Oakhurst Primary School

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Location
Oakhurst Primary School for Girls

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Rondebosch, Cape Town ZAF
Information
Principal	Mrs J. van Velden
Type	All Girls State School
Grades	1-7
Color(s)	Green, white and navy blue
Established	1906
Homepage	http://www.oakhurst.wcape.school.za/

Oakhurst Primary School, situated in Oakhurst Avenue, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa, is a school known for its academic excellence.^{[citation needed]} The school recently celebrated its 100th anniversary.

1 Academics
2 History
- 2.1 Headmistresses
3 Houses
4 Sport
5 Music
6 References
7 See also
8 External links

[edit] Academics

Oakhurst is a small school with one class per grade and encourages one-on-one teaching with the idea that smaller classes encourage better results.

[edit] History

Oakhurst was opened on 8 October 1906 as the Camp Ground School for Girls under the leadership of Mrs M. Garcia. It became an independent branch of Rustenburg School for Girls. It changed its name to Oakhurst Primary School in 1927 after one of the old houses on the Canigou Estate. Until 1930, boys too were admitted to the Kindergarten grades^[1].

[edit] Headmistresses

Mrs Mabel Garcia (1906-1921)
Miss Christine Chandler (1920-1935)
Miss Esmé Powis (1936-1939)
Miss L. de Smidt (1940-1954)
Miss Elizabeth Haenni (1955-1982)
Miss Joan McKee (1982-1997)
Ms Anneline Lourens (1997-2006)
Mrs Janis Van Velden (2007-

[edit] Houses

Oakhurst has three houses: Athlone (green), Buxton (red) and Clarendon (blue). The houses are named after Governor-Generals of the Union of South Africa: Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton and George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon. Originally, there were four houses, the fourth being Duncan (yellow) after Sir Patrick Duncan.

[edit] Sport

Oakhurst offers tennis, netball, hockey, swimming, gymnastics and ballet to its pupils. Oakhurst has four tennis courts, a netball court and a swimming pool which was built in 1997.