Bergvliet High School News

Report on U15B Cricket Match on Mon 17th of Oct against Grassy Park High School Bergvliet won the toss and elected to bat first. We got off to a steady start with consistent partnerships throughout the innings. Kalan Perumalsamy top scored with 25 retired and he was ably supported by Bahaarit Khan with 18 not [...]

BHS has just created its own 2012 calendar. Using paintings and sketches from learners in the Art Department, Jenni Hunt has compiled a calendar worth buying. There is a single page for each month and important school dates and holidays are noted. The cost of the A4 landscape calendar is R50. Payment can be made [...]

Budding writers at BHS recently submitted work to the English Creative Writing CAtegory of the Cape Town Eisteddfod. These were some of the results: LPO 5 Shaun Schroeder: “My God is Our King” Merit Kaitlin Fisher : “Prisoner” Honours Gemma Jones: ” Cradled” Diploma Micaela Peter: “It was All a Lie” Diploma Micaela Peter: “Bullying” [...]

At Kenilworth Race Course on the 22nd of October the Bergvliet High School’s Cheerleads assisted at the Pick n Pay ‘Pink Walk’. Charme Agenbag, teacher and cheerleader coordinator said, “The cheerleaders volunteered at the waterstation and cheered walkers on! Despite the wind, it was a stunning day filled with fun and laughter”. Money raised at [...]

There is nothing like the feeling you get when you are excited for a camp, when you have high expectations and are hoping for the best; and so – when a camp exceeds those expectations as much as this past one did, you can’t say anything but, “Wow, that was awesome! Thank you!” It truly [...]

Art at BHS in 2011 2011 has been a phenomenal year for the BHS Art Department! We have visited exhibitions as far afield as Stellenbosch and visited the studio of renowned bronze sculptor, Dylan Lewis. We entered the Cape Town Eisteddfod with fabulous results and our Matrics held the first Retrospective Exhibition in the Gym [...]

James Nevin Grade 10 learner was selected as a member of the Western Province Senior A Team (chosen from amongst Grade 10s, 11s and 12s in the WP) which took part in the annual Inter-provincial Mathematics Olympiad (IPMO), held on Saturday 10th September 2011 at Stellenbosch University. James’ team (i.e Western Province A) took first [...]

South African U/19 Softball Team for World Championships. There was with great joy when Kathryn van Boom, grade 11 learner at Bergvliet High School, received the news of her selection for the SA U/19 softball team to represent South Africa at the Junior Women’s World Championships (JWWC). South Africa will host 16 other countries – [...]

The Matrics have left and the learner leadership posts in the school have been ably filled by the Grade 11 Learners. The Representative COuncil of Learners has also been filled with new representatives chosen by the respective grades. congratulations to all our new learner leaders! Charmaine Kendal

5 pupils from Grade 11 accompanied Mrs Drew to a very exciting day at the Genetics Department of the University of Cape Town. The pupils were enthralled at the  scientific information received as well as being able to “run DNA in  an electrophoresis tank” themselves. Carol Drew