Erin's Blog

Dolphin Its grey blubber is a smooth rock  Swimming faster than a huge whale Its nose sharper than a knife The fins smaller than ants Its tail is a fan blowing everything away  

The Burger It looks as juicy as an orange The patty steaming like...fire The tomato as fresh as fruit The role as soft as a cloud I bite into it like a monster  

Today was Egypt Day. I was in a group with Camryn, Christian and Armand. We made a mummy out of clay and we got to cover it in toilet paper or bandages. We put one of the mummies in a sarcophagus. We designed a lid for it. Each one of us made a canopic jar, the lid of my canopic jar is a human. We all took a lot of photos and we had a lot of fun. I enjoyed it when we made the canopic jars. Making the mummies was my favourite part. My canopic jar holds the liver. Overall I enjoyed the whole day!                      

My vriendelike draaks se naam is Jannie. Jannie het baie klein wenkbroue. Sy miniatuur tone het gevaarlike naels. Wanneer Jannie hardloop, val hy, want hy het swak bene. My draak het stomp en ronde tande in sy baie taai mond. Op sy neus het Jannie reusagtige neusgate. Sy rowwe stert swaai wanneer hy gelukkig is. Die oë van Jannie het nie kleure nie. Op die hard kop daar is gladde ore. Wanneer jy na die draak kyk, sal jy sien Jannie se rug is stamperig en rof. Jannie eet baie kos, dis hoekom hy 'n vet maag het. Moenie bekommerd, wees nie Jannie die vet draak is nie gevaarlik nie.  

 I saw a sign that said "Free Hypnotizing Session". Why not, I thought. Just as I walked through the door, it creaked. Standing in front of me was a very interesting looking lady. She did not speak, she just stood there. As quick as a flash she pulled out a picture of a spot. I stared at the small spot but the spot just grew and grew. Eventually all I could see was the spot. I felt something wet on my cheek. Then I woke up to my dog licking my face. Erin, Grade 5

There they were, the most delicious looking chips. Guess what? Mom just bought them for me. As I bit into one of the chips, it was not what I expected. It was...sweet. Then mom asked, "How're the chips?" "They are so delicious," I lied. Then a row of birds caught my eye. When mom looked away, I threw those chips at them. Mom turned around and said, "Look at all those birds fly away and look Abby, that pigeon has the same chips as you in its mouth. What a coincidence. Wait where are your chips?" Mom asked. Erin, Grade 5

ILT was very fun, I got to work with people I've never worked with before. We had to research different cultures. We researched the African Farmers, they are an interesting culture. We then had to create a script for a play. I was a "rich girl" in the play. I really enjoyed when we went to Builders Warehouse, we looked at prices of different items. Then we added up the prices to see how much a very simple house would cost. Overall I really enjoyed this ILT!

Today was...something else. In the morning there was a huge storm, a humongous storm, I was very scared. There was water dripping into the shack, running down the walls. Next I had to go get some water...barefoot. It was cold, wet and windy. Then I went back home. I was thirsty, if only the government would give us more water. I knew that the water was for supper tonight, but I didn't want to go get some more water from the tap that was so far away. Some children are so lucky, they can go to school, my only dream is to go to school. Later that night, mom made supper, not much. I went outside to go to the toilet. It's not nice to go to a dirty toilet with no door. When I was finally in bed, I felt cold, I switched on the light. Thank goodness I have a Khaya power bottle. Finally I went to sleep. What a day. What will happen tomorrow?

Where am I? Why am I here? How did I get here? I have to get out of here...but how? Then I thought, my phone, I can make a phone call! I need to get a bit of reception so I'm wandering around. Then suddenly I get one bar of reception. I was waiting and waiting for mom to pick up, when the connection broke. I hear footsteps, coming towards me. Who is it? Erin, Grade 5

Today I was passing by a humongous bush on my way to the shops,  when I saw three men talking. They were all dressed differently, they looked like they were from different parts of the world. They looked serious. Why? I don't know, but I had to find out. I snuck over behind the bush and heard the one man say, "How are we supposed to destroy the whole entire world?" The other guy said,"I have just invented a bomb that can, let's destroy the world!" They were criminals! I don't know what to do next. Erin, Grade 5

Today was the worst day of my life! Firstly I have so much homework and Mr Raymond, the singing inspector, came to our class. He had a huge, bushy mustache and he wore huge knickerbockers. He called Benny and Charles to sing first, they sang Pretty Polly. You do not even want to know how angry he looked. Then Jesse got called up, next he called Iris and I. I was so nervous I almost fainted. We started singing and I noticed that Iris wasn't singing and I freaked out. I still kept on singing.Thank goodness it was the end of the day. I will always remember this day.

Harriet is a girl with a wild imagination. She got a new cat called Gooby. Harriet thinks Gooby is a bit weird, like her teacher, Mr. Goobs. Mr. Goobs has cat food and cat toys in his classroom. Harriet wonders if he has cats. One day Harriet asks Mr. Goobs if he would like to meet Gooby but he declines, saying he is allergic to cats. Harriet gets......suspicious. One day Mr. Goobs' class has to fetch their Art books in the classroom. The door opened and there it was.... Mr. Goobs transforming into Gooby, but what happens next.... Erin, Grade 5

Soil Creature ILT I thought ILT was really fun. I was partners with Liyabona. Together we collected information on our soil creature. Our soil creature is the Mole Snake. We chose the Mole Snake because I love Moles and Liyabona loves snakes so, if you put them together we got a  Mole Snake.  After we collected our information we had to get some photos of our soil creature from the Internet. We printed the photos and made a poster . Liyabona and I made a burrow for our poster. We took the information and put it on the poster. Then we had to prepare an oral on our soil creature. I really enjoyed having Liyabona as my partner because we loved making the poster together and she is one of my really great friends.  

Welcome to my brand new blog. I am so excited to be blogging this year.  This is my first ever blog.