The Little Issue

A creative, fun magazine for schoolchildren aged five to nine years old in English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu and Sesotho. Filled with bedtime stories, competitions, and richly imagined, colourful activities, jokes and riddles, recipes and crafts. The content is smartly aligned with the South African Department of Education’s CAPS outcomes and is designed to raise literacy levels in this key age group. The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) carries out an international survey of fourth grade students every five years and South Africa placed at the bottom of the table in 2011 and 2016, with 78% of children in that age group being unable to read for meaning. The publication is an initiative of The Big Issue organisation.

Hello everyone!

little issue BIG NEWS AND SOME FEEDBACK

The Little Issue

Books and prizes!

ENTER THE COLOURING COMPETITION

ACT IT OUT! • Act out each of these sentences. Be as silly as you can.

Which emotion is it?

Hello RONG!

SOUND IT OUT

WORD FUN

MY FEELINGS • Rong has good days and bad days, just like you and me.

Crazy chameleon colours • Things you might not know about panther chameleons

A busy day on the farm

What is capacity?

CAN YOU HELP MRS MAKWETU?

THE GENETICS! • Dany, Nuno and Ada: the 3 super-heroes who save the day!

Good friends

Who gets home first?

Isipho sikaMakazi uBoi

Temo and the plant thieves/Temo le mashodu a dijalo

The house with the golden windows/Indlu enamafasitela egolide