Senior School Newsletter

Dear Parents, please click here for an instruction guide to install the Springfield Convent School App

Term 1: Wednesday 18 January to Friday 31 March. Full term dates, including public holidays and religious days, can be found on the school app.

Congratulations to the Matric Class of 2022 on your outstanding achievements. May your journey ahead be filled with many blessings and new adventures.

To make an appointment at The Shop@Springfield please book a time using the link in our Springfield App. If you know exactly which item/s and sizes you require, please email your order. Payment and collection details will be communicated to you by the school shop.

2023 Connect House Heads

Dominic

Dominic

Maccy

Maccy

Thomas

Thomas

New Staff

We would like to take the opportunity to welcome the following staff to the Senior School. We hope that their time at Springfield is happy and rewarding

Mr Estin Jacobs Maths

Ms Finn Lewis Maths

Mr Navan Coetzee Afrikaans

Ms Jayshal Gajjal Visual Arts

Ms Megan McCurrach Life Orientation

Ms Natashia Barlow Consumer Studies

Ms Denise Sarjoo English

Farewell

We are sad to inform the Springfield family that Ms Colleen Reed, Head of Sport, has resigned with effect the end of term 1. We wish her well for her new endeavors. Her presence on the campus will be missed.

Colleen ReedHead of Sport

Feast of St Thomas Aquinas - Dominique Ducray

Thomas Aquinas was an Italian Dominican friar during the 1200s. He was a renowned scholar, and laid the foundation for much of Christian theology. He has been described as the most influential thinker of the medieval period. He is patron saint of academics, Catholic schools, pencil makers, learning, students, philosophers, scholars, and many other things. He is a Doctor of the Church, meaning that he is recognised as having made a significant contribution to Catholic doctrine.

His feast day is celebrated on 28 Jan each year, and Thomas house is named for him.Some quotes from Aquinas:

TUCKSHOP PRE-ORDER FORM FOR TERM ONE 2023

For those parents wishing to place a pre-order for their daughters, please email sean@foodstheatre.com

Payment can be either by EFT or Snap Scan. We also have YOCO at the Tuck Shop for card payment.

Our banking details are:

A/C holder - S G Keyser Bank – ABSA Wynberg Acc number – 9089098372

We have introduced the Karri app as well as TapTuck. Our contact details – Sean 082 306 0345

Email sean@foodstheatre.com

Many Thanks

The Tuck Shop Team

Pre Order Form 1st Term 2023 (1).xlsx

Dr Marcus Melck - Toad Catching at Springfield!

As many of you may be aware, the use of the iNaturalist app helped us to identify the presence of Guttural Toads on Springfield property. The toads are invasive to the Western Cape and threaten the endangered Western Leopard Toads that are endemic to the region. As a result, the City of Cape Town launched a toad capture campaign a few years ago using NCC Environmental services to remove as many of the toads as possible.

Last December saw the first toad capture operation taking place at Springfield with the NCC crew catching 35 toads in less than an hour (the capture took place between 20h30 - 21:45), a significant number! Each toad had its exact time of capture recorded, along with it's length, before they were taken away to the NCC premises where they were chemically euthanised. These specimens are then provided to various universities for further research.

Keep an eye out for future toad capture operations in case you'd like to try your hand at toad catching!

Robotics Club

Robotics Club is starting up this term. Join us in the computer room on Tuesday 15h15-16h00 for a practical activity to experiment with and learn how to program robots. Please email Miss Sanby at rsanby@springfieldconvent.co.za if you would like to join as space is limited.

Debating

We are extremely proud of the debaters who represented the province at the National Debating Competition in Gauteng this December holiday. All of our speakers spoke exceptionally well, and can be very proud of themselves.

Not pictured is Sua Sung, who represented the WP senior squad, and ranked as the 6th best speaker in the country.

Well done to all speakers!!

Pictured are Mazvita Macheke, Miecah Barnes, and Nicola Mehl, all of whom were on the WP junior squad.

Sport News

INDOOR HOCKEY ACHIEVEMENTS 2022

We accolade our talented Springfield Indoor Hockey players who did so well at PSI Nationals in December 2022.

Jess Paverd won the trophy for Goalkeeper or the Tournament for U13. Jess has just joined the Senior School in Grade 8 and is proving to be a huge asset in the goals for Indoor Hockey!

Madeleine Surtees, Tess Ryan, Kaitlin Jordan, Julia Christodoulou and Jaime Thompson Seals won Silver at the tournament.

Refiloe Mothekhe and Jodie Smith won Silver in their section for the Sharks.

Kate Opperman represented the U16 Sharks who won Bronze in their section.

Khanya Moore respresented the U16 Seals Pups who won Silver in their section.

And a massive congratulations to Bella Amm who was selected for the U16 All Stars Tournament that toured Germany recently for Indoor PSI!

WP TENNIS

Well done to Madeleine Surtees who was selected to represent the Western Province U15A tennis team.

HOCKEY AND NETBALL TRIALS SCHEDULE - UPDATED

Please see the updated Hockey and Netball trials schedule. Please note that trials commence this Saturday 28th January 2023.

EXTRAMURAL TIMETABLE

Please see the extramural timetable which is also to be found on the Springfield App.

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