The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) held the annual SAICE International Bridge Building competition on Friday, 26 August, at the Midrand Conference Centre in Gauteng. Twelve schools participated in the grand finale, which saw great, young minds from South Africa and Eswatini showcase talent, team work, innovation and design. “The bridge building teams … Read more
DSS junior athletes participated in a local competition held at Greytown High on 26 August. 6 schools participated namely Cordwall, DSS, Greytown Primary, Indlovana, Tholinhlanhla and Kammaland. This is a first for this competition. DSS achieved 2nd position after Greytown Primary.
DSS competed at the Senior Quad Athletics competition on 23 August against Greytown High, Hermannsburg and Wartburg Kirchdorf. The competition took place at Hermannsburg. U14-U19 athletes took part and DSS returned home with the winning trophy and 6 broken records! Congratulations to the record breakers: Kai Vermaak who broke the 1200m in B14; Kayla Witthoft … Read more
Domino hosted the KZNCSSA Zonal competition on 20 August which saw Monument Primary, Ladysmith, Ichtus Christian school, Dundee and DSS competing. This competition was last held in 2017. It was a great day of sport and the weather cooperated nicely. The following athletes broke records: Senamile Makhoba G11 Long Jump; Kayla Witthoft G13 100m, 200m … Read more
The U15 and U19 soccer teams played against Hermannsburg Deutsche Schule and Wartburg Kirchdorf on Saturday, 13 August. U15 RESULTS vs Hmb DSS won 3-0 vs WKS DSS won 5-0 U19 RESULTS vs Hmb DSS won 2-0 vs WKS DSS drew 1-1
Morris began the day as the favourite to win the competition and led with a comfortable margin. Slowly but surely, Murray athletes achieved good positions and broke records until eventually the two teams were neck and neck. In the end, green was the new gold – Murray won the day with a score of 1939 … Read more
A team of 37 X-country athletes from DSS represented KZNCSSA at the national competition in Ermelo on 30 July. They did us proud and returned with 12 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze medals. The KZN team was the overall winner and the team won all four age categories. Gold medal winnersBoys 7 Marco GideonGirls … Read more
The 10th Grand Finals of the SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge took place at St Mary’s DSG on the weekend of 23,24 July. Two days of highly competitive hockey was played on astro as the top ten regional winners from the KZN challenge descended on Kloof. Since February, the challenge has taken place in ten … Read more
The regional Bridge Building competition took place at St Charles College in Pmb on Saturday, 23 July where DSS was represented by two teams. Debi Gouws, Susan Graf and Amy van Tonder took first position with their bridge carrying a weight of 50.6kg narrowly beating the team in 2nd position. They each won a cash … Read more
Bob the builderCan we fix it?Bob the builderYes, we can! With bright yellow hard hats, oversized hammers, drills and spanners, the pre-primary and foundation phase learners were equipped to ‘fix it’! The sports field was transformed into a construction site complete with a genuine crane, cement mixer and digger loader. Learners moved from site to … Read more