Thank you to the Marine Inspirations team – Captain Phil Wade, Captain Anthony Just and Terry Clark – for the daily reports on the June 2019 edition of Marine Inspirations. Our maritime students are having an incredible learning experience – read all about in the reports below. Our sincere thanks to Anne, Law and Emma […]
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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 […]
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 […]
NEWS: YACHT DONATION A BOOST TO MARITIME EDUCATION
(Cape Town, South Africa): Maritime education at Simon’s Town School’s Lawhill Maritime Centre (www.lawhill.org) has been given a boost with the donation of a 26 foot yacht to be used for practical sail and navigation training. The yacht is a donation from the international maritime mentoring programme, Marine Inspirations (www.marineinspirations.org) and yacht sponsor, […]
2015 Matric Results – 100% pass for Lawhill Grade 12 boarders!
Our 2016 has started on a high note with the news that all our 2015 Grade 12 Lawhill boarders have passed their 2015 National Senior Certificate Examinations. The best performing Lawhill student (with the highest average percentage of 84% for all subjects) was Lungelo Mkhize, followed by Bradley Felix (82% average) and Apiwe Malinga. Bradley Felix achieved […]
100% pass in 2015 for Lawhill Grade 10 and 11 boarders!
Term 4 has ended on a high note with the news that Lawhill’s Grade 10 and 11 boarders have achieved a 100% pass and 9 of the top 10 positions in their grade at Simon’s Town School.* Click on the newsletter link below to read more about the many Lawhill highlights of Term 4, which include visits by […]
Marine Inspirations – All about the October trip!
‘ Marine Inspirations’ voyage of a lifetime boosts young South Africans’ superyacht and maritime career prospects Four young South African sailors from less-advantaged backgrounds arrived in Ibiza Town last Wednesday (7 October) on board the 24-metre classic schooner, Aloha-J of Cariba, after a 70 nautical-mile passage from Palma de Mallorca. The maritime students have been […]
News update – Term 3 – 2015
Another busy term has passed – read all about our Term 3 activities by downloading our latest newsletter – see the link below! Newsletter – term 3 2015-fin. Thank you once again for your support! THE LAWHILL TEAM
Lawhill students selected for third Marine Inspirations opportunity!
Xolani Jali and Mfundo Joseph, two Grade 12 maritime students from Simon’s Town School’s Lawhill Maritime Centre, have been selected to spend their October school break participating in an international sailing regatta in Ibiza, Spain. The trip in October 2015 will be the third time Lawhill students have been selected to participate in the Marine […]
Archie and Thami’s Marine Inspirations Diary
Click on the link for the diary of Archie Leeu and Thami Hoza’s trip to Spain as part of the Marine Inspirations youth mentoring programme! The Diary of Thami and Archie – Mallorca June 2015 Our thanks once again to Captains Wade and Just and everyone who helped make this trip possible!