December 21, 2024

Month: September 2021

Dancing Duo does it again

Nthati and Sedi did it again! On the 27th of August, they participated in the SADTA provincial Championships at Bobbies Park.

Buxton brings it home in annual inter-house singing

On August 27th 2021, the official four houses of SMS came together to partake in what was a joyous occasion of inter-house singing. Under intense pressure and a restricted amount of time, each respective house made sure to deliver what they thought best could bring home the Gold plaque for them. In an interview conducted […]

Only two netball teams enter trials

The Junior School is extremely proud of the Grade 6 and 7 Netball Teams: the only two teams from St Michael’s that played in the Free State Netball Trials.

Editorial cartoon

The 17 May riots in Mangaung left some people unaffected and some devastated.

It’s my call: The Final Hours

I woke up with a terrible sweat. My stomach gnawed and growled. Something was not right. I got out of my futon1 and immediately searched my room. It was dark, but I could still find Okaa-san’s2 hair ornament. It was still in the red box next to my futon along with the small bag of money and a letter. Strange. Nothing was missing, but why did I have this terrible gut feeling?

#thehumancalculator

RELEBOHILE NYAPOLI Congratulations to Alondrea Flooks in Grade 4 who took part in an international Mental Math competition hosted by Egypt. Six countries took part in this online competition through A+ Academy. Alondrea received a mark of 90.8% and won the Champion trophy. Alondrea is nicknamed #humancalculator #littlegenius

St Michael’s sisters enjoy a fun-filled evening

For a while now, the Intermediate Phase has felt left out from the rest of the school; are they still part of the ‘babies’ in Foundation Phase or are they part of the ‘older girls’?

Just keep swimming: Midmar Mile 2021

AFTER MANY WEEKS of hard work, the SMS swimmers were disappointed to hear that, due to Covid-19, the annual Midmar Mile would not be swum in the Midmar Dam near Howick in KwaZulu-Natal this year. Instead, it was turned into a virtual event. After being postponed from the original date, the weekend of 13 and 14 February, it was changed into an event of four days over two weeks namely 6, 7, 13, and 14 March 2021.