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Grade 2 Outing Info
With great excitement the Grade Two’s embarked on their first field trip of the year. This much anticipated bus trip took place just before Mid-Term on Wednesday 18th October. The underlying theme for the outing was Transport, however, it also needed to be a venue that would appeal to “our 8 year old Boys”. We were not disappointed! From the picnic venue, the numerous fighter planes, huge tanks that would make facing the JHB traffic so easy and the many stories the Boys could not wait to share with our guide - fun was had by all.
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JP Swimming Gala
On Thursday 19 October 2017, our JP St David’s boys had some exciting fun in the sun down at the pool.
Not only were all the houses represented beautifully, the teachers were dressed up in Hawaiian theme complements of Mrs. Smith. Throughout the morning, there was a wonderful cheerful roar that emanated from the stands. From the boys, to parents, to grandparents and to siblings, this event was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Congratulations to Daneel Bester for breaking the record for the U/7 A Freestyle race, as well as, to Benedict for breaking a record in the U/8 A Freestyle Relay race.
The overall winners of the JP Inter-house gala were Benedict. Congratulations on a fantastic win, boys!
Results:
Benedict: 171 points
College: 162 points
Osmond: 145 points
The Bishops: 100 points
Kirstin Lawrence
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Prep School Canoeing: GCU School Leaque
Race 10 of the 2017 race series
Emmarentia Dam – 14.10.2017
The Prep school canoeing team had a very successful GCU School League race at Emmarentia dam.
It was a unique event in that it was held late afternoon.
The St Davids Marist Inanda PTA had very kindly donated neon stripes, from NITE FEVER, and with a field of 80 paddlers from across Gauteng, wearing neon stripe head bands it looked super cool.
We had a team of 19 Prep school boys and 2 Mini Marist boys who raced a long distance course, depending on their age, in windy conditions. Each boy did their school proud and earned valuable points for St Davids in the GCU School League. The team came away with eight medals.
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Grade
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Distance (km)
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# of Boys
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Under 8 beginners
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0
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0.5
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2
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Under 8
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2
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2.2
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9
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Under 10
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3
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3.3
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3
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Under 12
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5 & 6
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4.4
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6
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Under 14
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7
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5.5
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1
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Afrihost St David’s Prep Cricket Festival
The Afrihost St David’s Prep Cricket Festival for U 12 boys was played over the mid-term break. It involved 8 schools, four local schools, St David’s, Montrose, St Stithian’s and St Peter’s and four out of town schools. The visitors to Johannesburg were Hellenic from Zimbabwe, Somerset College from Somerset West, Clifton Nottingham Road and Uplands from White River.
The Festival format was a good test of the boy’s skills and endurance, with two 50 over games and then a concluding T20 on the Sunday. The feedback from the Festival has been enormously positive and old bonds were strengthened and new friends made and our school and the people in it were successfully showcased.
Luke Watt the St David’s opening batsman excelled and his efforts were recognised as received the Batsman of the Festival award. Tiago Kostov also stood out with some useful batting and the ever reliable Brandon Archer was yet again the best of the St David’s bowlers.
James Fifield greets Masonde Luthuli
before the game against Montrose
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THE WEEK AHEAD: PREP
TODAY |
27 October |
Swimming galas |
Saturday |
28 October |
Cricket matches (as advised) |
Tuesday |
31 October |
Grade 8 Mew Parents’ Meeting |
Friday |
03 November |
Swimming galas |
| Saturday |
04 November |
Cricket matches (as advised)
Family Mass |
Sunday |
05 November |
Christmas Market |
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On 28 October 1816, three months after his ordination, Marcellin Champagnat was called to the
Montagne home in Les Palais, about 6kms from La Valla, where 16 year-old Jean-Baptiste Montagne was dying. As Marcellin prepared to hear the confession of Jean-Baptiste, he realised that the young man had little religious or academic education. It occurred to Marcellin that Jean-Baptiste was one of many young people affected by a lack of education during and after the French Revolution. It was this incident that further inspired the young Marcellin Champagne to start a teaching Order, namely ‘The Marist Brothers’ and which has resulted in a Marist footprint today in 81 countries, educating over 654 000 children and young people.
Next Friday 27 October 2017 St David’s Marist Inanda will celebrate Montagne Day, with this year being the 201st Anniversary of the date on which St Marcellin Champagnat visited the dying Jean-Baptiste Montagne. Montagne Day will mark the closing of the formal celebrations of the 200 Years of Marist Education Bicentenary and the 150th year of Marist education in South Africa.
In remembrance of this significant event in Marist history, all St David’s boys will be encouraged to continue the legacy of St Marcellin by once again this year pledging to act in a manner that reflects the Marist values. To this end, each boy will receive a Pledge Form during their tutor period or RE lesson before Montagne Day on which they can commit to specific behaviours that they feel they would like to uphold. These pledges will be brought to the Altar, as part of the Offertory Procession, at the combined Montagne Day Mass on Friday 27 October.
As part of this pledge, and in the spirit of the Marist value of ‘Love of Work’, we would like to encourage each boy to commit to raising, through their own efforts or acts of service, R100 to contribute to the St David’s Marist Foundation Father Bernard Brewer Bursary Fund. These donations will form part of each year group’s own Circle of Friendship as per the Matric Years that they will eventually become, for example, those boys currently in Grade 6 this year will be the Matric Class of 2023 Circle. The funds brought in by the boys will go towards giving the gift of a Marist education to a boy who may be a modern-day Montagne, in honour and remembrance of the young Jean-Baptiste Montagne and the opportunities he did not have. A portion of the donation will also go to the ‘Hands of Champagnat’ Grade 11 service portfolio committee for their 2017/18 community project.
In the interests of safety, we would prefer that the boys not carry cash to school and ask that you indicate your consent to us adding this once-off donation of R100 (or any amount you would like to gift to the School for Montagne Day) to your fee account, or that you make an EFT to the St David’s Marist Foundation account (bank details below), with the reference being your family surname + M Day. Please click here to give your consent to have R100 added to your fee account (either per son, or as a family contribution).
St David’s Marist Foundation Banking Details:
Name: St David’s Marist Foundation
Bank: Standard Bank
Account type: Current
Account No: 421028289
Branch: Sandton
Branch Code: 019205
Reference: Surname + M Day
We thank our community for their ongoing tremendous support!
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LOST PROPERTY SALE!!
There will be a LOST PROPERTY SALE in the main car park, next to the thatch on Tuesday 31 October 2017
from 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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From the Desk of David Smith - Senior Deputy Headmaster 
