GALLERY: East first graders begin their journey with smiles
“It is heart-warming to see these children start a journey like this, they are the beacons of hope for our future, our leaders and doctors of the future.”
A bell ceremony welcomed Grade 1 learners at Maragon Olympus on their first day of school on Wednesday, 9 January.
The annual ceremony represents the beginning of their primary school career. Proudly, every learner rang the bell, along with their classmates, symbolising the beginning of a new phase in their school career.
Proud parents who were also in attendance sang the school song with a lump in their throat, as it dawned on them that their toddlers are now truly Grade 1s.
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The rejoicing and applause of the rest of the school at the end of the song also helped the shy and frightened ones to wipe away their tears. At the end of Grade 7, the bell ceremony is repeated to announce the end of their primary school career.
In Sunnyside Primary School, ward councillor Shaun Wilkinson visited the class of Grade 1 to wish them well as they start their long journeys to enrich their minds.
“It is heart-warming to see these children start a journey like this; they are the beacons of hope for our future, our leaders and doctors of the future,” he said.
“I wish them success and good health throughout the year and beyond.”
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