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Congratulations to Bruce Phillips for winning the St Andrew's Prep Senior Tennis Championships in a hard fought match and to Murray Koster, the runner-up.
Bruce won the match 7-6, 6-4. All is not lost for Murray as he is an U12 player, so still has a chance to win the title next year! Bruce also won the Senior Squash Championships for 2010. Congratulations Bruce!
Final Assembly Awards:
Dads vs Lads Leavers Cricket:
St Andrew's Prep recently planted 3 trees to commemorate this year's Arbour month, as a way of leaving something behind for posterity for generations to come.
The trees were indigenous (Nuxia Floribundas, common name is 'Forest Elder') and should give great pleasure to those who enjoy their shade and beauty for many years to come.
The St Andrew's Junior Prep children celebrated the end of the school year and the start of the Festive season with a wonderful Carol Service in the St Andrew's College Chapel.
Father Christmas even made a surprise visit at the end of the service and gave each child a small gift and a hug before departing with a cheery Ho-Ho-Ho!...
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These Grade 7 boys and girls from St Andrew's Prep and DSG Junior have been together since Grade 00 and gathered together recently to watch the little Prep Pre-Primary children put on their end of year concert. It was a trip down memory lane for them all!
Michal Turner came to watch his little sister Wendy-Mae perform in the St Andrew's Prep Pre-Primary end of year Nativity concert... Wendy-Mae was the bright 'star' of the show.
The Prep Pre-Primary children enthralled parents and guests at their end of year Nativity Concert.
Amongst others there were angels, rugby players, Alabama girls and of course the shepherds, sheep, wise men, Mary, Joseph and the Inn Keeper!
The St Andrew's Senior Prep choir enthralled all who attended the traditional end of year Carol Service.
A wonderful way to mark the end of the school year and the approach of the holidays and Festive Season.
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Grade 3 2011 Leaver's Party - a Night with Our Stars:
We had a ball and danced the night away....
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Prep Boarders Christmas Dinner:
Preppies go on end of year excursions:
St Andrew's Prep - Grade 3 outdoor Ed:
The Grade 3's from St Andrew's Prep went on the most exciting Outdoor adventure to Beyond Adventure , which is on Mansfield Private Game Reserve, at Black Rock. The class had a ball until they were washed out by too much rain. 
The Grade 5 class goes to Shamwari:
The Prep Grade 5 class were treated to an awesome day at Shamwari Game reserve as an end of term treat. Besides seeing all sorts of game and spending time at the Born Free Centre the boys were also lucky enough to see a lion kill.
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The Ethembeni Old Age Centre was treated to their annual Christmas outing to St Andrew's Prep school.
The elderly folk enjoyed a vibrant Marimba Band concert before being served a lavish tea. They were also give a special cake to take back with them to enjoy. Thanks to Mrs C. O'D and her Music department for organising this wonderful event. 
St Andrew's Prep parents and boys make sandwiches every Wednesday for the children of Andrew Moyake School.
These get delivered by Prep parent Susan Powers, as part of the Outreach programme at St Andrew's Prep School. Some of the Grade 7 senior boys went along to hand out the sandwiches recently and enjoyed a little time in the classroom interacting with the children.
William Marx, Timothy Bloem and Bruce Phillips with the Grade 1 learners of Andrew Moyake Primary School.
Design & Technology takes to the water
The Grade 7 D&T pupils from St Andrew's Prep designed and built their own rafts which were then put to the test in a tightly contested race on the St Andrew's College swimming pool. There were prizes for best dressed team winning team and the best raft! 
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Cricket vs Kingswood 9 November photos:
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Around The World Evening:
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JP & Jack and the Beanstalk
St Andrew's Junior Prep put on a wonderful pantomime of Jack and the Beanstalk. There was Harry Potter, Magical dancers, Cheerleaders, Soldiers, Flowers, Blue Birds, Ama Bokke Bokke and so many more exciting characters, all looking wonderful in their stunning costumes and make-up. The children sang, danced and acted their hearts out to appreciative audiences young and old. 
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St Andrew's Prep - Senior Eight
In line with tradition, St Andrew's Prep School annually chooses eight or more boys at this time of year from the group of Grade 7 learners who have all had equal opportunity to lead and have had responsibilities throughout the year as part of a "senior leadership programme". Boys and staff vote for the Grade 7 pupils who they feel encompass not only outstanding leadership qualities, but also display values such as integrity, compassion, self-respect, respect for others and who inculcate the ethos of the school.In short, True, Blue Preppies.
This year's Senior Eight are from left:.JPG)
Back: Sazi Sandi. Nicholas Kroon, Michael Turner
Middle: Matthew Leach, Peter Tharratt and Vuyo Ketwa
Front: Timothy Bloem (Deputy), William Marx (Head boy) and Bruce Phillips (Deputy)
St Andrew's Prep has raised in excess of R5200.00 in support of the Sunflower Fund once again this year, this is a national programme to raise awareness and funds for The South African Bone Marrow Registry. The Preppies donned brightly coloured bandanas on the 12th October to support this worth cause. A Prep teacher Miss Elaine Clarke has opted to shave her head for the same cause and through staff donations substantial funds have been raised for the Sunflower Fund too.
St Andrew's Prep has embarked on a special outreach project for the remainder of this year called 'Super Sandwich Wednesday'.
Each Prep child brings an extra nutritious sandwich to school on a Wednesday and one of the Prep parents delivers it to Andrew Moyake School in Grahamstown. This school does not benefit from the Government feeding scheme and many of the children come to school hungry and do not have anything to eat during the school day either. Prep is hoping that together with the broader Grahamstown community, who are also helping the school on other days, that this small contribution will help just a little.
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St Andrew's Prep enjoyed its annual Sports Day on Friday.
In wonderful warm weather conditions, the boys and girls participated in a large number of events, from the Pre-Primary race, High Jump, Long Jump, Cricket ball throw, Skipping to the 1500m to name but a few. The emphasis is always on participation and every child has a chance to take part in a number of events.
No fewer than 13 records were broken on the day. Congratulations especially must go to Dale Brody (U9) for breaking the 75m, 100m,400m and Cricket Ball 46;17m records and to Timothy Bloem (U13) for breaking the 100m, 200m and 400m records.
A great days athletics was enjoyed by all to end of the bust athletics season. who broke no less than 4 school records at the 2011 St Andrews Prep Sports Day..JPG "Congratulations to Dale Brody (U9) who broke no less than 4 school records at the 2011 St Andrews Prep Sports Day")
 broke 3 U13 records at the St Andrews Prep Sports Day. Congratulations Tim..JPG "Timothy Bloem (in yellow) broke 3 U13 records at the St Andrews Prep Sports Day")
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The St Andrew's Prep U11A cricket team had a great pre-season tour to Knysna recently taking part in the U11 Cricket Festival.
They played 3 games against Sun Valley, Wynberg and Somerset College Prep School narrowly losing only 1 of these games by 4 runs. The team was accompanied by coach Mr James Cripps and Head of Cricket Mr Zane Plescia. Mr Cripps said: "The boys gained valuable experience and it didn't take them long to gel as a team on and off the field". Besides the cricket, the team was able to experience some of the wonderful sights in and around Knysna, visiting the Waterfront for suppers, Adventure Land and the movies.
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Junior Orchestra Tour to Cradock:
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The DSG/Prep Junior Orchestra Tour to Cradock was a great success with performances at the Fish River Tennis Club, the OKUK festival at the Moederkerk in Cradock, and the Elizabeth Jordaan Old Age Home.
The orchestra stayed at the Lowlands farm on the Fish River from the 2nd to the 4th of October and were hosted by Old Andrean Dave Bowker and his wife Anne. They enjoyed swimming, playing tennis and a walk to see Khoisan rock etchings on the farm. They also visited Karoo Cats, a conservation project run by Richard and Marion Holmes dedicated to the four smaller species of South African wild cats: the rare black footed cat, the African wild cat, the cerval and the caracal.
It was a wonderful introduction for many in the orchestra to the beauty of life in the Karoo, while the Cradock audiences enjoyed a cultural visit from Grahamstown, home of many excellent schools, Rhodes University and the National Arts Festival. The tour highlighted the connection between the two prominent Eastern Cape towns.
The DSG/Prep Junior Orchestra is for boys and girls from Gr 4 to Gr 7 and includes string instruments, wind instruments and percussion. It is conducted by Daniel Hutchinson with assistance from Dorothy Holder and Margie Laing. The touring children were accompanied by Mr. Hutchinson and Mrs. Holder and were driven by Mr. Zingela from the DSG transport department.
Names: James Ireland - clarinet, Peter Garfath - timpani, Luke Hobson - flute, Timothy Bloem - flute, Nic Kroon - clarinet, Ubuntu Mayi - violin, Lwazi Mngadi - 'cello, Linda Mngadi - 'cello, Liam Reynolds - violin, Michael Turner - violin (Prep boys); Mila Snyman - 'cello, Dayna Ferrucci - alto saxohone, Caydn Barker - piano, Mbali Mlindi - flute, Avene Jongile - percussion, Somie Matyolweni - violin, Lily Nkosiyane - violin, Tamia Mfazi - xylophone, Siphokazi Thabede - trombone (DSG Junior Girls)
Prep has its annual Camp Out at Table Farm and 15km and 5km Sponsored Walk this past weekend.
The perfect weather conditions made for an excellent walk (a run, for some energetic boys) back to Fairlawn along the 15km route, through picturesque farms, with wild flowers in abundance and dams full to over-flowing. The 5km walkers enjoyed their route accompanied by enthusiastic family dogs, babies in carriers and family members young and old, all out in the beautiful Spring morning. Everyone returned to Prep's Fairlawn field after expending a good dose of energy, to enjoy refreshments and lunch under the oaks.
, tackle an uphill during the 15km Sponsoed Walk..JPG "Grade 7 runners and Veer Bills (Grade 4), tackle an uphill during the 15km Sponsoed Walk")
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The St Andrew's Prep Grade 4 class was very excited when their teacher Mrs Hobson invited the Makana Mayor Mr Peter to visit the class this week.
Mr Peter is a father of one of the Grade 4 boys at Prep and was able to talk the boys about his own schooling background and the type of work and responsibilities he is involved in as Mayor of our town. 
St Andrew's Prep took part on the Graeme College Quadrangular athletics meeting on the 28th September.
Prep did extremely well and the athletes acquitted themselves well in all codes. Special mention must go to Timothy Bloem for beating the U13 100m record as well as to Luke Hobson for winning both the 800m and 1500m races. 
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The St Andrew's Prep School Marimba Band wowed the crowds at the Port Alfred Braai Festival held on Heritage Day in Port Alfred at Port Alfred High School.
St Andrew's Prep hosted the annual 'B Quadrangular' Athletics meeting once again this year. Yellowwoods, Shaw Park and Kenton Primary, DSG and St Andrew's Prep took part in this fun event. Prep is always delighted to host an athletics meeting incorporating some of the smaller schools in our broader Eastern Cape area. A great day of participation in various athletics code was enjoyed by all. 
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Congratulations to these St Andrew's Prep cricketers who have been chosen to represent EP.
Bruce Phillips (left) has been chosen for the U13A squad and Andile Makeke, Aidan Froneman and Peter Jarvis are in the U11 squad. Well done boys.
St Andrew's Prep hosted the annual Independent Schools Athletics Meeting this year at the St Andrew's College Lower Field.
St Andrew's Prep, DSG Junior, Kingswood Junior, Woodridge and St George's Prep participated in a full day of athletics fixtures. As this is a friendly "Athletics Festival' no scores are kept of a winning school, although each event is timed and measured for record purposes. A great day of athletics was enjoyed by all 5 schools who participated. 
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Congratulations to Thozi Botha and Joshua Starr from St Andrew's Prep School for doing exceptionally well in the ABSA World Knowledge Olympiad. Thozi received a Bronze award coming 3rd in the Province in Grade 7 and Joshua received a Silver for coming 2nd in the EC. Well done boys!
St Andrew's Prep boys and staff are very excited about new classroom Technology!
In an exciting new phase in the life of the school, all classrooms at St Andrew's Senior Prep have been installed with Interactive Data Projectors. These projectors are linked to computers and the internet which enables the boys and teachers to use these boards interactively while teaching and learning. 
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Preppies take part in The President's Award Fun Run:
A large group of St Andrew's Prep boys took part in the 5km President's Award Fun Run. The race was started by the Makana Municipality Mayor on a cool spring evening. All Preppies completed the run together with some staff members, families and many people from the broader Grahamstown community
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The St Andrew's Prep Grade 2 class enjoyed a wonderful outing to Mrs Lister's farm which is situated near to Somerset East. They went on an adventurous Spring nature walk and learned about life on a farm. A great time was had by all.
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The St Andrew's Prep Grade 1 classes made spring hats while at the same time wearing Green and Gold to support the Bokke! Seen here on a perfect spring day in the Fairlawn gardens. 
St Andrew's Prep get's into Rugby World Cup Fever!!!
