The Grade 4s enjoyed “stepping back in time” on their visit to the Holy Family Convent (previously Parktown Convent). As part of their local history module, the girls learnt about the early history of Johannesburg, the Gold Rush, the reality of life as a miner and what it would have been like to be a student at the convent in 1905! They discovered the rose matriculated from the convent in 1933. From deportment lessons to sewing buttons and darning socks as a form of punishment, the girls left feeling more grateful for their own lovely school.

TRISH BONORCHIS, LIZ GRAWEZ AND LAUREN HOWDEN
THE GRADE 4 TEAM