Recent Developments at SP

Since its formative years, SP has seen many developments in terms of its physical structure as the number of students has increased and the needs of the school have changed.

In 2001 four new classrooms were completed above the admin block and in 2005 our long desired hall was opened. It has already hosted a number of school dances, class reunions, music concerts, prize-givings, Valentine’s Day and other programmes and , of course, assemblies.

The hall soon after its completion

In 2007 two new rooms for the Arts & Culture Department were built above the ‘minor hall’ (two classrooms divided by a partition).

On the sports front there have also been exciting developments. Towards the end of 2006 the SP Tennis Centre in Elfindale was opened on the site of the defunct Heathfield Tennis Club. The players of this increasingly popular code finally have a court to call their own.

Our cricketers, too, have reason to be happy. In March our newly laid turf wicket was ready to be used. To mark the opening of the Cliffie Ravens Oval on the AG de Villiers Sportsfield a cricket match was played between the school U/19 team and a team consisting (mainly) of ex-students on Saturday 17 March. The match was preceded by the official opening - a welcome by Mr Isaacs and a well received speech by Mr Ravens, former deputy principal of the school and himself a former provincial player, as well as administrator.

No doubt as SP continues to expand, further developments will take place. In fact, the plans for a swimming pool are with the council. We are hoping this new facility will be ready by summer.