St Paul's Primary Yearbook 2017 by St Paul's College Namibia

St Paul's College

PRIMARY YEARBOOK

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Contents

Administration

Formal Photographs

Grade 1 - 7 Contributions

Languages

121

Science

128

Cultural Activities

138

Sport Activities

156

Other happenings at school

170

20 Jan Jonker Road, Klein Windhoek P.O. Box 11736, Klein Windhoek Tel: 061-22 77 83 Fax: 302592 admissions@spcnam.org

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The Head of Primary says...

2017

2017 was a year of growth and improved academic systems, and on the flip side, there were challenges that we and our families have never faced before. Through all this, we, as staff, never took our focus off God and searched His Word for answers. We were reminded to persevere, keep our heads up high and be still, knowing that no storm is too difficult for Him to calm. We have spent much time constantly reminding those of our scholars who have learning difficulties that they can face their challenges in life. The dream of St Paul’s having a Learner Support position was finally realised at the start of 2017. The fruit of Mrs van Rooyen’s work is evident. Success begins with believing in oneself and rebuilding self-esteem. When we choose to make a point of building up our partners, our friends, our friend's children and our own children, by using encouraging words instead of belittling and judging, there will be fewer instances of emotional and mental illness and our children will be in a position to make a difference in the world.

“Don't

become preoccupied with your child's academic or sporting and cultural ability, but instead teach them to sit with those sitting alone. Teach them to be kind. Teach them to offer their help. Teach them to be a friend to the lonely. Teach them to encourage others. Teach them to think about other people. Teach them to share. Teach them to look. This is how they will change the world.” Unknown For parents and teachers to teach these principles, we need to forgive ourselves, love our God, accept and truly love one another. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails…” 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 I wish all our families a year of positive thoughts, words and actions.

Lesley Saunders Head of Primary

St Paul's bids farewell to (left to right) Ms A. Roth, Ms C. Fortsch and Ms H. Espag, and thanks them for their wonderful service to the school and to their students. We wish them well in all they do.

MANAGEMENT AND ADMIN

Ellen Gudde Principal

Lesley Saunders Head of Primary

Lana Baumann Primary Secretary

Celia de Barros Admin, Chess

TEACHING STAFF

Suzánne Jacobs Primary Management, Gr 2A teacher

Iyaloo Kashe Gr 3B

Anneli Pretorius Gr 4A

Nadine Jacobs Gr 1A

Hilary Gunning Gr 1B

Lauren Stainton

Gr 2B

Anni Roth Gr 3A

Lize Crous Gr 4B

Elna Rall Gr 5A

Hendrina Johnston Gr 5B

Cindy Tordiff Gr 6A

Anneke le Roux Afrikaans

Antje Strohbach German

LANGUAGES

Hannamie Espag Gr 6B

Fran Bolton Gr 7A

MUSIC

MEDIA

Jossie Koekemoer Library

Su Naudé Gr 7B

Hermien Coetzee Music Gr 1-3

Carine Fortch Music Gr 4-7

DRAMA

ART

Alfeus Mvula Art Grade 2, 3

Wanda Marais Art Gr 4 - 7

Ashwyn Mberi Public Speaking

Pinkie (Sevelia Nanghama) Drama

GROUND STAFF

SPORT

Jako Fourie Sport Admin

Manico Engelbrecht PE

Fortune Matawu PE

Etienne van Wyk

Erastus Muhoko

Festus Hangula

Titus Tobias

Matias Haitula

Sakeus Kapula

Samuel Waendama

Tadeus Ipinge

Romondo Jordani Estate Manager

Victor

Jonas Shaanika

Johanna Willemse

Marvin Kahoro

Shanyengange

The hard work and passionate hearts of our Primary School make the difference in so many young lives. What really makes us a strong group is the strength we find in God and the support we give each other. Levi Awala

Friedrich Shavuka

Absent: Friedrich Shavuka

Thank you to all our staff!

Our tea

achers in actio

Archery Back: Kalila Whitelock, Charl Malan, Lapita Amulungu, Talita Barros Middle: Allan Tait, Avihe Tjivau, DÁngelo Beukes Front: Ané Stals, Tuvoye Vilho, Rainer Feris Coach: S. Jacobs

Archery - Dedicated & Full-time

Back: Robbe Dewulf, Erica Nande, Carol Saad, Damian Beukes Middle: Kyril Nghishekwa, Mark Saad, Zeno Benolich Front: Jasmine Rennie, Lara van Rensburg, Michael Raad Absent: Sanne Dewulf Coach: S. Jacobs

Athletics Small Schools Back: Milah Malan, Danielle Motinga Fith: Bethany Branch, Ishayvani Kaimise, Caitlin Gillies, Azaylee Philander, Shannyn Howard, Lara Backhaus Forth: Erica Nande, Tamzyn Arendorf, Jaime Henckert, Brooklyn Ford, Kalila Whitelock Third: Wendy-Lee Milne, Miya Oosthuizen, Gina Olles, Martha Mvula, Caitlin-Ann Coetzee Second: Moné Graham, Maja Brinkmann, Ndinehafo Shilomboleni, Ama-e Witbooi, Melania Dassala Front: Zoé Waldschmidt

Athletics Small Schools - Boys Back: Lynford Beukes, Julian Schütz, Charl Malan, Todd Parker, Daniel Jauss, Nependa Uremena Third: Charlie Lohman, Max Voges, Jack Parker, Lazarus Petrus, Jonathan Strauss, Usinaau Katjiuongua Second: Hilton Lima, Ernst Fourie, Chris Mutandi, Vahid Diehl, Connor Murphy, Ryan Moffet, Adam Diggle, Mukena Mukena Front: Christian Philip, Henry Grant, Benjamin Hendrickse, Izak Kanime, Oliver Durand, Angelo Bertolini

Athletics Small Schools - Girls Back: Caitlin Gillies, Brook-lyn Ford, Shannyn Howard, Milah malan, Danielle Motinga Third: Azaylee Philander, Jaime Henckert, Caitlin-Ann Coetzer, Erica Nande, Ishayvani Kahimise, Moné Graham Second: Kalila Whitelock, Gina Olles, Martha Mvula, Tamzyn Arendorf, Wendy-Lee Milne, Lara Backhaus, Ama-e Witbooi Front: Miya Oosthuizen, Maja Brinkmann, Zoé Waldschmidt, Ndinehafo Shilomboleni, Bethany Branch, Melania Dassala

Athletics Regional Back: Lance Hauuanga, Chris Barnard, Krynauw Weber, M. Engelbrecht, Panduleni Amuenje, Kayla Coetzer, Zach Johnston Middle: Kyra-Asante Nghishekwa, Kuria Kuria, Precious Kanime, Liya Herunga, Raua Hanhapo, Ntandoyenkosi Sibanda Front: Ama-e Witbooi, Todd Parker, Jack Parker, Connor Murphy, Miya Oosthuizen, Lazarus Petrus

Athletics Regional Back: Linford Beukes, Charl Malan, Shannyn Howard, Jonathan Strauss Middle: Daniel Jauss, Jaime Henckert, Brook-lyn Ford, Kalila Whitelock Front: Chris Mutandi, Gina Olles, Martha Mvula

Athletics Natioanals Left to right: Daniel Jauss, Jaime Henckert

Chess Gr 1-3 Back: John-Freddie Faul, Mila Nadimi, Ruben Zekveld, Ayden Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor-Smith Front: Richard-John Beukes, Ottilie Hinda, Max Fourie, Tristan Marggraff Coach: E. Rall

Chess Gr 4-7 Back: Robbe Dewulf, Rainer Feris, Ebba-Maria Mulife, Mwangala Mukena, Annabelle Zekveld Third: Maria Mutanbo, Keisha-Cathriona van Wyk, Rylan Bombosch, Jaime Oosthuizen, Declan Landman Second: Ishayvani Kahimise, Florette Nakusera, Hilton Lima, Anthony Jacobs Front: Nashe Murape, Henry Grant, Hannah Gaoses, Zeno Benolich, Mandla Sibanda Absent: Sanne Dewulf Coach: E. Rall

Mini Cricket Gr 2 Back: John-Freddie Faul, Philip van Schalkwyk, Hamish Philip, Tiago Pereira, Matthias Rennie, Keira Schoeman, Luca Heesom, McLachlan Nel Middle: Adryce Chinembiri, Stephanie Shepherd, Eureka Makaxwa, Ockie Oosthuizen, Daniel Boost, Olive Burger Front: Cecil Pickering, Richard-John Beukes, Henry Chamberlain, Russel Fick, Shange, Kamwi, Ndeutapo Hangalo, Sibusiso Zungu Coach: F. Matawu

Cricket U8 Back: Olive Burger, Keira Schoeman, Tilly Parker, Stephanie Shepherd, Eureka Mokaxwa Third: Ryan Schoeman, Mario Neves, Tristan Marggraff, Amy Grant, Gabriel Cerveira, Ruben Zekveld Second: Jonathan PfĂ¤nder, Malakai du Plessis, Timothy Deckenbrock, Isaiah Akwenye, Lyndon Gaidzanwa, Peyton Zehrt, Adryce Chinembiri Front: Chantelle-Nissi Mavhunga, Tanatswa Marange, Tertius Kanime, Michael Gillies, Max Fourie, Kayla Duchaine, Emmy-Who Sihlahla Coach: H. Gunning

Cricket U9 Back: Abraham Graham, Carnalito Mostert, Ben Fourie, Ethan January, Keegan Murphy, Ayden O’Connor-Smith, Michael Bauernschmidt Third: Jasmine Cartwright, John-Freddie Faul, Richard-John Beukes, Hamish Philip, Daniel Boost, Tristan Marggraff, Jasmine Rennie Second: Philip van Rensburg, Matthias Rennie, Shange Kamwi, Henry Chamberlain, McLachlan Nel, Kian Fussel Front: Jared Kamle, Oku Zungu, Russel Fick, Ockie Oosthuizen, Dwayne Tuoro, Sibusiso Zungu, Cecil Pickering, Tiago Pereira Coach: W. van Wyk

Cricket U11 Back: Rylan Bombosch, Anthony Jacobs, Charlie Lohman, Max Voges, Adam Diggle Middle: Tinotendo Kaisi, Christian Philip, Henry Grant, Ayden O’Connor-Smith Front: Aiden Gollwitzer, Oliver Durand, Connor McNamara, Collin Eins Coaches: M. Engelbrecht, Zee

Cricket Namibia U11 Left to right: Connor McNamara, Charlie Lohman, Henry Grant Coaches: M. Engelbrecht, Zee

Cricket U13 Back: Ryan Moffet, Jack Parker, Todd Parker, Tariq Stellmacher Middle: Chris Mutandi, Kyle Allies, Connor Murphy, Julian SchĂźtz Front: Ashton Dercksen, Keith Mutandi, Ramsay McDonald Coach: F. Matawu

Hockey U8 A Boys Back: Sibusiso Zungu, Michael Gillies, RichardJohn Beukes Front: Max Fourie, Oku Zungu, Timothy Deckenbrock Coach: Melissa Gillies

Hockey U8 B Boys Back: Shange Kamwi, Oretu Mushimba, Mario Neves, Henry Chamberlain, Matthias Rennie Front: Tanatswa Marange, Isaiah Akwenye, Dwayne Tuoro, Tristan Marggraff Coach: Melissa Gillies

Hockey U8 C Boys Back: John-Freddie Faul, Ockie Oosthuizen, Daniel Boost Front: Lasse Quinger, Peyton Zehrt, Ryan Schoeman Coach: L. Traut

Hockey U8 D Boys Back: Ruben Struwig, NdeutapoHangalo, Jonathan PfĂ¤nder, James Langford Middle: Ruben Zekveld, Shuumbwa Walenga, Tertius Kanime, Cecil Pickering Front: Nathan Stoman, Iyaloo Gaoseb, EmmieWho Sihlahla, Malekai du Plessis Coach: L. Traut

Hockey U8 A Girls Back: Abigail Rowles, Abigail Mutua, Nissi Hiveluah, Shona Matswetu Front: Naomi Raad, Tuli Nott, Stephanie Shepherd, Maya van Dyk Coach: H. Gunning

Hockey U8 B Girls Back: Erin Pickering, Franci Strauss, Eureka Mokaxwa, Tuneya Diescho Front: Amanda Mutandi, Jade Eins, Amaria Hillinger, Susana de Jesus Coach: H. Gunning

Hockey U8 C Girls Back: Amy Grant, Asiel Mwazi, Nissi Mavhunga Front: Hilda Boois, Ottilie Hinda, Zani Stals Coach: N. Kankowski-Jacobs

Hockey U8 D Girls Back: Haley-Kay Mouton, Zenith Porfirio, Inotila Kafidi, Elza Imbuwa Front: Velma Marwa, Lauren Abrahams, Anke van Schalkwyk, Daniella Tjimuk Absent: Manga Kamwi Coach: N. Kankowski-Jacobs

Hockey U10 A Boys Back: Ayden Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor-Smith, Abraham Graham, Zeno Benolich, Adam Diggle, Michael Raad Front: Keegan Murphy, Nicolas Deckenbrock, Carnalito Mostert, Alexandro Da Purificacau, Ethan January Coach: L. Crous, Zee

Hockey U10 B Boys Back: Aidan Gollwitzer, Nicolas Deckenbrock, Angelo Bertoline, Tiago Pereira Front: Tristan Marggraff, Collin Eins, Izak Kanime, Michael Raad, McLachlan Nel Coaches: L. Crous, Zee

Hockey U10 C Boys Back: Rainer Feris, Shekungwe Kuria, Damien Petrus, Nicolas Archer, Micah Haihambo Front: Mathew Varghese, Russel Fick, Michael Bauernschmidt, Ben Fourie, Dandago Narib Coaches: L. Crous, Zee

Hockey U10 D Boys Back: Mark Saad, Maximus Campbell, Kingsley Scott, Buithumelo Mukena, Tanatswanashe Chibwana Front: Philip van Rensburg, Hamish Philip, Luke Estrela, Nyamedze Fynn, Niels Knoetze Coaches: L. Crous, Zee

Hockey U10 A Girls Back: Elle de Klerk, Maja Brinkmann, Chevonne Shepherd, Kerrin Gillies Front: Ané Stals, Alice Rowles, Danielle Hillinger Absent: Naomi Nadimi Coaches: E. Rall, H. Johnston

Hockey U10 B Girls Back: Linay Koen, Jasmine Rennie, Mpho Nghifikepunye, Karie van Schalkwyk, Nevaeh Thomas Front: Aleka Späth, Vanessa Do Carmo, Sara de Jesus, Isabella Späth, Cathrine Mvula Coaches: E. Rall, H. Johnston

Hockey U10 C Girls Back: Zanele Marima, Jozikee Haihambo, Ndapewa Aluteni, Zimkita Akwenye, Olive Burger Front: Cara Haumann, Lauren van Niekerk, Kiara Estrela, Keaira McAree Absent: Molly Fenessy Coaches: E. Rall, H. Johnston

Hockey U12 A Boys Back: Lazarus Petrus, Todd Parker, Hilton Lima, Cristiano da Purificacau, Garren Backhaus Middle: Ryan Moffet, JD Gerber, Ashton Dercksen, José Tuoro, Liam Martin Front: Ramsay McDonald, Rylan Bombosch, Connor Murphy, Ernst Fourie, Ethan Brinkman Coach: J. Fourie

Hockey U12 B Boys Back: Kyril Nghishekwa, Uatjiri Hewicke, Kyle Allies, Max Voges Middle: Alvin Mutua, Ernst Fourie, Ethan Brinkman, Anthony Jacobs Front: José Tuoro, Garren Backhaus, Ramsay McDonald Coach: J. Fourie

Hockey U12 A Girls Back: Milah Malan, Ndinehafo Shilomboleni, Caitlin-Ann Coetzer, Jaime Gillies, Wendy-Lee Milne Front: Ebba-Maria Mulife, Ruth Musasa, Emma Tromp, Erin Moffet, Moné Graham Coach: I. Kashe

Hockey U12 B Girls Back: Nokuthula Marima, Carol Saad Second: Cadence van Rooi, Mallex Shipanga, Bernadette Naris Third: Nontombi Moyo, Mackenzie Späth, Annabelle Zekveld Front: Mariana Amaral Machado, Prosperity Aluteni, Kairiri Katjiuongua, Jeskia Campbell Coach: I. Kashe

Hockey U14 Boys Back: Charl Malan, Todd Parker, Julian Schütz, Lazarus Petrus, Jonathan Strauss Middle: Urinaao Katjiuongua, Connor Murphy, Ryan Moffet, Ashton Dercksen Front: Ernst Fourie, Chris Mutandi, Rylan Bombosch, Keith Mutandi, Ramsay McDonald Coach: Melissa Gillies

Recorder Gr 1 Back: Iyaloo Gaoseb, Mario Neves, Kirsten le Hane, Velma Marwa Middle: Elza Imbuwa, Jonathan PfĂ¤nder, Clarissa cerveira, Tristan Marggraff, Gian-Luke Diergaardt, Oku Zungu Front: Otillie Hinda, Hilde Boois, Amy Grant, Anke van Schalkwyk, Gabriel Cerveira, Emmy-Who Sihlahla Absent: Manga Kamwi Coach: M. Buys

Recorder Gr 2 Back: Tuneya Diescho, Matthias Rennie, Abigail Rowles, Sibusiso Zungu, Hamish Philip Middle: Daniel Boost, Jaden Joseph, Eureka Mokaxwa, Stephanie Shepherd, Adryce Chinembiri Front: Abigail Mutua, Naomi Raad, Madeleine Finucane, Kiara Estrela, Luke Estrela, Susana de Jesus Coach: M. Buys

Recorder Gr 3 Back: Keegan Murphy, Abraham Graham, Jessica Humphrey, Jonie Thorburn Front: Alex Marggraff, Ethan January, Mienke Stals Coach: M. Buys

Recorder Gr 4 Back: Henry Grant, Ané Stals, Karie van Schalkwyk, Chevonne Shepherd Front: Alice Rowles, Rautandavara Kaumbi, Sara de Jesus Coach: M. Buys

Recorder Gr 5 Back: Florette Nakusera, Rylan Bombosch, Jamilla Hungamo Middle: Moné Graham, Ishayvani Kahimise Front: Anne-Leen Thorburn Coach: M. Buys

Science Fair Back: Uatjiri Hewicke, Todd Parker, Carol Saad, Annabelle Zekveld Middle: Daniel Hahn, Jason Barnard, Ashton Dercksen, Janice Kennedy Front: Keira McNamara, Ryan Moffet, Sinja-Claire Triebner, Jeskia Campbell, Ruth Musasa Coach: H. Espag

Swimming - Boys Pupkewitz Gala Back: Connor Murphy, Allan Tait, Carl Bauernschmidt, Ashton Dercksen, Lorenzo Du Raan Fourth: Connor McNamara, Benjamin Hendrickse, Rylan Bombosch, Ethan Brinkman, Charl Malan Third: Nicolas Deckenbrock, Niels Knoetze, Collin Eins, Abraham Graham, Oliver Durand, Adam Diggle Second: Ockie Oosthuizen, McLachlan Nel, Michael Bauernschmidt, Keegan Murphy, Henry Grant, Zeno Benolich Front: Henry Chamberlain, Russel Fick, Alex Marggraff, Jonathan Pfänder, James Langford, Timothy Deckenbrock, Tristan Marggraff

Swimming - Girls Pupkewitz Gala Back: Moné Graham, Caitlin-Ann Coetzer, Shanique Struwig, Milah Malan, Samantha Jacobs, Sascha Brinkmann, Brook-lyn Ford Third: Gina Olles, Mackenzie Späth, Wendy-Lee Milne, Jasmine Cartwright, Mpho Nghifikepunye, Keira Mcnamara, Stasia Steenkamp Second: Jessica Humphrey, Nadimi, Alice Rowles, Maja Brinkmann, Danielle Hillinger, Aleka Späth, Isabella Späth, Kiera McAree Front: Amelia Roe, Jade Eins, Amaria Hillinger, Tuli Nott, Alice Rowles, Amy Grant

Tennis Gr 1 Back: Latoya Amuaalua, Haley-Kay Mouton, Elza Imbuwa, David Titus, Asiel Mwazi Third: Shuumbwa Walenga, Amaria Hillinger, Velma Marwa, Tuyeni Hamunyela, Oretu Mushimba Second: Zenith Porfirio, Jade Eins, Clarissa Cerveira, Kirstin le Hane, Lauren Abrahams Front: Ottilie Hinda, Hilde Boois, Zani Stals, Gian-Luke Diergaardt, Anke van Schalkwyk, Daniella Tjimuku Absent: Manga Kamwi Coach: J. Theron

Tennis Gr 2 Back: Tuneya Diescho, Emma Voges, Hayley Kausch, Zharah Rukoro, Gerrard Shilongo, Inotila Kafidi, Mila Nadimi Third: Nissi Hivelua, Quadira Januarie, Tamsin Geyve, Lucy Smit, Amelia Roe, Shona Matswetu, Caleb Silombele Second: Abigail Mutua, Abigail Rowles, Erin Pickering, Franci Strauss, Jessica Bombosch, Kiara Estrela, Jaden Joseph Front: Naomi Raad, Maya van Dyk, Tuli Nott, Luke Estrela, Madeleine Finucane, Susana De Jesus Coach: J. Theron

Tennis U12 & U14 Back: Leon Mettler, Ebba Mulife, Esther Mbandeka Front: Joel Hiveluah, Anesu Chipfupa, Talita Barros Coach: A. Strohbach

Assembly and Prize Giving

Grade 1

We are Grade 1A

Imagine if... Grade 1A Please note: All the entries by the children are UNEDITED.

Below: Cerveira

Below: Abrahams

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Below: Diergaa

Above: Gaidzanwa

Below: Grant

Above: Hinda

Above: Kamble

Above: Iyaloo

Below: Kamwi

Above: LeHanie aff

Below: Marggr

Above: Marwa

Below: Mwazi

Above: Nel

Above: Pfander

Above: Neves

Below: Quinger

Above: Richards Below: Scan

Above: Schoeman

Below: Stoman

Above: Titus

Below:: Tjipuka

Above: Tjimuka

Below: Tuoro

Above: Van Schalkwyk Below: Zehrt

Above: Waleng

We are Grade 1B

Crazy Characters … Grade 1B My name is Latoya and I’m a lion keeper. My pet is a lion called Lila. For dinner I like lezaniya and lizats, And I think lab rats are lucky.

By Latoya Amuaalua My name is Michael and I’m a monky riyder. My pet is a monky called Max. For dinner I like meet and mash, And I think monkys are materyil. By Michael Gillies

My name is Amaria and I’m an acrobat. My pet is a alligator called Anne. For dinner I like apples and anchovis, And I think alligators are amazing!

By Amaria Hillinger

an. a musissh m I’ d n a i is Maleka ed Munk. My name call a munkiy and macaroni, My pet is sh r I like ma s are owsim! For dinne in h k moosic in h t I d n A sis ai du Ples By Malek

My name is Elza and I’m ekselent! My pet is an elefant called Elsa. For dinner I like eggs and egg tostis, And I think elefants are ekselent!

By Elza Imbuwa

My name is Haley-Kay and I’m a halpr. My pet is a hors called Huny. For dinner I like ham and hot tea, And I think horss are funy. By Haley-Kay Mouton

My name is James and I’m a jumper. My pet is a jackel called Jumpi. For dinner I like jela and jam, And I think jumping is jamazing! By James Langford

er. d I’m a kangroo keep My name is Kayla an lled Kate. My pet is a kangroo ca d and koknats, For dinner I like kaster e krase. And I think koknuts ar By Kayla Duchaine

My name is Tilly and I’m a teacher. My pet is a tortse called Teena. For dinner I like tomrtows and tofees, And I think trumpes are tremends.

By Tilly Parker

My name is Hoandi and I’m a hat keper. My pet is a hamster called Harri. For dinner I like handbges and ham, And I think hat tacers are horobal. By Hoandi Boois

My name is Tertius and I’m a tortise keper. My pet is a tiger called Tig. For dinner I like tortiles and tea, And I think thunder is terifick!

By Tertius Kanime

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By Timothy Decke

My name is Gabriel and I’m a genius. My pet is a giraff called Gabby. For dinner I like grapes and ginger bread, And I think ginger bread is gingertastick! By Gabriel Cerveira

My name is Isaiah and I’m a ilestrator. My pet is an ice bare called Izzicial. For dinner I like ice cream and incects, And I think ink is incredeble. By Isaiah Akwenye

My name is Nissi and I’m a net maker. My pet is a night hok called Ned. For dinner I like nachies and nuts, And I think nights are noshes. By Nissi Mavhunga

My name is Tuyeni and I’m a table soccer player. My pet is a triseratops called Timothy. For dinner I like tortia and tart, And I think turtels are terebol. By Tuyeni Hamunyela

My name is Oku and I’m an old man. My pet is a okterpus called Ogee. For dinner I like oringes and oreos, And I think okterpuss are orange.

By Oku Zungu

My name is Genius and I’m a giyent. My pet is a grila called Genius. For dinner I like grila and more grilas, And I think grilas are gros! By Genius Sihlahla

My name is Tanats wa and I’m a tran driver. My pet is a tortise called Tictoc. For dinner I like tin y britos and tiny pi zza, And I think trees ar e trific!

By Tanatswa Marange

My name is Isabella and I’m a iscrim seler. My pet is a iganadon called Ira. For dinner I like iscrim and insecs, And I think Ira is intresting. By Isabella Main

My name is Ruben and I’m a runer. My pet is a ruf dog called Rusel. For dinner I like rabits and randiers, And I think runing is ruf!

My name is Ruben and I’m a reder. My pet is a rabet called Robbne. For dinner I like randeyers and rabet, And I think robots are ruf. By Ruben Struwig

By Ruben Zekveld My name is Jade and I’m a jet flya. My pet is a jaquar called Jetey. For dinner I like jelly and jam, And I think jelly is jumpy!

By Jade Eins My name is Zenith and I’m a zoo ceaper. My pet is a zebra called Zen. For dinner I like zebra and zukini, And I think zebras are ziping!

By Zenith Porfirio

My name is Max and I’m a mantis keeper. My pet is a mantis called Michael. For dinner I like meet and mash, And I think munkees and funee! By Max Fourie

My name is Zani an d I’m a zoo ceeper . My pet is a zebra ca lled Zenith. For dinner I like zo o cookees and zebr a joose, And I think Zoo ce epers are zooleree us!

By Zani Stals

My name is Oretu and I’m a artest. My pet is a ostredg called Oretu. For dinner I like oringes and oringes, And I think oringes are helfy.

By Oretu Mushimba

The day we came to school â&#x20AC;¦ Grade 1s

A day in the life of a Grade 1

Grade 2

We are Grade 2A

What Grade 2A’s have to say about … ... their fathers My father is kind. He is playful, but he works every day. He takes me to the park and to the movies. He plays with me and tickles me then I lagh.

Erin Pickering

My pup is the best pup in the world. He teaches me how to play tennis and bcycle riding. He has the best job in histry. He make the best club sandwije in the world. Thank you for taking good care of me. I am sorry that I don’t lissen to you.

He’s very, very funny. He’s british. Evry time I see him he goes Luca Luca Luca yay yay yay. I think that’s annoying but funny. He hates plastic but the only plastic thing is Lego. Luca Heesom

Naomi Raad I love my dad a lot and a lot … He is handsome. He is kind to me. He works a lot. He buys me stuf. And helps me when I am hurt. Kiara Estrela

I appreciate my father for raising me as a happy child and he really looks handsome. I like my father to work more hard and to stay helthy please. Joel Namupala My father is so clever that he bilit a go-kart for me and my brother. My father is so strong that he can pick up four big logs at once. My father is so famous he whon me and my brother two quad-bikes on Saturday.

Courtney Loubser

... their mothers She is beautiful and she is caring about my family and me. She is smart and caind (kind). She makes us dinner and breakfast. She spends time with us in the night. The tucks me in my bed.

My mother wears beautiful dresses. I apprececiate what she gives to me, that she drives me to school and my activities. She cooks for me food. She tucks me in to bed, lets me invite my friends to the movies. We go for lunch or dinner. She lets us play on the beach. Amanda Mutandi

My mother is caring, loving, generoes and kind. She is clever and she is the most beautiful woman in the world. And I appreciate that.

Ndeutapo Hangalo

Franci Strauss

My mother is so clever that I rely (really) appreciate her so much. My mother drives me to school evry morning and I rely like it. My mother looks so beautiful. I rely love her. Courtney Loubser

My mom is caring. She helps me with my homework. She is very kind to me and my sister. She makes me nice food. She loves me for who I am. I love you! Hayley Kausch

I appreciate her because she made home made milkshakes and she shared it for everyone. She reminds me and my little brother to shower. She gives me sprises (surprises) and love. I really love her. Joel Namupala

My mother is the best mom in the world. She is the beautiful mom in the world She takes care of us I appreciate that. My mom loves me very much. She is very kind and special. She takes me to my sports and art. I love my mom very much.

Keira Schoeman I love my mommy very much. She’s so funny and creative. She worys to the moon and back. I like that. She works in a lab. I think that is fun. She likes the movie ET. I like that. Luca Heesom

She is the best mom in the world. You make the birds sing at night. You read us Bible stories and your vose (voice) is as birds humming. You help me do my orals. Every time you bring me to my gymnastics and pick me up from school your food is, I don’t know, it is just so good. Thanks!

Naomi Raad

My mother is so beautiful! She is so so generous! My mother is so kind! She is the best in the world! My mother is so appreciated.

Ockie Oosthuizen

... their siblings My baby brother is cute. He is a bit naughty sometimes but a good boy. He plays on the bed for 15 minutes which is cute. He eats and sleeps a lot.

My sister is kind. I teck care of her. I help her when she is sad. I love her very much. She tecks care of me to and our brother.

Amanda Mutandi My brother is okay but my terrible sister talks him into crazy stuff. Other than that he is cute. He calls himself ‘chubby chics’. He is playfull and of coarse sneaky. Mila Nadimi

My brother is handsome and sometimes plays with me but he loves his phone and my brother also likes to jump on the trampoline. He also is in grade 5B and his age is 11. You are just nice.

Shange Kamwi

My brother is very, very funny. He loves to play 1, 2, 3 with me on the trampleen. He can be mean sometimes. He is the best brother I would have. He is 7 years old.

Emma Voges

My brother is playful. He is cute. He is a little bit annoying. He is fun and he is full of ieadias (ideas). Ndeutapo Hangalo

Keira Schoeman

My sister is loving and boutiful. My sister is smart. My sister is a fan of Typo and her room. And I love her very, very very moch. Henry Chamberlain

... their teacher My teacher is a kind teacher. She helps me. She teaches me. I like her storys. They make me lagh a lot. She’s nice. She makes us work a lot and learn a lot. She lets us watch movies on the last day of school. Shange Kamwi My teacher is so kind and generous! And I like my teacher! And she cares for me. And she works. Ockie Oosthuizen The name of my teacher is Miss Jucops (Jacobs). She is very nice. I love her and she is very nice to kids.

Russel Fick

My teacher remindes me of my mom and dad. She is kind and she does the right thing. I love how she teaches. She helps children learn and do the right thing too. I love my teacher. Emma Voges

My teacher is pretty. She is strict and caring for us. She reads us a story when there is time.

Franci Strauss

My teacher is very smart. My teacher is very funny And a little bit strict. My teacher is cerring My teacher is cool like rock stars. My teacher is a teacher.

My teacher is the best teacher I could have in Namibia. She is strict but that is good because in my old school they were not strict and we did not learn a lot of things. You are a super star … to me!

Tamsin Geyve

Henry Chamberlain My teacher is great even though she is a little strict. She’s faboluse. She even does archery. I think that’s cool.

Mila Nadimi

My teacher is so sweet and kind, sometimes striked (strict) that is how we learn. She’s generous and I appreciate it and she likes it when it is guit (quiet). Zharah Rukoro

My teacher is kind, my teacher is caring. I like my teacher. She makes us do work!! I think my teacher is the best. Hayley Kausch

Tobias Hanyeko Primary Project School It is good they have food. And it is good that there’s a lady that makes porridge for them. That’s so good. They have a tuckshop to biy sweets. They have good school clothes and ad least they have food and mothers and fathers. They laghed at us and touched us. They have good classrooms. And they want to call their school Green leaves or Perazim. I want it to be called Green Leaves.

Abigail Mutua

It is a good school. Its name is Greenleaves or Perazim. Their classrooms are in tents. They rite neat. And read books in the classroom. They eat porridge and they have a little tuckshop. They are well-behaved and quiet and greeted. They have a greenhouse and play about. McLachlan Nel

Their classrooms are tents. Their school name is called Green leaves. Their muthers cooked porridge for love. They were cooking the porridge on fire. There was a tucshop out of the school. There was a greenhouse there by the school. They sang us a song. Some of them hugged, fist bumped and high-fived us. Some of them had school clothes. All of them were very happy. All their books were very neat. They were all qiet (quiet).

Luke Estrela

The school is poor. They write neat. They want to call the school Greenleaves or Perazim. They only eat once a day. One sweet is 1 dollar. Tiago Pereira

I loved them becos they were quiet! I find them clever becos there is a bed in the classroom for when pepel are sick. When I was there they gave us high-fives and they felt aower (our) hands. Becos we have creem and they do not so when we fundraise I will give them creem.

I liked it because they greeted us very well. They sang a song to us. (That was cool.) We also sang a song back to them. They also were very quiet and well-behaved. Their classroom was a tent. They looked very, very happy. One of them shared with a baby that was there too!!! The principal told us that they are using the greenhouse to teach them how to grow vegetables. They had pap which is cool. Tamsin Geyve

Olive Burger

At this school they are happy, nice and well-behaved. One class sang a song to us. It was very good. They might be a little poor but they are beautiful inside. And that makes that school very very very nice. Russel Fick

I think they have beautiful hearts. They had wundfel righting (wonderful writing). I like that they had tents. When they call their school Greenleaves I like the sownd of that. They share their food and their hearts are like rembose (rainbows). When I see them in the uy (eye) I see a rembow. I love them. I think I wish you and everybody has a brut fyoocher (bright future) ahead of you. I love that they are quyet (quiet). Kiara Estrela

What was good is that they sang a song for us. They gave us high fives. What was bad is that they had to learn in a tent. That every day at their school they have to eat porridge.

Nissi Hiveluah

The school is very kind. They greeted me and I greeted them. I made friends with them. I gave one of them a high-five. They only had cents to buy sweets. They had school clothes like us. Their handwriting was neat

Erin Pickering

In the school some classes were in tents. The high school is starting to make vetchtbels (vegetables). They were quiet, neat and well-behaved. They were very very kind. They have very nice hearts. They even sang a song to us and we also sang a song. We gave them hugs and hive-fives. And I made two friends. The first one’s name was Aqiasha and the 2nd one was Daisy. They did not have whiteboards. They do not have chair bags. Some of them don’t even have friends. One of the girls did not have lunch so one boy shared with her. Zharah Rukoro

Science Fun Day

Keira made slime and she made it with borax, water and glue ant that is how Keira made slime. Erin did a volcano. She had a bottle with baceing powder. Then she put sope inside but ... it did not work out. Nissi’s experiment was about air. She got a bottle and she put some baceing powder in and added viniger. Then she put the balloon on the bottle. The balloon puft up. Matthias Rennie

I did the balloon blow up. I took vinegar. I put the vinegar in the botel. Then I took bicarbonate of soda and I mixed them together. They make carbon dioxide – it is a gas and that’s what we exhale. Abigail did dancing popcorn. She yoused vinegar and water and baking soda and corn. She mixed them together. Then the corn jumped up and went down. Naomi had a floating egg. She yoused normal water and salt water and then she put the egg in the normal water and it went down. When she put it in salt water, it was floating. I had fun. Nissi Hiveluah

My experiment was a lava lamp. If you want to do a lava lamp you need an empty bottle and oil, water, tablet and food colouring. First pour the water, then the oil. Pour the food colouring for the food colouring to go into the water. Then put the tablet inside and then the lava lamp will start to fizz and you have made a lava lamp. McLachlan Nel

Stories A bird story

Once upon a time there was a bird. The bird’s name was Zharah. She collected a lot of hay. Then one day she decided to make a nest. After that she laid an egg. The egg was beautiful and shiny. She looked at the egg. She waited for the egg to break but it didn’t hatch at all. Then she went to get something. While she was away the egg started to hatch. When she came back she heard something talk from her nest. She went to look. Then, when she looked at it, she got a fright. She got a name for him. His name was Alex. She came around the corner. Alex said, “Momy, I am so glad you are back with a juicy work”. Then Zharah said to her baby, “You must wait because I am going to get lots of juicy worms.” Then he sat quietly. Later he got tired of waiting. Then he saw other birds in the sky. He decided to also fly. When his mother came back, his mother went looking for him. Then his mother flew up into the sky to find him. When his mother saw him on the ground. His mother asked a lot of quitesions. Then his mother took him to the nest and gave him the juicy worms she promised. Quadira Januarie

A bird story

One day there was a bird who built a nest. She got stiks, grass and leafs. The she was proud of herself. She flew away to get some juicy warmes. The bird found some more warmes. Then she herd something. “Mammy, Mammy” said the chick. She was so happy. Mammy gave the chick warmes. The chick sat quietly. Then the chick grew so big – it was bigger than his mam. He flew away from the nest and had a new life. Matthias Rennie

A bird story

Once upon a time there was a beouteful bird. The bird laid an egg in her nest. The egg cracket and the little bird hatched. The bird flew to find food for the baby bird. “Jullo, Mommy, you are back, said the little bird. She was proud of her baby. Tiago Pereira

The big journey One day the ash seed fell into the stream. It saw a tent, a table, a duck and a waterfall and fell down. Then it started to spiral down, down onto the ground!! So the next day it started to rain and the sand started to get soft and the seed went down into the ground. Six months later it was a beatifol ash tree.

Olive Burger

The big journey (based on discussions on dispersal of seeds) Once upon a time there was a seed that was floting on the water. It exploded and the seeds came out. It was relaxing. When it was relaxing on the water, it was fish, rocs and weeds. It ended between the reeds and when the first and second and third rain comae, it was growing and growing and growing. It had flower, leaves and seeds. It got bigger and then it was a tree.

Luke Estrela

The big journey One rainy day a seed fell off a tree. There was lots and lots of water. Then the seed floated and drifted on the water until it went onto the shore. It got undergrownd and it grew. It became such a big tree, bigger than all the trees there. The seed of the tree was very, very small. And something that small could grow to something that big.

Abigail Mutua

We are Grade 2B

What Grade 2B’s have to say about… ... their fathers My father is the best ever and cannot be replaced. My father is fun to play with. My father is loving and caring. Adryce Chinembiri

My father is the best dad a child could have. He is very funny. He helps mw eide my boke. He is also very good at fixing things. Amelia Roe

My father loves me and he is very good at Maths. I love him. Jaden Joseph

My father is the best father in the whole world and I love him more than he loves me. And on weekends I play soccer with my father and he always beats me at soccer. My father loves me even much much more than my mother loves me. Eureka Mokaxwa

My father is happy when we help him under the car and give him breakfast in bed and make him coffee. Richard-John Beukes

What I love is that my dad helps me with everything. He likes my dancing. I love my dad too.

Shona Matswetu

My father is nice and I love him. My dad teaches me a bit of his language. He is the greatest dad I know. Sibusiso Zungu

My father likes playing with me a lot. He gives me snuggles before bed. Lucy Smit

... their mothers My mom is the best. I love her. She is irreplaceable. She helps me learn a lot of things. She helps us to get to places on the right time. Rourke McNamara

My mum is kind and loving. My mum is the best mum in the world. She cannot be replaced. Tuli Nott

My mother is happy when we help her in the kitchen and when we clean up without her asking us to do it. She is happy when she is reading. Richard-John Beukes

My mother lets me watch videos on her phone. My father is the kindest and shows me how to draw.

Daniel Boost I love my mother becose she is the funnest mom on the earth. It’s becose she buys me stuff. That’s why I love her. Daltrey Mwatotele

My mother is kind and she cares for me. She loves us. She is a great mom. I love her and so does my brother and sisters. Sibusiso Zungu

My mother and Father. They are funny and very very kind. When I am sad they always make me happy. Tuneya Diescho

My mother likes cooking. It makes me happy too. I like it when she kisses me good night. I love it when she helps me with my homework. My mother makes me happy when I am sad. I love my mother. Susana De Jesus

My mother is the best mom ever. She always has love every day. She makes the best food. Jessica Bombosch

I love my mom. She is the funnest mom. When you are hurt she comes running to you. I love it when she hugs me. She is loving and caring. I love her so much. Abigail Rowles

My mother is the best in the whole world and she loves me more than ever and she loves me more than my father. Eureka Mokaxwa

My mother is the British High Commissioner. She can be very funny and she’s kind. I love her.

Madeleine Finucane She helps me with homework. She is very nice and kind. She loves my dad and she is working at St Paul’s every day. Gerrard Shilongo

... their siblings My brother is very cheeky and funny too. He likes to annoy me a lot but he is very kind most of the time. I love him anyway. Jessica Bombosch

My sister is very kind to me. I like playing and partying with my sister. Me and my sister likes playing with our friends. I love my sister. Susana De Jesus

... their teacher

My teacher is happy with we are quiet and we behave.

Cecil Pickering

Maya Van Dyk My teacher is the best. She is cool, nice , kind and the best. She teaches us how to spell difficult words. Roure McNamara

I love my teacher a lot. She teaches me a lot of stuff. Lucy Smit

My brother is a big monkey. My brother is annoying but I love my brother. He is like my father, my father is a monkey too. He loves his dinosaurs.

My teacher is so fun and kind. She helps us no matter what. She’s so caring and loving. She helps everyone she sees that are hurt or sad. I love her so much. She the best. She loves us so much and we love her even more than she loves us. Abigail Rowles

My teacher is happy with we are quiet and we behave. Cecil Pickering Miss Stainton makes me happy by being friendly. John-Freddie Faul

What makes me happy? Grade 2B Is that God has made me and I am free. And my mother is so kind. I love her with all my heart. And I love my dad so much. He is the best in my heart. And my teacher is the coolest in the world. I just love her. I have two brothers. The first born and the second. He is so silly but I love them.

Inotila Kafidi I love to dance when I am sad. It makes me happy when I read books. It makes me happy to hear the waves and watch them come crashing in. I love being with my family and friends. Amelia Roe

I love it when I make my brother laugh. I like doing Hockey. I love P.E! I like maths. Adryce Cinembiri When my mother gives me hugs. I love my mum and dad. They make me happy. My teacher makes me happy. Friends make me happy when they play with me. My brother makes me happy to like my mum and dad and friends. My family makes me happy. Maya Van Dyk

The sea makes me happy. When the wind blows in my hair and the sand in my toes. When my feet touches the waves and the sounds of the waves when I go to bed. When I take a walk and hear the shells on the beach. When I see the dolphins jumping out of the water and dive back in with a big splash. Seeing the ships floating across the sea getting splashed by the waves. Abigail Rowles What makes me happy is going to school. What makes me happy is that I spend time with my family. What makes me happy is playing with my friends. What makes me happy is to go to my friends.

Shona Matswetu What makes me happy is going to Cecil’s home and playing. We eat food, watch TV and play with the dog and Erin. We ride bikes and jump on the trampoline. We play with toys.

Gerrard Shilongo

My father makes me happy by helping me. My mother makes me happy by caring. John-Freddie Faul What makes me happy is that I like to play ‘Rolblox’ on the laptop with my big brother and sister. It’s very fun to play with them. Daltrey Mwatotele What makes me happy is playing Knights and Ninjas! Daniel Boost What makes me happy: Is giving and being kind. I also like chocolate, music and making friends. Madeleine Finucane

I giving a helping hand. Is being with my family. Is being with my friends. Is going to school. Is playing with my dog, Ginger. Is being with my aunt. Is going to the beach and Jogurg. Tuneya Diescho I love to sing and dance and play with my friends. I love to smile. Jaden Joseph

I play school school in my garden and my mum makes me cake. Virinao Pack

Grade 2 Orals

Science Fun Day Our experiments were great. I loved it. My experiment was disappearing egg shells. Rich’s was a rocket. Rourke’s was how to get salt and pepper a part. You had to use vinegar. Hamish Philip

On our Science Funday we did stuff about air. Hamish did experiments about an egg. It was a very fun day. Gerrard did a volcano. It looked like carrot juice. I think it squirted on Tuli. Tuneya did invisible ink with lemon. I mean that’s weird! Philip van Rensburg

Grade 2B Stories The Bird

Once there was a mother bird. Her name was Judy. Judy waited patiently for her egg to hatch. She waited and waited and waited. And finally the egg hatched. The miracle of life happened. He name was Jewel. She was the most precious chick ever. Her chirps were so light. After she hatched she was hungry. So Judy went off. She went to get her a worm. While Judy was gone Jewel just sat. She was so still that other birds were surprised. But Jewel was bored. Judy was busy finding worms. It was so hard. But luckily she found one. Judy came back to Jewel. Jewel snapped the worm and ate it. She was stuffed. Jewel went to sleep. Stephanie Shepard

The Seed Once upon a time there was this seed. The seed was very tiny. One day the seed was lying in the grass when this weird bird ate the seed and the bird took him to another place. The bird then pooped the seed out and the said said, ‘Yukky!’ The seed went to take a shower in the rain. He grew into a flower.

Cecil Pickering

Birds Once upon a time a mother bird made a nest. She had eggs. She went to find food and her baby egg hatched. The mother came to feed the babies.

Virinao Pack A story of a seed When I was on the tree it was a good life. All of a sudden I went flying off my tree. It was sad. I was crying. The wind took me to a beautiful meadow and I knew this was the place to go, but let me not spoil this too much. Let’s go on and I was taken by a bird but thank goodness she did not like the taste of me. So she dropped me in the same spot in the meadow. I heard thunder and it started to rain.

Hamish Philip The Happy Seed

The Rose

Once upon a time I was about to make tea when I heard a whoosh. I wondered what it was and I saw all my friend seeds. They were floating away. I started to cry when I got whooshed away. I was happy I was heading in the same way as my friends. Soon we landed in a river. We all shouted, ‘Yippeeee, we are at the water park!’ Soon the wind made us fly. Then we landed in the rose orchard. It started to rain and we all grew into a rose bush. Tuli Nott

Don’t ever trust a snake, Little Seed Hello, I’m a little seed. Its night and I’m getting ready for bed. I had my dinner so now it’s time for bed. Wait! I forgot the bedtime story that I should tell you, but this happened for real, ok. Once upon a time I just went to get food. I see this strange looking snake, Hi, Little Seed, come have lunch with me. I’m hungry. Uuuum, it’s very kind of you Snake, but I can’t. I’m very busy right now and I just ran off. Well I fed that snake to a very hungry bear. At least I’m safe from that snake.

Once upon a time there was me. I was a happy pumpkin seed. I lived in a big fat juicy pumpkin. At first it was all orange but then a big axe sliced through my home and the wind blew me away. I landed in a big red flower. It was a school for seeds. I met a Kiwi seed. It was a kind seed. There was a bully, a big acorn. He said to me, ‘You are a dumb fat seed.’ But I was blown away by the wind then. I hit the ground. I flower was born then. A huge big pumpkin exploded out of m Phillip van Rensburg

Inotila Kafidi

Tobias Hanyeko Primary Project School They are less fortunate than us. But they still have fun at their school. It might not be that wealthy but they learn about birds. They have one bathroom but it doesn’t make a difference for them. They love their school. The lighting is not good in the class but they still learn. Daltrey Mwatotele

What made me happy is was to sing for them. I liked it on the bus. It was fun that it was a long path. I was so excited to go to the trip.

Lucy Smit

They are less fortunate than us. But they still have fun at their school. It might not be that wealthy but they learn about birds. They have one bathroom but it doesn’t make a difference for them. They love their school. The lighting is not good in the class but they still learn. Daltrey Mwatotele

What made me happy was that the green house was nice. And the tent was dark and the school was nice. Cecil Pickering

On Friday the 4th of August class 2B went to Tobias Hainyeko. It was a wonderful experience. We learnt that the children have one meal per day and they have one toilet. The toilet is not their toilet. It is the next door schools toilet. I loved going there. Amelia Roe

The school was very poor but the children seemed happy so that’s good. I liked it there. It was a good experience for me but now I’m starting to see how lucky I am. You, me, everybody (except the poor) are really lucky. At the school the children only got one meal a day. We got to watch them have that then we got to play with them. It was a lucky day. Madeleine Finucane

On Friday 2B went to Tobias Hainyeko and we experienced a lot of stuff that we never learnt. We met new friends. They were very nice to us. They work in tents and in the dark. They share one toilet. They eat one meal a day. They eat mainly porridge for food. Richard-John Beukes

Me and my friends went to a school named Tobias Hainyeko. I love experiencing how nice the school is. It is very nice to go there. They only have one meal a day. I had lots of fun on the bus with my friends and at the school. The children there are very nice and kind. My mom did not come with because she was in Rundu. And I like it there. It is nice. I was very shy. I met a girl. We went to the class. It was a tent. Then we went back to school, I fell asleep in the bus. And we got to eat, I was very sleepy. And that is it. The end.

Susana De Jesus

They only have one toilet. They have tents and it is dark. They also have a green house. They also want to call themselves Green Leaves. Jaden Joseph

I love the poor especially the cute babies. The school learnt me that I should be thankful for what I have. The principal has a smart way of growing crops. He recycles the coal through water so it can grow faster. The classes are made out of either brick or a tent. It was very dark in the tents. Their work is very neat. Philip van Rensburg

The thing that I liked most is that the children are so kind. They are thinking of changing the name of the school to Green Leaves. They only get one meal a day. It is porridge or they get money for the tuckshop. Some of their classrooms are in tents. They got amazing handwriting.

Abigail Rowles

On Friday we went to a school. At the school we saw lots of tents. It was a very poor school. We said Hello. I wish they had light inside. We had fun. I hope one day I can help them. Adryce Chinembiri

This school is very poor. Their classes are very dark. They get only one meal for the day and porridge. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the alphabet. I feel very very very sorry for them. Daniel Boost

Very nice school. You make me feel lucky. It is a great idea to give them porridge. Everybody is super kind. Thank you for everything. Stephanie Shepard

Me and my friends went to a school. I was shy. At the start it was boring then it got fun at the end. It was very hot. When we got back to school it was fun. I am afraid that is the end of my story.

Hello. My name is Shona and I am going to tell you about the other names. It is Green Leaves and Perisam and it is sad. Because there is only one toilet. Some of the classes are tents. What we heard is he is going to teach them how to grow food. They are friendly to us. Shona Matswetu

It is very poor but interesting and their school is very pretty and huge! They only have one meal a day and that is porridge. They have only one toilet. This is interesting, they are 860 people schooling there. WOW! They even sang a song to us and we sang too. I am so happy they are safe. Inotila Kafidi

I felt sad for them. I wish the whole world would help them. They only have one bathroom. Some of their class rooms were tents and some were like ours but smaller. They only have one meal a day. They have a green house. I think they need more than that. I wish they had a roof over their head. I wish they had 3 meals a day from now on! Tuli Nott

Rourke McNamara

Tobias Hainyeko was a very poor school. It made me very sad. The principal showed us around. In one of the classes they sang a lovely song to us. We loved the school. It was really fun. We left at their break. I was really tired when we came back. Jessica Bombosch

At their break they eat porridge. They all share a toilet between them. They go to school in a tent. They read in the tent. They do lots of things in school like we do. If they are sick they lie on the bed. Maya Van Dyk

It was very nice and fun. The teacher show us the way and they class was fun. The parents came also and they had fun too. We went back and ate and played. Gerrard Shilongo

Tobias Hainyeko Project School is a wonderful school. It was an experiencing trip and I enjoyed it. It was like no trip I have ever been on and it was fun because I got to meet new people. It was still fun even though I did not get to play with them, it was still fun. Sibusiso Zungu

It is pretty and beautiful in there with their teacher. Children play in the park where the babies play.

Virinao Pack

Very fun. It was very nice. It was great. I loved it. Everybody was very kind. They were very poor. They have one toilet. They sang to us.

Tuneya Diescho I like the children as they are so friendly. And they only have one toilet and they have to share with a thousand students. And I wish poor people were rich like us. I wish that we could all be friends! Eureka Mokaxwa

On Friday we went to Tobias Hainyeko Project School. When we got there then we saw they were very poor. They had only one toilet that they have to share. 860 children. And then we went back to St Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. John-Freddie Faul

A day in the life of a Grade 2

Grade 2 Outing to the Botanical Gardens

Grade 2 Train Trip to Okapuka

Grade 3

We are Grade 3A

Grade 3A Outing to Daan Viljoen with KEEP (GCF)

Grade 3A busy in the classroom

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We are Grade 3B

Grade 3B on water Water is fun to play in At times it can be cold too Taking baths has its perks Earth has a lot of water Ray my brother hates water Ashley Sisson

Water is good for you After dinner first drink water The world needs lots of water Evaporation causes water to evaporate Rain helps the plants grow. Mpho Nghifikepunye

Water is very important. At our school we have water. The ocean is covering the world. Every day I bath with water Rivers go to the oceans. Victor Manamike

Water is fun to play in. At bath time we try save water Try to listen to the water cycle song, its fun! Evaporation is cool. Reuse water. Cara Haumann

Water is good for your body Always drink water every day The world uses lots of water Every morning drink water Rivers have water Melania Dassala

Saving Water Shower with very little water because there is a drought in Namibia and we must save as much water as we can. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to use lots of water at all. So save water please so our country can be saved. Use your water wisely. Like for instance use a bucket to gather up water and give it to your plants. When you brush your teeth turn off the tap. Bailey Loubser

Water is precious in Nambia A puddle is water that will evaporate. The water cycle has 3 different parts: evaporation, condensation and precipitation. Evaporation is the first part of the water cycle. Recently it has rained in Namibia. Alex Marggraff

Water is a very important part of life. Animals need water to survive There are times when there is no water Even the plants need water Recycling water is a good thing to do Isabella Spath

Saving Water In Windhoek there is not a lot of water so we need to save water. Reuse water by putting a bucket under a tap when you wash your hands. Take a shower instead of a bath. When you wash your car use a bucket.

Niels Knoetze

Saving Water

In Namibia it is very dry so we really have to try save water. If we want to wash our car you must not use a hosepipe. What must you use? You must use a bucket and a sponge. If you want to bath use less water. If you want your garden to grow then you should get plants that can last without water for a long time. When you brush your teeth use a cup. When you wash your clothes only wash your clothes when you have a lot of washing to do.

Kerrin Gillies

The favourite part of my holiday ...

During my holiday we went to Swakopmund. In Swakopmund we went to the beach and had ice- cream. Went saw two jet skis. One of them was small and the other one was big. Then a few days passed by then we went to two water parks. One of them was very, very terrifying. The other one was very slow. Then it was Christmas, we had lots of fun. Then my daddy said we must go home then it was school. I was very happy and then it was the 11th of January then I was not so happy. I got to see my best friend Nicole. Ashlynn Abrahams

During my holiday I went to Cape Town. We swam quite a lot. We went on quite a few boats. We nearly lost our suitcases. Then we went to Knysna, we stayed at someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hotel. They had a dog called Daisy. They had a lovely pool. We went to the beach. We played in the sea and went boogie boarding in the sea. Jasmine Cartwright

During my holiday I went to Cape Town. We went ice skating. Then we went on the Cape Wheel. The Cape Wheel is very tall. At Cape Town we went to Ratanga Junction and we went to the trampoline park. Dandago Narib

My favourite part of my holiday was going to super cars and going to the beach. I also went to the International Dinosaur Museum of Cape Town. I was reading and playing with my toys. I went to the grape farm and ate food at the grape farm. After that we went to the Water Front. I went to a playground and I enjoyed it. I got to play at a playground right in front of the mall. Kingsley Scott

I went to Swakop and went fishing and met my cousins at Walvis Bay. I played with them. I played Xbox and then came back to Swakop and stayed in the hotel. Then we were in separate rooms. We were at the sea my dad caught 5 fish. I caught 6 fish and my mom caught 7 fish. We then went home. Buithemelo Mukena

My favourite part of my holiday was being at me friends house where we celebrated New Years Day. We slept outside had fun and climbed the mountain. We also fed the chickens and took their eggs. We climber trees took motorbikes and found crystals.

Levin Quinger

During my holiday I went to Cape Town and I played at Camps Bay beach. I climbed rocks and swam in the ocean. We also went swimming at home and went shopping. We went on ice adventures then to the movies. We came back to Namibia and went to the Windhoek Country Club for New Years Eve. The next day we had family over and had a great time. Vanessa Do Carmo

My Fantasy Pet ... My birds name is Bird. My pet bird brain likes to eat bread crumbs, bird seeds and worms. I like to do lots of tricks. I also taught him how to fly. I found him at a pet shop. All the colours of his feathers are orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. He has a black beak. He is 5 years old. He has a friend hippopotamus. The hippopotamus shoots lasers out his cheeks. The reason I named him Bird Brain is because he has an enormous brain. Bird Brain even knows how to talk very well but his jokes are not so funny. He is a mad scientist. He always helps me with my homework. I love spending time with my best pet in the world. Maximus Campbell My fantasty pet is a teraductile. My teraductiles name is Ezon. Ezon can fly and it eats meat. It looks brown it has green eyes. It has sharp teeth and it can kill people. I like to fly on Ezon. Ezon is ten meters long and seven meters wide. Ezon loves me and I love him. Ezon helps me with homework. He sleeps with me. He is ten years old. He can swim with me. He can turn small so you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see him. He also turns big. Ezon and I like to fly to the sky and see Windhoek. He would like to come to school with me but he may not. Michael Bauernschmitt

My fantasy pets name is Daisy. Daisy is pink and purple. Her eyes are light purple with a star. She can talk and she smells like berries and roses. She eats berries and grapes and she can fly very high. She has some beautiful dark purple feathers. She can get small and big. She can even camouflage if she wants. Daisy and I always play and sometimes I even climb on her back and fly off. Sometimes we make jokes and laugh or sometime we play hide and seek or dress up. She has a very kind and loving heart. Linay Koen

My fantasy pet is a human shark. He likes to eat fish and has sharp teeth. What does it look like? It looks like a shark head and has human feet. What does it do? It swims around the ocean and hunts fish to eat. What do we do together? He is mostly friendly we play fetch and he hunts us fish for dinner. Sounds? It can speak Afrikaans and English. Names? We call him Funky Freddy Fun facts? Human sharks can stay alive till 150 years old. The colour of my pet is pink and purple. He is 5 feet long. Nicole Groenewald

My fantasy pet is a dragon mixed with a dinosaur. The species is called Steve. It is a green T-rex with red and black wings. It eats fur of others and flesh and cheese. Steve has talents, very unusual talents. Steve has red eyes. Steve sounds like a dragon. He likes to fly and climb mountains. I like to call him two by two. He has super powers. One of them is super sized and has laser eyes. Two by two is 1000 meters high and 1000 meters wide. Two by two can camouflage and can smell prey from 5000 meters away. Two by two can breathe under water and smell under water. The species of Steve can live up to 100 years old. Aidan Gollwitzer

Grade 3B in the classroom ...

Grade 3 Outing to Daan Viljoen with KEEP (GCF)

KEEP (Khomas Environmental Education Programme), which is funded by GCF, hosted the Gr 3 classes at Daan Viljoen. Armed with their workbooks, the two 'Crazy Ladies' took the Gr 3s on an exciting hike and learning experience.

Grade 4

We are Grade 4A

I would love to be a ... Grade 4As Elephant, because I can protect my kids and wife and I will also be able to play in the mud. Mekere Katjiuongua

Clouded leopard, because they are endangered so I would want to be the star of the zoo. Their pattern on their body is so unique, that people kill them for their fur. Sanne Dewulf

Lion, because first of all their authority. What I mean by that is they would not step down easily. Second are they will defend their pride by all means. Last are they have great natural awareness. Ruata Kaumbi

Honey badger, because it can take on anything and it really does not care unless it is food. They eat anything and snake bites do not affect them, they only sleep off the poison. Aiden Mandy

Hellbender, because it is stealth and can camouflage itself. Predators canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see it very well, because it is well hidden, but also very kind and descent. Lorenzo Du Raan Zebra, because no one knows if they are white with black stripes or black with white stripes. Zebras are free, they run with fire and they run fast. It looks cool when they run. Rodrigo Acebes

Black panther, because they have beautiful black fur and they are very agile and powerful. They are also very rare. Michael Raad

Grizzly bear, because they live in the wild and when bees sting them, they do not feel it.

Lovebird, because they are peaceful, beautiful and playful. That is why I would like to be one. Also they are always with a companion, and I believe that in life you should not be alone. When they spread their wings and fly, they look so majestically and amazing that I would like to be one sweetly singing songs in a tree. Sara De Jesus

Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;angelo Beukes

Chimpanzee, because it has the amazing ability of remembering different objects and items. He also can build shelters out of the resources it has. I would stop at nothing to become similar to it. Mathew Varghese

Bunny, because everyone first comes to bunnies and feed them. They are cute and sweet. Nyashia De Wee

Lion, because if other animals disturb me, I could just roar and they would all run away.

Unicorn, because if I was one, I would like to have colourful hair and I would be really sparkly. It would also be fun to be one, because tourists would know I am an exotic animal. Imani Chanduru

Ezekiel Hans

Bird, because when I grow older I would like to become a pilot and fly from place to place. They also make the most amazing soundout of all animals. Jaime Oosthuizen

Gorilla, because they live in trees and they are the kings of the jungle. Gorillas are really strong. They have epic battles with each other. I also like the way they walk on their fingers. Connor Mcnamara

Wild cat, because when they hunt they do it so quietly and carefully that their prey do not know they are coming. Rie Van Schalwyk

Parrot, because I like how some of them are playful and talkative. The best thing I like about a parrot is how it is very talkative and you can teach it new words and talk to it if you are bored. Naveah Thomas

Dolphin, because they are very intelligent, cute and funny. They are the easiest to train. Dolphins and I have many things in common, for example being naughty and having fun while doing it. Ueritjiua Tjitemisa

Elephant, because I would be the most beautiful animal in the whole zoo and everyone will love me all day. Everyone loves taking pictures of me and they feed me every day some bananas.

Erin Moffett

Hamster, because a hamster is realy smart. It has soft fur and it can sneak wherever it wants to go. They eats a lot of fruit and has a wheel to run in. Tuvoye Vilho

Lion, because a lion is very strong and it is not afraid. They eat meat and I love meat. I love the way a lion takes care of itself. Avihe Tjivau

Gorilla, because I am very big and scary. I am very strong and I have sharp teeth. People can’t really see me in the dark and most animals are scared of me. Benjamin Hendrickse

Artic fox, because the fox is very fluffy and I have always wanted to be white. They are very naughty. I love that they can change colour in spring. They are brown and black and in winter they are white. I have always wanted to jump into the snow, head first. Lara Van Rensburg

There was once a young man called Jake Who loved to bake chocolate cake He would bake it with milk And at the same time with silk But the cake was actually fake

Tiger, because they are fierce. I also like them, because they are carnivores and I like meat. If I live in the zoo I can be the biggest cat. Izak Kanime

Lion, because lions are strong. They are also very good at hunting prey. The females take care of her cubs. Layla Fernandes

There was once a young lady from Crewe Who had a very very bad flue At night she ate pie At day she would cry At lunch not wanting her stew

Anna Verchusa

Lion, because my roar can wake up the whole zoo. I will also get delicious steak and when people take pictures of me, I will do an awesome pose. The animals will be scared of me, so I will be the king of the zoo! Chevonne Shepherd

Grade 4A went to Namib Mills Bakery Imagine you can go to everywhere in the world in under one day. That was the feeling I got while visiting Namib Mills Bakery. Our class had got four options for us to bake, pizzas, biscuits, sausage rolls and muffins. I thought we were going to make biscuits, because it is the easiest to make, but instead we made pizza. Amazing! We met the baker, called Mr. Rodger I do not know if he is an actual chef, but I care very little about this matter. We used different ingredients to make pizza and it was delicious. I would love to go there again.

Mathew Varghese

On the 10th of October 2017 we visited Namib Mills Bakery, which is situated near Feed Master, about 10km out of Windhoek. When we arrived there, we were divided into groups of three. We were tasked with baking pizzas and I was tasked with cutting the sausage, ham and tomatoes. Then after that, I put some tomato paste on my dough. We were accompanied by Mrs. Karin, one of my classmates’ mother. Our head chef was Rodger, who worked at Namib Mills and he guided us through our tasks. We put our pizzas in the over for 15minutes and took them out when it was baked. The highlight of this experience was sharing my pizza with my friends. This experience was exceptional.

Ruata Kaumbi

While one of our on-duty mommies, Karin drove us to Namib Mills, Sanne, Erin, Benjamin, Nyashia and I sang song in the car. When we finally reached our destination, we saw that Simone’s group had already arrived. We waited for the last group. A gentleman, called Rodger, let us outside through can open gate and int a building that was actually a kitchen. We were split into groups of four and I was with Erin, Imani and Lorenzo. As we followed his instructions and made our dough, we added icing sugar to make some condensmilk biscuits. My partners kept on eating the dough! We made about twentyeight cookies on one tray. We still made more cookies and that meant more eating. We all arrived back at school with a box filled with cookies. Sara De Jesus

Grade 4A in the classroom

Pat a cake Bakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s man bake me a honey cake as fast as you can. Plat it and brick it and mark it with a P and put it in the oven for Mrs Pretorius and me

Chevonne Shepherd

We are Grade 4B

Grade 4Bs interpret a poem with a drawing

A day with Grade 4B

Grade 4 Market Day!

Grade 5

We are Grade 5A

Grade 5A Educational Trip to Etosha Village

On Monday, 05 June 2017, Gr. 5A departed to Etosha Village. For a few children it was the first time away from home, but as soon as we arrived, the fun started and the nervousness disappeared. Uncles Hein and Chris made sure that there was never a dull moment. The game drive in Etosha National Park was exciting. Elephants, rhinos and zebras provided excellent photographs. Sleeping in tents was also part of the great adventure. After a braai on the first night, everybody settled in for a good night’s rest. Early the following morning we started with a wonderful sunrise and lessons about the veld. Making fire in primitive ways was educational and a challenge to each group. The King of fire-making was Zander Schmidt. The obstacle course taught the children to work together as a group and it was amazing to see how they actually succeeded. Different knot-tying followed after the obstacle course. After a very full programme, there was time to relax in the pool and to have a final practice for the campfire concert. The highlight of the trip was the Bush Master Chef competition. The two groups competed for the best “potjie” and the winning captain won a weekend for his/her family at Etosha Village. Congratulations to Charlie Lohman for winning this fantastic prize. The campfire concert was the last event on the second day. The trip ended off with a knot-tying competition and a demonstration of how to make a very strong rope out of toilet paper. After prize giving, we said farewell and drove back to Windhoek. We are also very thankful for a dedicated bus driver. Thank you Victor! You are the best. We thank and praise our heavenly Father for a safe trip.

Grade 5A Educ to Etosha

cational Trip a Village

Grade 5 Parent Social Event On Saturday, 03 June 2017, the Gr 5 parents had a fun picnic come-together. The tables were laid and fairy lights were an added touch to the dĂŠcor. The parents enthusiastically participated in sack, egg and wheelbarrow races with their children. The scholars enjoyed eating doughnuts hanging from a line and knocking bottles down with a tennis ball in a sock. The picnic fires burnt high and everybody enjoyed a relaxing afternoon and evening. A big thank you to the Grade 5 parents. It is great to have you on-board the Gr. 5 team.

Elna Rall and Hendrina Johnston.

We are Grade 5B

Grade 5B's Trip to Etosha Village My experience of the Grade 5B trip... At Etosha, my experience was making knots with ropes. I also enjoyed making potjiekos and my group winning. I loved the campfire concert, it was loads of fun. I had a blast at the obstacle course. Emma Landman The bus trip was 6 hours long. When I went inside my tent it was boiling hot. I thought I was going to die. After that we went hiking and it was awesome. The next day we did obstacle courses and my team broke the record. The previous record was 20 minutes and my team was 17 minutes. We also learned how to make fire out of metal and stone which was fantastic. On Wednesday, we woke up, ate breakfast and learned how to make a rope out of toilet paper, then we came back to school.

Maria Mutambo My experience of the Grade 5B Etosha trip was great. I enjoyed the part where I was the first one in my group to light a fire. The second part, which I enjoyed, was when I won a fire-making kit. Kyril Nghishekwa

we went back to our tents, showered and prepared for the braai. We had lots of fun and then we went to sleep. The next morning we woke up at 5:00 and went for a walk and then had breakfast. We went on a game drive and came back. That night, we had a potjiekos competition, a concert and then we went to sleep. We woke up, packed the bus and drove back. Melissa Maischatz My favourite experience was the potjiekos. It was such fun. It was like a MasterChef Junior Competition. The girls’ and boys’ food was so good. I learned how to make fire and how Bushmen lived. The knots we learned to tie were fun and challenging.

Kyle Allies When we arrived at Etosha, we ate lunch. Then we went to the campsite. Then we went on a game drive. We saw giraffes, zebras, wildebeest and bokke. We went back to the camp and chilled. We had a braai, which was amazing, and then we went to bed. Then the next day we made fire. Zoe Waldschimdt My best experiences were when we ate delicious food, made fire, swam, ate lunch, made rope knots, slept in the tents, the game drive, counted the stars, went to the water hole and found pictures. Mukena Mukena My experience of the grade 5B Etosha trip was amazing. It was my first time camping and I did not know what to expect. My favorite part of the camp was doing the potjiekos competition. The only thing that I didn't like was the freezing cold pool. On a scale of one to ten, I would say nine.

Alvin Mutua I enjoyed the breakfast buffet every morning and the potjiekos competition, which the girls won. I enjoyed gazing at the stars and going for a hike. What I enjoyed the most was having fun with all my classmates. Kaylin Shebo My experience at Etosha was great because I won cool prizes and one of them is a free trip to Etosha. What we did and what we learned was really amazing. We went on a game drive. We completed rope challenges and a potjiekos competition, which the girls won. Al the things we learned were facts I never knew. I thought the meat of the braai was extremely delicious. The girls’ potjie was also very good. The prizes I won were a free trip, binoculars and a beanie. Ishayvani Kahimise My experience was so much fun. I learned how to make fire with natural resources and learned how to cook a potjiekos. I saw how the Bushmen lived. The food at Etosha was delicious and was prepared neatly. When we were about to leave, I ate the most bacon. The bus trip was exciting and we sang songs until we arrived.

Nashe Murape We departed school at 7:00. We were on the bus for 6 hours, then we finally arrived at Etosha Village. It was hotter than I expected it would be, but it was cold at night. When we arrived, we did went to the tents to settle in and then we went to eat lunch. After lunch

At Etosha the boys played soccer with a flat ball. The next morning we learned three different knots and we completed a challenge. In the afternoon, we went for a game drive and saw a lot of animals. We also made potjiekos.

Philip Jauss We saw a giraffe. We ate delicious potjiekos and performed a campfire concert. The obstacle courses were a lot of fun as well. The second night, Emma Landman and I went to Ishay and Bethany's tent. We had snacks and talked until we had to go to bed. The breakfast was a buffet and we ate lots and lots of food. Sula Burger When we arrived there, we ate and then we packed our things into the tents. I shared a tent with Joel. The next day we learned how to make fire out of metal and a rock and then we completed an obstacle course. First you have to open gates and then you have to build a puzzle, balance and shoot with an arrow. We also had to walk on planks with our friends. Next we had a potjiekos competition and the girls won. Then we went home.

Max Magnun

When we arrived, we had lunch. The spagetti was amazing. My favourite part was when we made potjiekos. I just wish that the boys had won because we really tried our best. It was fun sleeping in tents with friends. The breakfasts were extremely delicious. I was really surprised when I heard that the Bushmen used leaves to make tea. I wish we could have stayed longer. Anthony Jacobs My experience on the Etosha trip was good. I enjoyed all of the things we did. I especially enjoyed all the challenges on the obstacle course and it was so much fun. My team won. We had to sleep in tents, but I managed. We had a lot of delicious food. I especially liked breakfast and the bacon. On Tuesday, we had a nature walk and it was fun. Uncle Hein and uncle Chris hid things from us which we had to look for as we walked. I did not spot a lot of things though, but it was fun. I really enjoyed Etosha. Anesu Chipfupa We were there for three days, 12-14 June. It was very exciting and we had loads of fun. We arrived at 13:15. We had lunch and it was finger-licking good. We slept in tents and it was luxurious. There was a matress with a blanket and pillow. My roommate was Melissa. We had a lot of fun in our tent and I had to use a torch, since there was no electricity. The second day we woke up at 05:00 and went for a walk. During the walk we had to spot a few things and the winner would get a prize. Ishayvani won. We also had a short swim to cool off from the boiling sun. After that we had a potjiekos competition and the girls won, obviously. It was stressful, but our presentation was better. We had a campfire concert on stage. On the third day we learned how to make different knots and we had a competition. I didn't win. Lunch was delicious. There were 3 prizes and Ishayvani won all of them. I wish we did not have to say goodbye and I hope to see them again soon.

Talita Barros When we arrived at Etosha I was extremely excited for what was going to happen. We first had lunch and then went to our tents. We settled down for a bit and then went for a braai. The food was delicious and filling. We did stargazing

The best part of the Etosha trip was making fire so we could eat delicious potjiekos. Afterwards, we had a fire concert. Nashe, Anthony, Max V, Max M, Tendo, Mukena, Kyle and I were in an act together called, “Beat from the Street.” The worst part of the trip was losing against the girls in the potjiekos competition and the rope challenge. We also had to clean up the bus on a school day because it was dirty. Joel Hiveluah

We travelled to Etosha by bus. Then uncle Hein and uncle Chris gave us an introduction. We had lunch and went to our tents. We went on a game drive and saw giraffes, wildebeest, zebras and an eagle. We went back to the tents and later had a traditional braai. We went to bed after that. Tuesday morning Zoé woke me up and we got dressed. Ms Johnston came to wake us up, but we were already dressed. We went on a hiking trail and then had breakfast. We learned how to make fire and about the bushmen. We also did an obstacle course. Florette Nakusera When we left for Etosha my heart leapt with excitement. It took us 6 hours to drive to Etosha and we went to bed early. We woke up early the next day and went on a hiking trip. We had breakfast and it was the best breakfast I have ever had. We went on a game drive and we did not see many different animals. We mostly saw giraffes. We did an obstacle course. It was a lot of fun and it was very long. That evening we had a potjiekos competition. Afterwards we had a campfire concert and that was awesome. We went home the next day.

Max Voges We drove to Etosha by bus. While we were on the bus, it was first boring and then fun, because we all made funny jokes. When we arrived, we ate lunch, spaghetti and mince. After that, we went on a game drive. We saw impala, giraffes, gemsbok and springbok. It was a lot of fun. They told us about the stars, which was really cool. I think I learned a lot, especially with the toilet paper rope. I learned a lot from the Etosha trip. Liam Martin

and saw a few star signs. The next day we had breakfast. I ate flapjacks with nutella, cookies and tea. Uncle Hein then showed us how to make fire with grass. My favourite way of making fire was with a magnifying glass. We learned how to make different knots and how to make a rope with toiletpaper. We had a potjiekos competition and the girls won. After dinner we had a show for the judges. We went to bed early. I really had a good time. Anassa Jordani

One day my class, Grade 5B, got onto a bus for a trip to Etosha village. It was a six hour drive. When we got there, we met two friendly men whom were our fun guides for the three days. After meeting them, we had lunch and we stayed in tents. I shared a tent with my friend, Liam. Later that day we went on a game drive and when we came back we had an excellent braai. The next morning we woke up very early, had breakfast and went to a little place where they taught us how to make fire with no lighters. We also played group games and swam. Then we practiced our little show for our guides and their wives. We made potjiekos. The next morning we woke up early, had breakfast, got onto the bus and said goodbye. Then we drove back for another six hours.

Rutendo Toto

The best part of the Etosha trip was when we went to Okakuejo tower and counted the stairs. The second best part was the food. We ate breakfast, lunch and at dinner we enjoyed a braai. On the second night, we had a potjiekos competition and the girls won. We had a great time. Bethany Branch

The bus trip was long, but I enjoyed talking to my friends. What I loved was when we got to camp with our friends and tell stories. One of the things I discovered was that waking up early is not easy. I loved when we did the evening entertainment for Uncle Hein and Uncle Chris and their wives. It was so fun to be one of the hostesses. It was memorable. The food that Uncle Hein and Uncle Chris braai was delicious. Uncle Hein showed us the stars and the information was very interesting. I loved the group challenges and enjoyed the scary stories that people were telling. Uncle Hein taught us how to make fire out of straw and he told us about how some Namibians lived in the olden days. When I went to the gift shop, I loved what I bought. The only thing I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enjoy was the line at the shop was so long. My friend pulled m in the pool with my clothes on, but it was funny. The MOST fun, exciting, best time of Etosha trip was the potjiekos competition against the boys and the girls won. Brunhilde Gaidzanwa

On the long bus ride to Etosha, everybody was talking and I was trying to relax and calm down. When we arrived at Etosha, I was excited. Kaylin and I took our bags out of the trailer and went to find our tent. It was extremely hot. Uncle Chris and Uncle Hein made a fire and we had braaimeat on Monday evening. Then we showered and went to bed. On Tuesday morning we had to wake up at five o'clock. It was very cold and the inside of our tent was wet. We went to the breakfast table to have breakfast. It was delicious and I had flapjacks. After breakfast we went to buy souvenirs, and then we swam. By that time, it was one o'clock. We had lunch and then we learned how to tie knots. It was really fun and I enjoyed it a lot. We showered and then went to see what everyone else was doing. We had to choose team captains. We had a potjiekos competition. The girls beat the boys and it was such fun. On Wednesday we woke up at six o'clock. We ate breakfast and then we learned how to make a toilet paper rope. Then we had to come back to Windhoek. MonĂŠ Graham

Grade 6

We are Grade 6A

Grade 6A - '7 words or less' Stories I was born. I breathe. I live.

Jesus came, taught, loved, died on cross.

Malenga Amulungu

Carol Saad

I eat. I sleep. I wake-up.

You can’t cage me. I am free.

Garren Backhaus

Zabeth Philander

Born. Live. Work. Made friends at school. Carl Bauernschmitt

One day, after school, I went shopping. Kairiri Katjiuongua

Believe in God. Live passion. Ndinehafo Shilombeni

Eat, sleep, race, walk, die.

Eat. Sleep. Selfie. Repeat.

Damian Beukes

Nokuthula Marima

I live. I learn. I play. Yay.

I rock, I live, I am Magnum.

Love your friends and family forever. Wendy-Lee Milne

Mikah Burger I pray. I play. I love. Caitlin Coetzer

I went to school and I slept.

Sleep, eat, school, football, eat, sleep, repeat.

Bobby born, Bobby live, Bobby die.

Ebba Mulife

Allan Tait

I came. I’ve seen. I will conquer.

Mackensie Spath Friends became a squad – BBC! Keasha Tjipuka

Cristiano da Purificacao

Connor Murphy

They saw. They fought. They went home.

Errie. Born. Confused. Depressed. Tired.

God I am. Alpha and Omega. Ruth Musasa

Eagle sees fish. Aim. Dive. Catch. Eat!

Asthon Dercksen School. Hockey. Eat. Sleep. Repeat. Vahid Diehl

White, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, karate. Bernadette Naris

Weak today. Stronger tomorrow.

Miya Oosthuizen I live, I love, I fear, alive. Elli-Rose Otchoumou

Benjamin Tordiffe

Annabelle Zekveld Love. Live. Die. Ama-e Witbooi

Grade 6s Limericks

There once was a boy called Fricky, He laughed, he cried and played cricky. He started to run, He had lots of fun With his Ozzie friend called Micky. By Ryan Moffet

There once was a dove named Sarah Who went to a quinceanera. She caught the big flu, Which was so boo hoo, So she chose to eat paella! By Erica Nande

There once was a boy named Ew, Who just never ever ate his stew. His mom became mad And now Ew is sad, That’s why the small boy never grew.

There once was snowman named Scott. He didn’t do well when hot. He was having some fun, When out came the sun And now our friend Scott is not!

By Vahid Diehl

There once was a sad girl called Maddy Whose hockey game was going quite badly. She looked left and right There was no ball in sight, I think she needed her daddy. By Mariana Amaral Machado

There once was a girl called Rose, Who loved to pick her nose. She had a brother Ray, Who was going to pay For waking her up from a dose! By Jaime Gillies

By Kairiri Katjiuongua

There once was a scary old witch, Who was surely not very rich. She flew on a broom, In the moonlight gloom And then ended up in a ditch! By Carol Saad

There once was a boy named O’Tool Who didn’t act smart when at school. He tried to read books, But got dirty looks And he grew up to be quite a fool.

By Keasha Tjipuka

There once was a horse named Brandy. Who loved to drink Handy Andy. He made up good puns And loved long long runs And plus he was very dandy.

By Emma Tromp

Limericks I cannot compose, With noxious smells in my nose, But this one was easy, Although I felt queasy Because I was sniffing my toes! By Ndinehafo Shilombeni

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Grade 6B - '7 words or less' Stories Two unicorns walk into a bar... Prosperity Aluteni

History. Present. Future. Ernst Fourie

He came. He believed. He made it.

Life is story that never ends.

Mariana Amaral Machado

Johann Gerber

Make memories, cherish them, love them. Shana Arendorf

There once was a girl who had pie...

Eat. Sleep. Jump. Ride.

Two men wanted to start over. Daniel Hahn

Jaime Gillies

Jason Barnard

Married a chicken. What have I done?

Jeskia Campbell

He became fat and bald. He died.

We listened. We planned. We did it. Ryan Moffett

Eat. Sleep. Live life. Repeat.

Daniel Jauss

Eat. Sleep. Hockey. Family. Friends. Repeat.

I have a life, instead of homework. Janice Kennedy

Believing in God will keep you happy.

Uatjiri Hwicke

Eat, sleep, live, hockey, repeat. Ramsay McDonald

He heard. He saw. He loved.

Nontombi Moyo

Erica Nande Eat. Sleep. Hockey. Cricket. Repeat. Todd Parker

Keira McNamara They lived, they lied, they died. Lazarus Petrus

It all started with a fire...

Pascale Pimenta

Sleep, eat, karate and simply repeat. Daniel Tjimuku

He lived. He died. He rose again.

There once was a witch from Oz... Helina Shepard

Sinja-Claire Triebner

Sally laughed. Sally smiled. Sally loved life.

Emma Tromp

I searched. I found. I treasured.

Too much homework. I have no life. Cadence van Rooi

Naritunge Shiimi

Eat. Sleep. Ride. Friends. God. Family.

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Grade 7As Adventure

Adventure to Swakopmund and Gobabeb The busesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; engines churned and we went whizzing away to The Wild Westâ&#x20AC;Ś A whole New Frontier: Gobabeb. But, before we were to reach Gobabeb, where would the adventure begin...? The escapade began in Swakopmund. The crashing waves, flanked by the sandy dunes, painted an ethereal glow over the area. Though that was only the tip of the iceberg, the creatures and plants were the real stunners. We went to the beach to investigate the rock pools at low tide and trekked through the desert with our knowledgeable and charming guide, Mr Tommy, on his living desert tour. Swakopmund was the last shard of civilization beforeâ&#x20AC;Ś We moved on to the dusky and deserted land of Gobabeb. As soon as we arrived, what enticed us was the eerie silence that surrounded the area. Not to mention the stunning silhouette of the world famous Namib Sand Sea. Our expedition progressed, where we learned about the critters and animals that reside in our renowned desert, including, the minute barking gecko, and the deadly yet enthralling scorpions. Meg, our petite yet tremendously brave and intelligent guide, enlightened us on everything from the Nicotiana glauca to the Acacia erioloba. Though we learnt something about the organisms in the Namib Desert, we learned a great deal about ourselves and who we strive to be be in the future. Our different instructors taught us about fog-harvesting plants and magnificent constellations in the Milky Way galaxy. This outing was an outstanding experience that we will remember for the rest of our lives. Alicia-Lee Hansen, Danielle Motinga

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Grade 7 painting and 'buddies' picnic

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Busy being Grade 7s

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Grade 1 performing in Afrikaans at the Creativity Evening Grade 2: Die Lappop

Iemand het ‘n lappop Op die ashoop weggegooi. Sy was gedaan en stukkend, verbleek en nie meer mooi nie. Op die ashoop hoor sy stemme praat en dié verwelkom haar, maar, o elende, toe sy kyk wat sien die lappop daar? Net ‘n vrot pampoen en ‘n stukkende skoen, ‘n grammefoonplaat en ‘n kous sonder maat. Net ‘n leë bottel bier, ‘n verlepte angelier. ‘n Gelapte binneband en ‘n ou koerant!

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Grade 4: My Troeteldier Ek het ‘n oulike katjie. Hy is ‘n oulike maatjie. Hy hou daarvan om te gaap. Partykeer dink ek hy wil slaap.

Karie van Schalkwyk

My troeteldier is ‘n kat Sy slaap op my mat. Maar sy maak my soggens laat Sy is swart en haar naam is “Midnight”.

Alice Rowles

Ek het ‘n hond Hy het ‘n baie groot mond, en hy eet alles op. Hy het ‘n groot kop. Hy is baie maer. Hy is altyd hier en daar.

Henry Grant Tessa is my troeteldier. Sy is klein en bruin. Sy is ‘n hond, maar sy is nie rond nie. Sy hou van my maatjies Maar nie van katjies nie. Sy is baie spelerig en ook baie skrikkerig. Sy is nie braaf nie, maar tog gaaf. Ané Stals

My hond is ‘n Wors, sy hou van mors. Sy is lekker vet en sy slaap in my bed. Sy dink sy is groot En sy sal jou red in nood. Ek is vir haar lief, sy is ‘n hartedief. Emma van Rensburg

Ek het ‘n hond. Hy is vet en rond. Hy lê in die stofpaadjie en hy is my beste maatjie. En as hy vir my byt, Dan skop ek hom uit. As hy met my skoen speel dan gooi ek hom met die meel. Benjamin Hendrickse

My kat is ‘n oulike dier Sy gee vir ons almal groot plesier Sy slaap soms op my suster se kop, en eet so baie ek dink sy gaan “pop”! My kat hou daarvan om voëltjies te vang, en as ‘n motor verby ry dan word sy nogal bang. My kat kan baie lui wees en sy dink my pa is so groot soos ‘n reus. Ek is lief vir my kat, sy steel my hart.

Christina Hugo My hond is so fluks En sy is ook so fiks. Ons hou haar nie vas nie en sy is nie die baas nie. My hond is so mooi en sy lippe is rooi. D’Angelo Beukes

My hond is baie stout en my kat kou die hout! As my hond gaap dan wil sy slaap. As my hond blaf Is sy eintlik net laf. My hond wil net speel sy kombersie is geel.

Chevonne Shepherd My troeteldier is ‘n hondjie. Hy is my beste maatjie. Hy is so groot soos ‘n geitjie en hardloop al langs die paadjie.

Oliver Durand Ek het ‘n hond, sy is baie rond. Ons raas as sy blaf, want sy is regtig laf. Sy is my beste maatjie en sy dra ‘n lekker honde-baadjie.

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My hondjie is klein Sy dink sy is ‘n kaptein. Sy is baie soet en sy kan ‘n mens groet. Ezekiel Hans

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"Liefste Moeder, ons bring rosies!" GR 7 Limericke Eendag het God besluit Hy wil vir my op die aarde sit. So, Hy het vir haar hulp gevra en sy het gewillig vir my geneem. Sy het al haar tyd en geld op my spandeer en sy het nooit gekla nie. Selfs as ek nie genoeg kere dit sê nie, ek is baie lief vir haar. U wonder van wie op aarde ek praat? Wel, ek praat van my ma! Faith Kauta

Mamma se stem is opgewek en warm soos ‘n sonskyndag Dit borrel soos rivierwater wanneer Mamma lag; Dis donskombers-snoesig as Mamma slaapstories lees; maar as Mamma kwaad is kan dit ‘n weerligstraal wees! Mamma kan grappies maak en nagmerries tem. Dis die mooiste geluid op aarde, Dis Mamma se stem. Liewe Mamma, Dankie dat Mamma altyd daar is vir my, ek waardeer dit so baie al sê ek dit nie altyd nie. Al die nagte wat Mamma met my wakker gebly het toe ek siek was, al moes Mamma die volgende dag werk toe gaan. Al die tye wat Mamma soggens vroeg opgestaan het om my heerlike kosblik te maak. Al die tye wat Mamma vir my raad en advise gegee het, al was dit nie altyd wat ek wou hoor nie. Ek is so lief vir Mamma. Summer Diergaard

Mamma, Dankie dat Mamma altyd daar is vir my. Jy is die beste ma in die wêreld. Dankie vir jou liefde, dankie dat jy geduldig is. Mamma jy is spesiaal. Jy maak my groot op die beste manier. Jy maak my altyd gelukkig as ek hartseer is.

Geseënde Moedersdag! Dankie vir alles wat jy vir my gedoen het en alles wat jy nog doen. Dankie vir my lewe. Jy is die beste ma in die wêreld. Ek is life vir jou! Dankie vir al die toebroodjies vir skool, dankie dat jy my ma is. Dankie dat ek kan hokkie speel en die nuwe skoene wat ek gekry het. Ek is jammer as ek jou hart seermaak en as ek nie is wat ek graag vir jou wil wees nie. Caitlin Gillies

Liewe Mamma Mamma verstaan nie hoe bly ek is dat daar ‘n hele dag net spesiaal vir Mamma is nie. Mamma maak elke dag ‘n goeie dag met al die moeite net om betyds by my aktiwiteite te wees, om ‘n toebroodjie in my kosblik te hê en om my projekte op perfekte tyd en omstandighede in te gee. Ek waardeer alles wat Mamma vir my doen. Ek is so jammer vir die tye wat ek stout en moeilik is en ek sal alles doen om ‘n beter seun te kan wees. Baie lief vir Mamma! Charl Malan

Ek is baie life vir jou. Geseënde Moedersdag! Kondja-oua Ngairorue

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German Klasse 1 "Creativity Evening" Beim „Creativity Evening“ führten die 1. Klässler das Lied: Die Jahresuhr und das Gedicht: Es war eine Mutter auf.

Klasse 6 "Creativity Evening" Beim „Creativity Evening“ führten die 6. Klässler das Lied: Das alles ist Deutschland auf.

Wir hatten viel Spaß und ich bin sehr stolz auf beide Gruppen. Toll gemacht!

Unsere Piraten in der 7. Klasse

Im 2. Tertial hatten wir das Thema Piraten. Es gefiel uns sehr. Wir lernten viel über Piraten und wie sie lebten. Wir schrieben Piratengeschichten, malten Schatzkarten und führten Piratenstücke auf. Am Ende des Themas durften sich alle als Piraten verkleiden.

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Mitmachkonzert 2017 Am 15. März 2017 besuchte uns Frau Martina Schwarz in der Schule. Mit den 5. – 7. Klässern hielt sie ein Konzert im Schulsaal. Dieser Besuch wurde vom Goethe Institut organisiert und wir möchten uns herzlichst beim ihnen und bei Frau Martina Schwarz bedanken. Wir hatten einen riesen Spaß!

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Sprachwettbewerb 2017

Am 16. September 2017 nahmen Savannah Noirfalise und Amber Mouton (7. Klasse) teil am jährlichen Sprachwettbewerb vom Goethe Institut. Amber gewann den 8. Platz in ihrer Gruppe und Savannah den 1. Platz in ihrer Gruppe. Herzlichen Glückwunsch an beide! Es war toll und hat viel Spaß gemacht! Ich bin stolz auf euch. Hier einige Worte, der beiden Teilnehmer: Amber: Ich heiße Amber. Ich bin zum Goethe Institut gegangen und es hat Spaß gemacht. Ich habe neue Freunde gefunden und ich habe viele neue deutsche Wörter gelernt. Es war ein bischen schwierig und ich war sehr aufgeregt. Da waren viele Aktivitäten, eine große Bibliothek mit vielen Büchern und Filmen. Meine Lehrerin, Frau Strohbach, ist die beste Lehrerin, weil sie mir mit meinem Deutsch geholfen hat. Ich möchte gerne im nächsten Jahr wieder gehen! Savannah: Ich bin um 7 Uhr angekommen. Amber und ich konnten erst Frühstück essen, bevor das Autobahnspiel anfing. Wir wurden in verschiedene Gruppen eingeteilt, immer vier in einer Gruppe. Ich war in Mannschaft T. Da waren verschiedene Spiele und es war ganz lustig. Für mein Mündlich musste ich mit einem anderen Mädchen einen Dialog vorbereiten. Wir mussten auch Fragen beantworten und ein Foto beschreiben. Ich kann es kaum glauben, dass ich den ersten Platz in meiner Mannschaft gewonnen habe.

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Science Science Fun Day

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Grade 5 The Gr 5 classes invited the N/a’ankusê biologists for an information session about animal conservation. We were privileged to have Mr Hanlo Fouché who presented a lecture about carnivores, especially the big cats like leopards, cheetahs, wild dogs and lions.

Mr Francois Thiart is an expert in the field of snakes. He lectured us about different snakes, the importance of snakes in the environment, and that snakes will never attack a human unless it is in danger. He also pointed out that there is no truth in the myth that snakes always “slither” in pairs. Francois brought different snakes along to identify them. The first very poisonous snake was a Black Mamba. He showed us the Zebra snake, which is able to spit very accurately into your eyes. The children enjoyed the Python which they could touch and experience the feel of. Zoë Nott and Ishayvani Kahimise thanked the gentlemen with chocolates. The children watched a video about wild dogs and answered a listening comprehension.

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Grade 6 visit the Goreangab Water Reclaimation Plant...

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Science Fair Regionals This year the Regional Science Fair was held from 10 - 14 July in Windhoek. St Paul's College Primary School was proud to have 13 scholars who participated. These 13 scholars were Ashton Dercksen, Ruth Musasa, Annabelle Zeckveld, Carol Saad, Jason Barnard, Jeskia Campbell, Daniel Hahn, Uatjiri Hewicke, Janice Kennedy, Keira McNamara, Ryan Moffett, Todd Parker and Sinja-Claire Triebner. Out of these 13 scholars, 12 received medals: 6 bronze, 4 silver and 2 gold. There were also 2 category winners amongst them. Todd Parker won the ICT category and Ruth Musasa won the Energy and Engineering category. Two scholars, Sinja-Claire Triebner and Ruth Musasa, will represent our Primary School at the Nationals in 2018. A special thank you to Mrs Espag for her guidance and the time she invested.

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Cultural Activities Art Sanlam Art Calendar Winners The scholars are talented in many areas. St Paul's Primary artwork will cover six months of 2018. Mrs Marais has taught and guided these scholars to use design and colour to express themselves creatively. Congratulations to: Nontombi Moyo, Zoe Waldschmidt, Marleny Dassala, Annabelle Zekveld, Lara Backhaus and Ndinehafo Shilomboleni.

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Entrepeneurs & Creativity Evening

Jazz Musician Visits St Paul's

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Music Fills the Playground

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Media Centre & Read-a-thon My sincerest gratitude to all parents for their contributions to the Read-a-thon. This year the theme was ‘Colours of the Rainbow: Diversity in our Nation’. We became involved at the Tobias Hainyeko Project School and other charities. All scholars had the privilege of visiting the school with several parents accompanying the classes on these outings. Collections - We had three Colour Food sales, collectively generating N$ 33 923. - On Thursday, 28 September 2017, the tuck shop contributed an additional N$ 2 000, bringing the total to N$ 35 923. - Clothes, toys, educational toys, soft toys, shoes, bags, stationery, DVDs, books, calendars, and much more were collected during the week. Recipients - N$ 25 000 was donated to Tobias Hainyeko Project School. On Monday, 9 October, Mr Mackarill, the principal and Mrs Cynthia da Purificacao, who is in charge of donations, accepted the contribution on behalf of the school. - N$ 10 000 was donated to the Anusa project. On Monday, 9 October, Mr Ulf Schwicke accepted the cheque towards the Anusa project. Mr Schwicke is the head of the board of Beautiful Kidz. The Anusa project is a subdivision of Beautiful Kidz dedicated to providing recyclable sanitary pads to girls who cannot afford them. It also provides orphans with school uniforms created by formerly unemployed ladies. - Remaining sweets, fruit and cupcakes were distributed amongst street children, the Ouderust Old Age Home and the Katutura Old Age Home. - The puzzles, pre-school books and soft toys went to the children’s wards of the State and Katatura hospitals. - Shoes and clothes were given to the parents of Tobias Hainyeko Project School, the Katutura Old Age Home, and other elderly persons in need. - The magazines were donated to the Ovitoto School in the North. - A number of books went to the St Paul’s library. Duplicates went to two other schools: Tobias Hainyeko Project School and Omaandi Combined School in the North. Below is an extract from a letter I received from a teacher at the Omaandi Combined School: “My name is Klaudia, I have schooled in the northern part at Omaandi Combined School, the school has Grade 1 - 10. The school has not been performing well due to many reasons like lack of study materials, student walk long distance to school, due to poverty children go to school on empty stomach, lack of understanding of the importance of education by both parents and children, language problem (kids speak vernacular / Oshiwambo at home and being taught in English), lack of extra materials (e.g. story books), no TV in the villages and thus they missing out on kids programmes... just to mention but a few.” - Tobias Hainyeko Project School received the donated kitchen utensils and non-perishable food.

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- Wash cloths, soap, toothpaste and body cream was donated to the Ouderust and the Katutura Old Age Homes, as well as 120 children from Dagbreek. - Videos went to a primary school in Dordabis. During the Reada-thon of 2015, we donated a television and video player to this school. - Miscellaneous donations (such as curtains, bookbags, lunch boxes, sheets, etc.) were donated to Tobias Hainyeko Project School. In every grade, the four scholars who read the most received a book prize and a certificate. The scholar who read the most overall was Zarah Zukoro, Grade 2A. The class that returned the most reading slips and read the most was Grade 2A. They received a floating trophy. Given the massive contribution made by everyone, we did not have an official class winner this year. Each class had the opportunity to do further outreach and deliver donations to an organisation. In addition to the above, the Grade 2s visited the SPCA, and the Grade 3s visited a nursery. The bookmarks made by the Grade 5s were included in a gift package to the children of the Maerua Orphanage. On the 20th October, the Grade 4 classes went to the Dagbreek School to help and support them with their marketing day. It was also the official opening of Dagbreek’s recycling project and was televised by NBC and broadcast by Channel 7. Parents were welcomed to join us on any of our outings. Once again, thank you to every parent, child and teacher who helped to make this year’s Readathon an astronomical success. In addition, due to the generous contributions of parents throughout the year to the Library Fund, we purchased books to the value of N$ 24 000 for the Primary School, and N$ 21 000 for the Secondary School. Without your financial support to our Library Fund these additions would not have been possible. I want to invite the parents to borrow books from the library or just to visit our Media Centre. Please help me to encourage a reading culture in our school and our community. Our motto, after all, is ‘Knowledge is Power’. All praise and glory be to God who has blessed us and so called us to be a blessing to others with our positive attitudes and willingness to give. Acts 20:35 “ And remember the words of the Lord Jesus when He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

Mrs J. Koekemoer Media Centre

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African Coding Week

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'Drop everything and read'

A Visit to Dagbreek School

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Read-a-thon visits Oude Rust & Katutura Old Age Homes

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Sport Archery Archery at St Paul’s is growing from strength to strength. As always, many children sign up at the beginning of the year to join the fun. This year most of these eager archers continued with the program until the end of the year. We are also happy to see archery growing in the High School as last year’s Grade 7s continued to practice the sport. Once again St Paul’s featured at all the competitions that were hosted all over the country. We are extremely proud of each archer’s scores, as they improve steadily from one competition to the next. Archery in the Schools Programme has expanded to most of the regions of the country. With this expansion, the competition is becoming stronger as there are more than 200 archers on the ranking list. At the National NASP competition held in September, the St Paul’s Junior A Team (Damian Beukes, Kyril Nghishekwa, Robbe Dewulf, Erica Nande) came fourth. Erica Nande came 7th overall from all the junior girls and Alana Adonis came 5th from all the senior girls. Carmen Hellmann was the most improved girl for 2017. Alana Adonis was selected to be part of the Namibian Development Team which participated at the Africa All Star Championship. Namibia received the silver award at this event. It was a great group to work with. Their skill and accuracy improved tremendously during the year. Their concentration and ability to focus also improved. We would like to thank Mr and Mrs Dewulf for their consistent support and help, both at practices and at competitions. We really appreciate the love and dedication they show towards the children and the sport. The Junior Archer of the Year: Damian Beukes Suzánne Jacobs BAI

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October 2017

Athletics We had a lovely Athletics event on our school premises. Rudolf won the day. We went to Small Schools, where St Paul's won the event. Jaime Henckert, DaniĂŤl Juass and Kalila Whitelock went through to Nationals.

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Cricket The season started slowly in the nets. We will remember this year for not having a field to practise on (due to the drought). Todd Parker, Ryan Moffett and Jack Parker made the Namibian U13 teams that will go to RSA to compete. Charlie Lohmann made the U11A Namibian side, and Ramsay McDonald made the U11B side. Unfortunately, both had to withdraw because of set arrangements.

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Hockey St Paul's had a stunning hockey season. Our U8, U10, U12, U14 girls and U12 boys won their respective leagues. Our U8, U10 and U12 boys teams all came 2nd in their age groups. The U14 boys ended 3rd. St Paul's won the Mini World Cup. Jaime Henckert, Azaylee Philander, Caitlin Gillies, Martha Mvula and Sascha Brinkmann all made the U14 NSSU team.

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Fun (and hard work) at the Hockey Mini World Cup

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Physical Education

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Swimming

All winning schools representatives Left to right: Mrs Bettina Steffen – Sports representative of Holy Cross Convent School Mr R. Otte - Sports representative of DHPS Secondary School Mr Thorsten Horenburg – Sports representative of DHPS Secondary School Wilfried Poser – President of the Namibia Swimming Union Mrs Barry – Pupkewitz Foundation Mrs Estelle Oberholzer – Sports representative of Windhoek Gymnasium Secondary School Mrs Amanda Burger – Sports representative of St Paul's Primary School Mrs Tina de Jager – Sports representative of St Paul's Secondary School Our Grade 1s and 2s went to Dolphins Swimming Club for our PE swimming lessons. It has been a good change and we can see the progress in our children. Our swimming gala went well. Mikah Burger broke all 4 records in boys U14. Ernest won our swimming gala. We then had the Pupkewitz gala. St Paul’s Primary won the gala. Our swimmers did us proud. Oliver du Rand, Christopher de Jager, Brooklyn-Ford and Mikah Burger were some of our top swimmers this year.

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Other happenings...

Beautiful rain during assembly.

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A St Paul's student raises money for CAN

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Visit by the Regional Council

Thank you to ... Dana, Rico and YWAP for the precious time spent with our students, sharing the teachings of God in a manner which they adore! The prayer group who carried us in prayer and through the grace of God made the challenging times easier.

The parents whose help ensured the events ran smoothly. All the coaches who helped to make our sport programme a wonderful success.

Everyone who made it possible for St Paul's students to have a better and more successful year!

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