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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Phil Wade and the Marine Inspirations team have issued an invitation to the maritime community to support a very special event – a fun-filled evening of delicious food, great entertainment and excellent wine to raise funds to support the students at the STS Lawhill Maritime Centre in Simon’s Town. The BIG BOTTLE OF WINE PARTY is […]
MARINE INSPIRATIONS – SEPT/OCT 2017 Participants from Lawhill – All Grade 12: Olwethu Maneli – from PE Lizwi Ncube – from Durban Nkazimlo Mxitsha – from Khayelitsha Siphuxolo Mlaba – from King Williamstown Plus: Navigating officer, Aubrey Sosibo (Lawhill alumnus) Report provided by Captain Phil Wade: REPORT Day 1 Monday 25th September 2017 I am […]
It was an honour to have Professor Jonathan Jansen as our guest speaker at the Lawhill Annual Awards event held on October 12. Prof Jansen is highly respected, both nationally and internationally, for his views on education and we are delighted to learn that he was most impressed and inspired by our programme …(He even […]
Siphelele Ncube and Jodie-Kirsten McFarlane will be travelling to Sweden on 12 September to attend the Blue Oceans Business Seminar. It will be the first time abroad for both the two students, who will be accompanied by Lawhill head, Debbie Owen. Do visit the Lawhill Facebook page for regular updates.
BY BRIAN INGPEN. THIS ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE CAPE TIMES ON 26 JULY 2017 “My mother told my father that I had taken girls to bioscope,” Captain Bill Damerell told me during one of my visits to this amazing old salt who passed away last week. “The following Saturday, my father told me to […]
LAWHILL News – Term 2 2017 Please click on the link above for a recap of the exciting happenings at the STS Lawhill Maritime Centre during Term 2, 2017! These include the launch of our very own yacht, the many visits and ‘beyond the classroom’ experiences which enrich our students education – and more!