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Van Rand en sent
na padkos en tent
Na 25 jaar van pligsgetroue
swoeg en sweet agter ’n tafel
vol finansiële state, versoeke vir
betalings of geld en tande kners
vir onredelike vereistes, het me
Annalie Cronjé uiteindelik die
punt bereik waar haar beplande
aftrede nou ’n realiteit word.
Me Cronjé het jare gelede
al besluit dat sy op 60-jarige
ouderdom sal aftree terwyl sy en
haar reeds-afgetrede man nog
jonk en gesond genoeg is om te
reis en die lewe saam te geniet.
Hulle is ywerige kampeerders
en beplan om goeie diens uit
hul karavaan en tent te kry.
Stabilis het vir me Cronjé
gevra wat sy veral van haar
jare by Grey sal mis. Sy het
onmiddellik geantwoord dat die
mense by Grey die belangrikste
komponent van haar verlange
sal wees; spesifiek al die
gereelde besoekers by haar in
die kantoor. Baie personeellede
het kom gesels, kom kla,
kom vra en diep dele van hul
persoonlike lewens met haar
gedeel. Daardie vertroue wat in
haar gestel is, sal altyd vir haar
’n kosbare herinnering bly.
Me
Cronjé
het
vele
mense sien kom en gaan –
want niemand hou skool by
Grey sonder om haar dienste
nodig te kry nie. Sy sê dit is
ook ’n vreemde waarheid dat
heelwat
onderwysers
wat
uiteindelik nie by die skool
aard nie, onmiddellik aan hulle
gesprekke geïdentifiseer kan
word.
Hierdie opregte vrou het ’n
warmte en omgee-geaardheid
wat veral deur personeellede
gemis sal word. Maar me Cronjé
verdien die nuwe fase van rus
en ontspanning en ons wens
haar alles van die beste toe.
- CHAD JONGBLOED
[Nuus]
STABILIS Grey Kollege Sekondêr Maart 2018
sTaBILIS
S
New addition to Afrikaans department
Ms Meyer experiences a sense of homecoming at Grey
Ms Cornelia Meyer and her class on the grass, enjoying the great outdoors.
Grey has a rich harvest of new
educators this year. Another
addition to the staff is ms Cornelia
Meyer, who joined the staff from
Olien Hoërskool in Fauresmith.
Ms Meyer, who holds an
honours degree in psychology,
chose teaching over psychology
because of her passion and love
for children and her drive to make
them do better. She studied at Tuks,
Pukke and at Kovsies where she
completed her B Ed Hons. Ms Meyer
is married to a farmer and they are
parents to three children – two sons
and a daughter.
Teaching is, obviously, also a
combination of using psychology
Photo: Eric Diswane
to instil the required level in
academics. Ms Meyer teaches
Afrikaans Home Language as
well as Afrikaans First Additional
Language.
The systems that are in place
at school work well and she adores
the respect she gets from the boys
when they stand to speak in class,
continually greet her and always
offer assistance when needed, she
added. Her love for Grey grows
by the day; when asked what she
thought about the school thus far
she said, ‘I love it! Everything works
so well. Coming from a school in the
platteland, this impresses me.’
- RELE TSOAI
Mr Casling is a bundle of passion and energy Athletics: Will it be day or night?
This year we welcome mr Voughan
Casling into the Grey family.
Mr Casling attended Grey High
School (Grey PE) and graduated
from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan
University (NMMU) with a Bachelor
of Education degree (B.Ed.), specia-
lising in Mathematical Literacy and
Biology. He previously taught at
Aeroville Secondary School, in the
Eastern Cape, for the duration of
2017 and says without doubt, that
Grey College is the better of the two
schools.
He currently teaches Mathe-
matical Literacy for grade 10s and
11s as well as Life Orientation for
the grade 8s. He also coaches rugby
for the under 16s as well as the
under 16s sevens rugby team. Mr.
Casling’s passion for teaching was
a fate he could not escape; he says,
“Teaching found me! My dad was a
teacher and he taught for over 36
years. I drew inspiration from the
Matric boys welcome mr Casling.
difference my father made in the
community.”
- BENSON WU
Photo: Eric Diswane
The variable in recent years is the
time of the athletics meet. This year
was the first time in three years
that the meet was held in its normal
time slot of the morning instead of
in the evening. The overall consen-
sus was that the students prefer the
meet in the morning, for a number
of reasons.
Firstly, the athletes believe
they won’t be as worn out as they
would in the evening. Riaan Brits
said, “The heat isn’t a problem. We
practise every afternoon in the heat
so it’s not really a factor. I would
be more scared of running in the
evening because the chance of my
muscles getting cold sooner is high-
er, which could lead to an injury.”
Many prefer the day because
they believe it brings a better vibe
and more pupils attended it during
the day. The evening meet brings its
own problems, like getting trans-
port to and from the stadium, the
changing of time for the hostels to
get food and learners not getting
time to do homework for the follow-
ing day.
Mr Van Wyk said, “I prefer it in
the day, because that’s when all the
records were set many years ago.
To give students a fair opportunity
to break these records they should
run in the same time slots.” He also
said that he prefers the day because
more students attend the event, as
seen this year, with city ranking
many more points than previous
years. In conclusion Mr Van Wyk
said,” It is clear that more records
and better times were run this year
compared to the previous two.”
- TRAVIS JANBROERS
Mnr Doubell is gou gemaklik in sy posisie as onderwyser en sportafrigter by skool
Mnr Doubell is een van die nuwe
leerkragte wat hierdie jaar aan
Grey Kollege verwelkom word. Hy
onderrig graad 8 en 9 EBW, graad
10 en 11 Besigheidstudies, asook
graad 10 Rekeningkunde.
Mnr Doubell het aan die
Hoërskool
Sand
du
Plessis
gematrikuleer. Hy was egter nie
altyd van plan om ‘n loopbaan in
onderwys te volg nie. ”Ek het deur
my hele skoolloopbaan nie geweet
wat ek wou doen nie. Ek het eers
in die jaar na matriek besluit om
onderwys te studeer.“
Mnr Doubell sê verder dat sy
pa, voormalige hoof van Hoërskool
Sand du Plessis, ‘n sleutelrol in sy
loopbaankeuse gespeel het; “Ek het
verskriklik baie van hom geleer,
veral hoe om met kollegas te werk.”
Voordat hy die skuif gemaak
het, het hy by die Hoërskool
Staatspresident Swart in Brandfort
skoolgehou.
Mnr Doubell het Grey Kollege
toe gekom omdat hy nog altyd by
een van die elite skole in Suid-
Afrika wou werk. ”Grey is die beste
skool in Afrika, so jy kry nie beter
as dit nie!“
Hy meen ook dat die gees by
die skool uitstekend is. Hy sê dat
die seuns goeie maniere het en
hulle het hom vinnig tuis laat voel.
Die
personeel
is
altyd
behulpsaam as hy oor iets onseker
is. Hy sê dat die sport is op ‘n vlak
wat hy nog nooit beleef het nie. “Ek
rig die o/19D krieket en die o/14C en
D rugbyspanne af en die talent in
daardie spanne is asemrowend.“
Daar is aan hom gevra om sy
mening ten opsigte van die eerste
kwartaal se verrigtinge te gee,
waarna hy gesê het dat alles baie
goed georganiseerd is, alles word
op groot skaal gedoen en dit het
die vermoë om die hele skool as ‘n
eenheid saam te snoer.
Hy meen verder dat niks
behalwe die beste by Grey goed
genoeg is nie en dit skep ‘n
atmosfeer waar leerders, sowel as
personeel ten volle kan ontwikkel.
- NICOLAAS WIPPLINGER