From the beginning of 1908, in response to another request from the Bishop, the Sisters of Mercy began to teach at a small school in Crown Road, Fordsburg br At Fordsburg, the classes were taught in a large hall lent by Mr Arthur Connelly, a baker and confectioner This large room was well ventilated and when the Sisters took over on 29 January 1908, the wall had been freshly coloured and the floor scrubbed white The seating accommodation was enough for about 40 children All the classes were taught in the same room br For the first six months the Sisters would walk to and from Braamfontein, where they lived The Catholics of Braamfontein considered the walk too much for the teachers and organised a concert and dance which.