On 1 January 2020 the DSK has taken out a personal accident insurance for its learners. This document is intended to inform parents of the nature of the insurance, its cover and claim procedures. All learners enrolled in the school are covered. Who needs to submit the claim? The parent needs to give […]
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Alex Falcon (12C) was called to sail the mid-August Lipton Challenge Cup regatta on a Cape 31 yacht, Orion, Hong Kong owned. Alex Falcon had gained experience on the Cape 31s during the last two seasons and had established his reputation as a competent and reliable bowman as part of another team, “Magic” currently competing
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Well done to Jacques Amsel (11d) and Azaam Holdman (10d) for participating in the first round of the South African Programming Olympiad 2021, on the 17th of August. It is a challenging Olympiad, organised by the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa, for learners who can use a programming language like Scratch, Python,
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The Alien Invasive Hack is a SER driven initiative (Social and Environmental Responsibilities) to educate learners about invasive species and their threat to biodiversity. It forms part of a larger plan to create accessible green, educational, and interactive green spaces around the DSK and the clearance is done several times a year. A big
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On the 10th of August, Phoebe Dordel (10b), organised a talk on GBV to mark Women’s Day South Africa. Two amazing women were invited to come and talk to the Grade 10 learners about gender based violence. Both of these women do such important work to help address GBV in South Africa. Tarisai
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A round of applause to the K.I.D.S. club (Klub Interact Deutsche Schule) for receiving the Rotary Youth’s District Award. They were rewarded for their top projects in benefitting the community: The Sanitary Drive, the Christmas Party hampers and canned food drives for different homes as well as the sleep over for leadership and of course, the Blood
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We wish our Muslim learners, staff and DSK community members a happy and peaceful Eid-ul-Adha. For those of you who are not of Islamic faith, did you know that Eid is celebrated twice a year, called Eid-ul-Adha and Eid-ul-Fitr (Ramadan)? Eid-ul-Adha, also called Bak-rid, is the second significant religious holiday of the Islamic faith. In
It was an exciting experience for seven of our German-speaking Grade 6/7 learners when they appeared on KIKA-Live Trendchat from the German Youth TV channel “KIKA” in May 2021. The interview streamed last Saturday with our learners chatting about all sort of things…such as life in the Mother City, our school uniform, latest music,
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Congratulations to our learner Peter Etzold in Grade 10b who earlier this year participated in the Western Cape leg of the SA Junior Nationals and brought home three medals in his age category (15 yrs old): He came first in100m breaststroke, placed second over 200m medley and third in butterfly. Amazing results. Peter completed
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Our learner Ella Bräuer obtained 96% for her last Grade 8 Trinity Violin Exam! For those who don’t know what a fabulous achievement this is, it is the highest exam level (university level comes afterwards). Besides the Royal School and UNISA, Trinity College also takes these exams as an examining institution. Huge congratulations to
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