So much for sport during the summer in KZN! It started off in relatively good weather and ended in rain. Needless to say to the score…
It all starts at the bean bag and bucket stage – developing aiming and throwing skills in February. Not so easy when you’re in Grade 2.
The ways and means of preserving food are taught during Grade 9 Technology lessons. Who knows when these skills may come in handy.
Mr Cockwell’s technology training session held on 12 February is becoming an annual event at DSS. These learners are the avid future participants in the Technology Olympiad which takes place later in the year.
On January 2009, Domino Servite School opened its doors for the 24th year. With a full team of teachers and eager learners, we were ready to face the challenges of the academic year. The Grade R 09 class received a special welcome with balloons and sweets to make the first day of ‘big school’ something to remember.
The Technology Olympiad is an annual competition run in South Africa on national scale. In 2008 Domino Servite School won the national competition! Congratulations to Nkululeko Hlophe, Mxolisi Mbuthuma , Sakhile Radebe and their mentor Mr van Straten.
The requirements for the 2008 Technology Olympiad were to design, build and test a self-propelled earthmoving machine which could move plaster sand between two points across a flat horizontal surface three meters apart.
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Athletics
Interhouse
The new field was ready for the Interhouse Athletics meeting held on 1 and ? October, albeit a bit sandy. Thank you to Mr Karl Heinz Duvel and those who so ably assisted him.
Highlights
With the track being on the sandy side one did not expect many new records to be set. However, 22 new records were set and one was equalled. 11 of those records were track records, most of them in the junior age categories. André Engelbrecht improved the Boys 14 years 200m record by almost a whole second to 26,6s on the sandy track! He also set a new record in the 100m event. Another impressive performance was that of Timothy Olsen who improved the Boys 15 years Javelin record by more than 3m to 46,33m. Mamazane Maphanga cut off almost 30 seconds from the Girls 19 years 3000m event with her time of 14:09.9. Both Jaco Coetzee and Joshua Lopes improved the Turbo Javelin records in their respective age groups by a number of metres.
With the raising of the auditorium, the builders had to be supplied with nourishing food. Grade 2 learners also did their bit. They made sandwiches one morning for the builders’ tea. They also gave them cup cakes which were baked by the mothers. 
It was a sweet goodbye in the Grade R class to Sonya who was leaving for Australia.