VUSA 24 HOUR CYCLATHON – 24 AUGUST
Please see the advertisement below. This is the major annual fundraiser for our Vusa Rugby & Learning Academy and also a real fun community event. Please do support this event whether cycling or financially. Last year, together with Investec’s support, R1 000 000 was raised.

175 MUSIC CELEBRATION
Last week saw us celebrate our 175th year through music. It was a truly inspiring and uplifting event. For the first time in my time at Bishops, we had boys from the Pre-Prep, Prep and College performing together, approximately 250 boys from ages 7 to 18.  I congratulate our boys and staff – this concert required an enormous amount of work over and above preparing boys for Eisteddfods and ABRSM exams, a huge logistical plan and execution too.

The Chapel was used for this occasion – the perfect place at Bishops to hold this celebration - the Chapel is the centre of our school and community and it is in the Chapel that music started and in the Chapel where music plays a fundamental role in worship. So, bravo to all our musicians and staff – our thanks to them all and you for your support over the two evenings.

WOMEN’S DAY
Tomorrow we celebrate women, their role in all our lives, remembering that it was women who rose up and marched on the Union buildings in 1956 to protest against the country’s heinous pass laws and its effects on the black population of South Africa. But we still have to stand up for women in terms of equality, equal access in terms of positions in society and the abuse we see meted out against women, with South Africa having one of the highest rates of gender-based violence in the world. May this generation of boys grow up to respect women at all times, creating a new society where men do not use physical strength or any form of dominance to undermine and oppress women.

Enjoy the long weekend and keep warm.

Public Holiday - Women's Day

School closed. No sports fixtures except the one mentioned below

Cape Co-Ed U13 Hockey Cup (U13A)

Time: 08h00
Venue: Curro Durbanville

Time: 19h00
Venue: Jagger Hall

End of Winter Extra-Mural Timetable

Start of Soccer Trials Week

Please see the revised timetable under TAKE Note below.

Van der Bijl House Function

Time: 19:00
Venue: Woodlands

Time: 14h00
Venue: Woodlands Astro

Extracurricular Programme from Monday 19 August

As we near the end of our current winter sports programme, we will soon transition to soccer. Soccer is compulsory for all boys. When the soccer season starts on Monday 19 August, the existing Term 3 extracurricular timetable will end and be replaced by the activities listed in the link below.
Please note that on some afternoons, all boys (Grades 3-7) will be required to practise in their Houses for the 175 Interhouse Singing Competition on Friday, 11 October.
In addition to the soccer season, some of our boys will also be involved in the following activities:

• Senior and Junior Interhouse Hockey
• U9, U10, U11, U12, and U13 7s Rugby
• Top Schools Hockey
• U12 Day/Night Hockey
• Squash Tour/Matches
• Chess Matches
• Pentangular Cross Country
• U13 A Cricket – preparation for Bishops 175 Cricket Festival
• U13 A Water Polo – preparation for SACS Water Polo Tournament
• Interhouse Squash
• 175 Chess Festival
• Fencing and Judo

Boys involved in these activities will be notified individually about their participation.
If you have any queries, please email Jamie Southgate at prepsport@bishops.org.za.

Please click HERE to view the Timetable.

The school has been a hive of literary activity this week with a 3 Day Book Sale, a visit from Lus vir Lees, Book Bingo games in the classrooms and culminating in a dress up day where boys and staff came to school dressed up as their favourite book character. Please visit our Facebook page for more photos.

Back row: Aarik Sukha (Piano & Cello), Troy Vomacka (Voice), Benjamin Davies (Cello), André Kuys (Piano), Minggu Xiao (Piano), Dylan Latham (Announcer)
Seated: Michael McCollum (Clarinet), Brodie Bassett (Cello), Thomas McCollum (Piano)