Dear Parents
This week I would like to give you information about staffing changes for 2018.
Murray Anderson’s tenure as Bramley Housemaster comes to an end at the end of the year and Penny Graney has been appointed as his successor. This opens up the Assistant Housemaster position in Bramley and we have decided to move Steve Mendes (one of the Assistant Housemasters in Van der Bijl) into that position. Van der Bijl will now operate with one Assistant Housemaster.
We also have a move between the Prep and Pre-Prep with Cindy Anstey moving to Grade 2 and Laurelle Fry taking her place in Grade 3. Both are very keen on this change and it is also very useful in terms of the experience each brings of the other grade which is valuable in terms of the academic crossover between the grades.
Three very experienced teachers retire from Bishops Prep at the end of the Year: Lynne Adelbert, Sue Burgess and Di Judge.
The three new staff employed for next year are:
- Gareth Jordan, currently Head of Mathematics as well as Master-in-Charge of Rugby at Wynberg Boys’ Junior School. Gareth will take over our Maths Department.
- Mandy Longe, a Grade 4 class teacher and swimming and hockey coach at Wynberg Girls’ Junior School. She will be a Grade 4 Form teacher.
- Xolani Mathyeke, currently a Natural Science and Social Science teacher at Grey Junior School in Port Elizabeth, as well as a rugby and cricket coach. He will be a Grade 5 Form teacher.
With Lynne Adelbert’s retirement, Steve Mendes will take over as Head of English. Grant de Sousa will replace Di Judge as Master-in-Charge of Tennis.
Staff moving out of positions or retiring at the end of the year have all made an enormous contribution over many years and I will acknowledge and thank them at the end of the term.
I hope you are enjoying the rain. May we have plenty more.
Kind regards
GREG BROWN
HEADMASTER
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