schools’

League at the Walter Sisulu

Botanical Gardens on 13th

February.

CRICKET CHAMPIONS

ORIENTEERINGORIENTEERINGORIENTEERINGORIENTEERING

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Our Jubilant First XI Back: Sihle Tsoko, Samantha Schutte, Naomi

Govender, Erin Mitchley, Mahima Vandayar, Micaela Ferreira, Zigane Williams, Danielle O’Donoghue,

Megan Reveley Front : Alexis Cuerden, Jenna Searle, Zoey Cuerden

The finalists: Back row (L-R) - Danika Moura, Zoe Steyn,

Carmen Parker, Erin Conroy, Jayme Smith, Farwa Zaidi,

Kimberley January, Tasneem Bharoochi

Front row (L-R): Tiffany Harzon and Shaylene Clark.

"The year is 2100 and South Africa has been ravaged by

civil war, famine, drought and disaster. The society is divided and disparate. The country is starving and desperate. It has

not rained since 2016 and the situation is perilous as water and food rations run out. When the village resorts to mob justice

and violence, Gogo tells them to seek out the Priestess and the Oracle for spiritual help. The village faces the greatest test of

all to survive - they must learn to listen."

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POTCH DERBY DAY Saturday 25th March saw us

participate in our first “Derby Day” with Potchefstroom Girls.

Four 60 seater busses left from the school at 06:00 taking 10

netball teams, 7 hockey teams and 8 tennis players as well as

our Hlabelela and Marimba Groups on the trip to the North

West.

Staff were treated to an 08:00 welcome breakfast and all were

entertained at the Opening Ceremony. The eagerly antici-

pated games began at 08:30 and the day’s programme

ended at 12:30.

The heat took its toll on staff

and players but there were a number of highlights for Jeppe

girls.

The results were as follows:

Hockey A total of 7 games were played.

Jeppe won 2 games, lost 4

Nominees

Taylea Gray– Action Netball

U14 Eastern Gauteng

Shannon Palmer– Action Netball

U16 Eastern Gauteng

Chandra Orton– Action Netball

U14 Eastern Gauteng

Farryn Behenna-Synchronised Swimming

Solo Finals National Age Group Championships

Nicole Baxter– Swimming

2nd in u15 50m backstroke, 2nd u16 in 100m breaststroke.

Rowing –silver medal National sprints regatta (rep VLC @

Buffalo and Sa Champs), gold @Holy Rosary regatta

Alea Britz– Swimming

1st in u14 50m breaststroke

Nadia Calore– Swimming

EGA gala; 3rd place 50m Butterfly & 200m Freestyle

Zoey Cuerden– Cricket

2/16 vs northcliff; improvement shown

Jenna Searle– Cricket

64 runs vs Northcliffe; SA U19B Fillies Captain

Samanatha Schutte– Cricket

Call up to Senior Gauteng Cricket team

Congratulations to the Winner of the Sports Star of the

Month award for January: Kerri-Lyn Claase. Kerri-Lyn

received the award for her swimming prowess. She came first

in the u14 50m Freestyle, 2nd in the 50m Butterfly; at inter-

house she won the Individual medley and broke the record

for Junior Backstroke. Team of the Month for January is

the junior relay swimmers –Sarah Batchelder, Alea Britz,

Elizabeth Ballack and Kerri-Lyn Claase.

SPORTS ROUND UP

STAR OF THE MONTH FOR JANUARY STAR OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY

games, and drew 1.

Netball 10 teams played and Jeppe

won 2 games and lost 8 games.

Tennis

A total of 16 matches were played (8 singles and 8 dou-

bles). Jeppe won 11 of the 16 matches

Having 200 girls participate

on a Saturday morning against a like-minded school

provided us with a tough test. It is something we

hope to do more often as the experience will serve as

invaluable for our teams in the seasons ahead and the

memories will last forever.

A big thank you from Mr

Lincoln to all the girls and

staff who participated.

BLANKET DRIVE

We have streamlined our social media. Keep up to date with

what is happening at the school by using the links below.

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Wishing you a restful and

crochet-filled holiday!

MySchool-

Oct 2015 to Jan 2016 vs Oct 2016 to Jan 2017

2017 FUNDRAIS ING

100+ Club funds raised from October 2016 to January 2017 = R23, 300.00

Jeppe Cares funds raised from October to January

2017 2016 = R28, 509.20

Thank you to all Friends and Family for supporting

Jeppe High School for Girls

Jeppe embarked on the 2017 blanket drive at the end

of January and we hope to collect 670 blankets for distribution to the less fortunate during May and June.

Each class has a target of 20 blankets to achieve and we have been selling subsidised wool to enable them

to meet this. We have also been running Crochet classes for beginners and a Master class for those in-

terested in improving their skills.

The deadline for receiving blankets is Tuesday 25th

April. Blankets will then be displayed at the school on Thursday 4th May. Each blanket is tagged and labelled

with a 67blankets for Nelson Mandela as we are still part of this initiative even though there is no world

record to go for this year.

Thank you to all of the girls and staff and members of

the community who have made and donated blankets already. Particular congratulations to our new

crocheters who have taken up the challenge and to the

staff who have assisted with the drive and the RCL and councillors who are motivating the girls.

The blankets are starting to come in now. As at 30th

March, we have received 178. Wool sales will recom-mence on the first day of the second term.

Andrea Battiston of

8c has already handed in 17 blan-

kets to date! She crochets with her

Mum, sister and

extended family.