Newsletter Term 3 #30 2 November 2018 St Andrew’s COLLEGE Nec Aspera Terrent

To the Andrean Community

Aubrey Chauke 25 October 2003 – 31 October 2018

From the first steps that Aubrey took on the cobbled paving at Graham House quad when he arrived earlier this year as a new Grade 9, we were blessed with his infectious big grin. His smile radiated happiness and although he took a few weeks to settle into boarding, he couldn’t hide his excitement. Aubrey loved being part of any group, and the College family took him in as their own. He was a kind soul, who could share a laugh with everyone, often at his own expense. The mark of a man sometimes is shown by his following, and ‘Pepe’ was loved by so many. He will be sorely missed by his brothers in Graham House.

Aubrey was not a fan of sport, but participated where he could – he was particularly enjoying his water polo team this term even though he was not (by his own admission) the world’s best keeper. “I think he chose to play keeper as it was closest to the side for him to hang on”, said one of his mates in class the other day – Aubrey’s response …. He burst out laughing – there was no denying the fact. St Andrew’s College Nec Aspera Terrent 2 November 2018

Aubrey was a sensitive and caring friend. One who made time for every person in the dorm and touched their lives in some way. He was one of the kindest people in the house – nothing was ever a problem for him and he always wanted to help.

He had an infectious smile and laugh that could light up a room and lift everyone around him. He always made time for others and was a caring and loving friend.

“We shared so many memories and laughs together. He was the most humble and innocent person I know” – Tom Vermaak

“Aubrey will forever be known for his enthusiasm and dynamism. He was always eager to learn and improve in everything he did be it his academics, sport or cultural activities. He was a committed young man who left a smile on everyone’s face. He touched everyone with his kindness, humbleness, innocence and endeavour. He will be missed dearly” – Africa Matshingana

“Aubrey Chauke was a great person with great morals and a great personality and spirit” – Jared Ferreira

“Aubrey was the person who would cheer everyone up when they were down and made time for everyone no matter what” – Nick Holmes

“Pepe was always there to lend a helping hand in Maths class or in the dorm or just talking about life. I will miss him greatly” – Jono Rosenthal

May his Soul Rest in Peace.

Alan Thompson [email protected]

St Andrew’s College 2 Nec Aspera Terrent 2 November 2018 The Introduction of Positive Education at St Andrew’s College

We were very fortunate to host Mr Simon Murray OAM at St the lessons learnt forward to our broader local community Andrew’s College last week, during which time he introduced and beyond. To this end St Andrew’s held a Positive Education the basic tenets of Positive Education to the staff of the three seminar hosted by Mr Murray on Friday, 26 October. schools, as well as to a core group of boys. Approximately 40 teachers and heads of school attended the seminar from all over South Africa and much interest The term Positive Psychology (upon which Positive Education was expressed in forming a Positive Education Schools’ is founded) has been around since the late 1980’s and Association for South Africa, mirroring the process employed denotes a shift from a traditional focus on disorder and ill- by the Positive Education Schools’ Association in Australia, being, to pursuing behaviours and ways of being that promote chaired by Mr Murray. healthy mental functioning and well-being. It is with this aim in mind that we have decided to embark on the journey of As the process unfolds at St Andrew’s College, our hope is to implementing Positive Education as a vehicle to instil healthy weave Positive Psychology into the fabric of all that we do as habits of thought, doing and being at St Andrew’s College. a school, whether it be in the classroom, on the sports field The aim is to identify each boys’ key strengths and develop or in the boarding houses. Our goal is to continue to develop them rather than setting out to repair perceived weaknesses, our Positive Education strategy in the coming months and to so that each boy develops his potential and can flourish. host a National Positive Education Conference at St Andrew’s College in 2019. The focus on Positive Education will not be for the good of St Andrew’s College only, as we shall be seeking ways to pay Craig Cuyler

St Andrew’s College 3 Nec Aspera Terrent 2 November 2018 ‘Exit, pursued by a bear’ A-Level Literature Play Reading with the Shakespeare Society of South Africa

When Shakespeare penned ‘The Winter’s Tale’ around 1610, engaged pupils in the concerns of the play, forced them to most of his audience would have been illiterate. They would consider the roles of the different characters and to consider have engaged with the jealous king, hopeful lovers, fierce different possibilities of interpretation and performance. They female friendships and magical transformations through are now more than ready to begin a more cerebral analysis of hearing the play, usually as groundlings in the pit of The the text. Globe. Rather than beginning an analysis with pen in hand, they would have been berating Leontes, cheering Paulina, The evening ended with a pizza supper and congratulations gasping as Antigonus is chased by a bear to a grizzly end, and all around. swooning before the happy Perdita and Florizel. Thus, for their first experience of the play, the A2 A-Level Literature class joined forces with the Shakespeare Society of South Jayne Euvrard Africa (SSoSA) to present a dramatic reading of an edited version of the play. SSoSA chair, Lynette Patterson edited the script to a ninety-minute performance time, and led members and A-Level pupils in a rehearsal in the morning in preparation for the dramatic performance in the evening.

As a school in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown), we are immensely privileged to have the opportunity to work with the talents and experience of the SSoSA. Members guided pupils through considerations of how a character might express a line or sentiment, how the characters might relate to each other on stage and how to build tension and humour in the narrative arc of the play. Taking part in the evening’s performance quickly A-Level Play Reading with Alex, Toni and members of SSoSA

College congratulates Mark Cotton (Graham 1991) on being awarded Eastern Cape Game Breeder of The Year, 2018 by the Association of Wildlife Ranches of South Africa. Mark and his wife Paula own Bulela Wildlife, a 2100 hectare private game reserve situated 45 km from Grahamstown. St Andrew’s College 4 Nec Aspera Terrent 2 November 2018 Grading Day for our Ballroom Dancers On Saturday 20 October, 24 (nine St Andrew’s College, 15 was thrilled with her dancing and left Zanda beaming. Our DSG) ballroom dancers took part in their International Social Level 1’s, Sony Dyanti, Emma Weeber, Ruth Fick, Nic Stadler, Ballroom Dance grading, held at Kingswood College. The Nicholas De Jager and Olwethu Pule have all worked hard grading was arranged by dance instructor, Francois van Eck. this year and we commend them for their enthusiasm and Students were examined by Peter Mann from . commitment. Peter is a member and Treasurer of the South African Dance Teachers Association (SADTA) as well as the Ballroom Gabriel Walsh and Sanele Mboto performed their Level 2 and Instructor for the Rhodes University Ballroom Society. Level 3 dances respectively. Both boys did extremely well, with Gabriel being awarded honours for all six of dances and The levels which were examined were Beginner, Level 1, Sanele achieving either highly commended or honours for his Level 2 and Level 3. While we are still awaiting the results, six dances. They have definitely ended their Grade 12 dancing the examiner commented that he was well pleased with year on a high note and their passion for dancing is evident on the quality of dancing. We are very proud of our first year the dance floor. Well done. beginners. Ten dancers participated in their first grading where they each presented two dances, namely a Slow In 2017, eight of our dancers did their grading and we are Rhythm Foxtrot and a Boogie. Well done Timothy Nasasira, excited to see that this number has tripled to 24 dancers Bradley Barrow, John Marshall and Michael Boynton from being graded in 2018. We hope to see those that were unable St Andrew’s; and Dominique Erasmus, Megan Joubert, to grade this year pushing through and grading in 2019. We Amy Thompson, Sage Thomassen-Holmes, Mila Masito and are very proud of our ballroom dancers and look forward to Amilisile Mpambaniso from DSG. seeing them develop and build on what they have learnt this year. Thank you to Francois van Eck (Dance With…) for his Our second year beginners and Level 1 dancer’s performed dedication to his teaching and for all his hard work in assisting either four or six dances, namely Slow Rhythm Foxtrot, our dancers in their grading tests this year. Ballroom dancing Slow Waltz and Tango for their ballroom dances and in the teaches discipline, etiquette and social skills as well as being Latin section they presented the Boogie, Mambo and Cha a great form of exercise and stress release. Ballroom dancing Cha. Well done Caris Walsh, Paiton Levin, Angela Volschenk, is a useful skill and although taught at a social level, receiving Philisa Masito, Carma-Marie Müller and Zanda Nkosiyane. an internationally recognised certificate is an additional We congratulate Zanda for receiving honours for all six of achievement. Well done dancers. her dances, she truly danced on the clouds and the examiner Louise van der Merwe

Ruth Fick and Gabriel Walsh Zanda Nkosiyane and Sanele Mboto St Andrew’s College 5 Nec Aspera Terrent 2 November 2018 Grade 11 Site-specific Performance Performance can occur anywhere, not just in a theatre, it can Although fun and entertaining the performance asked the be staged outside under a tree, in a school fountain, or in an audience to think deeply about their own lives and question, abandoned prison. The most exciting thing about performing in this age of democracy, if we are as free as we believe in an unconventional space is that you cannot escape the ourselves to be. politics or history of that space. It was thinking that inspired the Grade 11’s when creating their own original performances Well done to all Grade 11 Dramatic Arts students on a brave in our unconventional space: The Grahamstown Old Jail. and exciting performance. For this class exercise we asked our grade 11 learners to think about prisons not as a physical space, but as a metaphorical or psychological space and encouraged them to consider what imprisons them in our contemporary society. Each learner or group of learners approached this question in a unique way, drawing influence from their lives and their experiences. Some learners created works about racism and how they feel that imprisons us while other learners focussed on mass media and consumerism being a trap for youth. One learner created a piece in which she shared how she often feels shackled to South Africa’s past and struggles to escape the legacy that her parents and grandparents left her. Another group of brave girls confronted taboos around Xhosa culture and used image and music to show us the weight culture sometimes places on us. In an energized performance, another team used their own youth culture and explored notions that women are often trapped by violent, misogynistic attitudes associated with hip hop culture. Each learner was encouraged to approach the work in a unique way, using image, dance, music, physicality or text to explore their idea of imprisonment. Most importantly they were encouraged to create a unique experience for the audience, one where the audience were not simply passive observers but participants in the performance. Audience members were invited to sit down and drink irhewu with a Xhosa queen, sing along to ‘Girls just want to have fun’, cheer on their friends in a boxing match and dance along to music while taking selfies.

St Andrew’s College 6 Nec Aspera Terrent 2 November 2018 Gauteng Branch Function We had a very successful alumni dinner in Gauteng last week. The venue was 5th on Fergusons, a rooftop restaurant in Illovo, with a breath-taking view of the Johannesburg skyline. Over eighty guests and alumni enjoyed an evening of memories and reconnecting with old friends, creating an atmosphere of humour and warmth.

The Heads of both schools gave updates about the year’s progress, followed by Guest Speaker, Andrew Russell (OA 2011), who recently completed an adventurous journey from Cape to Cairo. Grateful thanks to Andy Bassingthwaighte and Pieter Greyling, chairpersons of the Gauteng Branch for arranging such an outstanding evening.

Bridget Rippon

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St Andrew’s COLLEGE

The South African Schools Boat Race Regatta 7 - 8 December 2018

Dear Business Owner / Chief Marketing Officer

The 19th annual South African Schools Boat Race takes place this year on the 7th and 8th of December 2018 on the Kowie River in Port Alfred. This South African School’s Rowing Union event is hosted by St Andrew’s College and, once again, Standard Bank is our sponsor. It is a highly prestigious event on the schools’ rowing calendar, attracting numerous schools from all over the country and thousands of visitors. The Boat Race is regarded as one of the toughest and most gruelling challenges faced by school crews, and we expect 16 Junior Men’s 1st VIII teams and 10 Junior Women’s Quad teams from all over the country to compete in this year’s event.

An event Programme will provide participants and spectators with information to make their visit to Port Alfred a truly memorable one.

The Programme will have a long shelf-life, as it will include photographs of all the participating crews and will act as a memento for this leading event. The advertising is carefully arranged next to a list of indexed items such as restaurants, B&Bs and other categories. In addition, the list of advertisers and their services / products are emailed in advance to the participating schools.

The cost of the adverts are as follows: - ¼ A5 page : R1 200 ½ A5 page : R2 400 Full A5 page : R4 800

Please contact one of the undersigned for any further assistance or information:

Anastasia Zacharellis Vanessa McKay Belinda Kroon Liz Thomas [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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COLLEGE SPORT

Dear All several times. This was a really good win and it was a fitting end to a great day of polo. This weekend we play host to both First and foremost, we are all in a state of extreme shock at Kingswood College and Graeme College on Saturday. Whilst the tragic passing of one of our young water polo players, this will no doubt be a sombre affair for obvious reasons, it Aubrey Chauke, on Wednesday afternoon. Our heartfelt will also be good to have a full morning of fixtures with the 1st sympathy goes out to the Chauke family and friends as we all Team game being played at 12h00. I am sure that the school try and grapple with this sudden loss. This is a tragic reminder will turn out in force and that the teams will be playing with of just how fragile our time on this earth is and it serves to a special purpose. encourage us to take nothing for granted and to live life to the fullest. I have no doubt that we will all work our way through Last weekend the Cricket Club played against Woodridge this and that we will emerge stronger and closer for it. Our College and there were some really good performances. Pride thoughts and prayers are with the Chauke family at this time. of place must go to Dylan Wilson who smashed 169 not out for the 2nd XI on Lower. This helped his team to a mammoth Last Saturday saw the Water Polo Club go through to East total of 447/7 in their 50 overs and a crushing win. The 1st London to play a derby fixture against Selborne College. All XI game played at Woodridge also produced some excellent teams were involved and it turned out to be an excellent day cricket with Woodridge posting an imposing 251/8 in their of competitive polo. In many games there was but a goal or allotted overs. A very composed and mature chase from two that separated them. The last three games of the day the College batsmen saw them stay in the game all the way, saw a single goal being the difference at the final whistle. with an outstanding 102 at a run-a-ball from Callum Francis The 3rds went up 5-4, the 2nds were pipped 5-6 and then the and meaningful contributions from Nick Barlow and Matt 1sts won a humdinger 7-6 after the lead had changed hands Schaefer. This was a really good win and a positive sign for

St Andrew’s College 9 Nec Aspera Terrent 2 November 2018 the future. On Wednesday afternoon the Club played a series being played this week. There is no doubt that the Football of T20 games against Kingswood College with very positive programme has been a busy one and the efforts of Mr Tim outcomes, whilst on Thursday we had a similar fixture with Barnard in this regard must be commended. The boys, too, Graeme College. These games are important for honing one- have shown great commitment to the programme and have day skills and for keeping the game alive at school level. This put in time and effort in preparation for and the playing of Saturday the Club will play host to Graeme College, with the games. Much fun has been had by all and the teams have 1st XI game being played on Lower starting at 09h30. These shown continuous improvement. local derby days are always special and bring out the best in the teams. This last Saturday the Sharks fans would have been over the moon at their success in an away final at Newlands. Last Saturday the Rowing Club travelled down to East London It was a great day for College old boy, Tyler Paul, who scored and the Buffalo River where they took part in the Eastern the winning try for the Sharks after sterling performances at Cape Champs Regatta. The College boys had a very good all levels for the Durban boys this season. Earlier in the day day and revelled in the ideal racing conditions. They remain old boy, Murray Koster, also tasted victory with the Western the dominant club in the region and will build on these Province U19 side that beat the in their final. Murray has performances as the 1st VIII start their preparations for Boat been included in a preliminary 42-man training squad for the Race and the Club look towards the major part of the sprint SA U20 side that is starting preparations for next year’s World season next term. Cup. Also playing on Saturday and achieving extraordinary heights was Sintu Manjezi playing for the in the Pro The Tennis players have been rounding off their year with 14 along with Jason Baggott who turned out for Edinburgh Stayers matches against the local rivals in mixed doubles Rugby in the same competition. It is great to see the College fixtures. The teams have had a good run and are setting boys carrying on with their rugby and playing at such a high themselves up for a good year next year. level.

This Saturday will see the Basketball Club hosting Kingswood Whilst we are all somewhat subdued at the moment, there College on our courts. This will be a fitting culmination to is plenty to celebrate and to look forward to. I wish you all a their season with competition expected to be keen and the great weekend of sport and let’s hope that the Bokke can do atmosphere down at Lower will be electric. Next week will us proud at Twickenham after showing such character against see Inter-house Basketball taking place as a final round-up to the mighty All Blacks recently. their programme for the year. Kind regards This last week has seen a number of Football matches being played with local competition with good success, whilst the Inter-House event is underway and enjoying popular support. Pete Andrew This will continue with the final matches of the season Director of Sport

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