House Braai and Interhouse Swimming Gala

This week was the week that the houses of Herschel became active. Herschel is divided into three houses: Jagger, Merriman and Rolt. Jagger's colour is green, Merriman's colour is red and Rolt's colour is yellow. Loren is in Merriman, which means I was in Merriman as well. On Monday there were house braais where the grade eights were intitiated and the cheers for the upcoming interhouse swimming gala were practised. On Tuesday this swimming gala would take place. The members of all houses wore their colour shirt and face paint and there was some loud cheering and dancing. Rolt came first in the swimming competition, Merriman came second and Jagger came third. We won the 'Spirit Cup', which is the price for the best house spirit. Also, there was an intergrade swimming competition, and my grade, grade 11, won this competition. It was a very nice experience.