The College entered 20 children in the six Independent Schools Trail Run races hosted by Kingswood College in Grahamstown on 11th September. Nine ISASA schools participated in the event. The College did really well with 10 of their entrants being placed. In the Under 9 boys race, Ethan Darke was placed 1st, Noah Tovell 2nd, [...]
How beautiful is our school on this fresh Spring day! The recent drought breaking rains have filled our little dam to the brim. The grass is green again and our Grade 6 learners were busy gardening when a welcome visitor dropped in.
St Francis College brothers Joel (Grade 7 left) and Rory Dace (Grade 4 right) have both been picked to represent the Nelson Mandela Bay Surfriders at the 2018 Sea Harvest SA Junior Championships this year. Former St Francis College learners Makai Cabot and Catelin Plomaritis have also been selected for the team. Rory Dace is [...]
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 [...]
