Whether learners are heading back to school or little Grade 1s are just starting big school, the beginning of the school year can conjure up a lot of emotions.
Weltevreden Park Primary School welcomed their first group of the six brand-new Grade 1 classes on Monday 15, February.
The school has two groups of Grade 1s, with one group having started on Monday and the other group starting a day later.
Twins Khumo-Olebongeng and Khutso-Olebongeng Mthembu could not hide their excitement as they took their first leap towards their school career, while cousins Rosalie Oswald and Alan Struwig were happy to be starting Grade 1 together.
Welties teachers returned to school on 1 February as per the revised dates set by the South African National Department of Basic Education (DBE).
According to the school’s newsletter, they have launched a Google Classroom for each and every grade for the 2021 academic year.
A letter with the codes for each grade was sent out on the school’s D6 Communicator on Wednesday 3, February.
Principal James van Dyk revealed to the Northsider that Recovery Teaching Plans have been received from the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) and the school is confident that all curriculum content will be covered in the correct time frames.
“Our commitment is to get your children through the year and to reach where they need to be by the end of the year,” said Van Dyk.
