General

On the weekend of 29th and 30th October one of the biggest events on the adventure racing calendar – the Merrell Eden Duo Adventure Race – took place out of The Wilderness National Park. This is an adventure race done over 40 km, or the big one 150 km – with a cut off time of 24 hours. Oakhill’s adventure racers once again stole the spotlight with record-breaking results from a number of Oakhill students.

Honourable Mayor, Mrs Wolmarans, Mr Michael Spies, Honoured guests, Mr and Mrs Wallington, Board members, Mr Cees Rijsdijk from the Royal Society of South Africa, Parents, Colleagues, Oakhillians, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is my great pleasure to present to you the 19th annual report on the activities of the school.

We enjoyed making Rangoli patterns and ‘coconut ice’ today! Penny Lamb

Olivia Gardy and Samantha de Kok decided to get their hands dirty today and are pictured here assisting Albert Qwesha…

Four Oakhill teams took part in the Adventure Racing National Championships for Schools that was held in the Baynesfield area, KZN on 6 and 7 October 2011.

On 2 October, 4 Oakhill learners took part in the Naturally Knysna Trail run. This was a 14km trail run through the Knysna forest and consisted of some steep climbs, descents and crossing streams.

Monday was an exciting day in the history of the school. Shane met with Mr Wei from the Chinese Embassy to formally sign a document entering us into a partnership with Haban for a Mandarin teacher, with the government of China. We are hoping our new teacher will join us at the beginning of 2012.

Even though there was not a whale to be seen, we had a “whale of a time”!

At the end of every hockey season Oakhill hosts the Polar Bear Hockey Challenge for all Grade 7’s in our area.

Four local junior riders from Knysna and George have recently secured a Mountain Biking Sponsorship from RE:CM (Regarding Capital Management), a privately owned, independent asset management business that follows a bottom-up value approach to investing.