Another day, another learning opportunity – please download our latest newsletter on the link below to read all our latest news and achievements, which includes celebrating the news of our first female Master Mariner! LAWHILLNL- Feb-April18 ps: if you missed the January 2018 newsletter, please download it on the link below. We are sure you agree […]
Meet our first female Master Mariner!
Twenty seven year-old Nicole Gouvias has become the first female alumnus of the Simon’s Town School’s Lawhill Maritime Centre to obtain her internationally-recognised Master’s Certificate of Competency (Unlimited), the qualification which permits her to command a ship of any size. Nicole – who dreamt of being a ship’s captain from a young age – is […]
Tribute to Mr Peter Newall
Port Pourri, a newspaper column by Lawhill’s maritime educator and maritime journalist, Brian Ingpen, appears in the Cape Times every Wednesday. We republish, with Mr Ingpen’s kind permission, the column he wrote on Peter Newall, a much loved donor and friend of STS Lawhill Maritime Centre, who passed away in March 2018. “Back in 1990, […]
Deadline for EoI forms for enrolment – 22 March 2018
Please note that parents wishing to enrol their current Grade 9 learners into the Lawhill Maritime programme for 2019 are required to submit an Expression of Interest form which can be found on the link below. Deadline for submission is 22 March 2018. Pse note the requirements for qualification. To read more, click on the link […]
A ‘newsy’ start to a new academic year
Click on the PDF link below for our January newsletter which provides an update on the successful BBWP fundraising event held at the Royal Cape Yacht Club in December, our ride with a former Tour de France yellow jersey winner and past and current student ‘good news’! Lawhill Newsletter – Jan 2018 (Remember to visit the […]
Thami Hoza – Doing Lawhill and SA proud
Thami Hoza (Class of 2016) – pictured here with Professor Jonathan Jansen – is the only South African to be chosen as a GLOBAL TEEN for 2018. This young man from Welkom is really going places. In January he spent time (and his birthday) in Delhi, India with Startup Safari after winning the Western Cape round […]
FUN(d-raising) Ride and Morning with pro-cyclist Linus Gerdemann – 9 January 2018
Pro-cyclist Linus Gerdemann will be in Cape Town briefly in January 2018 and will be hosting a FUNdraising ride around the Cape Peninsula. If you are an avid cyclist or training for the CT Cycle Tour in March, here’s your chance to ride with – and learn from – a pro Tour de France cyclist. […]
INVITATION TO APPLY
INVITATION TO APPLY FOR THE POSITION OF MARITIME ECONOMICS EDUCATOR Unique in Africa and currently in its 22nd year of operation, Simon’s Town School’s Lawhill Maritime Centre offers a maritime education programme for about 140 co-ed students in Grades 10, 11 and 12 (ages 15 to 17 years). The Centre also offers accommodation for 66 boarders from […]
Lawhill Newsletter – Terms 3 & 4 2017
If you’re having that ‘end of year’ feeling and the madness of the modern world is getting to you, we suggest you take a few minutes to browse our latest newsletter. Some of the highlights of the past few months are: having Professor Jonathan Jansen as a guest speaker at our Annual Awards evening (and […]
Marine Inspirations: Reflecting on three inspiring years ahead of Cape Town fundraiser
As Marine Inspirations counts down to its annual Big Bottle of Wine Party fundraising event at the Royal Cape Yacht Club on Saturday 9 December, we look back on three years of a truly inspiring initiative that has already changed the course of countless lives. Marine Inspirations came into being in 2014 after a meeting between […]