Parents' Assembly - Term 2 - May 2009

20 May 2009

Prefects’ Assembly.

The boys are not to walk home in tracksuits but are to shower and put on their uniform.  There is a compulsory at DHS on Friday evening for Gr 8 and 9 students.  All other boys who attend the compulsory at DHS must be in uniform and must sit with the rest of the School. 

Gibson boys will also be attending.  The Prefects will deal with discipline.  Glenwood boys will sit where we usually sit and SAPS personnel will be on duty.  Buses will travel to and from Glenwood.  Arrangements need to be made if this service is needed.  Do not hang around in the street after the match, leave as soon as dismissed by Prefects.  Do not run onto the field at any time!  Do not react if provoked and talk to a staff member of Prefect or SAPS Personnel.  Do not get involved with badly behaved Old Boys of either school. 

Stay together at all times.

There is compulsory Hockey @ Queensmead on Friday evening for all hockey players.  Glenwood will play DHS in boys’ night league final. Neatness is essential at all times.  Manners, humility, greetings and standing are very important.

22 May 2009

Assembly opened with silent prayer and a reading.

Mr Kershaw encouraged the boys to believe in themselves without being arrogant.  The Glenwood website has had 1,05 million hits from external sources.  KZN had 1658 marking centres for the marking of Grade 12 scripts.  There were 151817 registered candidates for the exam.  20 million A4 pages were copied – that is 133333 per day for 5 months or 222222 per day for 3 months.

Mr Kershaw commended the Gr 10’s on their Artwork in the Library which makes a statement and indicates that some genuine research was done for these projects. Glenwood entered a Grade 12 team consisting of R. Ramlal, M. Iyavoo and K. Bisseru in the Regional Mintek Quiz and we were placed 3rd in the First Round of the competition, 4th in the 2nd Round.  K. Bisseru was placed 3rd and R. Ramlal 4th in the Individual section.  K. Bisseru will be representing KZN at the National Finals in July.

Mr Kershaw stressed that Detention takes priority over other extramurals.  No tracksuits to be worn whilst walking home.  He stressed the moral issue of cheating, also that boys not at school on Friday cannot play matches on Saturday.  Boys absent from school must catch up with their work.

Daniel Marques of Grade 12 and his partner took part in the Freedom Cup Latin and Ballroom Dance Competition and came first in both the Ballroom and Latin Beginners sections.  B. Kenton and A. van der Merwe received a Silver Medal for Free Sparring and a Bronze Medal respectively for Free Sparring in the South African leg of the ‘World Funakoshi-Shotokan Friendship Championships’.

25 May 2009

Assembly opened with silent prayer and a reading.

A report back on JSE Schools’ Challenge was given by J. Booyse.  Old Boys’ Day on Saturday is compulsory.  There will be a R10 entry fee to cover costs of security.  There will also be a draw for a cell phone.  The boys were encouraged to visit the Art Exhibition and Natural Science Museum right on their doorstep. 

Controlled Tests officially start on Monday 1 June 2009. 

C. Zimmerman sailed The Bar Anniversage Mug and came first in the race.  Glenwood 1st Badminton team played New Forrest 1st and won 8-0, the 3rd team played Kuswag 2nd team and lost 1-7.  J. Booyse played in the Pretoria u19 open and reached the singles and doubles plate finals.  Our hockey 1st team played DHS on Wednesday evening and lost 1-2, however Glenwood beat DHS 5-3 in the final of the night league.  Rugby results against DHS:  Glenwood won 15 of their games and lost 1.

29 May 2009

Assembly opened with silent prayer and a reading.

The Old Boys’ Weekend starts with a dinner in the Hall on Friday night.  Boys are to stand for the Last Post Reveile on Saturday but must not stop playing rugby. Security will be tight all weekend and boys were warned against using alcohol.  Glenwood’s Senior and Junior Debating teams competed against Maris Stella’s teams at Durban Girls.  Our Senior team won with Keegan Pretorius obtaining the Best Speaker award. 

Our choir won the High School section of the Choir Competition.