We would like to send a special thank you to all of these pupils from Oakhill school for their generous donations of both food and money to the men (and a few women) who wait for work in the parking lot near Loerie Park for work.
Rondevlei Primary had every reason to celebrate on Friday 2nd December. In the low-lying sandy soils of Rondevlei, stands a 3 classroom primary school. Here 72 primary learners spend their school days; ably taught by the Principal, Mrs Saayman and Mr Swartz. With the help of Oakhill School and many caring community workers, this school is helped with donations of books, food, furniture, clothes, playground equipment and many essential items.
During the July 2011 school holidays, the Wittedrift School Hostel came alive with the arrival of the Percy Mdala High School matric learners.
Funds from the Oakhill MySchool Card program have been used to purchase two full team kits for use by our local development sports teams.
As part of their President’s Award community service, 5 Grade 9’s at Oakhill, Cara Eyre, Sean Brodie, Nicole Bayes, Finn Stevenson and Claudia Spilsbury, wrote a letter to the Prep School families a few weeks ago requesting a collection of childrens’ clothing and shoes. Talk about generosity! They sorted and packed bags and boxes – a car load full and today was the day for sharing and caring.
For the last few years Oakhill has enjoyed sponsoring children from schools in the community to attend the Hospice Ballet dress rehearsal in the NG Church hall.
The sounds of the softly beaten drums by small hands slowly reached a crescendo and echoed down the school corridors of Rondevlei Primary. Suddenly the droning stopped and in the background, the shrieks of children scoring a soccer goal from the school field pierced the air.
On Wednesday, 20th April, Millwood students, Kathleen Stein, Carly Seager, Maricia Schempers, Nicole Bayes and Fern Wolf, along with Barbie and Ms le Fleur, went to deliver the ribbon tied Easter Egg packages, donated by Millwood students, to children of the Knysna Township.
Through the coordination and support of many Oakhill parents and staff members, we were able to share the joy of the Knysna Elephant Park with the 74 learners from Rondevlei Primary School in Sedgefield.
WOW – how uplifting sitting on a narrow unstable bench amongst Moms and Moms-to-Be in a basic wooden structure and listening to the exchange of questions and sharing of ideas and knowledge.
21 days before the FIFA World Cup 2010 Oakhill hosted a wonderfully successful ‘Futbal Festival’ on Friday 21st May. The weather was glorious and over 150 kids, including 70 children from neighbouring development schools in Rheenendal, Rondevlei, Ruigtevlei and a local Soup Kitchen joined in the fun.
For the last few years Oakhill has enjoyed sponsoring children from schools in the community to attend the Hospice Ballet…
