{"id":192730,"date":"2018-12-03T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/192730\/lighting-up-the-festive-season\/"},"modified":"2018-12-03T09:03:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T07:03:48","slug":"lighting-up-the-festive-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/12\/03\/lighting-up-the-festive-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Local school is lighting up the festive season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The festive season is almost upon us and what better way to get in the festive spirit than by viewing beautiful Christmas lights.<\/p>\n<p>For a gorgeous light display in the Dinwiddie area make sure you take an evening drive past Dinwiddie Pre-Primary School.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The school is situated at 27 Bagdon Road in Dinwiddie and community members are welcome to come and view the lights.<\/p>\n<p>The whole front of the school has been decorated.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Julienne du Toit, the principal of the school, told the GCN that she has wanted to do this for a number of years.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"7018117297 - Melissa Hart Dinwiddie Pre Primary Christmas Lights by Germiston City News\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F538324725&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe decided to call in Louis Prinsloo to do the installation of the lights for us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took Louis a week to install all the lights and we are still adding to the display.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Julienne added that when the children arrive at school in the morning they always get excited if new lights have been added to the display.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe children and their parents love the lights and many have come to look at the school in the evenings,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Santie Rudman, the owner of the school, said that as there are a lot of people who are not going away they decided to put up the lights so people could come and see them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ALSO READ:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/192729\/elderly-need-the-communitys-help-this-festive-season\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elderly need the community\u2019s help this festive season<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/191316\/light-up-your-festive-season-with-the-garden-of-lights\/\" target=\"_blank\">Light up your festive season with the Garden of Lights<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a nice family activity for people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The school caters for children from three months old to Grade R and it has an aftercare facility for children from Grades One to Seven.<\/p>\n<p>So make sure you add Dinwiddie Pre-Primary School on your list of festive places to view this holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>The lights will be on display for the entire festive period.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-192730 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\/2018\/12\/03\/lighting-up-the-festive-season\/attachment\/48gcnschoolsligh_42627\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/48GCNSCHOOLSLIGH_42627-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-192732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/48GCNSCHOOLSLIGH_42627-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/48GCNSCHOOLSLIGH_42627-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/48GCNSCHOOLSLIGH_42627-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/48GCNSCHOOLSLIGH_42627.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-1-192732'>\n\t\t\t\tSome of the beautiful lights which decorate Dinwiddie Pre-Primary School. The community is welcome to come and view the lights over the festive season.\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\/2018\/12\/03\/lighting-up-the-festive-season\/attachment\/48gcnschoolsligh_12408\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/48GCNSCHOOLSLIGH_12408-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-192731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/48GCNSCHOOLSLIGH_12408-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/48GCNSCHOOLSLIGH_12408-520x390.jpg 520w, 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alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-192822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/DSC_1013-Custom-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/DSC_1013-Custom-500x375.jpg 500w\" 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-1-192822'>\n\t\t\t\tFestive fun at local 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\/2018\/12\/03\/lighting-up-the-festive-season\/attachment\/dsc_1014-custom-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/DSC_1014-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-192830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/DSC_1036-Custom-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/DSC_1036-Custom-500x375.jpg 500w\" 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-1-192830'>\n\t\t\t\tFestive fun at local school.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span 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