» MAY 2010
Famous Fossil Finder: Matthew Berger!
During the holidays, Mr Lees and I felt very privileged to be invited to Maropeng for the announcement of the amazing discovery of a new species of hominid, Australopithecus sediba, found by our now world-famous Prep boy, Matthew Berger . . . read more [ PDF download | 3.5 MB ]

» APRIL 2010
Soccer World Cup fever at Prep on 16 April 2010

 

 

» OCTOBER 2009

» FATHER AND SON CHESS Lots of fund was had by all at the Fathers and Sons Chess evening held on 26 October. After some tense moments, the boys naturally triumphed, beating their dads 54 – 48.	Vincent Pansegrouw, Dylan Testa, Simon Greef, Rowan Batzofin, Eric McLaughlin

 

	» SCARY TALES The U1's and L2's participated in "Scary Tales" on 29 October. Lisa De Jesus and Ruth Graca with their sons enjoying a picnic in front of the Fred England Centre. The boys were challenged to dress their scariest.

 

» ALEX IN WONDERLAND Alex in Wonderland was performed by St John's Preparatory on 5, 6 and 7 October 2009. It was a resounding success and highly entertaining. The leads in the cast were: From left to right sitting: Stephen Hunt, Nicholas Bielderman, Joshua Krynauw, Alex Van Der Hoven, Eric McLaughlin, Rowan Batzofin, George Stanchev, Llewellyn Craddock,  Matthew Adams, Kemeel Pillay, Kyle Hutchings. Middle Row: Joshua Buchel, Thomas Beard, Kiran Govinda, Tamlin Love, Raul Giannoccaro, Matthew Davies, Jeremy Prior, Menzi Mcunu, Jesse Stevens.

Standing: Lebo Mota, Ben Dunne, James Gooch, Ryan Mackell, Stephen De Souza, Aashish Diayar, Matthew Taylor, Christoff Du Plessis, Grant Carroll, Dale Beeton, Sebastian Bielderman.
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	» THE LOWER II PREP MARKET DAY The Lower II Prep Market Day was held on October, with Grade I Pre-Prep boys being the first eager customers of the day. They boys enjoyed themselves immensely and learned many lessons in the field of commercial trade. Seth Streeter, Matthew Robinson and Chris Pieterse

 

	» PREP CULTURAL DAY The Prep held a Cultural Day on 23 October in celebration of our diverse heritages. Each year group wore traditional apparel and provided food from different cultural groups. UII pupils Kevin Frew and Jason Batzofin

 

 

» WEDNESDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2009
On Wednesday the 25th of February Cornwall Hill from the United Kingdom played St John's Prep 1st Team. Barry Richards came and spoke to the boys after the game.

 

» SATURDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2009
On Saturday 7 February Prep pupils, staff and parents participated in a Swimathon to raise funds for the school's water polo pool.

Ryk Neetling lining up to swim in the St John's Swimathon	A St John's pupil swimming to raise funds for a new Water polo pool
Water polo between the South African squad and St John's team	Ryk Neetling signing autographs