Northwood was one of eighteen schools from around the country invited to the prestigious Oppenheimer Michaelmas Cricket Week hosted by Maritzburg College recently.  They saw themselves up against Pretoria Boys High School , Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies), St David's Marist Inanda, Sandton and …
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Northwood – Sportsmen’s Banquet
Northwood recently (9 October) hosted its annual Sportsmen’s Banquet. This major event on the school calendar provides an opportunity for the school to acknowledge and honour the boys that participate in the various extra-mural activities.  Northwood believes that participation in extra-murals …
New Student Leaders for Northwood
At Speech Day on 12 October 2012, after our prize winners had been given their trophies, the new Student Leader’s were announced. The Headboy is Matthew de Sousa who will have the support of his Deputies: Yastheel Devnarrian, Simon du Plessis, Sakhile Mazibuko and Dale van der Merwe.…
Northwood Speech Day
Northwood held its annual prize giving ceremony on Friday 12th October under poignant circumstances. On this occasion, the school’s long-serving Headmaster, Mr. Tony Jordan, gave his final address on Speech Day. The event was attended by principals from our feeder schools as well as from our neigh…
Northwood U15 Waterpolo Top Ten Win
Northwood played Clifton in the U15 Top Ten Final at the Clifton Aquatic Centre on Sunday 14 October 2012. In the pool games Northwood beat Glenwood 13 -2, Westville 7 – 4, Michaelhouse 5-2, DHS 3-1 and in the semi final beat Kearsney 7-4.
The final between Northwood and Clifton was a very tens…
Northwood Waterpolo – KZN Sensations
Northwood are very proud of their U15 team who, having beaten Glenwood Boys High School, Westville Boys high School, Michaelhouse and Durban High School, in the pool games at the Top 10 Waterpolo Tournament held at Kingspark recently , went on to beat Kearsney 7 - 4 in the semi final and eventually,…
Judo Champ
Stedon Venter, in grade 11 at Northwood, fought his way into the South African Judo Team on Friday, 10 August 2012. He will be representing his country at the Junior African Championships to be held in Botswana in October 2012.
Update:
Stedon came 4th against 11 other countries at the Junior Afric…
Busy Brass Band
The Northwood Brass Band, made up entirely of school boys, has played at three high profile events over as many weeks.
Mrs Gail Teunissen, the Headmistress of Addington Primary School, and an educator of 42 years experience, was paraded into the school and serenaded by the Northwood drummers to mar…
Bamboo Sushi Lounge Excellence Awards
Assembly at Northwood School on Friday 17 August 2012 saw the inaugural presentation of the Bamboo Sushi Lounge’s Excellence Awards. Every term Bamboo Sushi Lounge will honour thirty of Northwood’s top contributors with a certificate which entitles them to a term’s “eat as much as you wantâ€â€¦
Northwood win the D&D Chess finals
On Friday 17 August the Northwood chess team competed in the Durban and Districts High School Chess League Finals held at Clifton. On the day of the tournament, the boys made a conscious decision to bring the trophy home with one of the boys saying, “It’s Mr Jordan's last year and we are taking …