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St Andrew’s CollegeNEWSLETTER

19 June 2020

To the Andrean Community

I’m going where the sun keeps shining Through the pouring rain

Going where the weather suits my clothesBanking off of the northeast winds

Sailing on a summer breeze And skipping over the ocean like a stone

I’m going where the sun keeps shining Through the pouring rain

Going where the weather suits my clothes

- Harry NilssonAs I walked to school this morning I could not help thinking that winter has an undeserved bad reputation. How often do we delight in our dismay, bemoaning the season’s cold and dark? But this morning - with clear, cold air bracing my exposed skin, waning crescent moon shining bright in the clear dawn (peeping out of its shadow as if itself snug under a blanket), and the most beautiful palette of orange hues peeping out above the Eastern hills - I could not

help but be awed. I stopped and stood in silent Somerset Street, and the world stood still. Sleepy boys in the houses around me blissfully unaware of the creeping day making its way silently into their slumber, and traffic (such as we have on what is a sleepy stretch of road at the best of time) still a distant thought.

And as those orange hues glow bright in the hills, and dark

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gives way to blue in incremental steps too small to notice, except when suddenly we do, a new day is here, and with it all sorts of things planned and unplanned - but always and especially, opportunity. For as each day dawns fresh so too dawns a hundred new ways to do things, new ways to think, new things to learn.

As beautiful as this morning was, anyone who knows College will know that the weather in this part of this world is, well, changeable. Perhaps changeable is too kind a word – perhaps temperamental, tempestuous - with the mood swings of an over-indulged two-year old - captures it better. I could of course quite as easily have walked to school in a gale force wind with icy horizontal rain, or that dry, hot berg-wind that has us in shorts in mid-July (for a tiny window of time), and any of those scenarios might be here by tea.

And as the dawn gave me time to reflect, I was able to reflect on how pleased I am to have boys back in the school. There is an irony to the fact that so much energy goes into the buildings of a school – the icons and the structures so important in prospectus pictures – but without the humanity that gives them life they are but lumps of stone

and concrete. Beautiful lumps, of course, but missing their existential purpose. And nothing separated from its existential purpose – animate or inanimate, can flourish.

And as our campus slowly wakes from its long slumber each new dawn will bring with it new hope, and, of course, sometimes new storms. For as much as this incremental step is just part of a much bigger process, and the map ahead has many a twist and possible turn, it is good to be back, and I look forward to our over-border boys trickling back as conditions allow.

For taking the circumstances that we are dealt and giving of our utmost best with determination and passion is the essential spirit of College. Seeing each new dawn as an opportunity is the foundation of the indefatigable Andrean sprit - that no matter the weather, we will not be dismayed!

God Bless

Alan [email protected]

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Last week, the 2020 A-Level History class hosted Dr Daniel Pretorius, of Bowmans law firm, to speak about how leadership ties into education and governance. Dr Pretorius is a partner in Bowmans’ Johannesburg office and practises in the public law and regulatory area. He specialises in constitutional and administrative law, judicial review, education law, public finance, access to information and restitution of land rights. He also taught Latin and History at St. John’s College, Johannesburg, where he formed a strong relationship with the History class’s current teacher, Mr Lewis Manthata. The discussion, which took place over Zoom, was joined by DSG Head Girl Oyama Mzayidume. She and the class asked probing questions such as “what are the advantages and disadvantages of studying a liberal arts degree”, “what traits or characteristics do you think employers look for in young professionals”, and “how do you think the coronavirus will change the way education is taught and leadership is demonstrated”. Dr Pretorius’ answers were thought provoking and helped evoke deeper thinking about leadership, empathy, and open-mindedness. We thank Dr Pretorius for taking the time to speak to the class, and we hope to meet him in person when the world becomes less virtual. Elliot AppsGrade 12 AS History

History Talk

Andrean Shop

The Andrean Shop will operate as follows for the foreseeable future:

• The shop will not be open to foot traffic.• E-mail orders to [email protected] detailing the following –

- Name - House - Grade - Items required (Description/Quantity/Size/New or 2nd Hand)

Orders received before 9am will be delivered to the boarding houses before 1pm Mondays to Fridays OR can be collected by staff/parents by arrangement.

Please Note - No exchanges or returns will be accepted.

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The Grade 8 Design and Technology class were given a Food Technology project. The brief was to design and make a single portion, traditional dish of any Nation. Food can be hot or cold, but only food with nutritional value must be produced – it MUST contain at least THREE

of the five food groups. Also design a suitable packaging to compliment your dish to take-away.

Joha Dreyer

D&T - Food Technology

Grade 8: Boys cooking their dishes for their D&T Food technology project, from left to right, Aya Mzamane, Ewan van Niekerk and Laurie Apps

G9 Jewellery: Design and make a contemporary piece of jewellery, representing the current spirit of the time (zeitgeist) using cooldrink cans as your MAIN source of material combined with any other found objects.

Joha Dreyer

Jewellery Making

Josh Chester – Body Adornment Jewellery design project



Bronze Standard:

The following boys have completed the Bronze Standard of the President’s Award, which is affiliated with the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award: Sinjin Broad, Robert Shone and Calum Stokes. Congratulations!

The President’s Award

Sinjin Broad Robert Shone Calum Stokes

Gold Standard:

Haydn John has achieved the Gold Standard of the President’s Award, which is affiliated with the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award.

He has completed 72 hours of community service, which included first aid at various school sport’s fixtures, student to student tutoring, coaching for conservation and he was involved with helping Nombulelo refurbish their school’s library. Haydn’s sporting commitment was swimming and he has been a member of the College swimming Team for the past 5 years and he has achieved his Swimming Colours.

The Grade 10 John Jones Fish River Journey qualified as his Adventurous component of the award. Haydn learnt to play the bagpipes as his skill, and he has has been a committed piper over the past 4 years and a member of the College Pipe Band during the past 3 years.

His residential project was his involvement in the organization and planning of an international Round Square conference hosted by College. Haydn was a group leader and a conference facilitator and gained valuable experience from this adventure.

Well done, Haydn on achieving your Gold Standard of The President’s Award.



What is the President’s Award?

The President’s Award is associated with the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award and it is an internationally recognized programme which helps to build valuable soft skills and it keeps the youth in touch with their local community.

It offers young people (between the ages of 14 – 24) the opportunity to develop their character and with it being affiliated with the Duke of Edinburgh’s International award, it is the world’s leading youth achievement award. The programme started in the UK, in 1956, where it is known as the Duke of Edinburgh’s International award and it was introduced in South Africa in 1983 by Nelson Mandela as the first Patron-in-Chief and was called The President’s Award.

Award Framework:

The award is comprised of THREE levels, Bronze, Silver and Gold.

Each level is aimed at different age groups with increasing requirements through each level.

The Grade 8s enroll for Bronze at 14 years old, the Grade 9s enroll onto Silver and then at the age of 16, the Grade 10s can sign up for Gold programme. Each level has FOUR sections with certain requirements needed, namely, sport, skill, adventurous journey and service. For Gold, there is a 5th requirement, the residential project.

The aim of the Service component is for the participant to gain an understanding of the value of providing a service to others and to their broader community.

The Adventurous journey – encourages a spirit of adventure while completing a journey within a group.

The Physical recreation encourages sport participation, with the aim of improving their health and fitness.

The Skill component encourages the development of their personal interests, creativity or practical skills.

For the GOLD standard, the residential project’s aim is to broaden their experience with others unknown to them, in a residential setting, away from home for a minimum of 5 nights.

On completion, the participants will receive a certificate with their name and level completed, signed by our current South African President, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa and The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Phillip.

St Andrew’s College was the first school in South Africa to adopt the Award programme and therefore we enroll all our grade 8s on the bronze level and encourage them to work through the award programme throughout their time at College. The boys work through each level at their own pace and initiative.

It is a most rewarding and wonderful opportunity and challenge for all our boys. I have seen the boys that enrol in the Award programme gain independence and growth from all the areas that they have had to fulfil, such as, self-confidence, humility from helping others, compassion, and endurance for the hikes and sports component.

I enjoy seeing the boys’ growth through the award programme as they move from the Bronze to Gold level. Working through the various challenges is part of the ethos at College, and The President’s Award is the proof of their success.

Mrs Mandy LaddsAward Leader



Every weekday, we will bring you an ordinary photograph that has come to represent something extraordinary, creating awareness of events that shaped our world through the eyes of photographers. View the daily photographs on Facebook, Instagram and Campus Junction

Temporum Project, Week 4

The image today is of the RMS Titanic, a ship that is equally well known as being ‘unsinkable.’ When the ship departed on its maiden voyage in the April of 1912, it was marketed by the White Star Line as the largest passenger ship ever and touted as indestructible. The Titanic was most definitely not, it sunk when it crashed in to an iceberg, and hundreds of people died due to the fact that the ship was not equipped with enough lifeboats. It was an undeniable tragedy, a catastrophe that has become synonymous with the fool-hardy arrogance of humankind.

This is picture of Hector Pieterson, a 13 year-old schoolboy, that was taken 44 years ago today by Sam Nzima. This image was woven into the fabric of our history as it evolved into a global symbol of the oppression imposed by the Apartheid regime. It became a catalyst for change - this picture helped sow and fertilise the seeds of international opposition and worldwide awareness that became critical in the eventual demise of the Nationalist Party. Hector Pieterson joined thousands of students that peacefully protested the Bantu Education Act on the 16th of June in 1976, and was one of the hundreds of people gunned down. Police opened fire with real bullets on that fateful day, retaliating against the stones that were cast against them by mere teenagers. Today, the anniversary of Pieterson’s death and the Soweto Uprising, is Youth Day. Today, we must remember those that died for wanting a fragment of the education that we take for granted. Today, we must remember that the fight for equality and freedom is not over; 44 years on, there are people that still refuse to bow to common sense and reason. Today, we must remember that once again, the power to enact change lies with us, the Youth.Pictured here is Jeffrey Miller, who was fatally wounded

in the Kent State Shootings of 1970. While students were protesting US involvement in Cambodia, the Ohio National Guard opened fire. Initially the protestors thought the troops were firing blanks, that is until the dust settled and the crowd scattered, and four people were killed. Mary Ann Vecchio is the woman kneeling over the body, and her anguished expression is the most apt description possible for what took place on that day. It is seen as the day where the innocence of a generation was lost, and this image is a “visual symbol of a hopeful nation’s lost youth.”



The Berlin Summer Olympics Games of 1936 are remembered for many more reasons than the remarkable sporting achievements of Jesse Owens, but his success at the competition highlights the infamy with which history regards Hitler’s Olympics. The Summer Games of ‘36 are regarded by the cynical as an extravagant exercise in propaganda; an early example of posturing on Hitler’s part that was fuelled by Western policies of appeasement. Hitler was determined to make the Berlin Olympics a shining light of German achievement, pouring vast resources into anything and everything that would be under the spotlight, especially the athletes. Thus, the unwitting rebel, Jesse Owens, was born. In the ultimate defiance of racial supremacists, Jesse Owens walked away with four gold medals, winning the 100m, 200m, 4 by 100m, and long jump. People remember his success for the dampener it undoubtedly was for Hitler and his notions of superiority, but such people are remiss when they neglect to focus on the hostility Owens faced in his own country. The man who spurned Hitler and dominated the track in Berlin highlighted the hypocrisy of Western governments, never more so than when he was forced to enter via the service entrance to his own victory banquet.



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Return boxes• Returned books will be kept in

quarantine for three days before

being returned to the shelves

• Maintain a physical distance of

1.5metres from fellow library

users • Keyboards need to be sanitized

before and after use – alcohol

swabs are provided for your use.

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

Dates may change depending on government policy decisions Sunday 21 June Return of Grade 8 and 9 boarders Monday 22 June Start of lessons for Grade 8 and 9 learners Thursday 25 June National Arts Festival starts (Virtual) until 5/7 Monday 29 June RAP Day Wednesday 1 July 11h15 Matric English CAT Essay to 13h00 Friday 17 July RAP Day Monday 20 July Grade 11 and 12 Cambridge International Examinations begin to 4/8 Monday 20 July Grade 11 IEB Examinations begin to 4/8 Wednesday 22 July Grade 10 summative Term Assessments to 4/8 Friday 24 July Travel Booking Deadline Wednesday 29 July Grade 8 & 9 summative Term Assessments to 4/8 Tuesday 4 August 17h00 Final Assembly Wednesday 5 August Pupils Travel Day Thursday 6 August Staff Admin Day 5 August – 23 August August Holiday for all Matrics and Grade 11 AS (Cambridge International) TBC 5 August – 30 August August Holiday for Grade 8 – 11 (IEB)

Michaelmas Holiday Sunday 23 August 18h00 All Matrics and Grade 11 AS (Cambridge International) return TBC Monday 24-30 August Matric and CIE AS & A Level Exam Preparation Week (Revision Camp) TBC Sunday 30 August 18h00 Grade 8 – 11 Boarders return Monday 31 August Grade 8 – 11 Lessons begin Monday 31 August Matric Trial Exams to 22/9 (Dates TBC) 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 TBC)

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Remember when entering the Remember when entering the

library to do the following:library to do the following:

• No mask No entry

• Sanitize your hands

• Place return books into the

specially marked boxes

• Do not touch the books in the

Return boxes• Returned books will be kept in

quarantine for three days before

being returned to the shelves

• Maintain a physical distance of

1.5metres from fellow library

users • Keyboards need to be sanitized

before and after use – alcohol

swabs are provided for your use.

Looking for a physical book? – Ask a librarianLooking for a physical book? – Ask a librarianLooking for a digital book? – What are you waiting Looking for a digital book? – What are you waiting for? – Check it out now onfor? – Check it out now on Overdrive Overdrive and and SORASORANot sure what to read? – Not sure what to read? – Check out this linkCheck out this link Check outCheck out Pressreader PressreaderLooking for a news article? – The next time you are Looking for a news article? – The next time you are on campus Download Press Reader app and start on campus Download Press Reader app and start reading news and get access to magazines you want.reading news and get access to magazines you want.Looking for a research article for your assignment? Looking for a research article for your assignment? – Check out our free – Check out our free Research database (JStor)Research database (JStor) Ask Ask your librarian for help if necessaryyour librarian for help if necessaryLooking for a Seminar room to work with your friend Looking for a Seminar room to work with your friend or Tutor? – Bookings need to be made with theor Tutor? – Bookings need to be made with thelibrarian librarian Thirsty? – Bring your own water to quench your thirst Thirsty? – Bring your own water to quench your thirst until until things are back to normalhings are back to normal

For more information on the Cawse

library visit our website

Submitting book reviews

Internet Archive



Dear All

Last Saturday saw a wonderful coming together of the K-Day community as pupils, staff, parents and family from all over the world, and from all our schools involved in K-Day, got out there and registered some kilos in the spirit of K-Day 2020. Some 12 500 km were covered by those that took part and this took us up through Africa, way past Cairo, and up into the Arctic Circle, just short of the North Pole! Well done to all! The Matric boys who were on campus were able to choose between a Mountain Drive bike ride or run or a lap or two of A Block. There were a number of staff that turned out for the ride, the run or for some laps around Lower. Thank you to all of you who contributed, wherever you may have been! It was also great to re-live some of the special moments from the K-Day 1st XV rugby match from 2013. This was flighted by Schools Sport Live and can still be found on You Tube. The match was commentated by Gerry Posthumus and Gareth Shaw, the two

head coaches on the day and they provided some interesting insights. It was also great to hear from Captain, Sintu Manjezi, and Robbie Ball who both starred in that match. Three of the College players from that year have gone on to pursue professional rugby careers in Sintu, Tyler Paul and Jason Baggot, whilst Robbie Ball was a member of the UCT Team that won the World Student Championship. It has been great to welcome another group of boys back to campus. It would seem that the Matric group have enjoyed the experience and we hope that the Grade 10s and 11s have the same experience. Next week we look forward to having those Grade 8s and 9s who can make it back, as part of the fold. The exercise sessions for those back have continued, whilst the off-campus group have kept busy with the prescribed exercises. The Inter-House Fitness Challenge this week has involved a two minute maximum squat routine and we hope that most all of the boys will take part. Last week saw the third of the challenges involving a one minute maximum push up routine. Whilst Upper

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House continued its dominance in terms of levels of participation, it was great to see a really good turn-out by Armstrong House this week, allowing them to narrow the gap on Upper. Armstrong and Merriman were the top two houses in terms of performance this week. The Inter-House Fitness Challenge standings are now as follows:

Running Total (after 3 events): 1. Upper 32 points2. Graham 24 Armstrong 244 Merriman 18,55 Mullins 186 Espin 9,5

We encourage all to stay positive, stay motivated and to stay healthy during this difficult time. There is definitely light at the end of the tunnel!

Kind regards

Pete AndrewDirector of Sport

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