It gives me great pleasure to announce the winners of the best dressed Halloween costumes for 2025. In grade 8 we have Joe Erlank and Myles Lenford. In grade 9 Rethor Oostendorp. In grade 10 we have Amber Minnaar, Chelsea Sassman and Mia Jooste and our overall winner as well as the Grade 11 winner is Cassidy Vermeulen. Congratulations to all of you. Your creativity was amazing. Your prizes can be collected on Monday from my office.
Safety Protocols
All schools have a safety committee who must meet quarterly. Safety policies dictate what we do in the case of an emergency. When there is a threat, external or internal, on any individual learner/s we do our due diligence. Our key priority is to ensure the safety of all on site. We are directly linked to Safer Schools and the SAP.
Student Leadership Training
On Tuesday, 25th November 2025 we will be having our last student leadership training for the academic year. This will be for all RCL members and class captains of 2025. The training will take place from 08:00 to 12:00.
Examinations
From Monday, 10th November 2025, all students from grades 8 to 12 will be involved in their final examination. We wish all our students well. Your performance in this examination will determine whether you move on to the next grade or not. We believe that each student has the potential to do this. It depends on preparation, study, attitude and sacrifice. If your child is absent from an examination, a medical certificate is required.
Examination Irregularities
No cell phones are allowed on the school site. It must be handed in at reception before school starts and collected after school. If a cell phone is found on a student in the exam room, it is an irregularity and a set procedure is followed. This can lead to a student receiving zero for the examination [grade 8-12] and in addition at grade 12 level being barred from writing the NSC exam for 3-5years.
Below are additional examples of irregularities that have the same consequences described above:Any form of sounds/ talking in an exam roomNot following the instructions of the invigilatorcausing a disturbance in the exam roomhaving crib notes or any additional papernot being in a sober condition [Consuming weed/edibles/alcohol]
School commences at 08:00 and dismisses Monday to Thursday at 1pm and 12:00 on a Friday. Please peruse the exam time table for when school will dismiss at 1:30pm. Punctuality is vital during this period of examination as the examination can commence at 08:30.
We pray for the protection and safety of all of the Windsor family. We pray especially for our children. En Avante, Forward and Upward.Kind Regards
As we reflect back on the past week we can do so with pride.
Reflection
In our grade assembly, our top achievers for term 3 were acknowledged with certificates and the top achiever in each grade was awarded with a medal and a badge. We once again congratulate them.
Our class of 2025 wrote three NSC exams in the past week for the first time in our main school hall. History was made. Our grade 9 cohort wrote their systemic tests and the external invigilators praised the grade for their excellent behavior and co-operation on the day. Grade 9 students, we are so proud of you. Keep shining! Our Volleyball teams had an opportunity to attend the World PRO Beach Volleyball champions taking place in Camps Bay. This was thoroughly enjoyed by the Windsor Volleyball team as they were announced best supporters and were able to take photos with the various teams. Our grade 11 girls had the opportunity to attend a job shadowing program and they were thoroughly spoilt by the corporate world. Thank you to all our parents who attended the parent meeting this past week. The evening was a huge success in that the attendance was good and the engagement between parents and staff went well. Together we serve the best interests of our children.
Additional Support for the well being of students
We have our resident school counselor Ms T. Petersen who is a member of the School Based Support team and is on site Monday to Thursday from 9am to 1pm. We have Ms Denicia Buys from Life Choices our NGO Partner who is on site every Wednesday. We have the Character Company on site every Wednesday. This support deals with emotional well being, mental health, building character and general life skills addressing issues of bullying and substance abuse. We would like to introduce to our Windsor family a new member to this broad support team who will also deal with general physical health issues. The department of health has placed a nurse, Sister Green as Windsor High Schools allocated school nurse. We welcome Sister Green. She spent two days with us this past week. Her visits will be once a month going forward and the next date is set for the 20th November.
Important Dates
Wednesday, 29th October 2025 @ 6pm- New Parent Information Meeting Grade 8 parents of 2026
Thursday, 30th October 2025 @ 6pm- Budget Meeting. All parents
Friday, 31st October 2025 – Halloween Civvies Day; Students pay R15-00 for Civvies R5-00 in uniform
Saturday, 1st November 2025 @9am to 12pm – Grade 11 Leadership Workshop with Future Factory
Sport News
We congratulate Tamsyn Van Harte in grade 11C for being selected into the Western Cape Softball team that will participate in the National School Summer Games in Johannesburg in December. Also congratulations to Ms S. Petersen, our receptionist who was selected as a coach for this team. Well done to both of you.
Academic Update
Grades 8 and 9 Creative Arts November mark includes 2 projects and a test. A drama and an art project. Parents and guardians please ensure that your child does both projects. This is a huge part of the final mark once the test is added.
Grades 10 and 11 Life orientation final November Mark is an examination of 100 marks. This exam will assess terms 3 and 4 work. Parents and guardians we have had too many students not meeting the pass requirement in this subject because they are not studying for the exam. Please ensure that they have all the notes in their books and that they prepare well. No project or task or PE mark is added. It is only the exam mark.
November Exam Date
We have requested an early start to the November exam [4th November]. The reason being that 14 senior staff members have been approved to mark the NSC exam. Marking of the NSC exam commences on the 28th November. We await the response from the education department. As soon as we have the response we will issue the Final Exam Time Table to all. We have 7 teaching days left if we start on the 4th November. All learners must be studying and preparing for this exam.
Grade 9 Subject Choice Forms
Attached to this communication is the form that has already been handed to all grade 9 students. This is for grade 10 subject stream choices for 2026. This form must be completed and handed in by the 7th November 2025. Also attached is a letter explaining the subject requirements for Engineering Graphic Design [EGD], Grade 9 Parents and guardians please note that selecting Consumer Studies or EGD comes with additional financial costs to you the parent because of the equipment required for these subjects.
Student Discipline
This coming week is an important teaching week as the academic teaching program comes to a final close for 2025. All students must be punctual, dressed neatly in full school uniform every day. Any absence must be communicated with the school. Any classroom disruption will lead to the student being removed from the class and the parent receiving a call to collect them. We will not tolerate any violence or aggressive behavior at our school. Immediate suspension and if necessary a SGB Disciplinary Hearing. It is all about respect. For yourself and the family values you bring to school, respect for your peers and the adults at the school.. We have zero tolerance for anyone that is disrespectful. We uphold our school values of dedication, commitment, respect, kindness and care.
We thank the Almighty for all the blessings bestowed on our school and our school community. We pray for the safety of the Windsor family and we pray for the protection of our school community. En Avante, forward and upward.Kind Regards
It has been a wonderful first week back at school, welcoming both our staff and our learners after the short break. We celebrated the Class of 2025 at a beautiful valedictory ceremony held for the first time in our Main hall. Both the school choir, and our marching band performances enhanced the proceedings. The class of 2025, from the head prefects to each of the class representatives spoke so well that it brought both parents and teachers to tears. Zane and Ethan displayed such talent with their performance on the keyboard and the guitar. We are so proud of the Class of 2025. We wish our grade 12s well as they prepare for the NSC exam. Thank you to our grade 12 parents and families and the grade 12 team of educators led by Ms Mally for all the hard work, sacrifice and support shown to our young people during this high school journey. We congratulate our Valedictorian, Sitarah Allie for her excellent overall achievement of 86%. We celebrate Marybelle Schietekat on receiving the Principals’ Award and Elam Magumasholo on the Service Award. Well done to all our grade 12’s, 177 students of the class of 2025. This is the largest graduating Matric class of Windsor High in the history of the school.
As we approach this coming week, we are cognizant of the limited teaching time for our grades 8 to 11 before they commence their final exam. Therefore it is very important that all students attend school daily and that they are punctual. School will dismiss at 3pm as per normal this week, Monday to Thursday and at 12:30 on Friday. Reflection class will commence on Wednesday from 3pm to 4pm. We look forward to meeting the selected, invited parents to attend the parent meeting on Wednesday from 6pm to 7:30pm. This meeting will take place in the subject teachers classroom within the school building site. The bursar and myself will also be available to see parents during this time.
On Tuesday, the first NSC exam will be written. Our Computer Application Technology students will be kicking off the NSC exam. Then on Wednesday, we have the grade 9 cohort doing their systemic tests in English and Mathematics. The week is completed with all grade 12 students writing their first language papers.
The school has been invited to attend the World Beach Volleyball tournament taking place in Camps Bay and the school will provide the transport to and from the event. Those students attending must please take along a packed lunch. Indemnity forms must be returned as this will give them access to the transport. They must be dressed in full school uniform. They will be accompanied by staff members.
We encourage all the Windsor families to follow the schools official social media pages of Facebook, Instagram and Tik Tok. Please ensure that you are linked with the correct page. We are finalizing our new school website and will inform the Windsor family and the broader Windsor community when the launch will take place.
Our only fundraiser for this term is our Halloween Civvies Day on Friday, 31st October. The cost to wear Civvies on this day will be R15-00 and those in school uniform to donate R5-00. There will be a prize for the best dressed student in each grade. Boerewors rolls will be on sale at R20-00. Pre-Orders and payment to the register teacher by Monday, 27th October.
Finally a reminder that school fees must be paid. Attached once again is the top 20 merit list and the schools bank details.
We thank the Almighty for all the blessings bestowed on our school. We pray for the safety and protection of the Windsor family. May the week ahead be a productive and joyful one. May our class of 2025 find peace and focus as they prepare and study for their finals. En Avante, forward and upward.Kind Regards
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you back to school for the start of the fourth and final term of this academic year. This is a very short teaching term as we know that the grade 9 learners commence with National DBE testing through the GEC program on the 10th November 2025. This allows for 4 weeks of teaching before formal assessments commence for the grade 8 to 11 learners. The grade 12 learners start writing the NSC exam much earlier on the 21st October 2025.
We celebrated the class of 2025 at their Matric Dance at Kelvin Grove in the spirit of their successful completion of the September Trial exam where there was an increase in their pass percentage. Well done! We are filled with gratitude to the parents and staff who made this event a truly special one for the class of 2025. A special thanks to the grade head Ms Mally and her team of Ms Nicholas [organizer of the Matric Dance], Ms Prins and Mr Van De Merwe. The evening was enjoyable with delicious food and lots of dancing.
The Valedictory ceremony takes place on Tuesday, 14th October. On this day we will only be able to accommodate the grade 12 class of 2025 and parents/ guardians for this special celebration in the main hall of the school. There will be no formal classes for grades 8 to 11 as the event takes place from 9am to 12. All staff are involved in the ceremony.
As we reflect on term 3 results we acknowledge an increase in the pass percentage for each grade. This means more learners have passed term 3 from grade 8 to grade 12.. This momentum must be maintained and we work towards achieving 100% pass in each grade for the end of this term. Your input will determine your output! A reminder especially to our FET learners, grades 10 and 11: Your personal effort during this term and your achievement in the final exam will determine whether you move to the next grade or not. For our grade 12, class of 2025 we encourage you to go for Gold in this NSC exam. Study hard every day and know that you have been prepared well for this final exam. Your NSC result is entirely in your own hands now. Thank you to all the grade 12 subject educators for getting our class of 2025 to this point.
Attached to this communication is the calendar for term 4, the top 20 list of achievers for term 3 and the final NSC exam time table. School will dismiss at 2pm for students on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and 12:30 on Friday.
We commend all our learners for their excellent academic achievements at the Shine Academia prize giving. The beautiful poetry presented, the flute playing and the singing by our learners certainly enhanced the event. We thank Mr January for representing the school at this event.
We also welcome a new educator into the Mathematics department and into the Windsor family, Mr D. Authers. We wish him well.
We pray that term 4 will be the best term of the year and that the Windsor Family will be kept safe and protected. We pray especially for the class of 2025, that they may be focused to do their very best.
Dear Parents, Staff and Students We approach the end of Term 3 knowing that there is a test time table that continues with assessments for the final week of school from Monday to Thursday. The tests written this coming week are extremely important as they are the languages [English and Afrikaans] Paper 3 examinations that will be assessed for the final November examination. School will dismiss for learners Monday to Thursday at 13:00. On Friday, the last day of the term, reports will be accessible on Prosum from 12:00. On this day, all confiscated items and phones can be collected between 08:00 and 10:00. Extra Mural Activity We are extremely proud of the Marching Band team who participated in the Heritage Day Festival at the Vygieskraal Stadium. We thank Ms Prins and Ms De Kock for guiding this group with such excellence. Keep marching students, we are extremely proud of you. Spring School Attached to this weekly circular is the time table for the grade 12 Spring School. Farewell With great sadness we bid farewell to Mr Jabaar who will commence a new venture outside of education from term 4 onwards. We wish him well and thank him for his loyal and committed service to the Windsor family. He will be sorely missed. We thank the Almighty for the protection and safety of the Windsor family. We pray for peace in Gaza and all the troubled areas of the world. We pray especially for peace in our homes and in our communities. En Avante, forward and upward. Kind regards Ms D. Morgan-Meyer
