13 August 2021Dear Parents The school has observed a worrisome rise in cases of COVID-19 cases and learners isolating due to contact with a person with the virus. We thank parents for being responsible and for keeping the school informed and for keeping their daughters at home. At present we ha...

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rincipal's Letter of 17 March 2021Dear ParentsThe teachers and learners are truly well into teaching and learning after four weeks of schooling. The girls have settled down well after their long break.I would like to bring to your attention to a couple of matters:• There will be no 5th lesson for ...

16 February 2021Dear Parents and LearnersYesterday we welcomed back to school the grades 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 12. Textbooks and stationery packs were successfully handed out and all the grades were orientated again on the protocols to follow during the pandemic. The learners were very receptive and we...

Letter from the Principal: 26 January 2021Dear Parents and LearnersI extend very warm greetings to you and your families and I wish everybody only happiness and prosperity for 2021. With the second wave of this pandemic upon us, I hope and pray that our Riebeek families have kept safe and well. Cond...

This has certainly not been the year we expected or planned for; and yet we have endured the year with remarkable resilience and competence. This was achieved through wonderful superhuman efforts. The  efforts of learners was evident as they learnt self-control and independence and they sought ...

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Letter from the Principal: 12 November 2020Dear Grade 12s and Parents of Grade 12sThe email from MR HM MWELI, DIRECTOR-GENERAL of the Department of Education, of 9 November containing Circular E31 of 2020 states, inter alia:Identification of Positive Cases and Legal Responsibility:“The parents, ca...

Letter from the Principal – 11 November 2020Dear Parents and LearnersThe academic year is fast drawing to an end. We hope and pray that 2021 proves to be a far gentler year and the girls of Riebeek College can return to a more normal way of schooling. Unfortunately, time will tell.As you are aware...

The 2020 Matrics have a special place in my heart as they were the class that walked with me on my road to healing the first year after my husband passed away. They would wait for me near the prefabs every morning and give me the best hugs and Zhane Meintjies tried daily to touch my calves as she wa...

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24 July 2020Dear Parents and LearnersWe continue to find that parents and learners display frustration with teachers or the school when, in fact, the problem is that they have not read the letters sent out weekly.  Please take the time to carefully read the information sent out.   I a...

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Letter from the Principal10 July 2020Dear Parents and LearnersWe welcomed back our Grade 6 and 11 learners this week. The girls quickly adapted to the new normal and we welcomed them warmly and with great care to reassure them. The learners will need to spend time this weekend reading the protocols ...

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Dear Parents and LearnersWe have come to the end of the first week of having the Grade 12 and 7 learners back at school. While this has been exhausting for the staff, the week proceeded remarkably well. The behaviour of the girls, in both Grade 7 and 12 has been truly commendable. They conducted the...

Dear Parents and LearnersToday we started a long-anticipated, nerve-wracking, history-making week with the return to school of the Grades 7 and 12! I would like to congratulate the girls on following the procedures we have put into place for the start of school. They were so co-operative and well ma...

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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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...

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...

4 December 2019 Dear ParentsAs this year draws to an end, we trust that you can look back and see the growth in your daughter physically, academically and emotionally. We thank you for choosing Riebeek as the school for your daughter and we continue to do our best to help your daughter to becom...

Good morning. A special welcome to our Governing Body members, invited guests, parents, staff and, the girls of Riebeek College. Today, I get to brag about the school and report on our 2019 year.  I have to admit that, for the junior school, the expression, “It’s a jungle out there” has c...

• Our guest of honour, guest speaker Dr Lisa Dondashe,• Those who hold the premier award of the school, the Freedom of Riebeek College,• Special guests, • especially our reunion groups and • two past Principals, Mrs Natalie Stear and Mrs Marilyn Dodd Woods • Ladies and Gen...

Good evening everyone and thank you so much for being here tonight.Once again this has been an exceptionally busy term, as the staff will all agree. In January we welcomed Mrs Mukamuri, Mr Bacon and Mr Seale. Mr Bacon into the Mathematics Department as a temporary Maths teacher for term 1 as Mr...

NATALIE STEAR It gives me great pleasure to introduce our guest speaker today.  Natalie Stear was born in East London and matriculated from Clarendon High School for Girls. Thereafter she joined the nursing profession, becoming a registered medical and surgical nurse. Her major career change ca...

PRINCIPAL’S FOUNDERS DAY SPEECH 2018 ·       Our guest of honour, Mrs Natalie Stear,·       Those who hold the premier award of the school, the Freedom of Riebeek College,·       Special guests, espec...

TRAFFIC CONGESTIONThe congestion outside Riebeek College in the mornings before school commences and then again at 14:00 when school ends has reached unacceptable levels. This is coupled with many drivers / parents completely ignoring the rules of the road and this poses a great threat to the safety...

THE PRINCIPAL’S AWARD Citation by Mrs K. Stear for the awarding of this trophy to Mrs C. SnymanThis special award was introduced by Mrs Natalie Stear, a very special person and my Mother-in-Law in 2000, the year she retired. I feel honoured to be able to present this Premier Award to a very s...

Our guest of honour, Zikhona Bali,Those who hold the premier award of the school, the Freedom of Riebeek College,Special guests, especially our reunion groups and two past Principals, Mrs Natalie Stear and Mrs Marilyn WoodsLadies and Gentlemenand Ladies of Riebeek College. I welcome you all to ...

ZIKHONA BALI – introduction by the principalZikhona Bali matriculated from Riebeek College in 2007 and is celebrating her 10th School Reunion today. While at school, Zikhona was a school prefect, and served on the drama committee and dance committee. She studied Media Studies and Journalism at Bos...

Grade 4A Certificate for 4th position in LS and a Merit Certificate: Buhlebenkosi April A Certificate for 3rd position in NS/Tech and a Merit Certificate: Tracey-Anne August A Merit Certificate: Taytum-Paige Bosch, Nikaylynne Ford, Nakeixha Hendricks, Ruth Isaacs, Liyanda Jack, Jenna Miram...