'""""' N ---·"''"·= ''""-~~ .... ,..,......,·----· ............ _______________ ~--l I A number of well-known children's characters are lurking on the pages of the Magazine, helping us to celebrate our tenth birthday. How many can you find and who are they? Your teacher knows the answer. Kellett School 2 Wah Lok Path Wah Fu Hong Kong LQ ~ .~-=:-_.....,..,,.., I ·\ / Long-service medals for Ah Shun, Mrs M. Coultous, Mrs C. Lamont, Mrs F. Macleod, Mrs V. Steer, Mrs M. Viney and Mrs L. Evans. l'k;p J~i~vers Cl>e~rs,1 (With apologies to Anthony Browne. Babette Cole, Peter Cross, Penny Dale, Colin Hawkins , Shirley Hughes, Frances Keeping, Jan Piefzkowski and Tony Ross.) 2 Contents Page From The Principal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Our Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Others Who Help Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Tenth Anniversary - Then . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 School Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Concert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 The Year at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Wednesday is Assembly Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Night Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 16 Christmas at Kellett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 First Day of School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Saturday Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Family Sports Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Cub Scouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Art - Mrs Lamont and Mrs Allerhand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Lunchtime Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Excursions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Camps ............................ . ... .. ........ . ............... 31 Physical Education - Mrs Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Music - Mrs Evans and Mrs Galton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Class 1 - Mrs Tully . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Class 2 - Mrs Ramsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Class 3 - Mrs Phillipson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Class 4 - Mrs Tyrrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Class 5 - Mrs Hattingh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Class 6 - Mrs Ashdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Class 7 - Mrs Pennington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Class 8 - Mrs Nevin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Class 9 - Mrs Willers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Class 10 - Mrs Wiltshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Class 11 - Mrs Ashworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Class 12 - Mrs James ..... ........ ....... .. ... ... ...... . ... .......... 96 Class 13 - ·Mr Nevin . .... ....... ... . . ..... . . . . : ..... ........ . ........ 101 Class 14 - Mrs Barker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Class 15 - Mrs Viney ..... . . . ............. . .. ... .. . . . ... ........ ..... 111 Class 16 - Mrs Davies ............. .. ....... . ....... . .... . ... . . ... ... . 116 Class 17 - Mr Miller ................ .. .... .. ....... . ............... .. 121 Class 18 - Mr Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... ..... ... .. .. . 127 French - Mrs Mason-Parker ... . ... . .......... . ... .. ... .. .. . .. . .. ....... . 133 Where Are They Now? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . ... . ... . . 134 Memory Page . ......... .. ... . .. .. .... : ... . ... .. ......... . . . . ... .... 136 Solutions ................. . ..... . ......... . .... ... ...... inside back cover At the Night Market, 1987 From The Principal Hong Kong is a unique place; there must be few countries in the world where a small group of people can start a school and raise the money for a new building , with the actual construction taking less than a year. Kellett's early years, first in temporary accommodation at Taikoo Shing, featured much turbulence , with a move of location and a doubling of staff and pupil population each school year. This period is memorable for the many practicalities which were to be resolved: setting up the debenture scheme, fund-raising, acquiring a land grant and Education Department recognition and approval. Later we were involved with the design of the school , architects' plans, site meetings, project reports and finally the move into our own building on 29th September I 980. It was a proud day for the enthusiastic and pioneering Board of Governors (initially only five) and for the parents and teachers who had made it happen. One of the nicest aspects of looking back over ten years has been the news it has brought of past pupils, some of whom are featured in "Where Are They Now?" The news included a wide variety of achievements: bursaries and scholarships to s_chools of ~·enown. the award of Preside_nt Reagan's Certificate of Merit (for straight 'A's m all subjects throughout JUmor high school), best speaker in the winning team of the Hong Kong Inter-Schools debating competition , an under-16 snooker champion, a member of a school wrestling team, a head girl and a head boy . Over the years a pattern of regular activities and events has been estab-lished; these contribute to the quality of life for our children, but I'm sure we all value most the normal daily work in the classroom where parents, teachers and children can enjoy a happy relationship. From the beginning of Kellett School in January 1978 we have endeavoured to provide , within a caring environment, a balanced education in the fullest sense and to encourage the children to develop their individual personalities, interests and potential to the full. Our philosophy is that "a child's mind is a fire to be kindled, not a vessel to be filled." I am confident that the school will continue to thrive and adapt to the challenges of the future. I would like to congratulate the Magazine Committee, the teachers and, of course, all the children on this delightful special edition of the magazine. First function in the new school hall: Easter Eggstravaganza, 198 I 3 Our Teachers Standing Middle row (seated) Front row 4 Mr S. Marshall, Miss J. Bowden, Mrs A.-M. Nevin, Mrs L. Hattingh, Miss V. Leung, Mrs L. Evans, Mrs V. Barker, Mr T. Nevin, Mrs S. Hall, Mrs J. Tyrrell, Mrs P. Robertson, Mr N. Miller, Mrs S. Mortice, Mrs M. Viney, Mrs L. Ashdown, Mrs J. Ramsey, Mrs S. Galton, Mrs R. Phillipson, Mrs A. Willers, Mrs J. Wiltshire Mrs M. Davies, Mrs C. Lamont, Mrs J. Morton, Mrs V. Steer, Mrs F . Macleod, Mrs A. Mason-Parker, Mrs M. Coultous, Mrs G. Tully, Mrs A. Cooke Mrs S. Lomas, Mrs V. Pennington, Mrs A. Thomson, Mrs D. Goddard, Mrs 1: Ashworth, Mrs T. James, Mrs M. Cook ... and Others Who Help Us 5 Then 6 •""' -e-•~· 1 .,111• 11 1 .,., •• , !ifd11rdl ,,.,~tf it!,. ,,1' ,, . .... , ,, .. ..... " • I --•. Now Tenth Anniversary Ball The Year at a Glance ·1 I 3 Wednesday is Assembly Day 14 15 Night Market I 6 Christmas at First Day of School 21 Saturday Sports 22 Family Sports Day Cub Scouts 24 "Don't you think you're over-reacting - after all, it's only the Cubs' five-a-side tournament .. . " l• • {. • • {. • • , . -. . ( • !6 Lunchtime Clubs 29 Excursions Excursions to Tai Tam Park, the Sung Dynasty village, Wah Fu buying lanterns and looking for shapes, City Hall Lantern Exhibition and Wong Tai Sin Temple. 30 Camps Lantau and Cheung Chau 31 Physical Education 32 ... ,,------_ :___:::..---,- 33 Footlxlll SqUJd - Runners-up in Evian Water six-a-side Toumcr.ent 34 Netlxll 1 sqUJd 35 Music J)o you (fiow the name of theJt instruments 1 bc~o drum.s JinjLe stick., cfumi 1'M triatt-3[e trwnf t.t dcwis C!f mbals vicUtt IOOtacas ~um 36 9uiro ffutt 3wtar Chine>e temff,e 6/ock two• to,u, wood blcck 37 38 Reception Class 1 - Mrs G. Tully Back row Mrs Tully, Antonia Bell, Jonathan See, James Scott, Thomas Heywood Waddington, Owen McCarthy, Adam Crothers, Laura Oliver, Miss Mansfield Middle row Nichola Robertson, Jennifer Fulton, Nadine Korteweg, Sian Dixon, Giles Knox , Elizabeth Powers Front row Julia McFadzien, Rebecca Royce, Richard Kitchell, Philip Wright, Alexander Larmour, Sian Williams Robert Hall, William Lord Fern Barrington Our Fantastic Fruit and Versatile Vegetables Charlie Caterpillar lives in a tree. Mummy helped me make him from a bean with carrots for feet. The Farmer's Wife is wearing a skirt and a hat with a tomato flower. James Owen My brotlier helped me to make Harry the Hedgehog. I think a real hedgehog would be more prickly . Antonia The one-eyed, one horned flying purpk people-eater has a hot chili for his mouth. Children shouldn't touch chili or it will make you cry. Laura 39 40 I called my creature Curly Wurley. He has curly broccoli hair. Becky Mummy helped me make a nme mrm<;e with a long tail. Fem I had fun making Tom the girl. The hair was made of broccoli, her eyebrows from macaroni. We bought the vegetables at the supermarket. William The Crazy Cucumber has a tomato for his mouth and cherries for his nose. We put a top hat on my apple creature and made him some glasses. He is funny. .....,. The penguin has flippers made from cucumber. The stalk looks like a beak. ----..,, . ._.._ ____ ....... _,,, Nadine made I am holding a gold crown. Sian Williams otato. I put little sti Jenny Franki the Dinosaur. I made him from a cucumber and carrots. I gave him to my guinea pig afterwards. Alexander ____ ...,, __ 41 42 Elizabeth My Daddy helped me make a Happy Face. He has orange peel ears. My giraffe is made of carrots. I saw a giraffe at the zoo with my friend Adam. imon Snake. We made my snake in _ the dark time. Mummy helped me put him together with string. Thomas Lottie the Ladybug is really a tomato with toothpicks for legs and raisins for the spots' on her back. , My two little pigs wer jumped on my wardro ', Happy was a funny looking hamster. Robert Hoppity Fish can really swim. He has orange fins and a green tail. He is a turnip~______________, Adam Nichola Jonathan Teddy was made from potatoes and carrots. He has a raisin 1 tummy button. 43 I have a koala bear with black claws, a black nose, black eyes and white ears. He came from Australia. I got him when I was on holiday with my mummy, daddy and brother. Jonathan Woods 44 I have a koala bear. My mummy bought him for me in Australia. He lives in my bed but I take him out to play with. Jonathan Berglund M_y teaay 's name is Nora and I play with her when I am in bed. Ashleigh My bear is called Barclay and he has a friend called Snowman. They stay on the table by my bed and I see them every morning when I wake up. Deborah I have Teddy Ruxpin . He can sing and tell stories because he has a tape in his back. I got him for Christmas. Catherine I have a white bear in my bed. There are two bears and they stick together. Denise I have three teddy bears. My sister has one and the rest are for us to share. My favourite ones are the big brown one and the little yellowy- brown one. Amber 4:"' , # My bear is a white bear. He lives on I my bed. • 46 , I I • , I I ------..._ " ~ ... ,.. I ~have a. panda and a teddy bear. I have had them for a long time. They both live in my bed. Douglas My teddy bear is brown. His name is Big Teddy and he sleeps in my bed. Chris My bear is blue and it has a little heart on , just the same as Tender heart. It's like a Care Bear. Maya My bear is pink and he is a Care Bear. He has a princess embroidered on his tummy. Justin My bear is called "Jingle Bells" and she is pink. She sits on my other bed, not the one I sleep in. Heidi My bear is called Mollie. She lives on my bookcase on the top. I have another brown bear called Gerry and a polar bear called Polo. Tom 4 7 My teddy is called George and my mummy and daddy bought him for me when I was a baby. 48 Alexander • • I have a girl teddy whose name is Fiona. She lives in my brother's bed with lots of dollies. He manages to get in too. Eleanor -~~~ ~) My teddy is a panda bear. He is nearly as big as me. He stays on my bed at night. Matthew I have a girl duck and she wears a white bib with ribbons. Alessandra My little teddy came from Santa. He is pale brown and he sits up all the time. My teddy bear has flowers in his hair. I got him from Santa Claus a long time ago. Alex Phoebe • My grandma gave me my big bear. She won it when we went to the circus. The big bear is my little bear's momma and they both live on my bed. Vicki My teddy doesn ·1 have a name. He lives in my bed but I play with him sometimes. 49 Paul 50 Reception Class 3 - Mrs R. Phillipson We put at and made funny. a ount Phillips, Daniel Ega Ja , , Cramp, William Ch The p \Kf'li ade from cucumber.Sp}lj_@ls1JaOOfuoks like a beak. Nadine Franki the Dinosaur. I made him from a cucumber and carrots. I gave him to my guinea pig afterwards. Alexander At the Botanical Gardens The jaguar had a spotty fur coat. He came out of the cave and walked around. Samuel The flamingoes had very, very long legs. Daniel The flamingoes were splashing in the water. They had long beaks. Laura The baby jaguar tried to stop the water coming out of the pipe. It was funny. He got wet. James McGuigan The monkeys were swinging around the cage. Jacky 51 52 This is me watching the baby monkey playing. William '-~ ~ -- The monkey did a wee, they don't have toilets. Katrina \ I saw the flamingoes flapping their wings. Anna The flamingoes stood on one leg and they were very noisy. Nicholas It was a hot day. We sat down and had our drinks . Dulcie The flamingoes were pink and they stood on one leg. Sarah The big monkey did a wee while he was swinging. Katy The baby jaguars had shiny black coats. Samantha 53 54 The flamingoes' legs are longer than my legs. Richard The water splashed the jaguar when he played with it. Philip • We watched the jaguar. He was trying to stop the water coming out of the tap with his paw. James McDonald The baby jaguar looked and looked at us. Frances It was a hot day, I got very thirsty. We sat down and had our drinks. Alexander We saw the gibbon doing a wee. The gibbons were good at swinging. The spotted jaguar was in a big cage so he couldn't escape. We watched over the fence. It was hot. I was sweaty. Robert Edward The gibbons were fat and black. They must eat too much. Hannah Lauren 55 56 Primary Class 4 - Mrs J. Tyrrell Back row Middle row Front row Rumi Neely Mrs Tyrrell, Timothy Smith, Rosie Barker, Christian Nylander, Jenny Martinsson, Graeme Morrison, Jessica Reid Charlotte Barlow, Aditi Chadha, Daniel Collins, Jane Hunt, Cass Leung, Kathrine Haugaard, Catherine Liddiard Stephanie Shiu, Alexandre Seiler, Amy Boyce, Michael Dinnen, Denise Horsman, James Absolom, Caroline Cartland, Simon Kelson r---------~-=----. \ S Off\Q t .(YJQ5 . ' • dQncg \n \J\-\~ r~\n. Ca~s yt>UOll\ see q ~ow hfbUr &Utjou Cdn,t see d r11.-2Je · 6-f'Aerne we went to -the pi ClS 9 rol.\hd to fee\ the tdi \\I- s'f:\ "'Qs fu~ o{ ~te~ clouds. \.\\t r qin~r0 ys btkk~ •j flose. A.ta"J /'.': -~ ~~ \ 58 l hott it when ii-. \5 rQdlillj, /tclit \ \,e Wet tQ\ n cut 'n\ U· ~e.~ the rq\ h hid c:le \nj eoiSWet .. c.h t\ s-c.\ ah ,_· the ta.in is 50 50ft that I ~~uld s/e~~ ( \t. Kmt\mNE \ have 3ot cA sve. c:. \Q\ b I'-\ e rq i'?coQt. It I~ Shih~ Jtmoh 59 ) e " ih fe\\ I\~~ t t\'qs co\ o-e SS\ 60 5otntllfl'tS hlhtti it taih5 i~ Hoh, koh9 it ~l4ts 'lbd t YqJ .. y(ofS fell all cttr ll'J c/othes. Dchise four1. lest, Af~rt~ ta1f" le sootimfs see. a r~b1tS, ~~R.f'-.~ -t, t\e ~or~ Qr Pe e-s loo)< o. ~t e,~ -t, ~.e 9-i u~el'\ beQ, c"r '<:J-c ~ r"-t r 65 66 Primary Class 6 - Mrs L. Ashdown Back row Middle row Front row Sophie Hall Mrs Ashdown, Filip Gunnarsson, Emma Skeldon, Michael McFadden, Abigail Butt, Nicholas McKay, Courtenay Finn Hannah Lucas, Paul Oxton, Lauren Crothers, Keith Musial, Elizabeth Shum, Alexander Berglund, Suzanne Ryan Sally Hamblin, John Judd, Theodora Pak, Tristan Whitear, Miriam D'Jaen, Milton Han, Tara Button, Wood Hudson I ma91ne a 1nosaur - Crolh Qdon is bi.9 o.s Q ho1Ase. U, ru n-s on two fe et a.nil he e.a1 s meo.-6-. He L ·.ves in Q, w'otld 11.At ho.s Other cl;nosa.u rs o. nd some.\;, ·1 m es v,1 hen the p[Qrit-eQ.t("S are eo.l in9, crot~adon eo.fs t.heW\. Lau re\'\ Sophie. Musi lasourt,1s Crothadon Scph iSo,e; 04t of th~ top of his hectcf Me e"ts l~V-QV'l t10 sau.r us. W ooq Se1Liosauru s Sa.liosa.urus is len tw1etrts lo.ll. It teals W\tQt. . It. ha! two L,9s. lt ~Cl~ o bi3 ~eG.d and Ytr~ Sharp t(t~h CIY\4 0 Lol'\g . htt see d t'J-z..-zJe. ctrAerne I /iKe to run . i \\ c(ouds Ja(i\e.S we went to 1he ploS 9rol.\h'1 to fee\ the tdi 58 l halt it when tl \5 rQiraioj. fdit\ whet\ I 5plo.s~ in rudd\t1:> l we.o.t lnj ""e\\in ~ton bOOts. (qrolin'- o 00 59 60 ::omtlifl't~ klhcti it talh5 it' H•, koh9 It ~14ts ttbd fo\lf5. lest, /\ftert~ ra·1n ll! so~timfs see a rctif\bOW• J\\eYmD~ Back row Middle row Front row Asko Ahtiluoto Primary Class 5 - Mrs L. Hattingh Mrs Hattingh. Christopher Lander, Olivia Styche, Jonathan Mair, Genevieve O'Neill, Charles Nelson. Bethan Thomas Sarah Evetts. Benjamin Smith , Sian Rees, Peter Crowcroft, Valentina Pepe , Christophe r Barnes. Amy Smith Han nah Branston, Danie l Beard , Meaga n Lyon , Rupert Murphy, Amy Corst 111. J a mes Royds-Jones . Geraldine McMahon, William Addison ,,,--- 61 62 bees ~ T \.i e vv or k e r b e e s b \..I i Id t ~e, h j v e, <1\"\d~he1 look qft,e.(t,he. e-jjs . A.MIS- I 9Dt ~t\l~ bt 0, 'ote, 'N he,r" f v-J(j..5 \°\ClJ'J((I~ <» ~IC(\\(, (1b t~e. -z,bD . C h"i5 63 64 \ l ; k e bt e S 6 e c o L1 s e t,h lJ hove. be.qL-JtqL ?o. t\.,e f'\l':J_ ~e ne-v 1'Q v~ Tt\~ Qv.Jle,'0 b~ (°'.YS ~ef\ e 39 lh the ce\_lS of -\:~\; h I~ e a~ s t..~~ Wci\--k_~p bte coLl~c..l::SntC.t..Qf'\ Rro~ f'LC)w~" ts>fLOW~" Q"'d 'P{_~d~ -th~ ~~bits. ~A.R...t..tt I Like_ be_(,) t k:~ Lo O\~ o~ te. \ the ~ (i_,\J'i 6 e_e s IJ,h d they Looi of~er t" €_ ~ue.en 6e.e. c;' e h,. L J 1· h e. -t, ~ e v0 a r y_ .Q r P e e-s loo)< 0 _(:t e~ < \-€ ~ uee" b2Q, c~ r i':l-t ~ ?f\ -t r 65 66 Primary Class 6 - Mrs L. Ashdown Back row Middle row Front row Sophie Hall Mrs Ashdown . Filip Gunnarsson, Emma Skeldon, Michael McFadden, Abigail Butt, Nicholas McKay, Courtenay Finn Hannah Lucas , Paul Oxton, Lauren Crothers, Keith Musial, Elizabeth Shum, Alexander Berglund, Suzanne Ryan Sally Hamblin , John Judd , Theodora Pak, Tristan Whitear, Miriam D'Jaen, Milton Han, Tara Button, Wood Hudson I ma91ne a 1nosaur - Crot~Qdon is bi.9 ~s a ho1Ase. Ue · runs on two feet a.r1d he e.a.ts meo.-b-. He. l ·,ves in o. world tho.t h~s Other c-A;nosa.u rs o. nd some.~·, m es -...N hen l-ht plArit-e'Q,t~"S a.re eo.l in9, crothaJo n eo.fs t.her(). Lau re"" Sophie. Musi lasaurus Crothadon scph iSQ'4r4S is b1j9er tnQ./l °' j irof{e. He W ver~ ShClrp plates down il-s bi,.e\,; 01'16 ont horn on ils bucL So. ll~ two back L~9s. Ii is ~s ta[ o.s a ce;Lin3. lt e11.ts otktrdinos~1,1,rs . heod o ro.. M:j po-kod.on i5 Sr-noLL Lixe m'j rlo3. ~e co.n run ver!:J .{0-st. I-le eo.t s Litt.Le Liz°' rols. When 9i°'-nt J..inosa-urs come \tl e r-u ns b~c\A -lo h;s Co.. 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He ho-s shatp sp1ne.s Gll over ~nd lorj t~~th. \-le iS VerJ John Michosouru5 He is vtr:j l, !J and v er :j he<>-v'j· He is o. tt1eat-eater o.nc/ his f o. v o u. rite meal is bro11toso.1Arus. He i'~ Si)( rn et re stic.ks Lo n 3 a n d ten h1 et re sticks toJL. He ho.s o. hug e. head w ilh ve rg Lo ri.9 d \7 d S~ar p te.eth. n idllel 70 NichoLasaurus \t hos o. Lon~ t\E' ck ~"c( o. ~i<3 b ;~ tv.m rn~ n ~ s b or t L ~ <3 s- qt th e ~ack qnd Lon~ l~~ s o.t the front . ft f ~ o. lQot- eater. FiUP ~ YYliltoso.un~s i 5 f;ve. metri~ tau a.r\Cl twelve m~tro lo~. Ht iS Cover~ ih ho.rd ~Llow S~ih So 1f other dinoSo.u rs bite him it dotSnt 'nl.\rt. t\e Move-s fo.St Oh two Le~s ana Milton Poulosaurus Fi l,podocus Mi ltosaurus f q 'ilos ~u.Y-45 walks Ol'\ i..,., o .feet. +te has \oi".9 Le.gs o.nd. he can r-un f o.~t . {i E ecfts C 2~rds. His lo'n~ lo.i-L hel'f)s h',rn whack other di no.SCA{1 S. Pa. U L Miradon fr\iri~rn lr\it"o.don is bi9 .\-\ e is Q. plo.n t ~ o. ltr. U, li vfs neo.r w~ lU. 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CU\ i"'~ls thtJ 1he3 rnQ.d.e with MQ "~ lh one Brooke +-or { ood Ql\d h ·1d.e.5 . ~t-e.w corn . Lived. iV\ Lonj houses of pole S. C.ovuecl & L NI t r-e e h QJ, k . f arni l ie.s lt've.J ho'-4,e. The Red India f\ S We.re the f 1r~t ft.orle in A 1\'\el'lc.Q Lob. of f~Mali'es live.d cojethe.r-- A( Is t" 0 \ f -n.e. Red I Y'\d i ,rn s liunttd the. · buHa lo . 7"\-,ej d::i e~ Their boJie!> frot'YI f ru1't.1,, and j~ass for .5 rec.n • Tht Rtcl /"'d1Q11.s w -e.re.. che n·rst ptcpk 'Co AMer ica. The lnd1an~k!\e.w how tc.> mc,ke crops y·ow bette.r · the /"cl,c.iru rno.de tcterri poLes .fc11 hu8e. lo~!. . T~ l"d1Qt1.!. kne.w how to make qYro"'l fl:j stro.i,ht .th~ p~t -ttlltke.r.s on t h~i< avv o~ • Redindicms ·1nve nted. most of the t hinJ Thej ih ve ~ ted boat 6 cthc:l tV\e j 1rwe nted W\ uc., h VY)o re t hi n 9 s . The j dso In ve n ted d.otne s . . , , .. ' o'ii"' • • ·. ✓, --- - -• • Thi~ I!> q liHle /~c1, 41'\ ~1rl 'r.er no.me is ShQrna St-1e h~ -r. Lon3 hQJ r 'lr.d. Li \ . Toe. Little. l"c\'Q" C31rL Wa.s stQnci,~~ o. Lou . ir-. the forest "'e.><~ to the Sho~ s\--.e. WCl.S cr!:lin~ o..Lot :The wil"ld blew ~r "-l"ld the. ~ea C(U'(\e, 01e,r t\e.Y-. ~e 0,;4 Ml:. L, "e. ·, t. at o.LL . ~ne rQr\ fof' \-.~(' L;fe btco.u.,e.he.f"\-\Q1r would 3&~ wet ~"a htr l't\u mm~ Wo\lld be fur1~1u. Sr.e t<4" ~"a !.\-\e. f'cl" 1111tlL i\,\e co.me to h t.r f-1• 011t door s 1-.e c,o..U,.d. m \I mm j l.:i"' ho l'!le. • {(IJ I Qfl5 Lived in ij eh ie.-f om Tom 1ve.d he.re. . B~ Rebecco. One 'mo rni l'lj a l.ittl(. \ ncl.1an b~ woke 11p Stretched Clt'\d ~Qwf'\ed. ~t got out of bed and So • .',d tc h',s ml.ll'Y\ ~ ( q m goil'\j for Q WQU< ~o he. went a lo~ wo..~ until he co.me to 'l bridge . lhe" he CQ.me tc C\ cret Cnrrrrrv- a. Be.at". "lhe. be>j rQn over the bric:L!}e he. rQ n ho me and. he SQic:l lo his l"r\1.111\ m~ \'r-i, ho'('C\t Qjq i I\ . le Re~ lnJ 10.n .S Y'I '-' y'\t the. ~~ffo..lo (lt'\ti usec\ Up o..LL tht. bits to rrla Ke tc.e • fee.S So the.j co4 Lcl keep Coh'\~ . I v.Jo...s t~ chief I hd'1ari . Jot~o('\ The Reel lna;ar\$ w-ere the f, '(5-t. people. to ~orne to Af(\e.nc.o.. whe" chr ist op her Col"" M bus L o"ae.a in Ame.r1c. ~ he thou3hi he h0c\ re G. c.h eel t "a,Q Q tvi he. cal\ e.a t\.-.e pe.ople I ria\C~f\.S 75 76 Primary Class 8 - Mrs A. M. Nevin Back row Middle row Front row Mrs Nevin , Emily Fenn, Peter Sabine, Katy Watson, Andrew Morrison, Astrid Lefdal, Stephen Rapoport Jonathan Clatworthy, Grace Yuen, Nicole Horsman, Isobel Packwood, Rowan Harvey, Samantha Bradley, Camilla Buttery, James Barker Georgina Lewis , David Kitchell, Alexandra Tse, Rhys Williams, Kara Banigan, ldan Udalevich, Anthea Sizer, Paul Ng { . I ~re Hors Kiri:i b use I. coiJ ld Pla~ 3ames at Chi F ~·The 90.ne I Uke best 15 Bv1bble Bubble bee.au Se r cbri't 1u i.e to 3 ive morX:y instie. I love H~ Ko'5 beca 45e I con 30 to deo r v.o.ter 5al Paul I Lo~ H oh;J Koh3 ~cauSe it ·1s fuh becauSe rt has p1a~9rourds . I l,Ke 9oih9 Oh the 5win~ a rd 901h9 down i~ Slide.I _also l,ke Hore k'~ becquSe Ii hqS delic,oi.6 ChipS eSpec·,Jl~ Mcx. n,~us. J"onathan r. lo/e Hon5 Yat] because I. get nice holid~s and if r: lived in aoofher count r~ l \JoulJ nol ~ et nice holi~s. 1he best hot1doj l ha-e haJ. wo.s \.J ~n I 'Jert on a form . 1here v-/o.S ~ rot, ard s\.e 'vJoS called ~itcjer. She purreJ Ord ~eaned on our kgs. There were ,U.ree other Co.tie, ,loo. Kot~ ~ . ~ ove \-\o Oj K O'f\_j beco. L,\5e /t\s 3'f eo.t flAn °' nJ 'oeca-\1\Se. ti\j -tf,enJ vict:orio. \s joi~ t.ost.o._y t.ne n·\9ht With rne. 0. nJ h 0. Ve b re(), K+ o.st With r()e, I5obe L 77 78 )J 4 ,., · . . \' Il~ ~K°J because I can swim dt R~puLse Bay at summer la ~ :~ 1 s,,ru1 Ca, CMS 'J b.i w Sand castles. 1. can so I. dont home. Grace I. Love Ho~ kon9 b eco.~n :t. l Lice 3o i ~,9 to He -r,·ger Bairn (;Qrdel\s :r. li ke. 1n He. i-1.1nnels , ~eo~i~rtme.1'\b ard .:r. l i ~e.. 9oin3 't~ re. 'c.o ou~ 12,aroie. and Ke.n o~ ~o.,o\e clo1::,'ne$ 1:. JU St \.,o\Je. l \:. and it \ s \ n ~OUl~oon . SamAnthQ I Like. ~ ~ buse it has b~ ho1,1$e$ and Little houSe.S too So that peop-e Can put llieil" pets in the f"Jen and because our garden have nice FlowerS . Some hou SeS even hCAve Sw',rn m·1"j p,ol,s and "~ 'Koi ha$ nice ScJiod.s . Carn,· lla ! LIKe. Hohg ¥-.o h_g beca~se I hC.1ve a -Fr iehJ ahd we h~ ve -FLlh i- o_g e-1::.h e ~ I L, 1~ ToJs-R-u.s becqUse it is the bigB€St tO::J 54;0 re a rad r L-i°Ke. -i::O /OOK Ot -t:he to_ys T lite t.C 5W1 m 1n l \ I loVt.. Hoi l-Y\ 3li~e So fo.s4c. "I. love \-\o~ Konj beco.use ~ C'o.n ~o +o ocean po.r'K o.no\ V/aLk , [)Jv,·d I loVe. Hoo3 k~ because. ~e. club 15 Fun orr.l eve.rj Saturcby r 90 to the duh I Swam in the Swimmi~ p;d. an/ I µ..°:J ih the N1Ar~~ arJ I pb~ games anJ ln the. pla~roWJ . Nico Le, ILP~ Uon~ k'orfl be.cavse.il::-i.S hot ctlld !C <.I(\ 9° 5 Vi tn rn I nS e Ver'/ ddY q11J :t: "i lc.e. i l ~e.cctlJ5Q. \ lcs lolier l~al"I En9ld nJ. f: n9lctnd ·1s Ve~co\.cl. h Step en :C Love. Hong Kon3 beca.use..- :r:: 9et. to 90 to Ocean po.rk W'd Swim ard ha.ve. fun to9ether in the, w'ater. Alter we -An,sh Sw1mrn1n9 we. 90 home.. o.rt} to.ke a shower and have. "9 lunch p lai With Me3a.n o.nd Jillio.n arti help mJ mummJ and wrul ti[ m~ dadd!1 comes ho me,. Kara I Love Ho'J Kon1 bee a.uSe I ca.n 'l'lsit mJ ~n~ a.nd, sir can Visit rrie bee a 1.1se She iiiAs in Ho~ Ko~. I Like 3oifl_J to the A mericQ n cllAb. and. 5wi~Min3 a.nJ. flo.jYJ on il,e °'r ro.tuS o.nrl.. ~ou. CGln &.,t o. ba.r beitAe. there too. There a.~ lots of thin3s i'n Ho"J Konj· I Love Ver u rr, uch. iJ Ate.xandra Back row Middle row Front row Primary Class 9 - Mrs A. Willers Mrs Willers, Toby Rolfe, Andrew Wright, Willemijn Sneep, Sarah Yates, John Walker, Mrs Morrice Basing Wu, Richard Guest, Gemma Bodinner, Andrew Wilson, Pamela Jonker, Timothy Lam, Sarah McDowall Victoria Lavender, Rebecca Branston, James Dickson Leach, Sartika Thatcher, Jarrid Dotterer, Federica Iaconetti, Joshua Kruse, Suzie Fiducia Amanda McKown, Miles Forsyth Emma Allen 81 82 liJ ll, In ten years time maybe I will sixteen and I will be living in New York and I will be living in a house. Maybe I will have long hair and maybe - I will be nice and maybe in 10 years my daddy and mummy will be rich and will buy me lots of dresses and I will take care of my parents when they are old. I will be a PE teacher and I will work very hard and I will be a good teacher. I will teach the children. I will go to work every day and I will work in New York. Basing In ten years I will be sixteen. I will be beautiful and I will have a beautiful dress. I will have long hair and it will grow down to the floor and I will have a pearl necklace and I will have pearl earrings. I will buy my daddy and my mummy a lot of chocolates and the colours of my dress will be pink, red and blue and white. Sartika In ten years time I will be sixteen and I will be living in England. I will be working as a vet because I like it and I want to look after animals. I will have a house of my own and I will have long hair. Maybe the school that we were at will have changed. The classrooms would be different and the school uniforms would have changed and the playground would have changed and Mrs Willers would have gone, Mrs Tyrrell would have gone. I will get married and I will live in a cute cottage with a big garden. Sarah Yates In ten years I will live in Australia. When I grow up I will be sixteen. I will be working in an apartment and I will be reading. I will be in the army. I will wear a green and brown uniform. Josh In ten years time my mum and dad will be very old. But I will be sixteen. When I am married I will have two children. I will have one girl and one boy. My job will be work in an office and in my office I will work on a computer. I will wear some trousers. I will still watch cartoons and I will still read children's books to my children in my house. With my money I can get a better job than to work in an office on a computer. I could be in the army, I could be a policeman or I could be a fireman. And my favourite food would be hamburgers. Andrew Wright Ten years on ... I will be living in Australia in ten years time. I will be sixteen ;r seventeen. I will get married and I want three boys and two girls. I want to be a teacher. In ten years time I will eat any kind of food . When I go to a ball I will wear beautiful gowns and when I am at home I will wear a skirt with a shirt, and in ten years time Kellett School will be full of Chinese or English people or even both. My favourite programme is going to be Oliver Twist if it is still going to be on. I will name my three sons James, Andrew and Tom. When I go shopping I will wear a dress. When I have my party I will play dressing up and we have to wear other people's clothes . My favourite sport will be tennis. Gemma I am going to be a chef when I am sixteen. I want to be a famous chef and I will wear a white coat and a white t-shirt and a white hat and I will like my restaurant. My hair is going to be red and my favourite food will be lasagna. Toby 1 think that I will be a ballet-dancer whe~ I grow up, because I like dancmg a lot. I will be a beautiful gi~l, ~ will have lots of friends and I will live in It_aly which is my country. Perhaps I will not play with Barbie but I will ~eep my dolls in m; bedroom. I will remember the friends I _hav~ . met ~n Hong Kong and they will visit me m Italy. I will have very very long hair, while mummy nO\~ always wants my hair cut. Federica I will be seventeen in ten years time. I would love to marry James. I would like . to have one boy and one girl. I will be living in England. When James is dead I am going to draw a picture . of him. When I grow up I would hke to be an artist. Rebecca When I am sixteen I will live in England for ever and I will get a job and my mummy and daddy will live with me and my brother and sister and I will go to boarding school and I will wear a uniform. I will study woodwork and pass my exams and then I would be a shopkeeper and sell furniture. I will have long hair down to my back. Mummy and daddy will come and buy some furniture , they will be pleased with it. Victoria 83 84 In the future I will not be in Hong Kong. In ten years time I will be living in England and I will be working as a lawyer and I will have my own house and I think I will change my hair and I will be sixteen. Probably Kellett School would have changed. I wonder if I will still be friends with my other friends in Kellett. My favourite food will be noodles. I wonder if my daddy will still work at the same company. I wonder if my sisters will get married. I wonder who will be my best friend in ten years time. Sarah McDowall In ten years I will be riding a horse. I will be living in Holland and on a farm. The pigs will get small piglets. Our horses will get foals. Pamela In ten years time I will be sixteen . I think I will be living in Holland. What would mummy and daddy do? I will have hair down to my shoulders and I would wear a skirt and a blouse. I might still live with mummy and daddy. What would have happened at Kellett School? Would the people be Chinese or English? I'll help my mummy with cooking and daddy too. I will help daddy with making things. Willemijn I am going to be a policeman when I grow up. I won't look the same. My favourite food will be fish fingers and chips. I will still remember Mrs Willers. My best friend will be Josh. I will dye my hair orange, and I will work. My hair will be the same length. Richard I will be sixteen in ten years time and I will be a Daddy. I would like four boys . I think I would live in Hong Kong. I will not go to school. I will go to my Daddy's office. I will be a manager. I will wear trousers and shirts and a tie. I will watch TV news and money programmes and guard my money. I think Kellett School will have to change, my school in ten years will be smaller. Timothy In ten years I will be six teen. I will be a ship-broker. I would like to live in Australia and I will be visiting my family and I will have a camper. My hair will be the same. I might have a holiday. Miles In ten years I'll be skateboarding and my mum will have changed her job, so will have dad. I'll be wearing chains and leather. I might dye my hair blue. I would like to be a vet and an astronaut - I'm going to go to Mars. I would like to eat bubble gum. I'll have lots of money. I'm going to try to afford a palace. Jarrid I am going to be an archaeologist when I grow up. I will eat chicken. I will find dinosaurs' bones, then I will take them to the museum. I will wear jeans and a T-shirt . I will live in London. I will break rock to find dinosaurs ' bones. Andrew Wilson In ten years time I think that I will be a clown. I will be balancing on seals. I will look very funny. I will be red and black. John In ten years I will be living in England and I will be living in a house. I will have long hair and I will be wearing a blue dress and mummy and daddy will still be with me. My favourite food will be hamburger and chips and I will look after my mummy and daddy. I will still be at school and I will work very hard at school. What will happen to Kellett School? Are there maybe lots of Chinese children or maybe there are English people too. Suzie In ten years I will have long hair and I will help my mummy make dinner. Maybe I will have my own pet and I will babysit children, and I will be living in America. Amanda I think I will watch L.A. Law in ten years time and I might be married. I will be seventeen. I will be living in England. I will make aeroplanes as a job. I think there will be trains that hang from the track. I will dye my hair blue and I will wear blue jeans and a blue shirt. I think Kellett School will be knocked down and I think they will build some houses. I am going to name my children James and Rebecca and my favourite sport will be football. James 85 86 Primary Class 10 - Mrs J. Wiltshire Back row Middle row Front row Mrs Wiltshire, Pascale Seiler, Francesco Zancanaro, Kate Deacon, Craig Butcher, Alisa Braid, Daniel Nylander Samantha Dickinson, Maximilien Tse, Tove Porseryd, Hank Lynch, Melanie Forte, Mark Button, Nicola Phillips Julia Tootill , Oliver Bayliss, Alexandra Judd, Christopher O'Neill, Norine Tan, Oliver Northway, Kelly McFadzien Time We have been learning about time, and we have found different ways of timing things. Candle clock For a candle clock you have to find out how much will burn in each hour, then you have to put marks to show how much this is. An Advent candle is a kind of candle clock. The candle is divided and you burn one part each day. Shadow clock You can measure time passing with a shadow clock. You need a sunny day or it will not work. A shadow clock is like a sundial. The roof is a good place to put it . Water timer .S.pecifications : 1. Make a water clock to measure one minute. 2. It must be free-standing. 3. Use cups and tape. 4 . No water should be left on the floor. .M.akirtg the clock: We used paper cups, tape, plasticine, marbles, string and a cardboard roll. Problems· Our problem was to keep it free standing, so we used plasticine and tape and marbles. We stuck one end of the string to the tube and the other end to the table and that supported it. Another problem was to make sure Flow Chart Put water in first cup Runs through first cup Runs through second cup Collects in third cup Put hole in third cup that it really did measure one minute. -~~-r:-"Ti.., 87 88 --------------Milestones------------- - When I was little Not The End ( after A .A . Milne) One is a newness Just beginning. Something so small, So precious and tiny . Two is just double As many as one. Two is such trouble According to Mum. When I was three I was hardly me. I longed to be four - Just one year more! When I was five I could swim and dive. Then when I was six I played lots of tricks. Seven came after With lots of laughter, But now that I'm eight It' s a special date .. . . . . . 'cos this is the year to celebrate Kellett's tenth birthday, Hip, hip hooray! Class 10 When I was 3. On the first day at school I was sad because I didn't want my Mummy to go and all I could say in English was "One, two, three, hippopotamus." Tove Porseryd When I went to playschool I was in the first group and when it was playtime I climbed onto the apparatus and fell down and cracked my head. Daniel Nylander I went to playgroup. On my first day I was a little nervous but when Mummy went I was O.K. but when Mummy came back I did not want to leave. Nicola Phillips When I was 5 I was in Mrs Cox's class. We made a snake. It was very long. Kate Deacon When I first came to Kellett School I was quite afraid. After a few weeks I got used to the class and I did maths and other things too . We had news time and show time. Alexandra Judd When I am ten .. When I am ten I will be in boarding school in New Zealand. I will be tall. I will be good at sports. I will look intelligent. I will be good at French and I will be good at maths. I will be able to play the recorder very well. I will be a good athlete. I will be good at running. I will be very smart. Craig Butcher I will look intelligent ... and I will go to Kellett School still. I'll be in the 6's and I will play the electric drum and the electric piano. Francesco Zancana;-o When I am ten I will be grown up and I might be good at rugger, or I might go to boarding school. I may be very strong too and I could run very fast. I could be good in maths and I could be very good at recorder. I will have long hair and I will be very good at reading too. Oliver Northway I might have braces. I'll be very tall. I'll be good at tennis. I might have a boyfriend. I'll be able to go in a taxi on my own. I'll be able to play the recorder well. Samantha Dickinson I am going to get braces on my teeth. I will be very good at playing the organ and I will be very good at recorder. I will be very much taller and I will be a smart girl. Norine Tan I will have hairy legs and I will be even heavier. I will get more clothes and more shoes and I will go to boarding school. I will have more money and I will have big muscles. I will be good at maths . ... I will be good on my violin. I will look handsome and smart and I might fall in lITT'e with a girl. Oliver Bayliss When you are ten you can go to boarding school. I will be a good recorder player . .. . You can have your ears pierced. I will be good at gymnastics. Julia Tootill I will be intelligent. I will be handsome. I will be going to boarding school. Hank Lynch I will wear different clothes and shoes. I will start to learn how to read harder books. I might go to New Zealand by myself to see Nan and Pappa ... . I might go to Toys-R-Us and go in a taxi by myself. Alisa Braid I will look handsome and I will play lots of sports. In rugby I might be full-back and do nice kicking. I will be tall. I will be smart and I will be able to wear a tie. Christopher O'Neill I will look intelligent. I will be able to do chemistry. I will be tall and I will do sports. I will experiment with techniques. I will study stars. I might go to foreign countries to collect things in boarding school holidays. I will play instruments. I'll practise reading and writing. I will learn biology, geometry and geography. I will be strong. Maximilien Tse I will look tall and pretty and nice . When I am ten I will have a boyfriend. When I am ten I can go on an aeroplane and in a taxi by myself. I will do joining writing and be good at gym. I will play tennis very well. Pascale Seiler I will be in boarding school. I will beat the swimming record ... . I am going to play rugby, football, cricket and tennis. I will have talents of music. I will be good at playing the recorder, trumpet and drum. I will live at the weekends with grandma and grandad. Mark Button When I am ten I will leave Kellett School because I will go back to New Zealand. When I go back to Auckland I will see one of my friends, Josie. I think I will be a classical ballet 89 90 When I am grown up I want to be a good piano teacher. Kate I want to ride horses . Samantha I want to be a businessman in New Zealand. Craig I might be good at tennis . . Alisa I might be a good golf player in the south of England. Oliver Bayliss I will play cricket and study hockey in Ireland. Christopher I would like to live in Australia. Nicola I want to be a Brown Owl. Tove I want to be a dance teacher. Pascale My hobby will be maths. I want to be a boat designer in the States. Hank I want to be a ballet dancer. Kelly I want to be a book publisher. I will play rugby at the Sevens. Oliver Northway My job will be making skateboards. I may be a champion skateboarder in the States. Daniel I want to sell tickets for airplanes. Norine want to be a gymnastics teacher. Julia I think I will study, or be an author. My part-time job would be a scientist. Max I will be an artist . Francesco Back row Middle row Front row Mary-Frances Murphy Primary Class 11 - Mrs J. Ashworth Mrs Ashworth, Sarah Rapoport , Henry Turner, Sophie Corstin, Nicholas Humphrey, Catherine McDowall, Joseph Spinks Lara Day, William Hutton, Timothy Tschetter, Christopher Lucas, Andrew McGuigan, Nicola Murphy Beverley Austin, Robert Dinnen, Abigail Holdaway, David Hilling, Joanna Absolom, Edward Barlow, Tanya Waldburger 91 92 Class 11 go on an Adventure Chapter 1 The Beginning After the Christmas holidays when everybody had come back to school Mrs Steer wanted us (and the rest of class 11) to go on a mission . But she didn't tell class 11 , she told the teacher, Mrs Ashworth. We had changed into our PE kits and were going to PE but Mrs Ashworth took class 11 up to the resources room. We went in and sat down ready. We thought maybe we were going to watch a film. We were surprised that we hadn't gone to PE and that now we were NOT going to watch a film! Nicholas and David Extracts from the Diaries of Class 11 ~ 0 @"_:J 1 A tjJ Chapter 2 A strange bus ride! Then Mrs Steer came into the room. "Are you ready to go?" she said. "Yes", class 11 chorused. We all trooped down to the bus line where, waiting for us, was a shiny new red school bus. It was a beautiful bus and bus route 9's driver was ready to drive it. Then we got into the bus, it started to move off out of school and began to race through Aberdeen. Suddenly a taxi came round a comer. SMASH! What a bang. The taxi crashed into the side of the bus, luckily no one was hurt. The bus was not new and shiny any more. There was a very big dent all down the side of the bus. It was broken and we had to wait for someone to come and pick us up. But in the crash the radio on the bus had been damaged and there was no way of calling for another bus. So we climbed aboard the number 16 bus which happened to be going to Tai Tam Park. Timothy and Joseph Chapter 3 The mission It was then that Mrs Ashworth decided to tell class 11 the mission. The mission was to find Mrs Coultous who had been kidnapped whilst in her office yesterday morning. Mrs Steer had searched Mrs Coultous's office for clues. She found some chalk scribbles on the carpet which said T.T.P. ! What could this mean? We (Robert and William) searched the room. We found: fingerprints, rope around her chair, and chalk scribbles on the desk saying, ·'I will give Mrs Coultous to you for $1,000." We also found a gun (loaded), also the bookshelf had fallen down and all the books were missing. Robert and William I Chapter 4 An elephant ride We got off the bus and walked to Tai Tam. To our surprise we met an elephant. Joanna just happens to be an elephant trainer. So Joanna said to the elephant, "Can you take us all around Tai Tam Park? We want to find Mrs Coultous." But Tai Tam Park was so big we couldn' t go all around it. But we HAD to find Mrs Coultous. We climbed onto the elephant's back and set off along the path. We went half way on the elephant and half way we walked. Joanna and Sarah 93 94 Chapter 5 The pit Everything was quiet and still when suddenly we heard a crack. It was not long until we heard another crack and we went along some more and the ground split and we fell into a pit. We saw a Chinese Cobra slither ing at the bottom of the pit. After a while it began to get muddy, and to make it worse it began to rain. (Imagine, children, an elephant AND a Chinese Cobra!) Then some earth worms came out, then the Cobra called his friends , then there were ten of them . . . . Shall we survive? ~ · ~ .· Andrew and Henry ,/ Chapter 6 Escape from the pit c~)i 1;1~;:, ---~ a_, cl)\J ~~- a )~ ~-==-- • {t Luckily we were still on the elephant's back so we were not hurt . We struck a match and saw a hole where many Chinese Cobra were asleep. They woke up and slithered over to us. We were very scared now. We saw an arm appear over the edge of the pit. It was Catherine. " I heard you calling for help, so I came over to help," said Catherine. She had come to rescue us! She pulled us up just as the snakes were about to strike. Then we carried on walking again . Luckily we were not hurt. After this had happened to us we were very careful where we stepped because we were afraid of falling down another pit, we didn 't know what would be there . It could be a crocodile! After all Tai Tam Park is near a river! Abigail now led the way for class 11 . Everyone was secretly very scared. We (Abigail and Catherine) knew the way round Tai Tam Park so we were very brave. We were near the river, we saw lots of crocodiles so we turned a different way. We found a cave but we were too scared to go in so we kept to the path. jl ~ ~~~"'~~ '-~~ ................ ~ ............ ~~ ,------,\ Catherine and Abigail ~~ Chapter 7 A clue We saw something shining on the path. A clue! It was a ring. Printed on the ring were the initials MC. Perhaps Mrs Coultous was near. We thought, could she be near enough to be in THIS park? We heard a loud shot. We all looked up. Nicola and Chris spotted some smoke. We had a feeling that they were smoke signals. We all agreed the smoke was hovering over some trees. Perhaps Mrs Coultous was near! Suddenly we heard a loud bang. It was a shot. We looked up and saw more smoke rising a long way off in some trees. It was thick grey smoke. It was fluttering around in t1>e wind . It wasn' t moving so we were quite sure that we were seeing smoke signals. As we stared at the smoke it seemed to form the letters SOS. Christopher and Nicola Chapter 8 We meet a stranger Mary and Sophie went over to see what was going on. Both of us hid behind our own tree. One of us saw a man dressed in old clothes. We hiked over through the bushes towards the smoke. We hid behind some trees to see what was happen ing. We saw somebody dressed in rags flapping one of Mrs Coultous's carpets over a fire. Sophie went over and asked him who he was. He said he had been thrown out of the van which was carrying Mrs Coultous. He thought she was somewhere in the park but he didn't know where. Sophie and Mary ~ c-;) ~ ~ m ©~ Chapter 9 More clues We saw some footprints in the mud at one side of the wood. We followed them and in the distance saw a figure tied to a tree. Could it be Mrs Coultous? We called out, "Mrs Coultous!" There was no reply and we rushed towards the tree. Was she dead or alive? She was alive, but was too weak to speak as she had not had any food or water. We went up to her and untied her. We gave her food and water and carried her back to school. Beverley and Tanya Chapter 10 Class 11 - Heroes When we got back to school there was an assembly. Although she was not fully recovered Mrs Coultous had enough strength to show the school some beautiful medals. They were made out of brass and they had SOS written on them to remind us of our adventure. The medals were hanging on red and white checked ribbons. Mrs Steer said "Thank you very much, Class 11, now we can have have assembly after all." We were all nervous when we went up to collect our medals but proud when we had collected them. After school Edward and Lara, along with the rest of class 11, rushed home to show their medals to their families. Edward and Lara 95 96 Primary Class 12 - Mrs T. James Back row Middle row Front row Mrs James, Sana Faruqi, Nicholas Carter, Margit Korteweg, Lucy Squire, Natalie Futcher, Mrs Goddard Jolana Sampson, Ceriel Coppus, Stuart Suttie, Christopher Lui, Mark Egan, Richard Scott, Max Woods, Victoria Burge Herrald Madeleine Thompson, Alexander French, Boel Bergfors, Richard Hunt, Helen Willers, Christopher Prior, Hannah Boyd, Charles Fox The story so far: Today is the day of the wedding. The Prince Henry was going to marry the Princess Arminda. Everyone in the land was so happy because they were going to the wedding. The witch and the wizard can't make up their mind which clothes to wear. But five minutes later they put on their magic school robes. But too much magic is used and dreadful things can happen. The Princess Arminda has been captured, and the Prince has been turned into a frog. Boel Bergfors In Dread Dragon Droom there are a lot of characters. The princess is my favourite . She has long hair and she is going to marry Prince Henry. They are very happy. Helen Willers How to play You have to try to get the gold from the troll . Then you can go to the wizard's house. Then the wizard will give you one of those sticky, sticky buns. But first you have to give him the ten bags of gold. Mark Egan There is a Prince and he is going to marry the Princess. But the witch and the wizard have used too much magic and the Dragon has escaped. Richard Scott __.lliiillliii:!!i....._.._,_ CJ Dread Dragon Droom Woosh - turns on water taps. Pouf - anyone who is with you will disappear Cheep - it will tum all giants into mice . Bells - it will make two people happy. Pop - it will get rid of anything green. These spells we use in the game. I had to use 'Cheep' because it was the only one that would work. Stuart Suttie After we have played one of the levels we put all the answers in our log books. Sometimes we have to draw a puzzle. Sometimes we have to write. How to play 1. First you put your hands on up and down and sideways. 2. Then you make the car move. 3. You go to one of the seven houses. 4. You go first to the witch's house. 5. Then you go right through the list till you get to the wedding. Alexander French The Wizard is blue, then red, then he is green. He wears a robe and a hat. He is a very nice, kind wizard. He can change his clothes as quick as a flash. The wizard loves sticky buns. He likes you to come to tea. But you have to pay him ten bags of gold for the buns. Richard Hunt We have this computer log book. I'll tell you all about it. In the book there are questions and puzzles to solve. I like the questions and I really love the puzzles. One of the games is called 'Find the Spells'. You find the spell book by pressing one of the buttons on the computer. The one we found was G. Natalie Futcher The wizard always likes it if it is time for tea. You always have to give him ten bags of gold . If you have no gold he will kick you out of the door. If you have ten bags of gold he will tell you where Dread Dragon Droom lives. Ceriel Coppus 97 98 D 0 0 I You have to try to destroy the Dread Dragon Droom because you need to rescue the princess. Then the princess will kiss the frog, and the frog will tum back into a prince. Chris Lui The fairies have a red and white house. The fairies can't wake up the giant because he has eaten too much cheese, and he has got old. Sana Faruqi The giant is very, very lazy because the cheese that he eats makes him sleepy. The fairies try to wake him up, but all he does is snore. Nicholas Carter In the game there are five spells. One spell is called 'cheep' . I used 'cheep' and turned the giant into a mouse. Charles Fox Ceriel and me are playing the computer. We are playing a game called Dread Dragon Droom. We must look for Bluenose to find the fairy's name. Margit Korteweg Our class has been learning about a computer program called Dread Dragon Droom. First you have to drive to a house. Then you press 'y' for yes and 'n' for no. And when you try to get the gold you have to make a star shape. If you go over the same line twice a troll will appear. Lucy Squire Once upon a time in a land far away there lived a prince who was going to marry . the beautiful Princess Arminda. Everyone was ready except for the witch and the wizard who couldn't make up their minds which clothes to wear. J olana Sampson Dread Dragon Droom Puzzles How to move the purple square to the top right comer. There is a little circle. You have to move the circle onto a square that you want to move, by moving the cursor keys. How to find the Witch's Spell book. There are letters from A to Z and you have to chose one letter. If you find the right one you can look at it. When you go to the fairy's house you have to find Bluenose using co-ordinates. Madeleine Thompson You control the purple and yellow circles. You've got to move the purple square to the top right hand comer by moving the yellow square in less than 15 moves. You move the purple and yellow circle. The keys are up and down, left, right and space bar. Max Woods In the witch's house you have to help the witch to find her spells book. In the troll's house you have to get ten bags of gold to pay the wizard. Hannah Boyd When I woke up today I felt so nervous, because it was my Assembly. I asked my Dad if he can come and he said yes. So after the Assembly I felt proud because I did very well. It was all about a dragon called Dread Dragon Droom. He was about to burn the Prince. But the witch and wizard turned him into a frog, and the Dragon caught the Princess. But would the Prince turn back into a Prince, and the Princess marry him? Who can help? Class 12 will help. We will see when they fight the Dread Dragon Droom. Christopher Lui Dragons are dangerous, some are not. Red dragons can fly A Welsh dragon can fly too. Green dragons can't fly. Some can. 0 watch out No, go away. Ceriel Coppus Dis is the beginning of the Dread Dragon Droom Red fire out his mouth. And smoke out of his nose and it's a Green Dragon Oh, the Dragon is coming he will eat us up No, it is a nice Dragon. Margit Korteweg In the morning I remembered it was my Assembly. When I got to my bus stop I was scared, and when I was going to change into my costume. When the play started I was happy, but in the middle I was disappointed because Alexander spoke too soon and I couldn't say my words. But I didn't make a fuss about it, I just stood quiet. After I was sad because we had to take off our costumes. But my Mum was proud of me. Jolana Sampson Our Assembly When I was asleep I dreamt about the Assembly. When I woke up I was so so nervous. But when I went to school I felt much better. Then when it was 10 o'clock I saw all the children looking at me. I felt nervous again. After the play I was so relieved and happy. It was about Dread Dragon Droom. I was a villager, so was Hannah. Helen was the Queen. Madeleine Thompson Dangerous Dragon. Rocketing down from the sky Angry with an ogre Green. And with scaly skin. Ogres are horrible as well as dragons Never go near one, it could burn you. Alexander French I felt scared in the play and when it was finished I felt proud. At first the dragon came and the play started. I was scared to death. Victoria Burge Herrald When I woke up I felt glum. On the way to school I felt bad because everyone was going to laugh at my dance. But when I did it nobody laughed. Christopher Prior Dread Dragon Droom, Roaring, Raging, Rocketing, Angry, Anxious, Great, Greedy, Green, Giant, Occupied Ogre like Noisy Nightmare. Max Woods When I woke up I was very happy and when I was on the bus I nearly forgot about the play. When I was on the stage I was very nervous because all those people were staring at me. Afterwards I felt better. I wasn't nervous any more. Mark Egan D Dragons are dreadful. R Rocketing down from the sky. A Angry and frightening. G Greedy and mean. 0 Oh watch out. N Never anyone come near Dragons. Sana Faruqi 99 100 The Komodo Dragon The Komodo Dragon is 3 metres long and it weighs 150 kg. It lives on the island of Komodo in Indonesia. The colours are green or brown. It looks like a dragon. Their tongues are like forks and they're pink and yellow. It's not really a dragon . It's a lizard. D Dragons are dreadful R Roaring red fire A Angry with G Growling Helen Willers 0 Oh you better not go near one N Never go near one. Stuart Suttie Dragons are scary and dangerous . Roaring and fire coming out of his mouth. Angry and nauseous. Green with great big teeth. Oh watch out for the Dragon. Now the nightmares are beginning. Boel Bergfors Dennis the menace is a DRAGON Rising up into the sky And the big wings flapping Great claws snapping Overhead it is down from the sky Never a monster can scare you. Richard Scott The Komodo dragon is 3 metres long. It has a pink and yellow forked tongue. It lives on the island of Komodo in Indonesia. It has a scaly body. It weighs 150 kg. It .belongs to the lizard family. Hannah Boyd Dragons in stories are dreadful Roaring the world all around And breathe fire Guarding their gold Oh watch out Night is coming dragons will be awake to scare you D dragons dragons dragons dread dragon droom Charles Fox R roaring and raging like thunder, rocketing down from the sky. A angry as a G great 0 ogre oh the N nightmare is over. Victoria Burge Herrald Dreadful Dread Dragon Droom Roaring as he rockets down from the sky. Away he Goes leaving a trail Of smoke behind him Never shall we see him again . Richard Hunt The Komodo Dragon Dread Dragon Droom Roaring and raging Angry and anxious Green and greedy Ogres are the same Never go near one. Nicholas Carter It is about 3 metres long. The colours of the tongue are pink and yellow. It lives on the island of Komodo in Indonesia. It weighs 150 kg. The Komodo is mouldy coloured. It isn't a legend. It's true. The tongue is half a metre. Natalie Futcher Dragons are fierce Rocketing down from the sky Anxious as they go by Groaning like a fiery furnace Ogres are very big Never go near one. Lucy Squire Komodo thinks the Komodo Dragon breathes fire. The Komodo Dragon, it is really a big lizard. Christopher Prior Back row Middle row Front row Roisin Murphy Primary Class 13 - Mr T. Nevin Mr Nevin, Johane Royds-Jones, Joanna Lewis, Nathan Evison, Darran Jones, Nicole van der Mije, Nina Poulsson Dugald Pollitt, Lawrrene Pemberthy, Philip Williams, Oonagh McCarthy, Jason Keen, Jenny Hochstetter, Joseph Ng Harriet Inglis, Kirsty Henry, Alice Barty, Carrie Sizer, Juliet Fisher, Nathalie Goddard, Stephanie Ryan, Anna Smith 101 102 SHIPWRECKED It was a beautiful sunny day. Suddenly cold winds started to blow and we had to take down the sails ... Now the sea was getting rough and we were being thrown about violently. There was a hole in the boat so we called for somebody to help us and shouted that we were sinking. We had no hope. The next thing we knew we were bobbing up and down in the freezing cold water. We were all exhausted, especially our arms and legs. We cried for help until our voices were hoarse. In the morning we found ourselves washed ashore on what looked like a deserted island. We crawled through the trees and found some fruit. It was delicious. Suddenly we could smell cooking and hear the sound of screaming. It was coming from further on through the trees. We rushed through the trees although our arms and legs ached like mad. When we got to the spot where the screaming was coming from: we stopped dead for there was the most disgusting thing anybody could ever see. Cannibals eating a human being! We started to run back through the trees, terrified because somebody was chasing us. WHAT COULD WE DO? Carrie Sizer Three girls went for a sail. They were out enjoying Themselves so much. Suddenly the sky got darker And darker, Until there was a flash of lightning And a shot of thunder. " I'm sinking," one said. Next day the captain found herself On an island. She was the only one, Ready to begin Her new shipwrecked life. Kirsty Henry A ship was sailing along On a nice sunny day. Suddenly the clouds Started darkening. The sea began to get rougher. It started to rain. They knew that a storm Was approaching, Because they could see Thunder and lightning coming. It became much rougher now. They all tried to grab Onto something, Even the captain. One man got blown overboard. The captain said, "You'll have to jump." The captain was the only one To survive. All the men drowned. He saw land, And he tried to swim for it, But it was no use. He was too exhausted and cold. Philip Williams A ship calmly floating on the sea, It's peaceful and quiet. Only ripples can be heard. Gradually it gets rockier, But now it's very stormy. LOOKOUT. The ship turned over, In the thunder and lightning. HELP. SAVE ME. No answer. Everyone else had drowned. He gave up hope. j When he woke up, He found hope. H. e had survived. Roisin Murphy \ \ It was a nice calm day. The sun was shining and a light breeze was blowing. Later it was getting cold and the boat was rocking. Rain drops were falling down from the sky. Suddenly a giant wave threw us over board. "Help," we cried. The waves were pushing us about. Our arms were dropping because we were so tired. We drifted along the ocean and came to an island. We struggled ashore and · looked around. We looked for food and found that there were coconuts. Inside there was green milk. There were brown apples too. But at last we found a good coconut so both of us had some milk and we had a rest. We kept on rolling but we managed to get some sleep. S h . R tep ame yan On June 19th I was far from land in the South China Sea when suddenly a rock hit the bottom of my ship. I was terrified when my ship started sinking. I jumped overboard. Sooner than I thought, I saw an island in the distance. I swam as fast as I could to get there, and at last I found myself on an island, tired, exhausted and saturated. I lay on the sand with all my clothes sticking to me. My gun was all rusty and my knife too. Sooner than I knew I was fast asleep. Jason Keen A ship sets sail from port , On this very first morn of the year. Bright coloured sky, But cold winter morning. Sails are put up and anchors away. The sea gets rougher and rougher, The ship sways from side to side, Tossing people over each side. Swims as far as possible, Becomes exhausted and sleeps. Wakes up. ·'Strange Island," he thinks, In his head. "Wonder what it is called?" Rises up slowly. Just in case of . ... ... . CANNIBALS. Alice Barty The next day, I found myself on a beach. It was very mysterious Because I did not know where I was. There could be cannibals. If there were cannibals , I could get eaten, So I'd better be careful. I put up my tent and, Outside, I had Put some guns on a stand, With bullets in them. If someone comes to get me, I just had to pull the trigger, Then BANG BANG. Then I looked up where the sea was , There were cannibals coming. I quickly went to the trigger, Pulled it. BANG BANG. Phew, they're dead. Jenny Hochstetter I was so hungry, I went to find some food, But I could not find any. And a few days ago , I was so weak, I had not eaten for a week. Then the days passed away. I thought I would die on that island, I had no hope That someone could get me off That dangerous island. Lawrrene Pemberthy Calm sunny sailing till, an hour later, The sea became rough And the sky darkened. It rained hailstones, With lightning and thunder too. A storm had come. They held on tight. Rougher and rougher the sea became. It was much too rough. The boat was sinking, They had to jump. The next morning, They found themselves On a desert island, Still recovering. Joanna Lewis He looked around slowly and saw That he was on an island. The young sailor stood still For a while, Then he started to walk Around the island That was soon going To become his home! Oonagh McCarthy I was on my junk on a beautiful day looking out over the sea. I saw a big black rain cloud coming over the horizon . In a moment it started to rain . Thunder roared and lightning lit the sky. I was very worried and I could see the junk starting to sink slowly so I threw some barrels into the sea. It did no good. Suddenly a typhoon approached. Splash!!! A flash of lightning hit the junk and it made a gigantic hole . Next morning I woke on a strange island and I remembered all about my shipwreck and how hard it was to swim all the way to the island in the rough sea. I was very happy I got off that junk alive, Harriet Inglis The sea was calm but there was a pirate ship and suddenly a storm came. The ship started to rock, then there was a crack. A rock had hit the ship. The captain said "Man overboard ." There was a splash, a buccaneer had fallen in the water. Then the ship began to sink and all the other men were drowned when the ship went down. The night passed. The pirate had drifted to an island. The island looked very bare but it was hot and he felt thirsty and hungry. He saw a tree with coconuts on it so he climbed up and got two of them. Night fell , the pirate looked around for a while and he found a cave. He made a bed out of leaves, put his head down and went to sleep. The next day he felt very lonely. So on the beach he wrote SOS. He waited two hours. The buccaneer had a look around and he found a lake with fresh water, so he got his empty coconut and drank some water. Later he saw a ship and it saw the SOS. It headed to the beach and out hopped two men. The buccaneer started running to the beach. He got to the men and they said , " One of your mates survived the crash, so we saw that this island was the closest to the ship , so we came to take you home ." 103 104 Roots creeping slowly up and down. Slithering and twisting, In and out of holes. Long like spaghetti, Growing and working, night and day. The roots look like brown straw And are long and stretching, Like caterpillars. . Twiney like skinny fingers, Sucking on the soil. They suck the water and it goes Up the plant. Nina Poulsson Creeping, crawling, down, down, Into the soil. Working with all their might, Weaving in and out. They are determined little things, Like spider's legs and bony fingers, Looking for water and food. hey are sucking it up as they grow. Peeping round comers , And ending twisted up. Roots are like spaghetti, Veins, caterpillars or string. Becoming wound up, In between the other roots. J ohane Royds-J ones Long, creepy, slithering, Twisting roots. Moving and stretching downwards, Like worms crawling slowly. Winding around tiny stones, In the soil. Looking like spaghetti, Spider's legs and twisted wire. Bony, skinny fingers, Veins of string . .. feeding, Sucking water from the earth. Roots are crawling up and down, Like long skinny legs, In the rough soil. Peeking in and out, In the little holes. Trying to suck water, From the ground. Let them grow, Longer and longer. Getting angry, So they stretch. BANG, They are dead! Anna Smith Long spaghetti legs, Fuzzy earthworms, Like cracks on the wall. Caterpillars, Twisted, bones, Dead people's bones, Like spider webs, Or dead ratS'tails. Joseph Ng It all starts off iri a deep spooky hole where twisty spiny roots grow. They slither and squeak in the squirmy soil. Octopus' tentacles slithering thrmtgh the soil. Frog's tongues slimy and wet roots approaching. Growing longer and longer sucking all the soily water. Crawling further into the soggy soil.. More tentacles shooting out of the long spiky root. Nicole van der Mije Lon~'bony skinny fingers, Crawling down into the earth. Working with all their might, Trying to get some water and food. Holding trees and plants up. Oh! They must be very tired. How they are working so hard. Little pieces of knotty rope, Looking like witches hair. Holding pieces of dirt, Hoping that if someone pulls them, They will not break. Nathan Evison Roots are slith~ring and stretching, Beneath the ground. Deep below the ground. Roots are crawling low, down deep. Creeping very quietly like stringy, Little fingers underneath the ground. Very ugly skinny snakes, Down and down they go. Nathalie Goddard IF THEY WERE NOT TEACHERS. • • • • • Mrs Ramsey, Mrs Lamont and Mrs Pennington fylrs Ramsey could look after rams which are adult sheep. Mrs Lamont could look after the lambs and Mrs Pennington could keep the sheep in the pens. J ohane Royds-J ones Mrs Morrice could grow rice or be a skater or sell ice cream. Kirsty Henry Miss Bowden could sell bow ties and bows or could teach people how to bow down to the Queen. Harriet Inglis Mrs Robertson could catch robbers . Anna Smith Miss Mansfield could help the farmer. Lawrrene Pemberthy Mrs Mason-Parker could be a traffic warden . Mrs Barker could train police dogs, or would work at the RSPCA. She could also chop down trees and collect all the bark. Nicole van der Mije Mr Marshall could be a sheriff or sell Mars bars and marshmallows or be the first man to land on Mars. Oonagh McCarthy Mrs Cook and Mrs Cooke could be chefs or could make cookies and also spoil the broth. Jason Keen Mrs Allerhand could be good at manicuring people's hands or selling gloves. Dugald Pollitt Mr Miller could work in a mill and grind flour. Philip Williams Mrs Galton could make Galt toys. Stephanie Ryan Mrs Coultous could make refrigerators and ice packs or could be a miner. Roisin Murphy Mrs Evans could make music in the heavens or drive vans. Carrie Sizer Mrs Ashworth and Mrs Ashdown could clean chimneys or sell cigarettes. Nina Poulsson Mrs Steer could be a driving instructress or design guiding systems for motor bikes. Darran Jones Mrs James could look after giant peaches and make jam. Joseph Ng Mrs Macleod could read weather reports . Alice Barty Mrs Goddard could build temples and churches. Joanna Lewis Mrs Pennington could save all her coins or work in a bank. Jenny Hochstetter Mrs Viney could grow vines and make wine. Nathalie Goddard 105 106 Primary Class 14 - Mrs V. Barker Back row Middle row Front row Antti Ahtiluoto, Meghan Fenn, Simon Shannon, Kate Smith, David Hamblin, Melissa Pearson, John-Paul Dunnett Mrs Barker, Madeleine Bosher, Clare Buttery, Hannah Biggs, Veronica Pepe, Alexandra Aldcroft , Lindsay Ellis Sarena Harvey, Thomas Ayres, Emma Peacock, Mark Evetts, Kathy Marshall, Graham Elliott, Claire Dungey, Johan Martinsson Luisa Allen ,--------THE WORLD OF DRAGONS------- My Pet Dragon Once upon a dragon there was a very old female dragon who was pale yellow with slightly darker, shaggy, orange hair. One day Gigi, as that was her name, was walking in the park when she saw an egg. It was black with golden spots and was in the ground well hidden by grass. "Oh!" gasped Gigi and she gently picked up the egg and waddled back to her lair. At her lair Gigi put the egg in a box filled with cotton wool and heated up the gold nuggets from her bed in the fire. When the gold was heated and back in its place she put the egg amongst the hot gold . A few months later the egg hatched. The baby dragon was the same colour as the egg. Sarena Harvey Nothing After twenty-one days the egg still hadn't hatched and I started to cry again, "Oh no, the chick inside must be dead!" I cried and cried but after a week the egg started to crack. I hadn't noticed it at all and four hours later I found the box moving around my bedroom. Startled, I picked up the box, opened it and found . . . a baby dragon . (Now baby dragons have to grow spikes and wings and all the other things in the egg that a chick doesn't have and that is why he took longer to hatch.) I was so happy but I still kept it a secret. "Now," I said, "I have to think of a name for you. You are so colourful that I think I'll call you ... Rainbow!" I had so much fun with Rainbow but, after a month, I woke up in the morning, got up and started to look for him, you see, Rainbow always got up earlier than me and he would hide and I would have to find him. I looked up at the sky wondering where he was, then I knew . ... He'd gone to find a new home where he could breed ..... DRAGONS. Madeleine Bosher Once upon a dragon, long, long ago in the mystery world of dragons a red egg was found by a little company of dragons. There were four colours of dragons blue, green, yellow and rainbow but there was no red so when they found the egg they were so happy as they knew that it would hatch to be a red dragon. The next day the dragons hatched the egg and a wonderful baby dragon came out. It was a red dragon with tiny wings. It had seven scales and a sharp point on its tail. All the dragons had a big party so the little dragon could meet its new friends. They told the dragon a story about a place called earth and after that the baby dragon said "I want to go to earth." "No" said the dragons, "it's too dangerous. There are things called humans, they would lock us up and keep us. Please don't go, please." But the little dragon said, "Yes I will go." The next day he set off early for earth in a baby rocket and in four days he landed in a field where three cows were being milked. The dragon walked around until he came to a gate. He looked round and saw his rocket sinking into some sand. He ran over with a piece of wire he found on the ground and tied it to the top of the rocket' and started pulling it out of the sand. He was so worried that he might not get home that he climbed into the rocket and set off back to Dragon land. Mark Evetts My Dragon My dragon is very good but fierce looking. His skin is hard and rough and when you feel it , it is quite bumpy. On each foot there are three sharp claws. His enormous mouth is full of sharp pointed teeth and he has bat-like wings. The dragon breathes hot burning flames, his ong tail is covered with soft spikes but the ones on his neck are dangerous. J ohan Martinsson The Dragon There was once a dragon who liked fighting. He was very fierce and every knight was scared of him. One day he kidnapped the emperor's beautiful daughter and said that the next time he came to the village he would kidnap the emperor. All the villagers were frightened. The village was all burnt by the dragon and there were people all over the place and children were crying. Soon the fire went out and lots of people were lying dead on the floor. Babies were screaming. The prince remembered about the emperor's beautiful daughter and he said to himself, "I must save the princess." He saw the dragon's castle and went inside very easily because the gate was open. He found inside the castle that the dragon was holding the princess very tightly in his claws. He hid behind the door until the dragon put the princess down. When the dragon had gone to sleep the prince got his sword and put it in the dragon's stomach. He growled and died. The prince got the princess and put her on his horse. At last they got to the emperor's palace. For a special reward the emperor let the prince marry his daughter and after a time they had a baby. The prince gave the baby dragon to the princess. Veronica Pepe 107 108 The Dragons' Quarrel It was only once that the dragons quarrelled , It started because of something as small as five tiny teeth ..... At first it was a small quarrel , then a fight , then there was a battle and last of all a war. They breathed so much fire and the grass was so dry, that all they had left was ... .. .... .... . A BALL OF FIRE. The Dragon of China A long, long time ago in ancient China there was a village called the Chung Dynasty. Every one was satisfied there until one misty morning, in mid-summer, when there was a tremendous trembling and cracks widened and huts fell down and many people died. After the earthquake all the people were terrified and lots of rumours went round that the dragon of China was very angry with them because they had not given them their gold. They called a meeting to see who would give the dragon his gold and in the end it was decided that a boy called Sung, his Daddy and one of the emperors' guards should be the ones. The next day they packed some spears and some food. After break- fast they set off and when they had walked out of the gate they heard a tremendous roar. They tried to run back but the gates . were shut behind them. They walked down the hil High Air Dragon Long dragon fly high, S~ales rippling through the grey air, Wmgs fla ing, swaying. Kathy Marshall I was in the park riding on the dragon go-round and was on a red dragon when it started to breath flames at me. I jumped off quickly and ran to the green dragon and I asked him his name and he said it was Gobash. He was very kind to me and helped to save me from the red dragon. The next day I came back to the park but the green dragon was not there. ---- I looked around and called "Gobash!" But there was no answer. 1 started into the forest and wandered and wandered until I found a cave. I was bored and I wanted to make a tent so I asked' my mother for a box. She gave me one and I went down to the lake with it . I started making it • into a tent when I looked into the lake and saw an egg. I wanted to examine it more closely so I took a long stick and luckily I got it. and saw the shadow of the giant dragon of China with his wings flap- ping, standing in front of his cav -•-·• went in, it was pitch black. I looked in a deep hole in the back of the cave and as I looked in I heard faint growling. I jumped. down to see what it was and found that it was It was a very, very big egg. It had purple and pink polkadots with a white stripe. It was very heavy too. I showed it to my best friends but of course, not the boys. The first fri~nd I saw was Kim, then Jenna and then the rest . We all sat down on the grass and looked very hard at it and after half an hour it started to hatch. "WOW!!! What can it be?" said Kim. Then it hatched, its top came off and we saw that it was a .... baby dragon. Suddenly we all heard this loud noise coming from the north. It came closer and closer and we saw that it was the baby dragon's mum . We quickly gave it to her and raced home. with smoke rising. When they got to the cave the dragon aM 1 .,_blew out a gust of flames and he came out. They threw the gold at him and began to run away, all except the boy who had tripped over. The dragon roared another gust of flames and at that moment the boy threw one of the spears into the dragon's mouth. With a great roar of pain the dragon was dead and the Chung Dynasty Village was safe. David Hamblin Gobash. He was ill but was able to walk. I took him back to the dragon go-round and the man there was able to fix him up and put him back. The next day I came to see if Go bash was all right. He was lying down with a big scrape on his stomach. I did not know who had done it but the red dragon came at me with rage. He stopped right before me and blew flames at me but I ducked so that I missed_ it. It tried again and again but missed me every time. It stopped and went away. I asked my mother if _I could keep Gobash and my mum said I could until it grew too big. I asked the man and he said, "Okay, because you saved him ." So I took him home. Lindsay Ellis .. _____________ ,;_..,::;,:_ _______________________________ !M~e~g~h~a~n~F~en~n~J Dragon Fight There was once a young boy named Ching Sang who lived in a new village. It was a very big village and had taken seven years to build. One hundred men had been needed to construct it . Quarrels You creep into the gloomy rat-infested cave, You hear a rrrrRRRRR The villagers believed that there was Suddenly you see a flame an evil dragon that had a flight of Its light reflects on an enormous dragons who would harm them so green dragon, they erected a big wall around the You try to run but the dragon houses to protect them. It took a Stops you with one breath of fire. year of hard work to build. When it And you fall, was nearly finished a boy called Into ashes. Ching Sang, who was collecting Claire Dungey Death Flames "Sir, They've spotted something ten metres long on the island." ''What! Manuel, check it again." "Look for yourself, Sir ... See there." "It's impossible. Send men." "How many, Sir?" "Fifty men." "Come on, men. Weapons, armour, heavy artillery. Let's go!" "There it is! It's aaaaaaa ... dragon!" "Throw sleeping bombs, Boat six, do you read me?" "Sir, it's sleeping." "Put it in the cage." firewood outside the village, heard , f.illli;;al!lllllalll ftp a dreadful roaring. He raced back to ;: ~ tell the villagers. · . The villagers said, "It must be the · "' · dragon trying to attack." All the ·· ( 10 davs later) "Come and see the dragon. Ladies 1r,.;--;;~ryJJJ and Gentlemen, we now present the guar.ds came marching out. They were -., ., really shaking. They wore big hats 'i.:_, - and had two swords, only one had a bow and arrow. They wore short tunics and trousers. The dragon shot a blasting flame at one of the men. The man who was hit rolled onto the ground in flames. One of the guards set fire to his arrow and shot it at the dragon. He fell back and died. After a few days the body of the dragon started to go rotten so the villagers decided to bury him. Ching Sang said, "Can I help to bury him?" and he was allowed to help . When they had finished d1gging the hole they put the dragon in and covered him up. Ching Sang's Daddy said to the builders, "You must build Ching Sang a house because his warning has saved the village." Quarrels ~h- mas Ayres A dragon's temper . ' Is hard to find, ' · But when you look inside , , roarRRRR There's the anger Locked up in a cage, Trying to get out with all 1 s rage . Finally it gets through And bums up all of you. Hannah Biggs Quarrels A quarrel is when something inside of you comes out and you express your feelings of rage and anger. Quarrels come out when your temper gets out of control and your rage turns into a fight. Quarrels I hate quarrels and so do my family and best friend. I hate quarrels because I get into r ~ rouble . ometimes I have one with my rather. In quarrels everyone shouts at you. You usually ignore them because you are so mad. Then you shout back and everyone points at you. I get red in the face and then I feel tense. Quarrels are silly things anyway. Melissa Pearson · only dragon in the world named .. . Death Flames.1 ' '·Wow!!! Look it's breaking the cage!" "Don't worry it's only a ... RUN, · run everybody. Run, runnnnnnnnnn. ''It's going west of New York." "It's fallen in love with the Statue of Liberty." "It's taking it away!" (Two hours later) "Now it's climbing the Empire State building!" "Send helicopters." "O.K. Fire." ROARrrrrrrrrrrrrr "Ahhhhhh, Dragonfly, I'm on fire. Sky hawk to base. I'm hit." "Base to Skywolf. Fire missile and try not to hit the statue." "Okay." ROARrrrrrrrrrrrrr "Skywolf, what's left of it?" "Sir, only five teeth!" "Throw them into the sea!" "Sir?" ''NOW." Antti Ahtiluoto Dragon Fight Spit of crackling flame , Glint of glittering dragon's eye, Ripping long sharp claws. Kate Smith 109 110 Dragonflie Dragonflies are ._ ctr ed insects from the family called "Odonata". Alexandra Aldcroft Snap Dragons A garden flower with blossoms shaped/t. like dragons' heads growing alon~ the sides of the stem. ~ -· (from The Giant All-Colour Dictionary) Kathy Marshall A Dragon Head A dragon head is the leader of a triad, which is a Chinese secret society. (from South China Morning Post) Kate Smith The Welsh Dragon The dragon on tne banner used by the Roman Auxiliary troops became the tlag of Wales which still has a dragon on it wit!t -.vhite round the red dragon . This flag does not form part \11· the Union Jack. The red dragon and green and white colours are tradit ional for Wales . (from Kingfisher Guide to Flags) John-Paul Dunnett The Flight of Dragons Once long ago I was walking in a bamboo grove in China, guarded by a giant panda, when suddenly I saw a flight of dragons. They were heading for the village of Sung Mon. By the time I got back, the village had been devastated. The rice paddies were all vapourized by the dragons. Now all the village was a burnt-out area of land apart from a few of the huts J'l which had survived. These were the V ones where all the nets and fighting · tools were kept. Some of the men of the village came to help me catch the dragons and we set out to find the dragons. Just before we left , the wise men of the village told us that if we found some teeth they would help us on our way. "What teeth?" "The magic teeth of Amadon, of course." "Oh yes, I remember the legend." We found the teeth and on the third night of our journey we found the dragons. We fought all through the night until the dragons were beaten. The teeth gave us extra energy and courage. We returned to the village victor iously, with dragons beaten and the village restored by magic. Graham Elliott Dragon Flight Blazing, blasting air, Dragons fly from mountains high To deep river run. Simon Shannon Dragon Kite Painted, long, curvy, Dragons flying in fresh air, Tails chasing behind. John-Paul Dunnett The mountain dragon Lives on the fluffy white clouds Up on the mountains Alexandra Aldcroft The Future Dragon . Finally we fell asleep and exactly when midnight struck the egg began to hatch. The next morning we heard a shuff ling noise which was coming from the box. I reached out to open the box when I jumped back in amaze ment. The box tipped over and out jumped a nice, bright blue dragon. It was a Chinese dragon. Its tiny wings sparkled as the sun came up and its spikes shivered in the morning breeze. We made a hole in the lid and put the baby dragon in . We gently tied a piece of string around the box so that the dragon would not fall out. We packed everything up and headed for home. When we got home we found out what it ate and discovered that it liked -oats, milk, cheese, almond nuts , apples and orange~ . After six months we decided to let the dragon go. First, it flew onto Meghan's head and then finally it flew outside ready to find its way around by itself for always. Clare Buttery 1988 The Year of the Dragon Back row Middle row Front row Sally Wetten Primary Class 15 - Mrs M. Viney Mrs Viney , William Wong, Ming Ming Thompson, Amy Turner, Alana Perkins, Barnaby Nelson Nicola Evans, Tara Boyd, Clare McDowall , Lisa Hunt Daniel Austin, Shevaun Porter, Andy Chan, Kirsty Royce, Cameron Osborne, Hilda Stoppa, Julian Murphy Klaus Bengtsson 111 112 The First Fleet 1788 Officers I am thirty-five years old and was born in England. I am a Naval Officer and my name is John Hunter. I am the captain of HMS Sirius, the flag ship of the First Fleet. There are one hundred and sixty other Naval Officers including the Commander and Governor. B. N. My mother was--- dying very fast and I was only eight. So I rushed to a street and I stole some cheese and bread. Somebody saw me and I was transported to New Holland. M.M. T. My home land fsEngland and my crime was that I received stolen goods and I went to court and they told me that I had to go to Botany Bay for fourteen years. L.H I have been living in England since I was born and my name is Arthur Phillip. I have been in the navy for twenty years. The parliament gave me orders to take the prisoners to the shores of Botany Bay. My grandfather was a Lord , now he is dead and I can have the money. I am the captain of the convict transport ship called the Prince of Wales. I am a convict, I am Danny Osborne. My family is very poor, so I stole some money from a rich man but I was caught and sent to Botany Bay. A.C. One autumn day I received a letter from the Government to captain a ship to Botany Bay. The letter said: Dear Mr Philip Gidley King ,- We would like you to be the captain of the Scarborough, going to New Holland. J.M. I stole some flour to make some bread, because I am so poor. Now I wish that I hadn't stolen anything because now I am on this ship being transported to Botany Bay. N.E. I was born in England in 1774 and I live in an old barn . My brother and I are very poor, my parents have died. I am being transported to New Holland for stealing a loaf of bread. A.T. Marines My job is cooking, that is why I am on the ship Sirius. My name is Penny and I am thirty. I really want to go and I also have to take my child. T. B. My husband is a marine. My name is Kate. I have been on this long journey. I have not been looking forward to it because I have to mend the sailors' clothes and do the cooking and things like that. I'll be glad when it's all over. K. R. I am the wife of a marine and my son and I are allowed to go on the voyage to Botany Bay. I am very nervous about leaving England and going to a place nobody has been to before. I hope it will be a safe journey. C. Mc. My story will whizz through time to England, October 1786, when I was selected to join the marines. My name is Alex Wolfman. I have been chosen to guard Captain Arthur Phillip and the convicts. When Captain Phillip goes anywhere, I will go with him. W.W. I was born in England. My name is Steven Groves and I am a sailor. I am twenty years old . John Hunter and I are best friends so he chose me as one of his sailors. The ship's name is the Sirius. D.A. My father is a marine, I don't want my father to go, so I'm going with him and so is my mum. I really don ' t want to go but since my mum and dad are going I have to go too . My name is Sally Netway. H. S. Civilians I am the wife of a marine and I have two baby girls who are twins. I am worried about going to a land that nobody has lived in before. I am very worried about my husband because he has a dangerous job. My husband is a marine. I have come on this long voyage, not that I want to! I have to sew men's shirts , knit stockings and cook. My name is Sarah Jones. S. P. I am the wife of a marine. I have three children. One is 15 years old , another is 9 years old and the last is 6 years old. We are all going to Botany Bay except the oldest boy. He is going to stay and live a life of his own. S. W. 113 114 Mrs Steer has been the principal of Kellett School for 10 years. When Kellett School first started in Taikoo Shing they only had the top floor in a Chinese school. There were 112 pupils and 12 teachers and Mrs Steer taught a primary one class. There were about 12 nationalities in the school. There were 3 bus routes - one going to Stanley and Repulse Bay, one going to Mid-Levels and the other going to the Peak, J ardine's Lookout and Pokfulam . The uniform was a blue and white checked dress and a white shirt and grey shorts but they only wore it for 2 years. The first children who went on camp were the primary fours. They went to Wu Kwai Sha, which is near Sha Tin . The clubs started 8 years ago and they were on a Friday afternoon in the last hour of school. The school is now in Wah Fu and we have about 360 children and Mrs Steer is still the headmistress. ' - --' \ ' l Clare McDowall Julian Murphy Tara Boyd Mrs V. Steer by Julian Murphy Xdldt 5chtJol Mrs C. Lamont by Nicola Evans Mrs Lamont Mrs Lamont was one of the staff when Kellett School began in 1977. When she started teaching at St John's, her artroom was big but the problem was it had no water, so they had to go to the toilet to get it. At City Plaza her artroom was small but at least it had water as there was a ~-kischen. The only problem was, there ~ s a big step in the way so when sh~ wanted some paint or water she had to go over the step. Sometimes when she came back she tripped up and spilt all the paint on the floor. One day something funny happened at Kellett School. Mrs Lamont asked the workman to put one or two hooks up in the hall . She thought he didn't understand so she showed him the hooks that the children use to put their bags on. On Monday when Mrs Lamont went into the hall she saw that the workman had put rows and rows of hooks all around the hall. Mrs Lamont has thoroughly enjoyed working at Kellett for the past ten years. Sally Wetten Alana Perkins Nicola Evans Ten Yea r5 Old Mrs Evans Mrs Evans has been working in Kellett School since it began. It was formed by Mrs Steer, Mrs Elliott and Mrs Sperring in 1977. There were two classes and twenty children in each class. Kellett School's old name was Starters. It was in Wan Chai. After one year in Wan Chai they moved to Taikoo Shing. Ten years ago Mrs Evans was pregnant with Nicola so she couldn't come to school but they couldn't find another music teacher so she came into school. Nicola was nearly born in Kellett School. While Mrs Evans was pregnant with Nicola she was playing the piano one day when she looked up and saw a rat. She told the caretaker that shL· had seen a rat. In the caretaker\ break he bought some chicken wirt'. Mrs Evans asked him, "What are you doing?" He said , "If I put chicken wire here the rat won't come in again." Lisa Hunt Amy Turner Danny Austin Shevaun Porter f-lap-p3 Mrs Coultous Mrs Coultous has been at Kellett School for ten years. She said there were one hundred and twelve children and twelve teachers at Kellett ten years ago. Mrs Coultous went to train as a teacher at St Mary's College in Belfast, Ireland. She went to teach in Belfast and Zambia. She was not deputy principal at Kellett at the time she taught in Reception and Primary 2. She then became deputy principal and taught Primary 4 and 5. Mrs Coultous is the pioneer camper of Kellett. In 1981 she took Primary 4 to Wu K wai Sha. One night a girl walked into the shower thinking it was the toilet and tried to pull the chain and turned on the shower. The girl screamed. Mrs Coultous leapt out of bed and injured her toe when she went to help the girl. In spite of this she still goes camping and like all Kellett teachers she enjoys it. Ah Shun Cameron Osborne Klaus Bengtsson Barnaby Nelson Ah Shun has been working at Kellett for 10 years. Before this she worked for English people , so she was not afraid of speaking English. She came to Kellett because she wanted to earn money , she stays with the job because the teachers and children are kind to her. She says she likes Kellett the best because people are friendly. Every Monday to Friday, she gives the teachers a chocolate biscuit and a cup of coffee in every playtime, so all the teachers like her. Mrs M. Coultous by Barnaby Nelson Ah Shun by William Wong Mrs F. Macleod by Kirsty Royce Mrs M. Viney by Danny Austin Andy Chan William Wong _')uhila_ }(ellett School Mrs Macleod Mrs Macleod said that 10 years ago in the big classes there were 20 children and in the smaller classes there were 1 2 children and 1 2 teachers. She said Kellett School was in Taikoo Shing and the address was Po Shan Mansion, 4th floor, Taikoo Shing, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong, Tel. 5-683363 . Mrs Macleod's daughter Kate was in Mrs Steer's class . There were 7 classes 10 years ago. Mrs Macleod said that children in Hong Kong who had their birthdays in January, February and March were not allowed in Hong Kong schools until they were nearly 6 years old. Kellett School was built so that children from 3 to 4 could start school. Mrs Macleod was on the Board of Governors and used to be an accountant ten years ago. Hilda Stoppa Ming Ming Thompson Kirsty Royce Mrs Viney Mrs Viney was one of the staff who was here ten years ago. She went on her first camp in 1983 to Wu Kwai Sha. During a primary 5 camp on Lantau they stopped for lunch by a reservoir in a country park. All the children rushed to a climbing frame to eat their lunch. Then one of the children called, "There's a snake over here". Mrs Viney said, "Don't be ridiculous!" Another boy said, "There IS a snake over here!". So Mrs Viney and the adults came over and saw a bright green snake that was half a metre long. It was sleeping between two pieces of wood. All the children scattered all over the place. But Mrs Viney still goes camping every year. Class 15 Ten ~ears Okl I 115 116 Primary Class 16 - Mrs M. Davies Back row Middle row Front row Tamsin Lee Richard Cramp, Angela Ng, Stuart Keynes, Clare Tyrrell, Pelle Porseryd Mrs Davies, Lydian Coppus, Louise Falbe-Hansen, Gavin Ramsey, Callum Ashdown , Rebecca Morris , Adena Sampson Megan Banigan, Guy Lockwood, Caroline Watson, Cameron Sim, Naomi Kwak, Philip Mott, Nund Rudarakanchana How I Made My Snake First of all I got two pieces of wire and tied them together. The wire was hard to bend and it hurt a bit but I managed. Next I wrapped long strips of newspaper around the wire. When that was over I started to cover it with papier mache. It was quite gooey but I got the hang of it. I did about five layers of papier mache. After that I looked at some snake books to find what colours my snake should have. My snake is a Diamond Black Water Snake. It was a slow · job painting the snake as I could only paint part of the body at a time. Afterwards I sprayed my snake and cut a tongue for it out of card. Right now I'm quite proud of my snake. Philip Mott The Colourful Cobra The Colourful Cobra is six to eight metres long. It is the colour of its background. It lays its eggs in damp, boggy grass. It lays about 20 eggs . Each egg is about ten centimetres long. The eggs are patterned in red , blue, green and yellow polkadots. The Colourful Cobra is very venomous. One of the few places where it can be found is on Adventure Island. The King Co bra There are about 150 different species of cobra. They are poisonous snakes. The King Cobra is one of Hong Kong's largest snakes. It grows to about six metres . The babies are black in colour with 35 or more white bands going around the body. The King Cobra is the largest and most danger ous of all the poisonous snakes. Angela Ng A Snake A brown snake, Lying low in the grass, Watches a young calf Wandering nearby. The mother is not in sight. The calf is not safe and The snake knows! Its long tongue flickers . Its black eyes are fixed On the small calf. The snake pounces Out of the grass. Its jaws snap Around the little calf. The snake's body bulges. Slowly, it starts digesting. There, on the ground Is a drop of blood. The little calf is gone. The snake is satisfied. It slithers back Into the long reeds And climbs onto a rock To rest. Snake Research There are more than 2,700 different types of snakes. Snakes are reptiles. Other types of reptiles include lizards, '-L..--i• tortoises and crocodiles. Snakes are cold-blooded. This means that they warm up in the sun but get cold when the weather gets cold. The scales underneath the body of the snake help it to move. The scales grip the ground as it moves. The snake has many pairs of ribs which also help it to move. Snakes hear by putting their tongue on the ground to feel the vibrations of their prey. The texture of a snake's skin is rough, dry and scaly. Some parts are dull and some parts are wlourful. If the snake lives in the ocean it will have a wet slithery skin because it lives in the sea. The name of the largest snake is the anaconda. In some books they say that the python is the largest snake. Most snakes eat meat. Some eat eggs. The jaws of a snake open wide and can separate to eat big things like cows or eggs. After eating, the jaws join together again. Anacondas, pythons and boas are constrictors. Constrictors all kill their prey by winding their body around the prey so that it can't breathe. Most snakes kill their prey by constricting. Only a few snakes are venomous. Nund Rudarakanchan.a Most snakes lay eggs. Some snakes are born alive inside the mother and then squiggle out. Snakes shed their skins by rubbing their backs against a rock so that the skin will peel off. Under the old skin is a new skin. Snakes have to shed their skins many times before they become an adult snake. Naomi Kwak 117 118 The Snake The snake glides Over the ground. Cautious. Alert. Its eyes never blinking Always watching. A mouse appears From nowhere. In a lightning movement The snake's head Shoots forwards .. . . Its fangs, inserted Into the mouse's back, Pump venom Into its body. One helpless cry, Then silence. Callum Ashdown Chinese Cobra The Chinese Cobra is venomous. It has a blunt head and fangs. It is usually black but sometimes it is grey or brown. The only time its hood comes up is when it is annoyed. The Chinese Cobra is found all over Hong Kong. The longest one recorded was 165 centimetres long. The shortest measures about 90 centi metres. It feeds on frogs, toads, rodents, other snakes, birds and lizards. The Chinese Cobra lays 20 or more eggs at a time. Green-tailed Rattle Snake The Green-tailed Rattle Snake is one and a half metres long. It is a venomous snake-laying snake. It lays five to nine baby snakes. It has a green tail, a black body with red stripes and green eyes. Its habitat is dense undergrowth. It is very rare but it can be found on Adventure Island. Clare Tyrrell How To Make A Model Snake First of all you must get two pieces of wire about the same length. Bend the top of one piece of wire around until it meets the rest of the wire. Now twist it around so it holds . You have made the head . Take the other piece of wire and join it to the head. Then get the two tail ends and twist them together to make the body. Make sure that the two pieces of wire are about two centimetres apart. Next wrap long strips of newspaper around the wire body. Sellotape the paper on . Bend the snake into the position you want it to be. Now comes the papier mfkhe part. Make sure you have some plain white paper and newspaper. Cut the paper into squares. Dip them into the glue and stick them onto the body. The first layer should be white paper, the second layer newspaper and so on. Do about five layers altogether. Once the papier mache has dried you must paint the snake one colour at a time. This is a very messy job because you have to mix the paints to get the right colours. Add details like the eyes and tongue. Then if you want your snake shiny, paint it with varnish. Now you have a model of a snake. My snake is an Indian cobra. Stuart Keynes The Grass Snake Grass Snakes are mostly found in Asia and Europe. They can grow up to one metre in length. Grass Snakes give out an awful smell if frightened. The Camel Viper This snake lays two to four eggs at a time. It is very venomous. The venom can kill in 24 hours. The Camel Viper has a small bubble on its back which looks like a hump. It can grow to six metres long and has a very thick body. There are only two of these rare snakes left in the world. One of them lives on Adventure Island. The Snake Through the cool shadows Of the trees, A snake slithers Along the ground. It sees something Tamsin Lee And backs away, afraid. The snake moves on Through the grass, silently. Its body is camouflaged. It finds a place Under the trees. Its luminous eyes Look right and left. The snake curls up And goes to sleep. All is peaceful. Caroline Watson · - ' < ~ •• -· ' • The Snake I hear a hissing sound And see a snake catching its prey. I walk slowly towards the snake. It slithers away. On the grass I find . A thin, black skin. It feels very dry. I hear hissing again. I follow the sound And see a snake's nest. The mother's eyes Are as bright as a rainbow. I walk away, Quietly. Lydian Coppus The Sea Snake Wriggling under the sea. Up, down, Side to side, Lying on the sea-bed, Over a coral rock, Through the seaweed Looking for its prey. Finds it. Eats it . A normal sea snake. Ssssssssssssssssssssssssss Cameron Sim The Red-bellied Bird Snake The Red-bellied Bird Snake can grow to three and a half metres in length. There are only five left in the world, one of which is known to inhabit Adventure Island. It is a harmless snake. The Red-bellied Bird Snake eats birds, snakes and eggs. There is a tooth inside the body to eat the eggs. The snake lives in thin under growth. It lays two to three eggs. The eggs are green in colour and are about five centimetres long. The Red-bellied Bird Snake is a slow moving snake and doesn't have much grip . The Bamboo Snake The Bamboo Snake is a bright grass green in colour. It has two large, red fangs at the very front of the upper jaw. It is the most common venomous snake found in Hong Kong. This snake can be found everywhere in built-up areas as well as in the countryside. The Bamboo Snake uses its heat-sensing pits to hunt for warm blooded prey. The Cobra There it is In the thick reeds, Looking at its prey. A cobra! The snake slithers Rebecca Morris Quietly towards its victim. Its watery mouth opens. Its sharp fangs are ready to attack. The teeth of the cobra Sink into the skin of its prey. Soon, . The prey has been swallowed By the snake. Richard Cramp Snake Research Snakes are reptiles. They are very long. Some snakes are poisonous but most snakes are not. Most snakes are constrictors. They squeeze their victims. Snakes have a forked tongue. The skin of a snake is scaly. Bags, wallets and shoes can be made of snake skin. Snakes make patterns in the sand when they move. When a venomous snake catches its prey, some venom passes through the fangs into the animal the snake has caught. Cobras are venomous snakes. Snakes have scales all over their body. As the snake grows, the skin becomes too tight and splits open. Snakes eat other animals such as fish, frogs, toads and other snakes. There are different types of snakes such as coral snakes. Coral snakes lay eggs. Rattle snakes are very poisonous. Snakes slither along the ground as they move. Snakes are reptiles. Crocodiles, lizards and turtles are reptiles also. The texture of a snake's skin is rough and scaly. A snake uses its tongue to sense its surroundings. Snakes do not have ears. They feel vibrations in the ground. The longest snake in the world is the anaconda. Most snakes lay eggs. Some snakes lay live baby snakes. Adena Sampson 119 120 The American King Snake The American King Snake is harmless to man but eats other snakes. It has red and black bands going around its body. A King Snake is sometimes called a false Coral Snake because it looks so much like the Coral Snake, which has red and yellow bands going around its body. This snake is very venomous. Here is a poem to help you know the difference between them: Red on yellow, kill a fellow , Red on black, venom lack. The Southern Green Snake This snake lays between five and ten eggs. The eggs are ten centimetres long and are green. The Southern Green Snake is poisonous but not to man. It feeds on small animals but is omnivorous. It lives in dry, exposed areas. The snake is one metre long and is coloured many shades of green. It can be found on Adventure Island. Louise Falbe-Hansen Making A Model Snake I made the snake's body out of wire. When I finished bending the wire into the shape of a snake I put newspaper all around it. I glued another layer of newspaper and more layers of white paper. It was hard gluing the paper on. It was sticky. I put four layers on. When it was dry I painted the snake. That was difficult as I had to paint it the right colours. I looked in a snake book for the right colours. When I was painting it , I had to start at the top of the snake. When that was dry I proceeded to the bottom. Mrs Davies sprayed the snakes with varnish. Then I put in the tongue. My snake is a grass snake. I think it is good. Guy Lockwood The Kill The moonlight shines On the heavy, bulky body Of the bonecrusher. It quietly slithers Along the wet, green leaves. It hears a sound. The scaly snake Quickly reacts. It hauls its long body up Out of the marshy ground, And feels the slow vibrations Of its prey. The camouflaged body of the snake Cannot be made out. Like lightning The bonecrusher seizes its prey. The mongoose struggles But the snake's immense power Squeezes All the air out. The mongoose is dead. The bonecrusher silently Swallows its prey. The battle is over. Everything goes quiet As it was before. Gavin Ramsey Snake Research Some snakes are poisonous. Most snakes kill their prey by squeezing it. A snake's skin is sometimes used to make bags, shoes and wallets. Sometimes snakes kill other snakes for food . Snakes have good eyesight. Snakes sense vibrations from the ground with their tongue. So when people or other animals come the snakes can slither away. Most snakes lay eggs but some snakes give birth to live baby snakes. When the baby snake comes out of the egg they use a special tooth on their nose so they can break out of the egg. The cobras live the longest. They can live for about 20 years. Snakes are cold-blooded. That means that if it is hot they are hot and if it is cold they are cold. Snakes slither to move. They grip the ground with their scales. Cautiously, The snake slides Along the ground. Patiently, The snake waits In the tall grass . Silent. Alert. Megan Banigan It sees an animal ~ ~ ~ ~ And attacks. · --: Its venom flows down Into the animal's body. The snake is satisfied. Pelle Porseryd It's g, r n a i i n n 1 i a n It's r g p • t t p e 1 r t D t r e D 1 r r p 0 p IS t p a IS 1 p A gu breeze, 5 y t nt low u a B s across 0 i Flakes are the m n. F a 1 1 i n g from the s K Y. Lying d CA GRA BY C LLI MS LASS sky the ~n High GLOWING I am a little Snow Flake I 1 slowly i drift g in h the t air and s SPLAT I'm FLAT! t r h IS la P t e a t r Covering the ground. i t r P t e r 0 e 0 h f t B t s n 0 i 0 p. ind w he T lift I get off and I 0 w I am g 0 n i chair the g up in n going for a svim splashing j mi g u p n s all over the place . k i Q 0 "' n. e a m i n g lowing. 17 d 0 w n 121 122 HONGKONG WEATHER WATCHERS Typhoon Typhoon clatters, Bashing houses down below, Tossing down sheets of rain. Wind rattling, Banging, swishing, dark scary sky. Weather rushing all around,people panicking, Locking, shutting, shelt~ring from the rain. Plant pots hurtling. • • • • • , I • , Then . ........ The Snowman and the Sun All slows down, The snowman stands still and All is quiet. The snow falls softly on his But broken branches The sun sees him and says Remain. "I will melt that snowman" So out comes the sun cold. hat. Sunlight Sunlight starts scorching, Under rocks and stones Nestle small creatures, hiding. Light floods over the land, Into houses and through the trees, Ground cracks under the heat. Heat is scorching. The land burns. Joanna Tschetter Rebecca Holdaway And melts the snowman to NOTHING. In the morning there are sad faces on the children because THEIR snowman has gone. Aoife Kelly Misty Fog Mysterious, graceful, beautiful swirly mist It swirls all around, silently moving Swishing gliding, dancing and curling Towards you, away from you, here and there You don't move, you just stand and stare Finding creepy white air everywhere Over the hilltop, across the sea Gliding, sliding gracefully. Adam Barty Water falling from the Sky Water falling from the sky. Wet. Nice. Tear shaped. Sad raindrops, Happy raindrops. The rain showers on houses, Flowers and trees, Insects and people. It showers on me and I feel wet nice and happy. Danesh Mir The Hurricane Hurling, tossing trees and animals Under the ground people are cowering, Running from the wind's terrible wrath Roaring horribly, the wind shakes the Infuriated, it screams with rage, catching hold of a farm, it shakes it, Another house is smashed to fragments Now the wind is weakening, Ending at last, The hurricane drifts away. Elizabeth Hutton Cyclone Whizzing Wind Wind whirling and whizzing. Howling and hissing all over the place. I'd stay indoors if I were you. Zooml The wind is coming. Zip! It's getting stronger. I need help. Nothing left but the wind. Gone, everything's gone. Michelle Stoppa Whispering wind gets colder and wilder, Wet wild rain gets harder and heavier, Typhoon, mumbling, grumbling, Hurtling objects through the wind Flashing sheets of lightning, Shooting trees to the ground, Rough cruel hurricane horrifies humans. Banjo Bray GRAVEYARD I' ■ standing in the foggy, misty, damp, graveyard. I had slipped out of my house, away from my parents and their boring guests who talked and talked. I wondered what there was to do there. Oh no, it had to started to rain, I would have to seek shelter in that old, two floor house. "Kreek" went the door as I opened it. It started to rain harder and there were holes in the roof. But I soon found a dry spot by an old sofa, so I sat down and relaxed. Then I saw a cupboard across the rooa, the door of which had been ripped off! There was something shl111111ering inside, so I went to see what it was. It was a knife with a red liquid on Was it blood 7 I looked behind the cupboard and found a can of red paint, but not exactly the same shade. I looked out of the window and saw a person in a hat and coat coming towards me. He was about fifteen metres away so I couldn't see his face. Maybe he was a notorious killer and this was his hideout! I didn't want to be found by hia. So I dashed out through a door and stumbled through the misty, rainy graveyard, dodging the gravestones. As I reached my bedrooa, I sighed deeply. Was that aan a killer, hiding in the fog and was that the murder weapon, or was it used for paint stirring? Who knows 7 Robert Engzell 123 124 Scorching Sun Sizzling sun caking our bodies Out into the sun and Running to the swimming pool Cool off in its depths . Hiding inside. Ice cool air-conditioning Never going to sleep Gosh I'm cold now. Christopher Marshal l Wind __ , -~ .. =-- ---:;-?::' Thundering Typhoon Terrorising terrifying typhoon threatens. Thunder mumbles,grumbles,rumbles. Wild wailing wind whistles. Dangerous deadly hurricane roars. Fork lightning shoots from the gloomy, dark, dull sky. Raymond Phathanavirangoon Fog The cool mysterious fog Sweeps over the damp swamp Like a blanket. It creeps around and over Every tree and bush and Lies still until morning When the sun awakes. The light rips the fog to pieces Leaving no trace. Markus Bergfora Rain It is always raining Down the lane. Silent, whirling the wind moves around the rooftops. Suddenly the tempo rises, The people who live there Think it's a pain. 1 : .>--'[] You can tell they don't like it, And the wind blows with force and anger It swoops down towards the street. \ ~ "/J • By the express ions they use. ( l Lj is They grumble and groan, Then it rises again with a long sigh. Now in the distance You can see a white patch tossed by the wind against the blue sky. The wind has gone, but it is always near. Ella Chase ~ •IB111 11 , Th h t d h A.--:-.i.J:,. ~ ey sou an t ey aoan, But ME I quite like rain. And what's more, I don't live in that lane! Natalie Bohmer Autumn's Song A whistling wind blova across the town, sweeping up leaves yellow, red and brown, A barking dog scatters the dried piles, Sending them flurrying for miles and miles. The deciduous trees empty and bare, Stand stiff and still in the crisp cool air. Footsteps crunch as they hurry along. Echoing the sounds of "Autumn's Song• Fiona HcGuigan Stora Terrorising terrifying lighting flashes. Wind walllng,raln raging, Thunder thrashing, gruabllng and ruabllng. Fierce flashes light the dark sky. Deafening noises frighten the young, _-- · Panicking people shelter together. Miserably the typhoon aoves away, Leaving behind glooay, dull streets Loaded with debris. Nell Rees Typhoon Wild wind tossing ships round and round, Rain running raggedly raging, Thunder roaring through dark, dull sky, Terrifying typhoon terrorising the town Leaving destruction everywhere. John- Paul Lui The Weather Machine Hy gran came over last week. She vas talking to •Y mum when she suddenly said, "Abbe there's a box for you.• I took it and said, • Thank you• and rushed to open it. It was a Do-It-Yourself 'Weather Kit' I I went up to my rooa and put it together. Now to try it Dut, I read the instructions, I could aake any kind of weather. I knew Harriet liked snow, so I decided to play a trick on her. Snow in her bedrooml It worked. But she didn't like the snow so I got rid of it. She didn't like the rain and hall I used to get rid of it. In fact she got very angry. In my room I had SUN. I lay on the bed pretending to be reading when she opened the door, as I thought she would) I put down my book and said• Hi•. She caae over to ae and was just about to punch ae when aua called us for tea. After tea Harriet forgot wbat I bad done and went upat.lz:s. I went back to ay room to lie in the sun and read. Abbe Inglis Thunder The thunder lets out a roaring sound, Hearts pound a little faster, Uneasy clouds blow here and there. Now the storms a little calmer, Dare not go outside. Everything has settled down. j) ) l Roaring thunder has gone away.q~ .V] M Manuel Pascua 125 126 I am walking d 0 w n to the Beach SHRIVELS to a CRISP. i t e P t t r p a tt er goes the r up Going and down side to SPLASH Somebody The W i n is in a i n side a e the w t r. ·, dis carrying me and the SUN ae f a 1 1 i I n g in tbP. garden. 0 U a e Big r n w V a d Y. A w A t and 0 Hypnotizin H a d n n d u 0 Oh no .dnuor r it 's Raining P tt r P tt r i e a e I can hear the drops f a 1 1 i n g on the ground SPLASH. wind but can the I can't it. feel C 0 k crashing on r a. see D 0 w N A N D D 0 w N the R A I N D R 0 p s I am at school, it's go r a i and I can't go home! , swir i n g S L S P AH n i n g 1 SQUARED, Back row Middle row Front row FRAMED, CUBED AND BOXED. Mr Marshall, Simon Murphy, Katherine French, Sarah Mir, Daniel Smith, Sarah Rolfe Jane Forsyth, Angus Rankin, Eric Ho, Steven Suh, Mikael Kallerman, Victoria Carter Mickie Bohmer, Ben Styche, Kristina Healy, Christopher Ayres, Ruth Green, Rory Howard , Victoria Barker 127 128 THE CORPORAL'S BOX OF DEATH - ANGUS RANKIN The sun was a memory long gone, the only shining was the tooth of the rat which clung to his serviceman's jacket. His fingers were black and dirty, they poked unhappily out of his fingerless gloves. His Lee Enfield .303 rifle rested on his knees. His mind wandered to where he had been recruited. The smokey exciting music hall with its cheerful songs and comedians. He had just finished watching an act where a girl had stood on a piano with a fan in her hand. She had burst into song and danced and when she had finished the curtain had closed on the act. A bugle started playing and two men in army dress had walked out onto two corners of the stage. The tramping of boots could be heard and then girls playing new recruits marched into two rows of ten. A lady clothed in an '---~immaculate officer's uniform strutt a peacock down the middle of the two ) rows and started to sing about His Majesty's Armed Forces. Then ·.. 1 the girls started to throw ,.... .ac asft feathers at the young men in the audience. The next thing he ·, "~ ,,__ knew he had run up to the stage and joined the army. He was one of @.ttoSS hundreds recruited that night, less than half of them still alive. II But now he was in a hole with mud all over him and shells were exploding around him. The dark was broken by a flash which threw a soldier up in the air who ~----~ landed upon a coil of barbed his legs started kicking wildly and then stopped . .._ __ _ THE ANTIQUE SHOP - JANE FORSYTH It was a grey and dismal day. I felt quite bored so I decided to go to the old antique shop just across the way. As soon as I got there I felt rather used and old myself, for everything looked ancient. The shop was dusty and everything was scattered about the place. Even the spider that walked, creeping slowly, looked old. I glanced at a particularly old chest of drawers that smelt like rosewood. Then something with brilliant colou~s caught my eyes. A box! Walking towards it I saw the brillant colours were jewels. It was in the dustiest corner of the shop. I decided not to look inside it yet. I said to the shopkeeper, "Can I have this box?" "Of course you can my pet." "Thank you," I replied, qui thrilled. Back at home the house was empty. Mum and Dad were out. I sat C7 down and looked at the dusty box, it had a bronze catch and a gold ~-..,.;;;;;='---~ plaque saying,' Lady Wellington, 1888 London Forsyth Boxes Co. Ltd. "Gosh! one hundred years old," I said. Then I shivered, with my hands trembling, I touched the catch. I opened the box, l but to my -J--.- disappointment there was nothing inside. ~ • ~G ~,;,~Q THE PLACE - KRISTINA HEALY ~ ~~01?0 L-.....:-llll~--,1v sat staring at the box. I decided to open it and put on the shoes. i !e0 As soon as I closed my eyes I felt dizzy, I went round and round. ~r When I opened my eyes I found myself sitting in a church, on a white bench, rMJ...-~ 0 ~dresscd in a white, puffy, laced dress. I had some flowers in my hand. Suddenly, everybody stood up and the organ started to play. I stood up and looked behind me to see what everybody was staring at. There was a beautiful woman walking up the aisle dressed in a splendid wedding dress with a lace veil trailing behind her. As she walked along I could see the shoes. I gasped in disbelief. As the lovely lady walked past, she smiled at me and I smiled back. I turned my head towards the front. There was a very ~---::,..,. handsome man standing at the side of the aisle. He was dressed in V•-----i a tuxedo. I tried to think who they were. Suddenly I said to 'JiiiQ)il'/' myself, "They' re my great, great, grandparents!" r Suddenly I felt dizzy again. The ..... --. _ _,__.,, next thing I knew I was once again on the rock looking at my box. SHAKESPEARE'S QUILL - VICKY CARTER The drops of water glistened in a spectrum of colours as the huge torrent gushed down into the pool below. I was in my special place sitting on one of the rocks and running my fingers over the soft moss, thinking hard. Yesterday had been horrible. _ _,_,_.... __ _._,,_ My teacher had told me I had to write a story for the 1-4i.-,1-..p.J./,,-,:....,f-,(• competition. I had sat for hours that night but nothing had ~~~~+~~~~~ come to me, my mind had gone absolutely blank. I pulled up my box for comfort and took out my feather. I stared at it unblinkingly for a few seconds, then a mist started to swirl and curl around me and my head started to spin. I closed 1..,1:~i..-lL-.a-...--- my eyes. Suddenly the mist cleared and I stopped feeling dizzy. I found myself standing outside an old beamed house. I slowly walked into the Elizabethan house. As I opened the creaking door a man turned his head and gave me a very reproachful look. His black rounded beard and moustache twitched and his eyes danced and twinkled in the lamp light. THE FACTORY - SARAH ROLFE A wagon pulled up outside an old musty building. A dozen men piled out of the cart, their hair sticking out wildly in every direction. They entered the factory chatting to each other from different sides of the room as they took their positions around a huge machine. The machine coughed and spluttered as they turned it on and it let out steam. The workmen choked as the smoke got into their lungs. Suddenly from behind walked in a plump man, his top hat pulled down low so as not to see that he was bald. The factory workers chuckled to one another and exchanged looks. Mr Ipresent (the bald man), scowled and his eyebrows covered his eyes. The workmen pulled serious faces then started making small candy striped boxes for various theatres. "More paper!" bellowed Mr Ipresent. A small boy appeared from behind some boxes and began loading paper into the machine that made more noise than the workers themselves. .1 The boy's 1 hands were red and swollen from carrying so much paper. There was a clatter of hooves from out side and a carriage ---LJA pulled up. Soon a tall man appeared in the door. His smart dress made him stand out amongst the scruffy workers. A young lady stood beside him, her soft blonde hair hidden in a bonnet. The man looked around with a face of disapproval. He was handed a box. THE BOX - CHRIS AYRES It had been a long day and I was quite tired. My mum had asked me to pass her some plates and I dropped them. I immediately ran out of the kitchen and into my bedroom. I slammed the door behind me. As I rushed onto my bed the floor gave way underneath my feet. I was lucky that I was running fast otherwise I would have fallen down the hole. I jumped onto my bed and looked behind me. There in front of me was a hole about two metres deep. I was amazed because there was a tunnel leading out from it. I decided to cover up the hole with the carpet while I thought about how to get down. It only took me about five minutes. My idea was that I would drop my pillow down the hole and then I would have a soft landing when I jumped. I was so excited. I grabbed a torch and dropped the pillows down. I jumped. The pillows worked! I crawled along the tunnel. As I was moving I switched my torch on. It was~----..L.-==-=~-----< quite damp. Suddenly I came to a wide gap. There int------,,_, _______ ..,.. front of me was a box. 129 130 THE WOOD SHOP - SARAH MIR The sun was shining over England. Noise could be heard around the corner in the wood shop. The old carpenter had very little wood and nails left to build anything. He sat for a long time when suddenly he remembered he had six pieces of wood and that was enough to build a box. But then he thought again, it would be his last box and he would not have enough money to feed his family. He said to himself the box would be finished in one week and in one week it would be the ,King's birthday and ----~ if the King liked his present he would give money to the person u,,....._..__ 1 who gave it to him. The carpenter thought he had a good chance of --..-- winning the money. That day came and there was a tie. The King could not make a choice so he gave money to all three of them. THE PIRATES - RORY HOWARD It was a foggy morning when the pirates sailed into the empty but dark port. They moored along side the dock. Then they got off the ship and onto the pontoon, which creaked in protest. After walking a while by the water front, the fog started to lift gmJ!I. and there were more people about. The three pirates split up in different.,_.,__ directions. The first one picked a man's pocket by s 'lowly lowering his hand into his pocket and pulling out the wallet which he put into a box by his waist. The second pirate pick-pocketed a woman and put the purse in his box. The third one was unlucky because he tripped Up on the --- pavement. But he did help the other pirates because when he fell over, a man leant over to help him while the pirate pick- pocketed him. When the sun came out they went back to the ship. CAROLINA'S CHEST - MIKAEL KALLERMAN Captain Whitebeard lowered his telescope and gave an evil chuckle, his golden . teeth glimmered. He ordered the mate to hoist more. sails. He was determined to get that Spanish ship Carolina before the sunset. There was a clear breeze. The 1-.n.-~ wind filled the sails and the boat cut through the calm sea. Captain Whitebeard\.;.~~~~----Y1/ was looking through the telescope the whole afternoon. By four o'clock Captain Whitebeard's:<"". IJ ship was 200m behind the Carolina. All the men on f ~ Captain Whitebeard's ship were now joking about how easily JJo: they were going to win this little fight. Carolina was now beside Captain Whitebeard's brigantine. All the men were now L-------- on Carolina, fighting. Suddenly a pirate from Carolina stood in front of Captain Whitebeard. The pirate had an evil looking face and a knife in his mouth . Captain Whitebead knew what to do. He took out his dagger and stabbed him and threw him to the sharks. THE MAKING OF THE BOX - KATHERINE FRENCH In the dark alleys of London all that could be heard was the grinding of machinery from the factory next door. An old workman stood bending over a box, his tired old hands sticking on bits of material. Suddenly the door creaked and the manager walked in. "I'm sorry Bill but you'll have to leave us. We can't afford to pay you any more." The next day the workman packed his last belongings, some materials and the box and left. After a very long walk he finally reached his home, an old cabin in the hills. A fire was soon lit in the fireplace and the workman had soon finished the box. Having no children he decided to give lilii!!l!!!!i!::=::::~ the box to a little sweep he knew who lived quite close. The next day he travelled over a hill to the little boy's home. The boy saw him coming and rushed to greet him, "Uncle Bi 11, ~====~""-:::::::::::::~\YOU' ve come back!". THE LOSS OF A TREASURE - RUTH GREEN It was silent in the deepness of the wood, all that could be heard was the slow scratch, scratch of a blacksmith at work in a nearby barn. He was an old man and very kind. His face was worn with ~~~-..,_r lines and his hands were rough. He enjoyed his work ' but had to labour extremely hard to earn bread each day. He pulled out a wooden box, this was his pride and joy for it even had. his name engraved on a brass plate on the top. His eyes lowered as he thought of the time that he had saved the cou·nty' s landlord from the great floods. It was he who had dived into the huge waves and pulled the landlord to safety and was given the box to show his bravery. He'd nearly drowned that time. He lifted the buckle that held the lid down and whistled for one of the horses waiting next door. He never needed to go and fetch them or any other animal for he was so kind and gentle they obeyed him willingly. The sun started to sink below the horizon and to set. The blacksmith looked up and marvelled at this for he loved to watch the sun set and the sky turn to a tranquil rich orange. EXPLOSION - ERIC HO Everyone was working very hard with sweat dripping down their tired faces. r--.-/ An old man trying to swing a digger looked as though he r-"'C--.."'--1,, were going to die at any second. There was so much no i se. Then ·------~ the crane started moving and with every movement a gigantic squeal came out. The pneumatic drill was hitting the ground making a • loud thumping noise and the generator made that hissing sound. High up Park Towers on the 34th floor, a 59 year old man was · spray painting with camel brand spray paint, spraying a danger sign. He was a smoker and as he inhaled the last puff of smoke he dropped t he cigarette end on t o t he spray paint. Far down on the ground floor all the men were concentrating hard when suddenly they heard a gigantic explosion. BLACKBEARD THE PIRATE - SIMON MURPHY Blackbeard the Pirate had just raided the 'Queen Elizabeth 1' and had stolen , two million pounds. Twenty years later, Blackbeard was arrested and charged blackmai l and murder. He was put in prison for life. Blackbeard arrested before but escaped . He thought no prison could hold him.,,__-< __ _ After twelve years in prison he escaped. Now he really believed no cell could hold him. Eighteen months later he was captured again and was going to be.,_ ____ _ beheaded! He was locked in a specially built dungeon the day before he was to be executed. When he was taken out of his prison, he roared out, "Only devil and I know where my treasure is hidden!" After he was beheaded, they took his head and tied it to the front of the Queen's ship . A BOX FOUND - BEN STYCHE It was a Saturday morning in 1902 when an old man named Chris Mciver waited at the bus stop in front of the rubbish dump. He was waiting for the 262 double decker bus to take him to Central. His usual home was at the entrance of the Aberdeen Tunnel. He was always bored and usually counted the cars going into the tunnel . The reason he was going to Central was to see if he could buy anything to keep his few dollars in. Chris was now on the bus sitting in the back seat when he looked out of window. "What's that?" he said in great excitement. He got up as fast as he could and pressed the bell. ~-----~ He got off and stood on the pavement watching the bus go whizzing off. After a b i t of walking he finally arrived and picked up the box. He tried to open it but he couldn't so he had to wrench it open. 0 ..,_ ______ _ 131 132 STOLEN The dirty uncaring Empress sat on the pavement watching the wonderful display at Chinese New Year. Material was floating everywhere, people were shouting, calling, cheering and watching the Dragon dance and the fire crackers banging in clouds of smoke. Red, gold and blue scales created the dragon's long body and on the fierce looking face were two black eyes. The tiny Empress was old but she still had a flash in her ~ye.k'.'"'-------"'lt-~ She sat straight backed and was very proud inside. The Em~~ess down her back. j l/> was dressed in tatters, her hair was tangled in a black plait rm It was a long time since she had had a good meal and she was 2 iJ i very hungry. She took the last object out of the dirty embroidered bag which she clutched tightly to her. It was a black laquer box, it was one of the last things that she had kept when forced to flee the palace by the revolutionaries. Vicky Barker MARLOW'S MAGIC BOX One night a burglar sneaked out of the car and went towards the window. Then the burglar cut a circle in the glass and opened the catch, then went in. He went up the stairs to creak and went in. He took turned the light on. There shelves, one full of books magic hats and magic wooden box with yellow poor but one afternoon Marlow the Magician take decided that he had to have that box. the attic, opened the door with a a torch out of his pocket and was a bicycle and there were two and the other with magic boxes, wands. His eye caught a patterned handles. That burglar was very he sneaked in the theatre and saw money out of that box. Then he He took the box, closed the door with a creak and left the house. After about a month when Dad Marlow was at work and was washing the dishes and while I was playing with andra in the garden, a policeman came and knocked on the or. Mickie Bohmer THE BOX I was running to the place. I was holding the box as I ran in to the place. I was panting as I knelt down. I opened the box and light went straight up to the roof. My heart started to pound. I stared at the light. The light stopped and I peered in to the box slowly. There was a old rusty sword. I took out the sword. I was alone in my place. Suddenly a boulder came down and blocked the cave's exit. Panic struck me . The sword seemed to move by itself. It went straight through the wall and into another WORLD. It looked like the moon, not earth. Suddenly I fell down a hole. It looked as if I would never get out of the hole. There was a hole "'"•~ in the rock and I jumped into it. There seemed to be a beam of light. I thought about it quickly and 44'',iiW,"7"1 decided that I should find out where it was coming from. Daniel Smith French MOTS CACHES J J u I N X F R s Jouons ensemble! Cherche les noms de A w M V u T E a p mois dans le N V L A N 0 V A 0 ~ sens horizontal, vertical et V K R M R J R 0 C ·\~· diagonal. M A L s I 0 T ~' E J u I L L E T 0 '~~ R s T V X B R E B ~~ D E C E M B R E R LE SAC DE FLORENCE s E p .T E M B R E Qu 'est-ce qu'il y a dans le sac de Florence? E.cris le bon mot a cote du vetement correspondant! Alain Prost fait de la Yannick Noah fait du ____ _ Solutions inside back cover 133 Where Are rfhev • ' Now? 134 ISiand /IC This page: Dale and Kelly Rees in New Zealand, Jonathan Birnie in the USA and those in Hong Kong at Island School, South Island School and the German-Swiss International School. Opposite: Jaime and Matthew Broadhurst, Patrick Chase , Matthew and Jeremy Cole , Adrian and Dominic Cornwall , Rachel Cox, Hope and Alexandra Dickson Leach, Emma and Rupert Hill, Kate and Emma Hodgson , Dominic and Nicola Johnson , Chloe and Sam Johnson-Hill, Samuel Kynaston, Isabel, Rebecca and Rupert Pick, and Aurelia Thomas in England ; James Rankin in Scotland ; Vanessa and Denise Van Scherpenzeel in Saudi Arabia; Gerard Lock and Sherard Batuwitage in Singapore ; Kirsty and James Bell in Thailand; and William and Iain Clark near Hamelin in West Germany. English Schools Foundation - 135 136 Memory Page whats ~our narne? t OU like? Drawing of Kellett children by Markus Bergfors now old 1 are ':1ou. 9lue_ ~our pho to3ra.ph he.re s ea ~ ., Qf'e · friends? Solutions Reponses Le sac de Florence contient: pain, fromage, pommes, lait, confiture et oranges. Qu'est-ce qu'il porte? Des lunettes de ski, un anorak, des gants, des batons de ski, des pantalons de ski, des chaussures de ski, et des skis. Yannick Noah fait du tennis. Alain Prost fait de la course automobile. Acknowledgements Publication Team: Myrinda Barlow Nicci Button Grania Skeldon (Co-ordinator) Maggie Turner Heather Williams Photography: Linda Poulter Ronald Skeldon Maggie Turner and many others The Magazine Committee would particularly like to thank Fionna Macleod for her help in so many ways at every stage of production of the Magazine.

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