Difference between revisions of "Eendrachtskool"

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==The institution==
 
==The institution==
  
Founded in 1903 as a pre-primary, primary and a high school under the auspices of the [[Dutch Reformed Church]]. The primary school began instruction as a bilingual ([[Dutch]] and English) primary school in 1904, and in 1905 moved into its first permanent building in Bosman Street in the heart of Pretoria. On the 1 April 1907 the primary school became a government school while the High School amalgamated with Pretoria College in 1910 to become [[Pretoria Boys High]], while the primary school exists to this day - though the name was changed from Laerskool Eendracht to Eendracht Primary in 2016.  
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Founded in 1903 as a pre-primary, primary and a high school under the auspices of the [[Dutch Reformed Church]], with the [[Dutch]] motto: "Eendracht maak mag" ("Unity makes strength"). The primary school began instruction as a bilingual ([[Dutch]] and English) primary school in 1904, and in 1905 moved into its first permanent building in Bosman Street in the heart of Pretoria. On the 1 April 1907 the primary school became a government school while the High School amalgamated with Pretoria College in 1910 to become [[Pretoria Boys High]], while the primary school exists to this day - though the name was changed from [[Laerskool Eendracht]] to [[Eendracht Primary]] in 2016.
 
 
In 1938 the a new building was put in service and in
 
 
 
Today Eendracht Primary (the name was changed from Laerskool Eendracht to Eendracht Primary in 2016). Is a dynamic inner-city school that strives for excellene and unity?
 
 
 
As the slogan goes that was also changed from Afikaans “Eendracht maak mag” to English “Unity makes strength”
 

Revision as of 06:27, 18 October 2019

The Eendrachtskool (or Eendracht Skool) is an educational institution in Pretoria.

The institution

Founded in 1903 as a pre-primary, primary and a high school under the auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church, with the Dutch motto: "Eendracht maak mag" ("Unity makes strength"). The primary school began instruction as a bilingual (Dutch and English) primary school in 1904, and in 1905 moved into its first permanent building in Bosman Street in the heart of Pretoria. On the 1 April 1907 the primary school became a government school while the High School amalgamated with Pretoria College in 1910 to become Pretoria Boys High, while the primary school exists to this day - though the name was changed from Laerskool Eendracht to Eendracht Primary in 2016.