4 June 2020Dear Parents and LearnersSchool will reopen for Grade 7 and 12 on Monday (8 June) and the staff at Riebeek is ready and excited to accept our learners back. I ask you to please reread the letters I put out on the 28 May and 1 June, as well as the correspondence entitled Covid-19: A Guide ...

Letter from the Principal:1 June 2020Dear Parents / GuardiansToday would have been the restart of school for Grade 7s and 12s and the school seems especially quiet and sullen today as it seems to yearn to be filled with the sounds of learning and teaching. Now that schools have partially re-opened f...

LETTER FROM THE PRINCIPAL: 28 May 2020Dear Grade 7s and 12s and other Riebeek Learners and ParentsYou may be feeling many emotional responses about returning to school. You may be experiencing fear and anxiety or excitement and joy, and these emotions may jump from positive to negative repeatedly. T...

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LETTER FROM RIEBEEK’S CONSULTING PSYCHOLOGIST: How do we get through Covid 19? We adapt. We acknowledge that we are all grieving for the life we have had nearly two months ago that we took for granted.We are grieving for the fact that we never got to finish our school life in the traditional way; ...

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Dear Learners and Parents I hope my message finds you all resilient and safe at this strange and difficult time. I am sure we are all navigating challenges of some or other form.  Educationally, we are facing the same hurdles in terms of moving into the distance learning (and teaching) spa...

Letter from the Principal: 17 April 2020Dear Learners and ParentsWe now have entered the fourth week of lockdown. ONE of the proposed dates for schools to reopen is 4th May for teachers and 6th May for learners, although there is much speculation about this and the situation is fluid. The Minister o...

Zaara Rockman 6cThere have been different advantages and disadvantages that I have faced while trying adjust to the “Lockdown Experience”. Although I have had the privilege of going to bed and waking up at any time I please, I am often faced with a ton of work once I decide to dedicate my time t...

10 April 2020Dear Parents and LearnersI am sure that you are aware that President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the lockdown to the end of April. This means that school may possibly reopen on the 4th May. A new chapter in education has begun for not only South Africa, but for the world. This is a lea...

Dear Riebeek Learners and ParentsWe are now one week into the enforced nationwide lockdown.  In the pre-coronavirus outbreak timeframe, the schools would have started this week for the beginning of the second term.  The reality is that South Africa is in a total shut down and our schools a...

An encouraging, precious message from our Head Girl:My fellow Riebeek WarriorsI really do hope that you are all doing well. I must admit that today was quite an experience for me, so I am curious to know how you all are coping.We are well aware that today would have been the beginning of our second ...

Press Release:  Riebeek College Girls’ High School annual Stay AwakeCaptions: (3 emails to allow for each photograph to be emailed as 1 attachment per email with ease)IMG 0336Lauren Labersensie, Corbin Booysen, Zene MeintjiesIMG 0499Back: Lunathuxolo Tys, Unakho Ndiaye, Owam Mgolodela, Viwe M...

The 2020 Prefects’ Camp had added the fuel to our excitement for this great year of leadership ahead. Held from Wednesday to Friday on 29 to 31 January, we were ready to catch a glimpse of what this year of service will be like, while determined to learn more about ourselves and our fellow leaders...

The technical training workshop held on 28 January was planned by the Cultural Boatd and hosted by the Computer Club. The aim of the workshop was to familiarise Riebeek learners with the technical aspect of school such as dealing with sound equipment for assemblies and making sure that all of the te...

On 23 January, the Media Club held a media workshop with guest speaker and journalist, Miss Pienaar. The workshop was titled Breaking News and it was about all things to do with journalism and the news.The workshop was a continuation of a workshop Miss Pienaar presented late last year. This year the...

The Student Christian Association (SCA) Committees of Riebeek College and Muir College embarked on a leadership camp at Leaders in Life Camp in Addo, which took place from 17-19 January.The girls started off their weekend well with the Riebeek SCA committee winning 2nd place for the Teambuilding aft...

Allan Gray Entrepreneurship Challenge winners: trip to Silicon Valley, San Francisco 5 - 17 December 2019By Sara GopalThe much anticipated trip to Silicon Valley finally arrived on Thursday 5th December 2019.I was excited about the trip, but felt anxious about not having my parents accompany me.Afte...