EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
GENERAL
The school has a policy whereby it intends developing each learner in a holistic manner, therefore, a wide range of extra-curricular activities are offered. While it is not the intention of the school to force any learner to participate in this programme, all learners are strongly encouraged to participate in at least one sports code per year, but preferably, one code per term. Part of the school’s ethos is for learners to develop a life-skill in the form of commitment and team work. It is therefore, expected of a learner to commit him/her-self to the practices and matches associated with the code of their choice. After all, the school goes to great lengths to arrange coaches, fixtures as well as equipment to ensure a productive and meaningful sporting season. The extra-curricular programme includes, but is not limited to: Art Club, Athletics, Chess, Choir, Cricket, Drama, Rugby, Cross-Country, Drama, Hockey for boys and girls, Scripture Union, School Plays, Soccer, Swimming and Tennis.
Fixtures are played on a regular basis against local schools, as well as some further afield such as Eston, Greytown, Ixopo and Richmond. During the swimming season, an annual Inter-House Gala is hosted together with some mini Inter-School Galas.
The second term is by far the busiest in terms of sporting fixtures and the organising of tournaments.
During the third term, the entire school, from Grade 3 to 7 is strongly encouraged to become fully involved in the school’s Athletics programme. A very lively and highly competitive Inter-House Athletics meeting concludes the Athletics season for the school’s learners, however the school’s Athletics Team goes on to participate in an annual Inter-School meeting held early in September, to welcome in the season of Spring. Five schools usually compete in this friendly but highly competitive meeting.
During the different “sporting seasons”, teams from the school’s three sports-houses compete in internal, Inter-House matches. These games are invariably the highlight of the season and one can imagine the lively competition that prevails. Each winning team causes points to be accumulated towards a final shield presented at the end of each year.