Welcome Home Matric Class of 2015

One of the highlights in the Junior Prep calendar is to welcome back the matric students who are nearing the end of their journey through the College.

The Matrics who started at the Junior Prep in 2003 excitedly returned to the Grade R Playground for a morning of reminiscing in their old classrooms, catching up with their Junior Prep teachers and playing and singing war cries with the present Grade R group of children. Many poignant comments were overheard: “Can you believe we were that small”, “the playground used to be so big”, “this awesome computer room used to be our music room, can you remember our teacher, Ms Tshellashvili”, “the library looks like a ship now, we loved your stories Mrs Viljoen”, “can you believe this was our old classroom” …. and so on. The morning concluded with the matrics being invited to tea with our retiring Head Mrs Mel Dace and being presented with ‘Long Service Award’ certificates.

The morning brought to mind the last verse of the College song:

When school’s a distant memory,

Of happy youthful years,

We’ll oft times look behind us

To all that still endears.

We’ll “One and All” remember,

How could we e’er forget!

That here our ship once anchor’d

And here its course was set.