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Allan Gray Orbis Foundation
If you are eager to get involved in the development of young entrepreneurs, the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation is looking for mentors with:
1. The ability to enable young entrepreneurs through knowledge and experience.
2. A minimum of 5 years experience in business.
3. Mentors who are based in the Western Cape, Gauteng, Eastern Cape or Free State.
Apply online: https://lnkd.in/eQp_k6w
Anzisha Prize Forum - 22 October 2019
On 22 October 2019, the Anzisha Prize hosted the Anzisha Forum (previously known as the Anzisha Gala) in Johannesburg. Prize money of over USD $100,000 in funding was handed out to the top 20 of Africa's very youngest and brightest entrepreneurs.The activities of the day were geared towards looking at the future. This year’s theme was: heads, hearts and hands. Mrs Tromp was invited to attend the forum and spent the day engaging in discussions in and around the importance of teaching critical thinking and problem solving skills.
The Anzisha Prize offers very young entrepreneurs across Africa seed funding and comprehensive business and individual support to enable them to thrive as business owners. The concept behind the Anzisha Forum is that if they can tell the stories of young entrepreneurs, they can inspire teenagers everywhere to follow their footsteps.
The Anzisha Forum is a platform to widely celebrate the young entrepreneurs and provide exposure to global opportunities to accelerate their path to entrepreneurship success, proving to the young African cohort that entrepreneurship is a viable path.
The day was broken into three sessions and allowed the invited guests to participate in facilitated conversations around entrepreneurship with like minded individuals and stakeholders, discussion groups with the award nominees and finally the gala dinner where the winner was announced.
It was an incredible experience and brings one a sense of hope and renewed courage to know that the youth of the African continent are fighting together to reduce youth unemployment. The Anzisha Prize as well as the African Leadership Academy are always looking for mentors for their fellows and this is also a fantastic way to get involved in helping young entrepreneurs. Please visit their website if you are interested in their endeavours: http://www.anzishaprize.org/
Toastmasters
Alexandra Bouch in Grade 10 was invited to the Toastmasters October meeting because they needed some youth participation to spice up their talks. She was invited along with a student from SACS. At this meeting she was voted Best Prepared speaker and Best Impromptu speaker. Her fellow competitors were adult Toastmaster members.
Grade 8 - 11 Final Exams
The formal Grade 8 -11 November examination session begins soon. When the exam session begins for each grade, a number of rules and guidelines apply, including the following:
- Pupils do not need to attend school on days when they do not write an exam.
- A doctor’s certificate is required when a pupil misses any examination because of illness.
Further guidelines may be found in the document at this link, while the formal rules for the examination room are to be found here.
Grade 10 2020 AP Mathematics Evening
Pupils and parents who attended the AP Mathematics evening last week have completed the first requirement for taking the subject at Springfield in Grade 10 next year. Please be reminded that applicants for the subject need to complete the application form given out at the information evening and achieve a minimum of 85% for Mathematics at the end of the year to be granted access to the course. Please feel free to contact Mrs Ballantyne with any queries you might have about this process.
Grade 12 Final Exams
With a dozen exams collectively under their belts, the Grade 12 class continues with their final exams this week. The schedule for the upcoming seven days includes:
- Thursday, 31 October: Afrikaans Paper 1
- Friday, 1 November: Physical Sciences (Physics) Paper 1
- Monday, 4 November: Physical Sciences (Chemistry) Paper 2
- Tuesday, 5 November: Geography (Theory) Paper 1 and Geography (Map work) Paper 2
- Wednesday, 6 November: English Paper 2
Please continue to keep the Grade 12s in your thoughts and prayers as the exam session continues. All are requested to be as quiet as possible when passing the areas around the Music Hall, where the exams are being written.
Grade 10 and 11 Mole Day
A very successful Mole Day took place last Wednesday. This unofficial holiday celebrated among chemists, chemistry students and chemistry enthusiasts on October 23, between 6:02am and 6:02pm, making the date 6:02 10/23 in the American style of writing dates, referencing Avogadro’s number, which is approximately 6.02×10^23, defining the number of particles in one mole of any substance.
Each student received an element and had to decorate a square biscuit with its symbol and atomic number. These were then assembled to build a big Periodic Table of Biscuit Elements. Each class had a theme according to which they decided to dress up, and the theme had to have something to do with “moles”. “Despica-mole me”, “The Incredi-moles”, “101-mole-mations”, “Rock and Mole”, “Who wants to be a mole-ionaire” and “Mole-vel” were represented by the various classes. Mr Mole-gendal also made his appearance!
The class also had to plan a 10-20-minute game to play with the group. “Chubby moles” had everyone laughing, where each participant has to attempt to say Avogadro’s constant with the most number of marshmallows in his or her mouth. Mr Quinn beat everyone by far and the marshmallows seemed to just disappear once they were placed inside of his mouth! Interesting questions were also asked during a game of “Who wants to be a mole-ionaire” and girls enjoyed “The chocolate game” as well. Some rather interesting phrases came out in the end during the “Broken mole-a-phone” game and girls ran around nervously during the “Periodic Table Fruit Salad” game to try and find a left-over chair.
The day was concluded in the gardens with some three-legged racing (and a couple of falls!) where girls took off with two of their legs joined together on “Ready, Set, Mole!” and handing out of prizes to the best-dressed class and individuals and the best-decorated cookies. It was a lot of fun and we look forward to celebrating the event again next year!
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