RHS ESSENTIAL 

Many students feel like knowing how to do well in math is an inborn skill, something that can’t be learned. But the truth is that anyone can be successful in math – they just need the right strategies. Over the next few days, we will be investigating tips for Math success! 

Tip #9: The basics of Algebra must be mastered. 

Algebra I skills are crucial to later math courses. Students must master skills like solving systems of equations, graphing, slope, and simplification of radicals. Don’t push students to take Algebra I until their teacher says they are ready. And if their Algebra grade is below a C, strongly consider re-taking the class. Even in Calculus, most problems consist of one difficult step, followed by ten steps of Algebra.

https://www.education.com/magazine/article/10-tips-maximize-performance-math/

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY: 

Kelebogile Diale (Grade 12) 

Siphesihle Gceba (Grade 11) 

Sthembiso Malevu (Grade 12) 

Reagile Sedibe (Grade 11) 

Nosipho Zwane (Grade 12) 

SATURDAY (7 MAY 2022) BIRTHDAYS: 

Reamogetse Khudaga (Grade 10) 

Kabelo London (Grade 11) 

Salome Machocho (Grade 12) 

Kamogelo Molefe (Grade 10) 

Oratile Sebolao (Grade 8) 

Phebe Vanzeeberg (Grade 10) 

SUNDAY (8 MAY 2022) BIRTHDAYS: 

Reabetswe Sello (Grade 11) 

Keaoboka Thekiso (Grade 11)

MOTHERS' DAY ASSEMBLY IN THE HALL DURING BREAK

SACEE SENIOR CHAMPS DEBATE ROUNDS 1 - 4 at King Edward VII School tomorrow. Debaters depart at 6:45

GAUTENG WEST INDIVIDUAL CHESS TOURNAMENT - at Randfontein High. Players arrive at 7:30

RUGBY AT TRINITYHOUSE TOMORROW. Players depart at 10:30

2002: South African-born American entrepreneur Elon Musk founded the aerospace company SpaceX, which helped usher in the era of commercial spaceflight.

1990: P.W. Botha resigns from the National Party

1975: Free, compulsory education for Black children

1937: On this day in 1937, while landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on its first transatlantic crossing of the year, the German dirigible Hindenburg burst into flames and was destroyed, killing 36 of the 97 persons aboard.

South Africa launches world’s biggest hydrogen-fueled truck

A number of countries have pledged $8.5bn and technical assistance to help South Africa become a low-carbon economy.
Mining giant Anglo American has unveiled the world’s largest hydrogen-powered truck, a monster weighing 220 tonnes, at a platinum mine in northern South Africa.
Billed as the first of a fleet that will replace the firm’s diesel-powered trucks, the vehicle uses 2 megawatts hydrogen fuel cells to haul up to 290 tonnes of ore.
“What we are launching is not merely an impressive piece of machinery, it is the genesis of an entire ecosystem powered by hydrogen,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said at the launch on Friday.
Comparable in size to a small house, the behemoth was shown off at Mogalakwena mine, about 250km (150 miles) from Johannesburg.
“This is a gigantic leap for South Africa’s hydrogen future economy,” Ramaphosa declared.
“This has really been a historic moment. It gives us a clear vision of what the future looks like.”
Anglo American said it aims to be carbon neutral by 2040.
It will use solar power to provide the fuel, using the energy to split water into its component atoms of hydrogen and oxygen.
Burning hydrogen releases only water vapour, not heat-trapping carbon dioxide as in the case of fossil fuels.
“Over the next several years, we envisage converting or replacing our current fleet of diesel-powered trucks with this zero-emission haulage system, fuelled with green hydrogen,” chief executive Duncan Wanblad said.
“If this pilot is successful, we could remove up to 80 percent of diesel emissions at our open-pit mines by rolling this technology across our global fleet.”
Last November, rich nations, including France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, pledged at least $8.5bn and technical assistance to help South Africa switch to a low-carbon economy.