Dear Parents

We, at Hilton, are all used to having cricket fixtures cancelled due to rain but I certainly cannot remember another time when all of our hockey matches and most of our rugby matches were cancelled on account of the weather as they were on Saturday.  This was obviously most disappointing for so many of our boys but, having witnessed the conditions in Durban on Saturday and seen the state of the fields, there is no doubt that the right decision had been made.  Playing conditions were incredibly difficult and I, like our poor laundry staff, sincerely hope that our remaining fixtures will be played in more favourable conditions. Gratefully the weather cleared up on Sunday for Mother’s Day and I trust that all of our mums had a very happy day.

Dear Parents

Our Chaplain, Richard Wyngaard, has based his Chapel Services this term around the theme of;  “I am second”.  This theme reminds us, primarily, that in order to live meaningful and satisfied lives, we must put God first and ourselves second.  Richard has been exploring what this means in our lives and how we can put this into practice on a daily basis.  He has also extended the theme to include the idea of putting the needs of others before our own and of being a blessing to others.  At Hilton, we subscribe to the model of servant leadership which is all about looking after the needs of others.  We constantly need to remind ourselves about how blessed we are and to ask ourselves how we can be a blessing to others.  At a school like ours, we need to ensure that we do not become self-satisfied and arrogant, but that we remain humble and aware of our responsibility to be of wider usefulness.  It is, therefore, particularly pleasing that a number of our boys have been involved in outreach projects this term and I would like to report on some of these in my newsletter next week.