{"id":61751,"date":"2017-01-11T11:12:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T09:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=61751"},"modified":"2017-01-12T12:37:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T10:37:12","slug":"first-school-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/11\/first-school-day\/","title":{"rendered":"First school day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>.Middelburg se graad eens is Woensdag skooltoe sonder dat \u2019n trane gestort is.<\/p>\n<p>Dit was duidelik dat \u201cgrootskool\u201d nie meer vir die kaalvoet kleingoed \u2019n verskrikking inhou nie.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-61751 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\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/11\/first-school-day\/attachment\/20170111_081136_resized-ll-zn\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/01\/20170111_081136_resized-LL-ZN-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/01\/20170111_081136_resized-LL-ZN-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/01\/20170111_081136_resized-LL-ZN.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/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\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/11\/first-school-day\/attachment\/anelenanphiaswanepoe_41930_tn-ll-zn\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/01\/AnelenAnphiaSwanepoe_41930_tn-LL-ZN-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/01\/AnelenAnphiaSwanepoe_41930_tn-LL-ZN-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/01\/AnelenAnphiaSwanepoe_41930_tn-LL-ZN.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/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\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/11\/first-school-day\/attachment\/caydenkrugerensyouma_42144_tn-ll-zn\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/01\/CaydenKrugerensyouma_42144_tn-LL-ZN-270x203.jpg\" 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