Extra Mural Activities
We offer a wide variety of activities that our students can choose from.
Arts & Culture
Drama
The Drama Department at Maragon Mooikloof hosts one production per year. These shows are typically student directed, facilitated by teachers, showcasing a collaboration between various grades. Each year we try to do something different, and it is always a highly anticipated event! Other internal events in the past have included talent shows and Inter-house plays. We have also competed outside our school in One Act Play competitions, usually hosted by Southdowns College.
Visual Art Exhibition
The Drama and Art Department hosts an annual Art Exhibition where students from all grades can enter their own artworks. Ranging from multimedia art to painting and drawing, each artist has an opportunity to open a new world to the viewers that attend this exhibition.
Cultural
Radikale Redenaars
If there is one thing our Eagles know how to do best, is to deliver thought-provoking speeches. Our Interne Redenaars is a highlight of the Afrikaans Department, which we use in preparation for national competitions as well. Our Eagles have made us proud through regularly obtaining first positions in national competitions!
Toastmasters Speechcraft and Leadership Course
This is exclusively offered to grade 10s to equip them with speechcraft and leadership skills. The course runs over 8 weeks, and ends with a gala evening.
Shakespeare Day
In celebration of a literary genius, we present a commemorative ensemble composed by our students. They aspire to resemble Shakespearean characters in relation to this festive day.
Diversity Day
To celebrate global diversity, we celebrate Diversity Day. Each class researches a culture and then dresses up to represent that culture. Classes prepare a skit and a meal, showing the heart of each culture.
Clubs
Literature club
Maragon Mooikloof's literature (lit) club is more than just a discussion on books and poems. It's a fun, interactive society! The aim is to encourage all learners to engage with literary arts in an entertaining way through
- Book bingo
- Discussing poetry
- Novel-and-film inspired 30 Seconds
- Relationships, communication and analytical skills are built and developed.
Chess club
Life is like a game of Chess - I cannot undo my moves, but I can make the next step better ~ Edwin Tan
Chess club teaches our students that in life you can always choose to make your next step your best one, no matter what move you made in the past.
Charity club
In the Charity Club, we strive to live out Mahatma Gandhi's words “Be the change you wish to see in the world”. We work closely with our Pretoria JCC representatives to recognise which areas in our community needs support, whether it is through donations or outreaches.
Gaming Club
The Gaming Club provides students a glimpse into a different reality, yet allowing some friendly competition between students. Our students play various video games in the comfort of their own homes. We are also currently ahead in our gaming-league that competes against other schools.
Photography Club
The Photography Club, also known as Eagle Paparazzi, provides a platform for our students to unleash their creativity, and ensures that all sport matches, school activities and the heart of our school is captured in all we do.
Recycling Club
We believe that change start with us, and we encourage our students to reuse, reduce and recycle! In the Recycling Club, we make Eco-bricks which can be used to build houses in under-privileged communities, and we partner with organisations who make this happen.
Drama Club
We live by the philosophy that the world is our stage! In the Drama Club ,we play various Drama games in REC Time on Fridays, and we are always ready to audition for and get involved in our school’s yearly production!
Sport
Our students participate and excel in a variety of sports. We boast with provincial and national athletes. Parents are requested to guide their children in making decisions regarding the number of extra mural activities and events they participate in.
- Athletics
- Rugby
- Cricket
- Hockey
- Netball
- Tennis
- Swimming
- Softball
- Soccer
- Cross-Country
Social
Night School
Once a year we have two days of school on one day, continuing into the evening. The evening ends with spirit-building as a lead-up to our Inter-High swimming and athletics events.
Inter-House Competitions
The Student Council runs the competition between the two sport houses, Scato and Argento. Each house has its specific logo, traditions and culture with healthy competition maintained during the year.
The following inter-house competitions take place annually:
- Code Red (blood donations) – done 4 x a year
- Inter-house plays – 2nd term
- Athletics & swimming – 1st term
- Winter sport – 1st term and 2nd term
- Kicking off Summer day – 4th term
Outreach
Grades / Passion
Passion programme: All grades
An annual outreach is arranged for each grade, where students get the opportunity to live out their Christianity by reflecting our values of: Knowing God, Loving People and Impacting the Future.
Academic Mentors: Pure Hope
In 2016, we identified a need at Pure Hope School. Most of the parents of the Pure Hope School cannot understand English and therefore are unable to help their children study.
We decided to give our students a chance to help the Grade 4s at Pure Hope School to study for their June and November exams. The students enjoyed it immensely and we are considering to continue with this act of kindness in the years to come.
Pointsman
As a sign of our gratitude to the pointsman close to our school, students take food to the pointsman every morning, and when possible, pray with him. At Maragon Mooikloof, we believe in loving people and we show our passion through this act of kindness.
Africa Outreach
Annually Grade 9 – 11 students embark on an outreach to an African Country. This two-week life-changing outreach, stretches through various countries. The heart of the outreach is to support existing ministries/outreaches to empower and equip the missionaries to continue their good work. This journey is not only for students to reach out to others, but to spend time introspecting and practicing the fruits of the spirit such as gratitude and thankfulness.
Leadership Development
Worldview Days
The demands on a lifestyle of integrity are increasing daily. The ethos behind our Christ-centred Lifestyle Programme is to equip students with knowledge, wisdom and godliness. A Christ-centred lifestyle can thus be reflected in their characters, leaving room for the Holy Spirit to facilitate a revelation of their identity and authority in Jesus Christ. We host individual Worldview days that are relevant to real-life situations for each grade.
CCI Leadership
The High School Leadership Development Programme is a 3-year training programme for Grades 10 to 12. The focus of the programme is to cultivate a holistic awareness of what leadership is, based on three different, yet complementary approaches:
- Worldview
- Authentic Leadership
- Eternal, Internal and External Realities
Our values, Knowing God, Loving people and Impacting our future, are evident throughout the three year programme. In our ever-changing world, we need to raise and equip the leaders of the future.
Student Council
Our Student Council consists of a combination of Grade 11 and Grade 12 students. They are nominated by fellow students and democratically elected by the school. The students are divided into 6 committees where they have the opportunity to serve passionately. They are responsible for leading the school across the board: spiritually, academically, socially and to assist the staff in maintaining discipline.
The Student Council arranges numerous activities during the year, as listed below:
- Valentine’s Ball
- Valentine’s Day
- Nerd Day / Night
- Spring Bash
- Cancer Day
- Cultural Day
- Ministry Night
- Prayer Week
- Code Red (blood donation drive)
- Kicking off Summer day
- Scato/Argento inter-house sports day
- Teacher Awards
- Arbour Day
Junior City Council
Pretoria has a Junior City Council. The Junior City Council is a non-profit organisation that serves the youth and community of their area. They organise a number of events to provide opportunities for the youth to interact, to take initiative and responsibility and simultaneously raise funds for charity. Maragon Mooikloof always has representatives on this council.
Grade Council
The Grade Council serves the school in their classes by supporting the Student Council, promoting their activities and keeping record of class participation. They also aid their mentor teachers with administrative tasks and post important announcements on their class groups. The students of each class vote in January and the selected students - one per mentor class - serve for the whole year.
Continuous Leadership Development Grade Camps
Grade 8 Camp
The Orientation programme includes a camp where we build a healthy ethos and spirit within the grade group. This camp focuses on bringing unity, confidence and synchronisation within the group. These 3 days and 2 nights are also used to invest on a spiritual level and to confirm their identity in Christ. The mentor teachers, youth worker and Student Council accompany the Grade 8 students on this camp.
Grade 10 Camp
All Grade 10 students attend a leadership and teambuilding camp at the beginning of each year. The camp helps to develop each student to their full potential and to start building unity as the group matures and takes on more leadership responsibilities at school.
Grade 12 Camp
The last school camp for the matrics is a very special moment. The seniors of the school spend time bonding and developing the group’s unity. Deciding on a theme for the year, is an integral part of this camp. The camp is facilitated by our youth pastor, and takes place annually at the beginning of the year.
