ODU News http://www.odu.co.za ODU News en-us 1 Copyright Bishops 2018 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 10:50:14 GMT <![CDATA[Awarding of GIN ties]]>

Global Issues Network ties are awarded to boys from GIN along the criteria lines of "AID" - Attendance, Initiative and Doing. Recipients of the tie need to have excelled in at least two areas within the "AID" criteria.  After presenting a project at a GIN meeting, the committee ultimately decides on the issuing of the GIN ties.  

In the beginning of last year a group of boys started SAS, the Sustainable Agricultural Society, which now runs as one of GIN's many projects.  This group designed and implemented a small food garden on campus following as far as possible, permaculture practices and philosophy.  Permaculture is the development of agricultural ecosystems intended to be sustainable and self-sufficient.  As a collective these young men have been growing organic vegetables and fruit, including varieties such as the "nom nom" and some indigenous fruit varieties such as the Kei Apple.  During the summer harvest season, which was in term 3 and 4 last year, they picked a variety of herbs and vegetables including kale, spinach, broccoli and cauliflower and for several weeks distributed their produce to support staff at Bishops.  They have looked for collaboration opportunities and have opened up the garden for educational programmes and bringing awareness around issues on food security.  This year the SAS garden has teamed up with LEAP and it now also acts as one of the outreach activities that can be taken during CIVICs.  Many hours during holidays and weekends have also been used to help maintain and nurture the garden.

For these significant achievements in thinking globally and acting locally the following boys have been awarded GIN ties:


1. Aedan Foulkes
2. Anton van Wyngaarden
3. Alex Jankovich
4. Patrick Bowman
5. Campbell Reybrun
6. Nicholas Vine-Morris
7. Thomas Coombe
8. Thomas Barty
9. David Cuthbert

]]> Bishops Thu, 01 Feb 2018 10:50:14 GMT <![CDATA[Dr Michael Mol Presents]]>

The Bishops Trust is kicking off the new year with the fabulous Dr Michael Mol, who is providing a presentation entitled, 'Add years to your life and life to your years. '  

The presentation will be held in the Memorial Theatre on Wednesday, 31 January 2018 at 09h00.  A light healthy breakfast will be served in the Old Gym before the presentation begins (from 08h45).  All welcome. 

Tickets for this event are R250 - to book a place please visit:https://trust.bishops.org.za/tickets/

 

]]> Bishops Fri, 19 Jan 2018 13:09:03 GMT <![CDATA[Shooting Announcements]]> Bishops Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:05:15 GMT <![CDATA[Technical Challenges]]> The ODU would like to acknowledge that the weekly Newsletter has not been reaching many ODs due to a technical difficulty. Our understanding at this stage is MWEB/iafrica.com automatically interprets e-mails with the word ‘Newsletter’ in the subject line as spam, and prevents them from reaching the reader. We are currently working on a solution. ODs are welcome to view the Newsletter on the OD Website. Search the bar at the top of the page for “News”, and scroll down to “ODU Newsletters”. We generally strive to have the Newsletter released, and posted on the website, just after midday on Fridays.

]]> Bishops Fri, 10 Nov 2017 10:27:54 GMT <![CDATA[Swimming]]> Congratulations to the Bishops Swimming team on coming 2nd in all three galas this term, two of them relay events and the other an individual event. This is an outstanding achievement and testament to the great team participation and effort. Congratulations also to Daniel le Jeune who has been selected to be the Swimming Captain for the 2017/2018 season.

]]> Bishops Thu, 02 Nov 2017 16:55:20 GMT <![CDATA[African Relations Society]]> African Relations Society ties are awarded to Alizwa Ngcwangu, Sihle Kahla  and Andrew Knight for their loyalty and contributions made throughout the past two years to the society.

 

 

]]> Bishops Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:58:24 GMT <![CDATA[Passing of John Arenhold]]> Bishops Mon, 02 Oct 2017 11:22:07 GMT <![CDATA[WP 7's]]> William Rose has been selected to represent the WP 7's team to participate at next week's Inter Provincial Tournament in Kimberley. An SA Schools side will be selected at the end of the tournament.

]]> Bishops Fri, 22 Sep 2017 09:06:30 GMT <![CDATA[WP 7's]]> William Rose has been selected to represent the WP 7s team to participate at next week's Inter Provincial Tournament in Kimberley, where they will be selecting a SA Schools side at the end of the tournament. Good luck and congratulations.

]]> Bishops Fri, 22 Sep 2017 09:06:30 GMT <![CDATA[National Physics Olympiad]]> The South African Physics Olympiad is run annually by the South African Institute of Physics (SAIP) for the top performing students in the National Science Olympiad. The exam focuses on pure physics and is set at a higher level than the Science Olympiad.


10 of the Bishops boys invited to write the exam, took up the challenge:
Angus Thring, Stuart Boynton, Nicholas Featherstone, Kwangbem Ko, Chris Aubin, Nicholas Bowden, Calvin Wehmeyer, Nivor Rajoo, Andrew Hodgson and Felix Burt.


Three of these boys;


Stuart Boynton
Nicholas Featherstone
Kwangbem Ko


…were all awarded Silver certificates (Honorable Mention) for coming in the top 50 across the country. Well done gentlemen!


We are also extremely proud to announce that...


Angus Thring


…scored the top mark in the exam (86%). This is a remarkable achievement in a very difficult exam!
For this, Angus was awarded first prize and a Gold medal.


The medal was presented to Angus in a small ceremony in the Principal’s office by Case Rijsdijk; the convener of the competition and Professor Patrick Woudt, president of The SAIPand head of the Astronomy department at the University of Cape Town.


These are all very impressive results and we congratulate all these boys on their outstanding achievements.


Keith Warne

]]> Bishops Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:45:01 GMT