Iphutheng Primary School celebrates its centennial anniversary

Iphutheng Primary School celebrates its 100 years of excellence in education by taking the people through its captivating journey of the history of their beloved school.

June 21, 2023

Alulutho Siboma 1 minute read

Acting principal Maria Ramodike speaks to Alex News about Iphutheng Primary School's 100 years of service. Photo: Alulutho Siboma

Iphutheng Primary School marked 100 years of excellence in education recently with a celebratory function.

Maria Ramodike, acting principal of the school, who started working as a teacher at Iphutheng in 1993 said she was happy about this milestone as this year also marked her 30 years of service.

Teachers on stage sing their celebratory song to commemorate the school's 100 years milestone. Photo: Alulutho Siboma — Teachers on stage sing their celebratory song to commemorate the school’s 100 years milestone. Photo: Alulutho Siboma

“Today we are celebrating 100 years in our school. I’m so excited, it is a milestone that we wanted to celebrate with our former learners, some of whom have built a name for themselves. Iphutheng Primary School is a very big school that has more than 1 600 learners.

“I also studied at this school in 1976 as a Sub A learner. Today I’m happy that this school has produced this many successful learners including me.”

Iphutheng Primary School learners in attendance to mark the launch of the school's 100 years. Photo: Alulutho Siboma — Iphutheng Primary School learners in attendance to mark the launch of the school’s 100 years. Photo: Alulutho Siboma

When asked about what contributed to making this school a success she added, “Hard work and supporting each other as teachers and parents because we have the same goal which is to empower and educate the learners. Today, we have trophies at school that symbolise our teamwork because we take our wins as a collective.”

Mangwato Manthata, a Grade 7 learner and prefect at the school said, “Today we are celebrating a very special day as the school was finally turning 100 years old. So we had to have a big celebration and I feel so lucky to be part of this celebration as it was fun.”

Grade 7 learners perform the Kofifi dance to entertain the audience while they celebrate the school's 100 years milestone. Photo: Alulutho Siboma — Grade 7 learners perform the Kofifi dance to entertain the audience while they celebrate the school’s 100 years milestone. Photo: Alulutho Siboma

Ramodike said she was happy to announce that they have collaborated with Norwood Primary School in hopes of achieving greater things and have introduced programmes to improve the learners’ education.

“As a school, we still hope to achieve our dream of getting ICT literature. We hope to get sponsors so we can produce learners who can be able to use computers and technology while they are still young.

Grade 3 learners perform a traditional dance to celebrate their school's centennial anniversary. Photo: Alulutho Siboma — Grade 3 learners perform a traditional dance to celebrate their school’s centennial anniversary. Photo: Alulutho Siboma

“I would also like to thank our parents for their support and may they continue giving support to children whether they are doing sport, music or academics because that support serves as motivation for the learners.”