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DPHS NEWS AND RESULTS

 

BULLETIN 03: WEDNESDAY 25 JANUARY 2012

To all

Parents, Old Boys and Members of the Prep Community

 

FROM THE HEADMASTER

The school extends a very warm and special invitation to all our new parents to attend the Cocktail Party this Friday night in the DPHS Maurice Wilkinson Hall starting at 18h30. The evening will be hosted by the School Governing Body and staff and teachers will attend. Please use the opportunity to meet members of the Governing Body and the staff. We may not all know each other by name yet but a friendly, relaxing and welcoming social gathering and chat does mean that in the future parents and staff, having met at the cocktail party, will feel free and better able to communicate and share their thoughts or concerns with regard to the wellbeing of the boys and the school.

 

DPHS Old Boy -First in South Africa

How proud I felt this morning as the DPHS representative when I attended the special assembly held at DHS in honour of DHS and DPHS old boy Kashmeel Bisseru who was placed first in South Africa in the 2011 Matric exams. Kashmeel’s accomplishment is the ultimate and most distinguished scholastic high school achievement possible. The tone of the assembly was one of humility and dignity and I not only felt proud but also inspired by the spirit of the DHS boys and the school. Headmaster, Dave Magner’s address and the speeches by Kashmeel and his Mathematics teacher, Narenee Mewalal reminded me of a quotation attributed to Albert Einstein, ‘Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value’. Kashmeel, in his address to the school, was very humble and gracious, thanking his teachers for their dedication and hard work and the part they played in helping him achieve his goals. I was able to congratulate DHS, Kashmeel and his family on our school’s behalf. They very kindly and generously acknowledged DPHS’s part in preparing Kashmeel for high school and setting him on the path towards fulfilling his dreams. We wish Kashmeel well for his engineering studies in KZN. Thank you DHS for inviting DPHS to attend this very special occasion

 

CONGRATULATIONS

Sean Gilson was chosen as the Cricket and the Golf Captain for 2012.

 

The following boys have been chosen as House Captains for 2012.

Bullimore:

Captain: Jordan Phipson            Vice Captain: Daniel Cherry

Evans:

Captain: Cameron Goodwin       Vice Captain: Maswazi Shabalala

Haysom:

Captain: Nicholas Pio                Vice Captain: Simon Miloszewski

Stubbs:

Captain: Jonathan Bennett        Vice Captain: Sean Gilson

 

Taine Buys participated in a Junior Motocross meeting in Pietermaritzburg and won the Enduro class on an 85cc on Sunday 22 January.

 

STAFF CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to our Learning Support teacher, Amber Sadler on the happy arrival of baby Arabella Jean Sadler, who was born on Monday 23 January 2012, weighing 4.2Kg.

 

 

CALENDAR

 

Wednesday 25 January	Cricket vs Clifton
Thursday 26 January	Cricket vs Clifton
Friday 27 January	Cricket vs Clifton House Dress Day House/Prep Pal introductory assembly New Parents/Staff welcome Function – Maurice Wilkinson	08:00am 06:30pm
Saturday 28 January	Cricket vs Clifton Grade 1 and 2 – Mini Cricket	07:20am
Sunday 29 January
Monday 30 January	Mothers Committee AGM – Functions Room
Tuesday 31 January	SMT meeting (tbc)
Wednesday 01 February	Cricket vs Highbury Book Time Book Fair – Functions Room

 

 

RECEPTION UNIT NEWS

The Reception Unit boys were delighted to welcome Sharkie into the playground last week, causing much excitement. A few hesitant little souls who stood back at the start, soon joined in and a great time was had by all.

We were delighted to have such a wonderful turnout at our New Parents Evening and do hope that newcomers to the Prep family were able to meet other moms and dads in their son’s class. On Friday 27 January, The DPHS Governing Body warmly welcomes all Grade 0 parents to the New Parents and Teachers Cocktail Party. This will take place in the Maurice Wilkinson Hall from 18h30 to 20h00.

 

JUNIOR PRIMARY NEWS

The first Mini-Cricket session for the Grade 1 and 2 boys took place on Saturday morning and the boys thoroughly enjoyed a time of skills practice and games. Sincere thanks are extended to those dads who have committed themselves to the role of team coach for the season. The success and enjoyment of the programme is dependent on their assistance which is much appreciated by the boys, parents and staff.

 

The swimming time trials for the Championship Gala, scheduled for 7 February, are presently in progress. Grade 3 Club activities have begun and Grade 1 Ball Skills will start next week, by which time the full Extra-Curricular programme will be well underway.

 

The first House Dress Day will be on Friday. The boys are excited about arriving at school dressed in their House Kit and then spending some time meeting their new Prep Pals when the families gather together after assembly.

 

We are looking forward to seeing as many parents as possible at the New Parents’ Cocktail Party this Friday 27 January from 18h30 to 20h00. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet other Prep parents and the staff looks forward to welcoming you.

 

MERIT AWARDS      %

 

Congratulations to this week’s recipients.

 

WEEKLY MERIT AWARD “WELL DONE” J
CLASS		NAME	REASON
GRADE 1	McGregor	Jedd Poovan	For a great start in reading
		Luca Coetzer	For following instructions so well
	Everitt	Alwande Nzuza	For always giving of his best
		Storm Gilchrist	For his excellent behaviour
	Langley	Joshua Stander	For his mature and responsible attitude and happy approach
		Benjamin Pretorius	For his eagerness to learn and his positive attitude
	Greensill	Asande Mthethwa	For settling well into his new school
		Jua van Wyk	For his enthusiasm and happy smile every day
GRADE 2	May	Adam Wesselink	For his lovely expressive reading
		Lwandle Mdletshe	For his beautiful drawings
	Buchholtz	Matthew Gore	For his diligence and ready smile
		Sbo Mjoli	For his beautiful reading
	Bush	Tiago Melo	For settling well into his new school
		Declan Farland	For his good expressive reading
	Marklew	Ross Taylor	For good behaviour
		Deyaan Naidoo	For settling well into his new school
GRADE 3	Veerasamy	Asher Knox-Davies	For settling well into his new environment
		Blake Pearson	For his lovely smile and giving of his best in all subjects
	Vawda	Ismaeel Paruk	For settling well into his new school
		Suraav Ramlugaan	For his lovely reading
	Oosthuis	Josh Goodwin	For his fantastic behaviour and diligent approach to all tasks
		Braden Delomoney	For a good start at his new school
	Knatten	Duncan Biccard	For a wonderful start to his Grade 3 year
		Samuel Spooner	For his enthusiasm and happy smile every day

 

Junior Primary Paper Recycling Challenge – Recyclers of the Week

1st Grade 1 Greensill (2m 52cm)

2nd Grade 1 Everitt (1m 00cm)

 

SENIOR PRIMARY NEWS

The Grade 7 Boys were awarded their Grade7 Ties at a special assembly on Monday. Each boy in the grade is afforded the opportunity to develop his leadership skills by involving himself in every aspect of school life.

 

The Grade 7 Boys are looking forward to their first Prep Pal meeting on Friday, where they will be introduced to their Prep Pal Families for the first time. Each boy in Grade 7 is allocated a pupil from each of the lower Grades, affording the senior boy the opportunity to become mentor or guardian of his group of six younger boys. It is the duty of the older members of each group of pals to take a personal interest in each of the younger boys as individuals and in so doing encourage their happiness and success at DPHS.

 

We are looking forward to seeing as many parents as possible at the New Parents’ Cocktail Party this Friday 27 January from 18h30 to 20h00. Please make the most of this wonderful opportunity to meet other Prep Parents and the Prep Staff.

 

SPORTS

CRICKET RESULTS

 

DPHS 1st vs Westville	DPHS 341 for 2	Nicholas Pio 135 n.o Bradley Hope 101 n.o Sean Gilson 52
	Westville 146 all out	Calvin Stephens 3/31
DPHS won by 193 runs

 

 

DPHS 2 nd vs Westville	DPHS 178 for 10	Daniel Cherry 46 Matthew Gerrish 35 Ryan Spring 25 Max Teversham 25
	Westville 179 for 7
DPHS lost by 3 wickets

 

 

DPHS 3 rd vs Westville	DPHS 219 for 3	Sam Hudson 88 Marco Gouveia 60
	Westville 69 all out	Simon Ten-Bokkel Huinink 3/11
DPHS won by 150 runs

 

 

DPHS 4 th vs Westville	Westville 65 for 6	Matthew Crampton 3/2
	DPHS 68 for 3	Kieran Pather 16 n.o
DPHS won by 7 wickets

 

 

DPHS 5 th vs Westville	DPHS 224 for 6	Thomas Rorich 63 n.o Slade Stirling 44 Keegan Mills 24
	Westville 108 all out	Darshan Moodley 5/9 Brayden Knoop 2/2
DPHS won by 118 runs

 

 

DPHS U11A vs Westville	DPHS 148 all out
	Westville 150 for 7
DPHS lost by 3 wickets

 

 

DPHS U11B vs Westville	DPHS 91 for 5	Ryan Koekemoer 30
	Westville 39 all out	Oliver Kenny 2/5 Jamie Deeble 2/5
DPHS won by 52 runs

 

 

DPHS U11C vs Westville	Westville 52 all out	Azhar Bana 4/3 Yusuf Paruk 2/7 Guy Kirby 2/2
	DPHS 53 for 0	Nicholas Harrison 23 n.o Cameron Ferguson 20 n.o
DPHS won by 10 wickets

 

 

DPHS U10A vs Westville	Westville 115 for 9	Muhammad Moosa 3/18 Joshua Taylor 2/17
	DPHS 116 for 5	Kent Goedeke 33 Oliver Bamber 27
DPHS won by 5 wickets

 

 

DPHS U10B vsw Westville	DPHS 96 for 8	Conna Steadman 14 Daniel Peter 14 Brett van Noordwyk 14 n.o
	Westville 60 for 4	Hrthiq Ramlal 2/2
DPHS won by 36 runs

 

DPHS Headmaster’s 2012 List of Top Batting Scores and Bowling Performances as at 23 January 2012

 

BATTING
Score	Name	Team	Opposition
135 n.o	Nicholas Pio	1st	Westville
101 n.o	Bradley Hope	1st	Westville
88	Sam Hudson	3rd	Westville
63	Thomas Rorich	5th	Westville
60	Marco Gouveia	3rd	Westville
BOWLING
5 – 9	Darshan Moodley	5th	Westville
4 - 3	Azhar Bana	U11C	Westville

 

CRICKET FIXTURES

 

WEEK 2
Day	Date	Team	Opponents	Venue	Time
Wednesday	25-Jan-11	11D	Clifton	DHSOB	14h30
		11E	Clifton	Collegians	14h30
		11F	Cancelled		14h30
		10B	Clifton	Clifton (Whitehead Oval)	14h15
		10C	Clifton	Clifton @ Riverside	14h30
		10E	Westville 10D	Westville	14h30
Thursday	26-Jan-11	5th	Clifton	DHSOB	14h15
		8th	Clifton	Clifton (Whitehead Oval)	14h15
Friday	27-Jan-11	3rd	Clifton	DHSOB	13h30
		4th	Clifton	Collegians	13h30
		6th	Westville	Westville	13h30
		7th	Westville	Westville	13h30
		11B	Clifton	DPHS (Smith)	14h00
		11C	Clifton	Clifton (Whitehead Oval)	13h30
		10A	Clifton	DPHS (Walshaw)	14h00
Saturday	28-Jan-11	1st	Clifton	Clifton (Whitehead Oval)	09h00
		2nd	Clifton	DPHS (Smith)	09h00
		11A	Clifton	DPHS (Walshaw)	09h00
		10D	Clifton	Clifton @ Riverside	08h30

 

GENERAL

2011 JABULA DAY

The school received the following letter from SuperClean:

At the onset of the new school year, we wish to thank the learners of DPHS for the generous donation of gifts received in December 2011 in support of our Jabula Day.

We attach a letter of thanks and further information regarding the relevant charities who were grateful recipients of these gifts which were distributed by the Rotary Club of Pinetown.

We wish to thank you once again for your continued support of these community projects.

 

Letter from the Chairman of the Rotary Club of Pinetown

On behalf of the Community of KwaNdengezi we express our thanks for the large quantity of toys, clothes and sweets that were donated via Superclean.

I attach some details of a small part of our work in that area- work that could only be done by the generosity of people like yourselves.

Since we touch almost every aspect of suffering and moral and scholastic regeneration in the area, we are ideally situated to make the most out of your gifts.

 

WINDERMERE CENTRE JANUARY SIDE-WALK SALE

Windermere Centre will be hosting their JANUARY SIDE-WALK SALE on Thursday 26th to Saturday 28th. Be sure to come along to grab a bargain or two!

 

LIFT REQUIRED

Looking for a lift for my son who is in Grade 1, every day from DPHS to Glenwood near St Augustine’s Hospital. My cell phone number is 0826868995.

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday @ 12H30 and Tuesdays @13H30.

Penny Chinner.

 

NEWS FROM DHS

The year has got off to a great start. I was very pleased with the Matric results. Kashmeel Bisseru was remarkable, achieving 100% in 3 subjects, and getting the top marks in KZN for Mathematics. Truly an astonishing performance.Breaking news. Kashmeel Bisseru had had a problem with his Science mark. The department initially gave him a mark of 74%, and when we pointed out that was impossible, discovered there had been an admin error. When corrected, he received 100% for Science. We then asked how this affected his position in the top pupils in the country. It took them a while, but a dept official-Raymond Penniston, son was at PREP - told us last night that Kashmeel was the TOP pupil in South Africa!!! I am sure you are as delighted as we are. I was also pleased to see other ex Prep boys doing well in the rest of the school. Nikyle Bisseru was second in Grade 8, and there were no less than 7 Prep boys in the top ten in the Grade. Two Prep boys were in the top ten in Grade 9, Yasir Sacoor and Steven Prinsloo. In Grade 10 Julian Janse Van Rensburg and Nick Conyngham were one and two in the Grade, with both being awarded Honours for Academics .Another 3 Prep boys were in the top ten. Finally, in Grade 11, Prep took the honours again, with Dimitrije Mamontov top of the Grade. A fantastic effort from all the Prep boys!

 

Jared Van Heerden was chosen for the SA Colts Cricket side. Prep old boy Trent Bingham has been chosen for the Laser Yacht training squad for the next Olympic Games. Our 1 XI did well at the Grey College Festival, and our start studded U15 A side was the team to watch at the Queen’s College Festival. Top scorer there was Tristan Ross with 151 not out! In the same game Brendan De Meillon took 7 for 24!

All in all we are off to a galloping start to 2012!

 

Regards

Dave Magner

Class of 1968