Madison H's Blog

Last week we were on camp.We went to Simonsberg Christian Center.  We left school and the first stop was the Giraffe House.There were loads of animals there were zebras, caracals,servals,snakes,llamas, spiders,goats and of course giraffes.There was a reptile show. There was a massive 5 meter albino Burmese python.I got to kiss a frog.And at the end of the reptile show we had ice cream.  We then got back on the bus and traveled some more to Simonsberg. When we got there we got to see the dormitory.The beds were amazing to sleep on! The camp was massive there was a forest , 2 pools a dam and a big field. When we got there we got a bit of free time we were allowed to play in the forest and build forts.  We built a massive fort out of branches and smeared mud on our faces. After free time we had a swim in one of the pools.We went around the sides of the pool and created a current you could just float in and it could just carry you along. The facilitators then took us on an amazing n

Our Visit To The Sinai Academy Last week we visited the Sinai Academy in Bloubergrant. It was a very interesting experience. All of the boys wore kippahs. The Rabbi was a very nice man and showed us the prayer shawl which he put over himself he said that he prey’s under it and it blocks out everything around him. Which helps him focus on God. He then blew the shofar to show us what it sounds like. But in the Jewish religion they usually only blow it on Rosh Hoshanah which is the Jewish new year. On our way out we got to see the Torah which is in the ark the Torah is like the Jewish bible. We then went to the Senior Primary and sat down at tables with challah bread and grape juice. We watched a video and the children spoke prey’s in Hebrew. We then gotta eat the delicious challah bread and grape juice. And on every door post there is a thing called a mezuzah with prey’s from the Torah rolled up inside. The Sinai Academy is named after Mount Sinai That Moses died