The Tradition and History of Bellville Technical High School
•	To be the best technical school in South Africa through dedication, self-discipline, leadership and accountability of the staff and learners.
•	To prepare learners (through a streamlined curriculum) for vocational advancement and tertiary levels, for the needs of the corporate world, and by commiting to constant innovation and best practises in the 21st century.
• The motto of Bellville Technical High School (BTHS) is, in the fullest sense, also its major goal: to produce a pupil fully-equipped to face the future challenges of the technological profession. This entails professional instruction at the highest levels in the three major areas; namely the sciences, humanities and technology.
Bravery/Courage - Be courageous. Stand up for your principles. Don’t do the popular thing. Do what is right.
Endurance - Happy is the person who remains steadfast under trial, for having passed that test he will receive for his prize the gift of life.
Loyalty/Love - Loyal to yourself, your family, your school and your Creator.
Integrity - Adhering to your moral principles. Virtues like honour, honesty, respect, dignity and responsibility.
Exemplary - To set the example regarding virtues at all times.
Fairness - To expect to be treated with fairness and to be fair to others
Scientia et Sollertia - Knowledge and Skill
The motif represented by the associated bearings can be related to the principle at which a regulator functions.
A regulator is used to create co-operative dynamics within various technological fields. A gyroscope, which indicates stability in all circumstances, also functions on this principle. The motif can also indicate an atom - a powerful source of energy.
The three bearings also symbolize the ideal educational relationship between learner, parent and educator.
The motif also indicates through its three interconnected lines, the inner dependence of the three core facets wherein the school operates namely, the sciences, humanities and technology.
The three bearings also represent the three facts in technical education which are interalia, development, manual skills and spiritual development.
Timeline of Bellville Technical High School
•	Poste van hoof en onderhoof word geadverteer
• Tenders word gevra vir die oprigting van die gebou
• Mnr JHN Smit word as hoof en mnr HJB de Swardt as
• Onderwysdepartement keur stigting van die skool
• Mev W Benade word as tikster aangestel
• Mnre Smit (skoolhoof) en De Swardt (adjunkhoof)
betrek skoolgronde en leen ‘n kantoor by die bouer
• Eerste advieskomiteevergadering word in die
burgemeester se kantoor gehou
• Wouter de Villiers is die eerste leerling wat ingeskryf
• Eerste saalbyeenkoms in motorwerktuigkunde-
• 77 leerlinge en 13 onderwysers
• Skool word amptelik geopen op 20 Oktober
• Klaskamers word betrek
• Deon Badenhorst en Daniel Botes word as
hoofseun en onder-hoofseun aangewys - 1975
• Josias van der Westhuizen is die eerste leerling wat
Die Burger se Jeug-leierskursus bywoon - 1977
• Josias van der Westhuizen is die eerste leerling wat ‘n
A-gemiddelde verwerf - 1978
• Andrea-Lois Meyer en Jean Kemp is die eerste
dogters wat ingeskryf word - 1978
• Skoollied word deur mnr JHN Smit geskryf en deur
mnr SJ Neethling getoonset - 1979
• Skoolwapen word deur mnr JH Falck ontwerp en die
leuse deur JK Keyter voorgestel - 1980
• Skoolvlag word deur mnr T Fourie ontwerp-1985
• Gimnasium word gebou - 1989
• Anton Voigt is die eerste leerling van ‘n tegniese skool
wat onder die top 20 in Kaapland presteer - 1993
• Tinus Stander is die algehele wenner van die Kaapse
Technikon Tegnologie Olimpiade - 2001
• Tinus Stander is die vierde beste leerling in die Wes-
Kaap - 2001
• HTS Bellville is die algehele wenner van die Ko-Ed
atletiek - 2003
• 1150 leerlinge en 52 onderwysers - 2006
• 40-jarige bestaan van skool. Die vorige skoolhoofde
mnre Nolte Smit en Jock de Jager woon die
verjaarsdagfunksie by - 2012
• Mr MG Koopman is appointed as new principal - 2014
• The implementation of the new revised curriculum for
technical schools - 2016
• First matrics wrote the new revised technical
curriculum NSC examinations - 2018
Our School Flag with the Flag of South Africa