Beloved teacher retires after a lifetime of moulding young minds

Janet Brown retires from teaching at the school she first attended in 1965, when she was four

03 December 2023 - 00:00

Grade 1 teacher Janet Brown, who started grade R at Assumption Convent in Germiston when she was just four years old, walked out of the school for the last time on Friday, after having served as the school’s grade 1 teacher since 1992. ..

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