Culture

We promote Afrikaans as a Home and First Additional Language with individual and team-based (un)prepared speeches and debating (ATKV Public Speaking and Debating) as well as challenging, but fun, exams on national level (ATKV Senior and Junior Olympiads) for all grades. Come and join our activities and just explore the Afrikaans language!

The Vories have been participating in the Pietermaritzburg Debating League for a number of years.  The league supports private and public schools in the city. The teams have been enthusiastic and will continue to gain valuable skills, which will enable them to perform better in all spheres of school life.

Voortrekker’s choirs consisting of; School Choir, Chamber Choir, Youth Choir, Gospel Choir, Girls’ and Boys’ Ensemble and 7 Harmonies, cover a wide genre of music, ranging from traditional to pop and with each song they make the audience’s hearts dance. We have a tradition at Voortrekker of hosting an annual bridge concert. We use the unique architecture of our school building to our advantage and as a venue for the concert. The acoustics on the bridge allow the voices of our choristers to echo not only through our school, but also across our campus.

The President’s Award is an internationally recognised social qualification. The aim of this award is to empower young people by providing a balanced, non-competitive framework for self-development. There are three levels and each also includes an adventurous journey, be this a hike, a canoeing expedition or even a horse-back adventure! Your activities that you already participate in at school, will make up the bulk of your award.

We are a Christian group, embracing all Christian denominations. We go on many adventures throughout the year that includes camps and walks to World’s View. We have worked together with Scripture Union in the past and we are grateful and blessed for the opportunities for spiritual growth this group creates for our learners at school.

The WSC is a world-renowned competition, which sees the coming together of scholars from all over the world to participate in events such as debating, creative writing, subject specific and general knowledge quizzes.  Our teams have been awarded numerous accolades over the past 3 years of participating in the competition.

The drama department at Voortrekker is a newly founded department operating under the title The Workshop. The aim is to engage learners’ minds and bodies creatively and to allow them the opportunity to express themselves through their art. The Workshop’s first play “Koolkoppe” premiered in March 2020.

The Pom Poms consists of a group of senior girls in Grades 10 to 12. The girls perform before the 1st team rugby plays their games. We work hard to prepare and spend hours together, and so become “family”. Being part of this group are the girls’ pride and joy.

Funk is an interschools’ dance programme with the aim of uniting schools in working towards a common goal and giving students the opportunity to create and rehearse physical theatre/ dance theatre pieces for public performance.  Funk not only promotes team building, creativity and confidence, but also hones an appreciation for the arts.

 Schools in Pietermaritzburg participate in this week-long performance at The University of KwaZulu Natal’s Hexagon Theatre.

At Voortrekker High School, learners can choose to participate in dance during activity lessons where they are taught various skills ranging from self-confidence to the workshop process of creating a final dance piece. A group of learners is chosen to represent the school at the annual Funk production. Not to fret if you are not chosen this year, there are many other opportunities for you to showcase your dance skills, including Mr and Miss Vorie.

Learning the skills required to help someone with a medical emergency comes in handy more often than one would think. Getting time to practice those skills at different events at school, with trained professionals, makes this activity not only fun, but also great for extra credit scores when applying to tertiary institutions.