Micklefield School End of Term 3, 2018 Newsletter

Instilling a sense of responsibility Micklefield continued with its 90th Birthday celebrations

and, in what has become an annual tradition, on 15 August,

the whole school performed an act of service in the commu-

nity.

The Pre-Primaries entertained and spoilt the old age pen-

sioners at The Manor in Pinelands. The girls were absolute

stars and gave an outstanding little show! Tea and treats

were enjoyed by all. Thanks to all the teachers and parents

for making it all possible! The residents of The Manor are

STILL complimenting the girls!

The Grade 1s visited the ladies at Avondrust Retirement Home in Rondebosch. The girls took them flowers, cards and home-baked treats for their tea. They also sang to them and the ladies especially loved the old favourites like "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" and were clapping along to "If You're Happy and You Know it".

The Grade 2s made sandwiches for Maitland Cottage Chil-dren's Home and the Homestead. The girls made over 20 loaves worth of sandwiches - with butter, peanut butter and jam. The children and staff at the homes' were extremely de-lighted and thankful.

The Grade 3 girls and their parents donated fresh and nutritious vegetables to the Haven Night Shel-ter in Wynberg. The girls peeled, chopped and rinsed the vegetables and packaged them for de-livery. The Ebrahim family donated 30 loaves of bread which were delivered along with the soup ingredients. We hope that the residents of the shelter enjoyed a healthy meal.

The Grade 6s made teapots with teabags which were delivered to the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children.

The Grade 7s spent a couple of hours at the Christine Revell Children’s Home in Athlone. The girls were afforded the opportunity of interacting with the children from the home and they helped staff members with their daily rou-tines, such as reading lessons, as well as play and snack time. Each Grade 7 girl had prepared a snack pack treat which was enjoyed by the home children during their tea break. This experience certainly gave our girls some in-sight into the lives of those less fortunate, and many commented that they would be keen to revisit the home on another occasion.

The Grade 5s visited Thambani Primary School in

Langa. It was a wonderful experience for the girls who

read a picture book to the Grade 2s. Afterwards, the

girls were treated to some singing and dancing, and

they had the opportunity to share the songs they had

learnt in the Xhosa Choir with the children. Being able

to share a story, and donate a book to those who

don't otherwise have the chance, which was an enriching experience for all.

The Grade 4s collected toys, puzzles, games and art mate-rials which they gave to Friends of Red Cross. They loved handing over all the toys and seeing what everyone had brought. These will be played with, in the wards and for outpatients waiting for appointments. They had a tour of parts of the hospital and especially enjoyed the OT thera-py room and the radio station. Thank you to Dr Claudia Gray for arranging the outing and taking us around and the parents for their very generous donations.

On 3 September, the Grade 7s set off on their outing to the Iziko Slave Lodge in Wale Street to learn more about slavery in the Cape in the 17th and 18th centuries. Mrs Laetitia Swanepoel, a well informed and knowledgeable tour guide pro-vided the girls with many interesting insights into the lives of slaves during the time of Dutch occu-pation. The talk brought about an awareness of the horrific oppression slaves had to endure dur-ing this time. After the tour, we took a stroll through the Company Gardens and ended the outing by enjoying some light refreshment at the Company Gardens Restaurant.

Gr 7s visit the Slave Lodge

Experimenting at the Science Centre The Grade 3 girls enjoyed exploring their science theme whilst visiting the Cape Town Science Centre. They put what they had learnt about coding in their computer lessons into practice by coding Bee-Bots to follow specific paths. They also experimented with building simple circuits and watched an exciting sci-ence show. In-between all that learning they built walls in the 'construction site' and had free time explor-ing the exhibits. The trip was an exciting learning experience. Thanks to all the parents who made time to drive us there and back.

The Grade 1 girls had a fantastic morning cooking up a storm at Silwood Kitchen. They made their own pizzas and chocolate cake. They thoroughly enjoyed getting their hands dirty in the best way possible, and then, of course, the best part, eating! Well done to all our little chefs in the making and to the wonderful students at Silwood Kitchen who helped the girls.

Cooking up a storm

Body Sense The Grade 00s spent many happy days ex-

ploring The Body and The 5 senses this term!

They were fascinated by George our resident

skeleton and really enjoyed learning about

the body. A highlight was seeing how “big”

they really are when we did our fabulous Big

Pictures!

SPORT - Cross Country We have had an extremely busy, enjoyable and successful winter season of sport. We competed in a number of

Inter-Schools events. The Inter-Schools PGSGU Tournaments are held against the other 7 girls schools.

Well done to our Inter-Schools cross country team. A special congratulations to Mia Andrew (U12) who finished third and Anna van Aarde (U10) who finished second in their age groups.

1. Herschel & Springfield 46 3 Micklefield & RGJS 42 5th St Cyprians 34 6th WGJS 18 7th Greenfield & Oakhurst 8

Netball Congratulations to the U12 netball team, the girls were unbeaten, winning all seven of their matches, finishing in first place. The U13 team also competed in this tournament and got off to an excellent start winning their first two matches. They were then plagued by injuries, but fought on bravely to finish in 6th position overall.

U13 Netball U12 Netball 1. WGJS 16 1. Micklefield 21 2. Springfield 16 2. St Cyprians 16 3. Herschel 13 3. Herschel 15 4. RGJS 12 4. Springfield 12 5. St Cyprians 12 5. RGJS 10 6. Micklefield 9 6. Greenfield 4 7. Oakhurst 3 7. WGJS 3 8. Greenfield 0 8. Oakhurst 1

Top Schools Hockey Tournament Congratulations to the Open A hockey team who won the Top Schools Tournament at Hartleyvale on Friday, 31 Au-gust, night. They went into the tournament as the top school from the Southern Zone, being unbeaten throughout the season. They then competed against the top schools from the Durbell and Helderberg Zones, 10 schools in to-tal. Our girls played superb, skillful hockey and were again, unbeaten on the night. They were complimented on both the brand of hockey they were playing as well as their pretty pink uniform!

Another round of congratulations to the U12 hockey team who won the U12 Bishops Day/Night tournament held at the Herschel and Bishops astros on Thursday, 6 September. Despite the rain and hail, our girls played excellent hockey and are worthy winners of the trophy!

U12Bishops Day/Night Hockey Tournament

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Inter-Schools Hockey

Congratulations to the Open B hockey team who finished 4th overall in the Inter-Schools B Tournament.

Open B Inter-Schools Hockey 1. Herschel 16 2. RGJS 13 3. Springfield 9 4. Micklefield & St Cyprians 6 6. WGJS 5 7. Greenfield 1

The Open A team finished their season on a high

note. They won the Inter-Schools A Tournament,

showing grit and determination despite being

without some of their regular players on the day.

Open A Inter-Schools Hockey

1. Micklefield 13

2. WGJS 10

3. St Cyprians & Herschel 9

5. Springfield 8

6. RGJS 5

7. Oakhurst 1

Past Pupils making Micklefield proud!

Congratulations to Amaarah Ebrahim (left) on being awarded the position of Head Girl at Herschel for 2019. What an incredible achievement, we are extremely proud of you! Well done to our past pupils (centre left to right), the Grade 7s of 2014, for being selected for leadership roles at St Cyprians in 2019: Chloe Goodwin - Head of Round Square; Stephanie Harrison - Head of Culture; Alice Gwynne-Evans - Head of Sport Congratulations to Juliette Roux (right) in Grade 8 at Herschel, who came second overall in the Juniors Olympiad (Gr 8 & 9) in the 2018 South African Mathematics Olympiad, written by more than 106 000 learners from 1303 schools!

Vocal Ensemble Concert a Triumph On Friday 17 August, Shocking Pink accepted an opportunity of a lifetime: to share the stage with professional aca-pella group, Anecnote. The event was a joyful celebration of vocal harmonies at the Nassau Theatre in New-lands. The line-up included four groups who each brought something unique to a varied programme. Shocking Pink held their heads high with a confident performance to a warmly, appreciative audience. We were followed by Wynberg Boys' High Vocal Ensemble who impressed us with their stage presence and entertaining choreogra-phy. Next up was Fusion from Herschel Girls' High with their finely tuned vocal talent and the sheer beauty of femi-nine harmonies. This collaboration was especially meaningful as two past Shocking Pink girls, Carolyn Melville (sister of our own Anna Melville) and Paballo Mphepya have moved on to become members of Fusion. It was truly a family occasion as Ashlyn Stegmann's brother Callum helped the sound crew.

Finally we were treated to the creative arrangements and vibrant stage interaction of Anecnote, popular winners of the 2017 South Africa's Got Talent Contest. We all left the theatre encouraged and inspired by what can be achieved with vocal music. This is just the beginning as we have made friends with some of Cape Town's foremost young musicians and hope to build on these promising relationships into the future.

Engaging conversations at ISMA Conference, Spier The 7th biennial Independent Schools’ Marketing Association (ISMA)

Conference was held at Spier Wine Farm from 5-7 September 2018.

Hosted by the ISMA South West Region and chaired by Joanne Tud-

hope, the conference brought together 142 delegates from 84 inde-

pendent schools from Southern Africa. With presentations by leading

professionals , delegates engaged around themes of transformation &

diversity, strategic conversations, digital marketing, reputation man-

agement, POPI and storytelling.

I write in great admiration for the impeccably organised conference. You have set a very high standard for all ISASA bodies. Congratulations to you and your team for a very well run and informative confer-ence. Lebogang Motjane, ISASA Executive Director

This term saw the culmination of 6 months of hard work in the staging of the grade 4-7 play “The Little Princess”. The story, although set in India and London in 1865, in a different time and cultural milleu, still found appeal today, as the values and positive message of overcoming hardship, being kind and finding your strength within, are universal and timeless. The Director, Mrs Gildenhuys, was very pleased with all the girls, who performed like real professionals, showing commitment to their roles and the play as a whole. At times it was hard to believe that they were actually young girls of 10-13 years in age, their performances were so moving and real. The staff were all involved behind the scenes making sure that the event ran smoothly and with panache. The play was very well received and enjoyed by the receptive and supportive audiences. Thanks to Bronwyn Thompson for the beautiful photography.

The Little Princess