Jan 27, 2023

138 Years BOLD!

Today we celebrate St Andrew’s Prep! 138 years at the helm of providing navigating and steering education has taught us much, made us stronger, deepened our […]
Jul 29, 2020

Safety on the Sports Field

St Andrew’s Prep has led the way for many schools across the country in keeping children healthy and getting them safely back on the campus sports […]
Jun 17, 2020

K-Day Challenge

St Andrew’s Prep, DSG, St Andrew’s College and Kingswood College communities teamed up in a run/cycle challenge this past weekend in celebration of the annual K-Day […]
Jun 11, 2020

Historic Return to School!

The quiet grounds of St Andrew’s Prep received a breath of life again today as our children returned to campus. The pandemic had seemed so `far […]
Mar 18, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic Empties the Classrooms

As all the suitcases roll down the stairs and out the front door, and as Prep empties itself of happy little feet, the classrooms grow emptier […]
Mar 11, 2020

Junior Prep Einsteins

Science allows children a chance to exercise their creative abilities and the Junior Preppies had a feast of science experiments last week. Students from Rhodes University […]
Feb 26, 2020

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Pleasures!

Shrove Tuesday was celebrated with colour, speed and hilarity as the Preppies tried to sprint in House teams, and flip pancakes at the same time. The […]
Jan 15, 2020

Here’s to 2020!

The quiet grounds are now bustling with parents and little people as we gear up for the start of the 2020 school year. It’s wonderful to […]
Nov 27, 2019

Prep Musicians among Top in EC

Two of our Prep musicians made the Top 2019 Achievers in the Eastern Cape Trinity College Music Exams in their various grades. Competing against a record […]
Nov 26, 2019

In Search of the New King

Our Pre-Primary children staged an intriguing and a fabulous nativity play which led us through Africa in search of a baby in the manger. The children […]
Nov 15, 2019

Distinctions in Music

Most of our Preppies play a musical instrument. Some play more than one. Their ambitions are great, their hopes are high and they are achieving well, […]
Nov 15, 2019

Learning From the Great Outdoors

Some people yearn all their lives to see the sea and to feel the soft powdery sand beneath their toes. But we have one of the […]
Nov 4, 2019

Junior Prep’s Beauty Is The Beast Production

Beauty was definitely in the eye of the beholder last week in Junior Prep’s fantastic production of Beauty Is The Beast! The inner loveliness of kindness, […]
Oct 9, 2019

Tiekie Aand!

Memory Hall was once again packed with fun, laughter and games at this year’s Tiekie Aand. Various game booths held shooting hoops, target practise, nerf guns […]
Oct 2, 2019

Prep Sports Day!

Last week Friday saw our Preppies – from youngest to oldest – racing their hearts out on the tracks, competing in high jump, long jump, cricket […]
Sep 25, 2019

Celebrating our Heritage

“Heritage was everything: it was a golden skeleton key, gleaming with power, able to get the wielder through any number of locked doors …” – Nenia […]
Sep 20, 2019

Prep Supports Bandana Day!

Prep has been supporting Bandana Day for decades and this year, once again, our Preppies donned their colourful bandanas and proudly posed for the camera. National […]
Sep 20, 2019

Table Farm Trekking!

Saturday morning saw an eager group of Pre-Primary and Preppie children and parents set out on our annual Table Farm Trek. It was such a lovely […]
Sep 12, 2019

Prep’s Improved Spaces!

Prep has had a number of improvements since the Term 2 holidays began and is looking splendid for it! The brick pathway outside Robert House was […]
Jul 17, 2019

Future Engineers in the Making!

Junior Engineers for Africa (JEFA) spent a week with the St Andrew’s Pre-Primary and Junior Prep pupils last week exploring design-thinking, robotics, thinking strategies and engineering […]
Jul 10, 2019

JEFA Inspires Preppies!

The Junior Engineers for Africa (JEFA) joined us at St Andrew’s Prep for a week, exploring design thinking, robotics, thinking strategies and engineering systems which include […]
Jul 10, 2019

Children’s Arts Festival!

Each year during the National Arts Festival week, Senior Prep classrooms morph into dance theatres, workshops, production venues and music venues. Our Senior Preppies thoroughly enjoyed […]
Mar 28, 2019

Outdoor Ed Adventures!

A cause for great excitement for the Grade Ones is always the opportunity to escape the classroom and investigate the outdoors. This year, our Preppies visited […]
Nov 13, 2018

Prep’s Outdoor Ed Excursions!

The outdoors have a lot to teach us – and not just about nature and lack of WiFi. Each grade makes a journey of some sort […]
Nov 6, 2018

Junior Preppie Making Prep History!

Grahamstown is well-known for the strains of bagpipe music floating across the campuses at various times of the day. The St Andrew’s College Pipe Band is a formidable competitor […]
Oct 30, 2018

Albany Tennis Team Crowded with Preppies!

The tennis courts in Grahamstown were hives of activity last week as the local schools battled it out for selection into the Albany Tennis Team. All […]
Jul 18, 2018

Old Preppie selected for 2018 U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week

Congratulations to Old Preppie (Lions, 2014) and St Andrew’s College’s star player Bame Malesu for being selected to play for the 2018 U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week […]
May 25, 2018

Zimbabwe Marketing Presentations

May 25, 2018

Zambia Marketing Presentations

Feb 7, 2018

2018 Prep House Captains

Feb 7, 2018

East London Information Evening

Nov 20, 2017

Apt Naming of the Centre for Creative Learning

Today we `raised our caps’ in honour of a stalwart Old Preppie and someone who has been a part of the school – first as a […]