Congratulations to Matthew Bedderson on his selection to the South African U17A water polo team, selected to represent South Africa at the CANA, Zone IV Men’s Youth Water Polo Championship. Well done on this outstanding achievement!…
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Northwood’s Director of Cricket Brings International Team to Victory
Recently Mr Andrew Shedlock, our Director of Cricket had the opportunity to go to Dubai and coach the Gemini Arabians that were competing in the Masters Championship League. The tournament ran over 3 weeks and players making up the team were iconic cricketers from around the world. Some big names ma…
Northwood 1st Team Cricket Take Win vs St Charles
Northwood lost the toss and St Charles decided to bat first. Northwood used the overcast conditions well and had St Charles 34/4 with the opening bowlers taking a wicket each with tight accurate bowling. St Charles worked hard and Brautistith (47) and Philpot (50) managed to get St Charles to a tota…
Northwood Supports #WaterShare
Thank you to parents, pupils and staff for the amazing support of East Coast Radio's #WaterShare drive, our reception area was overflowing with donations of water! Mr Gow and a small team of Squires delivered the bottles of water to East Coast Radio today, soon to be distributed to the areas mos…
Headmaster’s Speech at Academic Prize Giving
Ladies, gentlemen, boys and girls, thank you for being here this evening, particularly the night before the first Control test of the year. This is our way of trying to even things up so that all the other boys in the school have a chance of making it to this prize-giving next year.
We as a staff a…
Northwood 1st Team Place 2nd at Port Rex Waterpolo Tournament
Northwood 1st team travelled down to East London last weekend to compete amongst the top Eastern Cape schools. There were 12 teams participating and Northwood had the following results.
Vs Kingswood won 5-2
Vs Selborne 2nds won 7-0
Vs Grey Bloem (quarter finals) won 7-0
Vs Pearson (semi final) w…
Northwood Grade 12 Knighting Ceremony
This morning our grade 12's were officially recognised as Knights as they took part in the annual Knighting Ceremony. Parents, Old Boys and staff pinned the Knights badge to their son's blazers, symbolising their status at Northwood. Wayne Phillips of the Knights Association spoke to the boy…
Northwood Grade 8 Bell Ringing
This morning, on the first day of the school year, our new group of grade 8 scholars marked their entrance into high school by ringing the school bell. This proud tradition symbolizes their emergence as Squires of Northwood, and is only repeated on leaving the school as Knights at the end of gra…
Northwood’s Matrics Continue to Excel!
The hard work and dedicated approach of the Northwood staff and 2015 Matrics clearly paid off. The NSC results, with 97% of the group qualifying for tertiary study, accurately reflect the high academic standards within the school. This group bucked the provincial and national trend, with many subjec…