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Q: Where were you born and where did you grow up? Give us a bit of information on your school and work history: I was born […]

This week, we move over to the Music Department, to Mrs Fiona van der Merwe. Her inspiration with the boys, particularly in Choir, but also in […]

One of our Grade 7 Prep pupils used the Covid lockdown time to create some impressive artworks and his own comic characters which he would like […]

In spite of contact sport being banned, we figured out a way to play rugby without the contact: tag rugby. No tackles are made, nor scrums, […]

Meet our Grade 3 Teacher: Mrs Heidi Fowlds, who joined us in a chat about herself and her family: Q: Where were you born and where […]

Ms Cordell was born and grew up in Johannesburg and went to St Mary’s, Waverley. She studied Fine Art at Pietermaritzburg University. After getting involved in a […]

Mrs Sharon Lister was born in Port Elizabeth, but grew up in the small farming town of Alexandria. She attended Alexandria High School from Sub A to […]

I was born and raised in the beautiful farming area of the Letsitele Valley in Tzaneen, Limpopo. With family from Addo, the Eastern Cape has always […]

Prep’s Grade 6 teacher, Mr Warren van Vuuren, has been part of the Prep family since 2014 as a Grade 6 teacher. Here is a little […]

Over the past few weeks, our Prep parents, children and staff have joined forces to gather much-needed items for the local Home of Joy, an orphanage […]

Transport is our theme at Pre-Primary for the next few weeks – and it’s a hot topic in more ways than one! Early in the week, […]

George Wienekus is our overall Senior Housemaster and Housemaster of Griffin. We asked him a few questions to better acquaint our Prep families with the family […]

Taking over our Reception and Front-of-House since the second term this year is Rose Gumunyu. Rose was born, grew up and studied in Harare, Zimbabwe. In […]

Meet Bridget Swift Prep’s isiXhosa teacher, Bridget Swift, was born in Durban and grew up in Johannesburg. However, her Eastern Cape roots run deep and Bridget […]

Meet Sibulele Magini Prep’s IT Teacher, Sibulele Magini, is from Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) and is the eldest of three boys. Having been required to be the […]

Meet Malaika Salbany Malaika Salbany joins us in our Grade 4 class from Pretoria. Malaika is a product of St Mary’s and the University of Pretoria. […]

Meet The Wilmans Jason and Ange Wilmans are originally from KZN, but grew their family and raised their three children in Cape Town. Emily has joined […]

Last week, our sport teams were able to play their first fixture of the year, and what an exciting lot of fixtures it proved to be! […]

The varied beaches of the Eastern Cape nearby offer a wealth of interesting tidal pools, lagoons, towering dunes and manageable waves and the Junior Preppies had […]

St Andrew’s Junior Prep held it’s own Science Day, where classrooms transformed into laboratories and children into scientists conducting various exciting experiments. The focus of the […]

While we celebrate the fun of galas and the end of our Summer Sports programme, our Pre-Primary children certainly couldn’t be left out! Last week, the […]

The Prep pool was buzzing on Friday with the Junior Prep Fun Gala and, later, the Senior Prep Inter-house Gala. With very few schools around the […]

Two brothers at St Andrew’s Preparatory School in Grahamstown/Makhanda have bagged the two most coveted trophies in swimming by winning both the Senior and Junior Victor […]

The weather was cool on Sunday 21 February as the St Andrew’s Prep swimmers competed in the annual River Mile swim held on Bushman’s River. Under […]

Grade 7 is an important year. It’s the first time the Preppies get to be the `seniors’ of the Senior Preppies. As with all challenges, preparation […]

Interested East London families are warmly invited to relax on the sofa and join us for an informal chat around what our family of schools has […]

The Covid Cupids were out at Prep today, handing out early heart-felt “Happy Valentine’s Day” wishes and chocolates to pleasantly surprised Prep staff. When our cupids […]

The first day of Big School is a momentous occasion for our Pre-Primary children and their families. In spite of their first day being somewhat different […]

St Andrew’s Prep is officially 136 years old! Founded in 1885, Prep first opened it’s doors to 25 pupils. Over the century and some, it has […]

In spite of everything, Prep managed to host our most valued event in the calendar for our Grade 7s: Feast. Having bid farewell to the Grade […]