St John's Prep | 2011 magazine

2011 St John’s Preparatory School for Boys

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St John’s Preparatory School 2011

Board of Governors PATRONS OF ST JOHN’S TRUST His Worship, the Mayor

Mr M.A. Masunda Mr G.S.R. Honey Mr R.J.A. Passaportis

ST JOHN’S PREP BOARD OF GOVERNORS Chairman of the Board

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Mr B. Ndebele

Chairman – Board Executive Committee

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Mr B. Ndebele

Chairman – Finance Committee

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Mr B. Hoffman

Chairman – Campus Development Committee

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Mr R. Naik

Chairman – Human Resources Committee

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Mr D. Whatman

Chairman – Governance Committee

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Mr V.W. Zireva

Chairman – Staff Pension Committee

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Mr E. Mungwariri

Chairman – Bursaries Committee

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Mrs E. Fundira

Members

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Mr D. Crowley Mr M. Martin Mr C. Msipa Mrs M. Grobbelaar Mr E. Jinda Mrs B.A. Lake Mr. E. Mungwariri Mr M. Tapera

PARENTS' LIAISON COMMITTEE Chairperson

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Mrs C. Butler

Headmaster

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Mr M.N. Mackenzie

Board Representative

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Mr M. Martin

Secretary

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Mrs L. Freemantle

Treasurer

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Mrs S. Macdonald

Headboy’s Mother

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Mrs L. Rwodzi

Deputy Headboys’ Mothers

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Mrs J. Onorati Mrs S. Eeson

Members

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Mr J. Bere Mrs M. Ramajan Mrs A. Patel Mrs C. Chimuka Mrs N. Nagar-Joshi

GRADE 5 FUNDRAISING – FROG 5 Gr 5 Fundraising Committee Chairman

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Mr R de Wet

Gr 5 Treasurer

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Mr T.K. Ncube

Gr 5 Secretary

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Mrs D. Swanepoel

Gr 5S Representative

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Mrs I. Kashangura

Gr 5E Representative

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Mrs T. Prince

Gr 5N Representative

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Mrs G. Chadwick

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Mr A. Khan Mr Y. Huang

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Contents Patrons & Board of Governors

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Cricket

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Soccer

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Hockey

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Rugby

70

Athletics

84

Cross Country

86

Public Speaking

88

Chess

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Parents’ Liaison Committe

Staff of 2011 Headmaster, Headboy & Deputy Headboys

Speech Night

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Headmaster’s Speech

Commendation Certificates

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Colours Certificates

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Honours Ties

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2011 Grade 7 Leavers

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Prize Giving Ceremony

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Marimba

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Survival Club 2011 Camp Tennis Squash

Play Domi 24 Musics&to n us P a r 27

Literary Contributions

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Grade 1

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Grade 2

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Grade 3

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Grade 4

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Grade 5

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Grade 6

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Volleyball

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Grade 7

Duathlon

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Autographs

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Staff

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STAFF Back: T. Kwatengera; T. Mackie; F. Mutare; L. Mutsago; B. Chimhau; R. Whitaker; C. Chikandigwa; V. Parker; C. Sandys-Thomas; J. Elliot; A. Banks; B. Chauhan; R. Rogers Middle: J. Rogers; L. Moor; P. Mhanga; D. Derry; J. Hulley; J. Hacker; M. Croukamp; E. Bredenkamp; M. de Bruijn; S. Wentzel; B. Davis; R. Taylor; M. Tanner Front: L. Mitchell; W. Ndimutseyi; S. Ellis; M. Mbundire; M. Mackenzie (Headmaster); H. Wallace; R. Miller; C. Passaportis; A. Dickinson; D. Russell

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HEADS OF HOUSE Back: Mr M. Mbundire; C. Stangroom; A. Blignaut; D. Ndoro; Mr M. Mackenzie Front: T. Nyabadza; G. Curtis; M. Garnett; A. Frost; D. White; J. Booth

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St John’s Preparatory School 2011

Staff (CONTINUED)

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SPORTS STAFF Back: T. Mackie; T. Kwatengera Seated: F. Mutare; B. Chauhan; M. Mbundire; R. Rogers

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LIBRARY MONITORS Back: G. Vlahakis; Mrs B. Davis; R. Magwera Seated: G. Bissett; T. Maphosa; W. Annesley; S. Azad; R. Spagnuolo

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2011 Headmaster’s Speech Mr Corrado Trinci, our Guest of Honour, Mr Themba Ndebele, Chairman of the Baord, Governors, Patrons, Invited Guests, Staff, Ladies & Gentlemen, Old Boys and Gentlemen of St John's, it gives me great pleasure to present to you my report on 2011.

three first team sports plus top 5 in the class – but for others the search has to go much deeper – alternative sports and pursuits are encouraged and recognized and our teachers and coaches try their level best to find something to praise – a little spark to blow on and coax into – hopefully one day – a raging fire.

So when considering the question has 2011 been a good year for St John's – has it been successful - it is with all these differences and variances in mind that we answer, easy? No – but successful – definitely yes!

Taking into consideration all of our achievements and results both inside the classrooms and out in the playing fields it has undoubtedly been another great year in the life of our school. Has it been easy – I think I would have to say no. Times are still tough in this economic environment and along with that go a myriad of other problems. We are a wonderful school but very normal in that we have a huge variance in all areas of life. We have some exceptionally bright boys and others who struggle; we have some very talented boys in the arts and the sporting arenas and others who have not yet found their niche. We have some very wealthy parents and others who barely make it from month to month. We have children who come from stable family backgrounds and children who hardly see their parents and a fair number who only have one. We have many whose reading is heard, if at all, by a domestic worker and others whose mothers have the time and the wherewithal to give endless help to their boys in all areas, including looking up extra facts on the Internet. The mind boggles at how many would not cope if we were to operate like a great many schools worldwide where homework is given and done and received back electronically! Zimbabwe is simply not ready for this yet but it does not mean that we should not be working towards this. We should and are but the implications for our clientele are huge.

We have provided the most amazing environment in which the boys have been able to grow and experience conditions which expose them to all of life's lessons.

There have been lessons and opportunities in the Arts, Drama, music, sports, academics and many more arenas.

There have been competitions to enter and matches to be played and we have learnt to win and to lose. I agree with Vince Lombardi when he said, “winning is not everything but wanting to win is”.

Many have been individual prize winners and members of prize winning teams or just been a part of something special like the cast of the school play or the choir or the much envied survival club. Others have their special little group which plays its soccer or cricket in the morning or even just been part of a small group of 3 or 4 who meet and chat at break time or before school.

I could never recall all the successes of our boys throughout the year in every area of participation but here are just some of the more tangible and high profile successes :-

We have some children who are taken home at lunch, brought back for afternoon games, homework all done and we have others who are left here all day and collected after dark.

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Our 1st XI cricket was the first to open the batting, if you'll excuse the expression, when they travelled to Falcon College where they took part in and won the coveted trophy beating Springvale in the final. This team ended up have a great season which included a most valuable festival in Pretoria where they played boys a full year older and a head or two taller. We lost two matches and won one but the boys did us all proud and hugely impressed the South Africans on and off the field with their competitive nature, young skills and general manners and deportment. This side made it to the finals of the Lilfordia Day/Night competition but rain and generator failure prevented the final from being played.

The final Quadrangular Tournament of the year saw their match with Whitestone's being rained off but they beat Ruzawi and Springvale and after that went on to beat an exceptionally strong Chipembere side by 4 wickets in the last over. We can safely say that we ended the season in pole position. The following were selected for the National U/13 squad of excellence : Alistair Frost, Miles Garnett, Graham Curtis and Damian White and these

We have some children whose I.T. skills are ahead of some teachers (and parents!!) and others whose only sight of a computer happens at school. We have children who have extra lessons and extra coaching all week long – not necessarily because they need it but because they want to excel – all this whilst we have others who barely make it through what is required of them.

It is against this backdrop that we teach, and coach and mentor and try to extract the best that we can out of your boys. We try to look into each boy's life and assess his circumstances to see what he is up against in an attempt to have him succeed as best as he personally can. It really is our desire to try to ensure that each boy finds something that he is good at – something that gives him the self confidence that is vital for him to feel secure and part of a team. In some cases it is so easy – three first 6

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St John’s Preparatory School 2011 younger players as well and our hockey coaches can be pleased with their efforts.

Harare West : Russell Mubaya, Simbarashe Gumbo and Tako Nyabadza.

A Zim U14 Squad of Excellence: Oscar Van Oudtshoorn, Desmond Annandale, Graham Curtis, Alistair Frost, Austin Rwodzi and Ian Kloppers.

same boys plus Amaar Adam, Panashe Mbanje and Matthew Davenport made the Mashonaland Eagles U13 side. The Colts 'A' team had a great season and won the Barwick Festival and the Hellenic Day/Night competition.

Their improvement from last year was nothing short of spectacular. Well done to Mr Chauhan and the boys. In all we fielded 12 Interschool teams ensuring that almost all our boys had a school match and we had 5 unbeaten teams!

In hockey 9 teams were fielded with a very high standard of hockey on display. The 1st XI tour to South Africa will go down as one of the best ever. Not only were the results outstanding with the boys playing 7 schools, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing only one game – on Astro Turf (!!) but a constant stream of positive feedback on their manners and behavior was forthcoming. Remember too the age difference. There is much talent with our younger players as well and our hockey coaches can be pleased with their efforts.

Of great interest to us was seeing one of our ex coaches, Malcolm Waller, scoring 99 not out against New Zealand recently in an historic one day win and our very own Old Boy Kyle Jarvis getting 5 for 64 in the Test Match which we so nearly won.

Our Cross-country runners were superb again and our A team won all three major Interschools events, the Gateway 1/11, Lilfordia 3 woods 1/24 and the Ruzawi event 1/10 beating all boarding schools into the bargain – a huge feat for a day school and a result of very hard work from Mr Ndimutseyi and the runners.

Boys selected to the Harare Province Teams are – 'A' team; Alistair Frost (C), Graham Curtis and Kieran Robinson and to the Harare B side were; Martin Eeson and Mufaro Chareka and chosen for the National Squad of Excellence were Alistair Frost, Graham Curtis, Martin Eeson and Mufaro Chareka. A superb effort all round.

The Duathlon boys were a really keen and enthusiastic group who acquitted themselves with immense courage and achieved great success with Tony O'Riordan, Jared Ellse and Connor Higgins being the best juniors whilst Martin Eeson, Ryan Smith and Cameron Butler were the best three seniors.

We fielded 12 rugby teams and the boys played with true grit and determination and a fine standard of rugby and sportsmanship was displayed all round. Highlights of the season were the 1st XV winning the coveted Super 8 trophy and the Bowl in the Hellenic Day/Night competition. The 2XV was unbeaten as usual as were the powerful grade 4's. The Colts A won all their games at the Springvale Festival and won the Bowl in the Hellenic Day/Night. Judging by our strong little Grade 3 boys we can go into next season with great confidence. The following senior players made the provincial sides :Harare North:- (which won the Inter Prov Comp) Mufaro Chareka, Oscar Van Oudtshoorn, Ian Kloppers, Austin Rwodzi, Graham Curtis, Miles Garnett, Desmond Annandale & Alistair Frost.

Harare South:- Makanaka Timba, Tadiwa Motsi, Aiden Blignaut & Chase Onorati.

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So strong was our sport this year that we were awarded the first prizes for swimming, hockey, rugby and tennis at the Provincial Awards Ceremony for Harare Province.

Mrs O'Donoghue has extracted and encouraged such a high standard of art from the boys with the following excelling – Douglas Dorward won 1st prize while Simba Ndoro was runner up in the Spar design a bag competition – each won a computer. Deven Jordaan and Takudzwa Mawire had their work selected for the Verandah Gallery Calendar Launch 2012. Bevan Coveley won the best overall picture for the World Tourism Day competition and the school was chosen for the best contributions from a school. In the 2012 Olympics Quilt Competition in London – Nicholas Balfour's piece was selected from the Zimbabwean entrants and will be woven into the original quilt for the coming Olympics. 24 pictures were selected for a commercial restaurant guide and we are still awaiting the results of the Toyota design a “dream car” competition. To cap it all in the Allied Arts Competition we had 33 3rd Grade certificate winners, 28 2nd grade, 10 1sts and 2 1st+'s whilst James-Dean Harrison was awarded Honours.

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Harare West : Russell Mubaya, Simbarashe Gumbo and Tako Nyabadza.

A Zim U14 Squad of Excellence: Oscar Van Oudtshoorn, Desmond Annandale, Graham Curtis, Alistair Frost, Austin Rwodzi and Ian Kloppers.

Although there weren't a great many volleyball matches this is a sport which was very much enjoyed by many of our boys and they thoroughly deserved their almost unblemished season. They played with skill, spirit and enthusiasm.

In hockey 9 teams were fielded with a very high standard of hockey on display. The 1st XI tour to South Africa will go down as one of the best ever. Not only were the results outstanding with the boys playing 7 schools, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing only one game – on Astro Turf (!!) but a constant stream of positive feedback on their manners and behavior was forthcoming. Remember too the age difference. There is much talent with our

Our tennis teams have enjoyed huge success and have proved too strong for their opponents ending the season unbeaten in the A & B leagues. I am embarking on a complete revamp of our courts and at the same time introducing mini tennis court markings onto the new

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St John’s Preparatory School 2011 Brendan Mason, 1st in Zim and in S.A. and 6th in the World Championships in Copenhagen Denmark, Graeme DuPlooy 1st in Zim Championships and Jacob Mitchell 1st in Zim and 1st in World Championships.

surfaces which should help cope with our increasing number of interested players and add a new and exciting dimension to the game.

Our soccer players were outstanding again and whilst our senior teams were very strong our colts teams were spectacular. They were not only unbeaten at the junior level but they were without peer. Congratulations to our coaches and our lads. We look forward to a few devastating years of soccer! A huge compliment was bestowed upon our boys when they were asked by CAPS UNITED to play against the C.U. U13 team in a huge curtain raiser to C.U. vs Shooting Stars at the National Sports stadium two weeks ago. It was a great event and our boys went into half time 1-0 up. It was only well into the game when we, rightly, gave many substitutes a chance, that the CAPS team took control and won 7 -2. So impressed were they that we have now been asked to play against Chirodzo Primary School as a curtain raiser to Dynamos vs Motor Action at the National Sports Stadium this Sunday.

We have spread ourselves widely this year and have given your civvies day money to Island Hospice, Kidzcan, Emerald Hill Children's Home and have supported the SPCA. We have donated mountains of books to many schools, Hallingbury and Hatcliffe in Harare, Thornicroft School in Ruwa and Ume River school in Kariba. We have donated books and sporting equipment to Chiedza Children's Home during a most rewarding visit to them and our Infants produced mountains of crackers and gifts for Miracle Missions.

The cast and parents thoroughly enjoyed “The Giant Slayer” put on earlier in the year and our choir sang beautifully in the Combined Schools' Choir recently.

Well so much for the achievement of much of our school but now we come to the “how” point – by that I mean the teachers and coaches. We have a truly great school with dedicated personnel working tirelessly with your boys.

We cannot thank Mrs Ellis, Director of Academics and all our teachers and coaches enough for the hours that they put into their every activity be it in the classrooms, on stage or out in the playing fields. They have given of their best and been on many developmental workshops. Much is required of them and much is given.

As you know all our boys participate thoroughly when it comes to athletics and a tremendous amount of skill and discipline is imparted in a short 6 week season. We have many fine athletes and we continue to shock opposition schools by coming 2nd in the A division without anything like the sprinting speed of our opponents. We do this by teamwork in the relays, finesse in the takeovers and skill and technique in the jumps and hurdles. For this our congratulations go to the boys for their teamwork and effort and the coaches for working so hard with the athletes. Well done to Mr Mbundire and his team.

Mrs Wallace and her excellent Infants' Department do such great things preparing our little men for the rigours of life up the school and their galas, sports days and Infants' plays are the highlight of the year. Our Remedial Department remains the envy of many and such valuable assistance is given to so many of our boys by Rose Mackenzie, Jo Roger, and Robin Taylor, our resident Occupational Therapist. They do an outstanding job.

Whilst squash is not a huge sport at the moment, Jason Franklin, Miguel Roscoe and Declan Ralphs played for the Zim U11 team in S.A. Our swimmers have excelled yet again – winning the Pisces Gala with Chisipite, the Flippers Gala, the Ruzawi Gala and the main 'A' division of the Inter-schools gala for the 17th year running. Very well done to Mrs Derry and Mrs Tanner and to the sports coaches who take swimming plus of course our boys who train exceptionally hard. We have too many medal winners in all the various galas to mention them all, but please take note of some recorded in our programme. Sadly the Zimbabwe team will only be selected this weekend but it is very likely that Desmond Annandale, Chase Onorati and Martin Eeson will make the side. Honours ties will follow for the successful candidates.

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We had to bid farewell, early in the year to Mrs Wendy Scott who not only had her own health problems at the time but she lost her husband as well. We are really grateful to her for her fine handling of her grade 7 boys.

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We had our first Inter-schools equestrian event for a number of years this year and I was so proud of our boys and their parents for helping this to happen and for doing so well. We won our section and the Edwards and Annesley brothers together with Gavin Bissett did us proud.

Sadly we say goodbye to two of our most dedicated members of staff at the end of this year. Mrs Banks has been solid and reliable in every regard and her patience and devotion to her grade ones will be sorely missed. She leaves us to take up a great opportunity to run a nursery school with a grade one class and we wish her all the best .

Mrs Moor leaves us after 13 years of absolute dedication to her classes over the years. She has had three fine boys through St John's, one of whom was Headboy and they have all been fine sportsmen. She will enjoy a well earned rest from the pressure of teaching and I am very grateful to her for agreeing to present our prizes here tonight.

BMX continues to be pursued very intensely by several of our boys, mentioned in the profile but I know that the following have been outstanding in their endeavours –

I am so pleased to be able to tell you that we have Miss Sarah Alridge and Miss Shelley Gibbons both freshly trained and degreed, join us in the New Year.

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St John’s Preparatory School 2011 I also have great pleasure in announcing that our management team will be strengthened in 2012 with the inclusion on the staff of Mr Ryan Barbour, currently housemaster and teacher at Peterhouse. Mr Barbour joins us as Director of the upper school and a grade 7 teacher and it will be comforting for some of you to know that he is actually junior school trained.

The ladies in our front offices, Rena Miller and Di Russell in the finance department with Mr Geoff Day over at the College are really solid and reliable which is so important in this day and age. Mrs Aly Dickinson and Cheryl Passaportis do an amazing job dealing with the real pressures of the everyday running of a school plus the myriad of interferences that come with the job. People still flock to their hatch every day looking for places and it is very difficult to handle these desperate parents. My considerable thanks to them all.

On to more of those who are so vital to all of our successes – The P.L.C. and Grade 5 fundraisers. These groups have been “chaired” by Mrs Corinne Butler and Mr Rudolph De Wet respectively and they and their hard working committees have done us proud. There have been some big events this year, mainly the World Cup Rugby Festival with the boys and Dad's making teams, the Camp Out and the Fireworks Display and the many occasions for which catering was provided. These were all great events in the end but only after some exceptionally hard work by everyone involved. You have no idea how proud and grateful I was to witness the way in which the fireworks evening unfolded. It was an incredible advert for our school and though most of you involved will go unmentioned we all offer you our deep gratitude for your outstanding help in putting our school in the public's eye with such favour. We could not have done this without the use of the College fields for which we too are most grateful. The funds realized, some $30 000 will go directly to the purchase of as many Interactive Whiteboards as possible in an ongoing bid to have one in each classroom throughout the school. We will be placing an order for 8 in the next couple of weeks although we will still need computers to go with them.

Mr Ted Perepeczko and Mr Kevin Whatman, our Estate Manager and Campus Manager and their teams of Support Staff and Maintenance crew have given their all to make our schools the envy of many and they have a special vote of thanks.

We are truly endebted to you the parents for all your support of your boys and our fine school in so many ways.

Your help with teas, coaching, transport, listening to reading and support at functions and matches all go to strengthen our school.

Turning now to our prizewinners and leavers. Well done gentlemen, this is a big night for you. You have done yourselves and your parents proud. To succeed in most schools is a fine achievement – to succeed at St John's is a great achievement. Austin, Chase and Martin, you have been an exemplary trio at the top of the school and you have with the help of the white shirts led the school brilliantly. Grade 7 leavers, you have been a delight. You have displayed talent, interest, energy and above all a caring attitude top those under you. I wish you everything of the best in the years to come. I have one piece of advice for you when your mum or your girlfriend says, “What, what was that?” – she's not asking you to repeat yourself she is giving you the chance to change what you said!

We are very grateful to ABC Bank for the donation of a wonderful digital scoreboard which will come in the New Year.

Mr Ndebele and his fellow governors have once again put many hours into our school. Policies are always under the microscope and ways of improving and streamlining things are being explored. Their's is in many ways a thankless task but I can assure you of their dedication and hours of hard work. Very many thanks to you all for everything that you give to our schools.

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To those returning, have safe and well deserved holidays and we look forward to seeing you all invigorated and ready for the challenges of 2012.

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Commendation Certificates GRADE 3N

Excellent Progress in Reading Perseverance & Achievement Consistent Effort & Progress

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Jordan Frank Mitchell McVicars Nathan De Beer

GRADE 3S

Excellence in all Subjects Achievement in all Subjects Consistent High Standard of Work

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Joseph Mbanje Jason Davis Ricardo Ribeiro

GRADE 3E

Consistent High Standard of Work Excellence in all Subjects Achievement in all Subjects

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Johannes Olivier Eddie Kambasha Matthew Welch

GRADE 4N

Trying so Hard Throughout Year Consistent Effort & Diligence Hard Work & Enthusiasm

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Andre Ellis Tao Spartas Daniel Jackson

GRADE 4S

Consistent Effort Consistent Effort in Maths Achievement in English

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Joel Reid Kudzwai Kandimba Benjamin Harris

GRADE 4E

Excellence in Maths Solid All Round Attainment Achievement in English

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Ruilin Huang Lesley Manokore Rishi Patel

GRADE 5N

Good Progress Progress & Endeavour Consistent Effort

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Peter Musavaya Zeeshan Ramajan Keabetsoe Ndhlovu

GRADE 5S

Persistent Effort & Perseverance Consistent Effort Consistent Effort

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Jamie Cawood Kelvin Marufu Gareth Ncube

GRADE 5E

Outstanding Effort Throughout Year Outstanding Effort in all Subjects Achievement in English

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Jordan Cowley Mandlenkosi Dube Uzair Dudhia

GRADE 6N

Hard Work & Enthusiasm Consistent Effort Throughout the Year Good All Round Progress

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Michael Ruck Daniel Aucamp Broc Meyer

For Attainment in Content For Presentation

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Stephen Marques Declan Butler Liam Hounsell

GRADE 6E

Achievement & Commitment Excellent Effort in English Outstanding Effort in Poetry

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Jason Franklin Ralph Mangondoza Robert Jameson

GRADE 7N

Good All-Round Student Consistent Effort Most Outstanding Progress

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Ali Sam Al Khalil Miles Garnett Munashe Kambarami

GRADE 7S

Hard Work and Effort Outstanding Effort Outstanding Work in Social Studies & Environmental Science

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Kudzo Chiwara Oscar Van Oudtshoorn

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Dakarai Ndoro

Hard Work & Enthusiasm Persistent Effort & Perseverance Consistent Effort

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Desmond Annandale Dillon Brain Collen Kwaramba

GRADE 6S

GRADE 7E

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Special Certificates Progress in Reading

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Matthew Tanner

Persistence & Progress in Reading & Spelling

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Nicholas Schmolke

Determination & Progress in Reading & Spelling

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Thomas Harvey

Excellent Progress in Reading & Spelling

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Kurt Gilbert

Consistent Effort & Progress in Reading & Spelling

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Connor Chadwick

Effort & Progress in Reading & Spelling

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Seth Lambourn

National Institute of Allied Arts Honours Award Literary

Ryan Sylvester – Honours & National Prize Mudiwa Bosha – Honours Mduduzi Mhlanga – Honours X 2 Nicholas Fourie – Honours & National Prize

Visual Arts

James Dean Harrison – Honours

Speech & Drama Reece Williams – Honours Solo Improvisation U13 Reece Williams – Honours Group Improvised Adv U13 Reece Williams – Honours Duo TV News Reading U16 Reece Williams – Honours Original Poetry U13 Institute Cup (Best all Rounder – Junior Section Allied Arts Speech and Drama Festival)

GRADE 3N

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Reece Williams

Class Prizes Domi First in Class : or Alex Spagnuolo t s a n u P s Second in Class : James Weller Third in Class

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Tinevimba Gwaunza

GRADE 3S

First in Class Second in Class Third in Class

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Mandla Msipa Rebokile Mhlanga Tafara Gwata

GRADE 3E

First in Class Second in Clas Third in Class

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Sean Pickworth Samuel Sunguro Daniel Schonenberger

GRADE 4N

First in Class Second in Class Third in Class

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Murray Dorward Daniel Van Rooyen Panashe Tarinda

GRADE 4S

First in Class Second in Class Third in Class

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William Schroenn Anesuishe Chiwara Brendan Mason

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Class Prizes (CONTINUED) GRADE 4E

First in Class Second in Class Third in Class

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Kudakwashe Magwera Joel Spence Carl Kawodza

GRADE 5N

First in Class Second in Class Third in Class

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Tyler Spagnuolo Kgomotso Hamadziripi Ryan Sylvester

GRADE 5S

First in Class Second in Class Third in Class

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Nicholas Balfour Tendai Makamure Rory Plunket

GRADE 5E

First in Class Second in Class Third in Class

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John Nyambayo Patrick Plunket Ian Munro

GRADE 6N

First in Class Second in Class Third in Class

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Douglas Dorward Maximillian Musavaya Simbarashe Ndoro

GRADE 6S

First in Class Second in Class Third in Class

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Mdudzi Mhlanga Ross Stewart Nicholas Freemantle

GRADE 6E

First in Class Second in Class Third in Class

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Cameron Butler Simbarashe Wazara Mudiwa Bosha

GRADE 7N

First in Class Second in Class Third in Class

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Ammaar Adam Chase Onorati Graham Curtis

GRADE 7S

First in Class Second in Class Third in Class

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Aiden Blignaut Dev Trivedy Austin Rwodzi

GRADE 7E

First in Class Second in Class Third in Class

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Prakash Bhagat Matthew Davenport Harrison Moon

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Subject and Special Prizes SHONA L1

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Batainashe Masekesa

SHONA L2

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Aiden Blignaut

ENGLISH

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Aiden Blignaut

MATHS

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Ammaar Adam

CONTENT SUBJECTS

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Graham Curtis

COMPUTERS

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Ali Sam Al Khalil

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Subject and Special Prizes (CONTINUED) THOMSON TROPHY (Contribution to Colts Cricket)

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Rory Plunket

FIELDING CUP (Colts Cricket)

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Brett Hounsell

PATEL CUP (Colts Batting)

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Bevan Coveley

BRUNDLE CUP (Colts Bowling)

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Michael Frost

NORAH LEWIS TROPHY (Most promising colt)

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Michael Booth

JASON STEED SHIELD 1st XI (Most Improved Cricketer)

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Matthew Davenport & Panashe Mbanje

HOUGH TROPHY 1st XI (Most Promising Pace Bowler)

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Oscar Van Oudtshoorn

WARWICK OLDS SHIELD (1st XI Best All Round Cricketer)

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Graham Curtis

BRUNDLE CUP (Batting)

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Miles Garnett

JARVIS CUP (Fielding)

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Martin Eeson

LAKE CRICKETER OF THE YEAR

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Alistair Frost

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Graham Curtis

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LEROY DUBELY CUP (Contribution to Colts Rugby)

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Declan Ralphs

REG NIELD TROPHY (Colts Rugby Player of the Year)

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Cole Onorati

REG NIELD TROPHY (Junior Rugby Player of the Year) (Gr. 4)

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Tony O'Riordan & Lesley Manokore

WATERS TROPHY (Colts Sportsmanship)

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Subject and Special Prizes (CONTINUED) REG NIELD TROPHY (Senior Rugby Player of the Year)

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Graham Curtis

KIWI TROPHY (Grit and Determination in Rugby)

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James Krishock & Desmond Annandale

IGOE RUGBY CUP (Flair)

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SENIOR TROPHY FOR SOCCER

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THE MWAMUKA CUP (Colts Soccer Player of the Year)

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HOWARD ARRAND TROPHY (Outstanding service to Music/Marimba)

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ZORORO MAKAMBA (Helpfulness)

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RWODZI FAMILY CUP (Courage and Perseverance)

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DYLAN MCKINNON MEMORIAL CUP (Participation and Enjoyment in Sport)

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Oscar Van Oudtshoorn

MILNE TROPHY (Outstanding Sportsmanship)

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Matthew Davenport

SEKESAYI MABASHA MEMORIAL TROPHY (Academic and Sporting)

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Austin Rwodzi & Graham Curtis

GIBB TROPHY (Good Fellowship)

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D W YOUNG TROPHY – Academic

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Zim Hockey Squad of Excellence

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Zim Cricket Squad of Excellence

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Alistair Frost; Miles Garnett; Graham Curtis; Damiain White

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BRENDAN GALLAGHER TROPHY (Dux Award - Endeavour, Courage, Kindness)

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COLOURS SENIOR – GRADE 7 Back: N. Chamba; K. Anderson; H. Moon; R. Smith; I. Kloppers; C. Wright; K. Robinson; S. Sheehan; Z. White; C. Wright Standing: C. Van Gend; D. Trivedy; A. Adam; A. Nyawayi; D. Ndoro; S. Harrison; D. Annandale; A. Blignaut; N. Saweto; M. Kambarami; T. Gomba; K. Chiwara Seated: J. Krischock; M. Garnett; O. Van Oudtshoorn; M. Eeson; A. Rwodzi; Mr M. Mackenzie; C. Onorati; A. Frost; A. Curtis; D. White Kneeling: P. Mbanje; M. Lindsay; W. Annesley; M. Davenport; T. Mpofu; T. Nyabadza; C. Stangroom; J. Booth; R. Williams; A. Mangudya Front: M. Msipa; C. Kwaramba; K. Kashangura; M. Masekesa; A. Chivayo; L. Mavima

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COLOURS JUNIOR Back: C. Onorati; J. Cawood; P. Plunkett; B. Hounsell; J. Cowley; R. Plunket Middle: M. Musaba; L. Annandale; R. Sylvester; Mr M Mackenzie; C. Higgins; N. Balfour; D. Sikala Front: J. Ellse; C. Davis; C. O'Riordan; D. Erasmus; K. Hamadziripi

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COLOURS GRADE 6 Back: M. de Souza; M. Timba; D. Pike; M. Ruck; T. Evans; H. James Front: M. Chareka; K. Mashinya; L. Hounsell; Mr M Mackenzie; C. Butler; E. Van Rooyen; P. Mwamuka

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HONOURS TIES Back: O. Van Oudtshoorn; I. Kloppers; D. Annandale; A. Frost; G. Curtis Front: M. Garnett; M. Eeson; A. Rwodzi; Mr M Mackenzie; C. Onorati; D. White

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SURVIVAL CLUB 3rd TERM Back: J. Du Plessis; P. Mwamuka; R. Masengere; R. Jameson; M. Chareka; S. Ndoro; S. Marques; M. Bosha; E. Van Rooyen; I. Curle; C. Mpofu; J. Whanyanya; E. Hanssen; T. Allanby; D. Butler Middle: T. Mtsambiwa; N. Freemantle; Mr R. Whitaker; R. Crawford; B. Meyer Front: S. Wazara; J. Annesley; T. Chimuka; T. Motsi; T. Magwera; R. Mubaya

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Swimming Report The beginning of the season was so terribly messy and hectic, it was difficult to envisage that we would end up with a highly motivated, well disciplined team of swimmers - but we did, and are extremely proud of what the boys managed to accomplish in the pool.

that little bit earlier in order to get your boys to these. It was much appreciated and the effort certainly paid off.

Our boys swam their hearts out, winning all but four of their races and this enabled us to bring home the trophy for the seventeenth consecutive year – a truly magnificent effort.

As usual, we kicked off with the Flippers Gala, where our “A” Team came first and the “B” Team gained a most respectable 4th place. Whilst this is an informal event, it is most useful in that it gives the coaches the opportunity to see where their teams' strengths and weaknesses lie.

The final swimming meeting of the season was out at Ruzawi. This is never an easy gala as one tends to think of the Inter Schools' as being the climax of the season and thus it is quite difficult to keep the momentum going.

Also, the majority of these races are individual events – something that we are not used to. Our boys, however, exceed all expectations and beat the closest rival school by 45 points! They also managed to break three records – Liam Davis and Desmond Annandale broke the U/12 and U/13 Individual Medley records with Nicholas Balfour breaking the U/11 Backstroke record.

This was followed by the Pisces Gala where our boys teamed up with the Chisipite girls to swim against a Hartmann/Convent, Ruzawi/Bishopslea combination.

Whilst we were terribly proud to gain a first place with our “A” Team and a 4th place with our “B” Team, we were disqualified in a number of events and realised that we had some work to do on our take-overs, touches and turns before the Inter Schools' Gala which was looming on the horizon. It also become apparent that both Convent and Hartmann House had “upped their game” tremendously and were set to give us some tough competition.

Thanks to the parents for their amazing support and to the swimming captain, Chase Onorati and vice captain, Martin Eeson for carrying out their duties effectively.

Full senior colours were awarded to: Chase Onorati, Martin Eeson, Desmond Annandale, Christian Wright and Ian Kloppers.

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Tennis A Team In the Single's Championship A. Frost beat B. Hounsell.

Our A team had a very successful season winning all their matches convincingly in the Top League against boys and girls.

The team was enthusiastic, played well and showed good sportsmanship.

This team was represented by B. Hounsell, L. Hounsell, A. Frost, M. Garnett, G. Curtis and O. Van Oudtshoorn.

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All six boys were awarded full colours for their contribution to tennis this year.

The Double's Championship was won by B. Hounsell and L. Hounsell. They beat the partnership of G. Dollar and C. Butler.

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Tennis B Team The B team was also successful this year. We played six matches against 1st teams and won all of them. Our closest result was against Haig Park, but we managed to edge a win with five games to four!

The team was reliable and enthusiastic and I enjoyed watching the determined, but well behaved players!

Many thanks to all the mums who provided cakes and supported their sons at both the A and B team matches.

The B team was represented by C. Butler, G. Dollar, K. Tenkrooden, K. Smith, D. Trivedy, T. Beattie and E. Van Rooyen.

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SQUASH CLUB Back: D. Aucamp; M. Davenport; B. Alexander; K. Currie; M. Roscoe Front: J. Franklin; K. Tenkrooden; N. Mukaratirwa

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Volleyball A and B Both teams played four matches each – two home and two away. Hats off to our B team which won all their matches. The A team won three and lost one. The A team lost in their final match of the season as most of the regular players were absent – attending the Combined Schools Choir, which is a very important event on the school calendar. The depleted side that we fielded put up a very brave fight to lose to our hosts (Cornway) 2 – 1. It was a very closely contested match as we lost 25 – 23 in the final set. Well done to all the lads for a fantastic season and a big thank you to all the parents for their amazing support.

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VOLLEYBALL B Back: S. Wazara; M. Kambarami; N. Mazhande; M. Ruck; M. Bosha; T. Gomba; B. Mazivanhanga Front: P. Mwamuka; Mr F. Dhlamini; C. Kasukuwere

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Duathlon Duathlon this year was split into all three terms, consisting of 4 races per term. Duathlons were hosted by St John's, Chisipite, Hellenic and Lilfordia, being the main contending schools.

huge boost in confidence for some as they are finding talents they did not know they had!

Huge congratulations must go to the duathlon squad of 2011, not only for their outstanding efforts and results, but also for great sportsmanship. Well done to our captains Ryan Smith and Curtis Stangroom and our Vice Captain Reece Williams – I could never have asked for a better combination of leaders. Farewell to our talented “2011” year and welcome to our Gr 2 boys next year and new athletes for the 2012 season.

Duathlon is a very challenging but rewarding sport, consisting of a run/cycle/run. St John's have been competing in duathlon now for four years, starting with a small squad of 8 athletes in 2008 with outstanding ability.

We have now grown in numbers to have a squad ranging from 30 to 50 athletes with a much greater range of ability. This has created a great vibe in the squad and a

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Cricket S.A. Tour - WHPS Festival 2011 1st XI Cricket The boys had a hugely successful “tour to South Africa” when they took part in the Waterkloof House Preparatory School cricket festivals in Pretoria.

pulled off a huge upset. This was indeed a great moment for our young lads.

The last day saw the teams playing 40 over matches much as we are used to. We were drawn against the mighty Ridge School which had demolished Whitestones on the first day, scoring 320 odd and having one of their batsmen making 200 against them.

We knew from the outset that we would be up against bigger boys, a year older than ours but were really keen to have a go and learn all that we could from the experience – and learn we did! We were to play declaration cricket for the first two matches with a maximum of 120 overs to be bowled in the day. This, in itself, was to be a challenge as our longest matches to date are about 35 overs each, 70 in a day.

Our never say die attitude and brilliant fielding saw us restricting them to just under 4.5 runs an over whilst taking 8 of their wickets. This set up what could have been a great match. Sadly this was not to be and once again our opener got a “roughie” first over and the other opener followed closely. We found ourselves 10 for 3 at lunch and whilst we batted on in admiral fashion, a win was a bridge too far.

Our first match saw us up against a powerful team from Pridwin in Johannesburg. Pridwin batted first and amassed a huge total of 288 runs in 57 overs BUT we got them all out which was a huge feather in our cap! Our task now was to try to bat the afternoon out and force a draw unless of course we found ourselves in the unlikely position of nearing their score! Unfortunately we were unable to last more than 45 overs before losing our last man. This had, however taken us to nearing 5 o'clock which was a great achievement in itself under the circumstances. The total of 126 was largely immaterial as we had taken the decision fairly early on when catching their score was not on, to “close-shop” and only play the balls that were necessary.

All in all this was, in my opinion, a great experience for our boys – one in which they learned many lessons both on and off the field. My personal observations are that we play with unquestionable team spirit and drive. We have many very useful bowlers both spin and pace, but we have no excuse for the number of wides that we bowl.

This one aspect alone costs us anywhere up to 35-40 runs a match which in many instances would be top score.

This has to be eradicated. Our fielding is, in the main, outstanding. Our batting needs to mature. Many of our boys have most of the shots but they need to play them in the right circumstances.

For the cricketing connoisseurs around this was a most interesting stage of the game where Pridwin were challenged by our tenacious stance and had to pull out all the stops to pressurize our final batsmen and where our lads learnt a great deal about resisting pressure in this way. The obvious difference between declaration cricket and the limited overs game that we traditionally play was clearly exemplified here.

As we were playing older, faster boys we were, almost from the start, forced into a defensive role with the bat which was sad as we all know that with less need to “survive” (due to the matches being declaration games and us being on the receiving end of things) we can bat with a great deal more confidence than was evident.

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Road) from Durban and our boys were determined to put into practice the subtle lessons learned from the day before.

undoubtedly we came away from South Africa with much credit. It was great to have so many parents join us on tour . Together with Mr Mutare our thanks to them for their support and our considerable thanks to Emma Frost for her outstanding role in organizing the tour from this end and to Corinne Butler for bearing the brunt of most of the scoring.

Our new venue was St Albans College, a most beautiful school, but we were put on what can only be described as a challenging wicket as all the better tracks were being used by the senior schools who were also playing at this venue. Sadly one of our openers experienced an unplayable delivery first ball of the entire match and was bowled by one which stayed really low. Caution was clearly going to be the order of the day and our lads battled incredibly well to get to 145 just after lunch after a delayed start to the day. With great hope, excitement and anticipation our boys took to the field where their efforts were outstanding. We became known as the best fielding side at the festival. With this approach and some accurate bowling (interspersed with a frustrating amount of wides!) we managed to restrict Clifton to 123 runs and

I end with these words from Krinesan Moodley, Director of Sport, Waterkloof House Prep in his reply to my thank you letter :“I am so glad you enjoyed the festival and made the trip down to be with us. It was a great privilege to have your boys here. I must commend them on their approach to the game and never say die attitude. It was so imperative to see commitment of this nature.”

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Cricket (CONTINUED) SENIOR CRICKET 1st XI What a fine year we had with the 1st XI cricket. I would like to congratulate this wonderful group of clever cricketers on an outstanding season. It has been a real pleasure coaching you this season. Right from the beginning the whole team developed in attitude, discipline on the field and belief in themselves. This enabled them to overcome opposition with ease. Captain Alistair Frost showed great leadership in all disciplines of the game – he has to be commended for this. Vice-Captain Miles Garnett, working with Alistair, were a force to be reckoned with.

The season will always be remembered for a complete clean sweep against Ruzawi beating them in all three fixtures. We also recorded back to back victories against a very good Chipembere side. Our boys held their own and defended what looked like paltry scores.

Well done to Miles Garnett, Alistair Frost, Panashe Mbanje, Graham Curtis and Damiain White for being selected to represent Mash Eagles Franchise team. After the Inter Provincial tournament Alistair Frost, Damiain White and Miles Garnett were selected from the Zimbabwe U13 side.

Alistair Frost's 95 not out playing against Hellenic was absolutely superb as was Miles Garnett's 89 runs on the same day. Matthew Davenport proved to be a good solid opening batsman too as he managed to score runs consistently throughout the season.

Finally, the tour to South Africa was a learning experience.

We came up against some boys who were a year and a half older than ours. Our boys tried hard and never gave up. A big thank you must go to all the parents for their support and sponsorship on this tour. Thank you too to our tour manager, Mr Mackenzie for the refurbishment of the school Asro Turf cricket nets and organizing a bowling machine which the boys put to good use. Mr Gwande and the ground staff have been excellent in preparing wickets and fields throughout the year. Good luck in the seasons to come and please keep your love for cricket growing.

Although almost everyone contributed a lot with the bat, special mention must go to the spin duo of Panashe Mbanje and Amaar Adam for claiming the most wickets.

We managed to retain the Falcon Junior Cricket Trophy for the second consecutive year – a truly magnificent effort.

A combination of bad light and rain showers saw our 1st XI lost to Ruzawi in the bowl-outs at Lilfordia Day/Night Festival final.

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SENIOR CRICKET 1ST XV Back: M. Eeson; O. Van Oudtshoorn; N. Nicole (scorer); A. Adam; K. Robinson. C. Butler Middle: P. Mbanje; M. Garnett; Mr F. Mutare; A. Frost (Capt); G. Curtis.

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Cricket (CONTINUED) 2nd XI 2011 was a successful year for the 2nd XI with the team remaining unbeaten throughout. As coach I was lucky enough to have a side that was filled will talent, evident in a batting order that could have been reversed at any stage and still would have been equally as strong.

were under pressure. Their enthusiasm and commitment towards acquiring new skills during practices is most commendable. My advice to the boys as they move forward in their cricketing careers is to keep working hard on doing the basics well. All the very best.

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Our third team had a brilliant season. The rains managed not to disturb us so we were able to play all of our 12 scheduled matches! We won 11 and lost 1 to Alex Park 1st team. Most of our opponents were either 1st or 2nd teams from Government Schools.

to see the boys progressing well in their cricket careers.

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Team C Onorati (Capt), N Mackray, T Mpofu, T Evans, C Tenkrooden, J Layard, N Freemantle, K Blythe-Wood, J Annesley, Z White, K Anderson, C Wright

front all the time both on and off the field and must be commended for doing a wonderful job. We played a total of nine matches during the year winning all the matches.

Thank you to all the mums for providing cakes and serving tea during our home matches. Thank you, too, to all the support in all the games we played.

This is by far one of the most committed and enthusiastic group of young men that I have had the chance to coach.

The boys played well throughout the season regardless of the teams we played against. The level of commitment and respect was outstanding. Chase Onorati led from the

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4th XI Back: K. Tenkrooden; Z. White; R. Masengere; T. Evans; N. Macray; K. Anderson; K. Blythe-Wood Middle: J. Annesley; J. Layard; Mr Chiduku; C. Onorati; A. Silo Front: N. Freemantle

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great interaction and good spirits. Well done boys. Enjoy your cricket in the seasons to come.

The mighty fifth team – as it is called by the community of St John's – had a wonderful season. With Douglas Dorward leading from the front, the team just lost one match to Borrowdale 1st team. They managed to play all their games with the very good attitude of Having Fun!!!

M MBUNDIRE COACH

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5TH XI Back: R. Mubaya; C. Mpofu; F. Deacon; N. Bailey; S. Gumbo; M. De Souza; Mr Dikanipfuwa Front: S. Manokore; K. Currie; M. Dorward; A. Ntini

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Cricket (CONTINUED) COLTS A Bowler Award. Brett Hounsell got the best Fielding award and Michael Booth won contribution Colts Cricket award.

This year the Colts A team went from strength to strength, proving once again that St. John's cricket is a Powerhouse amongst school boy cricket. The year did not start off as we would have liked it to, losing a couple of games in the 1st term.

I like to take this opportunity to thank all the parents who supported boys and me all year and trusting the decisions I made. Also to Rene Booth and Emma Frost and the mums for the lovely teas we had all year. To those I have forgotten to mention, thank you.

With a lot of hard work we managed to change that in the 3rd term only losing to Ruzawi and Chipembere. The highlights of our season were winning the Barwick festival beating Ruzawi in the semi-finals and Hellenic in the finals and the big one, the Hellenic Day/Night festival beating a very strong Chipembere team in the finals and winning it for the first time in the history of the tournament.

I would finally like to thank the boys for an outstanding year! To see you all develop from a team low on confidence and self belief to a team roaring with excitement and enthusiasm. It was all due to the hard work we did, missing break times on numerous occasions to get some extra practice in. It was all worth it in the end.

The boys were always well lead by Captain, Michael Booth and Vice Captain Michael Frost who always lead by example on the field. Bevan Coveley batted well all season and won the best Batsman award. Rory Plunkett was the best Allrounder with Michael Frost getting the best

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Thank you all once again.

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COLTS A Back: K. Platen; B. Coveley; R. Plunket; P. Plunket; B. Hounsell; N. Balfour Middle: K. Marufu; M. Booth (Capt); Mr B. Chauhan; M. Frost; C. Davis Front: T. Spagnuolo

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Cricket (CONTINUED) COLTS B Many thanks to all the parents for their continued support.

The boys had an enjoyable season, playing mainly against other schools A sides. The boys showed a lot of character and played some good cricket, only losing one match against Hartmann House during 3rd term.

A RUSHAMBWA COACH

All in all it was a great season and the boys played well as a team.

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COLTS B Back: R. Arnold; M. Musaba; U. Dudhia; M. Gillam; C. Chadwick; D. Ralphs; D. Scholtz Middle: S. Nel; B. Fowler; Mr A. Rushambwa; J. Cowley; R. Sylvester Front: S. Harvey; C. English-Brown

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Cricket (CONTINUED) COLTS C too, to the parents for their support of the boys, who enjoyed an unbeaten season.

It was such a pleasure to coach this talented bunch of boys. I think that the boys gelled very well and each individual worked hard at his own game to improve the whole standard of the team. I would like to thank all the boys for their hard work and dedication. A big thank you,

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COLTS C Back: N. Stoll; J. Ellse; J-D Harrison; M. Gangaidzo; J. Cawood; I. Munro; L. Annandale Front: A. Moon; C. Onorati (Capt). Mr R Rogers; B. Phillips; O. Swan; T. Madzima

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Cricket (CONTINUED) COLTS D A huge thank you to Devon Jordaan for leading the team as captain and also to all the mothers for teas and support.

It was indeed a fantastic term and a very good season for the boys. We managed to play 7 games, winning 4 and losing 3. The 3 matches that we lost were at the beginning of the term before the team had found their feet. After a lot of practice the team gained in confidence and played good cricket resulting in the remaining games all being won.

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COLTS D Back: T. Marowa; D. Muskwe; N. Schmolke; D. Jordaan; T. Midzi; A. Matemera Middle: N. Nyambayo; L. Wetzlar; Mr Dikanipfuwa; T. Kaseke; N. Mukaratirwa Front: K. Hamadziripi

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Cricket (CONTINUED) GRADE 4A Gumbo, Petrus Erasmus and Aidan Martin. The spin bowling department was well led by Hamzah Karimshah and Kyle Madangure.

This year saw a highly determined Grade 4A team out on the field. With hard work, dedication and total commitment the team moulded together and was extremely well led by Conor Higgins. The boys put their talent to good use and overcame the opposition week after week.

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Special thanks to the moms for the teas and all the support throughout the season.

T KWATENGERA COACH

Our batting line up was very powerfulyl led from the front

by Conor Higgins and Daniel Van Rooyen. The bowling attack was spearheaded by Brandon Mason, Nyasha

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GRADE 4A Back: P. Robson; B. Mason; N. Gumbo; K. Madangure; E. Burbidge Middle: A. Martin; D. Van Rooyen; Mr T Kwatengera; C. Higgins; P. Erasmus Front: T. O'Riordan

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Cricket (CONTINUED) GRADE 4B accompanied by a team that has no drive, no passion and no desire whatsoever to do well. But this could not be further from the truth for these guys. They were hugely passionate and they tried their absolute hardest, putting their bodies on the line. They worked hard for each other.

But their motivation was not necessarily to win – it was to do their very best for their team mates. The phrase “winning at all costs” was not part of their make-up.

Maybe this was why they were so good at encouraging each other. It is not often that a coach can report that a team has managed to go the entire season without ever whinging. I never heard a single child bleating about another child.

This season will be remembered by me as being the one where I really, really enjoyed myself. The children also seemed to enjoy themselves and we looked forward to each practice session or match. They had a delightfully enthusiastic and positive attitude.

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Two things really stuck out about this year's group. Firstly, they made phenomenal progress over the course of the year. I remember watching a particular child running along next to the ball, waiting for it to come to a stop before picking it up and throwing it (like a girl!!) in the general direction of the keeper. By the end of the season, that same boy was diving fearlessly through the air to stop a ball from going over the boundary!! Or what about the lad whose bowling action involved a series of cartwheeling swirls whilst he appeared to be trying to look backwards through his own legs. And then that same boy was bowling effective and valuable maiden overs by the end of the season. Or what about the lad who seemed to think that the function of a cricket bat was to protect his fragile frame from ferocious balls hurled at him by some villain? And then that same lad, by the end of the season, was smashing much faster balls to the boundary at will. By the end of the season all members of the team were able to bowl effectively and all of them had had a turn to score valuable runs. Progress was huge and very noticeable.

They were a very well balanced team. Some were best at batting, others at bowling, others at getting their bodies behind the ball, others at catching and others at causing run-outs with direct hits. Each member of the team was valuable, each was highly valued and, together, they did what they were meant to do – they had huge amounts of fun and they provided the spectators with enormous amounts of entertainment.

Thank you, guys, and a big thank-you to the parents who were so supportive.

Richard Whitaker Coach

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GRADE 4B Back: R. Patel; R. Lowden-Stoole; I. Ngwende; K. Kandimba; T. Chigogwana; R. Bond Middle: M. Dorward; C. Kawodza; Mr R. Whitaker; B. Gillam; W. Schroenn Front: D. Naude

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2011 Soccer 1ST & 2ND TEAM The 1st team had a very successful soccer season. The boys played with a real sense of purpose and excitement. Their encouraging performances both in the league and cup games was a clear sign that the standard of soccer was steadily improving at St Johns. The 2011 season was all the more impressive considering the severity of the fixture list. The team played eight matches, won seven and lost one to Manyame School who fielded some overage boys.

House 1-0 (arguably our strongest opposition). Austin Rwodzi, who finished as the tournament's top goal scorer was also adjudged as the best player of the festival. Other players who featured prominently in the festival were Mufaro Chareka, Aubrey Silo, Anesu Mangudya, Tako Nyabadza, Kieran Robinson and Munashe Kambarami.

The U13B team also had a good season. They won all their matches.

St John's 1st team was crowned the 2011 Hellenic U13 Soccer Champions. The boys put in a spirited performance to win the trophy after beating Hartmann

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1ST TEAM Back: T. Gomba; A. Adam; M. Chareka; A. Silo Middle: M. Kambarami; A. Rwodzi; Mr F. Dhlamini; T. Nyabadza; A. Mangudya Front: D. Brain; K. Robinson; M. Lindsay

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2ND TEAM Back: D. Post; S. Gumbo; C. Wright; R. Hunda; L. Mavima Middle: T. Mpofu; K. Chiwara; Mr F. Dhlamini; A. Ntini; W. Hunda Front: T. Chimuka; J. Krischock; M. Karimshah

COLTS A There is no doubt that this team was simply head and shoulders above their opponents. The team was ably captained by Callum English-Brown with the help of his two co-deputy captains Gareth Ncube and Kelvin Marufu.

The team participated in the Gateway Coaches Festival where they lost to a good Hartmann House side by one goal to nil. The team went on to play with a great deal of commitment and spirit in the calendar fixtures winning all

their 5 matches and scoring a total of 13 goals and conceding one.

It was a great pleasure coaching this fine group of players.

Well done boys and a big thank you to the Mums for the teas.

D MABHODHO COACH

COLTS B The Colts B Soccer team had a successful season winning all their Gateway Coaches Festival matches as well as their calendar fixture matches. Well led from the back by Daryl Matsika, the team played as a unit scoring a total of 17 goals and conceding none in 8 outings.

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COLTS A Back: T. Marowa; D. Matsika; D. Scholtz; N. Masenda; S. Atwell; M. Chihota Middle: T. Kaseke; C. English-Brown; Mr D. Mabhodho; S. Ncube; T. Madzima Front: K. Hamadziripi; M. Chiketsani; J. Nyabayo; K. Marufu

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COLTS B Back: Z. Ramajan; D. Muskwe; T. Maisva; T. Vickery Middle: T. Midzi; M. Musaba; Mr D. Mabhodho; U. Dudhia; K. Ndhlovu Front: K. Kaukonde; N. Stoll; W. Mukaratirwa

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GRADE 3A Back: Z. Chikoto; T. Madake; D. Yosa; T. Mungwariri Middle: C. Jinnah; M. Hassim; Mr F. Dhlamini; M. Chigumira; D. Gibbs Front: D. Broxham; R. Hounsell; T. Kaseke

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GRADE 3B Back: T Gwaunza; J. Edwards; C. Cullen; T. Kurenjekwa Middle: T. Gwata; M. Welch; Mr F. Dhlamini; K. Arnold; R. Dean Front: T. Muzvidzwa; K. Chifokoyo

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Soccer (CONTINUED) GRADE 3C AND 3D The C's played two matches and won 1 – 0 away to St Michaels. They drew 1 – 1 in the return fixture. The D's also played two matches and won 3 – 0 in their home fixture against St Michaels. In their away assignment the D's managed a 1 – 1 draw. This was a good season for both

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GRADE 3C Back: I. Rubaba; O. Chimanyi; D. Johnson; G. Hoal; E. Kristiansen; T. Jakachira Middle: R. Mackenzie; J. Olivier; Mr L. Mutsago; J. Matukutire; D. Roberts Front: G. McKinnon; R. Castle-Pearce; A. Spagnuolo

SOCCER GRADE 3E AND 3F The under nine E and F soccer teams played two matches each – one at home and one away. Both matches were against St Michael's School. The E team won their home game and drew in the away game while the F team lost both at home and away.

The boys enjoyed their soccer practice sessions, as well as the matches.

B CHIMHAU COACH

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GRADE 3D Back: R. Moore; R. Ribeiro; K. Mpisaunga; M. Girach; F. Mukucha; T. Grainger; S. Nyatsine; J. Smith Middle: A. Galante; J. Mbanje; Mr L. Mutsago; T. Ajara; M. Madziro Front: J. Davis; A. Chimutsa; D. Lane-Mitchell; D. Azad; A. Clinton

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GRADE 3E Back: J. Frank; J. Humphries; T. Harvey; M. Chigumba; T. Fraser-Bell; S. Sunguro Middle: M. Ndebele; M. Adams; Mr B. Chimhau; T. Mutizhe; M. Denenga Front: J. Bolt; S. Stevens; D. Shonenberger; E. Kambasha

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GRADE 3F Back: M. McVicars; K. Broxham; R. Bond; S. Pickworth; V. Patel; R. Mhlanga; T. Zinyengere; L. Reid Middle: M. de Beer; J. Lues; Mr B. Chimhau; J. Cameron; T. Mpofu Front: T. Shumba; M. Msipa; D. Erasmus; J. Weller; J. Ferreira

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2011 Hockey HOCKEY 1ST TEAM Grade 7: G. Curtis (Captain); A. Frost (Vice- Captain); A. Blignaut; J. Booth; M. Eeson; M. Garnett; K. Robinson; O. Van Oudtshoorn; J. Krishock.

However the season did not start according to plan. We lost to Gateway early in the season. We improved through the course of the season and we kept getting better.

The highlight of our season was beating Ruzawi at Ruzawi in the final game of the season.

Grade 6: M. Chareka; C. Butler; T. Motsi; P. Mwamuka.

Results Vs Vs Vs Vs Vs Vs Vs Vs

Highlands Gateway Hartmann House Westridge Twin Rivers Lilfordia Hartmann House Ruzawi

E.P.S.A Festival Vs Gateway Vs Godfrey Huggins Vs Lewism Vs Lendy Park Vs Greystone Park

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won won drew won won

1-0 2-1 0-0 3-0 1-0

The team was always well led by Graham Curtis and Alistair Frost. All the boys were outstanding this season.

They played hard hockey and always showed great team and fighting spirit.

This year's hockey tour was a huge success. We trained through the holidays and the hard work paid off. We played all our matches on Astro turf.

Our first match was against Gauteng Districts. The boys started with a bang! We played exceptionally well going up 3 goals. We played fast, attacking hockey.

Unfortunately we conceded three goals due to the lack of experience. The game ended up as a draw, 3-3. We were disappointed that we didn't manage to win the match but at the same time we were really happy that we didn't lose our first game. The man of the match was Miles Garnett for an outstanding game.

Following boys were selected for the Harare Province: Harare A G. Curtis A. Frost K. Robinson

Harare B M. Eeson M. Chareka

T. Motsi (non travelling reserve)

After our draw in the first game we had practice in the morning before our game against Crawford Prep in the afternoon. We worked on the weak points from the game before. This paid off. We played extremely well going 3-0 up again but this time we only conceded 1 goal. We won the game 3-1. The man of the match was Tadiwa Motsi. His bright yellow boots never stopped running.

Congratulations to the following boys for making the squad of excellence: G. Curtis; A. Frost; M. Eeson; M. Chareka.

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After our win against Crawford Prep our next match was in Pretoria against W.H.P.S. We played this match at St. Albans. This was a hard fought match. We were put under immense pressure but we were resilient all match not conceding a goal. We won the match 2-0. The man of the match was Martin Eeson who scored a beautiful reverse stick shot into the bottom corner.

Our next match was against The Ridge. We played this match at the University of Johannesburg Astro turf. Having spent all morning at Pretoria Zoo and travelling from Pretoria to Johannesburg the boys arrived for the match tired. They didn't play with the same vigor we had seen the previous matches. We quickly went 2-0 down but managed to pull one goal back before half time. The second half didn't go our way. We were outplayed in all

This season has been a different season to say the least.

There were a lot of questions that were asked whether this year's team were good enough to go on tour and do well.

The answer is yes. They did extremely well.

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Hockey (CONTINUED) area of the field and we eventually lost our only match on tour 1-5. There was no man of the match.

MANAGER'S REPORT Mr Chauhan has already described the tour as being “one of the most successful tours ever” but I would like to detail some of the reasons as to why it was such a brilliant tour.

Having come off a heavy defeat, Mr. Whitaker and I knew that it would be hard to motivate the boys. We had an early morning practice and worked hard on a lot of aspects of our game. Our match that day was against St. John's Johannesburg. For me this was the most important match especially after our loss. We started the match extremely well. We dominated the whole match from start to finish.

We played like never before. Our movement on and off the ball was fantastic. We won the match 2-0. The man of the match was Alistair Frost. He played extremely well.

Firstly, the parents, and in particular Mrs Emma Frost, did an outstanding job organizing the tour. Everything went like clockwork. The flights, transport, accommodation and itinerary were perfect and one would struggle to find fault with any aspect of the tour from an organizational point of view. Thank you, Emma.

Secondly, the boys were a great group to go touring with – in fact, they were exactly the kind of boys that I would want on a tour. They were extremely active, lively, enthusiastic, energetic, passionate and they were perpetually “hungry” to get the absolute most out of every experience.

Our final two games were on the same day. We were playing an early morning game against St. Peter's and a night game against St. David's. The match against St. Peters started off very well. We went up 3-0 with Alistair Frost scoring a hat trick. Although we dominated most of the match the last ten minutes the boys let their guard down. We conceded 3 quick goals. We ended up drawing the game 3-3. Man of the match was James Krishock for making a series of outstanding saves in goals.

Thirdly, they played outstanding hockey! There was a slight doubt as to the quality of this year's team before the tour departed, but I very much doubt if their performances on the field will be matched for a long time to come. The speed with which they progressed was incredible to watch. Mr Chauhan was amazing in the way he identified weaknesses and designed drills that would overcome them. It brought us enormous pride watching our lads playing against much older and bigger boys with such determination and courage. They earned the respect of their opponents at every match.

The match against St. David's was an extremely tough match. We scored early in the match and then defended for most of the match after that. The defenders had an amazing game. They held strong not conceding a goal after a lot of pressure. We won the match 1-0. All the defenders were men of the match for their performance.

The defenders were James Booth, Keiran Robinson, Oscar Van Oudtshoorn, Cameron Butler, Aiden Blignaut and James Krishock in goals.

Fourthly, the tour was an unbelievably “full” tour off the turf! This helped towards making it such a valuable experience for the lucky thirteen tourists. We managed to fit in three sessions of Adventure Golf, the Bird Show at Monte Casino, ten-pin bowling, a tour of Pretoria Zoo (in hired golf carts!!), and - the highlight of the tour - a trip to Gold Reef City. It brought me great pleasure watching their bright, lively eyes delighting in each experience. We also appeared to do a lot of dining out!!

This was one of the most successful hockey tours ever. The boys were great ambassadors on and off the field. They played the games as a team and never let their heads drop.

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stor a n u P s A special thanks has to go to Andy Curtis, Emma Frost and

all the parents for their support for me and the boys. They all appreciate it. Also to all of you, especially Emma Frost, for all the hard work that went into organizing the tour.

Without all of you all this would never had happened.

Before heading off on tour we discussed three non-hockey targets; A. To actively look for “Noddy points” in terms of manners, B. To be like “borders” and not “dayscholars” in nature – “married” as opposed to being in a “casual relationship”, and C. To “NOT CROSS THE LINE” once a line was drawn.

To Mr. Whitaker, thank you for the hard work and input towards the team. Once again, it was an honour to work with you. I could not have asked for a better manager.

To the boys, thank you for an amazing season! It was a lot of fun. Keep playing hard hockey and never give up. Good luck in the future.

It was hilarious to watch the lads aiming for the first target.

We quickly established a reputation for having good manners and our boys are to be congratulated for being such excellent ambassadors for our school. Secondly, I was amazed at how united the team were. The fact of the

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experience for all concerned and it will take a special place in all our memory banks. It was phenomenal “value-formoney”.

My thanks go to the parents for their brilliant support, Mr Chauhan for being the perfect touring partner (what a team!!) and, most importantly, the young men who made this tour such an outstanding success!

The tour could have been described as being rather “extravagant”. However, the changes that took place in each tourist - the growth in character, the maturation – made it cheap by comparison. It was an amazing

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1ST HOCKEY Back: P. Mwamuka; J. Booth; A. Blignaut; O. Van Oudtshoorn; M. Garnet; C. Butler Middle: M. Eeson; G. Curtis (capt); Mr B Chauhan; A. Frost (v.capt); K. Robinson Front: M. Chareka; J. Krishock; T. Motsi

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Hockey (CONTINUED) HOCKEY 2ND XI REPORT – 2011 I really, really enjoyed this season!! There was a delightful atmosphere in the team stimulated and maintained by a number of real characters. They had an amazing ability to generate a “laid-back”, casual atmosphere with huge doses of humour and yet they did so without ever lowering their hockey standards. It was a case of laugh, joke around and have fun but also play your absolute hardest at all times. Not many teams could have pulled off this balance but this year's squad managed to achieve it with remarkable success.

We also did our job in terms of providing the Firsts with strong sparring partners and we certainly kept them on their toes.

If I were to sum up this season with one word it would be “pleasant” – in fact, can I make that two words – “very pleasant.” The lads brought me a great deal of pleasure and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. We also managed to remain unbeaten all season. One would assume that this would be an important achievement but it wasn't – it was the least of our achievements. Winning, for this team, was not as important as having fun and playing with total commitment and passion. No wonder they did so well!!

Our defence was absolutely rock solid. They complimented each other. What they lacked in speed, they made up for in anticipation. They might have resembled a troop of Neanderthals at times but they were certainly effective!!

My thanks go to the lads for making me so proud and my thanks also go to the parents for their support. I will be trying to duplicate this year's atmosphere in future seasons. What a great bunch of special people!!

The mid-field players were tireless and they achieved an excellent work rate. They hassled and frustrated our opponents and they managed to generate a lot of pressure which thwarted opposition attacks.

R. Whitaker

The forwards were brilliant at creating scoring opportunities!! They didn't always convert these opportunities, but at least the chances were there.

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This team has been one of the most enthusiastic bunch of boys I have coached. It has been such a pleasure. I have been lucky enough to have had the privilege to watch these boys grow not only as outstanding boys but also into some very talented hockey players and I look forward to seeing some of them in the 1st team next year.

I would just like to thank all the boys in 4th Team for making it such a memorable season. The boys had their ups and downs but in the end they exceeded all expectations. I wish them all the very best in the future and all they have to offer.

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4TH HOCKEY Back: B. Mazivanhanga; L. Davis; N. Gumbo; B. Leipe; C. Lindsay-White; N. Freemantle; K. Blythewood; R. Stewart Middle: N. Macray; R. Jameson; Mr R. Rogers; Mr T. Kwatengera; B. Meyer; S. Marques Front: S. Manokore

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HOCKEY COLTS C

The Colts A side played exciting hockey this year and ultimately had a very good season. They played 10 games, won 7, lost 2 and drew 1. The boys worked well as a team and were all willing to give of their best. Keep it up and I look forward to seeing some good results in the future.

It has been an absolute pleasure coaching this group of boys this term as they have shown so much potential.

They had fun and really enjoyed themselves. The boys seemed to pick their own positions as they developed and progressed in activities and drills. As the season went on there was a vast improvement in individual and team play.

A special thanks to the mums for the teas and to everyone who supported us.

I wish all the very best to the boys and hopefully they carry on playing hockey with such great enthusiasm.

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Played : 4 Won : Drew : Lost :

HOCKEY COLTS B The Colts B Hockey team had a very good season, losing only one match to Hartmann House but then managed to beat them convincingly in the return fixture. The boys worked as a team and were all willing to give of their best.

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COLTS A HOCKEY Back: M. Booth; B. Hounsell Middle: C. Davis; K. Marufu; Mr TKwatengera; A. Frost; D. Ralphs Front: N. Balfour

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COLTS B HOCKEY Back: B. Coveley; J. Cowley Middle: U. Dudhia; K. Platen; Mr T Kwatengera; D. Scholtz; R. Sylvester Front: T. Spagnuolo; J. Nyambayo

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COLTS C HOCKEY Back: M. Gillam; R. Plunket Middle: B. Fowler; C. Onorati; Mr R. Rogers; M. Musaba; S. Harvey Front: D. Matsika; P. Plunket; L. Annandale

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COLTS D HOCKEY Back: T. Makamure; I. Munro; B. Alexander; D. Jordaan Front: R. Arnold; T. Nyatsine; Mr R. Rogers; J. Harrison; N. Mukaratirwa

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2011 Rugby RUGBY 1ST XV What a great squad of boys these young rugby players proved to be. They embarked on what turned out to be one of our toughest seasons of rugby at this level for years.

Our first action was a warm up game against St John's College U14B team which, to our dismay, fielded several of our stars from last year. I was so proud of the boys for digging deep and winning 24-19 against much stronger boys. This helped set the platform and as usual, the season started with the challenging Coaches' Festival where experimentation is encouraged.

Hosted by Gateway, they made the brave and crafty move putting us against them in the first match of the festival, trying to catch us off guard as they had just returned from a successful tour of schools in South Africa. We had a cracker of a game but it backfired for them as we managed to pull it off 5 – 0 in a tough encounter. The only other tough game was fully expected and ended in a 0 – 0 draw against Ruzawi – once again setting the stage for an epic season against one another! Our first full game against Ruzawi was also a draw 5 – 5.

Kloppers and Aiden Blignaut along with the great work done by Oscar Van Oudtshoorn and the other loose forwards Chase Onorati and Desmond Annandale, won us very valuable ball. James Krischock lived up to his promise in the hooking position and on occasions played more like an extra loose forward!

We had two fine scrum halves this year in Damien White and Graham Curtis but I have to say that for me, Graham is the best centre in the country and his presence “in the middle” was a huge asset to us, not only in attack but he was desperately needed in defence. Alistair Frost was a great fly half who balanced tactical kicking with running the ball and often got our talented centres and wings away. I have to say that persistent, unspotted fringing by the opposition often thwarted our backs who, with room to move, showed flair and speed. Well done to Martin Eeson, Taku Nyabadza, Miles Garnett, Austin Rwodzi and our young fullback Mufaro Chareka who is showing great promise in the game.

Many a tense game was experienced throughout the season and the boys learnt to win and lose graciously. The Springvale Festival saw us lose 7 – 0 to a large Barwick team despite camping in the 7 point zone at the end until the bell rang without us being able to get the ball down!

The Super 8 was a highlight of the season where we made it to the finals and once again beat Gateway 5 – 0 in a great game of rugby. Congratulations go to Oscar van Oudtshoorn for being voted the Best Forward and Austin Rwodzi as Most Valuable Player. Sadly we lost Austin and our scrum half, Damien White for the huge Gateway game which we lost 5 – 15. Gateway really played well and although our boys played their hearts out we were not good enough on the day.

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TEAMS REPRESENTED BY OUR BOYS Harare North I Kloppers O Van Oudtshoorn D Annandale G Curtis A Frost M Eeson M Garnett M Chareka A Rwodzi

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The Hellenic Day/Night Festival was as long, grueling and freezing as ever and due to a slip-up against Springvale in a pool match (they played very clever rugby, kicking over our heads). We found ourselves competing for the Plate.

We won the Plate final against a strong Lilfordia team.

Harare South C Onorati A Blignaut T Motsi (Gr 6) M Timba (Gr 6) Harare West R Mubaya (Gr 6) S Gumbo (Gr 6) T Nyabadza

Harare North played Harare West in the final and Harare North won.

St John's boys selected for the Zim U14 squad are :-

The highlight of the season, as ever, was the return match against Ruzawi and as the score indicates, it was very close indeed. We ended a great season winning 8 – 7.

O Van Oudtshoorn D Annandale G Curtis A Frost A Rwodzi I Kloppers

Great fun was had all round and team spirit and courage were in abundance and whilst we had an unusually flat period in the middle when we went off the boil, we ended in fine form.

M MACKENZIE COACH

Our engine room battled manfully and our props and locks, Scott Harrison, Makanaka Timba, Seb Sheehan, Ian

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1ST RUGBY Back: S. Sheehan; O. Van Oudtshoorn; D. Annandale; A. Blignaut; S. Harrison; I. Kloppers; A. Frost; M. Timba Middle: M. Eeson; G. Curtis (capt); Mr M. Mackenzie; C. Onorati (v.capt); A. Rwodzi Front: D. White; M. Chareka; M. Garnett; T. Nyabadza; J. Krischock

2ND TEAM RUGBY This team enjoyed an unbeaten season in both full fixtures and festival games. There were some extremely quick and elusive backs in this side. The forwards were very powerful and worked with a lot of grit and determination. Some very attractive rugby was played by these boys and it was a pleasure to coach such a good unit of boys. James Booth (Captain) and Matthew Davenport (Vice Captain) lead from the front.

v Hartmann House v Eaglesvale v Gateway v Lilfordia v Hartmann House v Ruzawi v Eiffel Flats 1st team

M MBUNDIRE COACH won won

31 – 7 67 – 0 24 – 7 20 – 0 31 – 0 31 – 0 21 – 12

Won all matches at Endeavour Festival hosted by Gateway.

Well done to you boys. Best of luck next year for the start of your College career.

Results v Borrowdale 1st team v Ruzawi

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2ND RUGBY Back: C. Lindsay-White; D. Pike; R. Smith; S. Harrison; M. Moyo; D. Ndoro; N. Macray Middle: K. Anderson; C. Butler; J. Booth (capt); Mr M. Mbundire; M. Davenport (v.capt); A. Mbanje; T. Evans Front: R. Mubaya; S. Gumbo; N. Nichole; T. Motsi

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RUGBY 5TH TEAM

The team was a pleasure to coach as it comprised boys with great determination and self motivation. The team consisted of boys who played 4th team, Colts A and Colts B last year. The team was well led by Ezra Van Rooyen and Douglas Dorward.

This was a difficult term in that we only got one match – played against Greystone Park and in which we, unfortunately, lost. The boys thoroughly enjoyed the game though which was ably captained by Larry Mavimah. I wish the best to all the boys in their rugby career.

We played hard games against first teams of some Government Schools. Despite the odds the boys played well. We played a total of 10 games winning 8 and losing 2.

Mr Dikanipfuwa Coach

Many thanks to captains Mums and Dads for their support as well as the eats that they provided for the home games.

Well done boys!

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3RD RUGBY Back: R. Mangondoza; B. Meyer; M. Nichole; J. Snyman; R. Masengere; N.Bailey; A. Mangudya; C. Stangroom Middle: D. Brain; G. Dollar; D. Dorward; Mr W. Ndimutseyi; E. Van Rooyen; D. Aucamp; M. Kambarami Front: K. Blythewood; B. Masivanhanga; W. Annesley; T. Chimuka; R. Jameson

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5TH RUGBY Back: L. Mashinya; L. Mavima; R. Steyn; M. Brown; M. Ruck; J. Roelofzze; T. Chimbwanda; R. Williams Middle: P. Chiyangwa; C. Kasukuwere; Mr Dikanipfuwa; D. Post; C. Mpofu Front: A. Chivayo; B. Masekesa; D. Muzerengi; T. Matizanhau

GRADE 4A RUGBY Once again we have had a really good year and of course the results are what people judge our year by. We played quite a number of matches and managed to win all of them. All in all it was a great season and I have to pay tribute to our hardworking forwards with P Erasmus taking the lead role. Our backs were amongst the finest ball handlers that we have seen for years. There was genuine flair combined with solid determination from C Higgins, L Manokore, C Kawodza, whilst T O'Riordan was an excellent scrumhalf.

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Gr 4A Rugby Festival V Hartmann House V Ruzawi V Hellenic V Lilfordia

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Well done boys for an unbeaten season!

Results V Highlands Colts A

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GRADE 4A RUGBY Back: K. Kandimba; B. Mason; N. Gumbo; R. Karimazondo Middle: C. Kawodza; D. Van Rooyen (v.capt); Mr M. Mbundire; C. Higgins (v.capt); S. Mushohwe Front: E. Burbidge; D. Naude; T. O'Riordan (capt); P. Erasmus; L. Manokore

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COLTS A RUGBY Back: L. Annandale; B. Hounsell; J. Cowley; P. Plunket Middle: J. Booth; C. Onorati; Mr W. Ndimutseyi; N. Balfour; D. Ralphs Front: K. Edwards; K. Mitumbili; T. Madzima; M. Frost

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Another great season of Colts Rugby. The season kicked off with the Gateway Coaches Festival at which we had a bad start but I am pleased to say the teams performance improved throughout the season.

The colts B once again had a fine season and kept up the tradition of either being unbeaten or losing only one match. This bunch of boys led by Ben Fowler and Jordan Cowley played good structured rugby with determination and several of the boys enjoyed the odd game for the Colts A.

In the Springvale Festival we did extremely well winning all our games in our pool with huge margins. The “battle of all battles” was the Hellenic Day/Night festival in which we came second in our pool and played Hartmann House for the bowl. It was a cracker of a game in which we won 10 – 5.

We kicked off the season with a convincing victory against Heritage at the Gateway Endeavour Festival. We managed to beat Hellenic, Eaglesvale and Alex Park easily but the final encounter at the festival against Hartmann House was a fitting end to the contest. They looked a better team than us, with their backline players breaking away at an enormous amount of pace, thanks to our Centre Kirk Edwards and wing Dumi Sikala for some try saving tackles. The nil all draw was deserved.

The team was well captained by Cole Onorati. Many thanks to Mums and Dads for supporting us throughout the season.

Statistics Played Won Lost

League Games 12 8 4

Our boys lost only one match, narrowly losing to Gateway by two points, but this year we managed to complete a double over Ruzawi beating them both at home and away.

In the end a fine season was had by all and I really enjoyed coaching this talented and dedicated group of boys.

Well done boys!

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COLTS B RUGBY Back: N. Masenda; J. Cawood; R. Plunket; M. Gillam Middle: S. Nel; B. Fowler; Mr F. Mutare; K. Edwards; T. Spagnuolo Front: K. Hamadziripi; M. Musaba

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RUGBY - GRADE 3A

The team enjoyed an unbeaten season. The boys played some very exciting running rugby. The pack rucked and mauled well and always made the ball available to the line.

Callum English-Brown was exciting at scrum half. All the boys are commended for their good sportsmanship on and off the field. Thank you to all the parents for their support.

I really appreciated taking the Grade 3A team this season.

The boys were passionate about their game and they enjoyed playing as a team. They really were a fantastic group and I look forward to watching their progress through the grades.

The success of the side was built on the team's ability to perform well in the set pieces ; 20/20, Jack Bauer and firecracker confused the opposition and left them tackling the player without the ball. Our backs showed flair and speed and managed to score some excellent tries.

A. RUSHAMBWA COACH

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We took part in two festivals in which we did extremely well. Of the 5 games played at the Ruzawi festival, we won 3 and drew against Barwick and lost just by on try to Ruzawi in the final, which was a very tough match.

This was a very successful term for the boys. Well captained by Ryan Sylvester and Vice Captain Tynan Swanepoel, the team played 5 matches – all of which they won. The boys were well disciplined, well behaved and managed to adapt well to changes in position. I hope that they can strengthen their existing skills, learn new ones and take a wealth of talent forward with them into next year. Good luck guys.

Many thanks to Mr Kawodza and a few other dads for all their input in coaching the boys who do not get to play any interschool matches. Well done to Ryan Dean and Richard Hounsell for captaining the side and to the rest of the players for their contribution. A big thank you to all the parents for their continued support.

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COLTS C RUGBY Back: J. Ellse; I. Munro; I. Coveley; B. Ncube Middle: O. Swan; S. Harvey; Mr A. Rushambwa; R. Arnold; K. Platen Front: N. Mukaratirwa; C. Davis (capt); T. Kaseke; C. English-Brown

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COLTS D RUGBY Back: B. Phillips. P. Musavaya; D. Muskwe; T. Maisva; J. Harrison Middle: T. Makamure; R. Sylvester; Mr Dikanipfuwa; T. Marowa; T. Swanepoel Front: L. Wetzlar; B. Mugudubi; D. Watson

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GRADE 3A RUGBY Back: Z. Chikoto; E. Kristiansen; R. Hounsell; D. Yosa Middle: R. Castle-Pearce; R. Mackenzie; Mr F. Mutare; T. Gwata; G. McKinnon Front: M. Welch; R. Dean

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CHESS Back: C. Kwaramba; N. Saweto; D. Trivedy; G. Vlahakis; K. Anderson; T. Chimbwanda; K. Mashinya; K. Kashangura Front: T. Maphosa; M. Ruck (capt); Mr B. Chimhau; Miss C. Chikandigwa; A. Chivayo; Z. White

enjoyed our chess season this year but are a bit skeptical of what next year holds for the club.

Regrettably, all except for two of our “A” team chess players are grade sevens and will be gone next year. As a result we will remain with two present Grade six chess players and we will have to try building a team from our present Grade 4 and 5 players. Therefore, we will only be able to compete in either the “B” or the “C” league.

This year we competed in the “A” league. Our team was made up mostly of boys who competed in the “B” league, last year, with the exception of one, who is currently at the senior school. In seven out of eight matches we managed to present a team of eleven players (ten regular team members plus a reserve).

Unfortunately in one of the matches we were only able to field nine of them as two of our usual players were absent.

Overall, we played eight (8) matches of which we lost two (2) and won six (6). We thoroughly

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2011 Music & Play out on top. A message of hope presented through contemporary melody, great rhythms and script. Over 35 boys put all their energy into this performance but special mention must be made of Reece Williams (Narrator), Kudzo Chiwara (David) and Anesuishe Nyawayi (Goliath).

The Combined Choir concert filled the third term. The boys had many rehearsals to attend as well as matches, homework and entrance exams. The concert was the best ever.

First term saw the National Institute of Allied Arts Vocal & Instrumental Festival. St John's Prep entered a Junior Boys Choir and we were delighted with a First Place.

A very full, happy and productive musical year and a special thanks to our wonderful boys, parents and staff who made this possible.

Second term was “Giant Slayer” on the 27th and 28th July, a play about David & Goliath. Ten terrific songs told the story of how a young lad took on the impossible and came

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The Library 2011 The library is always busy as the number of boys taking an interest in reading grows and grows. Great experiences as a school librarian are when boys who have never been readers start becoming regular borrowers and others come to the desk to request certain books. In the second term a Grade 5 boy read his first classic version of Robin Hood and told me how absorbing it was and that he did not think he could read something of that calibre. It was heartwarming! I have a group of boys who have formed their own Book Club and make up stories either by hand or on their computers and I keep them on the shelves.

As the library still continues to be a work in progress with new books being added onto our shelves, old books revamped and new ideas being formulated I would like to once again thank all the parents who have supported the library this year with book donations as well as the hours put in with assistance. In particular I would like to thank Cally Higgins, ChipoTaruwona, Dusty Smith, Tracey Annandale, Geraldine De Beer and Sharyn Davis. Thanks so much to the library monitors for their help over the year and those more junior boys who are always willing to assist in one way or another.

Our new books on the shelves now number around 3000 and we still have some money to spend. The incredible thing is that there are always wonderful new books available and as I am in this job longer and longer I am amazed at the variety of books that boys will read and how important is it for us to make sure they have access to these books.

Over the very busy year of 2011 I have tried to use the library to highlight local and worldwide events of importance and interest and involved the boys in one way or another. Some of these events that we marked were World Book day, World Oceans Day, Rhino Awareness, Kidzcan Cancer day and of course World Cup soccer Season!

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 1E MY MUM

MY FAVOURITE TEACHER

My mum likes to eat food. I love her because she makes me tea. She likes it when I help her.

Ashlee Chamisa 1E

My favourite teacher is Mrs Davis. I like her because she lets me read my books. She is very beautiful.

Tyler Brebner 1E

My mum likes to go shopping. She likes it when I phone her. I love her because she buys me stuff.

Daiyaan Manuel 1E

MY DAD My dad likes to play golf. I love my dad. He is the best in the whole universe.

Ethan Renders 1E

My mum likes to jog. I love her because she lets me play games on her phone. She likes it when I walk with her.

Ryan Masimo 1E

My dad likes to play rugby. My dad likes to play tennis. My dad likes to make chips.

Ben Oberholzer 1E

My mum likes to drive. I love her because she grows flowers for me. She likes it when I ride my bike.

Aidan Collocott 1E

THE FROG

My mum likes to drive her car. I love her because she buys me ice cream. She likes it when I play with her.

Simba Musanhu 1E

Hello my name is Penny. I like to eat dragon flies and I like to eat ants. I like to jump from lily pond to lily pond.

Yeye Jin 1E

My mum likes to pick me up from school. I lover her because she buys me chocolate. She likes it when I draw a picture for her.

David Knox 1E

SANTA'S WORKSHOP Inside Santas workshop he gives people presents and his elves help Santa make the toys and then he puts the presents in his bag.

Tait Beets 1E

MY PET My pet is a dog. Its name is Mana and Vumba. I like racing with my dog and my dog comes first. It is a boy.

Jacob Mitchell 1E

Inside Santas workshop, the elves help Santa make toys. I am an elf. We make toys for boys and girls. Santas workshop is nice. I like Santa.

Tinashe Mawire 1E

My pet is a dog. It's name is Skipper. My dog like to chew bones. I like to play ball with my dog.

Sean Hovell 1E

Inside Santas workshop I once went to the North Pole and Santa makes lots of presents for good boys and I love him.

Wandai Masengere 1E

My pet is a dog. His name is Tinker. He likes to fetch. He likes to jump on me.

Neo Chimanyi 1E

Inside Santas workshop the elves help Santa work. Santa makes presents for everybody. The elves makes presents by themselves.

Feihong Huang 1E

My pet is a dog. Her name is Iron Lady. I like to race around with my dogs and my brothers. My pet is a girl.

Mukundi Dube 1E

Inside Santas workshop there are toys. Elves help him make the toys. He lives in the North Pole.

Ethan Tapson 1E

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GRADE 1N My pet's name is Ben. He is a monkey. He eats bananas.

We like to go for walks. He likes to climb trees.

Ryan Wild 1N

MY PET My pet's name is Frank. He is a cat. He eats lettuce. He likes to go to the shop. We like to chuck him up and down.

Naail Khalpey 1N

MY DAD

My pet's name is Missy. She is a cat. She likes to catch the ball. I like to roll the ball for her.

Ryan Wright 1N

My dad's name is Leigh. My dad takes me to St. Elmos. He likes pizza.

Harleigh Davidson 1N

My pet's name is Derry. He is a hamster. He eats lettuce.

He likes to sit on my bed. I like to play with him.

Ethan Rudland 1N

My dad is Joe. He works. He buys food. He watches tv. I like my dad. He has muscles.

Joseph Mashika 1N

My pet's name is Gwen. She loves to play tag. She sleeps outside. She eats meat. She has a brown patch.

Robert Musavaya 1N

My dad's name is Chris. My dad works in a bank. My dad's muscles are big. My dad watches soccer. My dad buys me presents. My dad helps me.

Simbarasha Mutasa 1N

My pet is a pointer. She eats dog food. She likes to sleep on my bed. We like to play with her.

Luke Lane-Mitchell 1N

My dad's name is Onious. He fixes my toys at his work. He works at KBL. He buys food. He loves me and I love him.

My dad sleeps with me sometimes. My dad is big.

Thabo Ndlovu 1N

My pet's name is Tyler. He is a hamster. He eats bird seeds and nuts. He likes to run on his hamster wheel. I like to hold him.

Matthew Mellor 1N

My dad's name is Riz. He works in a workshop. He plays golf with me. He buys me sweets. He is tall and has big muscles.

Daiyaan Ebrahim 1N

My pet's name is Scar. He is a parrot. He eats worms. He likes to play with me.

Aidan Buckler 1N

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Literary Contributions (CONTINUED) GRADE 1N (CONTINUED) My dad's name is Jamie. He is lazy. He is tall. We play rugby. We went fighting. We went swimming. He has big muscles.

Aidan Buckler 1N

IF I WERE A FROG If I was a frog I would be stripy and have suckers on my toes. I would live in a lily pad and I would jump around all day. I like to eat juicy bugs. They are my favourite bugs. I like to splash in the water. I am happy in the water.

Aiden Jinnah 1N

MY FAVOURITE TEACHER My favourite teacher is Mr T. He teaches cricket. He has muscles. He has brown hair. I like him because he is funny.

Tristan Campbell 1N

If I was a frog I would be a poisenness frog. I would have eyes and a big tongue. I would live in a pond. I would eat flies. I would like to swim. I would be happy.

Mudiwa Mkanganwi 1N

My favourite teacher is Mr Mackie. He teaches me sport. I like him because he is my best friend.

David McKinnon 1N

If I was a frog I would be poisonous. I would have blue spots. I will live under a rock. I eat butterflies. I like to swim in a pond. I would be a happy frog.

Tadiwa Madya 1N

I like Miss Elliot. She is blonde. She dresses nicely. She teaches 1E. I like Miss Elliot because we play simon says.

Naail Khalpey 1N

If I were a frog I would be red, blue and green. I would have stripes. I live in a pond. I eat crunchy bugs. I like to climb trees. I would be happy.

Joshua Makuwa 1N

My favourite teacher is Miss Elliot. She teaches 1E. She is nice and she reads stories to us.

Ryan Wild 1N

If I were a frog I would be a poisonous bull frog with suckers on my feet. I would live in grass. I would be blue and yellow and red. I would eat bees. I like to jump. I am happy.

Thabo Ndlovu 1N

My favourite teacher is Mrs Sandys-Thomas. She teaches 2N. She is kind and she comes to see our work.

Simbarashe Mutasa 1N

GRADE 1S I am a frog. I am a smooth frog and I can jump on a croc. I can jump and I can swim and a bird likes to eat me.

Chartlon Bishop 1S

I AM A FROG I am a frog. I eat flies. I swim in a pond and I lay eggs and I am smooth. Crocs like to eat me and my family and friends.

Dane Smith 1S

MY DAD My dad likes to play soccer with me. He likes to watch soccer and he goes to his work at a brick factory.

Robert Sandys-Thomas 1S

I am a frog. I eat flies. I live in a pond. I can jump from lily to lily and I am green.

Ayush Joshi 1S

My dad works at Joiner City and he likes to play golf and he is good at it and he likes to watch tv. He likes to watch soccer.

Dane Smith 1S

I am a frog. I can swim and I live in the pond and I can jump from lily pad to lily pad.

Aidan Webster 1S

My dad likes to play psp and he works at Silvertone and he has black hair and he likes to watch DVDS and he fixes at work and goes for a walk and he tickles me and my brother.

Panashe Maswaure 1S

I am a frog. I like to eat flies and I like to jump on lilies and I am smooth and I am green and I have black spots.

Ayaan Khan 1S I am a frog. I live in the jungle and I eat flies and I can swim in the river and I am poisonous and I am smooth and I like to jump from lily to lily.

Huntley Masterson 1S

My dad likes to ride bikes and he makes milk powder and he likes to exercise and does step ups and he eats veggies and he watches rugby.

Tavis Wright 1S

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Literary Contributions (CONTINUED) GRADE 1S (CONTINUED) MY MUM

A SLEIGH RIDE

My mum likes eating meat and my mum likes to go in a car.

My mum likes to pick apples and she has grey hair.

Aidan Webster 1S

I like to go with Santa. We go in a sleigh. Snow comes on my nose. Santa is fun. I like Santa to come and give us presents.

Ayaan Kahn 1S

MY HOUSE

A SLEIGH RIDE

My house is a two double storey and it has a cream colour wall and it has a big TV and it has three bedrooms and it is huge and I love being there and it is quite fun.

Courtney Scholtz 1S

Santa and me went in the sky and it was fun and we delivered toys to the people and his reindeers were fast and we landed on a roof and Santa went in a chimney.

Connor O'Donovan 1S

A SLEIGH RIDE I like to deliver presents with Santa and I like to ride on his sleigh. The sleigh has black and red spots.

Aidan Webster 1S

GRADE 2E lots of skeletons, bats fifteen meters long and scorpions a hundred and ninety meters long. He entered the cave. He saw the dragon just about to throw her in to a fiery furnace. He ran as fast as his legs could take him and threw his sword but he missed. The dragon dropped the princess. Sir Muscle ran towards the dragon. He took his sword and he threw his sword at the dragons head. The sword went straight through his head and fell to the ground. He ran and grabbed the princess. He ran to the horse. They got on the horse. They rode back to the castle. When they got there they both kissed and they lived happily ever after.

Luke Doran 2E

The Silly Mouse The mouse was so silly. He locked the door and he lost his key. He looked under the bed. He looked under the couch but he still could not find it. So he watched TV. While he was watching he found the key under his TV and he lost it again. What a silly mouse. And he found the key this time.

He unlocked the door and locked himself out so he went to the kitchen for cheese. But he could not find it so he climbed up the table. When he was at the top he looked and looked but could not find it. Then the cat came. The mouse ran away. The cat went after him. So he went and hid somewhere in the lounge under the chair. The cat couldn't find him so he went away. So the mouse went to his house. Unlocked the door and went to sleep in his bed.

Tamuka Musara 2E

The Silly Mouse The silly mouse has two brown eyes and one nose and one mouth. It has soft hair. The silly mouse is so silly that when he was running away from the cat he turned around and bumped into the cat. The silly mouse is so silly he ran into the pool. When he got out he ran into mud and slipped into dog poo. The silly mouse was spinning around and around then he stopped and went to his door and walked into it. The silly mouse locked his door and went out for dinner and put his key in his soup. On his way home he ran and jumped into a river with pirannas and swam fast to the other side. He went home and ran into a window. Then he ran into a thorn bush. He ran into a wall and the wall fell on him. After that he went to his hole in the wall.

Connor Grant 2E

Knight and Dragons Once upon a time there lived a very brave knight. He had very shiny armour and a sword and shield. His name was Sir Muscle. The princess has gold silky hair. Her name is Beauty. They lived in the castle with lots of beautiful flowers. Far far away lived a very scary dragon. His name was Killer. He was the most dangerous dragon that ever lived. One day Sir Muscle went out and when he came back he saw that the princess was gone. He knew that Killer Dragon took her. He got on his horse and he rode to the far mountain. When he got there he looked for foot prints and after a while he found dragon foot prints. He followed them and they lead to a pitch black cave. He saw

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Literary Contributions (CONTINUED) GRADE 2E (CONTINUED) of cheese. He thought he was in heaven. He could smell swiss cheese and mozzarella cheese and feta cheese. He fainted for five days. After five days he woke up and he fainted again and again. Finally he managed to grab six huge pieces of swiss cheese. He tried to get to his mouse hole but the cat woke up. The silly mouse tried to get back to his house but he got to the cat. The cat ate the silly mouse. So that was the end of the silly mouse.

Daniel Erasmus 2E

FIREWORKS F antastic I loved them R ocket E xciting W ow O riginal R ain K ian S upper Fireworks are super. Fireworks are loved. Fireworks are exciting. Fireworks are the best.

Jonny Bowen 2E

Knights and Dragons There once was a knight. The best knight that you ever knew. He lived in a castle and his name was Sir Maxwell.

He was the first one to fight a dragon. They say that when he was 7 he ripped a dragon's head off and he only had one little knife. But now he is big and he has one more dragon that he just can't kill. The dragon's name was Two Headed Star Struck. He blew steaming hot lava and it was the biggest dragon. It had more than 18 eyes and it had more than 45 spikes. One day Maxwell found out that the princess was missing. The king was begging for her to come home. The castle was gold and silver. The horse was white and that was the horse that Maxwel rode. So he got on to the horse and went off to a cave with a lot of bats.

He got into the cave and he saw the dragon with the princess hanging on a rope. The knight found out that the dragon could talk. It said “If you want the princess you need to give me the crystal ball you have then I will give her to you”. The knight slowly took out his big big knife and set his knife on fire with his shield. He threw it straight to its heart and it died. The knight cut the rope and got her down. They got on the white horse and rode back to the castle. The king was so happy that he let the knight marry the princess and she said yes and they lived happily ever after.

Simbarashe Chopera 2E

F antastic I nteresting R ocketing E xciting W onderful O range R ed K ept S et off Fireworks are wonderful. Fireworks are red. Fireworks rocket into the sky. Fireworks are very exciting.

Ross Mills 2E F rog Five I mpossible R ose E xciting W ork O range R ocks K ian S even Fireworks were sponsored by Frog Five. Fireworks made a rose. Fireworks are exciting. Fireworks are orange.

Dean Macdonald 2E

Our Soccer Match I went to school on Thursday and I played outside with Connor, Brian, Euan and Allan. We played Iron Man. Then Miss Parker blew the whistle and we came in and sat on the carpet. Then she checked hats to see if we had names.

We lined up and sat where we sit after break. Mrs Wallace talked to us and said remember manners. Then 2N lined up and got into the bus. Then 2E lined up and got into the bus and last but not least 2S went. Mr T told us to put on our seat belts and we drove to St Michaels. Then we got out of the bus and lined up again and they sang a song called This Little Light of Mine. We sat under a tent. Mr T called names. One half of 2N played soccer and they drew 0 – 0. Then the other half played and they won 1 – 0. We played and we lost 2 – 0. The game ended and we had a snack. I went to say bye to Miss Parker and we went home.

Toby French 2E

The Silly Mouse In my house there is a silly mouse. He loves cheese but there is just one problem – he can't see the cheese. He gave up trying to find the cheese. He had a huge fright when he heard something at the back door. It went meow and he heard it again – meow – and the door opened and slowly creeping into the room appeared a cat. The silly mouse ran out of the house at first. He came back in when the cat started sleeping. When he was in the room where the cat was sleeping the silly mouse got to his house. He got in bed. The next day the silly mouse thought the cat was a dinosaur with his big sharp teeth. He also has sharp claws. His claws make holes in the carpet. What a silly mouse. The silly mouse got to the pantry. There was lots

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Literary Contributions (CONTINUED) GRADE 2N excellent hearing. A Barn Owl has a white heart shaped face. It flies silently. Ostriches cannot fly but the eggs are bigger than a pineapple.

Salmaan Karimshah 2N

King for the Day If I was king no one will pollute and no one will beg and no one will rob and no one will fight and all the poachers will go to jail. No one will club the baby seals. I would help all the orphans and I will give food to the poor.

Mikaeel Hassim 2N

A female and male parrot can meet in a rain forrest and parrots can also talk and they are my favourite birds.

Owls can see in the dark and when they see a rat they move silently and some barn owls live in a tower.

If I was king I would say get all the sweets and chocolates in the world and bring it to me and I will give you gold and silver and bronze and myrrh and I would free the animals and I would get people to donate food and I would help the SPCA. Brian Bissett 2N

Crows hide their babies somewhere and when a man shoots a crow a group of crows fly around the house and the crows will be angry.

Nashe Mawire 2N

Birds

A parrot lives in the jungle. All birds have a gizzard. A parrot can talk. It is a tropical bird. My favourite bird is a parrot. A parrot has lots of bright colours on its body. It has a strong beak. It eats nuts.

Birds like to fly. They have light strong wings. Birds have hollow bones to help them to fly. Their wings are broad and flat so that they can push the ground. Birds lay eggs in a tree and they make their own nest. Birds beat their wings in order to fly. A parrot is the brightest bird in the world. The vulture is the dangerous bird in Zimbabwe. All birds have soft down feathers on their breast. The Ostrich is the biggest bird in the world. Ostriches cannot fly but they can outrun a man.

Tino Mutizhe 2N

Birds of prey eat meat. First all the other animals eat and then when they are all done they come and eat. A vulcher has no feathers around his neck. My favourite bird of prey is the Golden Eagle. An osprey is a bird of prey and so is a falcon. The Peregrine Falcon is the deadliest hunter in the world. It is 7 times faster than a cheetah. There are not much bird of prey in Africa.

My favourite bird is a parrot because some can talk and it is beautiful. Flamingos have webbed feet and they have a curved beak to scoope the mud out. A weaver's nest is protected from snakes and it eats insects. Owls eyes are at the front of their face and they are nocturnal and they can turn their head around and around. They have

Water birds have webbed feet so they can walk on water.

They use their feet as paddles. They all build their nests on land. They have a special oil gland which stops their feathers getting wet.

Mikey Samudzimu 2N

GRADE 2S nose comes smoke and out of it's mouth comes fire and it has big legs and it has very big wings. It's wings help it to fly fast and its tail has bony plates on each side at the end.

It eats lava fish. My dragon is scary because when he sees you he will eat you.

Sizwe Mpofu 2S

Bubbles On Wednesday I went on the field and started to blow bubbles. When it was Daniel's turn I jumped and caught a bubble. The bubbles were fragile. The bubbles were colourful and looked like glitter falling from the sky.

Bubbles can come in different colours. Bubbles are slimey. When the sun shines on the bubbles they shine.

Bubbles are transparent.

Ngoni Zvenyika 2S

My Sea Shell My shell is so beautiful. My shell is 9cm. My shell is almost the size of my hand. My shell is grayish white and on top of the grayish white there are long orange stripes.

On the edge it is peach with black spots. Put your shell next to your ear and you will hear the sea. I wish I was on the beach.

Andrew Robinson 2S

My Dragon It is a reptile. It lives in a cave surrounded by hot lava. It's head has horns on the top and it's eyes are big and scary and he has scales and his head is huge and he has claws that are pointed and his teeth are sharp and out of it's

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Literary Contributions (CONTINUED) GRADE 2S (CONTINUED) My Soccer Match

My Dragon

When I woke up I ran to bath and I went to breakfast.

When I got in the car we went to school quickly. I took my brand new Nike shoes. I got my shoes especially for my match. When we got in the bus I saw many cars. When we got to St Michaels we all jumped off the bus and I saw my mum and dad. When the match went on I kicked the ball. It went through the other team and it was fast.

Cameron scored two goals and I went home. My mum and dad gave me $16 and Mrs Wallace said well done.

Mufudzi Magadzire 2S

This is a dragon. He lives in the mountains. He has a big head and his eyes are big too. His teeth are sharp. He has scales. He has claws and they are sharp. He has wings. His tail is pointed. He eats sheep and cows and pigs. He is kind.

Nama Watambgwa 2S

My Soccer Match When I woke up I felt happy. I was wearing my track suit.

When I got on the bus it was very high up and I could see the tops of cars. I was excited and I was last to play with Ryan and with my friends. I went to get biscuits, freezits and orange and then I went home.

Jason Bolt 2S

Sea Shells I have a fantastic shell and its bumpy. I like my shell. It is 9cm and it is as big as my palm. My shell has 39 stripes.

My shell has a bit of zebra stripes. My shell made a spiral. I can tell you something amazing – you can hear the sea.

My shell is medium sized. My shell had a little insect inside. I love shells. They are fantastic. I love learning about shells.

Edward De Wet 2S

My bird is called a Lava bird. The Lava bird lives in the sea.

My bird has a long beak, My bird eats hot rocks and lava.

He knows how to talk. He lays eggs. I like my Lava bird.

Nyasha Shekede 2S

Our Eyes

My Dragon

My Imaginary Bird

This is a dragon and a reptile. He lives in the moon. It has scary looking eyes and fierce teeth and scales and sharp claws and he can eat you in one second because his mouth is so big. He is so big and his name is Smiley and he just smiles.

Rohan Nagar 2S

Mrs Wallace's eyes began to twinkle when I told her my joke.

Angus Schroenn 2S My eyes were opened when I was awake.

Munana Motsi 2S

Mum and Dad

When my brother beats me, my eyes go mad.

Daniel English-Brown 2S

I do know why my mum married my dad because he was hot and lovely and cool. They met at my dad's school. My dad was in the sharks team.

Graeme Du Plooy 2S

My eyes were staring at the tv.

Cameron Nyamuda 2S My eyes cry when I peel an onion.

My Dragon

Keegan Mannix 2S

I am going to tell you about a dragon. This dragon lives in a cave. He is fierce. He eats coal and sheep. He is kind. My dragon has sharp claws and teeth and has a big head and a pointed tail and he scares away bad dragons. All dragons have wings but some don't. His tail is big and heavy. He drinks blood. He eats buses and big thorns and he has a big horn.

Kieran Brown 2S

I have happy eyes when I see my dad.

Ben Selby 2S My eyes go googly when I eat sour sweets.

Liam Jones 2S My eyes got angry when my sister sold my playstation.

Tafara Manyonga 2S

Mum and Dad My eyes were sad when I came last.

Dad married mum because she was beautiful. Dad made mum laugh every day. They met in the park when I was running around. Mum thought dad was handsome and clever. They took a photograph together.

Michael Musora 2S

Ryan Franceys 2S My eyes can twitch.

Tamuka Madzima 2S

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 2S (CONTINUED) colourful. They were red and blue, yellow and green.

Bubbles are transparent and beautiful. They are light and they float.

Melusi Ndebele 2S

My Dragon This is my dragon. It is huge and on its head it has big horns and he has big eyes too. Its mouth is huge and its teeth are like swords coming out of its mouth. It has short fat legs and it has big long arms. It eats meat and sheep and horses and cows and he lives in the mountains. He is a very very very kind dragon.

Shaan Patel 2S

My Imaginary Bird My bird is called an Eogol Weegal Woo. It lives in space. It has a long beak and it is pointy. My bird eats snails and dead snakes. It has beautiful brightly coloured feathers. It has wings and it has two legs. It has a nice nest. My bird has one egg. I like my bird.

Ryan Richards 2S

Bubbles We went outside to play with the bubbles. One bubble popped on me and it was wet. The bubbles were

GRADE 3E MAKING BREAKFAST FOR MUM AND DAD

KARIBA K udus are big A n ant is small R hinos are grey I mpalas have two big horns B uffalos are very strong A ntelopes can get big.

I made some food for my mum because she was sad. I made it on a Sunday so I set the table at the backyard and my brother and I put the eggs on one side and bacon at the other side. We made tea for her. We put some grapes and cherries round her plate and Thando and I were getting on with the toast. When it was finished we put a cloth round the table. So mum came to the backyard and she enjoyed her cerevita but we had more food but Mum didn't know and she went back upstairs.

Graham Hoal 3E

A COUNTING POEM ONE white whale bit a sail TWO Tadiwas tried to play tennis.

THREE very hungry thieves ate tights.

FOUR foxes sat in boxes.

FIVE frogs found a fire.

SIX strawberries ate sugar in South Africa.

SEVEN seal pups spent six cents to go to South Africa.

EIGHT Egyptians killed an elephant.

NINE newts had ten suits.

TEN big tigers climbed a tree.

Matthew Welch 3E

My mum was so pleased when she had her cerevita so my brother and I put the rest of her food on a tray and brang it upstairs to my mum and she said she loved her food and got happy again.

Thandeka Mpofu 3E

THE VERY BEST DAY My very best day. I went to a place called Donnybrooke. I went there with my whole family.

MANA POOLS M onkeys can swing through trees A nts are the smallest things in the world N yalas are a little bit small A ntbears can eat ants.

We were watching races. I saw Reagan and Tristen in 3S. When the races were finished we went to the new Pizza Inn. It was fun because I played X-box. When we came out of the play room my mom bought a pizza.

P ythons can get fat O striches can kick O wls have big eyes L eopards can climb trees S nakes can get long.

I played for a long time so we went home. That night I was very happy when I was home.

Mudiwa Chigumba 3E Graham Hoal 3E

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 3E (CONTINUED) MAKING BREAKFAST FOR MUM AND DAD

A Bad Invention

I made some food for my mum because she was sad. I made it on a Sunday so I set the table at the backyard and my brother and I put the eggs on one side and bacon at the other side. We made tea for her. We put some grapes and cherries round her plate and Thando and I were getting on with the toast. When it was finished we put a cloth round the table. So mum came to the backyard and she enjoyed her cerevita but we had more food but Mum didn't know and she went back upstairs.

The invention was a car that had no engine and a dog pushed the car. It was supported by a dog who had to work.

It was a bad idea because the dog could get tired and get hungry. The dog could run away. The lady could not control the speed limit and the lady could not put many people on and the lady could not get off and on.

My mum was so pleased when she had her cerevita so my brother and I put the rest of her food on a tray and brang it upstairs to my mum and she said she loved her food and got happy again.

Thandeka Mpofu 3E

I would improve the invention by putting an engine in and making a folding ramp and making a roof and making the wheels smaller. I would put stronger brakes on the car and then I would put a tow-hitch on and then I would put a radio in and put a seat belt in.

Jake Humphries 3E

THE VERY BEST DAY

Making Breakfast for Mum and Dad

My very best day. I went to a place called Donnybrooke. I went there with my whole family.

It was a Saturday morning. I woke up and it was my mum's birthday. I wanted to do something special for mum. I went to get my maid so she could help me cook so we boiled the eggs. I made waffles with whipped cream and bacon. We then cooked the bacon and put waffles inside the waffle maker. We waited for the waffles to cook. The waffles had finished. We took the waffles out. They were hot so we put on oven gloves. We took out the bacon. We finished the eggs. We then made coffee and baked beans.

I boiled water inside the kettle for two minutes. When the water was warm we made tea.

We were watching races. I saw Reagan and Tristen in 3S. When the races were finished we went to the new Pizza Inn. It was fun because I played X-box. When we came out of the play room my mom bought a pizza.

I played for a long time so we went home. That night I was very happy when I was home.

Mudiwa Chigumba 3E

We then found two trays and very carefully we carried the food to my mum's room. Mum was sleeping so we left the food. When she woke she liked the food. When she had finished she wanted to know who made the food and then she saw me washing dishes. I told mum I made the food with the maid and I got a hug and kiss.

Kieran Chifokoyo 3E

MAKING BREAKFAST FOR MUM AND DAD One day I wanted to surprise my mother and father so I waked up early on Valentines Day and went to the garden to pick some flowers. Then I found some pink and red roses. I set the table in the garden by the swimming pool.

Then I went to my cook and asked him if he could help me cook food for my Mum and Dad. He said yes of course I will help you. So we put the stove on and boiled the kettle. We put the pan on the stove and I took three eggs and put them in the pan. I thought of sausages and toast with cooked tomatoes and baked beans. So I went to the fridge

Making Breakfast for Mum and Dad On Mother's Day I wanted to make my mum breakfast so I woke up at four o'clock and I woke up my domestic to help me set the braai. My plan was to smoke the bacon. I did the old fashion way of boiling the water on the braai. I fried two eggs and made some salad.

and took the milk and butter. And I took the kettle and put it on the table with the milk and the butter. I took the marmalade and the Bovril. Then I took the coco pops and put it on the table. Then I went to my bedroom and I changed into my best clothes and went to wake up my Mum and Dad. And I showed them to the table. And they were so happy because they thought they had to make food. Then my Mum and Dad gave me a big hug and kiss to say thank you.

Johannes Olivier 3E

I burnt the first lot of bacon so I had to smoke some more.

My eggs were done. Now all I needed to do was find a place to serve the breakfast.

It was seven o'clock when my mum woke up. I asked her to go to the bottom garden. My mum went to the bottom of the garden with me. My mum tried the bacon. She said it was very nice.

Sean Pickworth 3E

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 3E (CONTINUED) him some warm milk and fresh water to drink. After he drank his milk. I also gave him a name – his name was Simba the Lion. When I named Simba he was sleepy very sleepy. I then put Simba in his box to sleep. When Simba went to sleep I then went to sleep. The next day I woke up to see Simba and he was up playing by himself in his box.

When Simba saw me he ran round in a circle and jumped on my leg.

Thabani Maguranyanga 3E

Making Breakfast for Mum and Dad I wanted to make my mum and dad some pancakes. Then I got two eggs and a bag of flour and a big bowl. Then I cracked the two eggs and put the inside of the eggs into the bowl with some of the flour and some sugar. Then I mixed all the stuff in the bowl and I got a big spoon and scooped some of the stuff from the bowl. Then I got a pan and put a tiny bit of oil on the pan. Then I got an egg lifter and flipped the pancake over and waited a bit. Then it was done and I made eight pancakes and I got a rose.

The Puppy One night I was looking out of my bedroom window when I saw a little puppy. I saw the puppy just when I said goodnight to my mum and dad. I felt sorry for the puppy so I went to the kitchen to open the door. Then I went to get a big piece of meat and also a big bone for the puppy.

When the puppy finished eating it jumped high in the air and licked my face for a long time.

Then I got a tray and put everything on it. I gave it to my mum and dad. Then we all ate it and they said it was delicious.

Matthew Welch 3E

The Puppy One night I was looking out of my bedroom window when I saw a little puppy. The puppy looked scared and cold. I then went to my mum and dad and told them about this.

They were so happy about this. After all the excitement we went to see the puppy. The puppy was now very cold.

I told the cold puppy into the house for a bath. My mum ran the hot water then she ran the cold water for a while.

When the water was very warm I put the puppy in the water to give it a bath. After that we put some tick powder on the puppy. Now he looked hungry so I gave

The puppy got hungry again so I went back to the kitchen and took a big piece of chicken. It ate and ate until the chicken was finished. I gave the puppy a toy to play with so it would not get bored. The puppy played for a long time then I gave it some more meat to make sure the puppy didn't get hungry again.

It was time for bed so I made a home for the puppy and sent to bed.

Daniel Schonenberger 3E

GRADE 3N Imagine a box, Talking to a fox.

Breakfast for Mum and Dad On Sunday 19th it is Father's Day and we are going to Mazvekadei. I am going to get up very early and wake my sister and we will get dressed and my sister and I will lay the table which is outside and cook the bacon and eggs. I will put the food in the warming drawer and we will go back to bed and wait till my Mum and Dad wake up. I will surprise them by showing them breakfast on the table. If I have time before they wake up, I will take the cover off the boat and we will be ready for a wonderful day.

James Weller 3N

Imagine a clock, Falling over a rock.

Imagine a fly, Scoring a try.

Imagine a cat, Playing with a rat.

Imagine a brick, Sitting on a stick.

Imagine

Imagine Mitchell McVicars Full of funny stickers!

Imagine a cow, Wiping it's brow.

Mitchell McVicars 3N

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 3N (CONTINUED) A Family Dinner

My Best Friend in 3N

On Monday after school we had a family dinner. We drove to St Elmo's to have chicken pizza. It was a celebration for my birthday. The waiter led us to our table. My mum and brother and baby brother sat down. My brother and I then rushed to the computer game room to play computer games. When we had finished playing computer games we ordered our food. I ordered a chicken pizza and an Appletizer for my drink. My brother ordered a pineapple pizza and a Fanta. My mum also had a pineapple pizza. My dad had a chicken pizza and my baby brother got pasta.

When our food came we ate all of it and it was absolutely delicious. When we had finished the waiters came to our table with an ice cream and sang “Happy Birthday to You, Everybody Loves You”. We ate our ice cream and that was also absolutely delicious. My baby brother vomited! After that we were allowed to play for fifteen minutes. We had so much fun and we did not want to leave. We had a lovely family dinner.

Kameran Jinnah 3N

My best friend is a boy. He likes to play games like rugby.

He always likes running around. He plays and plays all the time. It's like he never rests. He has curly hair. He's short and fair. He has two bunny teeth and blue eyes, little ears and a big nose. He likes to play rugby with me. He has one sister and no brothers. His dad is tall and his mom is short.

His dad's name is Rodney and his mom's name is Sue and his sister's name is Layla. His favourite cake is a chocolate cake. His name is Ryan Dean.

Nkosana Sikala 3N

A Family Dinner On Monday night when I sat down at the table my mom came with a big plate of lamb. My dad sat at the head of the table. My baby brother sat next to my dad. My mom and my sister sat on the opposite side. My baby brother had soup and the rest of my family had lamb. My baby brother kept splashing his spoon into his soup. The bowl fell onto his lap and he cried for a long time. After dinner we had dessert. My mom went into the kitchen and she brought out bowls of chocolate ice-cream. My mom said there was a surprise at the bottom of the bowl. This made my sister and I eat very fast. My sister got the hiccups and my baby brother laughed. When I reached the bottom of my bowl I found the surprise. It was a layer of Smarties!

Ryan Dean 3N

A Monkey Poem My monkey's name is Chill.

On Monday he was ill.

Naughty, naughty boy Kicked the baby's toy.

Everyone was sad, Yes he was very bad!

Darren Broxham 3N

My Dad

The Piggy Who Had None

My Dad's name is Andy Lane-Mitchell. His birthday is on April the 8th. He was born in 1962. He is 48 years old.

When I was little my mum used to tickle my toes and say “This Little Pig.”

He has green eyes and he is thin and tall. He is strong and fit. He has grey hair. He is handsome. His favourite sport is kayaking. He likes roast chicken and beer. In his family he has a brother, a wife and me and my brother. He is a lawyer who works for Meikles. His happiest thing was when I was born. His saddest thing was when a little girl died. He went to St Georges. He laughs when he is told funny jokes. He shouts when I do something naughty. He was born in England. His father and mother died.

David Lane-Mitchell 3N

The first little pig was named Tom and he was greedy and naughty. He went to buy steak for the family. The second little pig was named Pinky because she loved pink. She stayed at home because she lost the money her mother had given her. That's why she stayed at home. The third little pig's name was JJ. He was the best cook in the house.

He made roast beef for himself and ran to the corner of the building and gobbled all the beef by himself. The fifth pig was called Mark. He went to his friend's house and they were playing outside the gate. A man came to kill Mark but Mark ran and went wee, wee, wee all the way home. The fourth little pig's name was Kameran. He was the piggy who had none and played playstation and wii.

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 3N (CONTINUED) My Imaginary Creature

The Seasons

My imaginary creature is called Badboy. He is small and lives under a mushroom. Badboy is bad and scary. His head is rectangular and yellow and green. He has two big blue eyes. He has very spickey hair and has four sticks on his head. He takes me to places where there are monsters. He has sharp teeth and fire on his head. They have a loud, loud roar. Then I said I want to go home and he said no. If you don't take me home I will punch you in the face and I did. Then he took me home with a red face.

Tristan Grainger 3S

Summer is orange.

Summer is as hot as a fire burning.

I like to swim in summer.

Autumn is brown.

Autumn is as cool as a pool.

I like to make a tree house in autumn.

Winter is blue.

Winter is as cold as rain dripping on me.

I like to sleep in winter.

Rainbow Poem

Spring is green.

Spring is as warm as tea.

I like to pick flowers in spring.

A red delicious strawberry in a bowl.

An orange tiny tiger trying to sleep.

A yellow sour lemon in a giant tree.

A green juicy apple on a branch.

The blue rough sea that floods.

The indigo huge jacaranda tree in a forest.

A violet tall mulberry tree in a park.

Rebokile Mhlanga 3S

Takudzwa Zinyengere 3S

Rainbow Poem A red hot fire burning my house down.

An orange juicy orange on a tree.

A yellow shining sun shining brightly in the sky.

A green poisonous mamba in the grass.

The blue rushing sea hitting the harbour.

The indigo pretty jacaranda down Greendale Road.

The violet plum tree in my garden.

Tristan Grainger 3S

My Imaginary Creature My imaginary creature is called Four Arms. He is big and lives in the Switzerland mountains. Four Arms is scary and horrible.

My Imaginary Creature His head is a star and purple. He has seven eyes and they are green. He has curly pink hair. He has five microscopic ears. He has pink bracelets and patches. He has two green dots. He has a blue neck. He has blue legs and bronze feet. His legs conduct electricity.

My imaginary creature is called Clawmax. He is small and he lives in my pocket. Clawmax is mean and clever.

His head is round and peach. He has four square eyes and they are blue. He has two orange ears. He has red spiked hair. He is fat. He has claws. He has purple flames on him.

His claws are orange. He has spikes on his feet. He has lava on his legs. He has long legs. They are blue and orange.

One day I was climbing a mountain and I met Four Arms.

He told me I imagined him in a dream and he was living there ever since. We went to the land of chocolates. We went swimming in Choc O Lake. We had fun at Chocolate Fountain and raced to the finish at the milky way speed way. Then we went to Halloween Town. We scared Mr Muffin, Mrs Pudding and Bannana Toe. Then we went to my house and watched TV for hours. When the clock struck 12 we magically flew into the TV and we were on Ben Ten. Then we destroyed Village. The next day we were back in Switzerland in the mountains.

Mandla Msipa 3S

One day I was looking in my pocket and I met Clawmax. He jumped out of my pocket. He grabbed me and pulled me into my pocket. I grew smaller. There was fire and bones and it was dark. He tied me up. There was fire under me.

I had a knife and I cut the rope and I lit a jet pack and flew back home. I was very happy.

Jared Smith 3S

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 3S The Piggy Who Had None

Nile River

When I was little my mother used to tickle my toes and say the rhyme of the Little Pigs.

N ile River is the longest.

I n the pyramids they buried kings.

L ots of people live there.

E verywhere you see camels.

The first piggy went to the marked to buy vegetibls.

The second piggy stayed at home. She has a broken leg.

The third piggy had roast beef. He was hungry.

The fifth piggy went wee wee wee. It was raining and he was scared.

The fourth piggy had none. He was punished. He did not eat!

Sean Stephens 3S

R eeds grow next to the water.

I n Egypt it is very hot.

V egetables grow on sand.

E ach year a flood starts.

R ocks are small there.

Tanaka Shumba 3S

The Piggy Who Had None

The Crystal ball

When I was little my mother used to tickle my toes, and say the rhyme of the Little Pigs.

I have a crystal ball in my cupboard. It is round and colourful. One night I looked into my crystal ball. I found myself in the land of sweets. I crawled into a big hump of sweets and in that hump was a witch! The witch ate me and then I came alive in the witch's tummy. Then the witch spat me out and then I went to sweet mountains. I ate lots of sweets like jelly babies. I licked icing off the top of the mountain. Then my mom and dad came to pick me up and that was the end of sweet mountain.

Jack Edwards 3S

The first piggy went to the marked and bought fruit.

The second piggy stayed at home because he was sick.

The third piggy had roast beef. He was fat and greedy.

The fifth piggy went wee wee wee all the way home because my bulldog was chasing him.

The fourth piggy had none because he was shy.

Jason Davis 3S

The Seasons

The Sun

Summer is blue.

Summer is as hot as fire burning my skin.

I like to swim in summer.

Shines like …

Stars in the big sky.

Burns like …

A fire in my own garden.

Glitters like …

The sun on water.

Sparkles like …

Diamonds and rubies in a jewellery shop.

Farai Mukucha 3S

Autumn is brown.

Autumn is as cool as wind blowing me.

I like to jump in the leaves in autumn.

Winter is black.

Winter is as cold as snow.

I like to play soccer in winter.

Nile River

Spring is red.

Spring is as warm as the sun.

I like to watch TV in spring.

N o rain falls in Egypt.

I n Egypt they write in hieroglyphics.

L ong ago they believed a goddess was crying.

E verybody grows crops.

Mohamed Girach 3S

Rainbow Poem

R eeds are important.

I t floods once a year.

V ery hot there.

E ach pyramid has a pharaoh inside.

R ocks are big there.

A red hot fire burning the trees.

An orange juicy peach in a bowl.

A yellow sour lemon hanging on a branch.

A green thin tie on my shirt.

The blue clear water that we drink.

The indigo enormous flower smells good.

The violet small grapes that we eat.

Ricardo Ribeiro 3S

Tafara Gwata 3S

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 3S (CONTINUED) My favourite subject is maths because you learn stuff and you get your brain working. We have a library and the library is very nice. At break I play cricket with my friends.

Richard Hounsell 3S

The Crystal Ball I have a crystal ball in my class. It is round, blue and shiny.

One day I looked into my crystal ball.

The sun

I found myself in the land of dragons and volcanoes. I just was standing, then along came a dragon and I was in the air and then we went to volcanoes. It exploded and it went right up into the air and it hit the dragon. Then I was falling and I hit the ground and it was not sore. I was ok but the dragon was not ok. There was a lot of lava, then I knew the dragon was just sleeping and I tried to wake up the dragon. He woke up and we got away from the lava. I wanted to keep him and I did and I named him Sparkly. He was my second favourite colour red and he brought me back to my home.

Juan Ferreira 3S

Shines like …

My mum's diamond ring.

Burns like …

A thousand forest fires in Australia.

Glitters like …

Stars in the huge sky.

Sparkles like …

Fireworks in the black night.

Rebokile Mhlanga 3S

My Holiday

The sun

At the beginning of the holiday I went shooting in Bulawayo. I went to Alex C's house and we jay boarded and played with Lego. I went to Mana Pools and saw lots of animals and went fishing. My friend came. We swam in the pool and dam. My uncle came and we played cars. My dad got a scooter and took me for a ride. I went to my friend's house and had crepes. I went to Imiri and I fed the animals and rode an elephant.

Alex Galante 3S

Shines like …

Crystals in a glass case.

Burns like …

A fire burning my hand.

Glitters like …

A chandelier on the roof.

Sparkles like …

Fireworks in the air.

Joseph Mbanje 3S

The Sun My School

Burns like …

The fire in the wood.

Glitters like …

Sparks in the sky.

Sparkles like …

Gold in a jewellery store.

I go to St. John's Preparatory School. My teacher is Mrs Gillam. My class is 3S. In class there are desks and we have pencil cases and books and we have folders and chairs. My headmaster's name is Mr Mackenzie and he is very nice. We have cake sale and the cake is very nice. My favourite sport is cricket and I play cricket on the fields

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 4E 6 Oh I do hope we get to Mars All that red dust!

5 I want to go to Jupiter And see how big it really is 4 The moon is a planet of rocks I've heard Maybe I can collect some if we go there 3 I love rockets Because we can go and visit planets 2 Oh I want to go to Mercury Because it sounds so murky 1 And finally get to Saturn The one with the ring you know 0 Blast Off! Joel Spence 4E

Valentine's Day Poems Roses are red Violets are blue Flowers are pretty And so are you Tapiwa Chifamba 4E Roses are red Violets are blue Candy is sweet But I love you Zach Birkin 4E Roses are red Violets are blue You are beautiful As morning dew

10 We are in a space ship Going around Jupiter 9 We see an alien on its way home In its hovercraft 8 We go to Mars and have a visit And a cup of tea with the aliens 7 We go to the end of the universe And fetch some samples 6 We fly past the moon We see Neil Armstrong 5 We land on the sun And suntan 4 We land on Neptune And float around 3 We go to Mercury and meet the aliens Learn how they live 2 We stop at a star To get more fuel 1 Back home In bed asleep Petrus Erasmus 4E

Christian Allanby 4E Roses are red Violets are blue You are so sweet And that is so true Petrus Erasmus 4E Roses are red Violets are blue Angels are kind And so are you Muziwenkosi Mguquka 4E Roses are red Violets are blue You are my mum And I love you Patrick Robson 4E

I hope I don't run out of gas, and fall from the sky I want to see Jupiter's red spot Do you want to come with me to space?

Make sure you bring a space suit, don't suffer now Do you want to count all the stars?

Put seatbelts on, so you don't float away I want to go visit the martians Make sure we take enough food Our first destination is the moon 54321 Blast off!

Ruilin Huang 4E

Roses are red Violets are blue You are my parents And I love you Aedan Martin 4E

Rocket Count Down Poem 10 Today we are going to blast off To see space and planets 9 I am hoping we will see An alien or two 8 We may not get to Pluto For it is far, far away 7 But we may get to Uranus Because it is quite close

Exclusion of Words There once was an old man. His name was Tom. He lived in an old, broken house. It was built three hundred years ago. He loved his old, broken house.

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 4E (CONTINUED) In a murky swamp a greedy, selfish crocodile lurks around looking for fish. Anything that comes by will be chomped to bits!

Aedan Martin 4E

entered the room. Inside the room there were jugs full of radio active liquid that cannot be exposed or be touched by a human being's bare hand. A ten foot taranchula came out of the shadows of the creeky corner by the roof.

I think it was exposed to the liquid. He ran around the whole house being chased by it. There was a room straight ahead. He opened the door and hid inside the room. The ghost of Mr McMillan was floating behind him.

He turned around and screamed at the top of his voice.

He ran out of the room, down the stairs and out the door.

The ghost and taranchula followed him but he closed the door in their faces and went home.

Kuda Magwera 4E

In the city of New York lived a very, very old man. This old man was a very peculiar old man because he ate bugs for breakfast, lunch and dinner. To find them he went floating on a raft with a light.

Joel Spence 4E In a school called St John's there were three teachers who were extremely kind. They were Mrs Tindel, Miss Parker and Mrs Hulley.

Mambo Pasipamire 4E

The Cooking Pot

In an old village lives a Scottish man named Joseph. He is very old. He is very slow. He also makes p words like fabredickylas and creaqative.

Ruilin Huang 4E

Cooking pot yummy and sweet, Something delicious to eat.

Brings people together, In all sorts of weather.

It looks bright, yellow and green And looks good and lean.

Spice, everything nice, And a hint of ice.

Some fresh rosemary, And a touch of roseberry.

Stir it, heat it up, It looks like make-up.

Some plastic plates, I invite my mates.

We taste, we sip, I put it to my lips.

It's awful, I say, They pay And they're on their way!

The Mystery of the Haunted House One late Halloween afternoon all the children were getting ready to go trick or treating. They were putting on costumes of ghosts, goblins, zombies, devils and vampires but don't forget the werewolves. At six in the evening they all went out trick or treating. One old house at the end of town was said to be haunted after Mr McMillan, the crankiest, grumpiest man in town died while watching a football game in 1998. The elders say every Halloween his ghost roams around the house looking for any trespassers and when he does he possesses you until next Halloween unless you get him out by watching the football match of 1998 in his house.

Petrus Erasmus 4E

After trick or treating little Ty Jones went to the haunted house not knowing the legend. He rang the door bell. The door opened and a powerful force pulled him into the house. The door slammed shut behind him. He panicked in fear. He heard an evil laugh and stopped. He looked around and said “Who said that??” looking puzzled for a moment. Then he thought to himself this house looks creepy. Who would ever want to live here. He walked up the stairs until he got to a room that had a notice saying “Danger. DO NOT ENTER WITHOUT A SAFETY SUIT” and right there on a hook was a safety suit which was white with bright yellow gloves. So little Ty put on the suit and

Making Magic Making magic is so much fun!

But be careful, you might pull out a gun.

I warn you, don't try this at home You might get yourself into a fight!

I'll show you a trick and you will turn into a tick Any volunteers?

So I can show you how to disappear Rub your palms together and step into this box And I'll turn you into a fox.

Rishi Patel 4D

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 4N I did not know what to do . I went back into the house and got the tool box and some gloves. Back at the car, I took a bucket and drained the oil into it! I noticed a spark. I warned my dad not to touch it. My warning came too late – he had touched it and burned his fingers.

Rain “Rain rain go away.

We have had enough today” Let the sunshine come and stay Heat us up and let us play.

When I saw that he was bleeding, I got the first aid kit. We put some medicine over it and we returned to work. I filled the buckets with hot water and we washed the grease off. The steam was hot.

Rain rain go away, All of us want to play.

We love the sun Do not spoil our fun.

We blocked the hole where the oil had been leaking from with a rag. It was very dirty. Later we welded a metal piece onto it. Finally we used another cloth and we replaced the oil with clean oil. We tried to start the engine and it turned with the first effort. We test drove the car to the shops and treated ourselves to an ice cream. The car is still running smoothly and I have gained so much confidence to fix a car on my own.

Ben Harvey 4N

Rain rain go away, We have the sun today.

Let the children out to play And have a lovely picnic day.

Tao Spartas 4N

The Long Journey One morning early we were prepared to go to the Vumba mountains. We packed the luggage we needed such as our camera, some books and games to play with. Snacks, drinks, our hats and caps, extra blankets and pillows for comfort and suitcases found their way to the car. I asked my dad how long the journey would take. He replied that it would take approximately three and a half hours.

Rain Rain, rain go away, We have had enough today.

Sun come up and shine so bright, I want to play, and fly a kite.

We all got into the car. The nickname for the car is: The Trusty old Volvo. When my dad turned the key to start the car, it didn't turn the engine. We suspected that the Volvo had run out of petrol. We phoned our mechanic. We asked him to stop at the filling station and buy some petrol to fill up the car. The mechanic arrived after a few minutes and we were able to fill up the car. I thought our trip was going to be foiled.

Rain, rain go away, We have had enough today.

We want to go for a bicycle ride, Not in the road but on the side.

Rain, rain go away, We had had enough today.

We want to fish and swim, Wearing a hat with a wide brim.

Tadiwanashe Kanyangarara 4N

We finally started out on our journey. We drove in a convoy with some friends. Our first toll gate was at Chisipite. We had to pay one dollar to continue. We began to become hungry and thirsty. We realized that we had forgotten the snacks at home. My sister was very hungry. I was also hungry. Fortunately one farm stall on the way was open and we were able to buy some food.

The Long Journey My life started on a large sugar cane farm. As a family we joined many friends and we were transported to a noisy building. People took us from this building to a factory.

This was a sweet factory.

We stopped at many toll gates. We finally got to White Horse Inn. We went to our room and we lay down. I said to my parents that it had truly been a long journey.

Daniel Jackson 4N

I went to the area where machines produced jelly tots.

My tummy could only take a sweet bite every now and then. I decided to have a nap. Eventually I found a wonderful bed made of a bunch of jelly tots. I fell asleep for about an hour. Later we woke up when a machine separated us and we got grouped into packets and sent to different shops.

Helping Dad with the Car One day the car broke down so I changed into my oldest clothes I could find. I discovered a torn up T shirt and dirty trousers. The engine was so greasy it stuck to my hand. I noticed a leaking oil filter.

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 4N (CONTINUED) I woke up and was shocked when I realized that I was on a motorbike. The biker opened the bag and started to eat my friends. I quickly decided to hide in the corner of the bag. Finally we stopped and the man handed the bag to a pretty little girl. She was pleased to see me and I knew that it was the end of my journey. It was a long but a very interesting journey.

Daniel Van Rooyen 4N

He shows me the pistons which go up and down as petrol burns and how they expand quickly. He tells me not to touch the exhaust because gassy fumes from burnt petrol come out of it and it could become very hot.

Dad tells me the engine needs oil to keep all the moving parts moving smoothly. I drain the oil from the sump and place a container under the car and undo the bolt and replace the old, dirty oil with new, shiny oil.

Helping Dad with the Car I clean the battery terminals. My dad tells me that the battery makes the electricity to get the spark plugs sparking and lights and radio working.

My dad loves cars. His favourite is a 1969 Series 2A Landrover short wheel base. He spends hours over the weekend tinkering with it. When I have free time I help him wash and polish it.

We sometimes replace the spark plugs. These make the sparks to set the petrol alight. My favourite part is unscrewing the old ones and screwing in the new ones.

My brother, my dad and I take it for long drives in the bush together. We service it every five thousand kilometers.

Dad explains to me how the engine works and he points out to me where the cylinders are which burn the petrol to make the engine run.

Both of us are usually very dirty when we go for a test drive. I have a well deserved cup of tea and have a long swim with my dad. I truly enjoy helping dad with the car.

Murray Dorward 4N

GRADE 4S I went to the fireworks When my dad came back from work.

The colours were bright On that very night.

Fireworks The fireworks are like silver stars, That look like they reach Mars.

They're sparkling green then turn pink As they all start to fall and sink.

People were lighting squibs, While I was having ribs.

The fireworks were loud Watched by a huge crowd.

The fireworks fly high in the sky People start to sigh.

The fireworks were twirling, And they were swirling.

The fireworks went high, Straight into the sky.

You hear one go zoom, Then another one go boom.

Up high they swirl, Then a scream comes from a little girl.

Some fireworks were sparkling green, The best I've ever seen.

My baby cousin was shaking, And I was quaking.

We spotted a snake, Everybody starts to quake.

We all start to play, As the colours fade away.

The fireworks are done And I had a lot of fun.

Hamzah Karimshah 4S

The fireworks were great fun, I enjoyed a burger and a bun.

I watched the fireworks on Saturday night, They were so loud it gave me a fright.

I heard POW POW BOOM Then I saw them zoom.

Later I lay in my bed, With fireworks swirling in my head.

Ben Harris 4S

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 4S (CONTINUED) I saw one swirl, Then it started to curl.

The fireworks did fall, One looked like a soccer ball.

But not to walk.

This cat had a scare, When he saw a hare.

He went to the house, Chased a mouse.

The cat ran around, But the mouse wasn't found.

This mouse was thrilled, He wasn't killed.

They shone gold and turquoise blue, Then a squib flew.

Light green splashed across the sky, Birds had to fly.

Tinashe Maswaure 4S The fireworks were great fun, My poem is now done.

My Cat Anesu Chiwara 4S My cat lies on my bed, Never pouncing on my head.

My cat is very agile, Her claws are retractile.

She eats frogs, And hates dogs.

Stripe lies on my lap, And unfolds like a map.

My cat has black fur, She loves to purr.

She is a domestic cat, She's proud of that.

I love my cat, And that's that!

Making Magic Helga an ugly old witch, Does not like a snitch.

Helga made a magic potion, With a lot of lotion.

Helga is so fat, She looks like a fluffy cat.

Making magic is doing tricks, And very big flicks.

Helga took a cat, Turned it into a hat.

Making magic is using a frog, And a snorting hog.

Luke Turley 4S

Making Magic

Helga the ugly old witch, Loves being very rich.

She sold her cooking goo And off she flew.

I am an old witch, I live in a ditch.

I want to brew A horrible stew!

Once Helga made a spell, But it didn't turn out very well.

Helga blew into the air, And turned it into a bear.

I'm in my room, With my old broom, I have my pot, Must make it hot.

The magic is done That was so much fun.

In goes two flies, A skunk that cries, A beetle that crawls, And three bricks from walls.

Brendan Mason 4S

Cats I am so happy I am making magic.

My magic is done, It was great fun.

There once was a cat, Who sat on a mat, Who likes to eat rats, Was afraid of bats.

He likes to drink milk, Had a coat like silk.

In the day he caught his prey, He liked to stalk,

Joel Reid 4S

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 4S (CONTINUED) I could not believe my eyes. There was a T-Rex coming straight for me. I spun around and leapt onto the back of a tiny friendly dinosaur who bolted over a little hill.

Suddenly he tripped over a rock and fell into a bog. I screamed and shouted because I felt myself sinking. I heard a terrible squawk and a gigantic Teredaktel picked me up with his huge talons. He swooped through the sky and I felt terrified. Then my shirt ripped and his talons lost their grip. I tumbled through the air and closed my eyes just before I landed. It was not as bad as I thought because I landed on a huge dinosaur. He gave me a big whack with his tail and fortunately I landed right next to the Time Machine. I jumped inside and pressed all the buttons.

Wham, Bham, Poof, Slam, I landed safely back at Mr McRios science lab!

I Was So Angry With My Mum …

I was so angry with my mum for not letting me play outside so I decided to sneak out the window. It was so unfair that she had sent me to my room. I had tried my best in my maths test and I think the teacher was being mean making me do all the corrections. My mum was mean by keeping me inside.

I squeezed through the burglar bars that were slippery because it had just been raining. I grabbed my bike and raced down the road to No 5 Beetle Juice Close. This was the home of Mr McRio, the inventor who was also my great uncle. “Hello there Nicky,” he said “Come and look at my new Time Machine.” I stepped inside and Wham, Bham, Poof, Slam! There was so much smoke that I could not see a thing. When I had finished coughing, I pushed the door open.

I sped home as fast as I could on my bike. When I arrived there, Mum was at the doorstep waiting for me. Oh boy …. she would never believe what had happened!!!

Nicholas Fourie 4S

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 5E It is shiny and as spotless as a light beam, And that is my bedroom for now But only for now!

My Room My room is quite small, Just four walls and a door.

With a play station and a fan, On my desk I have a toy man.

Kurt Platen 5E

My Bedroom

With cricket bats, And baseball caps.

I have a TV, On which I play my play station 3.

My bedroom is black and I have a big red sack.

I have one of each shoe, And my windows are see through.

My bedroom is clean Even though my bed can't be seen.

You can hardly see my TV. I don't have a loo, But I have a cockatoo.

My sister breakes in And I tell her it's not a Holiday Inn. My bedroom is small But I have pictures on the wall.

I have some bamboo And a stuffed kangaroo.

My pants are red, And so is my bed.

Jordan Cowley 5E

I have lots of old books with holes and cracks, From my window I watch my silly cats.

My room is yellow and white, It turns black in the middle of the night.

I have many shoes, Four of which need to be glued.

I have a small crate which holds my sock, And in my cupboard I have two clocks.

My clothes are on different shelves, In which I hide toy elves.

I have four cook books, But I have no hooks.

I have nine new jackets, And four tennis rackets.

My Bedroom My bedroom is blue, And I have a cow called Moo, Sitting on my bed which is brand new.

My fish tank is so clean, And my pictures can be seen.

My shelf is filled with books, And my fishing box is covered with hooks.

Under my bed, Looks a lot like the garden shed.

Bradley Phillips 5E

My Bedroom My bedroom is black and blue, Oh darn! That won't do.

I have a very dirty loo, Most of it is covered in gue!

I have a chicken leg on my bed, Plus an egg and a bug named Meg. My bookshelf is red, as sharp as a pencil lead, When I wake up I look so dead.

I look like a zombie in a combi, My bed smells a bit like a mombe.

Under my draw I have a pet boar, Oh it loves to play on the floor.

And it just eats more and more.

Then eventually it runs into the door.

And his head just gets more sore, Then I hear a massive roar.

I quickly crawl out the door, Then I ran into the wall.

My mum caught me, Then she faught me.

She won, that was not fun, I have to tidy up my room, Now it's clean and can bloom.

It can gleam,

On my hanger, There was a pork banger.

On my carpet, I found a piece of plastic, Which I picked up in the market.

Blue is the colour of my wall.

I can assure you that when you come in, You will have a ball.

Ian Munro 5E

Break-time Break-time is hot almost as hot as an oven.

Break-time is thrilling and the food is filling.

Break-time is a time to be happy, not sad.

Break-time is cool but I wish there was a pool.

Break-time is tiring in a lovely way.

Break-time is awesome because we play games all day.

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 5E (CONTINUED) When the bell rings for break it feels so glorious.

But when the bell rings again you know that wonderful break-time is over.

Jordan Cowley 5E

Break-time Break-time is fantastic So glorious and free Everyone likes it Especially me.

Break-time is play But some people think it's only okay.

The grass is so fresh And break-time is mind re-freshing.

The benches are brown, And some people act like clowns.

Break-time is glee, And everybody feels so free.

Break is half an hour, My sandwiches taste very sour.

Everyone is in a marvelous mood, And my lunch box is full of food.

Break-time Today I am going to talk about break-time. It is one of the world's most loved things to children obviously.

Break-time is boiling, boundless and great in the hot sun.

It is freedom and relaxing. The food is delicious and enjoyable. Break-time is my favourite part of the school time-table. Break-time to me is play and no work. It is lively and marvelous. Break-time is victorious when you hit the winning runs. It is so sweaty and extraordinary. It is noisy and fantastic. Break-time is what every kid looks forward to in any school.

Patrick Plunket 5E

Ian Munro 5E

GRADE 5N Then I'll give out soft marshmallows, To all the lucky fellows, Who think I'm very grand As I strut about the land.

The Hummingbird The magnificently coloured hummingbird swiftly flew south on his annual migration. After endless hours of exhausting flight over an ever-changing landscape, he elegantly glided down to feed on some sugary sweet nectar. He hovered above the sunshine – yellow daffodils which swayed gracefully in the lush field. His wings beat the air rhythmically as he drank thirstily. After his refreshing drink he set off on his journey once again.

If I was a rich chap, I'd wear a golden cap, I'd throw it in the air And everyone would clap.

Then I'll hand out ropes of pearls To all the lucky girls Who love to look at me Because I'm rich, you see!

Suddenly a terrifying shadow fell over him! It was a ravenous eagle. The hummingbird dived frantically back down. He dodged and ducked and swooped and wove.

But he was tiring fast. The eagle eventually struck and sunk its cold and heartless claws deep into the hummingbird's succulent flesh and ripped it ferociously apart.

If I was a rich man I'd have a silver fan I'd wave it in the air And everyone would stare.

The eagle flew off with a glint of victory in his eyes, ready to enjoy his hard-won feast. The hummingbird's skilled aerobatics were in vain.

Douglas Dorward Grade 5N 2010

Then I'll dish out grain and seed To birds and mice who are in need And all my friends will call out, “Wow!” As I stand up to take a bow.

Shahen Padayachee Grade 5N 2010

If I were a Rich Man

My Christmas Number Poem à la Pie Corbett

If I was a rich bloke, I'd wear a velvet cloak, I'd flap it in the air, And everyone would stare.

One is for all the food you can eat, Two are the cookies – oh what a treat!

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 5N (CONTINUED) driveway. She ran up the hill as fast as she could and told me that she had run over Milkshake's head. We ran back to where the accident had happened. When we got there it was too late. Milkshake had already died. That was the saddest day of my life when I had to say farewell to a trusted friend.

Makanakaishe Timba Grade 5N 2010

Three is a stocking at the foot of my bed, Four is old Santa, all dressed in red.

Five are the gifts, placed under the tree, Six is my mother as kind as can be.

Seven is about the excitement and joy, Eight is a girl who hugged a boy.

I am a Dolphin Living in the Ocean

Nine are the carols that people are singing, Ten are the bells, ring, ring, a ringing.

Daniel Aucamp Grade 5N 2010

When God made dolphins and man he put some dolphin in man so that dolphins and people would always be friends, but as we began to evolve the love between us drifted apart. God was not happy about this. He took pity on the dolphins and was very displeased with me, a fisherman, who had lost the special bond. God decided to turn me into a dolphin and the only way that I could turn back would be if I promised never to hunt dolphins, and to do good deeds. This is where our story begins.

My Christmas Number Poem à la Pie Corbett One is for Santa, dressed in red, Two is his beard and cap on his head.

Three is the mistletoe above the door, Four is the snow left on the floor.

One silvery morning, I went out fishing. I had just thrown my nets out into the water when a school of dolphins playfully knocked my sailing boat. I was cross as it began to rock back and forth. Suddenly it capsized and I was thrown off and began to sink! Spluttering and gasping I struggled wildly for I didn't know how to swim. Through the sea the dolphins reappeared and carried me above the water to get a breath of air. Then they dived back and took me down below to an air bubble where I met God.

Five is for reindeer that have no fear, Six is for adults sipping their beer.

Seven is for lights, as bright as a star, Eight is the donkey that travelled so far.

Nine is for plum-pudding, I like it the most, Ten is for friends who make a toast.

Mudiwa Chiromo Grade 5N 2010

God told me that I was going to be changed into a dolphin.

Farewell to a Friend

“You are going to know what it feels like to be a dolphin and you are to swear never to fish or hurt these lovely creatures again,” he said.

This amazing and true composition is about me, Makanaka, a boy who lost a very good friend because of a fatal accident.

God also told me that a dolphin called Bottlenose would help me go wherever I wanted and show me how to use my tail and fins. After that he left and the air bubble popped.

A few month ago I was playing with my most trustworthy friend, Milkshake. We named her that because when she wagged her tail her whole body would shake. She was a beautiful black and brown dog, only two years of age.

Bottlenose showed me how to swim forward and how to jump through the ocean's waves. I soon realised that dolphins are sociable, graceful and loving animals. I swam with my new friend side by side whirling and twirling, twisting and tumbling my streamlined body. We loved diving and ducking through the clear blue water.

Then we would chase the fish that darted ahead of us and we would swim down, down, down to the bottom of the ocean and then up, up flicking our tails with all our might.

We would leap into the air, shooting up into the sky, flying high and then come diving back down to the sea again.

We loved running around the house and weaving through bushes and trees, rolling in the grass and running through the sprinklers and chasing after the crows and grasshoppers. She would dart across the driveway with adrenalin pumping through her veins and back again chasing after butterflies. When I had to go to sleep, I thought of her all through the night.

Then one day I woke up looking forward to playing with her. I had my breakfast and went to watch a few movies and play some games with my brother and my little sister when I heard my mother screaming loudly from the

After some time God came and told me that my punishment was over, but I begged God not to turn me

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 5N (CONTINUED) It is also better to stop fights. If a fight starts between my friends, I will try to get them to stop and sort it out by forgiving and shaking hands. I will run and call a security guard or a policeman if I see adults fighting.

back into a human. I explained that I liked being a dolphin and wanted to be one for the rest of my life. I would spend the rest of my days helping stranded humans in the sea, as well as dolphins caught in mean fishermen's nets. God was pleased at this news so he left me as a dolphin living in the ocean.

Douglas Dorward Grade 5N 2010

People should not be cruel to animals. I will remember to treat animals the way I would like to be treated myself and I am going to pass on this message. If I can be clean, honest, friendly and an animal-lover I can make the world a better place.

Kuhlinji Katunga 5N

The Perfect Sunset I experienced a perfect sunset last year during the Christmas holidays. I was in Kariba with my whole family and we were on two marvelous houseboats called the Sovereign and the Unique.

The Perfect Sunset It was a still evening in Kariba and I was in the boat with my father as the sun began to set. We had caught nothing, apart from a few sticks, and we were about to return for supper. I picked up a rod and began to reel it in. There was a soft tug on the line and then a zzzzzzz sound.

One afternoon we landed at a lovely island which had a golden beach. A little beyond the sand were several elephants, some buck darting here and there and a hippo or two peering from the surface of the lake. Further away, but near the bank, was a crocodile who was floating his knobbly back in the water.

A fish was hooked and the bright orange of the setting sun reflected off its silvery body as it surfaced. It was a most extraordinary sight against the blue-black water. I was so distracted that I accident flicked the reel on to bait runner and the fish made a break for it. This happened every time the fish came into sight and I watched the flashing streaks of its movement beneath the marvellously coloured sky.

The air was becoming fresher and the sun began going down. Everyone decided to gather on the top deck of the Sovereign to watch a beautiful African sunset. Very quickly everything went black except the sky. The animals were dark figures and the trees were twisty pitch-dark shapes. The mountains were in the far distance beyond the water and they were black as coal. Then I stared with amazement because it looked as if God had painted the sky with colours of red, yellow, orange and purple and it seemed as if he had sprinkled ripples of silver paint and diamonds on the water.

I passed the rod to my father so that I could watch the dipping sun. I wanted to see the swirling, fiery colours and the huge red ball disappearing over the edge of the world.

Once the fish was on board it was suddenly much darker.

We had seen the perfect sunset and it was time to start the boat and get back.

Ryan Sylvester 5N

Suddenly the elephant trumpeted as the gigantic burning ball called the sun dipped down, down, down, to end the perfect sunset.

Tyler Spanuolo 5N

A Christmas Poem by Numbers What I can do to make the World a Better Place

One is the bell that hangs on a card, Two are the angels that herald our Lord.

There are so many things that would make the world a better place. I can try to make a difference every day and encourage others to do the same.

Three is for the snowman, funny and fat, Four is the jolly, bright Christmas hat.

Five are the reindeer eating their hay, Six is the wonderful Christmas day.

Firstly I will never throw litter about because it makes our towns and cities look horrible and dirty. It is very annoying when you see someone throwing rubbish out the car window. I am going to remind my relatives and others not to be litter-bugs.

Seven is the snow that fell from the skies, Eight is a plate of tasty mince-pies.

Nine is old Santa who we kids all love, Ten are the starts which twinkle above.

Mapalo Musaba 5N

Stealing is also a bad thing. I will tell the people at the tills if I have spotted someone stealing in their shops. If I was a good policeman I would put up security cameras and lights and catch robbers who steal from cars and houses.

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 5N (CONTINUED) school would not have a Christmas holiday and if he lost his school would not have the Christmas holidays.

My Mum's Wedding My parents were married on the 7th August 1998. My grandma was married on the same date but not the same year, of course.

The boys are very disappointed and I'm also very sad.

Hopefully next year we'll have a holiday in December.

With apologies Mr Mackenzie

Their wedding was at home outside. My mother wore a white dress with a hat and my dad wore a black suit with a red and black tie. Lots of our relatives came to the wedding.

Nyasha Chiketsani 5N Dear Parents

Something tragic but funny happened. My uncle, who had too much to drink, fell down our steep driveway and broke his leg. My mum did not cry. They said it was the best wedding ever.

Kuda Gadzikwa 5N

I am sorry for the inconvenience that the Christmas holidays are now cancelled and that the exams are still not completed.

The reason that the exams are taking so long is that some naughty boys have made their exam papers into paper aeroplanes. Each time the boys do this we have to start again. Now I have decided that they will write the exams in the holidays from the 30 November 2011 until January.

I Like I like to play in mud and sand, And in a loud electric band, And getting money paid in rand, Do you?

The children are extremely disappointed about this and the teachers are too. They're giving me attitude and too much body language during assembly.

I hate the sound of angry bees, And eating horrid day-old peas, And getting sick on wavey seas, Don't you?

Yours angrily Mr Mackenzie Munashe Deketeke 5N

I like the sound of my mum's voice, And having lots and lots of choice, And Christmas time when we rejoice, Do you?

Dear Parents Yesterday Santa called and said he was testing his sleigh and lost control so he jumped off and broke his arm. His sleigh flew into the sun and it broke. A piece fell to earth and damaged the school.

I hate the hiss and scratch of cats, And smelly, biting fleas on rats, And when I lose my cricket bats, Don't you?

When the boys come to school they must be wearing the oldest clothes because they will be working hard to fix the school. I expect to see them on Monday 5th December.

Struan Nel 5N

Pretend Notices from Mr Mackenzie cancelling the school holidays!!!

Most of the boys are very excited and want to fix the school for next year. They also hope Santa's arm gets better. Other boys are complaining. The teachers don't mind because it will give them something to do.

Dear Parents Very unfortunately events have occurred. I was at a bat and I lost my bet that New Zealand would be beaten by France in the Rugby World Cup. I took the bet with another headmaster. We decided that if I lost the bet my

Your Headmaster Mr Mackenzie Connor Chadwick 5N

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 5S I know I can't understand death Stand teasing Tolerate bullying Help but get frustrated.

I KNOW I CAN'T……BUT I CAN I know I can't drive Or own a plane.

I know I can't fly a rocket Or build a house.

But I can show compassion Care for animals Think of people less fortunate Show respect to my elders.

But I can wriggle my ears Run Wiggle my nose Write.

Nicholas Schmolke 5S I know I can't go to the sun Blame things on other people Find a cure for cancer Always get what I want.

I know I can't disappear Read minds Predict the future Or change the past.

But I can dream I can think for myself Be positive Believe in myself.

But I can face my fears Be honest Make people happy Try to get on with people whom I can't stand.

Ngoni Mukaratirwa 5S

I know I can't be a cry baby Angry at the world I can't hate people Or behave hysterically.

I know I can't swim in the deep end Explain how an aeroplane flies Fly like Superman Stop tornadoes.

But I can cry Be good to other people I can positively influence my friends Make a difference in the world.

But I can spread God's word Give to the poor Help sick people Look after orphans.

Kelvin Marufu 5S

CR De Wet 5S I know I can't break a brick Choose my family Live forever Find a Dodo

I know I can't balance five pots on my head Read minds Make everyone a Christian Magically cure the sick

But I can pick my friends Dream Break dance Make people happy.

But I can get full marks at least once Lend people things Help others with their work Feed the hungry.

Tendai Makamuri 5S

Callum English Brown 5S I know I can't perform magic Stop the wars Drop out of school Stop bullets

I know I can't take an A level exam yet See into the future Help being happy on my birthday Hide it if I'm upset.

But I can ride a horse Help the poor Help the people of Japan Do my part to save the environment.

But I can listen Learn Raise money for charity Help stop pollution.

Rory Plunket 5S

Daniel Scholtz 5S

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 5S (CONTINUED) Hot is a Sauna; Cold is Air Conditioning

Good is Giving Flowers; Bad is Lying Being kind and encouraging is good.

Good is going green, recycling cans and paper.

Good is doing your homework without complaining, Sending some flowers.

As hot as a sauna And a light bulb after it has been on.

A summer day calls for sunblock Too much chilli may make your lips burn.

Bad is lying, committing a sin, Stealing with no self-control.

Bad is cheating in that test that you didn't learn for.

Swearing and hitting are things that you should not do.

Daniel Scholtz 5S

Air conditioning gives you goosebumps Winter days call for jackets and gloves.

Cold is the bath water when you've had no power all day.

Cold is saying bad words to eachother.

Nicholas Balfour 5S

Good is Happiness; Bad is Misery

Tall is a Mountain; Short is a Dwarf

Good is happiness And helping people who are in trouble.

Sharing is a very good thing As is going to church to worship.

Gum trees are tall and majestic.

Tall is Big Ben in London city.

Tall are the cliffs near the sea And mountains that peek through the clouds.

Bad is misery And greed.

Boasting and jealousy are things to avoid As are swearing and theft.

Nyasha Masenda 5S

A well-used pencil starts to get shorter Pinky toes are short and stubby.

My sister's mini skirt is very short As are the seven dwarfs.

Jamie Cawood 5S

Excitement is Chocolate; Boredom is Queuing

Good is School; Bad is Starvation

Excitement is eating chocolate And talking to friends.

Reading a funny book is exciting As is playing on a water slide.

School is good because we learn.

To have peace in the world is good.

All good people go to heaven, so they say.

Good friends are hard to find.

Boring is NOT getting a present for Christmas Staying inside on a rainy day.

Watching the News is boring As is standing in a long queue.

Tagara Maisva 5S

Floods are bad – they do so much damage.

Starvation is bad as it can cause death.

To have war in the world is bad.

My mum tells me not to lie – it is bad.

Michael Booth 5S

Hot is Magma; Cold is Fear

Tight is a Lock; Loose is a Tooth

Hot is the magma of the volcano Anger.

Hot are blushing cheeks And the summer sun burning your body.

Tight is the lock on the gate And the knots on a sailing boat.

Tight is the school schedule And the lid on the biscuit tin.

Cold is an evil stare A witch's heart.

Cold is fear And cruelty to animals.

Loose is my brother's tooth And the ball in a ruck.

Loose is an escaped prisoner And the change in my pocket.

Rory Plunket 5S

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 5S (CONTINUED) Dark is Guilt; Light is Happiness

Happiness is ….

Strawberries and chocolate cake, The reflection of clouds in a still lake, The sky at dawn, A baby being born, It's that feeling of deep joy.

Dark is a sinister laugh.

A guilty feeling inside.

A black out in the night.

A cave in the forest.

Happiness is ….

Licorice and lemon drops, A field full of ripening crops, A sparkling waterfall, A cuckoo's crisp call.

It brings light into your life.

Light is a feather in the wind A happy feeling inside.

Light is a warm glow in the dark.

Sunlight on a rooftop.

Kundai Kashangura 5S

Crash! Bang! Chaos on the Road Happiness is ….

Peppermint and ice cream, The warm glow of sunbeam, Only beauty abounds, No unhappy sounds, It's knowing you are loved.

We live quite far out of town, And all week long travel up and down.

But the things we see on our drive, Make me feel so lucky to be alive.

Tagara Maisva 5S

Cyclists and walkers, Vendors and hawkers, Can all cause a mess, In a minute or less.

Shhh!! 5S It was so calm that I could hear the lilies giggle.

Burping buses piled to the hilt, Clearly feeling very little guilt.

And don't forget the racing kombis, Charging along like run-away mombies.

Tadiwa Marowa

It was so peaceful I heard smoke rising from the hot fire.

Fog and gale, Rain and hail, Sun and smoke Make driving no joke.

Cling, clang, clitter, clatter Flying stones make the windscreen shatter.

An overloaded transport truck, Keeps on going by sheer luck.

Michael Booth

It was so quiet that I heard the day passing by.

Tendai Makamure

It was so silent that I heard a dove's feather falling.

Tinashe Madzima

It was so serene that I could hear the roots of the trees sipping water.

Kundai Kashangura

Robots not working, Potholes just lurking, Street lights are out, Road markings in doubt.

We live quite far out of town, And all week long travel up and down.

And when I'm in bed all safe and sound, I whisper a prayer of thanks that I'm still around.

Kirk Edwards 5S

It was so still that I could hear my spirit whispering to me.

Kirk Edwards

It was so calm that I could hear my prayers being sent to Heaven.

Daniel Scholtz

It was so peaceful that I could hear the sun yawn as it rose.

Calum English-Brown

The Taste of Happiness Happiness is ….

Candyfloss and bubblegum, A great big hug from your mum, An artistic squiggle, A toddler's giggle, It's a warm glow inside.

It was so quiet that I could hear my conscience talking to me.

Gareth Ncube

It was so silent that I could hear the angels sing.

Tagara Maisva

It was so serene that I heard a snake shedding its skin.

Nyasha Masenda

It was so calm that I could hear lava bubbling in the Earth's core.

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 5S (CONTINUED) It was so peaceful that I heard my blood cells talking to each other.

It was so serene that I heard the months travel by with a whistle.

Nicholas Schmolke

Sam Harvey

It was so quiet that I heard the electricity travel down the power lines.

Nicholas Schmolke

It was so still that I could hear a gecko eating a mosquito.

Dominic Watson

It was so silent that I could hear the grass bend over and stretch.

It was so silent I could hear my bones growing.

Ngoni Mukaratirwa

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GRADE 6E I don't know what I would do if my granny was not there. I love my granny Stembile.

Honours Allied Arts Mudiwa Bosha 6E

Grandmother I think I am rather special. I get to see the old lady that I call Grandma every day – well at least after school, and she has a real influence on my life.

My Reflections of Grade Six

My granny has light skin and a square shaped head. She doesn't notice it but everybody else does. She has a bulging forehead and wears fancy modern clothes.

On the first day of Grade Six I felt nervous about a new teacher, but excited about the new classroom.

At the beginning of my race at sports day I was scared because I thought I was going to come last. At the end of my race I was very pleased with my number. I had come second only being beaten by Hadley.

You see, unlike most grannys, my granny is very active.

She may have authio arthritis in both her legs, but she doesn't need a crutch. Her name is Stembile Sadomba.

She is sixty-seven years of age. She drives a black 'E – two – hundred' Mercedez Benz. My mum bought it as a birthday present for her in August 2008. My grandma, like a lot of grandmas, has a sweet tooth which means lots of sweets for me! She lives in a huge one acre yard and thirteen bedroomed house. When my mum goes to other countries I stay at my granny's house which means resetting her alarm clock from waking up at ten o'clock to waking up at six o'clock. I think my granny is one of the fastest drivers in the world. She is so fast that if she doesn't join Formula One soon, I don't know what the world would do without her. She comes to watch all my rugby, soccer, cricket and volleyball matches. My granny has been drinking beer since she was twenty five years old, but only drinks occasionally now. She does have one habit – she hums a lot. My granny hums so much that she doesn't even recognize it. She has had quite a deep voice for a long time and so do both of her sisters. My granny loves gardening and if you walk into her garden for the first time you will be truly amazed. She was married to my grandfather whose name is Ronald Sadomba. They divorced in the late 1980's. My mum, my granny and I go to church every single Sunday and have a good time.

When I stay at her house sometimes she tells me she can sense a good night's rest. She also says she can almost taste the fruits of her labour. My grandma brings me a drink after school because she knows I will be thirsty.

When it was camp I was so excited because I knew it was going to be so much fun. The one thing I did not enjoy about camp was when we had to wake at six in the morning and go for a jog. The food at camp was very delicious, especially the macaroni and cheese. My two favourite obstacles at camp were canoeing and the gladiator challenge. I liked the gladiator challenge because everyone took part in it.

My favourite sport in second term was soccer because we played matches all the time.

During the Rugby World Cup I was supporting South Africa. They played well in the pool stages and managed to go into the quarter finals. In the quarter finals they played Australia but they weren't good enough to beat the Wallabies so they lost nine – eleven to Australia.

During exams I felt nervous because I wanted to do better than last year. When the results came out I was as happy as a lark because I had achieved good results.

Next year I hope I come first in class and go to prize giving and become Deputy or Head of House.

Timothy Nyika 6E

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 6E (CONTINUED) pamper pole, climbing wall, raft building and many more.

This term we played rugby, hockey and soccer. I made 2nd Team rugby and 1st Team Hockey. The second term was flying until we started getting ready for the end of term. It was slow and hard but I got through it and then I started looking forward to the holidays.

Reflections of Grade Six Four days before I started Grade Six the nerves and excitement hit me. I was told so much by my brother who was now leaving to go to the senior school. I couldn't wait to see what happened.

Holidays finally came. I was so relieved after a hard second term. I stayed at home for the holidays but I played Stragglers cricket week. I really enjoyed it and now I was ready for the third term. I had already begun to study for the big exams.

My first day of Grade Six finally came and now I could meet my new teacher, Mrs Ellis. She was very nice on the first day when we received stacks of books which were as heavy as lead. Our new classroom was lovely because it was so well decorated. First term was a good term for me because I play lots of sport such as tennis and cricket as well as cross country. On the 4th February the 1st Team Cricket, which I play for, went down to Pretoria for a cricket festival. We played good cricket but the other teams were better. We managed to win one of our three games. After cricket I came back to school and now it was athletics. By end of term I was extremely tired and needed a good holiday!

The third term started, but I wasn't at school – I was in Pretoria playing hockey for my school. When I arrived back to school, exams were only a few weeks away. I was studying hard and I was ready for exams. Exams came and went and I felt confident I had done well and when I found out I did well I was as happy as a lark. Third term was swimming term and I did make the swimming team and did well at the Interhouse Gala. I had worked hard the whole term and I needed a HOLIDAY!!

Once the April holidays came I was incredibly happy. My family and I went to BeDe Lodge in Mozambique where we did all sorts of fun things. After a fun filled time at BeDe we went to a four star resort called Bazaruto. I had a relaxing time there.

I have loved Grade Six and all the teachers who taught me and I think moving to Grade Seven will bring lots of responsibility. I am looking forward to it and I hope it is as good as Grade Six was to me. Grade Six has been the best year ever!

Cameron Butler 6E

The start of second term was slow but after a few weeks we were back up to speed. After our return from camp we were weary because we did many things such as the

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 6N (CONTINUED) I think spring is the best time of the year because everytime I clean out the attic and dust the basement I get two new Playstation games and I get to choose a restaurant to go to. My favourite is Picabello. Every day my mum lets me prepare the garden for planting. I have my own patch where I plant strawberries, lettuce and beetroot. I cannot wait for spring this year.

Max Musavaya 6N

After the Rain The dark storm clouds begin to roll in and soon the sound of rain can be heard patting the leaves softly in the wild.

The animals quickly try to find shelter from the impending rain. They patiently wait for the rain to pass.

After it does the grasslands come back to life. The animals come out of hiding and begin to play and graze on the luscious grass. If you listen carefully you can hear the plants growing after the long drought that has starved and killed many animals. The rain has now filled the waterhole and hundreds of animals swarm around it to replenish their thirst.

Washing Machine Round and round Dirt you are found!

Splash splash It's out in a flash.

Clean and bright Ever so white.

Broc Meyer 6N

The rivers start flowing and bring fish to the waterhole which now attracts birds such as the majestic king-fisher which swoops down and snatches its prey from the waterhole. The birds begin to sing their beautiful songs.

Death

The waterhole is now turning into a dam and tourists are beginning to come to watch God's wonderful creatures play.

Put into the ground, Without a sound, Covered with dirt Piled into a mound.

Life is no more My soul is now gone, The remains of a body, Life on earth is now done.

Liam Davis 6N

All that is left of the rain that brought life back to these grasslands is a few puddles and a beautiful rainbow which has exquisite reds, yellows, greens and blues that shimmer in the hot sun. It was truly made by God and God put it there as a promise to never flood the Earth again.

Douglad Dorward 6N

After the Rain After the rainy season it was spring time. Spring is a wondrous time when all the trees are budding. The birds begin to sing and the flowers start their blooming. The grass turns green and every morning there are beautiful dew drops everywhere. The clouds are white and fluffy.

All the herbivores have something to eat and so do the carnivores. Food is plentiful.

Spring time at home means spring cleaning which means I have to clean up the dark attic and dust the basement while mum sips her coffee. I'd rather clean out the garage but dad does that. I enjoy cleaning out the attic because I find old toys or video games.

Spring is my favourite time of the year because the air is fresh and cool. The grass is green and there is a light breeze. The leaves grow back on trees after the long winter. Squirrels start to scurry about looking for food.

Bears come out of hibernation.

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 6S Did I mention that no one is racist any more?

Why? Because the world has opened a new door.

And we all make sure to keep the earth well Man, this new world sure is swell.

Mduduzi Mhlanga 6S

THE VIEW FROM THE TOP It was a long, gruelling climb over jagged rocks and crossing blue mountain streams that flowed ever so gently. But it was well worth it, for the view from the top was absolutely breath-taking.

I WONDERED SLOWLY THROUGH THE EMPTY HOUSE

You could see the huge waterfall that rushed down over the sharp rocks into a large, clear, blue pool. The pool turned into a river and flowed into the distance. Along its sides were small, golden beaches that sparkled in the hot, Zimbabwean sun.

I wondered slowly through the empty house. Suddenly there was a loud crash! It had come from upstairs.

I decided to go and see where the noise had come from.

The stairs were screaming as if they were telling me to turn back and run. I ignored that thought. Finally, I had come to the top of the stairs. It was in a corridor which I followed along until I found a room (the only room besides the bathroom.) I went inside.

If you looked to the one side you could see a small mountain village with sheep grazing in the fields. The village itself looked quite cosy and it was full of life. There was a woman carrying big buckets of water which flashed in the sun. The men were ploughing the large, brown fields.

There were lots of dolls, and I mean LOTS of dolls. There were some on the bed, the shelves, the floor and everywhere else you could imagine a doll could be.

If you kept turning you could see the Pungwe River with gleaming, blue waters that looked so sweet after being churned up by the waterfall. And if you kept turning you saw the most amazing fields of proteas and oranges, apples, lemons and plums which looked like miniature rainbows in the sunshine.

Then there was a clown in a rocking chair – a spine-chilling clown with a big, red, insane, murderous smile. Should I dare to sleep here tonight? I had to as I was homeless.

Before I knew it we had to start the long climb back down over the jagged rocks and flowing streams.

Declan Butler 6S

I tucked myself into bed and slowly closed my eyes whilst staring at the fist-clenching stillness of the clown in the rocking chair.

LIVING IN A CHANGING WORLD

I opened my eyes to the surprising sound of the television switching on. I wondered what had caused it to switch on.

I turned to look at the clown. THE REMOTE WAS IN HIS HAND!!! My heart was beating the fastest it had ever done before. I would rather be dead than feel how I felt right then.

I myself live in aworld tha tis changing.

It is completely rearranging.

There are no more wars, No more gunning, No more innocent people running.

I ever so quietly and stiffly crept back into bed. I closed my eyes as hard as I could. Suddenly, I heard a shrieking sound – not a human sound but more like the sound of a badly damaged instrument.

Poor people are given a place to live, And with everything people share and give.

Natural resources for fuel we use, And there is no more physical abuse.

I opened my eyes and crept out of bed to see what had made that terrifying noise and where it had come from.

Instinctively, I looked to the clown which was as dead still as always. To my utter horror I saw that there was a flute on the clown’s lap!!!

There is a cure for every single disease, And no one forgets to say thank you or please!

And the new technology is quite advanced.

It is so cool it will put you in a trance.

I leant over to feel the clown’s face and, as I was about to touch it, the phone rang. I got such a fright that I leaped back. I ran to the phone wondering why someone would call this house. I picked up the phone and answered it. All I could hear was a dry, sick laughing. I turned around and the clown was gone and the chair was rocking all on its own. HELP!!!

Benjamin Fircks 6S

From super-computers to flying cars, And even an elevator to planet Mars!

Virtual video games are what I like best, But don’t get me wrong, I still like the rest.

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 6S (CONTINUED) Mana Pools and Kariba as often as possible because they loved wildlife.

LIVING IN A CHANGING WORLD The world is changing As we speak, Where are we headed?

The thought makes me weak We are headed towards something scary It makes our minds grow weary.

Thinking of what might be Just doesn’t seem right to me.

It all just seems to be falling apart.

Where have we gone wrong?

What could we have changed from the start?

Adam and Eve – did they play a part?

Well, of course they did! After all They took quite a huge fall.

It doesn’t at all matter About what people chatter.

At the end of the day We’re all going to pay On judgement day.

Earthquakes are starting Tsunamis are darting Everyone wants to escape.

Keanu Smith 6S

When my grandfather was in his early twenties, the family moved from Bulawayo to Harare. Since then the family has been living here and will carry on living here for a long time.

Most of the family were talented artists. They were musicians, teachers, florists and painters. My grandfather was a good painter. This was the beginning of his career as an artist.

My grandfather married my grandmother in 1947. My mother was the eldest child in the family. My grandfather taught my mother how to paint and draw. She won four handwriting competitions and two art competitions. My grandfather also taught all his children the good habit of reading.

My grandfather travelled with a huge organisation throughout Southern Africa as their designer and brand manager. Eventually, he opened his own business which he had until his retirement at seventy five. He met some famous people from Hollywood through his business. The people he met from Hollywood were Clint Eastwood, Sharon Stone and Donald Southerland.

MY GRANDFATHERS

During his lifetime my grandfather witnessed many world events such as America’s first landing on the moon, the Second World War, the birth of the atomic bomb and the biggest whale ever.

My grandfather was born on June the second in the year 1921. He was born in Bulawayo and this year he turned ninety. My grandfather’s name is George Peters.

My grandfather grew up in Bulawayo with his mother and father and his brothers and sisters. He and his brothers loved going fishing and camping and they travelled to

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 7E PUPPY

WHALES

Puppy.

Cute, small.

Licks for love.

Deserves a loving home.

Cute!

Enormous.

Beautiful, elegant.

Swift, fast, tough.

Calm, gentle, big, loving.

Peaceful.

Conor King 7E Thabo Maphosa 7E

TREES

WARTHOG

Trees.

Oddly shaped.

Still, humble, everywhere.

Shaking, scary, beautiful, soft.

Oxygen.

Warthog.

Wanders, excited.

Scrapes, gnawing, stomping.

Lives in a hole.

Terrified.

Abias Chivayo 7E Mark Brown 7E

BABOON

RHINO

Baboon.

Brown, hairy.

Climbing, fighting, barking.

Lives in the savannah.

Dangerous.

Rhino.

Baggy, peaceful.

Grunting, stomping, charging.

Silent, shy, solitary.

Poaching.

Russell Steyn 7E

Matthew Davenport 7E

LION

RHINO

Lion.

Hairy, ferocious.

Fast, stalking, pouncing.

King of the jungle.

Awesome.

Rhino.

Blinded shamefully.

Endangered by poachers.

Rare in the wild.

Sharp.

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 7N The lion fell dead and the cave rumbled. There was pain in my chest. There were claw marks. I ignored the pain and went over to look at the lion. It was dead. My first and memorable hunt.

George Vlahakis 7N

The Hunting Trip My name is Jakanyika. I am a 15 year old Khoisan. I learn English from a British explorer. I turned 15 this week and I am going on my first hunting trip. This shows how a child becomes a man.

Lost It was before dawn when my father and I awoke. We visited Akununkala, the fortune teller. He foretold a storm at late noon. Then we went to the arsenal and took one spear, two daggers, one sling and one net. I took the daggers and sling. We took off into the African bush.

“Help! I am lost. kidnapped!”

I am scared.

I am going to be

I was only four years old, cheeky as a monkey and deserving of what I got.

It was not long before we found push pig prints. We followed them to a waterhole. Father said “wait till noon” and then he left me his spear and net. Noon came slowly and all the animals came to drink.

“I am not holding your hand” I told my mother as we walked through the huge shopping mall on holiday. I was way too big for my boots and needed to learn a lesson quickly so my brother, mother and father decided to teach me one. They hid behind a staircase and I confidently marched ahead. I was blissfully unaware that I was alone.

My head held high and my hands in my pockets, I suddenly noticed no one was listening to my irritating chatter or answering my constant questions. Where was everybody? Well, remember at the beginning of my story where I felt “lost, scared and going to be kidnapped” feeling? Well this is where they came in! Needless to say I was extremely happy to see my family appear - even though they were doubled over with laughter. I clung to my mother's leg from fear of being lost again and my cheeky monkeyness swiftly disappeared.

A warthog came close. I lifted my spear to strike when ROOAAARRR!!!! the warthog and the other animals ran away. On the other side of the waterhole was a huge lion.

His coat was a gleaming shade of gray with a mane as black as the deepest pit. Its eyes were so red, one glare would kill a man. With its big mouth it sucked gallons of water. I tried backing away silently, but 'crack' a twig snapped.

The lion stopped drinking – it aimed its eyes at me. I sprinted for my dear life. I could hear the lion pounding after me. Each step sounded like a stampede of elephants. Trees were twigs to him. They were crushed under his bulk.

I'm not sure if you've watched that really bad TV series called “Lost” which I have to say after the first couple of very exciting episodes became very strange and weird, well that's where I got “Lost!”

Don't worry if you haven't watched it – you certainly haven't “Lost” out! Now I understand why the makers of this series named it “Lost”.

I saw a crack in a huge rock. I slipped through. The lion swiped and scratched as if its claws were made of iron.

The rock cracked and split. The lion's head was in front of me. ROOOAAARR!!! it bellowed.

I sprinted towards a small cave and hid at the back. The huge lion was too big to fit in the cave. It bellowed in failure and ran off in a rampage. Exhausted I fell asleep.

Here is the last, but definitely not least, most important meaning of “lost”. Have you ever looked into a beautiful girl's eyes and been “lost” in thought. And then popped up the cheesy pick up line “Hey babe do you have a map because I've been “lost” in your eyes all day?”

Reece Williams 7N

I woke to find it raining and thundering. I ate some provisions in my satchel. I went out in the rain knowing the lion would not be able to hear or smell me.

I followed the lion's tracks towards a mountain cave. I proceeded into the cave. There it lay snoring and snorting. Using the net I made a rope and tied its paws and mouth.

Thank You Mum Thank you mum For picking me up when I am down, For wiping away my every frown.

For treating me like a king, For giving me everything.

I whistled. It woke with surprise. I readied my spear. The binds broke and the lion came pounding at me. I sprinted at it throwing my spear. It landed in its chest but it still came for me. I took my daggers and leapt at it.

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 7N (CONTINUED) Thank you mum For when you laugh and joke and play, For always making my day.

For being there for me when I am sad, For caring for me even when I am mad.

The Sun Sun Blazing hot Black spots everywhere Never ever go there Very bright.

If one of us dies tomorrow I just want you to know You are the import important person in this world to me And I love you.

Muhammad Karimshah 7N

Jeremy Layard 7N

When I am Old and Wise When I am old and wise I'll be hanging out with the guys.

What I Love About my Country My name is Ryan Smith. I live in Borrowdale Brook, Harare, Zimbabwe. In Zimbabwe we have many great places to go to like the mighty Zambezi River. There is great fishing and hunting. There is also Kariba for fishing.

Boss is what I'll be called And I'll be the richest man in the world.

I'll have a bit fat house With a dog, a cat and a mouse.

Hwange Game Park is the best place in Zimbabwe for game viewing You can also see the rhino which are very rare. If you want to go sightseeing you must go to the Zimbabwe ruins. They show the ancient days of Zimbabwe and its culture and history.

I'll have a swimming pool And I'll be really really cool.

My maid will be really funny And I'll pay her lots of money.

The next great place to see is the mighty Victoria Falls. It is a beautiful place to go and a great natural spectacle.

There are many great things to do like the gorge swing, bungee jumping, etc.

My garden will be spick and span And it'll be done by my garden man.

I'll play golf every morning And 50's what I'll be scoring.

Zimbabwe is a great place to visit and a memorable place too. So please come to Zimbabwe.

Ryan Smith 7N

I'll have my own golf cart Which I'll buy at the golfer's mart.

Ghosts Ghosts Spooky noises Very horrible creatures Never want to meet one Horror.

I'll have a Lamborghini And everyone will see me.

But that's only when I'm old and wise Which is much to my despise.

Jeremy Layard For now I'm stuck in school And I'm telling you it aint cool!

A Storm Storm Dark clouds Lots of lightning Thunder echoing all around I'm scared.

Amaar Adam 7N

What If What if I can't stop running, What if my friends think I'm cunning.

What if I have a bad haircut, What if I live in a hut.

Jeremy Layard

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 7N (CONTINUED) What if the wind tears my kite, What if the village is not in sight.

What if my tooth has a chip, What if I fracture my hip.

What if I fail that test, What if I find a bird's nest.

What if the world ends.

What if I break my foot, What if I get covered in soot.

What if I break my chair, What if I have no hair.

What if I was a high-rider, What if I got bitten by a spider.

Tyran Beattie 7N

What if I came last in class, What if I step on glass.

What if I start the exam late, What if I clean my dinner plate.

What if my pants are small, What if I slip on a ball.

What if I'm as dumb as Chase, What if I don't win the race.

Everything seems all well, and then The horrifying What If's erupt again!

Night Noises When I'm lying in bed Trying to get the bad thoughts out of my head, I hear lots of noises coming from the night, And all of them are giving me a fright.

The noises sound like they're coming from the trees, I think they are man-eating bees, I hear barks, growls and hoots from owls.

Miles Garnett 7N

Journey With God

Then I look out the window but I see nothing, Then I hear the sound of a wolf puffing, I cover my head without a peep, But eventually I do fall asleep.

Graham Curtis 7N

Life is a journey, God is my guide.

We walk together safely side by side.

He leads me through the straights and narrow So come with me and become Christian my friend.

Anesushe Nyawayi 7N

Freedom

What If

Every day, feeling alive The breeze in my face, the wind in my eyes.

I feel like a pilot Living the dream Life has now brightened The Lord made me free.

What if there are maggots in my bread, What if there are snakes in my bed.

What if I get robbed, What if I get mobbed.

What if I get hit by a cop, What if I do a belly flop.

What if I get attacked What if my computer get hacked.

What if I get really hurt, What if I get sun burnt.

What if my teacher hates me, What if I get stung by a bee.

What if I get beaten by my dad, What if I forgot how to subtract and add.

What if I have no friends,

I was down before But not anymore The world is not limitless I don't think I can rest I found independence From the man I now am The universe is endless So I better make a plan.

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2011 Literary Contributions GRADE 7S The Amazing Discovery of Professor Brainstorm

Dave the Dare Devil Dave was just an ordinary boy who went to St John's Prep and did ordinary things like playing cricket and doing afternoon swimming. He had an ordinary family consisting of him, his parents and his little sister, Suzie. He was plain and boring in appearance, but in his mind he was the world's greatest daredevil. He would do stunts such as jumping the grand canyon on a motorbike or riding a skate board down the Eiffel Tower. He was the coolest guy around. He got all the girls falling in love with him and everyone wanted his autograph and to say his amazing catch phrase “do it to the limit”, but sadly it was all in his head and that he'd probably amount to none of that stuff but instead sit at home all day watching TV and playing his playstation games, just waiting for something to happen. He had no friends to come to his house for the day because they all thought he was a wimp.

There was once an amazing woman named Marie who always thought of children and how they all tried to do work in their head.

Marie visited Doctor Steven Marks who agreed with her that a child does most work in their head. After seeking help from Dr Marks she ended up traveling to Norway where she was told about Bjoorn Schmolke who was almost a human brainstorm machine. He thought of ideas for projects, stories and poems all in his head.

Bjoorn met Marie after school one day and asked her why she wanted him. Marie told Bjoorn about her discoveries and told him to keep quiet about his enormous thinking capacity. That night Marie read one of Bjoorn's stories and decided to get him into being a scientist. Marie taught him all she knew about physics which was a lot.

One day his dad came home from work with a present for him, a skateboard, and so began the legacy of Daredevil Dave. He did bigger and bigger tricks and got better and better until he was ready for the stunt of riding his skateboard down Bone Hill, so named because anyone who tried to do it would fail and wind up dead. Dave was ready! He put on his helmet and began his ride to the bottom. After a few seconds he was half way through the course and just had to take the left turn ahead. He prepared himself for the turn – he leaned over to the left – but it wasn't enough – he flew off the edge only to land in a tree. He got down and sighed. He had failed. Everyone came around him surprised he was alive, then all began to chant “Dare Devil Dave” repeatedly so he got up and raised his first in the air like he was a hero, and nobody ever called him a coward after that.

Bradley Watson 7S

From there Bjoorn taught at a university and wrote four books on learning science and received the Scientist Giving Back prize which he all won under one name Professor Brainstorm. Sadly Bjoorn was wanted by the USSR so badly that he committed suicide in 1964 at age 38 but his well known science still carries on. Marie's daughter, Jenny, is still searching for the next Professor Brainstorm.

Aiden Blignaut 7S

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