South African school arms
Posted: 20 Apr 2013, 19:25
South Africa follows the British tradition of school uniforms with badges or coats of arms on the blazer pocket and headgear. In the 1970s, the Bureau of Heraldry began to encourage a new style of school and college arms, emphasising "the characteristics that school arms ought to possess, namely simplicity, maximum recognisability, and a strongly stylised design with clearly visible outlines so that the arms can easily be embroidered."
A feature of the style is the use of trefoils, triquetras, trefly lines etc to symbolise the three-way relationship of pupils, teachers, and parents.
Here's a selection which I thought might be of interest :
* Protea Park Primary School (1980) -- canting arms : the flower is a protea.
* Secunda High School (1980) -- the charge in base is "a representation of a methane molecule".
* Waterkloof High School (1980).
* Sasolburg Afrikaans High School (1981).
* Voorpos Primary School (1981).
* Glenstantia Primary School (1982) -- the chief is blazoned as "nowy gabled".
* Bakenkop Primary School (1983) -- 'Bakenkop' means 'beacon hill".
* Wolmaransstad High School (1983).
* Alberview Primary School (1984).
* Bosveld Primary School (1987) -- the charge in base is " a lozenge embowed Orange surmounted by a representation of a cooling tower Argent".
* Sivuyile Technical College (1989).
* Uitsig Primary School (1994).
A feature of the style is the use of trefoils, triquetras, trefly lines etc to symbolise the three-way relationship of pupils, teachers, and parents.
Here's a selection which I thought might be of interest :
* Protea Park Primary School (1980) -- canting arms : the flower is a protea.
* Secunda High School (1980) -- the charge in base is "a representation of a methane molecule".
* Waterkloof High School (1980).
* Sasolburg Afrikaans High School (1981).
* Voorpos Primary School (1981).
* Glenstantia Primary School (1982) -- the chief is blazoned as "nowy gabled".
* Bakenkop Primary School (1983) -- 'Bakenkop' means 'beacon hill".
* Wolmaransstad High School (1983).
* Alberview Primary School (1984).
* Bosveld Primary School (1987) -- the charge in base is " a lozenge embowed Orange surmounted by a representation of a cooling tower Argent".
* Sivuyile Technical College (1989).
* Uitsig Primary School (1994).