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At Wynberg Girls’ High School we encourage involvement, pride and school spirit. Relationships are also fostered within the Grades through the Academic Curriculum and Extra Curricular activities.

We believe in gaining a broad foundation of knowledge about the wider world. We offer personalised attention. We listen. We debate. We push you to expand your horizons.

Grades

While the school is organised into House Tutor Groups to foster relationships across the school, and to enable staff to identify and understand problems and achievements quickly, most of the academic time is spent with the grade. A number of grade-specific issues arise, and there is a particular focus in each grade:

Grade 8

Belonging – getting to know your school and your peers

Grade 9

Establishing and recognising boundaries

Grade 10

Looking at Leadership

Grade 11

Leading the School

Grade 12

Preparing for Tertiary Education and the working world

Houses

Fun, Friendships and Keen Competition in Our Houses

Through our house and tutor group systems the spirit of our school can be found: the development of keen and imaginative competition in the form of house challenges; the developing of rich and enduring relationships over a number of years in their tutor groups and the building of a strong sense of identity and pride in their house – all in the interests of fun – are part of that spirit.

Our school is divided into 8 vibrant houses, each under a senior teacher (the House Coordinator) who is responsible for and takes a keen interest in approximately 120 learners. In addition to the class tutor, each tutor group is led by a Matric Leader whose personality and skills are particularly suited to the support and inspiration needed to create a sense of belonging, to instil pride and encourage school spirit.

Azima House

Green is the colour of nature and health. It represents growth, balance and harmony and it is these ideas that underpin all that we value in this house.

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Amaqua House

Amaqua is the house of the Pink Panther:

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iKhala House

With Tigger as our mascot we value zest for life, tenacity, individuality, and great courage, taking everything in our stride.

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Ferraria House

Ferraria – the house that care and inspires. Ferrarians, in all we say, think and do.

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Aristea House

A magical house where we cultivate our wishes and dreams, and where our mascot, Brainy Smurf, is always hungry for knowledge and inspiring us to achieve.

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Jackalberry House

We are the Jackalberries! Strong and powerful in nature. You may know us by our Latin name: Diospyros mespiliformis or simply, the African Ebony tree.

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Marula House

Marula is a house built on the fundamentals of unity, courage, and team spirit. It is the home to many talented individuals with abilities which allows us to thrive as a team.

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Mowana House

Mowana is commonly known as the Baobab tree: the Mowana tree is known for its endurance and its shade often acts as a meeting place, or a place of shelter.

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Leadership Programme

We immerse our learners in experiences that prepare them for leadership in a challenging and changing world. There is in each grade a programme uniquely designed to prepare our young women for inspirational and courageous leadership. In the senior years of their schooling, it’s the real McCoy. A dynamic and rigorous learner leadership programme takes place.

Answerable to each other and to their school, they develop a six-week project tailored to their particular interests, concerns and talents. It is running with these project-based experiences in leadership that there is exponential growth. By the time our Grade 12 our student leaders are appointed, they have shown that they have the talents and the vision to assume responsibility of a portfolio.

Counselling Support

The WGHS Counselling Department is comprised of Masters level trained social workers who offer psychosocial care and intervention to support our learners. Appointments during school time can be made by emailing counselling@wynghs.co.za.

The WGHS Counselling Department is often involved in offering EQ workshops to both parents and students at regular intervals. Our goal is to assist WGHS in developing well-rounded, self-soothing and well-adjusted students.

The WGHS Counselling Department has access to a network of professionals in social and psychological services for learners, in consultation with their parents, to be referred to when needed for external care.

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About our principal

Jennifer Wallace started her teaching career in 1996 at St Cyprian’s School, in the History and English Departments, and became the Deputy Principal of the school 15 years later. Over the course of her teaching career, she has been fortunate to have had many opportunities to travel – teaching short courses on Apartheid and post-Apartheid South African history in Denmark, the USA, Canada, England, and Peru, and helping to lead international service projects, cultural history tours, and conferences with learners to various countries. These experiences helped to shape her firm belief in a holistic approach to education that is of global relevance, while at the same time remaining firmly rooted in, and committed to, the South African educational landscape.

In 2014 she completed her MPhil (specialising in Educational Administration, Planning and Social Policy) degree through the University of Cape Town and began her part-time study towards her PhD a few years later, graduating in 2020. Her thesis, entitled ‘The Gift of a Scholarship: The reflective accounts of scholarship recipients attending elite secondary schools in post-apartheid South Africa’, focuses on the narrated experiences of scholarship students from historically disadvantaged communities who attended elite secondary schools in South Africa. A book based on this research, and co-authored with Dr Jennifer Feldman, has been published by Springer Nature as a part of their international Cultural Studies and Transdisciplinary in Education series.

In January 2020 Dr Wallace was appointed the Principal of Wynberg Girls’ High School and is very proud to lead this dynamic, diverse, and values-driven public school. Her key focus areas in this position include: ensuring that WGHS constantly builds upon its fine reputation for academic excellence and relevance; empowering our learners to be self-sufficient, inquisitive, and compassionate critical thinkers and engaged, environmentally-aware citizens; creating an inclusive environment in which all can find a sense of belonging and feel valued; ensuring opportunities for growth and the building of character by means of involvement in a wide range of cultural, sporting, and service-driven activities; creating dynamic learning spaces to inspire and support our educational vision; and investing in relationships with strategic partners to the benefit of our school and our community.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

A warm welcome to Wynberg Girls’ High School! Founded in 1884, we are proudly recognised as one of South Africa’s preeminent public schools for girls, and all who consistently identify as girls. Wynberg Girls’ High School embraces a values-driven approach to education, with our identified core values of Integrity, Inclusivity, Courage, Accountability, Respect, and Empathy forming the foundation of our approach to who we are, all we do, and what we stand for. We believe in providing holistic opportunities for exploration, growth, and development through our wide range of activities offered in each of our four Pillars (Academics, Culture, Service and Sport) in addition to our two Portfolios (Communication and Sustainability).


On the academic front, we are firmly established within the annual Top Twenty Schools of Excellence in the Western Cape by means of our Grade 12 National Senior Certificate results, as awarded by the Western Cape Education Department. We recognise that in addition to cognitive engagement and curiosity, learning is an emotional experience. As such, we believe that by creating a happy and inclusive environment in which all can find a sense of belonging, and providing the physical infrastructure to support our teaching practices, our learners will be inspired to challenge themselves, and each other, in their pursuit of knowledge and understanding.


It is both an honour and a privilege to be the Principal of this wonderful school. I hope that whether you are a learner, an educator, a parent, and Alumnae, or a visitor, you are as inspired by this place as I am and that together we will continue to produce young women and leaders of character who will make a significant and positive mark on this world.