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All the best for a great Term 3!! Editorial Team C ONTENT Welcome to Term 3. Our Matric learners are preparing for one of the biggest exams of their lives, and we wish them well for this last stretch of their school careers.
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Seeing that we are still in the midst of winter, we are bringing you some upto-date info on how parents are often the ones suffering the worst in the cold and flu season – not just because they have to look after everyone, but also because they are at high risk to contract colds and flu. We had the pleasure of chatting to the über-charming Elvis Blue, about his journey as beloved South African musician. This month, we would like you to meet team member Ryno Wolfaardt, who makes sure that we get the news from our AWSUM schools to you every month. The winners of our recent competitions are announced below – congratulations! Happy DIY-ing and colouring in! Enjoy this edition, and stay warm and healthy!
Marika & your dedicated AWSUM team
SUZELLE DIY WINNERS Suzelle DIY The Book Sharon Cox from Johannesburg Suzelle DIY Die Boek Jeannette Wagner van Robertson
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SLOW COLOUR WINNERS Skyler Carels from Blackheath Kim van der Merwe from Bothasig
Elvis Blue
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Parents Colds & Flu
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All the best for this term.
Primary Schools: Northlands, Morningside, Winston Park, Westville, Penzance, Glenwood Prep. High Schools: Glenwood, Kloof, Northlands Girls’, Durban Girls’, Durban Girls’ College, Durban.
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Ryno Wolfaardt Editorial Coordinator Ryno has been with AWSUM News for over two years. He aspires to become a high school teacher in a few years’ time, so will then be sending his school’s news instead!
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AWSUM Celebrity Interview
Elvis Blue became an overnight sensation when he won Idols in 2010. The hugely popular singersongwriter chatted to us about his journey, things he loves, and what the future holds. Q: Tell us about your early journey as a musician. A: During my high school years at Linden High, I started busking when I was about 16 around Rosebank, at parking lots and in malls. I already wrote my own songs, so I had a great opportunity to play them to my ‘audiences’, as well as many other favourite and popular songs. I took a gap year after school, and spent time as a street musician in Europe, mostly in Scotland and Ireland. I then studied contemporary music at Allenby Campus in Joburg and also had my own music school. In my twenties, I released five albums, one of which was nominated for a SAMA. Q: What made you enter Idols? A: In my thirties, I started getting really frustrated with my lack of commercial success, and decided to enter Idols. As they say, the rest is history. I have been on a truly extraordinary and humbling journey ever since winning Idols. Q: How did it happen that you split your Idols prize money? A: Lloyd (Cele, who came second) realised that we both had R250 000 guaranteed when we were the final two standing. A few people joked throughout the day of the final that we should just split the money, and we started taking the idea seriously. Our decision to split the prize money, no matter who
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won, simply indicated our special friendship and a really cool journey we had together on Idols. Q: Who are your greatest music role models? A: Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon. I also like pop stuff, Coldplay, and our ‘own’ special stars, such as Mango Groove and Johnny Clegg. Q: Favourite songs? A: Graceland, by Paul Simon. Where the Streets have no Names, U2. Secret Garden, Bruce Springsteen. Q: Career highlights? A: Opening for Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi! Also winning the SAMAs and other awards has been a huge honour. Q: What does the future hold for Elvis Blue? A: I am very lucky that I have a strong brand, with which I can explore different roads on my journey. I strive to be authentic in my music, to be honest and real and raw. More songs, in English and Afrikaans! Q: What do you do when you’re not making music? A: I love to surf at Victoria Bay, watch sports on TV, hang at my home with my wonderful wife and two adorable young daugthers, Jua and Lila. Six-year-old Lila is getting her first quitar today – she has been begging forever, so it is a quite a big event!
Health & Wellbeing Parents most at risk for colds & flu Young children are a reservoir of germs and if they’re at crèche, school or anyplace else where they are around other children, they’re in a super-virus environment, which makes them the perfect vectors for illness and for passing viruses around. Kids hug, touch and cough all over each other. They chew on toys and as a result share their saliva, and then parents hug, kiss and cuddle them. It’s no wonder that the average parent catches a cold more compared to those without children. Families with two, three or four children have some type of virus present in their household just under 60% of the time, whereas childless households were only infected with viruses three to four weeks of the year. Each additional child in a household increases a family member’s risk of falling ill. Parents who live with small children are 1.5 times more likely to become ill, since children under the age of five tend to have at least one virus present in their mucus 50% of the time. It is imperative that those at risk, especially parents of younger children, give their immune systems a boost, whilst adequately protecting themselves from sources of cross-infection. But for a parent with little ones, it’s
difficult to take care of yourself when you’re ill, since you have to take care of everyone else. This makes the recovery process so much harder (and unpleasant). The best and most practical way of protecting yourself (and your family), is to practise proper handwashing techniques and to do so often. This could reduce the chances of catching your child’s cold by 30 to 50%. Another way is to stay out of waiting rooms in doctor’s offices, emergency rooms and the shops, and to avoid public transport as much as possible. Also use your judgement about your own situation. If you are pregnant and have had several bouts of flu or have a newborn, you may actually want to wear a mask. Besides eating your greens, getting enough sleep is a critical factor in fighting off colds and flu. Research tells us that people who sleep six hours or less a night are four times more likely to catch a cold when exposed to a virus, compared to those who get in more than seven hours a night. Most parents probably don’t get enough Zs, but it’s vital to your wellbeing, so try to carefully plan your day to ensure enough time is spent in slumberland.
The biggest risk factor for parents catching the common cold is having children under the age 12. Parents fall ill almost twice as much as anyone else.
Keeping a clean and dust-free house is equally important. It might also be worth getting an air filter to clean and purify the air in your home, especially if you’ve experienced wave after wave of illness in your household. In truth, there is no cure for the common cold or flu, but time-deprived parents may benefit from supplements that can boost their immune system. If you do catch your child’s cold, there is an upside to all of this shared illness business: once a child starts to develop a functioning immune system, at about six months, the exposure to general viruses and germs isn’t necessarily a bad thing, since it helps build and stimulate the immune system. It’s important to remember that a child’s immune system will only be fully developed between 12 to 14 years of age, when they finally reach adult levels of antibody formation, so you may be in for a tough few years, but as the children grow up, it will help them fight other infections and stay healthier in the long run.
Bestmed’s You’ve Got the Power Campaign is back! Does your school have the power to take on the challenge? Launched last year with 63 schools across the country, the ‘You’ve Got the Power Campaign’ has now expanded. This year, healthy living will be demonstrated not only by learners, but their families too. This campaign will run from 1 to 31 August. Sasja la Grange, Marketing and Communications Manager at Bestmed, says, “Following on the success of last year’s pilot campaign, we have once again identified 63 schools across the country that will be participating in this year’s campaign. The teams are expected to showcase the benefits of healthy living by creating unique, cool and fun music videos. “The campaign is both educational and rewarding. We have awesome prizes up for winners, and these include cash prizes for runners-up and other spot prizes. The overall winning school will, over and above its cash prize, be treated to a live concert by The Voice SA finalists.” The ‘You’ve Got the Power Campaign’ challenge underpins Bestmed’s focus on preventative healthcare,
which is validated by its wellness pillars of Be Active, Be Safe, Be Nutri-wise, Be Fin-fit and Be Happy. The campaign challenge inspires scholars and their families to incorporate these pillars into their daily lives, and demonstrate it in the music videos. “Who says you cannot be healthy and have fun? We received encouraging feedback from last year’s launch campaign where schools learnt quite a bit about healthy lifestyle activities and enjoyed the process. We are committed to continue educating children about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle in all possible ways we can,” adds la Grange. In last year’s challenge, the schools created a music video based on Jeremy Loops’s songs and this year the music videos will be based on an upbeat song composed by Bestmed. The children will be able to sing or lip sync the song. The videos can include choreography and fun dance moves that are cool, energetic and happy. With the aim of encouraging children to not only
practise healthy lifestyle activities at school but also at home, this year Bestmed is including families to take part in the challenge. La Grange cites, “Students spend their time both at school and at home therefore we would like them to continue practising their healthy lifestyle activities in all aspects of their lives. We also want to encourage their families to do the same.” “We look forward to receiving awesome music videos, and good luck to everyone,” she concludes. You’ve Got the Power Challenge To become part of the challenge, visit www.ygtp. co.za for more information. Each school is required to create a music video based on Bestmed’s song and demonstrate how healthy living can make for a better life within the school and family context. Teachers and families can also participate in the video, as the aim is for the whole school to have fun. Once the video is completed, it can be uploaded on the site before the competition closes on 31 August 2016. Bestmed will announce the winners on 23 September 2016.
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GLENWOOD PREPARATORY SCHOOL (t) 031 201 5165 (e) enquiries@glenwoodprep.co.za Glenwood Prep Rugby shines At the end of the recent KZN Craven Week Rugby Trials, the following pupils of Glenwood Preparatory School were selected to represent KwaZulu-Natal’s U13 and U12 teams, in the fouthcoming Craven Week rugby festivals.
KZN Netball U13 champions Glenwood Preparatory’s U13 Netball team have excelled this year to win the KwaZuluNatal U13 Netball Championships. The team will represent KZN primary schools in the South African Championships, which are to be held in Cape Town in July 2016.
FRONT: Siyabonga Dube, Liam Prinsloo, Xolisani Mchunu, Zak Smith, Trent Coetzee, Emile Manuel and Joshua Larue. BACK: Mr Louis Ardé (Principal), Ayola Mfiki, Dale Wilson, Singele Mkhize, Keagan van der Linde, Senzo Khumalo and Mr Brandon Hobbs (1st Team Coach).
Durban and District Chess teams announced The following Glenwood Prep pupils have been selected to represent the Durban & Districts Chess teams for 2016.
Matthew Sanders, Naseem Essa, Enrico De Sousa, Prishan Ramsaroop and Nicolas Ackerman.
Academic bursaries to Glenwood High Four Glenwood Prep pupils recently excelled in the Glenwood High School Scholarship examinations, and have received Academic Bursaries for 2017. Teagan Reddy, Leo Moran, Dylan Kenton and Mikhail Bassa, will join Glenwood High School in 2017 and are looking forward to the academic challenges that high school will bring.
Teagan Reddy, Leo Moran, Dylan Kenton and Mikhail Bassa.
MORNINGSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 031 303 2413 (e) mornpri@mweb.co.za KZN colours - Badminton Morningside Primary is proud to announce that three of its learners were recently awarded KZN colours for Badminton. Ulysha Padyachee and Rivaldo Soni were selected to represent the U13A team while Nahar Singh was selected to represent the U13 B team. Our congratulations and best wishes go with them.
NORTHLANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL Hockey Nathan Pretorius, Paige ChallisChandler and Connor Fulton represented KZN in U12 hockey these past holidays in Bloemfontein they came home with silver after losing 1-0 in the final to the coastals A side, a closely contested match.
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(t) 031 564 2369 (e) marketing@northlandsprimary.co.za
PENZANCE PRIMARY SCHOOL SA Dogs Association Penzance collected “brown money” (5c, 10c, 20c and 50c coins) for the South African Dogs Association. We collected a total of R6 500. The cheque was handed over by one of our teachers, Mrs Jean Reid, whom initiated the project, to Di from the Association. Di brought along her dog, Doogle, and Jean (a blind woman) brought along her dog, Rosie.
(t) 031 205 2271 (e) marketing@penzance.co.za
Special achievers at Penzance
Amily Quail (Grade 6) – chosen for U18 KZN Equestrian Team with her horse, Juanita.
Luke Gallagher (Grade 5) – Won a Gold Medal in his last Gymnastics Competition.
Madi Thomson (Grade 4) – Made it as a finalist in the My School – Me and My Pet competition.
Mia King (Grade 5) – Won a Gold Medal at the SAGF Coastal Team Trophy Rhythmic Competition.
WESTVILLE SENIOR PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 031 266 5218 (e) sharon@wsps.co.za Fundraiser Westville Senior Primary School had a civvies day on Wednesday, 15 June to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation. The contribution of R3 040,50 will make it possible for the Foundation to reach out to people with muscular dystrophy, their families and healthcare professionals who help them. This money provides a gateway of mobilisation for dedicated programmes of social integration, human rights, capacity building and awareness. The incidence of Muscular Dystrophy mirrors the population, which means that the majority of people affected are previously disadvantaged. Our donation will help them to buy much-needed equipment, which enables their members to participate more fully in everyday community life.
FRONT: Chloe Morrow, Francoise Sassin (Teacher), Riaan Steyn and Zoe Curtain. BACK: Skye Ellis, Heather Ainsworth (MDF), Richard Brown (WSPS Headmaster) and Niyyaz Ally.
WINSTON PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 031 767 3214 (e) ginal@wppschool.co.za Sydney Swanson competed in the Nissan Winter Classic Sydney Swanson, a Grade 7 pupil at Winston Park Primary School competed in the Nissan Winter Classic. She won the 1m Precision & Speed competition, as well as the Uitsig Constantia 1M Championship. Sydney has also been awarded her KZN regional colours in the 1m category on Highover Ferdinand, as well as colours for the 90cm category on My Spirit. She represented KZN at the South African Pony & Junior Championships in Johannesburg during the school holidays.
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DURBAN GIRLS’ COLLEGE (t) 031 268 7200 (e) marketing@dgc.co.za DGC went global over the holidays!! We at Durban Girls’ College are proud to acknowledge our travellers who competed in sport internationally over the holidays. Our girls represented South Africa in Auckland, New Zealand for water polo, in the Netherlands for the Junior World Open Water Swimming Championships, in Kazan, Russia for synchronised swimming, and in Poland for the Junior World Athletics Championships. Well done, girls! We are also very proud of three Grade 11 girls who are representing South Africa internationally, at their cultural exhibition, at the Asia Pacific International Youth Leadership Summit in Singapore. DGC is the only girls school from Africa participating. The theme is “Auguries of Growth”, discussing challenges and opportunities for sustainable growth in future with a large focus on social entrepreneurship and global collaboration. Our South Africa forum will focus and present on human rights with regards to labour and economic development.
Jenhara Naidoo, Hannah Oberholzer en Ammaarah Seeda.
DURBAN GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL (t) 031 274 2700 (e) phipps@dghs.co.za Cambodia team Sixteen intrepid DGHS learners embark on an adventure in Cambodia. The girls will be trekking four days through the Virachey National Park, hoping to see some gibbons! They will also be doing some service and work at a rural school in the town of Siem Reap. Their last stop will be to explore the famous Angkor Wat complex, a World Heritage site. The build up to this tour has meant lots of early morning hikes and research, since the girls are responsible for all the logistics and decision making in the country. We look forward to hearing all the exciting stories on their return.
Volleyball team wins the league Yolisa Moorvan, Jessica Botha, Roxanne Schoon (Captain), Hannah Kitchen (Vice Captain), Bianca Delport, Hannah Davidson, Zahra Persad, Sohana Bridgemohan are part of the DGHS Volleyball team who won the league to the first time ever. Thank you to Mr Chetty for coaching us and Mrs Cuthbert for all her support.
KLOOF HIGH SCHOOL (t) 031 764 0451 (e) marketing@kloof-high.co.za Kloof High School’s Annual U19 Boys Soccer tournament The sixteenth largest annual school Soccer tournament in South Africa was hosted by Kloof High School from Thursday, 23 to Sunday, 26 June. The event followed the world cup format with minor changes in the knockout stages. Three teams from other provinces travelled to KwaZulu-Natal to test their ball skills against local teams. Sixty-four schools were invited; eight schools proceeded to the main tournament of 32 teams from the pre-tournament. “Investing time and energy in our youth, whether on the sports fields or in the classroom, has always been a key philosophy of Kloof High School, so this has been one of the motivations behind the tournament. SAFA has endorsed the tournament and thanks must go to Dr Robin Petersen, the SAFA Development Officer, for his assistance in securing the main sponsorship from World Ventures Foundation,” said Deputy Principal and Soccer Tournament Director, Mr Anil Dukhi. Last year’s winners, Louis Botha Technical High School from Bloemfontein, successfully defended their title against Pinetown Boys’ High School (1-2) and received a R20 000 cash prize for their school.
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Joseanne Capelo Joseanne Capelo has achieved a position in the Top 15 of the 2016 De Beers English Olympiad. This is an outstanding achievement, as there were almost 8 000 candidates in this nationwide examination. She has been invited to attend the 2016 National Schools Festival in Grahamstown.
GLENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL (t) 031 205 5241 (e) erasmush@glenwoodhighschool.co.za Glenwood Media Centre official opening The Glenwood High School MJP Maher Media Centre officially opened its doors on 1 June 2016, after an extensive renovation, renewal and upgrade. In 1979 the old school hall was transformed into a resource centre and this lofty double-volume room provided grand accommodation for the library. It was then renamed as the MJP Maher Information and Technology Centre in 1995, after receiving some much needed attention. Mr Maher (retired Headmaster 1982 – 1997) was a pioneer back in the day regarding growing technology at the time. In his time ensured visible and tangible improvements. Now, 30 years later, Mr Maher’s vision of an Information and Technology Centre is reimagined. The Media Centre now truly reflects the future that is technology. With multi-nodal areas that include a Skype room, Video and editing room, 3D printing and a gaming centre, as well as over 30 computers with educational software, and the ability to research any topic that comes to mind, using the internet. Old editions of books that had not been taken out of the library for over 10 years have been replaced with bestsellers and newly written books that have kept up with the modern day movements. The School foyer and entrance hall were also upgraded, and the old world feel showing the schools heritage and tradition was kept. Moving from the foyer to the museum into the Media Centre, one walks from the old into the new, focusing on the future of academics. Mr Pinheiro (Acting Headmaster) is another visionary who sees the library as the heart of the school and accepts that education is constantly changing. He understands that teaching and education has to move with the times to keep exciting the learners.
Schools Water Polo South Africa Glenwood boys Dylan Cronjé (Grade 12), Keagan Aiken (Grade 12), Wanye Phillips (Grade 12) and Gabriel Stopford (Grade 11) has been selected into the Schools Water Polo South Africa (SWPSA) U18 Boys Team that will be participating in the Tri-Nations Tournament (against Australia and New Zealand) in Auckland, New Zealand in December 2016. Glenwood’s 1st Team Water Polo Captain, Dylan Cronje, has been selected as the Captain of the touring team. The Glenwood players are exceptional young sportsman who will make their country proud in New Zealand.
Springbok Award Matthew Grossett (Form VI) is to be commended for two wonderful achievements attained during the first half of 2016. He has been awarded the highest attainable award by the Scouts, the Springbok Award and he won a Gold Certificate from the President’s Award. The highest award attainable by a Scout in South Africa is the Springbok award. A Scout is required to complete all the requirements for the Springbok award before their 18th birthday. The aim of Scouts South Africa is to contribute to the development of boys, girls and young adults in achieving their full potentials as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national, and international community’s by developing their character, training them in citizenship and developing their spiritual, social, mental, and physical qualities. The President’s award is an International self-development programme for young people. Its mission is to empower young people between the ages of 14 and 25 by providing a balanced, non-competitive framework for self-development that will increase selfesteem and enhance capacity to achieve. This enables youth to become responsible active citizens within their communities. The founding Patron-in-Chief is Mr Nelson Mandela, and it is a proud member of the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Association. This prestigious award was handed to Matthew by HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, who was accompanied by Mr Buti Manamela (Deputy Minister in the Presidency). Mr Buthi Manamela (Deputy Minister in the Presidency), Matthew Grossett and HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.
NORTHLANDS GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL (t) 031 571 1100 (e) marketing@nghs.co.za Northlands’ music student launches her own CD At just 16, Grade 11 Northlands Gilrs’ High School pupil Yovani Naidoo has launched her very own audio CD. Entitled Dheiveega Dharisanam (Tamil for Divine Blessings), the album is a cover compilation of 12 popular devotional songs originally sung by famous and talented artists. The music on the CD was composed and played by leading South African musicians. Yovani launched her CD last month at the Shree Emperumal Hindu Temple Hall, in Mt Edgecombe, Durban, to a capacity gathering of 450 people and to date has sold 650 copies. As a music student, Yovani plays the keyboard, violin, harmonium and the sitar, an Indian classical plucked stringed instrument. She believes music has no boundaries and is a “universal language”. Launching the CD was not about making money, says Yovani, but “all about expressing myself, my creativity and challenging myself to sing at a level that is able to meet international standards.” Keeping her tradition alive is very important to her, but Yovani does enjoy Western music and listens to Maroon 5, Coldplay and One Republic, to name a few. “I like both Western and Eastern music and pursue both with passion.”
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DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL (t) 031 277 1500 (e) marketing@durbanhighschool.co.za Hlumelo Mekuto represents SA B Hockey Team Hlumelo hails from the Eastern Cape. He attended Dale Junior before moving to Durban. He is a school and boarding house prefect and captain of Hockey at Durban High School. Hlumelo was selected for the U18 SA B Hockey team which played in a Tri Nations series against Zimbabwe and Namibia from 10 to 15 July. The series was held at Pretoria Boys High.
Matthew Hamilton to represent SA Matthew Hamilton has been selected to participate at the 3rd FINA Men’s Youth Water Polo Championships to be held in Podgorica, Montenegro from 26 August to 3 September. This forms part of SASCOC and the team will play against all the top water polo playing nations in the world. Matthew has also been selected in the SA Schools Water Polo Team, which will compete in the Tri Nations against Australia and New Zealand event in December. Well done, Matthew, on your incredible achievements. We wish Matthew and his teams well.
entertainment 8 ME BEFORE YOU 22 July 2016
JASON BOURNE 29 July 2016
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HELLO MY NAME IS DORIS 22 July 2016
SUICIDE SQUAD 5 August 2016
GHOSTBUSTERS 29 July 2016
LIGHTS OUT
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