The exciting Otter Challenge had the St Francis College Grade 7's competing over three days cycling, hiking and paddling. Day 1 (31 July) had them cycling (15 kms) and paddling (10kms), day two was the hike (15 kms) and paddle (10kms) and the finish is a paddle to finish at Quaysyde on August 2nd. Here [...]
St Francis College girls excelled at the “Knock on Wood” Festival at Woodridge College on 31 July 2018 which was judged by the renowned conductor and musician, Richard Cock. Each of the seven girls sang a song from a musical with impressive results. Eva Hurley won a gold, and Madison Morris, Layla Reynolds. Ella Leshem [...]
This July, our 1st girls hockey team was invited to attend a hockey festival organized by DSG in Grahamstown. The first two games were against all boys teams of Yellowwoods from Fort Beaufort and Shaw Park from Bathurst on the Rhodes University astro. Our full squad managed a 2-2 draw against Shaw Park. After this, [...]
SFC pupils contributed to Mandela Day on July 18th by bringing blankets to school for people in need, baby/ childhood blankets for schools and older blankets for local animal shelters. Firstly, they heard stories from Mr Bause during assembly about how special Nelson Mandela was especially as regards his compassion for people. They then formed, [...]
Oh what fun! The grade 2's got to spend a whole day at Mrs Anderson's super home where they got to make pizza and learn about fractions! The annual Pizza de la Rossco!!
Our Under 13A boys hockey team played to a 2-2 draw against Woodridge Preparatory School Under 13B team on 16 July. It was an evenly balanced affair which was played in an excellent spirit by both teams.
What a perfect day in early July for the Harbour to Harbour Walk! St Francis College's Grades 1's and 2's set off from the Port St Francis Habour and made their way along the beautiful coastal walk, all the while collecting any rubbish they found and stopping to explore rock pools. At the halfway point [...]
Grade 1's had a fabulous outing to HolmeLeigh Farmyard where they fed and stroked the animals, while getting interesting titbits of information about them. One of the highlights of this fun day was a ride on the tractor.
