Headmaster’s Letters

Headmaster’s Letter to Parents – 3 February 2012

By admin | Published: February 7, 2012

We have started the year in an extremely positive fashion and I cannot believe that it is already February.

Headmaster’s Letter to Parents – December 2011

By admin | Published: December 9, 2011

It has been a wonderfully enriching year: one filled with hope, love and enthusiasm and as it draws to a close, it is good to reflect and to celebrate the successes… read more

Headmaster’s Celebration Speech 2011

By admin | Published: October 28, 2011
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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.

Headmaster’s Letter to Parents – September 2011

By s2 | Published: September 28, 2011

We continue to talk much about the journey we undertake as individuals, as communities and as a country. Journeys offer so many opportunities for learning and as Oakhill endeavours to be a true learning and thinking organization in all that it does, it needs to keep in mind that this journey will not be a [...]

Letter to Plett Bus Parents

By admin | Published: September 19, 2011

It is a sensitive time to talk about buses and safety but I want to engage you regarding a couple of issues about the Plett bus service which we provide for you.

Headmaster’s Letter to Parents – June 2011

By admin | Published: July 4, 2011

There is much being said in the press about education at present. Today’s headlines read: concerted effort needed to stop producing dunces. In my opinion it highlights the importance of Independent Schools, like ourselves, to ensure that we set benchmarks which are internationally recognized. We live in a diverse country with many challenges and it [...]

Headmaster’s Letter to Parents – April 2011

By admin | Published: April 14, 2011

Oakhill is a place of caring, a place of committed people and a place filled with love. The secret of our success is the fact that we have wonderfully talented, warm, emotionally aware staff and Barbie Leibbrandt is certainly our leader in this regard. She is filled with love which she doles out with exuberant [...]

Headmaster’s Letter to Parents – December 2010

By admin | Published: January 6, 2011

Dear Parents Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler, long I stood and looked down one as far as I could, to where it bent in the undergrowth (Robert Frost) In July this year I had the good fortune of travelling to the United [...]

Headmaster’s Letter to Parents – September 2010

By admin | Published: December 7, 2010

Dear Parents Stories, read or told, have always been among the favorite teaching instruments of the world’s great moral educators. Stories teach by attraction rather than compulsion; they invite rather than impose. They capture the imagination and touch the heart. All of us have experienced the power of a good story to stir strong feelings. [...]

Headmaster’s Letter to Parents – June 2010

By admin | Published: June 1, 2010

Dear Parents “Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.” – Henry James The madness and excitement of the FIFA World Cup 2010 is upon us and I [...]