FUTURE LEADERS
George Randell Primary School is delighted to announce the appointment of our new head and deputy prefects for 2017. They would like to congratulate...
COLOUR SPLASH
African Angels Independent school pupils, from left, Dominic Tolana, Akhanya Roloma, Eyam Mkohlakali and Khanya Dulase, were taught to splatter paint with objects by...
HEARTS OF GIVERS
The children at Fun @ 4 Preschool made beautiful hearts out of wood, ribbons and lots of love for the children at CHOC. The...
Set for world debate
MERRIFIELD College pupil, Dominique Plaatjes has been selected to represent South Africa at the World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships in Sydney, Australia,...
Hudson fields for SA again
HUDSON Park High School’s first team have been excelling on the cricket field for the past few years, producing talented, disciplined and professional cricket...
Old directory drive hits Eastern Cape
GET your old Yellow Pages ready because the Old Telephone Directory Drive is back for another recycling competition.
This competition is open to all schools...
School shoes worth R200k to help needy
TWO of East London’s landmark shopping centres have come together as part of a national campaign to give school shoes to underprivileged children.
Mdantsane City...
Helping Hand gives pupils a better start
THE Helping Hand Schoolbag project has once again aided needy pupils in starting their big Grade 1 adventure.
The project, established 10 years ago in...
Pupils turn bags into funky rhino
One thousand plastic bags that would otherwise be clogging landfills have been fashioned into a funky rhino by environmentally conscious pupils of Lilyfontein School.
IN THE...
East London pupils protest over scholar transport
Learning came to a complete standstill at an East London school as hundreds of its pupils boycotted classes this morning.
Hundreds of pupils from Umtiza...
TVET colleges headed for total shutdown
The country’s 50 Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges are headed for a total shutdown this week‚ with students saying the time for...
Young maths boffs helping needy peers
“IT BEGINS with a desire”. These are the words from the founders of Omega Junior, a community organisation that aims to create a sense...
Drop-outs drag pass rate down
MADELEINE CHAPUT and THANDEKA NTLONTI
FORGET 72.5%, the true matric pass rate in South Africa is much lower, according to Equal Education.
By taking into account...
TEFL course ticket to seeing the world
THE East London Language Institute has been running a TEFL (Teach English as a Foreign Language) course for the past year and has seen...
Parkside school gets boost from music show
PARKSIDE Primary was delighted with the substantial donation of funds raised by IT consulting company EOH through the performance of Cape Town band Joedhouse...
Aqua Vista principal retires Schmidlin signs off after 23 years of...
AQUA Vista Primary School principal Victor Schmidlin is retiring and...
Kids excel in world art event
YOUNG East London artists fared well at the 47th World School Children’s Art Exhibition held in Taiwan this year, receiving one gold, two silvers, a bronze and...
EL boy off to model UN debate
Stirling star part of SA team
AFTER performing well at the SA Model United Nations National Conference, Stirling High School’s Haydon Anderson, 14, was selected as...
Cubs take to stage for rhinos
PORT Rex Lions Cubs at Hudson Park Primary School put together a drama showcase to raise funds and awareness of rhino poaching in the Eastern...
Accounting honours add up for school
STIRLING High School pupils excelled in the recent National Junior Accounting Olympiad, securing the top-three spots in the Eastern Cape.
Grade 9 pupil Peter McCausland came...
Hop on for 72km of fun
Huge entry set to saddle up to raise annual funds for school
ABOUT 500 entries have already been received for the Kwelera 2 Kei Mouth...
LEGO helps build up EC pupils
Resources focus on learning through play
SESAME Workshop and the LEGO Foundation have teamed up to launch educational resources that unlock the power of play to...
A case of edugration
Steady increase of families relocating to catchment areas of top schools in EL
MORE and more families are moving from their homes to areas where...
Clarendon pupils to speak up for SA
TWO Clarendon High School pupils have been selected to represent South Africa at the World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championship (WIDPSC) in April...
Ambassadors of peace
UN High Commissioner for Refugees agency trains pupils to build society free of xenophobia
TO HELP promote the integration of refugees in South African society,...
Putting others first
Pupil gives entrepreneurs day profits to children with cancer
KIND-HEARTED Grade 4 Merrifield pupil, Paige Collins, decided that instead of spending her hard-earned profits from...
Pupils’s sporting chance
AW Barnes Primary hosts cricket clinic for juniors thanks to Pretoria-based company
SARAH KINGON
YOUNG cricketers from AW Barnes Primary School benefited from an afternoon of skills...
Girls flying Green Flag
CLARENDON High School for Girls was honoured for their environmental work by receiving an Eco-Schools' Green Flag recently.
This flag was awarded by Sue Spies,...
Hudson gives back
School’s Harvest Day sees pupils bless charities with piles of collected goods
It is an example of the compassion, kindness, care and support we should share...
Hope for Parkside
A GOOD Samaritan restored hope for Parkside Primary School by repairing the vandalised ablution facilities and plumbing over the weekend, allowing pupils to return...
Health initiative launch
Sesame Workshop, J&J on board
JOHNSON and Johnson (J&J) and Sesame Workshop launched critical health and hygiene multimedia resources for children and caregivers in the Buffalo...
Hitting world court
Local, young squash stars playing for SA in Malaysia
SARAH KINGON
TOP local squash players, Lara Patrick, 15, and Tristen Worth, 14, will be representing South Africa at...
Ex- Hudson heads tell its rich story in new book
Both schools realised the potential, despite an unsure start
IN CELEBRATION of Hudson Park’s rich history and achievements over the last 110 years, ex-principals Trevor Webster...
Pupils sent home
Poorly secured Parkside Primary shuts doors after thieves destroy facilities
These people must realise they are stealing from the children
VANDALISM and theft has crippled Parkside Primary School,...
Pupils make SA team
•Vukuhambe teens in U23 wheelchair basketball squad
THREE athletes from Vukuhambe Special School have been selected for the South African U23 Wheelchair Basketball team which will...
Riding the big waves
•Border’s No1 to take on SA’s best, while eyeing world champs
‘Surfing is all a mind game. You have to believe in yourself’
GOOFY- footed surfer...
Christian school offers bright pupils bursaries
‘We have always assisted kids in need’
Ariston Christian School in St Matthews Road is giving away 10 bursaries to ‘academically excelling, but economically deprived’ pupils...
Lilyfontein SleepOut
•First East London school joins initiative to help the homeless
WHILE South Africa’s current and future business leaders head for the Nelson Mandela Bridge in...
