A day in the life and home of a child in an informal settlement

A day in the life and home of a child in an informal settlement.
By:Tatum van der Westhuysen

I woke up on a Monday morning with water dripping on my head it was another leak it felt icy cold on my head.I wish I could live in house without leaks.I got up walked across the room and I slipped because the floor was sopping wet.I was so saw I got up and went outside It was warmer than inside.So I waited in the warmth of the sun until my parents got up.My father started making a fire and my mother went to get water.I really would like clean water to drink.My father and I sat on the floor in silence until he said go get ready for school.I got up and went inside and put on my only clothes. The clothes were not so bad at least they were not wet ,but they were terrible to wear and if only I had proper shoes.when I got outside again.My father had already left for work and Mother was cooking pup.When the pup was ready she said eat up quickly and so I did.I was hungry.Then I had to start my long and tiring journey to school. I was walking on the road to my school when I saw my best friend she was smiling and I smiled back.For the rest of the far way to school Willow my friend and I talked all the way to school.When I got to school finally I felt happy and ready to learn and share my pencils with the other children in my class.So when I was done school me and Willow took the bus home I was glad it was there because I didn't want to have to walk to my house again.When I was in the bus I thought of many things and when it was my stop I got out of the bus and walk from the bus station to my home.I walked for a while till I got home.My parents were already cooking supper on the fire.I talked to my parents for a while until the food was ready.I ate my food in silence taking every bite slowly.When It was finished I went in to the house and fell on my messy bed.In seconds I was a sleep from my tiring day of life.

The Music Inspector visit

My name is Jesse.The singing inspector came to visit our class looking very important .He wore white socks  and a very smart Jacket. He's facial expression was definitely not happy he was more angry.His eyes looked a pretty blue and his hair was a beautiful gold but I did not like him from the start.


When he walked in the classroom for the first lesson on singing.Then the whole class who did singing had to sing la fa me do rah I did not like it.Then he called out two boys called Benny and Charles.He told both the boys to sing a song they knew.The boys said they did not know a song.The singing inspector was very cross. He shouted at Benny and Charles and told them to sing any song and they started to sing pretty Polly. It sounded terrible, then he called me and some weird girl and we had to sing I was shaking but I sang.Then he called Iris and a girl they were so scared they could not sing and then he called to girls to show them how to sing and after that the singing lesson was finally over.