Its another year and for many youngsters it meant going to school for the first time. As a journalist and photographer I have visited primary schools on that testing first day, and usually walked away with several photographs of crying kids. This has over the past few years become less and less obvious. Only a very few still find it hard to let mommy go home (and lets not talk about the crying mother for now). This year I visited the Totius Primary School in Vanderbijlpark (Gauteng, South Africa). This is a Afrikaans medium school.
I was greeted by many happy and smiling little faces. They weren't even camera shy. I believe this change is mainly due to the Grade R classes for pre-schoolers that was implemented a few years back. Now the little ones are more familiar with surroundings and the "big" school setup.
No tears to show you, just happy faces.
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