Grade 7

from WBJS Magazine 2022

Golf Day

FAR BACK: Justin lgilige, Ezekiel Botha, Che Da Gama, Gaelan McLeod, Daniel Van Reenen BACK ROW: Jibraan Lamara, Francois Smith, Thahla Ndamase, Ra’id Mohamed MIDDLE ROW: Liam Reed, Matthew Green-Thompson, Damien Harris, Levi Essex, Olerato Moruri, Khumzi Gogo FRONT ROW: Mr T Steward, Tayo Adriaan, Mark English, M. Ra-eed Daniels, Ian Lawrence, M. Ra’ees Ryklief, Yahya Israel, Umair Evans

FRONT GROUND: lmaad Omar ABSENT: Ferdinand Franz

GRADE 7B

FAR BACK: Callum Wyngaard, Garrett Pitkin, Ethan Leibbrandt, Melokuhle Mandlakhe, Connor Barrett BACK ROW: Raheel Shah, Radwan Kaisan, Caleb Mills, Joshua Nyamimba, Nico Lourens, Tyler Southey MIDDLE ROW: Mr K Leverzencie, Connor Fourie, Noah Magerman, Aidan Mc Arthur, Joshua Eccles, Luniko Soci FRONT ROW: M. Yaqeen Johnstone, Cole Abrahams, Nicholas Stanfliet, Dayyan Tresham, lsrafeel Roberts, Isaiah Rodkin, Yaseen Hendricks, Ben Dednam

FAR BACK: Akhil Varghese, Luke Geland, Kai Isaacs, M. Jiyaad Khan, Unays Salie BACK ROW: Connor Vermaak, Simon Baxter, Rhys Hill, Connor Van Heerden MIDDLE ROW 1: Mr K Van Der Walt, Luke van der Bergh, Mika’il Isaacs, Daniel Johnson, Rauf Ahmed, Panashe Mafuta MIDDLE ROW 2: Caleb Ford, Muhammed Husain Cariem, Oways Samaai, Annakin-Jay Smith FRONT ROW: Matthew Dawson, Mohamed Uzair Gaibie, Lochlan Versfeld, Liam Aylen, Khangelani Ndlebe, Thomas Wyllie

GRADE 7D

FAR BACK: Matthew Damon, Samuel Felton, Riley Arnold, Daanyaal Brinkhuis, Lucius Jacobs BACK ROW: Cael Lupke, Logan Petersen, Aadam Abader, Limi Nani MIDDLE ROW 1: Ethan Kleintjies, Logan Le Roux, Mbasa Matikinca, Daniel Wolmarans, Jonathan Joshua Stephenson MIDDLE ROW 2: Mr R Quinlan, Ronan Mulholland, Danyaal Essack, Benjamin Shimba, Mika-eel Petersen FRONT ROW: Luke Felgate, Cameron Grainger, M.Saligh Amardien, Kellen Baxter

GRADE 7A

ANGER

I am the storm that rages within a fire that burns in vain a moment of torture filled with sin to hurt the cause of pain

It is dangerous to set me free to allow me out in all my glory the blind despair I hardly see to grant me this chaos to tell my story

like the wind I blow in any direction nothing can calm my way except for the knowing of your armed protection that allows anger a moment to hear what you say. Damien Harris

I WISH I WERE HIM

In my eyes he is as rich as the queen of England his wallet is always eating eating eating eating more money

His castle is five times bigger than my house His toy box is always teasing mine I know he went to the future To get his phone He is not humble As he brags he breathes fire out of his mouth which melt my self esteem

He plays A-team in every sport he is a bull in rugby a brick wall at goalkeeping and a lightning bolt in athletics

He must of been adopted by a professor because of his marks or he is a robot that was created in a lab Justin Igilige

WHAT IS LOVE

Love is something very pure Filled with things I adore It’s like a river that never stops flowing In my heart it never stops growing

Love is a truck on an open road Somewhere to start and a place to go It is blind, it always sings Like a butterfly with colourful wings

Love is a human emotion As BIG as the ocean One day it is here then KABOOM! It’s gone

Fill your heart with lots of love No matter what happens You’ll always rise above Imaad Omar

HAPPINESS

True happiness is a feeling It’s a feeling that everything is good inside I’m feeling up i’m walking on air Happiness makes you dare

True happiness is a touch It’s a feeling that everything is good outside Happiness is like sunshine It’s made up of very little beams

True happiness is a game It’s a feeling that i can dream Happiness is like kicking a ball It’s a goal it’s a smile it’s a “siuuu”

True happiness is a mom It’s a feeling that I’m ok Happiness is light It’s a feeling that i’m alright True happiness is my life It’s waking up in a noisy house It’s when I dream It’s just being me! Ferdinand Franz

BIPOLAR

I go day by day feeling sorrow and despair as the tear drops roll down my face like a raging river, but do not worry this was only for a little while because Eventually those rvers ran dry. The trees started growing and then the flowers followed And then the birds started singing their song. It was like a beautiful melody and nothing could go wrong. But then I woke up and there was no song, just a gloomy day. The flowers were gone and the colour was away, but do not worry Those flowers will bloom again. Ian Lawrence

THAT ACCIDENT CHANGED EVERYTHING

About 2 years ago in Toronto, Canada, there lived an orphan boy. His parents died when he was just 3 years old. He had no memories of them but had heard amazing stories about them. Since then it hadn’t been easy for the young Gareth. When he was born he was diagnosed with HIV and AIDS, which lead to him being bullied. When he was 7 years old he got bullied for the first time and ever since then he would always be bullied. Although all of this happened to him, he still had such a strong desire to live. He has a heart for art and music,however, some days he wishes he could be like the other kids in school until one day that wish will come true and more.

It was a calm morning in America. It was a very exciting day for all the kids

because it was an outing.They were going to a museum. “Alright kids time to leave”, said Nan. When they were all packed up, they left. When Gareth was on the bus he saw some amazing things and just in general, enjoying nature until his best bully came to sit next to him. “How is it going stupid.” “I am not stupid,” said Gareth. “Yes you are,now give me that.” “Hey! my art.” “You mean this”(breaks). Find something better to do,” said the bully. In such agony and sadness Gareth didn’t know what to do. He calmed down after a while and just took another page out and started again. “Ok everybody, we are here,”said the teachers. Gareth couldn’t wait to see such artifacts. When they first entered they saw an amazing statue of a pharaoh. His excitement started to grow. About an hour later the tour began.

“Good Morning everyone,I am Philosophy Gilbert.I hope you enjoy the tour and most of all please do not touch anything you see without permission,these are very sacred.” This all seemed easy to Gareth,however, something terrible happened,something he only could see in his nightmares.

As they were looking at one of the most ancient artifacts ever,something happened. While Gareth was admiring the artifact,out of nowhere the bully came from behind and pushed him into the table.The artifact had broken. Gareth didn’t know what to do. His body started to tremble. In that moment, utter sadness swept over him. Eventually the teachers came and found what happened. He was not really the favourite and the teachers would always blame him without any proof,but this one was really needed. “Gareth!, what on Earth has happened here.” “ma.. ma.. mam it wasn’t me. I swear he … ” “He what,” said the teacher.” “He…(sighs). “That’s it ,you’re coming with me, Gareth. ”Gareth was also an obedient kid but this time he wasn’t having it. “I am not going,” and to everyone’s surprise he ran to the exit. Nobody could catch him. “Gareth, come back here!” Gareth ran for his life. He had no idea of where he was going,which he should have. Little did he know this would change the course of his life forever.

As he exited, little did he know he was running across the busiest road in Toronto! He ran across a lane when … (crash)! This incident would change his life forever.Time is such a precious thing and Gareth lost 6 months! Things just kept getting worse for young Gareth. The bills kept getting worse and the orphanage had to make the toughest decision of their life. They had to let him go. It was just too expensive. With nobody to pay the bills the hospital had one choice. They had to cut the cord! – until something would change that.

It was his last day and a few hours left. He was in a coma so he didn’t know what was going on. Then a man entered who nobody knew but he knew who Gareth was. He was the man who knocked Gareth over! Out of the kindness of his heart he decided to adopt Gareth. It would only take a few days until Gareth would know the great news.

A week later, Gareth woke up from his coma. He found the greatest surprise ever sitting next to him, his new dad. He couldn’t believe it. It took him a couple of weeks to get his strength back but when he did, from that day onwards, he lived the life he always dreamed of. That accident really did change everything. Tayo Adriaan

THE FIRST AND THE LAST SPACE PLANE

“Happy 6th birthday, Joel”, said Max. “Thanks”, replied Joel. Joel opened the present that Max gave to him. It was a toy aeroplane. “Wow this is cool!” said Joel. Joel played with it every single day and a month later, when it was Max’s birthday, Joel got him the same toy aeroplane. The boys would play with their plans everyday.

They decided that they are both going to become aerobatic pilots when they are older. They were both very smart and started making their own remote control aeroplanes by the age of 12. In fact they were so smart that they got scholarships to the best high school in their country even though this school was a two hour flight from where they lived.

They both graduated with 8 distinctions each. They then went on to the military academy to pursue their dreams. There they trained to become pilots. They both aced their tests and started flying the pilatus.

On the side, they flew in the Red Bull Air Race and always shared 1st and 2nd place. They quickly became world famous pilots for their precision skills and stunts that they performed. They flew through 10km tunnels, they performed moves such as barrel roles 10ft off the ground and did many other crazy stunts.

At the same time as this, BASA was looking for 2 pilots to fly their space plane they were building. They needed the two best pilots in the world for this mission. BASA was in luck because Joel and Max had the talent and the skill they were looking for.

BASA offered them a position there. They accepted it. While BASA was building the space plane, Max and Joel went to the moon 3 times.

The news reporter said: ”Good day everybody, my name is Nicole Adams and we will be watching the very first space plane launch. I think this is a great invention making flight times 80% faster and 20% cheaper. The way that they make it cheaper is because they only need fuel to get to space and then they can basically glide to their destinations at 5000km/h!”

Air control 1 said: ”10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2,1 lift off! ” The plane shot up into the sky. Sergeant Smith said:”I really hope this works”. ”Ok we are cruising at 5000km/h and will start our descent in 3 minutes,” said Max Norris.

“I’m going to start descending now”, said Joel McDonald. Joel McDonald said: ”WHAT, I can’t descend!” Air control 2 said: ”This is not good, it looks like the control column to descend is broken.”

Joel and Max never landed. The world was shocked and BASA decided to discontinue the space planes. Caelan McLeod

CRIMINALLY CRUEL LOVE

In the day he swings, sways and strides, But at night he goes to the ever dark side. The wind is howling to the melody of the owls,you see he’s different at night as he is on the prowl. Leaping like a frog, house to house In search of glamorous goods. As sly as a fox, as silent as the night, He has found a keepsake shining ever so bright. He gazed upon the jewelled treasure, then hopped on down and landed as light as a feather. Inside the house he was going to steal goods and snatch A crazed alarm went “BEEP”, ”BEEP”, Then opened the hatch. He fell into the pit of despair Knowing that he could never be repaired. He was caught, chained, then locked away, but he had only one thing to say. “I’m sorry my family, I won’t come home ,since I’ll be left still like a garden gnome.” “I hope you forgive one day” “Since I’m hitting the hay.” Caleb Mills

THE FINAL CORNER

“HE’S DONE IT, HE IS IN THE FINALS!” shouted the commentator. Shane crossed the finish line shouting in joy. He had made it into the national drift competition. The flashes of all the cameras and the mics being pushed into his face was overwhelming. As he exited his car he met the other finalist, Chris.

Chris congratulated Shane on his win and gave him a card. Shane looked at the card and it was a training business. Chris waved goodbye to Shane and wished him good luck for the warmup. The reporters started swarming as if they were angry bees. The next day was the warm up for the race and Shane got into his car and turned the key to start the engine. The sound of the turbo R34 engine echoed around the track and the crowd went wild as the signature blue Nissan GTR Skyline took off towards the first corner. “1st gear, 2nd gear, 3rd gear and downshift.” Shane muttered to himself as he yanked the steering wheel left and pulled right to seal off the corner in a stunning drift.

Chris entered the track right after Shane completed the first warmup lap. He easily caught up to Shane in his white Toyota Supra. The warmups started to get competitive between the two drifters.

The most difficult corner was now here. It was a turn that looked like an S and it was meant to be chain drifted. Shane easily cleared it by using his handbrake. Chris was trying to do it faster but clipped a wall and he spun out. The Toyota started picking up speed and hit the barricade, instantly wrecking the car.

Chris got out of his car and started screaming at himself as they towed his car away. Shane finished his warmup laps and, as he got out the car, he got the news that Chris crashed and that someone called Dwayne would replace him. Shane went back home and prepared himself for the finals.

The next day Shane got up and drove to the track to see the reporters swarming the entrance. He honked and they all jumped out the way as he entered the track. Shane lined up his car on the grid and waited for the greenlight. As soon as it appeared, he and Dwayne accelerated as quickly as possible, disappearing past turn one.

They were both battling for first, almost touching as they took turns drifting through the corners. Dwayne got the upperhand and took the lead of the race. Shane started pushing his car to its limits. He saw a gap in the final corner and he took it. The Skyline made a spectacular drift but hit a curb and flipped into a barrel roll. The car came to a stop but the driver did not emerge. Shane was dead. A pile of burning rubble was all that remained Ben Dednam

HOW TO EXPLOIT A GENIE

One day I was really bored, so I went to the beach. I was building a sandcastle until I found what looked to be a genie lamp! I thought it might be a priceless item, so I put it in my bag to auction it off later.

When I got home, I was ready to sell the lamp, so I took it out of my bag and I dropped it. I started panicking because it might lose its value, but then a genie appeared!

“You have three wishes,” said the genie, “What will you wish for?” I was surprised that the genie lamp was real, but after a bit of thinking, I came up with the best three wishes. “I wish for a notebook,” I said, “Then I wish I could draw very well. Finally I wish anything I draw in my notebook comes to life.” “Good wishes,” said the genie, “Alright, I’m out,” Then just like that the genie disappeared.

I instantly knew what to do. I drew a genie in my notebook and then another genie appeared. “I wish I had infinite money,” I said, “I wish I was a bear. Now I wish I lived in a big mansion, near the beach. “You didn’t even let me introduce myself,” said the genie, “although I will still grant your wishes.” Then the genie disappeared just like the first one.

In my mansion, there are four storeys. There’s an indoor pool, an outdoor pool and a pool table. I also have a party room. I invited my friends to my house. After a while they arrived. “Wow! You’re a bear,” one of them said, “What a big house,” said another. After I gave them a tour of my house, they invited me to hang out with them at the field. I said no, because we should do it at my place. That’s when they left, because it was getting late.

I drew another genie and wished I could fly. Excited to show my friends my superpower, I met up with them, showed them my superpower, gave them each a lot of money and then left. I got a phone call when I got home and it was my friends. They told me not to come with them tomorrow. I asked why and they said that I became a jerk after I got rich and then they hung up.

“Was this true,” I thought to myself, “Have I really become a jerk.” After a bit more thinking I realised that when I became rich I left my friends to do rich person things. So I called my third genie, who still owed me two wishes, to make everything back to normal.

Moral: Money doesn’t buy happiness. Yaseen Hendricks

GRADE 7B CLASS WORK

C Abrahams, D Tresham, C Barrett, C Mills, Y Johnstone, N Stanfliet

Isaiah Rodkin

R Kaisan and A Mc Arthur

R Shah, T Southey, N Stanfliet, Y Hendricks, A Mc Arthur, N Lourens Raheel Shah

M Mandlakhe and J Nyamimba

R Kaisan, A Mc Arthur, C Wyngaard, C Fourie, M Mandlakhe, C Ebden, L Soci

N Lourens and E Leibbrandt

T Southey, N Magerman, E Leibbrandt, B Dednam, J Nyamimba, I Roberts, I Rodkin

J Eccles, N Stanfliet

J Nyamimba, L Soci, D Tresham, C Abrahams, J Eccles, M Mandlakhe, I Roberts

Dayyan Tresham N Magerman, T Southey

C Ebden

C Ebden, C Foure, C Wyngaard

C Wyngaard, C Barrett, C Fourie, I Rodkin, N Magerman, C Ebden, R Kaisan, E Leibbrandt, C Mills

GRADE 7C

THE WORRYFUL WISHES

Hey you! Yes you, reading this book. Keep on reading, because I’m about to tell you about how I nearly ended the world, nearly got killed and then saved the world.

The day started like any other, I woke up, ate breakfast, brushed my teeth and went to play video games on my Playstation. I decided to get a snack from the kitchen, but when I got there, ”Mom! There’s no snacks in the kitchen!” I shouted across the house. ”Do you mind getting some snacks from the shop?” she shouted back. ”Do I have to?” I replied (still shouting). ”Well if you want snacks, then yes, you do have to!” she answered. I sighed quietly, then grabbed my coat and shoes and headed to the shop.

I decided to take the long route, which meant there was more scenery because the day was very beautiful and the weather was perfect. I was just walking, minding my own business, when suddenly a random man came up to me, gave me something and then ran away. I opened my hands to check what it was and I was shocked when I saw a gold, iron lamp. I was going to just drop it there, but I decided that it would be wrong to litter and that I will just toss it in the trash at home.

After I got the snacks, I was walking home (the short route) tossing the lamp up and down, when suddenly I dropped it. I went to pick it up, but then … POOF! A cloud of smoke rose out of the lamp and that’s when I saw a genie! He was as blue as a smurf and as tall as a giant. Then with a booming voice he said, ”I am your genie. You can make three wishes, but you only have one day to do so.” I was so excited and already had my first wish in mind.

“I wish that there would be no rules in the world anymore,” I said. POOF! I was engulfed by smoke once again, but the second the smoke faded away, what I saw was total chaos. People were speeding in their cars and raiding stores. Since there were no rules anymore, people were just doing what they pleased. I was trying to think about who could be

powerful enough to stop all of this.Then I had the perfect idea. ”Genie, I wish to be the king of the world,” I said confidently. After the smoke cleared, I was sitting on a massive throne in a magnificent palace and had a golden crown on my head. Suddenly bandits with knives started chasing me and said,” We want your crown!” I was chased all the way into the woods, when I realised I had to make a very important decision.

I knew there was only one way to end all of this.” Genie, I wish everything would go back to how it was when I woke up!” I shouted. POOF! Everything turned black, but when my eyes opened I was back in my room and it was eight o’ clock in the morning. M. Uzair Gaibie

THE STORY OF OZYMANDIAS

Ozymandias was a man who had everything. Fame, wealth, power and a whole kingdom named after him. Everybody in his kingdom had to live the same lives, live in the same houses and eat the same food, because nobody was allowed to be better than him in any way. He lived in a golden palace in the middle of the kingdom and everybody’s house had to be facing towards it. Ozymandias often spoke of himself as a god and thought that he was unstoppable. That was until one day.

Ozymandias woke up in his bed. He walked over to his balcony and looked out at his kingdom. It was then when he saw it. A huge fire spreading through the kingdom, and an enormous crowd of people evacuating through the city walls. A normal person would begin to panic in this situation, but Ozymandias just sighed. He then took his time walking down the stairs to the soldiers quarters to alert his soldiers of the situation.

He started to wonder why the messenger hadn’t told him about this, but then thought that it was a good thing because he thought the messenger was very irritating. The truth was that even though he was the king he hated responsibility and would actively avoid it. When he got to the Soldier’s quarters though he found nobody there. Everybody in the palace had already joined the crowd of people evacuating. Ozymandias now had no choice but to confront the crowd. He ran a full kilometre to the city walls, where he came face to face with his whole kingdom of people. “What are you doing?!” He yelled out to the crowd, annoyed that they had made him run so far.

All heads turned towards him and it went silent. “We’re leaving!” came the voice of one of his soldiers in the crowd. “But why?” He questioned back, “You’re lazy and you don’t care about us, only yourself,” came another voice. “But I am your king, you must obey me!” Ozymandias pleaded. “If you are a king, then where is your kingdom?” Ozymandius was trapped and deep down he knew that it was true. He no longer had any power, wealth, fame or kingdom. So he had no choice but to watch as his kingdom burnt and his people left him. He then realised that without kindness power, wealth and fame don’t matter, and that maybe if he had treated others better that he would still have all those things, but it was too late. A pile of burning rubble is all that remained. Rhys Hill

GRADE 7C CLASS WORK

Annakin-Jay Smith Connor Van Heerden

M Isaacs and U Salie

Kai Isaacs Lochlan Versveld

AJ Smith, R Hill, L Aylen U Gaibie, M. H Cariem, C Ford

Connor Vermaak Daniel Johnson

L Geland, S Baxter, M Gaibie

Luke Van Der Bergh Simon Baxter

K Isaacs, D Johnson, C Van Heerden

K Ndlebe and M Dawson

Unays Salie Luke Geland

A Varghese and T Wyllie Rauf Ahmed C Vermaak and O Samaai

Matthew Dawson Oways Samaai

C Van Heerden and D Johnson

M. Jiyaad Khan Panashe Mafuta

SADNESS

Sadness, you feel it all the time It follows you like a companion And sometimes makes you cry It makes you feel lonely And want to be alone

It makes you feel like you’re drowning In your own mistakes It’s the worst feeling ever And can make you cry all day

You feel it when you lose And when you get called bad You feel it when you fail And after you feel mad

It makes you feel trapped And also feel scared On what will happen next –Sadness Cael Lupke

Sadness is life. Sadness comes and goes. Sadness is a tree whistling loud And slowly.

Sadness is like losing Your best friend Sadness is not being able To get up in the morning because you are not ready for life.

Sadness is like having No one to talk to. Sadness is the grey gloomy Clouds crying.

Sadness can often happen Or never happen. Sometimes it can last forever. Don’t take it for granted. Lucius Jacobs

PRIDE

Is the first deadly sin When you think you are the best And that you will always win. It’s the worst habit to have, you should put it to rest.

For if you don’t It will consume you like a disease And send you spiralling into a world of hate, With the most horrific fate.

For if you do You will become a humble and pious monk And be treated with respect That is what you can expect.

It is good to have pride in what you do, but don’t have too much of it in you. For the tie believes he is superior to the rope In the end they can both choke. Danyaal Essack

JOYFUL POEM

Lots of laughter lots of fun. Just like the smiling sun. keeps me warm like a big swarm of screaming bees in the trees. Not distraught very overwrought. Massive heart race at an abnormal pace. Like a little boy playing with a toy. Saligh Amardien