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| GENERAL |
| Grades 8 - 12 |
| Northlands enjoys the challenge of an annual theme. 2011 will see the commencement of the `Poised for Excellence’ theme. 700 lucky girls will have the opportunity to receive training, hints and tips, ensuring they will be able to put their best foot forward both now and in the future when they are part of the working world. The school will be welcoming guest speakers to give talks covering topics from basic etiquette, to writing an eye-catching CV, personal styling tips, dining and entertaining. Events will be programmed throughout the year to enable the girls to put into practice their new knowledge. |
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| LITERACY AND READING |
| Battle of the Books - Sep 2011 |
| With excitement rising over the ‘Battle of the Boots’ at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, it was the ideal time to stage our ‘Battle of the Books’, the annual reading challenge for Grade 9. Teams of four have twelve books to read and they are tested on their knowledge of the contents. Round one ended with team ‘Book-ON-nators’ of Micayla Chinsamy, Pravania Naicker, Shanay Paideya and Hafsa Rajub (all 9ON) ahead by one point, closely followed by two teams with the same points. A tie-break question was quickly and correctly answered by team ‘Book Crooks’ of Lynne Richards and Sajel Singh of 9ON and Thashnee Naidoo and Leé-Shi’ Arendse of 9VN and they joined the ‘Book-ON-nators’ in the final round. The quick fire section was exciting, with much audience help in determining which team had ‘gonged’ first. Then on to the extracts section and this year’s edition had a distinctly RWC flavour with the choice of extract to be identified being linked to the team logo of a participating country. The closeness of the first round continued to the very end with just a single point separating the winning ‘Book-ON-nator’ team from the ‘Book Crooks’. The best team poster won a prize for Kirti Daya and Tamara Cavor of 9ON and Megan Gibbs and Asanda Mafuleka of 9BD for their colourful ‘Book Busters’ poster. |
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| CONSUMER STUDIES |
| April 2011 |
| Logan Bernsmann and Kayla Neilon, Grade 12 Consumer Studies pupils at Northlands, proudly display the notoriously difficult dish, Beef Wellington, which they prepared to perfection! |
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| CSI |
| Northlands is well known not just for its superb academic results, but for its passion for arts and culture. |
| Dance is fast becoming one of the most popular activities available. Senior girls have the opportunity at the weekly 'Cultural and Sports Intervention' to learn the waltz, quick-step and foxtrot under the instruction of Dance Coordinator, Miss Vollebregt. Certificates of excellence were awarded to Caitlin Beaumont for being the Most Poised Dancer and to Amy Wagner for being the Most Improved Dancer.' Northlands intends adding ballet instruction to the extramural dance portfolio from 2012. |
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| LIBRARY ACTIVITIES |
| Book Fair |
| Libraries are sometimes seen as dull, dusty places where silence is the rule. School libraries of today are not like that and to prove the point, Northlands Girls’ High School holds a Book Fair which emphasizes participation and fun. The Book Fair is an annual event, held as close as possible to 23 April which is World Book Day. As this is also Shakespeare’s birthday the Fair is, in part, a birthday party for the Bard. This year there are two Northlands pupils who share Shakespeare’s birthday and each of them were given a gift to celebrate. Other exciting Book Fair activities included various book-based competitions with great prizes to be won. A release of new books gave the girls an opportunity to take out a new book to read over the extended Easter weekend. They were also able to choose books they would like to see in the library by browsing through the large selection of books supplied by book sellers. The highlight of the day was the ‘Dressing as a literary character or book title’ competition. Everyone looks forward to the parade of entrants, which always includes some staff members. Entries were novel and creative. |
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| PHYSICAL SCIENCES |
| The last week of the recent school holidays was an exciting one for two of our Grade 12 girls chosen to participate in the Faculty of Science and Agriculture’s “Be a Scientist for a Week” Programme at UKZN. Bhavisthra Ramlagan and Preshni Govender spent the week at the Westville campus and eagerly absorbed the university’s twist on science. The young ‘scientists’ took part in many activities from Cryology and extracting DNA, to the chilling thought of eating biscuits dipped in liquid nitrogen. They explored robots and proved many of the laws of physics, along with many other mind-blowing concepts. The girls found the week highly informative and entertaining. They also had the opportunity to interact with students from surrounding schools. They learnt scientific concepts in an interesting and insightful way under the guidance of a past pupil of Northlands, Dr Helen Watson, who is now a Senior Lecturer at the School of Environmental Sciences. “This sort of thing is exactly what we need to open our eyes to prospective careers. This week was truly phenomenal and we really wish we could do it again”, added the matriculants. |
| July 2011 |
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