7 ' I This is a photograph of me. My name is ·········••.•······························· .-~:•- i --r \ I am ............... year old. My birthday is on ............. ■-•••••••••••••••••••••••• My hair is ................... and I have ...................... eyes. I am ............ cm. tall. My teacher's name is ........................................................................ . At school I like ........................... best of all. You wi II find another picture of me or a piece of my work on page .......................... . : '.;. ;;...,. -' ., ·" TEACHING STAFF 1981 - 82 Principal Mrs V. E. Steer Deputy Principal and Head of Juniors Mrs. M. Coultous R. 1 Mrs. M. Stirzaker Head of Infants Mrs. J. Hyslop R. 2 Mrs. L. Lewis Library Mrs. B. Cox R. 3 Mrs. B. Cox R.4 Mrs. D. Gaughran Mathematics Mrs A. Downes P.5 Mrs. C. Ricketts Language Mrs. M. Cou ltous P. 6 Mrs. P. Robinson Remedial Department Miss H. Brennan P. 7 Mrs. E. Phillips P.8 Mrs. J. Richardson Music Mrs L. Evans Mrs R. Revolta P.9 Mrs. M. Viney P. 10 Mrs. J . Hyslop Art Mrs C. Lamont Mrs J. Wiltshire P. 11 Mrs. M. Birkett P. 12 Mrs. B. Huppler Audio Visual Aids Mr. M. Wright P. 13 Mr. M. Wright Ancillary Teachers Mrs. L. Andrew P. 14 Mrs. A. Downes Mrs. J. Bleasdale Mrs. M. Hillaby P. 15 Mrs. B. Youdan Mrs. H. Probert P. 16 Mrs. M. Coult ous Mrs. I. Willison P. 17 Mrs. S. Lefevre 2 I am delighted to be invited to introduce to you the first School Magazine "Kellet". After several years with difficulties concerning accommodation, we will be completing the first academic year in our own building, by the time you read this, making it a particularly appropriate time for this publication. During the last eighteen months, the school first doubled and then tripled in size, this involved the appointment of 25,new teachersand it is a tribute to the existing staff and those who have joined us that the school has retained its friendly happy atmosphere in which children can work to achieve excellent results. I am pleased to see included in the magazine, some letters from the children who have left the school. We always value the reports we receive from past pupils and are gratified to hear how exceptionally well many of them are doing in schools in various parts of the world. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those parents involved in working for the school, those who work for the Parents Committee, those who help in the school as librarians, classroom helpers, or in resources and in particular the school Governors whose tremendous contribution and support is highly valued. I hope you enjoy the drawings, paintings, photographs and writing includ~d in the magazine, which show some of the many activities involving the children throughout the year. ~w~~Y-. We Believe If a child lives with criticism He learns to condemn, If a child lives with hostility He learns to fight; If a child lives with ridicule He learns to be shy; If a child lives with shame He learns to feel guilty. If a child lives with tolerance He learns to be patient; If a child lives the encouragement He learns confidence; If a child lives with praise He learns to appreciate, If a child lives with fairness He learns justice. If a child lives with security He learns faith; If a child lives with approval He learns to like himself; If a child lives with experience of friendship he learns to give love to the world. 3 4 Fourth Row: Mrs. J. Forr~st (Accountant), Mrs. J. Wiltshire, Mrs. L. Evans, Mrs. M. Viney Mrs M. Coultous Mrs. B. Cox, Mrs. A. Wilcox, Mrs. M. Stirzaker, Mrs. c. Ricketts, Mrs. D. Gaughran, Mrs. c. Goldstein, Mrs. M. Hillaby Third Row: Mrs. J. Richardson, Mrs. P. Robinson, Mrs. P. lenton, Mrs. B. Youdan, Mrs. M. Birkett, Mrs. J. Hyslop, Mrs. L. lewis Second Row: Mrs. B. Huppler, Mrs. c. lam (Office Assistant), Miss H. Brennan, Mrs. c. Iamont, Mrs. H. Probert, Mrs. s. lefevre, Mrs. L. Andrew Front Row: Mr. M. Wright, Mrs. w. Mills (School Secretary), Mrs. v. Steer, Mrs. A. Downes, Mrs. R. Revolta ~ ,,,,,.,, . - ...... ~ ,~,tff " "II • lllui -. ~ • llilu --- Al worku- 5 6 Karianne Taminiau Louisa Knight } - · Pravin Savkar Back Row: (left to right) l"Irs. M. Stirzaker; Mark Turner; Christopher Nolte; Simon Butler; Murray Hartley; l"Irs. M. Hillaby Middle Row: Bastiaan van Exel; Simon Murphy; Christopher Phillips; Katie Lively; Natasha Johnsc Victoria Carter. Front Row: Melanie Guy; Lucy Parrish; Monisa Nandi; Jane Forsyth; Lynsy Benshay; Fleur van Zuide Journ~ To The. Moon The moon is made of shiny paper. Karianne I just walked to the moon It takes one million weeks to go to the moon. I won't go in a space rocket because it is scary. Katie Christopher Nolte The moon is like pillows, its all soft Christopher Phillips There isn't any food on the moon and they can't cook there. ' Mark 7 8 Moriisa There are lots of policemen and firemen on the moon. There are lots of robbers and the policemen catch them coming out of the volcanoes. Simon I went in a space rocket to Australia. I had picnic food but the pickle was too strong. The men on the moon bounce along because there isn't as much gravity there. Victoria Lynsy I went in a Snoopy rocket at Matilda Hospital. Simon Murphy I wouldn't like to go to the moon because there is a yucky smell there. Melanie I had fish fingers to eat in the rocket. F/eur 9 10 Murra~ There are friendly monsters on the moon. I can't go to the moon because it is too much money. Lucy There is nothing on the moon except astronauts. My Mummy said I couldn't go to the moon but I went by myself. Astronauts can't breath on the moon because it is smelly. When I went to the moon I wore my 'nuniform' Natasha Jane l Marina Brook Back Row (left to right) Mrs. L. lewis; Marc Allison; Christopher Pearson; Rory Howard; Robin Makinson; Eric Ho; Angus Rankin Middle Row: Christopher Gribbin; Ian Wojtowitz; Jesper Olson; Emma Probert; Venetia de Courcy Hughes; Front Row: Bri ttney Martens; Aarti Ialwani; Katherine French; Joanna Tschetter; Anna Williams Elizabeth Hutton 11 My Dad has muscles. Ian My Daddy is strong. , Christopher Pearson 12 Chr~ 5toph,e.f". Pearse" (~ My Mummy made me a robot. Rory My Mummy has got a sore toot Venetia ives me presents addy always 9 and Australia. se he goes to Stanley Anna My huge Daddy. Emma Marc . 1 h. gs for Mummy Daddy does spec,a t in Mar [mma My Mummy likes me. 14 C,hcist'ophet" Qrrihbin Christopher Gribbin Sometimes my Daddy . b k gives me p,·9 ac s at the beach in th gy e sea water. Angus My Mummy lets me hold my bab y. Joanna My Daddy's got a beard. Katherine y Mummy gives me marshmallows. Aarti My Mummy always brings me shopping. Marina My Mum always works. ..,.. • Jesper ' I I' Mummy buys me toys. Brittney 16 . 1 ,, . ,£~ ~ .., fir~- \ - ) !---\ \ ,_l 0 P Eric.. My Mummy · gives me sweets. My Mummy goes to the d octor. Eric Robin Peter Kennedy Susannah Harvey '----- Oliver Dungey Back Row (left to right) Nora Campbell; Katherine Burns; Michael Barstow;. Christopher Taylor; Andrew Oliver; Robert Woolner Middle Row: Alexsandra Uoyd; Tanya Simmons; Wendy Scott; Morgan Marshall; Milana Theodorovich; Emma Sherrard Front Row: Elizabeth Royce; Abigail Osbor:r:i-e; Mrs Cox; Sara Howell; Pauline Cox 17 -- --- 0 "-°~.+--- -H Q(el<:,i: neo(d lVliC..Klhg .Pt()vJers Pll)r ~ ~Qllow h-1- on ~~ Ahdr~vl , •5 +h~ Ye~o'-N-n«$ J~('\ f'e t Q.._hd)~ S~s1 nV'o h R{f> ""~c, \" p~i 1tQ ae r Oh r\p. ) Ph '1 t'ff' i The Yellow- hat fami~ ~ ~o-.tne' Yel\o w- ~o---t' S ·51-op. 21 Matthew Faull Michelle Stoppa Back Row (left to right) Anneke van den Akker; Jonathan Neal; Christopher Ayres; Hozefa Bootwala.; Susan Jackson; Louise Re M.iddle Row: Helen Yates; Sarah Rolfe; Jane Sutton; Kate Poulss~n; Adam Barty Front Row: Catriona Henry; Amanda Butt; Katriona Paton; Mrs. Gaughran; Zoe Carss; Rebecca Holdaway 22 Re.,'ot.c.c..o. <2>u~~\:td i~ ~o\~ ~ t~ WQf?f~ Su Per -t9\ ra<-'-I ed -t-ne, C~\ 'e.4 \<-\(}) o.t,q ,r"\ o('("\ he,\Q0p~Qi' p \ r q-te ~ 23 Sul>(rj~-r~e & , e:, "'1 \ ~'c\ \ O,\' ~ 0 ~ S ~ ~ fl, '( -t-Wt v O \A,\~ ·-. ~ o. SQev\t.\ 'oe.,0t~ '<1\di ~ \v PO~ V '(' ~ f\j 25 :;_.:, \\~~~,Q.(\ \ s - -+he I I +1l e re)c. \\io , ~~j ___ . cq+/l/ on q S4 P tt~4 st4c 1< ih +he n~+ Q\'\et -t° CG"th ~ 7 p(a+e-&- beeeq -t.~e t, l.\C (e~ oVe_ V- t ~€ he ~«c; uth\}\ :t ne c; vcV\~ w <\ ~ Pe oP le. lo.vth +"'Vl ~ ~~1:,i(t,~tt},ec.,"c'15 • T1-.ti!:1 C\tc.\,ht; W~ c;\\, to" o.._r •"S"Se, ~~ c; l~W"~ ttAn)t>'Jjuo 1. Wc:,s a G\ OW f) ,:0 0 t;' c,C;)<;dl\ \.\.) ... ·.i .. , 35 C'oll 36 \_ Q1'9 <.oMd°t- 11& Iii r.••3 r''' 0J. CQt+ w\.1tiS .J pt.._~"'1 . . a.hcL I. d fcl Q, J aemP ... C.011c.trt IJ Cl :J (11,ic/ ,, \iro+ .. er W«.\S w .. t c. i.,,:, ""' c.011~rt- "':} D'"'l>OJ 1$f e11t- w•rl( t li't· -t- h(t lo C, ~ \n 1-lt t. 4.~~ t; m h •'/ 00800 oO o iesSCJ co 111e "t-0 11.t cir~\AS bca llei- S~i-t- -for -rl\~ 1h~ dow .. S ~o'le Swee-t5 ""J mj "'t ..... ,,,. ~f.-tWO • • l h.,.....,e J Go t\Gel't \AS So,ns "'"' . • • • ~,"~ \>\s ~" "'~'s ""''•"'~-c.,..s -,.uf"!i I I clo•" i °'"4' o"'r c.Ol\c..f t,d"'Ool Plo-j ~e\te' My favourite person is Daddy. He swings me around in the air. He reads the stories from my library book. Suzanne Yong My favourite person is Henrie because he is my friend. We play cops and robbers. Peter My favourite person is Santa Claus. He gives me toy cars, rockets and chocolate sweets. Philip Young My Dad is my favourite person. He likes to play rough and tumble. He also plays 'Sorry' with Mummy, Richard and me. Kirsten Gaughran My favourite person is Anna. She is my best friend . I have lots of favourite people, my Dad, Howard Lyons, Edward, my robot and myself. Nicholas Robinson Amy Kuhn My Favourite Person My favourite person is Superman. He can bash down buildings and lift up cars. Also he does not get shot by guns. He is very strong and can fight. James Layfield Anna is my favourite person. She is my friend and I know her. She lives in the same block of flats. Mark Gibbons Christian is my favourite person. He lives in Stanley and sometimes we play together in my house. We bicycle together as well. Henrie von der Groeben My favourite person is Father Christmas. He gives me lots of toys. I like Santa Claus. !-le brings me rockets and electric trains. Thomas Gamble My brother is my favourite person. When I go into his bedroom he laughs at me. Jaime Broadhurst. Sally Novak My favourite person is Amy. Sometimes we play super friends in the playground. My favourite person is Ian. Sometimes I go to his house and sometimes he comes to my house. Edward Nightingale Anna da Roza 47 48 My name is Joep Eggebeen. I come from Holland My name is James Layfield. I have a dog. His name is Oscar. He is yellow. My name is Kirsten Gaughran. My brother Richard is seven years old and he plays Rugby. My name is Jaime and I have brown eyes. I have a brown little hamster named Pippin. My name is Mark Gibbons. I like scrambl ed egg and chips. My name is Anna. I have a goldfish called Stoney. My name is Sally. I have a brother, his name is Ben. Sometimes he is naughty, he bites me. My name is Peter. I like green mint ice cream. My name is Thomas Gamble. I have lots of fishes and 3 birds. My favourite person is my Mummy. She picks me up a lot. She makes my favourite triangle cheese sandwiches. She reads me stories at bedtime. I like Beauty and the Beast and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Tracey Wilkinson My name is Henrie. I am five years old and I ,love mangoes. I am 5 years old. My name is Suzanne Yong and I like scrambled eggs. My name is Jamie Watson . I have a little brother called Timothy. He is a scallywag. My favourite person is my Mummy. She reads me a story at bedtime. Siobhan Way 49 50 Ba.ck Row (left to right) Simon Carver; Jean-Paul Apthorp; Susan levett; Nicola White Third Row: Dominic Fraser-Smith; Guus Nater; Thomas Burns; Elaine Kao Second Row: Katharine Osborne; Michael Royle; Sarah Kennedy; Tristan Ruxton; Sian Evans Front Row: Morag Mclean; Aurelia Thomas; Melissa Nichols; Ll.sa Sem 9 People We Know My Mummy has blue eyes. My Mummy has yellow hair. When I am at school she goes shopping and sometimes she buys lip-stick. On Saturday she takes me to town, and we have tea with Daddy, and some times I go to t he office and see Daddy and we walk there. Melissa My M\!mmy is fat and she has brown hair. She has blue ey'e,s. My Mummy likes cooking spaghetti. Sian My Daddy is thin and when he goes to the office he writes letters to people. His eyes are blue and his hair is brown and on Sunday he cooks for us too. This is what time he comes home at 7 o'clock, Sometimes he goes to the office on a bus and sometimes he goes in the car and when he comes home he plays with me and when I go to bed he records something for me on TV like All Creatures Great and Small. He does squash and this is what time he comes from squash 12 o'clock. In the day on Sunday he takes us to the Cricket Club to have lunch and in the afternoon he bought me the game called Risk. Thomas My Mummy has brown eyes. She works for the government in Central. My Mummy has brown hair and she is thin . She is not tall at all. She always wears lipstick wherever she is going. And she plays tennis sometimes. My Mummy has a big office and she gets cross sometimes. My Mummy goes to work at 7 o'clock. She wakes up at 6 o'clock. My Mummy is good at cooking. She is cuddly. Her best thing is sleeping. Morag My Daddy has black hair. My Daddy has blue eyes. My Daddy is cheeky. My Daddy teases me. He is funny and he is nice. I said he only comes out at Christmas he is a robin, because his first name is Robin. He wears glasses. He calls me bubble and squeak. Aurelia My Iaddy is the best sailor in Hong Kong. He has 30 prizes. I have sailed with him before and I like to sail and I hope that I can go again. · Red Baron won the South China Sea Race and my Iaddy is lucky because Red Baron has my Iaddy's sails. Guus My Daddy has blue eyes. He has a little bit of white hair and a little bit of black hair and a little bit of brown hair too. My Daddy is large and cuddly and sometime's he holds my feet and then I am upside down. My Daddy always watches the news. When I go to bed the carries me to bed. Sometimes he comes back late. When Daddy comes home from the office my dog is very happy and excited. My Daddy is very funny. Dawn. My Mummy has blueish brown eyes and blonde hair and she can drive my Dad's car and her birthday is on March the 4th. I bought an umbrella for her. She does sewing the best and when we are in school she makes coffee with her coffee machine. She is cuddlish and she tickles me. In the morning she does the breakfast and I lay the table. My Mum is a bit small and a bit fat but she is nice and she loves me and I love her. Michael 51 52 My Daddy has green eyes and. he is tall and always says come on you slow coach, to me when I am eating my breakfast. And when he comes home he tickles me. He has black hair and he works for the bank. And he is best at opening the bottles that Mummy can't. Dominic. My Mummy has green eyes. She does the washing. She has black hair. Mummy shines the statues. My Mummy learns Chinese at school. My Mummy tidies her bedroom. My Mummy sometimes takes me up to get the washing. My Mummy cuddled me and I cuddled Mummy. Lisa My Daddy made a Wendy House and it has windows and it is brown and it has a door and my Daddy has brown eyes and he has brown hair and he makes up stories and he hugs me in the morning and at night time and in the morning he made my breakfast. Nicola My Mummy has blue eyes and she has red hair and she looks pritty because she is my Mum, and my Mum bought me some loafers because she is nice and my Mum is best at cooking pancakes. Sarah My Daddy flies an aeroplane and he is a chief and he ~ has blue eyes and he is tall. He flies the Boeing 707 and he comes home at 9 o'clock. He is very big and quite fat and very strong and forty-eight. My Daddy recorded the Dukes of Hazzard and I can watch the Dukes of Hazzard and sometimes he goes to play golf and sometimes my Daddy takes me to the golfing range and I did a good hit. Simon My Daddy is fat and he goes to the Canossa Hospital. He is big and he is ticklish and he is a doctor and he saves people and he has blue eyes and he likes being a doctor. I like my Daddy being a doctor and I went to Canossa Hospital and got some sweets. Jean-Paul My Mummy is very nice and she has blonde hair and she has blue eyes and she is very thin and she helps my Amah to do the beds and she is good at cooking and sewing and she is good at weaving and she is busy all the time. Susan She has greyish blue eyes. She has curly brown hair. When I am at school she does the sewing and the washing up. She is tall. She wears skirts and blouses a lot of the time. She does not get cross much. She lets me go and sleep the night with a friend if I am not busy. She is best at cooking and sewing and writing letters. She lets me go out with her if it is not very late to watch pantomimes and to go out to tea at the Jumbo. When she goes out she wears lipstick and a bracelet. She sews me dresses and skirts. She helps me make things. Katherine. My Daddy goes to Hang-Cheong Building to Marine Midland Bank and he is big and tall and thin and he leans over me and eats my food and he is good at bar-b-cuing and he is tuf and strong. Trista,n My Mummy has brown eyes. She works in the office and types. She has a place where lots of people work for her. The best thing she likes to wear is an evening dress that is black with gold lines. My Mummy is tall. Sometimes when she is sick she does cooking for me and my Daddy. Her hair is very dark brown. It is not very long. She is best at cooking and at her work. She knows how to make jelly and cake. My Mummy is kind and nice but sometimes she gets cross with me because I break the thing that I should not break. My Mummy likes buying me things. She likes wearing jeans. On Sunday's my Mummy has knitting lessons. In the afternoon a girl called Kathy comes to my house and Mummy teaches her how to speak Chinese and Cantonese with a book. My Mummy takes me to school. 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U.v-c:A I I iked to () n:t, W, O..vtd 11 ;k,e.d be e.ctb ba.by Foo4 Q,,.h/d l ) iked to 90 bo becA · Rebecca Morris Back Row (left to ri~tf-M~s Huppler; Craig Ellis; Hugo Parson; Niklas Olson; Richard Gaughran; Richard Gribbin Jeremy Cole . · Middle Row : Jaime Richardson; Adam Butt; Anisha Sukhwani; Elizabeth Ho; Hannah Sullivan; Joanne Yates Front Row: Rachel Griffiths; Abigail Tomkins; Katharine Willison; Amy Cruickshank; Katherine Ferguson; Na ta lie Urwin; Rewa Epstein 67 68 What I like and what I don't like I like going to school because I like to do mathematics especially when I do shop work with the vegetables but I do not like going to the resources room because it is very hot and lonely. Joanna I like art because it is nice. I do not like doing Maths because it is hard. I like using pretty colours. Elizabeth I like choir because I like singing and learni~g new songs, but I do not like maths because it is boring especially addresses of regions. Rebecca I like the teachers in the school because I like the work that we do with them. But I do not like it when we break friends at playtime. Katharine Willison I like going to the sports field because we learn to play football. But I do not like hard maths because· they make my brain ache. Jaime I like doing Maths because it makes my brain work hard . I like it when it makes my brain work but I don't like it when the girls are chasing me. Elling I like maths because it is not too hard and not too easy. But I do not like waiting until it is my turn to tell my news, but I like to tell my news. Rachel The thing I like at Kellett School is doing Fletcher because I like the sums. They are hard and I like hard sums. I also like the playground because we can play on plastic grass, but I do not like the journey to school. Natalie I like drawing about the animals of Australia because they are fun to draw, but I do not like reading because the books are too long. Mrs Huppler said she would put me on to shorter books. If I Saw a Bunyip A bunyip is a monster as big as twenty men. It is very frightening, it makes your heart beat fast and your skin shiver. Once upon a night I was sleeping when I suddenly saw a very black shadow climb ing up the wall I screamed but my mum and dad were out and only my maid was left but she could not hear me. I scream ed but still she could not hear me. She was asleep. So I went back to sleep. I thought it must be a bunyip and it was frightening. I ran ~of the door (next door) to my friend's no~ and I slept there till morning. In the morning very early I crept back to bed. At 9.00 in the morning it was all a dream. Hannah Rewa I like drawing the boomerangs and writ ing about them because they are fun to do but I do not like reading beca~se the books that I am reading are boring but Mrs Huppler will change my books to something I like. Abigail I was invested yesterday and my Dad came to see me. He was late so we played some games. Elling was the first boy to be invested, Hugo was second and I was last. I am lucky because my mum is a cub mum. Craig. 69 70 If I saw a bunyip A bunyip is ~ rnmal. It has a lot of fur. It is as long as twenty men. Your blood goes cold because it is very frighten ing. Once upon a night I went hunting and passed by a billabong. I camped by the billabong and in the night I heard shouts and screams. I got out of the tent and there I saw a bunyip. He has taken my weapons. Lucky I kept my gun in the ten so I could get the bunyip. Jeremy I like going to the sports because it is fun. I do not like Mrs Huppler getting angry. I like Dot and the Kangaroo when Mrs Huppler tells a story. Adam I like Kellett School because the teachers are nice and kind. I li.ke the projects and topics they do because they are interest ing but I don't like the function machine in maths because I get puzzled. Mrs Huppler helps me by making a number chart . Katherine Ferguson I live at Brewin Path and I have two cats and one has a white paw. I like eating steak and chips and I like making traps for Adam when he comes to my house and he picked up a live rat. My name is Niklas. I live at Gordon Terrace. My dad's job is at Tetra-pack. I like hamburger and chips. I like playing in the playground because I like playing in sand. But I do not like Maths because it makes my brain go mad. Richard Gaughran Hugo I live in Barrett Mansions. My father works for Jardine-Glanville. My mother stays at home to look after Chris. My favourite food is grilled cheese sandwich and spaghetti bolognese Richard Gribbin I like going to school because I like Mrs Huppler because she is kind and I don't like going outside because it breaks my ears with the noise. Anisha Nik/as 71 72 Kathryn Robinson 13 Miranda Tennant Back Row (left to right) Mr Wright; Samuel Kynaston; Patrick Lee, Harry Parker; Patrik Svensson; Manuel Williams Middle Row: Philip Han; Jamie Roberts; Sonia Garbett; Mhari Iamont; Courtney Rugg; Suzannah Lewis; Front Row: Alessandra Phillips; Samantha Creed; Pippa Adams; Karen Manville; Helen Broxham; Alexandra Dickson I.each Kristina Martens. Why I like Hong Kong I like Hong Kong because there are lots of fun places like Ocean Park and also I like the circus at Ocean Park. I also like the Botanical Gardens. I like school and I like the Cricket Club and I also like the Aberdeen Boat Club and I like the food at the Aberdeen Boat Club. How I like Hong Kong I like Hong Kong because it is hotter and there are more beaches than in England and these are the beaches that I know Deep water Bay and Repulse Bay. I like them both and we are lucky because we dont have a hut or a flat, we have a house Miranda I like to go to the circus and I like toi go to Ocean Park too and I like to go to Disney world and Disneyland. I like to drive my remote control car as well and I like to go to the soccer field when it is Saturday. Patrik Philip Why I like Hong Kong I like Hong Kong because I like going on the cable cars at Ocean Park. And I have been to the circus. And I like McDonalds because it has got nice ham burgers and chips. In Hong Kong there are a lot of cars and buses and they spray dust out from the bottom and sometimes people drop litter on the floor and then Hong Kong is very dirty. The things I like about Hong Kong One thing I like about Hong Kong is that every Christmas there is a pantomime, and sometimes there is a circus. Another thing is that you can go to Ocean Park and go to McDonalds and the Botanical Gardens are nice too. I really think Hong Kong is nice. I like the LRC, also brownie revels. I like most of all the fireworks which were in January. Hong Kong is a very nice place, after all it isn't every American girl who can go to Hong Kong. ' Alessandra Suzannah 73 74 Relaxing It felt soft and floating around in a big bubble and it felt like standing in the dark with the moon rising in the night sky and it felt like in the beginning that you had lost your best friend and then it felt like you had met someone that was nice to you. It was smooth and sometimes it was sad and sometimes was soft and it felt that you had a lot of space around you. It felt like you were dancing around; it felt that you were happy and you were swimming slowing around a pool. Alexandra Dickson leach f The Gir 1 Who was Vain If I were a boy I would go to school with rubber bands in my pockets and at home I would hurt my sister and I would have my own room and I would shout at my sister and I would go down to the market and buy two padlocks and at night I would make plans. Karen Manville DETECTIVE SAMUEL Detective Samuel was walking about .and then he heard an alarm and ran to the bank. The bank has been robbed said a man and Samuel saw the robbers running away. He ran after them and shot one of them dead then the ,other three ran into a taxi and got away and Samuel got in a taxi and said follow that taxi, and then he caught the robbers and put them in jail. Samuel Kynaston There was once a girl who always looked at herself and then one day the mirror said 11 You are ugly" and then she said 11You are the rudest mirror I The things I like like the books I read. I like the dolls I see in the shops. I like the school we go to. I like my teacher. My teacher is called Mr. Wright. I like the T shirts you can find. have ever seen - I will never look at myself again." Helen Broxham Sonia WHY I LIKE AUSTRALIA I like Australia because it is not littered and not crowded and people do not spit and if some people have blonde hair in Australia they will not pat your head. Harry Australia The Opera House House took them twenty years because they had to rest and the Government didn't have enough money and they had a problem. The hardest bit of the Opera House was the roof. Patrick One thing I like about Australia is that it has lovely animals like the kangaroo and the wallabies and the koala. Australia is a place and everyone likes it because it is warm and it has lots of animals that are lovely creatures. People kill the creatures like the platypus. I like koalas and in Australia there are lots of Koalas. Australia is a good place to go and at the zoo there are a lots of animals and there are lots of baby animals. Manuel Pippa The things I like like to read books. I like to colour and to draw. I like to write letters to my granny and to my great grannies and to my cousins, Jory, Brinton, Fraizer and Witney. My cousins are very nice to me and so are my granny and my great grannies and my grampie and my mummy and daddy. Courtney 75 76 Casting a Spell Sizzle, sizzle nice and hot Please can I have some chicken in the pot Make it as hot as you can - make it nice and brown and make it very crispy as well That's what Mr. Wizard said in front of the pot. Kathryn Robinson Detective Jamie Jamie the Detective was a good cop. He got a criminal. He got the jewels and caught two criminals. All the cops went on an aeroplane. I got the thief and 400 jewels and I took the jewels to the bank. Jamie Roberts The World Upside-Down If the world was upside-down we would walk and talk on the ceiling. We would not eat on the ground we would eat on the ceiling and the door would be on the ceiling. And when we would go outside we would fly outside and all the books would fall down and we would have to pick them up again and again. We would keep on falling out of bed and wouldn't get to sleep and the Teachers and anything that you look at would be a mess. Samantha The things I like I like McDonalds and the circus because it will come next year. Cricket The Girl Who Was Vain There once was a girl who looked in a mirror and she thought that she was the most beautiful girl and one day she looked in her mirror and an ugly witch appeared and the witch told her 11If you look in your mirror tomorrow you will turn into me." Mhari Catherine Coultous Alexandra Phillips Back Row (left to right) David Ashworth; James Rankin; Kate Hodgson; Gitanjali Ram; I'1ark Parrish, I'1rs A. Downes. Middle Row: Linda Svensson; Sze Wah Leong; Christine Fung; Barry I'1cCaughley; Simon Millar; Geri Evans. Front Row: Muneera Bootwala; Joanna Phillips, Pepi Ho; Patrick Cheng; Matthew Johnson; Jon3.than Irving. Torquil Mac leod Justin Pennay 77 78 Polly There was a girl named Polly, Who was always very jolly, She didn't like mustard, Nor didn't like custard, But was very fond of a lolly. Sze Wah Leong P14 There was a young Lady There was a young lady called Molly, Who loved to eat a sweet lolly, One day for tea, She ate forty-three, And her parents shrieked "oh golly!" David Ashworth P14 At the Circus At the circus there are clowns With happy faces and some with frowns They throw out sweets For girls and boys' treats. Acrobats swinging through the air Don't they look a nice pair? See the clown over there Is he dressed as a bear? Matthew Johnson P14 The Circus Come to the circus! Come on run! See all the clowns Have some fun! See all the acrobats Whizzing through the air See all the lions Standing on a chair. Keith There once was a dog called Keith, Who only had five teeth, One day he fell over And got squashed by a bulldozer, And that was the end of dog Keith! Linda Svensson P14 Knitting At knitting we make lots of things like doll's dresses. The boys they could make trousers for teddy bears if they have one. I like to do knitting very much. I am doing my own knitting at home too. Everyone in the class enjoys doing it too. Muneera Bootwala P14 See all the monkeys as their tails swing See all the tigers as they growl See all the horses running round the ring See all the lions as they prowl. Mark Parrish P14 The Last Day of the Old ~ Dollar Coin It gets banged around In boxes and bags From shop to shop From purses to bags From pockets to wallets Through the tunnel. It's the last day for The old familiar coin. Now it's a round one. Geri Evans P14 The Trapeze Artiste In the ring, on the wire Look up in the sky, higher Her face is pretty, dress so pink She did a somersault, I think. Hooray, Hooray! It was a beautiful day. Kate Hodgson P14 The Witches' Party Miss Joanna was a witch. She was beautiful and kind. Every Halloween night she became a witch just like the others. One Halloween night Miss Joanna went to a witches' party with her cat, Sebastian. Sebastian is not an ordinary cat. If it is not Halloween she is a white cat with blue eyes but when it is Halloween she is black with green eyes. Now Sebastian said, "Miss Joanna let's go to the Death Mountain for the fun, fun, fun Halloween party ha ha ha, ho ho ho." Every Halloween every witch has to have a new spell. "This year I have a new magical spell too," said Miss Joanna. When they arrived all the witches were ready with their spells. Miss Joanna was the youngest so Miss Joanna was the last. This is last of the witches' party. At last it was Miss Joanna's turn. Miss Joanna put the things she needed in the cauldron and she said, "Double trouble cauldron bubble" and the ground shook and the ghosts in the ground came up and stood in a row and all the witches clapped their hands. The food was ready so the witches' party was started. By the time they finished the sun was nearly beginning to get up, so all the witches went home and Miss Joanna is beautiful and kind again. Christine Fung P14 The Circus Hurry hurry! Come down the street Look at the circus we can meet. Look at the lions doing their acts Look at the flying acrobats. Hurry hurry! Come down the street Think of the sweets we can eat. Look at that man on the high wire There's a dog jumping through fire. Alex Phillips P14 79 80 How the Tiger Got its Stripes A long time ago there was a circus called Harry Humper's Circus. In that circus there were ten tigers. In those days tigers had no stripes. There was one tiger called Jim who wanted to be better than all the other tigers. So when he wrote to his granny he told her that he wanted to be better. One day Jim got a letter and a present from his granny. He quickly opened the present and guess what he found. He found a pair of striped pyjamas. "How super!" cried Jim. When he went out with his striped pyjamas on all the tigers laughed at him. He rushed back into his cage and took off his pyjamas. "I hate these!" he screamed. The next day he wrote to his granny again and told her about the silly pyjamas. A week later he got another present from his granny. This time he opened it a bit slower. It was a tin of brown paint. "Oh" said Jim. He quickly called the Ring master - "Can you paint me?" Jim asked. "Of course," said the Ringmaster. One day when Jim had a performance it was raining. When he was waiting to go into the Big Top he got very wet and all his paint came off. "Oh. no!" he sighed. Because he could not be best he decided to run away from the circus at night. So that night he very quickly crept out of his cage and out of the circus grounds. He wandered around the common until he was very tired. Then suddenly two policemen grabbed him from behind. ''We cannot have a tiger wandering around here," they said and took him back to the circus. The policemen got medals and Jim got told off by the Ringmaster and sent back into his cage. All that day the tiger slept against the bars of the cage which had just been painted with his granny's paint. When he woke up he had stripes! A week later he got married and his babies had stripes. When his children had babies they had stripes too and so on and to this day tigers all have stripes. Joanna Phillips P14 I have a new puppy which is an Old English Sheepdog. I call him Kurby because every day when my mummy was a little girl she always walked by this place where there were sheepdogs chasing sheep and my mummy came from Kirkby Stephen. He was born in December 1981 so he is still a puppy but he is very big. He weighs approximately 35 kgs. He lets me sit on his back for rides. The way I can describe what his mother looks like is that his mother was the dog that licks the boy's ear on the Community Chest Walk advertisement on television. At the moment our dog is too young to go for walks but when he is older he will be able to be trained by me. He has been sleeping in my room since we got him but last night he slept in the bathroom. He also has some socks that are torn and too small so he chews them to bits. He loves to have us tugging a tug of war with him and growls like a lion grrr! He is nothing but a little pig! He eats anything. Once he stole some bread from the dinner table. When ever there is a baby around he jumps on them as if they are puppies. Sometimes if I'm on my roller skates he jumps up and down and we play catch. He sometimes pulls on his lead but soon stops becauses he's too curious to see what goes ahead of the path. When I come home from school he will come racing to me and lick me all over! Gitanja/i Ram P14 The Witch's House Once upon a time there were two boys who lived in Scotland. Their names were Sefton and Alexander. Sefton was seven and Alexander was ten years old. They lived near a big house. Everybody said a witch lived there. One day Alexander and Sefton found the gate of this house wide open. They entered then the gate suddenly shut. They had no choice but to walk on and, timidly, they knocked on the big door. As there was no answer they decided to go in. They went into the passage then suddenly the door slammed shut. Now they were trapped! Suddenly Sefton spotted that the lights were out and what looked like a ghost was coming towards them, with a witch walking behind. Sefton let out a loud scream and fell against the wall. Alexander took a penknife from his pocket, took aim, and threw the knife at the witch. The witch was too quick and had already muttered some magical words and the knife remained in mid-air then fell to the ground. "You are now my slaves," cried the witch, "and you will ride with me tonight as it is Halloween." So that night the children rode on the witch's broom stick. It was uncomfortable as the witch's cat kept on licking their necks and jumping onto their shoulders. At last they landed beside a black cauldron where other witches and gathered. Suddenly a whinny sound came out of the darkness. It was Midnight, Alexander's horse. It galloped up and kicked the witches and Alexander and Sefton saw their chance to escape. They ran out of the circle of witches and jumped on Midnight's back and Alexander shouted, "Home, home!" and Midnight galloped back to their barn by their house to safety. That adventure taught the two boys a lesson - never to enter other people's property! Torquil Macleod P14 Some Thoughts on the Universe Where does the sky begin? On the other side of the rainbow· In heaven; ' At the beginning of the world. What is the sun? A blazing ball of fire; A Martian's football; Lots of fireworks; The passage to heaven. Why does the sun set? To leave room for the moon; So night can come; To have its night's rest; It was too tired. Why does the moon shine? Because it is full of glow-worms; Because in some towns there aren't any street lamps; The night would be dark otherwise· Because it is the headlamp on God'; motorbike. When will the moon die? When the craters burst open; When the last glow-worm fades, When its heart stops beating; When it falls from the sky. Why do the stars shine? To let us know it's night; To keep the moon awake; Because they light up the universe's highway; Because they've got to do something out there. When does the Universe end? When the last creature dies; When the stars break away; Sometime in infinity. 81 The Fireworks On Monday 25th January, I went to the Fireworks Display. It was set off at The Harbour at nine o'clock at night. I saw millions of bright and colourful fire works. They looked a bit like stars that are going to crash on to earth. It was a terrible noise, it sounded like thunder cracking and dynamite exploding. It was luminous and there were a few clouds of smoke. There was five tons of fireworks, when they shot up they exploded and bright colours came out. It lasted for twenty minutes. I felt like I was in space. I think it was a cool Fireworks Display. Patrick Cheng P14 The Hong Kong 1982 Fireworks 82 Come into the Bigtop See the clown! One with a smile, One with a frown, See the lions in the cage! Look at the first one He's roaring with rage. Watch the clown with the gong Who is terribly strong. Barry McCaughley P14 The Circus Clowns Clowns are funny Clowns are great Look at the clowns With the flowers in hats Small dwarf clowns Tall skinny clowns One dressed as a lady One dressed as a baby All make me laugh crazy. Jonathan Irving P14 The 25th January was a spectacular night for the lucky people in Hong Kong. Jardines was sharing their 150th Anniversary with all the people of Hong Kong. Jardines celebrated their 150th Anniversary by having a Fireworks Display in the Harbour at nine o'clock. By about seven o'clock, people were crowding round at Queen's Pier and driving up to The Peak and Mid Levels. It was a spectacular sight, millions of colourful lights, lighting up the sky. They looked as if some thing had exploded. They made me feel as if I was in a spaceship. It was a luminous, glowing, twinkling, thunderous, wonderful Fireworks Display. James Rankin P14 THE JUMBO TRIP On Thursday 21st January, we went to the famous Jumbo Floating Restaurant. We went on one of our school buses, then we went to the harbour and Mrs. Steer bought some films. Then we went on a ferry. When we reached there, we had a look around and then we went up some stairs and on the second floor, we saw a picture which was very big, with different colours and different shapes of tiles. When we reached the restaurant, we all had a big plate, a bowl with a spoon in it, a little dish and a cup and then we saw a towel in front of us, so we used it to wipe our hands. A few minutes after we had some pork. There were some vegetables on the pork and under the pork there were some nuts, we all had a try then all the food came one after another. We all had a try of each kind of food. The other food was called Chow Fan and we had green peppers and meat. After that, we sat in a throne, then we had a photo and then we went downstairs to sketch . Pep/ The Circus See the clowns With funny frowns See the tight-rope artiste Balancing high above See the lion tamer With his head inside A lion's mouth! See the elephants With big flappy ears See the seals With slippery skin. Simon Millar P 14 How the giraffe got its long neck A long time ago when the world was still at the beginning and God was still making the animals, God made an animal called Giraffe. Giraffe was very pleasant. He had a short neck about three inches long and he was brown with yellow patches. Now Giraffe had no friends and the other animals him names like 'flat face', 'shorty' and other nasty things. However Giraffe. had one friend called Bird. Bird and Giraffe played all sorts of games together. Their favourite game was 'hunt the nut'. This time Giraffe didn't want to play anything, he was just bored with the same old games over and over again. Giraffe asked Bird if he would like to come and pick some berries with him. After they had picked them they made a berry pie. It tasted lovely. Giraffe asked Bird if he would run away with him "Run away! You're kidding!" "Oh, no I'm not, the animals don't like me so I will run away. Will you come with me?" "Allright, when do we leave?" "Tonight. Pack tonight and meet me at the pond." That night they crept away in the moonlight. They ran away to a country where they found everyone liked them. One day Bird . asked the animals to play hide and seek with them and they agreed, so Giraffe seeked first. He gave them one hundred to hide then he went looking. "Ah," he said "Bird could be in that hole." So Giraffe looked in the hole, and got his neck stuck. Poor Giraffe. By now Bird was beginning to get worried so he went out of his hiding place. "Oh dear" cried Bird, "Giraffe is stuck." He called all the animals out "Come, come!" he shouted, "Pull Giraffe out of the hole." It was a struggle getting Giraffe out but when they got him out, his neck had stretched. But Giraffe found it was quite handy because he could get leaves off even the highest trees. Now he was the happiest animal in the land. Catherine Coultous P14 83 84 Aimee Ipson Scott Bielarczyk Back Row (left to right) Elizabeth Price, Elizabeth Roche; Peter Viney; Anna Gudmundson; Matthew Johnson; Erick Yip; Vivienne Tomlin; Caroline Taylor Middle Row: Florine Bijloos; Kathryn Royle; Martin Evans, Torn Griffiths; Justine Overton; Alexander Aldis; Brett Sanders; Front Row: Dean Rackham; Matthew FitzGerald; Nicholas Giaever-Enger The Jumbo Floating Restaurant To celebrate Chinese New Year our class and Mrs. Downes' class went to the Jumbo Floating Restaurant to have a Chinese meal. When we were there we looked at the dragons and the lovely pictures of China or Hong Kong long ago. It was very beautiful. Both classes had sketch books with them because after the meal we were going to draw the dragons. Now it was time for the meal so we went up the stairs where you eat. First we had some tea then some meat. When we all had finihsed our meal Mrs. Steer took a picture of us. When Mrs. Steer had taken a picture of us all, we went to the waiters and said 'Kung Hei Fat Choy' that means 'Happy New Year' in Chinese. Just before we left he gave the children a card and some chopsticks. Then we said goodbye to the waiters and we went downstairs. We went to the dragons and sketched them; some people sketched other things. Then it was time to go so we went on the small Jumbo ferry back to the school bus. Anna Gudmundson P15 Jumbo Jumbo over the seas we go Up the stairs we come into the restaurant Mouth after mouth We eat the food Bringing plate after plate we eat our way through Out with the talking, in with the food. Kathryn Royle P15 Jumbo Jumbo, Jumbo where are you? Open the doors and let me through Over the sea and bridges we go Giggling as we go Click, click as the chopsticks go Up with the food and down with the talking. Justine Overton P15 Jumbo Jerk, jolt went the Unusual ferry Mumbling on the way to the Jumbo Bumping along Over the sea. Nicholas Giaever-Enger P15 85 86 Jack O'Dreams "Oh dear, oh DEAR," said Jack O'Dreams. "I've lost my dream bag again." "Oh Jack," said one of his elf helpers. Another one said "It's probably Nightly Nightmare." "Yes" sighed Jack 'Dreams. "I'll have to make some more." 'WE WILL.HELP" shouted all the elves. "Nightly Nightmare, how I HATE him, he is the most wicked person I have ever met," shouted Jack. "I must send him out of Dreamland." That night when Jack was out with his dreams his elves had a meeting. "We will have to get Nightly Nightmare," said the biggest elf. "Jack's dreams are not any good if he comes and messes them up." When Jack came back there was an excited crowd rushing out to meet him. 'We have got a plan" shouted the happy elves. The elves told Jack about their plan. "How are we meant to get invited over there?" said an elf. "Shh" said Jack. The next morning Jack went over to his enemy's house. He said "Um, can I have a talk with you?" His enemy, Nightly Nightmare said "Yes." "Can I have my dream bag back," said Jack. "No" said his enemy. "It's time to get my plan ready" thought Jack. He said goodbye quickly and rushed outside. "Hurry up," he called to his three elves. They rushed up to him. "Climb up to the attic window" he whispered to the elves. "He keeps his nightmares there. Get all his nightmare bags." The elves got them. "Destroy them" commanded Jack. Then they went home. They lived happily for the next week. But in the next week an old man came to his door in Dreamland. "Can I work for you," he asked. "I used to work for Nightly Nightmare, but I hate him," he said. "Okay." He came in. Jack did not like the look of him or the wicked gleam in his eye. Also Jack thought he had seen him before, somewhere. When Jack went out that night he suddenly remembered who the man was - it was Nightly nightmare! He hurried back home and pushed his enemy out of the house. Then he sent him out of Dreamland, off the edge of Dreamland and fell into the sea and drowned. Jack O'Dreams lived happily ever after with his elves. Caroline Taylor P15 Jack O 'Dreams It was midnight and I was asleep. Everything is silent. Then I wake up to see a man all dressed in bright gold. He has a star on each side of his shoes. He says "wake up, wake up, we will go to Dreamland." I put on my gown as quickly as I can. Then we softly walk down the stairs. He opens the door and we creep out, then we close the door and walk over the hill. Then all of a sudden, to my surprise, he takes my hand and we start to fly, up, up into the sky. I like it a lot! Then we fly down and land on the ground. We walk around and we come to his house. We go in and he gave me a pretty dress and I thanked him. We played with his elf friends. They were really fun. Then we had a swim in Jack's swimming pool. I loved playing with him. Then he said I had to go home. We said good-bye to his friends. Then we flew off into the sky and then we landed in my bedroom. We said good-bye to each other and I went back to sleep while he flew back to his house. The next morning, I woke up wondering if I had been dreaming or not. Then I felt a dress and something else under my pillow. I took it out, and it was Jack's shoe. A message on it said "To my lovely friend." Aimee Ipson Jumbo Jump up - we're going to Jumbo Up with the eating, down · with talking Merrily eating and drinking Beef we are eating with Chinese tea Orange trees we saw. Matthew Fitzgerald P 15 Jumbo's the Biggest Jumbo's magnificent - it's really the biggest Under the Jumbo the fish swim, swim Mummy I hope will Bring me one day Oh I really hope so, I hope so Hooray. Vivienne Tomlin P15 Jumbo Jumbo is a plane, an Unbelievable plane Munching away at the delicious food Boat rides there and back Over the harbour to the Jumbo Floating Restaurant. MatthewJohnson P15 Jumbo Just think how nice it must be to work on Jumbo, the floating restaurant; Up on the roof is a splendid dragon, on jumbo, the floating restaurant; Most of all the food is so good on Jumbo, the floating restaurant; But it is hard working and cooking for the guests on Jumbo, the floating res taurant; On I'd love to work on Jumbo, the floating restaurant. Elizabeth Price P15 87 88 Jack O'Dreams On Sunday morning on March 14th it was raining and miserable so we didn't go outside then the rain stopped and we went outside. The rain had filled the pond to the brim and the fish were on the grass; my brother helped me to put them back in the pond. When we had finished, we went back in the house and played some games with my mum and dad. The game we played was Monopoly. When we finished I was the winner and my brother came second. Then we had dinner and went to bed. I had an incredible dream. I dreamt that Jack O'Dreams had come to my house and taken me to dreamland with him, he told me which way to go. I walked around and saw some other people then I saw a bad person - Goblin stein, the nightmare man. He was running around sprinkling nightmares on people. I ran after him and caught him, then he disappeared and I was back in my bed. Then I woke up and saw a star on my bed - then I knew it wasn't a dream. Scott Bielarczyk P15 Jack O'Dreams Jack O'Dreams, Jack O'Dreams You send your sweet dreams Through the windows and under the doors All the way up to the attic floors, You bring your wonderful and sweet dreams. Day appears softly, softly he disappears - What has become of Jack O'Dreams? Dean Rackham P15 Jack o'Dreams Jack O'Dreams, Jack O'Dreams Sprinkle, sprinkle dreams on me. Bad dreams, good dreams and funny dreams- Any sort of dreams That's what I like - dreams!! Brett Sanders P15 Jack O 'Dreams "Mum, where are you?" called Karen, my 8 year-old sister. Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Tracey; I am 12, my older sister, Laura, is 14. ''What do you want Karen?" came a voice. "Can I go for a ride on my bike," Karen yelled. "Okay," said the voice. She went off. "I'm going to take the dogs for a walk," I announced. "Are you coming Laura?" "Okay." We took the dogs for a walk . When we came back we had dinner and went to bed. When my mother and father had gone out and our aunt was babysitting I got out of bed and went to the window. I saw Jack O'Dreams - he saw me at the window. I nearly screamed but I just ran back to my bed and pulled the bedclothes over my head. Someone was coming up the stairs! It was Jack O'Dreams. He took my hand and said "Come on." I said "I'll go and get my sisters." "Okay," he said in a ghostly voice, "but hurry up." I rushed into Laura's room and woke her. I told her about Jack O'dreams. She leapt up and got dressed. ( I was already dressed.) "I will go and wake Karen" I said. "Come and meet us in my bed room," I hissed. I woke Karen. "Come into my room when you are ready," I whispered. I went to my room and Laura was already there. "Is there another girl?" he hissed. "Yes," we stammered. "I'll go and fetch her." "Oh, no you won't," he said. Just then Karen came in. Jack O'Dreams linked hands with Laura and me and Laura linked with Karen. Then, whoosh, we were on a dreamship. ''Where would you like to go?" he demanded. "HOME" we yelled. "Okay," he said, "link up." We linked up and whoosh we were at home. I felt so sleepy and it only seemed two minutes till Laura was shaking me and telling me to get up. I got up and had breakfast. When I walked upstairs with Laura and Karen and I told them about1 my dream. They both said that they had also had a dream like mine. I walked upstairs and on my bed w~s a small wand. It was Jack O'Dreams' wand! Was it really a dream? Elizabeth Roche P15 Jack o'Dream One night, Jack O'Dream came in my house Jack O'dreams gave me a dream. I was at Dreamland. dreamed and dreamed. I dreamed all day, When I woke up, I saw something disappear. When I looked down, it was gone. · Jack O'Dreams, where are you? I hear a funny noise. It said "A bird can swim, a snake can fly." I saw him but he was gone. Erick Yip P15 Jack O'Dreams Softly, softly I heard a noise A very, very funny voice A person took my hand, my hand And took me to dream, dreamland. Down went the moon It will be day soon And what about Jack? Will he ever come back? Florine Bijloos P15 Jack O'dreams might I'll sleep, of course I will, because I know ck O'Dreams came and he gave me a dream. It 3S about a rocket and it went like this1. e flew up to Mars to see all the Martians and then 1ck down to the stars, and then to Dreamland and en we went back home. ext day, I remembered that dream. Alexander Aids Jack O'Dreams I am Jack O 'Dreams I'm gay and happy I give people nice dreams I have a big sack Stars on my shoes I sprinkle dreams up In the attic through The window and up stairs I'm Jack O'Dreams, Sweet Dreams. Tom Griffiths P15 Jack O'Dreams When the world is still as still A figure slowly drifts through the valley and over the hill. The name of the man is Jack and over his back he carries a sack. And the sack is full of dreams And in the light his sea blue eyes would gleam. His coat is crimson and his shoes have stars on each. His dreams are really out of reach. The dreams are funny, jolly, good, happy, sweet, Exciting, crazy, fabulous, super and amazing. Martin Evans P15 Jack O'Dreams Dreams has Jack O'Dreams and hair pale as the moon. Right and left he throws them. But then he takes me by the hand And sprinkles powder on me and we go to Dreamland dreamland dreamland then the Sun rises and Jack O 'Dreams takes me back Back to my bed. I lift my head and he has gone. Peter Viney 89 90 Back Row (left t o r ight) Charlton Rugg; Richard Bern; Jason Reid; Kate Macleod; Julia Willison; Shaila Aswani; William McConnell; Ellie Parker Front Row: Oisin Richardson; Sanjay Lalwani; Nicolette van Exel Clara Potter Mrs Coultous Andrea Peacock Evening Everything is still, Still is the mill on the hill, Nothing stirs - It is evening: Children go to bed, Tucked up sleepyheads, No-one moves - It is evening. The cats do not mew, The dogs do not bark, No sound is heard - It is evening. Andrea Peacock. Evening is Here Evening is here, All is quiet, All is spooky. Here I lie, scared. All the noise bas gone, All that is here is me, Scared to death . I get up and go to the window, I see the sky All silver and beautiful, The mice are silver. The things I see are incredible. I see the sky with silver stars, Silver trees, Shining flowers; I stand staring, scared, All is silver, all is spooky, All is quiet, I am scared. Shai/a Aswani. Evening to Night The shadowy shadows fall , I creep upstairs to bed, The toiling day is over, And I am glad indeed. I lie there, motionless, The night seems endless, Timeless, timeless, Quiet, dark and lonely. I know the day will come, I must have sleep - For the toiling day ahead - Sleep, sleep, sleep. I dream of the night's wonders, The glint of the glorious moon With all her shadowy ways, Her bright silk dress And silken shoes. How lightly she walks so high, . How quietly she whispers to the wmd, How bright she makes the sky, With her skin of gold And her light so old, But as good as new The light She casts upon me and you. How wonderful is the moon at night, How glorious her glinting light. I dream of her till morning breaks, And the sun appears to take her place. Clara Potter. Evening It is dark now, all is quiet, Sometimes you hear our dog barking madly at cats, Or our bird chirping. When it is full moon it is quite spooky, More so if it is raining. I fall asleep soon. Next morning it is all finished. ' Jason Reid. A Lonely Traveller in the Night A lonely traveller walks in the night Across a lonely moor, He sees a house and, hopefully, Knocks on its shut door. Bolts drawn back, Light streams out, Warm friendl_y light. He is glad to rest From the lonely moor, And the cold, frightening night. Evening Evening is calm, Evening is mild, The dogs are still, The cats are wild. The moon is full, Shining in the sky. The street lamp goes on, Attracting a fly. I look out the window, I see a man pass, The moonbeam shines through The clean shiny glass. Kate Macleod. Oisin Richardson. 91 92 A Rat on a Silver Night In the night, when it's still, And everyone is asleep; The moon is bright, The silver trees shiver in the night wind. When the moon looks at me, It's in the glittery winter night. And then I fall asleep. And that is when the rat comes And watches me sleep. When the night is over, He quickly runs away, But he'll be back tomorrow In the shiny, silvery night, When the moon is bright again, And everyone is asleep. All the animals will be asleep too - Except for the rat. Nicolette van Exel. The Old Couch at Night This old couch remembers Nights that are past, Nights like tonight; I lie here thinking, remembering, In the silent silvery watches of the night. Outside, the snow freezes, The frost's tooth has set; The day meets the night, Fighting, fighting; The noisy, clear day yields To the sildent silvery watches of the night; I hear the last car Drift into the distant dark; I lie thinking, remembering, On the old couch. Ellie Parker. Night in the Lonely Meadow The moon was bright, I stood there in the quiet of the night, I saw some eyes there, Deep from nowhere, A timid, tiny fieldmouse Scurried towards his house, Behind my back I heard wings flap, And then a mole Dug into his deep, deep hole ..... Tiny creatures moving In the quiet of the night. Julia Willison. Evening Evening is here. It's silent, still and dark. The moon glistens, It's silvery beams catch the frost. Listen! A big car comes to a screeching halt! Then a bang! Then the sound of an ambulance's siren - Loud in the night. RickySem. Slowly, Surely Slowly, surely it glides down the hall, Slowly, surely it passes through a door, Slowly, surely it goes through a wall, Slowly, surely it is getting closer. Mysteriously it approaches me, Mysteriously it's making me shiver, Mysteriously my blood runs cold, Mysteriously ....... . It's just my nightmare dreams. William McConnell. Evening Evening is sometimes fun. I play with my sisters, And fight with them too! Then is is bedtime already. In the night I hear strange sounds Like people laughing, But I know it is only my dreams. Sanjay Lalwani. THE SHINING WHITE FIGURE It's dark and stormy tonight, There's no moon; I hear a sound tonight. I'm sitting in my room. I open up my door, I hear nothing more. A shining figure comes through the wall, It starts to glide down the hall - Suddenly it disappears; Just the same it reappears; Again it goes without a sound, This time nowhere to be found. I close the door and get into bed - I'm glad it's gone for I thought I was dead! Charlton Rugg. We have done a project on Spain. It was all started by Mrs. Evans when she taught us a Spanish song. We got so interested in Spain that we decided to make it a class topic. We found out lots of different things, including the story of the Armada . William, Jason and I painted a big picture of an English ship . ·'. , like the ones that defeated the Armada. V We got s~ deeply into ?pain that we had to write to~~. ~- : ··. the Spanish Consulate in Hong Kong to ask for more ::;·~-~---, - -.. , · information. They sent us some booklets about '•,.<<:·-~-: · ._~~~--~~- -:-:. · -~ different districts. William and I got the Balearic "--.:.;....,~ ~ ' - . Islands, and we made a book about them. ... ~ \: We have made a big map of Spain. We have marked ~ - \ . The most interesting thing about Spain is that in the winter you can sunbathe on the beach on the south coast and then drive up into the mountains and ski - all in one day! It was also interesting to hear about the days before the modern compass. Sailors used to carry a lode stone, which would point to the magnetic north. They also had a piece of lead on a line. They dropped it overboard and let out the line. This told them how many fathoms the sea was. Then they knew if they were near the coast. Oisin Richardson. all the places we have found out about and the · ' places that are connected with people a~d things · I enjoyed working on our book about Cuenca. C~enca we have learned about. 1 is interesting because it has strange rock format ions, _and some houses in caves, and others hanging over ·_1 cliffs. Charlton Rugg. ~ · But what I liked best was painting my picture, which · is a portrait of Philip 11 of Spain. I copied a tiny picture in a book only 5 cm. high. My portrait is 30 cm. high. Mrs. Lively is a mum who helps in our classroom, she helped me put the finishing touches to my portrait. I had to go to Mrs. Lamont for advice on the best way to frame it p~: The Spanish children go home after morning school and they have three hours to eat their main meal. Then they go back to school. They come home again at six ,o'clock. Their last meal is at nine-thirty, so they don t go to bed till ten o'clock or even a bit later than that. All our class would like to be Spanish. We have to go to bed earlier than that. Shaila Aswani. l\\ Mrs. Stirzaker came in to tell us all about her Spanish holiday. She said the best part was going to Barcelona, because there is a big museum there with lots of Picasso's paintings. Picasso was born in Malaga, but he grew up in Barcelona. Later he lived in France. We have one of his pictures in our classroom. Sanjay Lalwani. Ellie Parker. We have two maps of Europe. One is modern. The other is a copy of a really old one, about 350 years old. It was made in Holland. They had to listen to sailors and other travellers to find out where the places were. They put some islands in the wrong places. Some of the countries are the wrong shape. Maybe the Armada had a map nearly like this. The Armada sailed up the English side of the Channel because they were afraid of sandbanks. Their map did not give them the right information. So that is why the English saw them coming. Ricky Sem. 93 94 Clara and I made a book about Segovia, which is a very historic city. The Romans built an aqueduct there that is still in use today. Spain's famous queen, Isabella of Castile, was crowned in Segovia in 1474. She was the queen who provided the money and ships for Columbus to go on his voyage of Discovery to America. I found this part of our Spanish topic work very interesting. I was also interested in the Armada, which was a fleet of ships sent by the Spanish king, Philip II, in 1588. They wanted to conquer England but they didn't succeed. This was because the English had better ships for sea battles. Also, the Spanish had nowhere to go to get supplies, and some of their food supplies were rotten. Some of their ships got back to Spain, but many were wrecked on the Irish coast. Kate Macleod. The most interesting thing I learned about Spain was , . _ that in the Armada, they had a lot more ships than ·:?:r.~ the English. They had only lost ten ships when they~~~ started running. They still had more than the English at that time. I reckon that if the Spanish had kept on fighting, instead of running, they might have won What would have happened to the course of histor · then? · / ·17 , William McConnell ffi .h/t I .,., , ~-%_.- ,_ . . ' 1--~, . I " ' ' The part of the topic I liked best was the beginning because Mrs. Coultous said we could choose anything we liked to start off. We all looked at lots of books and I chose dancing and costume. The Spanish dancers move quickly and the ladies wear beautiful dresses with frills. The music is played on guitars and the dancers click castenets when they ar dancing. It is called Flamen<;!) __ Da. !'!cing. . . J -. \ ' l,J) Nicolet'ti~e van Exel ,J :• . ~- ' I found out about prehistoric man in Spain. In Ambrona, there are remains of an elephant hunt that took place three hundred thousand years ago. Over the years palaeontologists have studied these remains. They found traces of charcoal. This showed that prehistoric man used to frighten the animals with fire. They found elephant fossils, but no human fossils. Jason Reid. I think the most interesting part of our Spanish topic was making the tape. We pretended we were a radio station. We talked about Spain and we played and sang Spanish music, but the best part was a very funny song about a mouse bullfighter. When we played our tape in Assembly, everyone was laughting at "Maximillian Mouse". We had fun making the tape. So did Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Coultous because they laughed a lot. Clara Potter. "Spain" has been the most interesting of all our topics. I do not have a favourite part, because I enjoyed everything. I liked the story of the Armada, and I am glad the English won. My group made a book about Cordoba, and the most interesting part of that was the festivals and folklore. Although I think bullfighting is cruel, I enjoyed listening to Mrs. Viney when she came in to tell us about the bull fight she went to in 1978; She showed us her tickets. There are three prices of seats. The dearest are in the shade, and the cheapest are in the sun. Mrs. Viney's were in between, so they were in the sun for part of the time and in the shade for the rest. The part of the bull fight I would hate is when the bull is killed. Mrs. Viney could not bear to look at that, but she says it was all very exciting. Julia Willison. (7 Back Row (left to r ight): Deio Miners; Gerard Lock; Jacob Gong Jason Roberts. ~iddle Row: Sherard Batuwitage; Rachel Cox; Nerys Evans; Andrew Rutherfurd Front Row: Manisha Lalwani; Michelle Popov; Vanessa Lyons; Mrs Lefevre; Jenny Buchanan; Iris Ho. Danie 1 Morrris 95 96 He was put in a milk churn. They were always putting water in, They screwed the lid on tight. He was very good at tricks, Houdini you are so great, Your tricks are amazing and unbelievable. Jenny Buchanan The Great Escaper Ehrich Weiss otherwise known as Harry Houdini was being tied up by his assistant. He was going to be the greatest escaper of his time. Soon there were posters hanging everywhere introducing Houdini. One of his tricks was walking through a solid brick wall. Before he started he told members of the audience to inspect the wall. They inspected the wall and they were sure it was solid brick. They placed two screens, one on one side of the wal I and the other on the other. Houdini put his hand up behind the screen and said "I'm going ... I'm going" and then on the other screen his hand appeared waving. Every body cheered him. Houdini married a woman called Be,ssie Raymond in 1894. She became part of his magic box trick. The police dared Houdini to get out of a cell. Houdini took the dare and was tied up with very strong rope inside the cell. Fifty-seven seconds later he came out free. Houdini was a very good athlete and he coul~ swell up or shrink his muscles. That's how he got out of the tight ropes. Before the trick started he would swell up his muscles and when he was tied up he would let his muscles shrink and then wriggle his way out. If he was locked up he would ask for a drink of water which his assistant would put a key in. Houdini drank the water with the key.When the curtain was drawn he brought up the key and untied the knot with his mouth. His death came when he had some stomach pains. Bessie made him see the doctor. The doctor said it was appendicitis and Houdini had to stop but Houdini said "The show -must go on." After his show he collapsed and died in hospital. He was put into the coffin from which once he made an escape. Sherard Batuwitage PT 7 H is for Harry his first name 0 is for Opener he used in Russia U is for Unison, what the crowds did when they clapped D is for Doubt, of which there was none I is for Impossible, which his acts seemed N is for Nerve-wracking which describes his act is for Immortal which he was. Deio Miners H is for the Honour he brought to himself, 0 is for the Outstanding performances he did, U is for the Unusual talent he had, D is for the Daring escapes he ex- perienced, I is for his Interest in escapes, N is for the Numerous escapes he did, I is for the Incredible man he was! Nerys Evans P17 Houdini you have gone, I am up here near the sky. You are OK, Yes I am. Houdini you are unbelievable, 0 am I so? I like your tricks, They are amazing with delight, Houdini you are a great man! Michelle Popov Hanging from a building high, Houdini chained up in the sky I watched spellbound, Safe on the ground I thought he looks so very flat And for all the world I'd never do that! I watched him fiddle around And in no time his hands were unbound. I watched as he swung up with a leap, Started to untie his chained up feet, And in no time at all he was holding on proud Waving at the pop-eyed flabbergasted crowd! Gerard Lock P 17 H is for Houdini, a hero of escapes, 0 is for ovation the crowd gave him, U is for the unbelievable tricks he per formed, D is for the dare-devil he was once, I is for the impossible tricks he per formed, N is for the notable person he was, I is for the incredible shows he per formed. Manisha Lalwani P11 97 98 Houdini His clothes were taken off, Except his underwear, To make sure he didn't hide help to escape His hand were tied together, And so were his feet, He was pushed into jail, Where it was all dark and gloomy, The doors were pushed together, And locked extremely tight With padlocks and bolts. Then when all was done everyone stared, Then all of a sudden out came Houdini. There were no chains on his body, The crowd was awe-struck. And Houdini was unbelieveable! Vanessa Lyons I was locked up in a cell, Escaping was my only hope, Is this a little key? That's how I'll escape! People think I did it by magic But really I can inflate my muscles. First I inflate them to make them big, then I let them shrink. I come out free and happy. People give me loud applause, And I say "Thank you, thank you" And wait till the next show is on. Jacob Gong. My thoughts about .... Bedtime I like bedtime because I can lie there and do nothing. I like bedtime - my brother plays 'ghost' and we tell each other ghost stories. It takes me hours to go to sleep, that's why I like it. My dad is usually angry because I am always up when he goes to bed! · Jason Roberts P17 My Thoughts about ..... Port Regis love the thought of going to boarding school because I saw it in the summer and it has a huge gymnasium. There is a hut called the 'Pet Hut' where all the pets are kept and one boy had a pet snake. The headmaster put it round my neck and it slithered down my arm. There were gerbils who kept on get ting out of their hut by nibbling through the plastic covering it. I like the small dorms and I made friends with two girls called Gemma and Kate, who always seemed to be following us around. They seemed to turn up everywhere. When the headmaster comes along you have to stop what you are doing and say "Sir". Rachel Cox My thoughts about .... Soldiers My favourite kind of soldiers are the soldiers from the American Civil War. My collection ranges from 50 Blue Bellies (the Federal Army), 40 Johnny Rebels (Confederate Army) then 20 Ouantrill's Raiders (a ruthless group that worked only for the South). The kinds of soldiers I do like are detailed; I do not like the undetailed soldiers. Andrew Rutherfurd P17 My Thoughts about ..... A Summer Holiday I wish I could go to Hawaii. Just sleeping like a lazy boy on the beach, getting sunburnt in the sun. Hearing the swishing sound of the sea. Sometimes getting fooled by people, lifting me onto the wet sand, and when the tide comes up, the cold water awakens me up. Rajesh Sukhwani My thoughts about .... My naughty brother I think my brother sometimes is very naughty and mean but sometimes he's very nice and kind. When he is kind he plays catch, teacher and draws pictures with me and sometimes he shares sweets and things like that with me, but when he is mean and naughty he tries to drive me crazy. Sometimes when I am practising my piano he plays the low notes to stop me from playing the piano. Iris Ho P17 My Thoughts about .... School My thoughts about School - it is boring. There are some enjoyable things like milk break, and lunch. I sort of like maths. I like creative writing but every thing else is awful. I know that if I don't go to school I'll grow up to be stupid. But I still think it's absolutely crazy and I think everybody agrees with me too! Daniel Morris 99 fl. 102 103 104 No - not HK Government's answer to its housing shortage but the Cubs trying out the shelter they built using materials found on the beach at Wu Kai Sha, fulfilling one requirement for the Explorers' Badge, when they were there in March. The two night stay is only one of several interesting activities the pack has taken part in since we started in April 1981. We have been to Swire Bottlers to see how Coca-cola and Fanta orange are bottled, to McDonalds to see how they cook Big Macs, and al I the other good things they have to eat; to the Round House Marine Museum in Tsim Sha Tsui to see photographs of how Hong Kong Harbour looked many years ago. We were lucky to see the gun that was used as the Noon Day Gun a long time ago. Apart from going on these visits the cubs have been busy working for bronze, silver and gold arrows plus various proficiency badges. "Ake/a" BROWNIES At Brownies we have such fun, Because we a~e learning how to help nearly everyone. When I go to Brownies, I have a look around, and as far as I can see, Everyone's as busy as busy can be. At Brownies, everyone's dressed in brown, And nobody ever wears a frown. 105 1-06 Why I like the recorder: It makes my brain work hard . . . . . . . . . . . It trains my fingers and I like leaving the classroom . . . . . . . I like the sound of it . . . . . . When you get through all the recorder stages you get to play a big instrument like a trumpet ....... You can blow on it so it toots like a pigeon .... . .... you get to learn the recorder then you don't have to work . . . . ... sometimes my Mummy and Daddy like the tunes and they listen to me ....... I like my recorder very much but my dog doesn't . . . . . . . . . . its a good thing to do at home . .. . .. . .. when you get to stage V you can be a teacher ....... . ... when I first started I found it hard but now its much easier. I don't like waiting for the boys in our group ..... ; . . . . . it stops you being bored . . . . . . . . . you learn to play nice tunes . . . . . . . . . I would like to learn the bagpipes when I have learnt the recorder . . . . . . . . . . . I like recorder because I miss'maths . . ... . ... . . It will help me to read music . . . . . . . . its a lot of fun ........ you have to practice a lot - that's boring ...... . . . ... . its fun to move my fingers up and down even if I don't get my E out the right way . . . . . . . . . . It's a wind instrument which gives you exercise for your cheek muscles . . . . . . when I am playing I feel very relaxed . . . . . . . . . . hopefully afterwards I can learn to play a different instrument ...... you can make up lots. of tunes Clarinet: It's hard to play but it's great when I am angry because it makes me feel better Violin When you play a note properly it makes you feel you are floating ......... it makes different noises. - ) CJ Thoughts on going to choir ......... . I like the choir because I like having a good voice and I like the songs. The teachers are very nice, their names are Mrs Evans and Mrs Revolta. I also like it because it is not boring. We are always doing something . ................ I like the choir because i like learning new songs, and also I like singing because other people enjoy listening to the songs. The song I like best is called "Donkey Small". The reason I like this song is because it has nice words and a nice tune. I also like Mrs Evans. I like doing the scales ............... . I want to join the choir because it sounded interesting and exciting. When our voices tune we might be able to sing to other schools. We sing all sorts of songs like "A Windmill in Old Amsterdam", and "Martin the Cobbler". We do exercises to tune our voices. My favourite song is "Donkey Small". I like it because it fits into the tune and sound nice ............. I like choir because we learn new songs and because it is fun. I joined choir because I though that it ·would be fun and now I have found out that it is as much fun as I thought it would be. Flute: Our teacher is very nice and the instrument is very interesting ......... I like the sound a flute makes ...... I don't know why really, I just like the sound Trumpet: It's hard to play and I like challenges ...... my new mouth piece makes it easier and even more exciting .... I like playing pop songs like Yellow Submarine and Greensleeves ...... I like practising because its got a lively loud noise but it makes my brother mad. 107 (The cooker was turned offJ) I chose Cooking as a club because I heard about making scones. That was the best cooking club. I liked the taste of them with butter. Last week we made a breakfast for our lunch and ate it with a cloth on the table. I like licking my fingers ......... I like to take the cakes home and eat them. Sometimes I let my Mummy have some and she enjoys them . . . . . . . . I love breaking the egg in a cup and beating it with a fork ....... I like to crack the eggs ...... I like the feel of the sugar and margarine creaming together .... because I like to weigh things . . . My big sister knows how to cook and I can cook more than her. My Mum ancf Dad love my cooking, they try it and it is good ..... I like cooking because you can cook and you don't have to rely on mother. I chose Cooking because I wanted to use the oven and eat things. The best things were grilled bacon and scrambled eggs and toast and honey joys. Scones were good too. This is my second time to be in cooking but Mrs. Coultous says better not tell Mrs. Hyslop that. We are the only Cooking Club that has to wash up, because Ah Shun always brings us a kettle of hot water. Washing up is not bad when it is the girls' turn. The boys are very messy and splash a lot and you would think they never saw a tea towel in their lives. I like eating my cooking and making my cooking. You have to make it first. It's good when the boys forget to come. I chose Cooking Club because I like cooking things and I like eating things. The best time in Cooking Club was when we cooked our lunch and ate it. We had to set the table properly and eat it with good manners. 108 When we did Pop Corn it started popping that is why its called Pop Corn. I liked that best. It started smelling in the whole classroom. Letter from Isabel Pick Dear Mrs. Steer I was very sad when I left Kellelt and Hong Kong. It took me a long time to settle but now I have lots of friends. Singapore is a lovely country with millions of trees and grass everywhere. The school I go to has very hard work but I can do it. My topic is water and I do that topic all term. There are seven clans in each year. The third and fourth year are doing a performance called "Roster Rag" Three hundred people are in _it two hundred in the choir and one hundred stage cast. Luckily I am in the stage cast. It is a musical play and we are showing it to the parents at night 6.45 - 8.30, I miss my school mates extremely Isabel and from Patrick Leung in New Zealand . ........ . I miss all my friends. Every time I go to New Zealand from Hong Kong, I have to get used to the environment. It is greatly different from Hong Kong. In New Zealand, people bike round the neighbourhood, take their dogs for walks, visit all kinds of places like thermal areas and snow topped mountains and islands. We have a dog, and a bike as well. Our dog's name is Rufus. He is 1 year old and is a Cocker Spaniel. We have visited Mount Runpahn, which has snow on it. We have also visited Rotorner, which has steam, mud pools and guisers. And we have visited, just recently, Great Barrier Island. It was nice and sunny until a storm blew up. I find life in New Zealand, pleasant, quiet, peaceful and friendly. We live in an especially nice suburb, and street. I wish you were here. and his sister Ming-Ming . ........ . What I miss about you most are the good plays and songs we learnt (in New Zealand we had a play called Treasure Island). I also miss the kind teachers and the nice children (and that you don't have to write out lines). The teachers in Kellett are kinder I think because they are not nasty when the children forget something (homework, reading books, word cards, etc). I think the children are more friendly and do not go about in gangs or pass papers round during maths saying do you like me? I also enjoyed the art lessons that Mrs Lamont gave us VERY MUCH. But I am not lonely in New Zealand, I have a friend called Polly, she does not go to my school but I see her nearly every weekend. We have had a letter from Jonathan Birnie: ...... Jonathan presently attends a local school. When he first started they found him to be academically far in front so he was moved up one grade and he attends a special extended learning centre one day per week. He is sitting his entrance examination for Harker Academy in April. He enjoys riding his bike to school and is in their running program and runs an average of three miles per day. He seems to have settled in well at school and has done a special project on "The Great Wall of China" and used his Hong Kong artefacts and books as visual aids. He has just received a scholastic award for Maths, Science and Social Studies. Jonathan joined the cub scouts and is presently a "Weblo", the year before becoming a scout. He has learned how to ski and loves it. He misses his Saturday morning football, his friends and the friendly atmosphere of Kellett School, but he really misses the art and especially music and assemblies. He feels Mrs Evans could do a lot for his school, Nimitz. Another letter from Australia reports that Joanna Austin is in 5th class at St. Ives South Primary School. Joanna says that she misses the small classes at Kellett. She also found the work more interesting - "Gosh, if I had to give points I'd give Kellett about 100 and my present school about 50!" Joanna does not miss the H.K. climate, but she misses the friends she made in H.K. very much. At St. Ives south at the moment the school is producing "The Hobbit" which will be performed at the end of June. Joanna has a part as a sprite, and all the children are assisting with scenery and costuming. 109 110 Two more letters just arrived ... Fiona Ramsey writes, "I now live in Aberdeen Scotland in a bungalow with a big garden. There are fields in front of my house and a wood behind it where we sometimes play. I like Scotland but I don't like the icy cold winters we get. Even the summer is hardly warm. I like the countryside. Scotland is very beautiful with the heather covered hills, snowcapped mountains, forests, lochs and rivers. We go on picnics and we have seen deer, squirrels, hedgehogs, field mice, weasels and seals. Rabbits live in our wood and keep eating the plants in the garden! We often see them. I go pony-riding here which I really enjoy and sometimes we go pony-trekking. I still miss Hong Kong quite a lot especially the warmth and sunshine and the outdoor swimming pools. I don't like swimming in indoor pools because they have too much chlorine in them. I miss the warm sea. I have only paddled in the North Sea once since we came here and I have never dared to do it again, it was so cold. I do miss our speedboat but maybe we will learn to sail or canoe this summer. I miss all the art, craft and music we used to have at Kellett School and, of course I miss my Hong Kong friends even though I have made some good friends in Scotland .... And from Patrick I go to Milltimber School. We have a big big playing field with a little burn down one side but we are not allowed to get ourselves wet in it. I like both Scotland and Hong Kong. In H.K. I liked going to Ocean Park. The Zoo animals in Scotland just stand around looking out their cages. I liked going to McDonalds and sitting in the boat. There are only tables and chairs at the restaurants here. Most of all I liked the sunshine in H.K. and the warm sea and swimming pools. I liked the beach. The wind blows the sand on Aberdeen beach and it hurts your legs. In Scotland I like climbing on the mountains and going pony-riding. We went on holiday at Easter and saw an extinct volcano on the Isle of Skye and I liked seeing that. I like sledging in the snow. We have 3 sledges, 2 little ones and 1 big Norwegian one. It goes very fast on a steep hill and you have to dig your heels in to stop it. We have no snow left because it is Spring." Some interesting comments from Ross Cruickshank: "I am in Australia. I am going to a school called Balgowlah Heights Public School. I think it is a good school. It has good gym equipment and nice teachers and a big playing field, and a barbecue pit. I played cricket in the cricket season and I am playing aussie rules football. I do not miss Hong Kong. I love Australia. Thank you for the letters." And sister Amy: I am in 3p2 and my school is called Balgowlah Heights public school. I like it because it's got a barbecue and each class takes a turn of having a barebcue at lunch time. We eat outside. I miss my friends from Kellett School. But I have lots of new friends here too. I am getting a dog soon." From Pamela Gopie: "On December 15th I moved to California, U.S.A. My address is 224 St. Paul Drive, Alamo, California. I have really enjoyed California because I have a nice big house and a yard with a swimming pool and a spa. Now I can ride my bike to school and have many friends my age in my neighborhood. I do miss my old friends at Kellett and my teachers." · We wish to express our thanks to the following parents whose support for this first edition of 'Kellett' is very greatly appreciated. Mrs P. Aswani Mr a nd Mrs R. Carss Mr and Mrs V. Gudmundson Mrs M. Clutterbuck Mr and Mrs W. Cheng Mr and Mrs C.D. Irving Mr and Mrs R. Thomas Mr and Mrs K.H. Ho Mr and Mrs P.C. 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