KIAN GETS A YELLOW BELT!

Very well done Kian - we are very proud of you!

SCHOOL LEAVERS' AND STAFF DINNER

On Wednesday 5 October, students and staff shared a dinner to celebrate the end of each student's school career. Most of our students start with us in Grade 8, which makes this annual event a bitter sweet occasion.

 When you're about to write your last exam as a scholar, you can afford to be young one last time.

   Our ten school leavers, from left to right at the back - Jean, Kyle, Christopher, Tim, Kelly, Jared. In front - Borden, Brydie on Ethan's shoulders and Bongiwe. We wish you all much success with your big plans for next year and the years to come. We are going to miss you!

 

 

 

Bongiwe is planning on going into the health sciences next year. She is a dedicated and conscientious worker, and any patient in her care will be in excellent hands. 

 

 Brydie is planning on working next year, Tim will eventually be a commercial pilot and Christopher is planning on studying Equine Sciences - either here or nearer his parents in Dubai.

 

Jean has already started a business providing music and sound equipment for events, and will continue building his business next year.

 

Borden will continue working in the family business and plans to study further in the Engineering field.

 

We trust that Monika will continue being Monika for at least the next 166 years! As with every other event organised at school, Monika is the brains and the brawn behind the operation....

 

Kelly has all her arrangements in place to go the States and start working on a leisure boat.

 

No School Leavers' and Staff  Dinner can be complete without the Staff. Mrs Franklyn (Accounting O and A) and Mrs Stella (Maths A, Physics A, Chemistry A) share a good laugh at the table.

 

Sir Chris (Economics O and A and Business O and A) said that if he could do life over again, he would have chosen to become a ....... Mrs Bouwer (Maths O) and Mrs Piek (Computers O) find his choice very funny indeed!

 

Jared plans on serving a mission next year - is this him practising already?

 

Why not be a kid for as long as you can?

Ethan has been accepted at the University of Pretoria to study Engineering next year - so he might not have the opportunity to be a kid again......

 

Beautiful Creations

 

Trees made from empty toilet roll holders! Well done to Mrs Wessels and her Art students.

GRADE 8 AND 9 ART

 

 

Look what these clever children made using old magazines.

ANNUAL PRIZE GIVING - 23 SEPTEMBER 2016

Monika and the SRC arranged our Prize giving this year.

Students clapped and cheered when their peers received prizes.

Monika received a special prize for being the world's most amazing secretary. The card was made by Emma, and signed by teachers and students.

Members of the SRC announced the names of those students receiving prizes.

Students receive demerits for things such as not doing homework, forgetting books at home, not wearing uniform, etc.
The following students received medals for not having received a single demerit during 2016.
Very well done to all!

Nokubonga

Salmaan

Natalia

Nanjala

Motshedi

Mia

Jean

Hannah

Borden

Bongiwe

Erin

Students receive merits for good marks, for improving their marks and for being helpful at school. Merits and demerits cancel each other out.

Our top merit earners for 2016 were:

Grades 8 and 9 - Ahmed with 89 merits. Excellent work Ahmed!

IGCSE and AS levels: Bongiwe with 43 merits. Very well done Bongiwe!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR STUDENTS FOR DOING THEIR ABSOLUTE BEST THIS YEAR.

ONLY 12 DAYS TO GO.....

On Monday 3 October, students from THE KEEP will be writing their first 2016 external examinations. Monika found the following which might help everybody feel a little better:

How To Handle Your Stress When Exams are approaching?

 

Can We “Handle” Stress?

Contrary to popular belief, we CAN NOT “handle” stress.

Stress does not exist. It is NOT a thing that you can hold nor eat 

Stress is a feeling resulting from your thoughts.

From your ‘negative’ thoughts, to be precise.

When your mind is constantly thinking on negative thoughts, for example: you are scared to fail, or not getting an A*, etc…; you create bad feelings inside your body from all the negative thoughts.

The bad feelings that you feel, is what you call ‘stress’.

The more you want to “handle” your stress, the more you think there is something wrong with you. This creates more pressure and more negative thoughts.

Why would you do that then?

Shall we agree from now on you don’t try to “handle” your stress anymore?

We only take “YES” as the answer 

So what should you do then? Keep reading…

1. Admit You Have Negative Thoughts

There is really no big deal to admitting that we have negative thoughts. Everyone has them.

Having the courage to admit that you have negative thoughts, will already get rid of most of the bad feelings.

Know that you can’t fight darkness with darkness. You can only fight darkness with light. By admitting the existence of negativity, you have inserted the light of positivity.

This is the most important starting point, and it is essential for you to continue to the next step.

2. Change Your Thoughts

Now that you know stress is the bad feelings you created from all your negative thoughts, all you need to do is to change your thoughts.

Here are some steps for you to start doing that:

·         Start by imagining the positive outcomes that you want to see or to have.

·          Albert Einstein said: “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

 

·         Make a list of things that you are afraid of or frustrated about. Next, write the positive opposite of everything on your list. For example: I am scared of exams. The positive opposite: I handle exams with ease.

The final step is you must train yourself to keep this happy feeling and not let yourself slide backwards to the negative thoughts.

Step 3 will show you exactly how to do this.

3. Gratitude

The best way to keep your mind on positive thoughts is － gratitude.

Read these beautiful quotes:

“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.” ~ Tony Robbins

 

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ~ Albert Einstein

 

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity…. It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events.” ~ Melodie Beatty

 

You can be grateful for the chance to study, the ability to read and write, for having a comfortable bed, for the luxury of clean running water and electricity, etc

Pay attention to how you feel. If you are not feeling good, that means your mind is currently broadcasting negative thoughts.

Immediately find something you can be grateful for….

TERM TESTS 15 SEPTEMBER 2016

Well done to the following Grade 9 students who achieved excellent marks in Mathematics:

 

Gabbi 80%

 

Ahmed 94%

 

Joshua 88%

 

The following students wrote Computer Studies IGCSE:

 

 

Very well done to Bongiwe with 87%

 

and very well done to Gomolemo with 80%.

 

IGCSE versus A

Tim found this very interesting post on FaceBook........ Anybody who has ever written Cambridge Exams, will know that it's true......

We wish all our students who will be writing external examinations all the best of luck!

TERM TESTS 8 September 2016

The Grade 9's wrote Physchem, and a number of students achieved excellent results:

 

Ahmed was top in the class with 93%. Excellent work, Ahmed.

 

Well done to Bradley with 82%

 

Gabbi achieved a lovely mark of 80%

 

Very well done to Joshua with 84%