Term One, Issue 01

February 2019

“The faithful love of the

LORD never ends! His
mercies never cease.”
Welcome to 2019 …
Lamentations 3 vs 22

CONTENTS
Matric Results 2018 pg 2

Pre-Prep First Week pg 6

Prep First Week pg 7

A warm welcome to our parents, staff and students and a special hearty
High School First Week pg 8 welcome to all our new families in 2019. We are pleased that you have
made HeronBridge College your first choice education provider for your
Inter-House Galas pg 9 children. Our School’s vision clearly articulates the transformation that
we hope to see in every student who enters the gates of HeronBridge
Simon Says ... pg 11 College. At HeronBridge College, we believe that all children are gifted
and talented by God in different areas but still need to learn life skills.
Open Day & pg 12 We aim to educate children in such a way so as to achieve their personal
Scholarship Grade 8 best while allowing them to honourably face the challenges that life
2020 Information places in their path, thereby glorifying God.
Lesedi Volunteers pg 13 While each child is developed academically, other aspects of their being
such as the social, emotional and spiritual are nurtured with equal
fervour resulting in well-rounded pupils. This is evident in a number of
our alumni who continue to excellence in their chosen fields post
HeronBridge. The first edition of the Heron in 2019, highlights the
different facets of our school namely, outstanding Grade 12 results for
2018, a special welcome to all our new students, especially in Grade 1
and Grade 8! We feature both the Preparatory and High school Inter-
House Galas. Happy reading.
May God bless you and your family abundantly in 2019.
Marketing team
 We celebrate our Matric Class of 2018
• 100% pass rate
• 100% access to tertiary studies
• 96% university exemptions
• 88 students
• 158 subject distinctions
• Average for all students across all subjects 70%
• 16 students A aggregate
• 25 students B aggregate

8 8 8

Ashley Kreft Daniel Copeland Jessica Rowe

8 Distinctions - average 93,7% 8 Distinctions - average 91,6% 8 Distinctions - average 90,4%
Accounting Afrikaans Afrikaans
Afrikaans English English
English History History
Life Orientation Life Orientation Life Orientation
Life Science Life Science Life Science
Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics
Physical Science Physical Science Physical Science
AP Mathematics AP Mathematics AP Mathematics
Top 1% of IEB candidates for Top 1% of IEB candidates for Top 1% of IEB candidates for
Accounting, Afrikaans, Life History, Life Orientation, Life History, Mathematics
Orientation, Life Science, Science, Mathematics
Physical Science

Congratulations to Ashley, Daniel and Jessica who received an IEB Outstanding & Commendable Achievement, placing
them in the top 5% of all learners in 6 or more subjects and in the top 60 of all students countrywide.
No school had more students than HeronBridge in the top 60, and we are one of only five schools in the entire country to
have three students receiving this award.
 6 6 7 6 7

Matthias Venayagamoorthy Dylan White Shasta Swan Deyna Barnard Beverly Coutts
6 Distinctions - average 86,4% 6 Distinctions - average 86,3% 7 Distinctions - average 86,1% 6 Distinctions - average 84,7% 7 Distinctions - average 84,0%
English English Afrikaans Afrikaans Afrikaans
History Geography English English Drama
Life Orientation Information Technology Life Orientation Life Orientation English
Life Science Life Orientation Life Science Life Science Life Orientation
Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics Life Science
Physical Science AP Mathematics Physical Science Art Mathematics
Art Art

5 5 4 5

Tamlyn de Beer Brandon Simpson David Walker Thomas de Villiers

5 Distinctions - average 83,9% 5 Distinctions - average 83,7% 4 Distinctions - average 82,9% 5 Distinctions - average 82,5%
Afrikaans Engineering & Graphic Design Afrikaans Afrikaans
English English English English
History Life Orientation Information Technology Life Orientation
Life Orientation Life Science Life Orientation Life Science
Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics
Top 1% of IEB candidates for
Top 1% of IEB candidates for English
Afrikaans

6 6 4 4

Abbey Houghton Caela Kleynhans Luke van Greuning Ryan Richardson

6 Distinctions - average 82,3% 6 Distinctions - average 81,3% 4 Distinctions - average 81,0% 4 Distinctions - average 80,4%
Afrikaans Afrikaans Afrikaans Afrikaans
English English Geography Engineering & Graphic Design
Geography Life Orientation Life Orientation Life Orientation
Life Orientation Life Science Mathematical Literacy Mathematics
Life Sciences Mathematics
Mathematics Art
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James Smith Michaela Jackson Alexa de Greef Lisa Rotter

4 Distinctions 4 Distinctions 3 Distinctions 3 Distinctions

3 3 5 3 3

Mark Jennings Catherine Davies Caitlin Steytler Devon Holland

3 Distinctions 3 Distinctions 3 Distinctions Top 1% of IEB candidates for
Mathematics Literacy

These outstanding results are particularly significant to us for several reasons:

• We make every effort to enrol every student who wishes to be at our school.

• It is our desire to assist every child to achieve to his/her greatest potential and, as a result, our pass rate across all
grades is in excess of 98%.
• We believe that each and every student has what it takes to pass at matric level and we encourage our students to
persevere including those that may find academic rigour challenging.

• Our overarching goal is to provide an all-round educational experience comprising sport, culturals, outreach and
academics to every student who joins our community.
God has given the HBC class of 2018 wonderful gifts. We are grateful to Him for His hand on this group of young people
as they have seen school to completion. All glory to God for these magnificent results! It is our prayer that our 2018
matriculants will use what they have been given to become significant and responsible adults, impacting the lives of those
less fortunate than themselves and honouring the Lord in all that they do. We wish them well and hope that they will now
go out and ‘do’ life with Heart.

Keith Wilke
College Head
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DUX SCHOLAR

Ashley Kreft

CANIS MAJORIS

Juliet Burch, Daniel Copeland, Jarred David, Tatum Evans, Avela Mbuyazi & Jessica Rowe
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PRE-PREP
We have had a happy start to the new year which is evident in the lovely pictures taken of your children and we
look forward to a year of learning through play. When defining what constitutes a Pre-Preparatory curriculum, I
would like to believe that it is everything that happens in a day. “Curriculum happens when the child meets
materials” (Gordon and Browne). It is very different from a curriculum for older children, as it is more concrete,
integrated, interrelated and comprehensive. Young children are unique and need adults to care for them and
teach them in ways that enhance all areas of their development, i.e. social, emotional, physical, cognitive and
spiritual. It also recognises the vast amount of development that occurs in the early years of a child’s life and
hence the need to explore, experience and discover different things in their immediate environment. We are so
privileged to be involved in this journey with your children, whether it be at a Grade 0000 level or Grade R. We
look forward to a fun-filled year, where we strive to develop each child to their full potential.
#HappyChildren #HappyParents #Learning
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PREP
The Prep have had a happy and busy start to the new year. We welcome all our Grade 1s at the special Blue
Heart Assembly. We can recognise many of our favourite teams by a logo, at HeronBridge we strive to Educate
with Heart! As we welcome the new Grade 1’s into our Prep school, each child is given a Blue Heart. This heart
serves as a reminder that they are HeronBridge kids and that whatever they do, they strive to make God proud.
The Grade 4s began 2019 with a bang as they participated in a team building orientation morning. Fun in the
sun set the tone for the interactive and engaging year ahead.
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HIGH SCHOOL
There was lots of excitement as the Grade 8’s of 2019 enjoyed their Orientation Programme at the High School
over the first few days of school, ending off with a lovely pool party.

We have a tradition that was started by the Grade 12 class of 2006, every Grade 8 that enters HeronBridge
College has the unique opportunity to ring the bell to signal the beginning of their high school chapter. In their
final year, at their Valediction ceremony, each child once again rings the bell to signal the end of their HBC
chapter.
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INTER-HOUSE GALA
Prep
On Monday 28 January, a wonderful morning was spent celebrating with the talented children who swam with all their heart!

The Spirit trophy was awarded to: Turaco

The winner was: Weaver!

Top Left: Turaco - Spirit Trophy

Bottom Left: Weaver - Winner

Danni Nogueria (Junior Victrix Ludorum), Callan Lotter (Senior Victrix

Ludorum), Travis Donnelly (Senior Victor Ludorum) and Jamie
Holroyd. (Junior Victor Ludorum).
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INTER-HOUSE GALA
High School
On Wednesday 23 January, a fun filled and exciting morning was spent at the High School Inter-House Gala.

The Participation Award was awarded to: Barbet

The Spirit Award was awarded to: Starling
The winner was: Weaver!

Gabriella Edwards (Junior Victrix Ludorum), Enzo Nogueira (Junior Victor

Ludorum), Alexa van Thiel (Senior Victrix Ludorum), Luke Hanlon and Aiden
Griffith (Senior Victor Ludorum).
Stained-glass Window
In mid-January we welcomed into our College heart Gunnar Solskjaer produce very different results to
118 Grade 8 boys and girls as well as 21 new pupils those of perennially grumpy Mourinho, makes me
in the other grades. think the days of the exacting and feared boss are
way in the past. To me it feels like the players have
Each one is a precious son or precious daughter. Each
one possibly a cousin, maybe a niece or nephew, been set free.
probably a sister or brother. Each one a priceless indi- And they are playing all the better for it.
vidual never seen before and never to be repeated. Football management might be under the whitewater
And each one will make a unique and invaluable con- of change as the civility of Gareth Southgate produced
tribution to the constantly evolving tapestry of our the best English World Cup performance for nearly
school. three decades and I do believe that the manners on
display from the manager filtered down into a team
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the English poet, had a theo-
who were media friendly and evidently well-behaved
ry that we see life through a metaphorical stained-
glass window. Each experience that we have adds an- during the tournament too.
other piece of coloured glass into that window. Consider the warmth generated by Jürgen Klopp to-
wards his Liverpool players. It is more akin to a father/
And so, you and I could conceivably look at the same
son relationship than that of a business manag-
thing and because our “window” is different, we would
er. Watch how Klopp embraces his players at the end
see the same thing differently. of a match. It’s as if he has a paternal role. And they
And so, as these young men and women join Heron- top the Premiership at the minute.
Bridge College we need to be prepared and under-
stand that they won’t necessarily see things the same Coincidence? Possibly, but maybe not.
way that anyone else will. Education has changed too and what we might be
seeing on the international football arena has been in
This begs the question, how do you run a school
play in good schools for some time now. What we are
where precedent is by definition illogical? seeing on the global stage is already being embraced
We know that we are dealing with a school filled with in modern educational practice.
different people. Each one is unique and therefore our
Maybe I am wrong. I’ve been wrong many times be-
response to each individual, needs to consider the
fore and I will fall short in the future too. But perhaps
specific needs of the individual and it therefore needs
this focus on wellness and the genuine care for others
to be appropriate. is just what we all need, in our schools and in our
It’s quite daunting and it is very different from my own country and dare I say it, in our world too.
school days where my individuality wasn’t seen as be-
I am proud to work in a school community that cares
ing all that important to others. I just had to confirm
and get in line and be exactly the same as everyone for the heart of the parents, staff and pupils.
else. For me that is the only and the best way forward.
As an adult, if my employer wants the best from me, I Simon Crane is Deputy Head in the High School.
will do far than is expected from me if I feel valued as
Look out for his articles which will be published twice
the unique individual I am rather than just being seen
as a cog in the machine. Why would it be any different a month
for the younger adults within our care?
Watching Manchester United under the smiling Ole
Applications are now open to current Grade 7 students who would like to apply for a Scholarship for Grade 8 in 2020.
A brochure has been sent home with every HeronBridge Grade 7 child. To make the process as user friendly as possible,
there is an online Scholarship Application Form: http://bit.ly/scholarship2020
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