Grayston Preparatory Ad Futura 2020

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LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM - First Row: Celia Griggs, Cruz Baptista, Sophie Beevers, Lily Campbell, Anna-Rose
De Wet Second Row: Zihan Dullabh, Muhammad Gattoo, Simran Govender, Zandré Hall, Mishka Mahida Third Row:
Muhammad Patel, Payton Pietersen, Hugo Price-Hughes, Riley Prinsloo, Jordan Ramokoka Fourth Row: Rania Royker,
Gabriel Sines, Chayne Slack, Roxanne Teasdale, Nina Westerveld
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Chayne Slack, Roxanne Teasdale, Anna-Rose de Wet Mishka Mahida
Nina Westerveld, Gabriel Sines, Rania Royker

Grade 4B

Cruz Baptista Jordan Ramokoka

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Simran Govender Zandré Hall

Nina Westerveld Muhammad Patel

Payton Pieterson, Lily Campbell, Zihan Dullabh
Sophie Beevers, Hugo Price-Hughes

Riley Prinsloo Muhammad Gattoo

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LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM - First Row: Eva Achilleoudes, Isabella Akeroyd, Peter Beevers, Avani Bhuse, Kimmel
Jimmy Second Row: Neil Dunstan, Rinnah Habte, Zuhayr Hargey, Suhail Ismail, Rahul Mistry Third Row: Thamarai
Moodley, Mogau Mphahlele, Niara Nair, Maximilian Rowberry, Maya Russell Fourth Row: Taylor Silverman, Linden van
Heerden, Claire Welsh, Ciana de Abreu, Vivaan Rowjee Absent: Laura Henriquez Munizaga
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Maya Russell, Ciana de Abreu, Rinnah Habte Suhail Ismail
Thamarai Moodley, Taylor Silverman Neil Dunstan

Grade 4C

Vivaan Rowjee, Eva Achilleoudes, Ciana de Abreu, Kimmel Jimmy, Avani Bhuse
Mogau Mphahlele, Taylor Silverman, Isabella Akeroyd

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Niara Nair, Eva Achilleoudes, Isabella Akeroyd, Linden Van Heerden Thamarai Moodley

Vivaan Rowjee

Peter Beevers, Mogau Mphahlele,
Zuhayr Hargey, Maximilian Rowberry

Rahul Mistry
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CreaGtirvaedWe 4riting



KINDNESS UMDLALI WEKHILIKITHI BESTANDDELE VIR GELUK
ENGIMTHANDAYO
Keep on being kind 3 koppies hondjies
Instantly do loving and charitable Igama lamu nguRahul. Isibongo 2 koppies my familie van Indië
deeds sami nguMistry. Umdlali 1 koppies goud
Never be nasty engimthandayo wekhilikhithi ngu 3 koppies aandrok
Do amazing acts of kindness AB de Villiers. Uhlala eTswane. 5 koppies sjokolade
Need to greet people and respect Uhlala nomndeni wakhe
veryone onamalunga amane. Uneminyaka Klein hondjies maak my baie
Educate on how to be kind engamashumi amathathu gelukkig. Dit sal vir my baie lekker
Smiling can make someone’s day nesithupha. Umqeqeshi wees as my familie van Indië kan
Sharing really is caring. wakhe nguLeonard Jackson. kom kuier. My droom is om in
Uyazimisela kakhulu makadlalela ‘n aandrok na ‘n bal te gaan. Ek
Suhail Ishmail iqembu lase Mzansi Africa. Njalo geniet dit om sjokolade te eet.
ekuseni uyagijima azilolonge.
Ngiyamthanda kakhulu. Avani Bhuse

INSIDE VS OUTSIDE Ibhalwe nguRahul Mistry

Inside BEAUTY
Safe, confined
Standing, covering, protecting MY TRI-STRIKE BLASTER Be grateful for your skin
Rooms, belongings, roads, friends Encourage people to love their
Moving, connecting, On a boring afternoon, you made skin
communicating everyone in my family scream. Ashamed of your skin is not good
Danger, spaced I had so much fun; I could not Understand that people are
Outside contain myself with you in my different
hands. From the moment you Tell other people their skin is
Maximilian Rowberry appeared in my hands with the beautiful
bright colours of a Kingfisher, my You must love what you look like
mom started running away. She
was running away from this thing S’phiwo Shabalala
that is as long as a brown house
snake. The click-click sound you
made, made my mom scream like
a baby! Unfortunately, my mom
was in the wrong place at the
wrong time on the wrong day. I
got her good, and she had several
red dots to show for it.” Linden! HA!
HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!” she shouted.
Next time I take hold of this, my
mom will think twice before
coming to play with me!

Linden Van Heerden



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THE BLOODBOTTLER

The Bloodbottler is ugly, and a
total mess! He can’t come close
to being nice. If he were friendly,
he would be a totally different
person. I think he should be put in
a terrifying machine to teach that
rude giant a lesson. Then he will
wish that he was never born.

He is so much worse than I could
ever describe. I need to tell you
that he eats kids! The Bloodbottler KINDNESS THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
is a smelly beast, a lazy bones
that hunts at night. He really is a Kindness is the best Dear Diary,
terrible creature. Interact with people and be
friendly The global crisis is growing daily
Maya Russell No ignoring anyone around the world. All the news is
Don’t buy people with things saying that a virus called Covid-19
Nobody should feel left out is spreading everywhere. You won’t
Everybody should get a chance to believe the drama and fuss we
THE BLOODBOTTLER talk are making to make sure that we
Stop saying rude things are prepared for lockdown. Let us
The Bloodbottler is a rude, scary Smile always hope that it’s not all for nothing!
and mean giant. He does not
like the BFG and does not eat Eva Achilleoudes Of course, we have to keep safe.
delicious, green vegetables but he Home is the safest place to be in
loves to eat people from Chile. The this situation. Before lockdown,
Bloodbottler is very fat and is twice we had to get all our school
as tall as the BFG. MY GUNSTELING VAK workbooks; we also had to get
some library books. I chose Horrid
The Bloodbottler is disgusting My gunsteling vak is Kuns. Kuns Henry and Beano, which is a
because he does not bath and is vir my baie lekker en ek voel comic book.
does not drink water. He only eats passievol oor kuns. Kuns wys vir die
people, even children! The BFG is wêreld wie ek aan die binnekant All day long, I hear people talking
really scared of the big giant, and is. My gunsteling kuns styl is teken. about Covid-19. I feel really sad
the Bloodbottler calls him ‘runt’. about Covid-19 because lots of
The Bloodbottler has horrible skin Vivaan Rowjee people are passing away.
that is red and brown, and he has
black, bushy hair. Zuhayr Hargey

Mishka Mahida FLAMES VS ICE

Flames A NEW DAY
Powerful, shiny
IVIKI LAMI Burning, swooshing, killing The morning sun’s here.
Fir, embers, snow, hail The big five is awaking.
NgoMgqibelo mina nomndeni Freezing, cracking, slipping Ready for the day!
wami sizokosa inyama. NgeSonto Clear, reflective
umama upheka ukudla Ice Rania Royker
okumnandi. NgoMsombuluko
ubaba wami uya emsebenzini. Neil Dunstan
Mina ngizilungisele ukuya
esikoleni. Ngolwesibili umfowethu
udlala ikhilikithi. NgoLwesithathu
ilanga lezemidlalo esikoleni
ngiyajabula kakhulu ngoba
ngithanda ezemidlalo.
NgoLwesine ngidlala nabangani
bami.

Ibhalwe ngu Isabella Akeroyd



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THE BLOODBOTTLER EKLASINI LAMI MY GUNSTELING VAK

The giant is as tall as a building, Igama lami nguTaylor. Isibongo My gunsteling vak is
and he has extremely bone-dry sami nguSilverman. Ngifunda Rekenaarstudies. Ek geniet
skin just like a desert. While the eGrayston Prep. Ikilasi lethu likhulu dit omdat ek speletjies kan
BFG is friendly, the Bloodbottler futhi lihle. Linabafundi abayishumi speel. Fortnite is my gunsteling
is nasty. He eats a lot of human nesikhombisa. Uthisha wami speletjie. Ek geniet dit ook om te
beans from many countries, and nguNkosikzi Welsh. Ufundisa programmeer.
the human beans have different izibalo. Ikilasi lami linezitulo,
flavours in each country. The amakhabethe, amatafula nebhodi. Neil Dunstan
Bloodbottler is a frightening
monster who does not eat Ibhalwe nguTaylor Silverman
vegetables or snozzcumbers.
THE BLOODBOTTLER
Kimmel Jimmy
BESTANDDELE VIR GELUK The Bloodbottler is an enormous,
strong giant that hates drinking
5 gram tuin water. He loves to drink frobscottle,
BESTANDDELE VIR GELUK 10 gram honde which is a delicious giant drink
100 gram familie and, of course, judging by his
1 koppie wipmat 5 gram sushi name, he must like to drink blood.
1 koppie goud 50 gram speelgoed However, he does not like the BFG
1 koppie sushi or vegetables. He travels all around
10 koppies tegnologie Ek geniet dit baie om met my the world to eat humans at night.
100 koppies familie en vriende speelgoed, honde en familie in die Don’t forget that he’s lazy and
tuin te speel terwyl ons sushi eet. smells awful.
Dit sal vir my baie lekker wees Dit maak my baie gelukkig.
om op ‘n wipmat te bly. Ek het Thamarai Moodley
die goud nodig om dit te koop. Ciana De Abreu
Ek geniet sushi. Verder geniet
ek ‘n skootrekenaar, oorfone en
telefone, want dit maak my baie BESTANDDELE VIR GELUK
gelukkig. Ek wil dit alles saam met IMISHO NGOKUDLA
my vriende en familie doen, want 5 koppies Nutella sjokolade
hulle maak my baie gelukkig. Umama uthosa amaqanda. 4 koppies gewone sjokolade
Ngosa inyama. 3 koppies geld
Niara Nair Umalume udla ubhanana 10 koppies sjokolade melk
Udadewethu upheka 1 koppie koffie
amazambane.
Ibhalwe nguSuhail Ismail Ek geniet Nutella, gewone
MY GUNSTELING VAK sjokolade en sjokolade melk
Uthisha Wami ongelooflik baie, want dit maak
My gunsteling vak is Engels. Ek Uthisha wami nguNoko Mashaba. my baie gelukkig. Ek dink geld sal
geniet Engels, want my juffrou is Uhlala eKapa. Uneminyaka engu my gelukkig maak sodat ek my
baie oulik en ek geniet die werk. 63. Umngane wakhe nguOld eie goedjies kan koop en laastens,
Skryfwerk is vir my baie lekker, MacDonald. NgoMsombuluko koffie, want dis vir my lekker.
want ek kan myself uitleef in my udlala ibasketball. Uthanda
skryfwerk en elke keer verbeter ek abantwana futhi uthanda Rinnah Habte
my Engels. nokucula. Akathandi abantwana
abavilaphayo.
Anna-Rose De Wet
Ibhalwe nguMogau Mphahlele FRIENDS

Friends are like extended family
Remember the very first time
SANITISER VS INFECTION we met
In the sandpit at the colourful
Sanitiser playground
Healthy, clean Every day is so much fun because
Relaxing, playing, enjoying of you
Hands, happiness, doctor, Never forget how much I truly care
medicine Doing silly and sometimes
Coughing, sneezing, sleeping naughty things together
Unwell, scared Special in every single way
Infection
Rebantle Mmutlana
Avani Bhuse



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THE BLOODBOTTLER USIKO LWESIPEDI WHEN I GROW UP

The evil Bloodbottler lives in Giant Igama lami nguThato When I grow up I would like to
Country, for he is the hideous Mahlebegwane, ngikhulima be an orthopaedic surgeon. An
leader of it all. He bullies another isiPedi ekhaya. Ngizalelwe eGoli. orthopaedic surgeon is a doctor
giant called the BFG, and the Abazali bami bazalelwe eLimpopo. who specialises in the treatment
BFG hates him for it. The stinky Umndeni wethu wonke ubuya of bones, ligaments, tendons and
Bloodbottler absolutely HATES eLimpopo. Esikweni lesiPedi muscles. I would like to become
rain, not to mention snozzcumbers sibhiyoza ngezingubo ezinemibala an orthopaedic surgeon because
(the most horrible thing on earth). eminingi siphinde sipheke itini I would like to help people who
nomgodu. Ngiyaziqhenya ngosiko have injured their bones. When I
Filthy Bloodbottler eats a lot of lwami lwesiPedi. was three years old, I injured my
things, but one of his favourites Ibhalwe nguThato Mahlabegwane wrist and five tendons as well as
is children from Chile because the median nerve. I could not
of their cold taste. I think the Mina use my hand, and I could not feel
Bloodbottler got his name from Igama lami nguMatthew. Isibongo anything. I was inspired by Doctor
drinking people’s blood out of the sami nguCochran. Ngineminyaka Mostert who was the orthopaedic
bottles that he stores it in! He is eyishumi. Ngifunda eGrayston surgeon who operated on my
selfish, and very bad at speaking prep. Ngifunda ibanga lesine. hand. I enjoy medical books and
English, but is a fan of eating Ngihlala eMorningside. Umngane read them in my spare time. I look
English children. He also wants to wami nguThomas. Ngithanda forward to growing up.
eat Sophie, who happens to be an ibhola lezinyawo kakhulu.
English child. The Bloodbottler is Arav Mahida
truly evil. Ibhalwe nguMatthew Cochran

Jaydon Munsami
TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
UMDLALO
ENGIWUTHANDAYO Dear Diary,
I’M TRAPPED
Igama lami nguZihan. Isibongo Today is yet another boring day in
I’m trapped in a snow globe. I’m sami nguDullab. Ngihlala eRivonia. lockdown! I feel like I am doing the
really cold and scared. I have Umdlalo engiwuthandayo same things over and over again.
no idea what to do, but to calm umdlalo webhola lezinyawo. My life revolves around chores
myself down, I’ll just breathe in Umdlali engimthandayo now.
and out. “Oh, wow! That didn’t help nguMuhammad Salah. Udlalela
at all.” iqembu engilithandayo iLiverpool. When I wake up in the morning,
Ngithanda ukuba unozinti the first thing I do is tidy my messy
You’re wondering how I ended umangikhulile. room and make my bed. I never
up here? I’m not sure. My mom knew making my bed would be so
and I went into this snow globe Ibhalwe nguZihan Dullabh strenuous. Next, I make breakfast.
shop, and I was eavesdropping on The same, monotonous thing
some people telling each other every day – Rice Krispies. Before I
facts about snow globes. Some of know it, it’s lunchtime and time
them were cool facts. For example, MY GUNSTELING VAK to tidy up after lunch. Just as
they were made by accident. I’m about to relax, my dad calls,
Erwin Perzy was pouring semolina My gunsteling vak is Afrikaans. “Cruz, it is time to lay the table for
powder into a glass globe and Ek geniet Afrikaans, want ek en supper!”
discovered that it created an my sussie kan Afrikaans praat.
atmospheric effect similar to Afrikaans is vir my maklik en pret. I really despise CHORES!
snowfall. Next thing I knew, I was Ek hou ook baie van my juffrou.
in a snow globe. Cruz Baptista
Hugo Price-Hughes
I am so tired now. “Oh, no!” I hit
my head on the glass, the snow
globe cracked and I fell onto the
hard, wooden floor. I don’t want to
be trapped in a snow globe ever
again.

Isabella Akeroyd



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MY CAMERA UMNDENI WAMI ESIKOLENI SAMI

I don’t know how else I would Igama lami nguReba. Isibongo Igama lami nguThomas. Isibongo
keep my memories alive without sami nguMutlana. Umndeni wami sami nguMcgrego. Igama
you. I can use you on my own unamalunga amathathu. Ngihlala lesikole sami yiGrayston Prep.
without bugging my mom and nomama nomfowethu. Igama Ngiyasithanda isikole sami.
nagging my dad. I have the likamama wami nguSeanokeng. Kunezinto eziningi engizithandayo
freedom to pick you up when the Igama likamfowethu nguPeo. ngesikole sami. Uthishanhloko
moment is right. You may be hard, Sihlala sonke kamnandi. wethu nguNkosikazi McKay.
but I still need to handle you with Ngiyawuthanda umndeni wami Ngithanda ezemidlalo,
kid gloves. I must be careful not kakhulu. abaqeqeshi nabangani bami. Mina
to close my eyes when the flash ngithanda ikhilikithi kakhulu. Sihle
comes, or we will have to do it all Ibhalwe nguRebantle Mmutlana isikole sami. Kunesitolo esithengisa
over again. After we hear the click, izimpahla zesikole futhi kunesitolo
it looks like your tongue is sticking esithengisa ukudla. Iqembu lethu
out. You may not have the best lebhola lezinyawo lidlala kahle
manners, but you always capture THE BLOODBOTTLER kakhulu.
the best memories.
The Bloodbottler is a very Ibhalwe nguThomas McGregor
Riley McKenzie interesting character. He is
extremely tall, has a fat stomach,
and a hairy chest. Every night
this gruesome giant goes to a CHANGE
TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020 country to eat people. He really
loves it! During the day he sleeps, Clueless change happens all the
Dear Diary, which he adores. Like the BFG, time
the Bloodbottler hates disgusting Hard things like change are super
To keep South Africa safe from snozzcumbers but boy, does challenging for most families and
the spread of the Coronavirus, he love frobscottle. One of his friends
President Ramaphosa announced favourite kinds of people to Anger is the worst thing about
that the country had to go into eat is the tasty English for their change
lockdown for twenty-one days. This lovely inky-book taste although Never change yourself because of
meant that we could not leave our people in England would not be what other people think
house for twenty-one days except impressed with his terrible English. Good change can be important for
for food and medical emergencies. people, but what do you think this
The BFG is scared of the change is?
My parents went to the busy shops Bloodbottler, probably because Easy to see why you would want
to stock up on food, hand sanitiser he is one of the biggest giants in fast change, but quick change is
and masks. They also bought me Giant Country. As everyone should bad change.
lots of art supplies so I wouldn’t know by now, he is a carnivore and
get bored. It seems like everything eats people based on his mood Jacques Eagland
is a little bit crazy right now. and the name of the country in
which they live. In hot weather,
I feel sad because I can’t walk my the Bloodbottler loves eating Chile
dogs, go to school, play sport or people for their chilly taste.
see my friends. But I feel happy
because I can play with my pets Alexia Fanucchi
and spoil them. I also get to see
my mom every day, eat food while
working, watch a bit of TV during
my breaks, and I get to do art. IZINTO ENGIZITHANDAYO
NEZINGIJABULISAYO
Taylor Gordon-Bennett
Igama lami nguMuhammad.
Isibongo sami nguPatel.
Ngithanda ukudla ibhega.
114 Indawo engiyithandayo kakhulu
kuseThekwini ngoba siyabhukuda
kamnandi nomndeni wami.
Umdlalo engiwuthandayo
umdlalo webhola lezinyawo.
Isifundo sesikole engisithandayo
isifundo sesayensi.

Ibhalwe nguMuhammad Patel

BESTANDDELE VIR GELUK

1 koppie familie
1 koppie Pappa
1 koppie Mamma
1 koppie Boetie
1 koppie Ivis

Ek geniet dit baie om saam met
my gesin te speel. Dis vir my lekker
om goedjies saam met Pappa SOUTH AFRICA LOCKDOWN VS FREEDOM
te maak. Om winkel toe te gaan
saam met Mamma is lekker. Ek Mostly I like it. Lockdown
geniet dit om dans partyjies saam A lot of things annoy me Boring, fearful
met my boetie te hê. Laastens is But it is my home! Walking, eating, sanitising
dit lekker om saam met my diere School, work, people, cars
en ons helper, Ivis, te speel. Ek Gabriel Sines Living, travelling, visiting
het hulle gekies, want hulle is my Parties, fun
familie. Freedom

Rebecca Buchholtz LOCKDOWN VS FREEDOM Devanan Martin

Lockdown
Lonely, safety
PATIENCE Challenging, frightening, repeating I’M TRAPPED
Prison, house, park, bike
Patience should be used by Pleasing, playing, exciting I’m trapped in a snow globe and
everyone Awesome, fun I’m scared. All I can feel is the cold
Anger and frustration are some of Freedom snow in between my toes. I am
the emotions you’ll feel if you’re so cold; my toes and fingers are
impatient Amira Allie numb. Looking around, all I can
Time is a massive part of patience see is snow and a big building
because not everything will behind me. I keep thinking, “What
happen when you want it to if I get turned upside down? Will I
If you’re impatient, life is more MY GUNSTELING VAK ever get out of here, or will I spend
difficult the rest of my life trapped inside a
Even Sulwe was patient because My gunsteling vak is snow globe?”
she had to wait for answers Liggaamsoefening. Ek geniet
Nearly everyone struggles with Liggaamsoefening, want ek geniet Wait a minute… I’m falling! Down,
patience, even sport en om buite te wees. Die down, down. Or is it up, up, up?
Cats and cows and all animals heel lekkerste is om dit saam And then all of a sudden, BAM! I’m
need patience met my vriende te doen. By die out!
Everyone has to control their skool geniet ek krieket en sokker.
emotions and be patient. Na skool geniet ek binnenshuise Leila Springer
krieket. My gunsteling sportster
Anna-Rose De Wet is AB de Villiers. Hy is vir my ‘n
rolmodel en ek wil eendag so
goed soos hy speel. THE JOY OF READING

UKUFUNDA NGESIKHATHI Matthew de Jong In the past six months of
SELOCKDOWN lockdown, I’ve been to Paris,
attended school in Green Gables,
Igama lami nguRania. fallen down a rabbit hole, climbed
Isibongo sami nguRoyka. MY GUNSTELING VAK the Eiffel Tower, run away from a
Ngihlala eSandton. Ukufunda queen, and had tea with a lion.
online bekumnandi kakhulu My gunsteling vakke is I’ve also been to East London and
ngoba bengingavuki ekuseni Liggaamsoefening en Afrikaans. Treasure Island, cuddled a panda
kakhulu njengejwayelo. Liggaamsoefening is vir my baie bear, walked through the field
Ngesinye isikhathi umfowethu lekker, want ek kan verskillende of poppies and stepped over the
bekanokungiphazamisa oefeninge doen. Ek geniet water lilies with Monet. “That’s the
ngomsindo. Bengikhumbula Afrikaans, want my ma is Afrikaans thing about books; they let you
uthisha wami nabangani bam en dit is vir my pret. My gunsteling travel without moving your feet.”
kakhulu. sportster is Cristiano Ronaldo.
Honor Royston
Ibhalwe nguRania Royker Zandré Hall



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USUKU LAMI LOKUZALWA BESTANDDELE VIR GELUK USIKO LWESIPEDI

Igama lami nguTeyana. Isibongo ½ koppie perde saal Igama lami nguThato
sami nguKuni. Ngizalwe 5 koppies perde pels Mahlebegwane, ngikhulima
ngomhlaka 26kuJulayi 2010. 1 ton vriende isiPedi ekhaya. Ngizalelwe eGoli.
Ngizalelwe eGoli. Iphathi yami 10 koppies erde Abazali bami bazalelwe eLimpopo.
beyingomhlaka 26kuJulayi 2020 Umndeni wethu wonke ubuya
ngehora lesihlanu. Ngimeme Ek is baie lief vir perde en alles wat eLimpopo. Esikweni lesiPedi
abangani bami, ngaphinde met perde te doen het. Eendag sibhiyoza ngezingubo ezinemibala
ngameme nomhlekisi uzosihlekisa wil ek graag my eie perd hê. eminingi siphinde sipheke itini
sonke. Siculile saphinde sadlala nomgodu. Ngiyaziqhenya ngosiko
ngamabhaluni. Rachel Hardy lwami lwesiPedi.

Ibhalwe nguTeyana Kuni Ibhalwe nguThato Mahlabegwane

ABANGANI BAMI

MY GUNSTELING VAK Igama lami nguChayne. Isibongo USUKU LAMI LOKUZALWA
sami nguSlack. Ngihlala
My gunsteling vak is Kuns. Ek eRovonia. Nginabangani abane. Igama lami nguKago, isibong sami
geniet Kuns, want ek kan my Amagama wabo nguRoxy, nguSibanda. Ngazalwa ngomhlaka
eie idees gebruik en hulle op nguReily, nguLeila noSophia. 11 kuJulayi 2010. Iphathi yami
papier sit. Al die kleure maak my Sihlala sonke ngesikhathi sokudla izoba ngomhlaka 11 KuJulayi 2020.
gelukkig. My gunsteling kunsstyl is esikoleni,siphinde sidlale imidlalo Ngithanda ukumema abangane
naaldwerk. eminingi. Ngiyabathanda bami ngosuku lokuzalwa kwami.
abangani bami kakhului. Ngizobhala ikhadi lesimemo.
Riley Prinsloo Ngizomema uDevanan, Mogau
Ibhalwe nguChayne Slack noHonor. Iphathi yam izoba
seJabulani Restaurant, izoqala ngo
12:00 emini. Izophela ngo 18:00
THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020 ntambama.
THE OLDEN DAYS
Dear Diary, Ibhalwe ngu-Kago Sibanda
In the olden days, people didn’t
Lockdown is super fun when you communicate the way we do now.
spend your time with your loved For instance, in the twelfth century
ones. The Coronavirus is now people trained pigeons to carry BESTANDDELE VIR GELUK
everywhere. I must say it is very written messages. Also, when my
nerve-racking, but I know some parents grew up they didn’t have 3 ton sokker
people are even more scared than mobile phones. They had landlines 300 ton atletiek
I am. That is why I am donating and only one person could make 1 hele Zihan
masks that my family and I made a call at a time! My parents told 1 hele Muhammed
together. me stories about how they played 200 ton nefies
dominos, chess and card games
Of course, we are staying home instead of online games. They even Ek wil graag weer sokker speel
to be safe and are not seeing any listened to music on mix tapes. omdat ons nie gedurende pouse
of our friends or family, which Things have definitely changed. mag speel nie. Ek wil graag
is hard for everybody. Cleaning vir Zihan sien, maar hy doen
is happening a lot more than it Payton Pietersen tuisonderrig. Laastens wil ek
was before lockdown. I feel like my nefies sien, want dis vir my
most people are doing a lot more lekker om tyd saam met hulle te
cleaning because they don’t spandeer.
have the help they did before MY GUNSTELING VAK
lockdown. Ashton Ho
My gunsteling vak is
Sometimes my dad plays rugby Liggaamsoefening. Ek geniet
with us. He has played rugby Liggaamsoefening, want ek geniet
nearly his whole life. He has even sport en om buite te wees. Dit is
been to every single Rugby World vir my pret en ek kan dit saam met
Cup that South Africa has played. I my maats doen. My gunsteling
personally love rugby. It is so much sportster is Neil McKenzie, want
fun and, in my opinion, almost as hy is baie goed in krieket. As ek
much fun as gymnastics. hom een vraag kon vra sou dit
wees: “Kan jy my eendag aan al die
Roxanne Teasdale ander krieketsterre voorstel?”

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SANITISER VS GERMS UMAMA WAMI TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020

Sanitiser Igama lami nguSimran. Isibongo Dear Diary,
Safety, clean sami nguGovender. Umama
Squirting, disinfecting, protecting wami nguKamini. Uneminyaka Today is no different from any
Alcohol, liquid, disease, pandemic engamashumi amathathu other day. It is always the same
Infecting, multiplying, cunning nesikhombisa.Umama wami thing over and over again. I feel
Deadly, sickly usebenza eDiscovery. Akathandi like I am going insane because I
Germs ukupheka. Uthanda ukufunda am losing count of which day it is.
izincwadi zakhe kakhulu. It also feels like I am in a recurring
Nina Westerveld Ngiyamthanda umama wami. dream. I’m cemented in the same
routine which has become my
Ibhalwe nguSimran Govender new normal.

MY GUNSTELING VAK It goes like this. I wake up at the
break of dawn even though I only
My gunsteling vak is Kuns. Ek THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020 went to sleep after midnight.
geniet Kuns, want ek is goed Then, I start reading a book. “Born
daarin en dit maak my rustig. My Dear Diary, to Run” by Michael Morpurgo is a
gunsteling kunsstyl is naaldwerk. fascinating book. Next, I assemble
We are in lockdown, Level 4. a portion of my one thousand-
Sophie Beevers Covid-19 has greatly affected our piece puzzle. The afternoon gets
world. Plenty of people have died, boring, so I watch an episode of
and millions have been infected “How It’s Made” on TV.
by it. It has changed all of our lives!
RACISM It feels like every day is identical.
We all have to stay at home and I am in the same place, in an
Racism is a problem all over the practise social distancing. My dad unchanged routine, and it feels
world. now does the shopping once a like I’m trapped forever in a time
And it’s closing people off week for our house, my Granny’s capsule.
emotionally. house and Grandfather’s house. I
Criticising people is not kind. sadly miss going to my marvellous Muhammad Gattoo
It’s like saying you’re ugly because school. Thankfully, I have online
of your skin colour. learning, although it isn’t the
Stand up for yourself if someone is same. When I am not doing school
mean or racist. work, I help around the house, do FRIENDSHIP
Mind your own business some chores, and I exercise or play
outside with my dog, Coco. Friends help each other to think
Jordan Ramokoka Real friends must be kind
I miss seeing my family and I think the world needs more
friends, but at least I get to spend friends
more time with my amazing dad. Everyone needs a friend
MY GUNSTELING VAK Usually, I don’t get to spend time No one likes fake friends
with him during the week because Dads and moms can be your
Ek geniet Liggaamsoefening, want he works until late. I can’t wait for friend even though they are old
dit is vir my pret en dit is buite. the lockdown to be over but, even Sad people need friends
Ek geniet swem die heel meeste. so, I know life will never be the Happiness starts with friendship
Vlinderslag is my gunsteling same again. I believe the human race will be
swemslag. Eendag sal ek graag better if
Tatjana Schoenmaker wil ontmoet Zihan Dullabh People are friends
en vir haar vra: “Hoe oud was jy toe
jy begin swem het?’” Peter Beevers

Honor Royston VIRUS VS ANTIDOTE

Virus, MY GUNSTELING VAK
Deadly, aggressive
Hospitalising, resting, coughing My gunsteling vak is
Tragedy, germ, medicine, needle Liggaamsoefening. Ek geniet
Injecting, curing, swallowing oefening, want dit is vir my lekker.
Useful, effective Ek geniet sokker die heel meeste.
Antidote Lionel Messi is my sokkerster. Ek
wil graag eendag so goed soos
Lily Campbell Messi speel.

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LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM - First Row: Mart-Marie Archer, Ahmed Ahmed Gany, Aidan Bailey, Samantha
Biggs, Tiah Els Second Row: Slade Forbes, Oliver Kelly, Dylan Kempster, Hemal Keshav, Shreya Moodley Third Row:
Leah Naidoo, Kate Nkosi, Jack O’Brien, Alice Olivier, Zahra Pillay Fourth Row: Tristan Pryor, Hanna Seedat, Rachel Van
Tonder, Messiah Waterson, Nikhil Bagratee Absent: Tyler Archery
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Zahra Pillay Aidan Bailey

Grade 5A Rachel Van Tonder

Shreya Moodley Leah Naidoo

Jack O’Brien Hanna Seedat

Nikhil Tiah Els Oliver Kelly
Bagratee

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Tristan Pryor Samantha Biggs Slade Forbes

Alice Olivier

Kate Nkosi Ahmed Gany

Messiah Waterson Hemal Keshav Dylan Kempster

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LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM - First Row: Ashleigh Elliott, Kamorii Asare-Bediako, Nathan Marco Banguli,
Kristin Biggs, Samuel Britton Second Row: Tyler Cloete, Emma Duffy, Sabre Forbes, Mizuki Gugushe, Guy Hele
Third Row: Abeku Hinson, Oliver Kolarik, Sisipho Madyibi, Sienna Martins Fourth Row: Dean Matjilo, Olebogeng
Matshaya, Jivaan Naidoo, Shay Nannan, Max Stead Fifth Row: Dylan Voigt, Megan Woolnough, Ilaria D’Egidio, Peo
Mmutlana Absent: Kiera Rule
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Megan Woolnough Oliver Kolarik

Grade 5B Abeku Hinson

6. Shay Nannan Sienna
Martins

Max Stead Dean Matjilo Mizuki
Gugushe

Kiera Rule Ilaria D’Egidio Jivaan
Naidoo

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Dylan Voigt Sabre Forbes Kristen Biggs

Sisipho Kamorii
Madyibi Asare-
Bediako

Guy Hele

Olebogeng Matshaya Emma Duffy Peo Mmutlana

Tyler Cloete Samuel Marco
124 Britton Banguli

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LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM - First Row: Busisiwe Manana, Caitlin Barnard, Josh Brown, Nidal Cassim, Alexia
Cutter Second Row: Hlomela Damane, Kaio Forsdyke de Almeida, Christopher Humphreys, Cameron Joseph, Esmé
Kruger Third Row: Anathi Mayekiso, Owethu Motaung, Onwaba Mviko, Trent Olivier, Dee-Anna Oosthuizen Fourth
Row: Zaydaan Rawat, Ryan Schoeman, Otlotleng Setlhalogile, Mainza Siakachoma, Kevin van Vught Absent: Noah
Leitao, Taylor Kourie
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Taylor Kourie Cameron Joseph

Grade 5C Esmé Kruger

Christopher Humphreys Mainza Siakachoma

Alexia Cutter Anathi Mayekiso Hlomela
Damane
Noah Leitao Kaio Forsdyke de Almeida
Muhammed-
Zaydaan
Rawat
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Dee-Anna
Oosthuizen

Otlotleng Setlhalogile Kevin van Vught

Owethu Motaung Josh Brown

Caitlin Barnard Ryan Schoeman

Onwaba Mviko Trent Olivier Nidal Cassim
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DIE GESKIEDENIS VAN DIE MR EVERGREEN AS EK ‘N DIER KON WEES
EERSTE MOTOR
I met a monster one night. My naam is Oliver en as ek ‘n
Karl Benz her die eerste motor He gave me the biggest fright. dier kon wees, sou ek ‘n luiperd
ontwikkel en dis in Duitsland He came out of the blue wou wees. ‘n Luiperd is vir my ‘n
vervaardig. Karl Benz was ook And his first word was BOOO! fantastiese dier, want ek wil so
die eerste persoon wat die eerste vinnig, rats en opportunisties soos
motor bestuur het. Die eerste He was the biggest monster die luiperd wees.
motor kon slegs 16 km per uur ry ever seen
en het die eerste keer slegs 4 km And I named him Evergreen. Oliver Kelly
ver gery. He was big, black with broad
shoulders
Ahmed Gany With eyes the size of mountain
boulders. RAAISEL

Tristan Pryor Die winkel het sportskoene,
SUZIE G waterbottels en swem toerusting.
Jy gaan die winkel in die meeste
Suzie Grazz is a kind monster who winkelsentrums kry. Hierdie
loves to sing and dance, KWADOKOTELA MKHIZE winkel verkoop internastionale
She lives in Monsterland and often en nasionale klere. Jy kan selfs op
visits France. Udokotela: Sawubona James. hulle webblad klere koop. Hulle is
She always wears her converse and uJames: Yebo sawubona dokotela. oop van 10 uur die oggend tot 5
a blue computer t-shirt, Udokotela: Unjani? uur die middag.
Her hair’s up in a messy bun and UJames: Ngikhona kodwa (Dis: Sportsmans Warehouse)
her best friend’s name is Bert. ngiyagula.
Udokotela: Uphethwe yini? Kate Nkosi
Suzie stands up to bullies and lots UJames: Ngiphethwe yisisu
of meanies too, dokotela.
She’s a strong, confident ghoul, Udokotela: Nani futhi?
who has a lot to do. UJames: ikhanda lami libuhlungu. IZINJA ZAMI
She’s always running everywhere Udokotela: Thatha nawu umuthi
to go and get things done, namaphilisi. Ngithanda izinja zami kakhulu.
But she always finds the time to UJames: Ngiyabonga kakhulu Izinja zami abangane bami
stop and sing in the sun. dokotela. abakhulu. Izinja zami zinombala
Udokotela: Uhambe kahle. omhlophe nonsundu. Izinja zami
At the end of the day, Suzie is so UJames: Nawe usale kahle. zithanda ukugijima kakhulu. Izinja
tired and goes to get some rest, zami zithanda ukulwa. Izinja zami
She goes to bed knowing that Ibhalwe nguGuy Hele zikhuluphele. Izinja zami zinkulu
today she’s done her best. kukhona nezincane. Izinja zami
As she drifts off into dreamland zithanda uklwebhana. Izinja zami
and the world where she is calm, zihlala ngaphandle. Zithanda
She always wakes up with a star in ukukhokhonta kakhulu.
her palm.
Ibhalwe ngu-Oliver Kolarik
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back to school. The routine is very
different now because of all the
INJA YAMI UFLOPPY FIRST DAY BACK AT SCHOOL! safety measures the school has
to put in, and so I guess the best
Igama lezinja zami nguFloppy After many weeks in lockdown, thing to do is to have an open
futhi uthanda ukudlala the Grade 7 pupils are ready to go mind.”
kakhulu. Kwesinye isikhathi back to school!
lapho ngisezifundweni zami This is a challenging time and so
uvula umnyango bese agxume As we are all aware, South Africa we must push through but we
phezu kombhede afune ukuthi has been in lockdown for three must always remember that we
ngidlale naye. Lapho siphuma months, but now the government are not alone. Through this time,
uhlala ngasesangweni alinde says that it is safe enough for we will grow and learn that there
ukuthi size sibuye ekhaya. Uma the Grade 7 pupils to go back to is more to life and that we can get
sidlala ngamabhayisikili wethu school. Today we will be talking through anything!
engadini yethu usigijimisa about specific Grade 7s who are
nxazonke engadini futhi ushesha returning to their school, Grayston Rachel Van Tonder
kakhulu.Sizomtholela umdlwane Preparatory, on 8 June.
ukuze uFloppy akwazi ukudlala
uma singekho ekhaya. Angabi People may be wondering why we
nesizungu. Kwesinye isikhathi went into lockdown and also why INTERESSANTE FEITE VAN
ngibuka amavidiyo wami we- the schools closed down. Well, DIE SKIP
YouTube noFloppy. UFloppy the answer is Coronavirus. This is a
uthanda ukungikhotha mina virus that has spread over all the Het julle geweet ‘n passasiersboot
nomfowethu futhi aphinde alale continents of the world and can word vir ongeveer $1.35 miljard
embhedeni wethu ebusuku. be quite deadly. The government verkoop? Die nuwe moderne groot
Kwesinye isikhathi akezwa decided that we should go into passassierskip weeg ongeveer 200
uma ukhuluma naye. UFloppy lockdown and so the schools 000 ton. Daar kan tussen 3500
muhle kodwa unamahloni. closed. The students had to learn en 7000 passasiers aan boord
Uyakuthanda ukudla amasoseji from home and they couldn’t do gaan. Die heel eerste skip is deur
nezithelo.UFloppy unombala their work if they didn’t have a die Antieke Egiptenare gebou,
onsundu, nomnyama futhi computer. This affected not only maar die eerste skip is in Turkye
nomhlophe. Mina nomama siya the students but also the school vervaardig.
esitolo sezilwane ukuyomtholela because a school’s whole job is to
amathambo amakhulu ezomsiza teach. Caitlin Barnard en Kristin Biggs
ukuze akwazi ukuhlafuna futhi
unamazinyo abukhe abukhali Now the government has finally
kakhulu. Ngiyayithanda inja yami decided to open the schools as
kakhulu. there were less people with the DONKEY AND KANGAROO
virus and they also knew that most
Ibhalwe nguJivaan Naidoo of the schools would be sensible. There were once two friends who
Now I’m sure you’d want to hear had a very important project to
what the students have to say so do. Donkey wanted to do a project
we interviewed one of the girls in about the sky while Kangaroo
R200! Grade 7. This is what she had to wanted to do the project about
say: “It is a relief to be going back the land. “You always get your own
Dit was een Dinsdagmiddag to school because then we won’t way,” said Donkey but Kangaroo
terwyl ek in die park geloop het be cooped up as we are now and disagreed with Donkey. “It’s you
dat ek die R200 gesien het. Ek het we won’t be just sitting at home. who always gets his own way!”
dit vir ‘n hawelose persoon gegee. It is getting pretty cold and now They fought like this for hours and
Ek het gelukkig gevoel, omdat ek we have to wake up early again, got nothing done. The next day
weet hy het dit nodiger as ek. so that isn’t nice. Learning from they had nothing to show the
home was difficult because you teacher and they failed the class.
Marco Banguli couldn’t see your friends and so Moral: Fighting gets you nowhere.
this is a reason that I want to go
Noah Leitao

DIE GESKIEDENIS
VAN DIE TREIN

Die eerste trein is op 21 Februarie
1804 ontwerp. Richard Trevithick
het die eerste trein gebou. Die
eerste trein is in Suid-Wallis gebou.
Die eerste trein het daarin geslaag
om 70 mense te vervoer.

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ALL ABOUT ME ALL ABOUT ME GRADE SEVENS
BACK IN ACTION
My name is Mizuki Gugushe; My name is Shreya, and it has
you’re probably wondering what it several different meanings, such as The Grade Seven learners were
means. It means ‘beautiful moon’ the best friend forever, beautiful, excited about going back to
in Japanese. I am eleven years old excellent and lucky. I was born school on the 8 June 2020 after
and was born on 11th February on 29 June 2009 at the Fourways being at home for three months!
2009. It’s pretty nice having an Hospital. I have one brother and Many students felt it was boring
early birthday because I get new his name is Shivan. He is eight but they got to spend time playing
toys for the year. My clan name turning nine this year. with siblings which helped a lot.
is Mumiya. I’m not too sure what
that means. I love lots of different things School closed due to Covid-19 in
like dancing, singing, slime, my April 2020. Online classes started
At home, I have two dogs, Orea family, art, baking and my friends. and everyone had to learn how
and Ola. I also have two siblings My dislikes are jam sandwiches, to manage timetables, attend
- Naledi and Simphiwe, who was fish curry, germs, being sick, classes and do school work
named after my grandpa. I was homework and feeling tired. Some more independently. Now the
born in summer, so I really like of my biggest fears are clowns, government has declared school
cold things like ice and sparkling monsters, burglars, and spiders. I can be opened, and the Grade
water. I enjoy playing sport and think my strengths are dancing, Sevens are the first to go back to
one of my favourite things is fruit. I the sport I play at school and school. They were told not to hug
love fruit, especially blueberries. cooking. their friends or come too close
Some of my hobbies are piano to them. They have to wear a
with Mrs Schoeman, singing, My goals for 2020 are to get mask all day and stay in the same
modern dancing, ballet and great marks in school, listen more class. Even breaks are different
netball. I love sandwiches and carefully to others and to make as they can’t get close to their
hot chocolate. The last thing I loads of new friends. friends. They have to have their
want you to know is that I’m in temperatures measured when
Constantia, the best house at Shreya Moodley they come to school and sanitise
Grayston. frequently.

Mizuki Gugushe The Grade Seven learners did
DIE STOOMKAR not enjoy the fact that they are
allowed to wear civvies because
Nicholas Joseph het die eerste it was hard for them to choose
DIE GESKIEDENIS VAN DIE stoomkar in 1769 ontwerp. clothes in the morning. The
MOTORFIETS remaining grades will start going
• Die eerste Hyundai is op back to school next week, and
Die eerste motorfiets is in 1885 29 December in 1967 deur though the learners are excited,
in Duitsland gebou. Die eerste Chung Ju-yang gebou. some are also nervous about the
motorfiets was 1818kg. As jy changes.
vandag ‘n motorfiets wil koop, • Die eerste Hyundai is in
gaan jy ongeveer R83 000 vir Suid-Korea gebou. Tiah Els
‘n goeie motorfiets betaal. Die
meeste motorfietse kan net twee • Die eerste Hyundai was
mense vervoer. $15,295.00.
BLUE EYED MONSTER
Aidan Bailey • Die eerste motor kon 16km
per uur ry. Deep in a cave lived a monster
I thought he looked just like a
• Dit het 15 jaar geneem om lobster
RAAISEL die kar te bou. With bright blue eyes
He lit the skies.
Hierdie winkel verkoop meestal Hemal Keshav
troeteldier produkte. Hulle At dawn, he hides
spesialiseer in internastionale Like all shy brides
troeteldier produkte. Hulle het At dark, he wakes to play
al die troeteldier voorraad, soos A silly game, I have to say.
vistenke en hondekos. Die winkel
is ‘n baie groot winkel. Peo Mmutlana
(Dis: Mia Bella)

Alexia Cutter



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AS EK ‘N DIER KON WEES THE POWERLESS LION UMNGANE WAMI

My naam is Messiah en as ek Once there was a lion who Igama lakhe nguMessiah, Isibongo
‘n dier kon wees, sou ek ‘n leeu thought he was powerful and that sakhe nguWaterson. Umngane
wou wees. ‘n Leeu is vir my ‘n he could do everything. One day, wami ngumfana. UMessiah
ongelooflike dier, want ‘n leeu is Donkey walked past Lion’s cave uthanda ukudlala ibhola nami.
so vinnig soos blits. Die leeu kan and said, “You know you can’t do UMesaiah uhlala eGreenstone
saggies sy prooi bekruip wanneer everything!” But Lion did not listen. eduze neBounce. UMessiah
hy jag. Die leeu is vol energie. Ek So Mouse decided to play a trick udlalalela iHighland Soccer Club.
sou graag so sterk soos ‘n leeu wou on him to show him the truth. Mina noMessia silinda esangweni
wees. She scrambled over to Lion’s cave ndawonye. Sobabili sithanda
and invited him to a party they ukudlala ibhola ndawonye. Thina
Messiah Waterson were having a Monkey’s house. sithanda ukuvakashela eBounce.
Lion agreed to attend. At nightfall, Mina noMessiah siya eSandton.
he set out for Monkey’s house. On Sifunda eGrayston Preparorory
his arrival, Mouse asked him to School. Thina sithanda ukudlala
DIE GESKIEDENIS VAN DIE make a speech to all the animals. ndawonye. Mina noMessiah
HELIKOPTER Lion thought this was a fantastic asithandi ukudlala ikhilikithi.
idea and he pounced up onto the Sobabili sinamehlo ansundu.
Die eerste helikopter is 81 platform but as he looked out at Ngivakashela ekhaya laka Messiah
jaar terug gebou. Die meeste all those watching him, he found ngempelasonto. Sifunda ibanga
helikopters kan ongeveer drie he was unable to speak. He felt lesihlanu. UMessiah mfushane
mense vervoer. Daar is ongeveer humiliated and powerless. unezinwele ezinde. Ngithanda
drie miljoen helikopters gebou. Moral: Greatness carries its own izingubo ngobo ngiyiswag.
Ongeveer een duisend parte word dangers and punishments. Ngithanda umngane wami
gebruik om ‘n helikopter te bou. kakhulu ngoba uyahlekisa
In 1843 het Sir George die stoom Alice Olivier and Samantha Biggs. wenza ngihleka uma angitshela
aangedrewe model gebou. amahlaya. Uthanda ukudla
iphalishi nenyama. UMessiah
Slade Forbes uneminya eyishumi nanye. Mina
IKHAYA LAMI noMessiah sithanda ukugijima
uma sidlala ibhola ndawonye.
Ikhaya lami liphakathi naphakathi.
KWADOKOTELA KHUMALO Ikhaya lami linamakamelo Ibhalwe ngu-Abeku Hinson
ayisithupha nebhavulumu.
Udokotela: Sawubona Sisipho. Amakamelo ayisihlanu. Mina
Isiguli: Yebo sawubona dokotela. nodadewethu sisebenzisa
Udokotela: Unjani Sisipho? ikamelo elilodwa lokulala kanye DIE GESKIEDENIS VAN DIE
Isiguli: Dokotela ngiyagula. nebhavulumu. ikamelo lethu MOTORFIETS
Udokotela: Gibela embhedeni lokulala lilingene nje. Mina
ulale. nodadawethu sine mibhede Howard Roper het die eerste
Isigulu: (Isiguli siyagibela). yethu. Ikhaya lami linekhishi motorfiets ontwerp. Dit was in
Udokotela: Oh ngiyabona elilodwa, amakamelo amabili 1867. Die eerste vierslag-enjin in
uphethwe yisifuba futhi uyashisa. wokuhlala, linye ikamelo lokudlela ‘n motorfiets is in 1876 ontwerp.
Isiguli: Yebo dokotela ngiphethwe kanye nekamelo lokufundela Die eerste motorfiets wat met gas
yisisu. nalapho senza khona umsebenzi aangedryf is, is in 1885 ontwerp.
Udokotela: Thatha nawu umuthi, wesikole. Ngaphandle kunepatio
uphuze kathathu ngosuku. nengadi encane. Ikhaya lami Trent Olivier
Isigulu: Ngiyabonga dokotela. likhulu nengadi. Sitshale izihlahla
Udokotela: Hamba kahle Sisispho. zikaphayinaphu,nokwatapheya.
Isiguli: Sala kahle dokotela. Mina nomndeni wami siqale
ukuhlala kulendlu yethu enhle AS EK ‘N DIER KON WEES
Ibhalwe nguSisipho Madyibi ngo 2009. Kukhona ichibi
lokubhukuda kodwa asikwazi My naam is Otlotleng en as ek ‘n
ukubhukuda. kukhona negalaji dier kon wees, sou ek ‘n kobra wou
abazali bami babeka ibhayisikili wees. ‘n Kobra is baie interessant.
lami khona. Kukhona isihlahla Hulle kan baie goed sien en spoeg.
nebhokisi. Ngithanda ikhaya lami Hulle is vir niks bang nie en baie
kakhulu. sterk. Ek vergelyk myself met ‘n
kobra, want ek sou graag so vinnig
Ibhalwe nguMainza Siakachoma soos ‘n kobra wou wees.

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DEAR SPCA AS EK ‘N DIER KON WEES DEAR SPCA

I am very concerned to hear about My naam is Kevin en as ek ‘n dier My name is Leah and I am eleven
how you are treating the animals kon wees, sou ek ‘n hiëna wees. ‘n years old. I love animals because
under your care. You should not Hiëna is vir my ‘n ongelooflike dier, they are such good companions.
be putting them down; it is wrong. want hulle is baie slim en is vir niks I recently found out that you put
These animals should have the bang nie. Ek vergelyk myself met animals to sleep if they are not
chance to live out their full lives ‘n hiëna, want hulle is vir niks bang adopted. This made me feel very
with lots of care and love. nie en hulle beskerm hulleself. sad and so I have come up with
Ander diere kom nie sommer some alternatives which could
You should consider sending the naby hulle nie. help save an animal’s life.
animals to an animal sanctuary.
Here are some other ways you Kevin van Vught Maybe you could send them to
can help the animals: try raising a foster home where they can
money by creating little shops to spend time with a loving family.
help support the animals, make This might help them become
encouraging posters for people IKHAYA LAMI better pets and increase their
to see so they are aware of the chances of being adopted. You
animals in your shelter. You could Ikhaya lami likhulu. could also advertise your shelter
also try to design a website where Linamakamelo. Ekhaya kukhona more and make people aware of
people can look through all the ingadi enkulu.Sinechibi the importance of adopting a pet
animals available at your shelter lokubhukuda. Umama wami from your shelter.
and then maybe they can foster an uthanda ukuhlala ekamelweni
animal of their choice. lakhe. Mina nobaba wami I have a German Shepherd named
sithanda ukubhukuda esichibini. Leo. He is like my best friend. He
Thank you for your time. Please Ubaba uthanda ukupheka ukudla even has his own way of greeting
consider my ideas to help all the ekhishini. Ekhaya sinamakamelo me. He bumps his nose against
desperate animals in need. amamthathu. Umama uthanda the palm of my hand and then
ukuhlala egumbini lakhe ngoba barks. As you can tell, I am very
Kind regards uhlala enemihlangano eminingi. passionate about animals so
Josh Ngithanda ukubhukuda echibini please don’t put them to sleep.
futhi ngithanda nokuhlala They are simply too adorable.
Josh Brown egumbini lami. Ngidlala imidlalo
futhi ngibuke neyoutube. Ubaba I hope you liked my suggestions
uthanda ukupheka ekhishini and that you take me seriously. I
ngobe usebenza endaweni may be a kid but I have adult size
THE MONSTER yokudlela. Sinamasofa ababili ideas.
nezihlalo ezimbili egumbini
In a cave, he lay one night. lokuphumula. Sinetafula Kind regards
Anyone who saw him got elilodwa. Minanombheda Leah
a big, big fright. wami. Futhi kukhona igumbi
With long fangs and a scary smile lezivakashi linombhede wami. Leah Naidoo
He certainly was something Sinamabhavulumu amabili,
very vile. elilodwa lisegumbini likamama
He hated everything but still, nobaba kanti elinye lisephashini.
he laughed Sinomabonakude ongu -55
A horrible, booming, evil laugh. intshi egumbini lokuphumula.
Sinesango. Sinomshini wokuwasha
He would wait and wait for ekhishini. Sine-pantry yokubeka
someone to come ukudla okwengeziwe namabhokisi
And then he’d eat them, yum, ewayini ekhishini Sinefriji.
yum, yum. Ngiyalithanda ikhaya lami kakhulu.
The bones would crunch, the
monster would grin Ibhalwe nguHlomela Damane
While he washed them down
with a bit of gin.
Then the man would be no more
And the monster would begin R200!
to snore.
The whole thing will repeat again Dit was een Saterdagaand terwyl
And someone else will suffer ek in die park geloop het toe ek
great pain. R200 opgetel het. Ek was baie
opgewonde om die geld op te tel.
Christopher Humphreys Ek het dadelik besluit om die geld
vir ‘n hawelose persoon te gee.

Dean Matjilo
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R200! THE RETURN OF EDUCATION! THE MONKEY WHO WANTED
TO BE KING
Dit was een Sondagmiddag in die Grade Sevens finally return to
parkeerarea waar ek R200 op die school There was once a monkey named
grond gesien het. Ek het dadelik Chappy who had always wished
gewonder wat ek met die geld kan After a much awaited time, to be king. On voting day, Chappy
koop. Ek het besluit om die geld the Grade Sevens of Grayston came up with a plan and gave
te hou en dit te gebruik om kos te Preparatory are finally returning every animal one, sweet, ripe
koop vir die hawelose persoon wat to school on the 1st June 2020, banana to get them to vote for
langs die pad gesit het. to finish off their second term him. However, Chappy only got
and make up for lost time. The one vote. It was once again Gogo
Jack O’Brien Coronavirus pandemic caused the Lion who received all the votes
schools and business to shut down and this made Chappy mad. He
for two very long months, but decided to try to kill Gogo, the
now that our country is starting lion but Bobo, the elephant, heard
RAAISEL to get back to normal slowly and the commotion and called all the
is in level 3, schools are starting to animals to witness this. Gogo sent
Die winkel is ‘n sportwinkel. reopen! Chappy to the local jungle jail
Dit het klere, skoene en baie which was in the forbidden cave
ander dinge. My winkel het baie Students all over the world have and there, guarding him, was old
sporttoerusting. Die winkel se been waiting for the moment Jeff, the rhino. Gogo took his seat
naam bestaan uit twee woorde. when they could go back to at the throne and roared, “I am the
Die embleem bestaan uit drie school and not have to have king of the jungle!”
verskillende kleure. Dit is ‘n baie their lunch over ZOOM. Now that Moral: Some things should be left
groot winkel. Mense geniet dit om time has come. The Grayston alone.
in die winkel rond te loop. Preparatory students are anxious
(Dis: Sportsmans Warehouse) about returning to school but Shay Nannan
excited to see their friends and
Nikhil Bagratee teachers.

“I’d never have thought that I’d DEAR SPCA
miss school as much as I did,” says
AS EK ‘N DIER KON WEES one of the students from Grayston It has recently come to my
Prep. “I’m grateful for everything attention that you put down
My naam is Samuel en as ek I have and I’m so happy to be animals when your shelters
‘n dier kon wees, sou ek ‘n back!” It seems as if nobody had become too full. I am therefore
Polyp wees. ‘n Polyp is vir my ‘n second thoughts when walking writing to you because I love
ongelooflike dier, want dit is ‘n through the great, iron gates. animals and want you to consider
ongewone dier wat nie sommer “Besides a few restrictions, I think some possible alternative solutions
gejag word nie. that everything is almost back to to keeping your shelters from over
normal,” says another student, “but following.
Samuel Britton it’s really weird seeing everyone in
masks.” In my English lesson, we learnt
about animal sanctuaries. These
There is a whole new programme are places where animals can go
R200! and many restrictions have been and live out their full lives and be
put into place to help ensure the happy. Animals do not deserve to
Dit was een Sondagmiddag terwyl safety and welfare of the Grayston be put down when they are old
ek by die kitsbank was toe ek children. It is official. They’re back or sick. We don’t kill humans, so
R200 optel. Ek het dit dadelik vir and now, as South Africans, are why should we kill animals? They
die sekuriteitswag geneem. Ek ready to get used to this new way should be loved, taken care of and
hoop net dat hulle die geld vir die of life during Coronavirus. Let’s all die peacefully.
persoon sal kan teruggee. be cautious and stay safe!
I hope you will rethink your policy
Ilaria D’Egidio Sienna Martins on euthanasia and, if I can do
anything to help you change your
minds, let me know.

Kind regards
Lebo

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FRIENDS BELOW WATER AS EK ‘N DIER KON WEES RAAISEL

Deep down in the Atlantic Ocean, My naam is Nidal en as ek ‘n dier Hierdie winkel verkoop
there were two best friends, kon wees, sou ek ‘n tier wou wees. videospeletjies, maar hulle verkoop
Phoebe the Narwhale and ‘n Tier is vir my ‘n ongelooflike dier, ook musiek en ander items soos
Bubbles the Seahorse. Their lives want hulle is elegant en pragtig. oorfone en tegniese toerusting.
were all cupcakes and rainbows Ek sal graag so goed wou swem Die winkel kry jy in meeste
except for one thing… Scar the en vinnig kon hardloop soos ‘n tier. winkelsentrums soos Sandton City.
Hammerhead. Scar liked nothing Die winkel oop vanaf 9 uur die
more than to bully Phoebe and Nidal Cassim oggend tot 6 uur die middag.
Bubbles by calling them names (Dis: Musica)
and chasing them. One day, Scar
was bullying them when all of a Muhammed-Zaydaan Rawat
sudden, he found himself stuck RAAISEL
in a fishing net. “Well, that takes
care of him!” said Phoebe. Then Die winkel se naam bestaan uit
Bubbles said, “NO! Two lefts don’t vier letters. Die winkel is deur Phil AS EK ‘N DIER KON WEES
make a right, or is it two ups don’t Knight ontwikkel. Die embleem
make a down?” Together they lyk soos ‘n regmerkie. Die winkel My naam is Kristin en as ek ‘n dier
decided to do the right thing and is in 1964 gestig. Ek geniet dit baie kon wees, sou ek ‘n kameelperd
help save Scar. Phoebe cut the net om hier te koop, want hulle het wees. ‘n Kameelperd is ‘n
with her tusks and set their enemy alles waarin ek belangstel. wonderlike dier wat baie lank
free. Scar was so grateful and they (Dis: Nike) en pragtig is. Ek vergelyk myself
all became best friends. met ‘n kameelperd, want ek sou
Moral: Two wrongs don’t make a Dylan Kempster graag so lank wou wees met
right. ongelooflike mooi kolle.

Cameron Joseph, Alexia Cutter Kristin Biggs
and Taylor Kourie LANGA

There was once a little boy named
Langa. He loved English and he IZINJA ZAMI
RAAISEL loved to read. In English, they were
doing a speech about how they Nginezinja ezimbili. Amagama
Hierdie winkel is ‘n baie gewilde loved their parents. Langa was azo ngu-Onie noZinga. Izinja zami
winkel in Amerika. Dit is byna op so excited to share this with his zinombala omnyama nonsundu.
elke hoek. Ons het ongeveer drie parents. “Mommy, mommy, daddy, Izinja zami zinoboya obuthambile.
winkels in Suid-Afrika. Sommige daddy,” he shouted as he arrived Izinja zami zinemilenze
mense hou daarvan om die bekers home. “Please come and watch emine. Izinja zami zithanda
waarin die produk kom, te hou. me present my speech tomorrow ukukhonkotha abantu nezinja
Hulle het baie warm drankies night at school,” he continued. emgwaqweni. Izinja zami zinoboya
te bied en byna elke keer kry ek “Of course we will be there, our obuthambile. Izinja zami zombili
geklopte room bo-op my drankie! darling Langa,” mom replied. The zinamndla kakhulu futhi azithandi
(Dis: Starbucks) next day Mrs Springbok explained uma ngizishiya ngiya esikoleni.
to the children that not all parents Izinja zami zithanda ukudla
Dee-Anna Oosthuizen would be able to make it as they nokudlala ibhola. Angikwazi
had very busy schedules but Langa ukuya kuholide isikhathi eside
wasn’t worried, “My parents are ngoba ngizozikhumbula kakhulu.
definitely coming!” he shouted out. Ngiyazithanda izinja zami
INJA YAMI That night Langa waited patiently kakhulu futhi ngizifisela sengathi
for his turn to speak, and finally, he zingaphila eminye iminyaka
Inja yami. Igama lenja yami was up. He scanned the audience, eyinkulungwane.
ngu-uOdi. Inja yami inombala looking for his parents, but they
omhlophe nonsundu. Uodi were not there. It was at this time Ibhalwe ngu-Onwaba Mviko
ugijima kakhulu. U-Odi unoboya that Langa’s mom remembered
obuthambile. U-Odi uthanda but it was too late. “It’s okay. I will
ukukhotha abantu ubuso. just make it up to him and buy
Ngithanda ukudlala nenja him an ice-cream.” When Langa R200!
yami. Inja yami iyangilalela arrived home, his mom welcomed
uma ngikhuluma nayo futhi him with a chocolate ice-cream Dit was een Saterdagaand terwyl
noma ngiyikhuza. Inja yami and, to this, Langa replied, “NO! ek in die park geloop het toe ek
u-Odi uthanda ukukhonkotha That is not the promise you made.” R200 opgetel het. Ek was baie
ezinye izinja. Inja yami inamehlo Moral: Don’t make promises you opgewonde om die geld op te tel.
ansundu. can’t keep. Ek het dadelik besluit om die geld
vir ‘n hawelose persoon te gee.
Ibhalwe ngu Sabre Forbes Owethu Motaung
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MEET SNOTTY ABANGANE BAMI DIE GESKIEDENIS VAN DIE
VLIEGTUIG
Our monster, Snotty, is not what Abangane bami ngiyabathanda. 1903 Wright Brothers - Eerste
you might expect. He has a Sihlala sonke bese siyadla
gigantic, oval head which is a ngesikhathi sekhefu. aangedrewe vlug
shade of bright green. He has Siyavakashelana emakhaya Eerste Afro-Amerikaner wat
a pair of enormous, pink ears ngempelasonto. Siyathandana
on either side of his head, so kakhulu nabangani bami. ‘n vlieënierslisensie verwerf
don’t talk about him behind his Sihamba sonke kuma- het.
back. Those ears hear everything. irollerskating bese sidla ipizza 1927 Charles Lindbergh - Eerste
There’s no need to be afraid of his nemacdonalds siphuze Trans-Atlantiese vlug
five, orange, prying eyes and his nonamanedi. Amagama Hy het die eerste solo-non-
W-shaped nose which is always wabangane bami ngu-Owethu, stop trans-Atlantiese vlug
full of snot. Aaah you say, so that’s uSisipho noKate. Ngiyabathanda voltooi.
where his name comes from. If abangane bami kakhulu. 1932 Amelia Earhart - Eerste
you look at his face, you’ll notice vrou wat oor die Atlantiese
his massive overbite. The poor guy Ibhalwe nguKamori Asare-Bediako Oseaan gevlieg het.
- there is no dentist around who Die eerste vrou wat ‘n
could fix an overbite that bad. solo-ononderbroke trans-
Atlantiese vlug gevlieg het.
He has a thin, windy neck and tiny AS EK ‘N DIER KON WEES 1947 Charles Yeager - Met
T-rex arms. You will see on those sy vliegtuig het hy die
three, stubby fingers the longest, My naam is Kaio en as ek ‘n dier klankgrense oorskry.
pink nails you’ve ever seen. Oh, kon wees sou ek ‘n wasbeer wou 2019 In Kanada is die wêreld se
and please don’t get me started wees. ‘n Wasbeer is vir my ‘n eerste elektriese vliegtuig
on that fluffy, yellow belly button. ongelooflike dier, want hulle het vir kommersiële vlugte
It’s totally putrid! And look at that ‘n goeie sin vir gevaar. ‘n Wasbeer getoets.
buttocks. I’m sorry to say it, but kom gewoonlike voor in Noord
we have to describe everything Amerika. Ek vergelyk myself met Esmé Kruger en Megan Woolnough
today. It’s black and flabby, very ‘n wasbeer, want ek sou graag so
unattractive, I’d say. goed wou kon wegkruip soos een.

If I gaze down his body you will Kaio Forsdyke de Almeida AS EK ‘N DIER KON WEES
see three, wobbly legs that are My naam is Dylan en as ek ‘n dier
always entangled, which makes kon wees, sou ek ‘n hond wou
it rather hard for him to walk. Be wees. ‘n Hond is vir my die mees
wary of those brown suckers at the ALL ABOUT ME lojale dier. ‘n Hond is baie slim,
bottom of his feet for they quickly oulik en sterk. Ek vergelyk myself
suck you in and we wouldn’t want My name is Ryan Schoeman met ‘n hond, want ek sou graag
that. So now you’ve met Snotty which means, “Little king”. I was so goed gate wou grawe soos ‘n
and realised he’s not such a hottie. born in Johannesburg in 2009. My hond.
birthday is on the 22 September
Tyler Cloete and Max Stead and right now I am ten years old. I Dylan Voigt
live in Bryanston and there are six
members in my family. I also have
seven pets!
MONSTER I SEE R200!
I absolutely love cooking, reading, Dit was laas Saterdagaand
Sometimes in the morning sport and pizza. I hate bananas, terwyl ek in die inkopie winkel
when I rise to go wee flies and mosquitoes. I am geloop het, toe ek R200 op die
I look into the mirror and there’s petrified of snakes, spiders and grond gesien het. Ek was baie
a monster I see. horror movies. My strengths are opgewonde om die geld op te tel.
Her hair is black, thick and wild sport because I practise really Ek het dit gehou, maar toe voel
The monster seems to be hard, reading because I do it all ek sleg dat ek die geld gehou het.
but a child. the time and cooking because I Ek het rond gekyk of ek iemand
love it and enjoy eating. kon sien wat hulle geld verloor het,
When I sigh, she sighs too maar daar was niemand nie.
And her pyjamas are also pink My goals are to make the A team
and blue. in cricket once again, to learn Hanna Seedat
Just like me, she’s not happy many new things and to do well in
to be awake. Zulu. I also hope to fight less with
I wonder if her breath smells like my brother this year and to get five
rotten cheese cake? wickets in cricket. 137

Anathi Mayekiso Ryan Schoeman

LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM - First Row: Sophia Paixão, Adwin Belrose, Kira Diyaljee, Ella Fanucchi Second Row:
Ethan Gotthardt, Lishen Govender, Daniel Kelly, Meha Lalloo Third Row: Dzingavi Luminzu, Luke McKenzie, Theia
Naidoo, Angela Herbert, Sebastien Raffray Fourth Row: Tshepiso Seakamela, Anna Springer, Isabella Wanda, Renée
Randall-Taylor
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Adwin Belrose Anna Springer

Grade 6A Angela Herbert

Dzingavi Luminzu Isabella Wanda

Luke McKenzie Sebastien Raffray

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Daniel Kelly

Ethan Gotthardt Sofia Paixão

Kira Dayalijee Theia Naidoo Tshepiso Seakamela

Lishen Govender

Meha Lalloo Ella Fanucchi
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LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM - First Row: Kerry White, Abuyile Myeza, Connor Akeroyd, Emma Crosby Keya Mistry
Second Row: Thato Lekganyane, Olivia Hadiaris, Thomas Hawkey, Dylan Hollywood, Zoey Kihara Third Row: Keya
Mistry, Tshiamo Mokabela, Nokukhanya Ndhlazi Fourth Row: Allan Nenguke, Abigail Phillips, Chloe Rajput, Kian Sing
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Abigail Phillips Dylan Hollywood

Grade 6B Keya Mistry

Allan Nenguke

Chloe Rajput

Zoey Kihara Kian Sing Emma Crosby

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Thomas Hawkey Thato Lekganyane

Abuyile Myeza Nokukhanya Ndhlazi

Connor Akeroyd Tshiamo Mokabela Olivia Hadiaris
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LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM - First Row: Andrea Anderson, Emma Bailey, Esihle Blose, Mihran Cassim Second
Row: Caleb Day, Jessica Green, Michaela Horwitz, Owen Knight Third Row: Anesu Moyo, Anza Mphelo, Reese
Egberink, Naledi Ndletyana Fourth Row: Unam Ntondini, Caleb Pryor, Janet Smith, Juliette van Vught
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Caleb Day Esihle Blose

Grade 6C Owen Knight

Janet Smith

Naledi Ndletyana Michaela Horwitz

Anza Mphelo Reese Egberink Jessica Green

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Juliette van Vught

Caleb Pryor Anesu Moyo

Emma Bailey

Mihran Cassim Unam Ntondini
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DIALOOG MY KINDLE AANGENAME KENNIS

Onderwyseres: Hoekom daag jy Escape my reality My naam is Keya en my van is
so laat by my klas op? When it’s quiet, silent Mistry. My naam het ‘n betekenis
Leerling: Mev. White het ons laat The glow beneath my blanket en dit is, ‘n pragtige blom’. Ek
ingehou. Like the moon in the sky is 11 jaar oud en in Graad 6. Ek
Onderwyseres: Dis maar ‘n vrot Witches is in die jaar 2008 gebore. My
verskoning, of hoe? Wizards verjaarsdag is op 22 September.
Leerling: Moenie met my baklei Knights Die sterreteken waaronder ek
nie, Juffrou, baklei met mev. White. And dragons gebore is, is die Maagd, want ek
Onderwyseres: Ek dink ek moet This is my escape. is ‘n September baba. My ma se
vir jou ‘n demeriete gee. Wat naam is Ashmita en my pa se
dink jy? Luke McKenzie naam is Ajay. Ek het een broer
Leerling: Nee, dis nie reg nie! en een suster. My broer is die
Onderwyseres: Wys asseblief vir stoutste kind in ons gesin. Ek is
my jou lêer. die middelste kind en daar is vyf
Leerling: Hier is dit, Juffrou. THE THIEF – A MEDIEVAL mense in my gesin.
Onderwyseres: Hoekom is jou POEM
werk nie op datum nie? Alles is so My beste vriendinne se name, is
deurmekaar! Thief Prianka en Reese. Die troeteldiere
Leerling: Die werk het uit my lêer Scary, disgraced by my huis is twee honde en
geval, Juffrou. Stealing, picking, selling hulle name is Charlie en Lola.
Onderwyseres: Dis verregaande! No item is safe where he goes My gunsteling drankies is
Ek is nou moeg en siek en sat Working, climbing, taking melkskommels, Coke en water.
hiervoor. Wanneer gaan Red handed My gunsteling kleur is turkoois,
jy iets aan die saak doen? Caught want dis ‘n pragtige en vrolike
Leerling: Ek is jammer, Juffrou, ek kleur. My gunsteling musiekster
sal dit later voltooi. Daniel Kelly is Ed Sheeran en my gunsteling
sportheld is Michael Phelps, want
Anna Springer hy is baie vinnig.

A GIFT My belangstellings of stokperdjies
is om Kuns te doen en om te
It was the morning of my birthday swem. Ek dink Suid-Afrika is
I ran like a gazelle to my parent’s dikwels sonder krag! Die tyd van
room die dag waarvan ek die meeste
There lay a rectangle box on my hou, is smiddae en saans, want ek
parent’s bed kan saam met my vriendinne sport
All covered in shiny white speel.
wrapping
The excitement, the thrill Ek is lief vir my vriende en my
I opened the box and, wow what gesin.
a surprise,
An IPAD! Keya Mistry
It’s all that I’ve ever wanted.

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