Name: Anashya Soobhar
School: Effingham Secondary
Grade: 11

What was your favourite part of the competition?
My favourite part was definitely the taste test.  It was extremely exciting and exhilarating.  I learnt that salt and lemon juice don’t taste half bad!

What do you like about maths and science?
I enjoy maths and science because it helps me explore how the world works.

School is…
My home away from home.  School is extremely important to me.

Exams are…
A good way to make me go grey!!  Jokes, exams are the most essential part of school and will decide where I’ll be in the next 10 years or so.

Dream job:
My dream job is to become a pilot.  I would love to travel the world in 79 days!  Since I’m allowed to dream, I wouldn’t mind being a part-time, Oscar-award-winning actress =)

What are your musical interests?
Any song Shah Rukh Khan dances to!

Your attitude towards Global Warming:
Global warming is an increasing problem.  I believe that immediate action needs to be taken to solve this issue.  Awareness is the key, the more people know, the more equipped they can be to fight the battle against global warming.

Name:  Biance Swanepoel
School:  Kloof High School
Grade:  9

What was your favourite part of the competition?
The tongue twister was fun.

What do you like about maths and science?
Working out problems and formulas.

School is…
An important part of my childhood.  A place where I make new friends and get a good education while I decide on my career.

Exams are…
Easy because I learn really well, but they can be stressful.

Dream job:
Pilot

What are your musical interests?
Playing the guitar

Your attitude towards Global Warming:
It’s a hot topic that has no signs of cooling down!

Name: Daniel Russell
School:  Kloof High School
Grade:  8

What was your favourite part of the competition?
I never really got to have a favourite part as we were kicked out of the competition after the first round, but the HIP2B² cupcakes were great!  I was really hoping we would win the laptops.

What do you like about maths and science?
They are pretty hard, but worthwhile learning as they are very useful.  It opens up to such a range of job opportunities.

School is…
Kind of fun – it has its ups and downs! But on the whole very exciting.

Exams are…
Painful.  Why not just have regular tests?  Tests are still pretty bad but not as bad as exams.

Dream job:
I want to go into computers - programming and such.

Your attitude towards Global Warming:
It is very scary!  To think that the Earth is getting hotter… it’s hot enough already =)

Name: Makha Baloyi
School: St Marys DSG
Grade: 8

What was your favourite part of the competition?
The tongue twister was quite interesting as I never thought it was part of science.

What do you like about maths and science?
I enjoy figuring out a method to find an answer that is yet to be answered!

School is…
A place to make new discoveries alongside all your friends.

Exams are…
A way of making sure we out into practice what we learn.

Dream job:
I would love to be someone who is involved in solving the Earth’s mysteries.

What are your musical interests?
I enjoy playing the piano and love all genres of music, especially R&B and Jazz

Your attitude towards Global Warming:
If we all work together our planet can be saved!  A little bit from everyone can make a massive difference...
 

Name: Simone Zoepke
School: Kloof High School
Grade: 10

What was your favourite part of the competition?
We were hoping to get a bit further than the first round, but it was a good yet short experience.

What do you like about maths and science?
I love science now that it has become a little more challenging and intense and maths is difficult but interesting.

School is…
Enjoyable now that we are able to choose the subjects we wish to pursue.

Exams are…
Stressful at the best of times, but we live through them and they have to be done, so all in all they aren’t too bad!

Dream job:
Either a plastic surgeon or an exotic vet

What are your musical interests?
When I was little I played the recorder and I can now play the violin.  I have a musical ear and I listen to music as much as possible.

Your attitude towards Global Warming:
Whenever I hear about it I feel sad about our Earth’s condition, but I do as much as I can to help - such as saving energy and not wasting food and water.