IN PICTURES | Back to school 2021
15 February 2021 - 10:35
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It was all systems go on Monday at Tolamo Primary School in Letlhakaneng in the North West, although some kids did not want to be left at school and tried to 'escape' back to their parents.
The calm before the school bell rings at Tolamo Primary School in the North West.
Temperature screening at Letlhakaneng's Tolamo Primary School in the North West.
'Oh no, I can't do this!' First-day jitters at Tolamo Primary School in the North West.
This little guy is going to be a sprinter! First-day jitters at Tolamo Primary School in Letlhakaneng.
Parents wave goodbye to their kids outside Blomvlei Primary School in Hanover Park, Cape Town.
A teacher conducts temperature screening at Blomvlei Primary School in Hanover Park.
Pupils line up to be screened at Blomvlei Primary in Hanover Park, Cape Town, on the first day of school on Monday February 15.
Blomvlei Primary in Hanover Park welcomed pupils back to class on Monday after a two-week delay in the school calendar due to Covid-19.
Pupils stand on the field at the Blomvlei Primary in Hanover Park.
Blomvlei Primary School pupils stand in lines awaiting further instructions.
Assembly time at Blomvlei Primary School in Hanover Park, Cape Town.
A child holds on to mommy before schooling begins at Blomvlei Primary in Hanover Park.
Spiderman features on a school bag at Blomvlei Primary in Hanover Park as pupils were welcomed back into classrooms.
Pupils say a prayer before learning resumes for the 2021 school year at Blomvlei Primary School in Hanover Park, Cape Town.
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