Circum Newspaper: 2017
Vrydag, 27 Oktober, was dit weer tyd vir Worcester Gimnasuim se leerders om op hulle tande te kners en die gevreesde naald aan te durf. Leerders oor die ouderdom van 16 en wat ook die bepaalde gewig is ( 50 kg) het na die ou-saal gestroom om deel te wees van hierdie wonderlike heldedaad. Om bloed te kan skenk moet jy seker maak jy eet 'n groot ontbyt (dis die tyd om vir jou ma vir daardie spek en eiers te vra) die oggend voor jy skenk.Jy moet ook gedurende die dag baie vloeistowwe inneem om seker te maak jy dihidreer nie. Vir die wat nie Vrydag deel was van die bloedskenk nie, hier is 'n opsomming van die gebeure.
As jy in die ou-saal instap word jy begroet deur 'n paar bekende gesigte (die bloedkliniek prefekte) wat jou darm gerus stel oor die takie wat vir jou wag. Hulle help jou ook om 'n vraelys in te vul wat deur die bloedkliniek opgestel is, om meer van jou persoonlike besonderhede uit te vind. Jy word op grond van jou antwoorde daarop dan goedgekeur of afgekeer. Daarna word jou vinger vinnig geprik om jou yster te toets en dan is jy gereed om daardie swart stoeltjies aan te durf. Die verpleegsters verduidelik dan baie mooi hoe die skenkery gaan werk en al die gevaartekens. Nadat hulle die naald in jou arm gedruk het, is dit bloot 'n formaliteit. Daar word een eenheid (ongeveer 350ml) van jou bloed getrek. Vir almal verskil dit dan hoe lank hulle daar moet sit, alles hang af van hoe vinnig jou bloed vloei.
As alles verby is, kom die oomblik waarvoor meeste mense bloedskenk. Die lekker koekie, sappie en sonbrille wat jy dan otvang. Natuurlik ook die wete dat jy drie mense se lewens gered het. Mense word aangemoedig om bloed te skenk aangesien daar 'n groot tekort is veral gedurende die fees seisoen.
Wees 'n held en skenk bloed!
Op Woensdag 18 Oktober het die 27 VRL-lede, meneer Fransman en juffrou Sheriff met hope entoesiasme na Delmas buite Wellington vertrek. Daar is met baie nuwe idees vorendag gekom. Verskeie spanbou-aktiwiteite is uitgevoer. Dit het beoog om te werk aan die leerders se kommunikasievaardighede sowel as hul vermöe om saam te werk. They were divided into groups and each group had to make a poster presenting a theme that could possibly be the RCL theme for 2018. Some of the other activities included unknotting a human knot and building structures out of marshmallows and sticks. They also cooled off in the swimming pool during breaks, and played rugby and soccor. Daar is gereeld gepraat oor hoe om in spesifieke situasies op te tree - wat ‘n leier behoort te doen en wat nie. Die Raad het beslis hierby baat gevind. Verder het die Raad die kamp ongelooflik baie geniet en sien hartlik uit vir 2018. Nuwe hoogtes sal bereik word.
On Saturday 21 October our athletics team attended at a tournament in Bredasdorp and performed exceptionally well. Worcester Gymnasium came 8th out of over 84 teams, at only 954 points behind the winner. Our best athlete was again Rogail Josephs, with two gold medals, one silver and one bronze. Other top achievers include Leandre Ketch (1 gold), Francois Prinsloo (1 gold), Cailin Papier (1 silver), Ethinique Adams (2 bronze) and Arné Coetzee (1 bronze). Of the remaining athletes (Phillip Basson, Leone Pieterse, Elize-Mari Jacobs and Claudio Matolla), not one ranked below 6th place in his or her respective event. Every Bosvark athlete performed excellently and we wish them luck for the upcoming season.
It's October, and although the short-and-sweet winter has passed on, the hockey season has not. We see the triumphant return of our school's top hockey players in the annual summer-league mini hockey tournaments.
For those of you who didn't know, summer league hockey is when kids from different hockey teams and of different ages play friendly hockey games together in teams of 11, with 8 on the field at a time. These matches take place in the 'off-season' when our hockey teams aren't playing against other schools.
Another huge difference between normal hockey and summer league hockey is the part of the game called "power play".
A team's captain can call "power play" at any time, and then their opponent's captain and another player has to go off the field for two minutes. The captains each get a chance to call a power play, and they can both call for power play at the same time. This, combined with the shorter games and the combinations of ages and genders, makes summer league very exciting to watch.
Here's what some of our school's top hockey players have to say about summer league.
Captain of Team 5
What is your favourite part of summer league hockey?
My favourite part about summer league is enjoying the game with the different age groups. My team is excellent (the best, in fact 😏😂) and I love the fact that we can just enjoy the game together no matter what the outcome.
What are the positives and negatives of summer league hockey?
Positives: getting to play with different age groups, only playing 20 minutes, and being a mixed team.
Negatives: the fact that the summer league is so late in the year. I'd suggest it to be in the beginning of the year before hockey season starts. Also the fact that it's quite hot when we play 😬😂.
Player in Team 6
Do you prefer summer league hockey or winter hockey? Why?
They are impossible to compare. The summer league hockey is only played for a few weeks, which makes it exciting and different, whereas normal hockey is played for half of the year, which means you get really close to your team and leave the season with a family.
What are the benefits of summer league hockey?
It's a great way to stay fit
Short games don't take up a lot of time
Great team spirit builder
Player in Team 7
What has summer league hockey taught you?
Ek het geleer om as een span te speel al is jy 'n klomp individuele spelers. Jou ouderdomme strek van o/14 tot o/18. Daar is 'n groot verskil in 'skill', en dit maak dit juis lekker om op dit 'gameplan strategies' te beplan om dan te wen.
Do you think it is beneficial for players in different age groups and genders to play together? Why or why not?
Ja, dit leer jou 'n verfynde 'skill' om as een saam te werk, al is jy 'n gemengde span. Jy beplan goed rondom jou sterk en swak punte en dit is baie kosbaar.
Captain of Team 8
What was the best and the worst for you in summer league hockey?
Die beste van die summer league vir my is om saam met die jonger kinders te speel van die skool, soos die graad 8's, en om vir hulle sterker te maak as hokkie spelers. En nog iets is dat meisies en seuns gemeng is - ons kan albei van mekaar af leer.
Van die slegte dinge vir my is: eerstens, ons speel mos nou net een keer in een rigting, en tweedens, ek hou ook nie 'actually' so baie van die power play nie, want een goal vir die power play tel mos twee goals.
Do you enjoy being captain of your team?
Om kaptein van my span te wees is nogals baie lekker. Dit leer my ook nou om meer te praat en mense aan te moedig, soos die wat stres en die wat nou nie 'confident' genoeg is nie.
For those Gimmies who want to go watch the matches, you are more than welcome. The teams play on Tuesdays (and next Thursday) from just before 17:00 till around 18:30.
Results will be posted on the blog as soon as they are available.
"Yesterday's gone, we gotta keep moving on. I'm so thankful for the moments, so glad I got to know you."
This was the lyrics of the song by which the matric wave of 2017 finally hit the shore.
The song's lyrics also reflects not only the years they shared with one another, but also the emotions that was portrayed during the parade day, which was held on Friday, 13 October.
The day started off with a bang as the matrics enjoyed their final fellowship as a group while having breakfast at the Cumberland Hotel.
The procession follwed short after and, as always, it was tremendously sentimental and beautiful.
During the assembly, not only the matrics but also the others couldn't fight back the tears as they reflected on the melancholic memories and friendships that they had built since grade 8. Mr Schoeman's metaphorical speech of the matric wave and the ocean coming in to the shore and the emotional goodbyes of the head prefects, Willa and Shakeel made saying goodbye just so much harder.
Now as the oceans change andthe wave draws closer and closer to shore the matrics will enjoy the ride no matter how rough the tide.
Their wave will however not simply be washed back into the ocean, but will be remembered for many more years to come.
The parade day of 2017 was a day filled beautiful sadness, but this however is not the end of the tide it is on the beginning of a new wave to ride.
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Seminarie koshuis se jaarlikse dinee was ‘n groot sukses.
Op Dinsdag, 10 Oktober 2017, het die graad 11 leerders van die koshuis seker gemaak dat die matrieks hul laaste dinee sal onthou. Al die matriek meisies het hul matriekafskeid rokke aangetrek om die mooiheid weereens af te wys. Met Jacques Groenewald se speaker wat kliphard deur die gange bars, was die aand definitief een vir die boeke. Die kos was heerlik, die saal was pragtig en die meisies het die aand vreeslik geniet.
Die koshuis meisies sal altyd die matrieks van 2017 onthou en in hul harte hou.
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