Circular No. 27 17 August 2012 Dear Parents IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERY DIFFICULTY LIES AN OPPORTUNITY ALBERT EINSTEIN BRINGING CRICKET EXCELLENCE TO THE NORTHERN SUBURBS please see article inside

1 ACADEMICS Last night we celebrated the academic achievements of our Grade 11 and 12 top achievers at the Academic Honours Dinner. We were delighted to have as our guests two past pupils of our school Morn Jansen van Rensburg, who is currently completing his Accounting Honours in preparation for his Board examinations and Robyn Pretorius who is in her 3rd year study of Medicine at Stellenbosch University. I hope that our current academic achievers were inspired to continue their studies and giv

4 GRADE 9 SUBJECT CHOICE FOR GRADE 10, 2012 Thank you to all our parents and pupils who attended the Grade 9 subject choice evening. We were very encouraged by the large turnout of parents and thank you for the interest and care you show your children. A big thank you to Mrs Gallie, Mrs Friedenthal, Mrs Carter and the LO team. 5 TUESDAY AND THURSDAY TESTS FOR THIRD TERM 21 AND 23 AUGUST Tuesday Thursday Grade 8 9 10 11 12 Natural Sciences EMS Consumer Studies Music Maths Maths Literacy Afrikaan

11 EQUESTRIAN SOCIETY Congratulations to the Fairmont Equestrian Society. Fairmont High School finished top of the WP SANESA log all categories with 11510 points followed by Topolino Private School with 11435 points. Seven riders qualified and elected to participate in the SANESA Western Cape Regional Finals in George from 9 August to 12 August 2012. All seven riders qualified to participate in the SANESA National Finals to be held at Kyalami Equestrian Park KEP in Gauteng. Five of the seven rid

WESTERN PROVINCE AQUATICS Congratulations to Jason van der Touw in Grade 11, who qualified to participate at the SA Short Course Championships, which takes place in Pietermaritzburg from 16 to 19 August 2012. 14 WHATS ON NEXT WEEK 21 August Society Awards 23 August Junior Ball 24 August Senior Ball 24 August Effort Behaviour Report released 25 August Westerford Sports Day Away 15 MAJOR EVENTS FOR THIS TERM 21 August Society Awards 23 August Junior Ball 24 August Senior Ball 24 August E

The website for the Festival is www.fairmontfestival.co.za The Face Book site is httpswww.facebook.comFairmontFestival 17 LIBRARIANS CHOICE THE LADY OF THE RIVERS By PHILIPPA GREGORY Descended from Melusina, the river goddess, Jacquetta has always had the gift of second sight. As a child visiting her uncle, she meets his prisoner, Joan of Arc, and sees her own power reflected in the young woman accused of witchcraft. Married to the Duke of Bedford, English Regent of France, Jacquetta is introduc

This home game played on the main field was a true crowdpleaser, that is if you were supporting the Pitbulls.... The Pitbulls team was in attack mode from the minute they jogged onto the field and within the first 5 minutes they had forced a penalty, 10 metres from the Table View tryline. The ball was passed to Brandon Heaney who blundered into a wall of Table View defenders and only came to ground as the fourth tackler managed to hold on for dear life. Unfortunately for Table View, Brandon had

but the girls knew that they could have gotten a much higher score than that. A shout out must go to Christena Pieterse who scored her first two goals for the team And as per usual, our vice Captain Carryn Cloete, also got a goal. With one more match to go, the season is drawing to an end. Be sure to come and support us this Saturday when we play Edgemead, bright and early, at 08h00 19 UPCOMING SPORT EVENTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE Badminton Thursday 23 August Boys 1st team vs ISCT Home Boys 2nd team v

Friday 24 August U15 team vs Paarl Boys Home 1st team vs Stellenberg Away 2nd team vs Labori Away U15 team vs Parel Vallei Away Girls Squash Friday 17 August 1st team vs Strand Home Friday 24 August 1st team vs Parel Vallei Away Table Tennis U19 team vs The Settlers Away U16 team vs The Settlers Away 20 ENTER THE 2012 RESOLUTION HEALTH RIDE THE RHINO Black Rhino Team and Solos 250 km 4000m climb Fully Supported and Own Accommodation White Rhino 40 to 60 km per day closest water point Fully

FAIRMONT EDGEMEAD DERBY DAY PROGRAMME 18 AUGUST 2012 TIME Hockey Friday 17h00 18h00 19h00 Hockey Saturday 08h00 09h00 10h00 11h00 12h00 09h00 Boys 10h00 Netball 09h00 09h45 10h30 09h00 09h45 10h30 Rugby 09h00 09h00 10h00 11h15 Boys Soccer 08h00 09h00 10h00 11h00 Girls Soccer 08h30 09h30 10h30 Table Tennis 09h00 09h00 X Country Saturday 07h45 u.14 u.16 u.15 st 1 XV Hillcrest Fairview Fairview Fairview Mr Cronje Mr Dowd Ms Swanepoel Mr Weber Mr v d Berg Mr Thorsen Mr van Vuuren Mr Grant u.14B

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