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Westerford Newsletter 7 (1 March 2018)

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WESTERFORD HIGH SCHOOL Newsletter 7 1 March 2018

FROM THE OFFICE….

Parents please telephone in or email the school by 08h00 if your child is absent giving the reason that your child will not be at school for that day. Absences of more than three days

require a medical certificate.

A ¾ guitar in a soft black case was removed from the locked Music room on Friday - return to

Ms Penny/the Music room when found.

THE GRADE 8 BRAAI

The Grade 8 parents enjoyed

meeting one another at their first

social event held in the Chestnut

Grove on Monday evening.


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March dates

Wed 14 Maths Olympiad Round 1

Wed 21 Human Rights Day

Fri - Tues 23 - 27 “School of Rock” Production

Mon - Wed 26 - 28 Grade 8 Camp

Wed 28 School closes

Fri 30 Easter weekend - Good Friday

WESTERFORD HIGH SCHOOL

MEET THE MAROONS

This week we conducted our interview with one of our beloved

secretaries: Mrs Sharon Alcock.

Mrs Alcock has been with us for almost thirteen years, and we

Westerfordians are forever grateful for her friendly face - not only

because that warmth may mean that our phone or locker key is not

lost forever!

What has your favourite experience at Westerford been so far?

I enjoy the outdoors, so to have been able to join the Grade Tens on

their Greyton trip was wonderful, but to be

invited to accompany the 2013 Transkei hikers with Mr Dugmore was incredible. What an awesome experience to

be removed from the pace of regular routine! Living with the locals in rural villages was very humbling, and having

no shops or traffic lights for a week was life-changing!

Do you have any advice for the current Grade Eights?

Grade Eights must remember how privileged they are to have a place at Westerford. At the front office we process

over 1000 applications and see many disappointed applicants who are just unlucky not to get in because of the fact

there are too many applicants. Grade Eights must seize every opportunity to get involved, experience events out of

their comfort zone, and get to know fellow Westerfordians in other classes and other grades.

What is the funniest thing that someone has had to ask for/collect from the office?

Collections from the front office vary greatly from day to day; from food for lunch or cake day, to money, to work that

has been printed or bound, sports kit, clothing for the weekend, art planks and hinges, medication, keys,

instruments, Chinese stationery, one-day-only specials, and fossils. But the best was a Takealot delivery - a big box

of baby wipes!

What are your tips and tricks for saving water?

While waiting for the shower water to get hot, catch the cold running water in a jug or two and that is your drinking

water for the day.

Gabi Crafford - Grade 10


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CONGRATULATIONS! Jemima Short, Grade 11, won a gold medal at the Western Province Rowing

Championships for the U19 Open Junior Women’s coxed 8 for the Peninsula Girls Rowing Club at Lomond Wine Estate near Gansbaai on Saturday 17 February 2018.

INTERACT VISITS VERA

On 27 February, the Interact committee, along with some keen Westerfordians went to visit Vera School for autistic

children.

This visit was after Interact hosted representatives from Vera to talk about autism and give information about it to

prospective Vera-visitors. The talk was extremely interesting, informative and gave good insight into the many aspects

of autism. It was an appropriate and extremely useful introduction to the visit to Vera.

When we arrived, we were warmly welcomed by the children

at the school and were shown around. Westerfordians

eagerly participated in many of the activities with the children,

for example, playing soccer, running races, playing on the

jungle gym as well as getting to know everyone.

All in all it was a very successful visit, enjoyed by everyone at

Vera, and all the Westerfordians.

Interact has fortnightly visits to Vera; all Westerfordians are

encouraged to attend.

Luke van Wyk - Grade 12

TUESDAY = BREAD BUDDIES Please remember: TUESDAY, is Bread Buddies day. The extra sandwich or two which you bring to school that day will make a huge difference to a child at one of the Khayelitsha schools to which Interact delivers the contributions from the many kind Westerford Bread Buddy families. In picture, with last week’s sandwiches, are Interact members, Chris Gautchi and Samantha Boting. Let’s try to fill a second trestle table soon, and thereby enable more primary school children to have a healthy mid-morning meal and to stay focused in class.

Chris Gautschi and Samantha Boting- both Grade 12


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ROBBIE MILLAR’S PURPLE PATCH 1st Team seam bowler, Robbie Millar, (Grade 10) hit a purple patch on Tuesday this week when he ripped through the Somerset College middle and lower order to help to dismiss the visitors for 77 runs. He ended with the incredible figures of 3.3 overs, 6 wickets for 11 runs! Then, during our innings, he and big-hitting Ivan Stark, knuckled down to share in a match-reviving partnership after we had lost a number of early wickets. Our boys won what turned out to be nail-biter, by one wicket, with Tom Scarth and Cole Largier keeping their heads and steering Westerford to a memorable victory.

POLO BOYS: AMBASSADORS PAR EXCELLANCE IN GRAHAMSTOWN Our 1st Water Polo boys had a most enjoyable and successful trip to Grahamstown last weekend, to participate in the St Andrew’s Plate Water Polo Tournament. They played good, positive polo and ended 6 th out of 18 teams. Coach, Mr Fair, and Manager, Mr Voerman both reported that at the tournament they were complimented on a number of occasions on how the Westerfordians conducted themselves, and on the spirit in the squad. Mr Voerman, who provided the accompanying photo, writes: “This pic is of our 1st Boys’ Polo team; our boys supported Dale College during one of their matches, and here they are, supporting us, at one of our last games. I thought the picture summed up the excellent vibe we had on tour.” Well done, Team Boys’ Water Polo!


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March dates

Wed 14 Maths Olympiad Round 1

Wed 21 Human Rights Day

Fri - Tues 23 - 27 “School of Rock” Production

Mon - Wed 26 - 28 Grade 8 Camp

Wed 28 School closes

Fri 30 Easter weekend - Good Friday


SAVING H₂O IN HOUSEHOLDS

With Day Zero approaching, we are all dreading the thought of queuing daily for 25-litre water rations. The news adds to our misery by giving frequent updates on the percentage of water in our dams and the scorching-high evaporation rates. Even the strange weather we’ve been experiencing lately hints that something’s not right. It seems like the end of the world as we have known it. In response to this devastating situation, we have all anxiously started slowing the flow of water in our households … right? If, like many other households, yours hasn’t made the required transition, then perhaps NOW is the best time to begin. Even the small acts of recycling shower water, and of only flushing when absolutely necessary, and reducing the number of times you use your washing machines, make all the difference in collectively conserving the precious, life-giving necessity that is - WATER. I did some research and it’s shocking how much water our everyday routines use at home. You know, our toilets - even the ones with hippos inside them - use up to nine litres of water per flush; that’s enough to supply one person with more than enough drinking water for three days. Oh, and our washing machines – for dishes and clothing - are the worst: on average they use 20 to 25 litres per cycle! It’s frightening! Yes, I know. But, do not fret; I have compiled a handful of practical ways to slow the flow of water in your household: Turn off the tap that feeds your toilet basin. This way the water can’t automatically refill, and you can

manually fill it with grey water. Stand over a big plastic basin while taking your two-minute shower, to collect as much water as possible. To minimise water used for washing hands, switch to waterless hand sanitizers or wet-wipes. Collect any

water used while hand-washing, as grey-water to flush toilets. Importantly, fix all leaking taps, especially of showerheads! They are ‘silent-wasters’. Lastly, only pour the exact amount of water you need to drink in your cup; don’t over estimate your drinking

capacity. The road to the end of our drought seems long and dry, but together, if we all play our part, we can make it there alive, and perhaps even avoid Day Zero. Good manners start at home; so does water-saving.

Emmanuel Abiodun – Grade 11


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