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Welcome to our blog page, where we show case the English talents of Edmund Rice students. Enjoy the stories, poems, articles and audio visual pieces that are posted here. The blog page is divided into five categories: Poetry, Creative Writing, Articles, Multimedia and a Staff Desk. Click on the category or post of your choice then scroll down to read your chosen option.

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Spring

Posted by Tshegofatsho Motsikoe on Thursday, September 20, 2012, In : ERS Poetry

SPRING

The amazing sweet smell of trees

The lovely sweet songs sung by birds

The heat of the sun rising from the sun…

Spring…spring…spring

It excites me…It explores my mood to

The limit of happiness…It squashes the anger

Out of my heart. . Spring is knocking on the door?

Oh. I welcome it with warm

Because it keeps me in a dancing mood.

It’s fresh, it’s amazing and sweet…

It smells of fresh violets…

In spring there is no anger, greediness …

Spring brings...

Using television as a tool for learning English

Posted by M.A Sibanda on Monday, April 2, 2012, In : ERS Staff Desk

Did you know that television can be used as a tool for learning and improving your English skills? Besides the obvious way of watching educational programmes on the learning channels, any programme that is in good English can be a resource for learning new English words, new English expressions, as well as pronunciation.

The trick though is to choose a news programme, documentary, talk show, comedy or other production that uses formal and good English. I enjoy watching the likes of ENews, ...

I AM A WINNER

Posted by BELLA MBUTHO on Monday, March 26, 2012, In : ERS Poetry

I AM A WINNER

I have got a story to tell

A story to share

I am perceived to be a loser

When I am actually a winner

I’m a go-getter

That’s what winners are, go getters

I spread my wings wide

I leave no stones unturned

I am an explorer, exploring life to the fullest

That’s what winners are explorers

I face challenges head-on

I am an overcomer

That’s what winners are overcomers

I walk the walk

Talk the talk

I walk tall

With my head held high

Because that’...

Believe in yourself

Posted by Gaopalelwe "Pali" Matlabe on Thursday, March 1, 2012, In : ERS Poetry

Believe in yourself

Life may not always be pleasant,

Some days will be harder than the others,

Some people will always try to belittle your worth.

Some things may break you but beyond

all the unpleasantness of life there is hope for all.

Sometimes you might wake up and feel

As if the world is on your shoulders, it might

seem too heavy to carry, but tomorrow still

awaits with its blessings.

In life you may lose the people you hold

close to your heart, and at times it

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Why do we need to know how to summarise?

Posted by M.A Sibanda (msibanda@edmundrice.co.za) on Wednesday, January 25, 2012, In : ERS Staff Desk

This is a question that I have been asked more times than I can remember by my English students. The answer is very simple. In life, time is not always on our side and we often need to keep it short and sweet. Although sweating to reduce a lengthy passage to a hundred words within twenty-five minutes is not everyone's cup of tea, it is bound to help you later in life. Let us explore a few of the many examples where summarising occurs in one form or the other.

· University students n...