DPHS NEWS AND RESULTS
BULLETIN 15: WEDNESDAY 09 MAY 2012
The Headmaster
Media Centre
Finance
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rneave@dphs.co.za
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TELEPHONE: 031-3122154
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Prep Patter is available online at www.dphs.co.za
FROM THE HEADMASTER
Mothers Day
The school extends good wishes for Mothers Day on Sunday to our DPHS mothers and mothers
throughout the country and across the globe. May each and every mother feel affirmed as an individual
and comforted and warmed by the love of their children and family. May you be blessed on Mother’s
Day with joy and happiness. DPHS is deeply grateful for the love and care bestowed upon the boys and
the school by our mothers and full of respect for what it means to be a mother, the enormity and
complexity of your role as mother, the hard work and the many sacrifices that mothers make and the
unconditional love that mothers bestow so generously upon their children and family. Mothers are
kindly invited to the Senior or Junior assemblies this Friday, 11 May. The assembly will be dedicated to
Mothers and most especially our DPHS Mums.
Appointment of a CEO and Business Manager at DHS
DPHS takes pleasure in acknowledging the recent appointment of Mike Fennell, the out-going
Headmaster of King Edward VII School in Gauteng as the newly appointed CEO and Business Manager of
DHS. We assure DHS of our continued support and look forward to a happy and rewarding association
with Mr Fennell. DHS have requested they be given an opportunity in the very near future to introduce
Mike Fennell to DPHS and our parents. A request we very much welcome and an occasion we look
forward to.
BBB Fundraising Initiative
School would like to thank all parents and boys who took part in this fundraising drive. The level of
participation has been outstanding and it is heart-warming to see how many people subscribe to a
better looking and more functional DPHS. An amount of around R57 000 has been raised and will go a
long way towards enhancing the look of our prestigious school. Progress on the project has been steady
and we are hoping to have everything complete in the very near future.
All boys who have participated have been acknowledged and allowed to wear their builder’s hard hat
at break time. Thank you to WORKWEAR DEPOT in Pietermaritzburg ( www.workweardepot.co.za ) for
sponsoring the 81 hard hats for the project. Grade 7 Botha and Grade 3 Oosthuis will be rewarded with
a morning at uShaka Marine World for their outstanding contributions. Luca Coetzer, from Grade 1
McGregor, won the Gunslinger Longboard in the lucky draw competition.
CONGRATULATIONS
The following boys were chosen for the Durban Central Hockey teams at the Umlazi Hockey Festival
which will be held on 11 May.
U13A: Cameron Goodwin, Bradley Hope, Matthew Gerrish, Sean Gilson, Nicholas Pio, Nicholas
Kershaw and Tanner Klue
U13B: Daniel Cherry and Max Teversham
U12: Taine Buys, Dane Mertsch, Cameron Whittington, Robert Koenig and Cameron Hollaway
Cameron Parle, Reggie Davidson, Sven Paton and Darren Spiers successfully completed the certified
Level 1 First Aid course at Point Yacht Club this past weekend.
Taine Muirhead and Cameron Hollaway have been selected to represent KZN U12 Action Cricket for
2012. They will travel to Johannesburg in July to the Inter-Provincial competition.
CALENDAR
Wednesday
09 May
Thursday
10 May
Friday
11 May
Saturday
12 May
Sunday
13 May
Monday
14 May
Tuesday
15 May
Wednesday
16 May
Parents week interviews (individual pm
parent/teacher appointments)
Speech and Drama Festival
Vision Screening
Parents week interviews (individual pm
parent/teacher appointments)
Speech and Drama Festival
Parents week interviews (individual pm
parent/teacher appointments)
Speech and Drama Festival
Senior Primary Mothers’ Day Assembly
Tea in Functions Room
Junior Primary Mothers’ Day Assembly
Highbury A
Mini Rugby
07:30am
08:00am
08:30am
08:00am
Speech and Drama Festival
Speech and Drama Festival
Prospective Parents’ School Tour
Vision Screening
Speech and Drama Festival
Vision Screening
Reception Unit Parents’ Activity Evening
06:00pm
RECEPTION UNIT NEWS
On Friday, the Grade 3 pupils will be presenting a special Mothers’ Day Assembly to which all our
Reception Unit mothers are warmly invited. This will take place at 08h30 in the Maurice Wilkinson Hall
at Main Campus. Tea and coffee will be served from 08h00 in the Functions Room. Our boys will be
watching this assembly, which is to honour all our Prep moms, so we do hope that you will be able to
attend.
Brittany van der Vyver, our Red Group Teacher Assistant, starts her half year examinations on
Thursday. We would like to wish Brittany every success and we have no doubt that the results will
reflect all her hard work.
We would like to wish all our Reception Unit mothers a very happy Mothers’ Day on Sunday and hope
that your sons remember to give you the card made with great love and care!
JUNIOR PRIMARY NEWS
I trust that everyone enjoyed the extended long weekend and was able to benefit by finding extra time
to relax and spend together with family and friends.
The Grade Two Cake Sale was a wonderful success. It was organized to raise funds for Reach for a
Dream’s Bear Project which the Grade Twos have adopted as their Campaign of Kindness project for
this year. The boys did a superb job of advertising this event with colourful posters and flyers and the
staff organizers, parents who supplied the eats, mothers who manned the tables and staff and boys
who supported this very worthwhile cause are all thanked most sincerely. A total of R5234.00 was
collected! This morning Anna Rubycz from the Reach for a Dream Foundation came to school to meet
with the Grade Twos. She explained the wonderful work that this Foundation does to bring hope and
joy to children with life-threatening diseases and she very gratefully received the cheque presented by
the Grade Two boys. She was accompanied by one of the 53 bears which the money will be used to buy
in order to bring some joy and comfort to hospitalized children and informed the boys that the tag
attached with the recipient’s name would also indicate that it was donated by the DPHS boys. Well
done to all involved!
Parents’ Week is underway. This is a very important week in the school calendar as it formally affords
every parent the opportunity to meet with their son’s class teacher to discuss his well-being and
progress. The class teachers see this parent-teacher interaction as an essential element in assisting the
boys to enjoy their school programme and achieve their potential. I trust that the parents are finding
this interview time to be of great value.
The Grade Threes are working very hard in preparation for the Mothers’ Day assembly this Friday. Tea
will be served before the 08h30 JP presentation and after the assembly the JP mums will be invited to
their son’s classroom for a short visit so that the boys can present them with a small gift. We wish all
our mothers a very happy Mothers’ Day on Sunday and trust that they will be deservedly spoilt!
MERIT AWARDS
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Congratulations to this week’s recipients.
WEEKLY MERIT AWARD “WELL DONE’ 
CLASS
NAME
REASON
GRADE 1
Langley
Nikhil Prakaschandra
For his very good word recognition
skills and enthusiasm in reading
Sebastian van der Werff
For his huge efforts to record his work
neatly
Greensill
Zachariah Howell
For his excellent manners and neat
work presentation
Charlie Good
For his diligence and enthusiasm
Everitt
Umar Vanker
For his excellent behaviour and always
giving of his best
Chad Croshaw
For trying hard to improve his work
presentation
McGregor
Ayola Ngwane
For his cheerful nature and excellent
drawing skills
Declan Dreyer
For his sense of fun and improved work
presentation
GRADE 2
May
Akhanya Madiba
For his good reading skills
Akeel Abdulla
Buchholtz
Hasan Joosub
Karan Varyani
GRADE 3
Bush
Suhail Habiya
Marklew
Muhammad Vawda
Hayden Howell
Knatten
Joshua Wilmans
Prince Dube
Oosthuis
Mpumelelo Xego
Dipra Pillay
Josh Goodwin
Vawda
Suraav Ramlugaan
Ndabezinhle Gama
Veerasamy
S’thembiso Kweyama
Junaid Ismail
For his cheerful nature and good
efforts in Maths
For his expressive reading and good
word recognition
For his excellent work skills and good
reading
For trying hard to improve the quality
of his work
For his hard work and positive attitude
For trying hard to work in a quieter
manner
For good reading skills
For making the effort to be more
responsible with his possessions
For his improved reading skills
For his positive attitude and happy
nature
For his wonderful manners and
excellent listening skills
For his positive attitude towards all
tasks and his neat work presentation
For his cheerful nature and trying hard
in maths
For his lovely smile and trying his best
in all subjects
For his pleasant nature and for giving
of his best in all subjects
Junior Primary Paper Recycling Challenge – Recyclers of the Week
1st Grade 3 Knatten (3m 25cm)
2nd Grade 2 Bush (2m 90cm)
SENIOR PRIMARY NEWS
We extend our best wishes to Mrs Perkins and Mrs Briscoe as they prepare for the start of the Speech
and Drama Festival. The many hours of practice, at home and at school, will stand the boys in good
stead as the moment of truth arrives and each boy has his one opportunity to present a perfect
rendition of his chosen entry. Good luck boys.
Thank you to all the Parents and Prep Staff members for taking the time to meet this week. The
Parents’ Week is of vital importance as it gives us the opportunity to formally meet and focus on each
boy’s social, emotional and academic progress.
PERFORMING ARTS - GUMBOOT DANCE
The Prep Gumboot Dance Team has been invited to present a guest performance at the National
Creative Arts Youth Festival and they will entertain parents and friends at the Performing Arts Evening.
All parents and interested family members and friends are invited to enjoy the performances.
Kindly note the details.
2012 NATIONAL CREATIVE ARTS YOUTH FESTIVAL DANCE PROGRAMME
Date:
19 May 2012
Venue:
Time:
Tickets:
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, UKZN Howard College Campus
15h00 Dance for Joy!
Available from Computicket
All tickets are priced at R60-00
PERFORMING ARTS EVENING
Date:
Wednesday 30th May
Venue:
Maurice Wilkinson Hall, DPHS
Time:
18h00
Family members and friends are invited to enjoy this entertaining evening.
SPORTS
Rugby Results vs Clifton for Wednesday 25 April 2012
RUGBY VS CLIFTON
DAY/DATE
TEAM
OPPONENTS
VENUE
RESULT
Wednesday
25-Apr-12
1st
Clifton 1st
DPHS (Smith)
W 50-0
2nd
Clifton 2nd
DPHS (Smith)
W 40-0
4th
Clifton 3rd
DPHS (Smith)
W 29-0
6th
Clifton 4th
DPHS (Smith)
L 31-17
11A
Clifton
DPHS (Smith)
W 17-7
11B
Clifton
DPHS (Walshaw)
W 43-7
11C
Clifton
DPHS (Walshaw)
W 10-5
9A
Clifton
DPHS (Walshaw)
W 20-5
9B
Clifton
DPHS (Walshaw)
W 75-0
9C
Clifton
DPHS (Walshaw)
W 80-0
9D
Clifton
DPHS (Walshaw)
W 75-0
Rugby Results
JNR HOUSE RUGBY
DAY/DATE
Friday
04 May
Saturday
05 May
TEAM
U/9 - 1st Evans, 2nd Stubbs, 3rd
Bullimore, 4th Haysom
U/10 - 1st Bullimore, 2nd
Haysom, 3rd Stubbs, 4th Evans
U/11 - 1st Stubbs, 2nd
Bullimore, 3rd Haysom, 4th
Evans
OPPONENTS
RESULTS
4th
Glenwood Prep 3rd
W 48-0
6th
Glenwood Prep 6th
W 35-10
TRINITYHOUSE FESTIVAL
Thursday
03 May
Friday
04 May
1st
Laerskool
Randhardt
W 31-12
1st
Laerskool
Helderkruin
W 49-3
Saturday
05 May
1st
Graeme Junior
W 21-8
Rugby Fixtures vs Highbury
Rugby vs Highbury
DAY/DATE
Saturday
12-May-12
TEAM
OPPONENTS
VENUE
TIME
1st
Highbury
Highbury (Harris 1)
11h00
2nd
Highbury
Highbury (Harris 1)
10h10
3rd
Highbury
Highbury (Harris 1)
09h20
5th
Highbury 4th
Highbury (Harris 1)
08h30
11A
Highbury
Highbury (Harris 2)
09h20
11B
Highbury
Highbury (Harris 2)
08h30
9A
Highbury
Highbury (Pennington)
9B
Highbury
Highbury (Pennington)
10h30
09h50
9C
Highbury
Highbury (Pennington)
09h10
9D
Highbury
Highbury (Pennington)
08h30
TENNIS
Tennis in Bethlehem – 26-28 April 2012
Eight U11 boys did their school proud in Bethlehem and brought home the Team Spirit Trophy!
53 teams participated in this U11 Tennis Tournament. 25 girls teams and 28 boys teams.
Thank you sincerely to all their parents who helped to transport the teams and, as always, were
amazing in their support.
Results:
DPHS A Team vs
Won
Lost
Universitas Bloemfontein
31 - 43
Paarl Gimnasium
32 - 43
Sannieshof (North West)
48 - 11
Pretoria Oos
48 - 10
De Aar (play-off)
48 – 10
Hennops (Centurion)
12 - 16
A Team came 3rd in our section of 5 schools and 10th in the A Section (20 School teams)
DPHS B Team vs
Won
Lost
Curro (Pretoria)
48 – 11
Fairland (Randburg)
42 - 25
Newton (Kimberley)
42 - 27
Eikestad (Stellenbosch)
14 - 32
(play-off)
B Team came 2nd in the B-Section (8 school teams)
Well done boys!
GENERAL
Ladies’ Evening
The DPHS Mothers’ Committee Ladies evening was a huge success. Mary Steward had us rolling in the
aisles with her hilarious stories of the various stages of womanhood. The tables were magnificent and a
huge amount of effort was put in by all the mums to add meaning to theme – ‘Womanhood.’ A huge
thank you to all those Prep mums who bought tables, your support and enthusiasm was infectious and
we are so looking forward to next year and doing it all again. More thanks must go to those fabulous
people who organized sponsorship for the goody bags and lucky draws. It is always so appreciated.
The Mother’s’ Committee were overwhelmed by the fantastic response to the request to collect
handbags for the JesFoord Foundation at the recent Ladies Evening. Since the theme of the evening
was ‘Womanhood’, the committee chose to give back to the community in some meaningful way and
‘Woman helping Woman’ seemed like a perfect fit! On the evening, the ladies collected 70 Handbags
packed according to the JesFoord guidelines for the Foundation. We had a very generous donation
from a parent of one of the items for the bags and Unilever more than came to the party by very
kindly donated bars of Lux soap, Impulse deodorants and mini Dawn Lotions for the bags. The handbags
were delivered to the Foundation on Tuesday.
‘In a desperate time of need, a small yet loving gesture can make the world of difference.’
If you would like to know more about the JesFoord Foundation, please visit the website:
www.jff.org.za for the full inspiring story and all the wonderful causes Jes is driving.
MySchool Update
The MySchool Campaign has had a fantastic start to the year, with the DPHS Community raising R10,
800 in the first quarter of 2012 – this is 16% more than the same period last year!! Please remember to
keep swiping, because “Every Swipe Counts for DPHS”. These funds go directly to improving DPHS’
facilities for our boys.
If you do not have a MySchool Card for DPHS and would like to register, please do so by following one
of the easy steps:
a. Going to any Woolworths Customer Services Counter – this is the quickest and easiest way!
b. On line at www.myschool.co.za
c. Call client services on 0860 100 445
Remember to name DPHS as your recipient!!
My School Funds Raised Annually
Nett Funds Nett Funds Nett Funds
Month %
2010
2011
2012
Growth over
prev yr
January
R2 494
R3 038
R3 618
19%
February
R2 307
R2 751
R3 209
17%
March
R2 787
R3 519
R3 972
13%
April
R2 319
R3 336
-100%
May
R2 968
June
R2 726
July
R2 807
August
R3 100
September
R2 734
October
R2 872
November
R3 786
December
R4 655
Total
R35 556
Avg/Month R2 962.98
% growth
R3 724
R3 709
R3 384
R3 856
R3 596
R3 965
R4 076
R5 730
R44 684
R3 723.68
26%
R10 800
R900
-100%
-100%
-100%
-100%
-100%
-100%
-100%
-100%
-76%
-76%
DPHS EDUCATIONAL TRUST PHOTONOTE GOLF DAY
Our annual sponsored Golf Day, which is to be held on 17 August 2012, at Royal Durban Golf Club, is an
important fundraising event for the DPHS Educational Trust and we are delighted to once again
welcome PhotoNote as the Title Sponsors. Should you or your company be able to participate by
sponsoring a tee or green; entering a four ball or donating prizes please contact Jenny Gilson (Golf Day
Convenor) on 0845596887 or Liz Elliott (DPHS Educational Trust) at trust@dphs.co.za or 031-3122154.
PhotoNote Office Equipment Supplier, long standing supporters and sponsors of DPHS, are a one-stop
office automation supplier, serving businesses and schools in KZN for over 15 years. They supply and
service a wide range of office automation products including multi-functional copiers and faxes, PBX
telephone systems, Electronic Whiteboards, Riso Digital Printers and CCTV security systems.
NEWS FROM DHS
PROFILE ON A DPHS/DHS TOP ACHIEVER
Ex DPHS learner with the wind in his sails
An Ex DPHS learner has set sail for the Olympics. Trent Bingham, currently a DHS matric learner, has
his sight set on competing in the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. Trent has been selected to represent
South Africa at the ISAF Youth Worlds sailing regatta in Dublin, Ireland, in July, in the Laser Radial
Class.
Formerly a member of the SA Optimist African Team (2009) he was awarded KZN Provincial Sailing
colours in 2010. His other major sailing achievements include a third place in the Laser Youth Sailing
Nationals in 2011, first place in the KZN Laser Youth Sailing Provincials in 2011 and a first place in the
KZN 2011/2012 Grand Prix Series. He is also a member of the South African Sailing 2012 High
Performance Squad.
Trent’s other interests include playing tennis and he intends to study to be an Orthodontist next year.
GOOD LUCK FROM ALL AT DHS!!!