Science Olympiad Grade 10 for Free State: Round 2: Lejweleputswa (Welkom High)

Science Olympiad Grade 10 for Free State: Round 2: Lejweleputswa (Rainbow)

Science Olympiad Grade 10 for Free State: Round 2: Lejweleputswa

Science Olympiad Grade 10 for Free State: Round 2: Lejweleputswa (Marematlou)

Science Olympiad Grade 10 for Free State: Round 2: Lejweleputswa (Kheleng)

Science Olympiad Grade 10 for Free State: Round 2: Lejweleputswa (Concordia)

Science Olympiad Grade 10 for Free State: Round 2: Lejweleputswa (Akademia)

Science Olympiad Grade 10 for Free State Round 2: Fezile Dabi

Innovation in Education

The E-learning unit of the Free State Department of Education will showcase innovative uses of technology in teaching and learning during open days in the near future. Ensure that you attend one of these. Click here to go the website of E-learning where lots of info is provided, and you can also register there to attend an open day. Event programme: The Motheo link is live. Use it to download the event programme in case others do not work. I guess the other centres' programmes will basically be the same.

Cling wrap! Is it dangerous?

Cling wrap is used on a daily basis in our lives. Did you know about the serious health issues involved when bad chemicals start to migrate from the cling wrap? 

One of the Lejweleputswa teachers, Mr Thuntsi Thekiso of Kheleng Secondary School, made me aware of this. Click here to go to the page with interesting articles and from there follow the link to the article itself. Scary indeed!

Olympiad for grade 10: Round 2 on 14 August

14 August is around the corner and the excitement is building up! After round one of the grade 10 Olympiad (read here about it), the four team members of every school were identified and they are busy preparing for the 54 cluster competitions across the Free State in which 310 teams will take part; it is 1240 learners!

Each one of these learners will receive a participation pack that consists of very nice stationery!

The participation pack

Even more exciting is obviously the prizes. In each cluster competition, there will be a first, second and third prize.

Top left: 2nd prize; bottom left: 3rd prize
On the right: 1st prize

Top performers in the cluster competitions will then be invited to take part in the district finals on 11 September! That will be something to work very hard for. Each participant in the district finals will get a Casio pocket calculator and the winners will obviously get prizes as well.

Things just get better and better! Work hard and prepare for the cluster competitions to do as best as possible. The better your team does, the better your changes to proceed to the district competition!

2019 Eskom Expo for Young Scientists

It is August! Time for the 

Eskom Expo for Young Scientists

Enter your team of two grade 12 learners for the Physical Science Quiz that will be held at CUT on 25 August from 09:00 to 12:00.

Entries close on Monday, 20 August. Click here to download your entry form and the other contact details.

2018 Free State Science Olympiads for Grades 10, 11 and 12

Monday, 23 July 2018, was a great day for physical sciences. It was the kick-off for learners in grades 10, 11 and 12 to write their Science Olympiads. 

In grades 11 and 12, apart from schools who have entered their learners by themselves, the Free State Department of Education (FSDE) sponsored 1080 learners from MST schools (Math, Science and Technology) and invited Non-MST schools to take part. The top 50 learners in each of grades 11 and 12 will qualify to attend the Free State Science Convention in Potchefstroom. It will DV be held on 16 and 17 August and it is always a highlight of the year's programme!

In the case of grade 10, at least 50% of all the learners taking physical sciences in all schools of the Free State were sponsored by the FSDE to enter round 1 of the grade 10 Olympiad. The top 4 learners in each school will qualify to take part as a team in round 2 of the Olympiad, the so-called cluster competition. This is scheduled for 14 August. 

From there, the top teams in quintile 1 to 3 schools will compete against one another in the district finals (round 3) and the provincial finals (round 4). Likewise, the top teams of quintile 4 and 5 schools will compete against one another in rounds 3 and 4. These competitions are scheduled for 11 September with the provincial finals on 12 & 13 October 2018.

We are very excited about all of this. It enhances participation and interest in physical sciences and the FSDE invests a lot of money in making it possible for our learners to be exposed to these opportunities. 


Best luck to all the learners who qualify for upcoming events. For those of them who do not qualify; keep on learning and keep on participating. Life asks from us to make a contribution! The support from all the teachers in these events is also greatly appreciated! Teachers play a major role in the development of the learners.

Holiday classes for grade 12

Here is a nice opportunity to give "oemf" to your preparation for the final examinations in physical sciences. 

Four very experienced teachers, Mrs Marisa Smit, Messrs Johan Human, Ben du Plessis and Marnus Kleinhans will offer holiday classes during the October school holidays. They have many years of experience and will be able to help you to "polish" your preparation for the final examinations! The classes are available in Afrikaans and English. Click here to get all the detail for the classes presented by Mrs Smit and Mr Human. Click here to get all the detail for the classes presented by Messrs Du Plessis and Kleinhans.

Use this opportunity! It is guaranteed to help! Check closing dates!

In memoriam

It was with great sadness to learn of the passing away of two of our physical science colleagues during this term.
Mr M Lenyora was a staff member at Lebogang and 
Mr S J Hlapane at Mamellang Thuto.

We will always remember these two men and their potential. Their places are now empty!

Good news from Active Atoms!

What began as an experiment has gradually matured into a support structure for learners taking mathematics and physical sciences.

Kabelo Makheta, with the help of four tutors, founded Active Atoms at the beginning of 2018 with the aim of helping learners to acquire a better understanding of mathematics and physical sciences. Tutorial classes are offered before school, during afternoons and evenings to effectively break down the barriers that prevent learners from understanding the subject content.

Kabelo is mainly based at HTS Welkom, but he and his team also offer tutorials in Thabong. Please contact Kabelo at 079 147 8832 for help!

Don't miss this opportunity!

Memo PhySci Grade 12 June Examination P2

** New info ***

Question 6.2
In the introduction, there is "cm3" and in the table heading "dm3". For this, the following:

Memo PhySci Grade 12 June Examination P1

** New information ***

Question 5.1.6:
Accept it when learners use Wnc=deltaK+deltaU

Here is information for this paper's memo for questions 2.2.2, 3.2 and 4.3.

Memo TecSci Grade 11 June Examination

Memo PhySci Grade 10 June Examination

Here is additional information, clarification, etc. for the marking of the above-mentioned paper.

*** New info ***

Two ticks in brackets mean zero or two marks.

Question 4.2.4
Each underlined part gets one mark. 

Question 4.7.1 & 4.7.2

Question 5.4

Question 5.5.3

Question 7.2.4

Question 10.3 & 10.4

*** End of new info ***

Question 6.1.3
Mark as follows: If reagents are correct, first mark. If products are correct, second mark. Now look at balancing; if both coefficients for reagents are correct (whole numbers), third mark. If both coefficients for products are correct, fourth mark. The two marks for balancing are forfeited if either the reagents or the products are incorrect.

Question 8.2.1
The question could be confusing. Award "transverse" and "longitudinal". In other words, if anyone of the two terms is used, the mark is awarded.

Question 10.2 and 10.4
Stay on the memo. No "positive marking" from 10.2 to 10.4.