{"id":227757,"date":"2020-01-16T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/227757\/big-smiles-for-first-day-of-school\/"},"modified":"2020-01-16T20:01:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T18:01:15","slug":"big-smiles-for-first-day-of-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/01\/16\/big-smiles-for-first-day-of-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Big smiles for first day of school"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dinwiddie Primary School was full of excitement and nerves as learners prepared for their first day of Grade One on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Eugene Pretorius, the recently appointed principal of Dinwiddie Primary School, began the morning by welcoming the Grade One learners and then sent them off with their teachers as they were led out the school hall to their new classrooms.<\/p>

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\u201cWe are excited for the year and we are going to have about 45 learners in each of our Grade One classes,\u201d said Trischca Kriel, grade head for the Grade Ones.<\/p>\n

Dinwiddie Primary School has a total of 168 Grade One learners registered this year.<\/p>

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\u201cThere are a lot of learners, but we are going to do our best to give them a proper, good foundation,\u201d said Pretorius.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Grade One learners are both nervous and excited because they are entering a new school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pretorius added that as a school they are going to be very positive and they look forward to what the year will bring.<\/p>\n

Themba Valoyi, a member of the school\u2019s governing body, expressed his concern about the increase of learners.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a beautiful school, but the department has made us push more Grade Ones into the classrooms, and it is a concern because it will be harder for the teachers to give them all the attention they need.\u201d<\/p>\n