Oakhurst Primary School

Oakhurst Primary School is situated in Oakhurst Avenue, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa. In 2006 the school celebrated its 100th anniversary.

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.

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]

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 Jenny Van Velden

(2007-

Houses

Oakhurst houses are: 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.

Sport

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

Music

Oakhurst is known for its Chamber Choir and the standard of music.

See also

• List of primary schools in South Africa

References

External links

• Oakhurst official site