Chinese Culture Festival and Valentines Day by Melinda Reyneke photography by Jordanne McDonald

For the past few weeks the Senior Preparatory art classes were a hive of activity. You could just feel the creative juices flowing. Everyone was busy creating their own masterpiece for the Chinese Cultural Festival. The rules were that any medium could be used but the Chinese character for love had to be on the final product.

On Friday, 9 October, the celebration was held at school. We were honored by the presence of the Chinese ambassadors who enjoyed the festival with us. Entertainment included a short play by the College Chinese Culture Club and dancing by the Senior Preparatory Chinese Culture Club. Bianca van Zyl gave a presentation on what people from around the world think about love. In total, I think the whole festival was a huge success.

Each and every artwork was unique and amazing in its own way, the five winners from each grade were:

Grade 7:      1) Daniella Lee Ming-Yesca

                     2) Luca Nortje

                     3) Leah De Steur        

                     4) Bianca van Zyl

                     5) Prisha Brijraj

Grade 6:      1) Tiffany Schäfer

                     2) Isabella Alfonso

                     3) Sinenjabulo Masango 

                     4) Glory Odiegwa

                     5) Refilwe Mashiane

Grade 5:      1) Melinda Reyneke

                    2) Jordanne McDonald

                    3) Sydney Curwen

                    4) Rein de Kok

                    5) Luc Lapage

Grade 4:      1) Ethan De Steur

                    2) Alexia Argyrou

                    3) Fae Rundle

                    4) Caylin Oosthuizen

                    5) Cazia Niken