Hi everybody!
My name is Sibo.
One of the things I love most in life is helping to save the world.
Pah! I hear you say. How can little kids save the world? That’s just silly!
Actually, it’s not so silly.
If we all do a little bit – like have a shorter shower and turn off the tap when we brush our teeth – then we save water.
And we all know that water is very precious. Simple hey?
Turning off lights and unplugging your cellphone charger is another easy-peasy way to help out.
We can all do it.
We can make sure that our families do it too.
I also really like learning new things.
Now that the holidays are finished – I think it’s cool we can go back to school.
I’m looking forward to learning lots of new stuff this year.
Sometimes it’s a drag to have to get up in the mornings for school, but just imagine if we had holidays all year round (I can hear lots of you yelling yaaaayyy – now that would be really cool) but think about it.
We’d be bored silly after a few weeks.
We’d probably be a bit stupid too, because we wouldn’t know much.
Plus we probably would not be able to read.
I love reading.
I read a bit every day.
Not only the stuff we have to read for school, but I also enjoy reading for myself.
Books are like friends – even better in some ways because you can always rely on them.
You don’t need to ask your mum if your book can come and play (duh!) – you can just pick it up and start reading.
You can get stuck in a good story and forget all your problems.
You can have awesome adventures without ever leaving your house.
This is going to be a regular blog where we can all share stuff.
You can email my friends at the African Reporter on africanreporter@caxton.co.za and send letters, pictures, photos, lists of books you’ve read, hints or tips – anything you feel like. Or if you’ve got questions you can send those too.
I’ve got a friend – The Earthman – who is really smart and knows about most things.
We will put some of your stuff in the African Reporter and the rest will go on my website and on the African Reporter websites so be sure to visit our sites.
Visit my website – https://www.sibo.co.za for cool stuff that you (and your teacher) can download free.
Like colouring in sheets, activity sheets and there’s even a song.
Looking forward to next week.
Sibo
PS: I like learning new words – I’m going to share a cool new word with you each week in case you like learning new words too:
Word: Heebie-jeebies (HEE-bee-JEE-beez is how you say it)
Meaning: A feeling of nervousness, jitters, creeps (noun)
Example: I get the heebie-jeebies when I don’t have a nice book to read.
