There is an air of excitement at Happy Hearts Academy\/Akademie in Elsburg.<\/p>\n
This is due to the exciting changes soon to take place at the school when their new additional premises are ready for learning.<\/p>
Tanya Potgieter, the owner of the academy, said the school has been in Maritz Street, Elsburg, for six years.<\/p>\n
Now with the growth at the school, there are 206 learners currently, the need for additional premises became imperative.<\/p>
\u201cThe new school will accommodate the senior phase \u2013 the Grade RR, Grade R and aftercare children, while the current school will cater for the junior phase \u2013 the babies and children up to the age of four years old,\u201d Tanya said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are growing all the time so this will allow us to accommodate more children.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tanya bought the new premises on February 26 and building commenced straight away.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will be ready to open on May 7.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe new school situated in van Heerden Street, opposite Laerskool Elsburg, is going to be extremely pretty and we can\u2019t wait to move in,\u201d said Tanya.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been a great process.\u201d<\/p>\n
The school is going to have two principals and two vice-principals to take care of matters at both premises.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the move, we will also be able to create a proper sick room where children who are feeling unwell can be taken care of properly,\u201d Tanya said.<\/p>\n
Tanya added that she had been thinking about purchasing an additional property for the last two years.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was battling to find a property and then decided that I would leave it in God\u2019s hands and he helped me locate this property,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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