What Ilove aboutSouth Africa

The Grade 6’s held a photographic competition which was held around the theme “What I love about South Africa”.  Each learner had to participate and hand in a photograph.  The competition also had a separate section for parents.

Miles Giljan, a photographer, judged the photographs and awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.  7 Honourable Mentions and 3 Almost Honourable Mentions were also awarded. 1st Prize went to Holly for ‘Hippos at an African Market’.  2nd prize went to Amy for ‘What I Love About Animals, Local Crafts, Mountains and Beaches of South Africa’.  The Honourable Mentions went to Annabel, Chata, Nikki, Sarah, Caroline and Munawwar.  Almost Honourable Mentions went to Amandla, Jehan and Sara.

The Grade 6’s really enjoyed this experience and learnt a lot!

Written by Deirdre and Zarah (Grade 7)

We have had many activities this term to try and focus on the positive features of our country, South Africa. This includes writing a poem about what it means to be a South African and why we would never leave South Africa.  We also wrote stories in which we pretended to be animals in South Africa. We wrote a poem where we pretended to be in the land, South Africa.  From this we learnt how important it is to preserve our land. We finished off the term by writing prose about our favourite places in South Africa.

I think that this was a worthwhile project because it made us understand the beauty and wonders of our
country instead of focusing only on the negative things in South Africa.  It taught us to view South Africa in an optimistic way.  After all, there really are a whole lot more good things in South Africa, than bad things.