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JUNE 2016 FREE / GRATISLIKE US ONwww.awsum.co.za | Tel: 021 872 3880
PORT ELIZABETH
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NEWS
PRIMARY SCHOOLS & HIGH SCHOOLS | LAERSKOLE & HOËRSKOLE
DistributionAWSUM News is distributed to the following schools in PORT ELIZABETH: Primary Schools: Moregrove, Kabega, Lorraine, Herbert Hurd, Verkenner, Westering, Mount Pleasant, Summerwood, Walmer West. High Schools: Theodor Herzl, DF Malherbe, Framesby, Andrew Rabie, Grey, Collegiate Girls’, Victoria Park.
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How this year has flown!We are already halfway through 2016, winter is upon
us in all its glory, exams are almost done, many already had their matric dances, and a lot of school sport has been played (with some more big events
still coming up).
The highly talented Rowan
has been with AWSUM for over two years. He is happily married and the doting
father of a four-year-old daughter,
Summer.
Rowan EngledoeSenior Designer &
Studio Manager
We are looking forward to Wimbledon, the 2016 Summer Olympics, the Tour de France, and some exciting rugby in the World Rugby U20 Championship.
Talking about rugby – what a pleasure to have Duane Vermeulen on our cover and to have him tell us a bit more about himself and his life in France in our AWSUM Celebrity Interview this month!
We appreciate the great feedback we had on our new look AWSUM News, as well as the change to featuring a local celebrity on the cover. You can look forward to finding out more about your favourite celebrities in the entertainment, fashion, décor, health, beauty, food and sport industries each month. Feel free to drop us a line to let us know who you like to see as feature.
It is also the time of year when Grade 9s have to start making some serious decisions about their future when they have to make their subject choices for the last phase of their school career. Have a look at our hints for things to consider if your child has reached this point.
We would like to introduce you to our AWSUM team members, and no one better to start with than Rowan Engledoe, senior designer and studio manager. Read more about him in the red bubble.
Enjoy this edition, and keep warm!
All the best for the last stretch of this term!Marika & your dedicated AWSUM team
CONTENTHIGHLIGHTS
EDUCATION
Grade 9 subject choices
Pg 8
ENJOYREADING ALL THESCHOOLNEWS!
NEWS
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Duane VermeulenAWSUM Celebrity Interview
Daniel Johannes ‘Duane’ Vermeulen was born on 3 July 1986 and matriculated at Hoërskool Nelspruit. From there on his professional rugby career ran
through the Pumas (2005–2007), the Cheetahs (2007–2008) and the Stormers (2009–2015), up to Toulon in France, where he is currently on contract. Duane
plays his first of 35 test matches (up to the end of 2015) on 8 September 2012 against Australia. In 2014 he was nominated as one of five players for
the IRB Player of the Year award. As the iron man of South African rugby, Duane is respected as a world-class player locally and internationally.
AWSUM News caught up with him to find out how life in France is treating him.
Q How do you experience life in France?
A Like any new place, France has its things to adapt to. Language, culture and food are some of the biggest things to get used to.
Q Tell us more about Toulon.
A Toulon is a smallish city in the south of France, that had its origins as a military harbour. The city is known today for shipbuilding, fish and wine, and of course also the rugby team. People here are crazy for RC Toulon and it hardly ever happens that our stadium is not packed.
V Hoe vergelyk die rugbystrukture tussen Toulon en die Stormers?Q How do the rugby structures between Toulon and the Stormers compare?
A Both are extremely successful professional units. Because one works with much younger players in South Africa, much more time is spent here on development at club level.
Q How long did it take you to learn to speak French?
A I’ll tell you as soon as I’ve mastered it!
Q Do you manage to braai sometimes in France?
A The meat here is top quality and with the sun setting so late, it makes for perfect braai conditions.
Q How do the French differ from South Africans?
A I think that South Africans generally adapt quite well to France. The French can sometimes be a bit emotional and carry on about stuff, but for the rest, they are passionate people who love their country and their culture.
Q What do you miss the most about life in South Africa?
A One always misses one’s friends and family the most.
Q Do you plan to play in South Africa again in the Super Rugby series?
A It is difficult to know exactly what the future holds. For now, I have a job to do for Toulon and goals to achieve. Who knows what lies in wait after that.
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by Jenny Morris@jennymorrischef
Goat’s cheese and beetroot tartsMakes 6
INGREDIENTS•1x 400g roll Today’s Puff Pastry •300g chevin•150ml fresh cream•1 whole egg plus 1 yoke beaten•Salt and pepper to taste•1 clove crushed garlic•2 tbls pinenuts•2 whole spring onions with tops
chopped•3 cooked beetroot sliced
kidding!!
So it’s worth considering goats milk or cheese , especially if you’re sensitive to lactose from cow’s milk , and because goat cheese contains less lactose than cheese made from cow’s milk, it is typically well tolerated by those with lactose intolerance.
The reason goats milk and cheese is easier to digest is because the fat globules are smaller, resembling those of human milk, and the curd is softer than cow milk curd, but you don’t have to have an intolerance to enjoy the wonderful flavour of goats cheese, it is wonderful in sweet and savoury dishes, it love to be in the company of figs, nuts and honey, and really adores to be paired with pears and beetroot.
METHOD
Only
Goat cheese has been made for thousands of years, and was probably
one of the earliest made dairy products. Goats milk is a wonderful substitute for cow’s milk for children that have
a low tolerance to cow’s milk, well not only children, adults as well.
FOR THE FOODIES
•Pre-heat your oven to 190 deg C•Lightly dust a flat work surface with
flour •Cut out 6 x 10cm rounds.•Spray 6 x 8cm tart tins with non-stick
spray.•Press the pastry rounds onto the base
and up the sides of the tart tins, chill till needed.
•Beat together the goat’s cheese, cream, whole and yolk, salt, pepper, garlic, pine nuts and spring onions.
•Divide the sliced beetroot between the six tarts, arrange onto the base of
each pastry lined tart tin, spoon over the cheese mixture and bake for 20-25 minutes or until the tarts are golden and puffed up.
•Rest for 5 minutes before removing from the tins.
•Serve with a salad of thinly sliced red onion, wild rocket, halved Rosa tomatoes, shaved Parmesan.
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Health Wellbeing&
Parents most at risk for colds and flu
As South Africa braces itself for another onslaught of cold and flu infections this winter
season, the biggest risk factor for catching the common cold
is having children under the age 12. Parents fall ill almost twice as
much as anyone else.
Young children are a reservoir of germs and if they’re at crèche, school or anyplace else where they are around other children, they’re in a super-virus environment, which makes them the perfect vectors for illness and for passing viruses around. Kids hug, touch and cough all over each other. They chew on toys and as a result share their saliva, and then parents hug, kiss and cuddle them. It’s no wonder that the average parent catches a cold more compared to those without children.
Families with two, three or four children have some type of virus present in their household just under 60% of the time, whereas childless households were only infected with viruses three to four weeks of the year.
Each additional child in a household increased a family member’s risk of falling ill. Households with one child tested positive about 18 weeks of the year, while families with more than four children tested positive about 45 weeks of the year – that’s a whopping 87% of the time.
Parents who live with small children are 1.5 times more likely to be sick since children under the age of five tend to have at least one virus present in their mucus 50% of the time.
As we enter another cold and flu season it is imperative that those at risk, especially parents of younger children, give their immune systems a boost, whilst adequately protecting themselves from sources of cross-infection. But for a parent with little ones, it’s difficult to take care of yourself when you’re ill, since you have to take care of everyone else. This makes the recovery process so much harder (and unpleasant).
The best and most practical way of protecting yourself (and your family), is to practise proper handwashing techniques and to do so often. This could reduce the chances of catching your child’s cold by 30 to 50%. Another way is to stay out of waiting rooms in doctor’s offices, emergency rooms and the shops, and to avoid public transport as much as possible. Also use your judgement about your own situation. If you are pregnant and have had several bouts of flu or have a newborn, you may actually want to wear a mask.
Besides eating your greens, getting enough sleep is another critical factor in fighting off colds and flu. Research tells us that people who sleep six hours or less a night are four times more likely to catch a cold when exposed to a virus, compared to those who get in more than seven hours a night. Most parents probably don’t get enough Zs, but it’s vital to our wellbeing, so try to carefully plan your day to ensure enough time is spent in slumber land.
Keeping a clean and dust-free house is equally important. It might also be worth getting an air filter to clean and purify the air in your home, especially if you’ve experienced wave after wave of illness in your household.
In truth, there is no cure for the common cold or flu, but time-deprived parents may benefit from supplements that can boost their immune system.
If you do catch your child’s cold, there is an upside to all of this shared illness business: Once a child starts to develop a functioning immune system, at about six months, then the exposure to general viruses and germs isn’t necessarily a bad thing since it helps build and stimulate the immune system. It’s important to remember that a child’s immune system will only be fully developed between 12 to 14 years of age, when they finally reach adult levels of antibody formation, so you may be in for a tough few years, but as the children grow up it will help them fight other infections and stay healthier in the long-run.
Moregrove would like to congratulate these two Grade 6s on their in completing their merit chart. A merit is not rewarded very easily in Grade 6. It takes hard work, diligence and superb behaviour
that the school is very proud of. They were each awarded with a package at the Tsitsikamma Treetop Canopy Tour. Well done, Moregrove!
UbuntuOur Theodor pupils and parents contributed 230,69kg of clothing as our donation to the Rafi’s Wishes for Washing initiative.
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Lag’B’OmerOur three schools celebrated Lag’B’Omer in the Primary School quad and what a spectacular evening of Fellowship, Fun and Fire we enjoyed!
What’s new at Theodor?Our Grade 1 pupils are putting their new Astroturf play area and putting green to good use.
The Pantastix - Theodor Herzl’s Steel Pan BandOur steel pan band went on a tour to Cape Town where they performed at an alumni reunion, the Waterfront amphitheatre and also the Baxter Theatre. The highlight was when they visited Riebeeck-Kasteel in the winelands. They invited four bands from surrounding farm schools to workshop with them under a magnificent tree in the town square.
