Home-from-Home
Boarding is a "home-from-home" experience for seventy percent of Treverton Collegians. It is supervised by adult care-givers who provide the sound and reasonable discipline that teenagers require, loving parent-like support, and a sounding board for the fun-filled activities and socialising that fill up the hostel calendar each term.
Girls' Accommodation
Girls are accommodated in two boarding houses - Trew and Lind.
Each house is home to roughly 50 girls from Grade 8 to Matric and is overseen by a resident housemother who is assisted by a Head of House and floor prefects. All girls have their own private sections (or rooms) equipped with built-in cupboards and desks and with ample storage space provided under the beds. Boys Accommodation
Boys have three boarding houses - Campbell, Jonsson and Harland - each catering for 55 boys from Grade 8 to Matric. Each house has a resident housemaster, two assistant housemasters and dormitory prefects who are responsible for overseeing the well-being and daily routine of boarders. Grades 8 to 11 share a section (or room) in pairs and Grade 12's have their own private sections. Facilities
Each of the five houses has a lockup facility for valuables and a comfortable common room equipped with recreational necessities, channel-controlled DSTV and space in which to relax, socialise and "chill out".
Other home comforts are kitchenette facilities such as microwaves, fridges, urns, toasters and tumble driers. While boarders are expected to keep their sections tidy and be responsible for hand-washing, all the houses are serviced with regards to daily cleaning and machine-washable laundry on a weekly basis. There are controlled-access Internet and email facilities and telephones in all of the houses.
Pupils may bring their own cell phones, laptops, cd players and ipods/mp3 players but use of these is not permitted during school hours and responsibility for/insurance of these remains with the pupil and his/her family.
There are private baths and showers. Fostering a Family Spirit
Camaraderie and family spirit are fostered in each house through events like Movie Night, once-a-week coffee get-togethers in small groups and birthdays celebrations.
The individual's unique strengths and dignity are fiercely protected and life skills like self-management and independence are fostered through the rules, "parenting" and mentoring systems.
Newcomers find themselves quickly embraced in the welcoming environment through loving, approachable, prayerful and experienced "mothering" and "fathering" that houseparents provide.
Boarders are free to attend in-house Bible studies.
There is ample opportunity to mix socially during the school day, free time and at school events.
Initiation ceremonies are not allowed. Weekly Routine
A typical daily routine is as follows:
- 06h15: Rise
- 07h00: Breakfast
- 07h30: School
- 13h30: Lunch
- 14h30: Sport
- 16h30: Showers
followed by Prep
- 18h00: Supper
followed by Prep
- 20h45: Junior lights out
- 21h30: Senior lights out
At weekends, times are more relaxed. Dress tends to be casual and comfortable at weekends and after hours. Exeats to parents/guardians on most weekends may occur once a boarder has completed Saturday School and sporting commitments.
Parents/guardinans must provide written or emailed permission to houseparents should they wish their children to visit friends at weekends.
Should parents/guardians be passing through Mooi River during the week, every effort will be made to accommodate visiting time with children. Meals, Shopping And Medical Matters
Meals are served in the College dining hall and a mid-morning snack is served at school.
Toiletries, airtime, stationery, tuck and sports equipment are available on campus and supervised weekly outings to town and periodic outings (if necessary) to the Maritzburg Mall cater for everything else.
Pocket money is handed out weekly.
A fully-equipped sickbay with an on-duty Sister caters for ailments and illnesses. Two doctors are on call and visits to dentisits, physiotherapists and specialists can be arranged. College Boarding Staff
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