{"id":99,"date":"2018-12-12T08:30:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T08:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2023-10-31T17:21:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T17:21:31","slug":"about-us-the-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/about-us-the-school\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us &#8211; The School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"785\" height=\"937\" data-id=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_0459-min.jpg\" alt=\"Pupil with heart-shaped balloon\" class=\"wp-image-424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_0459-min.jpg 785w, https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_0459-min-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_0459-min-768x917.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"972\" height=\"648\" data-id=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Image002_Small.jpg\" alt=\"School assembled outside\" class=\"wp-image-425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Image002_Small.jpg 972w, https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Image002_Small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Image002_Small-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 972px) 100vw, 972px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Rand school was established in 1968, and is situated in Wentworth Park, in Krugersdorp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school is an integrated, multi-cultured, multi-racial school that caters for a variety of learners with special needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The learners at our school all have various special needs or disabilities that make it difficult for them to cope with mainstream education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our personnel are made up of teachers, Speech-, Occupational- and Physiotherapists, as well as an on-site psychologist.<br>We have a full-time nurse on call. We also have dedicated maintenance staff, bus drivers and facilitators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure our learners receive the best education possible, the school has a multi-disciplinary approach, using both therapists and teachers to assist our learners. Also, to ensure our learners have a well-rounded education, we not only focus on academic progress, but also aim to meet their sporting, social and cultural needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We pride ourselves in meeting the special, unique needs of our learners, and ensuring they reach their full potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The West Rand school was established in 1968, and is situated in Wentworth Park, in Krugersdorp. The school is an &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-99","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":665,"href":"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions\/665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westrandschool.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}