Read-A-Thon

How can one say thanks for the overwhelming support and enthusiasm that was shown for our Read-a-thon. It has been a most humbling experience for me to see how the school community worked together to get sponsors, read as families and be so positive about this new project and thank you is just not enough. Special acknowledgement must go to Mrs Sonja Bainbridge without whom the entire event would not have been possible, to Mrs Holzer for keeping the library open the whole night and to Mrs Trummer for taking the photographs. Also thank you to all the teachers on the English Department for giving up their Friday night.

Approximately 411 children came to read, that equates to over 2000 hours of reading! Thus far we have banked over R45000. This is fantastic – well done! Every cent of the sponsorship money will be used to buy new books for the library. The exciting news is that the child in each grade who brought in the most money will accompany Dr Oswald to Estoril Books where they will select the books for their age group.   

A love of reading is one of the greatest gifts we can give our children and we sincerely hope to continue this in years to come.

Dr EER Oswald
HoD English