Amersham

Amersham is just North of London...North-West..outside London, a beautiful place!

Sweet Places

Please click HERE to see my pictures about the Lake District and to read more about Hadrian's Wall and Whitehave. If you like Sweet People's music, you can even listen to Barcarolle.

Osterley Park 2

My topic is "green". Green is the colour that changes into different colours! During Autumn, it is amazing to see all the changes....if you look closely, you will see the seed of the Horse Chestnut on this tree...
Here it is, but it has changed! And it has dropped down....ready for another cycle?
The English call this a "concker" and earlier, they played games with the conkers and children knew how to keep themself busy with it!

In the corner of the garden, green, but with an invader....
Once again, beautiful green! Some children in London say that they hate green as a colour, because there is so much green in the country! .....never thought someone will say that...
.....more green......
And.....there's the invader...he thought I would never see him, I think he was ready to jump....wonder how fast that would be...

Why do people behave so badly?

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This is a very good question I've asked myself a couple of times whilst travelling on the tube....there are of course a couple of good reasons we all know. Lack of social skills the very first reason, how I reason of course. More importantly, the "can't be bothered" (or is it the "can't be bovvered") attitude...by parents not to raise their children properly, as well as adults having the attitude...it's like a snowball, it gathers snow while rolling down the hill ....or like a cycle...it never stops...somewhere someone should take responsibility to break the cycle...My question I want to put forward to the Government, not that I'm the one to tell them what to do! but just something to go and think about....why not spending more money on Education and have a "parents course" for all youngsters wanting to leave school after they've finished with GCSE's. It should be a one year course...compulsory....otherwise, they have to continue with A-levels. Too many young girls leave to have babies to get that support from the Government without having a clue how to raise a child properly. They are kids themselves having kids! I travelled by bus 2 days ago...something I do very rarely....and two young girls, about 16/17 got on with their children, each girl 2 kiddies, age about 8 months and 1 1/2 years.....the way they treated the children were really horrible...you can see they only got the kids to get the support not having the responsibility of a proper work, the same time they actually want their freedom and not the attachment of a child! Well, I guess it happens in other countries too, but I don't know of any other country that "pay" the young girls to get babies!!

This article comes from the latest issue of the The Londoner ...October 2007.

Isle of Wight

King Henry's Kitchen...a Restaurant on the Island....He is also the King who beheaded 2 of his 6 wives! Read here... about King Henry. He was King Henry VIII...a vicious king I would say! He was the founder of the Church of England......and he wrote "Green Sleeves"!
In primary schools the children learn this rhyme to remember what happened to his wives..."Divorced, beheaded, died
Divorced, beheaded, survived". In that order, is what happened...!








Please click HERE to read on my Wordpress-blog what I said about this book on this last image, see more beautiful images and also what I said about the historical town. This link will open in a new window.

Cricket...South Africa/England

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SA beat England in the Twenty20worldcup Group E match in Newlands, Cape Town today.

and read here....about the Twenty20 world cup cricketin South Africa.

MOOI SO!! BOKKE!! 36-0!!

FINAL SCORE: SOUTH AFRICA: 36 ENGLAND : 0
Well done!!! South Africa!!! We knew you would be able to do it!! Excellent kicks!! Excellent play!! Excellent handle of balls....GREAT GAME!!! sorry England...try again next time...your play wasn't good at all, although you tried...but didn't try enough...we really RIPPED you apart!!!

Follow THIS LINKto read about the Springboks of 1906's tour!!

Go Bokke!

England and South Africa playing rugby today...kick-off at 9pm local time in France...World Cup Rugby!!

Come on Bokke....you know you can do it, despite the setbacks!! We are all behind you!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!

Beat SA?

Metro newspaper reports about the England team....click on the article for a larger image....and...

I do think it is unfair that Schalk Burger might be suspended due to what happened in the match against Samoa....he really had no intention to harm anyone and he was going for the ball! When he came down, he hit him accidently...one could see ....

Unfair! (read here) Schalk Burger perhaps not playing!

Weird!

METRO newspaper....on the tube...
Thief picks wrong house to burgle
Friday, September 7, 2007

Of all the houses in all of Britain, he had to break into this one.
A bungling burglar was locked up on Thursday after breaking into a flat while its police officer owner was at home. Jason Marshall forced the front door and began sneaking around when Sgt Abdul Haque came downstairs.
In a flash of inspiration, Marshall explained he had come to clean the windows but was told: 'Not here you're not. You're nicked.' Sgt Haque grabbed him and called for back-up. A search revealed he was carrying 9g of heroin.
The 31-year-old later admitted one count of burglary, possession of a class A drug and asked for 14 other burglary offences to be taken into consideration.
He had recently stolen more than £5,500 worth of property, a court heard. Marshall received a three-year sentence at Portsmouth Crown Court

Read the Metro heretoo.

A day out!

Scroll down for a bit of English... Y5 taster trip...for the Y6 trip in the new year.

Hierdie was 'n uitstappie met die twee Jaar 5-klasse - my klas was 'n gemengde klas, dus was dit 1 1/2 klas en nie twee volledige klasse nie - om vir hulle 'n voorsmakie te gee van die Jaar6-uitstappie. In Jaar6 gaan hulle vir so 'n uitstappie waar hulle vir so 3 nagte oornag en allerhande "pret" het. Dis nou amper soos 'n miniatuur "veldskool". Die kinders leer baie om saam te werk in 'n groep en om mekaar aan te moedig in die aktiwiteite. Hulle kry ook probleme waar hulle 'n oplossing in die groep moet vind. Alle probleme moet self probeer opgelos word sonder enige hulp vanaf die kant van die volwassenes, ons kon bietjie leiding/voorstelle hier en daar gee, maar nie die oplossing nie. Ons het so bietjie uit London gery...suidwaarts deur Greenwich en Bexley na die plekkie.

Die foto's onderaan die blog is dan ook wat ek geneem het soos die bus gery het, sommer in die ry geneem! Oppad terug was die kinders taamlik moeg na die dag se pret, soos van die foto's vir julle wys. Dis nie aldag dat hulle so 'n geleentheid kry nie, sommige van hulle kom net NOOIT weg van die huis nie....ongelooflik...maar waar. Een outjie....Steven...het my kop van my ore af gepraat van opgewondenheid soos hy dinge op die pad gesien het...ook van 'n land van Afrika af.....as ek hom nie pertinent gevra het om stil te bly, sodat ek met die ander Onderwyseres 'n woord kan inkry nie, sou hy eenstryk aanmekaar gepraat het....en ek het letterlik 'n paar keer vir hom gevra om stil te bly omdat ek 'n praatbeurt wil he!

Die Onnies by die plek is almal gekwalifiseerde Onnies, maar hulle was meestal van verskillende lande. Die enetjie in my groep, Cindy, was van Amerika en dan was daar een van die manne van Australie. (deelteken daar, dankie, my Alt-funksies wil nie 'n deelteken en kappie gee nie, jammer!) Hulle kom van ander lande en werk by die Avontuurkampe om bietjie die wereld te leer ken. Sy het gese sy wil eintlik na Australie gaan en haar daar gaan vestig.

Onnies wat die dag se aktiwiteite aangebied het.....Teachers at the camp...organised the day's activities. Cindy is at the back, from America. One male teacher was from Australia.
Walk to the woods...to build a shelter! Sounds like our schools in SA in the "good old days"....Ons stap na die woud om 'n skuiling te gaan bou...klink dit bietjie bekend? Veldskool in SA!
'n Heerlike swembad om in rond te plas en te speel....ook om bietjie te leer swem. Swimming pool to play and splash around...and to learn to swim too.

Hier moes hulle hul verbeel die gras is 'n rivier! Daar is woeste krokodille in die rivier en hulle moet almal oorkom sonder dat EEN aan die gras raak...anders vat Cindy die band weg...sy is dus die "krokodil"...Cindy played the crocodile...they had to cross the "river" and the moment someone gets on the grass...the croc has a meal! So, then Cindy takes away the tyre...and nobody was allowed on the grass!
Diep dink hier, die hout vierkante moet almal in orde gepak word, maar mag nie een van hulle los rondle nie...hulle moet almal "iewers" wees...en dis 'n storie om dit uitgesorteer kry sodat hulle van groot na klein gepak word...hulle mag nie die blokke op die gras neergesit het nie, hy moes in 'n ander paal gaan totdat hy gebruik word....sorting wooden squares from largest to smallest...and you are not allowed to put them on the grass....it must go into a pole until you use it...

Skuiling amper klaar, maar dis 'n gesukkel! Geen hulp mag verleen word..hulle moet self dink...maar kan hulle! Die arme goed...! Met bietjie "raad" en idees het hulle dit darem reggekry...die drie is almal van Afrika en die enetjie heel regs was in my klas, baie oulik en 'n "prinses" in haar stam waar sy vandaan gekom het...moes vlug...as gevolg van situasie in die land. Sy is nou so 5 jaar in Engeland...Building shelters! What a nightmare...no idea how!! With a bit of thinking....they got there...we were not suppose to help them...poor thingies!
These two girls were not in my class...but very creative. I got them to start a story to pass the time...One started a sentence and the other continued and so on...the girl on the right was a new girl, very bright and cute...Die twee dogters was nie in my klas nie, die enetjie regs was in my literacy-groep...sy is baie slim en was op daardie stadium slegs 2 weke in die skool. Altwee oulike kinders, maar die enetjie regs het darem my hart gesteel! 'n Regte "lady".

Moeg! Tired!
Bexley.......Greenwich........London.........
Sommige motorhandelaars se besigheid is sommer so sonder 'n afdak...nie soos ons dit gewoond is in SA nie....en lyk maar bietjie klein...die spasie...terwyl ander handelaars ordentlike spasie het met 'n ordentlike gebou soos ons dit ken...