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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

This week, Graeme College celebrated Graeme College’s first every Proteas Cricketer, earning a cap in the ODI format. JonJon Smuts, has also represented the Proteas in T20 cricket, and it is a massive moment for the College to also have anODI player now. Less than 140 players have ever presented the Proteas in the ODI format, with 345 playing Test Cricket. I have no doubt that, that in the near future, Graeme might well have a few more players knocking on the door of thehighest level of cricket. He was the 65th T20 player, and now the 135th player to represent the Proteas in ODI cricket. Whatan incredible achievement. Jon Jon captained the 1st XI in 2006, taking 141 wickets for Graeme. He scored 4220 runs forthe 1st XI, at an average of 57, 8 which included 14 centuries. He scored more than 50 on 40 occasions in his 1st XI career.He represented SA u19, and obviously gone on to captain the Warriors, playing alongside his brother Kelly. Graeme College’s most famed sportsman was Hennie Le Roux, who obviously was part of the 1995 rugby World Cupwinning team. We gladly add Jon Jon Smuts to that list this week. He has opened a door for many Graemians to follow,and enabled dreams and aspirations to take flight.

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Friday 7 February 2020

Message from the Deputy Headmaster

"Those times you get up early and work hard, those times when you stay up late and work hard, those times when youdon't feel like working, you're too tired, you don't want to push yourself, but you do it anyway.That is the dream. It's notthe destination. It's the journey." -Kobe

Interestingly, Jon Jon still donates a cricket bat to Graeme College every year, which gets awarded to the one of theplayers of the year within the 1st XI. The great lesson for our young Graemian’s is the work ethic and discipline that Jon Jon put into his sport. He is anincredible role model for our learners, and will no doubt inspire many to follow in his footsteps. Not many schools can boast to produce international sportsmen, and we are delighted to share a little of his success withhim. Congrats Jon Jon! #ProudlyGraemian Mr. G van MolendorffDeputy Headmaster

Grade Meetings:We would like to thank all parents who attended the grade meetings held over the past two weeks. It shows yourcommitment to helping your son through the hurdles of school. The grade meetings adopted the slogan of: Strongparents, strong teachers, future leaders. The emphasis was on the importance of collaborating in order to grow youngmen that can contribute meaningfully to society.  Cultural news Marimbas:A reminder that the grade 6 marimba band practice on Tuesday, 11 February, is cancelled. First Aid:A level 1 First Aid course will be offered by the school at the end of February. The cost of the course is R450. It will behosted by Craig Visagie, a qualified paramedic. The course will take place on Saturday 29 February and Sunday 1 March.Any interested boy needs to pay their money to Ms Stamper by Wednesday 26 February. More information is availablefrom Miss Kenyon.  

Monthly payments per written request in January (of each year) to the School Bursar [R2 000 on first day of first termand balance in 10 [ten] equal monthly instalments at the start of each month [01 February – 01 November].Defaulters: Both biological parents / legal guardians are responsible for fees, irrespective of marital status.  Non-payment of accounts will be dealt with as per School policy. 

FEES AND OTHER CHARGES FOR 2020:Full settlement of annual school fees on or before the first day of the school year, or entrance into school.  Full, up-frontpayment or settlement in full before 28 February 2020 will entitle a parent to a 5% discount.

 

Academic news

Finance

1st team: Invitation team:

Junior Tennis:Friday 7 February: The U 11 A and B teams play a match against Kingswood. The A team play at Graeme and the B team atKingswood at 2 pm. Tuesday 11 February: The U 13 C will play a match against St Andrews at Prep. There will be normal tennis at Graeme forall the groups.   Thursday 13 February: There will be normal tennis as well as Professional Coaching as usual for all the groups. Waterpolo: The following matches take place at SAC on Saturday:

vs Woodridge 1sts at 9.20 am vs SAC u15B at 8.00amvs Oakhill 1sts at 11.40am vs SAC 3rd at 1.00pmvs Kingswood 1sts at 2.20pm

The 1st team departs on Thursday for the Oakhill Chukka Festival. They will play the following fixtures:Thursday: 13th vs Parklands at 4.10 pmFriday: 14th vs St Dominic’s at 11.40 amSaturday: 15th vs Oakhill at 9.20 amvs Pearson at 12.15 amvs Grey at 3.10 pmSunday: 16th vs Paul Roos at 11.05 am CRICKET:Fixtures for Saturday ALL MATCHES THIS WEEKEND HAVE BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO WET FIELDS AND RAIN PREDICTED.

Sports news & fixtures

CSA Coastal School Final vs De Villiers GraaffGraeme batted first and scored a very challenging total of 120/7 after their 20 overs. With a thick and slow outfield, SonwabileTshona showed his experience with a very valuable innings.Graeme was very comfortable with the total, but knew theywould still need to bowl well to the quality DVG top order. TheGraeme bowlers have been consistently impressive this year,and did brilliantly to restrict the DVG top order. With anincreasing run rate required, DVG had no choice but to chasethe game, and lost wickets at regular intervals. With thatGraeme College qualifies for the CSA T20 Finals for the secondtime, along with 7 other schools within South Africa. Thetournament is held in Pretoria from 5 to 8 March, and will havethe very best cricket teams in South Africa, competing for thefinal prize. It is an experience our players will never forget.

It was a great weekend out for our cricketers,with the Senior School enjoying a tough fixture against St Andrews. Teamsenjoyed the two innings format, with the most exciting match being the 3rd XI. In the firsts innings Graeme were 163 allout, to which St Andrews replied with 208 all out. Graeme then declared on 89/1 in their second innings, leaving SAC atotal of 44 to chase with their 5 wickets available in the second innings. St Andrews ended on 24/4 with Graeme needingthe one wicket for an outright win.The young 1st XI showed good fight to come back from a tough morning session.Graeme were looking solid at 50/3 at tea, despite some tight bowling from SAC. They let SAC in and were verydisappointed to be bowled out for 102. The experience of the St Andrews opening pair showed as the Graeme bowlerstoiled hard to get a breakthrough. They fought back well and St Andrews declared on 199 / 5 with 19 overs left in the day.Graeme batted out the overs comfortably avoiding an outright win for SAC. They ended on 27/1 after 14 overs, before badlight ended play. The Junior School won every game against Woodridge. The highlight of the day across the whole school would havebeen Andrew Muir’s maiden century for the u13A. That helped his team to win by 86 runs. The u11A won their contest by157 runs. The u13B (82 runs) and u11B (9 wkts) were also impressive in their wins. Kitts McConnachie claimed 5 for 9 forthe u11A.  

Murray Tyson claimed ANOTHER 5-for, for the u14A. He is just phenomenal at the moment!Graeme vs DVG (CSA T20 Coastal School Final)Graeme 120 /7S Tshona 37DVG 62 all out.Aphiwe Mnyanda 3 for 10Viwe Gana 2 for 11Mzubanzi Mnandi 2 for 17Graeme won by 58 runs.

Right: A great photo captured of theu14A cricket team. It was a great

experience for the lads. St Andrewsdeserved the win, but not after a great

fight by the Graeme side.

1st XI vs St Andrews Graeme first innings -102 all out.Sonwabile Tshona 36 St Andrews first innings 199/ 5 declared.Aphiwe Mnyanda 3 for 21Mihali Kobese 2 for 41  Graeme 2nd innings 27/1  Match Drawn; St Andrews won on first innings. Graeme 2nds vs St Andrews 2nds 1st innings SAC 305 all out Ryan Bush 5/45Graeme 70 all out Raven Bush 202nd Innings Graeme 72/5Sonqoba Makalima 22Raven Bush 19Lost by innings and 158 runs Graeme 3rds vs St Andrews 3rds 1st innings Graeme 163 all outSimnikiwe Bossman 56SAC 208 all out Aswyn Claasen 4/362nd innings Graeme 89/1 lead of 44 runs Simnikiwe Bossman 53 not out Siya Nongubo 23 not out SAC 24/4 Match drawn Graeme u15A vs St Andrews u15ASAC 1st innings  349/8 dec Ethan Beyleveld 5/91 Graeme 150 all out Onosizo Ntinga 58Ethan Beyleveld 482nd innings Graeme 17/3  Losing drawLost on 1st innings Graeme u15B vs St Andrews u15BSt Andrews 263/8 Graeme 57 all outGraeme lost by 206 runs  Graeme u14A St Andrews u14A St Andrews 306 all outMurray Tyson 6/26

Avuya Kepe 3/28Graeme 106 all outAyola Mali 322nd inningsGraeme 117 all outMurray Tyson 44Lost by an innings Graeme u14B vs St Andrews u14B SAC 350/6JC Pieterse 2/50 S Hockley 2/39Graeme 79 all outSaad Hayat 34Graeme lost by 271 runs Graeme u13A vs Woodridge u13A Graeme 205/8Andrew Muir 101 not outWoodridge 119 all outChris Zimmerman 3/39Cullen Goliath 2/13Graeme won by 86 runs Graeme u13B vs Woodridge u13BGraeme  201 all outIthani Shoba 65Olo Jaca 32Woodridge 119 all outMikhulu Hoboshe 4/26Aya Bill 3/29Graeme  won by 82 runs Graeme u11A vs Woodridge u11AGraeme 183/9 Kitts McConnachie 31 Woodridge 26 Kitts McConnachie 5/9 Graeme won by 157 runs Graeme u11B vs Woodridge u11BWoodridge 53 all outDuane Oosthuizen 4/3Avu Mnandi 3/23Graeme 54/1Graeme won by 9 wickets

CSA Schools T20 Competition

The First Cricket XI, playing in the CSA Schools T20 competition, have won through to the main tournament to be playedin Gauteng later this month. During the week they beat De Villiers Graaf High School by 58 runs. This is the second time inthree years that Graeme have reached this stage of the tournament. A remarkable achievement!Photos by Mr B. Mackenzie.  

Graeme 2nd XI vs PAHS 1st XIGraeme 126/8  Ryan Bush 66 PAHS 108/ 6 Mu-eed Fritz 2/11Erron Kivitts 2/32Graeme won by 18 runs  Graeme u14Bvs SAC u14BGraeme  82/7 Saad Hayat 27SAC 83/4 Esona Mpangiso 2/8 Graeme lost by 6 wickets  

Graeme College Wheelchair Drive: Please can all families collect bottle tops from coke/fanta/twizza/water bottles for our wheelchair drive.We would like to continue our community involvement in 2020. What better way than to gift a wheelchair to a needyperson? Ms White will have a top station in her classroom as well as Mrs Luden. We need 10 000 tops for one wheelchair.We are confident that we can make this happen! Ms. White is the organiser if anyone has any queries. Our collection total so far is:High School tops: 6095Junior School tops: 12 606High School bread tags: 2068  

Community Engagement

School Events

RUGBY DAY 2020:The date has been fixed for the well anticipated Graeme CollegeRugby Day, hosted by Graeme College on the 14 March 2020. A rugbyday renowned for its perfect matchups, ensuring a day of competitiverugby.Please refer to the link below for more details:https://GC Rugby Day 2020  

JUNIOR SCHOOL SOCIAL:Grade 6 and 7 Social will be held in the Graeme School Hall (Templeton Hall ) starting at 18h00 and ending at 21h00tonight. Please use the main gate as the entrance and the hostel gate as the exit . PLEASE NOTE THAT BOYS MUST BEPICKED UP AT 21H00 AND NO LATER. Entrance to the social is R15 and there will be a tuckshop for refreshments.

BUTCHER BIRD POP UP RESTAURANT: We are very excited to announce that the pop-up Butcher BirdRestaurant will be open for supper over Valentine’s Weekend atGraeme College. Book early to avoid disappointment as there islimited space available. As you know they are always booked outduring National Arts Festival. Two nights only!Friday 14 & Saturday 15 February 2020. Reservations: marketing@graemecollege.co.za or 071 687 4531.Times - 17h30 onwards. Venue - Graemian Centre. Cash bar available.  

Grade 00's and Grade R's outing

The Leopard Cubs enjoyed an outing today to Langholm Country Estate, in their first trip in the school bus, where theyinteracted and fed all sorts of animals at the animal touch farm. The rain did not deter the boys, in fact muddy puddlesonly made it so much more fun! The boys fed goats, chickens, bunnies and pigs and saw zebra and buck on their walk.  

The Karri App

General GOOGLE CALENDARPlease click on the link below to be directed to the school Google Calendar. The link helps you subscribe to the schoolcalendar which you can add to your phone, tablet or computer. Just click on the ‘plus sign’ at the bottom right handcorner of the calendar.http://www.graemecollege.co.za/calendar.html TRAFFIC CONTROLFor easy movement of traffic, please adhere to the following:1) Only Foundation Phase boys (Grade 1, 2 & 3) may be dropped or collected from the front of the school. This must takeplace at the “circle” and not in front of the main entrance to the school building.2) Between the times of 07h15 and 07h45, please use the main school gate as an entry ONLY and please exit via the GrantHouse (boarding establishment) gate i.e. one way.3) Boys in Grades 4 to 12 must be dropped off and collected at the Graemian Centre car park or at the Selborne orswimming pool gates, i.e. at the back of the school.Please adhere to a speed limit of 20km per hour on the school roads and be a responsible road user. SECOND-HAND CLOTHING SHOPThe Second-hand Clothing Shop is open on the following days and times (except Public and School Holidays):Mondays: 13h00 – 14h00 and Wednesdays: 13h00 – 14h00All enquiries with regards to the shop will be dealt with by Mrs Siebritz (046-622 7227). Please note: Only second-hand clothing that is clean and in a good condition will be accepted at the Clothing Shop. Clothing that is tattered, threadbare, stained or clothing that requires mending and/or washing will not be accepted atthe Graeme College Second-Hand Clothing Shop.  We greatly appreciate clothing that is donated by some parents.

Yours sincerelyK. WATSON

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