Epoch & Optima Math Scholarship
Following their excellent exam results, these grade 8 learners: Shawn Bruinders; William Crake; Aston Martin; Sindrino Matthews and Naeela Taliep have each been awarded a mathematics scholarship through the Epoch and Optima Trust.
Matric Results 2011
Congratulations to all our Matrics of 2011! With the best results in our school’s history the class of 2011 have certainly done Norman Henshilwood proud. We wish you all the very for the future ahead.
A Celebration of Excellence
On the 8th December, Norman Henshilwood held its annual celebration of excellence and what a celebration it was! The message of the evening that really shone through was that our learners have truly embraced excellence, and the vast amount of awards handed over was most certainly a testament to this fact.
Highlights of the evening included the Academic Top 10, bronze, silver and gold awards for each subject, sports awards, honours awards and the creative essay read by Zoe Carelse in Grade 10.
We also said good-bye to our two very special 
exchange students; Jan Kasper form Germany and Dafne De Souza from Brazil. Another highlight was seeing all the parents getting involved in a game of “Simon Says” led by Mr. Millar’s enthusiastic dancing on stage.
The evening came to an end with the announcement of the prestigious Special Awards which included the Principal’s Award. This award is issued to the one learner who truly upholds the image of the school.
The learner who shows integrity and rejects mediocrity on all levels, the learner who displays authenticity and has the courage or “guts” to take the risks needed to get to the top, and lastly, the one who embraces excellence in every area. The recipient of the 2011 Principal’s award, who has truly met all these criteria, was Courtney Williams in grade 10.
The school would like to congratulate all the learners who received awards, and we encourage you to keep pushing against the limits of mediocrity. We would also like to thank all the governing body members and the staff involved in making the evening a memorable one.
Top learner in each grade:
Grade 8: Kristen Barker
Grade 9: Bianca Lee
Grade 10: Jesrael Jacobs
Grade 11: Shabnam Hoosen
Silver and Gold Awards:
Olympiad
Matthew Faulmann (Silver)
Jesrael Jacobs (Silver)
Raymondo Swartz (Silver)
Extra Mural
Ridhaa Dien: Karate (Silver)
Shane Joemath: Athletics (Silver)
Tristan Kelly: Badminton (Silver)
Zeenat Khan: South African Drum Majorettes (Gold)
Lauren Paulse: South African Synchronized Swimming (Gold)
Kirstie Samuels: South African Dance (Gold)
Justine Stewart: South African Softball (Gold)
Leadership
Stefan Goldman (Silver) Farzaanah Jabaar (Silver)
Kayla Majiet (Silver) Luke Williams (Silver)
Courtney De Laney (Silver) Shabnam Hoosen (Gold)
Academic
Grade 8
Carla Arendse (Silver) Carin Heuvel (Silver)
Dominic Stanford (Silver) Kristen Barker (Gold)
Devon Gould (Gold) Insaaf Sambo (Gold)
Grade 9
Tiffany Adams (Silver) Ilhaam Geduld (Silver)
Melissa Leonards (Silver) Kauthar Adams (Gold) Lutfiyah Kharwa (Gold) Bianca Lee (Gold)
Luc Mally (Gold) Ashleigh Martin (Gold)
Ashly Martin (Gold) Sasha –Lee Poggenpoel (Gold)
Brett Van Der Posch (Gold)
Grade 10
Kelly Isaacs (Silver) Zoë Carelse (Gold) Tyla Evon (Gold) Matthew Faulmann (Gold)
Jesrael Jacobs (Gold) Raymondo Swartz (Gold)
Grade 11
Shabnam Hoosen (Gold) Nicole C. Smith(Gold)
SPECIAL AWARDS
Constantia Rotary Good Fellowship Award (The learner who is most supportive among his/her peers and that has been a friend to the entire group)
Grade 8: Insaaf Sambo
Grade 9: Cailin Booysen
Grade 10: Joshua Timm
Grade 11: Caila Bergsma
4I Award (The four I’s are Intelligence, Involvement, Integrity and Industry. This award goes to the learner who has displayed all of the above character traits)
Grade 8: Kristen Barker
Grade 9: Bianca Lee
Grade 10: Courtney Williams
Grade 11: Farzaanah Jabaar
Sportswoman of the Year
Justine Stewart (Softball – SA and WC; School Softball Team)
Sports Team of the Year:
Girls’ Cross Country
Cultural Group of the Year:
The Band:
William Paynter Jason Miller
Wesley van der Heever David Jones
Darren McLachlan Simone Booysen
Tasneem Daniels Michaela Johns
Tia Messias Laa’iqah Salie
House of the year: ALPHEN
Selfless Service Award: (For the learner who is selfless and always willing to sacrifice time to help.)
Shabnam Hoosen
Service to the Community: (For the learner who has placed others above him/herself. Someone who has dedicated time and energy to assist those who are less fortunate.)
Nicole C. Smith
Academic and Extra-Mural Excellence: (Simply a learner who is an all-rounder. Someone who is academically committed and one who has dedicated time and energy to extra-murals at school.
Kristen Barker
Principal’s award: Courtney Williams
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Prize Giving – 2011
Academic Top Ten – Term 4 2011
Academic Awards – Matric – Term 4 2011
Matric Prize Giving Programme 2011
Achievers Term 4
IDO World Hip-Hop Championships
Kaylon Finn came 24th out of 120 contestants in the IDO world hip hop dance event, Kyle Anthony took 14th place in the same contest. He also recently took 2nd place out of 30 contestants at a hip hop dance event held at Grand West.
Western Cape National Karate Champs
Siyabulela Zumana and Aa’isha Pietersen were selected to represent the Western cape at the National Champs of Champs Karate Championships to be held at Rustenburg on the 20-22 October 2011
Western Province Junior Chess club member
Jodie Jenecker has been selected as a member of the W.P junior Chess club.
Readathon winners 2011
Learners that participated in this reading challenge (15 Aug – 12 Sept) have helped to raise a record-breaking R14 00.00 towards the school library. The school wishes to thank you for your commitment to this annual challenge, the results will benefit teaching and learning.
Well done to this year’s winners:
In first place: Raymondo Swartz 10A, second place: Devon Gould 8C and third place Nazreen Cornish 8A
Creative writing: Essay winners
The English department ran an essay writing competition among the Gr.8 & 9 learners, “How my teacher influenced my life”. The following learners took 1st 2nd and 3rd place.
Their essays will be posted on the academic achievements page. Well done!
1st: Insaaf Sambo; 2nd. Sage van Niekerk and 3rd. Gameedah Cornelius
Academic Top Ten – Term 3 2011
Academic Top Ten – Term 2 2011
Mid-year results are out and we at Norman Henshilwood would like to acknowledge and congratulate those learners who have achieved the top academic results in their grade. Well done!
