d of GovernorsParents Liaison Committee

ff of 2007Headmaster, Headboy &Deputy Headboy

5 eech NightThe Headmaster's Address

ommendation CertificatesSpecial CertificatesNational Institute of AlliedArts Honours Awards

ss PrizesSubject Prizes

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Chairman Board of GovernorsBe Chairman College Executive

CommitteeMr B. Ndebele

Chairman Preparatory SchoolExecutive Committee

Mr B. Ndebele

TreasurerMr S. H. Murray

MembersMr D. Bain

Mr R. BeattieMr D. Curtis

Mr P. Filer

Mrs E. FundiraMrs M. Grobbelaar

Mr B HofmannDr A. JeansMr E. Jinda

Mrs B. LakeMr P.C. Lloyd

Mr S. E. MangwengwendeMr E. Mungwariri

Mrs G. MuradzikwaDr M.S. MushiriMr D. Whatman

Mr V. Zireva

PatronsMr G. S. R. Honey

Mr M. Masunda

ChairmanMr S. Sylvester

HeadmasterMr M. Mackenzie

Board RepresentativeMrs E. Fundira

Gr 5 Fundralslng CommitteeChairmanMrs R. Sibanda

SecretaryMrs C. Garnett

TreasurerMrs L. Gomba

Headboy's MotherMrs L. Chadwick

Deputy Headboys MothersMrs C. ParirenyatwaMrs L. Murray

MembersMrs C. ButlerMr G. BushbyMrs C. DejongMr T. HarrisonMrs E. GadzikwaMr M. MasengereMr F. Rwodzi

Back Row:Mrs L. Moor, Ms D. Parkinson, Mrs 1. Thompson, Mrs A. Banks, Mrs C. Passaportis, Mr F Dhlamini, Mr B. Chimau,

Mrs N Howes, Mrs R. Mackenzie, Mrs C. Young, Mr T Kwaterenga.Middle Row:

Mrs K. Tindle, Mrs D. Derry, Mrs L. Mitchell, Mrs A. Ahmid, Mrs D. Campbell, Mrs G. Esslemont, Mrs R. Chirau,Mrs D. Vzjers, Mrs A. Rowe, Mrs H. Goode, Ms M de Bruijn, Mrs A. Dickenson, Ms J Rodgers, Mrs D. Russell,

Mrs S. Hood, Mr W Ndimutseyi, Mrs T Ingram, Mr S. Price.Front Row:

Mrs J England, Mrs W Scott, Mrs T Wilson, Mr M Mbundire, Mr M. Mackenzie, Mrs S. Ellis, Mrs H. Wallace,Mrs R. Miller, Mrs T Sharp, Mr V. Shenje

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T Chadwick (Head Boy), Mr M Mackenzie (Headmaster),J Murray (Deputy Head Boy), T Parirenyatwa (Deputy Head Boy)

, ''Yougain strength, courageand confidence by every experiencein which you really stop to look fearin the face. You are able to say to

yourself, .. I lived through thishorror. I can take the next thing

that comes along."Eleanor Roosevelt ,

Our Guest of Honour, Mr Munyaradzi Maraire, Mr & Mrs

Ndebele, Members and Patrons of the Board of Governors,

Invited guests, staff, ladies and gentlemen, old boys and

gentlemen of St John's - it gives me great pleasure to present

to you tonight my reflections on 2007.

Although the occasion is always somewhat daunting a huge

amount of relief comes with this year, principally because it is

a clear indication that this year, 2007, which has to go down

as one of the most difficult in our country's history - is nearly

over.

Has it been fearful at times? Has it been a tough year? Has it

been a year in which we have been tested, nearly to the limit?

Certainly it has. But has it been a year of growth both

spiritually and mentally, have relationships and our

characters been tested and have they matured and

developed beyond all measure - and has our year here at St

John's been a success? - a resounding "yes" is the answer to

all of these. It was Eleanor

Roosevelt who said, "You gain

strength, courage and confidence

by every experience in which you

really stop to look fear in the face.

You are able to say to yourself, " I

lived through this horror. I can

take the next thing that comes

along."

Undoubtedly the pressure has

really been on this year. You will all have felt it as, even the

most organised of companies or businesses has had to cope

with seemingly impossible odds just to keep going, let alone

to thrive and advance. Key personnel have been lost in all

spheres. Owners, managers, organisers have all suffered,

not only from the obvious loss of expertise but there have also

been the exceedingly emotionally draining losses of close

friends, family and colleagues.

St John's, whilst we have had a truly remarkable year, have

not been exempt from these losses. The sadest of all were

the losses of Mrs Lesley-Ann Dunn who had to leave us a few

years ago because of her cancer and then Mr Barry Lake.

They both passed away this year leaving us the richer for

having known them - passionate people that they were - but

deeply affected non-the-Iess. We are also losing, but in a less

permanent way fortunately, 7 members of staff at the end of

this term and one at the end of the first term 08. We say

goodbye to Desna Campbell (22% years), Nicky Howes,

Adele Rowe, Ayesha Ahmid, Tersia Ingram, Stew Price, Jono

Miller and Heather Goode the following term. To a person they

have given of their best to our school and your sons and they

leave with our sincere thanks and best wishes for their new

futures.

Finding the right replacements has taken a great deal of

energy and an inordinate amount of time but I am very

confident that our new teachers are going to fit in well and do

us proUd. We welcome, Ellen Bredenkamp (4N) Margorie

Croukamp - Music, Mandy Tanner (6N), Lucky Mutsago (7E),

Bhavik Chouhan (Sports) and the next term m Gillam (3S).

Internal moves will see Bobby Field go to 2E and Dominique

Parkinson to 2N. Caroline Young stays with 4E.

What we have witnessed in our country is that the harder

things seem to get the firmer is our resolve to overcome them.

Through sheer grit and determination on behalf of ALL

members of the community of St John's, the teachers and

admin staff, the parents, the boys and the Board we have not

only maintained present standards but have in many arenas,

surpassed them. It is this drive

from everyone genuinely

concerned with the future of our

school that is going to help us to

maintain our position as a beacon

of light and success in an

otherwise pretty dismal scenario.

Events that come to mind that

have defied current expectationsand the general downward trend

of so many aspects of our country are the magnificentFireworks display, the Guinness Book of Records Pick-up-sticks event, both of which are synonymous with the namesIan and Sue Foulds and we almost had to give Sandy Jellicoean office during the pick-up-sticks preparations; theformation ofthe Fisher Avenue Holdings investment scheme,principally through Dave Bain and Spencer Murray; theinaugural Barry Lake memorial 10/10 cricket competition andthe Super 8 rugby festival; the "thank you" party for the staff,their spouses and all the Grade 5 parents who worked so hardthis year, held at the Foulds' house at which Rose and I weremade to feel very special. These are not to mention all the

regular events which the school has held like the Family FunDays, the Festivals, the school plays, the cake sales, theGalas' (this one in the pouring rain), the Grade 5

Fundraising/PLC dances and events and the catering forbreakfasts, teas and lunches for visiting teams. These havetaken considerably more ingenuity, effort and money thanever before but if anything the standard achieved at these

functions has surpassed previous years. Parents have cometo our rescue on many occasions supplying milk and coffee

Each one of themis the perfect mix ofa great sportsman

and a real gentlemanin the true senseof the word· not

weak or soft yet nohint of leading throughthe use of fear or the

authority of title.'

Through the unstinting endeavours of the coaches andteachers here are just some of the major successes of 2007.I should like to preface this by saying that the Ministry ofEducation, Sport and Culture has been very supportive of ourefforts and at the Harare Provincial Awards ceremony we wonfirst prize for Chess, Rugby, Cricket, Hockey, Tennis andswimming. On top of this 40 Harare Headmasters andMistresses were shown around our school in a show- casingexercise. Results wise we had two National Prize winners inthe Allied Arts Literary Section, David Whitaker and DesmondAnnandale whilst Panashe Bera & Tich Mazhude bothreceived honours. We won the coveted Inter-Schools' ChessTrophy, came 1st in the Mashonaland section of the Wildlife

Quiz and 2nd in the National finals. That's the best we haveever done. In the Public Speaking Competition we won theoverall cup yet again with Michael Sylvester and Eddie Byromwinning the senior and junior trophies respectively.

Our Triathlon teams so well lead by Debbie & Gavin Rorkecleaned up at the Inter-schools competition

and Glynn Rorke and Craig Gabriel havemade the Zimbabwe Squad. Several of ourboys did well in the various Dance SportCompetitions particularly Lesley Jellicoe andSt John's came third in the Inter-schoolscompetition.

The cross country boys excelled and we wonthe Gateway competition and the daunting 3woods Lilfordia Meet which is anoutstanding achievement.

On the swimming side we won the Flippers Gala, the RuzawiGala and with Chisipite, the Pisces Gala. We won the Inter-

schools "A" division gala for the 13th year running and came 3'"in the "A" division athletics and won the St John's Inter-schoolsmeet.

With regards to the Rugby, cricket, soccer, hockey, tennis,squash and volleyball. Do read our "2007 in profile" at the

back of the programme. The statistics are truly remarkable.In brief 1st Y0/rugby was unbeaten in full matches and 12 boysmade the Harare Schools teams one of which won theInterprovincial tournament again this year. In fact in all 21

senior matches played we lost only 1. Every 1st XI cricketer

made one of the Harare schools' sides plus 2 second teamboys, whilst Daniel Wells and Peter Lindsay made theZimbabwe side. You will also see that many of our boysexcelled in other pursuits not offered at school such as BMX,MotoX and carting.

These are literally just some of the achievements of our boysthis year - there are many more. But what of the greatnumber of personal exploits and achievements of so many ofour boys who don't necessarily represent our top teams - forsome it has been the creation of a great drawing in art; a fewruns or a couple of wickets in a match; an invitation to one ofthe more popular boy's parties; inclusion in a break time teamwhen he normally gets left out; or words of praise from ateacher for some unexpectedly good piece of work. Thesecannot go unnoticed for this is what our school is also verymuch about - looking for a reason to help each boy to findsomething in himself about which he can be proud. In a worldof such high expectations and competition, it is essential thatwe try to get our boys to leave St John's with dignity and selfconfidence.

Talking about boys leaving, it may surprise you to know thatonly 11 boys are leaving our school prematurely at the end ofthis year and so many are desperate to take those places.Having said that, those who are leaving are of a very highstandard in the main and we are sad to see them go.

Our grade 7 leavers are ~ fortunate to haveour own College to go to if they so choose

(assuming that they have been uprightcitizens of course!) and we owe Mr Vincentand his staff a debt of gratitude for striving sohard in these difficult times to keep theschool up to its very high standard. We wishour leavers all of the very best in the yearsahead and we trust that what you havelearnt at the Prep will help equip you to dealwith life's ups and downs. You have been agreat year. The monitors have performed

their duties well and I need to commend our Headboy, TomChadwick and our Deputies, Tapiwa Parirenyatwa and JasonMurray. These three boys have been outstanding in theexample that they have been to the rest of the school. Eachone of them is the perfect mix of a great sportsman and a real

gentleman in the true sense of the word - not weak or soft yetno hint of leading through the use of fear or the authority oftitle. Well done boys. I really could go on and on about ourfine school but suffice it for me to end with some morespecific words ofthanks and a thought for our future.

Themba Ndebele and his Board Members and, particularly,the two men so involved in the finances, Dave Bain and

Spencer Murray with outstanding help from Geoff Day, theFinancial Manager, Rena Miller and Diane Russell in theBursar's office have done a great job under difficultcircumstances. Thank you to all of you. The CampusDevelopment Committee under Richard Beattie and DavidCurtis; the Staff Development Committee under Beatrice

Lake; the Strategic Planning Committee under Austin Jeans;the Pensions side under Grace Muradzikwa whilst EmmaFundira headed up the bursary committee, have all workedwith great results this year. It is a pleasure to have Mr TedPerepecko doing such a good job as Estates Manager wherethe going gets increasingly tougher with labour difficulties andthe lackofwaterand power.

The P.L.C. so well led by Stu Sylvester and the Grade 5Fundraising with Rose Sibanda and Ian Foulds at the helmwith an incredibly hard working and dedicated team of

workers have all been outstanding. The only break that theGrade 5 workers had was that they remained dry in their tentwhere they were serving food and beverages whilst we all gotsoaked at the Inter-house gala. What a great job they all did.Our two secretaries Alyson Dickinson and Cheryl Passaportishave been the epitome of control, dealing with everythingfrom a frazzled headmaster to want-to-be parents in search ofplaces for their children who won't take no for an answer.They have been a great help.

So many of our teams were able to wear incredible smart and

expensive kit due to the generous donations from many of ourparents and Specialist Hire sacrificed a great deal of potentialrevenue due to Stu Sylvesters generosity.

To our Directors, Heads of Departments, teachers and sportscoaches - you have all been remarkable. You have stuck toyour vital jobs through thick and thin even when you havebeen so concerned about where your next lot of essentialgroceries is going to come from. Thank you to you allespecially to Helen Wallace who has done an outstanding jobwith the Infants Department and Sue Ellis as Director ofAcademics. This leaves many of you unmentioned by namebut each one of you is special and vital to the continuedsuccess of our school and community.

What of the future of our school and of our country. Whetherwe like it or not, the two are intrinsically linked. If our school,and those like it, go then our country will follow soon after andif our country really goes then it would be very difficult for ourschools to survive.

Those things which we can control as a community, it isessential that we do. My wife and I were really heartened bythe people we saw at the New Parents Tea and felt a realsense of focus and desire in them to become a part of thiscommunity and tojoin us in fighting to secure, as best we can,the future of our school and community. Sadly there may stillbe a way to go before we are back on an even keel, but I knowthat we will all be going forward with one purpose and I leaveyou with the following words - this time ofTheodore Roosevelt

"Better to be in the arena with your face masked by the blood,sweat and tears of defeat than to be up in the stands withthose poor soles who will never know what it is like to even try."

Not that I think we are going to fail - because I am convincedthat we will once again be a great school in a proud and

prosperous nation.

MMackenzieHeadmaster

"Better to be in the arenawith your face masked by

the blood, sweat andtears of defeat than to

be up in the standswith those poor soleswho will never know

what it is like to even try."Theodore Roosevelt

THOMSON TROPHY Eddie Byrom TENNIS SPORTSMANSHIP Ryan Stableford(Contribution to Colts Cricket)

WATERS TROPHY Duncan JohnstonFIELDING CUP Michael Rossi (Colts Sportsmanship)(Colts Cricket)

DESNA CAMPBELL VOLLEY BALLPATEL CUP Bradley Evans TROPHY Raymond Kadani(Colts Batting)

CHESS JUNIOR TROPHY Taashira ChikosiBRUNDLE CUP Mark Hulbert

Tafadzwa Mugova(Colts Bowling) CHESS SENIOR TROPHY

NORAH LEWIS TROPHY Eddie Byrom HOWARD ARRAND TROPHY Komborero Chiwara(Most promising colt) Duncan Johnston & (Outstanding service to Choir)

Michael RossiDean ButchartDAVID LAIRD

JASON STEED SHIELD Regan Hutchings (Singing)(Most Improved Cricketer)

MCGEORGE ART TROPHY David de JongHOUGH TROPHY Barry Vickery

ZORORO MAKAMBA Tristan Benzon(Most Promising Pace Bowler)(Helpfulness)

WARWICK OLDS SHIELD Tom IngramBAWDEN CUP Jason Murray(1st XI Best All Round Cricketer)(Perseverence, Loyalty, Participation) Tadiwa Parirenyatwa

BRUNDLE CUP Jason MurrayKAAGMAN CUP James Todd(Batting)(Vigorously Embracing School Life)

JARVIS CUP Rukudzo GonaJOHN QUINCEY SHIELD Russell Easterbrook(Fielding)(Courage and Perseverance)

LAKE CRICKETER OF THE YEAR Daniel WellsBUTRESS SHIELD Loyalty Georges Nyahunzwi

HICKMAN TROPHY Ryan MurrayCOLLEN CHIHAMBAKWE(Junior Squash)MEMORIAL SHIELD Brandon Boshi

SENIOR SQUASH TROPHY Kyran Young (Participation and Enjoyment in Sport)

Jason Murray MILNE TROPHY Rukudzo GonaYEATMAN CUP (Outstanding Sportsmanship)(Squash Sportsmanship)

CAVANAGH TROPHY Jabulani Mutukwa SEKESAYI MABASHA MEMORIALTROPHY James Lawson(Outstanding Commitment to Hockey) (Academic and Sporting)

PRICE TROPHY Rukudzo Gona GIBB TROPHY Thomas Chadwick(Hockey Player of the Year) (Good Fellowship)

LEROY DUBELY CUP Michael Rossi D W YOUNG TROPHY James Lawson(Contributioh to Colts Rugby) Academic

REG NIELD TROPHY Nick Dunn HONOURS TIES Head & Deputies Thomas Chadwick(Colts Rugby Player of the Year) Tadiwa Parirenyatwa

Angus CurtisJason Murray

REG NIELD TROPHY Cricket Daniel Wells(Junior Rugby Player of the Year) (gr. 4) Peter Lindsay

Gymnastics Justin SwanREG NIELD TROPHY Rukudzo Gona Swimming James Lawson(Senior Rugby Player of the Year) Triathlon Glynn Rorke

Craig GabrielKIWI TROPHY Glynn Rorke BMX Bart Zwart(Grit and Determination in Rugby)

THE HEADMASTER'S CUP Barry Vickery/IGOE RUGBY CUP Thomas Chadwick Bart Zwart(Flair)

GOVERNORS' PRIZES Thomas ChadwickWRIGHT RUGBY CUP Bart Zwart Tadiwa Parirenyatwa(outstanding contribution to Rugby) Jason Murray

TENNIS DOUBLES TROPHY Courtney Lock & BRENDAN GALLAGHER TROPHY Thomas ChadwickPeter Lindsay (Dux Award - Endeavour, Courage, Kindness)

THE KAMBARAMI CUP Courtney Lock ROSE SHIELD GREGORY(Tennis Singles) (Champion House)

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MUSICSenior Full ColoursT. Benzon, C. Mbanje, D. Butchart,K. Chiwara

HONOURS TIEST. Chadwick (Head boy)T. Parirenyatwa (Deputy Headboy)J. Murray (Deputy Headboy)D. Wells, P.Lindsay (Cricket)J. Swan (Gymnastics)J. Lawson (Swimming)G. Rorke, C. Gabriel (Triathlon)B. Zwart (BMX)

ACADEMICSenior Full ColoursT. Chadwick, J. Lawson, G. Nyahunzwi,D. Sheehan, J. Whitaker, T. Mugova,J. Murray, D. Wells, M. Ribeiro,T. Jones, B. Vickery, M. Mbudzi,Takura Tande, J. Manyonga.Grade 6 Half ColoursP.Bera, E. Nyambayo, A. Burgess,T. Mazhude, K. Mungwariri,T. Nyawayi, S. Allen, N. Taylor,E. Snyman, T. Mawerera, M. Sylvester,T. Chikoto.

ARTSenior Full ColoursL. Lane, D. Dejong, J. Manyonga,T. Mutumi, G. Nyahunzwi, T. Smith,T. Chadwick, M. Huyton, T. Zireva,T. Benzon, R. Easterbrook., T. Mutizwa

Seniour Half ColoursD. Wells, D. Bichard, J. Swan,R. Stableford.Grade 6 half coloursB. Passaortis, N. Taylor, H. Perry,S. Ross, G. Theunissen, L. Selby,E. Snyman, J. Wright, D. Cruger,R. Deacon, J. Edmondson, P.Bera

PUBLIC SPEAKINGSenior Full ColoursM. Sylvester, T. MugovaSenior Half ColoursR. Zwart, G. Stangroom, N. TaylorJunior Full ColoursE. Byrom, R. Marais, S. AcresJunior Half ColoursT. Chikosi, T. Reid

SERVICESFull ColoursT. Cochrane, J Lawson, T. Todd,T. BenzonHalf ColoursR. Easterbrook, J. Rocha, C. Gabriel

WILDLIFESenior Full ColoursJ. Whitaker, M. Ribeiro, A. Burgess

CRICKETSenior Full Colours· Re-AwardD. WellsSenior Full ColoursJ. Murray, P. Lindsay, T. Ingram,B. Vickery, T. Matthews, B. Boshi,R. Gona, M. Blake, T. Chadwick.Senior Half ColoursE. Snyman, R. Hutchings, B. Fox,J. Spencer, J. Lawson.

HOCKEYSenior Full Colours· Re·AwardT. Chadwick, J. MutukwaSenior Full ColoursG. Rorke, J. Lawson, K. Chiwara,D. Wells, J. Murray, M. Blaker,T. Ingram, R. Gona, T. Matthews,T. Parirenyatwa.Senior Half ColoursJ. Todd, B. Fox, T. Mugova.

RUGBYSenior Full Colours Re-AwardG. Rorke, B. Zwart.Senior Full ColoursT. Parirenyatwa, J. Murray, T. Tande,J. Todd, T. Matthews, T. Ingram,B. Vickery, T. Chadwick, T. Tande,J. Mutukwa, R. Kadani, R. Gona,J. Lawson.Senior Half ColoursD. Sheehan, B. Boshi, E. Snyman,R. Hutchings.

SWIMMINGSenior Full Colours· Re·AwardJ. LawsonSenior Full ColoursG. Rorke, T. Chadwick, B. Zwart,R. Wilson, J. Todd.Senior Half ColoursD. Lee, E. Snyman, K. Gibson,K. Smith, J. Kloppers, B. Fox, R. ZwartJunior Full Colours Re·AwardE. Byrom

, Junior Full ColoursR. Foulds, M. Rossi, N. Dunn,B. Evans, D. Johnston, K. Hopper,J. StrongJunior Half ColoursP. Rennie, M. Balfour, R. Murray,N. Welch, D. Bowl, T. Reid,R. Hounsell, A. Onorati

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TENNISFull Colours Re·AwardC. Lock, P. LindsayFull ColoursJ. Murray, D. WellsHalf ColoursR. Tenkrooden

SQUASHSenior Full ColoursK. Young

VOLLEYBALLSenior Full ColoursJ. Mutukwa, R. Kadani, S. Mapeka,J. Lawson, M. Timba, M. Mbudzi,T. Mutizwa, Tapiwa Tande, TakuraTande, J. Todd.Senior Half ColoursT. Mugova, D. Sheehan,T. Parirenyatwa, R. Mberi, C. Mbanje

ATHLETICSSenior Full Colours· Re·AwardT. Chadwick, J. Mutukwa, R. Gona, J.LawsonSenior Full ColoursC. Gumbo, T. Mazhude, B. FoxSenior Half ColoursR. Kadani, C. Sandys-Thomas,P.GumboJunior Full ColoursT. Way, M. Sibanda, T. GumboJunior Half ColoursD. Johnston, N. Welch, A. Sithole,N. Dunn

CROSS COUNTRYSenior Full Colours Re·AwardJ. Lawson, C. Gabriel, R. GonaSenior Full ColoursT. Mazhude, M. Blake, J. SpencerSenior Half ColoursC. Sandys-Thomas, R. KadaniJunior Full ColoursD. Johnston, P. Rodger, M. Rossi,N. Welch, A. Curtis, R. HayterJunior Half ColoursM. Eeson, G. Curtis, M. Garnett

TRIATHLONSenior Full ColoursC. Gabriel, G. RorkeSenior Half ColoursR Wilson

Back Row:A. Burgess, T. Jones, D. Butchart, T. Mugova, M Mbudzi, T. Benzon, R. Kadani, C. Lock, B. Vickery, T. Smith, B. Fox,

J Manyonga, J. Whitaker, D. DeJong, T. MutumiMiddle Row:

B. Evans, M Sylvester, T. Zireva, M Ribeiro, J. Todd, D. Wells, L. Lane, R. Gona, T. Tande, S. Mapeka, T. Mutizwa,R. Easterbrook, T. Tande, N. Hyton, R. Chiwara, R. Marais

2"d Row:T. Ingram, G. Nyahunzwi, C. Gabriel, T. Mathews, J. Lawson, T. Chadwick, Mr Mackenzie, T. Parirenyatwa, J. Murray,

D. Sheehan, G. Rorke, A. CurtisKneeling:

N. Dunn, M Rossi, M Sibanda, P Lindsay, C. Mbanje, T. Mazhude, R. Wilson, P Gumbo, E. Byrom, D. JohnstonFront:

K. Hopper, N. Welch, R. Foulds, R. Hayter

Standing left to right:D. Wells, J. Lawson, G. Rorke,

C. Gabriel, J. Swan,Sitting left to right:

P Lindsay, T. Chadwick,Mr Mackenzie, J. Murray,

T. Parirenyatwa

Back:V Dube, G. Nyahunzwi, N. Crowley, D. Sheehan, T Matthews, B. Boshi, H. Frank, T Mutumi

Middle:M. Mberi, P Clinton, D. Bichard, B. Zwart, J Lawson, R. Gona, 1. Jellicoe, T Mugova, B. Moyo

Front:C. Mbanje, R. Hutchings, T Chadwick, Mrs A Ahmid, J Murray, B. Merrick, B. Masekesa

Back:T Cochrane, S. Coles, R. Calton, T Smith, B. Hingeston, M Mbudzi, J Swan, J Rocha

Middle:P Simango, R. Kadani, T Tande, T Mazarire, T Mutizwa, B. Chiota, K. Fleiner. S. Mapeka, B. Vickery

Front:D. Wijers, D. Shah, M Timba, Mrs W Scott, R. Stableford, J Spencer, M Blake

Back:M. Jivan, A. Patel, C. Brittlebank, D. Butchart, J Bunnett, J Todd, T Jones, D. De Jong

Middle:R. Wilson, T Zireva, N Huyton, J Mutukwa, C. Gabriel, T Tande, L. Lane, T Benzon, D. Wells, M. Ribeiro

Front:C. Annandale, K. Chiwara, 1. Karimshah, Mr B Chimhau, T Parirenyatwa, J White, B. Dube

, Now this is notthe end. It is not

even the beginningof the end.

But it is, perhaps,the end of the

beginning.Winston Churchi'"

The number of boys playing on Monday afternoons fluctuated from two to twelve depending on theirother commitments in sport and school activities.

The Golf Club met every Monday to play nine holes of golf. We set off from St John's by 1.30p.m. andreturned between 4.30 and 5.00p.m. Our regular venue was Royal Harare Golf Club but we alsoplayed rounds at Wingate, Chapman, Borrowdale Brooke and Country Club. Our sincere appreciationis extended to these clubs for giving St John's boys courtesy of the course.

Bongani Moyo, Travis Smith, Tyrone and Brandon Matthews and Reagan Hutchings have officiahandicaps. Our most regular player was Brandon Williams.

Initially the boys did not take kindly to my insistence that they abide strictly to the rules and mostimportantly the etiquette of golf. I am pleased to say they are all able to conduct themselvesadmirably on the course and keep a score card correctly.

Our wildlife team had a very successful year. The team, captained by Matthew Ribeiro and membersJonathan Whitaker and Andrew Burgess won the Mashonaland finals and came second in the NationalFinals.

The club members were very enthusiastic and were fortunate to have several experts addressing them ontopics such as beetles, snakes, camouflage and butterflies.

The Chess "B" League matches kicked off on the 11th May 2007 the fourth day of the second term!! Our "B" team was oneof the two teams to kick off the season in a match held at North Park School. At that time we had not yet organised ourteams. However, with the help of Sue Ellis, we were able to organise a team which travelled to North Park for a matchagainst the host team. We won the match.

The second week of the second term saw the 'W' team start their winning spree. The team won against Heritage, CourtneySelous, Eaglesvale, Twin Rivers, Gateway, Hartmann House and David Livingstone. The only match that was tough was theone against Alfred Beit. The match in which we hosted Alfred Beit ended in a draw.

The "B" team won against North Park, Alexandra Park and Hartmann House. They lost against Sharon, Westridge andBishopslea. Alfred Beit had no "B' team and Blakiston failed to turn up for the match.

The majority of our "A:' team players are Grade 7 pupils. Only one of the ten 'W' team players is in Grade 6. Two of the ten"8" team players are also Grade 7 boys. This means that a lot of practice is required if the remaining players are to win theirmatches next year. All the same, I am looking forward to a successful chess league season next year.

CHESSBStanding: T. Chiweshe, M Mazambani, N. Ndlovu, T, Chikoto, S. Allen, T. Jakarasi.

Sitting: Z. White, K. Annandale, Mr Chimhau, L. Tapi, A. Chivayo.On ground: V. Chitambira, M Chitsinde

The Junior drama group augmented by all the Grade 3's entertained family and friends with their production of ''The Song ofHiawatha". The lads learnt large chunks of longfellows poem and interspersed the choral verse with songs and dances. Everyboy had a special moment on stage from Gitche Manito to the trees with their catchy tree rap.

Our grateful thanks go to Tracy Wilson for the magnificent scenery and props and Rich Whitaker and Wendy Scott. Thanksalso go to all those special mums for their help with costuming and make-up.

Every boy from Grade 4 onwards has the chance to enterthe Public Speaking. Initial selections are done by theclass teachers, who select two representatives, with areserve to go through to the semi-finals. Then five juniorsand seniors are selected for the finals. This year thefinalists were:-

JUNIORS: Shaun Acres, Edward Byrom, Taashira Chikosi,Ross Marais and Thomas Reid.

SENIORS: Tafadzwa Mugova, Gareth Stangroom, MichaelSylvester, Nicholas Taylor and Roderick Zwart.

The finals were very highly contested with Ambrose andGregory being joint winners of the Richard Heap Trophy.Our head-boy, Tom Chadwick did an outstanding job ascompere.Edward Byrom won the junior cup with Ross Marais secondand Shaun Acres third. In the senior section, TafadzwaMugova and Michael Sylvester came tie first with RoderickZwart third. Many thanks to Mr Mike Mackenzie and MrsRuth Rodgers for adjudicating this event and to all theteachers who helped.

The impromptus were quite amusing and one participantrevealed that there is a teacher at the College who throwsbooks at her pupils when they are not listening and puts allsorts of children in detention! No names mentioned onboth accounts!

at Gateway Primary School. In the junior section theresults were as follows:-1st Bishopslea2nd St John's3'd Heritage4th Eaglesvalewith Edward Byrom being adjudicated the best junior. Theimpromptu titles included, "My Mother's handbag","Favourite Days", and "How I would cope withouttelevision" .

In the senior section St John's came first with MichaelSylvester winning the senior section and Tafadzwa Mugovagiving an excellent impromptu speech on "My favouriteSport". Other titles included "Silence" and "Pets".

The junior and senior scores were added together and StJohn's came out tops with Bishopslea second. It wasunfortunate that Sharon School was not competing, due toa Jewish holiday, but the contestants from Bishopslea hadimproved greatly.

Well done to our group of young men, they didexceptionally well and we were proud of them. We canlook forward to another successful year, next year.

S. EllisTIC Public Speaking

Back:R. Marais, T Mugova, M. Sylvester, R. ZwartSeated:E. Byrom, Mrs S Ellis, S. Acres

Players: D Wells (Capt.), J Murray (V.Capt.), M Blake, TChadwick, R Gona,T Matthews, B Boshi, B Vickery, J Spencer, J Lawson, PLindsay, E Snyman, T Ingram & B Fox

This year has been a wonderful year for the 1st XI Cricket atSt John's Prep. We have played as a team and worked hardon our cricketing skills. Having only one player back fromlast year meant that we were low on experience, but theboys proved that with hard work and determination we canachieve anything!

The 1st XI for the first time won the Lilfordia day/nightfestival which was a huge achievement, and am very proudof them and Mr. Mutendera for his work over that weekend!Congratulations must go to Tom Ingram who won bestWicket Keeper and Peter Lindsay who won best bowler ofthe tournament. We also won the inaugural St John's10/10 festival which I leave in loving memory of my goodfriend and father figure Mr. Barry Lake. We thank you forthe many years of commitment and effort you gave, theboys have gained so much just knowing you and throughyour teaching. Thank you.

Rounder, Tom Ingram who won the Batting Award and PeterLindsay who again picked up bowler of the tournament!Over all the season has been filled with some great cricketmemories and I hope that the boys have gained from theirindividual experiences! To the grade 6 boys coming backnext year I wish you the very best and am sure you will begreat ambassadors for St John's Prep. To the 7's that leaveus I wish you the very best in your future cricket and I amsure that you will all remember your time a~ St John's Prep.

This will be my last report and sadly I will be leaving forSouth Africa with my family at the end of this year, I wouldlike to take this chance to thank every one for their supportand hard work this year. To Mr. Mackenzie and the StJohn's staff I will always have the fondest memories of mytime here at St John's and I wish you all the very best!

1st XI cricket played 12 Games, Won 11 and Lost 1Winners of the Lilfordia Day/Night FestivalWinners of the St John's Prep 10/10 Festival

S PriceCoach

Standing left to right:M Blake, T. Mathews, R. Boshi, B. Fox, E. Snyman, R. Gona, B. Vickery, J. Lawson, T, Chadwick.

Sitting left to right:J. Spencer, T. Ingram, D. Wells, Mr. Price, Mr. Mutendera, J. Murray, P Lindsay, R. Hutchings.

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The second eleven were unbeaten in 2007. The team was strong all round, averaging 150 runs in 25 overs every game theyplayed and 90% of the time managing to bowl out opposition sides all out. The team was well led by James Wright. Mostruns were made by Reagan Hutchings and Michael Sylvester who averaged over 40 runs at the end of the year 2007.Michael Sylvester scored three half centuries in a row in the third term and Reagan Hutchings managed to score two halfcenturies. The bowling department was outstanding with almost everyone in the team capable of bowling, but the mostoutstanding bowlers were Brett Fox and Adam Stewart who captured the most wickets.

Overall everyone in the team playedvery well in contributing to the teambeing unbeaten the whole season.Good luck to the current Grade 6 forthe 2008 season. I know they will dowell as they are good cricketers, andto the boys leaving the Prep, keepenjoying your cricket in High School.

ResultsV GatewayV LilfordiaV RuzawiV GatewayV HellenicV HartmannV Twin RiversV GatewayV Springvale

won by 9 wktswon by 112 runswon by 5 runswon by 131 runswon by 103 runswon by 50 runswon by 117 runswon by 3 wktswon by 14 runs

D. MutenderaCoach

Standing: R. Wilson, J Swan, B. Fox, D. Bichard, G. Rorke, D. Butchart,M Sylvester, A. Stewart.

Sitting: R. Hutchings, J, Spencer, K. Gibson, Mr. Mutendera, J Wright,D. Cruger, S. Solanki.

uceThe team had a fine season playing anumber of games against first andsecond teams of other schools. The boysbatting, fielding and bowling were allstrong areas.

The team was well captained by BrendanMatthews and the results were as follows:V Hartmann House lost by 7 runsV Sharon won by 6 wktsV Eaglesvale won by 8 wktsV Herman Germainer cancelledV Mberi cancelledV Westridge won by 163 runsV Alexander park rained outV Ruzawi won by 4 wktsV Springvale won by 7 wktsV Ariel cancelled

Many thanks to mums and dads for cakesand eats this season.Standing: K. Smith, D. Wijers, J Kloppers, D. Bichard, M Ribeiro,

R. Nicholson, K. Young, Z. Omarshah.Sitting: J Swan, C. Lock, B. Mathews, Mr. Ndimutseyi, C. Sandys- Thomas,

G. Ellis, S. Solanki.w. NdlmutseylCoach

Standing: K. Young, A. Burgess, P. Patel, B. Lilford, R. Deacon, T Jones,G. Nyahunzwi.

Sitting: M Jivan, R. Tenkrooden, C. Blignaut, Mr Ndimutseyi,C. Sandys-Thomas, S. Coles, N. Madziva.

Kneeling: B. Turk

This year saw a highly determined and committed team take to the field with pride. We managed to beat our main rivalRuzawi convincingly throughout the season, whilst others simply allowed the team to sharpen their swords and prepare themfor the next battle.

Our batting line up was very powerfully led from the front by the captain Eddie Byrom. The bowling attack was spearheaded byMark Hulbert and JamesGibson. The spin bowlingdepartment was well led byKyle Hopper and Ewan Price.

We took part at thePeterhouse Chemco 6 AsideFestival where we wonconvincingly in the finalbeating Ruzawi. I would liketo take this opportunity tothank the Byroms forsponsoring high quality kit forthe boys and all the mumsfor the eats at all our homefixtures. I also wish the boyswell as they graduate to amore senior side next year.

Allan MwayengaCoach Standing: R. Foulds, D. Johnston, J Gibson, E. Price, R. Murray, B. Young.

Sitting: B. Evans, J Waller; E. Byrom, Mr Mwayenga, M Rossi, MHulbert, K. Hopper.

Standing: S. Hook, T. Way, T. Gumbo, T. Lister; S. Bellini Martin, A. Nyamuda.Sitting: R. Chapman, B. Bichard, Mr Mwayenga, N Dunn, S. Donaldson, B. Mallon

Kneeling: J Harrison

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Standing: P Naik, F Adam, N. Wilson, 1. Strong, E. Baig, K. MackenzieSitting: T. Gowera, W Swan, N. Warren, Mr Mwayenga, N. Graingel;

T Lindsay- White, C. Scallan

Standing: T. Mangiza, T. Chikosi, R. Scott-Riddell, F Kasukuwere,1. Nyabadza, T. Chitambo, L. Beahan, M Bwerinofa, N. Madziva.

Sitting: D. Wiseman. B. Nyahunzwi, T, Curle, Mr Mwayenga,M Sibanda, P Mangunda. R. Vyas

2007 has been a year in which the boys had to work hard. Grade 4A team had an enjoyable and successful season. In thefirst term we played 5 games, won 4 and lost 1 match to Ruzawi, a team they managed to beat convincingly in the returnfixture.

The 3'd term was difficult to start as we had Ruzawi in the first few weeks and the boys seemed a little out of sorts andstruggled to post big enough scores. As the team progressed the boys got stuck into their cricket and produced some fineresults.

The side was very ably led by Ryan Murray. The fielding was, by the end of the term, very well controlled.

The bowling attack was dynamic. T Mackie and N Balfour would open at each end and often crippled the opposition rightfrom the start. N Welch and R Hayter would follow with the same strength, both spinning the ball and leaving the batsmendefenceless.

Some fine performances with bat and ball were:R Murray 53* v GatewayN Welch 50* v Twin RiversL Butler 35* v Twin RiversP Davis 33* v Eaglesvale

I would like to take this opportunity to pass on all my sincere thanks to all parents who so whole-heartedly supported theirboys during the season.

Tafadzwa KwatengeraCoach

Standing: E. Way, P Davies, T Mackie, L. Butler, N WelchSitting: A. Curtis, M Balfour, R. Murray, Mr Kwatengera, A. Lake,

M Sandys-Thomas R. Hayter

Results:1. St John's 154 for 6 (Connor 32*, Sean 28* and Ryan 27)

Twin Rivers All Out for 40 (Sean 2 for 0, Dilshard 2 for 4 and Connor 2 for 7)Won by 114 runs.

2. Ruzawi 118 for 5 in their 20 oversSt John's 122 for 8 (Connor 35, Pierres 25*, Ryan 18 and Cameron 14 in 3 balls!)Won by 2 wickets with 3 overs to spare

3. St John's 140 for 6 (Ethan 24*, Connor 20, Boshi 16, Pierres 14, Thomas 14)Twin Rivers All Out for 74 ( Darco, Thomas and Pierres each took 2 wickets)Won by 66 runs.

4. St John's 88 for 7 in 13 overs (Ryan 27* and Cameron 23)Eaglesvale Colts C All Out for 30 in 9 overs ( Ethan 3 for 3)Won by 58 runs.

One word epitomised this year's Grade Four B team and that was the word "FUN"!! The boys certainly knew how to enjoythemselves and they were tremendously rewarding to coach. They played with much more spirit than one can usually expectat this level and they made an enormous amount of progress. Most of all, they learnt to playas a team. Much of the seasonwas spent trying to get across the idea that cricket is not an individual sport and the boys had to learn to sacrifice their ownpersonal ambitions for the sake of the team. Having said that, it was one of our aims to ensure that everyone "got a chance"and this is why we rotated the batting order and tried to give each fielder a chance at bowling. We even rotated the captaincy.Every boy shone at some stage or other and there were no dominant stars.

Another enjoyable aspect of the season was the parents. What a great group! They were always positive and extremelysupportive. I hope that we entertained them in return for their time and loyalty. Having met the parents, it was easy to seewhy I enjoyed their sons so much.

R. WhitakerCoach

Standing: E. Way, C. Harrison, T Reid,R, Housell, J. Thomas, M Enderby

Sitting: C. Macmillan, R. Boshi, B. Young, Mr Whitaker, P Rennie,D. Williams, D. Limpic

Back: R. Hunda, 1. Hakulandaba, A. Curtis, M. Eeson, M Rossi, M Sibanda, T. Gumbo, T. Makamure,D. Johnston, A. Rwodzi, S. Madiro, C. Macmillan, D. Ndoro

Middle: T. Way, C. Sandys-Thomas, C. Gumbo, M Mbudzi, R. Kadani, B. Fox, J Lawson, T. Chikoto, T. Mahofa, P Gumbo,N Ndlovu, T. Mazhude, P Mangunda, A. Sithole

Sitting: N Dunn, H. Silk, T. Chadwick, J. Mutukwa, Mr Mbundire, Mr Ndimutseyi, R. Gona, R. Murray, N Welch,T. Chimbwanda

The athletics season was good as there were no majordisruptions because of rain.

We hosted a friendly meeting which we won. In the EPSAMashonaland A Division athletics meeting which washosted by Hartmann House, we came third and we stayedin this competitive group.

In the Interhouse Sports Ambrose came first,Gregory second and Jerome third.

Mr M. Mbundlre Be Mr W. NdlmutseylCoaches

Back: C. Lindsay-White, T Warren, T Reid, D. Johnston, M. Hulbert, M. Blake, M. Rossi, N Dunn, A. Curtis, N Welch, TGowera, Z. White, D. Brain

Middle: R. Hayter, J. Spencer, N Ndlovu, C. Gibson, T Mazhude, C. Sandys-Thomas, B. Lilford, B. Masekesa, S. Coles, R.Murray,· G. Ellis, T Curle, N, Mukorombindo

Sitting: S. Madiro, M. Eeson, H Silk, J. Lawson, Mr W Ndimutseyi, R. Gona, M. Balfour, G. Curtis, M. Garnett

This group of boys enjoyed running and representing their school. We had a pleasant cross country team. We took part inthree meetings namely Gateway, Ruzawi and Lilfordia.

Outstanding performance throughout the season was from Rukudzo Gona coming first in Three Woods and Gateway andsecond in Ruzawi cross country.

1st out of 7 at Gateway1st out of 25 at Lilfordia.2nd out of 11 at Ruzawi.

w. NdimutseyiCoach

In the blink of an eye, another swimming season has comeand gone. How time flies when you're having such fun!!

Congratulations go to all the swimmers on yet anothermost successful season. As the team consists of a groupof highly motivated and competitive children, my job asswimming coach is made that much easier and my thanksgo to both the boys and their parents for putting so muchtime and effort into this activity.

As usual, our first meeting of the season was the Flippers'Gala where we entered both an ''/!J:' and a "B" team tocompete against Chisipite, Hartmann, Hellenic and SharonSchools. Our ''/!J:' team gained first place with our "B'''scoming in 4th

• This was followed by the Pisces Gala hostedby Hartmann House. In this gala 2 of our boys team upwith Chisipite girls in order to make a relay. The afternoonis always great fun, and this year we excelled with the ''/!J:'team gaining first place and the "B" team coming second.

The climax of the swimming season is always the InterSchools' Gala held at the Les Brown Pool. Once again, our

boys did exceptionally well claiming the Division 1 trophyfor the thirteenth consecutive year. Only one record wasbroken this year and this achievement went to our U13Butterfly Relay who knocked 10 seconds off the time! Verywell done gentlemen a fine way to end your Prep Schoolswimming career.

The season ended with the Ruzawi Invitational Gala whichis different for us as it includes individual events. Althoughrather weary, the boys claimed yet another victory andbroke five records in the process.

Thanks to the parents for their amazing support and to thestaff of St John's for their help with the Flippers' Gala.

Senior colours were awarded to Thomas Chadwick, BartZwart, Glynn Rorke, James Todd and Ryan Wilson withJames Lawson receiving are-award.

MrsD. DerryCoach

Back Row: Mr Millar, D. Annandale, K. Hopper, R. Hounsell, B. Evans, B. Fox, J Todd, R. Murray,T Reid, D. Bowl, R. Wilson, C. Stangroom, Mrs Derry.

3rd Row: J Booth, N. Dunn, R. Zwart, K. Smith, J Kloppers, G. Rorke, E. Snyman, J Strong,N. Welch, M. Eeson, A. Onorati.

2nd Row: M Rossi, R. Foulds, D. Lee, K. Gibson, J Lawson, T Chadwick, B. Zwart, C. Onorati,P. Rennie, B. Annandale.

Ground: C. Lindsay- White, D. Johnston, G. Curtis, M. Balfour, D. Brain, E. Byrom.

Standing: Mr Miller, D. Cruger, D. Sheehan. T Gapare, J. Strong, B. Gabriel, N. Taylor, Mrs Derry.Sitting: R. Deacon, J. Gibson, K. Mackenzie, K. Gibson, N. Dunn, C. Gabriel, P Rennie, A. Frost

Standing: D. Wells, J Murray, R. MurraySitting: C. Lock, Mrs Esslemont, P. Lindsay

Front: R. Tenkrooden

Standing: K. Franklin, B. Naude, R. Stableford,M Mazambani.

Sitting: T, Chiweshe, Mrs Ellis, S. Solanki,Front: A. Chikanda

Our First Team was very successful in the A league, losingonly one match to Hartmann's first team. It is fortunatethat four of our A team players are young and will representthe A team next year too.

Full colours were re-awarded to C. Lock and P. Lindsay. JMurray and D Wells were awarded full colours and RTenkrooden received half colours.

In the Doubles Championship J Murray and R Murray lostto the strong combination of C Lock and P Lindsay.

A Team ResultsV Courtney SelousV VainonaV BarwickV Hartmann IIV BeatriceV BorrowdaleV Hartmann I

won 8 1won 9 0won 9 a

won 6 3walk over

won 9 alost 3 6

Our second team consisted of many keen and eagerplayers who participated in the B League. They playedreally well, often against first team players.

B Team ResultsV Haig ParkV GatewayV Alex ParkV David LivingstoneV NortonV Twin RiversV Hatcliffe

won 6 3lost 2 7won 8 1won 9 a

walk overlost 4 5

walk over

Unfortunately two matches were walk overs due totransport problems. Many thanks to our wonderful mumswho provided delicious cakes for our teas. Congratulationsto Ryan Stableford for being awarded the Tennis Cup forSportsmanship.

It is a pleasure to see so many enthusiastic players atTuesday aftemoon Team Tennis practices. We wish thoseboys that are leaving us success in their tennis in FormOne.

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The 2007 volleyball side was full of talent and determination. However, all this did not yield to anything spectacular as theteam was let down by opposition teams who cancelled the fixtures due to shortage of fuel or other unspecified reasons. Theteam played 3 games, won 2 and lost 1.

F. DhlamlnlCoach

Standing:T. Tande, T. Mutizwa, T. Tande, M Timba,S. Mapeka.Sitting:J. Lawson, R. Kadani,Mr Dhlamini, J. Mutukwa, M. Mbudzi

Standing:K. Chiwara, S. Sheehan, T. MugovaSitting:C. Mbanje, J. Todd, Mr Dhlamini,T. Parirenyatwa, M. Mberi

What an outstanding year this has been for our 1stY01.The season began in triumphant style beating the muchfavoured Gateway team which had toured South Africa 39-O. This proved to be one of our best games only surpassedby the final game of the season against Ruzawi. In thisgame we saw the culmination of all that we had worked sohard to achieve all term. The forwards were in no mood forcompromise and fed vast quantities of "go forward" ball toour hungry backs. This was as good a display of powerrugby as you will see anywhere. Apart from good, solidrugby, this game contained some pin point accurate kickingby Jabulani Mutukwa to the wings. This great game endedwith us triumphing 45-0 with no kicks having beenconverted, mainly due to the fact that the tries were allscored in corners. The kicks throughout the season weresuperbly executed by Rukudzo Gona and Jabu Mutukwa.

There were some fine games mid-season between thesetwo matches and our boys played with great spirit andpurpose. Bart Zwart and Glynn Rorke are two of the mostnatural forwards that we have had in a long time, but theywere very ably supported by Tadi Parirenyatwa, TakuraTande and Jason Murray while Ely Snyman shows greatpromise for next year. Sadly Dustin Sheehan, who is a finerugby player, had a very short-lived season as he broke hiscollar-bone badly in the second game. The loose trio ofTyrone Matthews (8), James Todd and James Lawson weregreat scavengers of the ball.

Our three-quarters were as talented as ever and turnedmuch 50/50 ball into points. Young Tom Ingram has anatural ability to read the game and should be a dynamicserum half next year. He serviced fly half, Barry Vickeryefficiently and this enabled our centres, Jabu and TapuwaTande to move with reasonable freedom. Tom Chadwick

had a great season on the wing and Raymond Kadanishowed flashes of class. Rukudzo Gona was outstandiwith his deceptive, penetrating runs either getting himthe try-line or taking us deep into our opponents half. Itwas comforting to have reserve backs.of the caliber of thediminutive but fearless Regan Hutchings and BrandonBoshi who would certainly have been regulars for any otherschool's 1stY01's.

All in all it was a great season which also saw our boys winthe coveted Super 8 Trophy yet again and I have-to saythat I thoroughly enjoyed coaching this group of youngmen.

The follOWing boys were chosen to represent the HarareNorth team:-Tom Chadwick, Glynn Rorke, Bart Zwart, TadiwaParirenyatwa, James Todd, Tom Ingram, JabulaniMutukwa, Rukudzo Gona and James Lawson.

Bear in mind that some of our boys were not eligible forselection.

As the team was unbeaten throughout the season and onlynarrowly lost a festival game, all the regulars received theirfull colours whilst the luckless reserves and DustinSheehan received half-colours.

M. N. MackenzieCoach

Back:B. Vickery,R. Kadani,T. Tande,R. Gona,J. Mutukwa,T. Matthews.Middle:R. Boshi, J.Lawson,B. Zwart,T. Parirenyatwa,T. Tande,E. Snyman,J. SheehanFront:R. Hutchings,G. Rorke,T. Chadwick,Mr Mackenzie,J. Todd,J. Murray,T. Ingram

Results.24.05 vs Gateway31.05 vs Haartman House02.06 vs Ruzawi19.07 vs Highlands12.07 vs Haartman House

vs Heritage 1st YNvs Selbourne Rutledge 1st YN

This year's second fifteen certainly had a very successful season. They made substantial progress as the season rlrogressedand were playing very effective, clinical rugby by the end.

The tight five (Z. Mayeka, R. Wilson, B. Matthews, C. Gabriel and C. Lock) provided a very stable platform in the set pieces.Their ball retention was excellent and their picking and driving disrupted the defence of the opposition whilst providing thebacks with plenty of "go-forward" ball.

The loose forwards (D. Cruger, R. Zwart and E. Snyman) hunted as a pack. They were hungry for tackles and mobile. They alsolooked good with ball in hand and enjoyed a number of excellent breaks. Eli was very effective off the base of the scrum,especially close to the try line.

The half-back combination of J. Spencer and R. Boshi got better and better as the season developed. Ryan was a bit static tobegin with but when Jason started to pass in front of him, so that he took the ball on the move, he got the line moving veryeffectively.

The centres (J. Swan and B. Fox) and wings (R. Hutchings and S. Coles) were quick onto the opposition in defence and weexperienced very few line-breaks against us. On the other hand, in attaCk, they ran good lines and their speed resulted innumerous tries.

T. Mazhude, at Full Back, was solid in defence and his ability to strike in the counter attack meant that the oppositions wereinvariably punished if they tried to kick over our defensive lines.

We started off the season with a well-deserved victory against Gateway. Although we looked a bit raw at times, the potentialwas evident and the tone was set. The first game against Haartman House was not fun! They fielded an over-age player whodid all the damage. Having played for Harare Schools the previous season, he was simply too big and strong for us. It wastherefore highly satisfying that we gave them such a drubbing when he was excluded from the return fixture. The 31 to nilresult was a true reflection of the ran kings. Ruzawi had an excellent side and they gave us a hard time with their very quickrucking over. They had the majority of possession but they found it almost impossible to penetrate our line. We leant a lotfrom them, however, and the quality of our own rucking over improved from then on.

The second half of the season wasawesome! The forwards learnt to dotheir job with clinical efficiency.They destroyed the opponents'defensive patterns and then fed theline making it easy for the backs toscore tries. They also scored manya try through eight-man teamworkwhich was always a great pleasureto watch. The best way I candescribe the team's style of play inthese latter parts of the season isto say that they were ruthlesslyclinical and efficient.

Back: D. Cruger, M Mbudzi, Z. Mayeka,C. Lock, R. Zwart.

Middle: R. Wilson, K. Gibson, M Timba,C. Gabriel, E. Snyman, B. Matthews,

T MazhudeSeated: S. Coles, R. Hutchings, R. Boshi,

Mr Mbundire, J. Swan, B. Fox, J. Spencer

Back: G. Ellis, M. Mazambani, R. Mberi, M. Mbudzi, T. ChiwesheMiddle: K. Chiwara, C. Gumbo, R. Deacon, M. Timba, J. Kloppers, T. Jakarasi,

P Gumbo.Seated: K. Gibson, K. Smith, M. Sylvester, Mr Ndimutseyi, D. Wells, B. Moyo

In this team a hardworking pack offorwards ensured a generous supply ofball which the backs put to good use.

The team was well led by DanielWells. The team played cohesive andunselfish rugby. It played several 2nd

x:v sides and even the odd 1st X:V,remaining unbeaten all se~son,although some matches were closeindeed!

w. NdlmutseylCoach

Back:C. Sandys- Thoms, M. Sylvester,P Clinton. D. DeJong, M. ChitsindeMiddle:T. Shara, T. Mugova, T. Mutizwa,S. Mapeka, T. Gapare, T. Smith,S.MasendaSeated:B. Turk, H. Perry, C. Bond,Mr Ndimutseyi, B. Masekesa,J. Zimuto, K. Young

Back: G. Theunissen, T Mutumi, N Crowley, B. Passaportis, N Ndlovu, N Madziva, 1. Edmondson, D. CampbellMiddle: 1. Harris, T Mahola, B. Williams, R. Calton, L. Jellicoe, C. Blignaut, P Chiketsani, B. Dube

Front: B. Naude, P Clinton, T Cochrane, A. Mwayenga. V Dube, Z. Anderson, N Taylor

The team played with a lot of courage and on many occasions they managed to bruise their opposition with ease. We openedthe season playing Gateway on a Wednesday and our test was on the same weekend when we played our perennial rivalsRuzawi who we managed to beat 21-16.

Team captain Michael Rossi andNick Dunn played some veryattractive rugby and managed toget very good support from theother players in the back line,including unstoppable TafaraGowera.

The only two defeats we sufferedwere against a strong Lilfordia sideand Ruzawi where the scores werevery close. Well done to all theboys for their hard work anddedication. It was a pleasurecoaching you. A big thank youmust go to the mums for providingteas and to the fathers for theircontinued support.StatisticsPlayed - 10Won 8Lost 2

Well done boys and keep it up.W. NdlmutseylCoach Back: T Gowera, M. Sibanda, J Strong, A. Nyamuda, P, Rodger

Seated: D. Johnston, W Swan, M Hulbert, Mr Ndimutseyi, M. Rossi, B. Evans,N Dunn

Back: T Chikosi, T Parewa, J Waller, K. Van Ruiten, T GumboSeated: J Harrison, T Lister, J Gibson, Mr Mbundire, E. Byrom, P Rodger,

T Lindsay-White, P Mangunda, B. Mallon

This team played with a lot ofcourage and on many occasionsmanaged to brush the oppositionaside with ease. At one stage oranother most of the players eitherplayed in Colts A side or benchedfor that team. There are some veryfine rugby payers in the making inthis side.

Mr W. NdlmutseylCoach

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Back: T Parewa, R. Scott-Riddell, 1. Baig, K. Kasukuwere, M. Bwerinofa, S. Bellini-MartinMiddle: T Mangiza, T Lister, R. Foulds, Mr A Mwayenga, B. Young, R. Chapman, S. Donaldson

Ground: P Manguna, B. Nyahunzwi

Back: T Way, B. Chirombo, T Madziva, 1. Beahan, E. Price, C. Scallan. J. NyabadzaFront: D. Mackinnon, T Chigaru, K. Mackenzie, Mr A Mwayenga, S. Bellini-Martin, T Makombe, S. Hook

Back: K. Mutendadzamera. T. Curle, T. Chitamba, B. fflatswayo, T. MakamureFront: R. Tavaguta, D. Mackinnon, R. Machingauta, Mr A Mwayenga, T. Madziva, 1. Collins, D. Goredema

What a thoroughly enjoyable season!! I really appreciated taking the Grade Four A team this season and I look back at it withmany fond memories. What was it that made the experience such an enjoyable one?

Firstly! I enjoyed getting to know the boys. They really are a fantastic group and I look forward to watching their progress upthe system. They were hugely enthusiastic, extremely responsive and they all had a tremendous hunger for the game. As faras they were concerned, the games were all too short and there weren't enough of them.

Secondly, I really appreciated the support of the parents. It was such a pleasure to watch a group of parents who were alwayspositive and encouraging in their support. I really struggle when parents shout negative comments at their children therebydestroying their confidence and self-esteem. This particular set of parents did a fine job of "lifting" the players with their greatsupport. The parents of various other groups could learn a lot from them!

Thirdly, it was a great privilege to have Mr Ewan Mcmillan and Mr David Curtis helping with the coaching. I really appreciatedtheir reliability as well as the enormous amount of knowledge that they brought to the practices. Both have a rare ability tocommunicate effectively with children and they were a great inspiration to the boys. On top of this, I learnt a great deal fromthem which I will appreciate in future years.

Fourthly, I really enjoyed the way the boys played. They were talented, of that there was no doubt. However, what really madethem a great team was the fact that they enjoyed themselves so much. They epitomised what, to me, is the most importantaspect of sport they played for fun!

We beat most of our opponents easily. However, Ruzawi were definitely a better team than us. We managed to scrape a winagainst them in the first encounter and it has to be said that we were lucky to do so. They thoroughly outclassed us in theaway fixture. They made quicker decisions and were more organised in second and third phase play. The final encounter, atthe Grade Four Festival, was a fitting end to the contest. We spent the entire game fiercely defending our line and it was onlythe courage and determination of our whole team that managed to keep them out. The nil all draw was deserved.

The only part of the season that I did not enjoy was trying to decide who should be awarded the cup for being the best GradeFour Player. The strength of the team was in the fact that they played as a team. It seemed unfair, therefore, to try andseparate out one individual. Everyone did their job and they did it well. However, these things have to be done and there werefour main contenders for the award. Angus Curtis, Peter Davis, Connor Macmillan and Ryan Murray were undoubtedly thefoundation blocks of the team. After considering the rankings of each of them in four categories, there was nothing to choosebetween them. I looked at 1) Talent and skill, 2) their ability to "lift" the performance of the team, 3) enthusiasm andexample and 4) sportsmanship and attitude. In the end I had to invent a fifth category to separate them. Angus Curtis wasgiven the award simply because he appeared to enjoy himself the most. Isn't this what sport is about? He and another teammember were both going for a tackle once when they collided and missed the tackle. Angus ended up in a giggling heapthinking that the collisionwas just as much fun asthe successful tackle wouldhave been. However,having said all that, Iknow that he would be thefirst to accept the award onbehalf of the whole team.As far as I am concernedConnor Macmillan, AngusCurtis, Peter Davis,Nicholas Balfour, AndileSithole, Ryan Murray, RossHayter, SebastianSheehan, CameronHarrison, Tanya Chambati,Travis Mackie and HaydenSilk were all stars and alldeserved an award. Theythoroughly entertained thespectators, they playedtheir hearts out, theyplayed with an excellentattitude and they had fun.No wonder I enjoyed myselfso much!

R. WhitakerCoach

Standing:S. Sheehan, R. Hayter, C. Harrison, T Chambati, N. Balfour, A. Sithole

Seated:A. Curtis, P Davis, T Mackie, R. Murray, H. Silk, C. MacMillan

Standing:R. Boshi, K. Pollen, M Shonhiwa, T. Reid, T. Chambati, A. Onorati

Sitting:J Thomas, R. Hounsel, Mr R. Whitaker, A. Lake, P Rennie, S. Mandizodza

Back:D. Limpic, S. Brown, 0. Harvey, R. Spencer, A. Hartman

Front:D. Williams, M Enderby, M Mpisaunga, Mr A Mwayenga, S. Young, I. Hakulandaba, B. Perry

Full Games in the seasonVs Hartmann (H) we won 5 0Vs Lilfordia we Won 5 1Vs Twin Rivers (A) we Won 4 2Vs Heritage we Won 12 0Vs Gateway we Won 6 3

Vs Twin Rivers (H) we Lost 2 1Vs Hellenic we Won 8 0Vs Hartmann (A) we Won 3 1Vs Alex Park we Won 10 1Vs Ruzawi we Won 3 0

ut13 E.P.S.A Hockey FestivalPlayed 5, Won 4 & Drew 1

Team members 2007:Grade 7' s: J. Mutukwa (Capt.), T. Chadwick (V.Cpt), J Murray, G Rorke, J Lawson,

D. Wells, T. Pari renyatwa , M. Blake, T. Matthews, R. Gona, K. ChiwaraJ. Todd & T. Mugova

The boys have played some outstanding hockey with the most goals scored in a season I have witnessed, the season hasbeen a great pleasure to take and those going to the college I wish the best and the 2 grade 6's staying behind I hope thatyou are good ambassadors to the 1st XI next year!The numbers these boys have put up are amazing in any form of the game and scored 60 goals in the season only lettingthrough 11 goals, this stat is through hard work, practice and a huge team spirit!I would like to thank my Captain and Vice Captain for their hard work this term they have done their jobs with passion. To myCaptains mom, Mrs. Mutukwa thank you for all the hard work and the time that you have given towards all the games. To oursponsor this year, the Mutukwa's, Chadwick's and Matthew's families thank you for an amazing kit. We are truly great full foryour support. _To Mrs. Macmillan a big thank you for your time and patience with all us men!I would like to finish with a big thank you to the boys of 1st XI.Hockey 2007, you have played some great hockey and sharedsome wonderful memories.

Mr. 5 Price1st XI Hockey Coach

Back: K. Chiwara,T Matthews, J Lawson,

R. Gona, J Todd, B. Fox,T Ingram

Front: M. Blake, D. Wells,J Mutukwa, Mr S Price,T Chadwick, J Murray,

T MugovaSeated: G. Rorke,

T Parirenyatwa

Full Games in the seasonVs Hartmann (H) we Drew 1 1Vs Lilfordia we Won 9 6Vs Twin Rivers (A) we Lost 3 0Vs Heritage we Won 7 0Vs Gateway we Won 5 0Vs Twin Rivers (H) we Won 2 0Vs Hartmann (A) we Won 3 0Vs Alex Park we Won 12 0Vs Ruzawi we Won 3 0

Team members 2007:Grade 7' s: T Parirenyatwa (Capt.), T Mugova (V.Capt), J Todd, D Butchart, B Moyo,

C Gabriel & J Spencer

Grade 6' s: B Fox, J Wright, E Snyman, T Chiweshe, P Lindsay, T Chikoto &C Sandys-Thomas

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The boys have played some fine hockey this term with some fine victories. The team has taken some time to play together,but finished the term well with 7 wins in a row. Mrs. Macmillan has done some outstanding work with the guys and motivatedthem well! I hope that you take all the lessons that you have learnt this season and use them in your seasons to come.To the grade 7 boys I thank you for your hard work and effort in your last year and to the grade 6 boys I hope that you will beready for a hard 2008 season I wish you all the best and you will be in my thoughts, thank you 2007 2nd XI Hockey.

Mr. 5 Price2nd XI Hockey Coach

Back: D. Butchart,T. Chikoto, J. Todd,T. MazhudeMiddle: B. Fox, E. Snyman,T. Mugova, Mr SPrice,C. Gabriel, B. Mayo,J. WrightGoalkeeper:T. Parirenyatwa

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Standing: C. Mbanje, K. Smith, R. Kadani, Miss Parkinson, P Bera, C. Sandys-Thomas, T. MazhudeSitting: M. Jivan, J. Bennett, J. Kloppers, J. Spencer, M. Mberi

T. Cochrane

Back: A. Stewart, L. Jellicoe, Miss Parkinson, D. Lee, R. TenkroodenSeated: D. Wijers, K. Annandale, N Ndlovu, K. Smith, T. Jones, J. Duthie

G. Nyahunzwi

Back: K. Franklin, R. Stableford, 1. Whitaker, M. MazambaniSeated: B. Naude, Z. Anderson, B. Williams, Mr T Kwatengera, D. Campbell, S. Solanki

Vs Hartmann House we Won 5 0Vs Heritage we Won 3 0Vs Hellenic we Won 5 1Vs Lilfordia we Lost 2 5Vs Twin Rivers we Won 2 0Vs Hartmann we Won 4 0Vs Gateway we Won 2 1Vs Ruzawi we Lost 2 - 4Vs Westridge we Won 3 0Vs Twin Rivers we Drew 0 0

U/l1 E.P.S.A Hockey Festival @ Hartmann HousePlayed 5, Won 4, Lost 1 & Drew 0

Team members for Colts A (at least 2 Games or more): M Rossi, E Byrom, BEvans,A Nyamuda, J Strong, E Price, D Johnston, J Gibson, M Hulbert, J Waller, T Way & B Young

Well done boys for a great season, it has been a pleasure to watch you play and learn this term, I hope that you take forwardwhat you have learnt this year and make good teams next year. To Mrs. Hay thank you very much for all the time you put intothe colts A & B hockey this year the parents and I really appreciated you being there for the boys!To all the mom's thank you for all the help this term I would not have been able to do it with out you! This has been achallenging year with a lot of good players and more boys than last years U/11 Hockey which gave us more depth. I hope thatthe boy's have learnt lessons this term and are ready for next year's hockey! Congratulations Colts A hockey of 2007!

Mr. 5 PriceCoach d( •( (

Back: J. Gibson, J. Waller, B. YoungSeated: M Hulbert, Mr SPrice, M RossiBEvans

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Vs Hartmann House we Won 4 1Vs Heritage we Won 2 -1Vs Hellenic we Won 16 - 0Vs Lilfordia we Drew 5 5Vs Twin Rivers we Drew 0 0Vs Hartmann we Won 1 0Vs Gateway we Won 5 1Vs Ruzawi we Lost 2 4Vs Westridge we Won 6 0Vs Twin Rivers we Lost 2 1

Team members for Colts B (At least 2 games or more): R Foulds, SHook, E Price,J Strong, E Byrom, S Bellini-Martin, D Johnston and A Nyamuda

Well done to the boys of Colts B they have been an important part of the A group and they have played some fine hockey thisseason and they have kept the Colts A team on their heals and worked them over on many occasions, many of these boyswould have filled the place of the A team and done the job well! Scoring 43 goals and conceding 13 goals. I would like tothank Mrs. Hay for all her help with the A & B teams she helped me so much, thanks also to all the Moms for their time andhard work

. The boys will be playing in some tough groups next year but I urge them to keep playing hockey as it will get easier when theyare in their senior year, enjoy your hockey next year even if you play 3"' or 4th team, some of my best players have come out ofthis group and represented the 1st XI with colours!

Mr. S. PriceCoach

Back: R. Foulds, E. Price, J. Strong,S. Bellini-Martin, E. ByromSeated: D. Johnston, Mr S Price, S. HookA. Nyamuda

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MrsDDerryT Gowera, K. Van Ruitten, P Naik, P Gumbo

Seated: J. Harrison, Mr T Kwaterenga, B. BichardM. Nyabereka, T Lindsay- White

Back: D. Whitaker, M. Sibanda, N. Nyabadza.K. MackenzieSeated: T Makamure, Mr SPrice, M. BwerinofaFloor: C. Scallan, W Swan

80th teams were unbeaten this season. The 8 teamplayed 8 matches, won 6, drew 2, scored 21 goals andconceded only 2. The A side also played 8 matches, won7, drew 1, scored 19 goals and conceded only 3.

the front row were equally good. The standard of playimproved with each outing and all the games were playedin good spirit. The boys played with passion and won theirmatches in style. I was impressed.

The mid-fielders showed a lot of character and put in a lotof effort into their running, marking and creating a lot ofgoal scoring opportunities for the strikers. The defence and

F DhlamlniCoach

Back:A. Frost, A. Adam, S. Madziro,M Garnett, B. MazivanhangaFront:D. Brain, T Nyabadza, M Esson,Mr F Dhlamini, M Lindsay,A. Rwodzi, G. CurtisP Mbanje

Back:W Hunda, L. Mavhima. D. Ndoro,P Chiyangwa, T MasekesaFront:R. Hunda, M Nichole,Mr F Dhlamini, B. Annandale, K. Chiwara,A. BlignautT Beattie

Standing: N Mazhande, A. Silo, J Booth,M. Msipa, C. Nyamhunga

Seated: P Mwamuka, Z. White, R. Smith,B. Burger, P Tucci, T Mpoju

Standing: A. Chivayo, C. Onorati, D. Annandale, M Brown, T Chimbwanda, F ChinamoSeated: B. Watson, A. Griffiths, P Murape,M. Brown, C. Lindsay-White, S. Harrison,

D. Trivedy

Back: C. Young, T. Warren, A. Nyawayi,K. Anderson, A. Van Breda

Seated: C. Kwaramba, G. Vlahakis, A. AI-Khalil, Mr B Chimhau, T. Gomba, R.Spagnuolo, P Bhagat

K. Robinson

Back: W Annesley, K. Smith, S. Azad, C. Van Gend, M Kambarami, K.Detering

Seated: C. Macquire, J Layard, B. Leipe, Mr B Bhimhau, C. King, A. Adams,G. Bissett

T. Maphosa

aI)l Contributions

My best friend's name is Michael. He makes me laugh andhe plays tricks.

My best friend's name is Tanashe. We play tab and runaround together. Uzaur chases us.

My best friend's name is Peter. We play together. He hasa snake skin and pet fish.

My best friend's name is Travis. I like him because we playtag and he is in Grade Five.

My best friend is Seth. I like him becowse we make bowsand arrows and jump on the trampoline.

My best friend is Kumbo. I like him because he is funny.He makes faces and makes antlers out of bananas.

Stanley Manokore

My best friend is my brother and Asante. I like them. Iplay darts with my brother and see who can stand on onefoot the longest.

My best friend's name is Tynan. I like him because hemakes me laugh when he falls down. He is also very kind.

Alijah Asante

My best friend's name is Ian. We lay stuck in the mud andred rover.

My best friend is Rory. He trades stickers and gives memotorbike stickers.

I-·~ ~ -_ J\V~;Tan /.Mun~o

At school I like doing sums. I also like break. I hateplaytime because I like working.

At school I like homework and sums. I hate it whensomeone talks when I do my sums.

At school I like sums. I also like cake sale. I also likesoccer. I hate broken things like when my tower getsbashed. .

Literary Contributions

When we pray it comes true. We love God and he gives usnice things too and we want to worship him. He loves usso much.

God loves everyone and he makes rain fall from the skyinto everyones gardens!

God loves us. He made us good and we love him verymuch. I love God for what he does for us.

Munashe Deketeke

God loves me lots. He probably looks like a person.Maybe he smiles a lot.

I like God because he created us and he made us and Ilove him.

I love God so much and I like him. He makes rain for theflowers and trees. He is big and shining.

He is powerful. I love him. He makes the rain for the treesand the flowers and he likes you!

We did a play to show God we loved him. He also got toobored of the dinosaurs so he made his son!

Kgomotso Hamadziripi

I think God is the best friend in the world. He makes theworld for us.

If you are bad he won't give you what you want. I love God.He is the king of the world and he loves us.

God made us that is why we need to love him. He madeall the animals too and he likes us so much that we likehim too!

At my gala I came last on backstroke and I had lots of funand I came second in brestroke and I got three ribbons andI got a light green ribbon and I got a dark green one and Ihad lots of fun and I have got strong and I wish it was thegala every day.

I came first in backstroke and I came last and I jumped inthe pool and I went to the pizza.

Santa wears a red coat and black boots and he has redtrousers and he says ho-ho-ho and he rings a bell and hegives presents to children if they be good and if you be badSanta won't give you presents. Santa has a gold buckle.He says Merry Christmas. He has a gold sleigh andRudolph pulls the sleigh. When Rudoph pulls the sleighSanta says Merry Christmas.

He has a golden sleigh and has Rudolph who pulls thesleigh and he brings presents to children and he has a redcoat and he has a big sack with toys.

Santa wears gloves and he wears black boots. He rides asleigh. The reindeer pull Santa in the sky.

Kundai Kashangura

Santa brings presents to people who be good and if you benaughty Santa will give you coal and Santa wears a redcoat and he has black shoes and Santa has a black beltand he has gold buttons and Santa has a gold sleigh toand a red hat and he ha a white pompom and Santa doessay ho-ho-ho!

I went to my friends house and I played tag and I went on aquad bike and I went to swim and I swung on the swing andI climbed on the tree and I watched Sponge Bob and Iwent to the lion and cheetah park.

On the weekend I went to a farm and my friends were thereand we played soccer and then we went to the pigs placeand we saw them then we slept over then we went tochurch.

I like to play football and I like to play soccer and I likenumber and words best.

My friend came to play at my house and he swam and weplayed with my toys and my dad went to Zambia.

Jamie Cawood

iterary Contributions

Once upon a time in the rain forest there was a wiseIndian.

He lived on the edge of the rain forest. His name wasMaugli. The wise Indian had a wife. Her name was Clara.Soon they had a baby. The babies name was Simba. Heliked to play with their animals. The baby wanted to be likehis father. The wise Indian was a chief. When Simba grewup his dream came true. He became a chief. He lived inhis own wig-wam. Days later his father died in the war.That night he wanted to be in the war. He joined the army.6 years later he was a wise Indian so he returned from thewar and lived happily in the rain forest.

My name is Captain Ruby and one horrid winters nightwhen the sea was rough I went on the richest boat on thesea. I found rubies, gold and silver rings and the best thingI found was a treasure chest. There was gold in it and Ismiled a greedy smile. I have stolen 20 treasure chestsand I found the 20 treasures on a very rich ship. I foundsome food to eat. I found fish and meat too.

Ropa Masengere

I am a pirate. My name is Jake the pirate. I was gettingup and I heard the horn blow. It was an emergency so wewent into battle mode. Soon the battle was over. The nextnoon we sailed to the shore and stole the sailor treasure.Then we went back to the sea. Next day we had crab forlunch. At noon we stole some more treasure and this timethere was gold.

Ahoy me lad my name is Captain Spike. I like to steal goldand silver from my friend Captain Cane. Sometimes weeven fight over treasure. I have a patch. I also like to stealfrom other big ships with rubies. Me and my squad eat fishand prawns.

There was once a little rabbit called Little Ears. He was agood little bunny and he must stay in the burrow for the foxwill get him. One day he was very bad. He went out of theburrow and the clever old fox got him and put him in asack. Bunny was sad for all that he had done so hestarted kicking the fox. The fox dropped the sack and LittleEars tried to get away but the sack rope was too hard toundo. Then Little Ears started to cry for a long time thenhe had an idea. He nibbled a hole in the bottom of thesack so he could get out of the sack. He jumped out ofthe sack and luckily he had vegetables and put them in the

sack. When the fox got home he untied the sack and saidto his wife I have a rabbit for tea and his wife was verycross there were vegetables and Little Ears never wentthere again.

One hot sunny day I found a squirrel and I named himChitter Chatter. He loved his cage but one day he got outof his cage. When I found out that he had gone I startedto cry and then my mum said we'll find him. But we didnot find him. Chitter Chatter was all alone in the dark.Then the sun came up. I woke up and I went looking forChitter Chatter. Chitter Chatter had found a new friendnamed Robert. They played hide and seek.

Joshua Allardice

This is a Gentle Giant. His name is Jorj.He lives in a very very very big house on a clowd.He wears a red T shert and a green T shert on top of it hehas black shoes a green hat and a mustache.He eats froots and vegetables. He drinks milk and frootjoos.If somebody is falling from a building he will catch us. Hecan make a ride for us. He is my best friend. He takes meto school if my toy is stuck in a tree he well get it for me.

Mduduzi Mhlanga

This is a Gentle Giant. He lives in the moon. He hastwenty-one arms like branches. He has fingers likesausage. His eyes are like balls. His legs are like treesand his head is like a metior.He helps us to jump to get to South-Africa. I like himbecause he protects me from lions.

This summer I was walkingdown when I saw a huge manwho was double the size ofmy home. And his legs boyoh boy oh boy they were 90times as big as my dad. Andhe could use Prada's forrollerskates and his namewas Jason. And he could use1000 sheets for clothes. Andhe saves us by catching uswhen we fall from buildings.His eyes are as big as craters.I like him because when everI want to go some were hecould take me on his back.

Nick Freemantle

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This is a husky. He is a dog. He lives in the snow. It lookscute but not as cute as me!!He pulled us out of ice. I would play with it. He has a bignose. He has thick black and white fur.

Matthew De Sousa

This is a Huskie. He is a dog. He lives in the snow. Hehas big bright eyes and it is soft. And its got nails to gripthe snow. Its got a long tail. He helps us by pulling peopleout of the cracks in the snow. If I spent a day with it Iwould walk with him.

This is a huskie. He is part of the dog family. It lives inAntartica with lots of snow and it lives in the North Pole. Itlooks like a fox. He helps us when we are lost he helps usby digging us up from the snow. I would ask if I could gofor a ride on the sledge.

This is a dog. He lives in cold places and in snow. Helooks like this. He has razor sharp teeth and sharp clawsto grip in the snow so he can save people and he has thickfur and it is soft to keep him warm. If I spent a day with ahusky I would go snow surfing.

This is a Husky. It is a snow dog and his name is Bradford.The husky lives in the North Pole and Antartica. It has blueeyes and it also has long legs and it has a big furry body. Ithas sharp teeth and a big head a black nose and a pinktongue and big ears and sharp claws and a long tail. Ithelps us if we are stuck in the snow. He sniffs us and thendigs us out. If I spent a day with a husky I would feed itand play with it.

This is a husky. It lives in snow. It's face looks like a fox'sface. A husky helps by digging us out of the snow. Ahusky is a dog. It has thick bushy fur to keep it warm in

the snow. If you are buried in the snow it can sniff you outand get some food for you. It has thick bushy legs and twoears. If I could spend the day with the husky I would haveicecream with the hUsky.

We are going in a USA rocket to the moon. I am going withSimba, Mdu, Darrel, Nicholas and Anotida.

We are wearing special gloves and helmets and oxygentanks so that we can breathe on the moon. We are takingmoonrock to earth to show other people.

Our food is packed in little black cubes so that the fooddoes not float in space. To eat the food we open the top ofit. Our drink is packed in a special fridge by the corner ofthe rocket. Now that we are on the moon we are lookingfor moon aliens who suddenly roar!!! What's that? SaidMdu, the pilot of the ship. Wait said Darrel the smart one,it's a moon monster! Yes said Simba.

Sorry I scared you said the moon monster. I am a friendlymoon monster not a bad moon monster. The bad moonmonsters are on the dark side of the moon. Come let meshow you where I live. I don't know about this said Nick.Nonsense said Darrel. Let's just follow the moon monstersaid Simba. Are you coming said the moon monster. Yes!Yes! We are said Darrell.

The moon monster went along while Simba, Mdu, Darrell,Nicholas and Ano followed the moon monster. My house isjust behind the hill of moon rock said the moon monster.When they got to the moon monster's house they hadmoon tea.

B3zeC1

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Hundreds of years ago there was a man called Joseph andhe was a carpenter. There was a woman called Mary andshe was a young woman. Then an angel came and said toJoseph you have to be married to Mary. Joseph said I can'tmarry Mary. And later on Mary and Joseph were on thedonkey and they went to Bethlehem. When they got toBethlehem there was an inn and from that time the angelsaid that the baby's name is Jesus. They went into the sixinns and the last inn said that there was a stable and Marysaid I will go. And after that there were three wise menand one night there was a star and it could move .Follow that star said one of the wise men so they got ontotheir donkeys and went on following the star. When theygot to where Jesus was born the wise men gave Jesussome treasure and it was gold, myrrh and frankincense.Everyone came to see Jesus and everyone celebrated.

I D. Muzerengi~*/~/ "'-\

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Me name be Black Jack the greatest traveler in the sea.live in me island which I got by fighting for it. I have fivescars on me face and a white shirt and a black shirt on topand black trousers and black boots. When I hear aboutships traveling I go with my crew and fire their ship with ourcanons and throw ropes at their ships and get on and thenstart fighting and take their treasure chest and get back toour ship and the other pirates go on the rope and then wecut off the rope! Then we go to our island and hide in ourhouses until they go away.

A long long time ago lived a man called Joseph and awoman called Mary. One day an angel came to me andsaid you are going to have a baby. Mary said oh no! Ican't have a baby. But then I will be pregnant. Also wherewill we find a place for the night. We will have to go toBethlehem to find an inn. But how are we going to get toBethlehem. I'm not sure about that, why don't we go bydonkey. It took us five days. Stop looking we've looked inevery one. Wait we haven't looked in this one. Sorry butwe have none, but we have a stable if you want it. We willtake it. At that moment the three wise men came withtreasure. It was myrrh, gold and frankincense. At thatmoment the baby kind was born. The shepherds came tosee the baby king.

Thousands of years ago there was a carpenter calledJoseph and a woman called Mary. They were engaged.Then one day an angel said to Joseph Mary is having ababy. A a baby!!! That's insane said Joseph. I am notmarrying that woman. It's all rite said the angel, this babyis from God. We will have to travel to Bethlehem on adonkey to pay taxes. But they did not find a room to stayin. At last they found a stable. Then the baQYwas bornand the three wise men came to visit the baby and theyfollowed the bright star. They brought gold and myrrh andfrankinsense for the baby. The shepherds also came.

N Freemantle

Uterary Contributions

Most of the time I feel happy because I have a switch deepdown in my heart which stops me from being mean.

Abiyas Chivayo

Lonely when I get left at home on a Saturday morning.Marcus Nichole

Sad when my mum says she will take me somewhere butshe doesn't.

Worried when my sister nearly fainted but my mum caughther. I also feel worried because I think my sister hasmalaria.

Worried because I do not know if my dad ha got toJohannesburg safely.

Worried when my mum goes to work where there is a liftand I will be worried that she gets stuck inside.

Panashe Mbanji

Worried because I hear on the news children are gettingraped and getting kid happed and that maybe I might getkidnapped if I go to South Africa.

Hungry when there is no food in the shops or at home.Connor King

Furious when the lights go out and I can't do myhomework.

One morning at the Zambezi river there was a hippo fight.Two big hippos were fighting for their own territory.Suddenly the old hippo retreated leaving his territorybehind. He didn't just leave his territory, he also left hisfriends so he was all alone in the mighty Zambezi river. Sohe was in a lot of danger by himself.

All the crocodiles saw him and followed him. Suddenly heheard a big chomp. He looked behind him. He noticed hehad no tail. He also noticed there were crocodilesfollowing him.

The next day he was even more sad. He had lost one ofhis big teeth. He starved for two weeks because he hadlost his other big tooth. He was also sad because he hadno mud to roll in. The other sad thing was that he didn'tmake any new friends even though he tried.

mud to roll in. So he got ready for a long journey. Hefound another sand bank after an hour of swimming.Suddenly he heard a big rip. He looked behind and saw ametal circle round his leg.

He pulled as hard as he could but is just got tighter. Thepoor old hippo had been caught by a snear. Then he hearda click his bone had broken.

He started bleeding on his right leg. Then he felt a crackon his right leg. His right leg had broken off and the poorold hippo lost his balance and fell.

The next day there were maggots in his broken off, leg.There were also vultures eating his leg. There were alsoflys on his broken leg.

The next day the poor old hippo crawled into the river withall his might. After two hours the poor old hippo realizedhe was lost in the mighty Zambezi river for ever and ever.He was a very sad old hippo.

Once upon a time a man lived in a gloomy cave. He gotthere by pirates! They captured him off Island Hawaii andthrew him on the island. It was called Skeleton Island.

So he found the cave and the door was an arch shape andin it there were nuggets and hairy ugly spiders and batswith the bones half sticking out of their bodies and old old!skins of people and crunchy scales with worms in.

Tom lived a sad life because he had to eat worms driedand to drink nuggets fresh from the ground so Tom did alsonot have a bed to sleep on.

Well he got really sick from malaria but he still had to findworms and nuggets so he found a witch so he said pleasecast a spell to help me get better so she said I will.

He got caved in but he knew another way out but that wasalso caved in so he went back to the witch and he said willyou cast a spell to get me back and she did.

Alexander Griffiths

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My favourite animal is a cheetah because the cheetah isthe fastest animal in the world and they are also verybeautiful.

My favourite Africananimal is the Springbukbecause they playrugby, but I also like theSpringbuk because theyjump very high and theyrun very fast.

Kai Detering

My favourite African animal is the baboon becauseit is like a person.

LIZzy'S LIONOnce there was an old lady called Lizzy and she had a petlion with a big bad roar. One night a rotten robber snuck inthrough the bedroom window. He brought candy to makefriends with the lion. The lion awoke and sniffed and said"pooh candy pooh". He took a big bite of the robber andevery time the robber shooed the lion, he just took anotherchew. The lion had a secret name to stop him doing badthings and it was "Lion". The robber tried every name heknew to stop the lion biting him. Lizzy heard the rumbleand the fight. She put on her slippers and turned on thelight. But Lizzy was not angry, she just said "enough".They took the toes and head and tum and put it in thegarbage and then they went back to bed.

Imagine a horseAs big as a golf course.

Imagine a henAs big as ten men.

Imagine a cowTalking to a sow.

Imagine a flyWaving goodbye.

Imagine a houseKissing a mouse.

Imagine the skyEating strawberry pie.

Imagine AmmaarSteeling Mr Mackenzie's car!

I love going to my granny's house. She lives in Gutu. Hername is Granny G. She is one hundred years old. Mygranny has fifteen rooms in her house. She owns a schoolcalled Guni School. She once let me teach in her class.The house has a verandah. My granny's bed is comfortable.I like sleeping on my granny's bed. My granny has aswimming pool between the first and second house. Sheis very kind. My favourite room in my gran's house is thekitchen. My gran's house smells like poo because of thetoilet. Her bathroom has nice hot water. At my gran'shouse we feed the cows and goats for eight hours. I likejumping on my gran's bed. I like to eat in my gran'sbedroom. I like going to visit my gran's house because it isdifferent from my home. A long time ago there was a manwho owned by gran's house and he had the same name asme!

My father told me to sell his cow. I got the cow and wentto sell it. I went to the pathway and an old man said "heyboy, do you have a cow there?". "Yes I do". "I'll give yousome magic beans" he said. I took the magic beans andgave him the cow. I went home to my dad. I sold the cowfor magic beans. My dad said "magic beans these arerubbish" and threw them out the window. I went to bed.Over night the magic beans grew. In the morning I woke upand looked outside. There was a big beanstalk. I ranoutside and started to climb the beanstalk. I climbed andclimbed and soon I got to the top. I saw a castle in theclouds. I went in the castle and there I saw a gigantic

giant counting piles and piles of money. I hit under a table.Soon the giant fell asleep. I climbed on the table and tookthe money. I jumped on the ground and I dropped a coin.The giant woke up and chased me out the castle. Iclimbed down the beanstalk. The giant was following medown. I got to the ground and went to get an axe and Ichopped the beanstalk down. The giant fell and died.

G. Curtis

A HOLIDAY IN VICTORIA FALLSWe woke up early on the 21st August and drove to theairport. We boarded a Boeing 737 and took off at8.30a.m. After a stop in Bulawayo to let off passengers,we finally got to Victoria Falls. We took a shuttle bus to ourhotel which had a water hole out the front. We saw somevultures, guinea fowl and marabou storks. There were a lotof warthogs and monkeys wondering around the hotel.

When we went to see the waterfalls we got soaking wet inthe rain forest. We also went to the crocodile farm where Iheld a baby crocodile but my brothers were too scared to.

Before coming back to Harare we stayed with our Grannyand Grandpa in Bulawayo for the day. We had great funplaying games and doing puzzles with granny.

R. Spagnuolo

Agent Ali ate Ammaar's apples, apricots and asteroids.Ali Ammaar acted as an auditor and assisted Ali.Angry Anesu acted as an anaconda.Cheeky Chase chewed Connor's cardboard car causingconstant chaos.Grumpy George grabbed gorgeous Graham'sgirlfriend!Gallant Gavin galloped Glitter gallantly.Jealous Jeremy juggled James' jolly jade jellies.Miles made Mrs Mitchell mighty, mighty miserable.Pinicity P.J. painted Pontius Pilate' pictureRabbity Reon raced really rapidly round rainy Romerescuing rats.Seven slithering snakes saw Scott sleeping sosoundly.Wicked Wayne whalloped Willy Wonker.Clever Curtis couldn't catch cute Christine.Georgeous Graham's grumpy granny gobbled Gavin's golfglove.Magic Mark made many monkeys mighty mad.Rich Ryan ran races round red robots.Tough Tyran took Takunda to town.Twenty taps for tough Tafara.Ten terrible tigers tricked Tadiwa today.Twenty tired travelers tried to trip tricky Tyran.Takudzwa was tricked by ten tigers

r.w GRANNY'S HOUSEMy grallny lives by the side of town. Her name is Rosa deSou.za. She works for St. Martin's Preparatory School. Sheis a good cook like Aunty B. I like going to her house. Mygranny's house looks big outside but it is small inside. Shehas a lot of plants. My bed is in her room. I like the spareroom because we can play there. She has a smallkitchen. We eat in the lounge. My mom and dad sleep inthe spare room in my gran's house. She has a togetherbath and toilet in one room. She has a library with lots ofbooks. When I go to my gran's house I play with Gilbert myfriend. My gran's house smells like food. She has amiddle size garden. I will be visiting her this weekend.

G. Vlahakis

Today I am going to tell you how I became rich. Onemonth ago when I came out of my mother's shop I washolding a packet of crisps. A street kid came to me andsaid "I will give you these singing beans for those crisps".took a minute to think about it. He begged me to do it.So I said yes. I got home and took them to my mother.She looked at them and said "these are not singing beans.The boy tricked you. He was singing without his lipsmoving". She threw them out the window. At 6a.m. in themorning I heard someone singing. I looked out of thewindow and I saw a beanstalk. I went outside and climbedit and to my amazement I saw a castle. I knocked on thedoor with a stick. I peeped in the door and I saw a giantwho was counting a lot of money. I went in and hid undera table. I waited for five minutes and then the giant fellasleep .. I climbed the table and took about five coins. Ifiled my pockets with money and ran away. I slammed thedoor and the giant woke up and started to chase me. I sliddown the beanstalk and fetched my cricket bat. I went tothe beanstalk and chopped it down. The giant fell downand died. My family and I were very happy and we havenever had to work again.

My granny's house is my favourite place. It is a triple-storey house and looks very good on the outside. I like hergarden. It is big and I can play anything I like in it. Mymost favourite room is the attic. I like it because I amhigh. The stairs are very narrow and I always slide downthem. Her house smells like a lot of perfume. My worstroom is the garage because it has spiders. I love going tomy granny's house because she buys me chocolate. Mybedroom is huge. It has a balcony. I always like to readthere. My granny's favourite is the reading room becauseshe always sews there. My grandpas favourite room is thetelevision room. I have counted how many times I havegone there and now is for the hundredth time.

My granny lives in a farmhouse and it is very big and itsmells like a pig. I like going there a lot because it haswings and a pool. My favourite room is the TV roombecause it has a TV and a soft couch. My worst room isthe kitchen because it ha cats begging for food. When I goto the piggy place I pick up the baby pigs by the leg andthen when you want to put them back you do the samethng. At the house my Granny Pat likes the kitchenbecause she likes cooking. She has two cats and one dogand lots of guinea fowls.

My granny lives in Pakistan. She has a big house. I like herhouse because she is kind to me. Her house smells liketrees because at her house there are lots of trees. Herfavourite room is the kitchen because she likes to cook.She likes her house because her house is 3 storeys. Shehas five bedrooms and three TV rooms. She has a biggarden. It also smells like trees. Her house is happy.

ShakeerAzad

My granny lives in Zimbabwe and it is a normal house butshe has a secret garden and my favourite room is thelounge because it has a radio. My granny's favourite roomis the kitchen because she likes cooking. She has a biggarden and her house has four rooms and lots of flowers.She has a tennis court and a swimming pool.My granny and granddad have one dog called Perdy. I lovegoing to my granny's house because she loves me verymuch. They have chickens and I sometimes go and collectthe eggs. My granny also grows lots of vegetables. I thinkmy granny is the best.

My granny lives in Ireland. My granny looks pretty. Shehas short brown hair and big blue eyes. My granny comesto visit me once a year.My granny's house is a two storey house. My granny'shouse is a cream colour. Her kitchen has a range in it.This keeps the house warm and you can cook on it. I liketo slide down the stairs.

My granny lives in Glen Lome. My granny's house is a bighouse with a lot of trees and bushes. My granny's houselooks abandoned and dark but in the inside of the house itis beautiful. It smells like fresh air and cakes. My favouriteroom is her bedroom because it has a TV and video player.My granny's house is scary because there is a ghost in oneroom. My granny's favourite room is the kitchen becauseshe likes to bake. I like going to stay at granny's housebecause she gives me sweets.

My granny lives in London. My granny's house ,is big andspooky from the outside. But inside it is dark and smellybut cool. My favourite room is my room because it is darkand has bats and spiders. My granny's favourite room isthe lounge because she loves to watch television. Thegarden is huge and beautiful. The stairs are tall and creakyand I love sliding down them.

My granny lives in Harare. Outside is untidy and has lots offlowers. Inside is very dusty. Her house is small andcreepy. She has a shed full of trash. It seems like dustbecause she does not clean up. Her favourite room is thekitchen because she likes to cook.I like to go to my granny's house because she spoils me somuch. My favourite room is the bedroom because her bedis spring loaded. She has a vegetable garden at the back.My grandpa's favourite room is the lounge because he likesto watch TV. My uncle lives there too.

My granny lives in Honde Valley. She has a shop. Shesells sweets, cigars and bubble gum. Her house is big.Outside there is a game table. Inside there's a bar and agame called snooker. My granny's house is behind theshop. At the left there is the kitchen. Behind her housethere's a cottage. At the left there are hens, geese andchicks. I like going to my granny's house because shespoils me. My favourite room is the lounge. It has a IV.My worst room is the room we sleep in because there aregreen bombers but luckily there's a net to keep them away.I often see my granny in the holidays.

My granny lives in Harare. Her house is big on the outsideand inside. The garden has vegetables. Our family eatsthem all the time. My granny's house smells like perfumes.I like going to my granny's house because she plays withme and she buys me things. My favourite room in herhouse is the passage because I always slide on it. Myworst room in her house is the kitchen because there is somuch noise. My granny's best room in her house is thekitchen because she likes cooking. Her worst room in herhouse is her bedroom because the windows flap up anddown.

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Once upon a time there lived a hippo called Hiko. He wassuch an adventurous hippo. Then one day when he wasexploring the waterfall he fell. He shouted as loud as hecould till someone heard him. His father came running asfast as he could. He helped his son to the bank but thensuddenly a pack of poachers arrived. They threw things atHiko's dad. Hiko ran to call his mum. When they got backthey were caught in a net.Hiko's mum bit the net but it was too strong for her. Shetold Hiko to run away. Run away and never return.Hiko ran as fast as he could. He ran away from his lovelyhome. Then Hiko found a place to stay where all the richhippos lived. Hiko found enough money to afford to go toschool. It was not very nice because every one teased himfor being different. Well he was a very poor hippo.

D. Trivedy

Main characters Aiden, Tracey (Aiden's mom), a wizard, afriendly giant, the giant's maid.Takes place in an enormous castle.

Once,upon a time there was a boy named Aiden who livedin an old house. Aiden went out every day with a cow tothe shops and every day he would say "I can give you milkfor free". Aiden was wealthy and always liked to helppeople who were poor. Then Aiden found some seeds onhis way home. Aiden said to his mom "these seeds couldlead us into another dimension". Aiden's mom said alrightwe will plant them tonight and we will see what the plantis. So the next morning Aiden woke up early. Aiden couldnot believe his eyes. He saw a beanstalk!

Aiden climbed the beanstalk and found a giant sitting in hischair counting coins. He said to himself "I am so poor".Aiden came out and said "Can I help?" The giant asked"But how can you help?" "I am rich. I can give you goldcoins".

Aiden gave the giant the coins and they made a promisenot to cut the beanstalk down. The giant got a maid andshe always said lovely things about him. Aiden also gotsomething he got grounded. The end

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it moves carefullyeats lots of seeds

hen

Fearless

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in the bush•eats lots of meat

cheetah•Mustapha Msipa

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fiercegreen scaly

lives in waterhides in watery caves

crocodile

biglong littlein the sea

eats lots of fishdolphin

Enormoustall fat

slowly and calmlyit eats acacia leaves

Elephant

Mr Lake died because he was a really good coach. Heused to come and watch our athletics. He was alwayshelping.

Ryan, because I look up to him and he is always there.Thank you Ryan.

Shane, because he is always there for me. He is smartand fun. Thank you Shane.

Lebo, because he is a helping hand whenever you need ithe makes me laugh when I am sad.

Innocent, because he is very, very, very, very, funny andkind.

Beat theegg.

Dear LordWe'd like to pray forA sea of tranquilityA stream of HarmonyA fountain of wisdomRain-drops of foregivenessA flood of peaceA river of truthA storm of faithAmen

What do you getif you cross ,----.......

a butterflyand asnake?

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BUTAKE

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Monkey butteJflyMafly.

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My favourite wild animal is the cheetah because it is veryswift and, like the leopard, is a very good predator. I alsolike the cheetah because their fur is very smooth.

Andile Sitho/e

Shooting colours in the skyBrightly colours passing by.Shining really bright.In the middle of the night.Having so much fun aloneAll the people moanWhat a wonderful sight!Even though at a height.Look how much fun we hadWith all the people going mad!

If I were sixteen I would go at full speedI would be a limo driver in a black limousineEverything would be a blurBut first I must learnThat speed can kill!The police would make me pay a bill.But I am only nine!That's fineJust seven years to go!That's a long time though!

Slowly my poem begins to rhymeSlowly Earth spins to the end of time.Slowly the leopard stalks it's prey,Slowly my hair starts to turn grey.

Slowly the tortoise crosses the land,Slowly the sun melts the sand.Slowly the boy to bed I'll send,Slowly the poem comes to an end.

Spider on the wallAt the mall and in the hall.All so black and all so small,I call my mom to smack them all.Slap slap slap slap look at them fall!What a beautiful sight is it all!Black and scary but it can't roar,Lying crying on the cold, cold floor.

ANIMAL NONSENSEOne hungry happy hyena hunted happilyTwo crazy cheetahs chomped chocolate carrots,Three enormous electronic elephants eat easilyFour foolish flamingos flapped fluffy feathersFive mischievous monkeys made Mr Mackenzie mad!

Mike Balfour

The night was still and calm,The moon was pale and dull.The bands began to play,The pets got locked away.The sparks lit up the sky,The birds began to fly.The noise roared across the land,Still no one seems to understand.Then it happened, they made bright sparks,Even throughout the dark.And as the noise rangAll around it went BANG! BANG!! BANG!!!

Bang, bang in the nightBang bang you'll get such a fright!Fireworks come all shapes and sizes,After the bang it rises.Squibs called bangers brightly glared,Making dogs and cats very scared!

Bang, bank, fizz, fizz!Crackle, crackle, whiz, whiz!All the colours red, blue, green,Then silver and gold are seen.When all the fireworks are done,The parents will say to their sonLet's go home to sleep,It was a wonderful sight.That was a magic night!

Stars exploding, sparkling, fizzingRockets banging, soaring, whizzing.Flowers twirling at night,Triangles popping in sight.Grape-like silver bombs whirling highMaking little girls cry.

Rectangular shaped rockets shooting up in the sky,As other rockets sparkle and then die.But greatest of allIs when the Chinese fireworks fall!

Rreworks are something that can whizz in the sky .You would like to see one but you better not cry!

There are all the colours you can imagineThere are orange, blue and red even some playing dead.

On fireworks night there were lots and lots of peopleSome were playing cricket, some were kicking wicketsSome children were selling beersThey got a drink and said cheers!!

At 8 o'clock with the dark black skyThe first fireworks lit up the skyOh with just one of those sparksI think I must cry.

Darkness looming, wind whisperingAnticipation, tension and excitement fill the airThe crowd eager for the show to get underwayBefore the summer storms bring an end to this delightfuldisplay.

Uke a shockwave through the airThe fireworks are displayed in full flairPattems of various shades of greens and bluesShower the sky, filling the heavens with huesRaindrops of pure gold floating to the groundScreams of delight are all around.

Watching mesmerized the patterned skyAs sparks floated down and settled nearbyLike an old western movie the sounds that are madeThe earth shaking with booms and the crackling symphonyplayedGun smoke choking the sweetness of the airClouding the minds of the people there.

After a while the crowd fades awayWith the show now over we wait for another day.

Michael Jellicoe

The sky was darkEveryone silent, until the first spark.

Bright yellow flashes in the skyCelebrating Mr Fawks, known as "Guy"

With each brilliant explosionThere was more commotion

As the fireworks above shimmeredFrom the sky, the glimmered.

On it was so much funUntil the evening was done.

Fabulous sparks exploding in the airI ncredible views everywhereR ed, blue, yellow and green flames falling downExcited little children can never frownW onderous sounds can be heardOutstanding bangs and deafening cracksRain will not stop this amazing sightK ids almost die of fright5 pectacular fireworks all night.

Fantastic sightI mpossible not to seeR ed, green and yellowExtravagant coloursWonderful noises fill the skyOpposite number 22 Piers RoadRadiant colours all over the skyK eanu is scared5 0 many people all amazed.

SPORTSport is a physical activity done for exercise and pleasure.By being a physical activity sport improves fitness andreduces obesity. It improves eating habits and reduceschances of diseases. Sport gives pleasure, peace of mindand no stress. With a lot of sport, a person stays healthy.

Rodney Tavaguta

MY GRANDMOTHERMy grandmother has to be the best looking woman I'veever seen. She is wonderful and I'm sure you would like toread all about her.

Well back when she was a teenager she would always go tothe race track. At the race track they always had acompetition to see who would be best dressed. Of course

she won every one she went to. Back when she was a teenager all the boys went after her. I think you know why. As shehas grown up to be my grandmother she has always supported me throughout the years. Every single blustery moming mygrandmother gets out of her cozy bed at 6 o'clock in the moming just to look how her beautiful flowers are doing. She lives ina little cottage right next to us.

Now every Sunday morning she goes to play golf with my one-eyed grandfather! I'm sure she'd give you a run for your moneyshe's brilliant. My grandmother plays golf with her friends Jill and Tom. I even would bet Tiger Woods would not be able tobeat her! But my grandmother can be a real numbskull she even chased my grandpa to the airport in her dressing gownbecause my grandpa got on a flight to London when he was supposed to be going to Johannesburg. She even made acomplaint to a manager of a restaurant for not getting 6 prawns she only got 5 king prawns.

But she's the grandmother I always dreamed of having. She can be really strict sometimes but none the less I love her all theworld.

When it is a furiously hot day the hippo turns pink. Although it may seem like its sunburned, the hippo actually produces pinkoil from its body. The pink oil acts like a sunscreen to shield the hippo from the treacherous sun. The hippo's skin is verytough and prevents major injuries. The same pink oil disinfects any injuries.

If a human or another animal gets between a hippo and the water, the hippo will open it's mouth and charge at the humanor animal penetrating his or its skin with its tusk like teeth. With stumpy, short legs the hippo can run surprisingly fast,reaching a speed of 20 kmph.

Breaktime is a wonderful time for playing and eating. Breaktime is also fun because you can have fun with your friends. Asdisappointing as it is that break is thirty minutes it is still a good time to relax and get us prepared to come back and workharder because we would be refreshed and ready to come back with everything we have.

I think break is important to keep us energized and most of all to let our teachers have a few laughs and to keep them awayfrom the noise that goes on in the classroom.

Break time at St John's Prep starts at 10.30. The bell rings, yeah!!!! Time to play cricket, rugby or soccer. We play on thegigantic field. I play soccer almost every break-time. Oh what fun it is shooting, scoring, but most important is having fun,making new friends and being kind to one another. Break-time is such a fun time to play with your friends. I wish break-timewas longer than half an hour, but I suppose it takes up time of education. Break-time is not only about playing, but getting afull stomach and having laughs with your colleagues.

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One day when I was having breakfast I noticed a crack in the wall. When I had finished my meal and brushed my teeth, Iwent to look once more at the crack. It seemed to be longer than it was when I first saw it. I was now very excited. Beforemy very eyes the crack had formed a rectangle. SUddenly it collapsed and I just managed to dodge a huge brick. Graduallythe dust settled and there appeared a door in the wall. For some reason I wasn't at all surprised.

I opened the door and found myself staring at a thick jungle with a path leading through it. I followed the path and suddenly Iwas caught in a pit trap. I tried to climb out but the walls were too smooth. I also found out that I wasn't the only one in thetrap because there was a huge sleeping lion. He did not wake up. I was beginning to form a plan of how to get out. I rantowards the lion and jumped off his head. I jumped high but not high enough to grab the pit edge. Luckily I m~naged tosnatch a root and scramble out. I bolted along the path and through the door. I slammed it shut behind me.

Phew! I took a deep breath. Then I turned round to look at the door. It wasn't there! There was just the same little crackwith a cross looking spider near it.

There was a horse called BenWho liked to use a pen.He sat and wroteA very kind noteAnd sent it to Tweety, the wren.

There was once a horse named JedWho never used his head.He gave his mangerTo a total strangerAnd now he cannot be fed!

There was a horse called MarkWho spent the day in the park.He had not a careAnd enjoyed the fresh airBut went home when evening got dark.

There was a big horse from BrazilWho ate carrots until he was ill.He went to his stableAnd there he was ableTo lie down and swallow a pill.

There was a good horse called BenWhose friend was a funny old hen.They loved to play sportLike squash on a courtAnd volley-ball now and again.

Mother is shopping,She keeps on stopping.Her basket is filling,Voices are shrilling.

My sister is nagging,And I am lagging.There's more stuff Mum's taking,But MY legs are aching.

There was an attractive young fillyWho was known to be awfully silly.She'd buck and danceAnd kick and prance,In fact she was downright dilly!

Babies are crying,And the time is flying.Trolleys are bangingMy stomach is panging.

There was a horse called KyleWho lived on the banks of the Nile.His friend was a crocSo they'd sit on a rockAnd have a chat for a while.

The cash till is opening,And I am hopeningThat when I get to the carI'll get a Mars Bar!

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Beautiful is Mutare; Ugly is BloodBeautiful is the King of Beasts.Beautiful is the town of Mutare.Beautiful is my mother.Beautiful is a great big smile.

Ugly is a thick pool of blood.Ugly is the emotion of hate.Ugly is my granny's latest wig.Ugly is litter left on the ground.

Beautiful is the feeling of joy.Beautiful is a colourful rainbow.Beautiful is the great Serengeti.Beautiful are the words, "You may".

Ugly is the snorting of a big, fat pig.Ugly is the sport of boxing.Ugly is feeling of pain.Ugly is a drunken fool.

Hot is the Sun; Cold is IceCold is ice straight from the freezer.Cold are my dog's wet paws.Cold is the hail that rattles the roof.Cold is a glass window pane.

Hot are the chillies that burn my tongue.Hot is a jersey in summer.Hot is the sun as it scorches the Earth.Hot are the coals on a braai.

Cold is the Atlantic Ocean.Cold is the morning dew.Cold is the rain when it stings my cheeks.Cold is the carrot on a snowman's face.

Hot is lava as it crawls down the hill.Hot is my head when I have a fever.Hot is metal as it lies in the sun.Hot is the soup boiled on the stove.

Hot is the Desert; Cold isAntarcticaHot as a kettle steaming along.Hot is a chilli burning my tongue.Hot is the sun baking the Earth.Hot is the oven baking chop-chip cookies.

Cold is the frozen ground of Antarctica.Cold is the ice in my cool drink.Cold is ice cream melting in my mouth.Cold as I dive into the pool.

Hot are the coals burning in the fire.Hot is the water bottle on my feet.Hot is bread warming in the toaster.

Cold is the snow settling on my nose.Cold is the rain falling from the sky.Cold is the wind blowing on my skin.Cold is the blast when I open the freezer.

Up is an Aeroplane; Down is aHoleUp goes the aeroplane as it takes off.Up goes the splash as I jump into the pool.Up is the bird as it soars through the sky.Up is the switch when the light is off.

Down are my feet as they hit the ground.Down goes the hole as they drill for water.Down is the soccer ball as we kick for glory.Down my heart sinks when I'm in trouble.

Up rises the steam from the kettle.Up goes the cricket ball for a six.Up go my spirits as Christmas draws near.Up lifts the hot air balloon.

Down is the feeling when something goes wrong.Down droops the plant as it dies.Down Table Mountain goes the Cable Car.Down goes the off button on my alarm clock.

Munya Bwerinofa

Old is a Granny; New is a BabyOld is granny on her 80th birthday.Old is the smell of moth balls.Old is a black and white film.Old are shoes three times too small.

New is a baby on its day of birth.New is the smell of a freshly baked cake.The latest 3D movie is new.New is the breaking news.

Old are the carts pulled by donkeys.Old is the name Zaire.Old are the rocks at Stonehenge.Old is my faithful dog, Kerry.

New is the smell of a car out the box.New is the dawn of the day.The buds on the flowers are fresh and new.New is a Grade One's uniform.

Big is Russia; Small is a NutBig is Russia, the largest of all.Big is a lion hunting its prey.Big is the mighty blue whale.Big is an elephant eating away.

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Small is the chicken clucking along. Steam trainsSmall is a baby crying all day. Are like slothsSmall is the temper of an angry man. Big and strongSmall is the germ causing awful illness. But awfully slow.

B ChiromboBig is Mount Everest so grand and majestic.Big is the sturdy baobab.

VolcanoesBig is the beautiful mansion.Big is a truck coughing out smoke. Are like temper tantrums

Hot and angrySmall is a nut that's tough to crack. Then cool and calm.Small is the button on my school shirt. M RossiSmall is a coin that we don't use these days.Small, yet so beautiful, is a butterfly. School desks

Munashe SibandaAre like brains

VolcanoesStoring informationFor when it is needed

Are like red wine R MaraisTheir spillsLeave stains CandlesS Bellini-Martin

Are like ice creams

RainbowsMeltingWhen hot.

Are like colourful tunnels PNaikPainted acrossThe sky. BeachesT Lindsay-White

Are like embraces

The SunWarm, welcomingAnd food for the soul.

Is like a sponge A NyamudaSoaking upThe small puddles. NIGHT NOISESN Warren

Tick tackSoldiers Goes the clockAre like ants Owls hootingMarching through the bush Horns tootingWreaking havoc. Stairs creaking

J Waller Mice squeaking

The Bible Tick tackGoes the clock

Is the book of answers Wind blowingSolving Curtains glowingEvery problem in life Sires wailingM Bwerinofa

Skies hailing

Hippos Tick tackAre like huge rocks Goes the clockExtremely dangerous Eyelids droopingTo unsuspecting sailors. Sandman's snooping

TGumbo Tick tackGoes the clock

Leaves Tick tockAre like little fingers Tick tackBeckoning the birds Tick .......To build their nests. Tock ......

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Frogs legsChicken eggsShin guardsBirthday cardsFishing rodsTripodsToy carsBrown cigarsGarden seedsBig hair beadsWindow framesVideo games.

Loo rollsAnd cream shoe salesBreakfast cerealsT.V. aerialsHair dyesCottage pies

Woolen socksChinese woksYo yo stringsChess board kingsStraw hatsCricket bats.

The list is endless I have to stopI can't afford to shop and shopSo from the window I move awayI'll return to shop another day.

Happiness is yellowIt tastes like chocolateAnd smells like a brand new toy.Happiness looks like Victoria FallsThe sound of freedomHappiness is the key to success.

Fear if brownIt tastes like rotten milkAnd smells like skunksFear looks like wooden statuesThe sound of a roaring engineFear scares the life out of me.

Joy is yellowIt tastes like chocolate puddingAnd smells sweetJoy look like a beautiful fieldThe sound of a doveJoy brings love.

Love is pinkIt tastes like strawberry ice-creamAnd smells like rosesLove looks like kittens and puppiesThe sound of birds singingLove refreshes me.

Love is pinkIt tastes like sweet strawberriesAnd smells like perfumeLove looks like a beautiful pictureThe sound of soft, sweet voicesLove makes me feel special.

Love is pinkIt tastes like thick chocolateAnd smells like a new, white daisyLove looks like a beautiful sunsetThe sound of laughterLove feels soft.

Anger is redIt tastes like boiled waterAnd smells like rice cakesAnger looks like a wild fireThe sound of warthogs gruntingAnger feels like a dry mouth.

Boredom is brownIt tastes like rice cakesAnd smells like boiled potatoesBoredom looks like a goat eating grassThe sound of a pencil snappingBoredom makes me feel like yawning.

Joy is a rainbowIt tastes like candy flossAnd smells like perfumeJoy looks like a bird soaring through the skyThe sound of a waterfall flowingJoy makes me feel I can float.

BOREDOMBoredom is whiteIt tastes like warm tap waterAnd smells like garlicBoredom looks like an empty roomThe sound of someone sleepingBoredom makes me feel lonely.

This year seventy-five grade sixes went in May to the Tree of LifeCamp in Ruwa.

Jacob's Ladder, because it taught me to trust others and face my fearof heights.

Takunda TavagutaWhen we went to sleep, because we had an exciting, tiring day and Ineeded my sleep!

Shayar SolankiThe tree identification because if I get lost in the bush, I will knowwhich fruits are edible!

Nyasha MadzivaThe pamper pole, because I achieved my goal and everyone wascheering me on!

Mordecai ChitsindeThe canoeing because we had a race and it was a big challenge.

Rod ZwartThe obstacle course because it had many different challenges.

Johan KloppersThe high wall because we could not succeed individually, we had towork as a team.

Ayanda DubeThe low ropes because they taught me to have faith and trust oneanother.

Courtney LockThe gladiator fight because it was the only time we could playaltogether.

Farai LiogaThe rest time and activities. I enjoyed the rest time because youcould relax and the activities made people brave!

Campbell DuncanThe paper pole because it made me face my fear, especially when itwobbled!

Cole BondHaving a jovial time with friends and learning about team work!

Panashe BeraWhen I faced my fears and I got along with people I don't usually getalong with!

Bryn TurkThe food because after a long day of obstacles we could sit down andeat a lovely meal!

The abseiling because I had never abseiled before and I was scared butI overcame my fear,

Emmanuel NyambayoThe pamper pole because it seemed like an individual activity but youneeded your team to encourage you.

The low ropes because many people got hurt on them.Johan Kloppers

The obstacle course because I could not walk across the pole on thereservoir!

Farai LiogaThe low ropes because I fell off the steps and got bruises!

Kuda MungwaririSleeping, because the other dorms made too much noise!

Shingai Masenda

Tinashe SharaThe morning jog because it was tiring and blackjacks and mud wouldget all over your clothes!

Shayar SolankiThe rest time. I would have preferred to play volleyball or soccer!

Cole Bond

I thought the meals would be disgusting but they turned out to be thebest meals!

Courtney LockAll the meals were excellent. My favourites were the mealie mealporridge in the morning. the vegetable soup at lunch time and theroast beef at dinner!

Daniel CrugerI thought the food wasn't going to be that good but when I tasted it Ikept going back for more and more!

Zain Anderson because he acted differently at camp and was reallynice to me and we became friends!

Cole BondIshun Zavery because he was able to communicate with theinstructors at the beginning of the week.

Brendon Gabriel because he managed all the obstacles!Ishaan Zavery

Emmanuel Nyambayo because I thought he would be giggling all thetime but for once he managed to keep quiet!

Ayande DubeMr Whitaker because it was his first day and he was on camp.

fohan KloppersI surprised myself because I never thought I would be able to go up atwelve foot wall!

Storm Allen because he was very confident and had faith in himself.Nyasha Madziva

Bryn Turk because of the way he overcame his fear of heights.Shingai Masenda

Tom Ingram because he found all the activities easy.

Ishaan ZaveryStorm Allen because he thought he could not do some of theobstacles but when we supported him, he grew in confidence andsucceeded!

Tichadei MazhudeMr Whitaker because it was his first time at St John's and he gave thechildren a good impression.

They should be more involved as they are also there for fun!Rod Zwart

They should be more involved because they should become fit andnot get fat!

Kuda MungwaririThey should be less involved so we can have a rest from them!

fohan Kloppers

Tinashe SharaBy having more hot water, as some of the boys who showered latehad a cold shower.

fohan KloppersYes. because I did not want to get into a fight with anyone.

Takunda TavagutaYes, because I was too occupied to fight with anyone.

Tichadei Mazhude

Yes I would love to go again because camp taught me new things.Bryn Turk

I would like to go again with my family so that they can alsoexperience the fun and learn new things.

Panashe BeraYes because my fear of snakes never really crossed my mind becausewe were kept so busy and the instructors were safety conscious!

Andrew BurgessI would go again because we cannot do the activities at home!

Cole BondYes I would go again, but I would like to take my dog, Maximus!

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It was the 21 July, Saturday morning. I work up in my bedvery excited for our big day ahead. My brother and I werepart of a Guinness World Record attempt for the largestgame of pick up sticks.

We arrived at St John's School and walked in the gate withtremendous excitement. We walked onto the field past atent and saw the nine metre long aluminum pipes thatwere going to be used as sticks in the game, all standingvertically up ready for the start. But next to the start was aline of about fifty-five boys waiting to register to get a T-shirt and to see which team they were in. There were fourcolourful teams, blue, yellow, green and last but not leastred. I was in the blue team so my team would have to liftup the blue pipes. In my team there were only two peopleI knew and they were Tinashe Shara and MordecaiChitsinde. I also had to wait in the agony of boredom lineright from the back and slowly moved to the front, but Italked to some people I never knew before.

After most people had waited in the line and collected theirT-shirt, I messed around for a good forty-five minutes doingthe other activities such a shooting, hair dye and fear-factor. Then they announced the event was about to start.All the pipes stood up straight and the time had come forthem to all fall down so the record would start. Mr Foulds,the organizer of the pick up sticks, went with a worker andthey burnt the top rope which held the sticks together anda few seconds later the rope melted and the poles camedown with great force. The worker ran to safety, but MrFoulds tripped and was like a prisoner! The pipes camedown with force, but luckily not one pipe hurt Mr Foulds orhit him, he was a very lucky man.

All four teams succeeded and so did we, but the last poleMr Mackenzie and his wife carried off. I heard the crowdclapping, shouting and horns blowing. We had done it, wehad broken a Guinness World Record for the largest gameof pick up sticks. I felt tremendously happy and so dideveryone else from breaking a world record.

I go to join my loving family since it is the close of day. Iclose my eyes. In my dream I see a cluster of beautifulstars. I wake up in glee only to see I am behind bars.

I see people walking past. No one helps me. My family isnowhere in sight. Children look at me with a twinkle intheir eyes, excited and full of so much energy. As I wonderI begin to get anxious and scared. I start to run around mycell in fear, then suddenly a peanut is thrown in the air andhits my head with tremendous force. More peanuts arethrown. I look up confused who could be throwing thesepeanuts. Do they have no shame? I see who it is, a childnot older than five years holding a packet full of freshlyroasted peanuts and throwing even more. The day passes

and I am exhausted. The day is nearly over and still noanswers for why I am still sitting here. Soon after darknessfalls all over the green fields that once were flattered by theburning sun and the humans move into their colourfulcaravans for the night and to lay on their beds for a verycomfortable slumber.

The night is long and I stay awake. I will not rest until I findmy way out of this dreadful cage. I look around theperimeter. Other animals, other breeds in a deep sleep inthe cages around mine. Morning comes and the animalswake up. Even humans start to come out of their brightcaravans. Some groundsmen trot to my cage sharing a fewlaughs and then unlock the chained door. Finally I am free.Then suddenly they chain my legs together at once. Theworkers take me to a brilliant tent with posters all aroundand inside I can hear chants and echoes of loud noisecoming from within the tent. I enter it with thegroundsmen whipping constantly with a branch andlaughing at the same time. Glooming lights all around thestands and many anxious spectators filling the seats. Igaze around the tent and I see amazing routines beingperformed. These activities, I have heard of them before,but I just don't know where?

It only clicks to me now. I heard of this place when I wasback in my herd once you get captured you're nevergetting out. Once you get captured, you spend the rest ofyour life as an elephant in a circus.

Tichadei MazhudeHonours in Allied Arts

It was a foggy Friday night and the rain was pouring. Mybedroom door was creaking because of the rusted hinges.I woke up slOWlyto go close the old, rusted door and thereon the floor were wet, muddy footprints. I followed themout the kitchen door and the footprints came to a halt atthe end of the forest on the other side of the street.

When I realized that I was at the end of the forest, I wasterrified. I was blinded by the thick fog and a chill creptdown my spine. The sound of the owls and crows echoedthrough the forest. Suddenly I heard rustling in thebushes. Frightened I hesitated and ran, rampaging througha mound of twigs. Once I was clear of the bush I calmeddown and tried to relax. I started walking, aware ofanything that could surprise me, but still with a bit of shockfrom the bushes. A few moments later I sat down andlooked above me and saw the dark blackboard we call thesky, with gleaming stars scattered all over it. The beautiful,shining moon was like a pearl being unleashed from anoyster shell. It was so peaceful. I stood up and just when Ibegan walking I smelt smoke.

I followed the foul smell of the smoke and it led straight toa campsite. Around the bright camp fire sat youngcampers probably teenagers a few years older than me.They were all enjoying themselves until I interrupted them.I asked them if they would generously assist me by

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showing me the direction back home. They showed methe way home and that was the route I took. As I waswalking, a bit relieved, I was distracted by all the sounds ofthe animals and all of a sudden I tripped over a rock andthere in front of me was a deep trench. When I stood up Iwondered how I was going to get over this tremendoustrench. For almost half an hour I was thinking of a way ofgetting over the trench and finally I thought of an idea. Iwas going to construct a bridge out of a small log whichwas laying on the damp ground.

Exhausted I rolled the log over the trench and it fittedperfectly. Excited by my accomplishment I rushed to thebeginning of the log and walked as fast as possible.Suddenly I slipped but qUickly grabbed hold of the log and Iwas extremely startled but I carefUlly continued. When Ireached the end of the log, I jumped off and hurried, stillon the same route. The bright sun was rising and I couldsee the opening of the forest. Surprised by my progressand filled with excitement I began to run faster. When Iarrived home to the kitchen door and ran upstairs totallyundetected and went to sleep.

Hours later I woke up. My mind still with the story that Icall lost. But one thing is still a mystery. To whom didthose muddy foot prints belong to? Were they myfootprints from school mixed with the campers? We willnever know.

Panashe BeraHonours in Allied Arts

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An elephant trod on my homeworkI promise! No word of a lie!He trampled it, then he blew itTo a fish eagle flying by.

That eagle was so disappointedHe thought it would be a bream.So over the lake he carried itAnd dropped it on a croc mean and lean.

Old croc shredded the map(He's no sense of etiquette)He spat the remains right onto the shoreWhere by a hippo pod it was met.

Now I really can't say, Mrs RoweWhat the hippos did to the mapIt's much too rude to describeAnd you might give me a slap!

All I can say is 'sorry'That the map was destroyed on my breakPLEASE may I have another copyAnd this one the wildlife won't take!

Yours sincerelyMichael Sylvester

Gently floating downSlOWly falling from the skyLanding softly on the peaceful townSo calmly it wouldn't hurt a fly.

Stealthily drifting down and downSwiftly landing on the townI step into the winter airI see kids playing everywhere.

A snow flake landed on my noseA stone cold shudder went down my spineThe shiver ran to my toesI love the chill of winter time!

Snow in piles across the landBlocking the streets at every turnWe tried to go to school but we were bannedThe snow froze our chance to learn!

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With his crooked nose and big eyes, the stray cat drags his big feet when he walks. He's chubby and short and his scruffydressing makes him look like a snake shedding its skin. His high soprano voice echoes through the air.

The angry looking caveman's clothes are squeezed in and he almost waves his eyebrows. He grinds his teeth and glares atyou like he wants to bite your arm off! His hair is up to his shoulders and his beard is a delight to lice. If he shaved his head

he would probably find a family.

When you do things always think of the consequences. For if you do bad deeds you must realise what will happen in futureyears to you. If you rob someone, someone with rob you. If you do good deeds, good things shall happen to you. Life is likea football match: you foul someone, they foul you for payback, but if you leave them alone, they say at the end of the match

"you're a good sportsman. Thank goodness for people like you."

WHAT I LEARNED ABOUTTEAMWORK

He was probably a gift for meHe loves climbing our oak tree

Some things are harder for other people and we must help

them.

I give him some woolThat I got from the mill

We must encourage each other and not laugh at eachother.

He goes to bedAfter he's been fed.

People are sometimes not as good as you so supportthem.

Most of your team is counting on you so don't leave thembehind, help them and encourage them.

I was walking through the doorWhen I saw a kitten on the floor

I took him inside and gave him foodHe was definitely not in a good mood

I was plodding lazily along the narrow sidewalk when I noticed a creamy brown handbag behind a dustbin. I took a quickglance at the bag and then continued on my journey assuming someone had left it there deliberately.

Only on my way back from school did I stop to think that maybe my assumption might have been wrong for I saw the samebag in the exact same position it was on my way to school. I waited patiently to see if anybody was coming to claim it, but Isoon gave up when I discovered that I was standing there for two straight hours. So I took the leather Gucci bag andexamined it until I realised that it would not do any good. I hesitantly opened the bag because opening womens' handbagsgives me an awkward feeling. After minutes of searching through lipstick and facial cream I found her ID and shortly afterthat found her business card. When I realised the name on her ID and on the business card matched, I took out my phoneand gave her a ring. The kind lady told me she lived a few blocks away so I walked there and returned her bag.

When I arrived at Miss Winfrey's home she rewarded me handsomely and ever since then we've been good friends.Tafadwza Mugova

It was a cold morning when I arrived at my school at about seven o'clock. I stepped out of the school, it was to the gaspsand screams of my fellow school mates. I couldn't believe what I saw.

The school was surrounded in flames. The orange and yellow streaks of fire were licking against the tall brick walls. I sawstudents running out of classrooms. There were teachers attempting in vain to calm down panic-stricken kids. I could hearthe wail of the fire trucks. A red truck came past me and men jumped out of it and started spraying water at the flamingbuilding.

I could feel the heat pressing in around me. The smoke was clouding up around the school. It got into my nose and mademe cough. People were running in all directions. There was nothing I could do so I turned around to go. From behind methere came an almighty "crash". I spun around to see the school in a blackened heap. I had seen enough so I ran back tomy parents to tell them what happened.

It wasn't my fault Jeff's bag was lost. After all taking it into the zoo was just asking for it. Yes, Jeff's bag would certainlyattract the attention of any thief. It was made of crocodile skin with silver trimmings and any number of ornamental goldbuckles. It had many pockets, each with an opal attached to the zip. He had received it on his birthday from a rich uncle inTexas. And now it was gone! We decided it must have been a clever robbery. We searched everywhere we could think of buthad to accept that we wouldn't see it again. As we walked out of the zoo we stopped to use the toilet. And there it was! Theburglar must have needed it badly.

I have been on this boat from dawn and it's now almost two o'clock on this hot summer's day. I have caught plenty of fish,but we forgot to load the cooler boxes of cokes and snacks and now we are all thirsty, tired and hungry.

I ask my father to take us to shore, but none of us really wanting to go because the fish are really biting now, but if we stayout in this heat with nothing to quench our thirsts then we will all dehydrate.

breeze is so cool, that I feel a little bit better. I'm notsweating now, but my mouth is dry and my throat is sore.We hit a wave and the water splashes over me. It feelsfantastic. I feel so much cooler now, but I am still thirsty.

We finally reach our camp. I spring out of the boat and runup the back. There sitting under a big msasa tree is ourcooler box. I can just imagine the prize in there waiting forme. The cokes have been covered in ice the wholemorning and when I crack one open it will be really coldand I'll get tears in my eyes when I try to down it. I openthe cooler box and, just as I predicted, the cokes are coldand when I crack one open and try and down it, tearscome to my eyes.

It takes me a while to finish the coke, because it is so cold,but now I feel refreshed.

She looked so elegant as she walked down the aisle. Herface was covered by a white veil. She was wearing abeautiful white tailor-made gown. She was wearing whiteshoes that matched her gown and gloves. Her hair wasblack, silky and long. It was longer than her veil. Sheapproached the platform and the ceremony began. As helifted the veil it revealed her golden-brown skin. Her lipswere tender and beautiful. Her glittering hazel eyes staredinto his and she kissed him.

As I walked down a narrow street in London I saw ashriveled, sun-burned old man. He was fairly dirty withskinny legs. He wore tattered torn clothes and some oldworn out leather boots. He had a wizened old face withthick grey hair. He had a hoarse voice and cracked lips.He had a long pointy nose and very bloodshot eyes. Helooked rather depressed. I felt sorry for him.

Brandon Boshi

The old wrinkly man plodded along the beach side. He wasa lanky and tanned gentleman gripping three brightlycoloured fish. He was very muscular with broad, strongshoulders and his long matted hair blew in the wind freely.He looked very weary and delicate after a long hard day offishing and he was badly sunburnt around his flashing hazeleyes. His ripped, worn out clothes looked like pieces ofcloth covered with dirt and salt water. He had a goatybeard with a wide smile and lips that were very dry andrough. The old man walked up the soft, sandy beach intohis house and started preparing a delicious dinner.

Thomas Chadwick

It had not rained in Zimbabwe for a very long time, and thefarmers were not happy, because their crops did not haveenough water. The people were starving and everyone waspraying that it would rain heavily so that the crops wouldgrow and so that people could get food.

Then people saw huge black clouds suddenly appear fromthe south and everyone was hoping that the clouds bringrain for the first time. It started with tiny drops of rain andeveryone ran outside to enjoy the first rain of the season.The farmers were overjoyed because they knew that theircrops would grow and produce food for the people. Therain became heavier and heavier during the day, and thereservoirs filled up with water and people had electricityduring the day!

When people saw that it was still raining the next day, theywere still very happy, even though there was watereverywhere, and the swimming pools were over-flowing.On the third day it was raining so hard that there was aflood and everyone started to panic because the water wasrushing and flowing into houses and also destroying them.

The flood was destroying everything in its path, and peoplewere taken down stream and never seen again. The rainfinally stopped, but there was still a flood that was verydangerous, flowing into houses and taking cars with theflood.

On the fifth day, the water flowed out of Zimbabwe and intoMozambique, where the water flowed into the sea, almostas quickly as it flowed into Mozambique.

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It's time to go to Cape TownWe are in the aeroplane nowThe night journey starts right nowThe whistling of the engineThe flashing lights on the wingWe are taxiing to the runwayThe engines are on full blastWe are racing down the runwayWe lift into the airI hear the gear going upThe dark clouds far belowThe lights in the city are shining like torchesHere comes my food soup, chicken and ice-creamIn one hours' time we will land in Cape Town. Hoorah

Damien Wijers

Orange is the colour of an old sports carHear the tyres screech as they slide on the tarFeel the vibration as you accelerate off the lineNow you taste the smoke, for power that's a sure signNext your eyes catch the stretched orange bonnetAs you look through the windscreen down on itIt wears it's badge so proudWhen everyone looks in a crowdFinally you tuck it away to bedAnd all night you dream about it in your head

As the skies darkened and the clouds rolled in, the grassand the trees rejoiced at the sound of rain. The animals ofthe desert ~ed to higher ground thinking that the rainwould soon come. The winds reached speeds peoplewould be blown away in. Vulnerable animals like tortoisesbounced and rolled across the desert sand dunes. Thenthe rain came. At first it came lightly and gradually gotharder and harder until it felt like a hundred men werebeating you to the ground with sticks.

Younger animals were being left behind and trampled on byolder, stronger animals. The water is now rushing down thedesert plains, sweeping up the corpses of long-deadanimals. The crocodiles are devouring the floating bodiesof animals. The rushing waters ripped the trees out of theground adding more force to the raging torent. Finally therains subsided and the remaining animals returned fromtheir hiding spots to enjoy the new plants and vegetation.The new offspring chased each other around, unaware ofthe destruction that they had missed.

Orange is the colour of a sparkling fire in a fireplace,It's the colour of a fanta during lunch.Orange is the colour of a raging face,Or the colour of a bloody punch.

Orange is the colour of a bouncy ball,It's the colour of fun in my pencilcase.Orange is the colour of an illuminated hall,Or the colour of a spraypainted face.

Orange is the colour of a basketball,As it bounces up and down.It's the colour of a gum at the mall,When eaten there is never a frown.

Orange is a wonderful colour,As you can see.It's unlike any otherAs genuine as can be.

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