School Days at OPS

[Bev Coates (Now Walker)]

I can remember all my teachers - I wonder how long they were there after 1966:
Sub A - Miss Malherbe
Sub B - Mrs Castle (she used to bang you on your head with two fingers it you were not quite up to standard!)
Std 1 - Miss Pienaar
Std 2 - Miss Burgess
Std 3 - Mrs Coffin
Std 4 - Miss C Smit
Std 5 - Miss C Smit
Mr Venter was the Principal and Mr Dickenson the Deputy
Mr Steyn used to teach us joined up writing very precisely - light strokes up, dark strokes down

does anyone remember Mrs Place ??

[Michael Alexander]

Mike Burgess has a sister. They both live here still! ANy link to Miss Burgess?

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[barb (Fry)]

what happened to the little shed on the rugby field behind the bicycle shed?
I think someone smoked too many cigerrettes in there and it burnt down?
anyone?
It was used to store big string bags of foam, ideal for sneaking away in.

[Richard Opperman]

My teachers - lets get the gray matter going!

Principal - Doc Venter
Sub A - Miss Travis
Sub B - Who else - Mrs Castle
Std 1 - Miss Fourie
Std 2 - Mrs Place
Std 3 - Miss Style (Later Mrs de Jager - beautifull woman - school boy crush - most probably why I failed)
Std 3 - Miss Fourie
Std 4 - Mrs Tromp (nee Hawkens)
Std 5 - Mr Dickinson
Art - Mrs Solomon
Woodwork: Mr Dickinson - Zanti stood in for him at the end of 68. Zanti was also a brilliant history teacher. I use the similar technic today to teach my daughter history when she asks me to explain some history for her.

We had Mr Steyn for Afrikaans in Std 5 - who can remember the Afrikaans poems he tought us? - "Die Muskiet" and "Die Ossewa". He married a Chec nursing sister and if I can remember he had a very good knowledge of stamps and collection and eventually used his stamp tallent to become a very big shot in the designing and making of South African stamps in Pretoria.

What can I say - Oranjemund had very good teachers.

Richard  8)

[barb (Fry)]

Sub A  M Jordon
Sub B   C Castle
Std 1 Mrs Shaw
Std 2 mrs S Wilson
Std 3 Mrs N Coffin
Std 4 GP Murray/Zandhuis
Std 5 Zandhuis
music Mrs J du Plessis
art Mrs Solomon

[Bev Coates (Now Walker)]

hurray someone remembers Mrs Place and the pink star chews....
does anyone know what happened to mrs place

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

The "compulsory" intake of fluoride via half vrot luke warm milk in a plastic container!  I think the grass must still be green from the many accidental slips when opening the lid. 

Oh, those barnies.  I still recall one barney challenge between myself and Neville Smith clearly - it was to take place after school on the cricket field.  Never got there - I followed Neville and his patriots through the little alley next to the st. 5 classes and just before he could exit I knocked him into a semi goo-goo state (the best swing of a 'moerse skooltas' loaded with all the books that could fit into it) - centre shot, right to the back of his head!  I reckoned I had won, so I took off with the speed of white light.  His sister, Veronika, got back at me for that - nearly drove a blunt 'passer' point through my thigh in the Afrikaans class.  Also had a slight barnie with Simon Mason in the geography class when Mrs Wilson (I think it was her) was out - soaked him in the eye when he tried to kick my shin off for shooting a guy called Stephen with a chewed up piece of paper and an elastic band (remember those kettie things).  One of the Laubscher boys then sort of ordered us to take up a full barnie, but Mrs Wilson stopped it - I think she knew I would be killed - Simon was about twice my size!

Sorrie, Neville - ek huil 'n ou papnat vandag as hy my so met 'n koffer oor die kop moet slaan!  Sorrie, Stephen - never ment to hurt you on purpose.  Sorry Simon - never ment to have the "boys" call you feeble for letting me hit you in the eye - actually you were a gentleman for not hitting back, BUT - you did try to kick, so what was I to do?  I promise - I stay out of barnies these day's (whenever I can).

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Teacher

Richard Marlowe, also a O-mund player

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

Hi Dalene,since you mention it,you were a scary creature at times,what is Leon doing with himself nowadays.last i saw him was in Windhoek a couple of years ago at the court.Yes,your dad was a legend in Oranjemund,who will ever forget the times he got called out for a disturbance,then joined the party himself,heheh. 

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Remember the old blue/grey hardcover report card we got and kept it right through primary school.Well I found mine,so here are my teachers from1963-1969.

Sub A Miss Clarke
Sub B Miss Steyl
Std 1 MissTarr
Std 2 Mrs Coffin
Std 3 Mrs van Zyl
Std 4 Mr Zandhuis
Std 5Mr Zandhuis

I was also a "Boere Meisie" in an Opperetta called "Soetkoek"1968 my only theatrical performance.
You should remember that Cherry, sure you were also a "Boere Meisie" in green if I'm not mistaken. 8)

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

Now there's an achievement few can compete with.......  to still have your report card from way back then.  Keep it so you can eventually show your great-grandchildren how well granny fared at school  - in the day way back then.  Might be an ispiration to them and a challenge to better what the 'gran' had done.

;)  ;D  :D

Hard grey report card, you say   ------  jissie, are you sure it's not one of those hyrogliphic slates whith chisseld inscriptions?  Mos many, many moons ago you went to school.  (Only joking)

[Cherry (Alcock)]

I do remember it Diana and remember how horrified I was that I had to wear green.  I think I have a photo somewher which I'll dig out when I get back from the UK.

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Granny didn't fare very well just managed to get through each year.It was probably due to the bone we had to chissel down as a pen and the rock slate was always a problem.

That hard cover report card was actualy a book that took you right through to Std 5. Also had your height and weight for each year. We'd all line up at the back of the stage for the big weigh in. So now I can also show the grandkids how tall and Fluffy I was. :D

[SandyB]

Dianna , Soetkoek yes  I was one  of  the  farmer  reaper  klutzes  in the  front  who  kept  on  getting  his  sickle  tangled  with  the  person  next to  me ...

[Delia]

Diana, i also still have all my report cards from Sub A-Std5, music reports, athletics and swimming certificates - thanks to my mom who kept things like that for all of us throughout the years.  Was actually looking at them all just the other night - so cool to go back in time and reminisce.  Also have all my highschool ones too - drastic change from junior to high school - at lightning speed from good girl to rebel without a cause........ :D

I remember that weighing us all business in the hall up on the stage - hated it 'cos i was quite a plump kid at junior school and was very self conscious about it - them weighing us in front of everybody didn't help matters either......... >:(