Weekly Newsletter: 17 February
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PREVIOUS WEEK CULTURE AFRITWIN Wynberg is delighted to welcome two staff members from Devonport, our sister school in the UK who spent the week with us. They are Jane Morton (Art & Dance) and Debbie Gatting (Languages, Dance, Consumer Studies and Phys Ed) CAPE PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA On the 11th February Helen Slater performed with [...]
read moreWeekly Newsletter: 10 February
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PREVIOUS WEEK ACADEMIC Grade 10 Meeting At the hour-long Information Meeting held for the Grade Ten parents held on 8 February the differences between the senior GET phase and the FET phase were outlined by Mrs McEwen; Mrs Harding touched on the vision for 2012, the way in which Attitude determines our [...]
read moreWeekly Newsletter: 3 February
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PREVIOUS WEEK ACADEMIC WYNBERG RECEIVES “TOP SCHOOL” AWARD The Metropole South Education District held a Matric 2011 Learners’ Awards Ceremony on Friday 27 January to which Wynberg was invited. The District is divided into 7 Circuits and WGHS was named the Top School in Circuit 2 (this circuit includes schools who were named [...]
read moreWeekly Newsletter – 27 January
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PREVIOUS WEEK ACADEMIC 2011 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY AS LEVELS RESULTS Wynberg was delighted to receive the provisional AS Levels results from Cambridge University. Once again, all girls in History and English passed this exam. The average for History and English at Wynberg were 73% and 74% respectively. We congratulate our students on their [...]
read moreWeekly Newsletter: 20 January
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PREVIOUS WEEK ACADEMIC Academic Colours: We mentioned last week that a number of girls were awarded colours and half colours for their work in 2011. For more on this story follow the link CULTURE DRAMA We congratulate those girls who were awarded Drama Half Colours for their inspiring contributions to the Drama [...]
read moreWeekly Newsletter: 13 January
Highlights of the Previous Week Welcoming newcomers In the first week a number of activities are organized to make the arrival at our very busy school less stressful: An orientation programme was organized for new staff on Friday 6 January A three day orientation programme is organized for the Grade Eights Individual meetings and tours [...]
read moreWeekly Newsletter: 2 December
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PREVIOUS WEEK ACADEMIC BOOKSALES TO 2012 GRADE 7′S Grade 8’s sales skills were tested on Thursday morning as parents came in to buy books for their daughters who will be in Grade 9 in 2012. Very quickly, those books that had been well looked after were snapped up! FANTASTIC RESULTS FROM THE [...]
read moreWeekly Newsletter: 25 November
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PREVIOUS WEEK ACADEMIC RETURN OF TEXT BOOKS Girls are reminded that the returning of textbooks is staggered: books on returned on the day on which the subject pertaining to it is written. READING DURING THE HOLIDAYS: FET ENGLISH Girls are reminded that all prescribed literature for English needs to have been read [...]
read moreWeekly Newsletter: 18 November
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PREVIOUS WEEK ACADEMIC TRINITY EXAM RESULT Huge congratulations to past pupil Amy Campbell, who has continued her vocal training with Suretha van Bergen at Wynberg Girls’ High, and who obtained 93% for her Grade Eight Trinity exam (Vocal) – reportedly the highest mark ever to have been obtained. RETURN OF TEXT BOOKS [...]
read moreWeekly Newsletter: 11 November
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PREVIOUS WEEK As we move into the exam period, many of the extra-mural programmes have stopped, so that girls can concentrate on their Academic work ACADEMIC KAREN JENNINGS RETURNS TO WYNBERG TO TEACH HER TEACHERS CAPS training in a number of subject areas is currently taking place. Teachers of English Home Language [...]
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