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WINNERS: Lilyfontein School’s Zoe Carter seen here after the school placed first thanks to the efforts of the Eco-Comittee of which she is student portfolio leader for 2024. Pictures: SUPPLIED

Schools rewarded for recycling

Thanks to the annual DNF Waste & Environment Services schools’ recycling programme, 30 schools across the city collectively managed to divert 34.5 tonnes of recyclable waste from the landfill with Lilyfontein Schools bringing in the bulk…

GAME CHANGER: Pamela Yoli, has been awarded a prestigious Global Citizen Fellowship Picture: SUPPLIED

Yoli bags Global Citizen Fellowship

FORMER Lilyfontein School pupil Pamela Yoli has been awarded a prestigious Global Citizen Fellowship, becoming a member of an international leadership programme that aims to create a new generation of young social change agents. The…

HOWZAT!: RAISING FUNDS: Cricket players at Lilyfontein School, from left, Joshua Pickering, Jahdiel Chitondwe and Chad Henderson seling their vegetables at the parkrun Picture: SUPPLIED

Gale takes wind out of fundraiser

Lilyfontein School’s under-13 cricket team held a parkrun on Saturday at 2 Swans to raise funds for their cricket tour to the UK in 2019. United Kingdom next year. Lilyfontein marketing manager Lisa Vvan Wyk said the tour would last 12…

Teams off to nationals

THE second annual Eastern Cape Majorettes and Cheerleading Association’s (ECMA) provincial championship took place on a sunny Saturday afternoon at Gonubie Primary School. Parents and enthusiasts came out in their numbers to support their…

Lilyfontein celebrate 113 years

LILYFONTEIN School held its annual Founder’s Day on Friday at its premises among a throng of pupils present and past, to celebrate 113 years of existence. During the ceremony, the school promised to focus on the development of traditions.…

23rd Annual Tomato Trot a success

THE 23rd annual Tomato Trot and Cycle took place last weekend and saw over 2100 athletes take part across all distances and disciplines. The overcast weather allowed for the perfect conditions for the event, encouraging a total of 919…

14 Year old, Nathan Lentz (centre) photographed with   SASSAC Secretary, Andries Maree (left) and  SABAA Junior President, Barry Grove (right). Picture:SUPPLIED

Young bass angler hooks his Bok colours

LILYFONTEIN High School pupil, Nathan Lentz, 14, was recently capped with his South African Junior Protea bass angling colours at Witbank Dam during an international test against Zimbabwe. Growing up with a family who loves to fish, the…

Almost time for the Trot

Runners make their way along the 15 km route through East-London’s farms and tomato fields at the 2017 tomato trot. To read more about the upcoming popular race, grab a copy of this week’s GO! & Express. Picture:SUPPLIED

Lilyfontein gets green handshake with award

IN THEIR 10th year of being an eco-school, Lilyfontein is the first school in East London to receive the prestigious Diamond Decade Award from the Wildlife and Environment Society South Africa (Wessa). Wessa is one of South Africa’s…

Pupils turn bags into funky rhino

One thousand plastic bags that would otherwise be clogging landfills have been fashioned into a funky rhino by environmentally conscious pupils of Lilyfontein School. IN THE BAG: Lilyfontein Grade 6 pupils Hannah van Kets and Ilke King,…

WONDERFUL GIFTS: Chintsa-based African Angels Trust programme manager Lou Billett extended her thanks to the Grade 1s at Stirling Primary School who collected a pack of toothpaste, brush, soap and washer for each ‘angel’ at the school.

Schools on the GO! in August

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