NEW GR 12 MARITIME ECONOMICS VIDEOS TO BOOST FINAL EXAM PREPARATIONS A new series of Grade 12 Maritime Economics videos has been launched to assist the more than 600 matriculants across South Africa who, despite significant disruptions to their education by the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges, will sit down to write their final NSC/IEB […]
Mr Brian Ingpen is currently producing a series of Maritime Economics videos which will be used to supplement the existing textbook content on www.maritimesa.org. The videos for Grade 12 have already been produced as a matter of urgency in order to support this years Grade 12s in preparing for their final exams. The full set […]
The story of how the maritime studies programme at Simon’s Town School began makes for fascinating and inspiring reading .. and who better to tell the story than former Principal, Dr Peter Manser … read all about it on the link below.. STS Maritime – How it began – Dr Peter Manser
The COVID-19 has provided our maritime students with many valuable lessons and we thank them for sharing their inspiring and honest reflections on the lockdown in a special Term 2 Lockdown Edition newsletter. Our sincere appreciation too to Michele Edgecombe of Indigo Design for designing this commemorative booklet/newsletter and for agreeing to do so on a part-pro bono […]
July 2, 2020 The lockdown and Covid-19 pandemic has taught us many lessons – academic and otherwise. We asked our students to reflect on their best and worst lockdown experiences and their thoughts and experiences are captured in this special edition Term 2 newsletter – it’s a must read… (kindly click on the link below) […]
These 10 stories were among the judges favourites in our Learning Under Lockdown competition. Here they are, in no particular order, each one as special as the other …. Zola Sampson, Grade 10 (Applying the lessons from my journey around Africa) Sibobo Nyathi, Grade 11 (Shifting the focus from academics to self) Undiphile Mpafa, Grade […]
LEARNING UNDER LOCKDOWN – LAWHILL NEWSLETTER COMPETITION The stories of our three runners-up (in no particular order) Name: Thembi Mazula Grade: 10 My lockdown experience I remember the day the President announced that schools would close due to this pandemic. On days when I was tired and just didn’t feel like going to school, I […]
Here, in full, is the winning ‘Lawhill- Learning Under Lockdown’ story submitted by Joshua Mbana, Grade 12. Be careful what you wish for, Joshua. These words would constantly echo in my mind every time I felt an overwhelming sensation of frustration while at home during lockdown, and when I would struggle to grasp the various, […]
Schools across South Africa closed early in March 2020, following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and all Lawhill boarders returned home to their families across South Africa and Namibia. In May 2020, we asked our maritime students to share their best and worst lockdown experiences, as well as the lessons they’d learnt during lockdown and what they were most grateful […]
Dear Lawhill supporter/funder/bursary sponsor The early closure of schools across South Africa in March 2020 brought Term 1 to a sudden close – and what a term it was! Please do take a moment to read our latest newsletter – may the achievements and broad smiles of our students lift your spirits in these challenging […]