Danika`s Blog

LIFE IN AN INFORMAL SETTLEMENT  Life in an informal settlement is very hard. For example, there is only 1 public toilet and it stinks. Other people have their own private toilets but sadly I don't but I might get one if my dad gets his job. Next is school. The walk to school is super long and I am always late. It does not matter because the teacher is either asleep or is drunk. We try to teach ourselves or call our parents and see if they can teach us. I have only a pencil case because my parents do not have much money and thank goodness I am an only child otherwise I would not even have one. I don't mind because my mom said she will take me to a closer school when it opens. My parents actually have a lot of money but not enough for a normal house. We only have a problem with school items because it is pretty expensive. I wish our school could have a sand pit because I love playing with sand. Also a new teacher cause this one we have now is a crazy person. Next is...

I had the worst day ever at singing today! The singing inspector was at singing and his name is Raymond. He had the most dreadful attitude and he looked dreadful too. He wore knickerbockers and weird big stockings. He looked like a crazy man! We were at singing while some other kids were doing math in the other room. We were practicing and he called Benny and Charles first. I felt sorry for them. They sang a song called Pretty Polly and it was very embarrassing and what made it more embarrassing was that it was the only song they knew. They sang in different pitches and it was terrible. He called Jesse next and she sang so beautifully that I’m sure Mr R liked her. I was not sure what song she was singing but it was amazing. He called me, Iris and Armstrong. I was so scared that I started shaking, he called us mutes and shouted at us to make us sing.I felt so angry and just wanted to kick him in the shin but I couldn’t do anything because I was too scared. He must be the most ...

My few weeks of Grade 5 :D My few weeks of Grade 5 were amazing! Grade is so fun but there is a lot of tests.The outings are so cool!Mr Raven is a great teacher and I am happy to be in his class.I am with my best friends which is really nice.I love my class. I have learned so much about this school and the teachers in it.I enjoy everything about the school.Even the math.I also like our new art teacher:Ms Raubenheimer. Same surname as Mrs Raubenhiemer. I like Ms Raubenhiemer's ideas and her art skills.She is a amazing artist and I like how she expresses it. Camp was really awesome!The food was amazing there.

The Butterfly Lion was the most beautiful book i have ever read. The book was full of ADVENTURES. The story made me feel SAD, HAPPY, DELIGHTFUL, FURIOUS and many more. There was lots of characters in the story. My favorite part was when they got the lion. The story starts with a boy running away from school. Reading this book will make you feel the most emotions you have ever had. Its so annoying that Bertie has the most amazing story in his life and i do not!!! I cried one. Thank you for reading this.

Two weeks ago we were on camp. We went to a place called Giraffe house. We got to see a lot of reptiles and these are the ones we saw: python, tarantulas and a frog. there were also llamas a big giraffe, goats and many other animals.  After that, we went to camp there was a forest and we had a fort competition. We did well but wasps chased us out and a few people got stung.Everyone was banned from the forest because of the wasps.We also did awesome activities like this obstacle course. It was very hard but everybody finished.We also did this one activity called mud pit and it was a lot of fun. We had to try grab a rope that we had to swing on. If you fall of, you land in mud. Some people landed in and it was very funny! There was also an activity and I forgot what its called. What we had to do was we had to put these boards down and step on it straight away. If you don`t, you cant step on that board anymore.The last activity was when you had to choose a partner and one has to be b...