{"id":227798,"date":"2020-01-20T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/227798\/school-ready-and-eager-for-2020-academic-year\/"},"modified":"2020-01-17T17:30:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T15:30:55","slug":"school-ready-and-eager-for-2020-academic-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/01\/20\/school-ready-and-eager-for-2020-academic-year\/","title":{"rendered":"School ready and eager for 2020 academic year"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was all systems go at Germiston South Primary School on Wednesday as children flocked to school to kick-off the new academic year.<\/p>\n

Five Grade One classes were full of eager learners ready to start the process of learning.<\/p>

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Lanette Fouch\u00e9, principal of Germiston South Primary School, was pleased with the way the first day of school went.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe day has been fine.<\/p>

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\u201cWe met all the Grade Ones in the hall and our Grade Rs out in the garden,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were ready and organised and are looking forward to the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fouch\u00e9 told the GCN that the school had received 800 applications from parents wanting to place their Grade Ones in the school, but they could only take 200 learners.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur whole school is full,\u201d Fouch\u00e9 said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the years we have grown in numbers and now have 1 250 learners in the school.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe now even have 10 mobile classrooms to help accommodate learners.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fouch\u00e9 added that she has wonderful, dedicated foundation phase teachers, so the Grade Ones are in good hands.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are dedicated to their jobs and have perseverance and a love for children,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEducation is interesting and exciting and that is why I told my staff to have a \u2018fun-tastic\u2019 day, and the children are ready and excited to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n