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In May, Crawford College Pretoria students took part in the High School
Public Speaking Festival. Eleven teams of four members each researched,
wrote, practised and perfected their speeches on a variety of topics from
family relationships to the nature of freedom in today’s society. All the
teams did exceptionally well, and two teams, Grade 8 and Grade 10, were
chosen to take part in the finals. Both teams delivered their speeches
professionally and convincingly. The Grade 8s placed in 3rd position,
while the Grade 10s placed in 4th position.
Crawford College Pretoria
Crawford College Pretoria
Crawford College Pretoria student Muzzammil Tayob in Grade 11 recently
participated in the United Nations Association South Africa (UN – ASA) University
of Pretoria Model United Nations (Model UN) Competition. This exciting
and intense debate was held at the University of Pretoria at the end of April.
Muzzammil was the only high school student who participated against the
University of Pretoria’s debating teams. He took on the challenge, despite the
fact that he was the youngest debater in the competition, and was awarded 1st
place and title of Best Debater.
Crawford College Sandton
Crawford College Sandton
Crawford College Sandton Grade 12 student Zoe Liebenberg’s drawing, ‘Drowning
Above the Surface’ depicts a figure floating on the surface of a body of water. The figure
is wrapped in material that represents sea pollution. It’s unusual that a person is affected
by pollution in this way, and this causes the viewer to sympathise with sea animals and
ultimately help reduce pollution. It’s tricky to see and understand the entire visual which
encourages the viewer to move closer and inspect the work. In Visual and Fine Arts,
students are pushed to develop their creative, reflective and critical thinking to solve or
comment on world problems.
“Performing ‘Naked Apathetic’ is easily one of my best memories, not just
because of the performance but because of the lessons that came along the way.
I learnt the importance of teamwork, of speaking the unspoken, of putting on a
nun’s habit in a room full of people and, finally, of saying things that people are
scared to talk about. I learnt the importance of theatre. Expressing yourself is
elating and liberating and that’s what FEDA makes you do – it’s an opportunity to
break free from conformity.” – Erin Dodo, Grade 11
Crawford College Sandton students who engage in the dramatic arts develop
a higher level of empathy and a heightened understanding of what others are
thinking and feeling. This naturally nurtures emotional intelligence and allows for
students to recognise beauty and have greater compassion. This, in turn, develops and enriches analytical thinking.
Crawford College North Coast
Crawford
College North
Coast student
Tamirah
Kathrada in
Grade 11 has
recently picked
up Visual Art
as her 10th
subject and
to her delight
uncovered a
latent talent for composing pieces of digital art. She
immerses herself in the medium for hours at a time.
She aspires to be a digital artist/illustrator. Tamirah
researched her prospective career by following Disney
artists and their journeys on social media.
Crawford College
North Coast
Aspiring Crawford College
North Coast dancer/actress
Rachel Devine in Grade 11 has
just finished a successful run of
‘Curtain Up’ at the Elizabeth
Sneddon Theatre. She also
impressively performed for
her Senior Level 11 American
Performance Awards Exam,
earning a Gold Certificate
and Medal. The dances she
performed were the Port de Bras,
Pirouette combination, Adage, Petit Allegro (including
Batterie), Grand Allegro and Solo dance. Consequently,
Rachel has been invited to attend the American Academy
of Ballet Summer School of Excellence in New York, next
year. Congratulations Rachel!
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