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The first computers weren’t very fancy. One of the earliest examples was the abacus, invented in Babylon around 500 B.C. It was made of string and beads, and its main purpose was to count and keep track of money or goods.
Later, in the 1600s, two inventors created early calculators that used gears and wheels to perform simple mathematical tasks — an important step toward the computers we use today.
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The name of Botswana’s currency means ‘rain’.
The pula is the currency of Botswana. The word pula literally means ‘rain’ in the local Setswana language. Since much of Botswana is desert, rainfall is a rare event in the country, and is therefore highly valuable and considered to be a blessing.
For more interesting facts about Botswana.
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You can make your own play dough. Watch this video to find out how to do it.
The tallest building in South Africa is The Leonardo in Sandton. The Leonardo hotel has 55 floors and is 234 meters tall.
Philo Farnsworth lived in a house without electricity until he was 14.
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Akukhathaliseki ukuthi umuntu uphila ezimweni ezingelula, okubalulekile wukuthi wonke umuntu unenkululeko lokuveza ikhono lakhe.
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Ziningi izindlela zokukhangisa kulesi sikhathi samanje. Kuphela nje umuntu uyazikhethela umgudu wokukhangisa, elandela labo abahlosile ngalokho akukhangisayo.
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Uma ungathobeli umthetho womgwaqo amaphoyisa azokugweba ugcine usuphelelwe umsebenzi, kwabafundayo bangaphelelwa ikusasa ngenxa yobudedengu obebungavimbeka.
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I-athikhili yephephandaba umbhalo obhalelwa umphakathi nsuku zonke ngendikimba ethile kuye ngokuthi bezithini izindaba zalolo suku. Ungabhalwa ilungu lomphakathi bese liwuthumela kumshicileli walelo phephandaba ukuba alishicilele.
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I-inthavyu ibekelwa isikhathi esithile kulelo lunga ngalinye elibuzwa imibuzo.
Le ngxoxo iholwa yimibuzo edinga izimpendulo kulowo obuzwayo.
i-inthavyu ibekelwa isikhathi esithile kulelo lunga ngalinye elibuzwa imibuzo.
Do you remember the names of these 2-D shapes?
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Advertensies se inligting is nie altyd net op feite gebaseer nie. Advertensies maak dikwels gebruik van stories omdat mense oor die algemeen lief is vir stories. Advertensies probeer ook ‘n begeerte by jou skep om die produk wat geadverteer word, te kry. Onthou dat adertensies hoofsaaklik fokus op die verkoop van produkte en nie noodwendig op gesondheid nie. Daarom moet mens mooi dink of die produk regtig goed is vir ‘n mens.
The largest country in Africa is Algeria. Almost all of Algeria is in the Sahara Desert.
The smallest country in Africa is the Seychelles. The Seychelles is made up of 115 small islands in the Indian Ocean.
The smallest country on mainland Africa is the Gambia.
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Umuntu nomuntu kufanele aphuze izingilazi eziyisishiyagalombili zamanzi ngosuku ukuze ahlele ephile kahle. Ungaphuza izingilazi ezimbili ekuseni, ezimbili emini, ezimbili ntambama nezimbili ngaphambi kokuyolala.
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Inkolelo yakudala kanye nososayensi bavumelana ngakothi akufanele umuntu agcaluze phandle uma ngabe izulu liduma futhi libanika. Baphinde bethi kufanele ugweme ukubhukuda ngoba imibani ikhipha amakhemikhali angaba nobungozi uma kwenzeka ekuthola usemanzini.
Igula yisitsha esihlala amasi. Lesi sitsha sakhiwa ngokomisa izigubhu zoselwa bese kukhishwa izihlamvu ezomile phakathi. Kusetshenziswa ihleza ukuthi libe yisivalo segula. Ihleza yiqobho elisala uma umuntu esedle isikhwebu sommbila waphela.
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Isaga esithi selidumela emasumpeni sisuselwa kulesi senzo sokusenga. Lokhu kwakushiwo uma ithunga selizogcwala. Amasumpa yile ngxenye yemilenze engasemadolweni ebambe ithunga lokusengela. Lesi saga sichaza ukuthi sekuzolunga.
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Umndeni onemfuyo wawungalambi ngoba kwakuba nenala yobisi namasi. Kwakusenga abafana ngezikhathi zasemini (inhlazane). Esizweni samaZulu, kwakungajwayelekile ukuthi kusenge umuntu wesifazane ngaphandle uma kunezimo eziphoqayo.
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Ubhalomagama olungafanele luyawona umsebenzi obhaliwe.
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Kunezithelo nezitshalo ongazidla zikuqede ukoma uma ungenawo amanzi ngoba zinamanzi amaningi. Izithelo ezifana nokhukhamba onamanzi alinganiselwa kumaphesenti angama – 96, ikhabe elinamanzi alinganiselwa kumaphesenti angama – 92 kanye nezinye ezifana namagilebhisi.
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Please note that the word for zebra is
‘iqwarhashe’ and is pronounced as follows: ‘iqwarhashe’ (the ‘rh’ is the same sound as the ‘g’ in Afrikaans (in the word ‘gegee’ and is often followed by an ‘h’.
(Listen to the audio in Quiz 1 once again practicing pronouncing the word ‘iqwarhashe’)
Please note that in the ‘intsomi’ (the story) the animals are named as proper nouns using all subject-verb links of noun class 1(a)
Imizekelo: uQwarhashe noNkawu baya epatini.
(Zebra and monkey went to the party.)
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If you speak to somebody directly or address somebody directly remember to omit the initial vowel as follows:
Umzekelo: Molo, makhulu. (not ‘Molo umakhulu’)
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The isiXhosa for ‘in Johannesburg’ is ‘eGoli’. (at or in the place of gold)
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‘Umngqusho’ is a very traditional and popular dish, sometimes enjoyed with beans (‘iimbotyi’).
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The subject verb-link can also be used with ‘kho’ or ‘khona’.
umzekelo (example): Inja ikhona. (The dog is present / here.)
The subject-verb link ‘i’ is used with ‘khona’ and refers to the noun ‘inja’.
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The word ‘kukho’ (there is or there are) is used in the present tense. The negative form or when you would like to say ‘there are not’ or ‘there is not’ use the negative form ‘akukho’.
Umbuzo (Question)
Kukho ibhedi kulo mfanekiso ulandelayo? (Is there a bed in the following picture?)
Impendulo (Answer):
Hayi, akukho. (No, there is not.)
Iziko indawo ephakathi naphakathi exhibeni lapho kubaselwa khona umlilo uma kuphekwa.
Izinkumbi zabantu kushiwo ubuningi babantu kuleyo ndawo.
Injomane elinye igama elisho ihhashi.
uNjomane kwakuwumuntu wakwaMhlongo okwaqanjwa ngaye isithakazelo sakhona koMhlongo.
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Qinisekisa ukuba umkhenkce wakho uzityhubhu eziqine ngokwaneleyo phambi kokuba uzisebenzise. Xa zingaqinanga ngokupheleleyo zinyibilika ngokukhawuleza
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Kukhona inhlangano yomhlaba yamanzi (International Water Association: IWA) eklomelisa inhlangano noma umuntu olethe ushintsho olunomthelela omuhle endleleni amanzi aphathwa ngayo futhi ongiwa ngayo ngumphakathi emazweni abo. I- Rand Water yaseNingizimu Afrika yaklonyeliswa ngalo mklomelo ngo-2016.
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Amavidiyo omphakathi (social videos) ahamba ngokushesha okungama-1200% uma kuqhathaniswa nokudluliswa kwezithombe kanye nemiyalelo kuhlangene.
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Ngomhla ka-27 Julayi 2022 babephakathi kwezigidi ezingama- 20 nama-22 abantu abasebenzisa ama-smartphone eNingizimu Afrika.
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Umshado ongemkhulu usuke unezethameli ezingama-50 noma ngaphansi.
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INingizimu Afrika ayinalo uhlelo oluwujikelele lwezempilo ukubhekelela izakhamuzi zakuleli.
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Amarekhodi eSouth African Reserve Bank aveza ukuthi ngo-2020 isikweletu sikahulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika senyuka ngama-R3.8 trillion.
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ElaseMelika lisengcupheni yokwehla ekubeni phambili kwezomnotho emhlabeni jikelele: Sekunezinkomba eziqinile eziveza ukuthi izwe laseMelika okuyilona eliphambili ngokwezomnotho kunawo wonke amazwe omhlaba lingase ligudluke kule ndawo ephezulu. Kunobufakazi obuvelayo obukhombisa ukuthi izwe laseShayina yilo okungenzeka liledlule elaseMelika ngonyaka we-2028.
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Umakhalekhukhwini obiza ukudlula bonke omakhalekhukhwini emhlabeni yi-Falcon Supernova iPhone 6 Pink Diamond ebiza $48.5 million.
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Umakhalekhukhwini wokuqala ngqa kwakuyi- Motorola DyanaTAC 8000X eyakhiwa ngonyaka we-1973
Isikebhe
Kunomehluko phakathi komkhumbi nesikebhe. Umkhumbi uyisithuthi esithwala abantu kumbe izimpahla. Isikebhe naso sihamba emanzini kodwa asisebenzi khona ukuthutha. Sivame ukusetshenziselwa ukungcebeleka hhayi ukuthatha uhambo olude. Isikhebhe asinazo izindawo zokulala njengomkhumbi.
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Imali ilawula umhlaba: Kulesi sikhathi samanje izinto eziningi zidinga ukuthi ube nemali ukuze zenzeke. Ukuphila komndeni, ukukhulisa abantwana nokwenza imicimbi eminingi eyahlukahlukene kudinga umuntu abe nemali. Ngisho umuntu enemfuyo eningi, ugcina esedayisa ethile ukuze athole imali yokwenza izidingo zempilo. Yingakho kubalulekile ukuba abantwana bafundiswe ukuphathwa kwemali.
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African djembe drums are indigenous to West Africa but they are now played all over the world.
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You should not wave a cricket bat around wildly because you may hit someone.
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Advertisements in magazines, on television and online for body products are designed to make you believe you will improve the way you look if buy them.
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Izandla ziyagezana: sisho ukuthi kuhle ukwazisana nokusizana uma ningabantu. Njengoba nje nesandla sidinga lesi esinye ukuze sigezeke, kanjalo nabantu esiphila nabo bangabantu ngokusizana. Ake ufune esithi: Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu.
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Izwe laseTurkey yilona elihamba phambili ngokuphuza itiye.
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Poetry is one of the oldest forms of communication dating back to prehistoric times.
Remember
To order numbers, look at the place value of each digit.
Work from left to right:
If the first digits are the same, compare the second digit.
If the second digits are the same, look at the third digit, and so on.
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Armies often use call and response to encourage teamwork. One soldier starts a line or phrase and the other soldiers complete it.
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When you are able to resolve conflict in a relationship, it builds trust.
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Enye yezingozi ezinkulu abasebenzi basezibhedlela ababhekana nazo ukutheleleka ngezifo eziningi eziphethe iziguli.
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Izwe laseJapani yilona elinabantu asebekhulile abaningi ngaphezu kunawo onke amazwe emhlabeni. Abantu baseJapani abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-65 ubudala bangamaphesenti angama-29 abo bonke abantu bakuleli lizwe.
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Ukucekela phansi izingqalasizinda kuphazamisa umnotho wezwe. Phela kusuke kufanele uhulumeni aphinde aqale phansi alungise lezo zikhungo ezisuke zilinyazwe umphakathi. Lokho kusho ukuthi kuthathwa kuso isikhwama sezwe ukuze kulungiswe, kanti leyo mali isuke ingasiza ekuthuthukiseni ezinye izikhungo ezisuke zidinga uxhaso.
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The Horniman Museum is an inspiring, family-friendly, free museum and Gardens in south London.
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Umqombothi yisiphuzo sesintu sokuthiba ilanga noma ukoma. Lesi siphuzo sinamandla ngoba siyadakana uma siphuzwe mawala. Kwakujwayeleke ukuthi siyisiphuzo sabanumzane ngenxa yawo amandla okudaka igazi. Nokho, abesifazane kufanele baqhabule lapho belethe ukhamba lwalesi siphuzo. Lokho kuqhabula kubizwa ngokuthi ukususa ubuthi.
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Siya Kolisi’s rugby skills have made him captain of the Springboks.
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Emtholampilo yilapho othola khona ulwazi ngempilo yakho kanti futhi yilapho othola khona amaphilisi aqondene nempilo yakho. Okunye ukuthi yonke imiphakathi inawo umtholampilo yakhona.
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Uma ungathobeli umthetho womgwaqo amaphoyisa azokugweba ugcine usuphelelwe umsebenzi, kwabafundayo bangaphelelwa ikusasa ngenxa yobudedengu obebungavimbeka.
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Leonardo da Vinci was a very famous painter. He often sketched what he was going to paint before he started.
This sketch is of a horse and rider.
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Ifomu liyagcwaliswa ngisho kuvotwa ukuze kuqinisekiswe ngeminingwane yakho ukuthi kuvota ofanele yini. Nabafundi nabo bayawagcwalisa amafomu.
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Ifomu iphepha eliba nezikhala edinga ukuba uzigcwalise ngokubhala imininingwane yakho. Amanye amafomu asuke edinga ukhethe okukodwa ohambiselana nako ngokubeka uphawu (x) phezu kwebhokisi ohambiselana nalo.
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Did you know that there are over 800 000 swimming pools in South Africa?
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World Religion Day is celebrated annually on the third Sunday of January.
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Rhythmic gymnastics are part of the Olympic Games.
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Paitings on the walls of buildings are known as street art.
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In the 19th century, Dutch farmers moved inland during a mass migration known as the Great Trek. They made biltong because it lasts for a long time.
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The word yoga means ‘union’ in the ancient Sanskrit language of India.
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Some pianos have more than 88 keys.
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To help you improve your posture you can walk around with a book on your head.
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The Cuvier’s beaked whale can stay in the water longer than any other animal. 3 hours and 42 minutes!
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Table Mountain is more than 260 million years old. Table Mountain is six times older than the Himalayas and five times older than the Rocky Mountains!
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The cheetah’s “tear marks” run from the inside corners of their eyes to the outside edges of their mouth. These marks help reflect the sun’s glare when hunting during the day.
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More than 90% of people in sub-Saharan Africa are Christian, and more than 90% of people in the rest of Africa are Muslim.
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In Spain people greet each other and say goodbye with a kiss on each cheek.
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If you speak to somebody directly or address somebody directly remember to omit the initial vowel as follows:
Isibonelo: Sawubona, gogo. (not ‘Sawubona ugogo’)
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Please note that the word for zebra is ‘idube’
Please note that in the ‘intsomi’ (the story) the animals are named as proper nouns using all subject-verb links of noun class 1(a)
Isibonbonelo: idube neNkawu baya ephathini.
(Zebra and monkey went to the party.)
Ubuwazi? (Did you know?)
The word ‘kukhona’ (there is or there are) is used in the present tense. The negative form or when you would like to say ‘there are not’ or ‘there is not’ use the negative form ‘akukho’.
Umbuzo (Question)
Kukhona umbhede kulomfanekiso olandelayo? (Is there a bed in the following picture?)
Impendulo (Answer):
Cha, awukho umbhede. (No, there is not.)
Ubuwazi? (Did you know?)
The subject verb-link can also be used with ‘kho’ or ‘khona’.
Isibonelo (example): Inja ikhona. (The dog is present / here.)
The subject-verb link ‘i’ is used with ‘khona’ and refers to the noun ‘inja’.
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‘Isitambu’ is a very traditional and popular dish, sometimes enjoyed with beans (‘amabhontshisi’).
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Circuit training burns a lot of calories and helps you get fit.
Abantwana banamakhono ahlukahlukene. La makhono adinga ukukhuthazwa nokunakekelwa kusukela ebuncaneni babo abantwana. Lokhu kusiza ekutheni umntwana akhule ezazi ukuthi uzolandela muphi umgudu ekuphileni kwakhe.
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Sergei Prokofiev wrote the story and composed the music for Peter and the Wolf in two weeks for a children’s theatre in Moscow.
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There is a mass in the North Pacific Ocean called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It is also referred to as the Pacific trash vortex. The mass consists of litter, specifically of plastic. Some of the plastic particles are eaten by marine animals, and other animals get caught in it and are strangled to death. We must avoid littering, stop using plastic and aim to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Watch this video for more information.
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Rigel is the brightest star in the constellation of Orion and the seventh brightest star in the sky.
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This maple seed will be dispersed by the wind.
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Mother Theresa was a Roman Catholic nun who had compassion for others. She spent most of her life helping the poor and sick in Calcutta in India.
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Shot put first appeared in the Olympic Games for men in 1896.
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The isiZulu for ‘in Johannesburg’ is ‘eGoli’. (at or in the place of gold)
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The wheels on the Moon Buggy were made of woven piano wires.
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The planet Neptune has supersonic winds.
Scientists have sent spacecraft to Mars to try and find out more about the planet.
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The word for bicycles is ‘amabhayisikili’. This is a noun in noun class 10 and has the prefix ‘ii’. The dimunitive form is ‘amabhayisikili amancane’. (small bicycles)
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Shock therapy describes a set of techniques used in psychiatry to treat depressive disorder or other illnesses, by inducing seizures or other extreme brain states. It was invented in the 1930s and not really used anymore, as other, better forms of treatment now exist.
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When we read information texts, the content is factual; it is non-fiction. There will always be a title which tells us what the text is about. Sometimes there are sub-titles for different sections and pictures to support the information.
Information books and online resources can include some or all of the following elements.
Maandag – Monday
Dinsdag – Tuesday
Woensdag – Wednesday
Donderdag – Thursday
Vrydag – Friday
Saterdag – Saturday
Sondag – Sunday
een week – one week
son – sun
maan – moon
knaag – nibble
gaatjie – whole
cocoon – kokon / papie
appel – apple
pruim – prune
aarbei – strawberry
lemoen – orange
waatlemoen – watermelon
koek – cake
roomys – icecream
agurkie – pickle
kaas – cheese
salamie – salami
suigstokkie – lollipop
worsie – sausage
kolwyntjie – cup cake
een – one
twee – two
drie – three
vier – four
vyf – five
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Het jy geweet dat die kameelperd die langste landdier is?
Het jy geweet?
Pilanesberg Nasionale Park is in ʼn ou vulkaan (vulcano) wat meer as 100 miljoen jaar gelede bestaan het.
Swartrenosters se getalle het vanaf 1960-1996 met meer as 97% verminder. Hulle word ernstig bedreig deur stropers (poachers) wat hulle doodmaak vir hulle horings.
Het jy geweet?
Seekoeie lyk baie groot en lomp. Hulle is gevaarliker as die groot vyf! Die groot vyf diere is die olifant, die leeu, die renoster, die buffel en die luiperd. Seekoeie kan vinnig hardloop met daardie lompe lyf en hulle tande kan ʼn mens lelik seermaak.
ʼn Seekoeibul is die manlike dier en seekoeikoei is die vroulike dier. Die dier staan bekend as ʼn seekoei en daarom kry dit ʼn -bul vir manlike en -koei vir vroulik by.
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Only male humpback whales ‘sing’. It is believed that they sing to attract females and to let other males know they are in the area.
The ‘songs’ vary from high-pitched squeals and whistles to low, rumbling gurgles
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The Blue Crane is the national bird of South Africa.
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When you talk to your friends, always look them in the eye.
When you do a presentation, make eye contact with the audience to show them that you know that they are there.
Use your voice: speak up and pronounce the words clearly.
Take a deep breath before you start, inhaling and exhaling slowly.
Then take another breath and start, while smiling at your audience.
Do not fiddle, stand up tall but be relaxed.
Speak at an easy pace:
not too fast and not too slow.
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Black Kites decorate their nests with bits of white plastic they find on the ground. It is thought that this serves as a ‘Keep out!’ signal to other birds.
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During WWI, pigeons were used to carry messages back and forth from the trenches, helping save many lives behind enemy lines.
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Not all birds make nests! So remember, just because you find an egg doesn’t mean you should move it.
Remember:
Two-dimensional shapes are flat shapes.
These are all 2-D shapes.
A square has four sides that are all the same length.
A rectangle has four sides. It has two long sides and two short sides.
A triangle has three sides. The sides can be the same length or different lengths.
Square Triangle Rectangle
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A honeybee visits 50-100 flowers in one trip.
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The science of apple growing is called pomology.
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Chickens can recognise over 100 faces.
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There is some controversy about who invented email but it is generally credited to Ray Tomlinson, an American computer programmer.
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One dung beetle can drag 1 141 times its weight – that’s like a human pulling six double-decker buses!
Remember:
When you divide something into equal parts, the pieces are called fractions. A fraction is part of a whole.
The numerator is the top number of a fraction.
The denominator is the bottom number of a fraction.
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For amounts smaller than a teaspoon, we can use a syringe or an eye dropper
Syringes come in different sizes. They normally measure volumes up to 10 ml.
An eyedropper measures amounts smaller than a millilitre.
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Everyone suffers from peer pressure including your parents.
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Running burns more calories than walking.
Het jy geweet?
Aladdin is ‘n ou storie van die Midde-Ooste toe mense nog geglo het in towergeeste wat wense kon vervul. Hierdie towergeeste het in die koperlampie gebly en wanneer mens die lampie gevryf het, het die gees verskyn. Aladdin het ʼn ou lampie gaan soek en toe die man wat hom gestuur het, hom wou doodmaak, het hy met die lampie gevlug. Aan die einde het hy skatryk geword omdat hy goed was vir die towergees.
Remember:
A flow diagram has three main parts:
The input number for this flow diagram is 12.
The rule is × 3.
The output number is 36.
Now look at this flow diagram.
It has four input numbers.
The rule has two parts.
Can you work out what the missing output number is?
That’s right! It’s 17.
7 × 2 = 14 and 14 + 3 = 17.
Select the link to watch a video to revise what you have learnt about input values, rules, and output values.
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When you dramatise you can adapt one type of genre to another. So you could take a story and make it into a play.
You can keep the original dialogue.
When you take on the role you should keep the same intention of the original.
You can characterise the person you are acting to make it seem real.
You can also use props to create the setting.
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A panel discussion is one where a group of people discuss different topics. Panel discussions may also be called forums.
When you take part in a panel discussion you first need to choose a topic. After that:
When the pyramids were finished they were covered in white limestone so that they glittered. The Great Pyramid had sheets of gold at the very top.
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The first successful vacuum cleaner was invented in 1901 by Hubert Cecil Booth, a British engineer.
The South African national cricket team is called ‘The Proteas’. It is named after one of the symbols of the coat of arms.
Source 7
Remember
When you are telling a story about something that happened to you:
Dinasours (picture below) are believed to have existed thousands of years ago, but are now extinct. This means they do not exist anymore. Similarly, South Africa was endowed with an animal called the “blauwbok” which is now extinct. Animals such as the rhino are also in danger of extinction.
The Western Cape is still known for viticulture.
The picture below shows a wine farm in the Western Cape.
Alaska is one of the states of the United States of America. It is separate from the other states. Alaska contains coniferous forests.
The roots of the Mesquite tree can go down 25 metres into the Earth.
Mesquite trees
The driest place on Earth is the Atacama Desert in Chile. It receives less than one mm of rainfall per year!.
The Atacama Desert.
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29% of children in South Africa are illiterate.
Toucans have small wings so that they can fly through the forest easily. Theyhave long strong beaksthat they use to break open fruit and nuts. Their bright colours make them difficult to see among the flowers and trees.
Toucans have beautiful colours.
Sloths spend 90% of their lives hanging upside down. They can only see in dim light and are completely blind in bright daylight. They move very slowly and normally don’t travel more than about 30 metres a day. Because they moves so slowly, predators don’t see them as prey.
Sloths move very slowly.
The average annual rainfall of the tropical rainforests of Colombia in South America is 11 800 mm per year! That’s more than 25 times more than the average annual rainfall of South Africa.
A tropical rainforest in Colombia.
Mawsynram in north eastern India is the wettest place in the world. The highest rainfall in a single day was 945 mm. That’s more than twice the average annual rainfall of South Africa!
The driest place in the world is the Atacama Desert in Chile. The average annual rainfall here is about 15 mm per year!
Different places get different amounts of rainfall.
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The Village of Andaman in Tamil Nadu, India, has banned people from wearing shoes. In many places in India it is considered impolite to enter someone’s house with your shoes on.
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Bamboo can grow up to 88 centimetres in one day.
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100 000 animals that live in the sea are killed annually due to plastic waste in the ocean.
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Nearly 64% of drownings in South Africa happens in rivers and dams. You should only swim in a river if you are supervised by an adult and know the currents of the river.
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It is estimated around 600 children and 200 adults in South Africa die from drowning. It is very important that we all learn to swim.
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On average, a toilet uses 11 litres of water per flush. That means that if a toilet is flushed 15 times per day, then 165 litres of water are used. That is a lot of water as can be seen from these 165 1 litre bottles!
That is a lot of water as can be seen from these 165 1 litre bottles!
People use ostrich eggs for decorations. The eggs are emptied and the shells are painted.
We use ostrich eggs for decorations.
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Goats are herd animals and will become depressed if kept without any goat companions. So, it is unhealthy for a goat if a family just owns one as a pet.
For more interesting facts about goats, visit:
www.livelyrun.com
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South Africa has large deposits of coal, mainly in Mpumalanga. Coal is the main source of fuel for our power stations. Eighty percent of all our coal is used to make electricity.
Remember:
There are 1 000 g in 1 kg .
To change grams (g) into kilograms (kg) you, divide the number of grams by 1 000.
To change kilograms (kg) into grams (g) you multiply the number of kilograms by 1 000.
You learnt about the water cycle in Grade 4. Here is diagram to remind you what you learnt.
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Trees breathe in carbon dioxide (a gas in the air) and breathe out oxygen (a gas in the air). We breathe all that oxygen in!
This painting shows that the Ancient Egyptians used boats on the river Nile as long ago as 3500 BC.
Reeds boats are still used today. This one is on lake Titicaca in South America.
The Hindenburg was the most famous airship. It crashed and exploded in 1937.
The ancient Egyptians invented a system called the shaduf to lift buckets of water from the Nile.
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“Hocus Pocus” is ook die naam van ‘n fliek wat gaan oor drie hekse. Alhoewel “hocus pocus” eintlik die praat van nonsens beteken, word dit dikwels gebruik om die aandag af te lei van die ware probleem. In Afrikaans word “houkus poukus” ook gebruik as mense sommer net oor niks praat nie. Om te houkus poukus beteken jy kan praat en praat en praat… en eintlik NIKS sê nie!
Om te koukus beteken om te vergader en oplossings vir probleme te soek.
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Jou verbeelding is ‘n wonderlike ding! Jy kan enige storie uitdink en allerhande dinge opmaak, soos om deur ‘n walvis rondgevlieg te word byvoorbeeld! Jou verbeelding en jou kreatiwiteit moet, net soos spiere, ontwikkel en geoefen word, so moenie bang wees om aan allerhande stories te dink nie.
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The Mayan numeral system was used to represent numbers and dates in the Maya civilisation.
The Mayans lived in what is now Mexico and Central America. Mayan culture was well established by 1000 BCE and lasted until 1697 CE.
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Suid-Afrika het van die mees ongelooflike staproetes in die wêreld. Die Otter-staproete is ongeveer 41 km lank en een van die mooiste staproetes om te stap naby Stormsrivier langs die Tuinroete. Amatola staproete in die Oos-Kaap is ook baie gewild, nes die Hennops staproete in Gauteng en Wildekus roete in KwaZulu-Natal. Gaan doen gerus ‘n bietjie navorsing oor die wonderlike staproetes in Suid-Afrika. Onthou net om jou spore dop te hou en gestewel en gespoor te wees vir elke roete!
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Namibië grens aan die Noord-Westelike grens van Suid-Afrika. Dit is ‘n woestynagtige land, bekend vir spoorsnyers, Duitse nedersettings en plaaslewe. Die hoofstad is Windhoek en daar is ongeveer 2,5 miljoen mense in Namibië. Op die foto is die vlag van Namibië.
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The Gobi Desert is the 6th largest desert in the world. There are fossils throughout the Gobi Desert. One of the first people to discover them was American palaeontologist, Rob Andrews. He discovered the first known dinosaur eggs.
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Stories such as The boy who cried wolf are a collection of stories that are known as Aesop’s fables. Many believe that a man from ancient Greece named Aesop, created these stories from as early as the 6th Century. It is believed that Aesop was a slave but was eventually freed.
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Drie interessante feite:
Die @ teken word in Afrikaans ‘n aapstert genoem.
Ons skryf e-pos met ‘n koppelteken, want ‘n epos is ‘n lang gedig wat ‘n storie vertel.
Die “e” in e-pos staan vir “elektroniese”.
The keys of a piano and chess sets are made from ivory.
Sorghum and millet can be ground to make porridge or beer. This pot contains sorghum beer.
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Hoekom is vlermuise net soos valstande?
Want hulle kom net in die nag uit!
Byna 19% van alle Suid-Afrikaanse volwassenes het valstande. Mense versorg nie hul tande goed terwyl hulle jonk is nie, wat beteken soos hulle ouer word, verloor hulle al hoe meer en makliker tande. Omdat mens se tande nie soos ‘n haai s’n teruggroei nie, moet mens dan valstande kry.
The biggest city in the United States of America is New York, with 8,6 million people.The biggest city in South Africa is Johannesburg, with 5,6 million people. The biggest city in Australia is Sydney, with 4,9 million people
Hotazel is a mining town in the Northern Cape province. Although it is in a very dry desert area, the town developed due to the manganese found there.
People settle in areas where precious metals and minerals are found.
The sign that we use for “less than” is <. It is easy to remember because “Less than” begins with the letter L and the sign < looks like the letter L. We use the sign > for “more than”.
We use the sign < for “less than” and > for “more than”.
The Lydenburg Heads are seven clay heads. They were found between 1962 and 1964 by a young boy. He found pieces of pottery on his father’s farm in Lydenburg. The pieces were put back to together. They are a very important example of art from the Iron Age.
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A family or group of bears in called a sloth. A male bear is a boar, females are called sows and babies are cubs.
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Daar is heelwat Afrikaanse spreekwoorde met die woord “dans”. Hier is ‘n paar voorbeelde.
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The Northern Rocky Mountain wolf is one of the largest species of grey wolf.
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Dans is nie net goeie oefening nie, maar dit is ook wonderlik vir jou geluk. Wetenskaplikes het mense se brein gemonitor terwyl hulle op die ritme van musiek dans en jou brein skei sommer dubbel soveel goedvoel-hormone, seratonien, af as jy dans. Dans is wonderlik vir jou fisiese en emosionele gesondheid.
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Eggs are one of the healthiest foods you can eat.
South Africa has eleven official languages.
About two thirds of South Africa’s population live in urban areas.
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Cats conserve (save) energy by sleeping for an average of 13 to 14 hours a day.
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Om vir iemand te sê: “Jou voet in ‘n visblik!” is nie ‘n kompliment nie. Dit word gewoonlik gesê as iets onaanvaarbaar gesê of voorgestel word.
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In construction, cross bracing is a system utilized to reinforce building structures in which diagonal supports intersect. Cross bracing is usually seen with two diagonal supports placed in an X-shaped manner.
diagonally: a line segment that goes from one corner to another, but is not an edge
This is a diagonal line.
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Not all magnets consist of a solid piece of ferromagnetic material. Some of them are made of wire coils. Known as electromagnets, they use electricity to generate a magnetic field. As electricity flows through the wire coils, it becomes magnetized. When the electricity stops flowing through the wire coils, it loses its magnetic field.
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The word “career” comes from a French word meaning “road”. Your career is your path through life.
The Castle in Cape Town
When the Castle was first built it was next to the sea but because land has been filled in it is now further inland.
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A pack of wolves varies and can be anything from two to over thirty wolves. Usually a pack consists of about five to ten wolves.
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People who draw cartoons often exaggerate or change the proportions on purpose so the cartoon will be funny.
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In Engels word die kasteel in ‘n skaakstel nie ‘n castle genoem nie, maar ‘n rook. Elke speler beging ‘n skaakspel met twee kastele. Kastele kan net in reguit lyne skuif.‘n Kasteel is omtrent 5 pione werd, wat dit die derde belangrikste stuk op die bord maak, naas die koning en die koningin.
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Die sandkasteel van Lappeenranta is die grootste sandkasteel in Finland. Meer as 20 kunstenaars het aan die projek gewerk. Slegs sand en water is gebruik om die sandkasteel te bou. Hierdie spesifieke sandkasteel is geïnspireer deur die musiek van Jean Sibelius, ‘n bekende komponis van Finland.
More than 2 700 kg of diamonds were mined from The Big Hole in Kimberley.
Many diamonds were mined in Kimberley.
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The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is a festival held every year before Lent; it is considered the biggest carnival in the world.
South Africa has the largest reserves of platinum, manganese, chromite and gold in the world. We have almost 90% of platinum metasl. The world’s six largest platinum mines are found in South Africa. Five of them are in the North West Province.
Mining is an important part of our economy.
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The Heimlich manoeuvre is a technique used to help someone who is choking. It is used to help the person spit out the item blocking their airway. Most people still refer to it as the Heimlich manoeuvre but another term is the abdominal thrust. If you see someone choking, call for help so that someone who has learnt the technique can help. Do not perform the technique on friends or family; this can cause harm or injury.
The most common mineral on Earth was only named in 2014. It is called bridgmanite and is found deep within the Earth.
Quartz is the second most common mineral found on Earth. It is a very hard crystal. Quartz is used in clocks and watches to make sure they keep time properly.
Quartz is used in clocks and watches to make sure they keep time properly.
watch a short video on how quartz clocks work.
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Kyoto used to be one of Japan’s biggest cities and was the capital of Japan from 794 to 1868. There are over 3 000 temples and shrines (a holy or sacred place with something important inside it). Tokyo is now the capital of Japan.
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During Italy’s drought, the Tiber river became very low which has caused an ancient bridge to emerge. This bridge was built by the emperor Nero and is said to be dated from the 1st century.
ROME, ITALY – JUNE 24: The remains of the ancient Bridge of Nero, near Ponte Vittorio, resurface
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The collective noun for a group of crabs living together is ‘a cast of crabs’.
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Flamingos eat algae and tiny shellfish which turns their feathers into a bright pink or orange colour.
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Wolkbreuke is gewoonlik beperk tot klein areas en dit maak dit moeilik vir die weerburo om dit te voorspel. Die idee dat ‘n wolk soos ‘n oorvol waterballon bars en oor die aarde neerstort, is waar die woord ‘wolkbreuk’ vandaan kom. Die oorsprong van die woord word nie deur almal aanvaar nie, tog word die woord ‘wolkbreuk’ steeds algemeen gebruik.
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Splashy Fen Music Festival is South Africa’s longest running and oldest music festival. It takes place in Durban. It celebrates life, art, music and people.
The six deepest mines in the world are all gold mines in South Africa. They are shown in the table below.
| Name of mine | Depth | |
| 1 | Mponeng Gold Mine – Carletonville | 4 km |
| 2 | Tau Tona Gold mine – Carletonville (closed in 2018) Carletonville | 3,9 km |
| 3 | Savuka Gold mine – Randfontein | 3,7 km |
| 4 | East Rand Mine- Boksburg (closed in 2008) | 3,59 km |
| 5 | Driefontein Mine – Carletonville | 3,42 km |
| 6 | Kusasalethu Mine – Carletonville | 3,39 km |
Mponeng Gold Mine in Carletonville
Smoke signals were once used to send messages.
Birds can be used to carry messages. The message is wrapped around the bird’s leg.
The ancient Egyptians wrote using symbols and pictures.
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Sielkundiges het reeds in 1984 bewys dat mense na baie harder musiek kan luister as wat hulle na mense wat hard praat kan luister. Musiek werk op ander dele van jou brein, waar irritasie en frustrasie nie so maklik aangewakker word nie.
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The Daily Sun is South Africa’s largest daily newspaper and prints over 5.5. million copies each day.
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Die eerste toneelstukke is in Athene in Griekeland opgevoer aan die begin van die vyfde eeu. Dit was baie gewild en mense het graag teater toe gegaan vir vermaak.
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The colour of the fireman’s helmet is different depending on the rank of the firefighter. Most firefighters have yellow helmets, while the Commissioner, who is the chief in charge, has a black helmet.
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Firefighting is a specialised occupation. Firefighters have a special job that takes a lot of training. They help when there is an emergency. There are other specialised occupations like paramedics and the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI).
Paramedic uniform |
National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) uniform |
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Die nommer 7 word regoor die wêreld as ‘n gelukkige nommer gesien.
Sneeuwitjie het 7 dwergies ontmoet, daar is 7 dae in die week en 7 kontinente op aarde.
Die nagtegaal is ‘n klein, bruin voëltjie wat bekend is vir sy mooi sang.
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Poetry is often closely related to musical traditions. Some of the earliest poetry exists in the form of hymns and chants. As such, poetry is a verbal art. Many of the ancient poems are recorded prayers, but they also include historical accounts, instructions for everyday activities, love songs and fiction. Today poetry exist in various forms, ranging from rap music to slam poetry.
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Gravity exists on the Moon, but it is not as strong as on Earth, which is why astronauts can jump higher on the Moon than on Earth.
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Gravity creates stars and planets by pulling together the material that they are made of.
Remeber:
Here is a reminder of some basic maths facts:
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Haibo is a word only used in South Africa. It is a slang word, used in informal conversation. It is an expression of surprise or shock (basically means wow), initially used by Xhosa speaking people. Like many other words, haibo is now part of the universal African language, just like ‘lekker’, ‘eish’, ‘ayoba’, ‘ubuntu’, and ‘laduma’
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The English idiom “don’t judge a book by its cover” is a metaphorical phrase that means one should not judge the worth or value of something by its outward appearance alone. For example, ‘That lady may look very small and insignificant, but don’t judge a book by its cover – she’s a very powerful woman in the community.’
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The concept of a library is thousands of years old. The first systematically organised library in the ancient Middle East was established in the 7th century BCE by Assyrian ruler Ashurbanipal in Nineveh, in contemporary Iraq. It contained approximately 30 000 cuneiform tablets assembled by topic. Over the next decades libraries evolved and today libraries are still a source of knowledge and imagination.
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A yellow card that a referee holds in the air, is to indicate that a player has broken the rules of the game and is being officially warned. In some sports the player is then put in a ‘naughty corner’ or ‘sin bin’ for 10 minutes.
A red card is given when a player is playing dangerously or commits a serious offence. When a red card is shown the player has to leave the field immediately and is suspended for the rest of the game.
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Colour therapy, also known as chromotherapy, is a form of therapy that uses colour and light to treat certain mental and physical health conditions. This form of therapy can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians who used sun-filled rooms with coloured glasses as a form of therapy.
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A recipe is a set of instruction used for preparing and producing a certain food, dish or drink. The purpose of a recipe is to have a precise record of the ingredients used, the amounts needed, and the way they are combined. It is a wonderful way to preserve traditional, cultural or even personal food customs.
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When we are talking about painting, red, yellow and blue are primary colours. If you are talking about physics and light though, red, green and blue are primary colours. The reason for the confusing contradiction is that there are two different colour theories — for “material colours” like the ones used by painters and for coloured light. These two theories are known as additive and subtractive colour systems.
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Rainbow Nation is a term used by Archbishop Desmond Tutu to describe South Africa after the first fully democratic election in 1994.
President Nelson Mandela used this phrase when he said, ‘Each of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria and the mimosa trees of the bushveld – a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.’
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Fossils are not made from bone but from rock.
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Table Mountain was formed from sedimentary rock over 200 million years ago.
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Wildfires are often caused by lightning.
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Camping can make you feel less stressed and encourage physical activity which is healthy!
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Earth is about 4.5 billion years old.
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With third-class levers, the effort is exerted between the fulcrum and the load. The force and load move in the same direction. The human arm is a perfect example. When you lift a heavy object the third-class lever (your arm) does not make the lift easier or provide any mechanical advantage. MA < 1
Camels’ humps allow them to survive up to 15 days without water. This is because their humps store fat (not water), which helps them to stay hydrated.
Animals have adapted to survive in different environments.
Plastic has been found in the deepest parts of the ocean and frozen in Arctic ice.
Plastics are found in oceans everywhere.
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You can find many fun infographics on Earth’s atmosphere. Look at the picture below of the different layers.
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Bats are the only flying mammal.
It is possible for water to change from a solid to a gas without first becoming a liquid. If you’ve ever seen dry ice, you will notice that it is ice with ‘steam’ coming off it. This is called sublimation.
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Air plants do not need soil for their roots. They attach themselves to other plants.
Ever wondered why the see is salty? Check out this video to find out.
South Africa is not in an earthquake zone, as it lies in the middle of the African plate. However, earthquakes do occur along fault lines. In September 1969, an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale occurred in Tulbagh in the Western Cape. Nine people were killed and many buildings were destroyed.
You can read more about this earthquake and see pictures here.
https://www.getaway.co.za/travel-news/remembering-the-tulbagh-earthquake/
The gold Timbuktu was known for was not mined in the city. Europeans who came looking for it, did not find it there.
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Wolves do not howl at the moon!
They howl to communicate with each other.
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The sideways slide can be very useful for dodging and weaving.
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There is a zigzag line that separates the metals from the non-metals on the Periodic Table, with the semi-metals on either side of the zigzag line.
The Gautrain between OR Tambo airport, Johannesburg and Pretoria can go at speeds of up to 160 kilometres an hour.
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The Earth has an invisible shield all around it that protects it from dangerous things, like the sun’s super strong rays? It is called a magnetic field and it starts all the way at the core of the earth.
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Most electrical systems use wires as a conducting material. Copper wires are most commonly used.
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A battery must have a positive and negative terminal so that the current can flow from the positive to the negative terminal.
In some countries, people use the Fahrenheit scale instead of the Celsius scale. Where 0 °C is the freezing point of water, for Fahrenheit it is 32 °F and where the boiling point for water is 100 °C, it is 212 °F for the Fahrenheit scale.
Thermometers often show both scales.
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When we use three little dots like this … at the end of a sentence it is called an ellipsis.
Abbreviations are shortened forms of words such as Mr or Mrs acronyms are formed from the initials of a group or words such as SARS – South African Revenue Services
or ATM – Automated Teller Machine.
Initialism is when the initials are used.
Example: SABC – South African Broadcasting Corporation
Truncations consist only of the first part of a word.
Example: Mon. (Monday)
“If you do that again I’ll…
(example of an ellipsis)
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A Dad Joke is a type of short, usually one-liner joke that is told by fathers. The content is often silly and most children do not find the jokes funny, but it became a popular way of ‘embarrassing’ your child in front of his/her friends.
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Amanzi ayimpilo ngaphandle kwawo angeke siphile. Imizimba yethu idinga amanzi ukuze amagqamuzana egazi (blood cells) aqhubeke asebenze ngendlela efanele emzimbeni
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Hiking is a very popular form of outdoor activity.
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Broccoli contains twice the vitamin C of an orange.
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Wormholes are two separate points in space in time, where things disappear into. Theoretically, wormholes can connect extremely long distances in space, or different times, or even different spaces. Wormholes can appear anytime, anywhere, without warning. There is no evidence that wormholes actually exist in space and no-one has ever found a wormhole. It is thus speculative, meaning that people can only imagine what wormholes might be like.
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The average person spends about 90 000 hours at work over their lifetime.
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There is no Antarctic time zone. Most of Antarctica experiences 6 months of constant daylight in summer and 6 months of darkness in winter.
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Francolins live in Africa and Asia. They are terrestrial (as they do not fly well) birds that feed on insects, vegetable matter and seeds.
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South Africa has two famous red bus tours! One in Cape Town and the other in Johannesburg.
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Die geluid wat paddas maak, is om te kwaak.
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‘n Mens kry ‘n brulpadda wat so groot soos ‘n kat word.
Cape Point is also known as the Cape of Storms. This is because in winter strong winds cause very stormy seas, which have led to many shipwrecks here.
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Mudslides can be very dangerous! In 2022, Mozambique had a mudslide that killed 45 people.
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Squirrels can tell if a nut is ripe just by smelling it.
Remember
Here is a reminder of some basic maths facts:
Pigs were one of the first animals domesticated for agriculture uses.
Great Zimbabwe ruins
The great kingdoms of Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe were founded during the Iron Age by Bantu-speaking settlers.
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Dancers must be aware of the space around them and where their partner is in that space, otherwise they will bump into each other.
There are many different types of dancing.
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Prepositions are small words which show where things are in relation to each other.
Look at these examples of prepositions.
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Neglect is the most common form of child abuse.
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A bead is something small. It has a hole in it for stringing. The beads can be strung together using something like string or a thin piece of wire. Beadwork allows us to make things like necklaces and bracelets.
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There is a huge area of water in the North Pacific Ocean known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Is full of plastic waste that has floated across the ocean.
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The first rugby balls were made from pig’s bladders.
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There is very little evidence that older people today are in better health than their parents were.
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Dust is made up of tiny particles that are just big enough to see with the naked eye.
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The Blues started in the United States of America.
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In the past, people used ways like these to measure time:
In the past, common time measuring instruments was:
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Mime is thought to be the oldest performing art in the world.
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Dancing increases your strength and endurance so it improves your ability to do Physical Education!
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There is natural and artificial food colouring. Artificial food colouring has health hazards while natural food colouring is always the healthy option. Natural food colouring is made from fruit, vegetables, and edible plants, such as blueberries, beetroot, spinach.
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The world’s biggest diamond is the Cullinan Diamond, discovered in the Premier Mine in South Africa in 1905.
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The Ancient Egyptians used gold to make may different things, including jewellery and ornaments for the pharaoh. A pharaoh wore this gold mask.
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The coldest day ever recorded in South Africa was -20.1°C in Buffelsfontein in the Eastern Cape on the 23 August 2013.
Africa is the hottest continent.
The Victoria Falls is also called Mosi-oa-Tunya, which means ‘smoke that thunders’, because as the water falls, it makes a big noise and causes a mist that looks like smoke. A bridge crosses the Victoria Falls. One side of the bridge is in Zambia and the other side is in Zimbabwe.
Lake Malawi has more fish species than any other freshwater system in the world. It also has two inhabited islands.
Lake Malawi
A colourful cichlid in Lake Malawi
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To show the 3D effect, parallel lines are drawn from the front face at an angle of 45° and are then joined to create the 3D shapes.
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We share 96% of our DNA with primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans.
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Identical twins have different fingerprints. Twins can have completely different skin tones. Identical twins can develop different diseases. Nigeria has the highest rate of multiple births and the most identical twins. Mothers of twins live longer.
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World War 1 started on 28 July 1914 and finally ended after four long years on 11 November 1918.
Remembrance Day is observed every year to commemorate the armistice agreement that ended the First World War on Monday 11 November 1918, at 11 a.m.—on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
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Dassies, or rock hyraxes, are found in rocky places. The pads on their feet get sweaty and ‘stick’ to the rocks. This helps them climb steep cliffs. They also have nails, not claws, on their feet. This is one of the reasons they are said to be related to elephants. Other reasons include the shape of their skulls and their teeth, which are shaped like tusks.
Lines of latitude are parallel to each other, so they stay the same distance apart and never meet. Lines of longitude are furthest apart at the equator and get closer together as you move away from the equator. They all meet at two places – the North Pole and the South Pole.
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Australia is famous for many animals that are found nowhere else in the world. Some examples are the kangaroo and the koala bear.
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All living organisms are classified according to similar characteristics. They are first grouped into broad categories and then into more specific categories.
You learnt about the eight points of a compass in Grade 5.
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When you build with Lego you are working in 3D
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The tallest sandcastle ever built was 21 metres tall. It was built in Denmark on 7 July 2021.
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Living things that make their own food are called producers because they produce their own food.
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It is not only humans that are brave, but animals have shown bravery in several cases.
A former U.S. Marine was saved by his service dog, Major, who helps him to cope with his seizures.
One day, when the Marine had a seizure, Major grabbed his phone from his owner’s pocket and called emergency services. Major the dog saved his owner’s life.
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A snake has small bones that form a backbone so it is a vertebrate.
Growing indigenous plants in your garden helps to save water.
Here is a picture of an iron used a long time ago.
Can you see how different it is from today’s irons? People used to heat this iron by fire or by placing it on a stove.
It is object like these that are displayed in museums.
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Some animals, such as lions, can get all the nutrients they need from one food source – the animals they kill and eat.