St Paul's Primary Yearbook 2018

St Paul's College

PRIMARY YEARBOOK

2018

Contents

Contact us

Administration

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Grade 1 - 7 Contributions

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Languages

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Science

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Culture

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Sports

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Other happenings at school

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8 1 0 2 The Head of Primary says...

"PROGRESS is impossible without change, & those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything" - George Bernard Shaw

Bernard Shaw’s quote epitomises 2018 where parents and staff managed financial and personal challenges. It was a time of refining and we will enter 2019 with worthier priorities.

God’s presence was tangible with the arrival of Mr Guthrie, who has quietly supported and guided us.

The staff covered the many roles that are expected of them with excellence and earned a gratifying rest. They are appreciated more than they realise.

The scholars were a pleasure to work with. Many achieved personal bests in diverse areas. Disciplinary matters, for the most part, were minor. Our scholars are complimented on their behaviour wherever they go and live up to the proverb ‘manners maketh the man’.

Parents gave of themselves and their time assisting at many events. The Interhouse Athletics, Wine Auction, Creativity Evening, and interactions alongside the sports fields built community and goodwill.

Building activities at the Primary School have moved along a trajectory, like never before. The staffroom renovations left staff feeling appreciated with a morale boost. The tireless work of the tuckshop parents, together with the PPSG and parent body, has provided the finances to facilitate the changes to the tuckshop, building the PPSG store, providing outdoor lighting and making the Grade 5-7 outdoor a reality far earlier than thought possible. Thank you to those who have driven the projects.

Thank you to the members of the Board, PPSG, PTFA, and parents who pray, serve, support their children, and work with the staff. You are valued more than words can say.

2019 is a year to harness our purpose and to place God at the centre of all we do.

We are a great school because we are a great team.

Lesley Saunders Head of Primary

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T MEN .

E G A MAN ADMIN AND Suzánne Jacobs

Lana Baumann Primary Secretary

Celia de Barros Admin, Chess

Primary Management, Gr. 2A teacher

Nadine Jacobs Gr. 1A

Hilary Gunning Gr. 1B

Lauren Stainton

Gr. 2B

Mariette de Jager Gr. 3A

Lesley Saunders Head of Primary Ellen Gudde Principal

TEACHING STAFF

Iyaloo Kashe Gr. 3B

Anneli Pretorius Gr. 4A

Lize Crous Gr. 4B

Elna Rall Gr. 5A

Hendrina Johnston Gr. 5B

Cindy Tordiff Gr. 6A

Ilka van Niekerk Gr. 6B

Fran Bolton Gr. 7A

Su Naudé Gr. 7B

Anneke le Roux Afrikaans

Antje Strohbach German

Shelley van Rooyen

Jossie Koekemoer Library

Hermien Coetzee Music Gr. 1-3

Lyvodia Ouses

Alfeus Mvula Art Gr. 2-3

Wanda Marais Art Gr. 4-7

Public Speaking

Retha Fourie Sport Admin

Manico Engelbrecht PE

Fortune Matawu PE

Music Gr. 4-7

Learner Support

Ashwyn Mberi

SPORT

Pinkie (Sevelia Nanghama) Drama

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GROUND STAFF

Romondo Jordani Estate Manager

Titus Tobias

Friedrich Shavuka

Tadeus Ipinge

Victor

Etienne van Wyk

Shanyengange

Erastus Muhoko

Jonas Shaanika

Festus Hangula

Samuel Waendama Absent: Friedrich Shavuka

Sakeus Kapula

Levi Awala

Matias Haitula

Johanna Willemse

Marvin Kahoro

FAREWELL TO..

St Paul's bids farewell to Su Naudé and Lize Crous and thanks them for their wonderful service to the school and to their students. We wish them well in all they do.

Su Naudé is not moving too far from the roost as she is taking a position at the College in the art department. te passiona d n a k r wo ke The hard hool ma c S y r a f our Prim ung hearts o many yo o s in e renc the diffe kes us a a m y ll a hat re lives. W gth we n e r t s e h roup is t e strong g upport w s e h t d od an find in G h other. give eac Su Naudé Gr. 7B

Lize Crous Gr. 4B

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Grade 1A

Grade 1A

BACK: Margot de Klerk, Martha Shangadi, Tapiwanashe Katsvara, Karutjindo Tjihero, Agape Chicalau SECOND ROW: Lauren Fredericks, Emma Brinkmann, Caleb Coetzee, Jason Kadandara, Cadence Farmer, Jayden Birkenstock, Scarlett McNamara THIRD ROW: Jarron Beukes, Lincoln Nashenda, Esther Maswahu, Victoria Kowalski, Kiandra Vieira, Ndapanda Emvula, Gia Campbell, Elrica Nakusera FRONT ROW: Misha Davids, Tulonga-Tulela Amuthenu, Iyaloo Namandje, Allison January, Taylor Fick, Ms N. Kankowski-Jacobs ABSENT: Daria Burger, Summer Matare

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s r e t c a r a h razy C

Please note: All the entries by the children are UNEDITED.

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My name is Tulela and I’m a teacher My pet is a tiyger called Taylor For dinner I like tofi and totes And I think Totes are lase

Emma My name is jiniyr and I’m a en eagle My pet is an called Eddy like eggs For dinner I a and espatad lephents And I think e are exelent

My name is Vicky and I’m a VIP My pet is a Volcher called villy For dinner I like vech tboles and vinager And I think volcher ar a cool

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My name is Allison and I’m an ac robat My pet is an alligator called agape For dinner I like appl es and anchovies And I think Astronau ts are amazing

My name is Summer and I’m a Soccer plar My pet is a Snake called Scarlett For dinner I like Spargety and soceg And I think snales are SiLi

My name is Jarron and I’m a Jagilar My pet is a Jagwar called Joonir For dinner I like Jelly and Jam And I think Jobs give you joy

My name is Esther and I’m an electric My pet is an elfnt called Ella For dinner I like eggs and espatada And I think egles are exelent

My name is Scarlett and I’m a Swimae My pet is a S nac called Sami For dinner I like salid and Swits And I think sumtims boys are lasi.

My name is Kiandra and I’m a Kix boxer My pet is a Kingfisher called King For dinner I like Keve and Kale And I think Kings don’t like kings

My name is LEA and I’m a lifegawrd My pet is a leopard called larnn For dinner I like lip ice and luzney And I think lizets a laze

Dasha My name is ntist and I’m a de ase My pet is a d ldor called Damb like drinks For dinner I and dritos ucks love And I think d daisies

My name is Iyaloo and I’m a icescate r My pet is a impala called Impe For dinner I like isci m and indianfood And I think ink is ic key

My name is Caled and I’m a clown My pet is a codra called chase For dinner I like carits and cake And I think carits ar crunchy

My name is Margot and I’m a mayor My pet is a mucee called Mallee For dinner I like milloe and magoo And I think mit is movills

My name is Tapi and I’m a tester My pet is a Tiger called Tiler For dinner I like Toste and Tea And I think Tales are terrific

is Martha My name MSthan and I’m a a Mackiy My pet is called Men e Met I lik For dinner potado and Matht achines are km And I thin marvellous

My name is Jack and I’m a Jocee My pet is a Japanes e spider crab called Josh For dinner I like je lle and Jam And I think jugglen is crazy My name is Lincoln and I’m a Lithoues Kip My pet is a Lion called Limem For dinner I like Lemons and Lomstre And I think lifeguards are lonely

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My name is Taylor and I’m a tourist My pet is a tigre called Tulela For dinner I like ta polle and tost And I think tapolls or taste

yana My name is Z ciper and I’m a zoo bra My pet is a ze called zig e zucchini For dinner I lik k and zebra stea o ciping is And I think zo zesty

My name is Gia and I’m a Gimnest My pet is a gecko called Grine For dinner I like Gum bears and gold And I think grilus or goofi

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My name is Misha and I’m a Mozshin My pet is a Monky called Momo For dinner I like Mon stirfish and Mashpitato And I think mouses are Monstirs My name is Jason and I’m a Juggler My pet is a Jagwur called Jarron For dinner I like jelee and jam And I think juggling is jolly

My name is karutjindo and I’m a Kingfisher My pet is a Kingfisher called KK For dinner I like Kwiw and Kale And I think kings like to knit

My name is Lauren and I’m a Lifegwart My pet is a leopard called Les For dinner I like lopst and lazana And I think lizards are lazy

My name is Elrica and I’m an electricia n My pet is a ealefinte called edaiou For dinner I like eggs and eggsalid And I think my eyes are excellent

My name is Agape and I’m an asrnat My pet is an alligator called Allison For dinner I like aples and astros And I think alligators are angry animals

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Grade 1B

Grade 1B

BACK: Jacobus Boltman, Lisa Hugo, Lea Boltman, Divine Shitemo, Peter Maswahu, Alexandra Egerer SECOND ROW: Mitchell Roe, Etuhole Evrard, Andrew Tait, Leila Moller, Aila McAree, Aaron Jantjies, Tawananyasha Kunaka, Luke Fussell THIRD ROW: Sophia Low, Luke Coomer, Tatum Oliver, Selma Muyezi, Lisa Vallat, Gabriel Brinkmann, Eeno Usiku, Etaine Ford FRONT ROW: Anopashe Chipfupa, Shecagnoth Matawu, Maya Knoetze, Linda Kiiyala, Michelle van Jaarsveldt, Ms H. Gunning

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Please note: All the entries by the children are UNEDITED.

My name is Michelle and I’m a mukee (monkey) My pet is a mous called Malee.

For dinner I like magos and maubcra And I think mummy is muvulus!

By Michelle Van Jaarsveldt

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1 e d a r G y A poem b

What can you see?

Lots of cars, Children swinging on monkey bars.

Classrooms filled with empty desks, Boys and girls writing tests.

Rudolph and Ernest playing hockey, We go to the tuck-shop to buy a choccy!

1B What can you see?

My name is Lise and I’m a Liseb trerar (lizard trainer) My pet is a luyen called Lide.

For dinner I like lemen and lolipops And I think lemen is luvli!

By Lise Vallat

By the children of 1B.

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My name is Lea and I’m a My pet is liyen trayner. called E a elthent lle My pet is a leped called Lilly.

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By Lea Boltman

By Etai t. ne Ford

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By Etuho

My name is Gabriel and I’m a gorila.

My pet is a gorila called Gorilee.

For dinner I like gumbn (gummy bears) and gncn (golden coins) And I think gorila is grand.

By Gabriel Brinkmann

My name is Maya and I’m a manga ciph (monkey chief) My pet is a manggoos called Miya.

For dinner I like mafins and magrita pitsa And I think monkiz are monkiz.

By Maya Knoetze

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My name is Eeno and I’m a elchesina (electrician) My pet is a elafent called Edde.

For dinner I like eggs and eyes And I think elafent are eksiting.

By Eeno Usiku

My name is Selma and I’m a swimer.

My pet is a snack called Snaper.

For dinner I like sosej and sulami And I think snacks are snickie!

By Selma Muyezi

nd I’m a snec a a c e h S is e m My na ainer) trena (snake tr . c called Snapee e sn a is t e p y M sosjes and sos e k li I r e n in d r Fo are smooth! s c e sn k in th I And Matawu

By Shecagnoth

My name is Sophia and I’m a sea skater.

My pet is a snake called Sophie.

For dinner I like sosogis and sors And I think sea snakes are scary!

By Sophia Low

My name is Jacobus and I’m a jakeboy.

My pet is a jakl (jackal) called Jele.

For dinner I like jos and jam And I think jam is jele!

By Jacobus Boltman

My name is Luke and I’m a cricket player.

My pet is a lion called Lea. For dinner I like lemon juice and limes And I think lions are lokell!

By Luke Fussell

My name is Peter and I’m a persen.

My pet is a parote called Pufy.

For dinner I like pizza and potatows And I think papis are phonomemel!

By Peter Maswahu

My name is Anopashe and I’m a acrobat.

My pet is a alligator called Aila.

For dinner I like apples and applegoos And I think ants are anty!

By Anopashe Chipfupa

My name is Luke and I’m a lambginny (Lamborghini) driver.

My pet is a lema called Lemmen.

For dinner I like lettis and lemmens And I think lambginnys are luvli!

By Luke Coomer

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My name is Andrew and I’m a acrobat.

My pet is a alligator called Aree.

For dinner I like apool and apool And I think alligator are asom!

By Andrew Tait

My name is Alexan dra and I’m a acro bat.

My pet is a ant calle d Antey.

For dinner I like ap els and apels And I think acrobat s are amazing!

By Alexandra Eger er

My name is Tawana and I’m a toucher (teacher) My pet is a turtle called Trace.

For dinner I like tupele and trumikald And I think turtle is a tale!

By Tawananyasha Kunaka

My name is Divine and I’m a Dr Divine.

My pet is a dinsores called Dizee Dilee.

For dinner I like donuts and dip And I think Dr Divine is difrent!

By Divine Shitemo

My name is Linda and I’m a lion peter.

My pet is a lion called Lily.

For dinner I like some lemons and lime And I think lepets (leopards) are so low!

By Linda Kiiyala

My name is Leila and I’m a litil Leila.

My pet is a liyin called Lidya.

For dinner I like lemin and lolis And I think lizits are laze!

By Leila Moller My name is Mitchell and I’m a madshin (magician) My pet is a monkey called Mia. For dinner I like mangos and magnims And I think Mondays are magnifesent!

By Mitchell Roe a teacher. m I’ d n a is Tatum My name ortis called Tilly. at My pet is and tea ffi o t e k li I r For dinne ortisis are tirific! kt And I thin ver Oli

By Tatum

nd I’m a a n o r a A is My name . astronaut nt called Antee. aa d My pet is appels an e k li I r e For dinn g! appels is amazin a ic r f A k And I thin Jantjies n o r a A y B

My name is Lisa and I’m a linr (learner) My pet is a liyne called Lily.

For dinner I like lemms and letters And I think lissits lisen!

By Lisa Hugo

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Grade 2A

Grade 2A

BACK: Jared Kamble, Matthys Nel, Asiel Mwazi, Nathan Stoman, Uvangua Samakupa, David Titus SECOND ROW: Buitumelo (Manga) Kamwi, Mario Neves, Kirsten le Hane, Clarissa Cerveira, Lasse Quinger, Tristan Marggraff, Iyaloo !Gaoseb THIRD ROW: Sienna Richards, Amy Grant, Ryan Schoeman, Velma Marwa, Anke van Schalkwyk, Daniella Tjimuku, Peyton Zehrt, Shuumbwa Walenga FRONT ROW: Kayla Tjipuka, Ottilie (Oyo) Hinda, Dwayne Tuoro, Lyndon Gaidzanwa, Lauren Abrahams, Ms S. Jacobs ABSENT: Gian-Luke Diergaardt

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A 2 e d a r What G t their ... say abou ... fathers

Please note: All the entries by the children are UNEDITED.

My father is handsome, strong and wonderful. He is very saportov (supportive). He pooshis (pushes) me in very thing I do. He is a strict and loving person and I love him as much.

Tristan Marggraff My father is kind, clever, funny, strong and really amazing at his work. If you don’t love your daddy, you should, like I love my

My father is so strong, he is wonderful, so clever and a loving person. He is very caring. He is surprisingly fun. My father makes very funny sounds. He is a great cyclist and got me a Titus bike (my surname). My father is great!

David Titus

My father is a smart and handsome, wonderful person.

And he always get me every Friday. He helps me with homework and when my mom is ill he makes the best food ever. But my mom’s food is the best ... but I love them both.

Iyaloo !Gaoseb

... mothers My mother is amazing and she is kind. She is surprising and lovely and funny and pretty. She is wonderful and special.

father

Kayla Tjipuka

My father is an amazing Dad but he travels. His BBQ is not good – but amazing! He lives in Tsumeb and he visits us every month. He is clever. He is a great Dad and he is smart.

Buitumelo Kamwi My father is so strong he can lift me up and put me upside down. He is a loving person and funny. My father is very handsome and cute. He is clever and kind. He helps me with my homework. I don’t like him, I love him!

Ottilie Hinda My mother ... ...is very beautiful ...is very strict ...is very kind ...makes jummy food! ...is amazing ...is very creative ...is super specil

My mother is very lovely, kind and pretty. My mother loves me and my brother, Evan. She is excellent, kind, strict, creative and special. She’s very stylish, amazing and suprising also because my mom is herself.

Peyton Zehrt

Uvangua Samakupa My mother is the best. She buys me stuff that i want and I never want her to die. She cooks delicius food. I love my mom because she lets me go to a great school.

Ryan Schoeman

Asiel Mwazi

My mother is creative and speacial to me. She makes good food and she is kind. She helps me with my homework. She helps with my outfits. She is pretty in every way. She is amazing in enything.

She is stylish and funny. She makes good cakes. And she’s lovely.

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Lauren Abrahams

My dad is very funny. He plays with me and he loves to read. He is the best. He is loving, he is kind and he is handsome. He is my best friend. I love him.

Kirsten le Hane

My mother is a wonderful mother, the best of all mothers in the wold. She kers (cares) for me with all her heart.

And I also love my mother. She works hard for us; to have food and toys.

Jared Kamble

... wishes

I wish I was a bilding (building) so I could eat peaple and they could tickle me and I could poke people out.

Nathan Stoman

I wish I could see Jesus on earth so I would know him better. And so I could be his best friend. And I could be the kindest person in the world. Then I can behave better and do good things.

Velma Marwa

I wish I had been a royal princess so I have beautiful clothes, dresses, shoes, a crown, brasslets (bracelets), make up, a cat, a dog and a royal friend and I can have a tea party with my royal friend and face paint with her and sing a song to be famous and have a secret sleep over.

Clarissa Cerveira I wish I could become a bissness man when I grow older because I can help my family. If they are struggling with eneything or if my children need their school fees.

Lyndon Gaidzanwa

I wish I was a superhero monkey to beat all the boolis (bullies) up and fly to Mars and keek (kick) their butts. I can hipnowtiys (hipnotise) them and turn them into Captain Underpants and I can save ventok (Windhoek). And I can make a cake out of sand and I can shoot cupcakes out of my hands.

Mario Neves

I wish I could be a mairmaid (mermaid). Mairmaids are the fastest animal in the world and wonderful creacher (creatures) in this land.

Anke van Schalkwyk

Matthys Nel

I wish I was the sea so children can swim. They can go serfing (surfing) and have fun. A wave can come. They will have so much fun. They can find shells and see dolfins. They will look pretty.

Daniella Tjimuku

It makes me happy to sleep in a wom (warm) bed. That I can go to school.

That I can do sport. That I have a family.

Lasse Quinger

I am happy that I have parents.

I love my pupys because they are so cute. I am happy that I have friends. I am very happy that I am so spoild. I am happy that God made me.

... happy triggers

Sienna Richards

Unicorns make me happy because it comes from rainbows. Flowers make me happy cause they smell good and look pretty. Ice-cream makes me happy cause it’s so sweet.

My family makes me happy, because they spoil me evry day. My teacher makes me happy because she gives me love! My friends make me happy because they play with me. God makes me happy because He made me.

Amy Grant

I wish I was a shark in the sea. I could eat catfish and seastars. If I see a sea crocidiel (crocodile) I will fight.

Shuumbwa Walenga

Soccer makes me happy. Soccer is my best sport. It is my only time that I can have a happy time with mysulf (myself) and I can have fun.

Gian-Luke Diergaardt

I am always happy caus (because) I have a school and friends. Sometimes we go to another country. We would also have diner all togeter as a family.

Dwayne Tuoro

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Grade 2B

Grade 2B

BACK: Tilly Parker, Muningandu (Oretu) Mushimba, Timothy Deckenbrock, Ruben Zekveld, Elza Imbuwa, Jonathan Pfänder SECOND ROW: Michael Gillies, Latoya Amuaalua, Chantelle (Nissi) Mavhunga, Malekai du Plessis, Johannes (James) Langford, Isaiah Akwenye, Zenith Porfirio THIRD ROW: Hayley-Kay Mouton, Tertius Kanime, Amaria Hillinger, Zani Stals, Gabriel Cerveira, Isabella Main, Tuyeni Hamunyela, Lindokuhle (Oku) Zungu, Tanatswa Marange FRONT ROW: Max Fourie, Hilde Boois, Emmy-Who Sihlahla, Kayla Duchaine, Jade Eins, Ms L. Stainton-Traut

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, r e h t o m , r e h t a f y ... s M i r e h t o r sister or b My mother is very kind, she buys us sweets all the time.

Sometimes we are naughty then she gives us timeout.

My father is also kind. He is an electrician. He rides his bike a lot. Sometimes he tells me I can ride bike with him.

James

Please note: All the entries by the children are unedited.

I love my mother because we made cupcakes and we made cakes. She almost left me at school, but she is a super city hero. She saved me. And she still owes me a chocolate.

Hoandi

My father is a super dad.

Isaiah

ok t making bo a d o o g so is like My mother reading just s e v lo e sh nd orld impressions a my in the w m u m st e b the much. My I do. She is so r e h e v . I lo so lucky to you can get m a I . st ie e funn footballer a daddy is th is e H . t a like th ers and he e B have a dad e D r o f s e work at cooking d o coach and h o g so is ket. He also likes cric es good advice to my giv sausages. He I. brother and

My mum plays a ball game with me a lot. She lets me play PS4 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. My mum is kind most of the time and she loves me a lot. My mum brings us water after cricket. My dad is kind and very funny. He is so kind that he even bought me and my brother a PS4 and bought me a rugby ball.

He plays with me a lot a lot a lot and he pays for everything.

Max

My father is the best father in the world. He does everything for me. I love him out of this world. My mother is the best. She helps me with school even though she is strict. I still love her.

Tilly

Kayla

My mother is kind and lovely. When I am sad she is good at that. It is easy to talk to her. I like to write letters to her. My dad is funny. He likes it when we are happy. We like to play together. He loves God and me too.

My mother is the best mom. She doesn’t let me watch TV in the middle of the week, only on weekends. Best parenting! My sister bakes lovely stuff like cookies and pizza but she always sends me some. My cousin is so cute but he only speaks a little bit of English.

Tertius

My mother is a photographer and she won best photographer of the year on my birthday. My father is an engineer and I think he builds.

Gabriel

My mother and my father and my sister are funny.

They are smart.

Tanatswa

My father is I think 42 and in his offiss is sparkling water!! My mother works in the house and I think is 43.

Ruben

Zenith My brother is very kind to me and plays with me a lot.

We play with balls or play LEGO or lots more. He is sometimes annoying but it is fine.

Jade

My father is a Land Rover mechanic and we went to the Uis Land Rover festival. There was an old Land Rover that you could win but someone else won it and was a silly person who was not in a Land Rover. He was in a bakkie.

Malekai

My mother is a lawyer and works at a mining company. She is there when I need her but sometimes I need to do things on my own.

My father works at Standard Bank and is the best father in the world. He also helps me with stuff. He is there when I need him.

Latoya

My mother is at home. My father can swim. My sister can also swim.

Miriam

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My mom is a Math Teacher for the Grade 10,11 and 12. She and I both work at St Paul’s. We bake pancakes every Sunday. My dad is an architect and he has an ofis at the tip top of our house. He reads me stories every night and he helps me with my homework.

Isabella

My mother is amazing. When I am feeling sad she gives me a big hug and I love her so much that my heart has no more love.

If you had a mother like that, what would you do? I would do anything to help her.

Haley-Kay

My father is the best friend because when I was a baby he picked me up and make me super fly in the sky. I love him.

Hoandi

My brother is kind and sometimes rude. We fight a lot and we play a lot. We are naughty and he plays Mine craft a lot. We have a huge soccer goal. We score a lot and he is very fast.

Timothy

I love my mother. She is so kind. She makes sure that there is food and drinks in the house. She tucks me in nice and tight.

Elza

My father is in Zimbabwe. I used to play with him a lot. We played fun games. I really miss him but he is coming on Thursday.

WOW! I love him. Last night I

was crying because I love him and I am emotional. He put me up in the sky but I am too old for that now.

Amaria

My mom is a manijer. She always does work. She is the best mom in the world.

Michael

What makes me happy ...

The thing that makes me happy is when I see people having fun, smiling and laughing and when poor people get stuff. I like when people say sorry.

Tilly

What I love to do most is play soccer and play fiteing games.

I play soccer for a soccer club and I am the new captain for the C team.

Oku I love learning, working, playing and reading. I am having fun at school. It is my favourite place to be. I like every teacher in the school.

Tanatswa

Michael, James, Max and Oretu make me happy because they are kind and happy and fast and cool.

Timothy

What makes me happy is when I read and give. Giving is not just about donation, it is about making a difference.

Latoya

The thing that makes me happy is driving a bike, eating pizza and playing with my friends.

I love playing fifa and I like scoring goals! I like playing Top Trumps with my friends.

Jonathan

What makes me happy is helping people and anamils which are hurt and if they got shot by a hunter.

I would give the people food.

Elza

Emmy-Who

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My dogs and cats make me happy. They make me so happy because they are so so a hundred times so cute.

Jade

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I want to become a inventor, mountain biker, sooper biker and inline hockey player.

Malekai

I want to be a soccer player. It’s my favourite thing to do. All my friends love soccer. I like soccer because my father was a soccer player.

I want to be a photogefer. This makes me happy.

Ruben

When I grow up I want to become a bisnes man because I get to help people and fix some stuff.

And people will call me so I can help them. And then I’ll be the boss so I can do the rite thing.

I want to be a princess.

Tuyeni

Miriam

Emmy-Who

I want to be an inventor!

I want to become a doctor, actor and singer. I want to become those 3 things because I am good singing, acting and not good at surgery.

Latoya

What I want to be is a scientist and a soccer player. The last thing I want to be is a wrestler.

Gabriel

I want to be a super hero.

This makes me a happy guy.

Oretu

I want to be a teacher because I am kind. And I think I am nice to other people. I also want to be a singer.

Zenith

Tertius

I want to be a rugby player and a cricket player.

Max

One day I want to be a footballer and overtake Ronaldo and Messi. And make sure I win.

Isaiah

When I grow up I would like to be a vet because I love helping people and anemals. I would do anything to help and animal.

Elza

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Grade 3A

Grade 3A

BACK: Virinao Pack, Gerrard Shilongo, Daltrey Mwatotele, Philip van Rensburg, Olive Burger, Tuneya Diescho SECOND ROW: Mila Nadimi, Nissi Hiveluah, Daniel Boost, Joel Namupala, Stephanie Shepherd, Keira Schoeman, Rourke McNamara THIRD ROW: Inotila Kafidi, Eureka Mokaxwa, Ockie Oosthuizen, Shange Kamwi, Abigail Rowles, Maya van Dyk, Henry Chamberlain, Abigail Mutua, John-Freddie Faul FRONT ROW: Tuli Nott, Amanda Mutandi, Luke Estrela, Cecil Pickering, Courtney Loubser, Ms M. de Jager

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Spring, summer and soccer

Please note: All the entries by the children are unedited.

Spring is so fun and I run in the sun.

Plants grow and then you have to mow .

Ring the bell and then you will sell.

Ice-cream is delicious but you have to be suspicious.

Night is bright but you have to have a bite.

Gardening is fun when you have to cut in the sun.

Start of the summer at St. Paul’s.

Put on some swimming clothes.

Run in the sun and have some fun.

I love the summer and the sun.

Night time is cold day is hot.

Giant fun comes in the sun.

Daniel Boost

Olive Burger (Diez)

Spring is coming, we are all humming.

People are buzzing, why aren’t you coming?

Roses are blooming.

In spring everything is sunny.

Nobody sleeps in spring.

Giant bees spread their wings.

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Round and round we go, n the fi Every g eld am but we don’t make a sound.

Real so e is fantastic all day long. c ! c In spring you hear many things, Henry er games are C s h tarting a mberla dogs that play and birds that sing. today. in Nobody hates the sun.

When you get to know him he is lots of fun!

Tuli Nott (Davis) Goodness there is a butterfly, it just flew by.

Amanda Mutandi Score for the team.

Our country.

Captains are true leaders.

Celebrate your winnings.

Soccer is a cool sport.

Everyone is a winner.

Officially hosted in Russia this year.

Renew your skills.

Colours of the Russian flag are white, blue and red.

Eureka Mokaxwa Colours of the penalty cards are yellow and red.

Everyone clap at the end of the game.

Spring is beautiful and green.

Russia is the most popular for playing soccer.

Perfect to play in.

John-Freddie Faul Red roses bloom, it is nice to see.

I like to swim and climb the trees.

Nothing is better than seeing a butterfly.

Sing in spring.

Sunny spring so lovely and fun.

Giggling and laughing all the time.

Play in spring.

Playing and having lots of fun.

Luke Estrela (Gubiani) Run in spring.

Rowing across the pond.

In spring, go crazy!

I am so happy in spring.

Now jump in spring.

Now that the peace is coming.

Go to your friends Going to have lots of fun in the sun. houses in spring.

Ockie Oosthuizen

Soccer is a fun but a hard sport.

Only Zabivaka is the mascot. e.

Clap your hands at the end of the gam Control your feet. er world cup.

Every day you should watch the socc ball.

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Spring has come it is time to have fun.

Prepare for swimming in the sun.

Ride your bicycles and get some exercise.

Inside and outside, so much fun.

No more candy for everyone.

Green grass and flowers bloom.

Springtime is very likeable too.

Nissi Hiveluah

Rourke McNamara

Sun gives us light.

Play while it is bright.

Ride you bicycles at night.

Inside and out it is so much fun.

Nap is the night and play during the day.

Green and blue match so much.

Shange Kamwi (Kankondi)

Swim and play.

Pretty flowers come to bloom.

Ringing doorbell your friends to say: “It is going to be a fantastic day!”

Nice ice-cream that will not go boom.

Go and play, no more sitting in your room.

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Spring has com oming.

Puffing and blo all around.

Ring flowers are any flowers. m so n e se r ve I have ne und. all over the gro re a s d e se w o N the wind blows. s a o g s, d e se Go

Stephanie Shepherd

Spring is wonderful, unlike the other springs I’ve had.

Prizes like friendships are won when spring brings us together.

Rings are round like the harmless circles of spring.

Is this season able to get any better? I love spring!

Never will this get worse, thank you spring.

Great, it is time for Creativity evening. That is the best part of spring!

Joel Namupala (Uushona)

Spring, what a lovely time. Everyone is so very kind.

Purple, pink and indigo all so beautiful colours of the flowers.

Ready to swim and play.

In spring we can play with clay.

No more staying in the house, it is time to have fun.

Go spring, go! It is the best time of the year.

Tuneya Diescho (Smith)

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Singing in the springtime.

Power of the flowers.

Roses are red and my toes are tickling.

I love the time when it starts raining.

Now put a smile on your face.

Going to see all the things that I love.

Abigail Rowles

Soccer is the best!

On the field it is rough.

Coaches run on the field.

Come and play soccer with us.

Every time, we play hard.

Russia is hosting the world cup.

Gerrard Shilongo (Nambele)

Spring is the thing that makes me sing.

Prancing deer’s and musketeers.

Rings and bling don’t matter a thing.

I can fling myself into the pool to swim.

Nothing is better than pancakes and flapjacks.

Go in the sun, it is super fun. Spring.

Mila Nadimi

Swimming in the sea I was stung by a bee.

Praying in spring, having lost of bling.

Running in spring makes me want to sing.

Inside my heart, spring is like a march.

Nobody hates spring and that makes me want to sing.

Giggles in spring makes the flowers sing.

Daltrey Mwatotele

Spring, spring all around.

Pineapples so juicy and sweet, I set up a table so shiny and neat.

Run in the sun, it is time for fun!

In the sun it is always fun.

Nobody is down because it is spring all around.

Get to your pool, it is time to splash all day.

Abigail Mutua

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Score for the team.

Our country.

Captains are true leaders.

Celebrate your winnings.

Everyone is a winner.

Renew your skills.

Amanda Mutandi

Spring is the best season I have even seen.

People are cool in the pool.

Running and playing in the school.

In the sun it is very bright, we just love the shining light.

Nice fruits to eat.

Giggling in the sand, we love spring!

Virinao Pack

Spring, where the flowers bloom and the people sing.

People are excited for spring, so we can dance and sing.

Ring, ring here comes the flowers. Let us sing.

In spring we dance and sing.

Never be sad in spring. The flowers will die and we won’t sing.

Gardens are where we dance and sing.

Philip van Rensburg

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Grade 3B

BACK: Zharah Rukoro, Hamish Philip, Tiago Pereira, McLachlan Nel, Emma Voges, Hayley Kausch SECOND ROW: Amelia Roe, Lucy Smit, Luca Heesom, Matthias Rennie, Gianluca Beukes, Shona Matswetu, Tunehafo Akayombokwa THIRD ROW: Quadira Januarie, Adryce Chinembiri, Sibusiso Zungu, Ndeutapo Hangalo, Richard-John Beukes, Franci Strauss, Jaden Joseph, Caleb Silombele FRONT ROW: Susana De Jesus, Naomi Raad, Jessica Bombosch, Erin Pickering, Kiara Estrela, Ms E. Hougaard ABSENT: Russel Fick

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Spring, summer and soccer Soccer is a game of concentration On the field you need to be ready Christiano Ronaldo is one of the best Christiano Ronaldo is my favourite Erickson is a good player Ronaldo is friends with Marcelo Tunehafo Akoyombokwa 3B Super fun to play soccer On a day like this play soccer Come have fun today playing soccer Clever sports Enough soccer gives you brain development Real soccer is super fun Gianluca Beukes

Spring is a beautiful season Perfect day for swimming Right day to run in the sun It is day to share your feelings Near to summer Great day to grow flowers Kiara Estrela

Spring is People the time t o s Rain f wim in spr spend time all on ing wit with y th h In spr o ing all e flowers a their frien ur family ds nd he the flo Nothin lp the w g m to g Going can stop y ers bloom row ou fro on a t Erin Pic rip with your mfa having fun mily c kering an be fun

Spring is a wonderful season Playing on the field is extra fun Running on the field Inside the trees is green No strong wind Gardens are greener

McLachlan Nel Spring makes me smile Pretty flowers grow Rain comes now In spring I can swim No season is better Good times in spring Jessica Bombosch

Spring makes me smile People love seeing flowers Remember young animals come out in spring I love spring Now everybody is happy God gifted us in spring

Spring is pretty Pretty gorgeous season Refreshing and beautiful In Spring the flowers bloom New flowers grow Growing flowers are so much fun Hayley Kausch

Susana De Jesus

Spring is one of the nicest times of the year Puppies run around and play a lot Run and play as much as you want I love watching the animals coming out of hibernation Namibia has the best spring Go to your family little animal Franci Strauss

Spring is about flowers blooming

Parties start for the spring festival Rowing boats row through the lake It is so beautiful when the flowers bloom Nice people take photos Girls pick flowers Daniella Henckert

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Slide tackle is the best defence Only a goal is needed Can you do a celebration?

Crowds go wild when you score End a match with a final goal Running is the way to win Hamish Philip

Soccer is the best On the field its rough Crowds go wild over soc cer Crowds go crazy Every game is fun Real soccer is very fun

Richard-John

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Soccer is the best sport On the field it is fun Can you play soccer?

Crowds are very big Every person likes to play soccer Round the field people will be playing soccer

Caleb Silombele

Spring is a beautiful season People start to wear colourful clothes Running through the unfrozen wate r is fun It is a new beginning for plants New flowers start to grow Going swimming in spring is fun Naomi Raad

Spring you can swim Paradise is here Ripened fruit again Its warming up No more coldness Grass is green again.

Russel Fick

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Sports is good like soccer Only the players are allowed to kick Crowds go wild Crowds are like cheerleaders Everyone knows soccer Really good players are on each team

Jaden Joseph

Luca Heesom

Soccer is fun On the field it is fun Come and play soccer with me Coaches teach them soccer Everyone shouts loudly Round the field people run

Soccer is the best On the soccer field its fun Crowds go crazy while they play Could the players please score?

Everyone is playing Ronaldo is on the field

Ndeutapo Hangalo

Tiago Perieira Spring is a beautiful time Plants grow one by one Returning leaves and flowers Insects fly around Nests are built by birds God made spring happen Adryce Chinemberi

Soccer is the place to be Out to play Crack the ball Crowds are cheering Even if you terrible you can still play Run and score a goal with the ball Matthias Rennie

Sport is good for exercise Obstacles are in sports Cool things to do in soccer Creative sports Exercise your body Rebuild your body Faith Nepembe

Spring is when flowers bloom People like to help flowers grow Roses smell amazing Inspiring hearts to do more Need to be helpful God has blessed us Jaden Joseph

Shoot lots of goals Out on the field you can get hot Come on you can win Crowds like to watch games Every match one team wins Run very fast to reach the ball Amelia Roe

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KEEP (Khomas Environmental Education Programme), which is funded by GCF, hosted the Grade 3 classes at Daan Viljoen.

Armed with their workbooks, the two 'Crazy Ladies' took the Grade 3s on an exciting hike and learning experience.

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Grade 3s in the classroom

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Grade 4A

Grade 4A

BACK: Tanatswanashe Chibwana, Carla Jauss, Carnalito Mostert, Nicholas Archer SECOND ROW: Martina Vugs, Ayden O’Connor-Smith, Ben Fourie, Anoushka Kamble, Keegan Murphy, Micah Haihambo, Angelo Bertolini, Kian Fussel THIRD ROW: Molly Fennessy, Aleka Späth, Zimkita Akwenye, Ethan January, Colin Eins, Mienke Stals, Hayley Stainton, Keaira McAree, Catherine Mvula FRONT ROW: Kiara Luis, Andrea Nambahu, Makda Shephard, Ndapewa Aluteni, Lauren Lee van Niekerk, Ms A. Pretorius ABSENT: Jozikee Haihambo, Catherine Mvula INSERT: Zulekha Latif

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Grade 4A limericks

FATHER’S DAY - Ben Fourie Celebrating once a year Get your dad a beer Start the fire, Get the braai For father’s day is here

Father’s day – kian fussel You like to watch sport But you don’t like to sort You are good at talking to guests I don’t even know when you rest But you don’t like to watch sport on a court.

Father’s day – Tanatswanashe Chibwana My father has money To buy some honey For the cake But we first need to bake My dad cannot cook, so it was funny

Father’s day – Molly Fennessy Father’s day – Zimkita Akwenye My father is really funny And sometimes he acts like a bunny He loves caramel cake But when he’s done, it was a mistake His tummy bursts and it smells ugly!

God made m special becau e se... … I was blessed with amazing sport skills.

He also blessed me with an amazing family and friends. And with the looks and smarts that I have today.

CARNALITO MOSTERT … because He loves me. He wants me to tell the world about Him and make the world a better place. He wants me to save lives, help animals, raise awareness for global warming and help the depressed.

… He died for me and He forgives my sins. He loves me for who I am even if I make mistakes and in any way I do not understand, He will help me.

JOZIKEE HAIHAMBO

He loves me and I was His plan. I am special because I can spread His Word. …

CARLA JAUSS

MICAH HAIHAMBO

… God made me special because I have kind friends that will stick with me.

I have lots of family that love me and will do anything for me. I have a love for nature and sport.

KIAN FUSSEL

… I have friends and a family.

I have a good house to live in and I have an amazing school.

LAUREN VAN NIEKERK

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…no one else can be exactly like me. No one else can do exactly what I do. I am special because no one can do what I do exactly as I do it. No one can copy me the way I do things every day.

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… I am one of His creations and He loves all of His creations. He is all loving, most merciful. He loves me. He wants me to have a good and healthy life.

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KIARA LUIS

… He knew which family and school I should be in. God knew who I should be, He knew where I should be and knew my name. God made me special in my own way and He knew I’d like it.

KEEGAN MURPHY

My dad given me a fright I fall down like a broken kite He is the best ever He is also very clever But he is not very light.

… I have lived eleven years. He gave me the best family ever including my dog, three cats and a tortoise. I have a dad and a mom whom are great cooks. Two brothers and a sister to play with. God is my personal best friend and I have a privilege to go to Him whenever I need Him. ANOUSCHA KAMBLE

… He loves me and He wants me to stand out.

MAKDA SHEPARD

… He loves me. He wants me to stand out from the rest.

Everyone is unique and has different talents.

ZIMKITA AKWENYE

… I am a person just like everyone else. It would be unfair if He just made one or two people special. God wants to make everything special and no one should be left out.

MOLLY FENNESSY

… He gave me the ability to swim, to run, to walk, to breathe. He gave me the ability to be tough. God made me special because that’s how He made me, that’s how He created me. He gave me life, He gave me hope when I was down and He made me different and special.

God made me, me!

Everyone of us are special, even the homeless and so am I. I am special in my own different way!

… people cannot be the same and people have different talents. Some people are smart, some are fast and some can do things that others cannot do. So you must be happy with the talents He gave you.

ANGELO BERTOLINI

… I am uniqu e in my own I and kind to way and others. He m ade me spec because I am ial gorgeous in that I don’t ac my own way and t like someo ne I don’t w That ’s why G ant to be. od made me special.

MARTINA VU GS

… I can help others and to show that God is true and trustworthy. He loves us and guides us through evil. He makes me know how to treat animals and love animals.

NICHOLAS ARCHER

… in every way. If I am sick all the time or never sick, He made me special. God loves me because if I am struggling it is not a curse, it is just His special planfor me. Even though I have many allergies, God wants me to be that way because that is how he made me special.

ALEKA SPATH

NDAPEWA ALUTENI ….I laugh a lot when things are funny. I sleep most of the time and Snore when I am very tired.

My sister and I love spending time Together.

Sometimes that is special, that is why I am unique.

CATHERINE MVULA

… He made everyone else special. God made me special because everyone should be special. God made me special because He loves me.

AYEDEN O’CONNER-SMITH

… I am alive and healthy even though I almost died being born. I have wonderful friends and my family is wealthy. The reason why I am special is because of my personality. I love God, my family and friends.

ANDREA NAMBAHU

… I am His and He made me with my love for nature and for other.

This is what I believe is special about me.

… everyone is different in their own way. There is no one who are the same. If everyone were the same, nothing would be fun.

TANATSWANASHE CHIBWANA

… because I have a purpose. I believe in His holy name and to pass on the holy name of God. ETHAN JANUARY

... If every one looked the same, talked the same, everything will be boring. But everyone is different. I am special because He made me with blonde hair and peach skin and green eyes. That is why I am special.

HAYLEY STAITON

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Grade 4B

Grade 4B

BACK: Buithumelo Mukena, Levin Quinger, Ashley Sisson, Abraham Graham SECOND ROW: Zanele Marima, Michael Bauernschmitt, Linay Koen, Melania Dassala, Nymedze Fynn, Adriana Vugs, Kingsley Scott, Mpho Nghifikepunye THIRD ROW: Maximus Campbell, Kerrin Gillies, Jasmine Cartwright, Aidan Gollwitzer, Cara Haumann, Isabella Späth, Jessica Humphrey, Niels Knoetze, Dandago Narib FRONT ROW: Victor Manamike, Alex Marggraff, Ashlynn Abrahams, Vanessa Do Carmo, Nicole Groenewald, Ms L. Crous INSERT: Dandago Narib

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d r o w y 'M B 4 e d a Gr for the year'...

Peace

In life you need to make peace with different people. At school you need to make peace with bullies. At home you need to make peace with your siblings.

Cara

Imagination

I chose the word because I like to imagine things like games. Sometimes when I play with my toys it is good to have imagination.

Jasmine

Smart

I want to be smart because I do not want to fail grade 4. I want to be the smartest in the world so I can make my parents proud.

Nicole

Hopeful

I chose th e word b ecause I hope to all the p want to eople of s to me m the world pread eans tha . This wo t everyo and hop rd ne can fi e in their nd peac heart.

Miximus e

Confident

What the word means is someone who is sure that they will win a race or do well in a test. To do something you have never done before.

Isabella

Trustworthy

Patience

People can trust you to be honest. I will not lie to my dad, I will be honest as school and I will do it every day.

Michael

I chose this word because I think I need to work on it. I also tchose this word because I think it would be a very awesome characteristic to have. I want to put patience in my life because if you have patice you can handle anything.

Kerrin

Creativity

I chose this word because I want to be creative the whole year. I am creative at home but I am going to try at school.

Victor

Organized

I chose the word organized because I do want to lose my stuff. Another reason why I chose this word is to help my mum. To be organized is very helpful and you can find your things easier.

Levi

Peaceful

At the end of 2018 I want to be more peaceful because I stress too much in tests. At home I start with a fresh mind. At school I will take a deep breath and in life I will calm down.

Niels

Brave

I chose this word because everyone is not brave and I would like to be different from others. I have always being brave when I was little but as I grew up, I started not being so brave and that is why I would like to be brave again.

Linay

Brave

I want to be brave so I won’t be af raid of many things .

Nyamedze

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Caring

I chose the word caring because I love to look after sick people. At school helping to explain the work and to be kind to others. At home helping to clean up, wash dishes and pack away school stuff.

Vanessa

Kindness

Creative

I chose the word creative because I like working hard. Creative means working, knowing what to do and being creative like doing art.

Abraham

An act of kin dness is som eth kind. It is im portant becau ing se you can make peo ple think goo d about themselves.

Kingsley

Trustworthy

I chose the word trustworthy because it is a good characteristic. People trust you and don’t think you are a liar. At home I will never lie to my parents and tell the truth.

At school I will never steal and always tell the truth.

Adriana

Loyal

I chose to be loyal because it makes me feel good about myself and others.

Loyal means to support someone or something.

I am going to help others, going to do better things at home and being a better person.

Zanele

Giving

I chose giving because giving means that I should not only think about myself. I should think about the poor and homeless and I should share clothes and food.

Ashlynn

Humble

To be humble is to love and to be honest and to be smart.

Buithemelo

Trustworthy

Brave

I chose brave because I need to face my fear. At home I should do all my chores.

At school I should get good marks. In life I should have a good reputation.

Aidan

I think it is a good characteristic.

I think trustworthy means that people can trust you without being worried.

Alex

Hopeful

I want people to hope that I can do it. I want to help people and to be responsible.

Dandago

Risks

I chose the word risks because I didn’t take as many risks last year.

The word risky means to take scary decisions. At home trying new things like cooking. I will practice by trying new things that I never tried.

Melania

Courage

To be able to do something without fear. It means to face your fear.

John

Relaxed

The reason why I want to be relaxed is because I used to stress in 2017. I stressed about unnecessary things.

Mpho

Brave

I chose brave because I need to face fear. I need to be brave at school with my orals.

Jessica

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My dad enjoys riding horses.

The horses do not like sauces My dad loves playing with us Because we don’t make such a big fuss The horses do not enjoy courses

My dad has a band He also has a guitar stand When he come home we have a braai He sits down a has a sigh And then I give him a twenty rand.

Alex Adriana

My dad had a dream It was about a meme He was very silent My dad wanted to get violent But I think the dream was a scheme

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My dad once bought a cat But now he’s very fat And then dad said ‘well put hom to bed And get him a winter hat”

Cara

My dad has a dog His name is Hog He likes to play In the grass all day And sometimes he behaves like a frog

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Grade 5A

BACK: Jody Hauuanga, Damian Petrus, Adam Diggle, Grace Magnun, Rainier Feris, Shekungwe Kuria SECOND ROW: Elle de Klerk, Christian Philip, Henry Grant, Mark Saad, Naomi Nadimi, Christina Hugo, Mandlenkosi Sibanda, Susan Hawala THIRD ROW: Oliver Durand, Zeno Benolich, Dieter Setzkom, Tendai Nyandoro, Mikayla Johnson, AnĂŠ Stals, Maja Brinkmann, Emma van Rensburg FRONT ROW: Danielle Hillinger, Alexandro Da Purificacau, Jasmine Rennie, Nicolas Deckenbrock, Alice Rowles, Ms E. Rall

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Damian Petrus

To sleep in a tent with my frie nds was a great experience. We have seen ma ny wild animals in Etosha and the food was gre at. I have enjoyed the weekend very much.

Nicloas Deckenbrock

Etosha was really fun. I have spent more time with my friends. The obstacle course was a challenge and on Saturday night I have slept with Henry and Adam.

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I have enjoyed the camp fire concert very much. The “potjiekos� competition was a lot of fun. The lunch was always a surprise and very delicious. To see so many elephants and wild life was a great experience.

I have experienced the be st food and dessert ever. I really enjoyed to learn how to make fire and to see so many eleph ants and other animals in Etosha.

Henry

My fav concertourite experie and ho . To learn h nce was th was supw to make aow to make de camp fire ifferent strong ro enjoyed er exciting. I w k as alsope with toiletnots every m the D.J oment. . and I phaper ave

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Jody Hauuanga Danielle Hillinger

The Etosha trip was a great adv enture. I have enjoyed the obstacle course wh darts perfectly in the middle ere I have shot the wit food was delicious and we had h the first try. The a great campfire concert.

Christian Philip

It was a great experience. The food was amazing and dinner was the best. I have bought gifts at the gift shop for my family. The shop has beautiful gifts. I have enjoyed all the new skills that we have learnt.

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Jasmine Rennie

It was a great experience. We have learnt many skills that we couldn’t do bef and tying different knots withore like making fire tour through the bush and to ropes. I loved the learn more about the uses of the different plants and trees.

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Adam Diggle

The best experience of the trip was the obstacle course. I have enjoyed the food because it was very good. Etosha was an amazing trip.

I have enjoyed Etosha very much. I was glad to come closer to my friends and I have seen sides of people that I have never seen before.

The morning hike and learning how to make fire were amazing. The obstacle course was a bit disappointing for our team could have completed in a faster time and it was a lot of pressure on us.

The Etosha trip was awesome!

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petition was a T think that the “potjie” com pfire concert was cam great experience and the I have enjoyed the ny. fun and ul utif amazing, bea Etosha trip very much.

The most amazing for me was the food . It was delicious. We saw a lot of wild anim als baby elephants were super cute I haveand the enjoyed the obstacle course and the cam.pfire concert. It was a fantastic trip.

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Grace Madnun

The event that I have enjoye d the most was the “potjiekos” competition. The campfire concert was a lot of fun and the wild life in Etosha was amazing. It was a great trip.

Naomi Nadimi

I have spent more than forty eight hou rs with my class mates. We have eaten the best food, frozen during the night and run a tale think every child should have the oppnt show. I experience this field trip. It was ama ortunity to zing.

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Susan Hawala

My highlight was the food. was delicious and well-prepared. It was fun toIttalk to your friends on the bus. The concert was were dances, singing, spookya lot of fun. There stories and a “thank you” song.

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Mark Saad

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Dieter Setzkorn

The Etosha trip wa esome and a lot of fun.

We have learnt masnyaw new skills like makin to tie different knots and g fire, toilet paper. I loved the to make a rope with foo d it wa s am azing. The obstacle course s a gre at experience.

The food was amwa azing.

Alice Rowles

We drove and drove and saw many elephants in Etosha. We made fire and we had competition. The food was “yum-yuma “potjie” ” and we, the girls, won the competition. The and danced in the concert. It was a n we danced lot of fun.

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Mikayla Johnson

Etosha was beautiful and we saw man y animals. I loved the elephants and espe wild babies. We have learnt many skills and cially the we had a lot of fun.

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Avihe Tjivau My highlight of the Etosha trip was the obstacle course because it helped us work together better. My team, the Jellyfish, won. I also enjoyed the food, it was delicious. I learned how to make different knots. We made potjiekos and it was delicious.

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On the Etosha trip I found everything fun and exciting. From when we drove there, until the day we came back, I loved every second of it. We could bond with each other and do fun things together. I loved the Etosha trip.

Lorenzo du Raan For my trip to Etosha, what I loved the most was the fire-making.

For that part I chose carefully, because some of the equipment did not work! I chose a knife and a block of magma. We scraped lots of magma and then used a metal rod. The fire lit very quickly and we won!

Benjamin Hendrickse Rodrigo Acebes

My favourite part of the trip was the food it was so good and my mom packed me a tasty sandwich for the bu trip. Breakfast was the best. I also shot a BB gun. I liked the obstacle course as well.

My favourite things about the Etosha trip were the fire-making competition and when we were swimming by the pool and at night my friend and I played games and talked. The food was also very good.

Theresa Beukes My trip was amazing. The food was delicious. My favourite was dessert. The swimming pool was gigantic. The rooms were beautifully decorated. I slept like a baby in those rooms. The game drive was fascinating. I loved the nice dinners at Etosha. It was awesome.

Nevaeh Thomas

Erin Moffett

My highlight was the obstacle course. We all worked together and supported each other through the obstacles. I loved when our team completed the whole course and even though we did not win, we were still so happy that we did it as a team and had so much fun. I will also never forget the food there!

At Etosha, I had so much fun. We did an obstacle course and the Jellyfish won, which is my team. They had delicious food and desserts. My favourite was the breakfast, it was fantastic. In the morning we went hiking. One night we had a potjiekos competition and the girls won.

Later, we had a concert.

Izak Kanime

For my Etosha trip I enjoyed the obstacle course. We were losing at first and then we came first. In my opinion we did really well with the blow pipe, BB gun and the bow and arrow.

Ueri Tjitemisa

The hightlight of my Etosha trip was when we had the Potjiekos competition. Before we started, we had to choose a group captain.

We started off with cutting all the vegetables that we needed for the potjiekos. When we started cooking, the whole tube of black pepper fell into our pot. We tried our best to take most of it out and somehow succeeded. We then had a group chat and we decided to have dessert for the judges. The boys stole our idea! I honestly thought the boys’ food was better, even though we won.

I had an amazing time and I thank all the people who made it possible.

Imani Chaduru

I loved going to Etosha! It was such fun. We did a lot of things, but my favourite was the obstacle course. The food was delicious, but I did not like the dessert. I also enjoyed making potjiekos.

I hope I can go back again.

Mekere Katjiuongua

My Etosha trip was wonderful. I loved it when Miss Johnston pushed me into the pool! The food was so good. I loved staying in a tent because I camped for the first time in my life. The girls kept on spraying perfume everywhere.

Aiden Mandy

the about Etosha was My favourite part ipe cause I shot a blowp obstacle course be e. d also the dron and a bow. Oh, an

Lara van Rensburg D’Angelo Beukes

My highlight of the Etosha trip was when it was night. My friend and I talked about things. My favourite part was swimming. Our teacher pushed us into the water and it was extremely cold.

One of my highlights was seeing the two snakes. The one was a zebra snake and it was more than two and a half feet long. The other snake was a young whip snake. We only saw his head. I loved hearing the lions roar at night and the knot-making were so much fun. The obstacle course was one of the best. My last highlight was going on the gamedrive and seeing the baby zebra!

I loved everything.

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Karie van Schalkwyk

On the way there my best friend and I had an amazing time building guns and playing “aliens were going to catch us.” When we arrived there, we settled in and ate lunch. The food was delicious. The obstacle course was fun and I had to do the balancing. I did not know how to switch my feet while I was on the pole, but Connor told me it’s like jumping on a grenade. That evening was the potjiekos competition and the girls won, two against one. The next day was sad because we had to leave!

Ezekiel Hans We arrived at Etosha and ate lunch, then we went to the tent. At dinner we watched Portugal play soccer against Spain. The first morning we went on a walk. On the last day we learnt how to tie different knots and later did a potjiekos competition. Lastly, we had a campfire concert.

Conner McNamara My favourite part of the Etosha trip was making a fire and doing the obstacle course. The fire was one of my favourite parts becauce it was challenging and fun to light it. My second favourite part was the obstacle course, because I love to do obstacles and it was interesting to try each obstacle out.

Chevonne Shepherd

I enjoyed the obstacle course because we were able to shoot with a BB gun. I also enjoyed making fire. It was fun, interesting and we used a flint to lit our fire! I also enjoyed the pudding, it was delicious.

Lauren van Niekerk

What I enjoyed the most was the food. It was delicious. I enjoyed the game drive and the walk. I also enjoyed the obstacle course because I did the locks. The concert was lovely and that was the hightlight of what I enjoyed the most.

My Etosha highlight was when we made fire. It was fun because we were working as a team. The girls were collecting dry grass and the boys started the fire. We could choose two tools and as the “captain” of the team, I had to pick them. I chose what I thought was most useful. Thankfully, I chose well and we started a fire.

Tuvoje Vilho The highlight of the Etosha trip was when my class and I learnt how to make fire. That was fun because I never learnt how to make fire that way. The other highlight on the Etosha trip was the food. It was cooked perfectly and was really delicious. The obstacle course was also fun because we did fun physical exercises.

Michael Raad On the way to Etos ha we drove in the bus which was grea because we could t talk to each other and six hours felt lik minutes. The food e thirty was great and we also did a obstacle which was fantastic course . Thank you Mrs Ra ll and Miss Johnsto the great trip! n for

Rautandavara Kaumbi

My favourite part of the Etosha trip was when we swam and when we went to the dining area. I found the swimming fun because we did relay races. I found the dining fun because we ate good food and had lots of fun playing. My second favourite part of the Etosha trip was the concert and the potjiekos competition. I enjoyed the concert because our group did well. I enjoyed the potjiekos competition because the food was delicious.

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Sara De Jesus

For our trip we went to Etosha. The thing I enjoyed the most was the obstacle course! We were divided in groups and then the groups competed against each other. First, there was someone from the group who had to open locked gates. The next person had to build a puzzle. Then I had to take a loop through a wire and each time the loop touched the wire it would make a noise. After that, the rest of the people had to balance on one leg, shoot arrows and do other things. I really

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Grade 6A Grade 6A BACK: Milah Malan, Caitlyn Mandy, Jamilla Hungamo, Zander Schmidt, Charlie Lohman, Ovaua Kamupingene SECOND ROW: Joëlle Nuulimba, Syrah Chamberlain, Luca Fennessy, Samantha Jacobs, Ashley Routh, Tamzyn Arendorf, Hilton Lima THIRD ROW: Emma Jayet, Jamoah Mohammed, Tinotenda Kaisi, Natalie Muonde, José Tuoro, Angelo Tadesse, Rylan Bombosch, Ethan Brinkman FRONT ROW: Hannah de Goede, Zoë Nott, Hannah !Gaoses, Kaelyn Metcalfe, Himee-Tjiwa Ngairorue, Ms C. Tordiffe

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Born. Saved lives. Died.

Rose from the dead.

Wake up. School. Braai. Sleep. Repeat.

Milah Malan

less' r o s d r o 'Seven w stories

Luca Fennessy

Don’t take fun

seriously.

Hannah De Goede

Saturday. Wake up. Eat. Brush. Feed. Ride.

Once upon a time, I was hungry.

Syrah Chamberlain

Turn haters into

Emma Jayet

Natalie Muonde

Always busy with sports.

Never rests.

Hilton Lima

Bounce. Jump. Throw. Score. Win. Ashley Routh

catch some love.

Tamzyn Arendorf

I’m a genius. The end.

Caitlyn Mandy

Rylan Bombosch

Drought . Rain. Flood.

Sadness.

Jamoah Mohammed

Throw away hate,

Fall down.

Stand up.

Go again.

Never quit your

Himee Tjiwa Ngairorue

Follow your

heart and believe.

Hannah !Gaoses

day dream.

Zoë Nott

God first. Education second.

Family third . Gym fourth.

Wake up.

Go to school.

Come back.

I was.

I am.

I will be.

Came. Saw. Conquered.

PS. He fled.

motivators.

Zander Schmidt

Ethan Brinkman

Win. Lose.

Ovaua Kamupingene

Unicorn? Horse? Star?

Who knows?

Kaelyn Metcalfe

Learn.

Zahra

Travel.

Go to heaven.

Grow old.

Samantha Jacobs

Charlie Lohman

Once there lived a very cunning king...

Born.

If no villains, then no .

superman

Wake up. School. Home.

Soccer. Games. Repeat!

José Tuoro

Angelo Tadesse

One girl. Big change.

Big hero.

Joëlle Nuulimba

Dream.

Believe and do.

Tinotenda Kaisi

I’m a super hero of

Study hard and don't study smart.

Vinigirua

God’s Love.

Jamilla Hungamo

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Grade 6B Grade 6B BACK: Moné Graham, Veronica Shikongo, Sula Burger, Max Voges SECOND ROW: Kyril Nghishekwa, Maria Mutambo, Brunhilde Gaidzanwa, ZheYan Ye, Anassa Jordani, Max Magnun, Philip Jauss THIRD ROW: Anthony Jacobs, Talita Barros, Alvin Mutua, Liam Martin, Bethany Branch, Florette Nakusera, Munanzi Mukena, Joel Hiveluah FRONT ROW: Nashe Murape, Zoé Waldschmidt, Rotendo Toto, Ms I. van Niekerk, Kaylin Shebo, Anesu Chipfupa ABSENT: Ishayvani Kahimise, Emma Landman

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Love

Dancers.

Unicorn loses horn.

No more unicorn.

is better than hate!

Audience.

Costumers.

Theater.

Florette

Kaylin Shebo

Beauty.

Anesu Chipfupa

New girl, overcame and followed.

When in doubt,

run it out.

Sula Burger

Vekuaterua

less' r o s d r o 'Seven w stories

Eat. Sleep. Netball. Repeat.

Maria Mutambo

I came home. I played games.

Rutendo Toto

Born on farm.

Grew up.

Rode horses.

Swim. Dance. Read.

Games. Animals.

Eat. Sleep. Game.

Repeat.

Monë Graham

Anassa Jordani

Kyril Nghishekwa

When in doubt,

eat pizza.

Alvin Mutua

What’s your name Hagath?

Mine’s Waffles!

Weird.

Live. Become a unicorn. Die. Repeat.

Zoë Waldschmidt

Talita Barros

The inventor invents inventions.

Max Magnum

Born

to change the universe.

Anthony Jacobs

Ballerina falls on stage.

To be continued ...

Brunhilde Gaidzanwa

Do it. Did it. Done it.

Joel Hiveluah

Awaken. Train. Eat. Repeat.

Ishayvani Kahimise

How? Why! No Wifi!

Bethany Branch

Dream. Achieve. Enjoy. Repeat.

Emma Landman

Be yourself.

Do it differently.

Max Voges

Soccer. Madrid. Arsenal. Thierry. Henry.

Dream infinity.

Nashe Murape

Zhe Yan Ye

Eat. Drink. Play tennis. Repeat.

Philip Jauss

Wake up.

Do your life.

Be Maverick

I ate.

I enjoyed.

I went home.

Liam Martin

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There once was a boy called Troy.

He thought he wasn’t a boy.

And then he cried, His mom replied, “What’s wrong my little boy Troy?”

Ethan Brinkman

There once was a two-humped camel, All dressed up in some flannel.

He bumped his big head And now he is dead.

Well, who cares, it was just an animal.

Angelo Tadesse

There once was a pink, fluffy cat, Who always wanted a pat.

She sat on a mat, Thought she was so fat.

How wonderful is that fat cat.

Kaylin Shebo

There once was a boy named Roy, Who was hairy, quiet and coy.

He sat on a hill And became very ill And always liked to scream, “Oy!” Tamzyn Arendorf

There once was a girl called Spark And she owned a big pet shark.

His name was John Stout And he liked to shout.

Spark and John were both very smart.

Anassa Jordani

There once was a lady called Gart, Who let out a bit of a fart.

She ran far away, As she couldn’t stay, Because the smell blew everyone apart.

Emma Landman

There once was a cat with a horn, So technically she was a unicorn.

She was black and white And filled with might And she had smiled ever since she was born.

Syrah Chamberlain

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I once knew a rapper named Drake.

He always wore dreadlocks and capes.

He performed on the stage And was engaged to Paige And had children who love eating cake.

Joelle Nuulimba

There once was a black spotted rabbit.

He had a very bad habit.

He loved to eat bread, So the baker said, He could go ahead and grab it.

Milah Malan

There once was an old dog called Larry And Larry looked like a fairy.

He loved to eat ears, To overcome his fears And Larry also loved to drink dairy.

Liam Martin

Grade 6s went 'camping'

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Plastic Recyclable It destroys our planet Bit by bit ruining our lives Dying Ashton Dercksen

Moonlight Faded and white Shines bright on the dark Earth It gives birth to my joy, my hope Hopeful Ama-e Witbooi

Parrot Irritating It copies what you say They are extremely annoying Stupid Mikah Burger

Eagles Brave, bold and free Soaring beautifully Flying so high in the great sky Freely Smarties Yellow and green Yummy coated candy Tasty milk covered chocolate lovely Carl Bauernschmitt

Vahid caring and fun skillful dancer always making people laugh awesome

K-pop Musical great Expressive and teaches It expands Korean culture Great music

Bernadette Naris

Soccer Green grass and fun Carrots e g n ra Waiting for fans to scream Long and o y a d ll ta I have been waiting for this dream Coffee Tasty to ea ing stick lk a w a e k li in h The game t Dry with beans They are Cristiano da Purificacao Keeps you awake at night Veggie l Even when it is very bright Vahid Dieh Sorrow Caffein Sad and broken Connor M Drowning in my own tears Nothing can help me, not even sp ears Soppy Nokuthula Mari ma Pancake Tasty and fun Waiting to be eaten So you are fed with nutrition Delicious.

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Dancing steady Strong and s happy and sad an Makes hum l and jazz rica Musical, ly Dancing huizen Miya Oost

Burgers yummy and nice waiting for tomatoes to make it taste even better tasty

Kittens Fluffy and cute Always playing with wool Do not enjoy water at all funny

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Majestic b the clouds e v o b a g e Soarin ds they div e e p s g in z At ama down gs Strong win Food Zekveld Annabelle Yummy, Tasty Baking, Cooking, Frying Warm, Delicious, Amazing All mine Caitlin Coetzer

Storm Scary and dark Soaking up all the earth Just waiting for the storm to end Rainbow Jesus Loving, caring Helps us and loves us all Reunites us with God through him Awesome!

Ruth Musasa Love Heartache and hate Sacrificing a lot Butterflies when I see your eyes Adore Ndinehafo Shilomboleni Parents Helpful and kind Their always working hard Amazing and spectacular My world Kairiri Katjiuongua Ocean Calm and soothing Green and Blue waves moving Trying not to be swept away Cool breeze Ebba-Maria Mulife

Drama Creative,passionately,fun I can do this and play the part Important and exciting Fun Zabeth Nations royed Old and dest nd take all a r e u q n o c y The aken by time Once mighty,t Freedom

g Racing ne loves doin o y r e v e g in The th ry deadly Racing is ve ready You must be Deadly ukes Damian Be Water ourless Colourless,od es reez Evaporates,f eans and seas rs,oc Found in rive Vital

Fakes Kind but so rude Saying that they love you However they are not our real friends Pretend Keasha Tjipuka

Whale Large and heavy Slowly drifting, not sinking In waters deep yet very high Mammal Mackenzie Spath

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Grade 7B Grade 7B BACK: Johann (JD) Gerber, Lazarus Petrus, Jaime Gillies, Daniel Jauss, Shana Arendorf, Todd Parker, Uatjiri Hewicke SECOND ROW: Prosperity Aluteni, Helina Shephard, Erica Nande, Ryan Moffett, Mariana Amaral Machado, Cadence van Rooi, Jason Barnard THIRD ROW: Sinja-Claire Triebner, Naritunge Shiimi, Mallex Shipanga, Jeskia Campbell, Nontombi Moyo, Janice Kennedy, Daniel Hahn, Pascale Pimenta, Dylan Openshaw FRONT ROW: Keira McNamara, Ramsay McDonald, Daniel Tjimuku, Ernst Fourie, Emma Tromp, Ms S. NaudĂŠ

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Grade 7B's Cinquains Leaders Smart and cheerful Always helping others To make the world a better place Rulers Ryan Moffett Smoothie Thick and tasty Waiting to be finished To make you look healthy and strong A drink Janice Kennedy

Soldier Ready to fight Stalking through the dark night.

Another day at work to hunt Survive

Water Refreshing and wet Waiting for use and rain For it needs to expand itself Drip Drop Sinja-Claire Triebner

Crying Clear and flowy Rolling down my cheekbones Out of happiness or sadness Teary Erica Nande

Water Wet and tasteless Flows in all types of forms Is water wet or dry nobody knows Flowy Jason Barnard

A clock Tick tock tick tock Watching how the time flies Waiting for the day to go by ...time’s up Emma Tromp Egypt Camels and hea t Waiting for the to Cheetah urists To see the big st It runs very fast ructures built th ere Desert Waiting for prey to eat Dylan Openshaw It is yellow and gorgeous Wild Cat Laughter Mariana Machado Hilarious and funny Fever Waiting to crack a joke Wet and sticky Not to punny Waiting for sneezing pain laughing To make me healthy once again Sister Not well Horrid, yet kind Always takes care of me Grey wolves Always wanting to torture me Loyal and sly Thoughtful Humans Hunting with strategies Prosperity Aluteni Funny and odd And misunderstood by humans Huge dogs

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Trying to be humain However failing again and again Crazy Ramsay Mc Donald

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Pizza Crusty and hot Makes you run for its taste Delicious better with friends The best Lazarus Petrus

The Sun eauty Hot with B m Solar Syste t Shining in mense hea im e m o s h it Majestic w The Stars Homework Boring and hard Ice-cream Striking innocen t children Great for the soul It wastes your ti me and make yo Waiting to be eaten u tired Boring For that is what ice-cream is for Daniel Jauss Tasty.

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Haven Atoms Peaceful and quiet Particles and Elements Welcoming to lost souls Waiting to be converged For a lovely, better change The smallest building block in matter Renewing all past memories Matter Once again.

Shana Arendorf Nontombi Moyo Daytime Bright and blissful To all those that live Hunger Ever so wishful Hungry and starved Times to enjoy for us all Looking forward to food Ocean Nightfall Giving us enough energy Gorgeous and cool Peckish Listening for danger Naritunge Shiimi To protect it’s soothing coral Turquoise Winter Ashraf Latif Cold and freezing Awaiting for sunshine To make the Earth warm once again Golfing Icy Sunny and silent Uatjiri Hewicke Focus for the perfect shot Win that brand spanking Netflix new Rolex Entertaining Birdie Entertains me when bored Daniel Hahn Scissor e r o s d ahs Disenchantment is the best Sharp an os and ow o b o o b y n ter Love it Gives ma much shor o s r e p a p Cadence van Rooi Makes my p o h c Chop enta Pascale Pim

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s n a a k i r f A Ek is in Graad Vyf! Graad vyf is oukei. Dit is nie so moeilik soos graad vier nie. Ek het gedink skool was moeilik totdat graad vyf gekom het. Ons periodes is Drama, Musiek, Engels, Afrikaans, Wiskunde, Liggaamsoefeninge en Wetenskap. Ons moet harder werk. Ons leer baie nou. Ons juffrouens is nie baie streng nie.

Juffrou Rall is baie snaaks, maar ook streng. Ons doen kompetisies en ons het groepe. Ons gaan die jaar Etosha toe. Graad vyf is moeilik, né? Ek wil nie meer in graad vier wees nie!

Imani Chanduru

Graad 5 is n juffrou is ie so moeilik nie, maar on str s Afrikaans eng. Ons het oo kb en Duits, Kuns, Dra aie vakke soos Wiskund ee ma, Wet ens gunstelin n Liggaamsoefen inge. My kap, g aktiwit eit is pou toetse. O ses! Ons ns het no skr u onlang baie opg s SOS ge yf baie ew skryf. Ek begin. P onde, want hokk is ie gaan b artykeer innekort is ek biet die werk jie ve . O Party van ns skryf ook krea rward met tiewe skr die werk yf is maklik Onlangs en party werk. het ek m is o n m Emma ge deling sa am met A oeilik. doen. D it lic w gaan van graad 5 h as snaaks. Ek din e en k ek ou.

Ané Stals

toets amper Ek hou van graad vyf. Ons het moet ons nge elke dag. By Liggaamsoefeni vakke is S.O.S, baie hardloop. My gunsteling els. Ek speel sokker.

Wetenskap, Wiskunde en Eng vier. Ek hou nie Graad vyf is makliker as graad u ook baie van van Kuns en Musiek nie. Ek ho , maar ook baie Afrikaans. Juffrou Rall is streng k baie pret. Ek is snaaks. Juffrou Johnston is oo nie, maar ek gaan dit nie mal oor die op en af loop deur hierdie jaar moet maak!

Ezekiel Hans at graad Ek dink d f. y v d a a esse is gr derwyser ie jaar in n d o r ie ie h d r is a a Ek en ek g is nie, m or S.O.S. en Kuns r e te ie n vyf aans. mal o rk in Afrik s. Ek ng. Ek is nogal stre kreatiewe skryfwe aan an ls en Afrik rban v e k g o n o E u in o h te u is om in D beste pun Ek kry my hoor dat ek gekies is ek baie ge speel en n en a a g het reeds te in graad e . kkie o u o H n e is is u ie h Binne tweeling lein suss de! My k n nefie, hulle is ‘n n o w e g p nou o y niggie e Lachlan is m c t M e n m w m s saa tthy et nefies Ma el maar m My ander e en drie. Ek sukk laasjaar. Ek kan as we in graad t aar ek doen beter maats m met al my ad e n d a n a u g k te is W gra toe m Etosha die jaar in nie wag o uit na die res van n nie! Ek sie o vyf!

My naam is Erin en ek is in graad vyf. Ons skryf baie toetse hierdie trimester. My gunsteling vakke is Wetenskap en Afrikaans. Ek speel hokkie en ek is baie lief vir hokkie. Ons doen Engels by juffrou Rall en Wiskunde by juffrou Johnston, dit is baie pret. Ek is ook lief vir Liggaamsoefeninge. Ons doen baie fiksheid op ‘n Maandag en Vrydag. Ons het pouse en ek gaan saam met my vriende op die veld en ons speel ‘n balspel. Dit is baie pret! Ek dink graad vyf gaan ‘n goeie jaar wees.

Erin Moffet

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Graad 5 Haikus lente het groen gras dit is so mooi met blomkleure dan kom somer weer Christian Philip lente is pragtig ek hou regtig daarvan, hoor!

Nuwe lewe kom

winter is so koud my oupa raak so benoud dan slaan hy my boud!

ons drink warm tee ons trek warm klere aan dit is nou winter Benjamin Hendrickse

Jody Hauuanga

lente is pragtig mooi blomme wys hul kleure dit ruik wonderlik

ons drink warm tee ons lê in die bed, yskoud ons eet lekker sop

Tovoye Vilho

D’Angelo Beukes

val af die blare leure ie mooi k en het ba d is rof en die win

so mooi herfs is net l en rooi gee die kleure is ooi! em dit is netkotrn

Elle de Klerk

tz Dieter Se

winter is so koud en my handskoene is weg en die diere slaap

Oliver Durand

winter is so koud diere maak kos bymekaar ons staan by die vuur Dieter Setzkorn

lente is prettig diertjies hou op slaap en speel bytjies maak stuifmeel

somer is warm in huis, onder skaduwee ons ry na die see

Emma van Rensburg

vir die kaggel lus ek kan nou boeklees en rus tóg pret by die kus!

Christina Hugo

herfs is blare baie mooi raak m o ek is l ief vir oi en bloe drooi herfs Alic

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somer: ons swem graag daar is pap en vleis vir my my koeldrank is koud Susan Hawala

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Graad 6 Heerlike Haikus Kry ‘n kombersie Maak warmsjokolade.

Reg vir wintertyd!

Pizza met geel kaas So lekker as dit koud is Nou maak jy my lus!

Bethany Branch

Angelo Tadesse

Heuning is lekker Kaneel en suiker pas goed op pannekoeke!

Roomys, dis somer!

Baie geure omte kies.

Dit is so smaaklik!

Ovaua Kamupingene

Coca Cola, soet Lekker op ‘n warm dag.

Altyd verfrissend!

Rylan Bombosch

Emma Landman

Ek hou van beskuit!

Beskuit en tee is lekker, as jy wakkerword.

Aarbei, lekker soet.

Geel saadjies en lekker sap.

Soet en suur vir ons.

Moné Graham

Alvin Mutua

Kaylin Shebo

Pannekoek en stroop Is so lekker om te eet!

Altyd as dit reën.

“Twist” maak ‘n groot “fizz” as jy dit drink met ysies.

O, dis so lekker!

Philip Jauss

Milah Malan

Daar is ‘n huisie in die woud.

Langs die huisie staan ‘n trotse appelboom met appels so blink en rooi, kraakvars en tog so mooi.

Maar hoog in die boom, amper aan die hemel se soom, hang ‘n bleekwit appel. ‘n Prins kom verby. ‘n Dapper prins is hy.

Hy klim tot bo in die boom en verloor amper sy kroon!

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Jy’s my oogappel Soet soos suiker, nie eens suur.

Kom maar my soet dier!

Syrah Chamberlain

DIE SPIERWIT APPEL

Moné Graham

Ribbetjies, heerlik!

Die beste met ‘n resep As jy my ma is!

laaste Skryf ‘n diggie : G A R OPD rdie ge vir hie versie

Daar val die appel op die grond en dit is eintlik vreeslik bont.

Nou sal jy bietjie hoor, die prins het sy hart verloor.

Want uit die appel kom ‘n prinses so mooi!

Kaylin Shebo

Voor hy aan die appel byt, was dit yskoud.

Maar daarna verander skeilik in vuurhout.

Die vuur het gebrand en gebrand.

En die vuur het die hele wêreld uitgebrand!

Anthony Jacobs

In die boom lyk die appel lekker Maar die hoenders kraai soos ‘n wekker!

Die prins wat ‘n hap, want hy dink dit is mos syne.

Maar vir die prins was dit sy einde.

Rylan Bombosch

Graad 7 van wDoioe gevoel rde

Party woorde sing soos troue en ring en party woorde is hopeloos soos siekte en koors.

Wendy-Lee Milne

Daar is woorde wat sug soos harseer en gedig.

Daar is woorde wat lag soos glimlag en Vrydag.

Zabeth Philander

Daar is woorde wat huil soos stukkend en uil en woorde wat omgee soos luister en gee.

Connor Murphy

Party woorde lag soos dag of krag.

En party woorde breek soos smeek en preek.

Mikah Burger

Party woorde lag soos gelukkig en Saterdag en daar is woorde wat slaap soos rus en gaap.

Naritunge Shiimi

Daar is woorde soos “deel” wat dit lekker maak om te speel.

Dan is daar woorde soos “lag” en dit maak elke keer my dag!

Jason Barnard

Party woorde raas soos skree en blaas en daar is woorde wat klop soos slaan en dop.

Caitlin Coetzer

Daar is woorde wat raas soos gil of blaas.

Daar is woorde wat droom soos vlieg en patroon.

Party woorde speel soos sokker en meel en party woorde groet soos ou vriende moet.

Daniel Jauss

Keira McNamara

ie s ‘n klokk o o s k n la ‘n k rde maak Party woo ie okkie e en bokk my aan h r e n soos lent in r e woorde h en party n stok. soos bal e Ndinehafo

Daar is woorde wat speel soos speelgoed en ‘n teddiebeer en woorde wat omgee soos liefde en ons doen dit mee.

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Op die 31st e Desembe r, aan die e kom ons h inde van d ele familie ie jaar, in Swakop Ons braai e bymekaar. n dans en sing en lag terwyl ons , vir die nuw eja My niggie, Caz, was ‘n ar wag. nuwejaars Sy maak elk baba. e Nuwejaa r ‘n dubbe l gawe!

Sy, WendyLee, Caz en Tia Son op ons vel en soutw ra Ons sien m ater in ons eka hare. en as ons m ar net ‘n paar keer ‘n jaar ekaar sien , is dit ‘n g root baljaa r!

Vier niggie s op hul bra nderplanke party is mo , llig, ander sla Die seewa ter voel elk nker. e ja en Caz is n ou nog ‘n ja ar kouer ar ouer.

Na al die o efening raa k ons hong maar ons h er, oef ons nie oor kos te My oom Sh bekommer. ane is groo t en sterk.

Hy weet pre sies hoe om Ons braai d met krewe ie krewe o te werk! p die stran en eet so v d innig dat o ns monde Gou is ons brand! terug in die see en san gereed vir d, nog baie p ret op die strand.

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LANGUAGES

German

Masken

Klasse 1

Klasse 1

Zum Thema „Haustiere“ bastelten die 1. Klässler eine Hundemaske. Es hat viel Spaß gemacht!

Klasse 2

Hunde falten

Klasse 2

Mit der 2. Klasse falteten wir einen Hund aus Papier zum Thema „Haustiere“. Die Kinder waren ganz stolz!

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Klasse 4

Unsere 4. Klässler führten kleine Unfälle auf. Viele verkleideten sich und es gab sogar falsches Blut.

Essen Klasse 4 Zum Thema „Essen“ mussten die 4. Klässler ein Poster über deutsches Essen machen, sowie einen Vortrag halten. Es gab sogar Brezeln zu essen. Toll gemacht!

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Klasse 5

Sommer

Klasse 5

Die 5. Klässler mussten ihre eigenen Puppen für ein Puppentheater basteln zum Thema „Sommer.“ Sie schrieben auch ihr eigenes Theaterstück. Ganz toll gemacht!

Piraten

Klasse 7

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Klasse 7

Auch in diesem Jahr waren die 7. Klässler Piraten. Sie haben sich viel Mühe gegeben und es hat Spaß gemacht!

Im letzten Tertial schreiben die 7. Klässler eine Zeitung.

Jeder Schüler trägt mit einem Bericht etwas zur Zeitung bei.

Toll gemacht!

Menüs Klasse 7 Zum Thema „Deutsches Essen“ bastelten die 7. Klässler ein Menü und erzählten über deutsches Essen. Sie gaben sich viel Mühe!

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German is a p Klassen 5-7

Am 10. September kam das Goethe Institut uns besuchen und spielte verschiedene Spiele mit den Schülern.

Bei einer Station mussten die Schüler deutsche Wörter in einem Kreuzworträtsel suchen. Bei einem anderen deutsche Ausdrücke lernen und wiedergeben. Spaß machte es ein ferngesteuertes Auto mit zugebundeten Augen zu fahren.

Vielen Dank an das Goethe Institut für diesen tollen Tag!

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Zum Thema „Ostern“ bastelten wir auch in diesem Jahr verschiedene Sachen, z.B. Fensterbilder, kleine Osterhasen aus Servietten, Osterhasenpompoms und vieles mehr.

Ostern

Die Schüler waren mit viel Freude dabei.

Die 3. Klässler der Grundschule am Baumschulenweg schrieben uns Postkarten. Diese wurden von den 5. Klässlern beantwortet, die ihre eigenen Postkarten gestalteten.

Postkarten

Die 6. Klässler schrieben Postkarten an eine Schule in Frankreich, die sich riesig freuten als die Postkarten sie erreichten.

Wir freuen uns schon auf weitere Antworten uns Postkarten.

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The Science Fun Day on the 20th of February 2018 is a day we as scholars look forward to because as it says in the name, it is a fun day.

On Science Fun Day we are usually shown different science experiments. However, this year it was different for the Grade Sevens.

The Science Fun Day started as usual, as any other Wednesday morning, by writing a test. After the brain teasing test, one Grade Seven class went to art as we went to watch a video about different science experiments and how they work, for forty-five minutes. The video was funny as it was virtually realistic because we put up our hands to answer the questions which the presenter posed to the audience in the video. After the video, we had a quick break and met up with our teachers in front of the classes. During the break we saw a man who had brought snakes to school, to show the Grade Fours. This was scary. The teachers took us to the high school hall, where we met the French Ambassador. She came to tell us about studying in France and learning French, which was very interesting to us, the Grade Sevens, since we are still deciding on what language we want to do next year. After the visit, we returned to the primary school, had a quick break, and then went to the Art class. My class then made ice-cream outside. We learnt the easy ice-cream process, which was exciting as everyone waited patiently to see if their efforts would be rewarded after juggling an icy mixture in a bag between two salivating scholars. Fortunately, my partner and I had a perfect mix, which we could not eat because we had both given up sugary food for Lent.

Otherwise, the Science Fun Day was awesome, as always, and I am sad to know that was my last one. However, I am happy for the Science experiences I am yet to have in high school.

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Science Fair

Regionals

This year the Regional Science Fair was held from 22 - 24 October at Windhoek Gymnasium in Windhoek. St Paul's College Primary School was proud to have 18 scholars who participated.

The 18 scholars were: Sula Burger, Ethan Brinkmann, Rylan Bombosch, Syrah Chamberlain, Luca Fennessy, Samantha Jacobs, Hilton Lima, Zoë Nott, Joëlle Nuulimba, Angelo Tadesse, Talita Barros, Bethany Branch, Moné Graham, Joel Hiveluah, Kaylin Shebo, Veronica Shikongo, Rutendo Toto and Lorenzo du Raan.

All 18 received medals: 4 Bronze, 5 Silver and 9 Gold. There were also 2 category winners: Rylan Bombosch won the Engineering and Technonlogy category, and Moné Graham won the Food Science category.

Congratulations to all these scholars who worked with dedication and diligence. You made us proud!

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Grade 2 Art Competition

Daniella Tjimuku

Amy Grant James Langford

David Titus

Jade Eins

Kayla Duchaine

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Chess Competition against Windhoek Gymnasium

Chess compe

This Individual Competition was represented by four High School students and sixteen Primary School students.

Gr. 10 Nande Gurirab Gr. 10 Hiren Naido Gr. 10 Lamek Indongo Gr. 8 K.C. van Wyk Gr. 6 Rylan Bombosch Gr. 6 Ishayvani Kahimise Gr. 5 Zeno Benolich Gr. 5 Mandlenkosi Sibanda Gr. 5 Imani Chanduru Gr. 3 Ndeutapo Hangala Gr. 2 John Luke Gr. 2 Genius Sihlahla Gr. 2 Gabriel Cerveira Gr. 2 Ottilie Hinda Gr. 2 Velma Marwa Gr. 2 Clarissa Cerveira Gr. 2 Hoandi Boois Gr. 2 Kayla Duchaine Gr. 2 Manga Kamwi Gr. 2 Asiel Mwazi

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Since 1999, Louis Jordaan has been running an eco tou rism enterprise and nature at Minwater (Little Water school, Minwater Eco Adven ) farm in the district of Ou tures, dtshoorn, a town situated Karoo) in the Western Cap in the semi-arid Klein Kar e Province of South Africa oo (Little .

Louis is a nature guide and environmental educator. He is an interpreter, a ‘storytelle (facts, interpretations, exp r’, unveiling a wealth of ‘sto lanations, uses, superstitions ries’ , etc.) of plants and other cre provides nature lovers wit atures and objects of nature h knowledge and skills, allo . He win g them to discover and unrave he guides people to observ l secrets and mysteries, and e with all their senses, and to understand what they hav e discovered.

As Fiona McIntosh puts it, “This man brings the veld to life ..." (Fiona McIntosh; World Heritage Sites: Cape Southbound Guide to Sou Floral Region Protected Are th Africa's as; 30° South Publishers; Joh annesburg; 2006).

BACKGROUND

Although Louis has had no formal training in any field of natural science, since chi the natural environment and ldhood he has been expose has learned to be curious d to and enquiring – to observ observations. His late fath e closely and to contempla er possessed a wealth of kno te his wle dge mentor and guide. Louis lea on the natural environme nt and was an outstanding rned much about plants and animals, and not only to ide interpret their signs and hab ntify them, but also to study its. As an adult he continu and es to improve his knowledge veld, observing and studyi by spending many hours in ng wildlife. He also studie the s numerous publications on knowledgeable people (inc the natural environment, luding scientists and local consults people in an area), and has and other wildlife. As a res attended various courses on ult, Louis possesses a com plants prehensive knowledge of biomes in South Africa. the fauna and flora of a num ber of He spends much time and effort on environmental edu cation, talks and presentati conservation and a healthy ons. The need for biodivers natural environment is stre ity ssed. Louis believes that aw possible role players in a areness is essential, involv campaign to lessen human ing all impact on the natural env impossible, after all, to car ironment as much as possib e about something if we are le. It is unaware of its existence!

Louis is the author of abo ut forty articles (published in various newspapers and a number of books on the magazines), has contribute natural environment, and d to has assisted with fact-check authoritative publication Aar ing and language editing dvark to Zebra; Questions of the and Answers (authored and one hundred and fifty of his published by Riëtte, 2016). nature photos have been inc About luded in this book.

As a nature guide he has conducted hundreds of inte rpretive tours, talks and local and overseas visitor Power Point presentations s, including a number of with tours, talks and presentati organisations, such as WE ons with members of Sou SSA and CapeNature. Louis th African has also been invited to do in Canada and the United a series of talks and presen States of America for organi tations sations such as the Hardy Pla been contracted to do a ser nt Societies. He has, furthe ies of training sessions on rmore, behalf of CapeNature with Private Nature Reserves, as field rangers employed by well as training sessions wit Contract h qualified nature guides em Reserves. ployed by various Private Na ture

NATURE EXPLORATION: A PEEK

AT THE TREASURE CHEST

To the uninformed, nature is a closed book; and eve n those familiar with the there are areas or aspects natural environment often which they would like to lea find that rn more about. Indeed, eac seemingly insignificant, is h plant, animal and object, a treasure chest of secrets although and stories waiting to be exp lored.

In this presentation on wil dlife (plants and animals), some of these stories are is awakened to the rich div told. At the same time, the ersity of life around us as we audience ll as our responsibility to che rish this wonderful inherit ance.

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Thank you for coming on Monday it was a honour meeting you. Sir you opened a new door to me of nature it was just AMAZING. I was shocked when I could not even see these spectacular creatures! And the photos were wonderful! Do the warning colours give away scents? Are there more of these creatures? If there are would you, please send me a picture. Sir did you know that these were creatures when you first saw them? THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN MR JORDAAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KIND REGARDS Karie van Schalkwyk Grade 5B Your presentation was brilliant not only that but it razed my attention for animals a lot. My favourite part was at the end because of the Baby’s bum and also your pictures are excellent and maybe you could teach me how to get excellent pictures and there is only one word to describe you as SPECTACULAR! Andrea Nambahu Gr 4A It was exciting and adventurous. I learned new things that I never knew about nature and that anything in the wild can camouflage.

I loved that a butterfly could protect itself by having a similar look of a poisonous butterfly as a descise. I was also kind of sad during the talk because my puppy had currently been stolen and I am still a bit sad about it. I thought the house of the birds were very clever because they have a false entrance which looks like a real entrance and they have a landing spot where if they land the entrance opens which so cool and very clever. I feel that I would like to be a bird living in a house like that because it would be so cool. I love nature especially the animals and I want to be a vet when I grow up. I think that what you are doing is fun and amazing. I loved the demonstration of nature it was so amazing and I hope that you could come again and demonstrate more about nature. That boy Micah who answered that looks like a honey badger really loves nature and he always answers a question when our teacher asks us and he won a prize for his knowledge at a snake demonstration .

Aiden Mandy Grade 5B I found your presentation very interesting. I learnt how many animals camouflage in nature. On some pictures I did not even see the insects! This is the first time I actually found these things interesting. I found this very interesting on animals. How they can change colours and how they hide. Some even warn their enemies! This is the first time for the past five years that I have been here when somebody came to tell us something about nature!

Thank you for the interesting presentation.

Anna Verchusa Grade 5B I found the nature talk yesterday very interesting, I loved it when we had to try and spot the animals or insects in the pictures, which was surprisingly difficult! I thought Louis Jordaan was very brave to go so close to the spiders and strange insects just to make pictures of them. (I personally am not a big fan of insects.) These insects, however, were quite incredible because of their amazing colours to warn predators that they are poisonous, to camouflage so well in their habitat and even to look similar to other insects! (Such as the spider that looked like an ant to hide from its own predators, and then to ambush one for its own meal!) It was amazing to watch the incredible techniques of the and animals to protect themselves and their babies, such as the bird that put fungus on its nest to make it look old so that predators would leave it alone.

He made an excellent point about how people think that because they are at the top of the pyramid of life, they are most important and are more valuable and special than the animals or plants but actually, nature would do just fine, even better without people who cut down trees, throw litter everywhere and create air pollution.

In conclusion, it was a great talk which made very good points and will make us aware of the small creatures around us. It will make us look at nature differently.

Annabelle Zekveld 7A I enjoyed the talk very much. I want him to come back next year but hopefully with a lot of new information. It was one of my favorite talks since I started at grade 1. I want him to come to our school more often because I enjoy going down to the high school and this was the time I enjoyed most. I loved how we had to try and find all the grasshoppers and other bugs and plants that were camouflaged. I also want him to come back because he was very kind and fun.

Anthony Jacobs 6B My I enjoyed your presentation it was interesting how you can learn so much in just an hour. How animals camouflage in the wild just to protect them. I only thought that 1 one animal that could camouflage till you came to our school and told us more. Thank you so much I love it I hope you can come back and teach us more. You took your time so that we could understand. The thing I found the most interesting was how spiders can camouflage so well and I learned new animals that camouflage and about plants that was very interesting I hope you can come back and teach the whole school when I grow up I would love to teach children about plants and animal it was a great hour learning about an animals. THANK YOU SO MUCH COME AGAIN! Avihe Tjivau Grade 5 B It was amazingly AWESOME!!!!! I hope you comes back very, very soon. I loved the legless lizard. It looked like a short, and fat snake.

I think the nature talk was really cool! If you come back, can you please talk more about animals? Thanks for coming!!!

Ben Grade 4A The PowerPoint was very interesting. I learnt about animals I never knew existed, and how these animals can hide in just plain sight.

It was really brilliant. This PowerPoint opened up my mind to new journeys and adventures and I would love to go on a journey similar to this one day. The PowerPoint wasn’t too long or to short it was the right amount of time and it didn’t lose the attention of the scholars because it was very interesting. I hope you come again and teach us more about these wonderful, iconic animals.

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Mr Jordaan 's nature talk

Thank you for taking the time to come and teach us about these amazing animals.

Caitlin Coetzer 7A It was the best presentation I have ever heard in my life. The way how he knew so much about nature was incredible.

He found animals that I have never ever seen in my entire life. He taught us so much the natural life before the talk I did not know very much about nature and nature was very boring. But after the talk I knew so much more about nature and I also learnt that nature is not boring after all . Mr Jordaan inspired me to care more about nature. I hope he comes soon again.

Carnalito GR 4A Thank you MR Jordaan for the wonderful speech I enjoyed it very much! I liked the part where there was a camouflaged lizard and the one about the butterflies.

It was very interesting and I would for you to come back and do another brilliant nature talk. I would like to learn more about the camouflaged animals so do not walk into their trap or hurt them. It would be fun if you could bring one of a camouflaged animal and show us. I would want to come and visit if I could and experience it myself that would be awesome. I look forward on seeing you next time!

Chevonne Shepherd Grade 5B I would love to hear more about nature again! I really enjoyed the talk because I did not know about all those amazing animals. What that I think was one of the most interesting facts to listen to was all those insects. The spider that changes colour was beautiful and those other insects that hide away in rocks and plants was amazing. The one about the cameleon was really wonderful to listen to, and I also did not know that a few butterflies are poisonous. It must be an amazing and fun job to find and learn about so many different animals and insects. I think that listening to someone like you would really inspire people to look after the wonder kinds of nature and I really hope that you will come and talk about animals, insects and plants again.

Christina Hugo Grade 5A It was fun listening and seeing the amazing pictures I would love him to come back I love Nature I knew of the honey badger and the cheetah cub’s mimicry. But I let Micah my best friend answer. I loved the presentation that Jordaan made. I loved seeing a person who loves Nature. And someone who for Nature. My favourite animal is a crocodile and I hope he loves where he lives and I really hope he comes back and tell more I loved the way he spoke about Nature.

Colin Grade 4A Thank you for coming and teaching us more about animals and plants. I loved it because I think it is amazing to see all the animals and all their different colours and different strategies to protect their selves from their predators. My favourite animal was the insects and the lizards because they were camouflaged so well. My favourite plant was the one that shakes when an animal eats it and the one that looks like a rock. I really enjoyed it.

Connor McNamara Grade 5B The talk we had on Monday was a very interesting talk. I enjoyed it very much. Mr Louis Jordaan explained to us so many things and told us that animals can camouflage with instinct. I would enjoy having him come with us on the hike and to Gogabib so that he can explain all the rest to us. He taught us things we didn’t know about yet. He also made it fun so that it will have our attention.

Connor Murphy 7A Mr Jordaan thank you so much for your spectacular talk about nature I never knew that butterfly was poisons.

I really learned a lot of things. What I found very interesting was all those birds and insects I never knew that spiders could change colour I don’t really like spiders some of them scare me but I love the daddy long legs spiders you really inspired me to take care of animals so hopefully you can inspire people to stop littering it hurts the animal’s environment Kind regards Danielle Hillinger Grade 5A

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Thank you Mr Jordaan for your visit on Monday morning. I hope you will visit again soon! You taught me so much more about animals, plants and insects in your presentation that I never knew about! You talked about animals, plants, insects, spiders and more! I was really interested in the life pyramid. I wish I

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Dieter Setzkorn Grade 5A I think the talk was really amazing. It was so interesting. I hope he comes back again. I enjoyed seeing the different types of animals.

Some of the creatures freaked me out but it was something different that I did not know about. I enjoyed looking for the creatures when they were camouflaged to the leaves or the stones or the grass. I loved seeing some plants I have never seen before. One day I would really like to visit his farm one day and see all these creatures myself. Their habitats were really awesome. How the animals made them and how the habitats looked? I never knew that an ant could look just like a spider that was really cool. The baby cheetah was really cute. Next time I think there should be some videos of the creatures so we can see what they do.

Emma Landman 6B I really loved the talk that we had with you I would love to have another talk. The photography was beautiful. It was fun when you showed us the pictures and we had to try and spot the little animal that was camouflaged in the background. I have a leopard tortoise at home and it was interesting to find out that he can swim. At least I now know he won’t drown.

My favourite animal was the trapdoor spider it interesting to see how it builds It house. All so the butterflies with their beautiful winds. It was really great.

Emma van Rensburg Grade 5A I think the talk about the animals and nature was very inspiring. It showed us this world truly is worth saving and caring for! The habitats that humans have destroyed and the animals man have killed for the simple reason of fun is wrong and cruel. The speech that you gave yesterday was fascinating and amazing, as it showed us how much of this wonderful world we miss and don’t see.

The animals always have an acceptable reason for killing or destroying, but us humans, we simply kill and destroy without a second thought and that is not wright. You should carry on showing people the wonders of the world as it might prevent them from being wiped out completely! You are saving lives and homes!

Thank you for your speech yesterday Wendy-Lee Milne 7A Thank you Mr Jordaan for the presentation it was very interesting. The camouflage was the most interesting for me especially the spiders also enjoyed the salamanders and the plants .I would really enjoy it if you would visit us again. The presentation was well prepared . The poisonous butterflies were really interesting as well as the bird I really appreciate the effort to fly from SA just to come and speak to us than you very very much sir good day.

Ezekiel Hans Grade 5 B The thing I enjoyed most of all was hearing you talk to us about how beautiful Nature really is. I loved listening to you talk to us about all the tiny things in Nature that you usually wouldn’t keep an eye on, it’s just as if you were talking about life. As if you were talking about all of the tiny things in life that you should be thankful for. I also loved trying to find the animal in the picture. I find it quite cool that the animals could camouflage so well in the picture. It’s also quite cool looking at how the animal looked a long time ago, then comparing it to how it looks now, and how it has adapted to the wild. I absolutely loved that you came! I learned so much from you and I would love seeing you again.

Grace Magnun Grade 5A The slide show was really interesting. I never knew that there were so many small animals, I never really see any of those animals, well that’s probably because they can camouflage so well. I have only seen the Honey Badger, the bird that can camouflage between the rocks, the cheetah and some others. I thought that only a chameleon could do it , but now I know that chameleons aren’t the only ones, I know now that also other insects and plants. I would like to learn more.

Henry Grant Grade 5A I want to thank you for visiting us on Monday and telling us about different types of animals and telling us facts about them. Thank you for telling us to watch out for certain animals that are poisonous [now i know that it’s animals that are black and orange] thank you for showing us different types of plants. Thank you for showing us animals that camouflage in plants, trees and on the ground I really enjoyed and thought that it was really cool when they camouflaged. I found your presentation very interesting.

Thank you for visiting us.

Izak Kanime Grade 5B The Nature Talk was very interesting. I love animals and very much enjoyed the talk. We learnt a lot of things we did not know, such as: how animals camouflage, as well as different animal species. It was fun to try and guess where the animals were hiding. I would definitely recommend the talk to anybody who loves nature. I think everyone enjoyed it and would like to thank you that you even came to talk to us! It was very early in the morning and I can’t believe you knew all that about nature! It was very prepared and organized and was a very different approach then I thought (in a good way) It was very kind of you to share your knowledge with us.

As I said I love animals and would love if you did it one day to another school that is not as fortunate as St Paul’s.

My favorite animal was the ant spider (I can’t remember it’s real name) Kind regards, Jasmine Rennie Grade 5A P.S. It was so interesting!

The talk that Mr Louis Jordan gave to us about nature was a funny and interesting. I learned a lot about animals and their abilities to hide, change colour and worn predators. I also enjoyed all the weird and funny looking insects and other animals but my

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most favourite part was at the end when the we had to look for the camouflaged insects and animals.

I wish for Mr Louis to come back and tell us more interesting facts like: man is not number one.

Joel Hiveluah 6B Mr Jordaan I really enjoyed the presentation we had about nature on Monday . I like it that you came all the way here to tell us about how important nature is to us. I liked that animals are just as important as humans and also thank you for teaching us all about camouflaged insects and all the names of different insects and also how the spider tries to hide from their predators and how it pretends to be an ant. Also how insect webs look like. I also enjoyed the talk about the plants and what type of animals go to which plants.

I must say the presentation was well prepared. I cant wait to see you again thank you so much.

Joyeuse Gahutu Grade 5 B Thank you for coming on Monday it was a honour meeting you. Sir you opened a new door to me of nature it was just AMAZING. I was shocked when I could not even see these spectacular creatures! And the photos were wonderful!

Do the warning colours give away scents? Are there more of these creatures? If there are would you, please send me a picture. Sir did you know that these were creatures when you first saw them? THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN MR JORD AAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KIND REGARDS Karie Van Schalkwyk Grade 5B It was really interesting how much things can hide in nature. I loved it when you showed what some birds make their nest out of and how prey confuse their predator. I wish you just told us more about seed dispersion, because it was really interesting and you only told us a few seed dispersions. You have been a great inspiration and have inspired me to become an animal Scientist thank you for coming and taking time of your work. I loved your talk and I hope you make it longer in the future. Hope you can come again and thanks Mr Jordaan.

Keaira GR 4A

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It was one of the best talks I have ever heard.

Before this I thought that Nature was not so important, but when Mr. Jordaan showed us how important Nature was, I was amazed! Even though most things he showed us didn’t look very nice it was still very interesting, like the one butterfly that looked poisonous, but was not. I think many people were inspired by Nature and Mr. Jordaan. Some insects were looked very nice, but others weren’t. I want Mr. Jordaan to come back and teach us more about Nature and the inspiring things all the insects can do. My favourite insect was the Spider that looked like an ant.

I can’t wait until we have another talk about Nature. Thank you for coming to our school.

Keegan Gr 4A

It was amazing! Could talk more about caracals? (caracals are my favourite animal) Could you come back? Where do you find star bushes and the plant that looks like caracal feces? I love nature! Most of all I love mimicry it is so cool!!!!

How long are you in Namibia for? Have you ever seen a real life caracal if you have how many times have you seen one? What is your favorite animal? Could you talk more about mimicry? What is your favourite tree?

Kian Gr 4A I thought that your work was lovely. It inspired me. I never knew any of those animals could change colour and especially the way one type of beetle changes colour to prevent it from being eaten for it is poisonous. And a harmless butterfly who does not want to be eaten, because it is poisonous as well I would love to hear more about nature because I love the outdoors my friend has a pet squirrel because she loves animals I bet she would want to learn all about nature and I wish I teach her all about you and your work but sadly I cannot for you are not in Rundu where she lives and where I used to be a scholar. It would be a dream come true to see you again you have always been a great inspiration and will always be. You make me feel like the happiest person on earth may God bless you, Bless you until the day I die. You make everybody experience the good attention they do not want to experience in class you’re the reason people pay attention to nature it is amazing for you to teach everybody abut nature they hate nature and think it is trash but you make them see how amazing and important nature can really be God has given you the gift to see the little parts of nature he said “I know this lovely young ma will see that nature is important and not everyone will but I know very well he will.” You make me go hooray just hearing your friendly nature voice I love you so much you are the fifth best person I know in the world.

Kiara Gr.4A Lara Van Rensburg 5B Thank you for coming last Monday, I loved it so much! I would love it if you could come again and talk more about animals. I never knew that other animals could camouflaged like that. I did not know that geckos could mimic snacks like that, but know I do. I think your presentation was amazing. I just have one question did you take those photos?

I just want to say that you have been a great influence on me. Thank you so much for coming it mend a lot to me.

For Lara Van Rensburg I loved your beautiful presentation about nature. I love nature and I learned so many new things I hope you come and visit again soon and show us some new pictures you took. And I was wondering if those animals were from Namibia.

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Please come and visit us again. Our school loved that presentation and my class couldn’t stop talking about it after that. My favourite part of your speech was the spider that looked like an ant. And I wanted to know if you’ve gone to a farm before because there’s lots of nature there and I once saw a sand lizard on my farm and I was hoping if you come back can a sand lizard be something you talk about I love them and I love nature thanks for the nature talk.

Lauren 4A

e onally lov use I pers nts. The a c e b re ut natu nd pla e talk abo animals a ictures that I loved th e because of the p th e of e e id g becaus n ed and th being outs ti s in la re p te x e in re ry e e v if w s ve it it things talk wa I would lo . the way ts n n w la o p h s sting facts were als and ore intere ing was the anim m t r u o fo b k a c ryth facts ome ba lants. Eve u sible to c als and p fun if yo im were pos n ry a e t v u e o b b a s ld re u re I want Mr Jordan to come back because what he spoke about was very and pictu and it wo about natu presented other presentation during the y interesting to me. What I enjoyed the most was when he said humans aren’t tl c e rf e p gs an e back for y new thin ut nature. I the most important thing in nature. It was very interesting how amazing the could com ty’s. I learned man o b a w o n au little animals are and not just large animals that are amazing. I liked it how he really k t teresting o n and its be id n d fun a d in about that I ry n e o v ti e ta put it in such a fun way to try and spot the small animals and it was really th n r e fo tion pres thank you a presenta r you to to o e d k li difficult because they were so well hidden. And he is sucha good photographer. to ld e u k wo le fo ld li on. I wou ere possib And it also amazing how he spots these animals if they so well hidden. presentati ecosystem if it w on. of Liam Martin 6B presentati the type r another fo k c a b come A GR 4A I have really enjoyed your talk it really inspired me because I want to be someone NDAPEW like you one day just standing there watching nature but the only difference is I will be watching amphibians. You really taught me more animals than I saw.

I really what to know more so please come again and teach me more. I want to be on a safari with you my most liked amphibians are hellbender, giant salamander, mudpuppy , bullfrog and axelothle.

Lorenzo Du Raan Grade 5B

It was an amazing experience I learned that nature is our responsibility, and we must make sure all the animals are safe. I also learned many facts about animals, like how spiders can pretend that they are ants so they can eat the ants and also so the ants could protect the spider. My favorite part was when you talked about my favorite animal a cheetah. I really hope you could visit soon. The nature talk because I learned that there are many animals that people do not know about and we have to keep them safe.

Makda Shepard Gr 4A Dear Mr.Jordaan , today I will be writing to you about what I thought about your speech about nature. I thought it was brilliant you expressed your feelings so well about nature and that is what I loved about your speech. For the first time I began to love nature more then I used to love it. I loved how you showed us animals that we haven’t seen before. Your speech was really inspiring to listen to!!! In my head I thought “Mr. Jordaan came a long way to present his presentation I really love the way he is expressing himself and telling us why he loves nature” That is what I thought. I loved how you showed us the pyramid and all the different things that matter in nature. I really want you to come back because your speech was very inspiring to watch and to listen to!!!! You made me love nature and play outside every day I get back from school. You are really inspiring. I also loved how you found all those animals and got to take pictures of them… You were very confident to present your wonderful speech. I really want to say thank you for coming to our school and telling us wonderful things about nature that we haven’t heard before. Your speech was beautiful and I admire the way you spoke; you really gave us a beautiful speech about nature!! I think your very special I hope you have a wonderful future and please come back to St Pauls!!! I would like to hear another speech about nature and I also want to give you a huge hug and say THANK YOU one again!!!!

Martina 4A I loved the talk. I want him to come back some day because it was encouraging and interesting. I think it was interesting because I liked the speech, the photos and all the details. What I liked the most was the nature and the animals. I would like to go out into the wild and see some of the animal. I would also like to find a new species of animals and test the D.N.A of the animals. I want to help all the animals in the world and save the endangered species in Africa.

Thank you Mr Louis Jordaan for encouraging me.

Max Magnun 6B My favourite part was when you asked why the baby cheetah had an almost black body and I said so that it looks like a honey badger the honey badger is my favourite animal because they so tough and never give up. I have loved animals ever since was about six and you coming to talk about the one thing I love so much was fantastic and the first animal I think about is the octopus. They can not only change their colour but even the texture of their skin. I hope you come back real soon. I also thought it was amazing how well the gecko could hide themselves.

Micah grade 4A Thank you very much for coming Mr Louis Jordaan.

I really enjoyed the slide show you did for us was excellent. I really learnt a lot of things I never knew abought birds and insects and their natural instinct to hide in different places. I think all of us learnt a very good lesson. Just to think that there are so many animals around us that we never even see and there are so many animals still to discover there are 5,000,000 animals still to be discovered in the world and 95 percent of the ocean is still un explored.

I really admire your work!

Michael Raad Grade 5 B

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I liked it because you showed me that you have to understand animals and plants to like them. I never knew that animals could hide in such weird places and plants. I hope you come back to show us new things about plants and animals. I hope you enjoyed talking to us as much as we enjoyed it listening to you.

Molly grade 4A I found Mr. Louis Jordan’s talk very interesting. His photos were beautiful and he knew very well what he wanted to say. He is a very intelligent man and I enjoy nature just as much as he does. I really appreciated him giving up his valuable time to come and talk about something he loves. Mr. Louis is a very favoured person of mine. He can come and do another lecture any day if it was up to me. I also enjoyed him because he is most likely to be Afrikaans just like me. I found it an honor being there and being able to listen to him.

I would enjoy it very much if Mr. Louis Jordan would come back.

Moné Graham 6B Hallo Mr Jordaan! I’m here to regard the talk you presented to the grade 4-7 of St Paul’s. I loved the first animal you talked about the best. It was the Flower spider. I love the pictures you showed us where we had to guess were the animal was camouflaged. I remember one bird that you showed us that was almost impossible to find! I don’t remember the name of this bird, but I know that it looked a lot like a genifuel and would not make a nest for its eggs.

Instead it would lay the eggs in a hole PS I thought the eggs look super cute. I would like to thank you for flying/ driving all the way from South Africa. I wish you a safe gurney back home. Love Naomi.

Naomi Nadimi Grade 5A Mr Jordaan’s presentation was wonderful. The presentation not only educated the children of St Pauls but gave us a better understanding of nature. Mr Jordaan educated the children very well. The presentation was interesting because of the wonderful pictures. The presentation taught us how even the smallest creatures can do great things.

I think Mr Jordaan is one of the people who loves nature and wants to save animals and nature from poachers. We really need more people like him. I hope he comes back and educate us on the world of nature.

Nashe Murape 6B Yesterday we had a nature presentation we learnt about how different animals can adapt and hide very well in their environment. I never knew that other animals apart from chameleons can change colour. It was presented by Mr. Louis Jordaan and it was very interesting to hear and listen to. We learnt there are certain animals like mantises, spiders and grasshoppers as well as lizards can be undetectable when they are in their natural habitats. I never knew that even butterflies like the monarch can be poisonous because of its signalling colours and also who knew that even caterpillars and birds can hide in their homes.

He showed us an extraordinary presentation about insects and animals. We saw that a baby cheetah looks like a honey badger and maybe that is probable why not many animals eat baby cheetahs. There is a lizard that can take of its own tale when a predator is holding the tail. We also learnt about the star plant it was a very interesting plant to hear about. My favourite parts of it was seeing the animals and plants hide in their homes like a bird that was undetectable when it was sitting near rocks I hope he comes back with another presentation about more things and I hope to see what he saw soon.

Natalie Muonde Grade 6A

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The nature talk was a fun opportunity to learn new thing about certain animals and plants. Their different scientific names and Afrikaans names were fun to try and pronounce. It was interesting as to how some animals adapt to the environment.

I find spiders a little disturbing and so I didn’t enjoy seeing them, however I found it awesome to see different ways they can camouflage into different plants, rocks, and even other animals!

The birds that adapted by using certain dead bushes and spiders’ webs to make their nests was interesting to see.

The bird that was very easy to see in the water, was difficult ope to see when sitting on its nest, in the rocky outcrop. I enjoy I really h ting and s of re g n te ti in s birdwatching and this was awesome to see how these certain intere as very ry w e v lk s ta a e a they re in.it w birds adapt to the environment.

I think th ls while back aga a e im n m a o c little als that I This was a talk that I would attend a lot because I enjoy nature he can all those new anim aring t d u n o u b a fo g e he and being in nature. I would enjoy it more if we could learn how h ed learnin eeing and lot in ging. I lov enjoyed s I ra . e d more about other animals from all over the world, such as tt te a camoufla is m x ctually know e a n t e a v that e th t ls o South America (The Amazon Rainforest), and Australia (The did n g to know rs n all anima ti s m s re re te a e ite in Outback). It would be awesome if we could see this again, that there times spid It was qu that some the onment. d ir n e v a m n ts ti e e n r and I wold enjoy if there were more pictures of animals being a u o ut som b es with s rs s e t to a m l d a w now ha om pre camouflaged. It was a fun opportunity to learn about these no anim sting to k to hide fr re ts te n to a in d h o it it plants and animals. stay w It was go . I found s animal. t the ants use Todd Parker 7B ous beca spiders ea re of the poisonou o a re pois n a rs out s u ie d lo n o rfl fi c e the me to all butt o s t e o n w a t a s a nd it ’s I really thought it was amazing, I would love to go exploring with find out th w they are. It w the top a t a r o fu n e k it e back. s wh you I just can’t believe you spotted those animals. My favourite I did not e can com etah ha h e e h c p o y h b a y plant and funniest plant was the baby’s bum. It sure is going to why a b om. I reall t the bott all black a himise 6B i Ka Ishayvan

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inspire me to go outside more often! I really love nature and all animals there just so amazing the way they were made I know a lot of friends who won’t think the same as I. here is proof I love animals and nature. we had two hamsters two fish two dogs a parrot three cats and a tortoise, we have a flower garden, a fruit garden and vegetable garden we even have a bird feeder. You really love nature don’t you please come back again with an animal if you can and talk about raccoons may God bless you!!!!!!!!!!

Anoushka Gr.4a

I enjoyed the presentation it was interesting and all of those animals you talked about it was interesting and exciting, I learnt a lot about the animals and I would like you to do another presentation. The animals that could camouflaged were cool like the gecko and spiders, the trapdoor spider was really cool and the poisonous bugs and animals were very interesting and the way that the leopards and honey badgers camouflage is cool. Thank you for teaching us about the animals I hope you come again.

Nicolas Deckenbrock Grade 5A I have enjoyed your presentation, with all the little creatures that can barely be spotted. It was very interesting about the spider who looks like an ant, and the others. I have never heard such interesting plant and animal names in my whole life. Thank you for coming to St Paul’s College to teach us such extraordinary things. I laughed when you showed the picture of the “Baby’s Bum.” When I got home I told my parents and they were very interested in your presentation.

These were my favourite things: * the spider that looked like an ant * the Baby’s bum * the baby monkey on the first slide * the star bush * the camouflage games * the interesting names Sanne Dewulf Grade 5B I enjoyed your presentation, it was extremely interesting, and all the little animals that can barely be spotted by our human eyes. It was interesting seeing their strategies to camouflage, some better than others. My favourite part is when you shoed us the “Baby’s Bum” Then I had a good laugh ; ). Maybe you could come again and speak more about nature and its beauties.

The things I mostly enjoyed are: *The Baby’s Bum, *The “fake bird entrance” (Sorry, I forgot the name) *The star plant and how it “defends” itself Thank you for your time, and for coming to present it to us.

Kind Regards, Sara De Jesus Grade 5B I quite enjoyed the nature talk presented to us yesterday by Mr. Jordaan.

I enjoyed learning interesting and new facts about both animals and plants.

I thought the pictures that Mr. Jordaan presented were brilliant considering the angles he took them from. I was impressed by how he explained the animals and plants’ adaptations.

If I was asked whether I thought St. Paul’s College should organise such a presentation again, I would say yes!

I want to thank Mrs. Koekemoer and Mr. Jordaan for showing grades 4 to 7 this presentation.

Hopefully the students of the primary school will have the opportunity to witness such an amazing insight on life in wild once again.

I hope that Mr. Jordaan will continue expressing his love for nature and widen Namibians’ knowledge of this fascinating wildlife we have here.

We, as Namibians are very privileged to have such wildlife in our country.

Shana Arendorf 7B

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The 2018 Readathon was held from the 24th to 28th of September. During this event, learners were encouraged to contribute to the ‘Smarties Campaign’. The campaign asked for donations of various types (from useful items to money), and contributions could be made until the 19th of October. The deadline for donations was extended to the 31st of October to accommodate the teachers’ and pupils’ enthusiastic response.

Various competitions were held, and they resulted in the following winners and rewards: • Grade 6 B: is going on an outing to Nankuse on the 19th November.

• Grade 3 A: is going to the Mammadu Foundation (primary and pre-primary school in Katutura) on the 12th of November.

• Grade 1 A: is going to Oude Rust Old Age Home to sing and read to the elderly people, and the students are also taking gifts to them.

• Grade 1 B: is going to Katutura old age home on the 9th November to sing and read to the old people and the students are also taking gifts to them.

• Grade 5 A and B (of 2018): will go to the Lidar Foundation in the Damara district of Katutura to take them gifts, clothes and shoes. We also collected N$5000 for the Foundation to buy school uniforms for the girls. In January 2019, they will hand over the school uniforms.

On behalf of St Paul’s Primary School and myself, I want to extend a heart-felt thank you to all the parents, students and our community who made our Readathon 2018 a memorable one.

Jossie Koekemoer

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Forming firm foundations for the future

St Paul’s is considered a school with excellent academic standards and achievements. The teachers at this school strive to provide all the necessary resources that will equip learners to reach their full scholastic potential. Even though this is the case, there are still scholars who experience challenges in the classroom environment. It is therefore imperative that a holistic approach be implemented in the school, in order for these scholars to maximise their learning potential.

We aim at minimising and removing barriers to learning so as to accommodate all scholars within our school community. A collaborative approach between myself, the teachers and our parents will be used when identifying barriers and implementing strategies to alleviate these barriers. St Paul’s ensures that all scholars, including those experiencing academic challenges, receive the best academic service our school has to offer.

If your child has been identified as needing additional learner support, it is not a reason to panic! All it means is that your child has been given the opportunity to improve their school work, which, in essence, is the most wonderful gift that you and our school could give your child, as knowledge has the power to open up not only the minds of our children, but also their futures.

Our learner support lessons are a service that is provided for Grade 1 to Grade 4 scholars. These support lessons are conducted in small groups and take place during school hours. Each support lesson is approximately 35 minutes, and takes place during non-examinable lessons. The lessons will commence immediately after the parents/caregivers have received notification from the school. This will be in the form of a meeting or a formal letter.

My role as a learner support teacher is to apply supportive strategies to assist learners within the classroom. We concentrate on building the foundations that may have been lost or forgotten. Our focus is predominantly on phonics, reading, and comprehension.

Shelley van Rooyen Leaner Support

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St Paul's U/11 won against Gobabis Gymnasium.

Mini Cricket League

St Paul's U/11 won the semi-finals against the WAP B team.

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Right: Todd Parker won the Namibian Open Junior Championship in his division Far right: Charles Lohman wins the 2018 Tsumeb Open

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Back: Quadira January, Gerrard Shilongo, Daltrey Mwatotele, Tanaswanatshe Chibwana, Niels Knoetze Middle: Kiara Luis, Caleb Silombela, Ndeutapo Hangalo, Kiara Estrela, Erin Pickering Front: Cecil Pickering, Luke Estrela, Victor Manamike Absent: Franci Strauss

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Doubles Tourna ment April 2018

Saturday, 3 March 2018 Participants: Caleb Silombela Daltrey Mwatotele Victor Manamike Natalie Muonde Susan Hawala Rodrigo Acebes Teixeira We met at the Central Tennis Courts at 7:30 a.m. At 8:00 a.m. we registered and started to warm up. At 9:00 a.m. we had an opening and then all games started. Around 12:30 p.m. we had our prizegiving. Caleb and Daltrey received certificates.

The following two teams played red ball, which is the beginner category: Caleb and Daltrey, who won 4 out of 4 games, and Victor and Natalie, who won 3 out of 4 games.

The following team played orange ball, which is the middle category: Susan and Rodrigo, who won 8 out of 10 games.

All our tennis players played very well. We are proud of you!

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St Paul’s College participated in the FNB Tennis School League during the second trimester. We played against several schools. It was so much fun!

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We lost some games, but we also won some games! Our U/10 boys and U/12 boys and girls were chosen to play in the FNB NTA National School League in October 2018. This was exciting and all the players played well.

Our participation in the Tennis League benefitted our tennis players tremendously. Towards the end of the season we could see a noticeable improvement in their ball skills and ability to play in a tournament. We are very proud of them all. We hope to see the tennis going from strength to strength in 2019.

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Trail Running Alice Rowles (left) and Maja Brinkmann (right) shared first place in U/11 girls category at the Dunes Trail in Swakopmund.

They also share first place in the series.

Connor McNamara (front) was placed 2nd in the U/11 boys category and 2nd overall in the OTB XTrail Series.

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Independence Day Celebrations Speaker for Independence Day assembly - Steven Bernadus /Hara#geib Steven is a young man who is passionate about Namibia and about Africa. He was the guest speaker at a special Independence Day assembly at the Primary School on the 20th of March 2018.

Steven shared about the journey of life (which sometimes has obstacles) and that God has a special destiny for each child.

“We Steven has a degree in Social Work and has should m also studied Theology. He is presently young min ould employed at Lifeline/Childline. He has ds travelled to 49 countries and says, “We should passionat to be mould young minds to be passionate about their e about continent (Africa).” their c

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All the coaches who helped to make our sport programme a wonderful success.

The parents whose help ensured the events ran smoothly.

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