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Annual Report 2022

## **January** 

- [Started the year with 65 students.  ] 

- [Work and construction on Science Lab completed.  ] 

## **February** 

- One of our junior boys represent Western Cape in the SA National Champions. 

- Started a collaboration with Crossfit George so that our students can train at the Crossfit box twice a week. 

- Started up our weekly youth club. 

## **March** 

- [Senior boys win the Victoria Park High Football Tournament. ] 

- [Our Grade 10 students did a Geography field trip to the lighthouse in Mosselbay.  ] 

## **April** 

- [Senior boys win the Wynberg U19 Soccer Festival. ] 

- [Eden ladies netball league commences.  ] 

## **May** 

- [Three of our senior boys players selected to be part of the U17 Regional Soccer squad. ] 

- [Three of our girls were selected to represent their district at the Western Cape Tournament. ] 

## **June** 

- [Received £5000 from Souter Trust for stationary and text books. ] 

- [Propose we partner with local churches to collect food on a monthly basis and donate to GRA. ] 

- [GRA registered as a MySchool Beneficiary.  ] 

- [Girls Weekend took place at the end of June. The theme was Set-apart, where we got to speak ] to the girls about their worth and value and what that means to them. It was also a great time to have fun, play games together and build relationships. 

## **July** 

- [Proposed Business for Blessing Initiative. Asking individuals/business to sponsor a child for a ] year. A monthly contribution of R5000 (roughly £250) will finance one child per month. 

- [Exodus team arrive and serve and minister to the students. ] 

- [Held mid year examinations and completed the second semester of academics. ] 

## **August** 

- [Exodus team two arrive and serve and minister to the students. ] 

- [Two interns arrive that serve and lead our youth work. They will be with us until June 2023. ] 

- [Grade 11s complete three days of job shadowing. It was an incredibly insightful and valuable ] experience for all of them. 

- [Bob & Berts Run the Race Series consisted of 3 running events across Northern Ireland, raising ] a total of £22,000. These took place from June-August 



## **September** 

- [GRA Academy Cup. 15 students selected that will make up the intake of grade 8 students for ] 2023. 

- [Two churches commit to donating 5 essential food items on a monthly basis (sugar, wheetbix, ] milk, pasta, rice). 

- [Grade 11 students have an outing to the George Fire Department.  ] 

- [Grade 11 students hosted by MINAF for a business trip.  ] 

- [Grade 10 Life Science Outing to Room River. ] 

## **October** 

- [Strictly Come Dancing took place on the 14th of October. We raised R690 000 (roughly £32800) ] with another R200 000 (£9500) pledged by Stanmar Motors. 

- [In talks with Stanmar Motors on how they can support us annually as part of their social ] development programme. 

- [GRA school leadership elected for 2023. Headboy/Girl, Deputies and Prefects. ] 

- [Orientation day for 2023’s grade 8 students and their parents.  ] 

## **November** 

- [All GRA students start exams.  ] 

- [Merit Heroes announced for 2022. The students with the most merits in each grade awarded a ] trophy and prize. 

## **December** 

- [GRA students finish end of year exams.  ] 

- [End of year activities with students 5-6th December.   ] 

- [4 Business for Blessing partners confirmed, starting January 2023.  ]