Founders’ Day Prefect Pledge

FOUNDERS’ DAY

PREFECT PLEDGE

All prefects: We, the prefects of Wynberg Boys Junior School, stand before you today and pledge our commitment to being REAL men.

Justin Igilige

We pledge to be examples for our brothers, our school and our country, of men who are: Respectful Empathic Accepting and Loyal

Caleb Ford

Respectful

Matthew Green-Thompson

We will show respect towards all who cross our paths … by being considerate in our thoughts, our words and our deeds

Tayo Adriaan

We will show respect towards girls and women … by being gentlemen who recognise that all the mothers and daughters of our country have the right to feel safe and cherished

Imaad Omar

We will show respect towards our school … by wearing our uniforms with pride and living the positive values that Wynberg seeks to encourage in us

Caleb Ford

Empathic

Caleb Mills

We will show empathy towards others … by remembering that a little kindness goes a long way and choosing kindness as often as we can

Nicholas Stanfliet

We will show empathy towards others … by remembering that nobody is perfect and that we should be gentle with our judgment and generous with our forgiveness

Rauf Ahmed

We will show empathy towards others … by remembering that listening to understand is more important than listening to react

Caleb Ford

Accepting

We will show acceptance of people from all walks of life … by recognising that everyone’s experience of life is unique and has value

Caleb Ford

Loyal

Danyaal Essack

We will show acceptance of all races, religions, personalities and genders … by recognising that as human beings, there’s more that makes us the same, than there is that makes us different

Lucius Jacobs

We will show acceptance of ourselves … by recognising that we all have our own strengths and struggles and that we only ever need to give our best in all we do

Abdul Moerat

We will show loyalty towards our friends… by speaking out against bullying and being brave enough to say something when good friends make bad choices We will show loyalty towards our families … by remembering that our dreams are their dreams and by making the most of the opportunities that they have worked so hard to give us

Harbin Smith

We will show loyalty towards our school … by living the Wynberg Way in all we do, honouring those who came before us and proudly owning our place alongside our Brothers in an Endless Chain

Connor Van Heerden

This is our pledge. Today. Tomorrow To Wynberg.

BACK ROW: Nicholas Stanfliet, Rauf Ahmed, Caleb Mills, Justin Igilige, Tayo Adriaan, Connor van Heerden, Danyaal Essacki FRONT ROW: Caleb Ford, Matthew Green-Thompson, Mr C Poleman, Oways Samaai, Imaad Omar ABSENT: Daniel Wolmarans, Lucius Jacobs, Abdul Moerat, Mika-eel Petersen, Harbin Smith, Ethan Leibbrandt