{"id":142059,"date":"2017-01-11T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/142059\/great-start-to-new-academic-year-for-wychwood-primary\/"},"modified":"2017-01-11T16:13:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T14:13:55","slug":"great-start-to-new-academic-year-for-wychwood-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/11\/great-start-to-new-academic-year-for-wychwood-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Great start to new academic year for Wychwood Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was all systems go at Wychwood Primary School on Wednesday, as the staff and learners set off on their 2017 academic journey together.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Excited Wychwood Primary Grade One tells us why she&#039;s glad to be at school\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fKGldUozq2U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The children were happy and excited to be back at school &#8211; and the Grade Ones couldn\u2019t wait to start learning, in either Wendy Howarth\u2019s class or Irene Matthews\u2019 class.<\/p>\n<p>The school has a complement of 571 in their classrooms, but still has space for any Grade Three children who live in the area.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Happy child thrilled to be at &#039;big school&#039;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qDxWr5RQRDU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Acting principal of the school Linda van Schalkwyk said: \u201cWe&#8217;re happy with how things are going; the day has gone smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re still waiting for a few pupils to come back, but otherwise there have been no problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grade One is the place to be\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lu6OyKhZT2A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>She added that the Grade R\u2019s are extremely excited to be at &#8216;big school&#8217;, as are the Grade Ones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re nervous but excited for the year ahead; and people can expect lots of good changes at the school,\u201d van Schalkwyk said.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-142059 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/11\/great-start-to-new-academic-year-for-wychwood-primary\/attachment\/02gcnschoolswychmh1_78619\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH1_78619-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-142061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH1_78619-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH1_78619-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH1_78619.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-142061'>\n\t\t\t\tWendy Howarth\u2019s Grade One class at Wychwood Primary School, was over the moon to be starting \u201cbig school\u201d on Wednesday.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/11\/great-start-to-new-academic-year-for-wychwood-primary\/attachment\/02gcnschoolswychmh3_26638\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH3_26638-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-142062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH3_26638-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH3_26638-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH3_26638.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-142062'>\n\t\t\t\tBoys will be boys. Christian Okpioba (6, left) and Rodanim Shemwela (6) show how cool it is to be in Grade One at Wychwood Primary School, on Wednesday.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/11\/great-start-to-new-academic-year-for-wychwood-primary\/attachment\/02gcnschoolswychmh5_34390\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH5_34390-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-142063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH5_34390-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH5_34390-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH5_34390.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-142063'>\n\t\t\t\tEnjoying the beginning of a long school career, are Wychwood Primary grade ones: Jada Naidoo (6, left) and Nokulunga Mwandla (7).\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/11\/great-start-to-new-academic-year-for-wychwood-primary\/attachment\/02gcnschoolswychmh6_81659\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH6_81659-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-142064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH6_81659-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH6_81659-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH6_81659.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-142064'>\n\t\t\t\tBest friends Anashe Sibanda (6, left) and Jordan Klaaste (6) were excited to start learning in Irene Matthews\u2019 Grade One class, at Wychwood Primary School.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/11\/great-start-to-new-academic-year-for-wychwood-primary\/attachment\/02gcnschoolswychmh4_73694\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH4_73694-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-142065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH4_73694-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH4_73694-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH4_73694.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-142065'>\n\t\t\t\tStilene Mudaly (7) was extremely happy about starting Grade One at Wychwood Primary School, on Wednesday. She couldn\u2019t wait to start learning.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/11\/great-start-to-new-academic-year-for-wychwood-primary\/attachment\/02gcnschoolswychmh2_02950\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH2_02950-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-142060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH2_02950-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH2_02950-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/01\/02GCNSCHOOLSWYCHMH2_02950.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-142060'>\n\t\t\t\tTamia Govender (6, left) and Chantel Nhambiu (6) who started Grade One at Wychwood Primary School on Wednesday, had already become best friends.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/142034\/excitement-abounds-at-primrose-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\">Excitement abounds at Primrose Primary<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='959566dc399d51499875e7e4a97687db'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children were excited to take their seats at Wychwood Primary School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":142060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Melissa Hart","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8516],"tags":[2568,977,979,969,2734,1074,976,2122],"class_list":["post-142059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-headlines","category-local-school-news","tag-back-to-school","tag-children","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-melissa-hart","tag-schools","tag-wychwood","tag-wychwood-primary-school"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Schools"},"tag_labels":["back to school","children","germiston","germiston city news","melissa hart","schools","wychwood","wychwood primary school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}