Rosebank Primary
Learning in Johannesburg

Manners Makyth Man” our rule.
To ensure that quality Teaching and Learning takes place to enable our learners to progress with the appropriate knowledge.

Rosebank had begun to play an important role in the surrounding community. Many of the children left at the end of this period to go to work. The tiny first school eventually burnt to the ground when the bluegum plantation in Parktown North caught fire. When this first little school had opened in 1906, Rosebank was an outlying village of Johannesburg. For many years one could walk kilometers along paths and tracks as there were no fences. There were very few motor cars to be seen but ox-wagons were a common sight. Once a leopard was seen prowling where the Woolworths Food is today in Greenside. Shortly after the Boer War, a lion was shot near the present Boundary Road, close to the local blacksmith’s shop. Water was a continual problem to Mrs Henry, at the new school. A borehole with a hand pump provided water at times, but ran dry at other times. There was plenty of room around the school for animals to graze, but naturally, bad weather had a dampening effect on the attendance of children. He was the man who introduced the school uniform and a badge in Throughout its history, Rosebank had the continuing problem of lack of space. It was only in 1952 when Percy Barnes became Principal that the school was to acquire a hall. The building that stands today has schooled many successful learners and shall do so for many more years to come. To ensure that quality Teaching and Learning takes place to enable our learners to progress with the appropriate knowledge, skills and values. The provision of holistic education through a nurturing and caring environment which is directed at inspiring learners to reach their full potential as considerate, responsible and participating scholars.