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Your Fantastic Elastic Brain – Showing GRIT in St Charles Primary

Your Fantastic Elastic Brain. This book shows children how the brain is flexible and can be shaped by things we do each day. To improve our own fantastic elastic brains,…

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St Charles College – The boys welcomed to the 2023 school year

St Charles College. Welcome back, Saints! “We’re thrilled to welcome our boys from the Pre-Primary School through to Matric back to school and hear all the chatter and laughter echoing…

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Cape Peninsula cricket week – St Charles College vs Bishops

Cape Peninsula cricket week. It was an epic end to the Cape Peninsula cricket week as St Charles College’ First XI cricket team. The boys of Pietermaritzburg saved their best…

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U19 Cubs Cricket – St Charles College boys excel

U19 Cubs Cricket. It has been a very exciting start to the year for four cricket players of St Charles College, Pietermaritzburg. Jason Muirhead, Thabiso Ndlela, Matthew Urquhart and Ntando…

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St Charles Triathlon – Bi-annual triathlon on campus

St Charles Triathlon. The overnight rain and slightly overcast conditions in Pietermaritzburg, contributed to a fantastic morning. St Charles College held their bi-annual St Charles Triathlon on campus. As the…

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St Charles College – Grade 7 Dinner back on calender

St Charles College. St Charles College, Pietermaritzburg, is happy to welcome the Grade 7 Dinner back onto the school calendar this year. This special occasion takes the form of a…

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St Charles College – Grade 6 Open Weekend 2022

St Charles College. This year saw another amazing team effort welcome. St Charles College host and entertain their Grade 6 visitors for the much anticipated and highly enjoyable Grade 6…

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St Charles College – Senior Primary year builds to a crescendo

St Charles College. The Senior Primary year builds to a crescendo over the course of the 4th term. Assessments and examinations, “Science Explosion” programme, Grade 7 Final Dinner, Grade 5…

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St Charles College – Grade 7 Thank you to Teachers

St Charles College. As their time in the Senior Primary draws to a close, St Charles College’ Grade 7s have been reflecting on their years in the Prep School. Earlier…

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‘Pirate play’ – St Charles College Grade 4s created Pirate Play

‘Pirate play’. St Charles College Grade 4s worked hard creating a fun and energetic ‘pirate play’ and on Monday last week they proudly welcomed the boys from Scrummies to join…

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St Charles College – Junior Primary Recognition Ceremony

St Charles College. St Charles College, Pietermaritzburg, was delighted to be able to host this special event. They were missing out for two years due to Covid-19. It was heart-warming…

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Rural Geluksburg – St Charles College Grade 10s annual extension

Rural Geluksburg. This week St Charles College’ Grade 10s embarked on their annual extension to Rural Geluksburg in the Northern Drakensberg. The camp can only be described as a unity…

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St Charles Sport fixtures – Last full school sport fixtures

St Charles Sport fixtures. St Charles College Prep 1st XI cricket team was on fire. They didn’t let their opponents gain a sniff in their match on Delalle. With accurate…

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Saints Bands – St Charles College evening of live music

Saints Bands. The Saints Matric, Grade 11 and Jazz bands presented an evening of live music. “Restaurant-goers were entertained by a brilliant blend of contemporary and classic covers and some…

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Movember – The staff of St Charles College “Suit up”

Movember. Today saw the staff of St Charles College, “Suit up for Movember/blue will do”, for Prostate Cancer/Colorectal Cancer awareness. There was a great response from staff who dressed the…

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Weekend of Sport – St Charles College Prep and Seniors did well

Weekend of Sport. It was a special weekend of sport for St Charles College. Both the Prep and Senior School did extremely well. Our U9 and U11 cricket teams played…

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Remembrance Day – St Charles College continued in this custom

Remembrance Day. On Friday, 11 November people all around the world observe Remembrance Day. This is to honour the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in…

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St Charles College – Grade 0 boys to engage with Grade 1 teachers

St Charles College. As part of ensuring a smooth transition into the next phase at St Charles College, the school likes to create opportunities for the Grade 0 boys to…

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Indoor Hockey – St Charles College Prep boys vs St Johns DSG

Indoor Hockey. St Charles College, Pietermaritzburg, Prep boys were very excited as they gladly accepted an invite from St John’s D.S.G. They were invited to send an indoor hockey team…

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Global House Music Eisteddfod – St Charles College boys excelled

Global House Music Eisteddfod. At the end of September seven of St Charles College’ voice students entered the Global House of Music Eisteddfod. An eisteddfod is a unique opportunity for…

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Saints Mini Cricket – St Charles College Grade 1 and 2 boys

Saints Mini Cricket. On a cloudy Tuesday afternoon, St Charles’ Grade 1 and 2 boys were fortunately able to play their cricket matches. They played cricket with their friends from…

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month – Saints Staff wear pink in support

Breast Cancer Awareness Month. On Friday, 21 October, St Charles College’ Staff were challenged to wear pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In a massive show of support,…

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T20 Cricket – St Charles College vs Maritzburg College

T20 Cricket. St Charles College is very proud of their 1st Cricket team for their win against Maritzburg College at the KZN School T20 Final in Eston. More school news:…

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KZN Midlands Youth Choir – Kumba Dzomba re-selected

KZN Midlands Youth Choir. Kumba Dzomba, Grade 10, learner from St Charles College, has been re-selected to the KZN Midlands Youth Choir for 2023. This will be Kumba’s third year…

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U.19 World Cup Cricket – St Charles boys selected for squad

U.19 World Cup Cricket. Congratulations to the three St Charles College boys who have been selected for the Zimbabwe U19 World Cup cricket squad. The boys are: Panashe Taruvinga, Brendon…

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Saints Night Relay – St Charles College Grade 7s hosted Night Relay

Saints Night Relay. On Friday, 3 September, the Grade 7s hosted the Saints Night Relay for the first time since 2019. The event was used to help fund the incredible…

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Spring sprung at Scrummies – Pre-Primary School at St Charles College

Spring sprung at Scrummies. Spring really has sprung at the Pre-Primary School at St Charles College! On Friday morning, 2 September, the St John’s D.S.G. girls joined our Scrummies boys…

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AS Level Examination – St Charles College Matrics Final AS Level Exams

AS Level Examination. St Charles College, Pietermaritzburg, Matrics Sebastian Ridge, Ethan Powell and Stephen Lock on their Final AS Level Examination result of 97% for Mathematics. More school news: https://schoolsthatrock.co.za…

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St Charles College: Mr Allen van Blerk, Principal, on “10 Reasons Why You Might Have a Digital Headache”.
St Charles College: Mr Allen van Blerk, Principal, on “10 Reasons Why You Might Have a Digital Headache”.

If your head hurts don’t be surprised – working digitally can give you a real headache. There are at least 10 reasons why this could be true, and some practical…

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St Charles College boy have a request to the President
St Charles College boy have a request to the President

On day 47 of lockdown, St Charles College, Pietermaritzburg, received this special request to the President from one of our Grade 3 boys, Ruben Fryer.

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Lockdown Learning in Scrummies

Sohan Pakkoo (Grade 00) As part of their Grade 00 literacy programme our boys have been learning about the “B” sound! They’ve had a blast baking bread and some boys…

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First week of online learning in the St Charles College Senior School

Seth Rose (Grade 10) doing his school work at home After our first official day of online learning in the Senior School, we received the following message from the Head…

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St Charles College Enviro Club
St Charles College Enviro Club

During an Enviro Club lesson in St Charles College’ first term, some of the boys in the Senior School planted trees around their newly built Grade 11 Boarding House. Photo…

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Easter Egg Drive in the St Charles College Prep School
Easter Egg Drive in the St Charles College Prep School

On behalf of the St Charles College Junior and Senior Primary, we would like to extend a BIG thank you to our Saints families for their donations towards our Easter…

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St Charles College Receives Blood Donor Award
St Charles College Receives Blood Donor Award

Pictured from left: Thomas Laskey, Mpumelelo Mjwara, Lutho Nonxuba and Jean-Pierre Goldring The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) staged a dinner to acknowledge the role of all clinic controllers…

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Gold Presidents’ Awards at St Charles College

Pictured from left: Boaz Hansen, Creyaag Rampersad and Mrs Christa Steyn (St Charles College team leader for the President’s Award) Congratulations to Boaz Hansen (Grade 12) and Creyaag Rampersad (Grade…

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2020 War Cry Leader at St Charles College
2020 War Cry Leader at St Charles College

At the announcement of the St Charles College 2020 War Cry Leader, Alulutho Khuluse (left) and Sanele Mdingi (2020 Head Boy). St Charles College offers many forms of leadership opportunities.…

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St Charles College Boys Recognised at Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards Ceremony
St Charles College Boys Recognised at Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards Ceremony

From left to right: Jason Lazarov, Hugo Rennings, Kyran Otto and Graydn Gurney Photo Credit: Mrs Vanessa Gurney Congratulations to Jason Lazarov, Hugo Rennings, Kyran Otto and Graydn Gurney who,…

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Dreaming BIG in the St Charles College Junior Primary

St Charles College’ theme in the Junior Primary this year is ‘Dream Big’. They have had many discussions this term around what is required in order to reach their dreams…

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St Charles College celebrate opening of newly built boarding house

Pictured from left at the ribbon cutting: Jaya Naidoo (GAP Construction and Maintenance cc), Allen van Blerk (Principal) and Greg Bellars (GB Architects) St Charles College,  are proud to celebrate…

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Saints 1st Water Polo team on Tour

St Charles College 1st Water Polo team recently toured to East London to take part in the annual Vides Water Polo Tournament. Photo credit: Rowan Irons

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St Charles College Honours for Sport
St Charles College Honours for Sport

We congratulate our most recent Honours recipients for sport. From left to right: Nkosinathi Dlamini (basketball), James Laynes (basketball), Luke Truter (golf) and Matthew Sates (swimming) Photo credit: Saysha Baker…

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St Charles College learn to Swim in Scrummies

Tyler Dube (Grade 000) with Odette van der Merwe. St Charles is excited and proud to announce that the Seals Swimming Club, has partnered with St Charles College to heat…

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St Charles College Senior Primary Championship Gala
St Charles College Senior Primary Championship Gala

The age-group winners (from left to right) – Keagan Hewer, Hlube Nkosi, Kalan Pearson, Connor Vogt and Hlelelwe Dladla Photo credit: Saysha Baker On Thursday evening, 23 January, the Prep…

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Scrummies, Pre-Primary School

Our 2020 Head Boy, Sanele Mdingi with Marc Venter from Grade 0. Photo taken by: Saysha Baker Our Scrummies boys always love getting a visit from the ‘big boys’ of…

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St Charles College Junior Primary (Grade 1)
St Charles College Junior Primary (Grade 1)

Some of our boys in the Junior Primary on their first day of school with a few of the prefects.  Photo taken by: Saysha Baker The first day of school…

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St Charles College welcomes the Grade 8’s
St Charles College welcomes the Grade 8’s

Some of our Grade 8 boys pictured ahead of their Grade 8 Orientation weekend. Photo taken by: Saysha Baker This week marked the official start of lessons for our boys…

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St Charles College’ Jason is the top A Level Student for 2019
St Charles College’ Jason is the top A Level Student for 2019

Cambridge International A Level results were released on Wednesday and St Charles College pupil Jason Lazarov came out as the top A level student for 2019. Jason achieved a remarkable…

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St Charles College Pre-Primary Nativity Play

Pictured from left to right: Pranav Haridass, Ryan Pope-Ellis and Savar Govender. It was an exciting last week of school for our boys in Scrummies as they performed in their…

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St Charles College Chapel Garden

At the official opening of the Chapel Garden – Seen in the background are the 2019 St Charles College 1st XI. Front left to right: Mr Allen van Blerk (Principal),…

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