Oakhurst Primary School is situated in Oakhurst Avenue, Rondebosch

Rondebosch

Rondebosch is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. It is primarily a residential suburb, with a medium-size shopping area, a small business district as well as the main campus of the University of Cape Town.-History:...

, Cape Town

Cape Town

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, South Africa

South Africa

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. 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

Rustenburg School for Girls

Rustenburg Girls' High School and Rustenburg Junior School make up a prestigious public school situated in the suburb of Rondebosch in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa...

. 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.

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

Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone

Major-General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone , was a close relative of the shared British and Canadian royal family, as well as a British military commander and major-general who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, the...

, Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton

Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton

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 and George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon

George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon

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. Originally, there were four houses, the fourth being Duncan (yellow) after Sir Patrick Duncan.

Sport

Oakhurst offers tennis

Tennis

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, netball

Netball

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, hockey

Hockey

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, swimming, gymnastics

Gymnastics

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 and ballet

Ballet

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. The school has four tennis courts, a netball court and a swimming pool which was built in 1997.