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NEWSLETTER TRINITY TERM
No 3/2012
Dear Parents Dr Deane Yates 1922 – 2012 It is with sadness that we informed our community on the morning before Gaudy Day of the passing of Dr Deane Yates. He was an extraordinary man of vision and service. From 1955 to 1970, he was Headmaster of St John‘s College and subsequently founded the multi-cultural and non-racial Maru-a-Pula. He and Dot lived in a tent while the school was being built – quite a challenge in the dry and dusty Botswana veld! Later he returned to South Africa to found the New Era Trust Schools, which challenged the government by providing a non-racial education for boys and girls. Deane and Dot, his wife, will always be remembered for their loving service to the community in both South Africa and Botswana. He and Dot were worthy recipients of the St John‘s Eagle award for service, which they received in July 2004. Deane was deeply committed to the church and was a lay member of the Community of the Resurrection. He worked tirelessly for the education of the underprivileged and disadvantaged, and on their return to South Africa from Botswana, Deane was particularly involved in the Alexandra Education Committee, which raised funds and selected and mentored children from Alexandra Township and placed them in good schools. Deane was an inspiration to many and his life epitomised the motto of St John‘s College, Lux Vita Caritas. We give thanks to Almighty God for Deane and his wonderful years of service. We celebrate a life well lived, and one that was lived to the honour and glory of our Saviour and Lord – Jesus Christ.
Sir David King This year‘s recipient of an Eagle Award for service is Professor Sir David King who matriculated from Alston House in 1956. Today Sir David is Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment at the University of Oxford. He is currently Chancellor of the University of Liverpool. He was the UK Government‘s Chief Scientific Advisor, and Head of the Government Office of Science from October 2000 to December 2007. In his presentation to the College, Sir David challenged us to shift our paradigm with regard to how we consume energy. He spoke of the need for innovation and the need for future generations to ensure that our footprint on this planet can be different. He forcefully showed that if we continue in our present selfish way, we will destroy what we have. He left us with the challenge and possibility of the young men and women of St John‘s College leading the world in innovation and research to find a different way. He is a wonderful role model - for young men and women - of a man who has lived his life in service to the world.
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Rugby at St John’s As we conclude our winter sports programme, we can look back on a season with some wonderful successes and some disappointing defeats. Our final rugby match against St Stithians was an important mark because it indicated a significant improvement in performance from our previous two years. I do believe that the structure that we have put in place over the past two years is beginning to bear fruit. This is with particular reference to rugby, but applicable to all our sport:
A Head Coach and a Master-in-Charge: Rugby - Mr Stefan Lourens and Mr Morne Heunes Capable school masters involved in coaching at all levels A fitness and strength expert in charge of our gym – Mr Patrick Tshutshani, Biokineticist A programme of skills training in Phys Ed lessons for rugby and hockey A commitment to grow our own talent by building skills, strength and fitness in boys from Pre Prep to College Carefully constructed training programmes appropriate to age A culture of disciplined training, skilled coaching, and a self-belief in our boys that they are able and ready to win
The importance of playing sport at St John‘s College was expressed in my welcome address to St Stithians (printed in our programme) where I outlined the purpose of sport at school: The world of professional sport is geared to entertain. The ‘business’ of sport - where players are bought and sold, coaches are hired and fired, and every team needs a retinue of managers, physiotherapists, conditioners and coaches - belongs firmly in the world of professional sport. At schoolboy level, we play to enjoy the game, and to learn from the lessons of playing in a team, to learn from winning and losing. This learning comes through disciplined, hard training, through the nurturing of talent and developing skills from the prep school up, and through inculcating the right attitudes. Skilled coaching and disciplined training are critical, but the most important matter is that each young man has the opportunity to grow in selfconfidence, courage and determination. Our ‘business’ at school level is that we are preparing young men for adulthood, to be robust and resilient. Schoolboy sport provides the opportunity for this process and growth. The St John‘s Rugby coaches (both Prep and College) will be holding a strategic review on Friday 20 July where we will assess our progress and set goals for the new season. One of the needs identified for developing healthy, fit, and strong boys at St John‘s College is an adequate gym. To meet the immediate need for more space, we will be putting in another prefab building in front of the present gym. This will give an additional 120 sqm of space. Although this is not a long-term solution, it will help for the next few years. This building should be erected by the end of the August holidays. Building Plans and Priorities 2012 - 2015 The Council of St John‘s College has identified the renovation and reconstruction of the Pre Prep as our priority build for the next three years. An exciting plan has been developed by TC Design, the school architects. Initially we were planning to build over a period of three years from 2013 – 2015, moving children from one section to another as the building progressed. Mrs Jane Lane the Headmistress expressed her distress at trying to run a school for such a long period in a building site. Clearly, we need to find alternative accommodation for the 214 children and 15 staff so that the building can be completed in a year. It was also pointed out that the costs of building over three years would add approximately R3 million to the final costs. Hiring temporary classrooms would cost approximately another R1 million. After much discussion, the Building Committee will be recommending to Council that we build temporary accommodation for the Pre Prep on the tennis courts on the east side of Burger Field during 2013. This will enable Endean Field to be extended over the roof of this new building. It will adequately house the Pre Prep with the necessary classrooms and toilet facilities for 2014, when it is proposed to start building the Pre Prep. Once the building of the Pre Prep is complete, we will be able to convert the building into a proper gym. These are exciting developments and we will be able to be proud of our world-class facilities for the Pre Preparatory School.
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Conclusion Thank you to all – parents, teachers and boys for your commitment this term. It has been a busy one, full of successes and disappointments. The challenge we face as we educate young boys to be men of integrity and character, is that boys inevitably make mistakes. They have in the past, and will continue to do so in the future. Our task is to shape them and mould them so that they leave St John‘s ‘rightly trained in body, mind and character’. We can only do this with your support and we are grateful for this. Have a wonderful break over half-term and when we return, the boys‘ face their mid-year exams.
Roger Cameron Headmaster
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ACADEMIC AWARDS – TRINITY TERM 2012 Honours Bradley Stocks Colours Jack de la Fargue Cameron Foster Gerhard Olivier Mohamed Sacranie Cameron Fisher Matteo Kalogirou Jacques Smit Jason Smythe Murray Steinhobel Jason Strong
CULTURAL AWARDS - MAY 2012 Music Half-Colours
Michael Davies James Batchelor Rowan Batzofin Stephen de Souza Daniel Erasmus Grant Carroll Christoff du Plessis Mikhail Kolabhai Aashish Diayar Ezra Fleisch Alexander Korsten Stephen Havenga David Gundelfinger Kiyan Kurji Angus Mackenzie Robin Lavers Johann Muller Vincent Pansegrouw Matthew Taylor Eric McLaughlin Hamish Mollett Abraham Varghese Prashant Venkatakrishnan Christopher Bellew Mohamed Sacranie Ryan Mackell Oratory
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Mohamed Sacranie Muhammed Bulbulia Debating
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Mohammed Kaskar Nabeel Seedat
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Drama Performance Merit
Irene Maara Rhoda Bandora Ashley Seymour Nicholas Ambler-Smith James Chang Oliver Vincent Matthew Henderson Luke Auret Buhle Blose Adrian Jennings Francois Elliott Matt Lane David Ramushu Benedict Didcott-Marr Simbai Kanjere Jason Chemaly Kiyan Kurji Ahmed Jada James Gooch Alexander Korsten Tino Mudiwa Eric McLaughlin Dylan Testa Simbai Kanjere Christopher Strong Sibusiso Punadi Thulani Dlamini Jesse Stevens Matthew Davies Tamlin Love Hector Bartlett
Half-Colours
Claire Dudley Megan Mcfie Chelsea Kneale Owen Newton-Hill Sam Theron Philani Qwabe Gianluca Agostinetto Brett Van Staden Themba Daniels Travis Hornsby
Re-award Half-Colours
Khaya Maseko Lesego Mako Nicholas Tennick Jonty Schwartz Jonty Fletcher Thulani Maphasa Christopher Huntley
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Rivoningo Mhlari Mzolisi Dube Andrew Tuma-Waku James Surgey
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Anthony Testa James Barton-Bridges S‘bonakaliso M G Nene Lubabalo Kahla Nicholas McLaughlin James Sülter Luke Reid Honours
Murray Conway Drama Backstage
Merit Certificates
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Matthew Irvine Chris Mackie Muaaz Suliman Jean-André Deenik Richard Mackie
Re-award Colours
John Whittle
STAFF NEWS Long-Service Awards The following staff were awarded with long-service awards at Amphitheatre on Thursday, 14 June. We thank them for their dedicated and loyal service to St John‘s College: Dixon Buthelezi Ananias Mashimaite Gladys Mashifane Morris Bila Ezekiel Dikotla Sinah Dikotla Simon Dzanibe
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New staff We are delighted to announce the following appointments within the Finance Department with effect from 14 June:
Mrs Barbra Chamboko takes over the new position of Bookkeeper, with responsibility for some of the associate entities, such as the PA, Shop and Rugby Festival, as well as doing certain creditors. We welcome Mrs Lile Khuluse as the new Debtors' Clerk working alongside Mrs Mary Anne Lamb. Lile comes highly recommended from a similar position at Michaelhouse. She has moved to Johannesburg with her husband, who has been appointed as HoD IsiZulu at St David's, Inanda.
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Eagle Award Outreach Program Partnered with the men of the Johannesburg City Parks, dressed in their trademark jade overalls, the St John‘s College boys and girls departed everyday at 06:30 a.m. and travelled a lengthy journey to the heart of Johannesburg – Alexandra. The Eagle Award Outreach Program took place from the 9th April to 13th April at the Realogile High School and Childcare Centre. Many of the pupils were concerned about travelling into the township, however, the students were met with many bubbly personalities and heart-warming smiles, after which, nothing but sheer fun followed. Throughout the week, various activities were organized and the students were split into various groups to perform a variety of tasks in servicing both the High School and the Childcare Centre. These tasks included: painting, gardening, construction of a self-maintained vegetable garden, re-fixing of gutters, teaching the children, feeding babies and (to the enjoyment of many) playing soccer with students of both schools – an integrated and enjoyable learning experience for us all. The project was successful as the objectives of: educating the community about self-sustenance and providing food, were definitely achieved. It was an experience that educated and inspired – one that will not be forgotten by those who served and those who received. Shaneel Kalyan U5 Fleming
Derby Day Debate On Friday the 4th May 2012, St John‘s and St Andrew‘s revived the Derby Day Debate tradition. St Andrew‘s sent up their senior and junior teams—a South African debater being one of the St Andrew‘s team members—to take on St John‘s. The junior teams debated the topic ―Drug addicts should be castrated‖, while the seniors tackled ―Social grants should be granted only to citizens who vote‖. The debates were captivating; the topics aroused strong feeling and some great debating ensued. St John's won both the senior and junior debates by small margins. The boys from both schools conducted themselves in an exemplary manner and seemed to participate and enjoy the opportunity. Overall, I think an official Derby Day Debate would be a great tradition to perpetuate. Next year, I hope we will be able to send a strong team to St Andrew‘s. Jonathan Smith
PUBLIC SPEAKING The winner of the Senior Impromptu Speaking competition and the holder of the Chilvers Cup for senior impromptu speaking is Murray Conway. The Junior Impromptu Speaking Competition was won by Tom Montgomery. The Senior Prepared Public Speaking Competition was won by Muhammed-Ismail
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Bulbulia. He will be awarded the O‘Dowd Medal for Public Speaking at Speech Night later in the year, along with all the other public speaking award winners. The South African Guild of Speech and Drama‘s Festival of Public Speaking took place in February and March and our teams (2 per year group) acquitted themselves extremely well. We are very proud of them and their commitment. They were awarded either A+, A or B+ symbols in all age groups. The festival ended on a high when Muhammed-Ismail Bulbulia came second in the finals at Kingsmead.
INTER-HOUSE PLAY FESTIVAL RESULTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Invincible Cleringer‘s Trial Us & Them Maisha Not With My Gun Thin Blue Line Ism Ism! 15 Minute Hamlet A Closet flung wide open Child‘s Play
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Nash Thompson Hill Runge Hodgson Fleming Clarke Alston Clayton
The inter-house play festival was a great success. Congratulations to all the boys who took part, particularly the following: Best Ensemble Cast Hill Most Promising Junior Actor Phil Baloyi [Nash] Best Cameo Performance Eric McLaughlin [Clarke] Best Supporting Actor Owen Newton-Hill [Fleming] Best Original Script S‘bo Nene [Nash] Best Actor Anthony Testa [Thomson] Best Director Andrew Tuma-Waku & S‘bo Nene [Nash] Best Play Nash house St John‘s College‘s performance of Greig Coetzee‘s ‗Happy Natives‘ took place on Friday, 25 May at 7 pm at The Theatre on the Square as part of 2012 Festival of Excellence in Dramatic Arts Play Festival, hosted by Crawford Sandton. We were delighted to be sent through to the finals, held the following night. The boys were outstanding and were complimented on their exceptional performances. 22 plays were presented at the festival and 4 were sent through to the finals. S‘bo Nene is to be heartily congratulated on being named Best Actor at the festival, a fantastic achievement. Crawford Sandton was named Best Play with their production of ‗For coloured girls…‘ HAPPY NATIVES We would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to the Director, Cast and Crew of the production of ‗Happy Natives‘. The boys performed at the Festival for Excellence in Dramatic Arts, hosted by Crawford Sandton which took place on the 25 May, and were sent through to the finals. Several of the boys were awarded certificates and we would like to congratulate the following young men:
For OUTSTANDING ACTING: Nicholas McLaughlin, Murray Conway and Siyabonga Mkhize For OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR: Jonty Fletcher For BEST ACTOR AT THE FESTIVAL: S‘bonakaliso M.G. Nene
The boys also performed at the 2012 RAPS Play Festival at the Wits Theatre on Monday 4 th June. Sadly, they did not get through to the finals, but several merit certificates and nominations were awarded. Again, we would like to congratulate the following young men:
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MERIT CERTIFICATE FOR STAGE MANAGEMENT: Cullum Grant MERIT CERTIFICATE FOR ACTING: Siyabonga Mkhize NOMINATION FOR BEST WRITTEN MOTIVATION: Jonty Fletcher NOMINATION FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: S‘bonakaliso M.G. Nene NOMINATION FOR BEST COMEDY: The Cast and Crew
Despite not making it to the finals, ‗Happy Natives‘ was the only play selected by the RAPS trustees to represent RAPS in East London on 5 October, as part of an initiative being driven by the well-known theatre practitioner, Deon Opperman, to establish an Annual Play Festival similar to RAPS in the Eastern Cape. This is a significant achievement for the Director, Cast and Crew and we congratulate them. ENGLISH OLYMPIAD 2012 Congratulations to Muhammed-Ismail Bulbulia on being placed in the top 15 in the country in the English Olympiad. This is an amazing achievement as there were 7000 participants. He is to be flown to Grahamstown as a special guest of the Schools‘ Festival of English. He will hear his final placing at the Prize-giving at the end of the Festival. MUSIC Several girls and boys entered the Roedean Yamaha Lovemore Music Competition, an annual event sponsored by Yamaha and Lovemore music, with generous prizes to be won. This competition is considered to be a major competition in Gauteng. There are four categories: Strings, Woodwind, Brass and piano Jason Smythe won the first prize as the best brass player, and Shuo Cheng won the first prize as best pianists. Congratulations to these two pupils, and their teachers Justin Sasman and Ilse Myburgh.
SPORTS NEWS Sports Awards
Colours for Swimming Niel Vosloo
CHESS On Wednesday, 9 May, the finals of the Gauteng South Five-a-side Chess Tournament took place at St John‘s College. This tournament started at the end of January and matches took place every Monday afternoon of the first term. The St John‘s A Team qualified for the final and proceeded to win all their matches, thereby winning the tournament. The following boys are to be congratulated on their superb play: Jaishil Modi Neil Viviers Aaron Krishna Eric McLaughlin Jonathan Georgiades
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CYCLING Joshua Buchel, (U4 Clayton), won the Di Corte Franca in Florence, Italy on Sunday 15 April. The race was televised and below is a link to a 4 minute summary clip of the race / finish. This is a major race for the ―Allievi category‖, which has seen Joshua receive widespread congratulations from top cycling professionals, including Robbie Hunter and Brent Copeland. There were features in two Italian newspapers. Take a look : http://www.pianetagiovani.tv/scheda_video_1054_1_campionato_di_ corte_franca.htm
GOLF MARCO STEYN (Rem) qualified for Central Gauteng to play in the Nomads SA Boys U/15 Team and Strokeplay Championships. The Tournament was held in Somerset West from 28 April – 1 May 2012. There were 120 boys who took part in the torunamen and the team event was won by Central Gauteng. Marco finished in 4th place in the individual Strokeplay Championship. ROWING U16, U17 and U19 SASRU Development Squad Tour To Belgium The following St Johns Boys formed part of the U16, U17 and U19 SASRU Development Squad to tour to Ghent, Belgium. The boys raced in an international regatta on the 5th and 6th of May. Boys U16 U19 Sean Verheul (U4) Nick Papas (U4) Joseph Savanye-Terblanche (U4) Daniel Hafner (U4) Ayrton Da Silva U4
Boys U17 Andrew Morgan (L5)
Boys Nick Greeff (U5) Dimitri Theofanidis (U5)
RUGBY Congratulations to the following Rugby Players who have been selected to the various Provincial rugby teams: Thapelo Rapelwana Tobi Ndzimande NJ Maree Devon Henson
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Golden Lions Craven week team Golden Lions Academy team Golden Lions Tau team Golden Lions U/16A team
SAILING Simon Jones (L4) sailed in the Laser 4.7 World Championships in Buenos Aires at the end of March, and finished the regatta in 14th place in the U16 division. He also sailed in the SA Senior Laser Championship held offshore in Durban and finished joint 3rd in the 4.7 fleet. Henry Daniels (L4) sailed in the SA National J22 championships held at the Vaal and finished 5th Overall.
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WUSHU Brothers Paul (U5) and Sydney (L5) Ontong have been selected to represent South Africa at the 4 th World Junior Wushu Championships in Macau, China, from 17 to 25 September 2012 as members of the National Junior Sanshou Team. This is an official World Championship event as recognised by the International Olympic Committee and the General Association of International; Sports Federations.
POLOCROSSE Congratulations to Tim Hayden (L4 Hill) for making the U16 Polocrosse team to play against Zimbabwe on the 7th and 8th of July in Weipi.
HOCKEY The following boys have been selected to the Southern Gauteng Hockey teams for 2012 Southern Gauteng
U/14 A U/14 B U/14 C U/14 D -
Ross Bentley Gareth Fullerton & Lodewijk Volkersz Abhinav Giridhar, Keegan Lumley & Christopher Ching (SJC Prep) Kwenzakele Selamolela
Southern Gauteng
U/16 A - Nathan Elliott & Walter Pfaff U/16 B - Alistair Fletcher U/16 C Fabio Tonello & Kavi Nair Non traveling reserve - Ndumi Mvelase
South Gauteng
U/18 A -
Andrew Tuma-Waku Kyle Lion-Cachet Owen Newton-Hill Thabo Zindi U/18 B Kyle Robertson U/18 C Joshua Hooper Non traveling reserve - Luke Langschmidt
INTER HOUSE HOCKEY RESULT 2012 Senior Trophy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
HILL THOMSON FLEMING HODGSON NASH ALSTON CLAYTON CLARKE RUNGE
Junior trophy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CLARKE NASH HILL THOMSON CLAYTON FLEMING ALSTON HODGSON
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Final Placings
Overall 1 2 3 4 4 6 6 8
HILL THOMSON NASH FLEMING CLARKE HODGSON CLAYTON ALSTON
Combined positions 1&3 2&4 5&2 3&6 8&1 4&8 7&5 6&7
Total 4 6 7 9 9 12 12 15
SQUASH The St John‘s 1st Squash team took part in the annual Gauteng Top Schools Tournament and played 5 matches, beating KES 5 – 0 in the final. St John‘s has now won this trophy for the third time in three years. The following boys will go on to represent both St John‘s and Gauteng at the annual National Tournament in Pietermaritzburg in August: Bradley Dial Dean Maxton Tyrone Dial
Kyle Robertson Cameron Dry Matthew Barker (Captain)
The following boys were chosen to represent their respective Gauteng squash teams: Gauteng U19‘A’ (Cape Town) – 23-27 June
Bradley Dial Dean Maxton Gauteng U16 ‘A’ (East London) – 23-28 June Tyrone Dial Gauteng U16 ‘B’ (East London) – 23-28 June
Brett Le Roux Gauteng U14 ‘B’ (Johannesburg) – 23-27 June Byron Ledlie Kudzaishe Sitshebo who is part of the academy was chosen to represent the Gauteng ‗B‘ team
JUDO Logan Geldenhuys L4 has been selected to represent the Central Gauteng A Team at the SA Open Judo Championships which is to be held in Bloemfontein from 24 June to 30 June 2011. He has also qualified to participate in the individual category. Dutliff and Septimus Boshoff participated in the National Open Judo Championships in Bloemfontein, representing Central Gauteng
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When last did your son have his eyesight checked? It is said that as many as one in seven young people aged 15 are affected by short-sightedness and one in four teenagers need ‗vision correction. Impaired vision can affect critical academic, sporting and day-to-day activities. Recently, a Remove boy was referred for such a test after reporting ‗blurred‘ or ‗moving‘ text when trying to read. Despite having prescription glasses from Primary school days, this individual had refused to wear them, resulting in significant deterioration in his eyesight. Easily rectified with a more recent prescription, he is now reading significantly better and with added concentration, as evidenced by increasingly improved academic results. In another case, an Upper Four boy was given a clean bill of optical health in Remove. Referred back to an ophthalmologist recently, significant short-sightedness was identified. He reports that his prescription glasses have made a significant difference to his focus in the classroom and to his studying in general.
Annual eye checks are strongly recommended for teenagers – either to check on existing prescriptions, or to ensure that healthy vision has not changed. What to Expect: Each eye care practitioner has their own routine, but most comprehensive eye exams follow a similar pattern, conducting tests for:
Vision - The eye care practitioner will check for nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. While you look at an eye chart, he/she will measure your vision precisely, and, if necessary, determine a prescription for corrective lenses.
Coordination of eye muscles - The practitioner will move a light in a set pattern to test your ability to see sharply and clearly at near and far distances, and to use both eyes together.
Side (peripheral) vision - The practitioner will move an object at the edge of your field of vision to make sure you can see it.
Pupil response to light - The practitioner will shine a light in your eye and watch the pupil's reaction.
Colour testing - The practitioner will ask you to describe figures in a series of illustrations made up of numerous coloured dots or circles. This tests your ability to differentiate colours.
Eyelid health and function - The practitioner will examine your eyelid, inside and out.
The interior and back of the eye - After dilating your eyes (by both using a few eye drops and dimming the lights so the pupils will widen), the practitioner will use a special instrument called an ophthalmoscope to see through to the retina and optic nerve at the back of the eye. This is where clues to many eye diseases first show up.
Measurement of fluid pressure - The practitioner will release a puff of air onto your eyeball using an instrument called a tonometer. This tests the pressure inside the eyeball, an early indicator of glaucoma and other diseases.
Sue de Witte Academic Support Teacher
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