Ke le ~chool 2008 009 Our Year Book once again celebrates all that has been achieved throughout the 2008/2009 academic year. You may have noticed that this year the book has grown a little more; this is to accommodate our growing school, in particular Years 7 and 8. I sincerely hope that you will enjoy browsing the pages as I do. It brings back memories and celebrates achievements. My sincere thanks to everyone who has contributed to this year's magnificent edition; our students, teachers and the members of the editorial team. Ann Mc Donald Principal First I) · ays to Hett Sc eceptio - P6 Survival Camp P 1 CHRISTMAS ffiNCERT - RIDICULOUS! P2 Christmas Show - Granny McBee's Christmas Eve Our Teachers and Staff Back Row Ann Marie Nevin, Clive Dawes, Anne Paterson, Val Anderson, Joyce Ho, Emma Noonan, Katie Hitchcox, Rose Morgan, Yeng Ng, Theresa Li, Rhona Hughes, Molly Campbell, Sau Fong Ip, Patricia Siu, Suky Lee, Regina Hung Third Row Mark Hulbert, Smeeta Vaghela, Sherrie Murray, Pam Pattie, Annette Malcolm, Elizabeth Everett, Emma Adams, Hanisha Daswani, Anne Lo, Patty Lau, Samantha Ling, Wai Yin Suen, Jocelyn Hoe, Cathy Poole, Anne-Rozenn L'Heveder, Lucas Cox Second Row Chrisda Yu, Julie Doughty, Alison Treasure, Ailsa White, Jacquie Dawes, Sarah Watt, Evelyn Mannion, Amanda Morris, Stephen Bookless, Jacqueline Hsiao, Rachel Tang, Clement Wong, Caroline Wilkinson, Joselyn Harris, Kara Tan Front Row Sue Li, Matt Lovell, Amanda Gough, David Wu, Katrina Hall, Leigh Kennedy, Ciaran Harrington, Ann Mc Donald, Simon Giddings, Kathy Ponter, Nick Miller, Anna Davis, Lorne Ali, Justin McLaughlin Absent Sarah Lewis, Anita Chen, Fiona Pratt, Anka Zaremba, Namita Joshi, Dinusha Seneviratne, Sonia Shrivastava, Nichola Adams, Susie Merritt, Karen Millar, Sharmila Rodricks, Ester Capistrano, Lorna Frith, Anita Menon, Vivien Pang, Monika Saxena, Janet Schroeder, Payal Thakurani, Tessa Bull, Elizabeth Lowe, Martine Montagne, Frances Streun Liu, Robyn Thompson, Cindy Chan, Shawana Gurung, Janice Kwan Reception 1 Miss S. Lewis Back Row Mrs Sonia Shrivastava, Matilda Arnott, Cara Goulston, Mitchell Anderson, Lara Bilton, Ronit Narayan, Mrs Caroline Wilkinson Middle Row Dominic Russell, Zara Harris, Mark Canniffe, Sophie Henchman, Cecilia Vass Front Row Aditya Nayar, Katie Robinson, Noor Abbasi, Harvey Scott, Jessica Knight, Tomas Stoneley, Sam Crane Sarah Lewis ~ a::: A tiger has stripes and it looR.s liRe a cat. Tigers are orange with blacR. stripes. Tigers liRe to Giraffes have very long necRs so they can reach up to the trees so they can eat the leaves . They have brown spots . Giraffes are quiet animals and they are plant eaters . Elephants have bLg floppy ears and "' have bLg eyes and a long trunk. Elephants eat usLng theLr trunks and they swLrls food Lnto theLr mouth. Elephants have a small tall. They are bLg and grey . A bear can scare people away 1 by roarLng . Bears are brown ■--..---~----~ and furry . They Uve Ln caves and they hunt for theLr food. Nrrur Abb(\,SL ~ Zebras can run so fast. They are whLte and black and they are strLpy . Zebras eat grass . Cheetahs chase zebras and the zebras run away . A gLraffe has got a long neck and long legs . They are tall so they can get leaves to eat to make them healthy . GLraff es are yellow and brown wLth a Eleph.ants h.ave big ears and th.e~ h.ave long trunks . Th.e~ swoop th.eir long trunks around and get food to eat. Eleph.ants live in th.e jungle with. oth.er eleph.ants . ....... -111':~ Crocodiles can spin around th.eir tails and wh.ack anoth.er animal 1 "--~ down to eat th.em up . Th.e~ h.ave --N).lllil:ffil#'..I? ._......b~ ~~~'§".i sh.arp, sh.arp teeth.. Crocodiles live in th.e river in th.e jungle. I iiiiia-i~ th.ink crocodiles are scar~ . Lions can roar reall~ loudl~ and th.e~ eat meat . Bab~ lions are called cubs. A lion h.as a mane wh.ich. is on th.eir h.eads and keeps th.eir h.eads ground. Snakes don't h.ave any legs . Snakes can bLte and th.ey h.ave poLnty bLts at th.e ....... ,.l.u""-- end of th.eLr tongues. ' A snake LS slLth.ery and Lt bLtes TLgers Uve Ln th.e jungle. Th.ey are orange and black cats WLth. strLpes . You can not h.ave a hger as a pet because th.ey mLgh.t eat you . . TLger make a noLse Uke you. Snakes h.Lss at people wh.en rv;;~,Mi.~ / th.ey sUth.er. Snakes are green j ---Q ~ ) l ( wLth. dLamond sh.apes on. Th.ey J t \\,~ \\, t An eleph.ant h.as a long trunk and a big bod~ . An eleph.ant h.as sh.ort legs and big ears . Eleph.ants spra~ water and pick up food with. th.eir trunks . Giraffes h.ave long necks and small mouth.s and tin~ ears. Th.e~ h.ave long legs th.at are skinn~. Th.e~ h.ave brown spots and ~ellow skin. Giraffes like to eat leaves from th.e trees branch.es . An eleph.ant blows water out of h.is trunk. He rolls in mud. Th.eir ears are reall~ big and th.eir bodies are large and gre~ . Eleph.ants are strong . Reception 2 Miss A. Malcolm Back Row Miss Annette Malcolm, Felix Turi, Amala Ayyar, Jake Salway, Pia Walker, Ms Molly Campbell Middle Row Haley Webb, Clara Doubleday, Barnaby Hanning, Jamie Wernert, Harrison Locke, Sebastian Corso Front Row Freya Bennett, Max Pearson, Scarlett Cowley, Josh Canham, Sofia Schwarzwalder, Darcy Pearce, Jacob Abate, Nicole Lee Jacob Abate My leopard has four legs, two ears and sharp teeth. It has whiskers and can run very fast. It eats meat. {\ Harrison Locke Nicole Lee Lions are fierce. They have fur and they eat meat and live in the jungle. Monkeys can swing from a tree. They eat bnanas and tickle you and scratch their heads. ~ <1.ffi,)( Fe, a.,'f s o-n s e b CL sb ~ (1 \1 _..__, ....... -----::---- Sebastian Corso My zebra can run, it can walk and it can do races. It likes to walk up random hills and his best friend is the monkey. c cj f ,;(J Sofia Schwarwalder Barnaby Hanning Tigers are fierce and they like to eat other animals. They like walking in the jungle and they have sharp teeth. I made an elephant because they are my favourite kind of animal. You can ride on an elephant and I have had elephant riding classes. Josh Canham My monkey likes to climb and swing from the trees. He likes to trick you and eats banana. Reception 3 Miss A. Morris Back Row Miss Amanda Morris, Olivia Hughes, Patrick Moran, Scott Przirembel, Owen Dawes, Ms Kara Tan Middle Row Arabella Green, Sebastian Collins, Toby Blanchard, Charlotte Pittar, Ana Konn Front Row Cameron Kim, Sienna Squires, Daniel Woodger, Isabella Man, India Harrow, Benjamin Cochrane, Sophia Lowe, Daniella Raphael, Poppy d'Abo • • nt ,., M~ wild anLmal Ls a gLraffe. Some gLraffes Uve Ln a zoo . GLraff es Uke to eat leaves. M~ wild anLmal Ls a snake. It wrLggles and sUdes along the jungle floor . M~ wild anLmal LS a tLger . It lLves Ln AfrLca. M~ tLger goes ROAR! My wild animal is a monkey . Monkeys are very intelligent. They can climb very well. My wild animal is a giraffe . They are really tall and they like to eat leaves . My wild animal is an elephant. An elephant. Elephants like to blow water using their trunks . My wild animal is a crocodile . Crocodiles have sharp teeth. A crocodile goes SNAP! 11 I My wild animal is a giraffe. A giraffe is cliff erent to the other animals because he has a long neck. M "ld · y WL arnmal is a SNAKE I can go slow or fast . It hasn't. g:t any legs. Some are poisonous They go HISS! . I My wild animal is a rhinoceros . Uses their h_orns to fight . A rhino i LS a gigantic animal! My wild animal is a lion. Boy lions have lots of hair around their head and . l l° gLr Lons don't. Girl lions like to smell flowers . My wild animal is an elepnant. Elepnants liRe to eat peanuts . My elepnant looRS very nice but is sometimes sny . My wild animal is a snaRe. A snaRe slitners in tne jungle. It stiCRS it tongue out and says HISS! My wild animal is a giraffe. Tney liRe licRing leaves . A lion is tne same colour as a giraffe, but a lion is snorter. My wild animal is a crocodile. A crocodile is green, long and h.as sh.arp teeth.. My wild animal is a zebra. A zebra h.as black stripes like a tiger. A zebra likes to run fast. I U ;JJ l q_ My wild animal is a giraffe . A giraffe h.as a long neck because th.en th.ey can reach. th.e leaves in th.e trees . () \ 0 0 My wild animal is a tiger . ROAR! It runs fast . Th.ey love ch.asing animals . Reception 4 Miss Y. Back Row Miss Yeng Ng, Zoe Pyatt, Charlie Henderson, Louisa Krantz, Posie Bateman, Mrs Namita Joshi Middle Row Florence Gill, Isabelle Fleming, Finn Bremner, Rupert Hanning, Deven Dees Front Row Sabine Hirsch, Emily Fox-Smith, James Peacock, Oliver Clayton, Leo Barnes, Ava Couto, Miana Zeissink, Sam Canham, James Stoneley rica. gears. They · they are ever ... and my very fast. Th eat them. Cheet black spots. Lions have whiskers and they live · South Africa . I w6ald n9t like to ,., .... ,.,."""'··-..... see a real lion because it is too dang4e- ~ ~•~~--~jit~N~th~ Leopards run fast and I love the leopard I made. They have black spots and they eat other animals. QCoc and they have whiskers. ebras and they are dangerous · ons I ive in zoos · Cheetahs run f Cl$t. ~hey eat meat and they are light orange with bl"'k spo s aby cheetahs are called cubs. A tiger roars. They are orange with black stripes. Tigers live in the zoo and the jungle. ras have black white ipes. They can and t e zoo and · s. My elephant has a trunk and it is long. They trumpet and they eat Elephants re big and Elephants eat grass and leaves. They are grey with grey legs. Elephants have brown eyes and they have a long trunk . .____..,....._ They use their trunks to smell grass. iraff e has a very lo it has brown spots. four legs, a bod es and y foo Koalas live in Australia and they are grey. I have seen two rcat koolas~ing jn a tree. 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'Qo.sebo.ll 'Qo.t lv,., t\ile closet. t '?lcRec). lt v<."? o.v,.,c). \illt t\ile c).oor O'?ev,.,. 6'/IIIMI t~:/:ri ~;wn silently, and all~; 0 ~;~~!~DDENLY there wer:~0:~ro~tred we ran back to ' . am James' favourite soft toy. I am . Hello, my name is Little O~\ the bad gone out to hear one ofb1s James ' number one ted~y. i. s from when he was a boy, was lying "':,;w.~~ ~ teacher's really interestmg ston es d I ldn't get to sleep. So 1 stood ,, , l l osy bed an cou . ' down on James ove y, c fr. d , beds What a surpnse. J es' other ten s · "Hey 11 and peered over am . led u in their beds too. l p Id see loads of other teddies snugg. Pk p " Let's all have some cou h th r teddies wo e u • dudes' " I shouted. All oft e o e . d We got on our bikes. lt was fun"' We sneakily crept out of the wWm ~:~eddy fe ll off his bike. We · h Pogger Jae on b k' We h1lanously funny w en . Oh no' He' s coming ac . l d James ' teacher telling stones. . . k as a flash I moved to us were ID the wrong plac b~s came running through th d . ootsteps. Quickly es w 1ch w b. e oor' An bk Anoushka Prentice as a It of a mystery for her .· ous a realised Hi my name is Poppy and l.'.n A ' . , , When Annie went to breakfas: I nn1~. s favourite panda, out of eight ~~~he rock-bard beds. r asked ~u~~~~~e?,i1ere were seven other teddies Se Y replied, "Sure. " So we might h , d o you want a pillow fight?" A o what/ "Come on all of ou , ave . one.s~me damage. . :;:~1ted silently back to our beds. Then as qu1c , :,,;;-7"'.'7-"''::tlibtlJ::i....-J exactly the same place as he put mbe. k "That's odd, why are you covered . I ter James came ac · ,, A few 1mnutes a . to have to wash you. th1rty-n10e circuits. That t:Ok . Lets go bike ndmg." r shouted. We d.d dorm. us one hour, and then we went b ·k I W • ac to our e were Just in time· flay do . . d'I" James asked. "1 am going m mu . W f ' WnJUSt a AJtn· e orgot to tidy up the mess A . s ie came in through the do . . nn1e gave me a dirty look with her or. Annie Pearson eyes. ' ....._ __ ..-i Hi my name is Lind ' . ~---------------;._----------.;L..--7 she cou ldn 't sleep a{~a~am Tanya's teddy and I cam Hi, my name is Pogg«, I am'"' Woo's haodsome little wddy!l was usofulto Assnooas,hechild,· ,p. ' ealoag to comfort Taoy f Jae Won a t camp because he often feels uncomfortable without someone next to shouted "Do en went out oftbe do . . a 1 f , · es anybody rm,tones I · him.lam clever and lam always mischievous. heard a quiet "Yes,, ;ant to play with me?" ' Jumped out of the bed and When Jae Won went to the playground, l sneakily jumped out of bed; carelessly bed. ' ' an I looked over at D k 0 l "H Tb uc Y and B bb l fell down on my bottom. I went over to James's owl, called Little w. ey ey shouted, "We do' " u ly who jumped out of Little Owl let's play until Jae Won and James come," l said. . I c_rept out of bed and s.Ii . Little Owl replied, "Yeah. We can play fun games like racing on our tummies Miss Davis didn ' t see J sllently under the door but D and throwing pillows at each other." It. But Bubbly hated i;, V: went down the stairs ~nd t ucky flew around. Luckil "Ok Jet's get started." I shouted excitedly . weot back to the do : '=otto the pirnte sh · . °" m th e mm, 0..cky lo /' "Ok tine but after that let's do what 1 want to do," mumbled Little Owl. muddy. nrntones we got the tl 'P , we got all muddy Th ve , , . Q . k t t Th oor all muddy B bb . en we "Right. Go out carefully so the other teddies won't nottce us. u1c , ge ou h ;bchildren were coming so . u ly also made his bed fast. I want to go on my walk!" I said. a een put into b we carefully got b k . "Wait, be patient, it's hard getting out of this window, I'm too fat," grumbled angry! your owners. They came in :1~d t tte exact positions that we Little Owl impatiently. 00 ed at us teddies they · 1 Tanya Scott ' were Oh, man. We wasted thirty mmutes. What a lovely day for a walk. . "It' s too dangerous on this mountain hike, and look there ' s a menacmg dog right in FRONT OF US! AAARRRGGG! Sprint as fast as you can! " We survived the dog! Eventually we arrived back at the camp, exhausted and tired and covered in mud. ' When Jae Won came back, he saw me, and he looked confused. That night, Jae Won got sick so we had to go home. Jae Won Oh Hello! My name is Mr. Polar Bear but everyone call s me Polo. Max named me Mr. Polar Bear because I am a polar bear! I came to camp with Max and this is my story . . . When Max had gone out to play, I jumped off the bed and shouted noisily, "Heh everyone! Let's go, and play on the ropes course." "Yeah!" they shouted. So, we sneaked quietly off to the ropes course and jumped on the rope swing. l climbed high and swung from rope to rqpe. Then we :,,., ,: went on the U .F.O. in the playground, it was fantastic. I made myself so dizzy. We then went for a walk and ended up s11ooting some • • · Suddenly, 1 saw Max out of the corner of my eye going back to the donn! l ran for my life and jumped quickly through the window ' ,,. arrows over by the archery. · and onto the bed. Max gave me a funny look, maybe it was because I had quite muddy paws and l was out of breath. Id and l am a . ht years o I go d l am e1g 1 usual y . Woof Woof an m Aya's doggy . . I I My name is uddly toy.l a I n me here. Af\Jla's e\ephant,d H1 .. ischievous c today she e friends: . o party an very m she goes but \led on all my t have a disc dra's bed where;;a had gone l :~d l called the; :ater on Alex~ra's pillow Once and so on. \ oured co . i ed Alexa Yuri's dog ' Id Sneakily, p l naughtily r PP nd be really w1 ·.t was all wet. d a great time, a l ran d ·11ow so I and ha d the door, an pi opes course Wh n l hear d . n her bed too. that l went on thhe ~onnitories. ba~k so 1 jumpe b~ came near After b k tot e A came . When s hty then l we~: b:~. S_udden~~t s~: had put : e: ·1 had been::; go~d onto AY~ the position t look like she d she also gave l1 711!"P~ and sat m . me a funny dra returne be gave Alexan ht me, s to say when, be so naug y. needless 1 shouldn t bard stare. Hi! My name is Mr. Fl uffy and I am Anna's flu ffy blue elephant. I am only two months o ld. J usually come with Anna wherever she goes because she always likes a good cuddle! (1 think it is a bit babyish!) Anna went cycling with her friends, 1 decided to be a bi t mischievous with all my friends such as Aya's dog, Yuri 's dog and so on. When they were gone I yelled to all of them, "They are gone, let's get up to some mischief." M y fri ends and T struggled a bit to get out of bed because our annoying owners had tucked us in the sheet very tightly, but after a while we finally managed to get out. Carelessly we left the duvet in a mess, as we are naughty teddies! We decided that we were going to rip Yuri 's pillow. We a lso cut Mrs. Vaghela's Snoopy pyjamas in to li ttle, ' itty bitty' pieces. Next, a ll of us naughty teddies wanted to go and explore the beautiful campsite and my friends and I even got to go on the ropes cour c. r climbed up the highest, of course, as 1 am incredibly brave. After that we all got very dozy and wanted to go back to the dormitory. We had j ust started to skip back when we NOTICED the g irls coming towards LI S. We ran as fas t as our stubby legs could carry us. Finally, when we arrived we sneakily snuck back to our comfy bed and pos itioned oursel ves in the exact spot were the girls had put us. OH NO! We a ll left muddy foo tprin ts that were spread across the c lean dorm. When Anna came back she gave me a suspicious l ook. WE HAD .;;:~-=-----f---t-f THE BEST CA MP EVER!! !! ! . l ·te dog. I am ] a cute w 11 [ndia's teddy. am . Bubbles and I am II under her . Hello my name isd and placed me carefu y ther teddies; twelve months ol . India made her bed oked around at t~e o mile. I When I went to c8:°P d l ft the dormitory l lo. with a mischievous s 0 India ha e d L'ndy s1ttmg bl anket. n~:per little teddy calle h d\ex~ to Lindy. there was \1 d'a's bed and crouc e ?" crept out o d n !'Whose teddy are you . J asked ~ m d~ ,, she replied . "Tanya s te Y, l ok J gave Lindy a s~rant ~ends with India?" " I know Tanya, is s e d ' They · " d Jn ia "Yes, yes she is.adventure," I asked e bumped into Tanya an We w; nt on "Let's go on an down the stairs and .. . :'took us to the bike she\he bell . We Lindy and ran ave us a big hug an k climbing and l rang picked us up_ and ~d then they took us roe the bikes tw1_ce, aat camp! had a great tune India MacM ahon Hi'M · B . y name is ooboo, r am Emma's fa vourite teddy r And sh . the bes t, r mean the bes t/ . e is This '.s my very first ADVENTURE!!! On the bus she cuddled me as ha1d as she could and I loved it a lot, it was the best cuddle in t~e world. And when we got there 1 was so excited to have another b_1g cuddle from her again. So when she got out of the room I zipped my zip down, and I helped the other teddies too like Jem11na's, Anoushka 's, Annie's Elisa's Grace's V1'cky' ' Am J' ' J · ' • , · s, . e ia s, t ia t _is all of the people in Emma 's Dorm Group. We noisily had a disco party and a pillow fight! Wl1en Emma wasn't lookmg we sp lashed in a puddle, J went back in the dorm and put muddy footpnnts a ll over tJ1e room! 1 went wall climbing in the moonlight dark and then to the BBQ place. I had a couple of marshmallows and two bot chocola tes They were d 1· . d 1 · · · · e 1c1ous, very e _1c1ous; my friends were having the bes t day of their Jives", I am en ous. · ·· II ·1 stnl ucbk back to _the dorm and had a couple of chortles and snored a 1 e ,t, Just a little bit. . I am Zayna's teddy. . hicf is my middle n · 1 My name is Snowy. . h'evous. In fact misc nl. d , metJmes misc t . . . . very clever an so old and l am very talkative. d finitely sleepmg, I ; am a polar bear. 1 am lam a one year . I dorm were e 'd ,, So name. d th other girls m t1e nd play outs1 e. Once Zayna an . e , Fluffy, "Let's go a kin a sound. whispered to Chnstm:t :::~fear and ran out w1th;~~k:t we ~ould find we made sure th: c:i~e shed and chose the sma~l~~astic time although ,1 We crept up t~\:e training wheels. We had a ~ muddy, you couldn t and yanked o. t and muddy and I mean ve y we accidentally went ended up ge:t:;; :r~hite on my pristine! fu;·s7:C~\ogether stones: Nextd, even see a p had to go up a pt co a back-flip an into a dead end so_ w_e I did three somersaults plus t go back to the went trampolmmg. It It was nearly time o we d a somersau • Fluffy did three, an I edule so we had to hurry. g Carefully we I d ade a sc 1 h ed a son • dorm; we ,a m take a shower while we umtim d from the backpacks, Next we went to d nicked some oo . went back into tbe d~rmt a~he exact place Zayna put me Ill. then we quietly boppe Ill o Zayna Mansuri Hi! My name is Fluffy and I am Christina's best snuggly dog. I'm three years old. I live with other animals on Christina's bed. When my owner set her bed at camp she put me on her pillow. I thought it was bard as rock but I liked it. Next sbe went out to explore the campsite. All the other • teddies and I jumped onto Pia 's bed. "I have the best idea of the day," Elizabeth's dog giggled. "I think we should jump on all the beds, and we won't make a mark." "Great, fab, but I feel good that we won't make a mark," Pia's bear shouted . So someone sang a song that I had made up and we all jumped al l over the place; no one got hurt. The door slowly opened with a screech. "Ahh!" yelled Jsabelle's teddy. "Someone's coming." "Back to beds! Go back!" I screamed. I took a deep breath. "Phew," I whispered, "It 's just Christina and her buddies." "Don't talk," Zayna's teddy Snowy whispered back. After that Christina and her friends went to diru1er. "Come on, let's race around the dorms and in the middle we can do back-flips," queaked Millie's bear. "Great idea but J think we need music," said Rosie's dog. "Ready set go," everyone sprinted quickly across the room. I won the race! When everyone was cheering I sneakily went over to my bed. I yelled, "Watch out! I want a pillow fight." We had so much fun then we went back to our beds and patiently waited for the children. Finally, Christina came back and we went lo sleep, it was comfy. When we woke up we were still tired. When I finally got home I had a big snooze. Christina Leung tber teddies. I d I 've come to playk. up I called the o d play on B ar an I J wo e · c me an is Polar e b t sudden Y "Teddies\ 0 every Hi\ My na:eon the bed gently, :iscbief. l shou:_d, The next thing l s;:ddenly, l ~::;.' !~ho,1~ ~'.'.{';,\:/~:o:tod t~ol "!:: :: 1~'~, ,I:~~: ,e::~i, tho wiodow the ropes cour;b~ ropes course. The I ran for my llfe, lJ teddy was o~ . to the dormitory. g01ng 111 dd paws. saw Max b d h d very mu y and onto the ~b~t look because l a Max gave me ,---------:-:---,:-::. :-;-:::::=ky;:-tt" ddy I love to make mischief1 I Hi I am Bubbles and I am P1a's sn~a k' ed I iove Pia so much that I am very cudd ly, smart, and cute, a so m . will fo llow her everywhere she go_es._ e ui mcnt I spoke to Christina's Whilst Pia went to _p la~ on the act1~t~al~d ~he other toys, l told them of dog. We made a m1sch1evous plan, d 'th delight as we thought h I d it Our faces beame W1 . the plan and t ey ovc . We ti -toed to the door, I put my car agamst about what we were to do_. . d ~ut of the building. I nearly got caught, it, all was clear, we then ltptoe I r until Pia was due to return. but luckily I didn't. We only had aid, ,o~ t as the wind· when it ra ined th b'kes we race as ,as ' . d We had a go on e 1 ' £ d bath next to the nver an a we played outside. We also went or a mu mud ball fight. . . . T didn't notice that I had muddy fee_t. I When I got back to the do11mto.?' e are those footprints?" I lay still left dirty footprints. Pia asked, Wbos with an innocent look on my face. Hi I am Leeann's favourite toy doggie, and my name is Doggie. I went to P3 CAMP with Leeann. This is my story. Leeann packed all of her stuff and she put me at the very top of her bag so I could breathe. I felt sick on the bus. Finally we arrived at 1,,,..,-,c,ir;,:~ :~ camp. Leeann carried me into the activity room and started reading her book. (I was reading that book, it was a good book.) Leeann introduced me to my dormitory; she left me and went on a four -mile walk. After a while he came back and took me from her bag and placed me on her bed. She had been given a top bunk, it was scary. Soon it was dinner and after dinner she listened to some stories from Mr Ali. After that, they had hot chocolate with marshmallows. Soon it was time for bed, the children put their p)'.jamas on. Then everyone got Miss Davis to tell the ch ildren and us two more stories; after that the children went to sleep. I jumped up and gathered all the teddies together; slowly we crept downstairs. Outside we saw the activities; first we went onto the playground. Then we crept through the bars and onto the ropes cow·se, it was fun! After tliat we went cycling and then to the gym for some wall cl imbing and trampolining. It was midnight and all of the teddies and I were very tired, so we crept back up the stairs and into our owners' arms. They lay sound asleep unaware of what we had been up to. Leeann Jamieson Hi, my name is Joe, I am Haunab 's teddy. Hannah brought me to her first camp, to keep her company. Hannah also says I am very cudd ly but [ am not so sure if that is true. I almost get up to mischief every time she goes out of the house. I am also kind, cheeky, cute and smart. When Han nah and her classmates arrived at the camp, they went over to the belly of the bus and took any backpack they were haaded. Loekily, I w,s io the b,ekp,ek H'""'h was holding. C,ueful)y evecy siogle srudeot P"' thei, bag that they =cc holdiog onto the floor. After that they went out fo r a hike up the hills. While they were on their hike, r mischievously unzipped the zip and sneaked out of the bag. Then I began to make a loud scream that woke every teddy up. After that I yelled out, ' Do any of yo u teddies want to get up to mischief? ' "OK why not?" replied the other teddies. So we did. We went into little groups and I went to the group that was to go to the ropes course. Luckily, there were no people there. Later I decided we teddies shou ld all go baclcto our own backpacks. When we arrived back at our bags I suddenly heard footsteps, and [ knew that it was them. I rushed into the bag and went into my previous position I was in before, but then I suddenly realised my feet were dirty. Hannah Hanselman e for d them leav . e's bag until l hear uim1ed over the waited in Jami of the bag. l sq fter falling, l '. Patiently_l uietly snuck out fell to the floor. A ssly shouted m , the walk, l q and promptly d Then I care le f their owners top oft~: :;ggis hit th; g;~~:ads popped ~~~'s teddy; it hit Harry t t ninety ted ie some soap at told them of my d pain. Abou hievously thre; to the toys and We all scampere bags. l misc Then 1 spo e . ·ties at camp. him in th: :~~- play on the activi brilliant time. I f plan tog s course. se we had a 's teddy of off to the ropet the ropes cour_ , teddy and Jonny ent cycling got o Maxi s W also w When weae Won's ted~y, uddle of mud. : trampoline. We pushed J d into a big p the sky on th ound. the ropes ~n d and bounced to layed on the playtags just as like the :~inton and alsoa~d got back in :ir hik~- played b eakily stole ID . d back from t Then we sn ,. ·1dren arrive Jamie an d the c,1i Ben Man Himyn ~.!-~:~~~:i~;~~:;;::~~;;i:;;;;:;~;;,-~;::;::-;::--~----l ame ls, oh silly Ille I don 't ha name. My fur is brown and white I 1 ·ta name because that naughty Ben didn ' t . Be% and his mates were just abou; to ile::~~;ts ;nd camping and I am intelligent. give me a ::: :•, the boys almost had to go to Q, ee, ..,:, ';.";'' Wheo Matthew p,1100 °"' his smel)y fga g l boys had gone l unzipped half of Ben{ b" rykgen and then l fainted. When those ze around the dorm at all oft/ I . ig ac pack. screamed "L , 1 le ot 1er teddies J un · d h f. I ' et s 1ave an adventure I " Th II ' . z1ppe t e rest of the bags and o t 1e dorm down t/ . . · ey a agreed and slipp d that funny l~oking bi: st~ird and crept to the bike shed and pee:ed ~ut ~fthNeir bags and out fast I h e s e · 1 saw a blue bike r · msi e. o one was in unti~i sa:~e/ever been faster in my life befor~ l:;c~:~t_and ;tarted to peddle faster and path, just in ti;;~~~!:~ ~ur dorm. f called to th~ other te~~~: a~~d:~u~ eighty five times I ?on 't know why Ben nud;:~~~:u:~ ~o Jet into the right position Ben lesft ~~1:~d across the winked at him. e , maybe beca use he saw me O b.k · . n a I e. 1 smiled and Ben Stone/ey Primary 4-14 Mrs A. Nevin Back Row Daniel Shailer, Alec Drew-Prior, Hugo Christopher, Christopher Howe, Benjamin Russell, Zoe Scott, Tom Lipton, Mrs Ann Marie Nevin Middle Row Sabrina Lane, Nicholas Thompson, Isabella Boyne, Neil Griffin, Tayhee Lee, Maya Rao, Mia Konn Front Row Annabel Preston, Justin Cheung, Nabil Schwarzwalder, Tayler Coates, Louisa van Aeken, Katrina Chan, William Chaumet, Lucas Chalk, Jack Martin Class P4-14 has been watching a video about an amazing shirt maker. During the term, the students have been thinking of different ways to explain their thoughts and opinions on the main character, Uncle Bob, and his unique contraption, the Shirt Machine. The story explains all about where Uncle Bob lived and how, against the odds, he managed to source all the essential items for the once-in-a-lifetime machine that he eventually constructed. The extracts below from the childrens' written accounts add colour to his inventions through the outlining of their own ideas about the machinery and exciting ideas for shirts that he could have made. The abbreviated accounts below exhibit the obvious enjoyment that the class has derived from this tale of imagination and invention. My uncle Bob lives far away on the Island of Mull. He is an inventor; in fact he is one of the most extraordinary people I've met. He is fascinating and very special. My uncle is a huge chocoholic. His favourite drink is hot chocolate with chocolate drops and chocolate syrup. He is a hard, hard-working man who always tries to do his best. Unlike me, Uncle Bob is quite shy and likes making his shirts privately. He is very faithful and polite to me ..._......;:i,,,,,., ____ _.and to his customers. The reason I think my uncle is intelligent is because he made a Shirt Machine from scratch entirely from bits and bobs he found. My uncle is a very lively person and is fun to be around. He likes travelling around the world to get inspiration for his shirts. Even when he is in a different country, he is recognized, but he is very modest about it . Isabella Boyne When he has a suitable idea he steps into the dark and gloomy shed. Uncle Bob then turns the nuclear power switch, to switch the big machine on. Seconds later he goes over to the computer and types in his idea, but he needs to include lots of detail , otherwise the shirt won't be that nice. After the shirt has been made, Uncle Bob writes his idea into his 'idea book' in case he does the same shirt over and over again. Minutes later, he sends his sh irts to the customers. Some of them have won prizes. The most famous shirts cost over €100,000,000. The bad thing is that Uncle Bob didn't ask the government if he could build the shirt machine. Tom Lipton My uncle Bob isn't your average uncle ... .. . He graduated from the University of Edinburgh aged just 13 with a degree in Engineering. He is also a chocoholic. His aim is to build a chocolate machine in the next 10 years following the success of his amazing shirt machine. The shirt machine makes shirts; not ordinary sh irts, but magic sh irts. When my uncle finishes the chocolate machine it will probably make super-power chocolate. The shirt machine is solar-powered and it makes really strange no ises like "Vomperankachank" and "Phoop." Alec Drew-Prior Sleeping happily, Uncle Bob heard the doorbell ring. Jumping energetically out of bed, he saw a little boy crying. "It's my birthday today but I have to do a 20-page essay." "Well ," stuttered Uncle Bob, "I could give you a birthday present." "What kind?" shouted the boy. "Well how about a present that does your homework for you?". "Yes!" cried the excited boy. "Come with me," Bob said, as he jogged over to his shed. "First, I pull the lever, then I go and type in my idea (in this case it's the idea of a homework-doing shirt). Then I stomp on the big green button on the floor and the machine goes, "Bumperankchank, bumperankchank, bumperankchank." Then it goes "ZIP!ZIP!ZIP!ZIP! ZIP!BOOOOOOOP!" Finally, out of a small slot comes the shirt, wrapped in spotty paper ready for your birthday!" explained Uncle Bob. Daniel Shailer My uncle Bob had gadgets, gizmos, pistons and gauges. He welded, slotted and bolted them together with some other amazing thingamajigs. Over ten years he finally finished the shirt machine. ~~::::::#11 He then had another problem; to find a suitable shirt for his nice nephew and niece. So he made a 'PSl' and 'PS2 Portable Shirt'. They are both worth a million dollars. The 'Portable Shirt' allows people to play games on the shirt when they get bored. Hugo Christopher Uncle Bob lives on the Island of Mull, Scotland. He started to build the Shirt Machine in 1983 and finished it in 1993. It took ten years to finish the machine. When he has an idea he goes into his shed and pulls down the "ON" switch. Then he sits down and eats a bar of chocolate. He says he needs chocolate for his brain to work! Then he goes to a computer and types in his idea. At the start the machine goes "Boomperankachank! Boomperankachank!," and at the end it goes, "Zip, zip, zip , zip," and then out comes the shirt , neatly wrapped in purple paper. Christopher Howe My Uncle Bob lives on the Island of Mull in Scotland. My uncle made a shirt machine a few years back and his friends enabled Uncle Bob to get all the pieces for the shirt machine. Once Bob had gathered all the pieces for the shirt machine together, he started to build the fabulous machine. Finally, he finished building the shirt machine. How to work the shirt machine: pull the giant power lever, type in your ideas on the computer , press the big, green 'GO' button and wait for the machine to start making noises like, "Boumperangchunk." Jack Martin Finally, Uncle Bob had all the pieces to make his Shirt Machine with spinning bits , rolling bits , small bits , big bits , teeny-weeny bits and so on. When he was finished he decided to try it; first he turned it on, and it went "Boom-ma-rand-aching," and then it went, "BOBOBOBOBOBOBAM!" Almost immediately the shirt was made. The shirt machine can make any kind of shirt. The 'Fire Shirt' means that you can blow out f ireballs with it, the 'Magic Shirt,' means that you can do magic whenever you want. The 'Hyper Shirt' means that you can go hyper-speeds. It takes 4 seconds for the 'Fire Shirt' to be made, 7 seconds for the 'Magic Shirt' and 10 seconds for the 'Hyper-Shirt.' One shirt costs $20,000, two shirts cost $40,000. William Chaumet It took him ten years to find all the bits. Some were in a scrapyard, some washed up on the warm and ravine-type beach near where he lived, and some were given to him by his kindly neighbours. When ten years had passed, he gathered all the bits into his craggy shed. It is remarkable what he made - a Shirt Machine. Now when he goes into the shed, he pulls down a lever, but before he gets to work he always eats a bit of chocolate; Zachariah says he needs it to keeps him awake! Then my uncle types on the computer what his intelligent brain thinks. After ten minutes pass, my uncle presses an emerald button with his foot , then ... "VOOMPERANKACHANK, zip, zip, zip, zip, zip , zip!" Finally, a shirt comes out, wrapped neatly in spotted paper. Justin Cheung Uncle Bob lives on the remote Island of Mull in Scotland. He has an old, rotten , battered shed off the side of his house; inside where lies the shirt machine. Walking along the beach he would find flotsam and jetsam washed ashore which he decided to use for the machine. His neighbours also donated unwanted items from their homes. Finally, he ordered special technical parts on The Internet. Uncle Bob's shirt machine is famous. It's made all sorts of shirts : like the 'Invisible Shirt,' a 'Changing-colour Shirt,' an 'Edible Shirt,' a 'Flying Shirt' and a 'Musical Shirt.' I am proud of Uncle Bob because he built the shirt machine all by himself. Uncle Bob would be famous if he didn't live on such a remote island; but famous or not he's still my Uncle Bob who made the Shirt Machine! Zoe Scott Walking along the beach, he would find flotsam and jetsam washed ashore. Kind , lovely neighbours donated unwanted items and finally , he ordered special technical parts over The Internet. After ten years , Bob screwed all the bits and welded and fixed them together. Walking back home he had an exciting feeling in his body. Suddenly, he thought of an idea. It was a 'HORSERIDING SHIRT.' So he went to his disgusting, rotten, old shed. Bob turned on his machine and wrote down his idea on his computer. The machine went: "Vomperangkchank, vomperangkchank," then "Zip zip zip zip zip" and then "Pop." Then, a shirt comes out in neatly, spotted wrapping paper ready to send to the person it was for. A shirt is made out of cotton. One shirt costs HK$1000. These are the different shirts he has made: a 'Flying Shirt ,' a 'Horse Riding Shirt,' a 'Computer Shirt ,' a 'Changing Colour Shirt' , a 'Musical Shirt ,' and finally, a 'Homework-doing Shirt.' Maya Rao My Uncle Bob loves gadgets and making things. He's made: 'The Card Flipper ,' 'The Football Which Cannot Lose Air' and 'Pepsi Beer,' which is a mixture of Coke, Pepsi and root beer. But that's not important; his most famous machine is the Shirt Machine. What's really amazing is that it would take $2000 billion to buy the shirt machine. Working the machine is the interesting part because you see he has to duck under a lot of pipes, a few high-tech parts and finally when he reaches the master computer, he pulls the 'ON' lever and types in what he thinks will suit someone best. Then he presses the green 'GO' button and then suddenly you hear, "Booparangachang, clank, liooiioijiujjiujh and bolojas," and finally, a shirt comes out. Neil Griffin He is about eighty-nine years old. He was about twelve years old when he made his first invention. He made the skirt machine. He made it the same way he made the shirt machine. His mother was so pleased with him that she got him his very own laboratory; well actually it was a shed, but he called it his laboratory anyway. He spent nearly five hours in there every day! His sister Caroline thought he got too much attention, so she distracted him by saying that he should make another machine. She told him he was a total failure. He tried to make another and it was a total failure! He tried again and then he made the shirt machine. It is a lesson to learn. Never give up and you will achieve great things! Sabrina Lane My Uncle Bob lives far away on the Island of Mull. He is an inventor. Once, he made a Shirt Machine using tools from a wooden house next to the invention house. Every day he will make one kind of T-shirt. The Shirt Machine works really fast. It only needs 30 minutes to make T-shirts for people. Often customers live in other countries or on other islands. The Shirt Machine can make dotted paper to wrap the T-shirts up inside, so they won't get ruined when being posted to the customer. My uncle has made a 'Flying T-shirt,' because every Sunday evening he likes to ask somebody to go to the park with him to fly. All he has to do is ask the other person to hold on to the piece of string he's tied around himself, he wears the T-shirt and he can fly! That is why he is creative. My Uncle Bob is really thoughtful towards people; when people need help he will make T-shirts to help them. Katrina Chan The new shirt comes out of a slot all wrapped in wrapping paper, ready to be delivered to the correct owner. Uncle Bob always writes his ideas, and what the shirt does, in his big, red, bright book. Then he sends the neatly wrapped gifts to the right owners. One of his favourite shirts is the 'edible shirt'; it is very useful when you are travelling in vehicles, so you can eat while you travel. Another one is the 'flying shirt'; two friends can go out and take turns to fly, while the other holds the rope so you don't fly away. Uncle Bob earns lots of money from his shirts and has won various prizes for them, but the shirt he got the most money for, was the 'musical shirt.' It was made for a Duke, so whenever he wanted to go to a party, he pressed a button on his waistcoat and a fanfare of trumpets, flutes and drums would introduce his arrival. Louisa van Aeken Uncle Bob has to find suitable shirts for people. He pulls the giant power switch down to start the machine, types his idea into the computer, and then stamps on the green 'GO' button. The machine rumbles at first, makes funny sounds and finally the design pops out of the slit, covered in spotted wrapping paper. Over the years he has made about five thousand new shirts. His most famous shirt was made for a Duke and every time the Duke went to a wedding or a posh dinner, a fanfare of instruments would announce his arrival. He has made other .._..;;..:.....~"--'shirts and also made dresses for Queen Elizabeth the Second and other famous people. To buy the equipment for the machine would cost £100,000,000! Lucas Chalk When my uncle wants to make a shirt he turns the light on and then it starts flashing different colours. Next, he flicks a miniscule lever, after which he listens to his i-Pod (he needs his i-Pod to help him concentrate!). Unfortunately, my uncle lives a long way away from where I live, so I don't get to see him very often. I think he is the best uncle in the world. He has lots of great ideas for shirts; like the 'Flying Shirt,' which allows two people to fly. Another shirt was the 'Musical Shirt,' and this was designed for when a person, such as a Duke, went to important places, they could press a button on the sleeve and it would make noises to signal their arrival. Another famous shirt my uncle made was the 'Invisible Shirt,' but my favourite shirt is the 'Colour Shirt,' where the shirt changed colour every minute. It is really amazing! Nicholas Thompson Walking along the beach he would find flotsam and jetsam washed ashore, which he used to build his shirt machine. His lovely neighbours donated unwanted items from their homes. Finally, he ordered special technical parts over the Internet. He had all his gadgets and gizmos ready, so he welded, screwed and slotted all the things together to make the Shirt Machine. The Shirt Machine looks like an enormous washing machine and it has gold slits and silver screws. Its brass wheels glint in the moonlight. You pull a lever, then press a green 'GO' button and the Shirt Machine makes strange noises like: VOOMPARANKACHANK' and 'POOF!'. Out of a slit comes a shirt, wrapped in spotted paper. While this is happening all the wheels and everything else on the machine are turning and whirling! My Uncle bob is very, very clever! Annabel Preston Uncle Bob had all the pieces. Having all these pieces, he could finally make the shirt machine. He had gizmos, gadgets, pistons, gauges and sliding bits , all slotted, welded, hammered, nailed and glued together. He has to load cotton fabric into the machine every 3 months. The most popular shirt is the 'Flying Shirt' - two friends could go out on a Sunday afternoon and take turns to fly around in the shirt, with pieces of string tied around them to stop them flying away. Another particular shirt was made for a duke. When you pressed a button on the cuff, a fanfare of trumpets announced the Duke's arrival. Mia Konn I have a grandpa. He lives in Scotland far away on the Island of Mull. My grandpa is very famous and he is the best grandpa I ever had because he has a famous Shirt Machine. Now I am going to tell you how he put bits and bobs together to make the shirt machine, and how the machine works. My grandpa found lots of bits and bobs. Some he found on the beach, some he found in the jungle and some were given to him by his lovely neighbours. My grandpa put all the bits and bobs together to make the Shirt Machine. When my grandpa wants to invent a new shirt he goes into the old shed where the Shirt Machine lies. My grandpa turns the light on, then he pulls the lever down and starts typing his idea into the computer, which is linked to the machine. Nabil Schwarzwalder Uncle Bob lives on the remote island of Mull in Scotland. He has a battered, rotten old shed that he does not use anymore and it is right next to his house. He made the shirt machine inside that old shed. Walking along the beach, he would find flotsam and jetsam washed ashore. His lovely neighbours donated unwanted items from their homes. He ordered special pieces of technical parts on The Internet. Finally he got all the pieces and screwed and hammered the pieces together and made the shirt machine. Tayhee Lee The first shirt he made was an 'edible shirt.' It was made for someone on a delayed train who would otherwise miss their tea/supper. The most famous shirt my uncle made was a 'musical shirt,' invented especially for a Duke. Whenever the Duke went to an important wedding or a posh dinner, he could press a button on the shirt's cuff and a fanfare of drums and trumpets announced his arrival. So my uncle's shirt machine is one of a kind, and the shirts it produces are very special. But none of these shirts is my favourite; my favorite is an old pyjama top he gave me a few years ago. It doesn't do anything special, it wasn't made in his shirt machine, it's just an ordinary pyjama top. But it's my favourite because it reminds me of him. Tayler Coates Uncle Bob lives on the remote Island of Mull. He is an inventor and he invented a machine called 'The Shirt Machina.' To make the machine he had to find about sixty pieces of metal. Some he found washed up on the beach, others, his neighbours kindly gave him, and, some he ordered over the Internet. Eventually, he could start putting the parts together. He screwed dials on, nailed parts together, welded and hammered nails in. He joined pipes onto other pipes. He took great care slotting parts in and hammering nails. My most favourite shirt is a purple, fluffy shirt. It doesn't play music or fly, and it is not edible or invisible. It's not even made from the shirt machine. It is just a normal shirt but it reminds me of him. Some shirts have won him a lot of money and prizes. Benjamin Russell Primary 4-15 Mr N. Miller Back Row Priya Chhaya, Avery Champion, Shaanthi Rajah, Yorke Pittar, Adam McLean, Hamza Apabhai, Thomas Robinson, Mr Nick Miller Middle Row Tom James, Alexander McAlinden, Elysia Moseley, Erik Henriksson, Kirstie Taylor, Alexander Kent, Gabriella Raphael Front Row Katie Ko, Tobias Heithersay, Lauren Dickie, Nicholas Hirsch, Ria Schmid!, Sophia Perronet Miller, Archie Bateman, Charlie Webster, Finn Galloway P 4-15's Trouser, Skirt and Shorts Machine The Fantasy Trousers My uncle lives in England, in a remote place, miles from my house, which is in Scotland. It took him three years to make the 'Fantasy Trouser Machine ' . When he was building the machine, he told me that he would get up at five o'clock in the morning and work until nine o 'clock at n ight, which he did until it was completed. Some of the trousers that he has made with the machine are; the glow in-the-dark trousers, the magnetic trousers, the upside down trousers (which make you go upside down), a pair of trousers that can do stunts, a robotic pair of trousers and a pair which are invisible. My favourite trousers are the glowing trousers because you wear them mostly at night. If they get dirty, the dirty bits just fade away so you cannot see them. The ugliest trousers that I think he has made are the robotic trousers. When the trousers come out of the machine, they come out in a clean cardboard box that has been stamped and addressed, ready to be posted to the person that ordered them. My uncle then records what type of trousers he has made and who he made them for. I am very proud of him for what he has done. Hamza Apabhai The Adventurous Explorer Trousers My trousers are made for explorers that go through jungles and on safaris. These trousers have a rope for climbing big tall trees, a knife for cutting through long thick grass, food and drinks for survival and a magnifying glass for looking at rare insects and plants. They also have two buttons that enable the wearer to fly in the air or float on water and in a pouch at the side of the trousers is a sharp knife and a huge pointy dagger. The dagger is useful for digging the ground and the knife is useful for cutting crystal. In the big back pocket on the right hand side is a special cream for dry lips or dry skin . A pocket on the left hand side contains a special type of crystal clear water. The trousers have a thick layer of leather on the outside and a thick layer of fur on the inside. They are comfortable trousers to wear. People will find the wearer stylish, strong and a caring explorer. Ria Schmidl The Flying Skirt The magnificent Flying Skirt is made for the girl who always gets lost! It can rise up into the air so that the person wearing it can get a better view of where they might be. This 'Flying Skirt' is very special as there is only one in the world, and it is owned by the person who needs it the most, which happens to be a girl who is always getting lost. The skirt is made out of metal , cotton wool, bubble wrap, and cotton. To make sure the 'Flying Skirt' is not too uncomfortable there is soft material on the inside. The Flying Skirt has fo ur pockets, two at the front and two at the back that jets come out of. It is the shape of a normal skirt, but it has a buckle that is actually a button and that makes the jets work. The girl really likes her flying skirt because it looks cool. Kirstie Taylor The Floating Trousers Introducing my amazing Floating Trousers! Instead of walking to work, just put on these sparkly Floating Trousers and hover wherever you want to go. Whoever wears them will be the talk of the town! Everyone will be so impressed by them; bosses may even give instant promotion to the wearer! If a salesman were to wear them in another country on a business trip, they might be considered some kind of a supernatural being and everybody would buy from him! The wearer would probably get a huge bonus along with an awesome promotion. The trousers come with a free G.P.S or Global Positioning System along with a rear-view mirror ! The Floating Trousers can hover up to three metres in the air and they have a maximum speed of 35mph. The Floating Trousers have tiny jet-propulsion units on the legs and the bottom and the G.P.S connects across your legs so you can use it like a laptop whilst you are floating around! Guess what? If you buy my trousers in the next few hours you will get a pair of my very special 'Dancing Trousers' which help you to , harmlessly break-dance as soon as you hit the dance floor! Call one zero eight five six dash seven nine three five now! Nicholas Hirsch ll •• Ill ~ II. I I I The Amazing, Fantastic, Booster Trousers The Booster Trousers are for me so that I can fly around the sky and have lots and lots of fun. They help me to get to places faster, to jump off high buildings and to fly to places for free. There is a little button and when it is pressed the boosters come out and scan my feet to see if it ' s me. I step outside and press the hidden start button then I find myself in the air. I never put the trousers in the wash without putting special protective plastic around the buttons that activate the boosters. If I am flying on a rainy day I have to remember to put on the water proof cover that comes with them. I have to try not to land on my boosters and skid because it will ruin my booster trousers. If I leave my booster trousers in a place where it is too hot they will heat up and could even catch fire! I never get my boosters dirty otherwise they would get out of control. I must never touch the boosters or let them touch anyone else as this is dangerous as well. Yorke Pittar My Gymnastics Skirt The skirt is pink with sparkles and attached to some very special leg gings. The leggings are made from a special material. The skirt was made for my sister Victoria to help her do BRILLIANT gymnastics and to give her more strength in her flips . She will find it really useful. The leggings are plain black with black elastic at the bottom. The skirt helps her do cartwheels, handstands, headstands, forward rolls, backward rolls, and so much more! The skirt is fun, at least if you know how to use it! Also on the skirt there is a very delicate button that is on one of the sparkles. When she's having trouble with her gymnastics she simply presses a button and the skirt helps her! Here are the instructions that came with the skirt; First, carefully take the skirt out of the box. Second, lay the skirt down flat on the table. Next, find the sparkle that is shaped like a heart, and press. Finally, put the skirt on and do some gymnastics! Sophia Perronet Miller The Dimension Trousers I have invented the Dimension Trousers for astronomers so that they can look at stars in other galaxies or dimensions. You slide your hand into your pocket, it has to be your right pocket or you will take out your fun sun and you don't want to use that as it may burn your hand off! Next you dial a number from one to twenty, this gives you other dimensions, which it then shows you. You can then drag this view onto a screen and select a star. Warning: Don ' t use it more than ten times in an hour or it will set the emergency sun off in another pocket! To use the Fun Sun, you first put your hand in your back pocket and tug out a pair of metal gloves, do not lose these or there could be a very nasty accident! You next put the gloves on and quickly snatch the emergency sun and hurl it into the air. By using the special glasses and gloves you can then get a sample and find its dimension. f Alexander Kent The Picture Taking Pants The comfy, awesome Picture Taking Pants are the perfect pants for a photographer because they have cameras all over them! __ .'Y To take a photo the photographer has to twist the special knob to a number. For example if they twisted the knob to number 1 and pressed it, it would make a boom noise and that would mean that it was ready to take a picture. After that they'd have to look through the blue shiny microscope to see what they 're taking a picture of. When the photographer knows what they're taking a picture of, they need to press the button on the side of the pocket. The best thing about it is that there is a printer next to the cameras. This means that the wearer doesn't have to go to a camera shop and wait for hours till they print the pictures. All they have to do, using these pants, is pull the pictures out of the printer. It is really easy and the pants are very, very comfortable. The special thing about the Picture Taking Pants is there is only one pair in the entire world. They are made out of leather and a little bit of metal. These pants are waterproof so that the photographer can take underwater photos. Tobias Heithersay I I I 1 1 1 The Special Rugby Shorts My brother has just ordered these fantastic shorts from the Rugby Short factory. They are very special because they will help him to become an amazing ball kicker, and they will help him to run as fast as Robinson, the winger for the England rugby team. They will be the only shorts like this in the whole world. My brother was very lucky as be actually won them in a raffle . He was very happy. The best thing about them is that nobody will know that they will make him play rugby extremely well. Mum and Dad will be very happy with him and this will make his life a lot easier. Suddenly the machine went 'dibdibdibdibdib' and the shorts came out in dotted wrapping paper. Tom went and collected his shorts and when he got borne be was hugging me and was so pleased. Tom James 1, 1 11 I, I I I I I 11 I I I --< I Ii I I 'I I I I I I I I I I The Design Trousers The Design Trousers were made especially for me by my uncle's trouser machine in England. They are dark blue because that is my favourite colour. They are really big and they have giant pockets so that I have lots of space to store things like toys, candy and food. If I am wearing the trousers for a whole day, they fill up with air and I can fly for at least ten or twenty minutes. If I want to fly with them again, it will only be for a shorter amount of time as they need to refuel. I can jump off buildings like the IFC, if I have enough air in my trousers! These trousers were really expensive but I got them for my birthday. If you want to buy them they will cost five thousand dollars . You order the trousers from my uncle. They take a ·, week or two to come to your house or your apartment. .,_ .... ) 1 Adam Mclean My Uncle's Trouser Machine These trousers were ordered for a little boy who is finding school in England very uncomfortable as he can't find a soft spot on his seat in class. As bis seat is so uncomfortable he is also getting a bad back. His mum is constantly complaining to the school about the chairs being unpleasant. The trousers, made by my uncle, are massage trousers. They are long and black. They have three little metal bars on the bottom and four on the back that come out of the elastic that holds the trousers up. These bars tap extremely hard on the top of the boy's leg (let's hope the boy is ok with that!). They also have two hands on ether side of the trousers to squeeze his thighs very hard. As soon as the trousers were finished my uncle recorded their details in his little book for future reference. Archie Bateman .. Mr. Codswallop's Kilt The Best Trouser Making Machine in the World Hello, my name is Professor Erik and I live on a remote island just off the coast of Sweden called Orust. On this island, about ten years ago, I invented a trouser machine because I didn't think that the trousers on the planet Earth were interesting enough . Orust is a peaceful place with lots of lovely places to go, see and visit. I can make as much noise as I want because I have no neighbours, which was very useful when I was the building the machine. One of the most famous pairs of trousers made by the machine are 'Talking' trousers, which are perfect for lonely people. This particular order came from an old Thai lady, with no husband, who lived in a remote place in Thailand. A boy in Sweden who hated wearing thick and uncomfortable trousers but still wanted to keep warm, a bit like me, wanted a pair of trousers that were thin but still keep him toasty in cold weather! Another pair were the wonder fully, nice smelling trousers. These trousers are especially good for small children who hate showers! This order came from a little boy in Hong Kong who didn't like to wash, a bit like my little brother. Erik Henriksson The Skirt Machine I am going to make this skirt for Anetha to make her dance better. It will be a mini skirt with little dangly beads like -~ earrings. It's going to have diamonds on the front and back • . , •• 1 •. . panel. There will be two pockets that have flowers on them in the front panel. The reason it has to be pretty is because Anetha only likes pretty things. All the energy for the dancing skills will be in the pretty diamonds, the earring part will be the part that makes the dance moves and when they touch Anetha's leg she can then copy them. When she dances using the special skirt, everyone that sees her, will be amazed how well she can dance. She will wear the skirt everywhere. Dancing is her favourite hobby now! I think everybody wi ll want to buy my skirt but unfortunately it is a one off. Shaanthi Rajah My kilt is for Mr. Codswallop who keeps murderous snakes and other poisonous pets, like tarantulas and scorpions. He lives near a forest and that's were be does all the catching! He really likes wild animals especially ones that sting, bite or eat humans. But don't think he can ' t handle them because he can, for some reason they like him. Underneath the kilt is a sort of short trouser that has a warning device to let wild animals know he is around. It gives out a smell that attracts lots of animals and works from a distance of at least ten meters. It is really effective and be has caught lots of bis animals using the kilt. When an animal is close by he leaps out with an enormous net and throws it over the animal, he's very experienced. The kilt has an emergency pocket that has a stun gun in it so if an animal does attack him he can stop it without harming it. There is another pocket for the first aid kit in case he really does get bitten. Charlie Webster The Stupendous Trousers for Spoilt Kids This magnificent pair of trousers were made by my uncle's trouser machine. If children are locked up in their room these are the pants they would want to wear as they have a candy compartment with bubble gum and everlasting sweets in them. Also there is a fizzy drinks compartment with every fizzy drink in the world. If they were hungry a pizza box would just pop out and when they finish the pizza another one just pops out. If you fall from a high distance they won't break; they are impossible to break but they are very soft inside and keep you warm. They are my dream trousers, but they belong to Rory! Every time I go to Rory's house for a sleepover I ask to wear them. They have a network system to all of your friends' houses, so if you can't go over for a play date you just press the button and then you type in your friend's name and the game you want to play. You then play it, but in holographic motion. Alexander McAlinden The Skirt Machine The skirt is really special because it plays music. My uncle made it by himself using his special machine. It took him two years to design and make it. The skirt has pockets containing a CD and DVD player with their own remote controls and also a smart pocket to store CD and DVDs in. When you want to listen to some music you have to look at the side of the skirt, and press a button. After that a sheet of paper comes out of the back of the skirt. When you have chosen a song from the piece of paper you type the title of the song into the CD player and press enter. The music starts and if the music is too loud you use the remote control to adjust the volume. The skirt is made from white cotton mixed with wool from a sheep. It is really strong on the outside but soft on the inside. The skirt is short and stripy with pink stars on it. When it's dark the skirt starts to shimmer. The skirt is really pretty and looks really cool so if handsome boys came along you should show it off. Elysia Moseley , ,. The Sports Trousers The Changing Trousers The Changing Trousers were made especially for an actor called Jack Black. He wanted them so that when he is making a movie instead of changing for different parts he just has to press a button on the right side of the trousers, near the knee and 'Bong bang boom' instant costume change! They are made out of a rare type of rubber only found in the Himalayas. If you want to go out for a drink at the pub after hockey practice, instead of changing all you have to do is press the button on the side and 'Bong bang boom' you 're in a suit. Or if you have just had a long drive to your cottage next to a lake and you just want to go on your water trampoline, instead of changing just press the button and 'Bong bang boom' you're in your swimmers. When you get a pair, or should I say, if you get a pair, they will come in a nice shade of forest green. Avery Champion The Sweetie Snack The Sweetie Snack is an amazing, fantastic ally produced ki lt. The ' Sweetie Snack Kilt' was created especially for me, because I have a very sweet tooth! It can also dance any Scottish dance! The 'Sweetie Snack' is extremely clever because if you press a button and say what scrumptious sweet or chocolate you want, that sweet sudden ly flies out of the sporran and straight into your mouth. If it's not terribly delicious and you don ' t like it, just spit it out and it goes into a tiny hole in the sporran and into a special bin. This fascinating kilt is very special because there is only one in the whole entire world and you can get any sweet or chocolate out of it any time you want, without either of your parents knowing. The 'Sweetie Snack' is extraordinary because you never have to refill it! The 'Sweetie Snack ' is the best kilt in the whole entire world! It ' s a marvellous kil t! Finn Galloway • I 1 These amazing trousers are for any sportsman that plays cricket, soccer, baseball, tennis, or rugby. They were the first ?"ousers ever made by_ my grandfather. They have lots of different buttons that make the trousers do different things. There is a power button which helps you play soccer and win all the time and enables your team to become the best team in the world. There is also a running button which helps you run incredibly fast, maybe even win the Olympics and get gold medal for your country. The rugby button helps you to be the best rugby kicker in the world. You can ' t imagine what the other buttons do! My grandfather made the machine all by himself. In fact, he has invented lots of things himself, with no help at all. Thomas Robinson I I The Outstanding Trousers Machine When my uncle has one of his funny ideas, he goes into his interesting shed then turns his cool trouser machine on. My uncle ' s trouser machine doesn ' t make normal trousers , it creates things like magical trousers, eatable ones, flying ones and so on. He invented a pair of trousers for my birthday, and they told you the answer to anything you asked. For example when we were doing maths it told me every single answer. I love them, they are my favourite colour, in between dark b lue and light blue, and they are made out of soft cotton. I wear them to school every day, I think you know why. I am my teacher's best student; I get everything right because of them. I already have my Imperial Dragon Award and fifteen Principal Awards. I do my homework with no problem at all. I am really proud of my uncle for making his outstanding; one and only trouser machine. Gabriella Raphael The Rainbow Glow in the Dark Trousers My marvellous, glittery, rainbow and neon glow in the dark trousers are for people who want to look cool , casual, and smart in normal trousers. There are four sections on each trouser leg which change colour every two minutes. There is also a button you can press that makes them glow in the dark. This device works best in complete darkness or if there is a little bit of moonlight. There are different light bulbs inside that glow, and if you pat a bulb a glow will appear magically around the trousers. One special light is neon yellow, however this will only last for seventy two days as this is only a temporary glow. To turn them off, there is a button on the right pocket of the trousers. If you turn off the devices, the rainbow going vertically down the trouser will remain but it will not change colour every two minutes. The trousers themselves have elastic around the waist, are adjustable and their original colours are light and dark blue. These trousers are for my granddad who has a wonderful , happy personality, likes to paint rainbows but tends to get lost! Wearing the fantastic 'Rainbow Glow in the Dark Trousers' he can now go out, especially at night, and not get lost. Priya Chhaya ____ ..,,_ The Marvellously, Attractive , Naughty Kids' Trousers With my uncles amazing machine I have designed a pair of magnificent trousers for very naughty children . They will be very handy because when the child who has them is naughty and their mother slaps them on the bottom it will not =-- hurt a little bit! They are also excellent for greedy and sneaky kids as well as they have a pocket that is full of different kinds of sweets like bubble gum, gobstoppers, toffees, and chews. If you press a special button on them they . immediately start to change to a colour that you can ~·· choose. It has a red light that will beep when a fire is in the building that you are in. These trousers are very efficient because they will dry quickly after swimming because as they are waterproof. They are also very efficient because they are really light so when you are doing a long distance run you don ' t have to carry a spare pair of shorts. They are the best trousers you could possibly wish for. These trousers can do anything you would like them to, you can just say in your head ' I wish my trousers could fly ' and .. . Lauren Dickie A Skirt for an Artist 1 created this skirt for an artist friend of mine who was always losing her brushes and has problems mixing colours to the shade she wants. The skirt has a belt which has every colour on it so that she doesn't need to mix the colours any more. If she presses the colour she wants then the skirt paints the colour on the paper. Before she does this she needs to draw the outline of where she would like the skirt to paint. The skirt then fills in with the shade she chose. She also loses her pencils reaJly easily so the skirt gives her pencils so that she can draw. Once she has finished using the pencil if she leaves it somewhere, the skirt beeps and says "Give the pencil back." By tapping on the skirt in a certain place, it knows that she needs paper. It also has a camera so that it can tell where she is and how much paper she needs. If she were on a train and she was drawing the view and she had only one piece of paper she could tap on the skirt and the skirt would give her enough paper to finish her drawing. The skirt has lots of things as well as a belt, paper and pencils. It also has brushes that can paint for her. Katie Ko Primary 4-16 Mr M. Lovell Back Row Mr Matt Lovell, Xavier Banson, Jennifer Jones, Mia Kriegel, Pierce O'Malley, Francis Coghlan, Joshua Taylor, Joshua Ponter-Kirkham, Mrs Vivien Pang Middle Row Vinay Hirani, Harry Mowbray, Rory Stewart-Cox, Fletcher Kader, Erin Winstanley, Priyanka Ghatalia, Olivia Pearce Front Row Alexandra Barker, Ronnie Ng, Emily Whelan, Oscar Osborn, Saffron Turi, Lauren Lee, Niall Jacob, Chak Lam Yau, Brandon Chiang Ethan Sherry t P4-16 and The Shirt Machine My uncle invented a fabulous new shirt called the Camera Shirt, which he made especially for an elf. It can take photos of people when they are bullying you. After that you should go home and show your parents the person being rude to you on the camera. I expect the child will get a big scolding. Also it remembers photos from a long time ago and it also can take videos. People would think it's just a normal dumb shirt with a camera on it and laugh at it like mad, but it really isn't . You can make a flash on it so people can be amazed or you can turn the flash off so people don't know that you took a photo of them. It's easy, you just have to press the button on the shirt and it will automatically take a picture. My uncle is so famous. Niall Jacob My uncle invented a fabulous shirt called the Luck Shirt. When you wear it the luck rushes all through your body and you feel awesome! So when you lose something, break something, get lost or fight it just recovers. Even if you have a test you will ace it! The shirt has a bright golden dragon in the middle of the shirt and people believe it is a symbol of luck so that's why it's called the Luck Shirt. The Luck Shirt is not very popular but is very special to people in some ways. If you are furious the shirt will calm you down! I am very proud of my uncle because he made the Luck Shirt. But I think he has made more than just one shirt. Chak Lam Yau My splendid uncle invented a Heating Up and Cooling Down Shirt, which I think is amazing! If there was a rainstorm and you were frostbitten outside, then you could press the red button which says 'Heating Up ' on it and it would make you instantly warm. Also , if you were in a hot place like Mexico and wanted to cool down you could press the blue button that says 'Cool ing Down ' and then it would feel like you were never steaming hot! It is totally awesome and my uncle invented it entirely by himself. Erin Winstanley My smart uncle once invented a wonderful Time Shirt. If you set the shirt alarm on then it will ring really loudly in the morning to wake you up for school or work. If you are asleep and a robber comes to steal something the alarm will ring really loudly to scare them away or until you get your thing back from the robber. You can even travel to the past and future. If you want to come back to the present time, you have to put on the Time Shirt. Brandon Chiang My magnificent uncle once invented a wonderful Temperature Shirt. It is one of my favourites and a very famous one. The Temperature Shirt works like this. All you have to do is step outside and it will automatically tell the Temperature. The most interesting part about the Temperature Shirt is if you want to go somewhere cold you press a blue button near the collar and it will take you somewhere cold. If you want to go somewhere hot you do the same thing but the button is red and it is on the bottom of the shirt's arm sleeve. Ethan Sherry My uncle once invented a Hot and Cold Shirt, which I absolutely love!! It has two buttons for different temperatures, so if you press one button it switches across. The blue side is the freezing cold side, while the red side is the boiling hot side. To operate it, you can wear it under your uniform at field to play sports when the weather is cold. The shirt will keep you really warm, and then will immediately cool down when your body temperature feels too hot. It is fabulous because my uncle made it all by himself and I am proud of him. Lauren Lee Once, my uncle invented a Chocolate-Making Shirt , which I adore. It has enormous buttons. On one side of the shirt it has brown chocolate and on the other side it has white chocolate, so if someone doesn't like brown chocolate they can have white chocolate instead. If they don't like either they can press a button which says 'don't like either' and this button camouflages the brown chocolate like a lizard. After you have pressed type button, you have to type in what type of chocolate you want to have. It is so clever that it already knows what flavour you want to eat. Warning: If this shirt goes in any type of liquid it melts quickly and it will be the end of it, so be careful with it! Vinay Hirani My uncle once invented a Talking Shirt for people who were lonely. The person can talk to the shirt then it will turn on automatically. The Talking Shirt can answer your question and it can even tell you a story. If you don't have a brother or sister you should get the Talking Shirt because it is just like having one of them. If you were doing a test the shirt can tell you the answers if you want. Also if you want to tell the shirt your deepest secrets the shirt will keep it. If the shirt does tell, that means there is a problem with the shirt. Joshua Taylor I have a magnificent uncle, who has invented a shirt machine, and one of the fabulous shirts that he made was a Walk-On-Water Shirt. If a big, bad, angry bully pushes you in the water , or you slip in the water accidentally, the fabulous shirt would put soft ice pads on the water so you fall on ice pads. If you wanted to skate on water, you could pop on some clothes including the T-shirt, and put some skates on and then skate on water or you could have a nice peaceful walk on slippery ice. So my uncle is a very popular person. He has won loads of special prizes from the other shirts and loads of money too. Joshua Ponter-Kirkham My fabulous uncle once invented a Telephone Shirt, which I completely adore! If you need to call someone urgently and you forgot to bring your phone, you could just whisper the person's number into the speaker on your shoulder, and the phone will contact them instantly. Also, if the phone gets voice mail it keeps dialing the same number until the person picks up their phone. If an important person calls you like the President, the whole shirt blinks and trembles like a hyper monkey! Plus if one of your relatives calls , then it rings a ringtone of your choice. My favourite is Beethoven and my uncle's is rock. I am extremely impressed and happy that he is my very own Uncle. He stands out from all of my uncles because he is kind , cheerful and as hysterical as a clown. Mia Kriegel My uncle once invented a fabulous Camera Shirt, which I absolutely love! If you forget your camera and you see a wonderful view, then you can pull down the zip which is attached to the shoulder, and you can instantly take a great picture. It works exactly like a computer, so if there was something you don't want in the picture, it will automatically crop the picture to make it perfect. I am so proud of my uncle's inventions, he is such a genius! I sometimes watch him make a shirt and I have even helped him make one, but not very often because he lives a long way from me. He doesn't have time to wash, because he is really busy (he doesn't want to anyway). Saffron Turi My uncle's Glow in the Dark Shirt is a work of art. It is used to find people in furious storms and blizzards, and it can even locate people in dark gloomy caves. It contains a special formula which makes it glow. My uncle's Locating Shirt is one of a kind. It will tell where the robber is when one of your precious belongings has been stolen, such as jewellery and other expensive items. When your article has been taken the red light will go. When it does this the owner will press a red button on the shirt's sleeve. Out will come a high tech touch screen viewing the robber. Then it calls the police inspectors, to let them know where the robber is, and how to catch him. Harry Mowbray My uncle invented a cool Superhero Shirt, which I absolutely love. If you press a button on the shirt, it gives you cool superpowers, like fly, super strength, shoot balls of fire, turn you invisible, and other superhero powers. It is used for fighting crime. It is also for anyone who wants to be a superhero. If a villain got hold of it, the shirt would zap him to prison! It's very famous and it's in lots of museums. You can buy the shirt in lots of stores around the world. They are selling like hot pancakes. I think that this shirt is the most famous shirt in the whole world and I am proud that my uncle made it. It is also useful for bringing cars into garages by using super strength to carry cars and using super speed to get them there. Francis Coghlan My smart uncle once invented a Super Strong Shirt, which I love because when you wear it you can lift up a car, a house or even your teachers and throw them out of the window when you have had enough of them! It works like this. You press a little switch inside the shirt that turns on the strong shirt. Then it lets you pick up anything. Some people buy this because they can lift up heavy objects when they are building homes and statues. I think this shirt is the best shirt he has ever made and this shirt is amazing. I am proud that my great uncle invented the Super Strong Shirt. The Super Strong Shirt is in lots of stores and supermarkets and they are really cheap. Oscar Osborn My uncle invented the Monkey Shirt, which can help you climb trees, grow a tail and a furry body when you wear it. You can play all day long, eat bananas and you can even communicate with other monkeys. His trousers have large holes in the knees because when he was testing one of his shirts something went terribly wrong. My uncle needs gauntlets to protect his hands, because when the shirts come out of the shirt machine they are boiling hot. Rory Stewart-Cox I have an uncle, who is very intelligent. He is such a star, that he can make shirts without sewing or knitting! My uncle's shirts are all fantastic, but my favourite shirt is the Cheating Test Shirt! It looks like a normal shirt but really it isn't. If you forget to study for the test, then you can carefully press the green button on the right sleeve and there will be a small white screen on the other sleeve that tells you all the answers! Then you will have one hundred percent correct or A+ on your test sheet (and you might be the only one in your class with full marks). Your parents will surely be extremely pleased with you and you may get a spectacular reward too. My uncle is such a star! Ronnie Ng My fantastic uncle once invented a Map Shirt, which I adore. Whenever he is lost, he just presses a button and the map pops out from his front pocket. If he is in a car and he doesn't know where he is going, he presses the large button on his cuff. Then the shirt tells him immediately whether to go straight ahead, right, left or reverse. It is a very magical shirt. My uncle often forgets where he lives, so he just has to look at his map and he no longer ends up in the middle of the forest. I am very proud of him because he invented it all by himself and I think he is a very clever man. He is a very kind uncle and joyful too. Olivia Pearce I have a really good shirt that my uncle invented for me from his shirt machine. It is my favourite kind, a Marshmallow Shirt which is very warm because it is puffy and also comfortable. You can pull a marshmallow off it and it'll regenerate itself . It comes in lots of different colours and varieties of marshmallow. It does not need different sizes because it will go on the host and mold to your body shape. Your shirt will arrive shrink-wrapped so when you take it out it will be small and then it will inflate. Warning: Do not wear it in the rain because it will dissolve and be lost forever. Fletcher Koder I have an uncle who is a genius. He is so astonishing that he can make a shirt out of anything! I am going to tell you about one of my uncle's most famous shirts, which is called the Self-Cleaning Shirt. The shirt is usually used for babies, because they often spill food on themselves. If this happens, then the shirt will automatically clean it up. It uses a mini robotic hand which comes out of a funky pocket to get rid of any food stains. I am so proud of my fabulous uncle because he made this fantastic machine. Even if uncle made any other amazing machine, I am sure I would like this one the best. Xavier Bonson The best shirt my magnificent uncle once invented was a brilliant Homework Shirt. I absolutely adore it. It has dazzling glow in the dark maths signs all over it, including an add sign, a take away sign, a times sign and a division sign. The decoration on the shirt starts to sparkle wherever there is no light. All you have to do to work the Homework Shirt is press a circular colourful rainbow button and the shirt will do all the work you expect it to do. I am extremely proud of my ingenious uncle because he wonderfully invented the Homework Shirt all by himself. It is helpful to your mum too, so you don't have to bother her. Priyanka Ghatalia My uncle invented a shirt, and it was a brilliant shirt. The name of the shirt was the Alien Shirt. It has a dial on the shirt, so you can turn into ten awesome aliens when you twist it. You type down the idea on your right arm. When you press the green 'go' button it gets your great ideas and you slam down on the big dial. Then you turn into the alien you wanted. And if a bully is bullying you, just turn into an alien to defend yourself. My uncle is a magnificent man. Pierce O' Malley I have a brilliant uncle and he has invented lots of fabulous shirts. My favourite shirt is a Disco Shirt, because it plays really lovely music. When I press a button on the shirt sleeve, it plays lots of very cool bands. Also , when I clap my hands it plays rock music (very loudly). It has loads of flashing multi-coloured lights which come out of the shirt and make the whole room light up. The shirt is very sparkly, glittery and noticeable. And that is why I like it. Alexandra Barker I have an amazing uncle who invented the greatest shirt ever. It was the Camouflage Shirt. A lot of spies used it for their secret missions. If you put the shirt on, then whatever colour the background was, it would change to that colour. There is a Camouflage button on the shirt. If you find the Camouflage button and then press it, then the shirt will change its colour to all the colours of the rainbow. My uncle says he has made better shirts but I think that's a big lie because I've never liked a shirt as much as the Camouflage Shirt. Jennifer Jones Primary 5-17 Miss E. 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White Caitlin Neuville Sophie Taylor Callum Rough Lauren Wood Back Row Mrs Monika Saxena, Mrs Janet Schroeder, Danyal Chishty, Sarah Bannister, Julian Madden, Max Rosgen, Sophie Krantz, Hugo Heithersay, Miss Ailsa White Middle Row Cosima Bugel, Flora Woodhams, Bertie Bateman, Axel Leven, Jack Trantor, Isabella Taylor, Molly Pearson Front Row Leo Hui, Catherine Maddren, Annabelle Goldsmith, Jessica Bruce, Jessica Hunt, Grace Purcell, Harriet Adams, Charlie Abate Written by PS-18 A long t ime ago , when the world was coming to life, there lived a young girl called Sky Child. She bel ieved that if everyone was uncovering incredible secrets , discovering things unknown, then why couldn't she? Sky Ch ild want ed to discover something; her mind was fi zzing with a variety of options. That violent and stormy night was as if the Gods of the air were wip ing away their tears , so Sky Child reluctant ly decided t o tell her fat her her idea. She told him her most desired discovery she wanted to unfold. "I t hink t here should be anot her golden circle in the sky, but this one shall come at night. It shall be silver ... " wh ispered Sky Ch ild, enchanted in her idea. Her father chuckled , explaining that couldn't be possib le. "But th ink of all the other th ings, amazing things that have happened like the snow or the first go lden circle of light . Don't you understand .. . ?" In a time when the world was sti ll new and the world was at peace, t here was a mountain that dominat ed t he horizon. Everyone bel ieved the world ended on the other side, never the less they liked the mountain with al l it s tranquil colours and sounds. Once a brave person called Man of the People remarked, "I will climb the mountain and see what is on the other side." He packed all he needed; his bag was as big as the mountain was tall. The man went t o pray to the Gods for good luck and fortune, and then he set off along a rocky path. Sooner or later he met a bird with brilliant wings; the man asked, "There is a huge rocky mount ain face ahead, please can you lift me over t he face?" M'1x Rosgen Long, long ago in a land not so far away, there was a small peaceful village in North America. In that village there lived many happy people. At night they sat around a fire that acted as if it were dancing to the words they spoke, telling stories beneath the light of the shining moon. One night they were whispering around the spitting fire whilst gazing up at t he deep summer night sky, straining t heir eyes to focus on a tiny glistening dot floating above them. Puzzled by the activities of the evening before, First Child woke to the sound of wh istling birds. She ran to her grandfather and asked him if he knew what they had seen last night, and he did. "They are called stars," he Answered. "They shine at night and hide away in the day." So in that village they now are def inite that nothing can make it more beautiful ... Ever since the world was new, the Inuit tribe lived in Native America. Living there, they never knew what gold was ... until they heard the stories of this shining metal from the dashing Coyote. But, the tribe did not believe him ... He always came back with stories of gold and they stt!I did not believe him. One day Coyot e said to his tribe, "I will prove that there is such thing as gold." So on that day he set off on his search for the sparkling magnificent gold. Finally, after 5 days of searching, he found his destination .. . He started to dig and all together he found 150 pieces, putt ing them in a huge bag- he filled it all the way to the top. The I nuit tribe was surprised to see a glowing light coming from far over the distant hills. Before too long, everyone had to shield their eyes; the light was so bright it affected them greatly. Long, long ago in Native America, the Inuit tribe lived where everything was dull. There was no food apart from the tasteless rice that they grew in the wet, muddy fields. Everyone was starving to death. Meanwhile, a little hurricane was getting bigger and bigger ... Morning Star peered out of the window of her cozy lodge and yelled out, "Look, there's something growing outside!" Morning Star rushed outside, with the others following close behind her. "Whatever is this?" asked First Man. "I don't know but I'm going to try it ," replied Morning Star. She reached up and pulled down the golden-yellow object. It felt smooth and soft. Slowly and carefully she bit into the object . The next minute she yelled out . "It's delicious and juicy; it's the best thing that I have ever t asted .. . " / Dc1nyc1l Chishty Silence was gathered by t he start of t he world. Crow, Bear and Snake came running at great speed like a jaguar. "We must have some shelter for the first baby, and as a result we must travel across the wor ld whatever the challenges!" Crow whispered with determination. Bear and Snake were careful of their decisions for if they disagreed, it could be the conclusion of the human race. Eventually Bear and Snake without a choice agreed but simultaneously they were scared of what awaited them as there was a risk they could to be killed. Approximately at the same time, Monkey was a hundred metres off attacking all the three animals. Suddenly Monkey attacked and almost killed the three animals without giving any warning! "I will not let you create the Hogan!" Fortunately he left while the animals were confused and defenseless. No one could help t hem ... "Ahoooooooo!" howled the bewildered wolf , standing draped over the blanket of crystal white snow. It was a dull scabby morning as usual , and Huma was lighting a fire for the family. Every morning Huma would come outside and light a fire; watch ing the clouds sway past the elegant moon, thinking what it would be like to go there. As soon as the family awoke, they would drag themselves out of bed and gather round the sizzling fire whilst cramming food into their mouths. As the fire drifted away , in amazement something shone out of the clouds- it was gold, swaying its rays of light on the snow making it melt. Huma questioned, "I wonder what it is , and what would happen ... ?" Somewhere far far away from here, there was a very miniature tribe that had no water .. . People would consequently get extremely hot and thirsty. One afternoon Crow appeared and saw lots of people. Crow was a very good bird who wanted everyone to be happy; he was eager to help. As crow strolled past everyone, they started to beg him for water. Crow was eventually persuaded by the people, and so he set off on his long journey. Crow flew to the God of water, "Please will you give water to my tribe?" said Crow. Thinking carefully, the water God replied, "Sur e!" Crow was so happy he jumped up and down. Immediately, he flew back to his tribe, knowing his tribe would no longer go thirsty ... Not so long ago, embedded in the endless deser t stood a village. Youngsters could play to their hearts content, and cries of pure delight could be heard, echoing everywhere. Amazement came whizzing through the air and nobody could possibly have want ed anything better, even if the village was a poor destination. All of a sudden, when t he clear blue sky was as black as a crow's wing, Rising Dawn - a little girl who wanted to risk all her life just to see what was in the faraway desert - ventured out into the everlasting night. Meanwhile, in the village, nobody stirred; nobody knew that Rising Dawn was out there. "I can do it," Rising Dawn sternly told herself , "I can definitely do it." Then she took a deep breath, and finally edged closer. Step after step, breath after breath, she vanished into the dar k, swirling mist and into the unwelcoming desert ... Not so long ago the first rain came, it was a mystical time, people danced and played with gratitude to the Gods. They were heart broken when the rain dissipated, giving way to the sunlit sky ... It all happened in the tribe of the Inuit people when Daughter of Love went out with her older brother to play hide-and-seek. They played game after game to their heart's content, until suddenly thick impenetrable black clouds came swirling in. Everyone was petrified. Sooner or later glowing lightning filled the never-ending sky, as brightly as the intense sun glows. Daughter of Love started weeping with fear; her brother was scared too, he ran as fast as he could to their worr ied and troubled mother ... Long ago there was a mighty chief named Tough One who was as t ough as a bear. This chief was a tremendous leader to the people of his tribe, and in return the people worshipped him. Perceived as an outstanding leader, they thought he was irreplaceable. Everyone but the poor people thought he was a 'Great', for he was only kind to people who weren't poor! Now, one of the poor people was called Kind One and for some reason, he helped everyone. One day the chief was poisoned by a wealthy person named Dark Man. Suddenly Intelligent Man came running in the centre of everyone as well as shouting, "I have not got the right herb to heal the chief!" There were gasps all around from the wealthy ones, "I need the herb on top of the mountain to heal the chief!" he yelled ... It was the night of the first snow, when the people were dancing around all the trees- it was a happy way to celebrate the first snow. But, it was getting late and they were all getting tired , so they all went to bed. The following day when a little girl named Woman of the Sun woke up, she went outside and saw a kind of tree; this was no ordinary tree she thought- it looked like a tree that has been painted on. It was as bright as the sun in the sky (because it was so bright your eyes would burn if you looked at it for more than a minute); the tree looked like a human waking up. It was true that it looked like a person, but when she heard the villages waking up she said, "What should I do?" Sleepily the Chief woke up. When he came outside he took a bit of it off the tree and tasted it. He said, J "It is amazing!" which made everybody want some ... Not so long ago there was an unusually beautiful village that lay in the splendid south. But, there was another vil lage that lay to the north- a horrible village that was so ugly that if a crow saw it, it would fly away that second. However, there were some dull and filthy people who had no choice except to live there. One especially dull and gloomy day the youngsters started to complain vigorously, "Why does their village have t o be so beautiful?" grumbled one, "It's so unfair!" screeched another, "I can't stand that they get to live a colourful, fancy life." As a result of all the moaning the Mayor was determined to satisfy his cooperative, thoughtful people. A few hours later chief Wakahaka summoned all of his eager people and furthermore, he told them of his brilliant plan!After the people heard his miraculous plan they subsequently setup a vote ... Long before our intelligent times, there was a lovely and most peaceful village in North America. One day, the North American village discovered something no-one had seen before. People rushed over t o it, they stared into it. An amazing creature stepped out from the waterfall and said, "This waterfall is no ordinary waterfall, it gives you power! Look at this simple leaf and say this leaf will grow into a flower ... if he believes he will receive." The next day a young child ran down to the waterfall and believed that he would grow up and be like his dad, so he could be the chief of the village and save the village from the unfortunate tribes of wild bull. Long before our modern times, there used to be an ancient tribe with the name of Sioux (pronounced see-ux). This tribe lived on a steep mountainside with berries and fruit, four times as big as an egg! Although they enjoyed mouth-watering meat too, they did not have a clue where it came from, for the reason that an old man who was as intelligent as God called Wise-Man gathers it for them. Well, that was until a sly creature prowled into their village, left mysterious paw prints all over the place, plus all the fruits had gone missing. This creature changed the lives of approximately one hundred people. I shall t ell you the entire story ... One gloomy night, in the darkest corner of t he village a very well - liked family was sound asleep all warm and snug in their beds when a howling no ise was heard outside ... Long, long ago t he first fu ll moon shone t hrough t he dark sky, sh ining through t he new born village .. . The light blue sky changed as the t ime went by. Suddenly t he sky was all dim and dark; people wondered why the light blue sky had changed, and why it was now all black. In the middle of the dark sky a gleaming light appeared. People sat around the ball of light and glared at it. Around the shining ball mill ions of gl immering sparkles flowed up into the sky, • glowing as though the most beaut iful jewel had landed on the earth. People stared at the gleaming light, sitting there all day until they finally fell asleep. One of the villagers woke up early and real ised that the ball of light and the dark sky had depar ted, leaving behind the boring blue sky which flowed , covering the land completely ... The world was fresh from its first glorious day. The sun was giving off dazzling rays of glistening gold , shining orange and red as pure as blood. As the sun gradually disappeared behind the horizon and the world was slowly turned to darkness, the first man said thoughtfully, "The world needs someth ing else, something to highlight this special day. It needs something t o light up the night." That same night, First Man went to bed with an idea ... As he fell peacefully asleep, he had a dream and what a peculiar dream it was. First Man dreamt of a night that was not dark, the sky was f illed with glittering objects. When he awoke, the sun was glowing bright , fresh from its sleep. "What were those things?" he thought ... "Fairy dust? Fragments of the sun?" The first man decided to ask the wise man, Man-of-Knowledge for help ... "Ssssssssssssss ... " Something was making a sound as faint as a mouse. Native Americans gathered round so they could hear it- it was so powerful and astonishingly hot, it looked like it would never go to sleep. "The sun is falling!" shouted First Man, his finger went as black as night over the f ire. It was getting more and more intense. As Crow came to see what all the fuss was about , bravely he touched the fire. I t was immediately on his feather. "Ahhhh" shouted the crow; it was creeping up his wing. "Everyone get inside" ordered the Fifth Man. "What about me?" crow moaned loudly, his eyes as bright as ever. Suddenly, he fell to the ground. The red hot flames had got to his neck ... Crow had heard that First Woman went on a long walk to the jungle, except what he didn't know was that Bear had become really annoyed with a friend of the villages. Crow was worried that First Woman might have gotten hur t by a vicious bear, or worse, even killed! Crow couldn't help himself but check if First Woman was OK. He glided towards the jungle to check if she was fine. But, she wasn't . She was stuck ... as big as a scratch from a bull's horn on her leg, however no one could heal it. After a whi le First Woman came back, Crow immediately saw the gigantic cut. As soon as Crow came along the path, he saw her lying there. Everyone prayed he would go on the Quest for the only antidote around ... Ever since they sent out the call for the last hunt before winter, the Sioux tribe had been starved endlessly for food. Clumsily, every man hunted the herd of buffalo that passed by on their journey south to escape the harsh icy winds of the north. Unfortunately, the hunt was not successful. Meanwhile, most of the men had died and subsequently in the middle of winter many would soon die. However, they issued an order that ten young male ' hunters should go out to the south and hopefully bring back some food. Each hunter set off for the long adventure equipped with a stealthy oak longbow, some deadly arrows and a murderous stone dagger as sharp as a buffalo's horn. Now the pack set off positive, heading south, for this may be the very last hunt ... Many years ago, a fox made up a story and told it to a village in Native America- it was about magical sticks that had delicious food on; he told a lie and said it was a legend. Everyone in the village believed the fox and was so desperate to have the delicious food, because that village was very poor. They tried many things to get it, but with no success. It was nowhere. Years later nobody believed in the magical stick. One boy who heard the story when he was six, he still believed in the mysterious story. He shouted, "I had enough of this , tomorrow I'm going off to find the magical sticks!" During the early morning he packed everything he needed, said goodbye to everybody and off he travelled. For many weeks he roamed and soon he became tired, but he didn't want to let his people down. He was thirsty , hungry and tired; he fell down and fainted , but he didn't see that a seed had become attached to his pocket. Not long ago there was a village deep in the forest; it was a quiet forest where nothing much happened. All of the houses in the forest were made out of log piles, all of the people kept there houses spotlessly clean. Beside the village lay a lake, and on the other side of the lake there was another village. Now, inhabitants of both villages shouted thunderously at each other , treating their houses like they were human pigs. The dirty side was astonishing, they did not care one t iny bit about their health and safety, they threw rubbish on r the filthy road and ate junk ... what would they do if they had children?! ' Before too long, on the other side (clean side), while everyone was tidying up, there came up a little boy. Everyone Berl:ie Bc:ltemc:ln was excited and wondering who he was. Someone said, "What is this thing ... ?" Ever since Coo la became Chief, everyone had been positive and joyful , all because Coola's father (a selfish man) had passed away one cold night. Coola (his son) was a kind-hearted, good-looking boy, who was as strong as an ox and was now indeed Chief! Even though Coo la was Chief, he wasn't that happy. You see, he didn't like the fact that the tribe was in the middle of nowhere. So, he ordered Brave Boy to find the perfect place to stay, but not too far from here. Once Brave-Boy passed though the forbidden forest , he saw the place they should stay. Staring at the melted crystals trickling down the smooth rocks , he could see a water fall that continued as a stream, with many different coloured fish in it. Brave-Boy had already seen rabbit-droppings, and now he watched a golden deer on the other side of the stream having a drink. Here they should stay ... Primary 5-19 Mr S. Bookless Karishma Bhugoowan Matilda Andrew Phoebe Brooks Back Row Mrs Janet Schroeder, Mrs Monika Saxena, Ellie Wills, Charlie Pepper, Tom Bischoff, Lauren Chillington, Rebecca Radford, Mr Stephen Bookless Middle Row Max Chalk, Jack Robinson, Philip Ascough, Hugo Brown, Sasha Faure, Gordon Mason, Byron Lee Front Row Myka Umali, Charlotte Lomas, Andre Hui, Joshua Davies, Maya Abuali, Amelia Bruce, Charlotte Maynard, Michael Capasso Long ogo, in the Dreamtime, there was a forest and in the forest there lived four animals: Tortoise, Koala, Kangaroo and Wombat. Koala, Kangaroo and Wombat were cruel creatures who were full of spite. They loved to tease Tortoise, who was in turn a pathetic thing without a shell. Koala, Kangaroo and Wombat took advantage of this and gave him so many bruises he was sore all over all the time. Tortoise loved to sit and gaze under the coconut trees whereas the other animals were far more lively. They would wander about, jumping and laughing in the boiling hot sun. If there was a time when the other animals were not lively, it would be when they were huddled together under a tree, plotting against Tortoise ... By Phoebe Brookes The Koala Who Couldn't Climb A long time ago in the blazing heat of Australia there lived grey, furry Koala . He was like all the other koalas except for one thing, he couldn't climb . Even though he tried very hard his hands kept letting him down. Koala only had two friends, Kangaroo and Wombat . They stuck up for their friend when the others were around. The other koalas would say horrible things like "Why would you be friends with pathetic Koala?" and "He can't even climb trees!" These taunts hurt Koala a great deal . "I'll never learn to climb," he cried ... By Karishma Bhugoowan How the Kookaburra got its Laugh It was a staggeringly hot day in Western Australia. Birds were chirping happily and dingos were howling wildly. Deep in the heart of the parched bush, Frilled Neck Lizard was ruminating on how to make Kookaburra laugh. No matter how hard he tried, Kookaburra would not laugh. Nor did she giggle, smile or snigger. She never really talked either. She just sat up in her eucalyptus tree filled with despair. Frilled Neck Lizard did not know what to do. If she had one wish it would be to make Kookaburra laugh. . . By Matilda Andrew Wombat and Platypus In another time called the Dreamtime there was a wombat, named Wombat. She was a nice animal and her pride and joy was her baby. She had named it B.W . (for Baby Wombat) One day Wombat and B. W. were going to dig a hole. Wombat dug and dug and when she got to a good place to stop, she told her baby to jump in, but B.W. was afraid to jump in and didn't. As B. W. stood there looking at the hole Platypus zoomed out of the bushes, grabbed the baby and ran away. B. W. was screaming incredibly loud but Platypus simply ran faster and faster . . . By Jack Robinson Goolagong the Wombat On this roasting hot day, young Goolagong the wombat was in his burrow. He was slowly dying . He had not eaten for three weeks because there was absolutely no vegetation to be found. It was the dry season. In a last ditch effort, with all his strength he pulled himself out of his burrow in search of food . As Goolagong walked on and on he came to the attention of the aggressive Dingo · o was hun r b the look in his dark go 1n ee . nothing to o there. After mulling it over for days , Koala at I and went in search of a new home . He walked for days on end , barel After three days with no food or drink, he passed a euca and gasped for breath . Kool · · contemplating th · , d an ide or me," hep r the hunt le Tasmanian Devil and the Dingo ~~-· Every time Tasmanian Devil was hunting, Dingo sprang from the forest and attacked . The ~-:-"~. ·:; ;q··· situation became unbearable . Wombat told Tasmanian Devil of a plan o get away from Dingo . · ·· • ··• He would need to go to an island off the coast of Australia . Womba Id Tasmanian Devil he would ne food and a basket but he would help. Tasmanian Devil wo et the food and W at uld get the th asket . Th t morning as the -9olden su lie~1M=6:s:::c:~ :a.1 y Wo bat b was o . latypus cam hen h·e saw K shar fun a topp~ by tol rd lau h. Th Why the Kookaburra Laughs Like a Human ...,..__ A rustling sound met Wombats ear's. It was the leaves in the early morning breeze. Wombat was a wombat. He was not like the others; he did not dig all day, he simply went wandering without care. Before very long Wombat came across a light clearing with a cold stone path made from rocks all shapes and sizes imaginable. Suddenly Wombat heard two voices laugh With all his courage Wombat curiosity he wondered around ears. Wombat ..m'lt-::t~~• humans there; The Koala and the Kan In the _...._.."'"' Y na .. -,~ .:=J'I happily asleep. waddled are you?" I" away .... Primary 6-20 Miss K. Hitchcox James Park Back Row Mrs Payal Thakurani, Timothy Hirsch, Albert Pearce, Madeleine Neuville, Darragh Coughlan, Ellen Deely, Juliet Millar, Harry James Middle Row Mrs Joselyn Harris, Guy Spanton, India Davies, Allison Kim, Yasmin Penton, Annabelle Barker, Matthew Reynolds, Miss Katie Hitchcox Front Row Tegan Harris, Emma Kent, Thomas Hall, Samuel Thompson, Ryan Hazell, Maegan Rodricks, Edgar Yau Aditya Gopalan -20 -Survivor S The fire was unbelievable and very warm! It was shooting out sparks like fireworks, right in front of me! Eating roasted marshmallows, I could taste the sugar as it melted in my mouth. The fire danced in the dark night as we sang songs and told stories. As the inferno began to die, I excitedly thought about sleeping in my tent and about all the wonderful things that I was going to do tomorrow. I was really looking forward to the hike to Pak A, followed by the boat trip! Sadly the fire burnt out, so with our torches we quietly made our way back to camp. Yasmin Penton Harry and I were standing on the grass with a rolled up tent and some poles in our hands. Oh dear! How were we ever going to make this into something to sleep in? It was hard work to roll out the tent, but we eventually laid it out flat. Putting the tent poles together, we stuck them through the canvas and lifted it up! Finally, we put the poles through the tent holes at the bottom and opened up our door. What a cool tent! The inside was so big! It could fit at least four people and their bags. Harry and I put a light on top of the tent, so we could see in the dark. I couldn't wait to sleep in it! As we arrived at Chong Hing, excitement filled my head like a balloon being blown up! There was a basketball court, volleyball pitch and a massive space to do other activities, which was good because we had brought a massive bag, overflowing with sports equipment! We had been instructed to unload the bags from the bus and I had to bring Matthew's bag, which wasn't very big, but extremely heavy! Camp had begun and I was so excited about the days ahead ... As the last headlights went off, we were plunged into darkness. There was a loud crackle and a sudden burst of ma genta light. With every branch or twig that was added to the fire , it caused a diminutive explosion , which sent small amber sparks up like fireworks into the silence of the night sky. Finally, when the last branch was added to the fire , we started to sing. The fire danced to our voices, and after a few songs, it was time for marshmallows! I was lucky enough to have one of the first roasted ones. Indulgently, I let the sweet, soft taste melt in my mouth. The blazing fire played with the beautiful stars as we talked late into the night ... India Davies Finally, it was time for the campfire! Ex citedly, we hiked down the path to where the campfire was going to be held. Sit ting on benches in a circle, surrounding the mass of wood, we chatted with our friends. Suddenly, Mr. Harrington and Matthew started the fire . Whenever they threw in a big piece of wood, sparks would fly into the sky. We sang some songs and ate marshmallows! As the fire started to die down we felt quite tired . Sadly the campfire ended and we made our way back to the tents. At last the time had come ... it was time to sleep in the tents! I didn't know how it would feel because it was my first time sleeping in the great outdoors! Dinner was heart-stopping (made by Graham and India). None of us even talked whilst we ate it, it was so delicious! Tiny shell pasta shapes, pleasant tomato sauce with spectacular bacon. It all went brilliantly in the end! However, all the gorgeous food wasn't the best thing of the night; what was still to come was the warmth of the blazing fire, which was surprisingly over a metre high! We sang country songs and ate loads of toasted marshmallows. The trees were quiet as the inferno burnt beautifully. This was definitely the best day of camp! Ryan Hazell Aditya Gopalan On arrival at camp, I put all of my belongings into my tent, which smelt like 20-year old liver! Excited , everyone was screaming and shouting like wild animals. The girls were looking in each other's tents and sorting themselves out. However, the boys were doing the exact opposite! Everybody came to a sudden stop as Miss Hitchcox asked all the campers to meet in the shared area. It was time for activities! It was announced that group 4 was going on the hike. The whole of group 4 muttered quietly. Next it stated that group 3 was going kayaking. An almighty roar followed that declaration - it was the activity that most people were looking forward to, including me! Blazing and flaring , dancing in the wind. Our only source of light glowed a magenta and orange colour, and seemed to tease the watchers with its flamboyant moves. Trying to reach up to the sky, to touch it with its inferno hands. Every time it ceased to rest from its energetic salsa, Mr. Koder brought it back to life by tossing in another, large, hefty log and soon it'd be flaring and throwing its heat back at us once more. The flames left us enchanted, staring at the beautiful blaze. Every so often a shower of scarlet embers would fly out of the fire and blow past us, landing on the cold brickwork floor, sometimes even occasionally alighting on us. Emma Kent ~ Firstly, I got the bacon and cut it into equal quarters. After that, I got one more burner and started to cook the juicy, fattening bacon! After being burnt and stung a couple of times by the oil , it was finally ready! It smelt delicious! Meanwhile, Allison had cooked the pasta! Pouring the sauce into a hot pan, she heated it until it thickened. Finally, we mixed the pasta with the sauce and served it with the bacon on the side. From the moment it entered my watery, pasta-craving mouth, I knew that it was one of the tastiest meals I'd ever had. The journey was excruciatingly long and we had to pick up permits to get into the campsite. On our arrival , the staff was very welcoming. We listened carefully as they demonstrated to us how to set up the tents with their bright blue rain-covers and thin mosquito nets. Finally, we had to do it ourselves. Luckily, Guy and I found it extremely easy! So afterwards, we put up Mr. Koder's tent too! Next, free time! It was great fun! Guy and I played a very competitive game of basketball with our friends before moving to football! 4:30pm came around far too quickly; Guy and I had to go and prepare dinner! What delicious food could we serve? As we gathered on the grass area ready to hike, I wondered where we would go and what we would see. Finally, we left the campsite! After a few minutes of walking we saw an amazing site ; big, black and brown cows, moving slowly towards us. As we hiked further up the mountain, I could see the peaceful river below. Finally, we reached the summit! I was very tried , but the views were great! We descended into the village down the steps; minutes later, we arrived at the pier. After a drink and snack stop, we cl imbed wearily aboard the huge junk! I fell fast asleep all the way home because I was so exhausted from the long trip. What a great day! James Park After a while we were scurrying down the drive to the BBQ pits - dressed in pyjamas, clutching torches in excitement. It was time for the campfire! When the wood was lit, the flames licked up around the logs and the smell of the burning wood was enchanting. Dancing and weaving, my eyes were trans fixed on the blazing heat. Then Miss Hitch cox brought out the marshmallows! When mine was ready, I popped it in my mouth and let the warm sugary sweetness melt on my tongue. Delicious! The fire crackled and spat out sparks. Before I knew it, we were stumbling up to the tents. Exhausted , I flopped down on to my sleeping bag . Hopefully, I'd have a good night's sleep ... Annabelle Barker Finally, it was time for the campfire! As a group, we set off into the dark night (with our head torches and pyjamas on) to a place where we could have an enormous fire. I felt ecstatic! Earlier on, we had all helped collect wood for the fire. As we settled into seats around the fire Mr. Kader and Mr. Harrington started the fire . The fire was so small you could barely see it at first. .. gradually it grew bigger and bigger until it had become a huge red monster! Soon, we started to roast marshmallows, tell scary stories and sing songs! It was such fun that the night seemed to pass quickly ... too quickly. Allison Kim After two short breaks, a lot of walking and determination, we finally managed to reach the peak of the mountain. I was so relieved! However, as I rounded the corner, I saw that we would have to climb down these incredibly steep steps. Sighing tiredly, I moved on. Being careful not to trip or break my camera, I ventured down, taking very few photos due to my fear. Arriving at the village I sat down to rest, completely exhausted! Eagerly awaiting the boat trip back, I went down to the beach with my friends to skim stones. What fun! Edgar Yau Dinner was amazing, it was so delicious. After we had finished, we had a shower and got into our pyjamas. Excitement was building up inside me because we were preparing for the big campfire! Soon we walked down to the fire . What a wonderful experience! Whilst toasting our marshmallows, deep secrets were revealed, scary stories were told and songs were sung. The fire danced and sang along with us; the flames licking the wood, like we licked our toasted delights. Everyone really had fun . Sadly the flames began to die and we knew the end was near. We didn't want the fun to stop but unfortunately it was time for bed . What an experience ... what memories! Madeleine Neuville Finally, it was 8:15pm - time for the campfire! Most people think of campfires as a small fire made from a pile of logs that could fit into a regular fireplace in a house. But this fire was different. The fireplace was huge and we were amazed by how many boughs, sticks, canes and planks of wood it needed for fuel. It was a furious four-metre-high ember-throwing inferno. We had a fabulous time around the fire . Whilst singing songs, we ate toasted marshmallows that some times fell out of their burnt outsides! Soon it was time to go - but what a magnificent time we had! Samuel Thompson Sitting in the bus, I had watched the barren fields go trundling past my window. The ride had started in a land full of glass-paned buildings, but I knew now that I was in the countryside, because those things were nowhere to be seen . Cows had become a common sight, and as the bus rolled past the lake, I gasped at the size of it. Sailboats were moving at a snail 's pace, as when I arrived there was barely a splutter of wind. The bus drove up the thin , one way road to the entrance of the field we were to be camping in. Excitement rose in me as I realised this was to become my home for the next night! Boisterous and raging, flames danced in the sway of the wind as we huddled together. As the inferno dared to die, Mr. Koder furi ously threw on large trunks or small twigs to keep it going. Warming us up as we sat on the bitter stone cold benches, the fire was ecstatic! Whilst eating deli cious, roasted marshmal lows, we told scary stories and sang songs until the fire died and it was time for bed! What a great way to finish the day! Timothy Hirsch Finally, it was time to light the fire. Excitedly, we walked down to the campfire. It had about 12 benches all around the centre, which was piled high with wood . Snuggling with our friends, we watched the fire come alive. Sparks flew everywhere and we squealed in excitement as they danced around our heads. Singing songs, the adults roasted marshmallows for us and we had biscuit sandwiches with marshmallow fillings. Delicious! As the darkness filled the night sky, we chatted to our friends and told ghost stories. As we were all walking back to our tents, we talked about the night ahead .. . sleeping in our tents ... Ellen Deely We relaxed out in our tents, while some of the members in our group made dinner. After we had dinner, which was delicious, we got ready for the campfire! Finally, we arrived at the fire pit that was surrounded by stone seats. Matthew (Calvin's Dad) lit the fire and started piling on the wood . Sitting around the blazing inferno in a circle, we chatted about our favourite memories of camp. Whilst we told stories and sang songs, Miss Hitchcox handed out marshmallows to everyone and the adults toasted them for us. Unfortunately, time goes too quickly when you're having fun and it was time to leave. Although I was upset, I was excited to sleep 1' in a tent! Soon, it was time to prepare dinner! Dashing to the kitchen area, I listened intently as Miss Hitchcox explained how the burners worked. Feeling apprehensive, Isobel and I went to our workstation, got out our ingredients and laid them out on the table. All good so far! Suddenly disaster strikes! Opening the pasta, Isobel spilt half of it on the ground. Good job we bought extra! We had to wait 20 minutes for the water to a boil; then we poured the pasta in the pot. Next, we drained the pasta and started to cook the tomato sauce. Finally, we could mix the pasta and the sauce - I have to say it tasted pretty good in the end! Darragh Coughlan Roaring and bursting with energy, the flaring, jiving flames reached with long, elegant fingers up into the sky. The only source of light was the frolicking fire, teasing the air, crimson and orange against the blackened sky. Every now and then, sparks spat, skimming over our heads or landing in front of us; shimmering and dancing like fireworks. Whenever the blazing flames dared to rest, Mr. Kader would throw immense, bulky logs onto the inferno. Smiling, we all rested - huddled next to each other on the cool stone benches, snuggling up to the warm radiance of the smoldering, scorching, flickering flames. What a breathtaking end to a wonderful day. Tegan Harris Primary 6-21 Mr. M. Hulbert Back Row George Tuckwell, Charlie Davidson, Leah Mellor, Charlotte Russell, Francesca Doughty, Nicholas Harris, Mr Mark Hulbert Middle Row Sarah Beshke, Jacqueline Fuller, Ravin Schmidl, Lauren Soden, Cameron Galloway, Avani Laroia, Katherine Trantor Front Row Isabella Steains, Kieran Keilthy, Edward Brown, Oliver Kenyon, Robin van Aeken, Graham Dickie, James Christopoulos, Joshua McCoy, Sonas Ferrier Everyone slipped into their togs, snatched up their towels and headed for the equipment shed . We emerged with a life jacket, a paddle and a wetsuit. The instructor gave us an annoyingly long tutorial and safety regulations talk . Eventually we obtained our kayak's, hurled them into the lagoon, jumped in and paddled off . I realized that there was a peanut shaped piece of land cutting into the lagoon. Suddenly I heard a 'moo: looked up, and saw, out of the corner of my eye, a large amount of cows on the bank. I paddled over to the cows and admired them; I'd never seen a cow that close up before, especially from a kayak! Finally, we were allocated our kayaks and hopped into the freezing water, with a real sense of excitement. Paddling along, I felt drops of water leap up to my face. It was so cold that they turned to icicles on my cheeks . I had to flick them off as fast as I could . Everyone was floating and talking in the middle of the lake; I didn't want to miss out, so I sped along as fast as my muscle-bound arms would carry me . As I was riding along there was a rock just under the surface of the water. Smash! I hit it and capsized. Emerging from the water , I turned to hear everyone laughing at me. Oh well, time to climb back in! Just as we were about to splash Katherine , she fell off her kayak (which - I should mention - she did thirty six times in two hours!) . Everyone burst with laughter . After that, everyone was capsizing and jumping off their boats; Harry and I tried to capsize but we couldn't, so we decided to swim at the beach on the other side of the lagoon . When we landed on the beach, we left our boats and dived into the water. Everyone started to come to the beach so we all had a classic mud fight with the mud on the bottom of the lagoon. It was a messy kayak session, mud everywhere! We set off on our way back, , enjoying ourselves immensely . Albert took my kayak so I went in a double with India. Capsizing seemed to be Katherine's speciality. India, Albert and I thought it was hilarious, especially when she was trying to get back on her kayak ; it flipped and she immediately fell back in to the water . You could only see her little red head floating in the lake; I cried with laughter! From then on she kept capsizing, I thought it was the most hilarious and entertaining kayak experience ever! We glided gracefully over the silky, glittering sea green water. • My crazy friend Katherine capsized as soon as we floated elegantly away from the port . The water had drenched her completely and her hair cascaded down her back (not very elegant!). Instantaneously, I fell into the freezing cold water with a huge splash! The water drenched me completely. I eventually found my balance and was on my way to the beach shaded by light palm trees that glittered and glimmered in the midday sun. As I glided over the lake like a dignified and peaceful swan; yet again Katherine had _ capsized and a surge of laughter came from the mouth of Sonas, India and I. What a great experience! The smell of salt and sand filled the morning air . As the rising sun glistened on the sparkling lagoon we prepared for the first activity of the fun-packed day. Kayakingl Hardly able to contain our excitement, we worked our way into our clammy wetsuits and made our way down to the water's edge. Lauren and I headed for the nearest double kayak and pushed it into the chilly winter water of Sai Kung. With our kayak now in the water there was only one thing missing; us. I had no choice, I gingerly dipped my toes into the murky water and finally I was in my kayak paddling away. ---... As the sun rose, I woke up and could not wait until the kayaking that I was going to do later that day . I climbed out of the tent and the bright light sighed down on me . We all put on wetsuits and looked ridiculous. Soon, we were gliding over the crystal clear water, I felt as free as a bird . Josh, George, Nick, Hunter, Mathew and I were making people capsize . We were all playing around then; all of a sudden, Mr. Harrington shouted that we are having a race to the other shore . I set off in pursuit of Nick (who was _ coming first) . In no time at all , I twiddled my thumbs impatiently as Miss Hitchcox babbled away about what you need and how much fun it will be . Finally, the torture of chit- chat was over and she sent us away to have fun . I raced downstairs with my friends and waited in the long line up for a wetsuit. Changing took a long time and was we were neck and neck . What would happen next .. . ? ~?.:"'"',.,. a big struggle! Today is the day! We are going camping in Chong Hing Water Sports Centre, (in Sai Kung.) As I trudged up the tiring stairs ideas whizzed through my mind; what was it going to be like? There everyone was, chatting excitedly. We had a few minutes for questions before we were jumping on the bus for a long ride to Chong Hing. Jackie and I both glanced over to each other and headed to the nearest double kayak, and dived in it. We reluctantly pushed our sandy kayaks into the murky water . I gazed down at the dark and gloomy water. What was down there? Eventually I came out victorious ; I had tackled the wetsuit problem and was ready to rock-and roll . We all raced down to the docks, all so excited, we were nearly adding to the water level! Once in, I felt amazing. My second thought - let's capsize! "Group three, change into you're swimming costumes!" I remember Miss Hitchcox bellowing. ..:: "Oh yes!" echoed a random bunch of malodorous children. We had to wear wetsuits . The 'wetsuits' were saturated and impossibly uncomfortable, I recall asking myself if it was going to be worth it. Half an hour later I found out the truth; definitely worth itl When we got down to the kayak area an instructor called 'KK' taught us how to paddle , and , since everybody knew how to, we just stood nodding at everything he told us . After that we made our way down the rickety, rusted stairs and towards the kayak holding area. Dropping our paddles , George and :n heaved a kayak off the stand and hauled it over to the water's edge to launch it. We set off into the murky translucent depths . Twenty seconds after we were in, George called, "Ummm, Josh. We have no paddles ." I glanced down at my pale white, empty hands and stared in despair . I turned back and spotted two lonely paddles lying lifelessly in jet black sand ... On camp we went on the kayaks . We had to whip on our tight wetsuits, they looked ridiculous. Nervously, I wandered down to the murky lake; the last time I did this I was only 4 years old. I struggled into my buoyancy aid (life jacket) and then we entered the water; it was like ice cold blocks of steel. Paddling hard, Josh and I set off . We soon were in a bit of a pickle, but gradually we got the hang of it . We had been instructed "no capsizing" but, of course, it was inevitable . I wondered how deep the water was as I plunged headfirst into the depths. All of group four ran down the stairs to fetch their towel and prepared to go and get the wet suits . As we wandered over , we realised that the suits were so soggy and wet and felt disgustingly clammy. They were very tight and looked absolutely ridiculous! Also , quite a lot of the kids kept putting the wet suits the wrong way round and inside out . When everyone was ready, we took some silly - :- - -=----. photos; some were really hilarious . We walked over and got the long paddles and red bulky life jackets. We were ..- going in! Mia realised she had left her paddle on the shore, so she swam back to retrieve it. Accidentally, she pushed off the kayak with her foot as she started swimming. It flew out my hand and went in a completely different direction! We both wanted to capsize - a lot. We paddled over to Sarah, Olivia, Ellen and Issie. They wanted to capsize as well so we started planning how to do it, we knew we had to make it look like we did it 'accidentally'. Our plans were put into action, I think we may have spent more time in the water than in the kayaks! On camp we went Kayaking . The instructor gave us a two minute tutorial of all the rules and how to use the paddle. Firstly, we whipped on our wetsuits and our life jackets; secondly, we went down and got our boats out and finally we were on the lake . Instantaneously, we glided onto the smooth as glass lake water - I was with Aditya from P6-20. Leaning too far , Aditya and I capsized and immediately we felt incarcerated; trapped under the boat . We were completely under water and we had to swim back up; worst of all the water was freeeeeeezingl Of course, we made it, but I'll never forget that moment. As I was tailing them, the cool reservoir wind hit my face ; I think it was coming from the nearby helicopter that seemed to be lifting up some blocks of hay. The cows in the background kind of gave me a feeling of peace as they lumbered about, waiting to be slaughtered . Once we got to the beach, most of the group wandered about. And , some people found some "underwater quicksand" and started playing in it . Soon after that, we had a little boat battle in which we had to shake each other off . I put up a pretty good fight with Hunter, but, ultimately, ended up in the drink! After a while , the instructor told us about a t iny beach at the other side of the lake . I jumped out of my kayak into the shallow water but I felt myself start to sink. Quicksand I thought . As fast as I could I staggered up the beach with my kayak in hand . Soon we were covering everyone with the sticky sand. It was a mud war! After some time I challenged India to a war on the kayaks , she took the challenge and I bumped into her . As she plunged into the water , I managed a little jig of victory . I love kayakingl Causally, we walked towards the water sports centre; mortified and excit ed at the same t ime . To make matters even worse, we dressed ourselves in tight red life jackets, a horrible addit ion to the tight wetsuit . I glanced at everyone . Since they looked ridiculous , I assumed I looked ghastly too! Steven (our instructor) taught us how to hold the paddle . However, that was no use to us - we already knew how to kayak! Soon after that, we jumped into our kayaks and slid off into the murky depths of the freezing cold lake . All ison and I started to paddle speedily, ahead of everyone else . We laughed and cheered, gliding away happily . The lake was as smooth as a blanket of snow but in certain areas as rough as sandpaper . ~--•~ It was not a camp for the faint hearted . Kellett School (P6), were going to take on the hardest. most breathtaking two days of their life. I moaned as I rolled out of my sleeping bag. I groaned at the thought of being wet, but at least it would be fun; or would it? We were kayaking and we had to put on the most r idiculous pink wetsuits . Mr . Koder told us to go into formation and lift our paddles to the sky, as he was taking a photo . Robin and I looked like super heroes in our 'pink suits of justice', not that we were the only ones! We all pushed our kayaks in the water and we were off ... Excitedly, I popped my head out of my stuffy green tent . I raced out onto the wet grass and waited silently for the rest of my bewildered team . Kayaking this morning - I can't wait . After an age of applying wet suits (they were very pink and smelly!), we were off. sliding into the chilly lake , feeling nervous about what was slithering beneath us . Annabelle and I made a good ... team, and we soon had our strokes sorted out . "Left, right, left ... " she ordered, we kayaked like champions across the black water . As I came to the area where the wetsuits were , I felt goose bumps prick all along my body; I was scared . I yanked a full wetsuit off the rail (I was - taking no chances of getting sick) . The wetsuit barely f itted . I felt like a sardine inside a sandwich . After we got our wetsuits on we all came f/1 together for a photo in our new brightly coloured 'skins'. We looked so foolish! Covering our wetsuits , with our towels , because of how embarrassed we were, we headed down to the glistening lake . Suddenly a voice told us to grab a life jacket and leave our towels on the round oak table . I felt even worse when I fastened my life jacket on but it was there for safety. My heart rose when we finally were able to get paddling. Avani Laroia We finally struggled into our wet kayaks and paddled away from the teachers and parents . When we slid onto the smooth surface of the water we forgot all about the wetsuits and the trainers; they were still wet from us rushing around in the water, when we were doing river study at Lady Maclehose. Next was the capsizing! When I fell in I could hardly feel my legs . My kayak slid away from me on the tiny speed ._t--_ boat waves . Finally I was rescued by the instructor and was taken to the beach where everyone was waiting for me . I was in the water for 1 whole minute! That may not seem a lot, but if you go to camp you'll see . Primary 6-22 Miss R. Hughes Back Row Mrs Payal Thakurani, Mrs Jocelyn Harris, Martin Sanson, Matthew Hanselman, Mia Mok-Hartley, Lauren Land, Clara Krantz, Angus Robson, Joseph Shailer Middle Row Nicholas Murray, Georgina Kemp, Lucas Montagne, Oliver Edmonds, Poppy Gill, Ben Fletcher, Thomas Chaumet, Miss Rhona Hughes Front Row Piper Torpey, Isobel Dolan, Sarah Abbasi, Olivia Sherry, Lucie Moore, Hunter Fraser, Calvin Koder, Charlie Cranston P6-22 We walked along and saw a bridge that was larger than the other bridges. On the bridge there was a sign saying DO NOT CROSS IF THE RIVER HAS FLOODED THE BRIDGE. To my amazement we found some cattle eating the grass on the side of the river. We eventually arrived at the river we were walking to. We had to walk down a little hill that was quite steep; it was also a dirt track which made it very slippery. We stumbled over the rocks in the river and sat down on a grassy area and listened to Mrs. Doughty. She told us to put our wet shoes on and get our fishing nets. Then we paddled in to the river. The crystal clear water was freezing , but when I got used to it, it felt quite refreshing since it was a hot day. We went into the seawater area first and we could not catch any fish there. There was a lot of algae over the eroded rocks . Angus Robson There was red soil which people had made a fire on and wrinkled trees on the grubby path. There were also revolting cow droppings along the trail. The river that we were strolling next to had almost no water at all. All it had was small drops of water zigzagging to the estuary even though it was far away. Next we had to traverse a treacherous bridge with a deadly warning sign on both sides of it that mentioned something about not crossing the bridge when flooding or if there were rapids . We eventually came to the river which we were going to go wading in, but first we had to climb down a challenging hill which was rocky and damp. Then we all put on our water shoes and walked into the river wondering how cold it would be. In the river it was unbearably cold and people thought they were going to die of hypothermia. I saw something moving in the crystal clear water. Silently, I moved towards the moving thing. I swung my net around in the water and once I lifted my net out of the freezing water, a huge fish was in my net. Calvin Koder As I rolled my trousers up my thighs, I felt a cold breeze catch my leg. My foot stepped into the freezing river, my nose turned red as wind caught my face like a fan blowing a hairless mouse across the room . The river was a cold shock like a needle pricking my skin but the water was almost crystal clear. I had taken a few steps into the water. Every step I took I wobbled on rocks trying not to fall into the icy cold water. I searched the water looking for anything interesting. As I scooped my net down to the bottom of the cold river, I darted my net upward hoping nothing would fall out. The fish were like arrows pointing in the direction the river flowed and flew zooming past my blue legs. We got out of the cold river and carried all our belongings to another river next to the one we had just been in. The water was closer to room temperature. I was feeling cold so I took rests on the side of the bank where some fresh grass was (very green). The banks of the river were muddy and stoney. After a while of exploring the river we got out and changed into our dry trainers . Isobel Dolan As we were still at Lady MacLehose (LMH) I was eager to find out what the river's appearance was. My impatience was growing wildly as we had to wait for everybody. Finally, we departed to the river with our nets. After a while we found ourselves in a minute community. Mr. Shailer had explained to us that there were ferocious dogs beforehand. He was spot on with that because all of them were barking at us vigorously. But we ignored the barking successfully and scampered on toward the river. After a couple of minutes we had to stop at a stream and sketch the land that we observed. I thought that mine was not the best, but I was proud of my work. We marched on wondering if we would ever reach it, then finally we caught a glimpse of a river flowing in the opposite direction. I knew that we had made it. Next we had taken off our shoes and put on our wet ones which were going to be malodorous by the time we were going to get out. As we entered the deep dark waters there were fish darting about. Nothing was exciting until Nick caught a giant. It was so big that it couldn't fit inside the cup. Charlie Cranston We went into the water and it was every bit refreshing as I thought it would be; the crystal clear water lapped at my legs as I went exploring in the freezing cool river. I put a plastic see through cup into the water and scooped up some water. In the cup there were small particles of silt and sand floating around in the water. Smelling the water made my nose wrinkle in disgust as the water was bursting with reeking salt. We moved on after that to a different part of the same river only about half a dozen meters upstream where we got out our nets and went FISHING!! It was great fun in fact the most fun I've had so far at camp! Out of the blue I saw a massive fish the size of my arm swimming near my net. "Hah!" I yelled and lunged for the fish . Rigid with fear the high-speed fish swam like lightning towards a group of boys, Nicholas in the middle of them "I 've got one," he shouted with glee "I've really got one!" "Humph," I grumbled to myself furiously "that was my fish". Joe $hailer We got our day bags ready for the walk though we weren 't very eager to do it at all ; we met up with Mrs. Doughty and Mr. Bookless. Luckily enough Miss Hughes gave me a bamboo stick which I had no idea what it was for (I thought it was a walking stick!). We began walking out of LMH village. The first river we visited wasn 't that fun , we had to tell what was going on in it like if there was pollution, erosion and if it was the lower course, middle course or the source. The second river we visited was nice, but we had to draw it in a river sheet (and my drawing wasn 't that good). The third river visit was the most enjoyable one ever. The water was like horses in the ocean except this time in the river. The currents were pretty much killing any fish in sight except the big tough ones that we tried to catch. Sadly, there was some pollution, but not that much. There was a plastic bag that was in the water that Mrs. Doughty used as an example of the current. Lucas Montagne Group 3 scrambled down a rough surface of rock and dried up leaves onto a large area of rock dumped to make a regular-sized beach. Miss Hughes asked us all to put on our wet shoes which where sitting at the bottom of my untidy bag. As my wet shoes slipped onto my aching feet, I felt a massive pull yanking my sore feet into an arch. Luckily the miniature sailing shoes expand, when they first touch water. I was given an undersized cup for my friend and I to catch unlucky wildlife . The crystal clear water was as cold as ice when I entered. All of the small rocks were covered in grime and algae. The soaked sailing shoes had no grip on the bed of the river. Consequently, I slipped into the water up to my waist. The freezing water paralyzed me for a few seconds until I was able to recover from my painful fall. Ben Fletcher I We arrived at the main road and saw a sprightly river flowing in front of us. After a long journey we arrived at the river. The rocks beneath the water were as shiny as diamonds. We put our wet shoes on and waded in the river. The water was cold and the surface was slippery. After a long time waiting some silver fish appeared , the fish were as quick as bullets; they we highly impossible to catch. It was a long time until a fish was caught. Nick managed to catch a huge one. Sadly, the fish was too big for the cup. He struggled to stuff it in- the fish just would not go. I nearly caught a tiny fish , but as I said they were as quick as bullets . At this stage we had to get out of the river. I stuffed my wet shoes in my bag and sat down to do more sketching . Later on Tegan and I had walked back to the bus. The journey was long and tiring . I could not wait to see my other friends. We trampled off the mini bus and walked up to the camp site. I dropped my things off and sat down with my friends . This definitely was not as tiring as the river walk. Lauren Land When we came over we could see where the huge river was. We were going to be fishing in the river ahead and before anyone could say stop, we sprinted up the rocks . After a while, the teachers were there and before they knew it, we were wading gingerly through the raging river trying not to slip on the mossy rocks. Suddenly, there it was a huge fish right before my eyes. As I leant down, I could see the fish and then just as my net touched the fish I rapidly tumbled into the ice cold water and ....... Splash I landed flat on my back and was wet from my back down to my foot (only on my back though) . As I got up I felt a cold breeze and my spine go ice cold , and before I could tell Miss Hughes, Josh slipped and belly-flopped into the river. What a disaster. While we carried on fishing Maddie and Sarah found a few sea snails . Apart from getting wet it was an exceed ingly great day. But just as we were going to go Hunter found a fish ; the first fish that day in that river. It was really big about the size of a finger. After all the excitement calmed down we started to head off back to Lady MacLehose. As you can imagine we were all tired and worn out, but had just enough energy to walk. Lucie Moore We walked silently to a miniscule bridge and peered nervously into the murky depths of the raging swirling river. The water sloshed antagonistically around the bends like a washing machine tossing clothes around. Miss Hughes pointed out the meandering and erosion of the river and as we all gazed into the murky river we saw signs of the powerful erosion. Etched into the stone were tree roots, bushes, even a sock! I felt very powerless as the water smashed into the banks and out of the corner of my eye I saw a sign, battered and torn , that warned not to go on the bridge in the rainy season. I knew that now was the dry season and with the power of the water during a Black Rain plus the rainy season ... I wondered if anyone had lost their lives on this bridge but then shook the idea out of my head. No, nobody could have died here, I convinced myself. A little while later we saw a community of farmers and dogs. There were about six different types of plant growing on the farm , carrots, Bok choi , spinach, Brussels sprouts and cabbage. As we passed the community, dogs barked and howled at us and we cowered in fear. Martin Banson ' When we arrived at the first beautiful river I felt very happy because I could feel the nature inside me and it felt much better than the polluted Pokfulam. We all sat down on the side and drew a little sketch because we were studying rivers and what they look like. I could feel the cool breeze floating around me. It was quite strange because that day was as hot as the sun, but by the wonderful river there were trees, so it was much cooler. John told me it was because the plants absorbed the heat. My sketch wasn 't the best but I think it was pretty good. When we got up again it was an even longer journey to the main river. But it was still a breezy adventure with the trees surrounding us. There wasn 't much to see but a lot to talk about. After a few minutes, we had finally reached our destination. We were all excited as we were putting on our wet shoes and rolling up our trousers . At first I found the water as cold as ice but after I got into action it was really warm. I was walking around slowly so that I could catch a fish but Edgar came running behind me so it scared all the fish away. Suddenly SPLOSH! I could hear Ellen fall in the water and I turned my head around as quick as a cheetah . She was in the water from her toe to her hips. In the end I did catch a fish and was the only one. I was extremely lucky because it was very hard to catch it. Robin caught a miniscule tadpole first and when he showed everyone where they were, everyone caught one. Mia Mok-Hartley A few hours later we made it to the destination, my legs were like they were not there any more. Still I was fine to do things . All children got their nets and began to try to catch some fish and some other creatures . Still fishing, we waited for the fish to come into our nets. Then I saw something coming towards me. I left my net in the water, waiting for it to come closer. When the fish reached my location, I lifted my net slowly, trying not to let the fish notice. My net was almost out of the water when suddenly the fish ran away. Six minutes later not one fish I caught. When Miss. Hughes blew the whistle I was so tired . My pants were half wet. Three kids got wet by playing around with their friends . Miss. Hughes told everyone that we were going to the other side. I was sort of excited. There might be some fish I could catch this time. When all the children went to the other side the kids went to the river trying to catch some fish, and I went into a little pond. When I entered the little pond I saw a fish. I put my net slowly into the water. I was nervous. I concentrated all I could. When a girl came running through the pond . I was getting pretty bored of fish going away, so I went to the river. I was in the middle of the river, lots of fish. Matthew Hanselman We soon reached the river that we were hiking to, and Mrs. Doughty told us to take our dry shoes off and put our wet ones on. I was the first person to wade into the river and I soon realized it was very deep. The clear, sparkling waters revealed schools of shimmering fish. I tried to catch one but I had no luck. The stones underneath me were smooth and very slippery. It was very hard to keep balance and I kept on slipping. I sampled the water and it was very clean. I also noticed it was saltwater. By the time I got out I was very cold and wet. Mr. Bookless told us to go to the river next door. There were some shallow rock pools that I went in. Suddenly I saw a movement in the corner. I couldn't make out what it was. Was it a baby shark that got caught in the rock pool or was it the caiman I had heard so much about? I quickly tried to scoop it up. The thing quickly dived under a small rock for cover. My friend Lucas then lifted the rock and it swam straight into my net. I looked inside and saw it was a massive fish. I tried to put it in my cup but it would not fit. I was really proud of the catch. Nick Murray We found that the bridge that could be used to get in and out of the town, was 5 metres above a river. A river that had less than 4cm of water, I observed. But then Mrs. Doughty told me that in a rainstorm, the water level rose over the bridge. I personally did not believe her. But, you never know. The bridge leads onto the road, and then you can go down a small dirt path . We took the path, and finally got to the fishing river. The river was calm and quiet, but the temperature, I will never forget. It was so cold it was hot. Like when you turn the hot water on in the shower, with no cold water. It blasted through my body like Liquid Nitrogen was in my veins. The aloofness was intense. So I finally chose to get out. But as I dragged my legs and net through the water it started to get really difficult to move. The current had changed direction, and I was forced to stay in the water. Eventually I got used to it though . I had not caught anything yet, but had got close when a huge fish flipped into my shoe, and when I tried to get it out, it just clung on . I let go of its stupid tail, and put my foot back in the water. And just when I did, fishy hopped out and swum away. DRAT. Then, a minute later Fishy chose to get caught by Nick. DRAT, DRAT, DRAT, DRAT, DRAT. Oliver Edmonds We walked (chatting all the way) down and out of Lady MacLehose (LMH) and to a tiny river just outside and talked about its features. It was very thin and murky but not because it was polluted, because all the dirt at the bottom had moved up to the top. The river was only running very, very slowly because it was not the rainy season. Half of it was man-made but half was natural. I saw this because some of the stream was made of concrete and some was not. We walked through a little village with not many people. There were lovely little vegetable patches that were growing all sorts of things, such as, cabbage and carrots. It was very quiet, that is until we ran into the dogs. They were barking everywhere. I thought they were very loud. We also saw the most adorable little goat I had ever laid my eyes on. There was yet another little stream there and we looked for litter then moved on. We walked on until we came to the big river where we were going paddling. When we got to the big river, we took off our shoes and socks and got on a pair of old trainers or the things we were wearing on our feet and waded into the river looking for fish and checking how clean the water was. I did not feel so tired now. It was clean and smelt a bit like salt water from the sea. There was a sign there saying DANGER, DO NOT TRESPASS. At one point I almost stumbled into the water, luckily I managed to hold on to a big sharp rock though I grazed my hand . I did not catch anything but I did spot some fish . It was fun and exciting splashing around in the water. Poppy Gill We kept walking and on the way we saw manic dogs barking so loudly I couldn't hear myself think. We were walking for what felt like hours. Eventually we found another little river. Beside the sparkling river there was a sign saying in bold red letters "DANGER DO NOT TRESPASS WHEN FLOODED" This was because the miniature river could get so full when it rained that you couldn't walk over it. The reason for this was because when it is the rainy season the water/rain can get so monumental that you can 't see the bridge at all. We all kept treading along, our heavy feet plodding along the windy paths. When finally we came to a halt, we were at the river! We all put our wet shoes on and received our net from Miss Hughes. Then Sarah and I slowly made our way into the crystal clear river. As we walked in the freezing water filled our trainers. I could feel my feet getting wet from the holes in my trainers. Under my feet I could feel slimy objects tickling my toes. We waded along the freezing clear water and were searching for any living things in the river. Underneath us we could feel the slimy rocks covered in algae. Olivia Sherry We walked unenthusiastically for a while, but of course we laughed and talked with our friends. As a matter of fact so far the walk was more interesting than I'd expected. Mrs. Doughty talked about the river. We also did glorious sketches of a beautiful little stream and its surroundings, but the stream was rather empty. I thought the stream was very pretty and I liked it very much. Soon we arrived in a small village called Pak Tam that greeted us with the sound of mean looking dogs, fiercely barking as we entered . Our group wandered through the village where we saw a garden growing lots of delicious looking crops. We also bumped into three lovely old goats who were strolling around the village. Then I noticed the 'herd' had left someone behind because out trotted the most adorable petite goat I'd ever visualized . It was so lovely I wished I could take it home. We left Pak Tam and carried on with our journey. In about ten minutes we arrived at an immense river and stopped. "Yes!" I thought laying my eyes on the river with joy. "We'll be having the most fun here." We were instructed to take off our hiking shoes and smelly old P6 socks and put on our wading trainers. I was so delighted when Mrs. Doughty told us we could go into the river now. I raced to the banks and splashed into the river. That was definitely a big mistake. The ground of the river was so slippery from the moss on the rocks that I nearly fell in, but thanks to my superior wading skills I managed not to tumble into the fresh, freezing water. Piper Torpey After a while we passed a sign saying "DANGER DO NOT TRESPASS WHEN FLOODED". This meant that in the rainy season the river would flood monumentally. We walked a little bit further and after what felt like hours of walking ,we finally reached the raging river of doom! I grabbed my wet shoes and we received our nets from Miss Hughes and then paddled into the river carefully, so that we wouldn't slip on the rocks at the bottom of the river that had been caused by erosion. I hoped not to slip on the algae covered rocks. We hastily, step by step, tiptoed along. We dragged our heavy feet along the crystal clear water of the river. Then Olivia and I searched the river for any living things. Under my feet I could feel rocks and stones prancing around my wet feet. Olivia , me and lssie had a plastic cup between us, to see if we could find anything interesting. We found quite a lot of sea snails and sea slugs. All of a sudden SPLASH! Ellen came tumbling into the river with a big crash slipping over a tiny little pebble into the icy cold water. All around me I could see lots of broken glass and litter on the ground e.g. Coke cans, coffee cups and wrappers- but sadly no fish or tadpoles. I was so glad to be out of polluted Hong Kong and into the fresh air. Soon enough we were out of the river and had to sketch it. Sarah Abbasi While we were on our way to catch fish , we also explored other rivers and we had to sketch one of the rivers. It was difficult to sketch because there were lots of rocks and trees and we only had a short period of time. Then when we had finished the river sketch, we carried on our walk. It wasn't that fun taking the walk because there wasn 't anything exciting. It would have been exciting if there were snakes. Then we stopped , at a mountain where a river was below us, but you couldn't see it because the trees were blocking the shallow water. Then we strolled ahead to a bridge where there was a danger sign showing not to cross if there was a black rain . After we had passed the danger sign , we went to a shallow river where there were hungry fish . We were able to catch fish, but the problem was that the fish would be gone, in a blink of a eye, when you put your net near them or if you walked up to them. But I found something in the water and I had walked up to it. I caught it in my net. It was a flip flop. After I had found out that it was a flip flop, I felt annoyed that it wasn 't a fish and also flip flops are not supposed to be in the water. After that I had seen a fish lying on a rock. I caught a fish . Hunter Fraser A sign came into view, with writing in bold , red letters, saying: "DO NOT CROSS THE RIVER WHEN BRIDGE IS FLOODED." This to me was pretty sensible advice. What type of idiot would do that anyway? A few minutes later, we had arrived at the river that we were allowed to wade in. We clambered down, under the bridge and set ourselves down on a huge pile of small rocks that had been exposed, because of low tide. I dropped my bag without any care, and landed with a thump on the pile of rocks. We were each given a small fishing net and a plastic cup to share between two people, then we all put on our shoes for water based activities and soon set off to explore the river. I slowly walked in, the icy water creeping through the holes of my trainers, freezing my feet, while I struggled to go in deeper. I found my catch, and immediately swooped down my net, but unfortunately missed. Soon Mrs. Doughty and Mr. Bookless told us to move to an even bigger part of the river; where the water was even fresher. As soon as we got to the other part of the river we ran in to carry on fishing. Over here there was a lot more catch. Suddenly, I saw three small fish about four centimeters long. This was my chance. I immediately plunged my new but slightly torn net into the water and swooped it as fast as I could , but again, missed as they darted under the rocks for protection. In the corner, I noticed Nick with a gargantuan fish , while I was feeling disappointed. Clara Krantz On Monday afternoon we went down to the little river to do some river study. What we did first was to see if there was any litter in the river and picked it up and put it in the bin. Then we took a cup to see if it was crystal clear. Then we had fun. While we were wading in the river, we got to catch some fish and I caught water spiders and snail's, it was very difficult to catch the fish because they are extremely fast. Carefully we all walked through the water because all the rocks were covered in moss, they were as slippery as black shining oil. Suddenly we heard a laugh because Mia and Isobel found a pair of boxers that were as rotten as a piece of bread left out for nine days. Miss Hughes blew her whistle to inform us that we needed to come to visit another part of the river where there was much more dirt and less fish to catch, but it had another type of fish that the other part of the river didn't have, tadpoles. They are not are hard to catch, but they hide better than the fish . I forgot to tell you , that the one side was natural , but the other side was man made. Now we were done, but we needed to do one more thing, sketch the river and then we did a little hike back to LMH . I was exhausted from all that walking . Thomas Chaumet Find the 'thinking of' number in these equations by a process of working backwards . 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