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Grade 11 Business Studies class focusing on on the concept of Safeguarding.

High school enjoyed celebrating PI day 🥳🥧🥧🥧🥳

GBC Sport - u13A Cricket vs Sedgefield Primary. GBC won the toss and elected to bat first. After the loss of two early wickets, Cameron Nefdt 42 and Jonty French 34 steadied the innings with a 71 run fourth wicket partnership. GBC scored 111 for 5 in 15 overs. In response, GBC bowlers had great moments in the field restricted Sedgefield to 87 runs for 9 in 15 overs. Best bowlers were Lino Ningiza 2 for 5 runs and Nicky Duncan taking 2 for 7 runs. Moments of the day: Riley Porter took 4 catches. Jasper Korver sliding on his knees in the deep to save a boundary and throwing the ball in for a runout. GBC u13A won by 24 runs. Excellent way to end off the first half of the season. Thank you to all the parents for their support. Coach Sipho

GBC Sport- u9 Mini Cricket Oakhill Festival. Game1. GBC vs Knysna Primary KPS made 28/3 = 9 runs GBC made 51/4 = 12.75 runs GBC won by 3.75 runs. Game 2. Oakhill vs GBC Oakhill made 45/4 = 11.25 runs GBC made 59/5 = 11.8 GBC won by 0.55 runs. A game of fine margins😅📏🔬 GBC Sport - u13A Cricket vs Concordia. Concordia u13A batted first and scored 63 runs all out. Best bowlers were Josh Axon 2 for 5 runs, Jordan Kourie 2 for 10 runs and Jonty French 2 for 11 runs. GBC managed to surpass this score with 8wickets down. Best batsman was Hudson Whitehouse with 11 runs. GBC u13A won by 2 wickets.

HS Sport Loeriefees at Wittedrift High School Saturday 4 March We were invited to participate in the annual Loeriefees sport festival at Wittedrift High School. It was a hot and humid day, jam packed with games and fun. There were many schools participating and we were lucky enough to compete against a few schools from outside the area. U14 Netball Girls GBC vs. Oakhill 6 - 3 (W) GBC vs. McLachlan 3 - 6 (L) U16 Netball Girls GBC vs. Curro Mossel Bay 2 - 6 (L) GBC vs. Wittedrift 0 - 11 (L) GBC vs. McLachlan 1 - 13 (L) U18 Netball Girls GBC vs. Wittedrift 9 - 3 (W) GBC vs. Oudtshoorn 6 - 7 (L) GBC vs. Paul Sauer 9 - 6 (W) U18 Hockey Girls GBC vs Wittedrift 0 - 0 (D) GBC vs Langenhoven Gimnasium 1 - 1 (D) GBC vs Langenhoven 0 - 0 (D) U18 Hockey Boys GBC vs Langenhoven Gimnasium 1 - 1(D) GBC vs Sentraal 0 - 0 (D) GBC vs Wittedrift 0 - 2 (L) Thank you for a fantastic day of sport Wittedrift! A superb and fun start to our season! 🏆

Max Botha partipcated in the Eden Mini 1. There was strong competition with the players ranked 4th, 5th and 9th in the country taking part. Max went into the tournament unseeded and beat the number 5 best player in the country in the quarter finals. He ended up finishing 3rd overall.

Well done to all the participants who took part at the Garden Route Prep School gala hosted by Holy Cross in George. We achieved some fantastic results, both individually and as a team.

What a fun outing the Grade 0 classes had at Poortjies Lagoon!

Thanks to @knysna_highschool for participating in our gala on Friday. A great day in the water 💧 🙌 ☺️

GBC Sport: Prep School 1st Team Tennis Boys vs Raphaeli Results: GBC won 8-4

Thanks to NSRI Plett for hosting our Grade 4s. They had an amazing time at the station.

Welcome and congratulations to our newly selected Grade 7 prefects! Eryn Tangney, James Dodds & Phoebe Harraway.

HS Tennis vs York High Wednesday 1 March Team Scores: Girls won 4 - 2 Boys won 4 - 2 Overall GBC won the day with a final score of 8 - 4 🥇 A great afternoon of tennis! Thank you for hosting York 🎾

Foundation phase hosted a family picnic and rainbow run on Thursday evening. Thanks to our GBC families for attending and all involved in making it happen. What a wonderful event, and fun was had by all.

Weekly Gardening Club offers educational practice and theory in flowering plants, vegetables grown on the grounds and herbal plants. Incentives or “rewards” for participation in club include cinnamon and honey pumpkin fritter snacks made by Ms Beard – cooked with pumpkins grown in the gardens of the school grounds - with recipes available to take home 😊

GBC Sport - Eden Junior Schools Gala u7-u9 (Results) 1. Greenwood Bay College 89pts 2. Voorbereiding 85pts 3. Holy Cross 60pts 4. Oakhill School 45pts 5. Park 37pts 6. KPS 35pts Congratulations to all the swimmers that took part in the gala. Some amazing performances were on display in our first competitive foundation phase swimming competition🏊 Thank you to all the parents for your support and the staff on duty. Coach Sipho

Grade 7's learning about like and unlike terms using cuisenaire rods in Maths class.

GBC Sport- u13A Cricket vs Sunridge Primary School (Match Report) Sunridge won the toss and elected to have a bowl first. GBC got off to a flying start courtesy of their opening batsman and captain, Hudson Whitehouse who top scored with 51 runs (retired). Jonty French 20 runs and Jasper Korver played great supporting roles in keeping the run rate up. GBC amassed 133/3 in their allotted overs. Sunridge set out to chase down the target score of 134 runs to win but thanks to some good bowling and great catching at crucial times by GBC, Sunridge only managed 72 runs for 10 wickets in 18.4 overs. The pick of the bowlers were Jonty French 3/11 in 3.4 overs and Hudson Whitehouse 3/16 in 4 overs with Chris de Waal and Josh Axon both chipping in with 2 wickets each. GBC u13A won by 61 runs. Coach Sipho

HS Cricket GBC vs Oakhill Friday, 24 February Oakhill decided to bat first and scored a total of 82 for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Simon Bangay - 5 overs 5 wickets for 5 runs In reply, GBC chased down the score for the loss of 4 wickets in 15 overs. Lucas Briskham - 15 runs Simon Bangay - 35 runs GBC won the game by 6 wickets. 🥇 Thank you TO @oakhillschoolknysna for hosting 🏏

HS Tennis vs KHS Tuesday 21 February Team Scores: Girls won 5 - 2 Boys lost 1 - 3 Overall GBC won the day with a final score of 6 - 5 A great afternoon of tennis! Thank you for hosting Knysna High

Grade 9's creating 3d shapes for their Maths classroom.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Grade 8 open day and info session. It was so lovely to meet our prospective students and their families.

Keaton Bass competed in an Eden MTB race on Sunday, 19 February, and achieved a podium finish of 3rd place. 🥉 Congratulations, Keaton!

Sebastian Brink placed 1st in High Jump at the ASWD & Eden High School Championship in Oudtshoorn this morning. He cleared a height of 1.95m. Congratulations Sebastian! 🥇 @asa_athletics_south_africa

GBC Sport - PS Swimming Unofficial Results In a rainy and cold George, our u10 - u13 swim squad took part in the Glenwood House Relay Gala. Performances of the day: U13 girls won their breast and back stroke relays. They followed that up with a stunning 3rd place finish in the freestyle relay. U11 boys won their freestyle relay, following that up with a 2nd place finish in the breast stroke and 3rd place in the medley relay. U12 girls claimed 3rd place in their breastroke and freestyle relays. Thank you to all the parents and coaches that came out in numbers to support our swimmers. Sipho Kenene Primary Head of Sport

Our precious Ladybirds having the most fun with the red theme.

GBC - u12B cricket results vs Plett Primary School u11A Plett primary batted first and scored 51 runs for 3. Our best bowlers were Jordan Illderton, Chris Eloff and Josh Pringle who took 1 wicket each. Target to win. 52 runs. GBC managed to surpass this score with only 3 wickets down. Our best batsman was Sebastian Claassen with 17 runs. GBC u12`s won by 7 wickets. Coach Aviwe

GBC - u9 cricket results vs Plett Primary School GBC won the toss and opted to bat first. Opening batsmen Calvin French and Cameron Kourie got GBC off to a good start, registering 6 runs each in 12 balls. GBC finished the innings with a total of 28 runs for no wickets. *(not losing a wicket adds an extra wicket lost to the oppositions score) The boys showed great discipline and team work in coordinating the dismissal of several of PPS`s wickets. The pick of the bowlers was Channing Bass who took 2 wickets. Plett Primary managed to make 45 runs with the loss of 5 wickets. Total scores: GBC 28 runs / 0 wickets = 28 runs PPS 45 runs/ 6 wickets = 7.5 runs GBC u9`s secured their first win of the season by 20.5 runs. Coach Thabz

GBC Sport- PS Cricket vs Plett Primary School (AWAY) Below are the results from our u13A cricket fixture vs PPS. The 10 man GBC team won the toss and put Plett into bat first. Great bowling by Jordan Kourie 4 for 7 runs in 3 overs and Jonty French 4 for 8runs in 2 overs to restrict the home side to 57 runs all out. In response, GBC surpassed the target with no wickets lost in 9.1 overs. Hudson Whitehouse played captain`s knock of 32 not out and James Dodd 13 not out in their match winning opening partnership. Sipho Kenene Primary Head Of Sport

Grade 0's enjoying their digital literacy class.

Happy Valentines Day from all of us at GBC high school

Congratulations to @greenwoodbaycollege who finished in the top 4 position of the annual Reef Hudson School Event. GBC only lost to George Suid. They beat Hartenbos and Blanco. Keep up the hard work boys!

GBC swimmers representing at the Plett Midmoo Mile in aid of CHOC ( Childhood Cancer Foundation of South Africa). This was their first open water mile swim and everyone swam incredibly, with Matt Coetzer out the water in first place! Well done all - super proud💪 @chocfoundationsa

An amazing evening at the GBC preschool sports day and sunset picnic 😀 😍 😊

Well done to GBC high school tennis teams, who won all their matches against Oakhill, giving them an overall score of 6-0 to the boys and 6-0 to the girls. Thank you very much to Oakhill for hosting us!

Congratulations to Tyla Dreyer who has been selected for the U14 Eden Tennis Squad!

Grade 0's enjoying their weekly swimming lessons 🐠🐠🐠

Ladybird class having the best time at school... Thank you Teacher Jeanette & Monica

Grade 8 Orientation 2023 Our Grade 8 Orientation programme took place from 16 January – 21 January. Our programme is aimed at bonding the grade 8 group and giving them the opportunity to become comfortable with their peers and prefects, and to ease their entrance into high school. They were split into 6 groups and over the course of the week, competed in various fun and silly activities under the guidance of their prefects. The Grade 8’s were sent to all corners of the school, deciphering clues that even stumped the prefects on occasion. Bundu Bashers raced to the finish and came out on top. The Grade 8’s creativity was tested during the creation and introduction of their mascots including a backstory. Super Frikkie, Fredrick, Paddy the Daddy, George from Bots, Camel Katrina and Barry the Badger certainly have led interesting lives. A GBC Quiz allowed the Grade 8’s and prefects alike to test their knowledge of GBC, here Team Frikkie capped the other teams. A lip-sync battle commenced on Thursday where the stage presence of the Grade 8’s was felt and the Chilli Peppers’ rendition of “Paw Patrol” was inspirational. The Grade 8’s teamwork and strategizing skills were put to the test when they had to guard their beloved mascots, their only weapons being a sponge, water and sheer determination. This quickly deteriorated into an all-out water fight, where the prefects came out on top. The final challenge set for the new high school students was a short concert put on for their parents on Saturday afternoon. Their only instruction was to entertain us with the fairytale assigned to them. All students impressed the teachers, prefects and parents with their willingness to go all in and they produced some stellar renditions of classic fairytales. A GBC student is one who is resilient, kind, tolerant and respectful. Our Grade 8’s have shown these qualities and we congratulate them on completing the orientation programme and welcome them into the High School.

GBC grade 8 orientation fun!

Grade 8 classes at their official welcome into high school after their orientation...the bell ringing.

HIGH SCHOOL INTERHOUSE ATHLETICS 27 JANUARY 2023 Results of the Day 1st 🥇- Robberg ❤ 2nd 🥈- Eden💚 3rd 🥉- Bitou 💙 Spirit Cup 🎉 - Bitou 💙 ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ Interhouse Athletics always promises to be a day of fun, great school spirit and excellent competition. Today met those expectations and then some. Our high school students gave their all and ran with determination and that extra sprinkle of fun. Congratulations to all our athletes! You ran your hearts out and we couldn't be more proud! A word from our matrics: Today was our very last athletics day for high school, and what a day to remember! We ran, and cheered, and cheered some more, so we were all happy with the final results!! Well done to everyone who participated :) ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 📸 Jamie Archibald

GBC Prep Inter-House athletics day. Stay tuned for results next week. 😉 Lots of records broken!

Grade 7 Headmaster's Breakfast 🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳

A big congratulations to our Grade 7 Prefects! From left: Bryce Penny Nate du Toit Jack Thom Lyla Stewart Kelly Panadza Olivia Powell Dior Baillie

Grade 1s enjoying their first day in "big school

Grade 1s enjoying their first day in "big school

Grade 1s enjoying their first day in "big school

Grade 1s enjoying their first day in "big school" ❤️

We are so proud to congratulate Eden Bleeker on her outstanding achievements and well earned PROTEA COLOURS. We know this girl will continue to grow from strength to strength!

We would like to recognize our talented Proteas. Galiano Boni: Youngest ever recipient of full Protea Colours awarded to him in 2019 at the age of 9 years.  Due to the COVID pandemic, he was only able to ratify these colours in 2022 at the ISKA World Championships in Orlando, USA, where he won 3 world championship titles and 2 of the coveted Grand Champion trophies. This was all broadcasted live on ESPN.  He is the first and only South African to have ever won a Grand Champion trophy, the first at the age of 6 in 2016, and this year in July a further two.  Galliano represented South Africa at three world championships and the Britain Open in 2022.  He won three gold medals at the ISKA (International Sports Karate Association) World Championships in Orlando, USA.  He won 4 Gold medals at the WUKF South African National Championships in Port Elizabeth in March this year. He won 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medal at the  WUKF (World Union of Karate-Do Federations) World Championships in Fort Lauderdale USA,  He won 7 Gold, 2 Silver, and 1 Bronze medal at Great Britain Open in Birmingham, England.  Finally, at the WGKF (World Goju Ryu Karate Federation) World Championships in Foligno, Italy, Galliano won a Gold and Bronze medal. We are extremely proud Gali!

Good luck to our wonderful grade 7 class of 2022... You are going to rock high school!

Grade 7G praise awards at the Valedictory 💚

Grade 7W praise awards at the Valedictory 💚

Our very talented Elan Scott entertaining us this morning...

Grade 0 Graduation 🎓 What a special day.... Thank you to everyone involved. See you all next year in Grade 1 💚

Grade 6 leadership camp.... and it's a wrap 😊

Grade 6 classes had an awesome time on camp the last 2 days. #nature #avoyageofdiscovery #gbc

Well done to Matt Fletcher, Tyler Fletcher and Caz Murray, who took part in the Red Cherry Forest Cycle race in Tsitsikamma this weekend. Matt came 3rd and Caz 4th under 14 in the 9.4 km Tyler came 3rd under 14 in the 28km. I am sure we will see a lot more of these boys in years to come in our MTB programme and events.

Grade 7's happy to be done with prep exams... Almost done with primary school!

Well done to Hannah de Necker and Jeandre Lodewyks, who took part in the EDEN District Aquatics Champs . They both qualified for the WP Champs. Eden Aquatics results: Hannah de Necker: Bronze: 100m free Silver: 200m free relay : 200m medley relay : 200m back : 100m back Gold: 50m back : 50m free : 50m butterfly Jeandre Lodewyks: Silver: 200 m Breastroke Bronze: 100 m Breastroke . 10th highest score in the girls division of all clubs .

Tayo Scott (grade 11) and dad Drew, were one of 2 Western Province teams taking part and managed a 8th out of 11 boats at the sailing regatta Nationals. Unfortunately they were plagued by gear failure which affected results. Still we are proud of the result considering they are very new to the fleet. Tayo went on to receive 505 junior trophy for his performance in the regatta. Well done!

Well done to everyone on their High School Academic Awards, President's Awards; and finally, a big congratulations to our Dux pupil for 2022, Arianne Bauer.

High School Academic Awards

GBC sports awards. Hockey, netball, soccer, MTB, tennis.

High School Awards Ceremony Awards pictures to follow. Inspiring speeches from staff and our 2022 head boy, Zack Aaron. Well done to all.

Sweet visitor on campus today...

On Friday 18 November GBC High School hosted a sprayathon in support of the fight against cancer. The Grade 8 & 9 learners let their true colours shine and were brave enough to allow their teachers close to their hair to show their support. Thank you to all students and staff who supported this worthy cause. All proceeds were donated to the Cancer Association of South Africa. Too many families are affected by this disease and we hope this small gesture of support to those who have survived, those who are currently fighting and to those who have lost loved ones to this disease spreads awareness and a little bit of happiness. 🌈🎗🌈

Well done to Rachel van Rooyen, Luka Oosthuuzen, Kaden Tuohey, Pia Muller and Jenna Packwood, who all completed their life guard exams! Looking forward to seeing you on the beaches ⛱️ @plettsurfclub

SILVER LEVEL of The presidents award Ameera did her award over 6 months where the requirements are that participants must complete the requirements in each of the four (4) Sections 1. SERVICE At least 48 hours of regular service over 6 months which Ameera volunteered helping Keep plett clean do weekly litter pickups on Tuesdays 2. PHYSICAL RECREATION Select an activity and show regular effort and improvement 3. SKILL Select an activity and show regular effort and improvement over 6 months. 4. ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY Minimum duration: 3 consecutive days and 2 nights. 7 hours purposeful effort each day:- Ameera and 3 of her team members did their adventure in Sedgefield They covered 44,71 km of canoeing 🛶 around the swarvlei Over 3 days Well done on this amazing achievement! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Prep cricket vs RAMPS GBC posted a score of 84 runs for 5 wickets in their 20 over. Riverwood and Montessori Primary Schools managed to score 80 runs before they were all bowled out. Best Batsman. Righardt Reynecke Best Bowler. Cate Harris with 3 wickets. Well done to the team's captain and all-rounder Becky McNicol for a fine display of sportsmanship and leadership on the day. GBC won by 4 runs. Sipho Kenene Primary Head of Sport

Grade 4 to 7 Stars of the Week 🌟

Some photos from our foundation phase dress up day 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Thank you to the parents and students that contributed towards the annual Santa Shoebox project.

Grade 4 HABITAT projects

Grade 4 HABITAT projects

Grade 8 Geography Outing to Salt River on Friday 28 October 2022. The grade 8 group journeyed to Salt River for a Geography Lesson on rivers. No amount of drizzle could dampen the spirits of the group as they left school on Friday morning. They embarked on a stunning walk through the indigenous forest down to Salt River where plenty of interesting sights were spotted along the way. On reaching Salt River Mr O' Connor gathered the troops for their lesson on rivers in a picturesque setting. With the academic portion concluded, the grade 8 classes were pitted against each other in a game of watermelon rugby. The 8MW boys took the win while the 8KW girls came out on top. After the hike back through the forest to the Nature's Valley beach, the students had great fun exploring the rockpools and what nature had to offer. Thank you to Blue Rocks Café & Restaurant for treating our students to a delicious milkshake for the journey home! It was a great day filled with adventure and learning! @bluerockscafe_naturesvalley

What a lovely show tonight. Well done to the GBC students who performed! Thanks to @plett_primary_school for hosting us.

High School Tennis vs Oakhill Thursday 27 October 2022 Girls Singles: 2 - 5 (win) 0 - 7 (win) 1 - 6 (win) 4 - 3 (loss) Girls Doubles: 0 - 7 (win) 1 - 6 (win) Boys Singles: 1 - 6 (win) 1 - 6 (win) 4 - 3 (loss) 1 - 6 (win) Boys Doubles: 4 - 3 (loss) 2 - 5 (win) Overall win for GBC 🏆

GBC PS Cricket vs Plett Primary. U13A Match Report: GBC won the toss and elected to bowl. Our bowlers toiled away in very difficult and windy bowling conditions with Jatin Nefdt posting the best figures of 1 wicket for 13 runs in his 4 overs. Plett Primary managed to post a respectable total of 149 runs for 3 in their allotted overs. In reply, GBC got off to a slow start courtesy of some very good and disciplined bowling by Plett Primary. However, Greenwood grew into the game as their innings went on, with top scorers Jatin Nedft 28 runs and Hudson Whitehouse 21 runs leading the charge. Unfortunately, the target proved to be too much to ask as we left ourselves too much to do at the end. GBC was restricted to 96 runs for 7 in their 20 overs. GBC lost by 53 runs u11A Match Report Plett Primary batted first and were all dismissed for 69 runs. Best Bowlers: Nicky Duncan, Christopher Eloff, Sebastian Claassen all taking 2 wickets each. GBC surpassed the target with the loss of only 2 wickets. Top scorer: Cameron Nefdt 42 Not Out GBC won by 8 wickets u9A Match Report Plett Primary scored 19 runs for 2 wickets in 8 overs. GBC managed to score 38 runs for 0 wickets in their 8 overs. GBC won by 19 runs Sipho Kenene Primary Head of Sport

Eden Bleeker and Blake Taylor competed in the SAKA KICKBOXING EDEN CHAMPIONSHIP held in George on Saturday the 22nd October. Eden and Blake both won GOLD for Points Fighting and GOLD for Continuous Fighting! Eden and Blake will now be considered for the SAKA EDEN TEAM for 2023. So proud of both of them! 👊🏻

A big thank you to Mr Bruce Noble for sharing his knowledge of sharks with the Grade 4 - 7 students.

Congratulations to our two new Grade 7 prefects, Righardt Reynecke and Hannah de Necker. Pictured here with their parents after receiving their badges.

Thanks to Steve Hamilton, who came to speak to the students about drug and alcohol abuse. He also did a talk for the parents last night at the Whitehouse. Thanks to all who attended.

Eden Bleeker took part in the WAKO KICKBOXING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS held in Venice, Italy from the 2nd till the 8th of October. She had 4 hard fought matches, and lost 8-12 in the knock-out round. They may not be the results that she wanted, but lessons were learned and it was a great experience. Back to the drawing board, on Saturday Eden will be competing again in George at the Eden Championships! After years of hard work, Eden has been awarded her PROTEA COLOURS for Kickboxing! 🇿🇦 Looking forward to seeing what the next year has in store for her 👊🏻

GBC would like to recognize our star equestrian athlete, Tyler Caithness, who achieved the following results: 3rd place at EC jnr 1* Eventing Champs 3rd place at WC jnr 1* Eventing Champs 1* is the highest level a junior rider can compete at in Eventing in South Africa 🇿🇦 Congratulations Tyler 👏 💐 🥳

Well done to Michael Ash on receiving his SWD colors in tennis.

End of term Grade 7 Heritage Day celebrations 🇿🇦

Cheers to the class of 22 💚💚💚

End of term Grade 0 Student Led Conference. How awesome to see the children explaining their work and school days to their parents.

Matric Farwell 2022

Matric Farewell 2022