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You are all 10 years old. You live less than
50km from each other. In some ways your
lives are much the same but in other ways,
different. We asked kids from Sea Point (S);
Khayelitsha (K); Athlone (A); and
Tamboerskloof (T) to answer some
questions. Check this out:
What time do you get up in the mornings?
7am (S); 5.30am (K); 6am (A); 7am (T)
How long does it take you to get to school?
5 minutes (S); 1.5 hours (K); 40 minutes (A); 7
minutes (T)
What is your favourite game?
cards (S); chumba (K); soccer (A); five-steps (T)
What is your favourite food? (not junk food)
lasagne (S); pasta with pesto (K); spaghetti (A);
bobotie (T)
What scares you?
sharks (S); when mom is crying (K); snakes (A);
that someone close to me might die (T)
What makes you really happy?
when friends and family are getting on (S); when
I am with my family (K); when my parents spend
time with me (A); when I see my dad (T)
What is your greatest wish?
to fly (S); to be a model (K); to have DSTV (A); to
be famous (T)
Which time of the day do you like best and
why?
afternoons if I can go to the beach (S); evenings
to watch TV (K); break-time to play (A); afternoons
to play (T)
What are your jobs around the house?
put dirty dishes in the machine (S); clean the
bathroom in the week (K); clean the table (A);
make my bed (T)
HOW TO MAKE A
CHUMBA BALL
*
Find some old
newspapers.
*
Wet the newspapers to
give them some weight.
*
Crumple it into a ball.
*
Put it in a plastic shopping
bag and tie the plastic
tightly
around the ball with string
or use sticky tape.
This ball cannot hurt anyone.
PS: ‘Chumba’ does not mean
anything and no-one knows
where the name comes from.
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How to play chumba
* Find two teams of at least two players each.
* Choose an outside play area and draw a line on two sides.
* Team A waits behind one line outside the play area and team B waits inside the play area.
* One of the team A players takes the chumba ball and asks, “Chumba?”
* If team B’s players are ready, they shout, “Yes!”
* If you forget to ask, “Chumba?” you are out.
* The team A player hits the ball with his fist as far away as possible from team B and starts
running to the other line. He may not throw the ball out of the play area.
* The team B players throw the ball at the runner, while he tries to get safely to the other
line and back to his starting line. He can repeat the game until he is hit.
* You have to stand still when you throw the ball at the runner. You can throw the ball to
your team-players if they are nearer to the runner.
* When the team A players are out, it is team B’s turn. The team with the most runs, wins.
Our
Colourful
City
YOUNG CIRCLE
by Rouxnette Meiring - The FutureChild Trust
