The Bryneven Bulletin

Vol 21 No 7 – August 2017

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Welcome back We hope that all our families have had a wonderful break and are ready for this extremely busy

term. We certainly have a bumper issue of the newsletter (6 pages) this month, as we share all the

exciting events and achievements of our Bryneven community.

‘50’ Not Out Next year ‘2018’ Bryneven will be celebrating 50 years of outstanding delivery

of education to the boys and girls of the community. We plan to host certain

events in recognition of this achievement. We humbly appeal to any parents (or

if you know of past parents) who may have photos of any events held at

Bryneven Primary School from years gone by. Kindly e-mail these to us at

photos@bryneven.co.za with the year and event, where the photo was taken.

Condolences Our thoughts are with Robert Gradie (7B) and Tiegan Foley (6C) and their families on the passing of

their Grandmothers.

School tours 2017 - GRADE 4 -7 The details for the school tours this year are as follows:

Grade Date Destination Grade 4 30 August – 1 September Klein Kariba

Grade 5 29 August – 1 September Drakensville

Grade 6 28 August – 1 September Camp Discovery - Limpopo

Grade 7 28 August – 1 September Shakaland - KwaZulu Natal

Further information can be found on the D6 Communicator.

Mandela Day

On Thursday, 27 July, Bryneven learners, parents and staff participated in the 67 minutes for

Mandela Day. The Foundation Phase learners made sandwiches and the Intersen Phase made goodie

bags. These items were delivered to a very grateful Sefikeng Primary. Thank you to all that

participated.

IT Update Bryneven is excited to announce the introduction of

Purple Mash. Purple Mash is an award winning web

based educational tool which allows learners to

increase their IT knowledge, while at the same time

having fun. Purple Mash has the added advantage of

being able to link to the CAPS curriculum, further adding to its advantage. One of the main

atttractions is the ability of our learners learning how to write a computer program (coding).

Please visit the the following website to learn more about Purple Mash -

https://www.2simple.com/purple-mash

Staff Update Bryneven would like to take this opportunity to welcome and congratulate our

new Department Head (HOD) of the Intersen Phase – Ms Charlene Kotze.

It is with much sadness that we have to say goodbye to

Mrs Mangray. We congratulate her on her promotion to Department Head (HOD) of

the Foundation Phase for Bryandale Primary. She has really proved herself in the

short time that she has been with us and we thank her for her tireless efforts,

both in the classroom as a teacher and on the sports field, and as Acting

Department Head during Mrs Hughes’ maternity leave.

We wish you everything of the best in your new role.

Extramurals

Rugby This year marked the first year that Bryneven Primary School competed in the Schools Rugby

League. After the round robin section, our Under 9 team competed in the knockout stages, where

they played some dynamic rugby and managed to make the District Finals, beating Westgold in the

Semi-Finals. They promptly then beat Millennium in the final to be crowned the U9 Golden Lions

Winners, a fantastic achievement (and a first for Bryneven)! Well done to all the players, as well as

the coaches and parents for their contribution to this wonderful achievement (a collage of the team

is on the final page of the Newsletter).

Soccer Jordan Cilliers (7A) represented Southerns, the Gauteng “A” team in the National

Primary School Soccer tournament during the holidays and his team won the National

Trophy.

Well done to Ethan Bleksley (4A) and Kevin Bradbury (4B) who were both

selected for the U10 Rand Central District Soccer Team over the school holidays.

Joburg KO Cup

This week our Under 9 soccer team managed to advance to the Semi-Final of the Joburg KO Cup via a

walk over from Risidale Primary. Our Under 10 and Under 11 teams both lost to Crawford Sandton.

Our Under 11 Girls team played their Quarter-Final match yesterday at Sacred Heart College but

lost the match in the last few minutes.

Judo Congratulations to the following Bryneven pupils who received medals at the SA Open Judo

competition held in Bloemfontein. This event is open to the international community, with participating teams from Angola, Botswana,

Congo, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa.

The event was in two parts, individual and team events and the winners were:

Gold – Individual – Meegan Zomero (3D)

Silver - Individual and Gold Team event - Andrew Coucourakis-Vermaak (4D); Cameron Jardim (3B)

Gold - Team event - Moustafa Elkhodari (3A); Alex Losco (3D)

Bronze - Team event – Kayden Wethmar (7A)

Central Gauteng action cricket Grant Brooker (7B) and Murray Snyman (7C) were selected for the

U13 Gauteng Central Action cricket team and Ethan Jooste (7A)

was selected for the U14 Gauteng Central Action cricket team.

They all took part in the Interprovincial Action Cricket tournament

in Pietermaritzburg over the holidays. Keep it up boys.

Cross Country On Tuesday 25 July, we held our

Inter-house cross country meet

at Bryneven. Well done to all the

participants and congratulations

to the individual winners of each

age group listed below:

Age Group Name/Surname House

U7 Girls Kaia Lin Scorpio

U7 Boys Thomas Hall Scorpio

U8 Boys Max Fournier Scorpio

U9 Girls Danielle Sassenberg Capricorn

U9 Boys Christopher Gordon Aquarius

U10 Girls Erin Clouston Gemini

U10 Boys Ethan Bleksley Aquarius

U11 Girls Nakita Du Preez Capricorn

U11 Boys Zane Van Niekerk Capricorn

U12 Girls Mia Oosthuizen-Speirs Scorpio

U12 Boys Jake Matheson Gemini

OPEN Girls Caitlin Hahn Gemini

OPEN Boys Timothy Clouston Gemini

Final results

Final Points 1348 1114 1048 900

Positions Capricorn – 1st Aquarius-2nd Gemini-3rd Scorpio-4th

Rhythmic Gymnastics Madison van Niekerk (2A) competed as part of the Central Gauteng team at

the SAGF North Zone Festival on 23 June. She achieved a gold medal based

on score and placed 3rd overall in the Level 2, under 8 age group. On 22 July

she also took part in the Eurodance fest at the Roodepoort Theatre. She

achieved a gold medal for her solo and has qualified to partake in the Dance

Fest in Novi Sad Serbia, as part of the South African team, this November.

Karate

Well done to Taneka Visser (5C) for coming 3rd in her division for Kumite at the

AUSC Zone 6 Karate Championship. Taneka was awarded her Protea Colours for

Karate at the National banquet that was held in Durban on the 14th of July. During

the same weekend, Taneka competed in the KSA Elite and SA Open Championships

where she won Gold for Kata, Gold for Kumite and a Silver for Unison Team Kata.

Dance Kiara de Maudave (4B) took part in the World Lyrical Dance Federation Competition

on Friday, 16 June and was placed in all 3 categories that she competed in.

3rd place – U14 Squad

3rd place – U18 Squad

2nd place – U18 Duet

Madison Furlong (4C) and Amber-Lee Mathews (4B) took part in a dance

competition where they won:

- 1st place in couples rock ‘n roll

- 1st place in couples freestyle

Madison won 1st place in slow dance solo and 2nd place in freestyle solo.

Amber-Lee won 2nd place in slow dance solo and 2nd place in freestyle solo.

Kyra Davis (6A) won two sections in a dance competition held on Saturday, 10th

June. The two sections were for Individual slow dance and Individual freestyle.

Janae Oosthuysen (6C) participated in a studio competition

this weekend with her dance studio. She competes in the Bronze level and had

fantastic results:

1st In Freestyle Solo

3rd In Freestyle Couples

3rd In Slow dance

5th In Rock n roll

5th In Hustle

Savannah Steadman (4C), Jessica Kemp (4C) and Morgan Allen

(4B) all dance for the “Theys Dance Academy” in Bryanston.

They recently held their annual concert from the 24th- 27th

May where the three girls participated.

Ice Hockey Seth Boryna (7D) was selected to represent Gauteng in the Interprovincial tournament in Cape Town

during July. His team achieved a Bronze in the tournament.

Biathle Championships Loghan Gray (4A) competed at the Biathle SA Champs in July in George and came

in 8th place, making the SA Team to compete in Spain in October.

Swimming

Loghan Grade (4A) recently swam at the CGA Winter Gala and achieved 1st place

for 50m freestyle achieving a personal best, 3rd in 100m freestyle and 3rd

in the 100m backstroke.

Athletics Day On Saturday, 29 July we held our annual Athletics Day. We were blessed with wonderful weather on

the day and the different houses definitely went the extra mile with the preparation of the house

themes. We had a very exciting day with some of our existing records being broken, before we

ended the day with the Tug-of-War, won by Capricorn. The final results were as follow:

- Botts Spirit Cup was won by Gemini for the wonderful Savannah Warriors

- 4th place with 161 points – Aquarius

- 3rd place with 198 points – Scorpio

- 2nd place with 222 points – Gemini

- and our 2017 champions with 236 points is Capricorn

Individual Awards:

Junior Victrix Ludorum - tie between Danielle Sassenberg & Erin Clouston

Junior Victor Ludorum - Callum Ritchie

Senior Victrix Ludorum - Mia Oosthuizen-Speirs

Senior Victor Ludorum - Saweaga Shaw

Claire Lowney Best Grade 7 Boy Athlete - Saweaga Shaw

Claire Lowney Best Grade 7 Girl Athlete - Sizzy Modika

A few of the prize winners on the day

Compiled by Mr N Nakooda

on behalf of Bryneven Primary School