Temporary classrooms to make way for proper school building

On 11 January 2017, 58 learners from Grade R to Grade 3 started their new school year as English-medium Dome Primary School learners. At first, they were accommodated at the A.M. Lembede School in Tumahole.
A few months later three temporary classrooms awaited them at their school premises in Loop- and Delver streets.
Now, six years later, the school has 309 grade 1 to grade 7 learners. The three temporary classrooms quadrupled to 12. Along with the school principal, Wilna van Buren-Scheele, 12 teachers, four supporting personnel, and general workers did a splendid job in bringing colour to where there once was nothing. At last, these children and teachers can look forward to a proper school building funded by the Department of Education.

The preparation of the construction site of the new school on Fourth Avenue is currently underway.

Once the building project is completed and the school officially opened, it will be renamed Father Balink Primary School.
The land where the Dome Primary School is currently situated was zoned for educational purposes way back in the seventies. The mobile classrooms were only a temporary measure, and a permanent structure was a need for a long time. But in 2020, engineers visited the school premises and confirmed that the clay soil and wetland would make preparing the land and building too expensive. As safety and cost have to be considered when building a school, the decision was made to rather build on the premises on Fourth Avenue. For these children, it will be a joyful day when temporary classrooms and barren ground make way for a proper school building and a grassy playground.