{"id":147513,"date":"2017-03-29T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T05:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/147513\/reading-brings-children-and-pensioners-together\/"},"modified":"2017-03-29T07:32:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T05:32:41","slug":"reading-brings-children-and-pensioners-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/03\/29\/reading-brings-children-and-pensioners-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading brings children and pensioners together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reading is a wonderful way to open doors to the world and help power the imagination.<\/p>\n<p>And the principal of Laerskool Die President, Sybrand van Dyk, understands the benefits of regular reading for his learners.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_147515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147515\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-147515 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/03\/12GCNSCHOOLSREAD_26867-520x390.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/03\/12GCNSCHOOLSREAD_26867-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/03\/12GCNSCHOOLSREAD_26867-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/03\/12GCNSCHOOLSREAD_26867-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/03\/12GCNSCHOOLSREAD_26867.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Mills (left), a resident at the Solheim Retirement Home, listens intently to Kayleigh du Plessis (8), a Grade Three learner at Laerskool Die President, as she reads to him on Thursday. Peter was impressed with Kayleigh\u2019s reading talent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To this end, as well as a way to give back to the community, he came up with the idea of having the youngsters read to local pensioners.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Peter Mills listens to Kayleigh du Plessis 8 reading at Laerskool Die President\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zkh2WTD1irc?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>So, every Thursday the young and the not-so-young get together for an hour of reading fun.<\/p>\n<p>The project has been running for about a year and Van Dyk said so far it has been extremely beneficial for all involved.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_147516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147516\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-147516\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/03\/12GCNSCHOOLSREAD_07488-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/03\/12GCNSCHOOLSREAD_07488-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/03\/12GCNSCHOOLSREAD_07488-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/03\/12GCNSCHOOLSREAD_07488-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/03\/12GCNSCHOOLSREAD_07488.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohau Ngobene (9, right), a Grade Four learner at Laerskool Die President loved reading to Helga Lategan, from the Solheim Retirement Home, on Thursday. Helga told the GCN he reads extremely well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He gives both &#8216;experienced&#8217; readers and also those who are just learning a chance to read to the pensioners; and the children and pensioners all love the experience.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mohau Ngobene, a Grade Four learner at Laerskool Die President, loved reading to Helga Lategan\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qx6d1EhdNPw?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>Help is given freely to the children and they are becoming great readers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/142073\/exciting-new-year-for-laerskool-die-president\/\">Exciting new year for Laerskool Die President<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/142693\/police-launch-back-to-school-campaign\/\">Police launch back- to-school campaign<\/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='39a759c624af4afca80e0b34a243cc77'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laerskool Die President\u2019s reading project opens up the world to learners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":147514,"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":[979,969,2651,2734,1000,6791,1074,14087],"class_list":["post-147513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-headlines","category-local-school-news","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-laerskool-die-president","tag-melissa-hart","tag-primrose","tag-reading","tag-schools","tag-solheim-retirement-home"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Schools"},"tag_labels":["germiston","germiston city news","laerskool die president","melissa hart","primrose","reading","schools","solheim retirement home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147513","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=147513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}