Che sara sara.

When I was young – from the age of three,

People asked what would I be.

What did they mean what would I be?

Was I not already me?

HEROES AND VILLAINS 

When I reach the end of an enjoyable story

It’s like saying goodbye to a cherished old friend

The tapestry woven of the hero and villain

Has me enthralled right to the end

An accomplished author will draw you right in

So  you follow the exploits with fast beating heart

As you turn the pages you wonder anew

Will the villain become the hero,

Or will he remain true to the part

You know in your heart of hearts

That the hero will vanquish his foe

But for a few heart stopping moments

It isn’t always so

In these days of global unrest

It helps to escape for a while

It doesn’t help to always hear

Doom and gloom on the breakfast file

Anton’s Microscopes  

Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)

A Dutchman named Anton

was someone you’d count on

to tell you precisely

the things he could see.

A microscope maker

and shopkeeping draper

discovering life that’s

as small as can be.

He magnified beasts that

he scraped from his teeth

and watched as they swam

like some creatures in seas.

Learning there’s animals

formed from just single-cells.

Seeing that even a

flea can have fleas!

Finding bacteria

in our interior.

Sending this news

across the sea.

Anton astounded us.

What he had found in us

started the science

mi-cros-co-py.

What is Wind?

Wind-

It can be a summer breeze,

Or blow up pollen that makes me sneeze.

In the Winter it’s a gale,

That brings lots of rain and sometimes hail.

Wind-

It can be a dangerous thing,

It can even cry out and sing!

I can knock over trees and destroy powerlines,

Even chime in with the birds at times.

Wind-

Seems to go on forever,

When will it end, I say never!

Sometimes it’s only just a draught,

But nevertheless, still there, and will always last.

Written by Charlize Fairbairn, 12, year 7

Hey dude, look at my hair!

How’s that for hair

Pointing up in the air?

It feels real svelte

Out here on the veldt!

I look so cool

Hyenas drool.

While zebras stare

At my rocker hair.

No silly old lion

Has hair like mine!

Don’t I look starry

When I’m on safari?

Africa gapes

At my hairy shapes,

They look so high-tech,

Who needs a long neck?

Tufty Giraffe  

Giraffe, giraffe,

a cow and calf.

Both have horns

called occicones

with tips 

of hairy follicles.

This photograph

has baby calf

with horn-tufts

that have grown so long,

it looks as though

his hair’s gone wrong!

But male giraffes

use fighting crafts

where heads and horns

get bashed and worn.

Long hairs get snapped,

rubbed-off, impinged,

removing all that

flaunty fringe.

Read more giraffe facts here:

https://www.animalfactsencyclopedia.com/Giraffe-fight.html#:~:text=Even%20aggression%20between%20adult%20bulls,eachother%20while%20drinking%20or%20napping.

And watch two male giraffes fighting here: