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The Pretoria campus participated in the Kitabu literature competition this year together with the French schools of Bujumbura and Nairobi. During the year the pupils of the different classes read a selection of 6 or 7 books hand-picked according to their level. The top quality literary works presented offered a […]

The CM1s and CM2s celebrated English language and poetry with the final round of the Poetry Festival on Wednesday. The school hall was packed with 150 poetry fans, eager to encourage and support their favourite teams. The pupils had the pleasure of meeting their future English teachers in secondary school, […]

On Tuesday, June 19th, students of CE2, CM1 and CM2 classes of the Johannesburg campus participated in the Olympics. Once the teams formed from the 3 levels, they faced challenges as varied as basketball, football, ultimate, the long relay or the bike. Each team represented a country and fair play […]

The last few weeks at the Pretoria school were filled with excitement of the delightful English plays presented by the CM1s and CM2s. The CM1s presented “Around the World,” a dedication to Jules Verne, the World Cup and Nelson Mandela’s centenary celebrated this year. Parents and students were fascinated by […]

On Sunday 3 June,  CM2C, CM2D and the CM2 students from Pretoria went to school camp (or “veld school,” as South Africans call it) in KwaZulu-Natal. The children first spent 4 nights in an eco-friendly centre near Durban. Every morning, they were taught to surf by professionals and had fun catching […]

On Friday, June 1st, the CP-CE1D and the CE1 A pupils presented a spectacle adapted from the album Yasuke written by Frédéric Marais, which tells the true story of a former slave who traveled from Kilimanjaro to Mount Fuji and became samurai. Each class was inspired by a continent. After […]