Edgemead High News
New Principal for EHS
We are extremely happy to be able to announce we have had confirmation from the Education Department on the appointment of our new Principal. Edgemead High will be welcoming Mr Joel Erasmus in January 2024. Please read the below biography to find out more about our...
Save a Fishie!
Save a Fishies’ Coast 2 Coast Beach Clean-up Campaign Successfully Concludes This Saturday, Astounding Results Achieved: Over 100 Beaches Cleaned and nearly 3 Tons of Litter Collected Across South Africa. [Cape Town, 18 August 2023] – Coast 2 Coast, an innovative and...
EHS presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
“Be our guest, be our guest!” Join us as we celebrate a tale as old as time as we perform the production of Beauty and the Beast live at Edgemead High School. Tickets available on the Karri app, please use the link provided below....
Campus Development – LED Project
As part of our bigger solar project we also took on the task of replacing our old flourescent light tubes with energy efficient LED’s.. Lights in the classroom are our biggest energy users on campus .. In total, we replaced 920 58W flourescent tubes with 20W LED...
Clubs & Societies – eSports
Edgemead High took part in the RGB Gaming Overwatch 2 event at Comic Con Cape Town 2023. We are proud to announce that Edgemead High won the competition and went undefeated throughout the event. We competed against Rondebosch Boys, Paarl Boys and Paul Roos....
Student Achievements – Dance
Congratulations to Gemma Telemachus who has been selected to represent the Western Cape with her dance studio @lmriacademyofdance at the Hip Hop International Gauteng and South African Dance Championships. This will take place from the 26th to the 28th of April at...
Academics – Diamond Museum Outing
Our grade 8 learners were given the opportunity to visit the Diamond museum; what a exciting and informative experience. They viewed the different diamonds and gem stones and were even allowed to try on some of the jewelry.
Sport – Mountain Biking
This week our Mountain Biking team had the privilege of meeting professional mountain bikers. 🚵🏽
Student Achievements
Grade 8 learner, Brooklyn Cronje was chosen as a member of the Tygerberg Children’s Choir that will be touring to the United Kingdom from the 22nd of April to the 2nd of May. Well done, Brooklyn!
Clubs & Societies – Debating
On Monday our debating team competed against Parklands College. The motion for the senior was: This house believes that developing countries should aggressively disincentivize learners from studying overseas. The senior team secured the win! The junior motion was:...
Leadership – Prefects
The prefects went on an outing to Fallen Angels Animal Rescue where they were able to spend time with some of the animals as well as walk a few of the dogs. After lunch, the prefects ended the day with some outdoor laser tag at the SWAT Laser tag in Melkbos.
Sport – Soccer
The 1st Team Soccer Girls played some amazing soccer at the Reddam Constantia Tournament. They ended 3rd overall, with American International School taking the trophy. They are ready, eager and excited for the season ahead! We would like to thank @garden_citiescpt and...
Clubs & Societies – Interact
EHS Interact visited Alta du Toit Aftercare Centre to hand out Easter eggs to their residents. The learners spent time chatting to the residents and hearing their stories. It was an incredibly heartwarming experience. Thank you to everyone who donated Easter eggs....
Clubs & Societies – eSport
Term 1 Report: Edgemead High School finished top of their group in the @acglmedia African Cyber Gaming League in term 1, which gains us entry to the Premiere Division for term 2. We finished term 1 by winning 4 of our 5 games. We went up against teams such...
Sport – Mountain Biking
Our First Team Mountain biking boys competed at the Weekend Warrior in Grabouw this past weekend.
Sport – Hockey
Well done to the 1st team hockey girls, who won the shield finals in the @belgotexsport Easter tournament against...
Sport – Hockey
Well done to Kyle Manson who was awarded the player of the match in our 4-0 win over Selly Park High School 🏑
Sport – Hockey
Well done to captain, Kayla Davids who was awarded Player of the match in the shield quarter final vs Jim Fouche.
Sport – Rugby
The Edgemead Eagles beat Stellenbosch High 12 – 0 to end a successful tour to Graaff-Reinet! Well done boys!
Sport – Rugby
Our 1st Team Rugby boys away at Union High in Graaff-Reinet. Congratulations on their first game yesterday beating Union Invitational and 20 – 14.
Sport – Hockey
Our 1st hockey team at the York High hockey tournament opening ceremony.
Grade 8 Hike
The grade 8 learners recently completed their annual hike in the Tygerberg Nature Reserve. Pictured here is 8OL, looking like they are having the best time! 🦅
Academics – Music and Drama
The Grade 12 Music and Drama learners visited LAMTA academy, a musical theatre school situated in Camps Bay, where they were able to observe and participate in different lectures by Duane Alexander. What an amazing opportunity to see how talent is brought to the...
Student Achievements
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS Grade 9 learner, Hannah Manuel participated in the women’s soccer Cup of Dreams 2023 tournament. Hannah’s team, Cape Town Roses, won in the final. Out of 7 games played, Hannah scored 4 goals, earning her the player of the tournament medal and...
Clubs – Interact
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES – INTERACT On Saturday, 50 volunteers came together to clean up Milnerton Lagoon Beach. It was an incredibly successful clean up, with 269kg of litter cleaned off the beach. 🚮
Clubs – eSports
EHS vs Jeppe High School Team EHS played their first competitive match in the ACGL league against Jeppe. The boys were quite confident and felt good coming into the match as they had prepared on Friday and Saturday. This was a best of 3 match with the scores as...
Sport – Soccer
The 1st team girls’ last pre-season game, before the tournament this weekend, ended with a resounding bang! The girls won 4-3 against Curro Century City. What a superb team effort! The winning goal was epic. Parents and supporters could not contain their excitement!...
Sport – Swimming
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS Grade 8 learner, Sydni Adams, has been very busy on the swimming front. At the end of February, she participated at the Western Cape Elite Swimming Gala. Sydni participated in 5 events, 3 of which she made to the finals. She managed to achieve 5...
Performing Arts – Trinity Exams
Charné Jupp and her group, Finding You, Finding Me, from The Drama Lab, did their Trinity Grade 6 Musical Theatre exam. They achieved 92% and was named as Western Cape Top Achievers in this category. Congratulations!!🎉
Sport – Hockey
The 1st Team Hockey Girls recently hosted a car wash fundraiser. They did incredibly well, washing 115 cars! Well done ladies! ❤️🦅💙