Community Involvement

Rotary – Tour Your Town 2012

Every year the Knysna Rotary Club offers the Grade 9 Interact students the opportunity to tour the town. Among the schools involved this year were Knysna High, Knysna Secondary, Percy Mdala, Knysna Montessori, Heatherhill and Oakhill School. This opportunity is given in order to educate students about the way Knysna functions.  Click here to read [...]

Interact Activity in Knysna

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On 6 February 2012, a group of Interacters from Bath, England, came on a tour to South Africa to do some community outreach.  As part of their tour they made a stop in Knysna for a week to do some upliftment at a crèche in the township.  This was done in partnership with Oakhill’s Interact [...]

Oakhill School congratulates Percy Mdala Matrics of 2011

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The Journey to COP 17 – by Nik Martin

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The Green, The Greener, The Greenest
A Journey to COP 17

Thank you, Oakhill Prep!

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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 Celebrates!

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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.

Matric Intervention for Percy Mdala Matrics with the help of Oakhill College Teachers

Percy Mdala Matrics 2011 Saturday Morning Workshops

During the July 2011 school holidays, the Wittedrift School Hostel came alive with the arrival of the Percy Mdala High School matric learners.

Dressing a Team!

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Funds from the Oakhill MySchool Card program have been used to purchase two full team kits for use by our local development sports teams.

President’s Award Community Service at Rondevlei School

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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.

Hospice Ballet Dress Rehearsal

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.

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