Oakhill hosted its inaugural U16 Co-Ed Hockey Festival this past weekend, following on from the success of the popular festival hosted for U18 players in April. It was a truly festive weekend, with eight high schools from the Western and Eastern Cape coming together to enjoy hockey, interwoven with fun and sportsmanship at the OSC! […]
Little Oaks Grade 00s and Rs recently enjoyed a visit to Charlesford farm. It was the perfect sunny day to explore the farm and the children thoroughly enjoyed every minute. There was much nose-holding on arrival but they soon got used to the farm smells; they got to hold piglets, stroke calves, milk cow a […]
Last week our Grade 7s enjoyed an informative and meaningful township tour facilitated by Wandu Tours. The focus of this experience was to create an awareness of the day-to-day life experiences of people from different communities and to recognise the role of leaders within these communities. The tour included a traditional light lunch at the […]
Grade 8s and 9s have been having great fun creating VR tours of settlement types and weathering using Google’s Tour Creator as part of their Geography learning. Having “Gone Google” is continually offering teachers and pupils exciting new opportunities to learn, engage and collaborate! Read more about Tour Creator at on CnetÂ
A large proportion of Oakhill Prep pupils travelled to Port Elizabeth last weekend to participate in the annual sports derby against St George’s Prep. The derby started on Friday with hockey fixtures, and continued on Saturday with rugby and netball. As always, it was a fantastic interaction between the schools and pupils. A big thank […]
Two Oakhill College pupils qualified as finalists for Junior Sportswoman of the Year at the 2018 Eden Sports Awards – Aimee Canny (Grade 8) and Sophia Trollip (Grade 10). Aimee and Sophia attended the gala event at the Oudtshoorn Civic Centre on Friday, 27 July, which was hosted by the Department of Cultural Affairs and […]
Many of our Oakhill pupils participated in the Eden Spur MTB Schools League on Saturday at the Oakhill Sports Campus. There were some magnificent results and top 10 placings in various categories. Special mention goes to Julian Bunge who won the Youth Men category with a time of 48mins 46secs. In the category Junior Women, […]
Last week Oakhill Prep netball players enjoyed their annual fixture against Concordia Primary School. The young teams displayed great attitude and sportsmanship, growing stronger with every match they played. The U11 team remains unbeaten in league fixtures so far this year. As their coach says: “It is wonderful to watch these girls play because they already […]
The College’s Inter-House hockey took place last week Monday. These house events are important for the school and the pupils to showcase their skill, sportsmanship and camaraderie. It was great to see the pupils playing outside of their seasonal teams and just mixing it up with pupils older and younger. The teams that played as […]
Hannah Verrier (Grade 10) travelled to New Zealand in the July school holidays for the Pan Pacific Youth Water Polo Festival. Hannah represented South Africa as a goalkeeper in the U16 South African Girls team. This young team played two matches every day for two weeks – the first week as part of an U16 […]
Last weekend Oakhill Prep’s U13A Girls team enjoyed a hockey tour to the Eastern Cape, where they were hosted by Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) in Grahamstown. This proved to be a fantastic tour where they had the opportunity to play against strong teams from DSG, Collegiate and Kingswood, coming home with two wins, one […]
Grade 6 visit Kilzers Kitchen
A firm favourite in the Grade 6 year is the annual outing to Kilzers Kitchen! The Kilzers have a passion for cooking, teaching and people, and they are always able to perfectly impart their knowledge to the eager boys and girls. Much fun was had by all, and the pupils took great pride in their […]