Our School
Badge & Symbolism
Three sides
These represent the learner, parent and staff as a team.
Sun
This shows the link with Pioneer School – ‘Let there be light’ is the motto of Pioneer School. (Langerug School was a campus of Pioneer School until the end of 2014.)
Book
This represents academic studies.
Dove
This represents the ideal to ‘fly’ – with the necessary support – or fulfil individual potential.
Shield
This represents protection.
School song
Aan die voet van die Brandwachtberge in die Breëriviervallei,
lê ‘n skool met vaste waardes, wat ons kinders voorberei
vir die uitdagings van môre, en om storms te ontwyk …
elke leerder se potensiaal ten volle te bereik.
Waar ons saam kan leer van omgee, respek en te vertrou –
doelgerig en hande vat en ‘n nuwe wêreld bou.
Langerugskool, ons hartsimbool,
ons ridderskild en rots,
ons ewige fondasie, beskerming en ons trots.
Waar die hoop ons nooit beskaam nie
en die waarheid maak ons vry.
Die beste skool vir jou en my in die mooiste mooi vallei.
Die beste skool vir jou en my in die mooiste mooi vallei.
Music and lyrics: Johan Groenewald 2015
History
Langerug School was born from the section for learners with barriers to learning at Pioneer School for the Visually Impaired in Worcester. In order to augment their numbers, Pioneer School started admitting learners with barriers to learning from 1994. The rationale behind it was that they would benefit from the tuition provided to partially sighted learners.
Learners with barriers to learning originally received their schooling at the Langerug Campus in classes shared with partially sighted learners, while blind learners were educated at the Central Campus of Pioneer School.
In 1998 staff allocation was cut, and plans had to be made. High school learners were accommodated at the Langerug Campus, while the Central Campus was host to the primary school learners.
Blind and partially sighted learners, as well as those with barriers to learning, were transferred to the Langerug Campus. An effort was made to teach the blind learners in separate classes, but in practice learners from all three groups sometimes had to be taught in one class. At the Central Campus all three groups of primary school learners were accommodated, mostly in separate classes.
Since 2011 it became increasingly more apparent that learners with barriers to learning should be taught in separate classes, so that the focus could again be placed 100% on the specific needs of the blind and partially sighted learners. On 1 January 2015 Langerug School for learners with specific barriers to learning opened its doors. The name ‘Langerug School’ was decided on because Langerus Campus was already known for education of learners with barriers to learning.
Due to a shortage of facilities and schools in Worcester and surrounding areas for learners on the Autism Spectrum, the School Governing Body decided to introduce an Autism Section at Langerug School. Research was conducted at various schools and sections for learners with Autism. In October 2016 the first learners were admitted at the Autism Section of Langerug School.