Wynberg Boys' Junior School Magazine 2018

Introduction Headmaster’s Report In the Staffroom Learnership Programme Reflection on 2018 WBJS Parent Association Events SGB Chairman’s Report Aftercare Report Infrastructure Report Smart Club Junior Prize-Giving Senior Prize-Giving Brother of the Week Wynberg Families

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Academic Pillar Grade R Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7

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Service Pillar Library Report The Early Act Club Charity and Community Service The Learning Support Department Computer Report #wbjsrecyclereusereduce Prefects & Learner Leadership

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Interschools General Knowledge Quiz Chess Club Music Report Art Club Drama Club

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Sport Pillar Special Achievements Athletics Report Cricket Report Cross Country Report Hockey Report Rugby Report Judo & Karate Squash Report Swimming Report Waterpolo Report Tennis Report

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Special Events Sri Lanka Tour Report 2018 Grey Winter Sports Tour Golf Day & Raffle Founders’ Day

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Headmaster’s Report On the cusp of a new year, it is my privilege to reflect on the year that is rapidly coming to an end.

The WBJS value system During the course of 2018, we have been introducing our boys to our value-system which we adopted earlier this year during Monday morning assembly.

We have had presentations by members of the management team on these values.

In brief, our values are: • Pursuing excellence • Relevant citizenship • Leading through innovation • Growing through learning Finding ways to describe aspects of these values to boys ranging in ages from seven to 13 years old is quite challenging, but I believe my creative management team have done an excellent job of this. We have attempted to illustrate how these values play out practically.

The pursuit of excellence This magazine is an unashamed celebration of our pursuit of excellence at Wynberg Boys’ Junior School.

Excellence is a habit of mind, a way of operating.

It is checking ourselves and that everything we do is in constant pursuit of excellence. Excellence is to show up for sports practice week after week. It is practising your music once more to get it right. It is going over those important pieces of work one more time to make sure you have really covered every possible point that could be included in a test.

Choosing your life script Each of us has a unique opportunity to do something special with our life. We can become brain surgeons and save lives, we can become engineers and build bridges, we can become teachers and educate children or we can become parents and raise a family. We really have complete freedom to choose what we want from life.

As adults we’ve chosen our script already.

My script consists of being a dad, a husband and running one of South Africa’s leading schools that I am very proud of. For our boys, their script is not yet written. They are barely at the audition stage.

Education as a means towards a fulfilled life So what does it take to set someone on a path towards a fulfilled life?

For me the answer lies in great teachers. I recently read that in its simplest form, education is change management. It is disruptive, it is challenging, uncomfortable and at times, difficult. To undertake a career in education by its very definition means opening yourself up to feedback and questioning.

Teaching is a tough job and is becoming increasingly so. It used to be the case that a teacher just had to turn up and deliver the same old lesson she or he did last year. Today, however, the expectations and complexity of the job have gone through the roof.

Teachers are now not simply classroom educators but also part-time social workers, compliance officers, diversity experts, social media gurus, parent liaison officers and shoulders to cry on, to name but a few.

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During this year, for example, staff undertook some training in restorative justice practices to move to a more restorative discipline system. While this may seem insignificant it is, in fact, revolutionary in the context of boys’ schools where traditional discipline systems are seen as part of the fabric of the school. In 2019 we will work towards conscientising our entire community in this way of thinking.

We have looked at how we teach Maths and how the children learn and we’ve decided there is a better way to do it – next year we will be transitioning to Singapore Maths starting with our Grade 1s. Boys are experiential learners and like concrete and practical ways of doing things, and Singapore Maths certainly provides this.

Teachers have the best job in the world but it is no wonder that the number of young people applying to join the profession is falling.

We have to work harder than ever to attract the best and brightest young talent. In 2018 we lost three teachers to the lure of working in the Far East. You cannot argue with young people using their profession to experience adventure, live and work in other countries, learn new cultures and earn significantly more than in South Africa. This challenge is not unique to Wynberg. It is happening at schools all over South Africa and is a risk factor of which we need to be conscious of.

Teachers are the world’s greatest change agents.

We can all remember a teacher who changed our view of the world or introduced us to something new.

We probably still know the name of the person who believed in us and pushed us, despite us feeling distinctly unsure of the next steps.

I wish to applaud our staff for being the very best teachers they can be and for being the all too often unsung heroes in our pursuit of excellence.

WBJS history and heritage Every morning I arrive at school and walk between the sandstone columns at the historic front of the building, fashioned from the very rock of the mountain immortalised in our school song.

It is this history and heritage that reminds me, I am but a small part of this great institution that has

stood at the heart of the Wynberg Community for almost 200 years. For me, these sandstone columns represent the four pillars at the heart of everything we do – academics, sport, culture, and service.

During prize giving, I am always struck by the names of teaching staff and old boys across generations whose contributions both to this school and their careers across these pillars, ring of excellence.

In academics and culture, Forbes Smith’s name stands out across music, culture and the classroom.

Our late Deputy Headmaster would surely share our pride in Siya Sineke, one of our Wynberg originals who started his journey in our first Grade R class in 2005 to become part of a cohort of boys who achieved the highest matric results ever for Wynberg. Siya has gone on to the take on the role of musical director for the critically acclaimed High School production of Shrek The Musical in his first year as an old boy. Another old boy, Jacques Kallis, recently named by none other than the Australians as the ‘greatest allrounder ever to grace a cricket pitch’, shared his pride with me on our groundbreaking cricket tour of Sri Lanka.

ANC politician-turned-author and activist in exposing the global arms trade, Old Boy Andrew Feinstein, whose career exemplifies both service and relevant citizenship, performed the role of Thomas Beckett in another High School production, the only recorded school performance to be staged in the open air beneath our sandstone columns.

Keeping in mind these examples of Wynberg Excellence, I invite you to read the magazine and celebrate our achievements across all four pillars with us.

Were we successful in 2018?

In closing, we may ask, “Were we successful in 2018?” Yes! We were! Did we live up to our school motto Supera Moras and never give up? Yes we did, and this magazine is testimony to that.

Supera Moras to you all as we look forward to 2019.

Mr C Poleman

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In the Staffroom This has been an eventful year in the staffroom!

Congratulations go to the following staff members who got married during the course of 2018: Mrs Bradford (Jones), Mr Wienand, Mrs Pastor (Faulmann), Mr Sabatta, Mrs Knutsen (Perrins), Mrs McGibbon (Anderson), Mrs Roos (Piccione), Mrs de la Cruz (Jenkins) and to Mrs Meredith (Gibbon) who got married before she left WBJS. Mrs Yankelowitz and Mrs Du Plessis both welcomed newborns into the world during the course of the year. We wish them all the happiness with their little bundles of joy. Mr Coomer also welcomed his baby girl into the world before joining WBJS in 2018. We wish him and his wife everything of the best. Mrs Fakir is expecting her third child during the early part of 2019. We wish her all the strength as she prepares for the arrival of her son, a future Wynberg gentleman.

Mrs Townsend attended her son’s passing-out parade as a Royal Marine in Devon, United Kingdom in September. Congratulations to them both. Such a proud moment!

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Congratulations to Mr Wienand and Mrs Pastor who completed a number of triathlons throughout the year. Various staff members completed the Gun Run. Thank you for being such great role models to our boys.

A number of our staff members attended workshops and courses throughout the year, always striving to improve themselves as educators and ensure that our boys are getting the best experience while at WBJS. Sadly we needed to say a number of goodbyes during the course of the year. During 2018 we bid farewell to Mrs Green, Mrs Meredith, Mrs BjĂśrkman, Mrs Labuschagne, Mr Nash, Mr Graham, Mrs du Plessis, Mrs Howell and Mrs van Eyssen.

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We saw the arrival of some new faces at Wynberg. We welcomed Mr Isaacs (Phys Ed), Miss Maree (Grade 5), Miss van der Merwe (Music), Mrs Korck (Finance), Mrs Rhode (Finance), Mrs Said (Marketing), Mrs Nugent (Counselling) and Mrs Williams (Counselling). We also welcome back Mr Coomer (Grade 6) who rejoins us after spending some time in Korea. We hope you will all enjoy your time at WBJS.

Mr R Isaacs and Mr D Oosterwyk

Some staff members retired during the year. We wish the following staff all the best in their retirement: Mrs Stupart, Mrs Goles, Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs Bauer.

They have been at WBJS for a number of years and we thank them for their service to our great school.

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STAFF PHOTO

BACK ROW: Mrs M Townsend, Mrs Q Mallum, Miss J van der Merwe, Mrs C Roos, Mr A Helmbold, Mr M Sabatta, Mr A Gerber, Mr D Oosterwyk, Miss H Tedder, Mr J Pretorius, Mrs M Yankelowitz FOURTH ROW: Miss C Lassen, Ms H Sproat, Mr L Tuswa, Mrs J Hugo, Mr N Mangqangwana, Mr R Isaacs, Mrs N Tresham, Mrs A Said, Mrs B Theocharis, Mr B Coomer, Mrs L Daniels THIRD ROW: Miss C von Molendorff, Mrs D Rhode, Mrs S Isaacs, Mrs C Howell, Mrs C Korck, Mrs M McGibbon, Miss C Rowbotham, Mrs O Woodman, Ms W Fourie, Miss I Saunders, Mrs J Paulsen SECOND ROW: Mrs M de la Cruz, Mrs S Israel, Mrs T Sims, Mrs H Lamb, Miss C Pedersen, Miss A Maree, Miss N de Villiers, Mrs C Knutsen, Mrs M Roberts, Mrs K James, Mrs S Pastor FRONT ROW: Mrs W Reynolds, Mrs L van Eyssen, Mr A Steward, Mr K Leverzencie, Mr G Rhode, Mr C Poleman, Mr J Engelbrecht, Mrs M Fakir, Mrs S Graham, Mrs D Wilkinson, Mrs C Bauer

MAINTENANCE STAFF

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BACK ROW: Mr M Scholtz, Mr D Ohlson FRONT ROW: Mr P Soxujwa, Mr B Booysen, Mr N Cedras ABSENT: Mr L Mayoba, Mr F Smith, Ms A Sauls, Ms R Cupido, Ms T Langa, Ms W Daniels

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Staff of 2018 HEADMASTER

Mr C Poleman BEd Honours (Ed Leadership & Management); HDE (IV); Cert HR Management

DEPUTY HEADMASTER Mr G Rhode HDE (IV)PS

GRADE R A

GRADE 3 D

GRADE 7 D

GRADE 4 A

AFTERCARE

Mrs S Isaacs BEd Mrs W Reynolds PTD (DTSC)

GRADE 4 B

Mrs O Woodman BSoc Sci (Hon Psych); HDE (IV)

Mrs M-L Townsend NTD Pre-Primary

GRADE 4 C

GRADE R B

GRADE 4 D

Mrs C Roos BA (Hons), PGCE

Miss C von Molendorff BEd

Miss W Fourie HDE

GRADE R C

GRADE 5 A

Mrs J Paulsen Dip (ECD) Pre-Primary

Mrs C Bauer BA, HDE

GRADE 1 A

Mrs M de la Cruz BEd

Mr C Graham BEd Miss A Maree BEd

GRADE 1 B

GRADE 5 C

Mrs T Sims BEd (FP)

GRADE 1 C

Mrs S Graham HDE(IV)(FP)

GRADE 1 D

GRADE 5 B

Mr D Oosterwyk BA (SRM); PGCE

GRADE 5 D

Mrs C Howell DSE (RE)NLD

Miss C Rowbotham BEd Hons Ed Psych, BEd Hons Ed Support, PGCE, BSocSc

GRADE 6 A

GRADE 2 A

Mrs L Meredith Paralegal Diploma; BEd (ISP) (Term 1 & 2)

Mrs M Fakir BEd

GRADE 2 B

Mrs K James Dip (ECD); BEd

GRADE 2 C

Mrs C Knutsen BEd

GRADE 2 D

Mrs D Wilkinson PTC (IST)

GRADE 3 A

Mrs N Tresham BA (Hons with QTS) in Primary Education

GRADE 3 B

Miss I Saunders BA(Hons), PGCE

GRADE 3 C

Mrs M Yankelowitz BEd

Mr M Sabatta BEd

GRADE 6 B

Mr B Coomer B MUS (PGCE) (Term 3 & 4)

GRADE 6 C

Mrs C Bradford BEd, Sports Management Diploma.

GRADE 6 D

Mrs S Pastor BA PGCE

GRADE 7 A

Mr A Steward BA; HDE

GRADE 7 B

Mr K Leverzencie BA; HDE

GRADE 7 C

Mr J Pretorius BEd

Mr B Wienand Bcom; PGCE Mrs K Green Mrs S Israel Mrs K Powell Mrs H Maguire Ms N Mananga

REMEDIAL & COUNSELLING Mrs L Daniels HDE (Remedial)

SCHOOL COUNSELLORS

LEARNERSHIPS

Mr B Cary 4th year Mr V Dyanti 2nd Year, Sport Management Mr J Helmbold Mrs J Hugo BEd Miss C Lassen Miss H Tedder Miss A Clarke Miss C Pedersen Miss N de Villiers

ADMINISTRATION Headmaster’s PA Admissions Ms H Lamb

Mrs R Nugent BSocSci Mrs N Williams BA (SW)

Cash Management

LSEN (REMEDIAL & ENRICHMENT)

School Secretary

Ms H Sproat B Prim Ed; DSE (Speech & Hearing)

Mrs Q Mallum Advanced Diploma in Public & Administration

LIBRARY

School Fees Administrator

Mrs M Roberts HDE

ART (Dept Arts & Culture)

Mrs M McGibbon BAD. PGCE

MUSIC (Dept Arts & Culture)

Mrs L Goles

Mrs E Stupart

Bursar

Mrs B Theocharis Mrs C Korck (Term 4) CJBIcba(SA)

Mr J Engelbrecht B Mus (Hon) (Composition & Arrangement)

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Mrs B du Plessis M Mus

ESTATE MANAGER

Mrs A Said BPRM Hons

Ms J van der Merwe B Mus (Jazz Performance)

Mr A Conradie Dip Sales & Management

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FOREMAN

Mr L Tuswa BEd

Mr L Mayoba

COMPUTER LITERACY

MAINTENANCE TEAM & GROUND STAFF

Mrs L van Eyssen HDE

IT MANAGER

Mr N Mangqangwana PC Technician, Computer Programming(Java & C#) Paralegal Practice

SPORTS

Mr A Gerber Mr R Isaacs BSc SES, PGCE

Mr N Cedras Mr P Soxujwa Mr F Smith Mr M Scholtz Mr Ohlson

CLEANING & HOUSEKEEPING Ms A Sauls Ms R Cupido Mr B Booysen Ms T Langa Ms W Daniels

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Learnership Programme This is the 11th year of the Learnership Programme at Wynberg Boys’ Junior School. Each year the programme welcomes new students and bids farewell to learnership candidates who have qualified and have taken up roles as teachers at various schools.

Our current programme consists of nine learnership candidates: Mr Helmbold, Miss Maree, Mr Dyantyi, Miss Tedder, Miss Clarke, Miss Pederson, Miss de Villiers, Miss Lassen and Mr Cary. We are also proud to have learnership candidates who completed their schooling at Wynberg.

The programme allows students who are studying a Bachelor of Education (BEd) through UNISA the opportunity to gain work experience at an educational institution while studying. It also allows the students to be fully involved in the day-to-day running of the school and gain invaluable experience that is needed to become a successful teacher. Each student attends classes and is assigned a mentor teacher who guides and assists them. They are also heavily involved in the co-curricular programme at

WBJS. They coach sport in both summer and winter.

They are also involved in the Foundation Phase ball skills programme, and assist in any cultural or school event throughout the year.

In the 11 years, we have had 10 of our previous learnership candidates qualify from the programme and then become full-time staff members of Wynberg Boys’ Junior School. The aim of the programme is to produce quality teachers and we are incredibly proud of those learnership candidates who are now full-time staff members. Former learnership programme candidates currently on our staff are Mr Sabatta, Mr Pretorius, Mrs Hugo and Miss Von Molendorff and, most recently, Miss Maree who took over from Mr Graham. Mr Graham also completed the programme.

This year, we bid farewell to Mr Cary and Mr Helmbold who complete their qualification. We look forward to growing the programme in years to come and strive to play a leading role in the development of future teachers.

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Reflection on

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Parent Association Events

This has truly been a fun filled and busy year for the Boys, the School and the Parent Association alike. Our aim is always to encourage the Wynberg Family Spirit and a good way to do this is by arranging fun things for our families to take part in, with fundraising being a by-product thereof.

We started the year off with the Family Picnic for the whole school, which was a great way for everyone to get to know each other, while also making it a little easier for the new families to the school. Good food and great music by our school Music Department was the order of the evening.

This was then followed by our Mother and Son cowboy themed dress up Fun Day. This was an opportunity for moms to spend some quality time with their sons (even if it meant dusting off those old boots, squeezing into those jeans and ruining their hair while donning a cowgirl hat). Memories were made while making funny faces in the photo booth, playing games and queuing for slushies and candy floss.

We then needed to work off all those slushies and candy floss by making our way to the start line of the Fun Run/Walk. What a wonderful turnout of families and their pooches! We unfortunately could not resist more good food and company as we sat listening sound of music from our school jazz band and then spoiled our lucky draw winners with some fantastic prizes.

There is no better way to end off the school year than with the Father and Son Campout. This is always an event the boys countdown the days to. You could feel the excitement in the air as the dads teamed up to form their potjie competition teams (the banter echoed through the car park while fetching and dropping boys). The boys also played 5-a-side soccer team they would be part of as glow sticks hung from every neck, arm and leg. Who knew we had such a passionate bunch of boys as they turned out in their supporters gear and waited in anticipation for the SA vs Wales rugby game to start. We doubt much sleeping happened that night, as giggles were heard way after lightsout and dads thought “shhhhh” would help. What happens on camp, stays on camp! (So the moms are told!)

We look forward to a great 2019 with you and getting to know everyone a little better as we support our boys and school in every way possible.

Mrs M Lupke and Mrs S O’Connor

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SGB Chairman’s Report A new SGB is elected every three years and March 2018 saw the election of the current SGB. What makes this SGB unique is that it contains five old boys, four representing the parents and one member of the teaching staff. Having this many old boys on the SGB, ensures that the traditions of Wynberg will be maintained and enhanced during this SGB term.

Under the previous SGB, the school developed its current set of values. All activities and new initiatives at the school are undertaken in line with the new values of innovation, excellence, growth and relevance. The new SGB takes over the guardianship of these values as we pursue exciting new developments at the school.

The plans for expansion of the Grade R premises and the renovation of the pavilion are well-advanced and we aim to have these two projects finished in 2019. The Grade R building expansion will create and extra classroom, library, play area and music room and allow for 100 Grade R boys to move into Grade 1. The pavilion is a central location of many sports played at Wynberg and its upgrading will create an exciting new venue for parents and learners from Wynberg and visiting schools to watch sport, including rugby, hockey, swimming and cricket.

Despite the challenges that the drought presented the school has replaced the grass on all three sports fields and is currently undertaking a full overhaul of the swimming pool pumps and filters

and has installed 80,000 litres of borehole water storage to manage the watering of the fields, filling of the pool and for use in flushing 50% of the toilets in the school, thereby saving precious municipal water.

Two new mini astros have been completed and in the new year the resurfaced tennis courts will add a further two mini astros. We must be the only school in South Africa with two full sized and five mini astros. These will be used for hockey, cricket and Physical Education and to relieve pressure on the grass surfaces.

The SGB thanks all the parents who have assisted in events organised by the PA, to raise funds for the school. A concrete example of the use of funds raised over the last few years is the renovation of the school hall which now boasts new seating and a new floor; a vast improvement on the original seating which dated from the commissioning of the hall in the 1980’s.

A school like Wynberg is a complex operation to manage and Mr Poleman and his management team have done an excellent job of advancing Wynberg along the path it is forging as the premier inclusive traditional junior school in South Africa. The SGB wish to also thank Mr Poleman, the SMT and all the teachers for the untold additional hours they devote to the learners at Wynberg without who’s dedication the school would not be the able to deliver the high standards we have come to expect of Wynberg.

Werner van Kets Chairman SGB

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Aftercare Report Once again 2018 has been a busy year at Aftercare. Whether it is playing with the dinosaurs and blocks or on the jungle gym, it is the place the boys can unwind after a busy day in the classroom. This is their home from home where hugs are the order of the day. They eagerly line up when the bells jingle for their chocolate spread sandwiches or to get their 15h00 treats. Miss Nomalady spoils them by making their 2-minute noodles or warming up their food. Every day when the clock strikes 16h00, we march off to the gym hall, front quad or, if we are lucky onto the field for some free play. We promise we do some homework in between. Fridays are celebrated with free play on the field or movie hour – you choose!

At the end of May, we said farewell to Mrs Karin Green. It was an end of an era, as she had started the Aftercare and managed it for 13Â years. The boys spoilt her with a surprise party, flowers and a gift voucher. We welcomed Mrs Helen Maguire at the start of Term 3 and it did not take long before she was on the receiving end of hugs and creative artwork from the boys.

Aftercare continues to be a vital and growing department of WBJS. This year has seen growth and enrolments reach a new milestone of 106 boys. This is due to the increasing demand for our services, particularly in Grade R and 1. Our older boys remain with us until Grade 6 and we encourage them to be older brothers to the younger ones. We have a great staff team and with the support of our wonderful parents, we truly are a family.

Mrs K Powell, Mrs S Israel, Mrs H Maguire and Ms N Mananga

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Infrastructure Report It has been a jam-packed year in terms of improvements, additions and improvements to the school’s infrastructure.

The following additions and improvements have been made to the water provision infrastructure: • Moved the irrigation tanks and connected them to the automated irrigation system • Procured and added 4 × 10 000 L JoJo water tanks • Fitted a pump and reticulated borehole piping to feed half of the school toilets • Installed fencing around the tank farm • Placed waterless hand sanitizers in all the bathrooms Regarding the pavilion and the pool, the following was done: • Paved path next to pool, in front of the pavilion and between the A & B Fields • Replaced pool filter sand • Repaired a water leak in the pavilion • Removed certain trees in front of pavilion • Refurbished the pool covers • Procured a robotic pool cleaner The following improvements were made to the hall: • Installed new flooring downstairs and upstairs in the Arnold Lorie Main Hall • Erected new seating in this hall Throughout the school and estate buildings, the following improvements were made: • Refurbished the current alarm system • Installed a CCTV camera system throughout the Junior School campus • Had an electrical survey done on the complete building • Ordered and placed recycling bins in the classrooms and around the school

• Replaced 14 aluminum windows in the music block • Serviced aluminum windows and doors in Grade R • Renovated new estate office and estate staff tea pause area • Replaced tiles in grade R and painted • Painted the front quad and the JP quad • Repaired roofing above the stairwell in main building With regard to the grounds in general, the following improvements were made: • Stumped ground in front of pavilion & next to A Field on the building side • Removed trees and stumped ground to accommodate mini astro • Installed new mini astro/multi surface sports area • Returfed the B and C fields • Removed trees and repaved next to the recycling and waste area • Serviced the electronic score boards • Erected new fencing between the Boys’ and Girls’ Junior Schools • Converted tennis courts to synthetic surfaces to be used as tennis courts and multi sports areas.

• Installed an additional four cricket nets.

Furthermore, the entire Junior School was surveyed to consolidate erfs. Plans for the Pavilion and the extended Grade R buildings have been drawn up.

The services of Berry Benjamin Architects and Biff Lewis have been engaged.

A very busy 2018 indeed!

Mr A Conradie

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Smart Club Adam Engel 2A

Ben Barnett 2C

Caleb Hugo 2A

Cole Breytenbach 2A

Imaad Croy 2A

Max Carikas 2A

Muhammad-Yaseen Parker 2B

Siwoo Sung 2D

Tristan KempsterDavies 2C

Umar van der Schyff 2A

Yaqub Fakir 2C

Cael Lupke 3B

Connor van Heerden 3A

Connor Vermaak 3A

Daniel Wolmarans 3B Dayyan Tresham 3D

Joshua Eccles 3B

Justin Igilige 3D

Lochlan Versfeld 3B

Luke van der Bergh 3D

Matthew Damon 3B

Matthew GreenThompson 3A

Mbasa Matikinca 3D

Mogammad Yaqeen Johnstone 3B

Oways Samaai 3A

Thomas Wyllie 3B

Yaseen Hendricks 3A

Abdul-Qaadir Walters 4C

Achmat Behardien 4B

Alex April 4C

Andre Steele 4D

Arthur le Roux 4D

Blake Allies 4A

Chad Campbell 4B

Cole Neethling 4C

Deen Haroun 4C

Devante Daniels 4D

Dhanyal Louw 4B

Jarrod Sargeant 4B

Jesse Carelse 4A

Jessie Theys 4C

Justin Schoeman 4A

Lyle Martin 4A

Mahir Ebrahiem 4D

Oliver GordonFinlayson 4C

Raeed Martin 4C

Seth Parkerson 4C

Suhayl Shaboodien 4C

Tiaan Roman 4A

Timothy Belcher 4B

Uzayr Ebrahim 4D

Yaqoob Ebrahim 4A

Yateen Naran 4C

Seth George-Louis 2D

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Zia Rahil 4C

Aleem Boltman 5B

Moane Adams 5A

Mohamed Saadiq Mathews 5D

Zuhayr Kafaar 5A

Aadam Fakir 6D

Adam Modack 6B

Alexander Fernandez Amaan Saffodien 6A 6D

Jaden Meier 6C

Joel Adams 6D

Luke Honeyman 6A

Luqman Samaai 6C

Taha Rahim 6D

Uthmaan Saban 6B

Uzair Tregonning 6A

Benjamin Badiali 7C

David Morgenrood 7D

Prince Farikeni 7D

Reuben Maart 7A

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Chistopher Taljaard 5A

Christian Gonsalves 5D

Damien Philander 5C

Hilton Botha 5B

Keean Vassen 5C

Muzzamil Solomon 5D

Zach Jonathan 5D

Zohaib Rahil 5D

Dayyaan Brown 6B

Ethan Lee 6C

Hamzah Mohamed 6B

Mogamad-Fayyad Jacobs 6C

Mohamad-Faiz Noordien 6A

Mohamed-Farhan Omar 6D

Samuel Flint 6B

Zaid Japie 6A

Abdullah Abrahams 7C

Akshay Lalla 7C

Alex Adriaanse 7C

Ashton Bisset 7D

Eesa Gamieldien 7C

Fayyaad Davids 7B

Gabriel le Roux 7C

Hamzah Loonat 7D

Saeed Ismail 7A

Salahuddien Gabier 7B

Yusuf Ebrahim 7C

Zuhayr Ebrahiem 7D

Mohammed-Farhaan Mohammed Rawoot Msindisi Mnyanda 5D Parker 5D 5D

Mikhyle Mafakala 7A Muhammad-Maahir Israel 7A

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Junior Prize-Giving Grade 1A Book Prizes for Outstanding Academic Achievement: Rayyaan Essack John Kalogeropoulos Nala Selemela Alex Schoeman

Gold Certificates Meritorious Academic Achievement: Tahrir de Vries Reza Ebrahim Mijwaad Haswary Theo Rouse Riley Schenck Matthew Searle

Certificates Faraz Adams Alex Botha Daniel Buxey Preston Downing Daniel Fabing Jonah Hager York Marthinussen Ahlume Mhlebi Andrew Rowland Zakariyya Safodien Moeketsi Skeyi Jack Stakemire Sami Thebus Alexander Underwood

Grade 1B Book Prizes for Outstanding Academic Achievement: Joshua Gonsalves Rayyaan Hoosen Iyaad Lakay Vishal Naran

Gold Certificates Meritorious Academic Achievement: Mohammed Dadaker Connor Haupt Radhee Hendricks Daniel Henriques Mika’il Manie Josh Schuller

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Zaid Abdurahman Chace Downing Joel Emmanuel Alexander Erasmus Mikaeel Frieslaar Zach Halvorsen Ilyas Ismail Adam Kuhn Oliver Lapage Tyler Martin

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Khwezi Qinga Ryan Scharffenorth Jhesu Solomons Adam Thomas Israel van Niekerk

Grade 1C Book Prizes for Outstanding Academic Achievement: Niyaaz Allie Daniel O’Brien Alex Oosterwyk Nicolas Thebus

Meritorious Academic Achievement: M-Fayyaad Berdien Patrice Ebobisse-Bille Benjamin Kleintjies M-Isma-eel Meyers Siyabonga Mkhonto Damon Petersen

Certificates Jordan Abrahams Matthew Abrahams Jeremy Blake Mikaeel Coetzee Tristan Daniels Kai Haraldsen Amaan Hearn Kenzo Hudson Jevaun le Roux M.Fayaaz Meyer Ameer Moose Hayden Tero James Theunissen Liam Wilson

Grade 1D Book prizes for Outstanding Academic Achievement: Yunus Hoosain Shailin Lotters Abdu-Dayyaan Mathews Benjamin Rentzke

Meritorious Academic Achievement: Louis-Zachary de Jager Hayden de Wet Mikaeel Jacobs Umair Patel Cole Paulsen Gabriel Peters

Certificates Imraan Cajee Tyler Castle Seth Davids Seth Elliott Landen Erasmus Mason Fourie Zachary Hanslo Zachary Louw

Buchule Maponopono Ebrahim Mohamed Ronaldo Muller Sandile Ngwenya Banele Radebe Mbayo Shimba Micah Wessels

Tinashe Nelukalo Jaden Paries Zuhayr Rawoot Liam Rogers Joshua Tulloch Fabio van Wyk Zachary Wooi

Grade 2A

Grade 2C

Cole Breytenbach Imaad Croy Caleb Hugo Umar van der Schyff

Ethan Arun-Thomas Ben Barnett Yaqub Fakir Tristan Kempster-Davies

Outstanding Academic Achievement:

Outstanding Academic Achievement:

Meritorious Academic Achievement:

Meritorious Academic Achievement:

Certificates:

Certificates:

Julian Alden Ethan Brown Eesaa Cajee Muhammad-Raa’id Davids Asher de Rock Christopher Jonas Adriel Kabemba Zayd Kazi Zachary Kolle Seth Leary Silubonile Ndlebe Fuad Parker Noah Segers Conor Thomas Noah van Vuuren

Zayed Arendse Tenniel Botha Bronson Brown Shiloh Davidson Seth Fabe Ruben Johnson M-Naeem Martin Riley Parry Daniel Raizenberg Noah Saayman Jake Serfontein Blayne Solomons Ethan Templeton Michael Wynne

Blake Alexander Max Carikas Adam Engel Jayden Grainger Ra’eed Lodewyk Razin Shaik-Abdul

Grade 2B

Outstanding Academic Achievement:

Josh Cochrane Muhammad-Yaseen Parker Amir Salie Connor Samuels

Meritorious Academic Achievement:

Mohamed-Imaad Ackerman Connor Blignaut Jared Braaf Zachary Holland Traigh Pathon Aidan Saunders

Certificates: Abdul-Mateen Abrahams Micah Arries-Hendricks Levi Barbier Daniel Beckett Caleb Davidson Amaad Dicks Logan Greenfield Liyabukwa Ndabeni

Raaid Adams Zac Constant Connor Kruger Benjamin Kuhn Joshua Miles Gabriel Peters

Grade 2D

Outstanding Academic Achievement: Seth George-Louis Ethan Owen-Collett Matthew Segers Siwoo Sung

Meritorious Academic Achievement: Kaylum Gonsalves Caleb Maggott Sihle Mcutshenge Zishan Rahil Adam Roopen Tameem Zemanay

Certificates: Zaydaan Ameeroedien Aadam Amodien Jesse Anderson Yahya Baradien Connor Brown Noah Coleman Max du Plooy Mogammad-Yaqeen Hoosain Jake Paterson

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Kyle Sargeant Noah Wagner Matthew Wolmarans

Grade 3A

Outstanding Academic Achievement:

Mogamat-Saligh Amardien Yaseen Hendricks Oways Samaai Connor Vermaak

Meritorious Academic Achievement:

Liam Aylen Kellen Baxter Matthew Green-Thompson Abdul-Muttalib Moerat Mbongeni Ndaba Connor van Heerden

Certificates Tayo Adriaan Riley Arnold Ezekiel Botha Kai Isaacs Aidan McArthur Ra’id Mohamed Olerato Moruri Hlalumi Ndwandwa Imaad Omar Israfeel Roberts Muhammad Ra’ees Ryklief Raheel Shah Jonathan Joshua Stephenson Callum van Niekerk

Grade 3B

Outstanding Academic Achievement: Ben Dednam Cael Lupke Lochlan Versfeld Thomas Wyllie

Meritorious Academic Achievement:

Joshua Eccles Rhys Hill Mogammad-Yaqeen Johnstone Isaiah Rodkin François Smith Daniel Wolmarans

Certificates Connor Barrett Mogamad-Ra-eed Daniels Matthew Damon Jibraan Lamara Panashe Mafuta Fayzaan Mia Ronan Mulholland Soyisile Ngada Logan Petersen Rashid Rehman Tallen Schutte Luniko Soci Tyler Southey

Grade 3C

Outstanding Academic Achievement: Mohamed-Uzair Gabie Annakin-Jay Smith Nicholas Stanfliet Mitchell Thoresen

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Meritorious Academic Achievement: Danyaal Essack Luke Felgate Khumzi Gogo Mika’il Isaacs Lucius Jacobs Ian Lawrence

Certificates:

Creative Writing Trophy in Grade 2

Beverley Bailey Trophy for the Most Promising Recorder Player

Frye Trophy for Creative Writing in Grade 3

Ukulele Honours with Distinction

Yaqub Fakir

Justin Igilige

Maths Trophy in Grade 1 Vishal Naran

Aadam Abader Che da Gama Jonathan Dellbridge Samuel Felton Caleb Ford Radwan Kaisan Ethan Leibbrandt Logan le Roux Limi Nani Khangelani Ndlebe Joshua Nyamimba Unays Salie Daniel van Reenen Akhil Varghese

Maths Trophy in Grade 2

Grade 3D

Cricket Award for the Most Promising U9 Cricket Player

Outstanding Academic Achievement: Damien Harris Justin Igilige Noah Magerman Mbasa Matikinca

Meritorious Academic Achievement: Matthew Dawson Daniel Johnson Ethan Kleintjies Amr Mohamed Dayyan Tresham Luke van der Bergh

Certificates Rauf Ahmed Husain Cariem Raees Conrad Senna Edwards Mark English Levi Essex Connor Fourie Luke Geland Cameron Grainger Minjun Heo Yahya Israel Nicholas Marks Liam Reed Benjamin Shimba

Special Awards Academic

Umar van der Schyff

Maths Trophy in Grade 3 Mbasa Matikinca

Afrikaans Trophy Grade 2 Seth George-Louis

Afrikaans Trophy Grade 3

Luniko Soci Panashe Mafuta

Merit Certificates Dayyan Tresham Ra’ees Ryklief Kai Isaacs

Piano Honours with Distinction

Trophy for the Most Improved Reader

Fife/Flute Honour Certificates

Hlalumi Ndwandwa

Sport Connor Fourie

Louw Trophy for the Most Promising U9 Rugby Player Rauf Ahmed

Hockey Trophy for the Most Promising U9 Hockey Player

Luke van der Bergh

Merit Certificates Cameron Grainger Oways Samaai

Violin Honours with Distinction Ben Dednan

Merit Certificates

Ian Lawrence

Connor Kruger Siwoo Sung Mika’il Isaacs

Honours Certificate for excellence in swimming

Guitar Honours with Distinction

Siwoo Sung

Trophy for Junior Cross Country Jonathan Dellbridge

Culture Art: GR 2 Honours Certificates Siwoo Sung Yaqub Fakir Connor Thomas Noah van Vuuren Joshua Tulloch Joshua Miles

Gr 3 Honours Certificates Matthew Green-Thompson Panashe Mafuta Noah Magerman Mbongeni Ndaba Tallen Schutte Raheel Shah

Nala Selemela

Raheel Shah

Althea Clews Trophy for Reading in Grade 2

Music Awards: Recorder

Forbes Smith Trophy for Reading in Grade 3

Mitchell Thoresen Connor Vermaak Ezekiel Botha

Toni Bauwens Trophy for Creative Writing in Grade 1

Merit Certificates

Patrice Ebobisse-Bille

Honour Certificates

Ethan Kleintjies Joshua Stephenson

Van Der Horst Trophy for Achievement in Art

Liam Aylen

Nicholas Stanfliet

Ben Dednam

The Hugh Killops Trophy for Reading in Grade 1

Siwoo Sung

Mitchell Thoreson

Matthew Green-Thompson Daniel van Reenen

Merit Certificates

Khumzi Gogo Fayzaan Hassan Mia Callum van Niekerk

Drums Honour Certificates Matthew Damon

Merit Certificates Josh Cochrane Isaiah Rodkin

Margie Titren Trophy for Gentleman of the Year Connor van Heerden

Honour Certificates

Lochlan Versfeld Ronan Mulholland Ethan Leibbrandt Lucius Jacobs Husain Cariem

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Senior Prize-Giving Honour Awards: Honours awards for Outstanding Academic Achievement are awarded to the top learners in the grade per learning area and for boys who achieve an annual average of 80% and above.

Caleb Cross

Academic Excellence

Devante Daniels

Academic Excellence

Mahir Ebrahim

Academic Excellence

Merit Awards: Merit awards for Academic Excellence are awarded to boys who achieve an annual average of 70% – 79%

GRADE 4 Muhammad-Zayyaan Ahmed Academic Excellence

Outstanding Academic Achievement

Uzayr Ebrahim

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Yaqoob Ebrahim

Academic Excellence

Lyle Martin

Academic Excellence

Raeed Martin

Outstanding Academic Achievement

Daniel Mohamed

Naeem Mohamed

Academic Excellence

Blake Allies

Academic Excellence

Academic Excellence

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Phoenix Ansley

Christian Fox

Cole Neethling

Academic Excellence

Academic Excellence

Academic Excellence

Alex April

Oliver Gordon-Finlayson

Seth Parkerson

Achmat Behardien

First in the Grade for Mathematics Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Timothy Belcher

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Zachary Brown

Academic Excellence

Sebastian Bruton

Academic Excellence

Chad Campbell

Outstanding Academic Achievement

Mogammad-Fahmi Carelse Outstanding Academic Achievement

Deen Haroun

Academic Excellence

Aniq Haywood

Academic Excellence

Chad Julius

Academic Excellence Merit Award for Saxophone

Hamaad Lamara

Academic Excellence

Aadam Lee

Academic Excellence

Jagger Lee Fong

Academic Excellence

Arthur le Roux

First in the Grade for English Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement Honours Award for Piano

Dhanyal Louw

Yateen Naran

Academic Excellence

Ayabonga Plaatjie

Academic Excellence

Declan Platelle

Academic Excellence Merit Award for Piano

First in the Grade for Natural Science Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Callum Theunissen

Outstanding Academic Achievement

Jessie Theys

First in the Grade for Afrikaans Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement Merit Award for Piano Merit Award for Drama

Yahya van der Fort Academic Excellence

Josh Vogelpoel

Academic Excellence

Academic Excellence

Zia Rahil

Abdul-Qaadir Walters

Academic Excellence

Academic Excellence

Qanit Rahim

Harris Woodman

Academic Excellence

Academic Excellence

Aiden Reynolds

Trophies and Book Prizes for Grade 4

Tiaan Roman

Book Prize and Honour Award for First Place in Class 4A – Justin Schoeman 4B – Dhanyal Louw 4C – Yateen Naran 4D – Arthur le Roux

Academic Excellence First in the Grade for Creative Arts Outstanding Academic Achievement

Abdullah Salie

Academic Excellence

Ilyaas Sasman

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Andre Steele

Jacob Pyaneeandee

Cameron Maneveld Academic Excellence

Academic Excellence

Academic Excellence

Shuayb Chilwan

Academic Excellence

Outstanding Academic Achievement

Uthman van der Schyff

Academic Excellence

Jack Centurier-Harris

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement Merit Award for Clarinet

Academic Excellence

Zidaan Samodien

Academic Excellence

Justin Schoeman

Nickolas Pond

First in the Grade for Social Sciences Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Jesse Carelse

Academic Excellence

Likabo Shako-Ahuka

Academic Excellence

Zaeem Essa

Academic Excellence

Dean Scharffenorth

Isma’eel Mohamed

Academic Excellence

Alex Barrett

Academic Excellence

Suhayl Shaboodien

Adam Allie

Outstanding Academic Achievement Merit Award for Drama

Muhammad Sayeed

Academic Excellence Merit Award for Guitar

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Outstanding Academic Achievement

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Ridaa Ebrahim

Christopher Marks

Academic Excellence

Jarrod Sargeant

Academic Excellence Academic Excellence

Top Academic Achiever in the Grade Arthur le Roux The Cowley Trophy

Awarded to the All-rounder for Grade 4

Justin Schoeman

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GRADE 5 Moane Adams

Merit Award for Drums

Matthew Arries

Academic Excellence

Aleem Boltman

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Jude Booysen

Academic Excellence

Hilton Botha

Academic Excellence Merit Award for Drums

Zaakin Croy

Academic Excellence

Ethan Daniels

Academic Excellence Merit Award for Clarinet

Razeen Ebrahim

Academic Excellence

Kieran Everson

Academic Excellence

Christian Gonsalves Academic Excellence

Cole Goliath

Mohamed-Saadiq Mathews Academic Excellence

Luke Miller

Academic Excellence

Msindisi Mnyanda Academic Excellence Merit Award for Cello

Kiyan Neoh

Academic Excellence

Maahir Orrie

Academic Excellence

Sachin Parbhoo

Academic Excellence Merit Award for Trumpet

Mohammed -Farhaan Parker Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Thomas Parker

Academic Excellence

Damian Philander

First in the Grade for Life Skills Academic Top 10 Honours Award for Piano Outstanding Academic Achievement

Gabriel Price

Academic Excellence

Academic Excellence Merit Award for Drama

Bruce Igilige

Zohaib Rahil

Sulaiman Jabaar

Mohammed-Ameer Rawoot

Academic Excellence Academic Excellence

Zaahir Jakoet

Academic Excellence

Luke Jeavan

Academic Excellence Merit Award for Strings

Zach Jonathan

Academic Excellence

Zuhayr Kafaar

Academic Excellence Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Michael Roman

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement Merit Award for Saxophone

Raeez Salie

Academic Excellence

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Muzzamil Solomon

Muhamad Kathrada Academic Excellence

Outstanding Academic Achievement

Shabaz Khan

Benjamin Thomson

Academic Excellence

Uthmaan Khota

Academic Excellence

Xavier Kruger

Academic Excellence

Gian Sampson

Academic Excellence

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Keean Vassen

First in the Grade for English First in the Grade for Afrikaans First in the Grade for Natural Science First in the Grade for Creative Arts Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Deen Wagiet

Academic Excellence

Muhammed Zalgaonkir Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Trophies and Book Prizes for Grade 5 Book Prize and Honour Award for First Place in Class 5A – Christopher Taljaard 5B – Aleem Boltman 5C – Keean Vassen 5D – Mohammed Ameer Rawoot

Academic Excellence

Aden da Costa

Academic Excellence

Justin de Mink

Academic Excellence

Tadiwanashe Dzvapatsva Academic Excellence

Fayaaz Ebrahim

Academic Excellence

Aadam Fakir

Outstanding Academic Achievement Merit Award for Trumpet

Kiaan Fakir

Academic Excellence

Alexander Fernandez Academic Excellence

Mikhail Fernandez Academic Excellence

Samuel Flint

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Jared Fortuin

Top Academic Achiever in the Grade Keean Vassen

Academic Excellence

The Wynberg Boys’ Junior School Trophy

Luke Honeyman

Awarded to the All-rounder for Grade 5

Christopher Taljaard

GRADE 6 Joel Adams

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Caderyn Africa

Academic Excellence

Muhammad -aseen Baradien

Junaid Toffar

Hugo Loggenberg

Academic Excellence

Christopher Taljaard

Aluwelwa Mandla

Academic Excellence

Edward Tshitemb

Kale Arnott

Academic Excellence

Liam Lawrence

Academic Excellence Merit Award for Drums

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement First in the Grade for Mathematics First in the Grade for Social Sciences Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement Honours Award for Drums

Academic Excellence

Zakariya Tresham

Academic Excellence Merit for Drama Academic Excellence

Dayyaan Brown

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Oliver Björkman

Merit Award for Drama Merit Award for Trumpet

Simon Hart

Academic Excellence Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Mogamad Fayyaad Jacobs Academic Excellence

Nicholas James

Merit Award for Flute

Zaid Japie

Academic Excellence Merit Award for Euphonium

Yuchan Jeoung

Academic Excellence

Liam Kleintjies

Academic Excellence Honours Award for Saxophone

Samuel Lawrence

Academic Excellence Merit Award for Strings

Ethan Lee

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement Merit Award for Drums

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Jesse Lloyd

Academic Excellence

Charles Marston

Academic Excellence Honours Award for Saxophone

Mthombo Mayeko

Academic Excellence

Adam Modack

Academic Excellence

Zach Raizenberg

Trophies and Book Prizes for Grade 6

Yusuf Ebrahim

Roshaan Reddy

Book Prize and Honour Award for First Place in Class 6A – Amaan Saffodien 6B – Dayyaan Brown 6C – Ethan Lee 6D – Farhan Omar

Zuhayr Ebrahiem

Academic Excellence Academic Excellence Merit Award for Guitar

Uthmaan Saban

Academic Excellence

Amaan Saffodien

Outstanding Academic Achievement

First in the Grade for Afrikaans First in the Grade for Life Skills Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Hamzah Mohamed

Luqmaan Samaai

Jaden Meier

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Max Munton

Academic Excellence

Mohamad-Faiz Noordien Academic Excellence

Luke Oldale

Academic Excellence

Farhan Omar

First in the Grade for English First in the Grade for Mathematics First in the Grade for Natural Science First in the Grade for Social Sciences First in the Grade for Creative Arts Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement Honours Award for Drums

Seth Paulsen

Merit Award for Flute

Jacob Punt

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Taha Rahim

Academic Excellence

Outstanding Academic Achievement Merit Award for Flute

Mohammed-Ameer Samuels

Top Academic Achiever in the Grade Farhan Omar The Alf Morris School Trophy Awarded to the All-rounder for Grade 6

Ethan Lee

GRADE 7

Abdullah Abrahams

Academic Excellence Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Tristan Ely

Academic Excellence Honours Award for Media Merit Award for Drama

Prince Farikeni

Academic Excellence

Salahuddien Gabier Academic Top 10 Academic Excellence Merit Award for Drama

Eesa Gamieldien

Merit Award for Drums

Academic Excellence Honours Award for Strings

Academic Excellence

Suad Satarien

Nasr Ackerman

Honours Award for Trumpet Honours Award for Media

Academic Excellence

Caleb Schilder

Academic Excellence

Robert Stark

Academic Excellence

Keegan Stevenson Academic Excellence

Jordan Swartz

Merit Award Bass Guitar

Declan Taylor

Academic Excellence Honours Award for Euphonium

Uzair Tregonning

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Thulani van Kets

Academic Excellence Merit Award for Piano

Matthew Wessels

Merit Award for Drums

Matthew Witbooi

Academic Excellence

Levi Wynne

Academic Excellence

Honours Award for Media Merit Award for Drama

Joshua Adams

Academic Excellence Honours Award for Guitar

Matthew Adams

Academic Excellence

Matthew Julian Adams Honours Award for Drums

Benjamin Badiali

Academic Excellence Honours Award for Strings

Imaad Badroodien Academic Top 10 Academic Excellence

Salman Green

Nur Haywood

Merit Award for Guitar

Daanyaal Hendricks Academic Excellence Merit Award for Drama

Jarrod Hendricks

Merit Award for Drama

Heath Horn

Academic Excellence

Saeed Ismail

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Muhammad Israel

Ashton Bisset

Academic Top 10 Academic Excellence

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Maximillian Björkman

Radhi Japie

Academic Excellence

Matthew Bowes

Academic Excellence

Danyaal Brown

Academic Excellence

Xavier Brown

Academic Excellence

Seth Christians

Academic Excellence Merit Award for Trumpet

Daniel Clucas

Academic Excellence

Caleb Conradie

Merit Award for French Horn

Jayden Dyers

Academic Excellence Merit Award for Brass

Academic Excellence Merit Award for Trumpet

Joshua Jones

Academic Excellence Honours Award for Violin Honours Award for Media Merit Award for Drama

Mika-eel Kader

Academic Excellence

Akshay Lalla

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Gabriel le Roux

Academic Excellence

Rayne Lombard

Academic Excellence

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Christopher Lotriet

Merit Award for Drums Honours Award for Media Merit Award for Drama

Hamzah Loonat

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement Merit Award for Drama

Reuben Maart

Academic Excellence Honours Award for Trombone

Mikhyle Mafakala

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement Honours Award for French Horn

Eesa Majiet

Academic Excellence

Nikola Maric

Academic Excellence

David Morgenrood

Academic Top 10 Outstanding Academic Achievement

Cole Muller

Academic Excellence

Aadam Najjaar

Academic Excellence

Thomas Newman

Academic Excellence

Kamvalihle Noconjo Academic Excellence

Joon-Ho Park

Honours Award for Drums

Ethan Ramsay

Academic Excellence

Matthew Thomas

Honours Award for Saxophone

Trophies and Book Prizes for Grade 7 Fine Award for English Top Achiever in English

Hamzah Loonat WBJS Trophy

Top Achiever in Afrikaans

David Morgenrood

Boardman Trophy

Awarded for Technology

Hamzah Loonat Spur Trophy

Awarded to the most promising young entrepreneur group

Awarded to the boy who has shown dedication and commitment to the school ensembles

Book Prize and Honour Award for First Place in Class 7A – Saeed Ismail 7B – Salahuddien Gabier 7C – Akshay Lalla 7D – Hamzah Loonat

Awarded for service to music at the school. Excelling as a member in various school ensembles

Service Awards: Library Trophy

Matthew Julian Adams

Epworth Floating Trophy

Damian Philander Senior Choir Cup

Long standing service and dedication to the choir

Dean Richardson

Awarded for Dedication, Commitment and Service to the Library

WBJS Music Performance Trophy

Smith Trophy

Allison Murray Trophy

Nasr Kassiem

Most improved academic performance

Nikola Maric

Early Act Club Shield

Donated by the Wynberg Rotary Club and awarded for the most enthusiastic Early Act Club Member

Tristan Ely

Top performer

Salman Green Excellence in the sphere of drama

Junaid Cassiem Durman Trophy

For Junior Chess

Christopher Taljaard School Trophy

Wynberg Old Boys’ Union Science Trophy David Morgenrood

Bob Adshade Trophy

Wynberg Old Boys’ Union Trophy

De Stadler Trophy

Hamzah Loonat

Joon-Ho Park

Awarded for excellent art work

Michael Roman Best Art Portfolio

Maahir Israel

Awarded to the boy who displays creativity and excellent drawing skills

Jacques Kallis Floating Trophy Batsman of the year

Fayyaad Davids

Allen Lamb Trophy Cricketer of the year

Fayyaad Davids

Badenhorst Trophy

Rugby Player of the year

Tashriq Bailey

Wynberg Old Boys’ Union Trophy Sportsman of the year

Aadam Boltman

Academic Awards: Grade 7 Dux Trophy

Arnold Lorie Trophy

Sam Newman Trophy

Athletics Trophy

Jaffe Cup

Fayyaad Davids

Sport Awards:

For Senior Chess

Matthew Adams

Bowler of the year

Awarded to the Top Academic Achiever in Grade 7

Cross Country Runner of the year

Dr Slayen Trophy

Wynberg Boys’ Junior School Trophy

Nasr Kassiem

Outstanding performance in drama

Culture Awards:

Wynberg Old Boys’ Union Mathematics Trophy Saeed Ismail

Awarded for Social Sciences

Ensemble Cup

Abdullah Abrahams Benjamin Badiali Jayden Dyers Eesa Gamieldien Ethan Ramsay

Abdul-Kareem Kerbelker

Hamzah Loonat

Awarded to the grade 7 all-rounder

David Morgenrood

FINAL AWARDS

Athlete of the year

Old Boys’ Union Award

Tennis Trophy

Hamzah Loonat

Abdul-Kareem Kerbelker Player of the year

Uthmaan Saban Lloyd Trophy

Squash player of the year

Alex Adriaanse Smit Trophy

Awarded to the Grade 7 with the top academic averages

Ron Gibbs Award

Awarded to the Grade 7 All-rounder continuing to WBHS

David Morgenrood

Hutchinson Trophy

Water Polo Player of the year

Awarded to the winners of the Interhouse Athletics

Grant Petersen Trophy

Inter-house Shield

Ethan Ramsay

Silverhurst

Aadam Boltman

Hockey Player of the year

Sunninghill

Awarded to the Overall House Winner:

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Brother of the Week The Brother of the Week is a learner who displays the true characteristics of a Wynberg boy. This year, WBJS teamed up with Wefit, a South African based watch company that specialises in sports/fashion watches.

Each week staff members are able to nominate boys who have displayed behaviour in line with our four values, namely relevant citizenship, learning through innovation, pursuing excellence and growing through learning.

Many of the boys awarded Brother of the Week this year dedicated their time to working with various charities as well as gifting the charities with various food items, pocket money and helping with much

needed maintenance.

Boys were also rewarded for helping their peers in time of need and consistently assisting teachers in their classrooms or on the sports field. These boys went out of their way without being asked to do any of these kind gestures.

As a school, we hope to continue fostering a true sense of community and service in our boys, and work together as Brothers in an Endless Chain to support each other and our community.

Mrs T Sims and Mrs M de la Cruz

BROTHER OF THE WEEK

BACK ROW: S Felton, S Carelse, B Igilige, N Joshua, J de Mink, N James MIDDLE ROW: S Johnson, K Reddy, D Philander, T Dzvapatsva, J Samuels FRONT ROW: J Faure, T Roman, C van Heerden, A April, T Pathon, C Onia, O Samaai

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Wynberg Families This year, the Wynberg Family meetings were again a highlight of the term for many boys. Groups met and discussed issues such as manners, hobbies and bullying, to mention but a few. Each session was preceded by a catch-up chat where boys would share their ups and downs in the classroom, on the sports field or at home. The boys usually ended each meeting with a few enjoyable games.

During the annual Founders’ Week, we try to do something special during Wynberg Families. This usually takes the form of an activity that involves the entire school in one way or another. It was no different in 2018. Our Art teacher, Mrs McGibbon, showed off her art skills by painting a beautiful, massive oak tree onto the wall outside the Art Room. The tree was bare of any leaves and each of the 94 families in the school had to fill in and decorate one leaf that would be laminated and then pasted onto the tree. The content of what the boys wrote on their leaves centred around our four newly-adopted Wynberg Values. The relevance of the oak tree lies in the words of our school song.

Wynberg Families continues to create a sense of belonging for the boys and we look to build on what has been done next year.

Mr A Steward

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Grade R Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7

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Grade R The 2018 school year started off with much enthusiasm and very few tears. The boys settled into their new routine very quickly. We were joined by new learnership candidates, Miss Clarke and Miss Tedder.

Swimming lessons started within the first few weeks and class swimming soon became a highlight of the week. Our first outing of the year was to the Hout Bay Museum and Rock Pools. The boys loved exploring amongst the rocks and looking for the creatures and plants they had learnt about. Our annual Inter-House Athletics Day gave our boys an opportunity to participate in a flat-and-fun race to earn points for their houses.

Our second term outing was to Rosen Castle.

Here the boys had an opportunity to visit various businesses and feel like an adult for the day. During May and June we hosted our moms and dads for a fun Mother’s and Father’s Day morning, where our parents got to spend some time with us in our classrooms. The boys serenaded their parents and spoilt them with cupcakes and tea. We ended off the term celebrating the spirit of the Soccer World Cup. The boys came dressed in the colours of their favourite soccer team. They played interclass soccer matches and showed some good skills. Great fun was had by all!

Miss Pedersen joined us in the third term. We visited The Clay Café and the boys got to paint and decorate their own cereal bowl. During this term, there were many opportunities for us to dress up and have fun as we welcomed spring with a Crazy Spring Hat Day. We dressed up as our favourite book characters during Book Week and pretended to be pirates while doing our pirate theme. The boys once again had an opportunity to earn points for their houses as they participated in the Inter-house Cross Country race.

Term 4 was very busy and the boys got the opportunity to visit the Grade 1 classrooms on Orientation Day and meet the Grade 1 teachers.

Halloween caused great excitement with many games and different scary costumes that the boys came dressed up in. Our Display of Work was an opportunity to show off our hard work and it ended with a lovely picnic on the field. Our outing this term proved to be the most popular as we visited the Imhoff Reptile Park and Animal Farm. Our boys also participated in the Foundation Phase Cultural Concert where they performed in two shows for their parents.

The year ended with our class party and the boys came to school dressed in their pyjamas and we watched a movie.

This year we introduced the R-Maths Programme.

The boys participated eagerly and loved listening to the stories and playing the interactive games. We also participated in the Eco-Brick Programme. Thank you to all our awesome families who so diligently recycled and sent in their eco-bricks.

We would also like to say a very big thank you to all our parents and grandparents who have helped with outings, donations for Bakerman, recycling as well as assisting and supporting us with various fundraising and service activities throughout the year. Your support and efforts have been invaluable and it has made 2018 a memorable year for our boys.

Mrs J Paulsen

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Grade R GRADE RA

BACK ROW: Z Flowers, K de Klerk, N Centurier-Harris, K Vermaak, Miss H Tedder, I Mahupete, Z Ebrahim THIRD ROW: C Seymour, D Siljeur, L Cunningham, N Samuels, Mrs M-L Townsend, A Mhembere, S Twiss, J O’Connor, N Taljaard, O Woodman SECOND ROW: S George-Louis, R Said, S Abdullah, R Damon, A Reid, S Lawrence FRONT ROW: A-G Adams, F Alden, C Minnaar

GRADE RB

BACK ROW: O Manley, A Kerchoff, A Botha, E Zondo, Miss A Clarke THIRD ROW: C Hendricks, M Sayeed, L Fester, F Davids, D Coetzee, J Smith, L Samuel, T Selemela SECOND ROW: B Liddell, L Sherry, M Moyce, U Ismail, Miss C von Molendorff, D Jack, J Banda, R Samaai FRONT ROW: C Korsten, D Wesson, T Sambo, M Abrahams ABSENT: E Hill, J Erasmus, M de Fries

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GRADE RC

BACK ROW: P Gcaleka, Z Sarvan, A Conrad, C Igilige, T Versveld, C Parkerson, C Barnes, C van der Westhuizen THIRD ROW: A Runnalls, R-L Fillies, A Adams, T Williams, S Rusare SECOND ROW: A Moyo, H Schwerdtfeger, O Howes, D Haupt, Mrs J Paulsen, M Abrahams, S Willoughby, LÂ Lamb, Miss W Daniels, U Mohamed FRONT ROW: E Swiegers, R Connelly, M Mayhew, D Cockroft

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Grade RA Art

Carter Seymour

Raadhi Damon

Kayd de Klerk

Nic Centurier-Harris

Raa-id Said

Scott Twiss

Zac Flowers

Conor Minnaar

Suhail Abdullah

Adam Friday

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Oscar Manley

Dylan Jack

Alex Kerchhoff

Ewan Hill

Matthew de Freitas

Lee Sherry

Tlholo Selemela

Camden Korsten

Jan Erasmus

Joshua Banda

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Grade RC Art

Robert-Li Fillies

Harry Schwerdtfeger

Amaan Adams

Liam Lamb

Seth Willoughby

Caden van der Westhuizen

Mika-eel Abrahams

Tarquin Versfeld

Zubayr Sarvan

Michael Mayhew

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Grade 1 GRADE 1A

BACK ROW: Z Safodien, Y Marthinussen, R Ebrahim, A Mhlebi, D Buxey, T Rouse, J Kalogeropoulos, A Schoeman, A Underwood, Mrs de la Cruz MIDDLE ROW: S Thebus, P Downing, A Botha, R Schenck, A Rowland, R Essack, J Stakemire FRONT ROW: F Adams, J Mia, M Haswary, D Fabing, T van der Schyff, N Selemela, M Skeyi

GRADE 1B

BACK ROW: R Hendricks, M Dadaker, K Qinga, C Haupt, J Emmanuel, J Gonsalves, O Lapage, V Naran MIDDLE ROW: J Schuller, R Scharffenorth, D Henriques, A Kuhn, C Downing, M Frieslaar, A Erasmus, R Hoosen, M Manie, Mrs T Sims FRONT ROW: T Martin, J Solomons, I Lakay, A Thomas, I Van Niekerk, I Ismail, Z Abdurahman, Z Halvorsen

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GRADE 1C

BACK ROW: M Coetzee, M I Meyers, B Kleintjies, S Mkhonto, K Hudson, D Petersen, J Blake, A Oosterwyk, T Daniels MIDDLE ROW: K Haraldsen, J Theunissen, J le Roux, A Moose, P Ebobisse-Bille, M-F Berdien, N Allie, M-F Meyer FRONT ROW: L Wilson, D O’Brien, H Tero, Mrs S Graham, M Abrahams, J Abrahams, Z Baderoen

GRADE 1D

BACK ROW: M Shimba, Z Louw, S Davids, T Castle, S Ngwenya, E Mohamed, Y Hoosain, H de Wet, Z Hanslo MIDDLE ROW: L de Jager, R Muller, I Cajee, B Rentzke, C Paulsen, B Radebe, G Peters, U Patel, A Mathews FRONT ROW: M Jacobs, B Maponopono, M Wessels, Miss C Rowbotham, S Elliott, L Erasmus, S Lotters

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My Pet My guinea pig likes to run around.

She likes to eat.

When she is good we give her stickers on her wall.

Sometimes we let her inside.

She also has two friends.

Theo Rouse 1A My pet is a bird.

I feed my bird bird seed.

I clean my birds cage.

I love my bird.

My bird is nice.

Nursery Rhymes Hey diddle diddle, The elephant and the hippo.

The rhino jumped over the hill.

The happy giraffe ran, to see such fun, And the zebra ran away with the leopard.

Alex Botha 1A

Tahrir de Vries 1A

Hey diddle diddle, The octopus and the shark, The whale skipped over the chair.

The sad rhino swam, to see such fun, And the fish ran away with the crab.

My Pet Dinosaur

Zakariyya Safodien 1A

My pet dinosaurs name is Rhino.

My pet dinosaur likes to eat leaves and tomatoes and bread.

We like to play tug of war and he always wins.

He likes to sleep under my mom and dad’s bed.

He can swim very good and he can fly in the sky.

He is very strong.

Matthew Searle 1A

Hey diddle diddle, The bull and the hippo, The goat hopped over the tree.

The happy leopard cried, to see such fun, And the baboon ran away with the gorilla.

Nala Selemela 1A

My pet dinosaurs name is Decasaurus.

My pet dinosaur eats chicken.

My dinosaur likes to sleep under the table.

Decasaurus and I like to play soccer.

My pet dinosaur loves to follow me to school.

Alex Schoeman 1A

Hey diddle diddle, The hamster and the goat, The cat jumped over the bed.

The happy mouse laughed, to see such fun, And the clown ran away with the bull.

My pet dinosaurs name is Biscuit.

My pet dinosaur eats bones.

He sleeps in a nearby cave.

He can roller skate on one foot.

Biscuit and I like to play on-on.

He always makes holes in the ball when we play.

He looks like a dragon but with no wings.

Reza Ebrahim 1A

Save our Seas outing

Preston Downing 1A

On Tuesday I went to Save Our Seas.

We went to the rock pools and I found three starfish.

We learnt about sharks and we also watched a movie about sharks.

John Kalogero Poulos 1A

My pet dinosaurs name is Dynamite.

He sleeps in a nest.

He eats meat and bones.

His tail is growing new teeth.

We like to play laser tag together.

When he was a baby he could do a backflip.

Rayyaan Essack 1A

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Daniel Fabing

Jonah Hager

Daniel Buxey

York Marthinussen

Mijwaad Haswary

Faraz Adams

Alexander Underwood

Riley Schenck

Theo Rouse

Moeketsi Skeyi

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My Pet Dinosaur

Kipper at the zoo

My dinosaur’s name is Pip. My dinosaur he is a brachiosaurus.

My pet is fast and he can jump. My pet sleeps in my bed. Pip is a carnivore and he drinks lots of water. Pip is soft. My pet is 1. His food is healthy.

Iyaad Lakay 1B

Kipper has a walk and then he saw an elephant. Then he had an idea. He wanted to go on the elephant. His mommy did not let him go, but he went anyway. He couldn’t get on because it was slippery so the man helped helped him up and then they went for a nice walk. They stopped and got off the elephant and he went to his mommy. It is so fun and they loved it. I wish I could go again.

Daniel Henriques 1B

My pet dinosaur’s name is Blue. He is a raptor. He likes to play fetch. My pet is a carnivore. He has sharp teeth and big jaws.

He sneaks on me. Blue likes meat.

Joshua Gonsalves 1B My pet’s name is Starfire. She likes to swim. It is a runasaurus.

It looks like a dog, but is good at swimming. It’s a carnivore.

Radhee Hendricks 1B My pet dinosaur’s name is Rex. Rex has some friends. My dinosaur has a Pteradactyle, Stegasaurus friend. My pet is the strongest one. He can exercise and lift me up to fix things. He can sit and make food. He’s the friend I always wanted. He knows how to do stuff. Also he knows how to drive in a car. He stays in my house. He always do this. He’s my best friend.

Jhesu Solomons 1B

Kipper goes on holiday Once upon a time Kipper and his family decided to go on holiday. They decided to go to Dubai. They went to Legoland and after that they went to the circus. Kipper wanted to go on an elephant. The person who works there helped him. His parents said he can go on the elephant ride. Kipper was very happy to go on the elephant ride. The ride was closed so he was just in time to get off the elephant. His mum bought him an ice cream. His dad bought him a fidget spinner. His mum and dad bought him a hot wheel.

Rayyaan Hoosen 1B

My Pet I have two tortoises. My pets name is rocky and Ben. My pets like to eat hibiscus. My pet likes to eat and sleep. My dad feeds them every day. My pets like to sleep in the carport.

They run fast.

Vishal Naran 1B I have a dog. It’s name is Tanzidot. It eats dog food. It is crazy. I feed it and train it. It sleeps outside. She likes my family.

Josh Schuller 1B

Save Our Seas We went on an outing to Save our seas. We explored the rock pools and we saw a starfish. We saw an octopus and we saw a periwinkle and a sea urchin. We had snack.

Adam Thomas 1B On Tuesday we learnt about the sharks. On Tuesday I saw a periwinkle. I picked up a starfish. We had a snack. We saw an octopus.

Mohammed Dadaker 1B

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Artwork

Ryan

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Zaid Abdurahman

Tyler Martin

Alexander Erasmus

Chace Downing

Mikail Manie

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Ilyas Ismail

Khwezi Qinga

Joel Emmanuel

Oliver Lapage

Connor Haupt

Israel van Niekerk

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When I am big…

I want to be a policeman. I work in a tower. I want to be a policeman because they protect people.

M-Fayyaad Berdien 1C When I am big I want to be a fireman and I will be working in a fire station. I like firemen because they save people. I like firemen because they are cool.

Jevaun le Roux 1C I want to be a teacher. I teach children at Wynberg Boys’. It is very, very fun. The boys are going to music and computers and the boys are going to love swimming. I am going to work a lot and I am going to write a lot.

Alex Oosterwyk 1C I want to be a fisherman. They fish for fish in a pond. It is fun and the fish are beautiful. You can learn how to fish. You can see all the big fish. You can cook the fish. In a pond I see a baby fish.

Daniel O’Brien 1C

Cross country We ran on the field. We ran at Wynberg Boys’ High School. The grass was wet.

On Friday, I was tired. We ran on the road. Cross country was easy. It was long.

Niyaaz Allie 1C I did cross country on Friday. I came 7th place. We did cross country at Wynberg Boys’ High School. I had fun and it was long. My legs were sore. After that long run I was out of energy. Then we had some lunch and we played tag. When we started the race I was nervous.

M-Isma-eel Meyers 1C The cross country race was fun. I came twenty one. I was nervous.

I was happy at the end. Everyone ran behind the rabbits.

Tristan Daniels 1C

My pet I love my pet. He is a good little dog. I give him food and water everyday. My pet and I we always go to the park. My dog’s name is Jack. He has black spots and small feet. We love to be with each other. My dog wakes up very late. We love to sleep with each other. We haven’t been around each other for a year. Last year we were not friends at all. We always fight with each other. In the middle of the year we tried to be friends.

Patrice Ebobisse-Bille 1C I got a chameleon. My chameleon’s name is DeGeg. My chameleon lives in a tank.

He eats a fly. My chameleon is green.

Damon Petersen 1C

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My pet is a goldfish. He eats bread crumbs. He lives in a fish tank. His name is Nicolas Junia. My second pet is a hamster. His name is Chubbie. He eats corn and he is sneaky.

Nicolas Thebus 1C

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Artwork

Hayden Tero

Liam Wilson

Jeremy Blake

M-Fayaaz Meyer

Jordan Abrahams

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Kenzo Hudson

Amaan Hearn

Kai Haraldsen

Siyabonga Mkhonto

Mikaeel Coetzee

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Captured by Pirates Dear dad, Help me! I need your help. I been captured by pirates when I was in bed. I am in the island. They were making me to do hunt and made me to make dinner. Please hear this letter and come soon but if you are late you must meet me in the desert.

Love your only child, Sandile Sandile Ngwenya 1D Dear mom, Help me! I need help. A pirate took me in a ship. They put me in a raft. They made me wash their clothes. They made me clean the toilet and made me plunge the toilet. They made me cut fruit. Please come soon! Hurry up!

From Tyler Tyler Castle 1D Dear dad, Help me! I need your help! Come soon. Hurry up! They made me eat slime. They made me eat snails. The pirates threw me in the water. The pirates they all put their swords at me. So I did what they said. What happened so I jump up but I am not free.

From Giovanni Mbayo (Giovanni) Shimba 1D Dear mom and dad, Help me! I need your help! I have been captured by pirates.

They took me to the sea. They made me do the dishes and wash the floor every day and they made me eat ants every day. The pirates name was Ant Pants and Black Beard. They made me paint the big ship. Black Beard was looking for treasure. He had a treasure map.

From Mikaeel Mikaeel Jacobs 1D Dear mom and dad, Help me! I need your help! Red Beard captured me while I was asleep and they pulled me up and the wanted my gold even.

They made me wash their boots and they made me sharpen their swords.

From Bubu Buchule Maponopono 1D

If I was a superhero I was fighting criminals. Then I did find a clue. It said you must follow the tracks. The tracks lead to a house. In the house was bad guys.

Imraan Cajee 1D

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I have a sidekick. My mom has lasers. I have strength. I have teleportation. My superhero name is Max. Zachary Louw 1D

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In the early morning I get ready for battle.

I go to battle. I fight. I have incredible powers.

My superhero name is Captain Benjamin. I fight crime!

Benjamin Rentzke 1D We have guns. We have speed. He has firepower. The super villain has a gun with bullets and he has bombs. The superhero has some vegetables and some water. The second superhero has ice powers. They put the villain in jail.

Micah Wessels 1D I would give food to the poor people. I would help the old people cross the road. I would fly everywhere. I would save the universe. I would drink muscle fuel. I would run very fast around the world.

Louis-Zachary de Jager 1D If I was a superhero I would give the poor people food. I would help people. I would share and I would have super powers.

They would be agility and laser eyes. I would fight crime.

I would be famous. My family would be proud of me. I would eat margherita pizza. I would wear red and blue clothes.

Yunus Hoosain 1D

Cross Country I ran in the cross country race. I came 45th on Friday. I ran so fast my eyes were popping out. I ran so fast my legs were controlling themselves. I ran so fast my hands were flipping and flopping!

Landen Erasmus 1D On Friday it was cross country and I came second place. My mom watched me do cross country. My foot was sore. Mrs Townsend gave me a chocolate. I walked to the high school.

Ebrahim Mohamed 1D

My Pet Dinosaur Thay was a dinosaur. The dinosaur found a kid. The kid sees the dinosaur. The kid gave the dinosaur some food. The dinosaur’s new name was Max. He loves his new name. Max got old and old. Next Max died. The end.

Cole Paulsen 1D My dinosaur’s name is Kyo. I like my pet dinosaur. My dinosaur is working through innovation. My dinosaur likes to sleep next to me when it is bedtime. My dinosaur eats apples. My dinosaur looks like he has big sharp claws.

Hayden de Wet 1D

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Artwork

Seth Elliott

Ronaldo Muller

Umair Patel

Gabriel Peters

Seth Davids

Banele Radebe

Shailin Lotters

Zachary Hanslo

Abdu Dayyaan Mathews

Mason Fourie

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Grade 2 GRADE 2A

BACK ROW: N van Vuuren, A Engel, C Hugo, M-R Davids, F Parker, J Alden, B Alexander, S Leary MIDDLE ROW: Z Kolle, R Shaik-Abdul, Z Kazi, E Brown, R Lodewyk, A Kabemba, E Cajee, U van der Schyff, S Ndlebe FRONT ROW: C Jonas, M Carikas, C Thomas, J Grainger, I Croy, N Segers, A de Rock, Mrs M Fakir

GRADE 2B

BACK ROW: L Rogers, T Nelukalo, J Braaf, Z Wooi, A Saunders, J Tulloch, D Beckett, F van Wyk, A Salie MIDDLE ROW: A-M Abrahams, C Davidson, L Greenfield, C Samuels, L Barbier, J Paries, A Dicks, L Ndabeni, J Cochrane, C Blignaut FRONT ROW: T Pathon, M-Y Parker, Z Rawoot, Mrs K James, M Arries-Hendricks, M I Ackerman, Z Holland

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GRADE 2C

BACK ROW: Y Fakir, S Davidson, N Saayman, B Barnett, C Kruger, R Parry, B Kuhn, M Wynne, J Serfontein MIDDLE ROW: M N Martin, M Allie, T Botha, Z Constant, E Arun-Thomas, S Fabe, R Johnson, E Templeton, D Raizenberg, G Peters FRONT ROW: B Solomons, Z Arendse, B Brown, Mrs C Knutsen, T Kempster-Davies, J Miles, R Adams

GRADE 2D

BACK ROW: S Mcutshenge, Y Baradien, K Gonsalves, M Segers, N Coleman, J Stewart, N Wagner, S George-Louis MIDDLE ROW: J Anderson, J Lipshitz, J Paterson, E Owen-Collett, S Sung, A Amodien, Z Rahil, K Sargeant FRONT ROW: M du Plooy, A Roopen, M Wolmarans, Mrs D Wilkinson, C Brown, C Maggott, Z Ameeroedien ABSENT: Y Hoosain, T Zemanay

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Beach Days Colourful, long, grey, thin fish rod Cosy, squishy, smooth, tight wetsuit Smooth, soft, pink strawberry ice-cream Rough, hard, flat, pointed surfboard Cracked, pretty, rough, colourful shells Huge, scary, bright, blue waves Caleb Hugo 2A

Summers at the Beach Yummy, tasty, thick smooth ice-cream Slimy, green, disgusting seaweed Strong, huge, cool, tough life guard Big, splashing, foaming, blue waves Soft, cosy, large, red towel Rough, round, hard, wet rocks Floppy, slippery, small, silver fish Razin Shaikh-Abdul 2A

Autumn Days Delicious, runny, creamy hot chocolate Cold, whistling, wild wind Sticky, muddy boots Freezing, wet rain drops Warm delicious split pea soup Noah van Vuuren 2A Steaming, smooth mug of coffee Delicious, warm yummy hot chocolate Muddy, brown, wet puddles Yellow, gold, orange crunchy leaves Spiky, hard, big hedgehogs Conor Thomas 2A

Who am I? You will find me in the Savannas You can also find me in very, very tall grasslands I am usually orange or reddish-orange, I have short black stripes I have a long tail thats orange I am very quiet like a ninja I roar very loudly I am very calm because I wait for my prey to come I am happy when my prey can be atacket.

Asher de Rock 2A

You will find me waiting in the boiling hot sun to capture my prey Sometimes I am hiding in the long, tall, yellow grass I have big, sharp white teeth My hair is big bright and yellow My body is as big as a bicycle I move very slowly when I find my prey I like to lie down in the bright yellow sun I feel angry when other animals come near me When I hunt I feel hungry and I am threatening Who am I? Silubonile Ndlebe 2A You will find me hunting in the hot sand of America and Texas I 100% don’t avoid water Sometimes I am hiding near the water and waiting and waiting for prey to come by Normally my fur is black and I have super rosettes My teeth are sharp as nidels and my eyes are as huge as a log I am the third largest cat in the world And i am super speedy in water and I am also fast on land For the rest I sleep in the trees Usually I am very sneaky in water because I am quiet and my body is under water I am sneaky but threatening I am super at camouflaging and I am lonely Who am I? Cole Breytenbach 2A You will find me in a very cold place I also spend time hunting near icy cold water I am very smooth and sometimes I am as tall as a chair I am thin like a powl and I have short legs Usually I am slow and loud Sometimes I stroll around the place Often I am friendly and shy Sometimes I am calm Blake Alexander 2A

You will find me in the bright beautiful trees At the night you will find me sleeping on the branches I have along bright black tail I also have a bright, tanned body Usually I eat termites and black ants I gobble my snacks in bright trees and I move quite fast in the trees Sometimes I feel shy and I also feel scerd.

Zachary Kolle

Smiley Shark One million years ago in the deep, misty, dark and deadly ocean underneath all the glow-in-the-dark fish lived Smiley Shark. He had bloody big teeth and his body was filled with scratched and scars. He had mean, scary eyes and sharp streamlined fins.

Smiley Shark loved to gobble his food whole and he loved to wiggle his fins to move super fast. Smiley Shark always snuck up on his prey silently. Smiley Shark’s problem was that he was too bloody and he bites too hard.

Umar van der Schyff 2A Long ago in the bright, beautiful, bubbly ocean between the pretty colourful coral lived Smiley Shark. He had a ginormous body, huge sharp teeth and shiny streamlined fins. His eyes were big and blue. Everyday Smiley Shark dashes through the ocean and he likes to sneak up on other fish. Smiley Shark’s problem was that he swam too fast past the other fish so that he blew them out of the way.

They refused to be his friends.

Max Carikas 2A Long ago in the deep, dark misty ocean between the hard, sharp, deadly rocks lived Smiley Shark. He had big, beady, scary eyes and a huge body filled with scars. He also had white, super huge , hard teeth. Smiley Shark swims silently to sneak up on his prey and he gobbles his food like a deadly monster. Smiley Shark’s problem was that he was too huge and scary and everyone was scared of him.

Zayd Kazi 2A

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Smiley Shark

Wild Animal Riddles Who am I? He lives in the Arican desert.

He spends most of his time hunting.

He likes to rest in the trees.

He am 6 feet long and is mostley black.

He do not look like something else.

He is very fast.

He is very quiet.

He stickes he’s tongue out to listen.

Josh Cochrane 2B I live in the bi blue river and near the grass.

And the yellow sand.

Sometimes I live on land and near water.

And when I am near the water I can back into the water. I have sharp, blazeing teeth.

I have green spikes on my back.

I have a long tail.

I have small green ears.

And I have white medium eyes.

And I also have spikes on my tail.

I like to swim in the blue pond.

I jump when I see food at front of me.

I go on land to look for meat.

I get angry when something steals my eggs.

Liyabukwa Ndabeni 2B I live in a big, dark cave in the african savena.

I look like a dog but I have black spotts and i am orange.

I have four legs.

And I am fastish slowish.

I injoy being lazy and hunting.

I am very ferocius.

I love it when the loins leave leftovers.

That makes me happy.

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I live where it is very, very, very hot and dry.

I am dark brownd and I have sharp hons.

I like to spend my time by long grass.

I live where it is a liiel bit rainy. I sit on a black, big rock in the sand.

I am big and i am a shape as a tabel.

My coler is dark brown.

I am smooth and rough.

I am fast and quiet.

My hoovs stomp on the grownd.

I heer with my sharp ears.

I charg with my horns.

I eat long grass.

I jump arownd.

Joshua Tulloch 2B

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Smiley Shark lives in the gaint ocaen in the deep cave with rocks. He swims in the salty water. Smiley Shark looks big, grey and nice to play with. He looks very toothy and he’s got sharp teeth. Smiley Sharks behaviour is he likes to smiling and saving animals. And he scares them because he has sharp theeth. Smiley Shark’s problem is scaring the animals when he wants to make friends. They think he’s going to eat them.

Aidan Saunders 2B Smiley Shark lives in the big, cold,dark and blue. He looks freindly, toothy, grey and scary. Smily Shark behaved well and saved friends from the big fisherman.

The problem with Smiley Shark was going to eat them. After that the fish got trapped, then Smiley Shark smiled at the fisherman and the fisherman dropped his net and all the fish were saved.

Connor Samuels 2B Smiley Shark lives in the deep, dark sea.The sea was realy cold sea between rocks near colourful coral in a cave. He looks sad, chabby, smiley, scary and friendly. He likes to swim and he is happy, helpful and good. The fish got stuck and Smiley Shark got sad he did not make any friends.

Muhammad-Yaseen Parker 2B

Tickly Octopus He lives under the big, round, black rocks. He lives close to the colerful, long, slimey seawid. He looks fun, strong, colerful, shy octopus. His legs are long, doty, strate, slimey and fast.

His head is big, strong, colerful and hard. Tickly Octupus tickls to much and he gets into a lot of troubel. He loves to eat shrimps, sea snails, sea slugs and small fish. He moves through the big, blou water swinging his tentickls. His bendy, round, scary body is to big. He is so slimy and he doesn’t want to share.

Abdul-Mateen Abrahams 2B In the big, blue, salty sea lives Tickly Octupus.In the small, pink coral reef in the big, dark, sandy, colorful cave lived Tickly Octopus. He has eight squishy legs, big and strong arms, colorful body, big, scary, sharp teeth and big yellow dots. Tickly Octopus swims very fast. Tickly Octopus was very annoying.

Tickly Octopus eats fish. Tickly Octopus problem is he has to many legs, to many big sharp teeth and a big scary, round body.

Zuhayr Rawoot 2B

He lives in cold, dark caves, in the roky ocean.

Tickly Octopus lives in between the cold seaweeds.

He is fast and strong, he is happy and friendly.

Tickly Octopus has pruple, dooted, round body and have blue skin. He has eight tentles and he is colourful. Tickly Octopus is very fast and strong, he is crazy and funny and he ticels. He is happy. The problem with Tickley Octopus was he loved to steal shiny stuf. He was very scarey and he loved to play.

Tinashe Nelukalo 2B In the dark, blue sea by the light green seaweed, and by two brown shells lived Tickly Octopus. He was happy and he has a big smile. He is black and orange. He has strong, orange tentykils. He has black eyes. Tickly octopus likes to swim and tickle and play with his tenykils. He is super funny. The problem with Tickly Octopus is he is to big, he was a shellfish and he dosen’t like shareing.

Zachary Wooi 2B In the dipe, dark, smally, blue ocean in the soft, cozy corel lived the Tickly Octopus. Tickly Octopus is very orange spechlee lite orange. Tickly Octopus is very inky and fast. He has eight tentecls and he is also very sqishy. Tickly Octopus is friendly and very kund. Tickly Octopus plays with crazy fish and helps the funny, friendly fish.His problem is he is to big and he steals things to much. He sleeps to long and he snors.

Caleb Davidson 2B Tickly Octopus lives at the botem of the dark blue ocean in the bumpy, swirling ocean in a roten, old cave. He has around body and head. He is red with eight tentackils and has has lots and lots of small spots under his tentackils.Tickly Octopus likes to squishe and squrm and he likes to tickil. Tickly Octopus made a problem and clam lost her pearl and he had to go and get it back.

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Wild Animal Riddles Who am I? You will find me in the dry grass in Afrika.

My Furr is white, yellow and black.

My weight is between 45 to 60 km.

I am hairy.

I belong to the cat family.

I crept on my prey.

I eat gazelle and antelopes.

I always like to play.

I feel very shy.

I will get ferocious if my preditor come and attack my babies.

Ethan Arun-Thomas 2C You will find me in the hot, dry savannahs of southern and eastern Africa.

We live in grassy plants and corn filds.

I am long, scaly and have brownish skin.

I have sharp fangs and teeth.

My black tongue is forked like a fork.

I am fast, loud and fierce.

I eat large mammels, mice and rats.

We are also very dangerous.

I can be ferocious and threatening.

Gabriel Peters 2C You will find me in Savanna we all live in deep cold water.

My big slimey nostrils help me to find my pray.

My skin is dark brown and my tail is short.

My body is rough as a rock.

I am also fast at runing.

I can also open my mouth as tall as us.

I will sprint fast to you if I am angry.

Most of the time I usually hunting for crunchy and juicy fish and when I am done with my lunch, I sleep.

I am a very fat animal in South Africa but I am also teratorial.

Jake Serfontein 2C You will find me behind the dry rocks or in a hole.

Sometimes I have dry venomous teeth that keep me safe from my enemys.

Usually you will find me finding somthing toeat.

I spend my day sleeping under the rocks or in the hot dry sun.

Sometimes I can be very ferocious and threatening.

Michael Wynne 2C

Smiley Shark Deep down in water town lived smiley Shark. Smiley Shark has big blou eyes. Smiley Shark has a big smile. Smiley Shark has shiney white teeth and he is a tiger shark. His favirit food is crayfish. His frends say he is helpful and funny. Every day he likes tp play fun games and likes to help others. The problem with smiley shark is no one wanted to play with him because they were scerd of his teeth.

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Near Seal Island below the dangeroures kelp forest lived Smiley Shark. He was born in Dangers Beach. Smiley Shark was a huge fat Whale Shark with round white spotts. Smiley Shark has small white eyes. He also has a huge tail. The first thing you would notice about Smiley Shark is his smile. Every day he would eat leftover Humpback Whales. After he went hunting he would act a funny show. The problem is every day a spot would go away.

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Once there was a smiley shark who livd in the warm Indian Ocean in a kelp fowest. Smiley Shark is a pyjama shark with rough skin. He has a wide smile and big teeth. Smiley shark is very friendly. He is very helpful and kind to others. The problem with smiley shark was no one wanted to play with him.

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Tickly Octopus A long, long, long, LONG time ago in the Indian Ocean near the tropical island of Octopus land, in a big dark jaggered cave, near a colourful reef, lived Tickly Octopus.The first thing you will notice is his 8 very long tentacles. Now he was a spicis that is extinct. It is the sunfish Octopus. He had blue eyes and a red body with green spots and a circle head. His skin was rough as sand paper and his spicis can grow up to 10m long!

Tickly Octopus loves to eat lovely green seaweed. He also loved to squish through jaggered rocks. He also liked to squirt sticky black ink at great white shark but his favrite thing is to tickle other sea creatures. The problem with Tickly Octopus is that he was too rough.

Joshua Miles 2C Not so far away near the warm Inidin Ocean near a tropical island lived Tickly Octopus. He lived in a warm dark cave surrounded by twirling seaweed near big jaggard rocks. He has red body with orange spots. Tickly Octopus likes to eat crunchy crabs. He is very speedy. He likes to squish through rocks. Also he likes to spray ink wen his enmeys come. The problem was no one wanted to play with him because he ticled to much.

Ethan Templeton 2C Deep down in the dark warm Indian ocean amongst alot of massive rocks lived Tickly Octopus. In a big dark cave surrounded by green swirling seaweed. The fist thing you would see was his 8 long twisty swirly tentacles. Tickly Octopus has a round bulb head with blue and green spots all over his slimy body. He also has black oval eyes. Tickly Octopus loves to eat big fish he loves to squish through really small gaps to hide away from his enemy. He loves to camouflage but his favourite thing to do was to tickle other sea creatures. The problem with tickly octopus was that hetickle his friends to much they did not lik him alot.

Raaid Adams 2C Deep down in a very dark cave near the coral reef by the jaggered rocks lived Tickly Octopus. The fist thing you would see is his long twisty tentacles with red eyes and blue spots and orange skin and slimey tentacles. He is very good at tickling but he is good at swimming very fast. He is very inky. The problem is Tickly Octopus is to tick and non of the fish liked him.

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Smiley Shark Far away in the deep rumbling ocean, their lived a shark named Smiley Shark. Smiley Shark had scary, sharp teeth like a knife.

He had tiny green eyes and a giant body. Smiley Shark was friendly but he was lonely and sad. He felt he was never going to smile again because every time all the fish swam away.

Siwoo Sung 2D Far away in the big open sea there lived a huge shark named Smiley Shark. He had huge white teeth that were as sharp as razors. He has a pointy nose and small white eyes. Smiley Shark is very helpful and also playful. He had no friends because all the fish were scared of him.

Yahya Baradien 2D Far in the blue ocean was a shark called Smiley Shark. Smiley Shark has huge teeth, as sharp as a blade and small yellow eyes! His body is skaly, as skaly as can be. But … Smiley Shark had a problem! The fish were too scerd to play with him because of his scery smile so he felt sorry for himself. He tried to be as helpful as possible but it did not help unforchinitly.

Why does no one play with me, sed Smiley Shark?

Max du Plooy

What am I? I live in the wild.

The wild has few trees.

You can see hyenas laughing.

The trees are rough.

I like to be in the open.

I spend my time hunting.

I look like a sleek dog with black spots on my back.

Usually I am soft and fury.

I have fierce eyes.

My ears are round and twitchy.

I am slow, loud and I laugh.

I am a ferocious scavenger And am threatening when I hunt?

What am I? Matthew Segers 2D

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Usually you will find me in the wide African wild.

Mostly I spend my time hunting.

When I feel hungry, I will chase my prey.

I sound like a cheetah.

My eyes are orange and my spots very black.

I am almost the size of a tiger.

Sometimes I am sneaky, fierce and layzie.

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You will normally find me in a wide, open savannah.

Usually I will be hunting for food and sometimes I will be walking around.

I live amongst the long, green grass in Africa.

My fur is smooth and an orange mane.

I am big and strong and yellow in colour.

My eyes are really fierce and twitchy.

There is a tufted end on my ail.

My teeth are really sharp and ready to hunt.

I am quite fast.

I have a loud voice and eat all prey.

Usually I run way faster than people.

I am ferocious and threatening.

I would rather hunt for food than make friends.

What am I? Seth George-Louis 2D Usually you will find me in the dark, scary jungle.

When I am hungry you will see me running my fastest speed To chase my prey Often you will find me resting in the hot, yellow sun.

I really like to eat deer and meat.

I am very fierce.

Zishan Rahil 2D

Tickly Octopus Far away amongst the hard, rough coral, swirly, twirly seaweed and darting fish lived a tickly octopus. Tickly Octopus was orange with glow in the dark eyes. He was a giant with sticky suckers. He has a big mouth so he can eat a crab easily. Tickly Octopus is kind, loving and sneaky but he thinks he’s only good at tickling. Sometimes he’s too tickly so all the fish get mad at him. Once he tickled an 0yster and the pearl rolled away.

Ethan Owen-Collett 2D Deep down in the Pacific Ocean there lived a Tickly octopus.

He has slimy, sticky tenticles with a read body and a big head. He also has tiny eyes. He likes to eat shrimp and baby sharks and he can squeeze into small places. Tickly octopus can move fast because of his tentickles. He can whoosh by pushing the water backwards. He is very friendly and also very annoying because he tickles a lot and creeps on everyone.

That’s why he doesn’t have any friends.

Tameem Zemanay 2D Deep down in the Pacific ocean lived Tickly octopus. He lived in a cave amongst lots of fish and scrufe rocks. Tickly Octopus looked cool, big and slimey. He was orange and has big white eyes. He loved to tickle and to eat clams and fish. And Ticky Octopus squeezed in spaces between the rocks. He swam and sumtimes warked. Ticky Octopus problem was he tickled too much that the fish got fed up. Because he tickled so much Tickly Octopus had no friends.

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Grade 3 GRADE 3A

BACK ROW: M Ndaba, R Shah, K Isaacs, M Green-Thompson, E Botha, R Arnold, K Baxter, H Ndwandwa, C Vermaak, L Ramedupe, A-M Moerat MIDDLE ROW: O Moruri, I Roberts, O Samaai, R Mohamed, A McArthur, C van Niekerk, Tayo Adriaan FRONT ROW: Y Hendricks, M-S Amardien, M-R Ryklief, Mrs N Tresham, C van Heerden, L Aylen, I Omar

GRADE 3B

BACK ROW: R Hill, P Mafuta, C Lupke, F Smith, M Damon, T Schutte, T Southey, R Rehman, L Petersen, C Barrett MIDDLE ROW: M-Y Johnston, L Soci, M Cockcroft, S Ngada, J Eccles, R Mulholland, D Wolmarans FRONT ROW: M R Daniels, J Lamara, F Mia, Miss I Saunders, B Dednam, T Wyllie, L Versfeld

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GRADE 3C

BACK ROW: A Abader, M Isaacs, D van Reenen, L Nani, E Leibbrandt, C da Gama, S Felton, L Jacobs, K Gogo, J Dellbridge, U Salie MIDDLE ROW: J Nyamimba, A-J Smith, C du Plessis, C Ford, R I Kaisan, A Varghese, D Essack, I Lawrence FRONT ROW: M-U Gaibie, K Ndlebe, L Felgate, Mrs M Yankelowitz, L le Roux, N Stanfliet, M Thoresen

GRADE 3D

BACK ROW: L van der Bergh, A Mohamed, N Marks, J Igilige, M Heo, M Matikinca, D Harris, L Makohliso MIDDLE ROW: L Geland, E Kleintjies, D Johnson, Y Israel, N Magerman, M-H Cariem, R Conrad FRONT ROW: M Dawson, D Tresham, S Edwards, Mrs S Isaacs, M English, B Shimba, C Grainger ABSENT: R Ahmed

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What am I? I am the youngest brother I love my kind family I need lots of clean water I want an Audi R8 I dream of being an amazing doctor I fear deadly spiders I feel happy I am 8 years old Who am I? Imaad Omar 3A

Non-chronological reports on an imaginary insect Butterbees

Butterbees are scavenging insects that can fly. This insect was discovered by Sir Humbert Bumbert the famous explorer right now. He was trekking through the crooked forest until he saw this ferocious, ugly and rare nocturnal creature on the 12 June, 2004.

You will find Butterbees in Paris next to the tall Eiffel Tower where nobody dares to go. They like to escape to their extraordinary, top secret hideout. If they are not there, you will find them in the crooked forest.

Insects such as Butterbees have an oval shaped body and four pairs of antennas. They also have twelve pairs of giant legs, which are five times bigger than your thumb. Butterbees are also curvaceous creatures that have black, yellow and brown stripes and dots on their body. You’ll also see them just brown or just yellow at times because they can camouflage into any of their colours. Their skin looks like scaly crocodiles, but when you touch it, it feels very soft.

Butterbees protect themselves by camouflaging and by rubbing themselves against poison. Usually they rub themselves against poisonous plants. They also love to protect themselves by leaving a really bad smell. Insects such as Butterbees sting with their stinger or by giving a deadly bite. Butterbees eat mites.

Wow! Did you know that Butterbees are nocturnal omnivores and they can keep their breath for two hours? Omnivores are creatures that eat meat and plants.

Mogamat-Saligh Amardien 3A

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Dearest Mom, I lava you for always Making the best cakes ever, Optimistic thinker who encourages me to do my best, Thoughtful angel who helps me with my homework, Helpful person when something breaks, Entertaining comedian that tells the best jokes, Relaxed comforter who gives the best hugs.

With all my love Tayo Tayo Adriaan 3A

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Antels

Antels were discovered by Sir Humbert Bumbert in the sixteen hundreds. They are insects because they have a head, thorax and abdomen. They have six huge, thin, muscular legs. They have an exoskeleton, but if you thought they had bones you would be wrong.

Antels have six, small, muscular legs. They also have scaly, brown strong bodies. When they are born they are larva then pupa and then an adult. Antels are brown and black insects.

Some people call Antels the mightiest of all insects. When their legs feel something dangerous they can be as smart as a human and as sneaky as a snake.

Antels live all over India. They live in mouth drying deserts under thick sand. Some live in rainforests or even snowy mountains. They live with their vicious family. They use ugly bones and leaves to build their homes. There are over 2000 Antels in a family, that is much bigger than a human family! I think your family does not have 2000 people in it?

Antels are phenomenal food catchers, who never rest. They have the most harmful bite out of all insects. Some are powerful biters, who do not care about anything. It is dangerous because if any insect went close they would get a fit and I mean a fit in a bad way. Antels are really quick and out of hand. They eat bees, flies, frogs and even squirrels. Antels are small, but dangerous insects. Believe me!

Did you know that Antels find your brain delicious? They even eat cats and dogs! If you think that’s awesome, wait until you hear this. They can live one to two years without a head! Do you think you can live without a head for that long?

Connor Vermaak 3A

Sophie’s journey with the BFG, preposition poems A kind Sophie screamed as she was snatched from her cold bed and whisked out of the huge, open window. She went… down the cobblestone roads carefully, through the sleeping sheep fearfully, across old, noisy motorways confused, past abandoned theme parks as fast as a rabbit, between the thick, tall trees, over rushing rivers dangerously above old, stone mountains sneakily until she was in a cold, ancient cave and face to face with the gigantic, magical BFG. Israfeel Roberts 3A

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A young Sophie screamed as she was snatched from her damp, old bed and whisked out of the cracked, open window.

She went … down a quiet, gloomy road like a sneaky ghost, across peeping cars carefully, past sleeping, colourful houses as fast as lightning, over a calm farm silently, around wet, cold trees fearfully, past grey clouds as swiftly as a beautiful eagle, Into loud bolts of lightning bravely, through rushing rivers quickly, under a creaking, unstable bridge slowly, until she reached a mysterious cave and was face to face with the fast, strong and amazing BFG who started cooking straight away.

Olerato Moruri 3A A petrified Sophie screamed as she was snatched from her messy bed and whisked out of the ancient, open window. She went… down a quiet, magical road confused, past sleeping, colourful houses as fast as a Bugatti Chiron, under an unstable, lonely bridge, over tall, haunted, fragile trees anxiously, across wild, dangerous oceans fearfully, above bright, gigantic, loud, blinding flashes of lightning cautiously, beside crashing, deadly rockslides, towards a dark, deserted wasteland, Until she was in an enchanting, cold cave and was face to face with the old, smart and huge BFG. Kellen Baxter 3A

The BFG character description It wasn’t human. It couldn’t be. His gigantic body was as tall as a double-storey mansion. Anyone who had the chance to meet this giant would immediately recognise his huge ears that were as big as a table, and his pale, wrinkly face that was as white as a sheet of plain paper.

He always wore his massive black cloak and you wouldn’t forget his big, beady eyes. Whenever you saw him he would always have a big, brown bag and a trumpet looking thing in his hand. With his nose that was as big as gumboot, he could smell anything and everything that came his way.

Faraway on an unknown planet was where this majestic giant lived.

He had to cross rushing rivers, jump over grey hills and walk past a dark, thick forest where the trees looked like crooked, broken skeleton to get to his home. Finally the giant would get to his valley where there were lots of blue rocks and massive mountains. Under a huge, blue mountain there was a cave that was blocked by a big stone. Behind this stone was a hidden world where the giant lived. Inside the cave there was a twelve foot table and an eleven foot chair. The walls in the cave were round and if you think that’s amazing, all the walls were filled bottom to top, corner to corner, with glass jars, which had weird colours in all of them.

Unlike all the other cruel giants, who spent their nights gobbling up humans and their days wrestling, the BFG spent his days only eating vegetables. Actually he had to eat one disgusting vegetable, the snozzcumber. Snozzcumbers looked like huge, rotten bananas, which were black and white. If he wasn’t eating vegetables the giant would be catching dreams with his dream catcher. In the night he would run like the Flash and blow dreams though his trumpet into children’s houses. His voice was as loud as a trumpet and with his huge ears he could even hear a ladybug’s footsteps. This mysterious giant, however, poke weirdly. It was hard for anyone to understand what he meant, but very funny to listen to.

Although the BFG was lonely and so happy to finally have Sophie as a caring friend to share his silly stories and laugh with, he was petrified that the other disgusting giants would find her and eat her. What should he do? All he knew was that he had to think of a brilliant plan and fast.

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Imaginary giant character descriptions The Gigantic Ferocious Beast, The GFB

It wasn’t human. It couldn’t be. His muscular body was twenty metres tall. Anyone who had the chance to meet him would immediately notice his huge face, which was as smooth as a polished floor. His dark eyes were gigantic and his ears were normal sized, (well normal size for its size). In his large hands he was always holding a vacuum, which looked like a knife and he wore a golden shirt, diamond pants and a ruby belt.

In Tokyo there was a giant golden mansion. It had diamond windows and walls bigger than Donald Trump’s Great, Great Wall.

If you thought that was amazing, wait until you hear about the ruby shelves that were covered with weapons. This mansion was close to the wild sea, which was where the giant lived.

The GFB was faster than the speed of sound. At night, the GFB would suck through his knife vacuum for children’s dreams to eat. If there were no dreams, he would steal their nightmares.

He didn’t eat adults dreams because they’re too dull. If you were lucky enough to talk to him, you would notice that he spoke in a really, really clear language e.g. “I am the best because I talk clearly.” The GFB had such good hearing that he could hear people’s heartbeats. A funny fact was that the GFB feared daylight.

The GFB’s problem was that he was too evil and too strong.

Who was going to stop him?

Yaseen Hendricks 3A

The Huge Fabulous Giant

It wasn’t human. It couldn’t be. His face looked like an ancient tortoise and he was as tall as a four storey building. Anyone who saw this unusual creature would first see his fabulous multicoloured and amazing coat, which was a quarter of the size of him. His hands were as big as two books and they were also … guess … fabulous! The eyes were as party-like as a disco ball and super big. The beast’s body looked very, very old – it looked like he was 251 years old. He held a friendly spider that was loving and playful and could make beautiful, orb webs.

Far, far away in the Himalayas where Mount Everest was, was where this giant lived. To get to the Himalayas you just had to go across rushing rivers and magical forests. The river was red and looked like it was a pool of blood, but in reality it was tomato sauce. His cave looked like a hobbit’s hole in a desolate wasteland. Inside Mount Everest there was a secret place where dreams were made behind a waterfall. When you got there out of nowhere a snake themed Jack-in-the-box would come out and surprise you.

The HFG was kind and loving. He moved very slow and just when you thought he was not in danger, he vanished and then reappeared. The HFG ate snozzcumbers and he liked them. He spoke in a booming voice so when he would say “AHH! Delicious snozzcumbers!” it sounded just like thunder. The HFG spoke using the wrong grammar like: I is left rather than I am right. He feared bugs, snakes, bears and for some reason tables.

The problem with the HFG was that he was protecting a peculiar person and he was very scared. He needed a plan and fast!

Liam Aylen 3A

The Big Scary Giant

It wasn’t human. It couldn’t be. The BSG was more than 30 m tall, had red eyes and a snake like tongue. He had spikey hair and very, very big muscles. He carried two snakes in each hand and wore a tracksuit pants, cape and rocket takkies.

The BSG lived in an underground wasteland. To get there you would have to go through a dark forest and over a huge, blue mountain in South Africa. Outside there were dead trees everywhere. The grass was yellow and it looked like hell. Inside there were snakes everywhere of every colour. All the walls were cold and wet and there was a thirteen foot table and an eight foot chair in the middle of the cave. It was so dark you would have to wear night vision goggles to see.

The BSG wasn’t like the BFG by Roald Dahl. The BSG ate humans and killed them by using his laser eyes to knock them unconscious. Unlike the BFG he spoke normally and was ten times faster than the Flash. That is faster than anything in the world. He was like the other nasty giants because he feared water. If he touched water he would faint.

The BSG was so deadly people couldn’t go outside or they would get snatched immediately. He was so greedy he would eat the population of three whole cities at once. The BSG was so fast, he was faster than anything you have seen in this world.

Can you picture him? Who would stop him?

Kai Isaacs 3A

Dream Jars I would love to meet Ronaldo, I wish I could drive a blue Bugatti Divo, I want to become the best cardiologist in the world, I hope I can write a book with David Walliams, My dream is to play cricket with Quinton De Kock, It would be amazing to live in a mansion.

Oways Samaai 3A I would love to visit Italy to taste their scrumptious pizza with pepperoni, I want to meet Salah, Messi and Ronaldo in the Champions League, I wish I could win Ballon d’or one day, I hope I will skydive with Junior, I want to own a cherry red Bugatti Divo, My dream is to be the next greatest soccer player for Liverpool.

Matthew Green-Thompson 3A

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Imaad Omar

Riley Arnold

Hlalumi Ndwandwa

Connor Vermaak

Aidan McArthur

Connor van Heerden

Ezekiel Botha

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The BFG Character Description The BFG was a huge, friendly giant, with a round, bald head. This phenomenal giant had big ears, which were bigger than his head. He had glowing green eyes and he was as tall as a 10 000 foot building. He also wore a black cloak and short clothes. This old, friendly giant had never been to school, so he couldn’t speak properly.

The BFG lived in a dark, stoney cave. The cave was filled with magical dreams. It had old fashioned tables with a soapy carpet. The windows were broken and the door was a giant rock.

He had so many dreams, because every night at midnight he went to catch dreams. He also couldn’t stop eating snozzcumber and he couldn’t stop drinking Frobscottle. Also, he ate dirty frobcumbers for breakfast.

He couldn’t keep Sophie, because he was scared that the other giants would eat her. But he couldn’t take her home, because the first thing she would do is to tell everyone that she saw a giant. The BFG was always scared that in the human world a person would see him again.

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The BFG was as tall as ten million clouds together in a line. Sometimes the BFG’s ears would get flat when the other giants shouted at him. All of the other giants were big and strong, but the BFG always wore skinny jeans.

He had a fbig and fluffy beard like a leprechaun.

The BFG’s home was a tall, long, red hut. Just yesterday he got a free update for finding a new island at the top op England. After the whole update he kind of felt quite lonely, so he decided to live with 6 pugs. Either Way, his house was really wet, slimy and dark. But what we cannot forget is that he was always going to be good, friendly giant.

Whenever the BFG went to bed his eyes would stay open and he would always dream about different things. This one time, he dreamt that he had a bold head! When he woke up he was always ready to catch dreams.

His problem was that he couldn’t keep his eyes off the TV when he was playing Fortnite. He was always trying his best to win, but he never got to win the final one.

Thomas Wyllie 3B

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My Auto-Bio poem

The Big, Nice Guy

I am 8 years old I love soccer I need a teddy I want Fifa 18 I dream that I will be famous I fear lions I am a proud Wynberg Boy Who am I? Fayzaan Mia 3B

I am 8 years old I love rugby I need the Lego video game I want Fifa 17 I dream that animals will rule Cape Town I fear snakes I am the youngest in my family Who am I? Panashe Mafuta 3B

Non-chronological reports on an imaginary insect The Malaria Paper Wasp

Acrostic Mothers’ Day poem Dearest Mom, I lava you for always Magnificent cook, Offering delicious cookies, Trying to help me always, Helping me with work, Excellent potter, Really good at cleaning up, With all my heart, Harbin Harbin Smith 3B

Imaginary giant character descriptions Character Description: The SLG

Once a upon a particular time there was a giant called the BNG, short for the Big, Nice, Guy. His ears were as wide as 20 elephant ears, so his ears were extremely massive – I am serious. His neck was as long as a school. The BNG’s hands and arms were extremely long. He had a humongous stomach and it was as big as 71 working out balls.

In his cave, the BNG had extremely bright lights. If you stared at it for more than 5 seconds your eyes would burn out. He had a beautifully decorated door, but it was made of rock. He had humongous chairs and tables and you would look like an ant next to them. The BNG had a boat for a bed, but it was filled with dreams. He had windows made of destroyed glass.

The BNG’s problem was that the other giants kept bullying him every day. Whenever the BNG tried to have a peaceful day the other giants would bully him. The BNG lived a horrible life.

Mogamad-Ra-eed Daniels 3B

The SLG was about 18 meters tall, with big, blue eyes.

That’s twice the size of a two-storey building. He was extremely thin, too. He looked like he could eat fully grown whales. This giant had the biggest beard in giant country.

He lived in a small, lonely cave. It had muddy floors with brick walls. Where he lived it was very, very boring. If you went there you would see him sitting on the couch, sleeping all day. Oh! And he had frogs. Loads and loads of pet frogs He had a habit of eating lots of cows. They blamed aliens, but really it was him. He also never really cleaned his cave, he was too busy eating cows. I guess you couldn’t blame him, there’s no point in cleaning a cave if it’s going to be slimy the next day, because of the frogs. The SLG was also a very sleepy giant. After eating cows he would go straight to bed.

Rhys Hill 3B

In the Autumn of 2004, Sir Humbert Bumbert found a new species named the Malaria Paper Wasp. It’s kind is mostly found in England.

A Malaria Paper Wasp looks like a Malaria Mosquito and a Paper Wasp. Their thorax is hairy and the abdomen in rubbery. This insect lives in the northern parts of England in Lester and Manchester.

A Malaria Paper Wasp is 100% deadly and 100% cute.

It confuses their prey by camouflaging and then jumping with rage and sounds like these guys who are desperate for food. As I said, it’s very cute, like Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy.

Did you know? The Malaria Paper Wasp is ever so impossible to see. It grows up to 5cm. It also eats people’s toes! I’m just joking, but seriously, though. I forgot, it only feeds on blood and injects venom into its prey.

Mogammad-Yaqeen Johnstone 3B

Sophie’s journey with the BFG, preposition poems A terrified Sophie screamed as she was snatched from her comfy bed and whisked out of the big window. She went… under the big bridge carefully, through the crooked trees as fast as a jet, past the ugly houses quietly, over the beautiful church sneakily, among the smelly trash cans calmly, beyond the humongous train fast, above the giant hill siently, until she was face to face with the old, kind and wrinkly BFG. Ben Dednam 3B

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A scared Sophie screamed as she was snatched from her small bed and whisked out of the big window. She went …

Past creepy houses carefully, Around desolate shops sneakily, Underneath a car as fast as a _______, Over an enormous moon slowly, Behind a humongous tower quietly, Under a dark bridge stealthily, Through a magnificent forest furiously, Past islands like a shooting star, Until she was in a mysterious, magical cave and face to face with the enormous BFG. Tallen Schutte 3B

A terrified Sophie screamed as she was snatched from her cool bed and whisked out of the very large window. She went…

Past magnificent mansions, Over dirty and scruffy bridges, Through the deadly river, Over sweet, kind clouds, Until she was in a very old cave face to face with the BFG. Soysilie Ngada 3B

Dream jars I would love to go to the moon with Shakespeare.

I want to be immortal.

I wish I could live at the bottom of the sea with unlimited food.

My dream is to go back in time.

It would be amazing if I was strong enough to pick up a mansion.

I hope to get into Manchester United.

Lochlan Versfeld 3B

I would love to be the best soccer player in the world.

I want to scuba dive in Hawaii’s ocean.

I wish I could learn to fly a helicopter.

My wish is to learn to speak Spanish fluently.

It would be amazing if I could see the Pyramids of Egypt.

I hope to meet Cristiano Renaldo.

Jibraan Lamara 3B

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Artwork

Connor Barrett

Daniel Wolmarans

Panashe Mafuta

Luniko Soci

Logan Petersen

Isaiah Rodkin

Rashid Rehman

Matthew Damon

Cael Lupke

Fayzaan Mia

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Non chronological reports Beetlefly

Beetleflies are big, strong insects that can lift a car. It’s main body parts are the head, thorax, and the abdomen. In the year 1998, Sir Humbert Bumbert discovered the Beetlefly during an excursion on Insect Island.

This insect is a herbivore who eats nothing else but leaves, grass and all sorts of plants. Today you will find more than 30 000 species of the Beetleflly all over the world. They are very cool insects who love their offspring a lot. This insect is a herbivore who eats nothing else but leaves, flowers, grass and all sorts of plants.

The very interesting thing about the Beetlefly is that they have 8 compound eyes and can live for about 10 years. They are so fast that they can fly 100 meters in 10 seconds.

Unays Salie 3C

The Praying Butter

The Praying Butter is an insect because it has six legs, compound eyes and three main body parts: the head, thorax and abdomen. It looks like a wasp with wings. It has four long antennae. It has eight eyes and a long green body. It was discovered by Sir Humbert Bumbert in Argentina.

This creature lives in the jungle and savannah areas. The Praying Butter lives in villages. Some live in mountainous areas too. Most Praying Butters are born in sewers.

The Praying Butter eats zombies and spiders, they have strong bites and can bite through metal. They are super naughty, they poo in people’s cars and they bath in mud.

They lay 1000 eggs in one and a half seconds. They can live without eating anything. They can eat humans. They live up to 1000 years old.

Khangelani Ndlebe 3C

Buttermanties

Buttermanties are huge, strange creatures that were found on the 30th of May 2018 in the Savanna. They were found by Sir Humbert Bumbert.

The Buttermanties are skinny and green and have a small body. It has blue eyes with yellow dots and it has large wings and a complex mouthpiece and small antennas. They have no stinger. These mysterious creatures are helpful because they eat all the pesky insects. They have a head, thorax and abdomen.

They live in the country of South Africa on the continent of Africa in the savannah and in houses. They live in warmers regions such as tropical areas. It builds its home on a leaf or a stem in the winter, they live in groups of 10 to 30.

This creature breaks their prey into small pieces and shares it as a group. It attacks by flying high so its prey can’t reach it.

The life cycle starts when a female Buttermantis lays between 100 and 400 eggs. The life span in between 3 and 4 years.

Did you know that a female Buttermantis bites the males wings off after giving birth?

Annakin-Jay Smith 3C

Who Am I? My Bio Poem

I am lovable I love my mom and dad I need to exercise more I want work on my maths I dream of a world filled with cotton candy I fear being in the dark alone I feel sad when my mom goes to work I am the youngest in my family Who am I? Caleb Ford 3C

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I am the youngest in my family I love my amazing family I need an Xbox 1 S I want 2K18 (wrestling game) I dream of having a TV in my room I fear dying even though we will all die one day I feel amazing I am like a superhero Who am I? Lucius Jacobs 3C

Sophie’s journey A scared Sophie screamed quietly as she was snatched from her horrible bed and whisked out of the small window. She went down a quiet, shadowy road terrifiedly, as fast as a bullet.

They went under multiple giant arches, across vats, dark planes until she was in a colossal cave and was face to face with the ugly, big eared BFG. Mitchell Thoresen 3C

A scared Sophie screamed as she was snatched from her small bed and whisked out of the huge rusty window. She went down a dark, quiet road quietly. Through lightning carefully, past magical houses as fast as a bald eagle, over water sadly as fast as a rocket, between colourful, fast cars confusedly, Over little blue puddles sacredly, Until she was in a dark, small cave and came face to face with the magnificent, magical, beautiful BFG. Khumzi Gogo 3C

My Dad He wakes up in his bed with one eye closed, carefully.

He wakes me up sometimes peacefully.

He makes me breakfast in the holidays lovingly.

He works fast at his work calmly.

He plays cricket with me nicely.

He snores loudly.

He speaks to my hamster sweetly. He hangs his shirts up tidily.

He is the best dad in the whole world!

Daniel van Reenen 3C

He wakes me up reluctantly.

He talks to me calmly.

He plays cricket with me skilfully.

He tucks me into bed quietly.

He works confidently.

He drives my siblings and I to school carefully.

He gladly hugs me when I come home from school.

He watches T.V. peacefully.

He eats his food nicely.

He runs fast.

Mohamed-Uzair Gabie 3C

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Mother’s Day Acrostic Poem Dearest mom

My mom is the best mom in the world!

Only my mom can bake the best cupcakes.

The times that I am in pain my mom helps me.

Helping me when I need help.

Every time I am scared my mom says “Don’t be sad, be happy”.

Really, I love my mom so much!

Che da Gama 3C

Dearest mom

Mom you are extraordinary for always being there for me and I thank you.

Offering me love when I needed it.

Then on my first tennis match you came to support me and after that you made me feel great.

Having me as a child is a dream come true.

Everything I’ve just written took me ages, but it was worth it because it was for you.

Remember I love you!

Ian Lawrence 3C

Own Giant – The Nuclear Soldier It wasn’t human. It couldn’t be. It looked like it was as a science project. The creature had four nuclear capsules on its back and a blaster full of plasma like the Iron Giant. He had a Vibraineum body.

He can be found in the coldest part of Antarctica in a giant military base, frozen inside a cage of Adantiem, surrounded by armed guards with light sabres and snipers. The whole place is covered with CCTV cameras over every square metre.

The Nuclear Soldier waits in the ice until a scientist opens the cage and orders him to do something. After 10 seconds he will immediately start his quest.

The Problem with the Nuclear Soldier is that he can’t control himself because he is 90% robot and 10% monster.

Danyaal Essack 3C

The BFG It wasn’t human. It couldn’t be. His wrinkly body was as tall as a building. Anyone who had the chance to meet him would immediately notice his huge, wrinkly pale, funny face which looked just like an elephant. His nose, smile and hands were huge. He had fluffy eyebrows. Whenever you saw him he would be kind to everyone. I could never believe my eyes whenever I saw him, he was amazing.

He lives in a dark, dark cave. There is a tree in the cave. In the tree there was a house. In the house there was a picture of the beautiful queen. The BFG lives in a country, it is called The Giant Country. The Bloodbottler and the other giant also there, but in the mountains. The Elefg lives in a secret place in the BFG’s cave, he has recycled paper to write on.

He runs faster than a jet, it takes one minute for him to go to Giant Country. He is bad at speaking but great at running, he is also very shy.

He is a master in racing. He works very fast and he is fast in everything he does.

The BFG loves to eat Snozzcumber, but Sophie says its bad to eat Snozzcumber. The giant says that it is a vegetable and that everyone will love it. The Snozzcumber is very, very gross.

Radwan Kaisan 3C

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Artwork

Luke Felgate

Limi Nani

Logan le Roux

Samuel Felton

Jonathan Dellbridge

Aadam Abader

Ethan Leibbrandt

Joshua Nyamimba

Mika’il Isaacs

Nicholas Stanfliet

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Non-Chronological Report Interesting Insects

Preposition Poem: Sophie’s Journey

The Cockroachant

A terrified Sophie screamed as she was snatched from her comfortable bed Whisked out of the broken window, she went down … a cobble, boring road quickly, past pale boring houses as fast as Husain Bolt, under shallow seas, across some fields of sheep and trees, until she was face to face with the wrinkly, pale, big eared BFG. Amr Mohamed 3D

Introduction Sir Humbert Bumbert has found another rare and extraordinary animal, which happen to be, a combination of two well know insects on his travels. He has brought it back to display in a his famous museum that is known as the cockroachant.

Appearance All cockrochants have black or brown skin. Cockroachant adults have wings. Usually they have eyes when they are born, 4 when they are kids and finally 6 when they are adults. They have two big red antennae. It has strong legs. Most of them have a big head. Luckily they have a very, very, very flexible bodies. They have very weird looking mouthparts.

Habitat All holes are very dark holes. Old cockroachants once made good paintings of themselves and their families and some adults still paint but their homes must be bigger nowadays.

Usually their holes are big, strong and brown. There is big, green, thin grass always around the entrance and exits with tiny trapdoors. If there were no trapdoors, humans would punch The Curse. They are very scary.

Behaviour They run like cockroaches. They crawl like ants. All cockroachants eats with their legs and mouths. Surprisingly they can jump up to 2 meters and they can swim up to 5 kilometres per hour and they are cool.

Interesting facts Did you know that cockroachants can shapeshift into anything? Did you also know that they can live for a month without their head? Amazingly they can’t die! They are eight times as strong as two human thigh bones! They have night vision better than cats. Some cockroachants let others ride and relax on them! Females can fly as fast as 95km per hour, whilst males can fly up to 100km per hour. Fortunately they can breathe under water and have lava. They love to eat human food. Unfortunately their predators are humans!

Mbasa Matikinca 3D

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A petrified Sophie screamed as she was snatched out of her damaged bed and whisked out of the dirty window.

She went down a straight cobble road nervously, past crooked, colourful houses as fast as a lightning bolt, under a long wooden bridge, across repeating, rushing rivers until she was face to face with the huge, tired, big eared, BFG. Noah Magerman 3D

Dream Jars: I would love to meet Neymar and Mbappe and be famous I want to win a world cup and become a legendary soccer player.

I wish I could be a billionaire and donate R9000 to my mom and maybe Mrs Isaacs.

My dream is to live in a mansion.

It would be amazing if I could win the FA cup and the community shield also the ballon d’or thirteen times and be the world record ballon d’or winner.

I hope I see Dayyan in the 2038 Champions League Final.

Matthew Dawson 3D I would love to go paragliding and skydiving.

I want to tour the world when I am 18 on my crown birthday.

I wish I could send my son to WBJS (if I do have a son in the future.)

My dream is to become a rugby player and be the captain of the Stormers and South Africa.

I want to be the best rugby player in the world.

I hope I get a scholarship for Western Province.

Luke van der Bergh 3D I would love to become rich.

I want to buy a PS4 pro.

I wish I could do whatever I want.

My dream is to become a cricketer.

It would be amazing if I could meet Ab De Villiers.

I hope I can buy a mansion.

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Character description of my own giant: The Smelly Giant

Once upon a time there lived a smelly giant. He was the smelliest giant in the forest.

Looks The BSG is very big, with medium blue eyes, sharp nails and pointy ears. The BSG wears very spotty shorts, brown jacket and cute shoes.

Lives He lives in a butiful forrest with lots of trees, butterflys and flouers. He lives in a cottage with finichur, a TV, pots, pans, tables and flour pots. His room has a big king size bed, brown cupboards, lava lamp and all of his inventions. Outside on the other side where the dirty swamp is, are the clean giants. They make fun of the BSG and call him names.

Behaviour The BSG loves to sniff the flours and he also likes to skip but the thing he likes to do the most is to swim in the water fall pond.

Problems The BSG has a problem catching fish in his pond and eating them. He also has a problem making friends but he has one.

Daniel Johnson 3D

Character description of THE BFG: Looks It wasn’t human, it couldn’t be. His thin body was as tall as a building. Anyone who had the chance to meet him would immediately notice his huge, pale, wrinkly face which looked like a grandpa. His eyes were brown. His knife nose, smile and hands were shining. Whenever you saw him, he would be in a coat. I couldn’t believe it when I saw him.

Lives The BFG lives in a contry called Giant Contry. It’s very far, it’s over oceans and cities. He lives in a cave deep under ground.

Behaviour The BFG loves to help others mostly Sophie, except the Blood botler and the Fleshlumpeater. He catches dreams.

Problems The BFG has poor language. He can’t speak good English. He always has to be safer with the other giants.

Yahya Isreal 3D

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Looks It wasn’t human it couldn’t be. His skiny body was as tall as the sky. Anyone who had the chance to meet him, would immediately notice his huge, pale, wrinkly face, which looked just like an old man. His red eyes scary and his sharp nose, smile, hands were as big as a giant a pancake. Whenever you saw him, he would be hiding.

Lives The BFG lives in an awwwful place called Giant county. Trees like your grave bones everywhere whenever you step you can hear bones cracking. Crack! Crack! Crack!

Behaviour The BFG collects dreams and changes them into good or bad dreams. He doesn’t like to be seen. He liked to eat snozzcumbers, like a giant vegetarian.

Problem Uuuuh what was I talking about again?…Right! The BFG! Anyway…

The BFG isn’t brave enough to stand up to other giants and can’t speak English well. He gets bullied a lot.

Husain Cariem 3D

Acrostic Poem for Mother’s day Magnificent mom ever in this world.

Optimistic mom that supports me at every game.

Truthful mom Hilarious mom in the world!

Enjoyable mom ever Relaxing mom Rauf Ahmed 3D

Dearest mother

I “larvae” you!

Magical cook. I love your fries Optimistic at everything you do.

The mom ever. I love you!

Helpful with my homework.

Encourage me to be do my best in class.

Rewarded me with nice stuff!

Justin Igilige 3D

Adverbs describing dad: Father’s day My dad

He gets out of his warm bed slowly He makes enjoyable breakfast carefully He drives to school quickly He works quietly He listens to me happily He plays joyfully He snoozes slowly He watches television quietly He washes carefully He tucks me into bed peacefully He hugs me calmly Dayyan Tresham 3D

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Artwork

Raees Conrad

Liam Reed

Levi Essex

Mark English

Luke Geland

Benjamin Shimba

Cameron Grainger

Minjun Heo

Ethan Kleintjies

Senna Edwards

Connor Fourie

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Grade 4 GRADE 4A

BACK ROW: Y Salie, S Peters, B Allies, Y Ebrahim, C Fox, S Carelse, Y van der Fort, H Lamara, P Ansley, J Schoeman MIDDLE ROW: L Mabi, Z Samodien, Z Ahmed, J Carelse, J Pyaneeandee, S Bruton, D Mohamed, L Martin, A Haywood FRONT ROW: U Walters, Q Adams, A Salie, Mrs W Reynolds, H Woodman, T Roman, C Ulster

GRADE 4B

BACK ROW: F Carelse, Z Johaadien, T Belcher, M Abdul, A Barret, C Mark, C Campbell, S Johnson, U van der Schyff, A Plaatjie MIDDLE ROW: L Shako-Ahuko, J Sargeant, L Potgieter, A Bahardien, S Chilwan, J Herber, D Louw, N Miller FRONT ROW: J Faure, C Maneveld, C Theunissen, Mrs O Woodman, A van Kets, J Lee Fong, S Coughlan

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GRADE 4C

BACK ROW: D Haroun, Y Naran, O Gordon-Finlayson, M Sayeed, A Allie, J Centurier-Harris, C Neethling, I Sasman, N Mohamed, C Onia MIDDLE ROW: J Vogelpoel, A Walters, A April, J Theys, S Shaboodien, K Gabriel, S Parkerson, C Samodien FRONT ROW: M Kajee, R Maneveld, T October, Mrs C Roos, J Jacobs, R Martin, Z Rahil

GRADE 4D

BACK ROW: A le Roux, A Lee, D Scharffenorth, Z Brown, A Steele, O Adams, M Ebrahiem, C Cross MIDDLE ROW: R Ebrahim, M Gombart, N Pond, I Mohamed, A Reynolds, D Daniels FRONT ROW: Z Essa, C Julius, Ms W Fourie, U Ebrahim, D Platelle

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Winter

In winter it is very cold And some people feel very old Leaves start falling down And insects are starting to drown.

Roads are covered with ice While people start to dice Police are in control And cars start to roll When rain starts to fall People close their doors Lightning and thunder roar And destroy the earth’s core.

Jesse Carelse and Lyle Martin 4A

Summer

Summer is a beautiful season So there is always and reason To go to the beach And bite into a peach.

Some people bask in the sun Instead of having fun Just to get tanned In the bare sand.

Some people play ball And some people crawl People splash in the water With people who are shorter Yaqoob Ebrahim and Safeer Peters 4A Summer is the best Better than the rest When it’s very hot It hits the right spot.

Summer is really cool You get to swim in the pool.

When it should be night It’s still very bright.

The sun is very hot It can fry you on the spot.

When it’s time for bed We all lay down our head.

Tiaan Roman and Justin Schoeman 4A

When it is summer, I have the time of my life People hop, skip, jump and play the fife.

But when there’s a heatwave Men go for a shave.

The sky doesn’t go dim But people love to swim People love to sing and dance Especially a guy named Trevor Lance.

People drive their cars To the beach that is very far Now summer is almost done Autumn is to come.

Aniq Haywood and Yahya van der Fort 4A

Strange

There once was a strange man They said his name was Stan The place he came from was weird Men wore skirts and women had beards.

People flew planes upside down Where I come from that will draw a crowd.

People sleep on top of light poles When my cousin’s here she will say “oh my soul!”

Stan is different from all the people He reads books, draws pictures and watches seagulls I totally forgot to tell you where he is from It’s called Manhattan, where his people belong.

Aniq Haywood 4A

Some pink Pythons

There once were some pink pythons that partied and played all day they ate some people, a pumpkin, a pie And partied the night away.

Then they found a purple plane with a playful pet penguin that ate a pen and a pig and stepped on a very sharp pin.

Tiaan Roman 4A

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The crazy dog

There once was a crazy dog He spent his day on a log He was super,super crazy He ate something he thought was a daisy!

He used to laugh so loud He could shatter the largest cloud Sadly he ate a poisonous pie And suddenly he started to die Lyle Martin A4

The bald eagle

There once was a bald eagle who never liked a seagull Whenever he saw one he would give a dirty look The seagull never liked him and called him Captain Crook.

The eagle hated every bird in fact When he saw one he would give them a smack so the birds got together to make a plan on day But the eagle chased them and they all flew away.

Qaaid Adams 4A

A letter to a friend Dear Andre Today we had Maths for an hour and a half but we didn’t even do Maths!

We made chocolate balls! Our teacher really spoilt us and it was such fun.

One of the boys in my group Tiaan was drinking the condense milk! I told him that he would get a sugar rush and he said, “great, that’s the way I like it.”

It would be wonderful if you could send another nice letter back.

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Dear Justin Today I had so much fun making chocolate balls with Marie biscuits in them.

They looked so good I just wanted to eat them all. I had a fun time making them and mixing everything together. It was the best time of my life. I bought icing sugar and while we were making the chocolate balls, Landa and Phoenix were eating all the icing sugar!

Your friend Hamaad Lamara A4

Dear Lianne Today was a wonderful day because we got to make delicious chocolate balls and they are cooking in the sun! When I eat them I hope that they will be magnificent because what can possibly go wrong?

I hope that they will not be too sweet so my tummy doesn’t hurt because last time my tumtum hurt like there was a volcano eruption!

Your friend Sebastian Bruton 4A

Dear Yaqeen Today is Friday , my favourite day of the week. Today Mrs Reynolds is going to spoil us by letting us make chocolate balls. I can’t wait to try one. But first I had to buy vanilla essence and coconut. so we started the mixture and once we were done we ended up with 60 chocolate balls! then we got to try them! hey were delicious!

I am going to end off by saying goodbye.

Your friend Blake Allies 4A

Dear Yaqoob Today we made chocolate balls. I bought the Marie biscuits, cocoa and a scale. Qaa’id and Caleb put everything in the bowl. It tasted like icing sugar! We made 29 balls. When I tasted it I didn’t like it much.

Your friend Uthmaan Walters A4

Why it snows!

One day on Christmas when everyone in the world saw a tsunami falling from space, the Easter bunny took his wind gun and blew the water away. Still the water flooded the earth. And now only in cold areas does it snow!

The easter bunny did it because he is a killer!

Zidaan Samodien 4A

My favourite food

Spaghetti bolognese is my all time favourite. It is so delicious that even my brother likes it. Sometimes I have more than three helpings!

Curry and roti are also is very , very delicious but my brother does not like it much.

I like it when my ma makes it because she makes the best rotis ever. I usually I have two rotis!

Caleb Ulster 4A

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Artwork

Yaqe e

n Sal

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Harris Woodman

Daniel Mohamed

Christian Fox

Abdullah Salie

Zayyaan Ahmed

Landa Tose

Jacob Pyaneeandee

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Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes noses are super long And they are mostly black They are also quite strong And they even bite my back Mosquitoes bite you night and day You better keep on your clothes After you go and play they may come looking for you You better watch your toes!

Shuayb Chilwan 4B

Mosquito

I saw a mosquito in my room I saw him on the door I tried to spray him with some doom And I wacked him on the floor He tries to bite me night and day I wish that he would die I have to protect myself like a knight Like him, I wish that I could flie!

Jagger Lee Fong 4B

Cat

My fat cat loves me You can hear her pur from miles away She is as soft as a pillow but as naughty as me The only thing she will do is play and play.

My cat is so energetic she wouldn’t stop When she hears me call “Anna” she will come with a pop But the thing I don’t like about her is her pee At night when I say “night, night” She gives you a look that says ”Come lets play” She will follow me almost anywhere The place you will find her most of all in in the hay.

Callum Theunissen 4B

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Summer

In the Summer I went for a swim But unfortunately I broke a limb My friend wanted to have fun But ended up going for a run.

Bee

I have a pet bee I named him Jubilee He makes honey And I make money

Now that Summer is here We should get our swimming gear My ice-cream has a chocolate flake But it is so cold,I’m not sure it will break.

Alex Barrett and Qanit Rahim 4B

He is nice And we eat rice He has six legs And he enjoys boiled eggs.

Winter Jarrod Sargeant 4B

Winter has a good breeze I love eating Chucky Cheese We met the BFG But we did not want to swim in the see.

The weirdest wasp ever

Everyday we have a terrible sneeze The long cold winter is starting to make us freeze We played Fifa And met Justin Bieber.

Joshua Faure and Andile van Kets 4B

It can sting as usual And it lives for 30 years at the most The owners were crying Because it burnt his I-phone

Winter

The weirdest wasp ever Lives in China Tokyo It is very big and at least 3m long And is owned by Seng Jo.

Ah! Winter is here My dad’s fixing his gear My toes are freezing like frozen peas And I can feel the cold in my knees

So Mr Jo was angry And did something bad to him I’m not supposed to tell you But you’ll never see him again.

Noah Miller 4B

Summer

In summer the ice melts away Wet Yetis at the beach Eat delicious crayfish Eat a nice ice-cream with a peach.

A heap of sand on your toes The crows steal your food And watch a nice show And not to mention the seagulls are very rude Chad Campbell and Louis Potgieter 4B

Autumn is long, long gone Going to get my jacket on I don’t have to live in that barn But you know what, it’s just winter.

Cameron Maneveld and Fahmi Carelse 4B

Spring

In Spring all the bells will always start to ring And then I always love to sing It always has something to bring And that is why the season Spring is king Whenever it is Spring I don’t feel a breeze on my skin And it’s not so hot so I don’t need cream I think it’s been so long, I wonder where you’ve bee It’s beautiful in the Springtime air But the Winter memory is still there.

Jason Herbert and Seth Johnson 4B

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Why does it snow

Long ago there lived a white wolf who lost his family.

He travelled the world and whichever place he went to, it snowed.Each place he stopped for a few months or just carried on.

One day he found a hunter and ran as fast as counting to five. The hunter ran after him in a rage. The wolf was getting tireder by the second and ran into a cave. He ran and ran his heart out.

He got to the end of the cave with the hunter still chasing close behind him but rocks were blocking the end and then Bang!

The wolf was dead but his spirit is still looking for his family.

That’s how it snows.

Dhanyal Louw 4B

Where does thunder come from?

Ancient people believed that the sky was ruled by Airtemus.

They believed that he lived there with his wife, two sons and a daughter.

Airtemus’s sons were rather troublesome and were always teasing their sister and fighting with each other.

It was believed that when the brothers teased their sister, she would cry, causing rain to fall to the earth.When the brothers fought, lightning would strike the earth. Airtemus and his wife would become angry and then could be heard shouting at them, which caused the thunder.

Qanit Rahim 4B

How thunder is made

Once on the high clouds of Avantia the king of the god Zeus ruled.

Zeus didn’t like waiting around. But Zeus was a good man. Zeus had a beautiful wife named Theaora and he had an evil brother named Hades with his three headed dog.

Hades lived in the underworld. Hades feared nothing except the thunderbolts of Zeus. One day Hades challenged Zeus to a fight.

Whoever won would be the king of Avantia. Hades cheated and chained Zeus to the mountain with his wife. Zeus escaped and defeated Hades and banished him to a dimension where Hades met the three-headed dog.

Ayabonga Plaatjie 4B

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Artwork

Achmat Behardien

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Christopher Marks

Joshua Faure

Uthman van der Schyff

Za’eem Johaadien

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Limericks A night out

My dad drives his fast car to De Aar So he could go to the bar He wanted a drink In order to think But he did not get that far.

Poems The very weird goat Seth Parkerson 4C

The dancing pig

There once was a pig who did a little jig Every now and then, he wore a big wig He rolled in the mud Straight over a bug And suddenly screamed, “Oh my! I snapped him like a twig!”

Jessie Theys 4C

Mark the Great White Shark

Once there was a Great White Shark Whose name was Mark He had a wish To catch lots of fish But, he was scared of the dark!

Suhayl Shaboodien 4C

Dinosaur

I once knew a dinosaur whose name was Selina She wanted to become a ballerina She fell over her toes And broke her nose So, she became a cleaner.

Adam Allie 4C

The market

There was once a woman who went to a market She took her car and couldn’t park it She drove her car down the aisles That crazy stunt got her some smiles They shooed her off, so she stole a carpet.

Zia Rahil 4C

There was a very weird goat That always spoke About a colourful boat That neatly wrote The goat blew lots of bubbles That always got him into trouble While jumping in massive and muddy puddles With his human friend Mr Cuddle.

Abdul-Qaadir Walters 4C

Dark Vadar

There was once a man called Dark Vadar, Who invaded my house With a tiny mouse, And danced about with his tiny snout.

The next day I made him pay, I put him in a toaster And I was such a boaster That there was no more Dark Vadar, the raider.

Raeed Martin 4C

Peter Rabbit

Peter Rabbit Has a habit About going to Mr MacGregor’s garden And eats his crops Sitting so high On top of a pie On Gophes eye While Donald tries to get him “Oh Peter!”

Sitting on the heater While Flopsy and Mom make food For Dad’s good mood.

Muhammad Sayeed 4C

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The person from a strange place There is a person who comes from a strange place And we don’t know his race.

He has googly eyes And smells like lemons on the outside.

He is always ready for a race Especially if it’s a chase, And we know he rides On a dragonfly.

But you know, I have seen that face, The answer so close, like fixing a lace.

I’m just telling you now, I’m a spy And this may be all a lie.

Yateen Naran 4C

Favourite foods The smell of chocolate chip muffins fresh from the oven. It smells so good that my tummy almost explodes. I always watch how my Mom makes the muffins that I actually feel like eating one right now. I get so happy when she is finished making them. She always tells me that I can lick the spoon. I enjoy the crispy part of the muffin so much that I drool. I love to put mouthwatering custard on them and when eating it up, it feels like I am in heaven. I always ask for more because of the delicious taste. It always tastes better when I have them with tea. They look like mountains of chocolate on the plate. They taste like hot chocolate. I always tell my Mom that she should make them for my birthday.

Cole Neethling 4C

Creative writing: Why does it snow?

Once in a country far away, no one had ever seen snow. A dove wanted to fly all around the world to tell people why it snows. He thought it was because Father Christmas was shaving his beard.

One day, Dove was flying to Antarctica to tell the people that it was going to snow the next day and that Father Christmas will be shaving his beard. Dove started flying all the way across to Antarctica. “It will be winter soon” said Dove. On the way, Dove got caught in snow coming in fast “Wow, Father Christmas is probably going for a family lunch and is in a rush!”, said Dove. Before Dove could get to everyone to tell them about Father Christmas shaving his beard, it started snowing. He was too late. Snow came down. Before you knew it, it was freezing cold. “I could collapse right now”, said Dove, “it…is…so… cold!”. The snow came down so fast that it was so difficult to see. Dove got lost and crashed into an igloo. When he eventually woke up, he told all his friends about where snow came from.

Josh Vogelpoel 4C

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Where thunder and lightning come from

Haunted House

A long time ago, before you were born, in fact, before even the oldest person you know was born, there was a boy with some extraordinary powers. He used them for good deeds such as, bringing rain for crops to grow, bringing snow for all the people in the town to play in and bringing light and warmth to the town. The townsfolk loved him but one man was jealous of this boy’s power so he started to conjure a plan. Soon he came up with a diabolical plan. “What if I made him side with me so we can bring the people to their knees”, he thought. So day by day, week by week, year by year he started working on the boy. Soon he succeeded. The boy was as bitter as he was. “Now, go and bring terror to these people!”, the man commanded. “Yes sir!”, replied the boy. For years later the people had enough, so they started to think of a way to stop him and soon they did.

One day a man said “Why don’t we make him overload on his own power?”, he said. Everyone thought this was an amazing idea. The very next day the townsfolk left from hiding and stood up to him. The boy was an adult now and had more control of his powers. For hours the townsfolk made him use up his energy until finally he used too much energy that his body burnt out like a star. The townsfolk had won!

Later that day there was a feast for their victory, but suddenly there was a voice, a voice they never thought they would hear again. It was the voice of the boy. “You think you defeated me? You’re wrong. I shall bring storms, thunder and lightning to the world…ha ha ha!”.

Not long ago, people lived in a house in a forest in USA, but the people didn’t know there were ghosts haunting their house.

There were ghosts and ghost people haunting the forests and killing people in the forest. The ghost started haunting the people who lived in the house. They were everywhere in the house, in closets, showers, baths and under beds. The ghost girl was seen everywhere around the forest. Many people survived, but some were unlucky and were killed. She started haunting the house and the people were terrified because they saw her. They only saw her at night. She had blood running down her dress, a white dress and hair covering her face. She was very scary because of her hair covering her face. There are other ghost people, but the ghost girl is the scariest by far.

Some people that lived in that house died from the ghosts and the ghost people. The people stayed for a few more days and then they moved somewhere else.

New people moved into the super haunted house and when they heard about it and thought, “They must be talking nonsense!”.They are the ghost detectors, but they have never seen such a haunted house like this before. They know how to deal with ghosts because they are ghost experts. But, ghosts always haunt that house, even till today.

Alex April 4C

And that’s where lightning and thunder comes from.

Oliver Gordon-Finlayson 4C

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Summer

Once it is summer, Earth is warm.

The birds are chirping, from evening till dawn.

Children are happy Children love weavers.

Animals are warm And so are the beavers.

And so if you are happy, As happy as a dove.

Then let all that you do, Be done in Love.

Ridaa Ebrahim 4D

My Encounter

I saw a fierce lion at the zoo.

The lion had a knife.

I heard him chew and I knew, I had to run for my life.

I met another lion, He seemed very nice.

He looked very hungry and done, So I handed him some rice.

Chad Julius 4D

The Lion

The lion in the zoo has a long tail.

When he jumps, his tail Gets caught And makes an epic fail.

He can run and walk far, But not as fast as a car.

He gets moody a bunch of times.

Maybe he went to sleep past his bedtime.

Zaeem Essa 4D

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Liam the Llama

Liam the llama spat all day.

He might just catch his little prey.

One day he wandered around the zoo, He found food, but it was gone in one chew.

Another day he was absolutely free.

Liam asked a man,”Why are you saving me?”

The man replied, “Because you are really funny And also kind of a honey.

Dean Scharffenorth 4D

The Dolphin

It’s a very friendly creature, Incredibly adorable and Would make a good teacher, But never comes on dry land.

It has a powerful nose, As strong as a bone.

And makes a weird pose, While talking with a big moan.

Declan Platelle 4D

Winter

In the middle of winter, it’s really cold.

It is icy, freezing and chilly.

Snow is always being rolled, And the snowmen look kind of silly.

Why leaves change colour

At the end of winter, the polar bears come out.

They eat and eat or sleep.

But sometimes they’re disgusting and Lick their dirty snouts.

Isma’eel Mohamed 4D

Killer Whale

A killer whale lives in the ocean.

That’s why it’s always in a happy motion.

It likes living in a pod, Almost like being in a squad.

The killer whale has a happy lifestyle.

Which gives people a smile.

It likes making lots of noise Like little naughty boys.

Caleb Cross 4D

The Surfer

There once was a surfer named Josh, And he spoke very posh.

He went to many beaches, But this is only when there were no leeches.

He once went to a beach where the sand was course, And met a guy named Boerewors.

He tried giving him a high five, But accidentally ran into a beehive.

Zachary Brown 4D

Once, in the heart of an unknown forest, in an unknown country, on an unknown continent, in a brand new world, during the very first summer, … ever, every leaf in the Leaf Kingdom had a very happy life. They all had names: Leaf 1, Leaf 2, Leaf 8, Leaf 398, Leaf 1675 (you fill in the gaps!) One day, the Oracle (the big oak tree the Leaf King lived in) who was the ruler of all the leaves (commonly known as the Leafy King,) said that a very cold winter was coming (they didn’t call it winter though.)

The very next day, a flock of birds caught the king’s eye. “Birds!” he called. “Where are you going?!” The one bird flew down and answered, “Our leader was told us of a place that has summer when we have winter and visa versa.” (They didn’t call it summer and winter though.)

“We are flying there tonight. Our clever king also decided to call this flying back and forth process migration.” “I wish we could fly too.” said the King pensively.

A short while later, the king couldn’t help noticing a snake hiding under a rock. “Snake!” he called. “What are you doing under that rock?!” “I need to stay warm somehow. I wish we were always warm.”

Before long, a wolf came trotting along, minding his own business. “Wolf!” came the king’s voice. “Why aren’t you keeping warm like everyone else?” The wolf answered, “No need. I’ve got a lovely fur coat.”

“I wish we all had fur co…That’s it! I’ve got it!” the kind exclaimed.

Right then, the Leaf King ordered that fur coats be made for every leaf in the kingdom. The leaves told him that they wanted them to be red, orange and brown, so that they stand out beautifully in the forest. They got their wish, but the tough leaves objected. “We don’t want ugly fur coats.”

The king replied, “Suit yourselves.”

And this is why there are also evergreen trees.

Arthur le Roux 4D

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The Donkey

Once there was a stubborn donkey, Who always used to steal keys.

One day he was sleeping in the yard, When he felt something really hard.

In the jungle he would take a walk But he really liked to stalk.

He found a small, talkative elf, Who liked to talk to himself.

The slowly went towards him, But then the elf went for a swim.

The donkey tried to jump in, But he hurt his shin.

Devante Daniels 4D

Why leaves change colour

Once, during a warm Summer in a forest in England, all the leaves were green until one day, when a little girl planted a mango tree.

She adored the tree and said to it every day, “Oh Tree, why don’t your leaves change colour?” She never got an answer.

Her father decided it was time to cut down the tree, but the little girl begged him not to take away her only away from her.

The mango tree produced its first mango. The little girl left the ripe mango on the tree. She noticed over time during Autumn, that the mango turned green again and that the leaves were turning red.

She asked her mom why and how this could’ve happened, but she had no idea. She just answered that it must be some kind of special tree. She was confused as to why she had a special tree. He mom explained, “It is because you have the only mango tree in the world.”

The little girl was amazed to hear this news. “Is a mango edible?” she asked her mom, but she did not know. The decided to try it out. As the little girl held the mango, the leaves turned a pinkish brown. She put the mango on the kitchen table and the leaves of the tree turned blue.

The little girl said to her dad that it was time to cut down the mango tree. As her father was chopping, all the leaves in the forest changed colour and this is why leaves change their colour during Autumn.

Uzayr Ebrahim 4D

Where does thunder and lightning come from?

A long time ago in the middle of a wide, hot desert, there was a man, a tree, a big water hole amd lots of yellow sand. The man did not know what thunder and lighting was.

One day, the clouds covered the great, blue sky. The man was very confused, because he only knew sunshine. Just then, thunder began rolling in. The man got scared and jumped under the tree. But lightning struck the tree.

He was curious where all this thunder and lightning was coming from.

He looked up and a strike of lighting came down. He was confused and could not understand how this this and light was coming from the clouds.

Just then he had an idea. He was going to build a tall tower out of sand that would be tall enough to see where all it was all coming from. It took a couple of days, but he finished the tower just on time before the next thunderstorm. Right before his eyes, the lightning struck his sand tower.

Luckily he had a soft landing and now he knew that thunder and lightning comes from the clouds.

Aiden Reynolds 4D

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Artwork

Aadam Lee

Andre Steele

Orlando Adams

Hlokomani Majebe

Mahir Ebrahiem

Josh Hall

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Grade 5 GRADE 5A

BACK ROW: M Roman, Z Kafaar, T Parker, M Orrie, R Adam, B Igilige, G Sampson, Z Jakoet MIDDLE ROW: C Taljaard, X Kruger, S Parbhoo, E Daniels, T Molakeng, N Gila, Z Croy FRONT ROW: T Dlamini, M Adams, J Samuels, Mrs C Bauer, L Pahlana, I. Adams, M Zalgaonkir

GRADE 5B

BACK ROW: M Kathrada, J Booysen, J Karstens, H Botha, D de Mink, C Fabe, J Slinger, S Jabaar MIDDLE ROW: K Neoh, C Schwalbach, M Lamara, L Mtwana, N Vusani, E Louw, N Masizana FRONT ROW: S Khan, L George, R Passoh, Mr C Graham, R Salie, A Boltman, T du Plooy

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GRADE 5C

BACK ROW: E Tshitemb, J Toffar, L Lawrence, A Parker, H Parker, L Miller, Y Osman, K Reddy, Y Ahmed, J Rossouw MIDDLE ROW: K Vassen, B Thomson, U Khota, D Philander, Z Tresham, D Wagiet, Z Samuel, M Webner FRONT ROW: C Goliath, D Nyamimba, L Mayoba, Mr D Oosterwyk, Z Horn, M Arries, E Philander

GRADE 5D

BACK ROW: K van Nelson, G Price, Y Buggas, T Jakoet, C Gonsalves, D Oliphant, U Isaacs MIDDLE ROW: Z Jonathan, M Solomon, D-L Engel, Z Rahil, M-S Mathews, B Gala, M Mnyanda, S Trout FRONT ROW: R Ebrahim, A Mandla, M Rassool, Mrs C Howell, M Cupido, M-A Rawoot, L Jeaven

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London London is the most interesting place in the world. If you walk around, the only thing you will smell is roasted chestnuts. The funniest thing about the people selling it, is that they sell it on the sidewalk without a licence, so whenever they see the cops they start running.

Things that you can do in London are hire a bike and explore or you can get a London pass at any museum.

This allows you to spend an amount of money at any shop in London.

To this very day my brother, mum, dad and I still have our London passes. London has many trains and my favourite is the Bullet train because it’s fast.

Ethan Daniels 5A

My trip to Pine Lake Marina On the first of December 2017, my wonderful family and I drove from our comfortable house all the way to Pine Lake Marina. After an extremely long drive , we finally arrived. As soon as we got out at the reception area, you could hear the amazing water fountain.

When we got to our holiday home, we could smell the beautiful green grass. From the house we could see tall, green trees and a beautiful green lawn. When we were ready to go out, we went to the Pine Plaza where you could see many games that give you prizes if you win. You could hear loud music and smell popcorn from the shop.

There was a heated pool near the shop that was so warm you could feel the warm air coming off it.

If you go to the cold pools, you could see frogs in the pool. Going for a walk during the night, you could smell other people’s braais. There are so many different activities but unfortunately we didn’t have enough time to do all of them this time.

Zuhayr Kafaar 5A

My Dog My pet is a dog A dog likes to eat meat and dog treats They like to go for walks and a swim And don’t like lemons, chillies or tomatoes They like water to drink but nothing else My dog doesn’t like loud noises But loves to sleep Xavier Kruger 5A

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My holiday in Nigeria School was over and I couldn’t wait just to have fun, kick back and relax. After a week or two it was the day I was waiting for my whole life. We were going to Nigeria! Everyone was excited to see our cousins. We woke up at 4 o’clock, got changed and then the adventure began.

We were at the airport and it didn’t take long to get into the plane and fly into the sky. We ate a feast fit for a king, played on our ipads while watching movies and the beautiful view outside.

It was a long trip but at last we were in Nigeria. My uncle came to pick us up and when we got to his house I just fell on the bed and slept. It was morning and time to go to the village with everyone else. Again it was a long trip because it was very far. The first thing I did was to see the chickens and the goats in the backyard where it was so smelly and worst of all, a swarm of flies were following me. I went upstairs,had a bubble bath and went to sleep. When I woke up, I realized that I wasted one whole day. So again it was morning and I was going to spend 2 weeks at my cousin’s house.

The fun was over, we said all our goodbyes and went back home to Cape Town on the plane.

Bruce Igilige 5A

“Dodo” Long long ago,on the beaches of Santiago, there lived a Dodo.

His name was Tyson. Tyson had an unusual diet for a Dodo bird. Unlike the other birds who ate fruit, seeds and nuts, Tyson loved to eat seashells.

Tyson had a long, thick beak, blue eyes, sharp claws, small short wings and a body that was neither too big nor too small. Tyson was a good looking bird with light, brown, fluffy feathers. He was super fast which helped to take the seashells before people could take it and with his scanning eyes he knew where the shells were.

Living peacefully on the beach was a fantastic way to get those delicious, tasty shells. Tyson became the guardian of the sea because he was always near the water.

Muhammed Zalgaonkir 5A

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The V & A Waterfront The place i chose is the V&A Waterfront. I kind of know it from head to toe I think. There are many many attractions at the Waterfront such as the famous Big Wheel and the Two Oceans Aquarium called that because it represents the two oceans around us, they are the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.

When you hear the word Waterfront, what do you think of?

What else but the fish, right? The smell of the fish restaurants and because you are near the ocean. Everyone comes to the Waterfront for some family time during the public holidays, school holidays and on weekends. The best days to come is when it’s completely clear, sunny skies with a little or few clouds and a slight breeze. There are many boats in the harbour namely Sailboats, speed boats, yachts, big oil tankers and even a pirate ship called The Jolly Roger which is mainly used for fun family tours and kids’ parties. In grade 3 when I turned 9, I had my birthday on the pirate ship. Only one of my friends got sea sick.

Now how about the Two Oceans Aquarium. It is one of my most favourite places at the Waterfront. I’ve been there a couple of times. Last year they released Yoshi the Loggerhead turtle from the Aquarium back into the wild. Those are my favourite things at the Waterfront. What are yours?

Michael Roman 5A

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My Durban Holiday My family, our nanny and I went to Durban, KZN during the December holidays of 2017 and it was as awesome as it sounds. We left on the plane in Cape Town, flying British Airways. The plane’s engines and gadgets buzzed like a swarm of bees. When we landed in Durban at 9:00 pm, we got out the plane, found our luggage and went outside to find our rental car. As I got outside, I was shocked to find the air looking so misty, it felt hot and wet as I walked, but worst of all, it smelt like sweat. Just to add to that, it was raining too.

In the zooty rental car on the way to our hotel, we saw tall sugarcane everywhere. We got to the hotel, parked the car and checked in. We went up the lifts and found our rooms. It was getting late so we went to bed in order to save our energy for the next day. We went downstairs for a good breakfast. When I saw the dining room full of food, I nearly shot through the roof like a firework been set alight! The stacks of food were as big as houses. The lovely smell of bacon and egg glued to my nose. There were: flapjacks, pancakes, fruit of any kind, bread, pastries, sausages, waffles, cold meats, eggs done however you want them done, hot chocolate and last but not the least…bacon! They even served bunny-chow for breakfast.

During the daytime in Durban we went to UShaka Marine World which was the best theme park I’ve been to, Minitown, with all the landmarks and buildings in model form, the beach, the water was so warm, Jarpour Palace and the best Indian food. On the last day we went for a long walk along the beachfront. I can describe this whole holiday as: amazing, fun and different.

Christopher Taljaard 5A

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Storms River

“Cool Runnings”

I love Storms River! It’s a place to relax and have fun.

I’ve experienced a lot in the last six years. I went down a waterfall, abseiling and black water tubing. I’m going to tell you about two recent experiences.

My first experience was black water tubing. It was so thrilling. We started in a lake surrounded by majestic trees.

Butterflies, dragonflies and fish were in and around the lake. We started moving into the river, it was very narrow and rocky. I could see nothing in the water because it was pitch black and that made me a bit nervous because, do you want to know what could be down there…lurking…

But on the bright side, the air was fresh and the water was drinkable.

My next experience was abseiling, very scary but an amazing hobby, but not for me. My big brother went first and it looked easy. I was wrong! It was my turn and my heart was thumping and my brain was busted. I was screaming and shouting that I was going to die, but I was wrong.

Everything was done, I was finished. I got my fresh air, I got a look at nature and I got water.You know what, it was all worth a try …

Sachin Parbhoo 5A

I’ve been to many awesome places but those places are not as cool as Cool Runnings. You may ask what Cool Runnings is, well it’s a place where you can go taboganing and is one of the top 5 places in the world for me.

Whenever someone walks in, they come out with a smile because everything in there is amazing. Even the parking lot has a great view. When you walk in you can smell chips, slushies and hotdogs and hear all the songs you love. You could see people smiling and the only time you saw a person sad was when they wanted to go on a ride but couldn’t. Once you get onto the ride you will get addicted to it. First you get a cart up the mountain and then ride down. I like riding down at full speed because it feels like you are flying. While you ride down smile for the camera because you are on livestream.

The saddest part of the day is when you have to leave.

But don’t worry Cool Runnings is not going anywhere.

Fortunately you can visit any time you want and trust me you will not regret it.

Gian Sampson 5A

My holiday in Durban

On the first day of the December holidays I was going to go to Durban. We were driving to the Cape Town airport.

When we got there, we had to weigh in our bags and walk through the metal detector. After that we went to the Wimpy and ordered some food before boarding the plane.

I put on my earphones and started listening to music.

After a while we landed and had to walk quite far to fetch our bags.

My cousin came to fetch us in his new BMW m4 that he got the day before. Then he told us that the rest of the family was waiting for us at UShaka. When we got there, we got combo tickets. We first went to the aquarium where we saw lots of fish and I went shark diving. Then we went to the Wet ‘n Wild side where I went on big slides and ate lots of food.

Rahim Adam 5A

Grade 5 Camp at Rocklands 2018 It was a long way to Rocklands because it was all the way up in the mountain. When we arrived at the camp and saw what it looked like, we were amazed. There was a pool, a playground, a hall, the individual camp houses and a soccer field. For the first day we played Red Rover on the field. It was so much fun.

When it was night time, we never slept until 10pm because that was the time the teachers came around to switch off the lights. In the morning for breakfast there were lots of food to choose from.

After breakfast we did more activities and had a bit of free time before splitting up into groups to rehearse for a show. I was in Group 1 and we won because we did something really cool. We said: “We are Rocklands” louder and louder.

After that we had so much fun and it felt good. The next day all the boys and I went on the bus back to school. We will never forget how much fun we had and must just sit back, relax and enjoy the ride home.

Moane Adams 5A

Playing with a bee Playing with a bee is never what you see My bee is tough, strong and its antenna is super long.

We play games and have fun Both of us are known as the crazy ones.

We are always together Even when in pouring rainy weather.

Bee and I will always be friends Till our lives end Be loves me especially When I make a cup of tea.

Maahir Orrie 5A

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The Titan’s curse The Titan’s curse is the third book of Percy Jackson’s electrifying series. This book will sweep you off your feet. This time Percy must find way to save his friend, Annabeth. He must also rescue the goddess in chains before the winter solstice begins. A Titan tries to unleash a skeleton army on the world. This book will be enjoyed by many. I absolutely love it!

Shabaz Khan 5B

Cat Flash V.S Black Puma Long ago Cat Flash was training to be the most powerful superhero in the world. All of a sudden the crime alarm went off and Cat Flash had to race to the alarm. Cat Flash shivered when he saw Black Puma, the world’s greatest villain. Cat Flash went off to find that the city had been destroyed by Black Puma. The two got into a fight. Cat Flash used his heat vision to hit Black Puma, who used the block of death to block it off. Cat Flash realised that if he uses all his powers, Puma will die. He did this and Puma was blown up and disappeared. Flash now lives in Star Labs. He eats cat food all day and he always stays cute.

Muhamad Kathrada 5B

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Two heads are better than one On October 18 it was Jeff and Georgia’s dad’s birthday. Their uncle had promised to take them to the jungle to find a treasure chest as a gift for their dad. The children went off to the jungle with their uncle. Georgia was excited to find the chest but Jeff wasn’t interested at all. When Georgia found the treasure, a snake came along and wanted the treasure for himself but Georgia shouted that the treasure was for her dad. The snake and Georgia had a fight.If Jeff only helped find the treasure, they would’ve been home. After all, two heads are better than one.

Hilton Botha 5B

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Rain Dripping neon signs reflecting lurid Reds and yellows in mirror wet streets Swollen gutters, water overflowing And squelching onto pavements Gurgling and sucking at stormwater, grey film of mist rain A lost city hall clock trying manfully to chime Nine over indifferent Cape Town Caleb Fabe 5B

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I am not a loser

Dragon Poem

This story is about four boys and a girl. It is holiday time when Barry’s mom tells him about Feeko’s Supermarket audition for their new shampoo. Barry got excited and phoned his best friend to tell him about the audion. The boys decided to go to the Supermarket and partake in the audition only to find out that they must audition on roller skates. Barry was worried as he never roller skated in his life. This book is fantastic. I enjoyed reading it and I’m sure you will too.

Mogammad Yameen Lamara 5B

Ahhh! A dragon in flight Its scales are gleaming in the light It shines like the sun but can be as dark as the night Boom! Bam! That’s so right Oh I’m sorry, did I give you a fright?

Ntsika Masizana 5B

Rocket Poem Once upon a time I had a rocket I put it in my pocket And found with it a golden locket Then I shot it And to my to my suprise I found a great piece of space meat By morning rise Raeez Salie 5B

Mauritius Mauritius is a small island in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar. It is known for many things including the three S’s, namely sun,sand and sea. There are lots of massage salons as that’s what they’re good at. You might get a surprise when you see four people riding a motorbike. It is a life changing experience and will leave you breathless. The food is great and there are many fun things to do such as scooper diving, shark cage diving, fishing, swimming, jet skiing and much more. What are you waiting for? Go to Mauritius!

Hugo Loggenberg 5B

Laughter is the best medicine On an afternoon, I went out with my family. We went to the movies and watched Mamma Mia 2. I got the jumbo slushie and mega popcorn, while the rest of my family had small popcorns and drinks. The next day I felt sick at school. I hurled and hurled for more than ten minutes. One of my friends made the funniest joke ever that caused me to laugh and laugh. Soon after, I felt fine again. Surely my laughter cured me.

Ethan Louw 5B

Flash Cat There was once an incredible superhero called Flash Cat. She was an ordinary looking black and white cat who lived with an old couple, the Wilsons. In the neighbourhood were lots of enemies but her biggest was Dark Mayhem, a big black bulldog. Mayhem was very evil and always hurt others. Whenever Flash heard people screaming, she knew that Mayhem had struck again. Mayhem stole from others and gave the stolen goods to his master, John the destructor. Flash cat swallowed her orange heart shaped tablets to activate her super powers. She then transformed into supercat with wings. She was able to catch Dark Mayhem, lock him up and return the goods he had stolen.

The people chanted her name. Flash happily celebrated with a nice homemade bowl of supercat food.

Sulaiman Jabaar 5B

Limerick There was once a cat He was very fat He got on my head And pooped on my bed Then he fell asleep on my mat.

Ty du Plooy 5B

Limerick There once was a man named Vein He had a very big brain He fell down a hill And met Jack and Jill And was crying out with pain Aleem Boltman 5B

The Double Cross-Book Review Hale is a young boy who lives with his acrobat sister, kind mom and his techno dad. The Sub Rosa society a top secret organisation. Hale can defuse an explosive, disguise in seconds and and speak eleven languages. Hale isn’t like his spy kids classmates but as his mother puts it, big boned. One day hale heard his parents talking about going a secret mission. This book is great. Please read it.

Jude Booysen 5B

Elephants Elephants are the largest land mammals. They have huge trunks and because of their size thy require a lot of food.

They also need plenty of water roughly 189 litres per day!

That’s a lot of water. How will elephants survive when their habitat is being destroyed at such an alarming rate?

Matthew Mikkelson 5B

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Laughter is the best medicine One day there was a boy named Greg, he always was happy and would play with his best friend Rowley. One day Greg was ill and felt like lying in his bed all day and not getting up. Rowley asked greg,`Whats wrong?’ Greg replied, ‘I don’t feel good, I just want to ly in bed all day’.

Rowley replied back, ‘Okay should I sit here and talk to you for a while or should I go home and come tomorrow?’

(Greg was bored and had nothing to do) Greg said tiredly, ‘Okay you can stay and i have to go to the doctor later’.

(An hour has past and Greg and Rowley are sitting in the doctor’s room) The doctor told Greg if he can laugh more that will help with he’s terrible flu. (The doctor prescribed Greg flu tablets incase laughing doesn’t work) (when the arrived at Greg’s house Greg made himself tea) Greg said, ‘Rowley I spilled some tea just don’t slip on it’.

Rowley replied, ‘Okay I won’t I’ll just wipe it up’. (Rowley slipped on the tea trying to clean it and Greg started to laugh so hard tears came running down) Greg laughing tremendously, ‘Rowley are you okay?’ Rowley replied a bit in pain but also laughing, ‘Yes i’m fine just a bit sore but at least you laughed’. Greg replied, ‘Yes I feel much better’.

(Laughter is the best medicine) Kieran Everson Grade 5C

Haythem Parker´s project presentation about Eid al-Fitr

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Newspaper article: shots fired at national airport On the 7 of July 2005, a gang of three armed american terrorists made their first attack on Cape Town. At the Cape Town National Airport Jacob Caper, Alexander Carter and Kevin Alex were the suspects of the case.

The survivors said that they came running out the elevators with their guns down and the police had boarded up the area but still they armed their weapons and shot a warning shot. We all ducked for cover but there wasn’t any. There guns went off like a scared pack of bulls, we ran for the exit but we were all bunched up and the terrorists pick us off one by one.Others say the terrorists ran through a window and had a soft landing on a stack of luggage. They through a grenade inside one of the airplanes and exploded in a blazing fire. This act of terrorism went on for about 20 minutes before the police came and had a bloody gun fight with the terrorists but eventually surrounded the terrorists and arrested them.

Four assault rifles were taken away and examined for police training.The head of police, Sgt.Axle said that that wasn’t the last of those terrorists.

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Gravitation

One stormy night in new york there was a man who was about to go to space and they counted 5.4.3.2.1 BLAST OFF! So the rocket turned on and BOOM! Up it went into to the thick sky, broke through the atmosphere and all of a sudden … BOOM! The rocket blew up in out of space and that man could not breath because he was in space, so he took a big breath of nothing and when he took the breath he could feel himself being brought back down to earth but he swallowed all of nothing and then he started flying because he swallowed that nothing but it was actually non-gravity air so he was flying in mid-air so he flew down and showed everyone his awesome super power.One day he wanted to catch a robber and be a superhero so when he used his superpower to fly when gave the robbers a heart attack and they died so he went up and flew strait down and BOOM! He made the dead bodies have no gravity like him so he took them to prison and he was on the news for what good he has done for the world.One day he went somewhere called The hall of justice and he became a member of the justice league and fight crime with famous superheroes like Superman and Batman and Wonder Woman.

Luke Miller 5C

My Camp Experience Of 2018 Rocklands

My camp experience was so exciting!

Sunday Morning before the Camp at Rocklands me and my family had to go through a mission to find all the stuff I needed for the big and first camp at Rocklands. My mother said it is one of the best and biggest camps in Cape Town, my dad told me I was going to have a great time at Rocklands!

The Big day came for us to go to Camp Rocklands, I thought about all the FUN we were going swimming at the beach, sleeping in cabins, learning about the the great outdoors and nature and cool stuff it was going to be one of the best days of my life, but I was still going to miss my mom and dad or maybe my brother, but don’t worry it only two day and a half.

When we got to the AMAZING, HUGE, Rocklands! Like come on! They have a huge swimming pool, trampolines, dining room, basketball court,a sports room, a Church and don’t think I forgot cabins nice cunterbole cabins in my mind I was like what is this where we are going to sleep for the next two days Wow!!!

Once we put the bags down in the dining room and went up to the sports room it was awesome walking into the sports room and I think for the 20 – 25 minutes they explaining the rules and stuff and what time we eat, what time we sleep and the important things and after all that we went to the the back of the camp to play red rover and after that fun game we were introduced to our cabins I was with Edward, Deen, Yaqeen, Joshua, Liam, Uthaman, Keean was our leader of the cabins of the and me of cause it was so fun that night we even went for a night hike it was really fun. It was one of my best camps ever except for the time I had to leave Daniel D Nyamimba 5C

The Rabbit In The Mirror

A small rabbit hopping with glee, is the most adorable creature I can see.

It’s beautiful bright blue eyes, sparkles in his nest where he lies.

It’s fluffy tail so cute and sweet, this brown creature will be called Pete.

If I could have a rabbit friend, I would live with one like this, to the end.

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Damian Philander 5C

Retro Man

Retro man is a superhero with the power to turn the world in to pixels he can shoot retro cannons that can turn anything into pixels. He also had the power to teleport using retro and fly. He got his powers when he was 15. He was walking from school and his hand started turning in to pixels and then he started turning into pixels and was teleporting everywhere and then that night he learned to control his powers. After a few years he learned new tricks and and decided to become retro man. People started getting powers to and they used their powers to do bad and retro man stopped them and became the hero. He faced lots of people with strong powers like fire breath but he always won he told his story of he became a superhero the day he decided to stop defending the city. Some people still say he will come back.

Uthmaan Khota 5C

Two heads are better than one

My friend Max and I were walking to school when suddenly we were beamed up by aliens. When we got to their spaceship it was so huge and there were so many things in there, you could build the titanic three times in the ocean!

The ship was black outside and yellow inside (weird isn’t it?). When we met the aliens they were green and blue.

All they said was hfhfhjfcjrhjfghrtyjnmbcczazzaddfffmir.

(Try saying that over and over).They showed us a video of what to do.We must build a doomsday device and destroy the universe. My friend and I decided we have to stop them.

The Next morning after we had built the doomsday device we decided it was the right time to attack. So we took control of the doomsday device and turned it on them!

After we had destroyed them we took the ship back to earth. We have saved the day!

Zach Samuel 5C

Angry neighbour

CHARACTERS: SNOOPY, JUNAID, NEIGHBOUR Snoopy a loveable cute naughty little dog (does not speak only barks) SETTING: At the back of a house with a pool and a vegetable garden JUNAID: Let me tell you what my dog did.

SNOOPY: Woof woof (Happily) JUNAID: SHHH…im telling them what you did! Yesterday he got into big trouble…

NEIGHBOUR: I want him gone,he has destroyed my vegetable garden.

JUNAID: Jeez can’t you go buy some vegetables like a normal person(Whispered) NEIGHBOUR: Excuse me young man!

JUNAID: Nothing(Quickly) NEIGHBOUR: As i said i want him gone!

JUNAID: I want you gone.(Whispered) NEIGHBOUR: I will call animal control on that dog!

JUNAID: Ok I’ll put him on a leash.

NEIGHBOUR: That’s not good enough!

JUNAID: BYE BYE!!!

SNOOPY: (Looks back with a smirk on his face) Junaid Toffar 5C

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The greatest times with my family and my best friends

Once upon a time there was a frog and a pig they were best friends. But today that all changes when they saw a machine.They went to go check it out, then pig jumped in and frog hoping it would lead to a secret lair but it wasn’t. Then they became Frig. They were shocked,the frog part of Frig tried to go to a lilypad but he realised that he has super strength and super speed.Then the pig part of Frig went to go play in mud and he realised that he has stealth and shoots mud out of his mouth so now they are fighting crime against enemies and working together like they are still two different people.

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My camp experience 2018 Rocklands

This all started on the night before camp. I was getting into my bed and there were so many anxious thoughts going through my head. That night I was so excited that I didn’t know what to do with myself.

It was a Monday and the sun had already come out. I woke up that morning feeling so excited. I couldn’t wait to get to school. That morning everything happened so fast. Before you knew it you were on the bus to Rocklands. Once we got to Rocklands I was so curious to check the place out. I realized they had a jungle jim, some trampolines and a swimming pool that was only half full. That was kind of a disappointment. As soon as we got there we were introduced to the whole place.

We did some super cool activities and other stuff but, the thing that got me really excited was to find out who was in my cabin.

It turned out that I was the leader of my cabin. There were eight people in my cabin including me. I decided to bunk with one of my best friends, Uthmaan. I let him have the top bunk because if there were any spider hanging from the ceiling they would bite him and not me.

For lunch we had burgers and chips. I am kind of a slow eater so I was still eating when most people left. When I got back to my cabin I heard all my friends inside scream. I knocked on the door to find out what was happening only to realize that they were telling scary stories. A few minutes later we were called to the sports hall for more activities. At six o’clock we were called down for supper. We had chicken and potatoes for supper. Later on in the night we all went for a night hike. We all had to take our own torches with us. There were a lot of steep paths and big steps on the hike. For some big steps I had to sit down to get back on the path.

From my point of view it would be better if I was safe and did not slip rather than being sorry and slipping off the mountain. When we got back we were able to get hot chocolate but, I didn’t really want any so I decided to head straight back to my cabin. When my group got back to the cabin we made some jokes before going to bed.

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The next day I was surprised to be the first one up in my cabin. It was a Tuesday and I really needed to go to the bathroom. My effort to go to the bathroom in complete darkness kind of woke everyone in my cabin up. I told them I was sorry and they they really didn’t mind that I woke them up. Our day at camp was very exciting. We started our day off by going to the beach. It was quite fun, but the water was too cold for me. When we got back we had a bit of free time before doing more activities. Later on in the day we got more free time and I decided to spend it locked in my cabin. At night we had to create a concert to perform. From my point of view my group had a lot of arguments.

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Marvel Man

Marvel Man’s powers are that he can climb walls,jump very high, he is also very flexible and is as strong as the Hulk Buster. So our story starts on a normal day when the Marvel Man woke up on a Friday morning and got ready for school at a new school called Wesgrove High. He had to go to a new school because he kinda accidentally blew up the last one. So as he entered the school bus he saw a large spinning portal by the town square out came 2 titan like aliens. One had wrinkly,smooth skin and was involved in magic while the second one was big strong and was like a dried up kind of cement except that it was brown. So after the big guy took a huge axe which looked like Thor’s new hammer to smash the road and a big hole was formed on the road they were standing on. Then I knew what I had to do so I created a distraction by shouting “WERE ALL GONNA DIE” Then everyone looked in the window and saw the giant like spaceship and gasped loudly and started screaming then quickly changed into my suit to go fight them. When I arrived, I found Spiderman and Ironman already standing in front of the aliens. I quickly went to steal the big guys hammer but when I tried to lift it up but it was super heavy so then I hit him in the face then stabbed my knife into his head and shot into his chest then Spiderman tied him up when Ironman shot him.

Edward Tshitemb 5C

Once upon a time I was like a little baby but to see how I grew up so fast my mommy almost cried because I am getting so old.She is so impressed with my work and sports because I play B team cricket,A team rugby and Western province rugby union. I have 2 brothers maybe getting the third and I have 1 sister maybe getting the second but sadly 1 of my moms baby who died would have been the oldest brother or sister but did not come out. But any way we are talking about good times not the sad times. We went to a lot of places like Oubaai, Durban, Johannesburg and Kimberly but next year it’s going to be more fun because we are going to New Zealand and Madagascar and I hope it is going to be fun because I love to spend time with my family and friends. But it is going to be hot there so we probably going to swim everyday.

Yaqeen Ahmed 5C

My Camp experience of 2018 My trip to Laangabaan

My trip to Laangabaan was great I got to meet my uncle Allen, my aunty Lorian and the cutest babey in the whole wide world. I got to go to the arcade with my best friend Diego. My mother gave us R100 to spend on what ever we want. We also went kwad biking it was so fun especially with my best friend by my side. We stayed there for 4 whole nights. We stayed awake till 1:00 in the morning just to play games. The only reason we stayed awake is because we felt like and because my ma was hogging the TV all day.

We went to sleep at 5:00 in the morning and we woke up at 1:00 in the afternoon, well I woke up at 9:00 in the morning but my friend diego woke up at 1:00 in the morning. The next day we went paintballing. It was not really paint balling we were just shooting cans.I did not care at least it was fun. That is all i can remember from the my fun trip to Laangabaan.

Ethan Matthew Philander 5C

My experience on Rocklands was amazing . I was really looking forward to this exciting camp. On Monday morning I went on the bus to go to Rocklands and all my friends and I were amazed at what we saw . We saw trampolines, a swimming pool, a diner, a tuckshop, basketball court and dorms. On the first day of camp we went to the sports hall and the people who were there told us about Rocklands and their history. It is also cool because they said we will do Archery and that Axe throwing. My dorm buddies were Michael, Benjamin, Zach Samuels, Junaid, Ethan and Liyabona and I was the leader. They were very noisy and the dorm next door was even louder at night. First we had lunch which was burgers and fries. Then we had free time which we had everyday. Our supper was roasted chicken with vegetables and baked potatoes. Then we had the night hike which was super fun because we climbed up the mountain.

Mrs. Howell tells us about the stars and their names during our hike. We went up the mountain, but unfortunately I started getting very dizzy and got a headache. When we were done with the hike we had hot, hot chocolate.The reason why I say hot, hot chocolate is because there was way too much boiling water in it. It was probably one of my favourite camps of all time.

Matthew Arries 5C

Laughter is the best medicine

One day there was a boy with his sick mom,his mom could not get out of bed so he had to go buy shopping, on the way he had to cross speeders way were you could go ballistics with your car and all went quiet no cars, he walked across then all of a sudden a car came out of nowhere and hit him straight on. When the car stopped the guy got out and called the ambulance, he was rushed to the hospital and he got winded so hard that his lungs did not expand, he couldn’t, breathe, his mom was so sad because she sent him to go the shopping his mom his dad and his little brother rushed to the hospital. He was there for almost a year. he was in a coma to but one day he woke up his family was called in they were all crying the dad told a joke and made the son laugh so hard that his lungs expanded and he could breathe.

Laughter is truly the best medicine.

Michael Richard Webner 5C

My trip to port Elizabeth

Ok we are on the road to the Eastern Cape to play rugby against Grey PE. I even saw some of my friends on the way. I had a great time it looked so wonderful.

I stayed in a hotel with my cousins and friends they had loads of nice stuff for breakfast and this is is only the start.

Hi my name is Zakariya Tresham and i’m 11 years old. I stay in a house with my family and I go to Wynberg boys junior school. I’m in Superman’s class 5C. We drank coke and ate samosas it was a nice to be out on a road trip but it was long very long we had loads of pitstop and finally we made it. “WE MADE IT!” my dad shouted at the top of his voice.

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Grade 6 GRADE 6A

BACK ROW: J Katshunga, Y Jeoung, X Mkiva, J Swartz, R Padayachi, M Munton, R de Norman, M-F Noordien, L Middleton MIDDLE ROW: J Fortuin, C Marston, U Tregonning, Z Raizenberg, N James, L Honeyman, M Jarley FRONT ROW: D Hemmings, A Monk, Z Japie, Mr M Sabatta, C Schilder, S Allie, A Saffodien ABSENT: R Stark, L Kleintjies

GRADE 6B

BACK ROW: J Schilder, D Brown, A von Alten-Reuss, L Halu, M Kitenge, Y Baradien, S Satarien, D Gertson, U Saban, S Hart MIDDLE ROW: K Stevenson, T John, J Nel, M Fernandez, A Samuels, T Leary, C Africa, L Wynne, S Flint FRONT ROW: T van Kets, O Bjรถrkman, T Dzvapatsva, Mrs L Meredith, U Toefy, H Mohamed, A Modack

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GRADE 6C

BACK ROW: M Wessels, M Chileshe, Z Friday, S Ngwenya, A da Costa, N Manganyi, S Paulsen, K Fakir, A Bjรถrkman, J Meier, J Lloyd MIDDLE ROW: M Janodien, D van der Meulen, A Dollie, Z El Chamma, C Muller, L Oldale, L Khumalo, F Jacobs, R Reddy FRONT ROW: K Webb-Wilsenach, F Ebrahim, E Lee, Mrs C Bradford, L Samaai, A Nordien, P Davids

GRADE 6D

BACK ROW: A Collison, J Paulsen, R Dellbridge, J de Mink, A Fernandez, R Squires, N Joshua, D Seedat, J de Mink, M Mayeko MIDDLE ROW: M Witbooi, A Fakir, S Lawrence, D Taylor, J Theys, K Van Eyssen, J Adams, L Khumalo FRONT ROW: L Plattelle, J-P Conradie, K Arnott, Mrs S Pastor, J Punt, C Brown, F Omar

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Life in Grade 6A 2018 6A was a fun, enjoyable class. Mr Sabatta was a good, fun and caring teacher. He could be strict sometimes, but mostly he makes jokes and makes learning fun. My classmates were very fun and kind. The struggle for me in 6A is when we sometimes have arguments and TESTS! Exams is Term 2 was very challenging. The best tests were the Systemic Tests. The teacher from the government was very fun. The only thing I didn’t like was not being able to use a ruler or eraser. The rest of the year was really fun for me and if you are in Grade 5, you must pray to be with Mr Sabatta in 6A. The outings were very fun. The best outing was when we went on camp. All my classmates (including Mr Sabatta) will agree. Grade 6A was the best!!

Jacques Katshunga 6A Grade 6 has been the most difficult year ever, but it also has been the best. I enjoyed grade 6 because our teachers made it easier for us to enjoy by making our lessons enjoyable and getting us to talk more about the topic, which made it easier to understand. My Grade 6 teacher, Mr Sabatta, was the best teacher ever. He made everyone laugh with his funny jokes and great humour. Grade 6A has been the best class ever!!

Liyam Middleton 6A

Table Mountain rich in Flora Liam Kleintjes, Cape Floral Region South Africa’s Cape Floral Region is a biodiversity hotspot which has 13 protected areas in the Western and Eastern provinces, such as Cape Town’s Table Mountain National Park, Boulders Beach penguins and much more.

Fynbos is the main vegetation type in the Cape Floral Region. About three quarters of fynbos species are endemic to their area. Fynbos provides life for many animals and bird species, like the beautiful Cape Sugar Bird, which is endemic to fynbos regions.

In 2004, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) declared the Cape Floral Region as a world heritage site. It is one of the richest places in Floral in the world.

It was made a heritage site because of its richness in Floral biodiversity. Fynbos displays greater species diversity than that found in a tropical rainforest. Many of these species are under threat of extinction.

UNESCO was the organisation that declared The Cape Floral region a world heritage site. The Cape Floral Kingdom has many animal species living in it.

The Protea, South Africa’s national flower, belongs to the fynbos family, as does rooibos.

Did you know there are endangered diverse animal species living in The Cape Floral Region such as; the Geometric Tortoise and the Table Mountain Ghost Frog.

The Cape Floral Region is one of only six floral kingdoms in the world, and its the smallest and the richest out of all the kingdoms. The Cape Floral Regions fynbos involved over a millennia and is highly endemic. Some species are only found in small pockets and nowhere else on Earth, which is why the Cape Floristic Region was declared a hotspot, one of 18 across the globe.

A stretch of land and sea spanning 90 000 square kilometres, or 0.05% of the earth’s land area, the Cape floral kingdom contains roughly 3% of the world’s plant species. At about 456 species per 1000 square kilometres.

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The kingdom is of critical value to scientists who are studying its unique plant reproductive strategies, plant adaptations to surviving fire, patterns of seed dispersal by insects, endemism patterns and adaptive radiation. Although fynbos falls within a protected zone, visitors are welcome to walk amidst this natural vegetation in and around Cape Town.

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The Castle – The oldest fortress and building in South Africa Uthmaan Saban, Cape Town, Western Cape The castle of Good Hope is the oldest colonial building of the period. The NHRA declared it a heritage site on the 14 of October 2016.

The Castle of Good Hope is a bastion fort and was built in the 17th century in Cape Town , South Africa. The Castle was originally located on the coastline of Table Bay. In 1936 it was declared a historical monument. The 5 bastions of the Castle are: Leerdam, Buuren, Katzenellbogen, Nassau and Oranje.

The Castle was built by soldiers, volunteers, slaves and Khoi undergoing punishment.

The location of the Castle of Good Hope is Darling St and Buitekant St Foreshore, Cape Town , 8001. The coordinates are: 33.925 South and 18.4278 East.

The Castle of Good Hope is home to the Cape Town Highlanders regiment. It also houses the William Fehr collection. The Castle is also the oldest building and fortress in South Africa. It is the best preserved example of a Dutch East India company fort. It also houses the Military Museum.

The NHRA means National Heritage Resources Agency.

The NHRA declared the Castle of Good Hope a national heritage site. The Castle of Good Hope was announced in a gazette. The Castle was built between 1666-1679, the Dutch East India company. The position marks mark the original shoreline. It is the oldest Dutch colonial building of the time.

The Castle was never attacked. Wars were fought in Muizenberg and Blaauwberg.

The Castle is the oldest Dutch colonial building in South Africa.

Volunteers, Soldiers and Slaves built the Castle in 1666 – 1679.

It houses the William Fehr collection and more. The NHRA declared the Castle a national heritage site. The Castle was announced in a gazette. The position marks mark the original shoreline. The Castle was never attacked. The wars happened in Muizenberg and Blaauwberg.

To find more information go to: www.Castle of Good Hope.co.za

The Great Dome Yaseen Baradien, Free State Dating back 2023 million years ago Vredefort Dome is the oldest and largest meteorite or astrobleme in the world.

UNESCO declared Vredefort Dome a heritage site in 2005. It was declared a heritage site because it is the oldest, largest and most deeply eroded complex meteorite impact structure in the world. It is located in the Free State.

Dating back 2023 million years ago Vredefort Dome is the oldest, largest and most deeply eroded complex meteorite or astrobleme in the world. It is the world’s greatest single known energy release event. It provides critical evidence of the Earth’s geological history and is crucial to understanding of the evolution of the planet.

Vredefort Dome is located in the Free State, just about 120 km South-West of Johannesburg. In 2005 Vredefort Dome was added to the list of UNESCO world heritage sites of South Africa.

Vredefort Dome is the biggest meteorite impact that geologists have yet found on Earth and it is nearly twice as big as the impact that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. This makes it a site of great importance for scientists. It is also the oldest impact crater that has been found on Earth. It is mainly for these reasons that it has been made a world heritage site.

UNESCO declared Vredefort Dome a heritage. UNESCO seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage sites around the world • The meteorite impact happened about 2023 million years ago, at a time where there were no people or even animals and plants like we see today. The only living thing was algae.

• The explosion was so great that it was many millions of times more powerful than the biggest atomic bomb ever built on Earth.

Vredefort Dome is the oldest, largest and most deeply eroded complex meteorite or astrobleme in the world. It is located in the Free State. In 2005 Vredefort Dome was added to the list of UNESCO world heritage sites. UNESCO declared Vredefort Dome a heritage site.

To find more information you can go to www.Vdome.co.za or visit our Facebook page.

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Chamber Of Skeletons

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Seth Paulsen, Gauteng Province, Johannesburg

Ameer Nordien, Cape Town, Western Cape

The Cradle Of Humankind is a paleoanthropological site. It was declared a world heritage by UNESCO on December 2nd 1999. The Cradle Of Humankind was declared a World Heritage site because it has produce some of the worlds most important fossils. It is located in the Gauteng Province.

Cultural Conservation makes Robben Island so important. UNESCO declared Robben island a world heritage site in 1999. The buildings are a reminder of its sad history. Robben Island is a small landmass located seven km off the coast in Table Bay.

The Cradle Of Humankind is where a 2.3 million year old fossil was found called Australopithecus Africanus (nicknamed Mrs Pless). In 1994 the discovery of the Taung Child.

The Cradle Of Humankind is located fifty kilometers Northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa in the Gauteng Province. It was declared a World Heritage in 1999 by UNESCO. The Cradle Of Humankind was declared a World Heritage site because it has produced some of the worlds most important fossils like the first ape man skeleton, Mrs Ples, Little Foot, The Taung Child, Homo Naledi. Fifteen fossil skeletons of extinct hominid have been found. The Dinaledi Chamber in the Cradle contains over one thousand five hundred Naledi fossils.

The Cradle Of Humankind is one of the worlds biggest Heritage Sites. The Wonder Cave in the Cradle has an enormous Chamber with fifteen metre high stalactite formations. The Sterkfontein Valley consists of around forty different fossil thirteen of which have excavated early forest monkeys that live 1.3 million years ago have been unearthed at habagat.

Forty percent of the worlds ancestors were found in the Cradle.

The Cradle Of Humankind is one of the worlds biggest fossil sites and has produced some of the worlds most important fossils. The Taung Child Mrs Ples and the first ape man. The Cradle is located in the Gauteng Province fifty kilometers northwest of Johannesburg. It was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO. It is one of the worlds biggest Heritage Sites and forty percent of the worlds ancestors were found in the Cradle.The Cradle of humankind is a very popular tourist attraction. Many tourists from around the world come to the Gauteng province just to see the cradle. For more info visit www.heritagesites.com/cradle.

Robben Island is Dutch for Seal Island.

It is roughly oval in shape. Cultural Conservation. Robben Island has very important places of commemoration that include: Routes and paths, gardens, built fabric, views and vistas. It is an Island of many voices including that of disadvantaged, the oppressed, the sick, the privileged few, the religious, the imprisionedvand the free. Lepers were confined to the community on the island as late as 1931.

Robben Island was declared a World heritage site in 1999. The area was declared a monument in 1996. Robben Island is a small landmass located roughly seven km off the coast in Table Bay. This is roughly six km west of Bloubergstrand and stands thirty metres above sea level.

The symbolic value of Robben Island leis in its somber history as a prison and a hospital for unfortunates who were sequestered as being socially undesirable. This came to an end in the 1990s. The buildings were a reminder of its sad history and because the same buildings also showed power of the inhuman spirit, freedom and the victory of democracy over oppression.

The organization that declared Robben Island a world heritage site is called UNESCO. UNESCO stands for( The United Nations, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency based in Paris. This heritage site is mainly controlled by UNESCO. • In 1865 Robben Island lighthouse was completed on Minto Hill.

• There plenty of seals, tortoises and penguins for hunting.

• But the biggest threat is rabbits twenty – five thousand rabbits were confronted on Robben Island.

• The Dutch used it as a grazing field for cattle.

This Island is an Island off the coast in Western Cape South Africa. The Island Is know because of its Cultural Conservation.The building is a reminder of its sad history as an Island. So if you enjoyed go to www.island.co.za

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The Living museum Roshaan Reddy, Western Cape, South Africa Robben Island was used as a prison by Dutch settlers in the 17th century and its first prisoners were political leaders from Dutch colonies. The islands most disturbing period was in the late 20th century, when the facility was used as a maximumsecurity prison for political prisoners of South Africa’s apartheid.

The former South African president Nelson Mandela was jailed to Robben Island in 1962 for conspiring to overthrow the state and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial.

Nelson Mandela served twenty-seven years in prison. Nelson Mandela spent eighteen years in Robben island and then later in Pollsmoor Prison for nine years. Robben Island is now a “living museum”. The buildings on the island today is a symbol of the power of the human spirit, freedom and the victory of democracy over oppression.

Robben Island is located in the Western Cape in Table Bay which is six km west of Bloubergstrand and the island stands sixty metres above sea level.

Robben island was declared a world heritage site by a organisation called UNESCO.The organisation is a member of the United Nations Development Group.UNESCO’s aim is to contribute to the building of peace, the education of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, sciences, culture, communication and information.

In 1999 UNESCO declared Robben Island as a world heritage site.

Robben Island was declared a World Heritage Site because the buildings on the island are a reminder of the sad history of apartheid.

The island had been used as a prison. Where people were isolated, banished and exiled for nearly four hundred years. These first political prisoners began to arrive in 1961. These early prisoners had to participate in the completion of Robben islands maximum security structures.

Apart from the island being a prison. It also served as a leper colony and a Quarantine station for animals. On the island there was a Military Base, post office, mental hospital, a grazing ground and a outpost. Robben Island is an important place for seabirds including oystercatchers, and 15000 African penguins making it the world’s second largest colony for penguins. Robben Island biggest threat today is actually from rabbits, there are about 25000 rabbits living on Robben Island causing damage to vegetation and to the historic buildings and, the island has become a tourist destination for thousands of tourists every year.

In 1999 a organisation called UNESCO declared Robben Island as a world heritage. Robben Island has become an world heritage site because of the buildings and people who went to the island is a reminder of the sad history of apartheid. Today the Island is a symbol of the power of the human spirit, freedom and victory of democracy over oppression.

And for more information search www.robben island more.co.za

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Robben Island is a heritage site to never forget Written by Adam Collison of BBCD News Robben island is an island in Table Bay 6.9 km (4.3 mi:) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand.

Robben island was declared a heritage site on the 1 of December 1999. It became a world heritage site because of the buildings on the island and the same buildings also show power of the human spirit, freedom and the victory of democracy over oppression.

UNESCO (United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organisation) declared Robben island a world heritage site.

Unfortunately, Nelson Mandela was in the prison for 18 years. Robben island had a prison and the prison was used by the Dutch settlers in the 17 century.

The prisons first prisoners were political leaders from Dutch colonies. Robbed island was not only used to imprison political criminals but also used as a leper colony, a military base and an animal quarantine station.

More info go to www.wiki.co.za

The History of Robben Island Connor Brown, Table Bay Bartolomeo Dias, a Portuguese explorer, ‘discovered’ the island in 1488 when he anchored his ship in Table Bay. Before 1652, In place of dealing with the indigenous residents on the mainland, most visiting ships to Table Bay preferred to land on Robben Island. When the Dutch arrived to settle the Cape in the 17th they soon began to put the island to use as prison-a role it continued to play until 1991.During the 19th century African chiefs of various tribes were banished to this island.

Muslim leaders from Dutch colonies in the East Indies were also imprisoned here, as were colonial soldiers and civilians.

Robben Island sits in South Africa’s Table Bay, only 6 km from Cape Town’s beaches UNESCO declared Robben Island in the Western Cape a World Heritage Site in 1991.Robben Island is also 6km from Bloubergstrand, and a place where people were isolated, banished and exiled to for nearly 400 years.

Robben Island was used various times between the 17th century and the 20th century as a prison, a hospital for socially unaccepted groups such as lepers (people with body parts falling off) and a military base. Its buildings, and in particular those of the late 20th century maximum security prison for political prisoners, testify to the way which democracy and freedom triumphed over oppression and racism. But this is no pleasant resort. Instead it has served as a place of imprisonment, banishment and isolation-most notably housing the leaders of South Africa’s anti-apartheid movements.

This prison was used to imprison former president Nelson Mandela.

Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for fighting against the apartheid.

To find out more go to www.robbenisland.co.za

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The Cape Floral Region in all its splendor Jordan Paulsen, South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town In 2004 the Cape Floral Region a protected area measuring 553 000 ha it was declared a heritage sight by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World heritage sites acknowledge and offer protection to areas of outstanding natural, historical and cultural such as The Cape Floral Region UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee declared the 553 000-hectare Cape Floral Region to be of outstanding universal significance to humanity, describing it as “one of the richest areas for plants in the world”.

The Cape Floristic Region is one of six floral kingdoms in the world. The Cape Floristic Region is a floristic region located near the southern of South Africa. It is the only floristic region of the Cape (South Africa). Floristic kingdom and includes only one floristic province, known as the Cape Floristic Province The magnificent Cape Floristic Region is, as its name implies, situated in the Western Cape and parts of the Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. It is significant for being one of the world’s most diverse and abundant floral areas home to about one-fifth of the vegetation in all of Africa.

The entire Cape Floral kingdom is protected as a UNESCO world Heritage Site for its outstanding processing in terms of ecology and biology, which is particularly due to the Fynbos bloom and its sheer diversity and abundance within such a confined area.

A number of mountain ranges are included in the Cape Floristic Region. These include the iconic Table Mountain as well as the Tsitsikamma,Outeniqua,Cederberg Hottentots,Holland and Zuurberg ranges.

The Cape Floral Region is a magnificent heritage site and we must protect it from all kinds of disasters. For more information go to www.CapeFloristicRegion.co.za

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Grade 7 GRADE 7A

BACK ROW: C Lamara, C Qinga, K Nyoka, K Dean, N Kassiem, M Kader, N Maric, M Pascoe, J Richards MIDDLE ROW: J Heath, K Tshiki, D Clucas, M Mafakala, L Real, A Burton, S Green, R Maart FIRST ROW: M Muller, M Thomas, S Ismail, Mr A Steward, S Matthews, J Erasmus, Z Cassiem

GRADE 7B

BACK ROW: A Boltman, D Fish, F Conradie, F Davids, L Tshingo, H Horn, R Lombard, T Bailey, M Bjรถrkman MIDDLE ROW: M Adams, C Lotriet, S Gabier, A Kerbelker, T Newman, Z Palekar, A Najjaar, I Badroodien FRONT ROW: R Japie, J Hendricks, J Park, Mr K Leverzencie, L Alexander, S Christians, S Ntingiso

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GRADE 7C

BACK ROW: C Petersen, C Wadeley, G le Roux, C Conradie, A Johnson, T Green, E Ramsay, J Borgches, M Adams MIDDLE ROW: A Adriaanse, X Brown, B Badiali, D Brown, B Nqubelani, A Hendricks, E Gamieldien, C Muller FRONT ROW: N Haywood, A Malander, Y Ebrahim, Mr J Pretorius, A Abrahams, J Cassiem, J Dyers

GRADE 7D

BACK ROW: J Jacobs, M Bowes, D Hendricks, P Farikeni, D Richardson, A Bisset, B Ndlovu, R Chicktay, J Adams MIDDLE ROW: E Florence, C Elbaba, H Loonat, Q Edross, T Africa, K Noconjo, E Majiet, T Ely, J Jones FRONT ROW: S Pipes, N Nordien, Z Ebrahiem, Mr B Wienand, J Ismail, N Ackerman, D Morgenrood

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New Life

The next step I take into my life is very big Meeting new people Making new friends Doing so much, work feeling like it never ends Cameras watch me like a hawk Homework surrounds me as if it were a tornado The older boys and bullies corner me as if I were the dirt and they’re the cleaners But eventually you become brave You learn how to behave You mess up some of the days But then learn from your mistakes You will realise what you want to do And that will become your dream You will follow your dream from there That’s what high school will teach you You will have great achievements Which will make you want more You will work harder and harder Until you can no more Daniel Clucas 7A

Kerrie Baai

Die plek wat ek kies is Durban. Ek het Durban al besoek en dit is een van my gunstelling plekke in Siud Afrika.

Die rede hiervoor is omdat daar baie interessante dinge is om te doen en die weer is heel jaar warm.

Ek het na die Ushaka Mariene Wêreld gegaan. Dit is ’n groot water pretpark wat baie waterspeletjies en selfs winkels en eet plekke het. Ushaka is wel bekend vir hulle waterglybane en groot akwarium wat baie van die jong kinders se aandag trek.

Ander belangrikke plekke is die Moses Mabhida Stadium, die Durban se Victoria Straat se speserye, kuns en kultuur, Durbanse Botaniese Tuine en die Japanese Tuine.

Ek het my besoek aan Durban afgesluit met ’n heerlike kerrie “Bunny Chow”. Die kerrie was so sterk dat my lippe gebrand het vir ’n goeie paar uur. Ek moes baie water drink.

Aniq Burton 7A

Rusland

Rusland is een van die ikoniese, asemrowende pleeke in die wêreld, aangesien dit nie net oor sy weermag is nie, maar ook sy luukse.

Rusland is net die grootste land ter wêreld nie, maar is ook pragtig en wonderlik, aangesien daar baie pleeke is soos die Kattedraal van Christus, Rooi Plein, Moskou Kremlin en nog baie meer.

Daar is ook ander plekke wat jy kan besoek soos die Staat historiese museum en die GUM departement wat die bekendste winkelsentrum in Rusland is. Daar is baie geboue en monumente om te sien maar jy kan ook na skulderagtige pleeke sien soos Gorky Park. Dit is ’n sentrale park wat kultuur in al vorme bied. Daar is ook die Aptekarskiy Ogorod Botaniese Tuin wat die oudste in die land is. Daarbenewens is Rusland ook bekend vir hul wêreldbekende Vodka wat een van ’n soort is. Aangesien bere een van die belangrikste diere in Rusland is, sal jy baie van hulle sien, veral in sirkusse en opgeleide professionele persone wat hulle ry.

Ten slotte wil ek sê dat Rusland een van die skouspelagtigste, wonderlike plekke is en ek wil nie hê dat iemand ’n moontlike besoek hieraan moet misloop nie.

Mikhyle Mafakala 7A

Port Elizabeth

Ek en my familie het onlangs Port Elizabeth besoek. As jy in die Oos Kaap kom lyk die paaie baie anders. Dit is wit van kleur en die paaie is baie breed.

Ons het gedurende die somer maande gegaan en die weer was baie lekker. Alhoewel dit baie warm was, het die wind vreeslik baie gewaai. Dit is waar wat mense van PE sê, dit is die winderige stad. Een van my gunstelling plekke is Kings Beach en die swembaddens. Almal was baie gaaf en al die kinders het lekker saam gespeel.

Daar is ook ’n groot winkelsentrum in Greenacres. Ons het ook na die ysskaatsbaan gegaan. Dit was baie koud maar almal het hulself baie geniet. Daar is ook ’n wildtuin in PE. Ons het baie diere gesien en ek het myself baie geneit.

Reuben Maart 7A

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James en die reuse perske

Die boek was deur Roald Dahl geskryf en die illustrasies deur Quentin Blake.

Al die karakters van die storie is James Henry Trotter, Tannie Spons en Tannie Spyker, Ougroen Sprinkaan, Duisend Poot, Juffrou Spinnekop, Glimwurm, Erdwurm, Sywurm en Lieweheersbessie.

James het met sy ouers gewoon. Sy ma en pa was eendag deur ’n renoster geëet. James se huis was verkoop. Na dit toe gaan bly hy by tannie Spyker. Tannie Spons en Spyker was nie baie vriendelik met James nie en maak hom werk. Die volgende dag sien James ’n man met ’n sak. Die man sien wat die tannies aan James doen en gee vir hom ’n sak.

James het die sak laat val en ’n dag later sien hy ’n reuse perske in say werf. Later die aand sien James ’n lig in die perske boom en kruip daarin. Ougroen Sprinkaan woon in die boom. Duisendpoot, juffrou Spinnekop, Glimwurm, Erdwurm, Sywurm en Lieweheersbessie praat met hom. Skielik val hierdie groot perske af en rol see se kant toe. Die voëls tel die perske op en vlieg stad se kant toe daarmee.In die stad leer James hoe om te lees en skryf en was deur ’n goeie familie aangeneem.

Dit was ’n baie interessante boek en ek beveel dit aan vir kinders my ouderdom.

Saeed Ismail 7A

Hoe om eenbeentjie te speel

Teken sirkels en vierkante van 1 – 6. Gooi ’n klip in sirkel 1. Spring met een been in die sirkel en stop met albei bene in die vierkant (4 en 5 ) en ( 8 en 9 ).

Rus in sirkel 10 en draai om. Spring dan weer terug na die begin.

Tel jou klip op.

Begin weer. Gou nou jou klip in sirkel 2, daarna in sirkel 3 – 10.

Jy is uit as jou klip nie in die regte sirkel of vierkant beland nie. Jy oor die lyne trap.

Jy in die sirkel spring waarin jou klip is. Die eerste speler wat alles van nommer 1 – 10 reg doen, is die wenner.

Rayne Lombard 7B

Durban

Ek sal graag daarvan hou om weer Durban toe te gaan. Die temperatuur daar was baie vogtig en warm. Durban is die grootste stad in Kwazulu Natal.

Durban is die tuiste van my gunsteling plek, Ushaka Mariene Wêreld.

Ushaka is ’n akwaruim en ’n waterpark. Dit het twee en dertig water tenke, verskeie restuarante en ’n dolfyn en rob perk. Dit is die vyfde grootste akwaruim in die wêreld. Dit is ook die plek waar ek my eerste groot storm ervaar het, wat selfs op die nuus was.

Durban is ook die tuiste van die grootste winkelsentrum in Afrika, die Gateway Inkopiesentrum. Dit is die derde grootste stad in Suid Afrika. En was oorspronklik Rio de Natal genoem deur Vasco Da Gama. toe hy hier gekom het in 1497. Natal beteken “Christmas” in Portugees. Durban het ook die grootste populasie van Indiërs buite Indië.

As ek enige plek in Suid Afrika kon kies om te besoek, sal ek Durban kies vir sy diversiteit, die winkelsentrums en ook Ushaka Mariene Wêreld. Na my mening is Durban die tweede beste plek in SA. Natuurlik is Kaapstad, die moederstad, my nommer een.

Radhi Japie 7B

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New Zealand

Nieu Zealand is ’n baie pragtige eiland. Dit bestaan uit twee kompakte eilande, die noordelike en suidelike eiland. Die hoofstad van Nieu-Zealand is Wellington, geleë Op die Noordelike eiland en is ’n baie pragtige stad.

Nieu-Zealand is ’n baie tradisionele en lewendige land met die inheemse kultuur Maori.

Die Maori mense beinvloed die taal, kuns, kultuur en selfs die aksent van Nieu-Zealanders. Daar is vele te doen in Nieu-Zealand. Dit is vol gepak met ongelooflike toerisme aantreklikhede, weelderige landskappe en asemrowende wit uitsigte en vele meer. As jy lief is vir avontuu, kan jy die stunkende geisers in Rotorua gaan besoek.

Nieu-Zealand is ’n klien eiland maar is goed in sekere sport soorte, veral hul rugby – The All Blacks. Hulle het die wêreldbeker drie gewen. My onvergeetlike ervaring in Nieu-Zealand tydens die 2011 Rugby Wêreldbeker was dikwels vreugdevol en uiters opwindend. Ons het vir 2 weke in ’n motorhuis deur die noordelike eiland gereis. Ek het die avontuur geniet en Nieu-Zealand het werklik baie om te bied.

Heath Horn 7B

Parys

Parys is die hoofstad en grootste stad in Frankryk met ’n bevolking van 2.2 miljoen mense en ’n oppervalkte van 105.4 km2. Parys se stadsentrum met die Eiffeltoring is die grootste aantreklikheid. Parys is een van die enigste stede wat soveel hoofkwartiere Van internasionale organisasies gesetel is, soos: Unesco, Internasionale Energie Agentskap, Europese Afdeling van Interpol en die Europese Ruimtevaart Organisasie.

Parys is die grootste Frans sprekende en Franse kulturele stad in die wêreld. Daar is ook toeriste aantreklikhede soos die Eiffeltoring, Louvre Museum, Paleis van Versailles, Militaire, Champ-de-Mars, die Paleis de Chaillot en La Defense en meer pragtige tuine.

Parys is geweldig invloedryk in Frankryk, Europa en die wêreld, wat mode, kuns politiek, argitektuur, filosofie, musiek en filmkuns betref. Ek wil ook daar gaan omdat hulle die sokkerwêreldbeker gewen het.

Salahuddien Gabier 7B

Gesond eet is nie maklik nie

My familie is vol snaakse eetgewoontes. Daar is my pa en ek wat baie hou van skyfies.

Ek hou ook baie van pizza. My boetie sal enige kos probeer maar hy vergeet dikwels om te eet. My arme ma is die enigste een van ons wat gesond eet en sy was kwaad vir ons.

Op ’n dag sê my ma dat ons almal gesonder gaan eet.

My pa kon nou net een pakkie skyfies op ’n dag eet.

Ek mag nog pizza eet maar ek moet ook nou groente begin eet. Ons gaan almal vir my boetie help om te onthou om te eet.

Die twee dinge wat ons baie van mag eet is vrugte en groente. Ons voel nou meer gesonder, maar ek dink my pa eet die ekstra pakkie skyfies nou en dan. Ek het ook ons hond geleer om van blomkool te hou.

Gabriel le Roux 7C

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Tel op Stokkies

Twee of meer mense kan hierdie speletjie speel. Al die verskillende kleure stokkies het ’n verskillendewaarde en dit is: Swart 25 punte; Rooi 10 punte; Blou 5 punte; Groen 2 punte en Geel 1 punt.

Hou die stokkies op en laat hulle almal op ’n plat oppervlak val. Die eerste speler gebruik ’n stokkie en tel die gekleurde stokkies op sonder dat die anders nie geskuif word nie.

Die volgende speler kry ’n kans wanneer dit gebeur. Tel op stokkies totdat daar niks meer gekleurde stokkies oor is nie.

Die wenner is die speler met die hoogste punte Seth Christians 7B

Bangkok

Bangkok is ’n wonderlike plek in Thailand. Dit is die hoofstad van Thailand. Daar is baie webwerke om te sien soos mooi geboue, Buddhas en olifante met mooi lappe op hulle rue.

Bangkok is die mees besoekte stad in die wêreld en een van die rykste. Dit is amptelik die “City of Angles”. Daar is ook ’n dieretuin wat jy nie sou verwag het nie, gesien dat dit ’n groot besige stad is. ’n Belangrike feit, die straatkos is heerlik.

Daar is kos soos sushi, seekat sop en Thai Heng.

Die argitektuur is ongelooflik met die hoë geboue en klein huise. Dit is lekker vir kinders om Bangkok toe te gaan, want mense wat in Bangkok bly weet dat hulle kinders veilig sal wees en dat jy kinders moet respekteer. Bangkok is ’n wonderlike plek en ek hoop om een dag dit te kan besoek.

Caleb Conradie 7C

Die dag toe my oupa siek geword het

Ek was nog nie gebore nie toe my oupa baie siek geword het.

Dit is die verhaal wat my pa my vertel het.

Dit was op ’n Saterdag toe hy siek geword het. Elim is omtrent 3 uur se ry vanaf Kaapstad. Hy het nie lekker gevoel op die dag nie. Hy het toe besluit om huis toe te gaan. Toe hy by die huis kom het hy my ouma vertel dat hy nie goed voel nie. Hy het ’n stort geneem en hospitaal toe gegaan. Die dokter het toe toetse gedoen en hy was gesê dat hy ’n hartaanval gehad het. Hy moes in die hospitaal oornag. Terwyl hy daar was het hy ’n tweede hartaanval gehad en dit het sy spraak affekteer. ’n Paar dae later was hy huis toe gestuur en moes sy hart pille elke dag neem. Hy moes ook gesonder begin eet.

Alles het goed verloop en presies ’n jaar later het hy nog ’n hartaanval gehad en hy het toe gesterf. ’n Paar dae later het my ma uitgevind dat sy swanger was met my. Ek is na my oupa vernoem.

Ek mis hom baie.

Jayden Borgches 7C

Die dag toe my oupa siek geword het

Dit was ’n gewone dag net soos enige ander dag. Ek was in Graad 4. Ek was besig in die kombuis om my ma te help om Sondag middagete te maak. Toe die kos klaar gekook was het ons vir almal geroep om te kom eet. Almal het gekom, maar nie my oupa nie.

Ek het my oupa geroep, maar daar was geen antwoord nie.

Ek het sy kamerdeur oopgemaak en het groot geskrik toe toe ek hom siem op die vloer lê. Ek het vir my ma geskree en sy het vinnig na die kamer toe gehartdloop. Onmiddelik toe my ma vir my oupa op die vloer sien lê het, het sy die ambulans gebel. Hulle het vinnig gekom en hom hospitaal toe geneem.

Doe dokters het gesê dat dit ’n matige hartaanval was. ’n Paar dae later het hulle hom ontslaan uit die hospitaal. Hy is nou veel beter.

Akshay Lala 7C

Australië

Daar is baie mooi strande in Australië. Die beste strand is Bondi Beach. Die tradisionele instrument is die DIEGERYDOO. Hierdie instrument word van geslag tot geslag gebruik Sedert die inheemse Australiërs aangekom het.

Die uitsigte in Australië is baie mooi. Daar is baie oerwoude aan die eenkant van die Outback, die anderkant het woestyne en het ook ’n paar wounde en strande. Die hotel diens is baie goed. Hulle behandel jou met lekker kamerdiens an maak jou kamer skoon sodat dit vlekkeloos is. Die kos is ook baie aangenaam. Ons het baie hamburgers, vleis pasteie geëet.

Australië is ’n baie lekker plek om vakansie te gaan hou.

Nur Haywood 7C

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Progress

I stand on the stage, singing the school song Thinking of the school I’ve called home 7 years at Wynberg Boys Junior School Many youthful memories with peers Exciting extra murals and hardwork Role model for younger members of the school I’m a big fish in a small pond Final memorable school events But now it’s time to progress Anxiety about what lies ahead Butterflies in my stomach Start to something brand new Now i’m a big fish in a small pond Ben Badiali 7C

Reality to Fantasy

I discovered myself alone at home As bored as a sloth I dragged my feet around the house My psychopathic brother comes storming in Whipping knives everywhere, he accidentally stabbed himself I grabbed the med kit And covered the wound Suddenly I found a patient in front of me It seems as if I was here before I stood there surround by dozens of surgeons When I looked down I saw a tumor as big as an apple I knew this must be a ground breaking surgery There were lots of risks As I proceeded with the surgery I got to the toughest part Taking the tumor out whilst the tumor was being taken out silence was I heard I blinked for one second and…

I found myself saving my brother life I guess we will never know if I had saved the man Adbullah Abrahams 7C

Big Fish

My Journey at Wynberg has been sweet Everything at Wynberg has been a treat.

From amazing teachers to awesome friends, There is always someone whom I can depend.

From an acorn to an oak tree, I never in my life felt so free.

Every Founders Day will be so memorable, And it will never be unforgettable.

But entering into a place so strange, I will feel sad, lonely and even afraid.

I hope to never forget our school song, For my brothers and I share a special bond.

I would like to send my children here, Because here I know they will find great cheer.

High School is a much bigger place, And I really hope to finish the race.

I love this school with all my heart, But I know that someday I will have to depart.

Alex Adriaanse 7C

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Reality, To a Amazing Fantasy

Jungle explorer

I somehow see a dangerous racecourse and rows and bikers next and behind me.

I rev my motorcycle as The Traffic light is about to hit Green.

The race starts, and i am leading the race.

I start to sweat as i feel the blazing air from the Lava below.

Faster and Faster i go, Preparing to jump over a insanely big ramp |with spike traps underneath…

I start flying through, screaming as i made first place!

All of a sudden.

I see cars hooting at me and people are shouting “Can you get off the street!”

Azaad Hendricks 7C

Machu Picchu

I discover myself on a open wide road, I am all alone.

Nothing but my mountainbike and the sound of tyres screeching on the road.

Suddenly A Neighbor’s deadly dog chases me.

I start to panic so i decide to peddle faster.

I went so fast that i unexpectedly hit a speed bump and began to fly.

As I am about to land, Suddenly,

Big Fish in a Small Pond The year goes by quickly, Like Cassidy running a race, Like Fayyaad getting a century in cricket.

But leaving has its emotions, The feeling of fear and excitement.

The fear of what’s next.

The fear of being with bigger fish all over again.

But all considered, there will always be excitement.

The excitement of new things to try, The excitement of meeting other small fish in the bigger pond.

We are brothers in an endless chain.

But as I go, i’ll always remember, “Supera Moras, Makes us one.”

Tristan Ely 7D

It was a summer’s day, There wasn’t a breath of wind, So I decided to go outside and play.

It was hot and the birds were high up.

I felt like playing Jungle Explorer.

I grabbed my plastic sword, backpack and my favourite cup.

I went around swinging my plastic sword through the bushes and flowers, Just like a jungle explorer looking for rare animals and artifacts, When all of a sudden the trees and bushes became huge like tall towers.

A leopard jumped in front of me, And a thick fog came down.

I could no longer see.

The fog faded away and to my dismay, It was all just a dream, But it was still an awesome day.

Joshua Jones 7D

Die mees interessante aandenking was van Peru af. Dit was ’n skaakstel van Machu Picchu. Die skaakstukke het uit die Aztec en Inca spaans weermagleede bestaan. My tannie het Peru besoek. Sy het die vier dag Inca roete trek tot Machu Picchu gedoen. Ek hou baie van geskiedinis en was so begoei oor die verhaal van die Inca ruines van Machu Picchu.

Machu Picchu is ’n Incan vesting in Cusco, Peru en was die blyplek van Incan aristokrasie. Dit is hoog in die Andes berg gelee en was baie goed weggesteek. Dit was al in 1460 gebou, maar is eers in die twintigste eeu ontdek. Hierdie “verloorde skaat” is nou ’n wereld erfenis gebied en is een van die wereld se sewe bewonders verklaar.

Ek wil graag die argeologiese bewonder besoek en die skoonheid van die berg en ruine ervaar, dis ’n saak van die bedrag van geld wat ek het.

David Morgenrood 7D

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BIG FISH

So, here we are at the end of the line Thank you for giving me my time to shine Even though it makes me so sad Thank you for all the good times and even the bad For teaching me how to behave And for all the memories i will save We are big fish in a small pond And of this school i will always be fond Wynberg will always have a special place in my heart Because people here were there for me when others were not So, thank you to all those people who helped me to be the person i am today And for that i will always be proud to say…

SUPERA MORAS MAKES US ONE! Eesa Majiet 7D

Weightlifting

He was lifting those one kilo weights He felt so strong The seven year old child thought he could take anybody on He stepped it up to two kilos He could feel the burn, like fire Running down his arms, like ants, filling him with adrenaline He was coating his hands in chalk Getting ready to lift weights The Weightlifting Championship final was on the line He had to lift two hundred kilos The ultimate weight He went up to the stage and got ready He had butterflies in his stomach as he lifted They finished, but he didn’t win Hamzah Loonat 7D

The Girl Of My Dreams

Have you ever felt on top of the world?

Trees swaying in the cool breeze, People having a blast at the beach, Waves speeding to the coast, But an ordinary man like me, Standing next to the girl of my dreams.

I felt as energetic as a cheetah, Just with butterflies in my stomach.

I closed my eyes…

We moored the boat through the Atlantic.

She slowly came closer and closer to me, So close we were like two peas in a pod…

And before you even thought of it.

Myself, and the girl of my dreams, were already, loving, husband and wife David Morgenrood 7D

Winter Has Arrived

Whoosh!

The cold wind is howling, Crispy, cold, ice is cracking And the water is as cold as ice.

The snow is whiter than my teeth.

Clouds are covering the sky, The clouds are crying and the Sun is hiding.

Trees are waving And the hail is the size of golf balls.

Everything is frozen, Winter has arrived.

Zuhayr Ebrahiem 7D

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My vakansie in Sun City!

Drie jaar gelede het ek my broer, my ma en my pa na Sun City toe gegaan. Sun City is in Johannesburg in Suid-Afrika. Die laaste keer toe ek Sun City toe gegaan het was ek nog steeds jonk, klein en bang. Ek het ook familie daar in Johannesburg.

Voor ons Sun City toe gegaan het, het ons na ons familie toe gegaan in Lodium, en ons het vir een nag daar gebly. Die volgende dag het ons met ’n kar gery na Sun City. Die hotel was groot en ons slaapkamers was perfek, die bed was ook baie groot. In die pad van ons se hotel was daar my gunstelling plek in Sun City, ‘ The Valley of the Waves’. Toe ek jonger was, was ek baie bang vir die plek. Daar het ek in die swembad geswem en ek het op die trampoline gespeel. Ons het ook in die speletjies in die arkade gespeel en het ’n klein snoeker tafel gewen. Ons het ook ‘ The Fast and The Furious’ daar gekyk. Daar was ook ’n aap wat binne in ons kamer gekom het maar ek, my broer en my ma het uit die kamer gehardloop.

Die vakansie was een van my beste en lekerste vakansies.

Alles was perfek vir my en ek hoop ek kan weer daarna gaan.

Raaziq Chicktay 7D

The soccer dream

On the couch eating rice crispies Getting ready and on my way to school Smartly dressed like the king of Mali Entering the glorious school gates Feeling sleepy after listening to Mr Snaps lesson Brrr! the school bell rings for break Dribbling through the whole team Crunch! they slide me in the box Holding the ball, face to face with the goalie Mbappe!, Mbappe!, Mbappe!

Can’t catch my breath Thousands of fans screaming He scores in the top corner Prrr!, Prrr! The final whistle Holding the gold cup I’ve done it!

Crash! The trophy falls to pieces Now i’m back on the field with ball in my hands Kamvelihle Noconjo 7D

Paradys in Zanzibar

Net Oos van Tanzaniese kus, sal jy die eiland van Zanzibar kry. Dit is in paradys ryk in geskienenis. In die sewentiende enagttiende eeu, was dit ’n setel vir slawehandel. In ’n plek genaamd Stone Town, kan jy nog die putte sien waar hulle slawe ver-handel het en in ondegrondse kamers gestoor het.

Zanzibar se mense het baie gelowe en hulle taal is meestal Swahili, Arabies ne Engels. Daar is ’n groot mark wat nie gemoderniszer is nie, waar jy speserye, rou vleis en seekos sal kry. Die mense mag arm wees, maar hulle is baie opreg. hulle steel ook nie en daar baie Tanzaniet myne is, en dit is baie waardeval. Hulle geldeenheid is die Tanzaniese shilling.

As jy helder blou water en onbederfde strande wil geniet, is Zanzibar die plek vir jou.

Matthew Bowes 7D

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Library Report The Early Act Club Charity and Community Service The Learning Support Department Computer Report #wbjsrecyclereusereduce Prefects & Learner Leadership

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Library Report Gr Rs at Book Sa

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“I love the smell of the books,” exclaimed one of the Grade 1s as he came into the library. This has been a good year for the library and the boys show continued interest in reading.

The series that has generated a lot of excitement in 2018 is the Ultimate Football Heroes, sparked off by the Soccer World Cup held in Russia. We currently have about 40 of these books in the library. There is a constant stream of boys coming into the library to ask for them.

Aimed at children, they are easy to read, crammed with interesting facts and trace the soccer player’s childhood as well as their subsequent rise to fame.

This year only three literature quizzes were held. The first one was the annual Kids’ Lit Quiz. A team of four boys took part in the Cape Town round of this quiz which is an annual international event organised by Wayne Mills, a senior lecturer in Children’s Literature at Auckland College of Education. Grove Primary School hosted the quiz. The boys were very excited to take part in this three-hour quiz.

There were a total of 37 teams. We came 30th but that did not dampen our spirits. It was very good exposure to all the different kinds of books that are available and read on an international level.

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On 18 May 2018 we hosted the first Lit Quiz of 2018 in our school hall which was very exciting for us. Sixteen schools participated with 24 teams in total. We were represented by 2 teams: Team 1: Joshua Jones, Charlie Marston, Alex Adriaanse, Matthew Witbooi Team 2: Edward Tshitemb, Gabriel Price, Sachin Parbhoo, Zubair Friday Betty Baerecke, who started the quiz a number of years ago, was the quiz master. Our Team 1 came 19th and our Team 2 came 21st. The boys were very keen to take part and really enjoyed the afternoon. We need to know our authors better as that is where we lost marks.

We had a very successful Book Week in September. An amazing amount of R31 049 was donated by our families! Thank you so much. Half of this amount will be donated to READ, an NGO that is involved in educator training and school resource provision, working alongside the Department of Basic Education.

The other half will be used to upgrade our library computers.

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The Book People had a two-day book sale in the foyer which generated plenty of interest and raised R4 500 in commission for us.

Cape Town-based author Jeremy Daniels addressed the Grade 7s about his biographies of South African sporting heroes, and was well received.

Penny Haw enthralled the Grades 4s, 5s and 6s with her anecdotes of Nicko the vervet monkey who grew up on her grandmother’s farm in KwaZulu-Natal.

Storyteller Gilly Southwood skillfully told fascinating folktales to the Grade Rs, 1s and 2s. Book supplier and former teacher, Sally Boulle, introduced Connector reading books and methodology to the Grade 3s which the teachers and boys found most interesting.

The fancy dress day caused the usual excitement and enjoyment, and the judges were faced with tough decisions. The Grade 6s and 7s visiting the Grade 1s and Rs respectively and reading to them on a one-to-one basis was very successful and rewarding to all concerned; it is so refreshing to see the caring side of the older boys on display.

Thanks must go to our library moms, Kim da Costa, Soemayyaa Israel, Marnell Johnson and Sandra Monk, for their voluntary work in covering books.

This is much appreciated.

We look forward to another successful, book-filled year in 2019!

Mrs M Roberts

LIBRARY MONITORS

BACK ROW: M-J Adams, A Hendricks, M Israel, J Borgches, J Adams, Z Palekar SECOND ROW: C Marston, T Ely, C Elbaba, A Adriaanse, M Mayeko FRONT ROW: Mrs M Roberts, JP Conradie, J Ismail, L Honeyman, N Haywood, J Adams, M Witbooi ABSENT: A Johnson, N Kassiem, L Alexander, D van der Meulen

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The Early Act

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The Early Act Club has enjoyed another fulfilling and enlightening year. We continued to meet each week throughout the year in our respective Wednesday and Thursday afternoon slots. It was another busy year in the life of our school with so many opportunities for our enthusiastic Early Act Club members to enjoy exercising their charitable nature.

During the course of the first term, we spent our time getting to know one another and exploring the core values and mission of Rotary and the Early Act Club. We had a well supported Sandwich Day. The Salvation Army collected and distributed the sandwiches to a needy crèche.

The second term proved to be a very busy term.

Our main focus was on electing our new executive

team. These boys would be the leaders and role models for our club. The process entailed nominations to be taken and then listening to prepared speeches by the nominees. Thereafter voting by secret ballot took place. The following boys were voted on to the new executive team: Abdullah Abrahams (president), Hamzah Loonat (secretary) as well as Salahudien Gabier and Eesa Gamieldien (vice presidents).

We conducted our annual winter warmer collection in the second term and received a large number of blankets and socks for the needy from our parent body and learners.

At the start of the third term we showed our support for Mandela day by hosting a Knitting for

EARLY ACT CLUB

BACK ROW: C Muller, T Ely, K Fakir, I Badroodien, D Brown, A Boltman, H Horn, C Conradie, A Bissett, A Fernandes, M Israel, M Adams, Z Palekar, S Carelse, A Burton, N James MIDDLE ROW: Mrs D Wilkinson, J Fortuin, S Lawrence, A Dollie, J Adams, F Ebrahiem, R Japie, J Cassiem, D Morgenrood, Z Cassiem, C Muller, J Centurier-Harris, Y Ebrahiem, D Philander, C Africa, M Janodien, F Jacobs FRONT ROW: Mrs O Woodman, J Pyaneeandee, J Punt, J Ismael, A Fakir, J Dyers, D Taylor, A Abrahams (President), H Loonat (Secretary), S Gabier (Vice President), E Gamieldien (Vice President), A Malander, C Schilder, Z Japie, K Arnott, D Louw, J Lee Fong, R Ebrahiem, Mrs C Howell

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Mandela Day event in the school hall. A number of enthusiastic moms, grannies and aunts joined us.

While enjoying tea and biscuits, we knitted scarves and blankets. Even the Early Act Club boys engaged in the knitting as they had been learning to knit during the course of the second term. It really was a fun-filled morning and we hope to repeat this successful event.

The knitted items were donated to a shelter for abused women and children in support of women’s month in August.

Bob-a-job forms were handed out and learners went home to do little jobs for family and neighbours to earn money. These funds went towards purchasing books for an underprivileged school during book week.

Many boys filled more than one form and worked hard towards this cause.

The fourth term was a short and fast-paced term. We had to jump into action immediately in preparing for our annual visit to the old age home. During club time the boys made cards to go with the care packs we put together for the home. On the 28 November the Early Act Club boys, teachers, parents and music boys set off to Douglas Murray Old Age Home. We loaded our cars with gift packs which the boys and their families had donated, together with care packs and muffins.

The morning at the home was a heartwarming and very special experience. We sang Christmas carols and did lucky draws. The boys and teachers engaged with the elderly, and had an entertaining and wonderful morning.

Thank you to all the Early Act Club boys for your dedication, commitment and hard work. Thank you to parents for supporting us and encouraging your sons in this regard. Thank you for all of your donations and ongoing support. Thank you to the teachers who are always willing to lend a hand.

Mrs O Woodman and Mrs C Howell

Spread love everywhere you go.

Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

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Handing over Easter Eggs

Handing over Easter Eggs

Grade 5A boys carrying Easter Eggs

We consider supporting various charities as an important component of our boys’ education as well as to make them aware of the needs of those less privileged in our community.

During the first term we had our annual Easter Egg Collection and would like to thank our boys and parents for their generous contributions. Easter eggs were handed to the coworkers of Missionaries of Charity in Bergvliet who distributed them amongst various children’s homes and homes for the aged.

During the Term 3 we had a civvies day in aid of The Children’s Hospital Oncology Department.

Boys donated R5 each towards this worthy cause.

We alternate our charity civvies days with the Early Act Club. We look forward to another year of making a difference.

Mrs C Bauer

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The Learning Support Department It has been another eventful and fulfilling year for the Learning Support Department.

In the first term we bid a fond farewell to Educational Psychologist, Michelle Ireland. We wish her well in her new venture. In the third term social workers, Ruth Nugent and Nadine Williams, joined the WBJS team. We welcome them both and are happy to report that we now have the services of an on-site social worker every day.

Learners who are in need of support are referred to the School-Based Support Team (SBST) by the class teacher, and a meeting is scheduled to discuss the best ways to offer the learner the help he needs.

Learners may be referred for academic assistance, or for assessments and support from a therapist. This process always includes consultation with parents.

The Learning Support teachers, Mrs Daniels and Mrs Sproat, worked with a total of 119 learners, from Grades R to 7, this year. Learners are helped with literacy or mathematics during two half-hour sessions per week. Learning Support extends beyond the classroom—we encourage parents to communicate with their children, stimulate vocabulary extension, and minimise the use of slang. Positive reinforcement and affirmation are very important to help build self-esteem.

We continue to enjoy the services of a private Speech and Language as well as Occupational Therapist, who work with learners during the school day.

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themselves in a safe and secure environment where they feel empowered and contained. In this space they are able to learn adaptive coping skills to deal with the difficulties that they are facing.

During the term we have provided a number of individual counseling sessions with the boys and their parents. We engaged in a classroom-based awareness programme around personal safety and space to the Grade 3s. We presented a talk to new Grade R parents on tools and tasks to assist their child to be prepared for school. We are satisfied to report that the boys relate very well to us in order to build trusting relationships with them. In the new year we will facilitate group sessions with the boys, focusing on related topics and creating awareness on issues that impact on their daily lives.

Our team has grown and we are thankful for this. To our teachers, social workers, therapists, District Support Team, parents and, above all, our learners: thank you very much for all of your hard work. Well done!

Mrs N Williams and Mrs R Nugent

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A word from our social workers We are so excited to have joined the Wynberg family from the beginning of the third term. We are privileged to be working with some stunning young boys during our time here thus far.

As social workers, we are committed to providing holistic supportive services to the boys who are experiencing challenges within their daily lives. We encourage parents to make use of the support service provided within the school setting.

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Computer Report ICT has gone from strength to strength this year, with teachers and boys using computers and devices on a daily basis in and out of the classroom. Grade R to 5s still attend weekly lessons in the computer room.

Grade 6 and 7 classes have successfully integrated with the curriculum in the classroom, doing research and project work.

This year we acquired more Chromebooks for use in classrooms. These are used throughout the school, with the Foundation Phase integrating ICT into their group work and work stations. The boys are working on assignments from home and at school which then get uploaded onto a platform for the teacher to mark and assess. More and more presentations are being used for both English and Afrikaans orals, with boys sharing documents and slideshows with their teachers on a daily basis. We have seen group projects done on computers and boys collaborating with each other from home.

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approved by the WCED, as well as from other sources which enhance language, writing skills and creativity.

Coding has also become a very exciting part of the ICT curriculum within computer lessons. The boys embrace it and are excited to learn these new skills.

This enthusiasm has led to more than 100 boys attending Computer Club as a co-curricular activity.

The computer room is bursting at the seams with boys eager to learn more and further their skills.

We also accommodate boys needing to complete research and projects. Thank you to Mrs Roberts for also making her library computers available and supervising boys in the afternoons.

Overall we have created an environment where teachers and pupils can gain maximum benefit from available technology. No doubt this will only grow and advance in the year to come, with more computers and devices being placed in classrooms.

Thank you to the teachers for embracing these opportunities and allowing the boys to grow and learn in our modern society.

Mrs L van Eyssen

BACK ROW: Z Friday, K Tshiki, R Lombard, M Adams, R Adam, J Katshunga, N Joshua, S Satarien, J Adams, P Farikeni, D Fish, N Manganyi, S Ngwenya, M Kitenge, L Halu, A Najjaar, S Carelse, B Igilige THIRD ROW: C Cross, D Nyamimba, R Stark, L Khumalo, L Wynne, S Lawrence, M Mayeko, L Khumalo, S Hart, J Toffar, Z Raizenberg, M Wessels, R Maart, N Ackerman, M Janodien, K Reddy, C Afrika, Y Ebrahim, M Abdul, C de Gama SECOND ROW: A-J Smith, C Barrett, F Smith, C Lupke, M Witbooi, R Japie, R Passoh, J Ismael, C Schilder, T Dzvapatsva, K van Eyssen, F Ebrahim, C Schwalbach, J Samuels, A Nordien, S Ntingiso, P Ansley, K Arnott, J Theys, L Platelle, P Mafuta FRONT ROW: Mrs L van Eyssen, C Ulster, M Amardien, T Roman, R Martin, T Adriaan, I Roberts, R Mohamed, U Salie, L Jeaven, R Hill, A le Roux, C Goliath,T Dlamini, D Louw, I Mohamed, A Boltman, T October, A Varghese, R Ebrahim, J Nyamimba, C van Niekerk, Q Adams, L Felgate

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#wbjsrecyclereusereduce At Wynberg Boys’ Junior School we have continued to be proactive when thinking about the waste we send to landfills throughout the year. It remains a fundamental goal when nurturing the value of relevant citizenship that all our boys grow up to be adults who care about their environment and are responsible and accountable for their actions. We believe it is vital that we encourage all our boys, families and staff to continuously ask themselves how they can reduce, reuse and, if necessary, recycle the waste they produce.

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Throughout 2018, we have focused our energy on further supporting the Eco-brick Exchange initiative. This extraordinary and uplifting project aims to raise awareness on plastic pollution and ways we can reduce it. This is a very serious and relevant issue currently facing our community.

Every boy and family were challenged to make as many eco-bricks throughout the year by filling a 2L PET bottle with compressed un-recyclable material like sweet wrappers, straws, and chip packets to create reusable building blocks.

To date we have donated approximately 800, if not more, ecobricks to the Eco-brick Exchange, who continue to utilise them to build amazing structures such as parks, classrooms and homes. Whilst the boys thoroughly enjoy making the eco-bricks, the satisfaction and happiness they gain from knowing they are saving their environment and supporting those less fortunate in our community is invaluable. Thanks to the Eco-brick Exchange, we have been able to show our boys that we can all make a difference – one brick at a time.

We hope to improve our recycling resources next year by continuing to support the Eco-brick Exchange initiative, further developing the amount and efficient organisation of our recycling bins, as well as widening the materials we recycle to include compost bins.

We would like to give a heartfelt thank you to the committed and hardworking Ground Staff as well as two enthusiastic gentleman, Father Michael Williams, an Anglican priest, and Glenville Meyer, who continuously ensures that Wynberg Boys’ Junior School is successfully lowering waste products in landfills, in order to protect and care for our environment and futures.

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Earth is our home, so it is up to us to look after its wellbeing and keep it safe and healthy.

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Prefects & Learner Leadership PREFECTS

BACK ROW: M Israel, S Gabier, P Farakeni, T Newman MIDDLE ROW: M Mafakale, C Muller, D Morgenrood, E Majiet FRONT ROW: A Abrahams, Z Ebrahim, I Badroodien

MEDIA TEAM

BACK ROW: C Lotriet, S Green FRONT ROW: Mr J Engelbrecht, N Ackerman, J Jones, T Ely

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Interschools General Knowledge Quiz Chess Club Music Report Art Club Drama Club

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General Knowledge Quiz The first round of the Interschools General Knowledge Quiz was hosted by Grove Primary School. We had one team namely Mthombo Mayeko, Uzair Tregonning, Fayaaz Ebrahim, Robert Stark and Maahir Jarley. There were 22 other schools participating. A rather disappointing result, but we had a great time. It was a good experience to meet and compete against pupils from other schools.

We entered the second round of the Interschools Quiz which was held on Friday, 17 August, at Herzlia Middle School. The quiz was very well run and, in

the words of one of our team members, a great start to the weekend and time well spent. The fact that we did not make it through to the next round, as we were not in the top ten, did not deter these boys. They volunteer for the love of learning new things and realise that growth takes place through learning, one of our values as a school. Thanks to our second team: Fayaaz Ebrahim, Saeed Ismail, Maahir Israel, Maahir Jarley, Mikhyle Mafakala and Mthombo Mayeko.

Mrs M Roberts

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TEAM

FRONT ROW: Mrs M Roberts, M Jarley, M Mayeko, F Ebrahim, R Stark BACK ROW: M Mafakala, M Israel, A Lalla, S Ismail

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Chess practices are held every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from 3pm to 4pm, in the library at Wynberg Boys’ Junior School and in Ms Benjafield’s classroom at Wynberg Girls’ Junior School.

All learners from Grade 3 up are welcome to attend, if they have a little knowledge of the game.

We have a professional coach who assists the players on a weekly basis. During the first part of the lesson, we work on checkmate problems, some specific element of tactical play, or we examine games of famous chess masters. The players then challenge each other. This is generally to be found very interesting and pupils of different levels of skill are encouraged to participate actively and compare their own ideas with those of top grandmasters.

In order to maintain the standard of chess at a school it is, of course, necessary to have a group of three to four promising players in every grade so that there are experienced replacements for the teams each year. We therefore encourage our boys to exercise their minds as well as their bodies, and join our chess club!

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CHESS TEAM

BACK ROW: M Adams, G le Roux, B Badiali FRONT ROW: Mrs S Graham, C Taljaard, J Erasmus, T Dlamini

This year we had two teams playing in our Friday Southern Suburbs Junior Schools Chess League.

We once again joined forces with the WGJS and played mixed teams. The results were varied, with a mixture of wins, losses and draws.

Next year we face a challenge of having few senior players and so look forward to an exciting 2019.

We sincerely thank Mr Maravanyika, Ms Benjafield and Ms Morris for their continued assistance and for helping to grow chess at our schools.

Mrs S Graham

BACK ROW: K Tshiki, M Mafakala, C Petersen, L Tshingo, G le Roux, M Adams, B Badiali MIDDLE ROW: M Adams, C Taljaard, J Erasmus, S Green, C Leak, Z Croy FRONT ROW: Mrs S Graham, C Ulster, Q Adams, R Ebrahim, T Dlamini, C Barrett, I Mohamed, O Samaai

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Music Report Once again the music department had an exciting year. The year was packed with performances showcasing our boys in a variety of styles and formats, yet always delivering entertaining and polished performances.

Spotlight While the bands, choirs and ensembles hit the road running with a vigorous rehearsal programme in term 1, the rest of the school took centre stage with the WBJS first round of the Wynberg spotlight talent showcase. We had entries from grade 2 – 7 auditioning across the three categories i.e. dance, music and other. At the end of the first round we were amazed at the talent and creativity the boys displayed when given the freedom to do so. Our finalists held their own on stage alongside performers from Wynberg Girls’ Junior, High and Boys’ High.

However, the highlight of the evening had to be the surprise performance by SA’s Got Talent finalist Anecnote and the inspiring words by Wynberg old girl and music director of the group, Amy Campbell.

Campus Choral Concert The Campus Choral Concert, hosted by WGHS, was spectacular as always. Well done to the Senior Choir and a special mention to the newly formed Intermediate Choir (Grade 4s and 5s) whose rendition of The Rose did not leave a dry eye in the house.

Grey Weekend No rest for our boys, as we set off for PE for a weekend of sports and a music concert with our brother school, Grey. Our Concert Band and Jazz Band performed alongside the Grey Orchestra and Jazz Band, as they delivered a short but thoroughly entertaining programme.

Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra Demo Wynberg Girls’ Junior School hosted the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra and were kind enough to extend an invitation to the entire school (Grades 1–7).

We were very proud to have not one but two members of the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra on our music staff, namely Jesse Williams and Robert de Vries. One of our very own boys had his time to shine as he was given an opportunity to conduct the Orchestra.

Cape Town Big Band Jazz Festival The Jazz Band was honoured to be invited to the Annual Cape Town Big Band Festival at the Baxter Theatre. The line-up consisted of the top High School, College and Professional bands in the country. Wynberg Boys’ Junior now joins the ranks as one of only four junior schools invited to perform at this.

Ensemble and Campus Orchestral Concert The first half of the year had been phenomenal and we decided to put on a special concert featuring our bands, ensembles and choirs to those who support us the most, the parents and staff. This was the perfect warm-up for the Campus Orchestral Concert hosted by the Boys’ High school.

One-to-One: As a result of our performance at the Cape Town Big Band Jazz Festival, we were asked to perform at the One-to-One event for the mentally and physically handicapped at the Cape Town Stadium. I was so happy that the boys had an opportunity to perform for such an audience and use their talent to give back to those less fortunate.

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ABRSM This year we entered our first group of applicants into the Royal School of Music examinations. All our candidates did extremely well and we are very proud of all who entered. A special mention and congratulations must go to Arthur le Roux who was awarded a distinction for his Grade 2 Piano Exam.

Eisteddfod This year we hosted the first ever WBJS Eisteddfod, with a different instrumental category on each day. Both junior and senior musicians had the opportunity to perform solo pieces to some of the top adjudicators in the country, these included the likes of Jon Rojas, Head of Woodwinds at Beau Soleil and the Official Adjudicator for the Cape Town and Afrikaans Music Eisteddfod, Woodwinds Category.

Sunset Concert It is always a privilege to play alongside the Boys’ High, especially this concert as our Grade 7s engage with High School musicians and staff in the hope of being accepted into Grade 8 in 2019. It was, as always, a light-hearted evening filled with great music and a must-see on our campus performance calendar .

Arnold Lorie Concert The Arnold Lorie Concert is always a great end to the year, featuring our top performers and ensembles of the year.

This year we invited our sister school (WGJS) to join us for a combined concert band conducted by Tamay Peters. The evening concluded with the debut performance of the WBJS/WGJS Symphonic Wind Orchestra.

Junior Cultural Evening The Grade R-3 boys blew us all away with their very own concert which was nothing short of spectacular. Every boy took to the stage.

The boys not only sang pop chart toppers such as Dynamite and Shake It Off but also executed flawlessly choreographed dance routines that would put high school musicals to book, they were pitch perfect!

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Campus Carols was an enjoyable evening that marked the end of the cultural year and the run up to the festive season. This year had a hip, jazzy twist to the carol service format which kept our feet tapping while enjoying all our favourite carols.

There are many things to look forward to in 2019. Expect a jam-packed year of exciting new initiatives and concerts, so watch this space!

Mr J Engelbrecht

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CONCERT BAND

BACK ROW: S Green, J Park, H Botha, M Mafakala, C Conradie, J Heath, Z Parker , M Adams, M Wessels THIRD ROW: S Christians, N James, C Marston, Y Ibrahim, R Maart, A Samuels, J Erasmus, L Kleintjes, M Roman SECOND ROW: L Samaai, C Taljaard, M Thomas, P Sachin, E Daniels, Z Parker, L Oldale, J Dyers, O Bjรถrkman FRONT ROW: D Taylor, Z Rhadi, Miss J van der Merwe, Mr. J Engelbrecht, Mr. C Graham, J Thys, F Omar, A le Roux

INTERMEDIATE CHOIR

BACK ROW: D Philander, Z Jakoet, A Barrett, G Sampson, L Miller, H Botha, A Parker, C Fabe, G Price, S Jabaar THIRD ROW: J Pyaneeandee, S Chilwan, J Theys, Z Jonathan, B Gala, C Taljaard, Z Croy, M Mnyanda, A Mandla, Y Salie SECOND ROW: D Daniels, A Salie, C Julius, L Tose, A Walters, S Bruton, C Goliath, O Adams, L Martin, D Louw, L Jeaven FRONT ROW: Miss J van der Merwe, A le Roux, E Philander, C Maneveld, T Roman, H Majebe, R Ebrahim, Q Adams

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JAZZ BAND

BACK ROW: Mr J Engelbrecht, R Maart, M Adams, Z Palekar, J Adams, M Mafakala, S Green FRONT ROW: Miss J van der Merwe, L Kleintjes, O Bjรถrkman, N Haywood, M Thomas, D Taylor, R Japie, Mr C Graham

JUNIOR CHOIR

BACK ROW: J Dellbridge, T Zemanay, E Kleintjes, C Barrett, C Lupke, C Breytenbach, C Hugo, M Matikinca, C Kruger, K Gonsalves, B Alexander THIRD ROW: S George-Louis, C van Niekerk, M-R Ryklief, A McArthur, O Samaai, C Vermaak, O Moruri, T Adriaan, B Kuhn, N Wagner, C Thomas SECOND ROW: E Arun Thomas, B Solomons, B Shimba, S Mcutshenge, S Edwards, J Paterson, Z Wooi, D Tresham, R Ahmed, Z Rahil, G Peters, Z Kolle FRONT ROW: Miss J van der Merwe, Z Holland, B Brown, C Jonas, N Segers, J Anderson, A Roopen, M Arries-Hendricks, A de Rock

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RECORDER ENSEMBLE

BACK ROW: C Vermaak, M-H Cariem, L Jacobs, E Liebbrandt, E Botha FRONT ROW: Miss J van der Merwe, M Thoresen, R Mulholland, N Stanfliet, L Versfeld

SENIOR CHOIR

BACK ROW: A Hendricks, A Fernandez, M Israel, N Kassiem, F Davids, K Dean, D Richardson, A Johnson, M Kader, A Bisset, A Boltman, M Bjรถrkman, S Green THIRD ROW: R Stark, L Khumalo, E Gamieldien, B Badiali, M Adams, K Tshiki, J Adams, S Ngwenya, R de Norman, M Mafakala, J Park, E Majiet, D van der Meulen, D Hemmings, T van Kets SECOND ROW: K van Eyssen, J Lloyd, N James, J Jones, L Alexander, A Adriaanse, E Florence, A Burton, R Dellbridge, J Hendricks, J Cassiem, M Chileshe, J Adams, C Brown FRONT ROW: O Bjรถrkman, F Jacobs, D Morgenrood, L Kleintjes, L Khumalo, T Leary, Miss J van der Merwe, R Maart, S Pipes, C Marston, Z Cassiem, E Lee

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STRING ENSEMBLE

BACK ROW: S Lawrence, J Park, B Badiali, J Jones FRONT ROW: Mr J Louis, L Jeaven, S Mnyanda, H Mohamed, K van Eyssen, D Louw, Mr J Engelbrecht ABSENT: Mrs T Mills, A Abrahams

UKULELE

BACK ROW: P Mafuta, K Isaacs, N Stanfliet FRONT ROW: Miss J van der Merwe, L Soci, M-R Rylief, D Tresham

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Art Club This has been an exciting year in the art department, filled with colour, fun and laughter. The boys have certainly showed their passion and enthusiasm for the subject, as is evident in the quality of the work that they have produced.

The Art Clubs have welcomed an open-door policy this year so many new faces have featured in the afternoon sessions. These classes allow the boys who are interested in the subject a little more freedom to express themselves.

In the classroom we have covered some interesting topics from the popular animal choices to the more serious topic of the Cape Town drought.

We also experimented with collaborative pieces of art this year, where the boys were given the opportunity to work in either groups or pairs. The Grade 6s were also given an exciting opportunity to explore the idea of design thinking. The design thinking project was put together to help them come up with an interesting mural design for the counsellors’ room. The boys will have an opportunity to enjoy the outcome of this project in the new year.

We are striving to become more environmentally aware in the classroom, so we are excited to see where these new challenges take us. The boys should be incredibly proud of their work this year and we are so looking forward to seeing what next year artists will produce.

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JUNIOR ART CLUB

BACK ROW: K Baxter, R Mohamed, R Hill, J Igilige, E Botha, M Heo, K Isaacs FRONT ROW: Mrs Townsend, L Versfeld, M-Y Johnstone, D Johnson, N Magerman, R Conrad, R Mulholland, D Wolmarans, I Omar, Mrs McGibbon ABSENT: D Essack, D van Reenen, A Varghese

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BACK ROW: A Dollie, L Khumalo, A Steele, M-Y Baradien, A Fernandez, M-M Israel, G le Roux, J T Swartz, H Loonat, J Richards, K Fakir, D Brown, K Everson MIDDLE ROW: S Allie, D Nyamimba, A Fakir, C Taljaard, M Sayeed, M Jarley, J Booysen, M Roman, E Tshitemb, C Marston, S Parbhoo, K Neoh, K Vassen FRONT ROW: C Theunissen, H Woodman, Z Japie, A Saffodien, P Ansley, J Punt, S Flint, S Peters, J Schoeman, K Arnott, S Bruton, R Maneveld, T Roman ABSENT: L Alexander, B Badiali

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Grade 3 Art

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Ethan Kleintjies

Raheel Shah

Danyaal Essack

Daniel Wolmarans

Noah Magerman

Panashe Mafuta and Cael Lupke

Tyler Southey

Lochlan Versfeld

Jonathon Dellbridge

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Lyle Martin

Alex Barrett

Zaeem Essa

Phoenix Ansley

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Grade 5 Art

Jude Booysen

Keean Vassen

Michael Roman

Sulaiman Jabaar

Damian Philander

Sachin Parbhoo

Gian Sampson

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Grade 6 Art

Amaan Saffodien

Justin de Mink

Zubair Friday

Yaseen Baradien

Alexander Fernandez

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Grade 7 Art

Zuhayr Ebrahiem

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Jayden Dyers

Mikaeel Kader

Maahir Israel

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Drama Club Yet another year of laughing, sharing and camaraderie. What a pleasure to see boys starting the year off shy and unsure and then becoming confident and creative. Drama Club truly is a comfortable environment which brings out the best of each boy.

So what did we get up to in the Drama Club in 2018?

If I had to ask any member what their favourite part of a lesson is, they would say, without a doubt, dressing up and using props. The very full prop boxes were by far the focus of our lessons. They enable the boys to extend their creativity and become a character far beyond their imagination. Very creative problem solving takes place while groups work out scenarios around a topic. The Drama Club’s main focus is not acting, but rather about tapping into your inner self. We are a family and treat each other with respect, and applaud each other for any attempt to express ourselves.

The boys have also learnt about moving in space as well as imagining the feelings and thoughts of another person. This in itself prepares them to understand people and helps them communicate with many people in a variety of circumstances. Most of the boys have told me that they have far more confidence when presenting an oral or mondeling, and also like to participate in class discussions more than in the past.

May our Drama Club continue growing, ensuring happy and confident boys.

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We once again had the pleasure of participating in the Shakespeare Schools Festival at Baxter Theatre this year, performing A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The festival continues to be one of the highlights of our year, where our cast members get to perform on a stage designed for professional actors.

To be one of a few primary schools participating amongst high school drama societies, is a great achievement, especially when the quality of acting is of the high standard as displayed by our cast.

The cast members ranged from boys in Grade 4 to 7. We are incredibly proud of the way they presented themselves.

Many good times were had. The cast’s good spirits and sense of humour made for many good memories, especially when the female characters changed into their dramatic velvet dresses!

We are looking forward to the festival in 2019 and I cannot wait to see what hidden talents the boys have in store for us. As Shakespeare said, “We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”

Ms W Fourie

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DRAMA CLUB 2018

BACK ROW: H Loonat, C Petersen, J Jacobs, R Lombard, L Tshingo, D Hendricks, CJ Lotriet, R Adam, S Gabier FOURTH ROW: G Sampson, J Jones, A Steele, M Muller, E Gamieldien, Z Friday, J Hendricks, T Ely THIRD ROW: J Theys, G Price, M Mayeko, J Cassiem, R Maart, A Björkman, N Ackerman, A Abrahams, O Gordon-Finlayson SECOND ROW: Ms W Fourie, L Mayoba, D Nyamimba, M Mayeko, D Taylor, M Sayeed, C Marks, D Wagiet, E Lee, K Arnott FRONT ROW: Z Rahil, C Maneveld, R Maneveld, I Mohamed, L Martin, S Parbhoo, T van Kets, S Bruton, A le Roux, L Jeaven, A van Kets, R Martin ABSENT: N Kassiem

MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM CAST

BACK ROW: S Gabier, CJ Lotriet, D Hendricks, L Tshingo, R Lombard, J Jacobs, H Loonat MIDDLE ROW: J Cassiem, A Björkman, J Jones, J Hendricks, T Ely, G Price FRONT ROW: S Bruton, K Arnott, O Gordon-Finlayson, N Ackerman, D Taylor, J Theys, R Maneveld, Ms W Fourie ABSENT: O Björkman, N Kassiem

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Special Achievements Athletics Report Cricket Report Cross Country Report Hockey Report Rugby Report Judo & Karate Squash Report Swimming Report Waterpolo Report Tennis Report

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Special Achievements SA REPS

FRONT ROW: Mr C Poleman (Headmaster), T Pathon (Golf)

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PROVINCIAL REPS

BACK ROW: A Boltman (U13 Waterpolo), E Ramsay (U13 Cricket), A da Costa (U13 Waterpolo), F Davids (U13 Cricket), H Horn (U13 Waterpolo), C Julius (U11 Squash) FRONT ROW: Mr C Poleman (Headmaster), T Pathon (U8 Golf – South Africa), S Matthews (U13 Cricket), Z Brown (U11 Squash), T Bailey (U13 Waterpolo), S Bruton (U11 Squash), A McArthur (Karate)

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Athletics Report Pentangular Athletics Meeting Drought was the word on everyone’s lips which left uncertainty as to whether or not Inter-house Athletics day would take place. In the true spirit of Supera Moras, athletics day 2018 went ahead. The preparation for this day lead to the most important agenda item—Water or hydrate for the athletes— being on everyone’s lips.

Not only was water a topic of discussion, but so too were the new house names Glebe, Sunninghill, Silverhurst and Oude Wijnberg

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The Pentangular Athletic Meeting was hosted by Bishops Preparatory School at Lutgensvale on 20 February 2018. Even though it was only a week after our Inter-house Athletics Meeting, we managed to secure some excellent results.

Quite a number of athletes stood out on the day.

They include Zachary Brown (high jump); AdbulKareem Kerbelker (800 m, 1500 m); Isma-eel Meyers (50 m, 75 m); Zach Jonathan (80 m, 100 m); Conor Thomas (75 m) and U8 (4 × 50 m relay); and Jaden Meier (150 m).

The athletics team did extremely well on the day and I am very proud of their achievements.

On Monday 12 February, we hosted our Inter-house Athletic meeting up at WBHS’ Silverhurst field. It was a fitting setting in line with our new house names with a beautiful mountain backdrop and set the scene for an exciting day. Parents were out in full swing seated all around the athletics track waiting for their son to show off his sporting talent.

The spirit of sportsmanship imbued the start of the day and all the boys gave of their best in every event they entered. The following boys received Championship awards: • U7 – Joshua Gonsalves • U8 – Conor Thomas • U9 – Rauf Ahmed • U10 – Timothy Belcher • U11 – Zach Jonathan • U12 – Jordan Paulsen • U13 – Abdul-Kareem Kerbelker

Quadrangular Athletics Meeting

The Junior Victor Ludorum was awarded to Zach Jonathan and the Senior Victor Ludorum was awarded to Abdul-Kareem Kerbelker.

The final house positions were as follows: • 1st Sunninghill • 2nd Oude Wijnberg • 3rd Glebe • 4th Silverhurst

Paarl Athletics Meeting

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The 51st Quadrangular Athletic meeting was hosted

by Bishops Preparatory School at Lutgensvale on 28 February 2018. This time around the boys were more determined to come out on top. It was one week after the Pentangular Athletics meeting and boys were training even harder during that week, setting goals for themselves.

The following boys stood out on the day: Heath Horn (shotput); Abdul-Kareem Kerbelker (400 m, 800 m); Riley de Norman (75 m, 100 m, 200 m); Chad Campbell (cricket-ball throw); Isma-eel Meyers (50 m); Conor Thomas (50 m; 100 m); Ndzalama Manganyi (high jump); U7 (4 × 50 m relay); U8 (4 × 50 m relay); Zachary Brown (High Jump); and Liam Reed (100 m).

A good and determined performance on the day by all our athletes yielded some excellent results.

This year we were excited to be part of the Paarl Athletics Meeting once again that was held on 29 October 2018. You could feel our boys’ energy in the school bus on our way to Paarl. The boys jumped out of the school bus on arrival at the Athletic track.

It was a windy, cold and wet evening for athletics,

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but the weather did not dampen the spirit of the WBJS athletics team.

There were some good performances on the night. The boys placing in the top three positions of every race received medals. They are AbdulKareem Kerbelker, Ethan Ramsay; Cassidy Jacobs; Prince Farikeni; Jaden Meier; Jordan Paulsen; Riley de Norman; Tadiwanashe Dzvapatsva; Bruce Igilige; Zach Jonathan; Muzzammil Solomon; Ethan Philander; Jagger Lee-Jong; Timothy Belcher; Thomas Wyllie; Yaqub Fakir; Conor Thomas; Joshia Tulloch; Joshua Gonsalves; and Isma-eel Meyers.

I want to thank all the 2018 athletes for their commitment and hard work this year. I have enjoyed spending time with you and am extremely proud

of each one of you. It is not the result that matters to me but rather your inner fighting spirit, which is embedded through Supera moras, that keeps me coming back for more.

Thank you to the parents for supporting your son by getting him to the track on time. I am truly grateful for your commitment to him and your loyalty to the school. Without your support, this amazing athletic year would not have been possible.

Last but not least, a huge thank you to Mr Isaacs, who joined the school this year, for his enthusiasm and commitment to the WBJS athletics team. A breath of fresh air and some new training ideas were injected into our training program for Paarl. I am elated to have you on board.

Mr G Rhode

ATHLETICS TEAM

BACK ROW: X Mkiva, A-K Kerbelker, R de Norman, P Farikeni, H Horn, A Bisset, T Green, N Manganyi, F Davids, E Ramsay, M Kader, C Qinga, J de Mink MIDDLE ROW: C Campbell, T Molakeng, T Dzvapatsva, F Jacobs, J Meier, B Igilige, D Gertson, C Jacobs, L Miller, M Wessels, L Honeyman, Z Tresham, Z Brown, J Paulsen, L Reed FRONT ROW: Mr G Rhode, T Pathon, C Thomas, I Meyers, B Kuhn, J Lee Fong, U Ebrahim, L van Rensberg, Z Jonathan, D Wagiet, Z Croy, T Belcher, M Adams, A Behardien, J Gonsalves, M Kagee, Y Fakir, R Ahmed ABSENT: Mr R Isaacs

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Cricket Report

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The 2018 cricketing year at WBJS has been a successful and challenging one. At the beginning of the year, teams were challenged with limited resources due to the drought in the Western Cape.

We made alternative arrangements by making use of Claremont Cricket Club for training days and almost every game was played away from home.

The U9 cricketing year was also successful.

The structures were meant to help the boys learn new skills but have fun at the same time. This is extremely important for this age group. Their holistic development of cricket this year will definitely help them going into 2019. A special thank you must go out to the boys who were always keen and willing to learn new skills, even on hot days.

Following on from their extremely successful season as U9s, the U10 age group certainly lived up to expectations this year. We managed to field three competitive teams across the age group, who week in and week out, played through the motto of Supera Moras. The U10A team had an especially successful season, only losing four games throughout the year.

The highlight was a massive victory against Grey PE in their first match of the year. The U10B and U10C kept the pressure on the A team boys with successful seasons of their own, winning more games than they lost. The amount of talent that is currently in this age group bodes well for the future of WBJS Cricket.

It has been a challenging year for our U11s.

There was lots of positivity amongst the boys and the hunger to improve and challenge themselves.

The mindset was always to take the field to compete and give our opposition a hard time. We have battled on many occasions to get that win, but improving our game was the main objective. These boys are one hit, one bowl and one catch away from good team performances.

Cricket is regarded as a team game with an individual aspect attached to the game. Looking at the U12A cricket team of 2018, one sees a team of individuals who put the team first. They truly believed that there is no ‘I’ in the team. Every player representing U12A in 2018 made a contribution to

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the team. I believe this contributed to the success of the team.

The U13s had a successful season in terms of their experiences and growth on the field. The season started off really well with our experienced players doing well with the bat and ball. Fayyaad Davids and Storm Matthews showed maturity with good all-round performances. This year was a step above other years, as the team had an opportunity to travel and play in Sri Lanka. The wealth of experiences on and off the field was something to be treasured for the rest of their lives.

It was pleasing to see they boys’ overall cricketing ability develop as the season progressed. Well done to Jayden Dyers who lead the team brilliantly during the second half of the season.

WBJS would like to thank all the coaches for their commitment and professionalism. To the Wynberg parents, we are truly grateful for your time and effort with teas and any additional assistance to the school.

We are headed in the right direction, especially with the new facilities available to us. To the young cricketers of WBJS, thank you for your excellent efforts, your positive attitudes, your great work ethic and, most importantly, all the fun.

Good luck in 2019.

Mr D Oosterwyk

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CRICKET U9

BACK ROW: N Marks, C Lupke, R Rheman, E Botha, M Damon, E Leibbrandt, S Felton, C da Gama, L Jacobs, L Nani, H Ndwandwa, D van Reenan THIRD ROW: C Ford, O Samaai, A Abader, K Gogo, J Eccles, K Isaacs, R Mohamed, M Matikinca, A Mohamed, M Green-Thompson, L van der Bergh, M Isaacs, K Baxter, J Dellbridge SECOND ROW: AJ Smith, L Soci, R Conrad, Y Israel, I Roberts, Y Johnstone, C van Niekerk, J Nyamimba, T Adriaan, R Mulholland, L Geland, I Lawrence, M Dawson, D Essack FRONT ROW: I Omar, C Grainger, Y Hendricks, J Lamara, T Wyllie, N Stanfliet, C van Heerden, B Dednam, D Tresham, L Felgate, K Ndlebe, M-R Daniels, L Versfeld, M-U Gabie

CRICKET U10A

BACK ROW: A-Q Walters, A Behardien, C Campbell, Z Brown, T Belcher FRONT ROW: Mr M Sabatta, J Lee Fong, C Julius, L Mabi, B Allies, D Harris, U Ebrahim

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CRICKET U10B

BACK ROW: M Ebrahiem, H Smith, A Barrett, J Centurier-Harris, A April, A van Kets FRONT ROW: Mr Cary, D Wolmarans, N Miller, J Sargeant, N Pond, J Carelse, L Shako-Ahuka

CRICKET U10C

BACK ROW: C Onia, Y Salie, D Scharffenorth, Y van der fort, C Fox, C Neetling, Z Johaadien, H Lamara, M Fahmi MIDDLE ROW: J Herbert, S Bruton, S Parkerson, J Schoeman, J Pyaneeandee, L Potgieter, O Adams, J Vogenpoel FRONT ROW: Mr V Dyanti, H Majebe, R Martin, C Theunissen, J Jacobs, C Maneveld, L Martin, H Woodman, M Kajee, U Walters

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CRICKET U11A

BACK ROW: C Leak, L Miller, H Botha, E Daniels, I Sasman FRONT ROW: Mr R Isaacs, E Louw, Z Tresham, D Philander, B Thomson, M Adams

CRICKET U11B

BACK ROW: T Molakeng, T Jakoet, M Orrie, J Karstens, S Jabaar, Z Kruger FRONT ROW: Mr D Oosterwyk, T du Plooy, D Lee Engel, Y Lamara, Z Rahil, M Rasool, K Vassen

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CRICKET U11C

BACK ROW: J Samuels, C Schwalbach, G Sampson, J Toffar, J Rossouw, S Mnyanda FRONT ROW: Mr S Samaai, M Zalgaonkir, M Arries, R Salie, Z Croy, H Loggenberg, I Adams, E Philander

CRICKET U11D

BACK ROW: S Parbhoo, M Kathrada, G Price, H Parker, B Igilige, C Fabe MIDDLE ROW: L Pahlana, A Mandla, U Isaacs, J Rossouw, M-S Mathews, N Vusani FRONT ROW: Mr D Oosterwyk, S Khan, M-S Parker, L Mayoba, B Gala, M Rawoot, C Goliath, R Ebrahiem

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CRICKET U12A

BACK ROW: K Stevenson, D Brown, Z Raizenberg, M Munton, U Tregonning, J Meiers FRONT ROW: Mr K Ehrenreich, A Saffodien, S Flint, E Lee, S Lawrence, F Jacobs, S Allie, F Omar, Mr A Gerber

CRICKET U12B

BACK ROW: J Paulsen, A Fernandez, X Mkiva, M Munton, M Faiz FRONT ROW: Mr Klazinga, T van Kets, Y Ahmed, J Schilder, U Saban, S Lawrence

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CRICKET U12C

BACK ROW: A Samuels, R Dellbridge, M Wessels, J de Mink, A da Costa, D Gertson, J de Mink, L Samaai FRONT ROW: Mr J Helmbold, A Monk, A Nordien, N James, C Marston, J Adams, Z Jakoet, P Davids, A Modack

CRICKET U12D

BACK ROW: T John, C Marston, M Mayeko, S Pipes, J Katshunga, M Wessels, A Samuels, A Collison FRONT ROW: Mr BRC Coomer, J-P Conradie, A Nordien, T Dzvapatsva, M Jarley, J Fortuin, K van Eyssen, H Mohamed, C Schilder, Z Japie

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CRICKET U13A

BACK ROW: E Magiet, R Chiktay, E Ramsay, T Green, D Brown, J Heath, E Gamieldien FRONT ROW: Mr D Oosterwyk, D Morgenrood, S Matthews, J Dyers, F Davids, A Burton, C Jacobs, N Nordien, Mr L Tuswa

CRICKET U13B

BACK ROW: Z Cassiem, J Richards, E Majiet, A Bisset, B Ndlovu, C Edross, J Hendricks FRONT ROW: Mr J Pretorius, N Nordien, A Abrahams, D Morgenrood, R Chicktay, D Hendricks, Y Ebrahim, A Malander

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CRICKET U13C

BACK ROW: I Badroodien, R Squirres, C Qinga, F Conradie, D Clucas, K Noconjo FRONT ROW: Mr K Leverzencie, R Japie, J Cassiem, A Adriaanse, A Lala, R Maart, S Christians, Z Ebrahim

CRICKET U13D

BACK ROW: S Green, Z Palekar, S Satorien, S Gabier, R Lombard, K Dean, D Fish, J Adams FRONT ROW: Mr A Steward, M Thomas, L Wynne, S Ismail, C Elbaba, T Newman, Q Lamara, A Hendricks, M Adams, M Muller

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Cross Country Report It was a difficult season for cross country in 2018, with many venues being unavailable to schools hosting races because of the terrible drought. On the positive side, however, there were many strong boys participating eagerly in all the races that were hosted successfully.

By far the most enthusiastic were the younger grades and I am happy to say that there are many fast boys flying the Wynberg flag.

Our first race was hosted by Kirstenhof Primary School and took place at the Constantia Sports Club, and subsequent races were hosted by Fish Hoek Primary and Bishops. The race hosted by St Augustines was rained out. The final race was held at Sun Valley Primary where the weather and course were excellent.

Abdul-Kareem Kerbelker was invited to participate in the Western Province trials held in Durbanville on 11 August 2018.

We held our inter-house cross country event on 7 September in near perfect running conditions.

Glebe won this event comfortably. The following boys were the winners in their age groups:

CROSS COUNTRY

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Inter h ouse G rade R cross countr y winn U6: Brett Liddell ers

U7: Joshua Gonsalves U8: Joshua Tulloch U9: Matthew Green-Thompson U10: Jagger Lee Fong U11: Zac Jonathon U12: Jordan Paulsen U13: Abdul-Kareem Kerbelker

Bishops hosted the pentangular on 14 September. All the boys pushed themselves as hard as they could. I would like to mention the following boys in particular: • Matthew Green-Thompson (U9) finished 7th • Jagger Lee Fong (U10) finished 2nd, Andile Van Kets 4th, Achmat Behardien 6th, and Tim Belcher 8th • Bruce Igilige (U11) finished 7th • Jordan Paulsen (U12) finished 2nd • Abdul-Kareem Kerbelker (U13) finished 4th Thank you to all the parents who lifted boys to and from venues without complaining, even when it was bucketing down with rain.

We do hope that our boys will persevere with cross country and look forward to a busier season next year.

Mrs M-L Townsend and Mrs C Knutsen

BACK ROW: C Lupke, S Mkhonto, T Dzvatspa, R Dellbridge, A Boltman, T Leary, J Paulsen, Z Jonathan, J Schoeman THIRD ROW: D Harris, A Engel, D van Heerden, A April, A Boltman, J Dellbridge, J Gonsalves, Y Johnston SECOND ROW: T Kempster-Davies, Z Constant, T Wylie, R Martin, R Ebrahim, A Amoedien, A Schoeman, N Martin, B Rentzke FRONT ROW: Mrs M-L Townsend, J Stakemire, P Downing, M Searle, T de Vries G Peters, J Blake, Mrs C Knutsen

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This season we had many enthusiastic and skilled players ready to learn and compete.

Our U8s had a good season during which all the fundamental basic skills, the structure of a game and most importantly the love of the sport were introduced. They participated in the U8 Rondebosch festival where the players could put everything they had learnt into practice.

The U9 hockey boys showed up in their numbers this year, enthusiastic and ready to learn new skills. They attended round-robin matches at Hartleyvale every Wednesday, on a rotation basis, with all the other boys schools. They played with determination, and had to adapt to the new short corner rule very quickly. There was definite improvement as the season progressed and there are some talented players to watch out for in the years to come.

The U10 hockey teams had a successful season as they improved with every match. The players played six-a-side hockey and we look forward to the new challenge of playing eight-a-side games next year.

It was an exciting year for the U11s with improvements all round. We had mixed results.

However, to see the commitment from our boys especially in the U11A and B teams who woke up early to be on the astro at 06:30 was inspiring. It was phenomenal to witness and as coaches we are very excited for what is to come next.

The U12A and B teams had a very competitive season.

The boys were challenged by their coaches and in the end delivered a great set of results. They participated in the Bishops Day/Night festival and placed third overall.

The U12C and D were an energetic squad of boys who worked very hard to improve their skills and their game.

They had mixed results but showed true Wynberg spirit in all their games.

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The U13As had a tough season playing full field hockey and although the results did not always play in our favour, they never gave up. The U13Bs came ready to win and had a very good season, winning the majority of their matches. The boys learnt a lot and were always up for the challenge. The U13C and D squad had a large number of enthusiastic boys.

All matches this season were played on a rotation basis.The emphasis was on participation and fun, while still developing some essential hockey skills.

We wish all the U13 hockey players the best for their hockey career in the future.

This season we were very excited to have Mr Westwood and Mr Williams coach specialised goalkeeping every Friday, working on aerial skills, positioning and stick work with U10 to U13 boys.

The progress has been incredible and we look forward to continuing with the one-on-one coaching.

Hockey Tour to KEPS This year we were invited to participate and compete in a tournament hosted by King Edward’s Preparatory School (KEPS). We took 14 of our best hockey players, which included four of our very talented U12 boys. They were coached by Mr Ehrenreich. We had a good set of results overall and ended off with a fun and exciting game of sevens. Well done to all.

Tour to Grey PE The boys showed a big improvement from the last time we travelled up to Grey. They played with heart and determination. Our U12A boys came home with a win and our U10A boys drew their game.

Well done to all the boys who participated.

Miss C von Molendorff

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HOCKEY U8

BACK ROW: Z Wooi, J Alden, A Engel, C Hugo, F Parker, C Breytenbach, C Kruger, J Braaf, R Parry, J Tulloch, S Davidson THIRD ROW: Y Parker, V van Vuuren, Y Fakir, R Johnson, A-M Kabemba, R Lodewyk, B Alexander, S Mcutshenge, E Arun-Thomas, Z Constant, U van der Schyff, I Ackerman SECOND ROW: S Leary, A Dicks, I Croy, T Kempster-Davies, A Schoeman, J Grainger, C Samuels, E Cajee, M Allie, L Greenfield, M Arries-Hendricks, J Cochrane, S George-Louis FRONT ROW: Miss C von Molendorff, N Martin, A Roopen, Z Rawoot, C Blignaut, T Botha, Z Arendse, Z Holland, Mrs M de la Cruz ABSENT: Miss C Lassen

HOCKEY U9

BACK ROW: R Arnold, J Igilige, L Jacobs, S Felton, E Leibbrandt, C de Gama, R Ranshod, L Nani, N Marks THIRD ROW: Miss I Saunders, H Ndwandwa, H Cariem, U Salie, A Abader, M Green-Thompson, C Barrett, P Mafuta, D Johnson, M Isaacs, A Mohamed, L Petersen, T Southey, R Kaisan, Mrs J Paulsen SECOND ROW: Mrs T Sims, L Aylun, J Nyamimba, A Varghese, I Roberts, L Essex, N Magerman, E Kleintjies, C Ford, I Lawrence, AJ Smith, Y Hendricks, M Thoresen FRONT ROW: M Gabie, C van Heerden, S Edwards, L le Roux, I Rodkin, R Mulholland, C van Niekerk, F Mia, B Dednam, J Lamar, N Stanfliet, I Omar, L Versfeld

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HOCKEY U10A & B

BACK ROW: L Mabi, A Behardien, A April, A Barret, C Fox, S Peters, N Pond, O Adams FRONT ROW: Mrs C Bradford, J Faure, D Daniels, C Theunissen, J Schoeman, C Julius, A Reynolds, M Kajee, R Martin, Miss C von Molendorff

HOCKEY U10C & D

BACK ROW: Z Johaadien, C Onia, U van der Schyff, A Steele, D Scharffenorth, P Ansley, S Chilwan MIDDLE ROW: D Mohammed, Q Rahim, A le Roux, Z Ahmed, I Mohamed, L Martin FRONT ROW: Mrs C Bradford, D Platelle, H Woodman, A Salie, R Ebrahiem, U Walters, Miss C von Molendorff

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HOCKEY U11A

BACK ROW: D Philander, M Orrie, A Parker, E Daniels, S Matthews FRONT ROW: Mr G Barnes, K Vassen, Z Croy, T du Plooy, Mrs S Pastor

HOCKEY U11B

BACK ROW: M Roman, B Igilige, L Miller, T Parker, Z Rahil FRONT ROW: Mr G Barnes, L Jeaven, L George, C Schwalbach, A Boltman, Mrs S Pastor

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HOCKEY U11C

BACK ROW: D Nyamimba, M Abdul, J Toffar, R Adam, X Kruger, J Samuels FRONT ROW: Miss H Tedder, L Jeaven, C Goliath, J Slinger, M Cupido, E Philander

HOCKEY U11D

BACK ROW: M Kathrada, C Marks, Z Kafaar, R Gradwell, S Parbhoo FRONT ROW: Mr K Leverzencie, S Coughlan, A Rawoot, D Haroun, S Trout, S Khan

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HOCKEY U12A

BACK ROW: L Kleintjies, J Paulsen, D Gertson, N James FRONT ROW: S Flint, E Lee, Mr K Ehrenreich, C Schilder, L Honeyman

HOCKEY U12B

BACK ROW: A Dollie, A von Alten-Reuss, J Schilder, M F Nordien, A Samuels, C Marston FRONT ROW: Mr D Paulsen, O Bjรถrkman, D Taylor, H Mohammed, A Nordien, F Omar

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HOCKEY U12C

BACK ROW: D van der Meulen, A Bjรถrkman, N Mayeko, Y Jeoung, M-F Jacobs, Z Japie FRONT ROW: Mrs K James, M Witbooi, J Punt, T van Kets, P Davids, A Modack

HOCKEY U12D

BACK ROW: T Rahim, J Nel, U Tregonning, Z Friday, K Fakir, R Reddy, M Fernandez FRONT ROW: Miss C von Molendorff, L Platelle, F Ebrahim, M Jarley, T Dzvapatsva, U Toefy, R Stark, C Brown ABSENT: Mr M Mingo

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HOCKEY U13A

BACK ROW: J Dyers, N Noordien, R Japie, C Jacobs, K Noconjo, D Brown, E Gamieldien, D Morgenrood, Z Cassiem, J Cassiem, A Malander FRONT ROW: P Farikeni, E Ramsay (Vice Captain), Miss C von Molendorff, A Bisset, Miss C Lassen, S Matthews (Captain), J Heath

HOCKEY U13B

BACK ROW: S Green, M Björkman, A Boltman, K Noconjo, R Chicktay, M Adams FRONT ROW: Mr D Klazinga, J Dyers, M Müller, C Jacobs, S Christians, Q Lamara

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HOCKEY U13C

BACK ROW: C Petersen, G le Roux, K Dean, L Tshingo, K Nyoka FRONT ROW: Mr A Steward, T Ely, A Lalla, A Najjaar, B Badiali, J Adams

HOCKEY U13D

BACK ROW: J Park, Z Palekar, N Kassiem, A Johnson, J Borgches FRONT ROW: Mr A Steward, S Ismail, K Tshiki, X Brown, C Elbaba, M Thomas ABSENT: Miss C Lassen

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Rugby has continued to move the right direction at WBJS. This year we continued to adopt the approach of moving away from a ‘Win at all cost approach’ to a one of developing the boys’ overall all basic skills. We also focused on bringing back the enjoyment factor by trying to get our learners to be part of rugby and enjoy it no matter at what level they are playing.

With the younger age groups the coaches concentrated on getting the boys to learn the basic skills and understand positional play. The emphasis was straight running and being able to pass both ways. A special mention must go to U10A team. They had a brilliant season and were able to combine the running style with some great forwards play. We look forward to watching them in the coming years.

In the higher age groups the coaches concentrated on allowing the players to make their own decisions without fear of failure. This then meant they were able to express themselves on the field and let their natural talent come through.

Teams from U10 to U13 embarked on the biannual tour to Grey in Port Elizabeth. The results did not go our way against tough opposition but a

special mention must go to the U12A team. It is not often teams visit Grey and come close to beating them as this team did, final score being 19 – 19.

Throughout the season the U12’s were a joy to watch. They played a brilliant brand of rugby. When matches were close, the boys showed some great character and team work.

The U13A tour this year was to the Durban Prep High School rugby festival. The team gave a great account of themselves against some very tough opposition. In the last match of the tour, they showed true WBJS spirit as they never gave up, even though they finished the match with 14 players due to injury.

I would like to thank all the coaches for their input this season. It is never easy trying to implement a new style of play. I would like to commend them for the effort and time they put in towards our rugby.

Thank you to the parents for your continued support of your boys throughout the season. I am certainly looking forward to seeing the ground work we have put into place this season pave way for producing brilliant young well-rounded rugby players.

Mr L Tuswa

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Rugbee Roots Skills Development Programme 2018 Wow! What a roller-coaster season we have had with the boys this year. In the true spirit of Supera Moras, all the boys consistently displayed admirable dedication, commendable commitment and noteworthy resilience throughout all our training sessions. We were extremely proud of them on match days, where they applied not only the impressive skills that they had learnt, but also showed their fearless determination to perform and succeed. Ultimately, the boys were always having fun whilst learning and playing, as well as developing tremendous self-confidence in their abilities. These are some of the core values taught through the Rugbee Roots Skills Development Programme.

Rugbee Roots would like to take this opportunity to thank the school, the educators, the coaches, all the parents and most importantly the participating boys for their positive attitude, loyal support, unselfish efforts and dedication to the programme.

We look forward to continue creating a positive atmosphere and environment for your boys to learn, develop, achieve and have fun.

The greatest driving factor for developing coaching programmes for junior children is their incredible energy and eagerness to participate and try new things. Most of them just want to play rugby and, as coaches, we strive to retain their enthusiasm, while at the same time increasing their enjoyment of the game.

Wishing you the very best for the 2019 season.

Supera Moras makes us one!

Mr A Bassier Coaching Director Rugbee Roots

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RUGBY U7

BACK ROW: Y Hoosain, E Mohamed, J Blake, Mrs N Tresham, Z Louw, S Mkhonto, K Hudson, T Castle, K Qinga, B Kleintjies, Mrs S Isaacs, J Gonsalves, M-I Meyers, G Shimba THIRD ROW: A Oosterwyk, N Allie, M Manie, G Peters, N Radebe, Z Safodien, R Scharffenorth, J Hager, I Cajee, R Hendricks, B Rentzke, H de Wet, J le Roux, Mrs M Fakir SECOND ROW: Mr A Bassier, R Schenck, D Fabing, A Botha, M Frieslaar, M-F Berdien, I van Niekerk, A Kuhn, C Downing, A Thomas, A Erasmus, A Rowland, D Henriques FRONT ROW: U Patel, H Tero, M Jacobs, M Fourie, B Maponopono, P Downing, S Thebus, S Elliott, M Wessels, M Skeyi, S Lotters, R Essack, F Adams

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BACK ROW: S Davidson, J Alden, Mr A Bassier, N Saayman, M-R Davids, B Barnett, C Breytenbach, C Kruger, Mrs N Tresham, A Saunders, R Lodewyk THIRD ROW: S Leary, E Cajee, C Thomas, F van Wyk, J Tulloch, Y Fakir, B Alexander, Y Baradien, S Fabe, J Serfontein, A Schoeman, D Raizenberg, B Kuhn, Mrs M Fakir SECOND ROW: Mrs S Isaacs, K Sargeant, R Shaik-Abdul, E Templeton, Z Kolle, J Lipshitz, S George-Louis, M Carikas, G Peters, A Salie, L Ndabeni, A Roopen FRONT ROW: C Jonas, A-M Abrahams, I Ackerman, I Croy, N Segers, M Arries-Hendricks, T Botha, T Kempster-Davies, A de Rock, R Adams

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RUGBY U9

BACK ROW: M Matikinca, P Mafuta, C Barrett, H Ndwandwa, F Smith, L Jacobs, S Felton, E Botha, C Lupke, L Petersen, K Isaacs, J Eccles THIRD ROW: O Moruri, A Abader, L Geland, Y Israel, D Johnson, T Adriaan, C Vermaak, L van den Berg, M Damon, M Ndaba, K Gogo, R Mohamed, M Isaacs, O Samaai, C Ford, M-Y Johnstone SECOND ROW: R Ahmed, J Lamara, M-S Amardien, D Tresham, D Essack, I Lawrence, J Stephenson, A-M Moerat, R Hill, J Dellbridge, R Conrad, L Soci, D Wolmarans, M Dawson, C Grainger, Mr Daniels FRONT ROW: B Shimba, Mrs N Tresham, Mr A Bassier, Mrs M Fakir, Mr E Ntaka-Buchel, C Brown, Mrs S Isaacs, Mr J Hembold, L Felgate, C Fourie, T Wyllie

RUGBY U10A

BACK ROW: Y van der Fort, C Campbell, J Centurier-Harris, C Fox, Z Brown, A Barrett MIDDLE ROW: A-Q Walters, J Schoeman, Y Salie, A Behardien, B Allies, A van Kets, N Mohamed FRONT ROW: Mr A Gerber, N Miller, J Vogelpoel, L Mabi, J Lee Fong, S Parkerson, Mr B Cary

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RUGBY U10B

BACK ROW: S Peters, H Lamara, A Allie, S Carelse, C Neethling, Y Salie MIDDLE ROW: N Haywood, S Parkerson, B Allies, J Pyaneeandee, J Carelse, A April FRONT ROW: Mr T Davids, H Majebe, M-Z Ahmed, J Volgenpool, C Maneveld, J Sargent, Mr C February

RUGBY U10C

BACK ROW: J Herbert, L Potgieter, K Gabriel, M-F Carelse, A Plaaitjie, M Ebrahiem, T October FRONT ROW: Mr B Benjamin, C Ulster, D Daniels, Q Adams, D Louw, L Shako-Ahuko, T Roman

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RUGBY U11A

BACK ROW: Z Croy, D Wagiet, L Khumalo, H Botha, D de Mink, Z Jakoet, S Jabaar FRONT ROW: Mr J Pretorius, M Adams, Z Jonathan, E Louw, M Solomon, R Salie, Y Lamara, Mr C Graham

RUGBY U11B

BACK ROW: C Taljaard, N Vusani, Z Tresham, Y Osman, C Gonsalves, L Miller, K van Nelson, N Gila, R Passoh FRONT ROW: E Philander, S Mnyanda, C Leak, Mr G Munien, I Sasman, R Salie, Z Samodien

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RUGBY U11C

BACK ROW: J Rossouw, Y Buggas, C Fabe, G Sampson, E Tshitemba, J Hall, M Abdul MIDDLE ROW: L Phlana, B Gala, L Khumalo, D-L Engel, L Mayoba, M Webner FRONT ROW: A Lee, A Mandla, G, Price, Mr V Dyantyi, M Zalgaonkir, M Arries, F Parker

RUGBY U12A

BACK ROW: J Meier, D Gertson, R de Norman, N Joshua, X Mkiva, M Munton, L Halu, R Dellbridge, J Paulsen FRONT ROW: Mr M Sabatta, S Allie, J Lloyd, A da Costa, Y Ahmed, D Brown, F Jacobs, A Saffodien, Mr D Oosterwyk

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RUGBY U12B

BACK ROW: J Paulsen, J Katshunga, A Fernandez, J Swartz, S Ngwenya, Z Raizenberg, J Lloyd MIDDLE ROW: Mr W Day, F Jacobs, L Mtwana, M Kitenge, L Kleintjies, M Janodien, T Dzvapatsva FRONT ROW: K Stevenson, S Lawrence, Z Jakoet, A Monk, L Samaai, K Webb-Wilsenach

RUGBY U12C

BACK ROW: S Pipes, U Saban, Y Baradien, N Manganyi, R Padayachi, M Kitenge, M Wessels MIDDLE ROW: A Collison, JP Conradie, A Fakir, J Fortuin, M Janodien, J Adams, N James FRONT ROW: T John, A Modack, L Kleintjies, Mr L Tuswa, J de Mink, T van Kets, D Hemmings

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RUGBY U13A

BACK ROW: T Bailey, H Horn, F Davids, T Green, F Conradie, P Farikeni, B Ndlovu MIDDLE ROW: C Jacobs, Q Edross, T Newman, M Bowes, N Maric, E Florence FRONT ROW: J Dyers, S Matthews, Mr B Wienand, M Pascoe, Mr L Tuswa, J Hendricks, Z Ebrahiem

RUGBY U13B

BACK ROW: E Majiet, T Africa, D Hendricks, T Green, R Lombard, A Boltman, M Adams, B Nqubelani FRONT ROW: R Maart, A Abrahams, A Burton, Mr R Nash, D Clucas, T Leary, C Muller

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Judo & Karate JUDO

BACK ROW: T Roman, K Hudson, B Dednam FRONT ROW: C Maggott, F Berdien, N Stanfliet, M-F Meyer

KARATE

BACK ROW: A McArthur, N Saayman, P Davids, R Stark, M-A Rawoot, R Parry, N Masinzana MIDDLE ROW: J Paterson, T Daniels, L le Roux, Y Hoosain, G Peters, K Haraldsen, L Versfeld FRONT ROW: Mr J Dawes M Wessels, M Abrahams, J le Roux, R Muller, B Brown, C Grainger, D Fabing

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Squash Report This has been a very enjoyable year for squash.

On average we had 14 boys attending both our Tuesday and Wednesday practices.

Many of the beginners who started playing this year were encouraged to come to practices by their enthusiastic friends. Although squash is a winter sport, we continue to have practices during the summer months so that boys have an extra opportunity to develop their skills. They all thoroughly enjoy themselves and it is often difficult to get them to go home!

We have again fielded two teams in the Western Province Youth Leagues. The matches take place in the winter terms when we compete against the primary schools in our area. Although the results have been mixed, it has been very encouraging to see the progress that has been made as the boys grow in confidence and experience. These dedicated boys were our regular team players namely Chad Julius, Zachary Brown, Sebastian Bruton, Luke Oldale, Justin de Mink, Joshua Ismail, Simon Hart, Thando Green, Qasim Edros, Hamzah Loonat and Alex Adriaanse. I have been most impressed by their good manners, both on and off the court. These boys are a credit to WBJS. A few of our players participated in the Western Provincial trials and local tournaments. This resulted in two boys, Zachary Brown and Chad Julius, representing Western Province at the Inter-Provincial U11 Tournament in George during the June holidays. Taking part in tournaments is always an excellent opportunity to gain experience and meet players from different schools. We are so proud of Zachary and Chad as they have worked extremely hard and their commitment to Squash is to be commended.

Best wishes to the Grade 7s as they head for High School. We hope they continue to play a high standard of squash in the years to come and make us proud. A big thank you to our coach, Lionel White, for his experience and guidance. Thank you to all the parents and grandparents who have lifted, encouraged, supported and coached the boys throughout the year. They could not have done it without you!

Mrs D Wilkinson

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SQUASH A & B

BACK ROW: Mrs L Meredith, J de Mink, H Loonat, T Green, Q Edross, Z Brown FRONT ROW: Mrs D Wilkinson, C Julius, S Hart, A Adriaanse, L Oldale, S Bruton, Mr L White

SQUASH SOCIAL

BACK ROW: K Africa, E Botha, P Farikeni, J Swartz, M Kitenge, Mrs L Meredith FRONT ROW: Mrs D Wilkinson, L Potgieter, K Arnott, D Hemmings, M Witbooi, J Stephenson, Mr L White

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Swimming in 2018 at WBJS has seen its fair share of challenges.The drought that the Western Cape experienced gave us limited time in the pool. We therefore called on the services of the Wynberg Military Base to assist us with pool time, and they gladly helped out.

Wynberg also welcomes back Mr Slack, who took over the role as professional swimming coach for the year. We look forward to him continuing his fine work in 2019.

The swimming team took part in two swimming galas this year, one at Bishops and the other at WPPS. Our team fared very well, and even with limited time in the pool we managed to win the WPPS gala. Credit must be given to our boys who showed lots of commitment and determination throughout this challenging season.

The swimming department also lost one of their dedicated staff members, Mrs Meredith, who sadly left us to take up a position abroad. Her contribution to the swimming department will not be forgotten for many years.

We would also like to thank all staff who gave up their time to coach the boys, as well as the parents who supported us and their boys throughout the year.

We look forward to what 2019 will bring.

Mrs C Bradford

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SWIMMING DEVELOPMENT

BACK ROW: M Fernandez, Z Kafaar, G Sampson, A Lalla, L Halu, M Kitenga, L Tshingo, K Nyoka, J Katshunga, R Adam, S Carelse, C Fabe, T Molakeng THIRD ROW: Q Rahil, S Parkerson, L Jacobs, S Shaboodien, U Toefy, J Booysen, J Slinger, C Africa, S Ntingiso, Y Naran, C Brown, H Ndwandwa SECOND ROW: O Moruri, D Mohamed, C Cross, C Kruger, K Isaacs, T Dlamini, M Ndaba, R Mohamed, A Lee, C Hugo, S Davidson FRONT ROW: N Martin, D Platelle, E Owen-Collett, R Martin, D Daniels, C Ford, R Lodewyk, N Miller, D Essack, C Muller, S George-Louis, I Croy, Mrs T Sims ABSENT: Daniel Johnson

SWIMMING TEAM

BACK ROW: C Muller, Y Hendricks, L Miller, M Bjรถrkman, T Bailey, A da Costa, A Boltman, X Mkiva, A-K Kerbelker, B Badiali, A Steele, Miss A Clarke THIRD ROW: Mrs C Roos, S Felton, C Marks, C Campbell, E Daniels, A Barrett, J Lloyd, A Bjรถrkman, C Fox, C Jacobs, M Roman, C Leak, N Mohamed, Mrs C Knutsen SECOND ROW: J Schoeman, A Monk, J Punt, R Davids, C Taljaard, D Taylor, T Belcher, E Botha, J Theys, A Behardien, C Barrett FRONT ROW: Mrs C Bradford, R Ahmed, E Owen-Collett, N Wagner, U Salie, C Vermaak, A Boltman, L van der Bergh, M Green-Thompson, M Isaacs, C Ford, Y Fakir, N Stanfliet, Mrs T Sims

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Waterpolo Report WBJS waterpolo continues to grow tremendously each year. Our boys and coaches have worked extremely hard by putting in extra hours to improve our fitness and our skills. We have trained hard throughout the season, even in freezing temperatures. The boys showed their dedication and commitment. This year they have succeeded in improving the quality of waterpolo at WBJS. Our U13 team started the year off with the Reddam Action tournament, in which they did extremely well.

They then headed off to Grey PE where they took part in a tough four days of high quality polo. They then started off their fourth term with SACS tournament.

During their October holidays they dedicated hours every day to practise in order to ensure they have a good tournament. They really tried their best and lived up to their school motto Supera Moras.

One of the highlights of the year was ending the season off with a bang at the Cannon’s Creek tournament. They finished top of their pool with playing eight games, where they won five, lost two and drew one. From there we played in the semifinals and won that game. The team made it to the finals where they had to play Winelands invitational side. The Winelands side had previously beat them 4 – 1 in the pool stage and a tough game faced our

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side. Unfortunately, we lost in the final 2 – 1, which placed WBJS second overall in the tournament. Ten teams competed in this tournament, a good performance from our boys overall.

Special mention must go to the following boys’, Xabiso Mkiva who was awarded goal keeper of the tournament and Blessed Ndlovu who was awarded defender of the tournament. We also had three boys who made the tournament team namely, Heath Horn, Xabiso Mkiva and Blesssed Ndlovu. What an excellent weekend.

Going forward, we plan to develop strategies for 2019 in order to keep improving waterpolo at WBJS. We encourage more boys to take part in the sport next year, as it is fun to play, very exciting to watch and is also one of the major summer sports played at WBHS. A very special thank you must go to our coaches who dedicated their time and energy to their teams. We would also like to thank our parents who supported us during the year in various ways. We appreciate your time and effort and ensuring that your boys attend all the necessary practices and games. We look forward to seeing what next year has in store for waterpolo.

Mrs S Pastor

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FLIPPABALL 2018

BACK ROW: P Mafuta, M Green-Thompson, L Petersen, E Botha, l Jacobs, C Lupke, L van der Berg, C Barrett, L Essex MIDDLE ROW: J Dellbridge, U Salie, J Eccles, J Stephenson, C Vermaak, M English, A McArthur, M-R Ryklief FRONT ROW: Mrs M-L Townsend, I Rodkin, T Adriaan, R Mulholland, M Isaacs, O Moruri, I Lawrence, AJ Smith, F Mia, T Wyllie, Mrs C Knutsen

WATERPOLO U10

BACK ROW: U van der Schyff, C Campbell, C Fox, A Steele, A Barrett, T Belcher FRONT ROW: Mrs C Bradford, A van Kets, A April, A Behardien, S Peters, J Schoeman, C Maneveld, Miss C Lassen

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WATERPOLO U11

BACK ROW: C Leak, E Daniels, A Parker, L Miller, C Gonsalves, M Roman FRONT ROW: Mrs N Barnes, A Boltman, Z Croy, C Taljaard, D Wagiet, K van Nelson, M Solomon, Zach Jonathan, Ms C Lassen

WATERPOLO U12

BACK ROW: L Lawrence, A Da Costa, N Manganyi, Z Mkiva, L Kleintjies FRONT ROW: Mrs S Pastor, A Monk, L Oldale, J Lloyd, D Taylor, K Webb-Wilsenach

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WATERPOLO U13A

BACK ROW: Mr B. Wienand, N Maric, B Ndlovu, H Horn, A da Costa, X Mkiva, A Kerbelker FRONT ROW: A Monk, C Jacobs, M Bjรถrkman, A Boltman, T Bailey, E Majiet, D Morgenrood

WATERPOLO U13B

BACK ROW: J de Mink, T Africa, J Jacobs, S Paulsen, M Bowes, M Pascoe, N Joshua FRONT ROW: Mrs S Pastor, J Theys, T Ely, X Brown, Q Lamara, M Muller, M Janodien, A Fakir

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Tennis Report This year has been a very eventful and enjoyable year for tennis. The boys continue to excel and we have many promising tennis players coming up into next year’s teams. We have had a lot more boys joining developmental tennis in the mornings. These boys will hopefully try out for team tennis in 2019.

Both our U13 and U11 tennis teams played matches this year against many other schools. Some matches were challenging and fun, and throughout the boys showed good sportsmanship. The boys played together very well and always had respect for their teammates and opponents.

As we say goodbye to our Grade 7 tennis players, we hope to encourage the younger grades to start tennis and get involved.

A very special thank you goes to Soussanna Coxen, who is very passionate about tennis and is always encouraging the boys to play every day.

Thank you to Charissa Balman and to all the teachers for your support. We would like to thank the parents for lifting boys to their matches as well as their continued encouragement and support.

Mrs M de la Cruz

TENNIS U11

BACK ROW: M Adams, U Khota, T Parker, H Loggenberg FRONT ROW: Miss Saunders, A Salie, Z Samodien, J Pyaneeandee, E Philander

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BACK ROW: Mrs S Isaacs, A von Alten-Reuss, R de Norman, M Adams, M Kitenge, U Saban, S Hart FRONT ROW: P Davids, S Lawrence, L Honeyman, J Paulsen, C Marston, A Nordien, L Patelle ABSENT: M Israel

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Sri Lanka Tour Report 2018 Grey Winter Sports Tour Golf Day & Raffle Founders’ Day

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Sri Lanka Tour Report 2018 Our U13A Cricket team traveled to Sri Sumangala College Panadura in Sri Lanka during October 2018. It was the first international tour since 1998, when the WBJS U13A Cricket team travelled to England.

This was the first tour of its nature to the subcontinent.

It was a reciprocal tour from last year when we hosted Sri Sumungala College. From the moment we arrived in Sri Lanka we were warmly welcomed and experienced their extremely rich culture and magnificent hospitality.

During our stay we explored a large part of the country while sightseeing and playing cricket. Areas we traveled to included Colombo, Galle and the Kalutara district in the Western province of Sri Lanka. We visited a host of tourist attractions including museums, galleries, naval forts, street markets and an engineering facility that develops educational technology and robotics. In this way the tour party made lifelong memories and were exposed to international ideologies.

Our boys experienced first hand the Sri Lankans’ love for the game of cricket and their deep appreciation for the culture and tradition. While in Sri Lanka we played seven games, winning five and losing two. The teams we played included Sri Sumangala College, St Johns Panadura, Wadduwa Central College, Mahinda College Galle and Royal College Panadura.

We played a variety of formats ranging from T20s to different limited over formats including 30/30 and 45/45.

The profound effect this tour had on the holistic development of our boys is incalculable. The lessons the boys learned culturally, academically and as sportsmen is the reason why we tour. Tours of this nature firmly puts us as one of the leading educational institutions in the Western Cape and South Africa. We would to thank all the sponsors, parents, staff members and boys for making this a truly unforgettable and memorable experience.

Photo courtesy of

Mr R Lalian

We look forward to hosting Sri Sumangala next year and making this a permanent event on our sporting calendar.

Mr B Cary

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Grey Winter Sports Tour After weeks of planning, meetings and gathering information, this event was all put together with the help of the Wynberg Staff. Finally the day arrives – the departure for Grey, Port Elizabeth.

One feels the excitement in the air as the boys gather in the various allocated areas. Roll call is taken. With suitcases and the last kiss goodbye from Mom and Dad, the boys are whisked off to the buses. Once we are all aboard, we depart on time on the El’Jose buses.

After ten hours on the road and the mandatory stops to use the bathrooms and stretch the legs, we eventually reach Grey without any of the buses breaking down. Finally Mr Rhode has broken the curse!

After the luggage has been unloaded, the boys meet their host parents in the Grey Junior School Hall.

The boys are sent off with the host parents and the staff booked in at the St George’s Bed & Breakfast.

Friday morning the Wynberg and Grey orchestra kick off the events with an hour-long concert to entertain the staff and parents. Under the guidance of our maestro, Mr Engelbrecht, heavenly music rings out to the ears of those in attendance. One can truly say our orchestra did WBJS proud. After the music concert, the cross country and hockey teams meet for their matches. The cross country event was reintroduced after not taking place for many years.

The race is run as a relay around the outskirts of the Grey Junior and High campus.

While the cross country event is taking place, the junior hockey teams commence their matches. All matches are played in great spirit. Mr Nash leads the supporters, cheering on the young Wynberg men. Unfortunately the hockey results do not go Wynberg’s way.

Early Saturday morning sees the WBJS rugby teams meet for their matches against Grey. Some of the matches are closely contested, with the U12A narrowly losing to Grey, which was unexpected.

Although our U13A gave of their best, the scores do not show this. It was pleasing to see how the Wynberg boys got behind the team, cheering them on.

An early rise is in store for all those travelling back by bus on the Sunday morning. Roll call is taken and, with a hoot from the lead bus, we depart for Cape Town.

A sincere thank you goes to Grey Junior for hosting and looking after the Wynberg boys and staff. It is an event that will be remembered fondly for a long time. A special thank you must go to all the WBJS Staff who accompanied the boys on the trip.

Your dedication and assistance in making this tour happen will be remembered.

We are looking forward to hosting Grey from 25 to 28 April 2019.

Mr A Gerber

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Golf Day & Raffle Our Golf Day marked the end of the raffle and it was attended by the likes of the legendary Wynberg Old Boy, Jacques Kallis. It was a day filled with laughter and reminiscing with Old and New Wynberg men. Our very own Traigh Pathon, Grade 2, attended the Golf Day as a professional golfer. The annual Wynberg Boys’ Junior School raffle was a resounding success! Thank you to our boys for asking our Wynberg community to support our annual raffle. We are always overwhelmed by the amazing dedication of our boys. If it was not for their determination, we would not have been able to achieve success. The raffle draw was conducted at the end of the Golf Day and, by pure luck, the winner of the first prize was at the event. Mr Gavin Bell won two tickets from Turkish Airlines.

We must thank our headline sponsor Nashua as well as SynSport for sponsoring the halfway house.

Congratulations to the winners: 1st prize: Turkish Airlines flight for 2 – Gavin Bell 2nd prize: Weekend Away – Anoof Dayar 3rd Prize: Queen Bed Set from Dial-a-Bed – Mathew Anderson 4th prize: WaterWise T2500 Litre water storage tank from Speck Pumps – Nathi

Additional prize winners C Streydom, Biddy Cronje, Jacky Henry, M Hartley, Lungisa Saunders, Nigel Meier, Mymoena Orrie, Nicky Louw and Sarfaraaz Mullah.

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