Wynberg Girls’ dancing at Artscape
At Wynberg Girls’ High School we are encouraged to get involved in the extra-mural activities that we love. For many girls, their passion lies in dancing. At school we have the Dance Society that meets once a week, but girls also belong to various Dancing Studios outside of school. Some of these studios participated in [...]
read moreInterhouse Gala Friday 23 March
The fiercest competition, it must be said, is alongside the swimming pool at the annual Interhouse gala. This is when members of the swimming team separate into their houses, and new teams are created. It may have been 9:00, but spirits were incredibly high. Music was pumping, and colour, laughter and friendship had set the [...]
read morePillar Trophy Winners Announced
Congratulations to Julia Consentino, Landela Goxo, Monique Ewen and Lauren Jonathan who were awarded the pillar trophies for Academics, Culture, Service and Sport respectively. It is an award that is only made four times a year, and given the extraordinary achievements of our school, it is an extremely prestigious award to receive.
read moreBreadtags for Wheelchairs
Every term the Houses are challenged to collect breadtags. Â This challenge is not a difficult one: every household eats bread during the week and would therefore easily be able to collect a stack of bread tags: one of which is found on every loaf bought. Learners are encouraged to ask relatives, aunts, uncles, grandparents and [...]
read moreSandwich Challenge
This year, the service pillar re-issued the annual Sandwich Challenge to the Houses. Â All girls need to do is bring ready-made sandwiches or fruit to school every Friday. All the sandwiches and fruit are donated to the Lunch Buddies project who distribute the food to Early Childhood Development Centres. The food is the only sustenance [...]
read moreCommunity Service Challenge
The Service Pillar issued a new Community Service Challenge to the Houses this year. The Challenge is simple: girls who do any form of external community service need to bring an official document from the organisation where she completed the voluntary work which states how many hours she has completed. Â This is then tallied up [...]
read moreWeekly Newsletter: 23 March
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PREVIOUS WEEK ACADEMIC Kfm Kfm  visited Wynberg Girls’ High School, amongst other schools, to record Human Rights Day Campaign messages – participants were Mrs Harding, Mrs Freed, Thabile Myeza, Sam Burnell, Lauren Geldenhuys and Rhiannon Murray. They were asked about why it is important for students to be taught about Human Rights [...]
read moreWeekly Planner: 23 March – 13 April
This is a little more than a “Weekly” Planner since it includes the holidays, but we would like to give prior notice of events in the first week of term. We do wish all parents and girls a wonderful holiday. DETAILED DIARY Friday 23 March 9:00Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Interhouse Gala 10:30Â Â Â Â Final Assembly 11:00Â Â Â Â First term ends [...]
read moreSpirit Anthem Debut
On the 22nd March, the Head of School – Rayne Callaghan, used assembly time to teach the school the Spirit Anthem. It is a song inspired by St Johns’ College for Boys in Zimbabwe. It is an extremely patriotic song and embodies our motto: Honour before Honours. It is an anthem to honour the sports [...]
read moreThe cat’s out of the bag: they were all working…
If you had popped into Wynberg Girls’ High on Wednesday 21 March, you would have seen some very hard work being done… in the morning and in the afternoon. Jazz Band, past pupils… Hall open…  Ballet Hall open …  Something’s up!  Yip, and this time, it’s SACS and Wynberg Girls’ High …. [...]
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