Senior School Newsletter Inside this issue

Blanket Mass ........................... 2

PTP Fun Day ............................. 3

Sport News .............................. 4

Eisteddfod News ...................... 5

Careers Expo ............................ 5

Comrades Marathon ……………..6

Coriolanus Production.…………..7

Radio Veritas…...…………………….8

Grade 11 Mass. ........................ 9

Dates to Diarise.…………………...10

10 June 2016

One School, One Family, One Spirit

Dear Parents

The winter sunshine slants through the windows and school is finally quiet as the

entire school settles down to write their June examinations. After a frenetic few

weeks on the cultural and sporting fronts, this is a welcome reprieve. All the girls

have been issued with examination booklets which outline what they need to study

for each subject, as well as examination rules. We urge them to study hard and do

their very best.

Our school choir performs at the St Dunstan’s Choir Festival tonight and we thank

Mrs Penny for the many hours preparing the girls and know that they will not disap-

point. Likewise, our best wishes go with the first Hockey, Netball, Tennis and Squash

teams who are participating in the ISSF Tournament this weekend.

The second leg of the Drummies Provincials was hosted at St Dominic’s last weekend.

The Senior Squad marched with confidence, poise and precision. They finished first

overall and this puts them in a strong position for the National Competition to be

held in July.

Our World Scholars Cup teams performed exceptionally well achieving 3rd and 7th

places respectively. They qualify to participate in the next round to be held in Prague.

We are very proud of their achievements and the teachers who guided them in their

research.

On a sad note, we say good bye to Mrs Yvonne Whyte who has served St Dominic’s as

debating coach for many years. Our debating teams have thrived under her guidance.

Her passion, dedication and love will be sorely missed. We wish her well in her retire-

ment.

Kind Regards

Mrs Sharon Fitzgerald

Blanket Mass

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Our Blanket Mass was celebrat-ed by Fr Mark James in the Jubilee Centre on Thursday 26 May. This Mass has in the past coincided with Ascension Thursday, but from this year, this feast will be celebrated on the following Sunday. Fr Mark gave a thought-provoking ser-mon and the girls’ singing and marimba-playing added beauty and reverence to the service. Our theme this year was “Collecting, having and keeping just what we need, and not more” and our whole school united around this by donating a large number blankets (many of them handmade), baby items and groceries to those who are in need. Thank you to all the girls and their families who contributed blankets, baby products, clothes, and food for those in need. At the recent Grade 11 Mass at the Cathedral, Bishop Duncan made the point that every little thing that we do for others makes it a happy day. The numerous blankets on dis-play during the Mass was a demonstration of how much the St Dominic’s Family cares about others. All the contribu-tions have been handed over to the following organisations: St Vincent de Paul St Francis Care Centre New Beginnings TLC Almond Tree SPCA Sr Leo Sr Margaret

Ms Rindfleisch

The colourful display of all the donated blankets

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Our annual PTP Fun Day was held on Friday 17 May 2016. All our girls were dressed in different “Celebration” themes. Well done to all our girls and homeroom teachers contributing to the spirit of the day. We started the day by singing “Happy Birthday” to our gor-geous Pre School girls in their pink birthday shirts and tu-tus. We are celebrating their 25th birthday this year. St Dominic’s Drummies enter-tained us with their displays and then the day STARTED. The go-karts were the highlight of the day. Every girl’s fitness was tested. Active Education put in a lot of effort which allowed our girls to enjoy this special day. Thank you to Mr van Dyk and his team for all the different activities. Our PTP mums packed special lunches for the girls. You are a very special team!! Thank you to all our parents for the contribution towards this PTP Fund Raiser. Mev Van Zyl Deputy Principal

PTP Fun Day

Sport News

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Squash Congratulations to Chané Lotter for officially becoming the No1 player in the school.

Golf Our golfers are doing exceptionally well, and we are currently lying third overall with two games left to play. Congratulations to Teagan Lubbe who has been selected for the U19 girls team to represent the Ekurhuleni Golf Union at the Mpumulanga quadrangular to be held in White River over the public holiday. Congratulations to Jenefer Haw who was selected to play in the 72 hole Provincial Golf Tournament that was recently held in Middleburg. Both Teagan and Jenefer have also been selected for the Ekurhuleni girls team to compete in the South African Girls Championship at Orkney at the end of June. This is the biggest tournament the girls will be competing in this year as they play against the best golfers from around the country and other countries. Well done golfers, keep up the good work.

Cross country

As part of the 800th Jubilee celebration, our runners travelled to La Salle where they competed in the Catholic Schools

Cross Country. The St Dominic’s runners did outstandingly with Kerryn Venter winning the senior race very convincingly

and Zoe Robinson and Kelly Morrisson both placing in the top 10. The team was placed First in the senior section and

Third in the junior section. Well done to our runners, what a brilliant result!

Netball

The high school netball teams travelled to Kingsmead on Saturday 4 June to play league matches against Kingsmead and

Brescia. Well done to the following teams for winning their matches:

1st Team beat Brescia 34-21

2nd Team beat Brescia 27-15

U14 B team beat Brescia 7-4

Inter-Dominican Netball:

Our 1st Team Netball and u15 A team netball competed in the Inter-Dominican Netball Festival hosted by Veritas on the

28th of May. Both teams did really well, with the u15s winning the festival and the 1st team ending 2nd overall. Well done

to our netball girls on a great result.

Emaromeni Netball:

St Dominic’s Senior School Netball hosted a

netball clinic for 15 girls from Emaromeni

on Friday 3 June. The 1st Team and Miss

Jacobs worked with these 15 girls teaching

them basic netball skills. The girls from

Emaromeni had a blast playing netball with

the St Dominic’s 1st Team. Our girls made

St Dominic’s proud by the passion and love

they showed towards these little girls. St

Dominic’s and Emaromeni will set up more

clinics in the future.

Careers Expo

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On the 18th of May St Dominic's,

hosted our annual careers expo.

We were delighted to have over

40 institutions displaying wonder-

ful opportunities that could be

considered once school is over.

The Jubilee was abuzz with excite-

ment as learners and parents

were able to get questions an-

swered about requirements need-

ed to attend these institutions

and all the possibilities that are

available as career choices. We

also had phenomenal speakers in

the hall who were providing valu-

able insight into their chosen ca-

reers and the paths that lead

them to where they are today.

Some of these speakers included

a Chartered Accountant, an Attor-

ney and a Paediatrician.

Mrs Sham

Congratulations to Chelsey Mc Lucky

in Grade 8 on her outstanding

achievements for the Sir Pierre Van

Ryneveld High School Violin Eistedd-

fod. Chelsey played 9 Music pieces

and she was awarded numerous Gold

Certificates for Contemporary, Classi-

cal, Modern and Light Music catego-

ries. She was also the item winner for

Technical, Traditional, Barok, Open

and Romantic Diploma categories.

Violin Eisteddfod Festival Expo

Teatro Art Eisteddfod

Four of the High School girls partici-

pated at the Teatro Art Eisteddfod

on Tuesday 10 May. We are proud

to report that all four girls achieved

scores above 90%. Taylor, Bakang,

Nompilo and Mariam gave outstand-

ing performances.

Taylor Evans: Bible Reading → The

Road to Emmaus.

Bakang Manamela: Own Choice

Poetry → I feel a poem by Don

Mattera.

Nompilo Mapanza: Own Choice Po-

etry → Say No by Gnina Mhlope

Mariam Harris: Own Choice Poetry

→ O Captain, My Captain by Walt

Whitman

Taylor Evans 10c Bakang Manamela 10d Nompilo Mapanza 9d Mariam Harris 9d

One School, One Family, One Spirit

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Congratulations to Ms Naidoo,

our head running coach, who

has completed her 10th consec-

utive Comrades Marathons this

year, which has earned her, her

prestigious Green Number! All

of Ms Naidoo’s times have been

under 11 hours and her best

time has been 8 hours 45

minutes. Ms Naidoo has been

placed in the top 100 females

and achieved a 3rd overall place

within her running club at Boks-

burg. Ms Naidoo hopes to still

be running in 2025 where she

will hopefully be part of the

100th Comrades!

Congratulations Mrs Naidoo we

are very proud of you.

Mrs Visage

Comrades Marathon

The first team Inter Catholic Hockey Tournament that was held at the Randburg Astro

on Friday 20 May and Saturday 21 May.

Our girls placed a 3rd overall

Shakespeare's Coriolanus

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On the 2nd of June 2016 the St Dominic's matrics- together

with the matrics of St Dunstan's, St Catherine's and Shangri

La gathered at the St Dominic's school Hall to share in a

common quest for enlightenment on the most political play

Shakespeare ever wrote: Coriolanus.

The play was brought to life and sense by a passionate cast

of actors who inspired understanding and enjoyment de-

spite the difficulty of the Elizabethan English.

The production was brought to a conclusion with an inten-

sive question and answer session which shed light on the

complexities of the play and its characters- the answers and

speculation of which will aid in many essays to come.

A huge thank you to Mrs Fanucchi and the English Depart-

ment for giving substance to the statement: "plays are

meant to be watched not read".

This was a production put on by The National Children’s

Theatre

Paballo Mosikidi

On behalf of the Saints and Saintees, their coaches and committee, we would

like to thank all those who came to support at our provincial competition. It

takes courage to compete in competitions and go out in front of so many peo-

ple, but with such positive support it makes it that much easier. THANK YOU!

To all the school girls who helped on the day, a big thank you. Thanks also to

Nadine Evans who is not a drummies mom but helped in the clubhouse and

also assisted at our music tent.

Ms Venter

Pit Production On Monday 30 May the grade 11+12 learners had

the opportunity to watch PIT Production’s perfor-

mance of their literature.

The actors made the

literature come alive

which contributed a lot

to the learners’ under-

standing of the content.

It was 90 minutes load-

ed with information and

fun.

Mrs Oosthuizen

Drum Majorettes

Mrs Yvonne Whyte

Debating Teacher

Wishing you a

wonderful

retirement

Mrs Whyte!

You will be missed,

but never forgotten.

Radio Veritas

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Grade 11 Mass at Cathedral of Christ the King

The Prayer that St Dominic’s girls attached to the Door of Mercy:

Dear Lord, Help us to live our lives according to your laws.

Grant us the strength to be loyal to your teachings.

Fill our hearts with the desire to spread your word.

We praise you, O Lord, for blessing us with your

everlasting mercy. May your love guide us in all that

we do. Amen.

(Prayer inspired by Psalm 119)

On Thursday 19 May the Gr 11 class attend the annual Gr 11

Mass in Johannesburg. Catholic Schools from Johannesburg

meet at the Cathedral once a year to offer a Mass for the inten-

tions of the prospective student leaders in Catholic Schools. The

theme for this year was The Year of Mercy becoming a People

of Mercy. In March St Dominic’s received the pilgrimage cross

from Veritas College and in turn handed the cross over to St

Catherine’s School in Germiston. This cross was brought to the

Cathedral by Dominican Convent, Belgravia.

The Grade 11s said of the experience that:

“The light that shone through the stained glass windows

made us sit up and appreciate God.” “We thoroughly en-

joyed the Grade 11 Mass. It was a beautiful ceremony. ”

“We got a better understanding of what is expected of us

in the Year of Mercy. We were reminded to always give to

the less fortunate.” “Bishop Duncan opened our eyes with

his words.” “The Sermon at Mass was very true and some-

thing that teenagers all over the world can relate to. We

are not perfect people but we can make other people hap-

py and change the day for them.”

“After Mass all the Grade 11s were able to mingle with each other, then sing and dance in praise of the Lord.” “Seeing all

our friends from other schools was thrilling.”

Ms Rindfleisch

7 June—1 July Senior School Exams

Friday 10 June Winter Choir Festival, St Dunstan's 18h00

10 & 11 June ISSF (St Stithians)

Monday 13 June Senior Golf League

Wednesday 15 June Netball match

Thursday 16 June Youth Day

Friday 17 June School Holiday

Friday 1 July Whole school Pajama and Slipper day

CLOSE MID-TERM 13H00

Saturday 2 July—Saturday 9 July Drummie Nationals

Monday 4 July — Friday 8 July Mid-Term break

Sunday 10 July—Friday 15 July Protea Drummie Camp

Monday 11 July Open after Mid-Term DAY 1

Tuesday 12 July Blood Bank

Wednesday 13 July Whole school Art Exhibition

Thursday 14 July Gr 9 & 10 Trip to Soweto

Dates to Diarise

One School, One Family, One Spirit

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