{"id":49908,"date":"2020-09-17T09:24:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T07:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/jerusalema-brings-back-the-joy-20200916-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T07:52:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T05:52:39","slug":"jerusalema-brings-back-the-joy-20200916-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/jerusalema-brings-back-the-joy-20200916-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalema \u2018brings back the joy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_6d887a24\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10417\/8b0fb8bffdf34d21b2baf6099edfc6ac.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10417\/c95110292a5446ec8d8f3fc6751ddc4f.jpg\" title=\"Teacher Natasha van Tonder from Despatch Preparatory School with some of the 7-year-olds dancing on the song Jerusalema.     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Photo:SUPPLIED<\/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>THE globally enjoyed Jerusalema dance craze also struck the teachers and learners at Despatch Preparatory School at Despatch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Madel\u00e9ne Sachse, principal at the school, a number of educators have started challenging each other to take on the Jerusalema dance with their individual classes. \u201cWith the ease down of lockdown, many educators felt that their classes were nervy and had lost the social skills owing to very understandable fears and a long period of isolation,\u201d said Sachse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Natasha van Tonder, a Grade 1 educator, felt the 7-year-olds in her class needed a way to reconnect and enjoy time together again. After several conversations with HOD, Asja-Leah Katia Strydom, they decided to start teaching the learners the Jerusalema dance in order to bring the joy back into their learners\u2019 school lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learners immediately responded to it and additional classes started to participate in the challenge too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe practised during break time, approximately 15 minutes a day, and it took us about a week to get them relatively co-ordinated,\u201d said Van Tonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cConsidering that they are between the ages of 6 and 9, we feel this was an impressive learning time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to principal Sachse, other teachers are currently teaching the steps to their classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to putting more videos on Facebook. 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