Hi all,

I really do apologize for the lag  in my 'so called' weekly blog. Matric is really starting to creep up on the grade 12’s and I, so we have all been buried in our books, aiming high for mocks.

A lot has been going on during the last couple of weeks. So you have heard, from reading the blog site, that white house has excelled in many of the inter-house sporting competitions. But this is presumed by most. It has been tough, but we have certainly built up a prestigious reputation for ourselves of dominating the sporting arrangements!

Inter-house 7’s was enjoyed by everyone. White house did very well to rise to the finals but unfortunately the two senior sides were subdued by their opponents. Both were very awesome games!

But the hero’s of the day were the Grade 8 team! With having dominated throughout the tournament, they found themselves on the piley rees against School house. This was the jaw dropping game. White house put their colours to pride when they easily triumphed over school house. A special mention will have to go to our latest grade 8 addition ‘ Ilyaas ‘ who danced around the opposition leaving the opponents with nothing but confusion. Ilyaas now has the right to name himself –Ilyass ‘quade’ Peterson

Unfortunatly Ennio and Seb could not make it to the final as they were injured.



Ennio in a stretcher before he was taken to hospital

Myself and leo(more like leonidas)



White house looks extremely promising in the years to come. The ‘gees’ of the house never disappears. We all stayed in on the Friday night to ‘unite before our battles’. We also have some big grade 8’s. My mentee ‘leo’ towers over me already. It’s pretty heart-racing when I have to tell him off!



Vino talking rubbish in class



Kb having a good laugh in class

Now that class is over, we just have mocks and finals to nail. This gives us more that enough time to prepare for our exams. So what would you do if you had a few free days and the warm CT sun available? Take a few hours and indulge the hotness in white house’s quad? Myself, Kris, Foxy and vino aka the ‘pale rhino’ thought this was a very inviting idea and attempted to become “ sun-snogged” as Kris would put it!

Foxy and vino soaking up the sun



Tshepo joining the vibe



Tshepo even joined in. Stating that it was ‘relaxing’ and ‘just such a vibe’

Another motion of White House is the grade 11 take over. Myself and Michael Foxcroft discussed with Mr Firth about how much lead we are going to give them and when it is going to happen. We concluded that they would take over a week before mocks and would just adopt a more prominent approach to the house. This started by rotating the daily ‘knock-up’ (grace) by each grade 11. Some a bit shy and some confident enough to remix the traditional ‘ for what we have receive may the lord make us truly thankful’ to something a little more ‘fresh’

With power, comes responsibility. So the grade 11’s headed off on a leadership camp over the weekend where they bonded and were involved in various leadership activities. You certainly learn a lot about yourself and your leadership potential here as it gives you the best opportunity to exercise it! They were accompanied by Mr firth.

This just reminds me how quickly time goes. It feels like yesterday I was away with my dorm enjoying the camp! But all we have now is our mocks and finals. The path ahead doesn’t look to gray though as the school offers us lots of things to do. We still have our interhouse soccer, cross country etc.. and our Matric dance!

Anyway, I need to get back to my studying. I will get back to you with more about the house when I can.

I hope you are all well!

Mike