St David's Newsletter - 6 April 2018

From the desk of David Smith- Senior Deputy Headmaster

What morals and values do our boys learn by simply attending St David’s that are not explicitly included in the various official curricula? The culture of St David’s is how we do things around here, and what we value. Besides our underlying Marist Values, one of the things we value at St David’s is boys being identified as Gentlemen, Scholars and Sportsmen. The St David’s culture needs to ensure that the hidden curriculum - the unwritten, unofficial, values and perspectives that the boys learn by association and attending St David’s, are indeed the correct ones.
Being a gentleman involves many actions and one is respecting others: respecting differences in others – a gentleman treats everyone equally and does not discriminate. He respects differences in race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, politics, culture and physical appearance. A gentleman respects the rights and property of others, he respects the environment: he does not litter, and he understands the need to get involved in the service of others.
At St David’s we value the concept of boys acting in a scholarly fashion – this encompasses not only valuing the formal academic curriculum but also the performing and visual arts. To achieve success as a scholar a culture of conscientiousness must be part of the hidden curriculum. Research is pointing to conscientiousness as an extremely important trait in terms of determining future success, both in a career and personally. To achieve as a scholar the boys need to be efficient, do extra reading and research, assess the quality of information, question, be punctual, organized, neat, and systematic. Our boys need to be encouraged to think independently, creatively and logically.

St David’s encourages all boys to be sportsmen. Our boys should be playing sport for the love of the game and the joy that ensues from playing and competing with teammates. The traditions of the various sporting codes, respect for opponents, modesty in victory, graciousness in defeat and the need for commitment must be part of the sporting culture. Sportsmen might be athletically skilled or even be the star of the team, but if the sportsman does not have respect, manners or the ability to be coached and accountable, they lack the most important skills to be successful. Those should be the way we do things on the sports field, is should be what we value.
While the primary focus of educational institutions will focus on standard curriculum items, parents and educators must continually promote universal values, such as honesty, caring, respect, conscientiousness and concern. It is critical that educators and parents model the actions that we hope to see from the young men in our care. They must be role models is how to do things and always make a clear statement on what they value.

As we move seamlessly into the winter sports programme, I am always amazed by the change of energy that follows. There is a definite sense of excitement and hope that our teams will perform well in both rugby and hockey. Unfortunately, many schools are guilty of elevating these sports to levels that many argue are educationally unsound. In some cases a school’s overall success is determined by how their respective first teams perform during this season.

COLLEGE NEWS AND SPORT

EASTER SPORTS FESTIVALS

St David's Rugby Tour to Ireland

The First Rugby Touring Squad is excited to embark on their two week tour to Ireland. The team will play four games spread over Dublin, Limerick and Cork. We would like to thank Andiccio24 Green Park, Powerade, Kgabang Printworks and all the parents for their support to make this wonderful tour possible.

COLLEGE RESULTS

COLLEGE WEEK AHEAD

MINI MARIST NEWSLETTER

PREP NEWS AND SPORT

RUGBY FESTIVALS

The St. John’s Easter Rugby Festival that took place last week Thursday 29 March to Monday 2 April our 1^stTeam played the following matches:

WHPS and WON 19 – 17
Cordwalles and WON 26 – 19
St. Peter’s Preparatory School and WON 7 – 0
St. Stithians Preparatory School and WON 38 – 5

The St. Stithians Rugby Festival that began yesterday Thursday 5 April until Saturday 7 April our results so far have been the following:

Penryn College and WON 47 – 5

We will play against Howick today, 06 April 2018 at 5:00pm. On Saturday 7 April 2018 St David’s vs Orchards at 11h25 and against Waterkloof House Preparatory School at 17h45. Please come along and support your boys.

SP INTER HOUSE ATHLETICS

We had a very enjoyable and successful Inter-House Athletics meeting. All boys in the Senior Prep got an opportunity to participate.
The best athletes in each Grade Group were:

Grade 3                Lawrence Amadasun
Grade 4                Laird Hamilton-Brown
Grade 5 Aaron Cilliers and Lemuel Muzarewetu
Grade 6                Gregory Pryce
Grade 7                Zaahid Mohamed

Daneel Bester broke the only record in the U 8 60 M

College won the exciting tug-of-war competion but could not beat the staff team in their match!

The Bishops were the overall winners of the Inter-House Athletics.

PRESTIGE ATHLETICS

We hosted and competed in the Prestige Athletics meeting and came 4^th in the A and B section, this despite having an entire age group (Grade 5s), not competing as they were away on class tour.

THE WEEK AHEAD

Saturday	7 April	17:30 Family Mass
Monday	9 April	Grade 4, 6 & 7 depart for camp
Tuesday	10 April	Grade 4, 6 & 7 on camp
Wednesday	11 April	Grade 4 & 6 return from camp School closes for end of term one Grade 00-3 at 11:00 Grade 5 at 11:30 Old Boys’ Committee meeting
Thursday	12 April	Grade 7 return from camp

SCHOOL REOPENS ON 2 MAY FOR START OF TERM TWO

The Royal Opera House @St David’s!

We are delighted to announce that St David’s has entered into a partnership with Nebula Productions to pilot the exclusive Johannesburg screenings of 2018 Royal Opera House (London) Opera and Ballet seasons at St David’s.
The partnership will commence with the screening of the opera ‘Macbeth’ by Guiseppe Verdi, currently on stage at the Royal Opera House, and based on Shakespeare’s play, which Verdi considered to be ‘one of the greatest creations of man.’
‘Macbeth’ will be screened at St David’s in the Champagnat Hall on Sunday 6 May at 2pm and will include a pre-screening introduction to the opera by Mr Jaco Ferreira, Director of Cultural Affairs at St David’s.
The ballet ‘Swan Lake’ will be screened on Sunday 29 July at 2pm at St David’s.
Booking details for ‘Macbeth’ will follow shortly (bookings will also be open to the general public) and refreshments will be on sale at screenings courtesy of the St David’s Friends of the Arts Circle.

St David’s at the World Choir Games

From 4 to 14 July 2018 Pretoria will be abuzz with what is possibly the biggest music event in the world, judged by the number of active participants. Close to 40 000 choir singers from around the globe will descend on Gauteng to showcase their abilities in and love for choral music in the World Choir Games.
It is the first time that this event will take place on African soil and in musical terms is nothing less than South Africa hosting the “World Cup” of choir. For eleven days some of the world’s most respected classical musicians will adjudicate a veritable fanfare of competitions and festival performances that run the full gamut of genres from pure classical, to contemporary musical theatre, to dance music, to traditional folklore.
We are very excited to announce that St David’s will be participating at this prestigious event. The Chamber Choir has proven itself to be a choir of excellence with a variety of exciting and trend-setting performances under its belt. Since its inception five years ago the choir has represented the school in a variety of ways. St David’s is now known for its annual Valentines tours to girls schools as well as for hosting the most entertaining combined events with the best choirs from around Johannesburg.
The 2018 Chamber Choir is working very hard to be ready for their performances at the Games. Their new repertoire is very exciting and is virtually bursting at the seams to be performed.
In addition to the above we are also so excited to announce that our warm-up performances for the Games will be hosted by none other than Richard Cock. He will join us in the Champagnat on the 24^th and 25^th of May for a showcase of our choir and band and will be conducting the choir for some of their pieces. Please keep your eyes open for this exciting event.
As our boys work towards this exceptional event, we would like to wish them well as they spend the countless amount of rehearsal hours putting their hearts on the line and making their vision for the choir come to life. Good luck, boys!

REFLECTION

EASTER MESSAGE:

God has raised Jesus from the dead, and we are all witnesses to this fact. All the people of Israel, then, are to know for sure that it is this Jesus, whom you nailed to the cross, that God has made Lord and Messiah. Acts 2:32-36
Let us pray:
Almighty, ever living God, you offer the covenant of reconciliation to humankind in the mystery of Easter. Grant that what we celebrate in worship, we may carry out in our lives. We make our prayer through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Fr Teboho Matseke

LITURGICAL

8 April 2018 - 2nd Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday

Ps 118: 2-4, 15-18, 22-24

Jn 20: 19-31

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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ST DAVID'S SWOP SHOP 2018

Day	Open	Close
Monday	07h15	08h30
Tuesday	13h00	15h00
Wednesday	07h15	08h30
Thursday	07h15	08h30

ST DAVID’S MARIST INANDA 2018 CALENDAR

Term 1
Start	Wednesday 17 January
Close	Wednesday 11 April
Half Term	CLOSE	Thursday 1 March
	RETURN	Tuesday 6 March
School and Public Holidays	Wednesday 21 March (Human Rights Day) Friday 30 March (Good Friday) Monday 2 April (Family Day)

Term 2
Start	Wednesday 2 May
Close	Friday 3 August
Half Term	CLOSE	Friday 22 June
	RETURN	Monday 2 July
Public Holiday	Saturday 16 June (Youth Day)

Term 3
Start	Tuesday 4 September
Close	Thursday 6 December
Half Term	CLOSE	Thursday 18 October
	RETURN	Tuesday 23 October
Public Holiday	Monday 24 September (Heritage Day)

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