Transfers -june and july2017 Dear Lawhill ‘Amaboarders’. We are looking forward to having you back at Lawhill on Sunday 23 July for another busy term. Please make sure you have your bus ticket and your ID book/birth certificate with you when boarding the bus – and be sure to give yourself sufficient time to get to […]
Interested in applying for our maritime studies programme and staying at the Lawhill boarding house? Applications are open to those studying Grade 9 in 2017 to apply to stay and study with us. Please download both these forms, complete them IN FULL and post them via registered mail before the closing date (end of August) in […]
MARINE INSPIRATIONS REPORT – JUNE 2017 – BY CAPTAIN PHIL WADE Tuesday 20th June 2017 At 10.00 hours we reported to the massive sailing yacht “Aquijo” docked in STP repair yard. This is an amazing sailing yacht, 86 meters long, displacing 1,700 tons and the two mast stretching 96 meters into the sky, more […]
(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, […]
Anything but junk … Opening new, world-first educational facilities, competing in our first duathlon (and winning the school’s challenge), celebrating academic excellence – read about all this and more in the TERM 1, 2017 newsletter of the Simon’s Town School’s Lawhill Maritime Centre! Click here .. Lawhill Term 1 -2017 -NL
SIMON’S TOWN School’s Lawhill Maritime Centre has officially opened its new education and boarding facilities which include a ‘world-first’ electronic navigation classroom for secondary school students, a Marine Sciences classroom, a Ships Library and Resource Centre, and additional accommodation. The additional facilities – which were funded by the TK Foundation – were opened by Premier […]
Lawhill’s 18 Grade 12 achieved an impressive 42 subject distinctions in the final exams – and our Grade 12 boarders took the top 10 places in Simon’s Town School. Read our updated newsletter for more details! lawhill-newsletter-2016-7lr
WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE Photos and news of – the Annual Awards evening – the BBWP fundraiser and our new yacht!! – Marine Inspirations’ October programme – Award-winning guitarist Tony Cox plays for us! – Support for the new LAWHILL MARITIME EDUCATIONAL TRUST – Safmarine mentorship programme – Our students’ Amandla tug journey – Our new building extensions […]
Purchase a ticket to attend the Big Bottle Wine Party on December 3 and give talented young South Africans the opportunity to gain the practical seafaring and navigational skills they need for a future career in the maritime industry. All details below – please book your tickets now! (See Lawhill Facebook page for more details […]
If you’re currently in Grade 9, have a minimum of 60% in Mathematics, Physical Science and English and an interest in the maritime industry, you are invited to apply for a bursary to study at the Lawhill Maritime Centre in 2017. Applications open in July 2016 an d close at the end of August. You need […]