Parklands College & Christopher Robin Pre-Primary

Description

Parklands College & Christopher Robin Pre-Primary is a private co-ed school in Parklands, Cape Town. The school teaches Grade R to 12 and currently has 1,236 students.

HERITAGE

Parklands College & Christopher Robin Pre-Primary was founded in 1980 by Lorraine Roth. The school motto is Virtus Per Scientiam which means “strength through knowledge”.

ACADEMICS

The Matric pass rate in 2014 was 100%

SPORTS & CULTURE

The school is best known for rugby, cricket, netball, tennis, swimming, girl’s hockey, and soccer. The most important sports grounds are called the WG Grace Cricket Oval.

SPORT

• Swimming
• Intro golf
• Cricket
• Tennis
• Rugby
• Soccer
• Ball skills
• Athletics
• Chess
• Run and walk club
• Water polo
• Hockey (girls)

SCHOOL FACILITIES

The school is currently in 3 buildings. The pre-primary and junior school (grades 1 - 3) are located in Raats Drive. This building has tennis courts, netball courts, a swimming pool, dance studios, and large sports fields.

The senior primary school (grade 4 - 6) is in Wood Drive, opposite the Raats Drive campus. This building has cricket pitches, cricket practice nets, and a large sports field for rugby or softball. The high school building is in College Avenue, Sandown. It has a music wing, in-house culinary school, lap pool, water polo pool, cricket pitch, and sports fields.

• Laboratories and studios
• Media centres
• 2 halls
• 2 auditoriums
• Playing fields
• Netball court
• Tennis courts
• Aftercare from pre-primary to grade 3
• Tuckshop
• Cricket pitches
• Half sized Olympic and water polo pool
• Gardens
• CCTV and 24 hour security
• Library

SCHOLARSHIPS

Scholarships are available for previously disadvantaged leaners and for various students on merit.