VETERAN Eastern Cape educator Warwick Osmond will take up the reins as headmaster at top private primary school, St Francis College, in February. Currently acting headmaster at Dale College Boys’ High School in King William’s Town, Osmond said he intended positioning the school as a leading player in environmental learning and management, given its unique [...]
Don't miss this opportunity to see our Junior Phase Grades 00 - 3 participating in this fun production. A Big thank you to Pop-In Beauty Bar for sponsoring all the make-up for our show!
College swimmers did well in the C group gala held at Herbert Hurd, Cape Recife on 20 October. Seen here are our swimmers who placed in the first three in their races : Back row (l to r) Cadence Marais, Daniel May and Ryan Marais. Middle row (l to r) Milla Aylesbury, Chris Cownie and [...]
Three St Francis College girls, Ella Boonzaier, Hannah Praetorius and Cadence Marais, joined the Manta Rays Club water polo team in Grahamstown on Saturday (Nov 3) for the Kingswood 2018 water polo festival. The girls played against Wyverns (Kingswood), Collegiate A, DSG B, Clarendon B (East London) and Stirling A winning 4 games and losing [...]
Grade 7 equestrians Samara Howell and Amy Robson represented the College at the Homestead Equestrian Estate Dressage show in Oyster Bay at the weekend. Amy (Child Rider Class) received two first places and Samara (Pony Rider Novice) received a first and a second place. Former College pupil Molly Dalton (Pony Rider Novice and Elementary) received [...]
Kouga Performance Cricket Centre (KPCC) played two matches against All Rounder Cricket Academy from Cape Town at the Youth Cricket Academy in Walmer, Port Elizabeth on 1st October. Promising St Francis College cricketer, James Beckley scored the top score of 60 not out in the first of two under 13 matches but it was not [...]
The College are trying out the concept of Golden Time in the foundation phase over the next 4 weeks. So once a week the 4 classes are split into cross grade groups (0 to 4) and they explore an activity within the creativity and tech hub. The activities can be anything from gardening and outdoor [...]
The Nursery School children had an exciting morning when the Fire Department came to visit with their truck and all their equipment to show the children how they fight fires. But best of all was being allowed to sit in the driver's seat of the truck!
While the older children were busy with the Inter House Athletics, our Grade 00 and Grade 0 mini Olympics was taking place. This event is enormous fun featuring events such as the Silly sack race, Bean bag balance, Bike Race, Toy Waddle, Waiter water balance, Flippy Floppy Race and the Over and under water bucket. [...]
