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St Andrew’s CollegeNEWSLETTER

24 July 2020

To the Andrean Community

The rather unambitiously named “c-rugby” cricket field at St John’s College was the “home” field for my cricket team for many years as a coach at St John’s. We won a lot of games on that field, in many cases because, if the bowlers hit any of the numerous ‘dead spots’ on the pitch the ball would either stay low

or rear uncontrollably upwards, creating havoc for the visiting batsmen and flattering the strategically placed fielders of the home team. Standing as umpire, one could almost set one’s watch by the gradual build-up of the afternoon thunderstorms as they rumbled across Johannesburg over the Hillbrow

“In the face of the world’s harshness and danger, organisms of any kind develop protection — a coat of armour, a rigid system, a comforting ritual. For the short term, it may work, but for the long term it

spells disaster. People weighed down by a system and inflexible ways of doing things cannot move fast, cannot sense or adapt to change. They lumber around more and more slowly until they go the way of the

brontosaurus. Learn to move fast and adapt or you will be eaten” - Robert Greene

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Tower, and onwards to our game. We had so many good days of cricket on that field, and I remember most vividly the times where, as the wet clouds rumbled threateningly but relentlessly towards our game in my youthful enthusiasm I willed and willed them away, desperate to get the game complete. It took me a long time to realise that will-power does not work against nature’s fury.

I had a similar experience of failed will-power at this year’s Graeme College Rugby Day when a parent asked of me whether I thought it would be our last rugby fixture of the year. As the storms of Covid rumbled threateningly in the background - the inevitability of it all toying with the desperate wish that it were not so - we willed and willed it all away. And in a week, schools were closed.

I was curious as to how our boys would manage returning to school with virtually no sport (well, at least as we know it in this mildly sport-obsessed place), for as anyone who has worked with teenage boys knows well, food and physicality are two of their staple requirements. As it turns out, in this and in so many ways concerning our return to school, I have been amazed at the mature way in which our boys and staff have navigated the uncertainty of it all. Our sport staff have been superb in gradually developing appropriate activity that has migrated us from online lockdown challenges to individualized solo-exercise regimes, and onward to the point where all disciplines

have started bubble-cohort non-contact competitive activities. It’s not quite a fixture against Grey High School yet, but it certainly gets the boys active in the fresh air, keeps them healthy and fit, and provides a lot of fun.

I know this to be true - that success in the future world of these boys will be determined by factors such as the adaptability that they have developed through this experience. For the days of linearity are long gone - the world belongs to the agile, the adaptive - that we may see the clouds approaching and, rather than (metaphorically) standing at square-leg hoping not to get struck by lightning, wishing it all would go away - we make what we can of what we have, emerging stronger and wiser, ready to move on to the next challenge. Alert, adaptive, and nimble.

All of this should, of course, have come as no surprise at all, for these principles are written into our DNA – that indefatigable spirit of Andrean-ness summed up in our motto Nec Aspera Terrent – (ons skrik vir niks!) - that has seen us through a multitude of challenges in the past and guides us through these times. Timeless wisdom, yet contemporary, as if written for this very moment.

God Bless

Alan Thompson

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College boys packing parcels for local families, as part of their 67 Minutes for Mandela Day

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67 Minutes for Mandela Day - Good ShepherdThe Good Shepherd family accepted the first batch of food parcels with so much gratitude on Friday. Good Shepherd’s words were: “With some parents losing their source of income during this time, your donations and contributions have put bread on the table for the families giving them hope.” St Andrew’s College boys donated food parcels to Good Shepherd School with funds raised from this year’s G-Town Funk. College staff joined in on the initiative by donating items or funds to support our family of schools during this difficult time. The Community Engagement committee would like to thank all for the positive response and generous donations.

Ncumisa Mzaza

During June the College Community Engagement office collected sleeping bags for vulnerable people in Makhanda/Grahamstown, as we were approaching the winter season.



As part of the Mandela Day celebrations St Andrew’s College Community Engagement provided sandwiches to the vulnerable and homeless members of our community. St Andrew’s boys spent time this week making sandwiches and putting together food packs. This is an ongoing project which St Andrew’s has supported since the beginning of lockdown. This week DSG Junior donated sandwiches to the project. The St Andrew’s College Dining Hall also generously provided more sandwiches. A little act of kindness goes a long way. St Andrew’s staff handed over the sandwich packs this morning.

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St Andrew’s Community Engagement delivered food donations to the Lulama Maseti Covid-19 Soup Kitchen yesterday.



St Andrew’s College/Prep, and DSG Junior and Senior celebrated Mandela Day by donating to Makhanda’s vulnerable children. St Andrew’s College Upper Grade 9s packed food parcels; Prep boys collected dessert to add as a treat to the food parcels; DSG Senior donated puzzles and personalized cards to each child and DSG Junior donated blankets and beanies. Items were handed over to the children on Saturday by LIV Lukhanyiso Grahamstown and St Andrew’s and DSG staff. LIV have supported 110 families for the past 15 weeks of lockdown.



Interact Club News

The Interact club is proud to report on their most successful Winter Drive initiative which is currently in motion. The aim of which is to assist the community of Makhanda during the COVID-19 pandemic by collecting clothes to keep the less fortunate warm. The College boys are encouraged to keep on donating warm clothes to fit all ages to this worthy cause. We have collected nearly 230 items of clothing from the College community to date.

A special thank you to Old Andrean Russell Bennett and the Charles Glass Society of East London for their generous donation of clothing to the Winter Drive.

On Wednesday the 22nd July our Interact Club leaders, Jacob Erasmus and Ayomide Israel-Akinbo packed bags of donated items which were delivered to the Home of Joy Orphanage by staff. A group of excited children received the warm jackets and other winter items. The staff included Mr Manthata, Mrs Jamieson and Ms Libi. We were touched and humbled by the warm welcome we received from the children. Their smiles of happiness were a just reward for the efforts of the boys.

Thank you to Africa Matshingana, one of our Interact Club leaders, who helped organize this Winter Drive initiative from the beginning to the end through our zoom meetings.

A special thanks must go to Pieter Burger for facilitating our visit to the ‘Home of Joy’ and sharing this special time of giving with us.

Vuyokazi Jamieson

“No one has ever become poor by giving”- Anne Frank



I had the pleasure of recently interviewing Siphesihle Zita, a Grade 9 boy, a Cawse library resident, a book lover. “Ma’am, I love the library, it is my place of peace”, he informed me one afternoon. Siphe is one of those boys who treasure books and is often seen between the shelves of the Cawse library seeking a place to enrich his imagination. He recalls with ease his favourite quote during our interview: “Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are” – Mason Cooley.

Siphe’s love of reading was influenced by an early experience in his preschool years when he remembered the sheer joy and excitement he experienced when he was the first one in his class to learn how to read. This gave him the desire and courage to continue to improve his reading skills. His love of reading continued to grow throughout his Junior School years. He remembers the positive experiences of reading out loud in Grade 4, and this developed into his discovery of the magic of stories in books. He himself is a born storyteller through and through and is known among his friends as ‘the storyteller’, he recalls. He loves listening to or telling all kind of story.

He is also a fan of the Arts because through the medium of film, the theater music, literature or painting, people tell their individual stories. When asked if he thinks there is any link between reading and academic abilities, ‘Reading has helped me with creative writing, it improves vocabulary as it paints a vivid picture in my mind,’ he said. Siphe was also quick to add that in the journey of reading you discover many different genres, and descriptive writing, for example, can help with one’s own creative writing.

Siphe is convinced that The Cawse Library is the place to be. His favourite spaces in the library are the Seminar rooms. He loves the openness of the rooms, and the natural light that the space provides. He feels safe during this time of Covid-19 and this space provides him with a place to escape too. He loves going to the library after school and appreciates the flexible opening hours of the library. The library is his favourite place where he goes to think about life until sunset.

Siphe is currently reading one of the Cherub Series called “The Fall”. The main character in the book is an orphan boy called James, and together with his sister is taken into secret organization and trained to become a spy. He takes down the bad guys and helps the police to save the world! CHERUB agents have one crucial advantage that adults never suspect that children are spying on them. Siphe’s book review can be found on the Cawse Library website book reviews. Siphe is comfortable reading in our digital platform, Overdrive or Sora but he prefers physical books.

Watch the space for more news on #WhyILoveMyLibrary

“The world is painted in so many different colours, read so that you can discover them” – Siphesihle Zita

Why I love My Library

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Tell us about your background in art? Gabrielle: I come from a very ‘art orientated’ family. Both my parents are academics within the art world, in fact, they met at Rhodes University in the 70s. This is partially why I decided to relocate from Port Elizabeth to Grahamstown. I studied several different mediums as part of my qualifications from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. Ranging from stained glass, fused glass, printmaking, ceramics, painting and drawing. My work is predominately inspired by my love for people and their personal narratives. I am passionate about South Africa and the lesser-known, untold stories of our beautiful and rich country’s past and present.

Juli-Anne Norton: From age five I knew I wanted to study art. Some of my earliest memories are of me drawing and painting for fun, and this passion never stopped. I sadly was not privileged to attend a school that offered visual art as a subject, and I think it is for this reason, among many others, that I ended up in high school art education. After school I completed my Fine Art Degree at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. I studied several different mediums as part of my qualification from NMU, namely, stained glass, painting, drawing, sculpture and a little ceramic and print making. After this, I taught art for a year and then studied full time at Rhodes University and obtained my Post Graduate Certificate in Education with majors in the FET subjects, visual arts and design. My own work is predominately inspired by my love for South Arica and its diverse people and places. My work is often colourful and could be described as kitsch, but I view my use of colour as a nostalgic reminder and celebration of the people, landscapes and abandoned buildings that encompass our environment in a multicultural society. My favourite mediums are painting, drawing and mixed media.

Meet the formidable and passionate team responsible for building and developing our incredible Visual Arts Department, Gabrielle Richards and Juli-Anne Norton

Visual Arts in Focus

Gabrielle Richards

What makes Gabrielle and Juli-Anne a good team?Gabrielle: I first met Juli-Anne Norton on the ‘stoep’ outside Port Elizabeth Technikon’s Faculty of Fine Arts when I was 17. She was wearing a paint covered overall and she had long dark hair hanging down her back. She was loud and outspoken with an infectious laugh and I knew then that she and I would be life-long friends. We have worked together for many years. We built the Woodridge Art Department before I came across to St Andrew’s College in 2014. Two years later, Juli-Anne followed me to Grahamstown, and we have been teaching together ever since. Juli-Anne is practical and organised, and she has a great aptitude for teaching drawing and painting. I live with my head in the clouds, I bounce from one idea to another like a floating balloon and Juli-Anne grounds me. Our mutual respect and friendship have been our winning formula and have served as assets in the development of both the art departments we have built together.

Juli-Anne Norton: I first met Gabrielle outside the NMU Faculty of Fine Arts when I was 19 and she was 17. I remember noticing her confidence in the way she spoke about art and as a first year, this completely different to everyone else. Right away she impressed me - she was unapologetically herself and humorous, because of these



two reasons alone, I knew I had to be friends with her. We have been friends for 21 years now. We studied fine art together and have worked together for many years. We share many common values which include a mutual understanding of work ethic and responsibility to the pupils we teach. Our understanding and respect for each other is such that we may not always agree, but the fact that we can disagree in healthy debate and discussion is one of our strengths, which I treasure the most. Laughter has also kept us going over our years working together. We can tease and laugh at ourselves and at each other and often reflect on hanging exhibitions for school kids till the wee hours of the morning on many a night, making it through with hysterical and exhausted laughter. What inspires your ideas?Gabrielle: I was fortunate to grow up around my two grandmothers who had both seen it as their duty to collect, understand and re-tell their family history. I was always fascinated by their stories and so I would like to think that whatever I am creating at the time, even if it is just trying to capture the beauty of an Eastern Cape flower, pays tribute to the strong female-narrative that runs on both sides of my family. In addition to this, I have studied the etymology and development of Medieval iconography and symbolism extensively. I love history and learning about different cultures and their mythologies, and thus this influence is often embodied and recognisable in my work. The concept of spirituality is different for everyone, but as an artist I have noticed that there are visual tools one can borrow from our past, which can be used to engender a sense of spirituality among a diverse audience. This idea fascinates me - I enjoy experimenting with these ‘visual tools’ as much as possible.

Juli-Anne Norton: I am fascinated by the mundane small

things which hold so much beauty. I am very inspired by memory, time and place. Desolate spaces, landscapes and homes have always intrigued me. I believe these spaces have hidden memories and, in a sense, have a spiritual nostalgic presence of all the people that have occupied the given time and place. For example, I often wonder what the family was like who lived in the old rundown farmhouse. I love open farm landscapes which suggest the presence of people that are now long gone. A broken windmill, and an old fallen farm fence, everything has a story to tell. Tell us what visual art entails?Gabrielle: In Grade 8, 9 and part of Grade 10, tasks are geared towards developing drawing skills and using a range of different mediums. From July in Grade 10 onwards, pupils can explore and specialise in any medium of their choice. For example, we have a lot of pupils who end up creating videos, animation and even performance art. Visual Arts does not have to be centred around the development of ‘traditional’ two-dimensional media. Doing art practicals online during school shutdown, must have been incredibly difficult and quite an adjustment, how did you manage? Gabrielle: Access to materials was probably our biggest challenge. As a result, we started looking at some ‘alternative’ projects. The Grade 10 teabag illustrations emerged from this, as well as the Grade 9 coffee drawings. However, this said, Mrs Norton and I are usually quite experimental when it comes to art-making media. Art materials and equipment tend to be so expensive and we both believe this to be unnecessary. You only need to look at a great artist like Dumile Feni, for example, to know that if you are inspired enough you can make art from very limited resources.



Gabrielle Richards



Juli Norton

Mixed media work



TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE AUGUST HOLIDAY

Please note that Travel Day is Wednesday 5 August 2020 for the end of the Trinity Term, and that boarders should return by 18h00 on Sunday 30 August 2020 for the start of the Michaelmas Term.

Please contact the Travel Office ([email protected]) should you require transport to be arranged by the school, or inform your son’s Housemaster if you will be fetching your son by car.

Round Square Short CoursesBoys hoping to complete their Andrean Passports need to complete a number of reflections on the opportunities offered by College. The Round Square Committee is hoping to make this process easier by offering short courses on different topics over the next couple of months. Not only will this help students to build up a portfolio of leadership activities, but a certificate of completion will be issued at the end of each course. There are currently two online short courses open for students to join. The first is a short course about Integrity, which explores how integrity is vital to our everyday lives,

including how integrity is viewed in popular culture.The second short course touches on Tenacity and Perseverance. These are qualities that everyone has to develop if they want to pursue their goals in the midst of the COIVD pandemic. We also have one in person short course available for Grade 8s and 9s. Robbie Kirkpatrick is sharing the skills behind his video communications in a short course on video editing. If any students are interested in participating in the short courses, please speak to Ms de Lange or Mr Eksteen.

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2019 was certainly one to be celebrated, and I am delighted to present the 2019 Donor Report for St Andrew’s College and St Andrew’s Preparatory School. I am honoured to play an active role in the sustainability of our extraordinary schools, and I wish to extend my sincere appreciation to

everyone who gives in the form of gifts, time and service, thereby contributing enormously to the sustainability of College and Prep. With warmest regards

Angie MarrinerDirector of the Foundation Office

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Please see date changes below

Thursday 16 July Grade 11 and 12 Cambridge International Examinations begin to 4/8

Friday 17 July Grade 11 IEB Examinations begin to 4/8 RAP Day for remainder of school

Tuesday 21 July Grade 10 summative Term Assessments to 4/8Friday 24 July Travel Booking Deadline Tuesday 28 July Grade 8 & 9 summative Term Assessments to 4/8Tuesday 4 August 17h00 Final Assembly Wednesday 5 August Pupils Travel DayThursday 6 August Staff Admin Day5 August – 30 August August Holiday for Grade 8 – 12

(Grade 12 and CIE Grade 11 Revision Camp postponed)

Friday 28 August Staff Meeting DaySunday 30 August 18h00 Grade 8 – 12 Boarders returnMonday 31 August Grade 8 – 11 Lessons begin

Matric Trial Exams to 23/9 Wednesday 9 September 09h00 Matric IEB Life Orientation CAT Part B Examination Thursday 10 September 09h00 Matric IEB Dramatic Arts ESI Task Part B Examination Wednesday 16 September 10h00 Matric IEB Life Sciences P3 (compulsory)Thursday 15 October 09h00 Matric IEB Computer Applications Technology P2 (Practical)Friday 16 October 09h00 Matric IEB Information Technology P2 (Practical)Monday 19 October Matric Final Exams to 30 November (Dates to be confirmed)

TENTATIVE SIGNIFICANT DATES FOR 2020Dates pertinent to Matrics are in BOLD

Dates may change depending on government policy decisions

Trinity Term Holiday

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Outdoor Club - ClimbingOn Saturday, in accordance with Covid -19 regulations, we were able to get some of our young climbers out to an area close to Alicedale. There are a number of disciplines involved with climbing and the one our boys have been engaging with has been that of bouldering. I’m still very new to this adventure sport but even in this short period I have been able to appreciate the skill and strength it takes to perform climbs.

Our three climbers Matthew Grunewald (Grade 11), Alex Hutton (Grade 8) and Julius Rocher (Grade 8) have real passion and drive for the sport. Matthew is quite the accomplished climber already with hope of competing in the African Cup to be held in December, while Alex and Julius are no slouches either completing difficult climbs for boys their age. Something that has really stood out to me in this discipline is the willingness to share and help other competitors or climbers. Coming from more traditional sports like rugby and cricket we sometimes see a level of secrecy both nationally and internationally, in this sport I’ve seen the complete opposite. Climbers share new tips or techniques all the time, I think it might have something to do with the fact that it’s almost impossible to cheat in this sport. It also happens to be one of the sports which happens to be gender neutral where both male and females compete against each other. We will continue to encourage our young climbers and support them in this exciting young sport at College, and hope that more boys may take an interest in the sport and it may grow. Climbing is something they can do well into their future, it can be done in gyms or even better in the beautiful outdoors our country provides us.

Ryan Dewey



DR WYNNE MUSIC SCHOOL Reflecting on a Busy and Wonderful Online Term for Music

At the beginning of Lockdown, there was most certainly a prevailing sense of fear and despondency among the Music staff. ‘It is impossible to teach Music online’…….’How are we ever going to manage performances and concerts?’…….These were the sentiments of most of us. However, reflecting back on this term’s online events and concerts, and on the achievements of our pupils, not only did we learn to improvise very well, we became masters of it and thrived under the circumstances!

We kicked off Term 2 with the first of our online Open Mic Series. This initiative is a continuation of the live Open Mic Concerts that have been extremely popular during the past few years. With the necessity to hold these events online, we have had the advantage of being able to involve all of the creative and performing arts, and we received excellent submissions from our pupils, in Music, Visual Art, Design, Drama, Dance, Poetry, and Sound Production. These events were entirely pupil driven (with mentoring from staff), and were run as an Inter-House event which

is culminating in an online Inter-House Arts Final evening at the end of term, on Tuesday 4 August. We have since held three more equally successful Open Mic events, with more already planned for Term 3. My congratulations and gratitude go to Mr Jayson Flanagan, the coordinator of the Open Mic Series, as well as to all of the staff members and pupils who contributed to these concerts throughout the term.

The Music School held three online Senior Open Concerts this term, presenting music of an exceptionally high standard. These events are of course not new to St Andrew’s College, and have been a regular feature of our cocurricular programme for many years. The necessity to hold the concerts online did not deter our staff or our pupils, and our audiences were treated to wonderful music as per usual. My thanks to Mrs Salomie Rocher, who has coordinated the Senior Open Concerts over the years, and to all of our Music staff, for continuing to teach and

produce work of a high standard from their pupils even during these trying times. I would also like to convey my immense gratitude to Mr Stephen Penney, who worked tirelessly in order to compile and present most of our online events this term.

2020 was to be the 10th anniversary of the St Andrew’s College/DSG Youth Music Festival, which has involved hundreds of solo, ensemble, choir and orchestra entrants from Grahamstown and surrounds each year. While we did not celebrate the anniversary this year (and will do so in 2021), we did hold a condensed online Festival, with entrants from DSG Junior and Senior, St Andrew’s College, St Andrew’s Prep, Victoria Girls’ Primary, St Alban’s College,

“Life is a lot like jazz, it’s best when you improvise.” - George Gershwin



and schools from King William’s Town participating. Our own DSG Chapel Choir and DSG/SAC Wind Orchestra were proud to be showcased in the event. I thank Mr Johan Pretorius, who has been coordinating this annual event since its inception 10 years ago.

Some of our Music staff compiled virtual performances of our choirs and ensembles this term – a feat which is not as easy as it seems, as the technological savvy needed to put all of this together is rather advanced, and involves pupils sending in individual recordings from all over the country and world which are then ‘pasted’ together onto one screen. We had the privilege of viewing virtual performances by the Wind Orchestra and the Chamber Choir.

Before Lockdown began, we had entered a number of Music pupils for Trinity College of London practical examinations, which were to have taken place by early June. Trinity offered all candidates the option of playing digital exams, and quite a few of our pupils chose that option – we are very proud of this as we are one of the ‘pioneer’ schools in the country to have taken this leap – according to our Provincial and National Trinity representatives, most pupils in South Africa opted to cancel or postpone their exams until they are able to play live examinations. Congratulations to our pupils who sat for these digital examinations. We are still awaiting a few results, but of those we have received, all are high distinctions. Well done to the Music staff and the boys!

It is indeed a wonderful feeling to be nearing the end of Term 2 with an immense sense of pride on the achievements of our Music School. Well done once again to all. Onwards and Upwards!

Ms Belinda de VilliersDirector of Music



Dear All

Whilst we know that South Africa is in the throes of dealing with the expected escalation of the Corona virus pandemic, we are extraordinarily fortunate to be able to continue with the hybrid of on-campus and remote learning that we have been able to put in place here at College. Whilst this required meticulous planning and much sacrifice, it has been a very positive experience in many ways. Most of these have been in the realm of self-reflection, re-assessing our core values, perhaps re-aligning our future goals and never losing sight of the fact that we have so much to be grateful for. Of course, as the pandemic takes its course it has brought about enormous hardship and suffering for many, and the wholesale loss of life should not become acceptable. Most of those who have died have done so without the comfort of their loved one’s close at hand, and those left behind have

had to struggle with the helplessness that they feel, only being able to provide support from a distance, and then the grief of having lost a loved one and what that may mean to that family. It is the responsibility of every one of us to treat the situation with the respect it deserves and to make absolutely sure that we are not contributing in any way to the spread of this virus. At school this means every staff member and boy of College observing the necessary protocols and precautions that have been put in place, not only for oneself, but for all those around us.

I am pleased to be able to report that we have been able to keep most all of the boys busy and engaged. This week we have sought to introduce a bit of controlled play into some of our activities and this has proved popular. We plan to have a day of intra-school activity on Saturday which will see teams, in small game scenarios, competing against each other,

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subject to strict protocols. Whilst this may seem to be a little adventurous, given what is able to happen in our outside communities, we feel that the stringent controls and structure that we have in place, will safely allow for this.

As we move towards the holidays and the prospect of next term, there are still many unknowns. We continue to plan for the best with the possibility of having to cancel or postpone things as the situation at the time dictates. As we have tried to emphasise throughout, it is important for all of us to lead as

active and healthy a life-style at this time, as possible. No-one wants to fall ill right now and the best way to prevent this is to look after ourselves properly. We will be encouraging all to stay fit during the holiday, to be sensible and adhere to all lockdown regulations and to return to school healthy and motivated to make the most of the rest of the year.

Kind regards

Pete AndrewDirector of Sport

2020 AMENDED TERM DATES FOR THE REST OF 2020

(AS AT 1 JULY 2020)

The Diocesan School for Girls, St Andrew’s College and Prep Term 2 (Trinity): Tuesday 5 May – Tuesday 4 August 2020 (changed from Tuesday 5 May – Thursday 6 August 2020)

Tuesday 4 August Final Assembly at 17h00 (Compulsory Attendance)

Wednesday 5 August Travel Day Thursday 6 August Staff admin day Term 3 (Michaelmas): Monday 31 August – Thursday 26 November 2020 (changed from Tuesday 1 September - Wednesday 2 December 2020)

Friday 28 August Staff return for meetings Sunday 30 August Boarders return by 18h00 Monday 31 August Classes begin (Matric Preliminary Exams begin) Balloon Weekend 2 – 6 October 2020 Half Term: After Athletics Prize Giving (10h30) on Tuesday 6 October to 18h00 on Monday 12 October 2020 NOTE: The nature and dates of the Balloon Weekend and the Half Term are subject to change. Thursday 26 November Final Assembly at 17h00 for Grade 8 – 11

Friday 27 November Travel Day NOTE: The dates of the Matric Final IEB examinations have not yet been confirmed.

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