Wynberg Boys' High School
| Wynberg Boys' High School | |
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| Location | |
| Cape Town, South Africa | |
| Coordinates | 33°59′47″S 18°27′32″E / 33.99639°S 18.45889°ECoordinates: 33°59′47″S 18°27′32″E / 33.99639°S 18.45889°E |
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| Type | All Boys High School |
| Motto |
Supera Moras Overcoming Difficulties |
| Established | 27 August 1841 |
| Headmaster | Jan de Waal |
| Enrollment | 850 |
| Houses | De Waal Wellington Rhodes Van Riebeeck Littlewood De Villiers McNaughton Lorie |
| Colour(s) | Blue and white |
| Former pupils | Old Wynbergians |
| Publication(s) | The School Magazine, The Wynbergian |
| Website | http://www.wbhs.org.za/ |
Wynberg Boys' High School is a traditional boys' school in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, founded in 1841. The second oldest school in South Africa, it is the alma mater of sportsmen such as Jacques Kallis.
In 1841 John McNaughton re-opened the doors of his new school, the ‘Established School at Wynberg" in Glebe Cottage to sixteen pupils. McNaughton had to share the cottage with the Lady D’Urban School of Industry for young ladies.
Initially a co-educational school it became boys only in 1853. The senior and junior schools operated as one school until 1943 when the Junior School separated from the High School.
In 1845 the school moved to Bryndewyn Cottage', at the corner of Aliwal and Tennant Roads in Wynberg. In 1863 the Government decided to relegate the school to status of "second class elementary school" and the headmaster, Mr. MacNaughton was instructed to close on 27 February 1863. Permission was granted to change Wynberg Boys to a private school on 2 March 1863.
In 1876 a building was purchased from the Higgs estate and in 1891 Sir Herbert Baker designed new school buildings which were opened in 1892. In 1980 the school moved to its current site on the Hawthornden Estate in Wynberg.
There are two school museums as well as in the two books written on Wynberg: 'The History of a School' (1961) by Doug Thompson who was a teacher of English at the school and 'A School Reflects' (1991) by Old Boy Roger Goodwin.
The School's motto 'Supera Moras' can be translated literally from the Latin as 'Overcome Difficulties'.
Wynberg Boys' High School has a competitive sporting tradition and the students take part in sporting competitions with schools from the areas, Western Cape and sometimes from other parts of South Africa, as well as occasional competitions with visiting teams from other countries. Wynberg regularly competes with Rondebosch Boys' High School, Diocesan College and Paul Roos Gymnasium as well as South African College Schools.
The school offers sporting facilities such as an astro turf, a swimming pool, tennis and squash courts, four rugby fields, and the WBHS cricket field renamed in 2010 as "The Jacques Kallis Oval" in honour of World cricketer of the year and a former Wynberg Boy.
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