BECOMING THE RIGHT PERSON Jeremiah 29:11 – “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’ Soos baie van julle dalk weet, staan ek deesdae weer in die klas en gee so paar klasse Wiskunde elke dag. Een van die moeilikste dinge vir my om te verwerk…is waneer ek ‘n toets uitdeel en die teleurstelling in van die kinders se oë sien waneer hulle hul toets uitslae kry. Teluerstelling is ‘n moeilike emosie om te werwerk en mens kry nie altyd lesse en stappe oor hoe proseseer mens die mengelmoes van emosies wat deur jou kop en hart gaan nie. During the past two weeks, I have seen many Hermies, returning from winter sport trials…where they had their heart set on making some form of Boland team…but they didn’t. Many

BECOMING THE RIGHT PERSON Mark 12: 30-31: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself’. There is no commandment greater than these.” When we spoke last week about that “hell no” moment that each one should have and where we defend our school and what we stand for with tooth and nail…it is relatively easy to apply that with great conviction and motivation, with ferocious intensity on the sports field…and WOW! have I seen lots of that this past Saturday…Thank you for that.  Daai is vir my mooi skoon gedifineërde lyne wat getrek word, en jy weet presies wat van jou verwag word en hoe jy vir die man of vrou langs jou speel en alles moontlik op die spel sit. Mens kan daai prentjie

BECOMING THE RIGHT PERSON During our previous assembly we spoke about BECOMING THE RIGHT PERSON…and Galatians 6 encouraged us not to become weary in doing good. 1 Timothy 4:12: “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in SPEECH, in CONDUCT, in LOVE, in FAITH and in PURITY.” 1 Timoteus 4:12: “Niemand mag op jou neersien omdat jy jonk is nie, maar wees jy vir die gelowiges ‘n voorbeeld in WOORD, GEDRAG, LIEFDE, GELOOF en REINHEID.” During the previous assembly we spoke about not looking to find the right person but striving to become the right person…in other words not to look outwards, but to look inwards (control the controllables).  Being an ambassador or a good role model to others in the school doesn’t mean you have to be a “goody-two-shoes” or nosy and check up on everybody else to

BECOMING THE RIGHT PERSON GALATIANS 6:9-10: 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers I heard a saying the other day… “One of the biggest mistakes one can make is to believe that Love is finding the right person…in reality, love is about becoming the right person.” – unknown.  I am NOT talking here about romantic love…although that might be a bonus…I am talking about becoming that person who embodies the HERMIES-values. HELPFULNESS, ETHICS, RESPECT, MOTIVATION, INTEGRITY, EMPATHY and SELF-DISCIPLINE. We shot like a bullet out of a gun into leaping into excellence during the 1st term and I have to compliment you on it! We have started 2024 like a

Don’t ever doubt whether you are special or worth it…YOU ARE! PS 23:1-4: ‘n Psalm. Van Dawid. Die Here is my herder; ek ly nie gebrek nie. 2In groen weivelde laat Hy my rus; na water waar daar rusplek is, lei Hy my. 3Hy gee my nuwe lewenskrag; Hy lei my op die regte paaie ter wille van sy Naam. 4Selfs as ek in die donkerste kloof ingaan, is ek nie bang vir gevaar nie, want U is by my. Dit is u staf en u stok wat my gerusstel. How many of us hasn’t gone through tough times the past month? I can think of a few experiences you might have gone through, where you have been scared. A few that I can think of are: (1) The test series that we have just finished (2) telling your parents about your test results – giving them your report today (3) Playing a sports match against a

FAMILY, TOGETHERNESS, and a sense of BELONGING Galatians 5:22-23 – But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. The word Hermies has a very special place in my heart…for me and hopefully for most of you as well. When I hear Hermies, I think FAMILY, TOGETHERNESS, a sense of BELONGING and an agreed upon set of VALUES.  Vandag wil ek graag met die res van die skool deel, wat ons reeds met die Graad 8’s gedeel het tydens hulle orienterings week. Die woord HERMIES kan gebruik word om ons te herinner watter WAARDES ons voor staan, die WAARDES wat ons uitleef en die WAARDES wat ons as skool definieer. H – Hulpvaardigheid / Helpfulness Hulpvaardigheid is ‘n waarde en eienskap, waar ons uitkyk en ‘n bewustheid het, om iemand wat hulp nodig het te help. Die