By Anne James Teenagers are the same world-wide! While attending a Ladies’ week long Retreat at Nanpanton Hall in England, at the general evening meeting, all attending, Mr. Boddy announced that during the following morning, Mrs James would address a group of older teenage girls, for an hour, on the Saturday School in KwaZulu Natal, […]
By Diana Himsworth Mr Graham Moore had taken over the leadership of the School of Philosophy. He had, for sometime, been mulling over starting a St James School in Durban. There was already a St James School in Johannesburg. One Saturday morning he asked if I would stand down so that Anisha Ramlaul, ‘a philosopher […]
By Diana Himsworth Read Part 1 here The years rolled by. Suddenly almost half of the Saturday School children had reached, or were nearing, the end of their primary school years – which meant compulsory sport on Saturdays. Boarding Schools, Private Schools and Government Schools!!! Several tutors stepped down, in order to attend these events […]
By Diana Himsworth A year after I joined the Philosophy School in Durban, Lawrence and Margaret Stretton established a Saturday School for children between the age of 4 – 12. My own children attended, and I offered to assist. My duties were to put out chairs, count pencils, tidy books and at exactly 10 am […]
By Diana Himsworth Philosophy classes were on offer from 1968. Two small children prevented my attendance at that point. However, a few years later whilst driving along Musgrave Road I noticed blue and white posters advertising a new Philosophy term. I drove straight to a friends home. I told her that I was going to […]
