SAICE hosted the 2025 Aqualibrium national finals at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Johannesburg on 8,9 May. 14 participating schools from across the country participated. The challenge? In two hours, design and build a working water distribution network using the materials provided, then evenly distribute three litres of water into three containers. To finish their … Read more
The 1st hockey team played against Carter High on home ground on 8 May. RESULTSDSS 2-1 Carter High
On 7 May the x-country team took part in the first Midlands X-Country Challenge, held at Treverton in Mooi River. Schools from all over the Midlands participated. Muddy was an understatement! The DSS team performed very well, winning both the junior and senior boys’ races. Congratulations to Liam Joubert and Kai Vermaak for finishing first in their … Read more
The first day of Term 2 was rainy but the many smiles made the first day of the term much brighter.
Parents of SP and FET learners were afforded the opportunity on 22 April to come to school and over a cup of tea and refreshments, discuss their child’s academic progress with his/her teachers. Parents were encouraged to go through their child’s books and portfolios and get a sense of how their child performs in the … Read more
Closing assembly at the end of Term 1 always has an Easter flavour and this year was no different. Head prefect, Alexander Gideon and Mduduzi Hlongwa handled the assembly program with ease. The Bible reading from John 17:1-11 was done by matric learners, Ioan-Stefan Vilciu in Romanian and Caleb Schmunk in IsiZulu. The songs sung … Read more
The Foundation and Intermediate Phase Eisteddfod turned out to be a vibrant celebration of creativity, memory skills and enjoyment. 26 March was the day to recite the poetry committed to memory over the past few weeks and despite having done it perfectly the night before, invariably a few words were lost and phrases missed during … Read more
World Tuberculosis Day on 24 March commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch astounded the scientific community by announcing that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus. At that time, TB was the cause of death for 1 out of 7 people. Koch’s discovery opened the way toward diagnosing and … Read more
20-26 March National Water Week campaign is aimed at educating the public about their responsibility in water conservation initiatives, raising awareness around the need to protect and conserve the country’s water resources. 22 March World Water Day. 2025 theme is Glacier Preservation. On 21 March, teachers from the Science and Geography departments emphasised to the … Read more
The 1st team played a 20-overs home match against Wartburg Kirchdorf School on 20 March. WKS won the toss and opted to bat. Good bowling from DSS resulted in 5 wickets in the first 5 overs and only 21 runs. WKS persevered valiantly to the 8th over when they lost another wicket with 33 runs … Read more