Matric learners welcome juniors to Penryn College
The matrics of Penryn College performed the tradition of handing over ties to grade eight learners during the annual tie ceremony held at the Penryn Chapel recently.
The tradition serves as a symbol for grade eights to become fully fledged Penryn College learners.
This ceremony takes place after they have participated in several activities set by the school.
“They have run, jumped or thrown for their new houses at the athletics meeting and swam in the gala.
They have shown their willingness to participate in the teams representing Penryn at the various interhigh meetings.
The tie is symbolic of this moment,” said, head boy, Kgopotso Sedibe.
There is a system where the matrics look after or help the grade eights as a sort of “mentor” during the course of the year.
The initiative was launched in 2016 by executive initiative of heads of school, Hadrick Coertze and Vuthlari Shirindza.
It became a tradition that was practised every year to welcome grade eights from all over the country and across borders.
Sedibe concluded, “They will represent Penryn College wherever and whenever they wear our tie. They should wear it with pride, as it is symbolic of the success of this school and the generations of scholars who have come before them.”
