Laerskool ML Fick Pre-School is located in Potchefstroom. ML Fick Primary School is 126 years old this year, on July 30, 2016! The school was then known as "De Armen School". Wyle ds. At the time, ML Fick, in his foresight, founded the school as a refuge for a whole host of children. Since then, thousands of pupils have received their education years and first schooling here. ML Fick Primary School is the oldest school north of the Vaal River or even the old Transvaal.