SENIORCOLLEGE
GRADE 9
Dear Parents
A very BIG thank you to everyone for ensuring that our
Students are all dressed in the correct Winter Uniform,
which was compulsory as from Monday 16 th May. At our
Assembly on Tuesday the Senior College Students really
looked neat and smart. A reminder that as the weather
gets colder please ensure that NO coloured scarves, gloves,
beanies or jerseys are worn with our Woodlands Uniform –
the Woodlands branded articles or ONLY PLAIN Navy Blue
may be worn.
91%
Tyla Theophilus
90%
Liam Kedian
84%
Heather Hughes
81.28%
Alexia de Almeida
82%
Vuyelwa Mvemve
81.14%
Raine Graham
80.7%
Ruth Tau
81.2%
Luke du Plessis
81%
Michelle Huang
Tiahara Rugunanan
Nadia Pooran
CONGRATULATIONS
GRADE 10
Azraa Abed
Thajal Dhanooklal
80%
80.51%
Sadiyah Ismail
79%
80.4%
Jason de Bruyn
78%
Donavan Roux
77%
79%
Ying Hao Li
78.97%
Nondumiso Nhlapo
Congratulations to all of our First Term TOP TEN
Students – you have all worked incredibly hard and deserve
the recognition.
Chanel Mendes
78.69%
Bridget Marques
To all of our other Senior College Students we encourage
you to strive to improve your marks this Term.
Zina Matejovsky
91%
Chloé Wiggill
83%
Stephen Ackerman
84%
Kayla Thomas
82%
Sabrina Santos De
Carvalho
83%
Skye Campbell
79%
Megan van Aardt
82%
Natalie Coker
78.8%
81%
Kay-Leigh Walker
73.28%
TOP TEN NAMES AND PERCENTAGES
GRADE 7
GRADE 8
GRADE 11
76.57%
75.7%
GRADE 12
Jade Steenkamp
87%
Shae-Lynn Henderson
90%
Charl Marais
Milla Mandic
86%
Anastasia Argyrou
89%
Monique Rocha
79.4%
Nicola Blunden
73.14%
Catia Novelli
85%
Daniella Dos Santos
89%
Emma Mandic
79.1%
Luke Naude
72.71%
Kitana Kissoglou
84%
Tristan Dos Remendos
86.83%
Christopher Thompson
76%
Maria Anderson
71.4%
Jasmin-Jade Haarhoff
81%
Lesoko Monyepao
86.75%
Dylan Postma
75%
Ammaarah Karimo
71.4%
Connor Northing
73%
Candice Blackbeard
71.2%
Khaolane Makhema
Sebastian Van den Brink
80.6%
80%
Adriano Andrade
79.3%
Bailey Kupferberg
79.25%
Kianah Ernstzen
78%
Amber Tippel
Viasha Govender
Effey Phiri
Nicole Taute
Kirstin Skeepers
85%
80.33%
80%
79.6%
79%
Zina Matejovsky – Grade 11 – Zina is a member of the
JUNIOR TUKKIE CLUB (Pretoria University Programme).
Zina has been invited to attend a special Grade 11 Top
Achievers Function at the University of Pretoria. Well
done Zina we are so proud of you and thank you to Mrs. Van
Zyl for encouraging you to join this Club!
MANY THANKS
SPORT CONGRATULATIONS
Please see our achievers under Sports News.
WELCOME AND UPDATE
A Huge thank you to the Woodlands Parents and Teachers
Association for the new chairs; Staff and Students are
delighted!
CULTURAL NEWS
We welcomed JUAN CARDOSA, a new Student to Grade
11, this week – we hope he will soon settle into our
Woodlands Family.
MINI UNITED NATIONS DEBATE
The Senior College now has 350 Students from Grade 7 –
12. We are excited by how many Students have applied,
specifically for Grade 8 next year, and we already have
Students on a waiting list.
Thank you to Mr. Dos Santos and the Teams who went
through to Roedean last Friday afternoon. We know that
this would have been a most worthwhile experience.
A reminder that should any of our Students Grade 7 – 11
be leaving Woodlands at the end of 2016 please let us
know ASAP, we are already in the PLANNING stage for
2017.
SACEE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
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GRADE 7 – IEB MATCH ASSESSMENT
Once again a big thank you to Mr. Dos Santos and
our Parents for their ongoing support.
All of our Grade 7 Students will write their MATCH
Assessment on Wednesday 25th MAY.
HISTORY TOUR 20-22ND MAY
Our Grade 12 History Students leave on their tour
tomorrow morning. We know that Mrs. Karshagen has once
again planned an excellent weekend where you will be able
to finalise all History Portfolio work and be prepared for
your exams. Enjoy!
Our Junior A Team went through to KING DAVID
LINKSFIELD last Sunday the 15th of May – Good
luck for the 29th of May!
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SATURDAY 28TH MAY – SACEE DEBATING
We are hosting the SACEE Debating League event
in the Senior College Block on Saturday 28 May –
Details to follow.
HOUSE PLAYS 26, 27 AND 28 MAY
INTERACT BOARD TRAINING –
SATURDAY 21 MAY
We are in the last week of rehearsals for our CAST of
EAGLES, HAWKS and FALCONS for the upcoming HOUSE
PLAYS.
Our Interact Members will have a training session on
Saturday as they prepare to hand over to the next members
for 2016/2017 session.
A lot of time, energy and hard work has gone into this
Cultural event.
SRC NEWS
TEKKIE TAX – 27 MAY – Next Friday we support Tekkie
Tax – it will be a CIVVY Day, and please wear your tekkies.
Monies collected will be donated to this worthy cause.
MANDELA DAY COMES EARLY AT WOODLANDS; The
SRC would like to collect 67 Pairs of GLOVES, SOCKS,
and SLIPPERS; and 67 BEANIES and SCARVES to hand
out to the less fortunate before it gets COLDER.
Thank you to Mrs. Grobler, Ms. Nel, Ms. Baker and every
CAST member and supporting STAFF who have been
involved.
We look forward to a great evening’s
entertainment.
TICKETS ON SALE – From Mrs. Neilson.
SPORTS NEWS
OUR SPORTS STARS
CONGRATULATIONS
JUNIOR HOCKEY BOYS BODEN CUP:
Our Junior Boys played in the Boden Cup last weekend and
won all of their matches. Unfortunately, the shocking
weather caused their match on the Sunday to be postponed.
They will play in the Final of their section on THURSDAY
26TH MAY at 19H30 at St Stithians College. We wish them
the greatest of luck – you have already played so well as a
Team!
Thanks to Ms. Alexander, Mrs. Wilson and all the Parents
involved – we eagerly await the results and encourage as
many supporters as possible who can go to watch their game
to please do so.
SENIOR HOCKEY BOYS AITKEN CUP:
Our Senior boys played in the Aitken Cup last weekend and
finished 8th out of 16 Schools. Well done Boys and thanks
to Coach Jonathan and Mrs. Ralph. To our Parents we value
and thank you for your ongoing support
SQUASH:
Once again we are delighted to inform you that Jordyne
Henderson, in Grade 9, participated in the 2016 Dunlop
Easterns Open Junior Squash Tournament from 13 – 15 May
2016 and was awarded first place for the girls under
sixteen. Well done Jordyne!
HOCKEY BOYS:
The following boys have made Woodlands exceptionally
proud; Uyanda Tyusha and Ricardo Lopes have been
selected to play for the U14 Easterns Hockey Team;
Zanande Majola in Gr 7 has been selected for the U12
Easterns Team, Daniel Ralph has been selected for the U13
Easterns Team, and Lethabo Mohale and Matthew Ralph has
been selected for U16s Easterns Hockey Team. Well done
to you all!
ACTION HOCKEY:
Congratulations to Dante Montalbano who has been selected
to represent the Eastern Gauteng Action Hockey Mixed
Open team, in the upcoming Interprovincial tournament.
Well done!
RESULTS
NETBALL:
Our girls played vs Belvedere High School on Tuesday the
17th of May; results are as follows:
U14A Drew 10 All
U14B
Won 6-4
U15
Lost 4-18
U16
Lost 14-19
Opens Won 24-23
BOYS HOCKEY:
Our Junior and Senior boys played an away match vs E.G
Jansen yesterday. The U15s won 5-0; and the U18s drew 2
All. Well done!
UPCOMING FIXTURES
NETBALL:

Thursday 19 May – The U13s will play a home match
vs Curro Serengeti – Good Luck!

Thursday 19 May – U15s, U16s and Open Teams will
play an away match vs Noordelig. Good Luck to you
all!

Tuesday 24 May – U14s, U15s, U16s, and Open
Teams will play an away match vs Maranatha
Christian School – this is the final league match.
Good Luck Girls!

Tuesday 24 May – The U13s will play an away match
vs Westwood – Good Luck!

Thursday the 26th May – The U13s will play a home
match vs Kreft Laerskool. Good Luck!

Thursday the 26th May – The Opens will play an
away match vs Curro Serengeti. Good Luck!
Please note: There is a Tournament for the U13 A-Team at
Summerfields Primary on Saturday the 28th of May.
SOCCER:

The U19s will play a home match vs St Francis
today – Good Luck!

The U14s will play an away match vs Ashton today
– Good Luck

The U19s will play a home league match vs Ashbury
on Wednesday the 25th of May, and the U14s will
play a friendly match vs Ashbury on the same day.

The final Soccer match of the season will take
place on Thursday 26 May – Our U19s will play an
away match vs Curro Serengeti. Good Luck!
The U13A girls played a match vs MW de Wet on Tuesday
the 17th of May – they lost the match 4-14.
BOYS HOCKEY:

Monday 23 May – U15s and U18s will play a home
match vs Hugenote at the Benoni Northerns Grass
field. Good Luck!

Tuesday 24 May – U15s and U18s will play a home
match vs Reddam House at the Benoni Northerns
Astro. Good Luck!

Thursday 26 May the U15s will play the Final Boden
Tournament match at St. Stithians!
SOCCER:
Our U19 boys played a home match vs Tertia King Academy
on Tuesday the 17th and won the match 4-3. Well done!
GIRLS HOCKEY:

Monday 23 May – Juniors and Seniors to play an
away match vs Curro Serengeti – Good Luck!
Our U14 boys played an away match vs Boksburg High on
Tuesday the 17th and won 1-0. Well done!
GIRLS HOCKEY:
The Junior and Senior girls played an away match vs Reddam
House on Monday 16 May – Our Juniors lost 0-3 and our
Seniors drew the match 1 All.
Regards,
Hilary Robinson
Senior College Principal
We Care at Woodlands
On Saturday the 14th of May, Our Interactor’s went to
Elandsvallei Home for the Aged. They had a wonderful
morning with the residents who were very thankful for
their visit. They all enjoyed each other’s company very
much and made a rainy day a happy one! The kindness and
empathy of our Students is truly amazing and we are so
proud to have such wonderful children as part of our
Woodlands Family!!!
ABOVE: Interact Students with one of the Residents at
Elandsvallei Home for the aged.
ABOVE: Our Interact Angels!
ABOVE: Spreading the joy.
ABOVE: Making Woodlands Proud!
ABOVE: Another of our Students whom we are proud to
have as part of Our Family – Ryan Zupan spent 10 days giving
back to the community by playing with little children and
assisting the teachers with their lessons at his old PreSchool!