26 April 2017 Newsletter 6 St Nic’s News ST NICHOLAS DIOCESAN SCHOOL 34 Jabu Ndlovu Street, Pietermaritzburg, 3201. Tel: 033-345-1566, [email protected]Dear Parents/ Guardians and Learners The High School held its’ termly awards assembly this week to celebrate the achievements of our Academic, Sports and Merit Achievers. It was with great joy that the new Deputy Head Boy Minenhle Mnqayi was announced. The Junior School hosted their Grade 7 Monitor Induction today at which this year’s Monitors were formally introduced to the school community. It is at times like these that I am reminded that an education is so much more than just the academic knowledge learnt in the classrooms at St Nicholas. Although this is important we should always remember that what we strive for at St Nicholas is a holistic education where your child’s emotional, spiritual as well as academic wellbeing is taken into account. St Nicholas has a value driven education system. One of the great privileges of my job is getting to talk to parents about their hopes and dreams for their children. Invariably I hear that parents want their children to be successful. They pin this success on academic achievement but when you delve a little deeper you will also hear parents saying that they want their child to be happy, socially aware, curious about the world and empathetic to those around them. This should not be an either or situation. St Nicholas maintains a rigorous academic programme but we integrate character strengths like grit, self-control, passion, social intelligence, and gratitude into our classes. There is a way to combine academic rigor and character development. To be leaders in the 21 st century our children will need both soft and hard skills to navigate the ever changing landscape of the future. Let us all work together to develop these values in our children. We wish you and your loved ones a happy Workers Day weekend. “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” James Baldwin Leon Grové Principal
The High School held its’ termly awards assembly this week to celebrate the achievements of our Academic, Sports and Merit Achievers. It was with great joy that the new Deputy Head Boy Minenhle Mnqayi was announced. The Junior School hosted their Grade 7 Monitor Induction today at which this year’s Monitors were formally introduced to the school community. It is at times like these that I am reminded that an education is so much more than just the academic knowledge learnt in the classrooms at St Nicholas. Although this is important we should always remember that what we strive for at St Nicholas is a holistic education where your child’s emotional, spiritual as well as academic wellbeing is taken into account.
St Nicholas has a value driven education system. One of the great privileges of my job is getting to talk to parents about their hopes and dreams for their children. Invariably I hear that parents want their children to be successful. They pin this success on academic achievement but when you delve a little deeper you will also hear parents saying that they want their child to be happy, socially aware, curious about the world and empathetic to those around them. This should not be an either or situation. St Nicholas maintains a rigorous academic programme but we integrate character strengths like grit, self-control, passion, social intelligence, and gratitude into our classes. There is a way to combine academic rigor and character development. To be leaders in the 21st century our children will need both soft and hard skills to navigate the ever changing landscape of the future. Let us all work together to develop these values in our children. We wish you and your loved ones a happy Workers Day weekend.
“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” James Baldwin
Leon Grové
Principal
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Congratulations to our newly appointed Deputy
Head Boy Minenhle Mnqayi
Congratulations to our newly inducted 2017 Junior School Monitors.
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We will be featuring one staff member each
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Mr D Bailey Mr Bailey has lived most of his life in the Pietermaritzburg area. It is an area which he enjoys as
there are plenty of outdoor pursuits. He cycles in the local forests and timber plantations,
swims and canoes the dams and hikes in search of wildlife. He also loves spending time with
his family at home. Their home has a large garden planted with indigenous plants and areas
for playing outdoor games. His wife is also a teacher and enjoys open water swimming. His
eight year old daughter dances, swims and plays tennis, hockey and soccer. His son is nearly
five years old and wants to do judo. Being self-sufficient is very important to the Baileys. They
use solar-power in their home to reduce electricity costs as well as rainwater harvesting to
supplement their water supply. This also ensures that they are unaffected by municipal power
outages and water supply failures.
Mr Bailey is our Geography Teacher and High School Sports Co-ordinator/Coach at St Nicholas.
We are extremely fortunate to have this passionate, dedicated, committed and hard working
individual as part of our St Nicholas family. He is extremely multi-skilled and dynamic. He has
worked as a housekeeper, documentary film grip, builder, researcher and teacher. He moved
from research work to teaching as he missed the interaction with young people. He wants his
learners to understand that the world they will work in want people who are multi-skilled.
Mr Bailey tries to travel somewhere new every year. He believes that travel is one of the
greatest learning experiences because of the new and unexpected challenges one faces. One
of his favourite African travel destinations is Malawi. Last year he went to India. This year and
possibly for the next few, he will be saving up to go to another continent. Whilst he saves he
will be cycling to the Drakensberg Mountains. He hopes that others will challenge themselves
to visit new places in order to open their minds to the many possibilities for a better world.
Mr Bailey at the
Kaaimans River
Mouth in the
Western Cape.
Hiking with his
beloved son in the
Drakensberg.
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