Lower II - St John's College

St John’s Preparatory School 


Houghton 

17 March 2011 

Tel: 011 645 3100/ 087 550473 Newsletter Number 3 

From the Headmaster… 

Introduction 

How do we foster the capability and emotional 

wellbeing of children and adolescents in the 

21st century? As parents, teachers and mental 

health professionals, access to practical, 

science-based information is critical to success. 

Adam Cox, PhD, is a leading advocate for 

fostering the cognitive abilities and emotional 

wellbeing of youth. He provides a revolutionary 

perspective in how we understand and foster 

child development, and as some of you know, he 

was here at St John’s for the International Boys' 

Schools Coalition (IBSC) Conference. Dr Cox has 

been commissioned by the IBSC to conduct a 

school-based research study on "Locating 

Significance in the Lives of Boys." This 

worldwide study includes site visits and 

interviews with students in the US, Canada, 

Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Africa and 

some of our boys at the Prep were part of this 

process. 

I found Dr Cox’s address very interesting as 

often I feel we get caught up in looking at the 

institution (St John’s) and we forget about the 

individual and how the individual boy 

contributes uniquely towards the school. 

A few of the interesting facts that came out of 

his research are: 

• The key aspects of an ideal boy are 

emergence, achievement, motivation, 

congruity and belonging. 

• When giving boys tasks, these must be 

novel, and they like doing them with their 

peers. Boys also like to be recognized. 

• Boys must be given purposeful work that 

must be challenging – boys will settle and 

be comfortable with whatever level of 

challenge they are given. By giving boys 

purposeful work, it provides information 

of who they are and increases energy. 

Reminders from the 

Diary 

18/03 UII Music Concert 

Independent Schools’ Cricket Festival - 

Cape Town 

Assessments in History LIII - UIII 

Assessments in History/ Science/ 

Geography LII - UII 

21/03 Human Rights Day - No School 

22/03 UII Camp to Kloofwaters Departs 

LIII Music Concert 

23/03 LII Music Concert 

Athletics vs KEPS 

24/03 UI Music Concert 

25/03 Cross Country Meeting 

UII Camp Returns 

Supper & Song 

29/03 1st XI Cricket Match vs Sandroyd (UK) 

29/03 Hair Inspection 

Academic Assessment Meeting - No 

Extramurals 

30/03 Prestige Athletics Meeting 

01/04 Cross Country Meeting 

St John’s College Experience UIIIs 

05/04 Inter-House Athletics 

Let the Children Sing 

06/04 Let the Children Sing 

07/04 St Stithians 1st XV Rugby Festival 

Let the Children Sing 

Sports Captains 2011 

Rugby 

Vice Captain: Francois Joubert 

Captain: Callum Harding 

Athletics 

Vice Captains: Gino Sanchez 

Nick Hallendorff 

Musiiwa Masianoga 

Captain: Robert Hardham

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• Boys are disengaged from beauty (other than with the opposite sex of course!) 

• Real time achievement is key. 

• Boys need to know if things are urgent and necessary and whether they will get 

recognition. 

• Girls want to help people; boys want to be heroes. 

• Boys are sublimated by relentless competition. 

• The two things in life which are most significant for boys, particularly in Africa, 

are technology and nature. 

• Boys would be happy to let social networking go if everybody else did. 

I look forward to listening to Dr Cox in London in July once he has completed his 

research and I am sure I will be able to report back with some more interesting 

information about boys. 

I wish you all the very best for the last few weeks of term – I cannot believe we are 

almost one term down! 

Patrick Lees 

Headmaster 

The Weekly Whatzup! 

The Weekly Whatzup is a central “venue” where every single activity for the Prep is 

recorded for the week. This communication is posted onto Communicator every Friday 

for the week ahead. In addition, copies of The Weekly Whatzup are posted all around 

the Prep throughout the week. It has been fantastic to see the number of boys who are 

now reading this around the school. 

As a parent, you will be able to have a look at The Weekly Whatzup one week in 

advance, in order to plan the following week accordingly, as you know exactly where 

your son is involved, on a daily basis. Occasionally, there may be a sudden change to 

an event, and so it is immediately updated and re-posted onto Communicator. In due 

course, Communicator will be available on your cellphones. 

The Weekly Whatzup is a very important piece of communication that we feel is very 

valuable to you as a parent. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact 

me. 

Craig Verdal-Austin 

Second Master 

verdal@stjohnscollege.co.za 

011 645 3116


4CTea 

4th March 2011 

Over 90% Maths assessment: 

Bradley Burrell Justin Koevort 

Lukha de Jesus Tim McKernan 

Connor Dooley 

Hlumelo Mtshali 

Alex Ebeling 

Matthew Robinson 

Jack Gnodde 

Daniel Stevens 

Jesse Hulley 

Seth Streeter 


Babanango Feedback Session 

Adrian Ionescu 

Max Baard 

Nicholas Hallendorff 

James Shelton 

Ramaano Ramokgopa 

Ross Griffin 

James Braham 


Cricket 

Andrew de Lange 

Bradley Milton 

Isaac Dlamini 

Travin Bouwer 

Perfect St John’s Script 

Khayalami Ntuli 

Tristan Klement 

Jamie Benn 

Oliver Tambo 

Colin Kinghorn 

Andy Lund 

Christopher Burke 

Sean Jacobs 

Brandon Vermeulen 

Ethan Chilvers 

Good Behaviour/ helpful on camp 

Alexander Papatheodorou 

Garth van den Berg 

Gino Sanchez 

James Braham 

Marc Elliott 

Jason Batzofin 

Jaryd Kietzmann


New Prep School Book Bags 

For some time the staff in the Prep have been getting increasingly worried about the 

size and weight of the school bags that the boys are carrying from class to class. Boys 

have been getting bigger and bigger bags to carry more and more. 

Unfortunately the bags with shoulder straps are not being worn over both shoulders, as 

per the design, and are carrying up to 20 kilograms on one shoulder. Notwithstanding 

the damage they are doing to their bodies, we feel that boys should not be carrying 

heavy bags all over the school, and should rather be practising good organisational 

skills, by only carrying the books they need for the lessons ahead. 

All boys in the school have a locker in their locker room. Boys will be required to visit 

their locker before school to drop off their big school and sports bags, together with the 

books for the lessons after break. 

At break time they will then revisit their locker and swop books, dropping off the books 

they have used, and pick up the books for the lessons ahead. This will apply for all 

boys, except the Upper 1s, who will continue to use their cloth book bag. 

During the school morning the only bags the boys will be allowed to have with them will 

be the new St John’s Prep Book Bag, and their pencil bags. This will have many 

benefits: the reduction of clutter in the corridors and classrooms, helping to preserve 

the boys’ shoulders, reduction in theft out of bags and loss of whole bags, and also 

helping to develop the planning and organisational skills of the boys. 

The new bags are on sale in the school shop from Tuesday 22 March, and will be 

phased in over the Trinity Term. By the beginning of the Michaelmas Term we do expect 

all boys from Lower II – Upper III to be using these bags. 

Jon Gunning


Afrikaans in the Prep School 

After a close examination of the way in which Afrikaans is taught in the Prep School 

over the past few months, we have worked together to develop a programme that 

includes a far greater oral component, balanced with the requisite language structures 

and creative writing. 

We are all aware of the fact that English-speaking families are no longer as comfortable 

speaking Afrikaans as they once were. We no longer hear the language spoken in public 

buildings, nor do we listen to it regularly on radio and TV, with so many other options 

available. This lack of incidental language learning has impacted on the learning of 

Afrikaans as an additional language. 

As an Afrikaans department, we are anxious to find ways in which to address this. We 

have several new strategies which we hope to implement over the course of this year, 

for example: 

• We will be introducing Taal Tuesdays, where on designated Tuesdays, the whole 

school will be encouraged to speak Afrikaans wherever possible, such as using 

morning greetings, birthday songs, assembly announcements (within reason!), 

weather reports, asking to go out of class, etc. We hope that this will also be 

extended to homes in the afternoons and evenings. The first Taal Tuesday will be 

on the 8 th March. We will also be doing this in Zulu in the near future – so be 

warned! 

• Several new classroom strategies are being implemented, including the use of music 

to develop an understanding of the rhythm of the language. The use of class 

readers is also being encouraged with the support of a reading card system. A 

selection of Afrikaans magazines has also been ordered for the library. 

We ask parents to try out some different strategies as well to assist with the 

development of vocabulary and the rhythm of the language, for example: 

• Use the week’s vocabulary in real situations like identifying clothing, 

furniture, food, and so on. 

• Try putting words on flashcards and sticking them on the relevant objects to 

encourage the learning of vocabulary. 

• Set your GPS on Afrikaans when travelling in the car – this is a wonderful way 

to learn direction words. 

• Tune in to an Afrikaans radio station on your way to school in the mornings.


• Give instructions and use terms of endearment in Afrikaans where possible. 

• Allow boys to watch Sewende Laan on SABC 2 at 6:30. 

• Listen to them read aloud daily, even if they know the comprehension passage 

off by heart. 

• Encourage boys to learn the rules of the language. Even boys who are exposed 

to Afrikaans regularly need to learn these formal structures. 

If you find that you don’t understand the language – get your son to teach you! This is a 

perfect way for him to consolidate concepts and to ask questions about the work he 

may not yet understand. 

We will continue to encourage our boys to work at improving their vocabulary and language 

skills. During the course of the year, we are hoping to make recordings of the 

texts and vocabulary that boys are using in the classroom, to assist with pronunciation 

and understanding at home. 

Please contact me if you’d like any further information or if you have further 

suggestions for improving the development of this special language. 

Kind regards 

Ethel Thomas Margot Long 

HOD Afrikaans Deputy Head - Academics 

thomas@stjohnscollege.co.za longma@stjohnscollege.co.za


Lower II 

The Lower II boys Kloofwaters art work! 

We went looking for bugs and we found a scorpion! 

By Janovin Scholtz LIIZ 

On our way to rock climbing! 

By Rhys Jurgens LIIZ 

I hated mosquitoes at Kloofwataers! 

By Christopher Matthews LIIZ 

On the bum slides my friend 

and I was racing down the 

slides! 

By Emin Yilmaz LIIZ 

A black bottom spider and bum sliding! 

By Josh Kapp LIIZ


Photo gallery - Lower II Camp 

Bumslides - Max & Kgotso Soccer under a rainbow 

Mr Verdal-Austin at the Kloof Meal Time



Bumslides - Jacuzzi Pool Bumslides 

Ready to rock climb Dormitory neatness



Games 

On the lawn


Lower II Paragraph Writing 

My name is Ryan. 

The three rings 

means there are three 

children in my family. 

The eldest is Jhadi. 

She has so much fun 

with me! The second 

eldest is Amber (living 

in Cape Town for a 

year). When I was 4 

and under she used 

to make jelly with me 

and last, but not 

least, me. I am the 

youngest out of all of 

the family. 

My face has sharp ears 

because I hear very faint 

sounds. I have a small 

mouth because I don’t eat 

a lot. I have biggish eyes 

because I can see far. 

My age rings show that 

my age is 9, my sister 

Jhadi is turning 24. My 

sister Amber is turning 23 

and my dad, I think, is 

turning 44. 

My favourite subject is art as you can see. Where I think I get it from, is my mom called 

Deborah and my sister called Amber. My hobby is cycling as you can see by the wheels 

on the Totem Pole. I like cycling because it improves your balance. Where I live is in 

Orchards on Orange Road. I have my own 2 year old Yorkie, she is so cute she always 

makes my day. I am so glad to be a St John’s boy. My life is so good this year! 

By Ryan Quinn LIIV 

My name is Riyaadh 

Haffejee. There are two 

children in my family. I 

have a bigger brother 

and I really like him. 

He is kind in every 

way, he even helps me 

build really hard stuff, 

like a metal plane. 

My favourite school 

subject is D and T. I 

like it because you 

design stuff. I also like 

the teachers. Their 

names are Mr Johnson 

and Mr Poco. We 

are working on tin 

shakers. 

My hobby is cricket. I really like it, especially batting 

and bowling. I don’t like fielding because it is really 

boring. I made the A team this year, here are my 

scores: 38, 3, 0, 6, I have had a great season! 

My face is very important to 

me as it holds my eyes, ears, 

nose and mouth. I wear 

glasses as I have what is 

called ‘astigmatism’. I also 

have a very keen sense of 

smell. I have lost eight teeth. 

I have nine age rings. I am 

turning ten in September on 

the fourteenth, three days 

after Nine Eleven. According 

to my mum, I was cuter 

than my brother. I’m really 

happy to have such nice 

parents. I live in number 

four Park Oaklands. I have a 

dog named Blue. I have a 

huge swimming pool. I have 

a cricket net and a huge 

garden. My maid’s name is 

Mariam and gardener’s is 

Joe. I love them a lot. 

By Riyaadh Haffejee LIIV

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My name is Dylan. There are three children in 

the family. I am the youngest and I am very 

creative. My other brother is Jordan, he loves 

animals, he is the middle child. Finally, Kane 

loves cars and wants to become a stockbroker, 

he is the oldest brother. 

Usually I have a big smile because I am always 

happy. I have big brown eyes because I love 

seeing big exciting things like the Burj Khalifa 

in Dubai as well as Disney World. I have long 

brown hair and small ears. 

I am nine years old, my birthday is the 

5 th November 2001. Last year for my birthday I 

got Death Star, an I-Pad and an I-pod Nano. 

This year I am turning ten years old. 

My favourite school subject is I.T. because I love 

computers and playing games on computers 

like West Point Bridge and Moshi Monsters. Mr 

Mulenga takes us for I.T. on Friday. 

My hobby is Lego. It comes from Denmark. The reason I like Lego is because I like 

building things and creating things like trains and my own Lego towers. 

I live in Hyde Park at 50 Morsim Avenue. In my street there are always security guards 

riding horses, my brother always rides the horses and there’s a tiny one called Trompy. 

There’s a pond in the front of the house with goldfish and one koi. 

By Dylan Van Der Walt LIIV 

Jordan Van Der Walt, (UIIIF) is challenging all boys and the St John’s community 

to take part in his “Just One Bag” initiative. Everyday thousands of children go to 

school hungry; by donating a bag of mealie meal many children will be supported. 

All boys are encouraged to put their name on a bag of mealie meal and hand it in 

to Mrs Taylor’s office. This initiative will run from Monday the 21 st of February 

until Friday the 1 st of April. Let’s show them what we can do!


Upper II 

The Upper II boys’ literature study is Roald Dahl’s book The Witches


Upper II 

Upper II support The Proteas


Chess Results 


St John’s A vs The Ridge A 

Seniors won 18 - 12 

Juniors won 21 - 11 

Overall won 39 - 23 

Congratulations to the following boys who won both their games: 

Sachin Modi, Matthew Berger, Brendan Thomas, Nicholas Forbes, James Arthur, 

Khavish Govind, Adrian Ionescu, Nicholas Papadakis and Matthew Bester. 


St John’s A vs St Benedict’s A 

Seniors lost 14 - 16 

Juniors lost 13 - 10 

Overall lost 27 - 35 

St John’s B vs St Stithians A 

Seniors lost 12 - 20 


Overall lost 29 - 35 

St John’s B vs St Mary’s A 

Seniors won 26 - 6 


Overall won 48 - 12 

Congratulations to the following boys who won both their games: 

Sachin Modi, Edward Baleni, Daniel Harding, Li-An Pan, Connor Williamson, Adrian 

Ionescu, Jordan Williamson, Ramaano Ramokgopa, Justin West, Sebastian Shearer, 

Emin Yilmas. 

On Monday the 14th March, due to a power failure, the Chess matches were played by 

candle light


Individual Achievements 

James Gerber and Ross Bentley showing 

off their certificates for Chatterbox. Ross 

won gold and James, silver. Well done, 

boys! 

Mitchel Sinclair (Lower 3M), 

recently competed in the CGA Level 

2 Championship gala held at 

Delville, Germiston on the 19 th & 

20 th February. Swimming for 

Mustang SC, Mitchel participated in 

eight individual events and one relay 

and achieved two gold, one silver 

and three bronze medals. Well done, 

Mitchel! 

On 12th March, Michael Mackie and Brendan Thomas represented St John’s Prep at 

the Inter-schools Sailing Regatta held at VLC. Six races were held over the 

weekend. The boys sailed 2-up in the Dabchick class. The boys came eleventh out of 

an estimated twenty boats in the primary school section. Well done, boys!

GOLF 

St John’s Preparatory School Page 17 

Dads and Lads Golf Tour – Mpumalanga 

Over the half-term break, 24 th – 27 th February, eight boys: J Lees, J Montgomery, 

B Vermuelen, C Roets, J Niehaus, E Peters, R Bentley, B Dunbar and their dads 

travelled to Mpumalanga to play in St John’s first golf tour. We played three beautiful 

courses over three days in one of South Africa’s most beautiful regions. 

The first day involved a very early wake up and drive through to Skukuza Golf course in 

the middle of the Kruger National Park. Skukuza is one of the only golf courses where 

you have to sign an indemnity against being attacked by wild animals, as there are no 

fences and animals are free to roam around the course. Unfortunately it was a scorching 

hot day and there was little to be seen - including birdies and eagles... all due to 

the heat of course. The highlight of the day was the 18 th hole, a par 3 over a dam, hitting 

your tee shot over a herd of hippos, an incredible experience for all. 

The next morning we headed to Sabi River Sun Golf Course, a beautiful 18-hole course, 

which was undoubtedly the highlight of the tour for many. There was some good golf 

played all round and we all enjoyed the incredible hospitality. That evening we headed 

into the Park for a night drive: it may have been the tired eyes or noise levels, but 

unfortunately we didn’t see much. But it was an incredible day filled with lots of 

laughter and good memories. 

Our last course was Kruger Park Lodge Golf Course, the course is situated in the resort 

we were staying at. It is a short 9-hole course with magnificent views and an enjoyable 

layout. 

There was some excellent golf played and the following boys need to be congratulated 

for excellent rounds: J Lees, J Montgomery and C Roets. 

That evening we had our final dinner and prize-giving at a beautiful restaurant in 

Hazyview and celebrated all the achievements and reflected on many of the memories. 

The tour was a great success, with many new friends being made, great memories 

created and a very special time for all sons’ and their fathers. 

Thank you to all who helped organize the tour, in particular, to Mrs L Roets. 

Paul Rowney


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Inter Schools’ Quiz 

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Well done to Colin Kinghorn and Justin Standish-White for their participation in the 

Inter-schools’ Quiz at St Katharine’s last month. The quiz is a termly event attended by 

boys and girls from a number of different local schools. The teams are made up of four 

pupils, one from each of the various schools taking part. It is really a wonderful 

opportunity for the Grade 7 pupils to mix and have fun too. This term the quiz theme 

was the Oscars and each team was given the name of a nominated film. Our boys were 

able to answer many of the questions and seemed to enjoy their interaction with other 

team members. 

iLife Awards 

Last year a number of Lower IIIs (UIIIs this year) completed projects for the iLife 

awards. These were all IT-based projects using Apple’s Photo Book or iMovie. The Lower 

III F class, read books and then produced wonderful book trailers about the books they 

had read and submitted them to the iLife competition, run by Apple. Other groups 

chose the very topical subject of rhino poaching for their presentations. 

A group of boys attended the awards last Wednesday and although we were not placed, 

it was fascinating to see the winning projects and the way that subjects like the 

Football World Cup, the A-Z of South Africa and alcoholism were tackled and some 

exceptional movies were made. 

Aidan Quinn, Matthew Nelson, Ross Bentley and Gabriel Baard trying out the new 

technology at the iLife awards.


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The Travelling Bookshop 

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Will be in the Fred England Centre 

On Thursday 31 March 

(10H30-16H00) 

& 

Friday 1 April (8H00-14H30) 

Please come and browse this wonderful range 

of inexpensive children’s books for sale.

New opening times: 


Life of Jesus Lent Course 

St John’s College Shop 

Monday & Thursday 7am to 3pm 

Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 10am to 3pm 

Stationery and Labels as well as all your sports clothes, jerseys, bags and 

socks 

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The Parish of St John’s invites all members of the 

St John’s Community to join us for the Lent Course this 

year. 

The Diocese of Johannesburg has agreed that all the 

churches in the diocese should use the same material 

and run a common Lent Course this year. We will be 

using the “Life of Jesus” Course. 

“The Life of Jesus course is a book club with a 

difference. Over six sessions you will watch a full scale 

documentary on the life of one of history’s most 

intriguing figures. You will also have the chance to read 

one of the ancient biographies, the Gospel according to 

Luke, on which the documentary is partly based. 

The purpose of the course is straightforward: to provide 

the inquiring, the sceptical and believers alike with an 

opportunity to explore Jesus’ life and to consider its significance for today. Whatever 

your current perspective, we are confident you will be informed and entertained.” 

The Parish will be running the Lent Course on Wednesday evenings from 19h00 to 

about 20h30 in the College Divinity Room (north-western corner of David Quad) 

starting on 16 March. 

Please do join us for these 6 evenings. 

If you have any queries, please contact me on 082 348 6053. 

Blessings! 

Father Ian Stevens

Class Mums 2011 

Class 

U1 


Mother Cell Number Home Number Son Email 

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A De Gouveia Jean Bester 0834277497 0116404650 Matthew jean@amalert.co.za 

Cheryl Reeve Lana Lapin 0823210000 Adrian lapins@iburst.co.za 

Nicky Loser Adele Wong 0832364225 0116082495 Dylan Patrickw1@absamail.co.za 

L2 

Anita Trolese Jacqui Gouveia 0829205015 0114325087 Matthew gjacqui@live.co.za 

Tessa Van Der 

Merwe 

Zeza de 

Oliveira 

U2 

Fatima Haffejee 0834887868 0114830613 Riyaadh neon@neonprint.co.za 

Jane Golding 0739143692 0118808069 Kirby jgekm@mweb.co.za 

Ben Bornan Michele Lowdon 0834007376 0114542739 Lawrence lowdonfamily@mweb.co.za 

Heather Baker Julia Cavalieri 0824436909 0114872695 Stefano juliacav@mweb.co.za 

Michelle Riley Linda Roets 0833264611 4863556 Ethan lindaroets@telkomsa.net 

L3 

Jean Clarence Nicci Beswick 0824116552 0114324078 Justin nicci@beswick.co.za 

Karen Maitland Liza de Jesus 0836554574 0114542967 Lukha tabasco@iafrica.com 

Ivan Forbes Paula Boshoff 0826705685 0116469861 Peter boshoffpaula@mweb.co.za 

U3 

Jon Gunning Lauren Frew 0823209113 Kevin lauren@collagelitho.co.za 

Traci Gerber 0832695511 0118801396 James tag@yebo.co.za 

Lesley Kinghorn 0833262500 0113255349 Colin lesley@wisenet.co.za 

J.P. Lubbe Sue Bentley 0828825210 0117286745 Ross philsue.bentley@gmail.com 

Megan Nelson 0828521641 0116469261 Matthew nelsonfamily@mweb.co.za 

Rachel Tambo 0825607475 0116463642 Oliver rachelt@netactive.co.za 

Ethel Thomas Helen Harding 0824500795 0114474497 Calum hardings@icon.co.za 

Jackie Standish- 

White 

0824904054 0118872491 Justin Jsw5@mweb.co.za 

Bridget Shelton 0833084396 0110240463 James johnbrig@netlab.co.za


In the run up to the cricket world 

cup, the St John’s College Shop is 

offering a collector's pack of the Fan 

Can Protea’s puzzles at a greatly 

reduced price. The collectors pack 

has four fan cans each containing a 

252 piece high quality A3 size 

jigsaw puzzle that is licensed by 

Cricket South Africa. This is a great 

opportunity to build puzzles of 

Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis, 

AB de Villiers and JP Duminy. 

R100 Each collectors pack costs just and is purchased directly from 

the school shop or via email orders to shop@stjohnscollege.co.za. 

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Notices 


Art club and extra classes 

From the beginning of next term, Mr Poco is starting an Art Club (for LIII and UIII boys) and extra art classes for junior 

boys. Senior boys are encouraged to join the Art Club on Tuesdays from 14h00 -15h00 or Thursdays from 15h00- 

16h00. Juniors may arrange extra art lessons with Mr Poco at alternative times and on alternative days. 

We hope to see the senior boys joining the Art Club to create various exciting art works with mediums they do not 

normally use in class, such as print making, photography, oil painting and many more. This will be a fantastic opportunity 

for any boy who wishes to develop his art skills. 

For further information e-mail Bruno Poco on poco@stjohnscollege.co.za 

EXTRA ZULU 

LESSONS 

Lower III and Upper III boys. 

Every Thursday 13h45 

Upper III Mrs Mashele 

All Welcome 

Italian 

Language 

Lessons 

Small age appropriate classes and individual tuition 

offered outside school hours at St John’s. 

Experienced mother-tongue graduate teacher using 

communicative method of conversation, maintaining 

cultural ties for solid IEB foundation. 

Contact Lisabetta on 082 682 2859 or 

Lisabetta@iafrica.com 

Extra Math Lessons 

Individual tuition offered 

Mrs M Hauptfleisch 

Call 011 442 1854 

083 256 7714 

Hair Dee-Lite 082 462 6813/ 

011 648 6367 

Dee offers excellent work for the whole family, 

competitive prices and the added 

convenience of being on campus. 

Modern cuts, colours (from R300) and hi-lites. 

Kids R50 

7 Elm Street (Opposite Rice Field) 

Open Tuesday to Friday 

08h00 - 17h00 

Saturday 08h00 - 13h00 

EXTRA MATHS 

LESSONS 

Lower III & Upper III boys in Mrs Jean Clarence’s 

classroom 

Every Thursday 13h45 All Welcome


I’VE LEARNED… 

…that when you’re in love, it shows. 

…that just one person saying to me, 

“You’ve made my day!” makes my day. 

…that having a child fall asleep in your arms 

is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world. 

…that being kind is more important than being right. 

…that simple walks with my father around the block on summer 

nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult. 

…that we should be glad God doesn’t give us everything we ask for. 

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…that it’s those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular. 

…that the Lord didn’t do it all in one day. What makes me think I can? 

…that when you plan to get even with someone, 

you are only letting that person continue to hurt you. 

…that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile. 

…that when you harbour bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere. 

…that a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks. 

…that when your newly born grandchild holds your 

little finger in his little fist, that you’re hooked for life. 

…that it is best to give advice in only two circumstances; 

when it is requested and when it is a life threatening situation. 

…that the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done. 

Andy Rooney

Lower II - St John's College

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