CCTV - SECURITY

Seeing Everything...

Extensive Close Circuit Television installed around the entire school grounds.

UNDERCOVER PARKING AREA - 26 JUNE 2014

COOL IS COOL...

Undercover parking as an initiative from the Entrepreneurs Society. Week End Car wash facility.

PIETER DE VILLIERS BESOEK GOODWOOD KOLLEGE - 22 JULIE 2014 - WAT 'N OGGEND!

Ons kyk terug na hierdie oggend. Dankie Pieter de Villiers vir 'n oggend van pure inspirasie. Ons skool dra jou op "ons" hande omdat jy elke persoon in die byeenkoms aangespreek het. Jy is 'n "groot mens" en het so 'n goeie lewensuitkyk. Jou boodskap dié oggend was vervul met vrede en ons is dankbaar dat jy waarde aan ons skool kom voeg het.

What a humble person. Thanks for sharing your inner peace with us at Goodwood College.

24 June 2014 - Environmental Art Competition - Great creativity!!!!

We have to stop for a while and look, listen, hear, feel and express our feelings on paper. [Environmental Art Competition's first entries]

Grand West - Environmental Art Competition.

Great artists. Lots of emotions captured in multi media sketches. Thank you for adding value to our school!

 

THE TOP ACHIEVERS - REWARD BREAKFAST 11 APRIL 2014

 

We strive to honour our top achievers in each grade. This is an initiative driven by our dear principal Mrs Africa. What a great morning and all the smiles.

Each Top Learner of the Grade Achievers has to motivate their winning "strategy".

SOMS GEE MENSE OM EN BRING GESKENKE - 26 MAART 2014

26 Maart het ons geskenke gekry van weldoeners. Dit is soos in die foto's duidelik dat dit lekker is om persente uit hul afleweringshouers te haal. Lekker geggigel terwyl ons die foto's geneem het. Hier sien u ons matriekdogters en ons skoolhoof terwyl hulle die toegif uitpak.

Looking back at a blessed 2014!

Take time and revisit some of the highlights of 2014

Setting the bench mark: Me Sharon Coetzee and her Grade 8's

EMPTY SPACES - ONGOING

2013/2014 We demarcated this area [as shown in the photos] as a potential enclosed venue to add value to our learners. [It was an area designed to serve as a "refreshment" base]. "Later on it became a security risk."
View the progression when you read this blog. "It is an ongoing art work." We will keep you posted on the the end result and the ultimate Launch from people who care. This area will serve as a "Reading room" and we will equip it with resources to enhance learning at our school. We have established a general policy of upliftment in our school. Grand West and their environmental outreach programme, saw potential in our school and they assisted us in this whole venture.

Area before we renovated it.

GOODWOOD COLLEGE & GRAND WEST PARTNERSHIP

Grand West was instrumental in upgrading our school's infrastructure. Before we reveal all that they have done, we first need to thank them formally. Learners at our school are reaping the benefits of our partnership already. It brings a whole new dimension to school pride. We will have a formal launch function and then we will keep you updated with photo's. Thank you Grand West for investing in education. We will show our appreciation:
More about this later...

[This invitation is only for a selected group and not open to the public]

The official notice to selected stake holders and friends in education.

National Water week - Elsieskraal river clean up

Wow! Dankie julle...

Mev Africa en 5 van ons leerders het Goodwood Kollege verteenwoordig by die Nasionale Waterweek: Elsieskraalrivier skoonmaak. ‘n Inisiatief ondersteun deur die Departement van Waterwese, Stad Kaapstad, Langa Omgewingsaksie Forum (LEAF) en Grand West se omgewingsbestuursisteem. Dit maak my hart so bly dat ons skoolhoof, hoofmeisie en onderhoofseun hulle steun aan die projek verleen het. Dit is hoe ons skool sigbaar word vir die aktiwiteite van die organisasies wat betrokke is in ons gemeenskap. Ons dank en waardering gaan uit na hierdie “sesmanskap” wat ons vandag verteenwoordig het. Julle voeg waarde toe aan ons skool wat ver meer werd is as pêrels!

 

 

Kyk net hoe netjies lyk ons leerders! Hulle was gekomplimenteer oor hulle mooi voorkoms! Ons is TROTS!

 

 

ONS GROET 'N WONDERLIKE MENS

28 Maart 2014 - Lionel groet ons

Vandag het ons ‘n groot juweel voorspoed toegewens op sy nuwe tog uit ons skool. Lionel Marescia groet ons vir die groener weivelde van Hoërskool JG Meiring, waar hy ‘n voormanpos gekry het. Ons beste wense vergesel jou en ons bedank jou vir jou lojale diens aan ons. Toe ons groet vanmiddag het ek geskerts dat ons hom gaan vra om nog vir ons af en toe die skoolvoertuie sal bestuur en raad gee. Getrou aan Lionel se mensliewende geaardheid, het hy gesê: “Maar natuurlik meneer, ek sal help waar ek kan!” Ons dink aan jou met jou nuwe verantwoordelikheid en ons hoop jy betree ‘n vervullende vennootskap met die nuwe skool.

Lionel was vir oulaas ons Nissan.

 

EDUCATIONAL TRAIN TRIP TO SIMONSTOWN

Annual Fundraiser event

Almost 310 learners, educators and a few adult supervisors took a specially chartered train to Simonstown today. Thank you learners, especially the majority of our Grade 8's. Also to all our other devoted learners who made this fundraiser possible. We are proud to say that our learners' behaviour was top notch! Thank you to all the staff members who participated in this gigantic team effort. A special word of thanks to Mrs Neethling for all the administrative work. Mr Barros, vice chairman of our SGB, we salute you and thank you for this initiative. The rest of the staff, even those who had to stay at school, we will thank you personally tomorrow. It felt good to be part of Goodwood College today!!!!

Photo's of the train trip to the Simonstown station! Epic journey! Lovely day. Cool morning to hot afternoon!

 

2014 Spirit of the Youth Programme - 4 Learners from Goodwood College

We found the following information on the internet about this fantastic opportunity for 4 of our learners. Good luck to the 4 chosen ones.

What is Spirit of Youth?

The Spirit of Youth programme is a forum in which 11th and 12th grade learners critically engage on relevant issues that they may better define and actuate the South Africa in which they would like to live.

Learners are selected on the criteria that each has distinguished her- or himself as a leader in their school community. The expectation is that these young people are likely to have a disproportionally high impact on their immediate peers and society-at-large.

The programme brings together learners from a myriad of social, economic, geographical and educational experiences with policymakers and businesspersons from across Gauteng. Our aim is that this year-long discourse will develop new understanding of the South African context and its possibilities.

The Lucky 4 is: Aufstralia van Staden; Kerishnie Schaeffers; Bevan Magerman (at the back) Vuyani Vuyelwa

 

17 March 2014 - YOUTH ENTREPRISE SOCIETY - GOODWOOD COLLEGE

FIRST MARKET DAY FOR THE YES ENTHUSIASTS. Well done to all the organizers for a very successful day. From the happy faces I saw on the day, it sure was evident that the learners enjoyed this venture very much. The learners had 18 stalls in the main hall and they had coach teachers who gave them advice on how to manage a stall on a 'market day'.

Cape Town International Airport - Rewarded interactive whiteboards

At a very prestigious morning event both Ravensmead Secondary School and Goodwood College received Interactive White Boards from Cape Town International Airport Education Initiative. We are very great full and it is already installed in our Mathematics/Life Sciences room. Dr Heinie Brand congratulated us and thanked the donors for their initiative.

LORENZO COLEMAN we salute you!!!!

CAT - Grade 10 - Reward initiative

What started as a joke, became a very serious competition! In the theory class, Mr Barkhuizen said that if one studies for money, then learners will perform. He put up a reward sum of R100 for the learner who came up tops in the Term 1 formal theory assessment. 

CONGRATULATIONS Lorenzo Coleman with your 74% result.

 

Close on his heels was: Andrew Jacobs 72%, David Balanganayi 70%, Mitchell Gouws 70%, Adrian Russel 70%, Owen Vuyolwethu Soka 70%. (The girls must seriously study to be in this circle of top achievers!!!!)

Mr Barkhuizen hands the prize money to Lorenzo Coleman.
The photo was taken by our CAT photographer Crystley van der Linde.

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G4 - Athletics meeting (repost)

Good interaction, well organized and adrenalin filled afternoon! The G4 - athletics meeting was one of the bookmarks of our 2014 calendar. Thanks to all our staff for participating in this prestigious event. You made us proud. The athletes were champions in their own right. It was fantastic to experience your determination and will power to succeed. The workers for their devoted long hours to help us host this event and above all our beloved organizers Me Cox and Mr Davids. We are so PROUD of you.

Goodwood College, JG Meiring, President and Fairburn College. In the middle big inset the principals of G4.

Ernest Angley Christian group visits us for Assembly

18 February 2014 - a visit from the USA, while on a miracle crusade in Elsies River. 
What a fantastic experience to feel the love for Christ and thank you for the number of prayers we have received from these young people. They are so dedicated to spread the Word of God that some of them had to take on as much as 3 jobs to enable them to tour to South Africa. WE ARE SO HUMBLED BY YOUR VISIT. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!

20 FEBRUARIE 2014 - FINAL INITIATION OF GRADE 8 GROUP

GRADE 8 - BLAZER CEREMONY

During this prestigious event which is a FIRST in the history of Goodwood College, the Grade 8 learners turned up in great numbers. All ready to wear their blazers to school. We thank all Grade 8 educators under the leadership of Me Sharon Coetzee for this initiative. This make the Grade 8 group worthy "citizens" of our great institution. They also displayed the 5 pillars on which they want to build school pride: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Caring and Citizenship.

GOODWOOD COLLEGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUB 2014

Entrepreneurship Club's fact finding visit to Granny's Green Nursery at Grand West.

Coordinating teachers are currently investigating possible projects to introduce to the learners of the Entrepreneurship Club.

We spent a great afternoon there on invitation of the CSI manager and the staff of Granny's Green Nursery.

Staff members were shuttled around the Grand West grounds, taken on a guided tour around the nursery and ended the afternoon with refreshments in the Boma and gifts of plants and Vermitea from our hosts.

Thank you Grand West! We look forward to build and extend our partnership!

LITNUM AWARDS 2013

"In our pursuit of excellence, we hover one moment to honour 2013's performance" - Literacy and Numeracy Award for schools of more than 600 learners. We will be pursuing this in 2014.

 Geen mens is bestand daarteen om trots te wees op opvoeders wat in hul klasgee leerders tot 'n hoër-hoogte te lei nie. Dankie Goodwood Kollege vir 'n span wat die ekstra myl loop om ons leerders op 'n pad te plaas wat hulle nooit sou gehad het nie. Ons eer julle toewyding.

Our team of educators is committed to ensure that all learners experience a good and solid education in the classroom. We are driven to dedicate our energy to uplift, take them to a higher level in education and to make their day at school worth their attendance. Thank you teachers of Goodwood College for your dedication and long hours.

Award presented to Me Virginia Africa and Me Sharon Coetzee on behalf of Goodwood College.

Smell the ocean! See the landscape! Be part of it!

"We did not inherit 'earth' from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children".

May God Bless us when we take our devoted learners to see the majestic coastal line from our school to Simons Town. An educational trip that will rock our existence in Goodwood College. The quote in green is the slogan for our Grade 12 CAT practical assignment for 2014. It is our dream that all of our learners will take part in our venture to raise funds and enlighten young minds. This is going to be a true exercise in school pride and "team building". How can one not see the beauty of our Cape Town landscapes?

 

 

Photo collage compiled by the "reconnaissance"- team.

 

I wish I had the time to do the coastal train trip, but the trip on a beautiful day like today, was even better by car on my way back home around Cape Point and Kommetjie.

 

 

 

  

RUNNING FOR RCL - 2014 - VRL ASPIRASIES

RCL:  Today the manifesto's were made public / VRL:  Vandag was die "manifesto's" opgeplak vir almal om te sien.

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy - Norman Vincent Peale.

To put your intentions to be a leader on paper, takes a lot of thought.
As mens jou voornemens op papier sit om as leier op te tree het mens pure innerkrag.
Sterkte aan al die leerders, hierdie is maar 4 van 'n hele trop!

 

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.
Bruce Lee
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Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.
Bruce Lee
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2014 - FIRST ASSEMBLY

Die Eerste Dag vir die Graad 8's

Ons is so trots op hierdie leerders wat vanoggend soos blinknuwe munte staan en skitter het in die voorpaadjie van die skool. Ons voorsien groot dinge van hierdie groep leerders onder leiding van Mev Coetzee en haar toegewyde span registerpersoneel.

 

2014 GRADE 8 - Orientation

09:00 - 13:00 Grade 8 Orientation

Grade 8's gathered in the school hall since early morning already. Mrs Sharon Coetzee (Grade Head) led the orientation with her team of register teachers. They were addressed by their Grade head, Mrs Africa (principal) and Mr Barkhuizen (vice principal). Welcome to our school!

STAFF FUNCTION 13 JANUARY 2014

All the new staff members joined us for a lovely function in the school hall tonight. We had loads of fun introducing each other to the staff. From now onwards we are a TEAM. The Governing Body was also present. To each and everyone, may 2014 join us together in harmony.

07/01/2014

2013 Matric Results

What a buzz at school today. While everyone is still on holiday, the school was handing out the results of the 2013 NSC candidates. Our school boasted an astounding 96.4% pass rate. We had 83 matrics who wrote the exam and only 3 missed the minimum requirements due to their Home Language assessment standard. Our TOP candidate, Jason van der Berg, achieved an average of 81%. We are so proud!


The principal Mrs Africa and a very proud Jason van der Berg