Welcome to the latest edition of the Pridwin Knights Tale.
Welcome to the latest edition of the Pridwin Knights Tale.
This is your window into the life of Pridwin Preparatory School.
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From the Executive Headmaster's Desk
From the Executive Headmaster's Desk
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What's Happening Around Pridwin?
What's Happening Around Pridwin?
Grade 0s Big Brother Photo Day
Grade 0s Big Brother Photo Day
Who knew having photos with Big Brothers could be so exciting? Over the course of February our Grade 0s and 7s spent time getting to know each other through our Big Brother Program. The Grade 7s have taken on the mantle of leadership and have taken the Grade 0s under their wings.
Grade 0 Experience the Valentine's Day Market
Grade 0 Experience the Valentine's Day Market
The Grade 0 boys thoroughly enjoyed the Valentine's Day Market hosted by their Big Brothers! It was lovely to see the interactions between the seniors of the school and Pridwins newest additions. The highlight for everyone was definitely the many tasty treats on sale.
Grade 1s Showing Random Acts of Kindness
Grade 1s Showing Random Acts of Kindness
The Grade 1s celebrated Random Act of Kindness Day on the 17th of February. The boys made Thank you cards for the Pridwin community and walked around the school handing these to staff. This gesture of kindness made the learners more aware of the people around them and brought smiles to the many staff around campus.
Grade 1s Experience a Multi-Sensory Approach to Learning
Grade 1s Experience a Multi-Sensory Approach to Learning
A multi-sensory approach to learning uses a child’s senses, i.e., the sense of smell, vision, auditory and touch, as a prompt to support ‘stickability’ when a child is presented with new information. A few action snaps of our Pridwin boys in action.
Grade 2s Adventure to Greensleeves
Grade 2s Adventure to Greensleeves
As part of our Knights and Castles theme, the Grade 2 boys went on an outing to Greensleeves Medieval Castle in Hartbeespoort. This purpose-built experience allows visitors to be immersed in a medieval village. The boys learnt all about Medieval knights, saw and experienced how they lived, worked, fought, what weaponry they used and more. The highlight of any visit to Greensleeves is the king's banquet and our boys loved the experience.
Grade 2s Getting to Know Each Other
Grade 2s Getting to Know Each Other
Our boys decided to share some of their favourite things with us. It is great to get to know each other.
Grade 3s Create Comics
Grade 3s Create Comics
The Grade 3s have been working with the fabulous app Book Creator to create their very own animated COMIC BOOKS. Here are a few photos of us hard at work and a few examples of our fabulous creations. We can't wait to share more of them with you soon!
Grade 4s Show Their Poetic Talents
Grade 4s Show Their Poetic Talents
As we enter 2022, we are excited to move forward and are mindful of the beauty and resilience of humankind that has been tested during the pandemic. The Grade 4s created acrostic poems as a celebration of our humanity and the kindness and compassion shared within our Pridwin Community.
The poems were submitted anonymously to the PPA who selected two poems that they believed to be the best and included them on the Pridwin Rose cards. The authors of the winning poems were Sean Kelly and Daniel Cloete!
Grade 5s Build Family Trees
Grade 5s Build Family Trees
Our Grade 5 boys have begun exploring their heritages and histories. Over the course of February, they embarked on a mission to discover their family lineages and highlight their findings in a family tree. It is always amazing to see how our families come together and how unique each family tree is.
Grade 6s Stretch Their Mathematical Muscles
Grade 6s Stretch Their Mathematical Muscles
Grade 6s busy enjoying a Mathletics session in class. Mathletics is a fun way to reinforce the concepts covered in class and an amazing tool to enhance the boys learning.
Grade 7s Go Back in Time
Grade 7s Go Back in Time
The Grade 7s have been learning all about the Victorian Era and the working patterns of people during that time. They created 3D graphs using recyclable goods to better understand these patterns.
Music
Music
With the boys settling into their daily routines, it is exciting to hear the early squeaks and squawks changing into beautiful music. Our Combined String Ensemble have recorded their first video for 2022. Our Junior Jazz Band has also doubled in size! As a department, we are looking forward to welcoming parents at our upcoming Lunch Hour Concerts and Soireés!
Sport
Sport
Swimmers make a splash
Swimmers make a splash
Our swimmers have trained hard over the course of this season. Here we see some early morning swimming training before some of our boys challenged themselves by completing the Midmar Mile. Well done, lads. You make Pridwin proud!
Pridwin wins St Johns Basketball Tournament
Pridwin wins St Johns Basketball Tournament
Over the half term weekend Pridwin was invited to participate in the 17th edition of the St John’s Basketball Tournament. It was a wonderful weekend, and our boys went through to the final undefeated. The final game, against St Benedicts, was interrupted by lightning and was unfortunately not played. The organizing committee in consultation with the St Johns College Executive decided to award both Pridwin and St Benedict's as co-winners for 2022. This is a wonderful achievement and a huge congratulations must go to the boys and coaching staff on once again showcasing Pridwin spirit.
Pridwin 1st XV makes us proud at the #SaintsSportsFest2022
Pridwin 1st XV makes us proud at the #SaintsSportsFest2022
The St Stithians College Sports Festival, held annually over the weekend before and over Easter, is a highlight on any sporting calendar. This year, our boys went up against some formidable sides and came away with some incredible results. 1 draw to KEPS, 2 wins against St Charles and Penryn and 1 loss to St Johns are all results which must be commended. We look forward to seeing our boys at the St Johns College Easter Festival over the upcoming weekend.
Staff News
Staff News
Staff run the JP Morgan
Staff run the JP Morgan
A huge congratulations goes to the 30 staff members who took part in the 2022 edition of the JP Morgan Challenge. Great fun was had by all, as staff supported their collegues on the route and after the run with a braai and drinks at Pridwin.
Exploring transformation
Exploring transformation
Over the past few weeks our staff have spent Wednesday afternoons in an interactive book club where groups have read and given feedback on different chapters of Nene Molefe's book, Journey of Diversity & Inclusion In South Africa, to the group. These sessions have been invaluable for us as a group to better understand one another.
Old Pridwin Association
Old Pridwin Association
Keeping up to date with our Pridwin Old Boys.
Launch of The OPA Network
Launch of The OPA Network
We are proud to announce the launch of The OPA Network. An online platform which seeks to link all past pupils, parents, and staff. Via the platform members can share job opportunities, list their businesses and services, and stay in contact with fellow Pridwin alumni.
We invite all past and present parents, pupils, and staff to join the OPA network by clicking here.
We welcome back the class of 2017
We welcome back the class of 2017
There was great excitement on campus on Friday 1 April 2022 as we welcomed the class of 2017 back to Pridwin for the Old Boys Chapel and lunch. The boys and their parents enjoyed the time of connection and reminiscing on their memories of the time spent at Pridwin.
Heralds from the Midlands
Heralds from the Midlands
Congratulations to Kofi Asumaning who was recently awarded full Academic Honours at Michaelhouse. This is an incredible achievement, and we are immensely proud of him. He also achieved a distinction in his Grade 8 saxophone examinations highlighting the all-round foundation that Pridwin provides.
Alumni Visitors
Alumni Visitors
We had the pleasure of welcoming Janosch Boinski back to Pridwin. He is an old Pridwin boy who now lives in Switzerland. He and his family were in South Africa and popped past to say hi.
MySchool Cards
MySchool Cards
Did you know you can help Pridwin without it costing you a cent?
Did you know you can help Pridwin without it costing you a cent?
Simply get a free MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet card, swipe it when shopping at our retail partners, in-store or online, and our retail partners will give a percentage of your spend back to Pridwin Preparatory School. It’s that easy and won’t cost you a cent! Click below to join today and select Pridwin Preparatory School as your beneficiary. All funds raised are deposited directly into the Pridwin Fundraising account and the proceeds used to uplift and improve Pridwin.
Simply get a free MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet card, swipe it when shopping at our retail partners, in-store or online, and our retail partners will give a percentage of your spend back to Pridwin Preparatory School. It’s that easy and won’t cost you a cent! Click below to join today and select Pridwin Preparatory School as your beneficiary. All funds raised are deposited directly into the Pridwin Fundraising account and the proceeds used to uplift and improve Pridwin.
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