My Visit to Leamogetswe Place of Safety  When we arrived at the Leamogetswe Place of Safety we saw so many babies. The boys went up to them and picked them up but I first helped unpack the bus....

Grade Five’s Monkey Around!  What do the following names have in common? White-Faced Saki, White-throated Capuchin, Black & Gold Howler and White-Handed Gibbon?

They are all species ...

Midmar 2011  On Friday the 11th of February, eight very excited boys got on one of the W.H.P.S busses and drove to Cordwalles in Pietermaritzburg, where we would stay ...

Science and Technology - Candy Houses  The wicked witch was hungry and there were no little children coming to look at her candy house - so she had to design a new and enticing candy house that ...

Candle Craft Buddy Day  The Grade 7 boys have once again come up with a lovely idea of joining up with their Grade 1 buddies and creating a wonderful Christmas Candle holder.

It ...

St John's Science Olympiad  On Monday 17 October, a group of budding scientists from the Grade 6 group departed to St John's for the annual Science Olympiad.

The excitement ...

Gr 5 Market and Games Day!  At 9:00 AM we all went to Mrs Naidoo's class to get our tables for the excitable, money making, goods selling, Market Day !!!

I started to set up my ...

Grade Five Camp  On the 21st of September the grade fives were all packed and ready to leave to "Mountain Sanctuary Park!"

We arrived on the dirty road at about 10:30 ...

2011 Grade 5 Camp  school camping

Grade 5 Market and Games Day  The Grade 5 Market and Games Day held on Wednesday, 12 October 2011, was an overwhelming success!

The boys were so enthusiastic and provided a great ...

WHPS - Trees are Terrific!  [Trees can add value to your home, help cool your home and neighbourhood, break the cold winds to lower your heating costs, and provide food for wildlife....

Mountain Sanctuary - Gr5 Camp  The boys share their experiences at the Gr 5 camp at the Mountain Sanctuary Camp

Scientific Evening at Woodhill  We arrived at Woodhill ready to take on the worst, but hoping for the best! The evening was a fun-filled, experiment packed experience.

We started off ...

Green Week, Polar Bears and SA Day  Brendan Pretorius - On Tuesday the 6 September 2011 we had Moon Print come to the school and they taught us how to recycle and that we must tell our ...

Arbor Day - Thoughts from the Boys  Kayur Lakha - Arbor day at WHPS. Arbor day is all about a tree planting ceremony. It's a man in America who look at this open space and thought there ...

Arbor Day Snippets From The Boys  Ryan Gilson - On the 7 of September it was Arbor Day. And we planted the jacket plum tree. Mr. Whitelaw said a speech and the grade 2s said speeches ...

WHPS Celebrates Arbor Day  7 September 2011

September is Arbor month and the WHPS boys celebrated this with a week of activities to highlight the need for trees and plants. The ...

Grade 5 Dads and Lads  ...and they only had a "Minute to win it"

Who will be the last team standing?

With today's busy lifestyles, parents need to spend "quality" time ...

WHPS Old Boys' Big Walk  The Old Boys' annual big walk held on the last day of the Second Term was once again an exciting and energetic experience.

The boys from Grade 0-7 ...

History Day  Senior Prep Integrated Curriculum

If, 'For those who fail to learn from History are doomed to repeat it', then the WHPS boys can only go forward after ...

Blood Drive at WHPS  On Friday, 1 July 2011, the last day of school before the midterm break, was WHPS's Blood Drive in the school theatre.

This year, SANBS (South African ...

Wet Nose Animal Rescue Centre visit by Grade 4   ["Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential ...

Grade One Visit to Snackwells  Crisps, crisps and more crisps!

The Grade One boys were invited to visit Snackwells yesterday. This crisp factory belongs to the Smulders family, Connor ...

WHPS Becoming Energy Wise  As part of our ongoing ECO EDUCATION programme the Grade 5-7 boys have been researching ways for our school to become more energy wise.

We have a ...

Grade 0 Visit to the Lion Park  On Thursday 17 February at 8.00 in the morning, 46 very excited little Grade 0’s boarded a bus that would take us to The Lion Park in Krugersdorp.

On ...

Midmar Mile 2011  Good news travels fast and bad news travels even faster.

At a school like WHPS our best or worst ambassadors are our children. After a hectic weekend ...

Percussion Fever  Zachary Ziegelmeier
Cool display of percussion instruments - my favourite was the thunder maker!

Kian de Gray Birch
I loved the percussion workshop....

Kids' Lit Quiz  The Kids' Lit Quiz is a major international literature competition for children.

Teams of four children work together, to answer a wide range of literary ...

2011 Valentine's Day at WHPS  What an exciting day! Not only were the boys dressed in civvies but they had a special visitor!

Nicole Flint, Miss South Africa 2009, arrived for ...

Parlotones Live!  WHPS BOYS ENJOY A PICNIC CONCERT

The Senior Prep boys were privileged to see a live performance by the much loved 'Parlotones' at a Picnic concert ...