Felixton College

It was the first Friday of the 2nd Term and the Felixton College learners were sizzling with the World Cup fever.  For the first time ever, we were allowed to come to school wearing our favourite soccer teams' jerseys.  Our school was finally expressing its deep-felt pride in our country's greatest achievement yet....becoming a reality in 50 days time.

The morning was shiny and cool and the view that struck my eyes as I approached the school building was unbelievable.  I saw a different, but rather more pleasant side of the so-called 'nerds' in the school; all of whom are actual supporters of soccer!! Unbelievable! Certain people were wearing English Premiership jerseys, some Bafana Bafana jerseys and others simply the teams they supported.  It was as if everyone had been hiding in the closet all along and were finally set free to release their pride.  Felixton was overrun by the spirit of the World Cup and I'm certain that day even the rugby coach gor confused which sport he liked best.

I saw the Headmaster standing in the front office gazing proudly at his learners wearing their respective colours.  I could sense goose-bumps emerge from under his educated skin, and the blush on his qualified face was easy to detect.  But either way, such emotions were almost unavoidable to anyone who has been in Felixton long enough.  To see the school support soccer that much was just the greatest confirmation of the history about to be made in this country.  Now, fortunately that wasn't the last soccer day at Felixton College, there will from now on be one every Friday.  We are all looking forward to this event and we all want to celebrate together the greatest event ever to be held on African soil.

Every year a group of us who are sponsored by the M&E programme are invited to a camp where we do team exercises, fun activities and of course learn some new and interesting maths.

This year was by far the best camp we have had in 2 years.  Besides the massive increase in the number of students involved (128 in total), there was also a remarkable advancement in the learning programme as well as the activities, which were very exciting. The camp was hosted at Leisure Bay (South Coast) and it was so amazing, living on the beachfront, waking up to the beautiful sunrise from the east of the ocean and breathing the fresh air of the waters.

On the first day we were all very anxious to meet each other.  I must point out that many of the guys were looking forward to seeing the females (and vice versa) as we know what happens when teenagers get together.

We were divided into groups with the names of the participating World Cup Soccer teams as our group names.  We were also each given a South African supporter's jersey which set every spirit closer to that of the nation ahead of this historical event.

My best experience was go-karting at the Wild Coast Sun where I drove at my maximum speed and outran my competitors, and that could possibly be the best R30 spent of my life.

And then, of course, there was a bit of learning here and there, 4 sessions of maths, science and LO during the day.  The highlight was meeting Mr Peter Glover, the popular science teacher from the learning channel. Thanks to our incredibly organised maths teacher, we felt that all the work done there was revision for us.

Thank you to ISASA and all the sponsors involved in the M&E Programme for giving us the opportunity to develop ourselves in all aspects of life ahead of our long journey post-school.