{"id":52328,"date":"2022-01-13T06:30:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T04:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnuus\/opgewonde-om-te-leer-20220112-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T23:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:37:19","slug":"opgewonde-om-te-leer-20220112-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/opgewonde-om-te-leer-20220112-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Opgewonde om te leer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_a210623e\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/1919\/25429d17b5ec41868f0fb899fd4ddb65.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/1919\/59b1db406501485498f9e4d2dcd445ea.jpg\" title=\"Leah Steyn in juffrou Leonie de Kock se Uile-klas aan die Laerskool Universitas (Tjokkies).Foto\u2019s: Lientjie Mentz\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Leah Steyn in juffrou Leonie de Kock se Uile-klas aan die Laerskool Universitas (Tjokkies).Foto\u2019s: Lientjie Mentz<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Die klok het die eerste skooldag vir 2022 Woensdag (12\/01) by duisende skole oor die binneland heen aangekondig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By die Laerskool Universitas (Tjokkies) was die 130 gr. 1-leerlinge stiptelik om 08:00 by hul tafel, gereed om sommer baie te leer. Geen traan was in sig nie \u2013 net opgewonde gesiggies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In juffrou Leonie de Kock se Uile-klas het die gr. 1-leerlinge elk by \u2019n oulik versierde tafel met hul naam op gesit, gereed met die eerste werk vir die dag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><s1>Leah Steyn s\u00ea sy is opgewonde om met die groot skool te begin en sy sien uit daarna om te speel en te leer.<\/s1><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_b10f6ebd\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/1919\/a72adc3fdd254e34900fe32df68b7e88.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/1919\/4b323ac7194646cc90497008b4bc9a14.jpg\" title=\"Die tweeling Liam (links) en Neil Loftus, begin gr. 1 in juffrou Marietjie Barkhuizen se klas aan die Laerskool Universitas.Foto: Verskaf\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Die tweeling Liam (links) en Neil Loftus, begin gr. 1 in juffrou Marietjie Barkhuizen se klas aan die Laerskool Universitas.Foto: Verskaf<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_4a35299e\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/1919\/a851b37e1eaf4deab2d050adf6e0dd56.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/1919\/0711f9fc6e864914abd835bf2071a708.jpg\" title=\"Simon\u00e9 (links) en Nanette Schepers, \u2019n tweeling van Johannesburg wat onlangs na Bloemfontein verhuis het. 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