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The 2022 House and Portfolio Heads were announced in an assembly held on Friday 5 November. The new leaders are taking charge for 2022 as well as the new Marist tradition of the house and school drums. The assembly also provided the opportunity for the formal introduction of the Marist Gold rose, a rose registered through Ludwig's Roses by the PTA as part of our 80th birthday celebrations. 

On Wednesday, October 27th, a number of our Matrics made their final visit to the place where their Marist journey began, at Mini-Marist, in a tradition that has come to be known as the 'Survivor's Tea'. 

The annual Montagne Day Mass was held on Wednesday 27 October, to commemorate the life of Jean-Baptiste Montagne and honour his role in St Marcellin Champagnat's realisation of his life's calling to provide education and spiritual teaching to even the poorest of society. 

During the third term, the Grade 9s were given a Life Sciences project focusing on menstruation and period poverty called ‘Period poverty to period positivity’, which included the creation of a video or poster campaign aimed at normalising the conversation about mensuration, as well as running a sanitary product collection. 

The annual Inanda Hoops Classic Challenge basketball tournament took place from Thursday 21 October to Sunday 24 October. All teams played with great enthusiasm, and the event was filled with sportsmanship and excellence. Well done to everyone involved, and especially our St David's athletes who represented the school with pride and honour. 

The 2021 St David’s Sportsmans Warehouse Cricket Festival took place from Thursday 21 October to Saturday 23 October.

The Prep House Leaders for 2022 were announced in an awards assembly held on Wednesday 20 October. The new councilors for 2022 were announced, as well as the new Outreach Group for 2022, and the 2021 SACEE junior poetry writers were celebrated.

On Friday 15 October, St David's began its journey into the new House system of eight houses, which will be fully implemented next year. Students were allocated into their new Houses, met their new House Directors and tutors, and received a House buff to begin to represent their Houses with pride.