Clarendon Primary School - Pietermaritzburg

Plans were drawn up for classrooms and ample storage space. Initially only ten rooms were to be built with the Administration section facing Roberts Road. The plans were drawn up with extension in mind to accommodate a future enrollment of six hundred and fifty pupils. When uniforms were discussed, the brown checked dress was considered to be smart and serviceable. With slight alterations to the sleeves and belt it is, till this day, the uniform for the girls of Clarendon. Originally the children wore blue jerseys, during the years this changed to brown jerseys. Mrs. Lodge designed the school badge, it was adapted from the family crest of the Earl of Clarendon and the motto, "Amando Servio", I serve with love, retained. School fees were R2 per term per family and additional funds  

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were raised by parents by way of cake and jumble sales. These funds were jointly administered by the Principal and Secretary of the newly elected Parent Teacher Committee.