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Mar 26, 2021
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 […]
Mar 17, 2021
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 […]
Mar 10, 2021
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 […]
Mar 10, 2021
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 […]
Feb 24, 2021
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 […]
Feb 17, 2021
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 […]
Feb 15, 2021
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 […]
Feb 12, 2021
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 […]
Feb 5, 2021
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 […]
Feb 5, 2021
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 […]
Nov 27, 2020
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 […]
Nov 11, 2020
Our Junior Preppies set out on various adventures last week, exploring Kenton-on-Sea, Kasouga and Bushman Sands. The children discovered small creatures in tidal pools, built sand […]
Nov 11, 2020
As the Grade Rs were unable to go on an Outdoor Ed trip – Outdoor Ed came to them! On Friday last week, the class came with […]
Nov 11, 2020
This past Sunday, the Headmaster of St Andrew’s College, SAC Head Boy, Malibongwe Mkosi, the Prep Head Boy, Matthew Ladds and Prep Headmaster Brendan Brady represented […]
Oct 21, 2020
The Prep Grade 7s recently spent just short of a week at the Amakhala Game Reserve, sleeping under the stars, learning to make fire by friction, […]
Sep 30, 2020
In the last position of leadership for our Grade 7 Preppies, the following boys were recently selected as our Term 3 House Captains: Tigers House Captain: […]
Sep 30, 2020
The scale of influence we have on those around us cannot always be measured, but where there are causes worth fighting for, the good influence is […]
Sep 30, 2020
Covid-19 has been hard on the 2020 Matrics. With much of their anticipated celebrations being cancelled or postponed, and with restrictions dragging on, the possibility of […]
Sep 16, 2020
The Senior Prep boys have given us a glimpse of what we have been missing in our sporting calendar this year. Last week, the boys turned […]
Sep 16, 2020
Our Junior Preppies (and a few of the Pre-Primary children) took a different route this year to our Table Farm Trekkers. They enjoyed a Spring Walk, […]
Aug 28, 2020
St Andrew’s Prep and College are delighted to welcome Rev Richard Wyngaard, his wife Christine and triplet sons: Joshua, Jesse and Jamie to the Andrean community. […]
Aug 5, 2020
Last Friday, Grade 7 pupil Ethan Bradfield participated in the Belmont Valley Golf Championships in the C-Division against adult players. Ethan finished up as the Runner-Up […]
Aug 5, 2020
In spite of the unique challenges faced this entire year, our Preppies continue to show themselves able to step up. We are so very proud of […]
Jul 29, 2020
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 […]
Jul 23, 2020
The following piece was sent in recently by Old Preppie Tony Macrae, who now lives in Dubai: Challenging times globally! We live in a VUCA world, […]
Jul 20, 2020
Mandela Day at Prep this year was celebrated on Friday with some sweetness and warmth being added to the food parcels delivered to the 110 families […]
Jul 8, 2020
We received a most wonderful email from past parent, Chris Megone who is Professor of Inter-Disciplinary Applied Ethics, Ancient Philosophy, Medical, Business and Professional Ethics, Moral […]
Jul 1, 2020
Due to the generosity of our wonderful school community, a total of R209 400 has been donated, resulting in 1242 food parcels and 1980 litres of […]
Jul 1, 2020
After a rigorous application process, interviews, presentations and voting, St Andrew’s Prep is proud to announce our 2020 Headboy Matthew Ladds and our Deputy Headboy is […]
Jun 17, 2020
Each June 16 is remembered for its pivotal historical relevance in our lives today. The 1976 student uprising in resistance to the apartheid system of education […]