FREE 4 ALL Foundation & Intermediate phase newspaper - April 2024

SOUTH AFRICAN PRIMARY SCHOOLS’ NEWSPAPER Volume 20 Number 3

Total National Distribution — 700 000

FOUNDATION & INTERMEDIATE

EAT better, FEEL better, THINK better!

April 2024

PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION & INTERMEDIATE PHASE

Volume 20 Number 3 South African Schools’ Newspapers with a minimum contracted distribution of 700 000 FREE 4 ALL monthly Primary School Newspaper for Foundation & Intermediate Phase, & FREE 4 ALL High School Newspaper for Senior & FET Phase, are delivered free to learners in Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West & Western Cape.

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CONTACT DETAILS

FOR YOU TO THINK BETTER, YOU HAVE TO EAT BETTER.

It is very important to follow a healthy diet. All the good, healthy foods you eat supply you with all the vitamins your body needs to grow. They make you feel better and help you think better.

Have a look to see what vitamins do for you!

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VITAMINS AND MINERALS ARE VITAL FOR HELPING YOUR BODY GROW BIGGER AND STRONGER AND FOR KEEPING YOU HEALTHY.

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WHERE DO WE FIND THEM?

WHERE DO WE FIND THE VITAMINS AND MINERALS THAT KEEP US HEALTHY? Look at this wheel and you will see!

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WHAT vitamins do THESE foods contain?

LOOK CAREFULLY AT THESE FOODS. IN THE BLOCK BELOW, WRITE WHAT VITAMINS THEY CONTAIN.

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MORE SUGAR?

NO THANKS, I’m sweet enough!

Imagine your body is like a car, and food is the fuel that helps it run.

When we eat, our body turns food into a type of sugar called glucose, which gives us energy to play, learn, and grow.

There’s a special key called insulin that helps unlock the door for glucose to enter our body’s cells and give us energy. But in some people, like those with diabetes, their body doesn’t make enough insulin or the insulin doesn’t work properly.

DIABETES

So, it’s like the door is stuck closed, and the glucose can’t get inside the cells to give us energy.

That’s why people with diabetes have to take special care of their bodies by checking their blood sugar levels and taking medicine (like insulin shots or tablets) to help their bodies use the glucose properly.

With the right care, eating healthy foods, and sometimes taking medicine, people with diabetes can still do everything they love, just like everyone else!

TWO TYPES: There are two main types of

diabetes - Type 1 and Type 2.

Type 1 – The exact cause of Type 1

is unknown. This type of diabetes only sometimes affects children, who need to check their blood sugar, take meds and in some cases inject insulin every time they eat.

Type 2 – Type 2 can be triggered by an unhealthy lifestyle: • Too much sugar and carbohydrates • Not enough exercise • Being overweight

LOOK AFTER YOURSELF

It is important for everyone to eat HEALTHY FOODS and exercise regularly. If Type 2 is diagnosed early enough, it can be managed by making HEALTHY lifestyle changes.

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WHEW, IT’S HOT!

There has been a heatwave and the temperatures on MARCH 18th, 2024 have been recorded in some of the towns and cities in South Africa.

CITY/TOWN

Temperature

Cape Town Bhisho Pietermaritzburg Ulundi Kimberley Bloemfontein Mafikeng Johannesburg Mbombela Polokwane

31oC 33oC 33oC 37oC 28oC 27oC 29oC 30oC 34oC 34oC

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. 1 Which town had the highest temperature?

2 Which town or city had the lowest temperature?

3 Name the place that had a temperature that was 10oC lower than Ulundi.

4 How many degrees was Johannesburg hotter than Bloemfontein?

5 Which was colder, Pietermaritzburg or Mbombela?

6 Which two places recorded the identical 33oC temperatures?

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CHECK THE GRAPH!

We can show the same information in a different way.

Transfer the temperatures given on the opposite page onto the bar graph. (For fun, use a different colour for each bar.)

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ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. 1 How many places had temperatures higher than 32oC? 2 How many places had temperatures lower than 30oC? 3 What is the difference between the highest and lowest temperature recorded?

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WHICH OF THESE HOT DRINKS DO YOU DRINK? (CIRCLE AS MANY AS YOU LIKE)

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WHAT COFFEE DO YOU DRINK?

(CIRCLE AS MANY AS YOU LIKE)

A Iced coffee B Cappuccino C Coffee with milk D Decaf coffee E Coffee milkshake F None – I don’t like coffee

WHICH MILKSHAKE FLAVOURS ARE YOUR FAVOURITE?

WHICH OF THESE COLD DRINKS DO YOU DRINK?

(CIRCLE MAXIMUM 3)

A Chocolate B Strawberry C Caramel D Vanilla E Bubblegum F Creme Soda G Banana H Coffee I None of these – I don’t like milkshakes

(CIRCLE AS MANY AS YOU LIKE)

A Fizzy drinks B Water C Iced coffee D Iced tea E Milkshakes F Fruit juice G Energy drinks H Bubble tea I Other

WHICH ROOIBOS TEA FLAVOUR WOULD YOU PREFER? (CIRCLE MAXIMUM 3)

A Plain F Raspberry Cherry B Pineapple & Peach G Litchi C Apple & Strawberry H Vanilla & Strawberry D Passionfruit & Peach I Grape E None of these – I don’t like Rooibos tea J Other

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WHAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD ROOIBOS? (CIRCLE MAXIMUM 3)

A Delicious B Gross C Home D My Granny or Mother E Healthy F My favourite G Nothing H Not sure

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DIFFERENT VIEW

The drawings below show the pairs of stacks at different angles. Can you match them up?

Check out my view of the room!

A BIRD’S EYE VIEW of my bedroom

Imagine you are a bird looking down onto your bedroom.

Draw what the bird would see from above.

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STAY CYBER SAFE

There are many predators out there who can use your details to make contact with you and pretend to be your friend. So before you share anything on the internet, or on your phone, follow these precautions!

ALWA THIN YS BEFO K RE YO CLICK U • Never share your personal details – your ! name, age, address, phone number, or school with people you do NOT know.

• Don’t lend your phone to anyone without knowing exactly what they are doing with it.

• Have a unique password and never share it with anyone, even good friends.

• NEVER send pictures of yourself to anyone without checking with your parents first.

• If you come across anything that makes you feel uncomfortable or you think is odd, tell an adult.

• NEVER AGREE TO MEET ANYONE THAT YOU MEET ONLINE WITHOUT CHECKING WITH YOUR PARENTS (EVEN IF THEY ARE A FRIEND OF A FRIEND).

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: YES OR NO YES NO 1 Should you let anyone use your phone without asking why?

2 Should you send cute pictures of yourself to all your friends?

3 Should you share all your passwords with your classmates?

4 Is it okay to share your address if someone asks for it?

5 Is it okay to meet someone you don’t know in a public place?

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R U O Y P U SPICE

SMILCEHEESE!

AND SAY

ARE THESE JOKES CHEESY OR WHAT? Rate these funnies with a smile!

What do y fl you call a s? wing without A walk!

WHAT DO YOU CALL CHEESE THAT ISN’T YOURS? NACHO CHEESE!

How does the moon cut his hair?

Eclipse it!

WHAT DO YOU GUYS WHO LO CALL TWO VE MATHS? ALGEBROS!

What d a bee o you call make that can’t up its mind?

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What did the dog say when it sat on sandpaper?

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WHAT DO YOU CALL A FAKE NOODLE? AN IMPASTA!

Why was the cookie sad?

His mom was a wafer too long!

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Why do fish avoid the computer?

They don’t want to get caught in the internet!

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KNOCK KNOCK. W H O’S TH E R E? W H AT‘S. W H AT’S W H O? W H AT’S FOR D INNER? I’M STA R V IN G!

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Why do the French eat snails?

THEY DON’T LIKE TO EAT FAST FOOD!

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WHEN DO YOU GO ON RED AND STOP ON GREEN? When you are eating a watermelon!

What l cal do you ld o a really ? apple NY GRAN H! SMIT

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What is the favourite fruit for twins?

Your friendly & trusted KANGAROO!

PEARS!

Why do oranges wear sunscreen?

BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS PEEL!

WhaT did the a peel say pple to the apple?

What do you call a sleepy fruit?

A NAPRICOT!

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The most famous CLOWNFISH in the world is the Disney character, Nemo.

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NUMBER PAIRS

Help Honey find the pairs of numbers that add up to 20.

Draw circles around the pairs.

(We have done one for you.)

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NUMBER SEARCH

Honey loves to play hide and seek. Help her find all the hidden numbers in this block.

Draw a line through them when you find them.

7 5 2 0 4 7 7 6 8 1

2 4 7 6 4 7 3 4 4 2

4 1 3 5 4 3 1 1 9 8

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READ & ENJOY

THE BRIGHT BLUE JACKAL

There was once a jackal who lived with his family in a forest in India. He was very inquisitive, and it often got him into trouble.

One day he wandered near a town at the edge of the forest and saw a large tub of something outside a house.

He climbed up the side to look. He stretched to see better ... and fell in!

The house belonged to a tailor and the tub was full of a bright blue colour dye, called indigo, for dyeing saris and other fabric.

Jackal splashed around in the dye. Suddenly he heard someone coming. He jumped out of the tub and ran away back into the forest.

He looked at himself in a pool of water. A bright blue jackal looked back at him.

‘What a handsome fellow I am! Surely this will bring me luck. Now I must make the best use of my lovely blue coat.’

‘Something very important happened’, said the blue jackal to his family.

‘I was chosen by the Goddess of the Forest to be the king of the forest.

She changed my colour to show that I am different.

From now on you must all obey me!’

But Blue Jackal wasn’t content with bossing his family around.

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He called all the animals of the forest together and told them he was a new kind of animal, and they must treat him as their king.

All the animals believed him. So they treated him like a king, never realising that he was just an ordinary jackal, dyed blue.

Blue Jackal became very spoiled. He never had to hunt for food, because Lion and Tiger brought it to him. He never had to wash, because the monkeys groomed him.

He became unbearable.

‘This has gone too far.’ said the other jackals. So they plotted against him.

One night, when the moon rose, the oldest jackal threw back his head and began to howl. All the others joined in.

Blue Jackal heard the sound. Deep inside him, he was just a jackal and he couldn’t resist the age old habit of howling at the moon.

‘Ah – ooooooooh’, howled Blue Jackal.

‘What is that racket?’, growled the lions and tigers.

‘Listen to that – the king is nothing but a common jackal!’; ‘A jackal, A jackal’, screeched the monkeys, ‘after him!’

Blue Jackal realised that his career as a king was over and ran away.

All the animals gave chase, but they couldn’t catch him.

Blue Jackal was never seen again.

I’m sure this story must be true, because I have never heard of a blue jackal living in the forests of India.

Have you?

Dear teachers and learners

This DEAR programme is a celebration of a love of stories and the written word. So – please DROP EVERYTHING and set aside some time for everyone to READ this story about the Bright Blue Jackal.

Keep time aside in future – always have a book close by so that you can just Drop Everything And Read!

Thank you

D.E.A.R. PROGRAMME A celebration of reading.

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PUZZLED PLURALS

SINGULAR means one.

Use the clues to complete the crossword puzzle.

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1 Baby dogs 3 They swing from trees by their tails and love eating bananas 4 Grown-ups 9 The opposite of grown-ups 11 We calculate these in maths 13 Another word for noughts 14 Very important tribal leaders 15 We can milk these animals 17 Hard sweet baked goodies that we have with our tea 18 Another word for stones 19 A round red fruit eaten in salads 20 A large vehicle used to transport a lot of people at the same time 21 These four-legged creatures bray 20 FREE 4 ALL March 2024

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DEAR

WE ALL KNOW THAT READERS BECOME LEADERS AND THE OAKS ACADEMY IN CAPE TOWN IS SETTING OUT TO PROVE JUST THAT!

D.E.A.R.

On 15 February, The Oaks Academy launched the D.E.A.R. reading program at their school.

D.E.A.R. stands for Drop Everything And Read and that is exactly what every learner and staff member does on a weekly basis.

At a certain time of the day, a jingle will play and everyone drops what they are doing to read.

Mrs Johnson, the owner and founder of the school is very enthusiastic about the program and is hopeful that it will cultivate a love for reading amongst learners. Everyone is loving the D.E.A.R program!

I feel happy when I can stop doing work and read. (Caleb Gr 2) This program is beneficial for children and adults because life gets busy. It is very therapeutic in our busy day to stop and read.

Because reading is my best hobby, I love the D.E.A.R. program. (Dannii Gr 5)

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If you are involved in any programs at your school that are fun, creative, interesting or just plain awesome – we would love to hear from you.

All you have to do is send an email with all the details to the Managing Editor at seugnette.comber@mml.co.za.

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BOOKS books REFERENCED referenced

In this newspaper we have used and referenced learner books, work books and study guides published by Maskew Miller Learning. These are the specific textbook covers with their ISBNs. You can find more details on www.mml.co.za PagePage 4 -5:2-3: Midnight VitaminsFeast & You, Page 5: Diabetes Page 13: My time

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DEVELOPS KEY SKILLS from the South African Simply superior!

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Platinum Einstein is Rashied’s best friend!

Natural Sciences and Technology

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Honey has moved in with Nilah. Honey is the smartest cat in the world!

Afrikaans Graad 6

Nilah is 12 years old and is in Grade 6.

She spends her free time reading and drawing.

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Kurt is 10 years old.

He is in Grade 4 and he loves skateboarding and computer games.Grade

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Level 1: 1 word or 2-word phrases per page; strong visual cues aid understanding.

Lots of repetition.

CAPS

Smart-Kids Workbook

Lindiwe is 11 years old. She is in Grade 5 and loves all kinds of sports. She is also doing her bit to save the environment.

Neli needs a new helmet

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Town is a busy place

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Unusual plants and animals

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Who put that box there?

Three clever goats Zak’s good idea

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Maths all around us

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In the sea

Level 3: 1–2 longer phrases or sentences per page; strong visual cues aid understanding. Has question sentences.

Lots of repetition.

Level 9 • Book 9

Level 4: 1–2 varied phrases/sentences per page; strong visual cues aid understanding.

Has question sentences. Lots of repetition.

In the sea

Level 8: 1–2 short paragraphs; some visual cues on each page to aid understanding.

Stories and informational texts included.

Level 9: 1–2 short paragraphs; more complex language structures and some visual cues to aid understanding.

Varied text styles. Stories and informational texts included.

Level 10: 1–2 longer paragraphs; more complex language structures and some visual cues to aid understanding. Stories and informational texts included.

10. What happened next, Zak?

Level 11: 2–3 paragraphs per page.

Limited visual cues. Stories and informational texts included.

Also available:

Skills

Page 15: Number PageSearch 16: Animal Babies

Level 7: One paragraph (1–5 sentences) per page; strong visual cues aid understanding.

Uses direct speech and past tense.

Introduces information-style texts.

Poor Ninja!

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Level 6: 1–4 sentences per page; strong visual cues aid understanding. Direct speech and past tense. Lots of repetition.

Books in my level: 1.

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ISBN 9780636166189

English

Level 5: 1–3 sentences per page; strong visual cues aid understanding. Some direct speech. Lots of repetition.

Grade 6

Home Language

English Home Language Grade 6

Kurt is 10 years old.

He is in Grade 4 and he loves skateboarding and computer games.

NOTES AND TIPS for parents

Did you know that seahorses FUN AND ENGAGING are fish? Did youkids know that to keep motivated sea anemones are animals, and sea urchins have teeth? Find out more about the interesting plants and animals that live in the sea.

English

ISBN 9781775784883

Level 2: 1–2 phrases/short sentences per page; strong visual cues aid understanding.

Introduces question sentence structure.

Lots of repetition.

DEVELOPS KEY SKILLS from the South African Curriculum

Workbook

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ISBN 9781775783961

Supports

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Rashied is 13 years old.

He is in Grade 7.

He loves playing the drums and he loves all techno gadgets!

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Nilah is 12 years old and is in Grade 6.

She spends her free time reading and drawing.

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Instamaths

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There are also all new additional online activities to keep learners motivated and interested and develop their skills further. This user-friendly series is both a resource for teachers who want their learners to have a clear and confident understanding of Mathematics, and a fun and easy way for learners to practise and revise through self-study.

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ANSWERS to was the developed to provide learners with The Instamaths series activities included exercises that promote and consolidate core Mathematics skills.

FUN AND ENGAGING This new version is CAPS aligned and follows the curriculum week to keep kids motivated by week. The exercises are progressive and the level is appropriate to allow learners to easily practise and revise.

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