CURRO HOCKEY FESTIVAL

The U13 hockey girls played in the 8-a-side hockey festival on astro turf at Curro on 6 September. RESULTSDSS 0:0 EdenDSS 1:1 ReddamDSS 1:0 DarnallDSS 2:0 HamptonDSS 1:0 GelofteDSS 0:0 Curro These results earned the team a place in the final which they played against Curro. It was a close call and they lost the … Read more

ARBOR WEEK

The first week of September marks South Africa’s Arbor Week. The assembly on 4 September, highlighted God’s incredible design of plants and their amazing life-sustaining process of photosynthesis. A snapshot of the history behind the 2025 Trees of the Year was shared, along with some fascinating stories that brought their significance to life.

SUNSHINE & STYLE

No first day of any season is celebrated at DSS, except the first day of spring. We always celebrate in style with hats in full bloom and put a spring in our step with tasty treats.

BAKING SKILLS

A Sebenzela Umdali course on baking skills was presented 23 August by Lisa Engelbrecht. The baking ingredients came together in a lovely dough which was baked into a crispy, farm bread loaf. Fluffy batter became a deliciously spongy cake. With some icing and a decoration of sprinkles and chocolate shavings, the cakes were soon turned … Read more

NATIONAL BRIDGE BUILDING

The SAICE International Bridge Building competition took place at Midrand Conference Centre on 22 August. Liam Joubert, Tom Joubert and Noah Vogel represented Domino Servite. They did the school proud and won first place with their bridge carrying a mass of 181 kg.

PENTANGULAR ATHLETICS

DSS athletes competed in the pentangular athletics competition held at Greytown High on 19 August. 5 local schools compete in this competition i.e. Domino Servite, Greytown, Hermannsburg, Wartburg and Wembley. DSS brought home the Winning Boys, Winning Girls and Winning School certificates. Emma Schobben was best u16 girl athlete, Annelle Jaeger, best u19 and overall … Read more

MORRIS VS MURRAY

It was Morris vs Murray again at the annual Interhouse Athletics competition on 8,9 August. A sparkling two days of competition produced 16 new records – 12 female and 4 male records. Three events broke records that have stood for up to 30 years. Naomi du Toit broke the Girls 7 60m record set by … Read more

U13 SOCCER FESTIVAL

The u13 soccer team participated in a soccer festival on 26 July at Greytown High. The team played 4 matches. Congratulations to Philip Vermaak who was awarded Player of the Tournament together with another player. RESULTSDSS 1:0 Greytown Primary BDSS 0:1 Tholinhlanhla Primary ADSS 0:4 Greytown Primary ADSS 1:4 Tholinhlanhla Primary B

JAM MAKING

A Sebenzela Umdlali course on jam making was presented on 26 July by Sizakele Cwele. It was a very sweet and sticky experience for all – cutting, grating and boiling fruit and sugar until the right consistency was reached and the jam could be poured into jars to be enjoyed at home with family and … Read more

BAKING SKILLS

A Sebenzela Umdali course on baking scones & queen cakes was presented on 18 July by Lisa Engelbrecht. It was a lot of fun for participants to work with dough which soon turned into beautiful scones. Runny batter became delicious puffy queen cakes under the instruction of a professional baker. Each participant not only took … Read more