Interskole 2022 | Paarl Girls' High

  C for Concentration, Courage & Commitment! Paarl, 28 July 2022 By Jacqueline Swart   The u/18C girls hockey match caused many stomachs to turn on the pavilion. Students from both schools came to support their friends with flags, posters, and cheer.  Both teams were strong and challenged each other. Paarl Gim scored the first goal, and had the ball for the most of the first half, but Paarl Girls’ High came back strong in the second half. When the score read 3-1 with only a few minutes left Girls’ High was confident that we would win, but Paarl Gim had strong players who persevered and they scored a second goal.  One minute left. 3-2. Paarl Gim gets an attacking short corner. Everyone is quiet… the audience watch quietly in anticipation… It is the dying moments of the match. Gimnasium pushed the ball out to the castle. A to and fro followed in the circle, finally Girls High managed to pass the ball out of the circle into the dead zone. Time has run out. As i...

  Don’t act like you forgot the interschools dancers! Paarl, 28 July 2022 By Jacqueline Swart Waking up every morning at six to practice, my legs being stiff, and having to exercise more than I have in the past 5 months was definitely a challenge but it was all worth it when I would hear the music start.  When we performed on Wednesday many of the dancers were nervous, not wanting to disappoint our fellow girls’ highers. Their hearts, alongside mine, were beating fast but as soon as the music started our heartbeats fell into the rhythm of the dance beats.  Despite the dance performance being a smaller event than it was at Prestige, the two experiences were tied together with the fact that it was an absolute privilege. A privilege to dance in front of our friends, family, classmates and school. A privilege to be able to run to your friends after you performed. A privilege to be the first group to ever dance at interschools. A privilege to wear the white, blue and jade colo...

 Li efde van die spel… Laerskool netbaldae: Dit is oorgroot rompies, groot tekkies, hoё ponies verfraai met linte en hare wat wapper in die wind. Dit is hoë pale en amper onbereikbare hoepels, voetjies wat nie stewig trap nie en maatjies wat droomverlore rondstaan. Dit is jaycies, chips-on-a-stick en Ma … en Pa wat kom kyk.  Laerskool sportdae is sulke belangrike dae, want dit lê die grondslag vir ‘n gesonde samelewing - ‘n samelewing waarin gemeenskappe saamkom, deelneem, ander hul oorwinnings gun en kompetisie eer. Gister se laerskool netbaldag het dit mooi reggekry. Ons leerders het heerlik meegeding op die baan en het hul ouers hoor ondersteun in die agtergrond. Die dag het alles gebied van kleintjies wat hulle eerste interskole-wen of -verloor ervaar tot graad 7’s wat hul krete soos regte haka’s voor hul wedstryd opvoer. Die harde werk wat al die spanne ingesit het, het geblyk uit die uitvoering van mooi vooraf-geoefende spelpatrone. Een van die onderwysers het selfs opge...

  To chair or not to chair, that is the question? No, no, I am not referring to chairing an event or being the chairperson of a fortune-five company. I am referring to the questions the grade 9s had to ask themselves this morning.  With their permanent grade head off on maternity leave they were assigned a new grade head, a lovely, supportive, and understanding grade head, but unfortunately for the grade 9s also organiser and logistical manager of assemblies and events at the school. One can in fact refer to her as the chair-lady of assemblies. The grade 9s might have thought that they finally escaped service duty as they arrived in grade 9, but unfortunately not… They were promptly called in and explained that they will be part of the crisis management team for Big Brag. They will be called upon to carry almost 1200 chairs to the area in front of the school and then clear the area again. Now, I know that I am the complaining type, and the mere fact that my position of seniori...

Déjà vu next to the netball court .   During the Interschools Primary school Netball day on Wednesday, 27 July, the u/11 C team gave it their all. Watching them, took me back to my own primary school games. The suspense you feel as you’re taking your place but still searching for familiar faces in the crowd to reassure you. The voices you know all too well screaming at you from across the court and the little pieces of advice they give you while the ball is on the other side of the court. In the heat of it all, the u/11C's played with all their might. Their Centre player pushed through and delivered an excellent effort for her team. She was quick and tough. Their coaches screaming on the side of the court could only mean one of two things, either they were doing something right or they were doing something wrong and in this case this team was doing something right. They never gave up! They got back up after they fell, and that showed true character.  Standing outside looking i...

  Interschools favours the underdog! Paarl, 27 July 2022 By Courtney Hendriks The u/14D hockey team could not, when they did their routine warm-up, have suspected that the gods would smile on them as they did. But… they could have suspected something special was heading their way when the GHS dancers walked on the Astro to open the days events. Boy! Did they heat up the floor being the symbol of teamwork and synchronization.  Our Grade 8s, reciprocated and made us so proud today! They showed strength and perseverance. One could feel the passion and excitement on the field this afternoon. Those who were not playing were cheering their friends on, loud and proud they sang on the pavilions without any GK to lead them or anyone asking. They did it because they wanted to, not because they had to.  The team played against Paarl Gimnasium's u/14 C team and showed that they truly don't back down from a challenge. They were told to “play together” and they sure did. Within the las...

  Massabank: Sal jy gly of sal jy bly? Ek het ‘n informant op voetsoolvlak gevra oor wat gister bo by die Astro gebeur het. Ek het niks vermoedend na my klas gestap en ‘n klas daar verwag. Ek het gehoor hoe word daar van bo gesing: "I love my school." Dit het soos iets vars van Wembley stadion geklink.  My informant het my igelig dat die woord stilletjies versprei is: “Ons kom na pouse by die Astro se pawiljoen bymekaar. Versprei die woord, maar moenie dat die onderwysers julle hoor nie.” Die onderwysers het niks vermoedend in die personeelkamer gesit en knibbel aan die oorblyfsels van een of ander funksie (dit is natuurlik al wat onderwysers doen as die leerders hulle nie sien nie). Aan die einde van pouse was daar niemand in hul klasse nie. ‘n Paar onderwysers het vies reaggeer: “Waar is die leerders nou?” Iewers in hul agterkop het ‘n vae herinnering teruggekom van iets wat nie baie in die laaste drie jaar gebeur het nie - MASSABANK!! Dr. Taylor is ingelig oor die opruiend...