Goodwood Park Primary
Beaufort Street
Goodwood Park
Western
Cape, South Africa
HISTORICAL REVIEW
Officially Goodwood has existed since 1905. Goodwood is named after an English town known for horse-racing. The part of Goodwood where our school is situated, was originally known as Townsend Estate. It is a relatively new extension of Goodwood which was developed around 1960.
Our school was opened on 23 January 1968 with 275 learners and 11 staff-members. The hall and junior primary classrooms were still being built while workers were still tiling the floors of the main building. As a result of the continuous building and extensions, the school was only officially opened on 1 November 1974 by Dr. PS Meyer, then Director of Education.
Name of School
It was no easy task to choose a name for the school. After many hours of discussion it was decided to name it Goodwood Park. Since then the residential area, as well as the nearby Dutch Reformed Church, became known as Goodwoodpark. (In 1905 there was a horse-racing club here with the same name, but it only existed for a few months).
On
the badge is Table Mountain and the Queen Protea. Goodwood Park is a huge
school and we have 1400 learners. English and Afrikaans are the two main
Languages. These two learners excelled in sport and they are wearing Western
Province tracksuits.
A computer
prefect assisting a learner with a programme.
These
learners all received water bottles for handing in school card forms promptly.
The first day
at school for grade one’s
Two grade one learners enjoy
reading. They are six years old.
Grade ones
celebrates a birthday party.
Learners enjoy Physical excercises. The learners get an opportunity to participate in a variety of sport.
Preparing for inter school
We have 1400 learners. The learners attend school from
8 o'clock until 2 o'clock then they participate in extra mural activities.
Sophia de Jager, Principal