As a snapshot:

• We had Rise for Africa here for three days where each Grade 6 class has had a day to pack dry ingredients for soup, providing one meal for four.
  
• The Grade 7s did a Table Mountain hike, each donating R100 to our VUSA Rugby and Learning Academy as their parting gift to the school.
  
• Yesterday was Grade 6 go-kart races, always a highlight, with the whole school watching. Boys are taught the design principles in Design & Technology and then build a go-kart with a team, culminating in the race. And each team designs its own t-shirt logo in Art and these are printed for the race.
  
• The Grade 7s Market Day followed with each grade shopping separately (allowing for social distancing). It is one day where there is quite a sugar load. Market Day is a Grade 7 entrepreneurial project that involves a business plan, marketing, procuring, selling, reconciling but not without tax; each group pays a tax to the school and a tax to charity.

Dress for Grades 3-6 next week is sports kit unless informed otherwise for any particular day. Please ensure that there are no holiday hair styles or shaving before the afternoon of the 4th. If your son wants a sign or the like shaved and you are happy with it, please wait for the holidays. If not, it leads to much unnecessary unhappiness and spoils the fun and special ending to the year.

Please remember to sign on for next week’s remote Carol Service to be screened on Wednesday evening. For the first time ever, it involves boys from across the three sections of the school, from six years old to seventeen. It is under an hour and I believe it will be a truly special event for the Bishops community.

Grade 7 Leavers Dinner

Venue; Rossall Field

Time: 18h30 to 21h00

Grade 3 Celebration

Venue: Memorial Chapel

Time: 09h00

Online Carol Service

Time: 19h00

Grade 7 Farewell Service

Venue: Memorial Chapel

Time: 17h30

In keeping with our sustainability vision, the Bishops School Magazine 2020 will be available online early next year. Printed copies will also be available, though only by order.
To order a print copy of the Bishops 2020 magazine, please click here: Order here. If you would like to see past copies of the magazine, they are available on the Bishops website under News.

Please note the following:

Second Hand Shop

• The Second Hand Shop will be open as usual until the last day of term.
• In 2021 the shop will be open on Tuesday, 26 January from 11h00-12h00.
• The shop hours for next year will be Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 07h15 to 08h30 during term time.
  

The School Shop

• The school shop will be closed from 16th December 2020 to 3rd January 2021 (inclusive dates), and will reopen on Monday 4th January 2021.
• Opening times can be found on our Website under Information.