Kids Alive! 2 November 2024

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2 nOVEMBER 2024

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Living a healthy and an active lifestyle and caring for your physical, mental and spiritual well-being.

International Stress Awareness Week

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A Story of Forgiveness

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What’s Inside?

Puzzle Answers Turn this page upside down to read the answers SPOT THE DIFFERENCE 1 The brown bear on the left is missing. 2 The bear with the hat has darker paws. 3 The white cuddly toy in the middle has an eye missing. 4 The lion’s nose is black instead of red. 5 The bear with a blue scarf is smiling.

FOUR FIT: 1 Loft. 2 Able. 3 Moan. 4 Bent.

New words: Lamb. 3 Oboe. Flan. Tent.

BIG MYSTERY: Jar of marmalade.

DOWN: 1 Copy. 2 Fang. 3 Yo-yo. 4 Street.

6 Father. 9 Glow. 10 Toad. 11 Cage.

GIGGLE IN THE MIDDLE CROSSWORD ACROSS: 3 Yes. 5 Tomato. 6 Fly. 7 Goose.

8 Tight. 11 Cat. 12 Orange. 13 Row. PICK OUT PATCH: Page 6.

KA! JAM WHERE IS THE LOVE?: Forgiveness.

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Paddington in Peru and Ed’s Bit

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Bumper Bible Breakdown

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Giggle in the Middle

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Airbrush Art Competition

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Christmas Card Competition

Kids Alive! – formerly The Young Soldier – Issue No 7435

2 nOVEMBER 2024

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Living a healthy and an active lifestyle and caring for your physical, mental and spiritual well-being.

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A Story of Forgiveness

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very home has something that makes it stand out.

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strange painting bought from an old, dusty shop. For 32 Windsor Gardens, the thing that makes it stand out is that it’s home to a bear called Paddington! Paddington isn’t a cuddly teddy bear – he’s a real bear that can talk!

One day, Paddington gets a letter all the way from the Home for Retired Bears in Peru. Peru is the country that Paddington came from! The letter tells Paddington that his Aunt Lucy misses him and that he should visit her as soon as possible.

With a suitcase full of marmalade, Paddington leaves 32 Windsor Gardens. Joined by the Brown family and their housekeeper, Mrs Bird, he sets off for Peru.

However, when he arrives at the Home for Retired Bears, Paddington discovers that Aunt Lucy isn’t there. That’s because she’s gone off into the Amazon rainforest for an adventure!

Aunt Lucy knew that Paddington was coming to visit her, so why would she disappear just before he arrived?

Paddington wants to know the answer, so with the Brown family at his heels, he sets off on a quest to find Aunt Lucy. It’s a quest that will take him all the way through the Amazon rainforest to the mountains of Peru. It’s also a quest that will reveal big secrets about Paddington’s past!

When Paddington left Peru, it must have been so hard to leave Aunt Lucy behind. Thankfully he met the Browns and became part of their family. Paddington might be a bit different, but his new family love him despite the chaos he causes!

Families come in all shapes and sizes. They might contain parents, siblings, grandparents, step-parents or step-siblings. We might have friends that we’re so close to that they feel like family too.

Whatever a family looks like, the best families love, support and celebrate each other. This is exactly what it should feel like when you’re part of God’s family too. There’s a song that we sing at Sunday school at my church called Big Family of God. It talks about how we’re all part of God’s family, and despite the fact that we’re all different, God loves all of us! I hope that sounds like a family you want to be part of!

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Read the comment below about showing love and kindness

Loving God, Loving Others

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ave you ever done something wrong and felt bad about it? It doesn’t feel good when we make mistakes or hurt other people’s feelings. It feels rubbish when others hurt our feelings too.

As a mum, I spend a lot of time asking my daughters to say sorry to each other. Because my youngest daughter is only three, my six-year-old has to put up with a lot! I’m often asking her to be understanding and forgiving of her little sister’s mistakes. So I’m sure she would understand how the older brother feels in this week’s Bible cartoon!

Jesus told the story in this week’s cartoon to teach people about forgiveness. We all make mistakes. We might not go off and spend lots of our parents’ or carers’ money like the younger son

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in the story, but we might say something mean to a friend, not share our toys or not listen at school.

In all these situations we can make things much better by telling someone we’re sorry.

Thankfully, when we make mistakes, we have a loving God who will always forgive us. Just like the father in this week’s cartoon, God will always show us kindness and understanding if we tell him how sorry we are.

God also wants us to show love, kindness and forgiveness to others. Even if they do things we don’t like or things that hurt us. That’s not always easy, but if we want others to forgive our mistakes, we have to show the same love, kindness and forgiveness to them.

Where is the Love?

Find your way through the maze to the big heart. Collect the letters as you pass them to reveal an important word linked to this week’s Bible cartoon.

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A Story of Forgiveness

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Check out your Bible – Luke 15:11–32

What Can Jesus Do?

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Bumper Bible Breakdown Did you know the Bible isn’t one big book? It’s actually 66 books put together to tell one big story of God’s great love. Join us as we look at each Bible book and discover why God made the world, what went wrong and how in the end God saved the world through his son, Jesus.

Jesus Is King!

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Pick Out Patch I’m going to a silent firework display this year because they’re much better for animals like me!

See if you can spot this version of me on another PAGE IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE.

Optical illusions use colou r, light or patterns to confuse our brains – that means the illu sions look different to what is ac tually there.

This pattern looks like one long spiral, don’t you think? Well, believe it or not there’s actually no spiral – it’s just lots of circles! Trace your finger around the outside circle to see for yourself!

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What did the teddy bear say after dinner?

‘I’m stuffed!’

How does Paddington catch a fish without a fishing rod?

With his bear hands!

Crossword Clues

by Neil Locker

Crossword 3 Word of agreement. 5 Red salad ingredient. 6 Small insect with wings.

Clues 7 Farm bird that makes a honking sound. across:

8 Taut or not loose. 11 Feline creature.

12 Citrus fruit. 13 Propel a boat with oars.

down: 1 Imitate. 2 Large sharp tooth. 3 Toy on a string (2-2). 4 Road with houses alongside.

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Why don’t bears like fast food?

Because they can’t catch it!

Spot the Difference Find the five differences between the two pictures

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u r s h b r A rt i A Competition

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id you know that you can create perfect paintings without even using a paintbrush? You can use an airbrush, which is a tiny tool that sprays paint! Amazing artists such as James Rosenquist and Kara Joslyn have used airbrushes to make unbelievably good paintings.

Now, with the Airbrush Art Activity Case, you can become an airbrush artist too!

The Airbrush Art Activity Case contains everything you need to create unique airbrush designs. It comes with an airbrush, eight paint markers, ten stencils, ten drawing sheets and an instruction manual with helpful tips. The case can even be used to store your creations. So if you’re feeling creative, this is definitely the competition for you.

With your own airbrush, who knows what fantastic artwork you might create?

For your opportunity to win your own Airbrush Art Activity Case, answer the question below and email your full name, age, address and answer to kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk.

Remember to put ‘Airbrush Art Competition’ in the subject box.

Your entry needs to reach us by Friday 29 November when the winners will be chosen. You can also enter by filling in the details on the coupon below and posting it to: Airbrush Art Competition, Kids Alive!

1 Champion Park, London SE5 8FJ.

WIN!

Which of the following artists has used an airbrush?

Vincent van Gogh

Kara Joslyn

Michelangelo

Name: Address: ____________ Postcode:

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Remember, the best way to enter is to email your entry to kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk

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d r a C s a m t s i r h C Competition to Christmas yet?

Are you counting down t ’re getting excited abou Here at Kids Alive! we r e season. As part of ou the approaching festiv ’re supporting a early celebrations, we etition run Christmas e-card comp .

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Sending e-cards is an environmentally friendly way to send a Christmas greeting, and – if you pay the op tional donation to The Salvation Army’s Christmas appeal when you enter the co mpetition – you’ll be helping to raise mo ney for food and Christmas presents fo r children in need.

The different age categories for the competition are: under-7s, 7 to 9-year-olds, 10 to 12-year-olds and over-12s.

The prizes up for grabs are…

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Entertainer voucher Entertainer voucher Entertainer voucher What are you waiting for? Let your imagination run wild and get designing today! The more creative you are the better. You can use glitter or sequins too, but please stick to an A4-size piece of paper.

For your opportunity to win a voucher for The Entertainer, send your design, full name, age, address and your parent’s or carer’s email address to Freepost RTLT-UCTS-ZAKJ, Donor Services, 3rd Floor, The Salvation Army, UK Territorial Headquarters, 1 Champion Park, London SE5 8FJ. You can use your own postage stamps if you’d like to save The Salvation Army money. The competition closes on Friday 22 November. Please don’t fold your design and make sure you send it in an A4 envelope.

If you’re sending in designs from a school, please remember to include the age and year group. For more info and full terms and conditions please visit salvationarmy.org.uk/fundraise-us/card-competition or scan the QR code to the right to get started and to make an optional donation.

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International Stress Awareness Week What’s something you wouldn’t talk to other people about? You might not talk about what you had for breakfast, because that might be a bit boring. You might not talk about your favourite song to sing in the shower, because that might be a bit odd.

You also might not talk to other people about stress! Perhaps that’s because you don’t know what stress is. Or maybe that’s because you’ve felt stressed before, but you’ve felt too embarrassed to talk about it. This International Stress Awareness Week, we want you to know that it’s brilliant to talk about stress!

Learning About Stress International Stress Awareness Week begins on Monday (4 November). In the middle of the week, there’s also Stress Awareness Day (6 November)! International Stress Awareness Week is all about encouraging everyone to learn about what stress is and how it can be managed in our day-to-day lives.

What is Stress?

Picture this – there’s an egg in front of you. You press your hand down on the egg and because of all the pressure you’re putting on it, the egg cracks!

We can sometimes feel a bit like an egg that’s about to crack. When there’s lots of pressure in our lives and we’re going through difficult times, we can feel as if we’re not able to cope. We can feel really worried. That feeling is called being stressed.

What Makes People Stressed?

There are so many things that can make people feel stressed. You might feel stressed…

At school! Perhaps you’ve had an argument with a friend or you’re being bullied. Maybe you’re not doing as well as you’d like in your lessons. These things can make you feel stressed!

At home! When sad things are happening at home, such as someone you love being unwell, that can make you feel stressed!

By what’s going on in the world! If you’re worried about bad things that are happening around you, then that can lead to you feeling stressed.

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How Do I Know I’m Stressed?

When we’re in difficult situations, something called the fight or flight response kicks in. This means that we either want to fight our way out of the situation or run away from it.

Normally, we’re not in fight or flight mode.

Stress causes humans to constantly be in fight or flight mode, which can actually make us feel ill. There are signs that you can notice that might show that you’re feeling stressed, such as…

Struggling to control your emotions.

Headaches or stomach aches.

Finding it hard to spend time with others.

Trouble sleeping.

Stress Relief When you’re feeling stressed, you should…

Spend time doing things that you enjoy, such as reading a book, listening to music or watching a film.

Exercise! Just 60 minutes of activity a day can help to clear your thoughts and make you feel less stressed.

Be creative! You could write a story, draw a picture or play a musical instrument. Using your creative skills will help you to feel less stressed.

Eat healthily and try to get a good night’s sleep.

Talk to a grown-up that you trust, such as a parent, carer or teacher. You don’t need to keep how you’re feeling a secret!

For more ideas for how to deal with stress, check out youtube.com/watch?v=hnpQrMqDoqE

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It’s great to know what to do when you’re feeling stressed, but it’s also fab to know how you can help others. You can…

Look out for signs of stress. If you think a friend might be feeling stressed, ask them if they’d like your help.

Listen to your friends. If they’re feeling stressed, they might want to talk about it. You can also encourage them to talk to a grown-up they trust.

Spend time with a stressed friend doing things that they enjoy, even if they’re not your favourite things to do!

If you’re feeling stressed, tell someone!

It’s never silly to say that you’re stressed.

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Cool Colourings ading about the Can you remember re Kids Alive! earlier this Notting Hill Carnival in Carnival is a special year? The Notting Hill in August to celebrate event held every year ts of our readers Caribbean culture. Lo brations by sending joined in with the cele ng Hill Carnival us their fabulous Notti ese colourings are Colourings. We think th the carnival itself! as bright and joyful as

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If you’d like to star in our reader profile section we’d lo ve to hear from you! Get a grown-up to send us an email using the address in the green box below. Then we’ll send you the forms to complete.

G ra c e Age? 13.

Favourite colour? Blue.

Favourite sport? Football.

Favourite bit of Kids Alive! ?

Jokes.

G et I n To u c h !

The Kids Alive! team loves to hear from its readers. And guess what – other readers love reading your news! So why not get in touch?

You can email or post your own colourings, drawings and letters.

Or you could ask your Sunday school, church or corps leaders to email us or write to us with any news about the fun stuff you’ve been doing at your church or corps.

Email: kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk Post: Kids Alive! 1 Champion Park, London SE5 8FJ

Favourite Bible story and why?

Good Friday, because Jesus proved how much he loves us.

Favourite TV programme?

EastEnders .

What do you want to be when you’re older? Police officer (dog handler).

Pets? Fish.

Hobbies? Music (flute and cornet), reading.

Tell us a joke. How did Joseph make his coffee? Hebrewed it!

What special skill or talent do you have? Cornet player and flutist.

Tell us something interesting about yourself. I have learnt some BSL (British Sign Language) and Welsh.

Is there anything else you would like to tell us? I can play the national anthem on cornet and flute.

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I love fireworks, patch!

But us animals don’t like the loud bangs, So this is a much better idea!

I appreciate the kind thought...

...But aren’t fireworks without the bangs a bit boring?

Who said anything about silent fireworks...

...not going bang?

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