On Thursday 23 March, the High School History department hosted a movie night for the students. The movie, I Am Here, tells the story of Ella Blumenthal, a Holocaust survivor who currently resides in Cape Town.

There have been a number of sporting festivals over the last two weeks and we are so proud of all teams who participated.

A huge round of applause to the House and Spirit Committee for giving us a morning full of energy and joy, as we all came together to ignite our school spirit across the grades.

Congratulations to Chloe Green who has been selected to play for the U15 Central Gauteng Action Netball team.

Yesterday we welcomed our visitors from Ursuline Academy in Dallas. The 13 students and 4 staff will be hosted by Brescia House School families over the next two weeks.

The final for the schools orienteering league took place on Monday at Kloofendal. This year’s courses were tougher than previous years, both technically and physically, and our five selected athletes performed admirably.

This morning we celebrated our Championship Diving and Swimming results. Congratulations to all our swimmers and divers on a successful season.

Visiting the Holocaust and Genocide Centre with the Grade 8 pupils yesterday, we were lucky enough to experience the temporary exhibition of “Seeing Auschwitz” - photographs of Auschwitz, smuggled out by a survivor.