Halfway House Primary School hosted its annual foundation phase school concert which was attended by pupils, parents and representatives of the Gauteng Department of Education.
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Some parents, who did not react quickly to the first-come-first-serve ticket selling system, could not watch their children perform in the concert as tickets were sold out; while parents who bought tickets, and their children, enjoyed the performances at the concert.
A parent and School Governing Body member, Nozibele Zondi said, “The concert was well organised; it felt like theatre, the setting and talent at Halfway House Primary is amazing.”
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The department’s spokesperson Oupa Bodibe explained that the hall could not accommodate everyone so the concert was spread over three days. He added, “According to the principal, the hall capacity of the school poses certain logistical constraints and the decision was taken to run the concert over three consecutive nights to allow as many parents as possible to attend, considering the strain of the concert on our foundation phase pupils and staff.”
He said the school and the school management team would look into accommodating more parents at future concerts.
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Unfortunately, on one of the evenings, two vehicles of concert attendees were allegedly broken into. Addressing this incident, Bodibe said SMSes were sent to parents indicating that the school field would be available for parking. Signage was posted, indicating the parking and two additional outsourced guards were posted around the school to direct parents to the parking and to guard the safety their cars.
“The school already has two Easi Security guards employed for safety and security of the school on a 24-hour basis. Despite the school’s efforts, unfortunately, some parents still parked on undesignated vacant land adjacent to the school. The school was made aware of two car break-in incident reports on one of the nights, which is regrettable,” he commented.
The incident did not dampen the spirits of parents and pupils who were excited to see the performances at the concert.
