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Award winning poet and novelist Finuela Dowling came and spoke to interested learners at BHS about the process of producing a novel. She encouraged the learners to keep a journal and to write about things that were familiar to them. A lively discussion followed and Finuela was thanked for being an inspiration to our budding authors.

Author Peter Godwin with Mrs. Kendal, Mrs. Geach and learners

Award winning Zimbabwean born author and journalist Peter Godwin visited learners at Bergvliet High School this week. He answered questions about the writing process and told amusing anecdotes about other authors that he had met. He encouraged learners to keep a diary as one day they too might want to write their memoirs. Bergvliet High School is proud to have two of his books in their Library: ‘When a Crocodile Eats the Sun’ and ‘Mukiwa’, both of which he signed. Peter Goodwin who now lives in the United States is in South Africa for the Franschoek Literary Festival.

Kyle Davel, Mrs Patsy Geach (Librarian), Janet Prentice, Michael Moser, Hilary Price and Maxine Smith

In recognition of Shakespeare's birth and death World Book Day is held each year on the 23rd of April. In 2009 Bergvliet High School introduced a Battle of the Books competition on this date where neighboring high schools were invited to ‘pit their wits’ against each other by answering questions relating to literature. Last year’s winners Springfield Convent School hosted 17 teams on the 4th of May in an evening full of enthusiasm and drama.

Patsy Geach, librarian at Bergvliet said “The evening was full of excitement with the enthusiastic learners eager to win books for their school library from Exclusive Books. It was a nail bitting finish with very few points between the top 5” Bergvliet High School came out victorious with Wynberg Girls following hot on their heels in second place.

Exciting things are happening in the school library.

Come and pay us a visit and check out all the new exciting books on the shelves. If you are looking for a particular book and it is not available we will try our best to get it for you.

Researching a project? Not a problem as there are computers in the library.

Play a game of chess or stretch your brain with a game of Scrabble. Come and experience the friendly vibe that is part of school life in the library.

Pupils can also become actively involved in the running of the library by joining the team of librarians, who do duties at breaks. They issue books, process and shelve returned books and assist pupils in the library. Prospective librarians should speak to Ms Geach in the library.