Thinking about our thinking
Established in 1936, St George’s Preparatory certainly has evolved since its founding years as an all-boys boarding Preparatory School in Port Elizabeth. Education certainly has changed since the early days when our first headmaster, Raymond Hutchison,...
Celebrating Founders Weekend at St George’s Schools – putting children first for 81 years
St George’s Schools; Preparatory and Pre-School are currently celebrating 81 years of providing quality independent schooling to the Port Elizabeth community. We enjoyed a time of family and fellowship with our Pupils, Staff, Parents, Alumni and Friends of St George's...
Why Is St George’s Special To Me? | Daniel Ristow
Good evening ladies and gentleman, and children, my name is Daniel Ristow and I started at George’s in 2010 in Grade R. When I first started school here, my mom tells me that I was very, very shy, and look at me now, standing here tonight, talking to you. Everyone...
Why Is St George’s Special To Me? | Juhi Gajjar
Good Evening and welcome to our new prospective parents. My name is Juhi Gajjar and I am a Grade 7 pupil at St George’s Prep. I have been at St George’s since my pre-school years and I couldn't be more proud to showcase the cultural and musical opportunities that are...
A Practical Guide for Parenting Millennials
There’s a trend I’ve noticed in kids of today and, unfortunately, it’s not something we can be proud of. It’s the reason why a video entitled “Ultimate drunk girls fail compilation” has over 19 million views on YouTube. It’s the reason why a kid grabbing his...
To Hashtag or not to Hashtag – that is the question
Oh dear, here comes that midlife crisis again! Is it just me or do any other adults out there no longer recognise the English language? Whilst going through my Twitter feed I found these two pearls: “Coaching #Leaders4Learning Zen-style today. @ChangeAgentSA @PfP4SA...
We certainly do live in paradoxical times.
We monitor the movies our children watch, yet we give them 3G activated smartphones! We monitor the parties our children attend, yet we release them to the world of Facebook, Twitter and chat rooms! We set family viewing on all our DSTV decoders, yet we give our...
Internet Safety First!
I recently attended an eye-opening talk by Craig Blewett, a lecturer from UKZN who was completing his PHD in Facebook and education, who spoke of the dangers of the internet. This, together with the recent talks held nationally by Emma Sadleir, have prompted me to...
Why Is St George’s Special To Me? | Jitesh David
Good morning Mr Hall, teachers and the Grade One parents of 2017. Today I will be giving you a speech on why St George's has been so special to me in the past seven years I have spent here at the Prep School. First I'd just like say that those years were my best,...
Why Is St George’s Special To Me? | Zoe Christodoulou
I started my school career here at St George's Pre-Primary spending 3 years there before I came to the Prep. I am now in Grade 7 and I can't believe that at the end of this year, I will be saying good-bye to this school. My brother Andrew, who was also here, often...
