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Band Camp 2012
Friday, 27 January 2012 13:06

Westerford’s three music ensembles, the Concert Band, the Orchestra, and the Big Band went on the annual Band Camp from the 20 -22 January at Camp Faraway in Noordhoek. The weekend included many rehearsals where the bands worked on new pieces for the year ahead. Besides these, band members had an opportunity to bond with each other during free time.

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Slog 2012
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 10:45

The buzz about the school could only be described in one word, ELECTRIFYING, and there can only ever be one reason for such excitement, Slog 2012. Slog. Slog. Slog. Maybe all the commotion comes from the grade 8s and 9s, who are patiently awaiting their turn to spend the entire evening with all their buddies, and getting their hands on their very own Slog shirt. It could even be the older grades, who, have finally recovered from 2010 and reminiscing over the previous Slog, shall now be able to stay at school, for fun, until midnight.

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Upcoming HCA Event
Wednesday, 18 January 2012 13:12
The History and Current Affairs Society is hosting A.N.C stalwart, Prof. Ben Turok, a MP for the A.N.C, and one of two A.N.C MPs who didn’t vote for the Secrecy Bill. He will be talking on the A.N.C’s centenary, looking at the movement’s past 100 years and looking at its future, on Tuesday the 24th at 2nd break in Seminar B. 
 
National Senior Certificate Results 2011
Monday, 16 January 2012 15:19
“Westerford results probably the best ever ...”

At the 2011 NSC Awards Ceremony at Leeuwenhof Westerford was, yet again, listed in the Top School category for “Excellence in Academic Performance in the Western Cape”.

In this category awards were made to the 20 top schools based on the following criteria:
 
1. Consistency in the number of grade 12 candidates over a 3 year period.
2. An overall pass rate of over 95%. 
3. The % of candidates with a Bachelor’s pass.
4. The % of candidates with a pass in Maths (a % of the total matric class).
 
Based on these four criteria Westerford was placed 6th in the province behind RGHS, Herschel, Bishops, Herzlia and RBHS, but ahead of Bloemhof, SACS, CASAT and Paul Roos. All these school can be extremely proud of the excellent results achieved by their pupils.
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