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Hi! my name is Tom age 9.

jf9 Mr Furness's class have been learning about Africa  . Here is one fact!

There are 63 countries and islands

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1.They have made a fence out  of old bits of wood.

2.The house look`s like it dos`nt have a upstaairs.

3.It is not always raining but after the rain stops and there is full sunshine

4.September down fall.

5.They have a path  up to their house.

6.It is wet and raining.

7.They have a big haystack in there garden.

The photograph I am studying is a picture of five chidren playing outside together. The toys they are playing with look like toys they have made them selves. The toys look like they are made of wood. The toys we play with are all painted and pu into the shops so we can buy them. The children in the photo look happy with what they have got. The girls in the photo have braids close to there heads and the boys have very shor hair. In Africa they normally wear colourful clothes.
I hope you learnt something from this

From Shannon C

In this picture that I am studying there are 5 children playing with woodon toys like toy cars and houses that are maybe homemade. The girls hair are braided and the boys hair are nearlly bold. Their clothes are brightly coloured. They look happy playing in a group and really injoying themselves.

I hope you've learnt something about African children.
Alex.s.

Hello my name is Keeley. I have been learning about cans and making stuff out of cans. I am making a wind chime. Also we have made pod casts.Oh yes, is that a real sheep on the motor bike? So what is it like in Africa? Well we have being drawing faces of nasty and happy faces. What is your favourite thing?

We have been learning about Africa. Africa is a continent made up of lots of countries. Some are big and some are small countries.Rileg sheep on the motb.

by shannon

Hello this week we were talking about Africa. Here is a fact. In
August 1983, captain Thomas Sankara a young army officer, seized, power in Burking Faso with his national revolutionary council. Bedrooms are made out of wood. We found alot more about Africa its all in our books and that we got it from just one book.

By Rebecca and Marie
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Since we are studying Africa as our class topic this term I thought I should ask a very good friend of mine, Alison Gee who is living and teaching in The Gambia, if she'd like to help us.

I sent Alison an email today, asking if she would be able to respond to our questions about life and education in The Gambia. Alison works in a town called Banjul.

I hope Alison will be able to say a few words about herself and why she is teaching in Africa. However, she may have some difficulties because access to the Internet is difficult where she works.

In the meantime, please think of some questions that you could ask Alison about life in The Gambia. Alison might also be able to send us some photographs of things you might like to see. Your task is post your questions to this blog page, by clicking on the 'add new comment' button.

Here is one of Alison's photographs that she sent some weeks ago.

What questions would you like to ask Alison?

The African cup of nations is held biennially this means its held every 2 years. It is going to be held in Ghana.There are 16 nations invloved in the cup including: Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal and Ghana. My favourite team is Ivory Coast because they have some of my favourite footballers in their team: Kolo Toure,Yaya Toure, Eboue and Aruna Kone.The African cup of nations is very colourful because of all the flags. It also very musical.

Thank you for reading my entry goodbye.

Nat.

This year jf9 have had a new project to learn about Africa.The first thing I learnt was about african school life. There classrooms are made out of planks of wood and have proper blackboards.The things they make most of there food out of is wheat and barley.Africa is just rocky plateau covered by grasslands with huge lakes feeding rivers such as the worlds longest river ,the Nile.The first great civilization in africa arose 6,000 years ago on the banks of the river lower nile.The search for maritime trade routes to africa to Europe in the 15th and 16th century.Slavery and colonialism followed.Although illiteary, poverty, disease and civil strife plauge much of continent Africas substantial natrul resources offer hope.
by Alex L

Yesterday we had a new topic it was about Africa so we looked in some books. I looked in a book about Kenya that really helped me alot. By the end of the sesson I had a page full of facts so Mr Furness asked me to tell some facts to the whole class. I really enjoyed yesterday because It was different to what we normally do and I know alot about Africa. I hope you enjoyed my little speech. Goodbye.

By Rebecca

Yesterday our new topic was all about Africa. I looked in a book all about Kenya. Here's some facts about food and farming. Most families own land, called a shamba where they grow their food. They may also keep cows, goats and sheep for milk or meat. Many people use iron holes to dig the ground. Very few farmers can afford a tractor. In cities, a favourite treat is a bottle of pop and a packet of crisps. Hope you learnt somthing. Here's one fact about school. Children who live in the countryside walk to school. It may take some an hour or more! And the last subject is having fun. Children make footballs from plastic bags tightly wound together with string or rubber bands. Children recycle wire, scrap tin, wood, string and fabric to make toys that move. Thank you for reading my African research. I hope you learnt somthing about Kenya!

Goodbye!

By Megan.C