Puzzle Answers
3 Windrush Day and Ed’s Bit 4–5 KA! JAM 6 Bumper Bible Breakdown 7 Kiddo 8–9 Giggle in the Middle 10 Short Story Competition 11 Creative Corner 12–13 The Impossible Ending 14–15 Your Space
16 Patch’s Pals: Pirate Pete and His Jolly Crew
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OWindrush Day
22 June
n 22 June 1948, a ship called the HMT Empire Windrush arrived in the United Kingdom. There were hundreds of passengers from the Caribbean on board the ship, and these passengers had left places such as Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados to come to live in the UK!
Over the next 23 years, around 500,000 people from a group of countries known as the Commonwealth travelled to the UK and made it their home. The people who came from the Caribbean are known as the Windrush generation, named after the ship that the !rst arrivals came on. Now, every year on 22 June, people all around the country celebrate the Windrush generation on Windrush Day!
There are so many reasons why we think that you should join in with the celebrations on 22 June! Even though the Windrush generation were often treated terribly just because of the colour of their skin, they worked so hard to make the UK a better place. For example, nurses from the Caribbean, such as Carol Baxter and Daphne Steele, helped to establish the NHS! So how can you celebrate Windrush Day? You could try some of the food that the Windrush generation brought to the UK by going to a Caribbean restaurant. Or, if you live in London, you could go to the National Maritime Museum for a special day of Windrush-related events. You could also spend some time learning more about the Windrush generation by visiting bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z8ftp4j/articles/zmmr4xs.
To find out more about how Windrush Day is being celebrated at the National Maritime Museum, check out rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/windrush-day
It makes me so sad to think about how horribly the Windrush generation were treated when they arrived in the UK. Many people struggled to fnd places to live, lots were threatened or attacked and plenty of children were bullied at school because of the colour of their skin.
Despite the many challenges, the people of the Windrush generation never gave up. They stayed in the UK, looked after the people in their community, fought for change and made this country better. So many also held on to their faith in God, trusting him, even when things were incredibly diffcult.
Thinking about this inspiring group of people reminded me of my absolute favourite Bible verse – Philippians 4:13 says, ‘Christ gives me the strength to face anything’ (Contemporary English Version). If there’s anything happening in your life that you’re struggling with, I hope reading this Ed’s Bit will remind you that Jesus can give you the strength to face anything too.
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The Lord Is My Shepherd
Relying on God
Better With God
How are things with you? Yep, you, the person reading this – how’s it going? Everything good? School all right? Happy at home? Everything OK with your friends? Are you eating well and getting plenty of sleep?
If you’re anything like me, when people ask if you’re OK, you probably reply with a quick, ‘Yeah, I’m !ne’, ‘I’m OK’ or ‘All good here’. Now, I don’t want to be a negative Nelly or a grumpy Gary, but we all know we aren’t OK all the time. And those are the times this part of Psalm 23 is talking about.
I’d be amazed if you’ve ever walked ‘through the dark valley of death’ – wherever that is. What David (the guy who wrote Psalm 23) is talking about are the times when things aren’t great. He experienced lots of tough times and made some bad mistakes, but even in those times he knew God was with him, looking after him and trying to lead him out of the ‘darkness’ to a good place.
God loves you and wants you to be OK, but you don’t have to pretend you’re !ne, OK or all good. Next time you’re !nding things hard, or even if you’re struggling right now, talk to God about it and ask for his help. Take it from me, you’ll feel better for it. Actually, you won’t just feel better – things will get better!
says Justin Reeves
The Dark Dip
Starting at row 1, climb out of the Dark Dip by using the letters from the row below to make a new word in each row. When you reach row 5 you should see a six-letter word that’s linked to this week’s cartoon Bible story.
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.
Return to God
Around 100 years had passed since the people of Judah had returned to Jerusalem. They’d rebuilt their homes and rebuilt the Temple. So surely everything was going well for them now. In truth, things were actually going terribly! The people had turned away from God again and they’d started behaving awfully! So God, through the prophet Malachi, sent a message to his people – he loved them, but he did not love what they were doing! God knew that the people of Jerusalem would argue back, so he gave reasons why he was unhappy –they weren’t loving one another well, and they weren’t giving him good sacri!ces. The people of Judah needed to return to following him, because a day would come when God would judge all people! For anyone who followed God, they had an amazing future ahead of them.
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There are 195 countries in the world. We’re going to explore 26 of them, using the alphabet to decide where to go to next!
Y for Yemen
Yemen is a country in West Asia. The largest city in Yemen is Sanaa, which is the country’s capital. Yemen is home to part of a massive desert, which is called the Empty Quarter. If you’ve ever enjoyed a cup of coffee, then you should thank Yemen for !rst making coffee a popular drink – all the way back in the 15th century!
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Patch’s Problem...
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Hello, readers, i’M PATCH AND I’VE GOT A PROBLEM I THINK YOU MAY BE ABLE TO HELP ME WITH. i’VE LOST A VERY IMPORTANT OBJECT SOMEWHERE IN THIS ISSUE. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO HELP ME FIND IT? i HAVE A CLUE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE HERE.
You might know the date that Valentine’s Day is on or the name of the current king of the United Kingdom. However, there are also plenty of strange facts we reckon you haven’t got stored in your noggin! So here are a couple of random facts that you de!nitely (and by de!nitely, we mean don’t really) need to know.
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Hello! Is anyone there?
Have you ever wondered why the Sun and the Moon can sometimes look as if they’re the same size? The truth is that the Sun is actually way, way bigger than the Moon – the Moon is 400 times smaller! However, the Moon is also 400 times closer to Earth. This means that the Sun looks smaller because it’s far away and the Moon looks bigger because it’s nearer!
We hate to break it to you, but pirates rarely made anyone walk the plank as a punishment! The idea of walking the plank became popular because of stories about pirates. However, pirates did have ways of punishing people, such as by putting someone in the ship’s hold (which was a storage area), or abandoning them on an island!
Ho ho, ha ha, he he!
He he, he he!
w i n d r u s h WO R D S E A R C H
Find the Windrush Day-related words in the grid
caribbean voyage empire tilbury docks migration resilience passengers culture service
nhs sacrifices pioneers contribution racism
Do you know why I stay up late on weekends? Because sleep is for the week!
Where do sheep spend their summer holidays?
The Baaaa-hamas!
What’s the best drink for a man in a hurry?
Man-go juice!
Why was the acrobat always so happy? Because they knew how to stay balanced in life!
What did the drummer call their twin daughters? Anna one, Anna two!
I was born in Trinidad in 1949.
In 1960, I moved to England with my family. After leaving school I worked at a bank, before becoming an actress and performing in theatre and on TV. I hosted the children’s TV programme, Play School. I have written more than 30 books, including Coming to England. It tells the story of the challenges I faced and how I overcame them to achieve my goals. Can you guess who I am?
What do you call an expensive mango? A man-gold!
Hoho,haha,hehe! Hehe,hehe!
by Neil Locker
across:
1 Something worn on your head.
3 Melt from frozen. 6 Violent windy or wet weather. 7 Historical period.
8 Lazy. 10 Worshipped image or person. 12 Put together numbers to calculate total. 13 Permit or let.
15 Fix something. 16 Notebook or jotter.
down:
1 Place you go to when poorly.
2 Number of each animal Noah took on the ark. 3 Something shown by clock or wristwatch. 4 In front. 5 ‘Our Father in Heaven, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ be your name’*.
9 Shelf or sill. 11 Pointer on a clock.
14 Facial feature that’s part of your mouth.
*Mark 6:9 New International Version.
The answers to the clues are made up using all the letters from the list of words below. The three highlighted letters have already been placed in the grid to help you. Solve the clues and use up all the remaining letters. 1 2 3 3
across:
1 Ballroom dance.
2 Stringed instrument.
3 Hospital carer. down:
1 Garden bird.
2 Not that important.
3 By oneself.
by Neil Locker
Short Story Competition
When are you going to !y to the planet Zorblong in the Farmulan Galaxy? Or when are you going to discover a hidden book that can transport you to the world of Arithia? And when are you going to nd out that you’ve been chosen to move to Buckingham Palace and become the next king or queen of the United Kingdom? All of these things would be impossible, of course – unless you wrote a short story about them!
To celebrate National Writing Day this Wednesday (25 June), we’ve come up with a very special competition. We want you to write your own short story! It can be about absolutely anything that you like, whether that’s a special school for unicorns, a time-travelling journey to the distant past or even about what you had for lunch today!
We’ll read every short story that we receive, and then we’ll pick our favourite (which we imagine will be super tricky, as we’re sure you’ll all send us fab tales). The writer of that story will get a mystery prize, and we’ll also publish their story in Kids Alive! – with illustrations from our designer, Philippa, to go with it! So forget about going to Zorblong, Arithia or Buckingham Palace – when are you going to pick up a pen and start writing?
To enter the competition, you’ll need to email your story (as well as your full name, age and address) to kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk. Remember to put ‘Short Story Competition’ in the subject box. For us to be able to print your story, it needs to be no longer than 600 words, which is around 2 sides of A4 paper. Your entry needs to reach us by Friday 18 July, when the winner will be chosen.
To read a short story that might inspire you to write your own, check out pages 12 and 13! ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? WIN!
MAKE MUSIC DAY
It’s Make Music Day today (21 June), which is a day all about … well, making music! There are so many marvellous musical instruments that can be used to make awesome tunes. Here are some fab facts about a few of our favourites!
PIANO
Pianos have been played since around the year 1700, and they were created to be an alternative to an even older instrument –the harpsichord! Although it doesn’t look like it, a piano is both a stringed instrument (like a violin) and a percussion instrument (like a drum)! Playing one of the 88 keys causes a hammer inside the piano to hit a string!
GUITAR
Guitars are instruments which normally have six strings. These strings can be plucked with someone’s !ngers or strummed to create marvellous melodies. Guitars have been around for a long time – an instrument that looked a lot like a guitar was played in ancient Egypt (although it only had three strings)!
DRUMS
A drum is a round instrument that can be hit with someone’s hands or a drumstick to make lots (and lots) of noise! Multiple drums are often arranged together to create a drum kit, which is a collection of different drums that all have their own unique sounds when hit.
TRUMPET
A trumpet is a brass instrument shaped like a tube. It creates sound when someone blows air into its mouthpiece, which causes a vibration! Trumpets can be used to play so many different types of music. For example, they can be used to play classical music and jazz music! Trumpets are such a popular instrument that they’re even mentioned in the Bible!
VIOLIN
Violins are small stringed instruments, and they’re made from more than 70 pieces of wood. It might look a bit silly, but the most comfortable way for a musician to play a violin is holding it against their neck and resting their head on it – which is why violins have a chin rest. This stops a violin from slipping around!
We hope learning about instruments has inspired you to make some music yourself! To !nd out more about Make Music Day, check out makemusicday.co.uk
The Impossible Ending
By Jacob Adam
Ali loved discovering new stories. He’d read books written by C. S. Lewis, poems written by Emily Dickinson and he’d even read a play written by William Shakespeare. However, the story that Ali was holding might just be one of the best that he had ever read. In fact, it was so good that he found it hard to believe that it had been written by his younger sister, Zara. The only thing that proved that Zara had written it
‘I’ll help you,’ Ali told Zara. He hadn’t even nished saying the word ‘help’ before Zara wrapped him in a big hug.
Ali thought that going on an adventure of their own might give the pair some inspiration. So they put on their shoes and went with their mum to explore a nearby park. They found a slide that looked about as tall as Big Ben, and a frog that was so giant that Zara thought it might be a baby crocodile. However, nd anything that would work as the ending for Zara’s story!
‘That was pointless,’ Zara said, as they walked back home with their mum, although she had a big grin on her face.
When they got home, Mum got started on cooking dinner, and Ali and Zara sat down in the living room to talk to Grandad. Grandad always had the best stories. He told Ali and Zara stories about his dad’s journey to the United Kingdom from Jamaica, his time serving in the army and even meeting Queen Elizabeth II! Ali and Zara loved listening to him, but none of his stories worked as an ending to Zara’s.
Ali and Zara were starting to run out of ideas. They explored their back garden, searching for inspiration, but all they found was a creepy-crawly spider. They read through Zara’s dream journal, and then skimmed through some of Ali’s old comic books. They even gave their Auntie Ruth a call, knowing that she’d spend at least 15 minutes just talking about what she’d had for lunch!
When Mum called Ali and Zara down for dinner, the sentence at the end of Zara’s story
And it was in that moment, surrounded by his family, that Ali nally came up with the perfect ending. Imaginary Zara had explored rainforests, gone to space and fought monsters. But what she needed more than anything was to sit down for dinner with a family that loved her, and then to listen to one of Grandad’s stories. Could there be an ending that was better than that?
Unfortunately, Ali knew that Zara would hate that ending. Even though it was perfect, he’d have to come up with something else. ‘She should meet a dinosaur,’ Ali said, and Zara’s face lit up with a grin again. That wasn’t the perfect ending, but at least Zara liked it!
It’s National Writing Day on 25 June, so we hope this short story has inspired you to write your own story too. Find out more about National Writing Day at literacytrust.org.uk/about-us/national-writing-day.
To find out about a competition to write your own story, check out page 10!
Cool Creations
To celebrate National Smile Month, we asked our readers to add a face to a happy smile.
Maggie, aged 10, sent us this cool character, which Patch is a big fan of!
H a p p y
Esther, aged 10, sent this fabulous face. We love the beautiful hearts and !owers she’s added to the background!
What an interesting character, Maggie! I love how much efort you’ve put into this – you’re so creative! I’d love to know what your character’s name is!
Emmeline, aged 6, clearly has a brilliant imagination – this picture has not just one face, but two! That means it gets double the love from us!
B i r t h d a y t o y o u !
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Jacob Hinchlife – age 13
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Age? 4.
Emily Scarlett
Favourite colour? Rainbow.
Favourite food? Ice cream.
Favourite sport? Egg and spoon race.
Favourite bit of Kids Alive!?
Colouring Corner.
Favourite Bible story and why?
The lost sheep, because I like it when the sheep gets found.
Favourite TV programme?
Alvin and the Chipmunks.
What do you want to be when you’re older? A singer.
Pets? Inky – my black cat. Hobbies? Ballet, singing and drawing.
Tell us a joke. What do sheep do on a Saturday? They go to the baa-bers!
Age? 9.
Favourite colour? Purple.
Favourite food? Chicken.
Favourite sport? Tennis.
Favourite bit of Kids Alive!? The crossword.
Favourite Bible story and why?
The Creation story, because people and animals were made.
Favourite TV programme? The Loud House.
What do you want to be when you’re older? A baker.
Pets? Two dogs, two rats, three hamsters and one cat. Hobbies? Tennis.
What special skill or talent do you have? I’m really good at ballet and I’m in a charity show this summer.
Tell us something interesting about yourself. I like to go to fairgrounds and theme parks and going on the fastest rides!
Is there anything else you would I love Disney films – especially ones with
Tell us a joke. What do you call a fried gorilla? A chim-pan-zee!
What special skill or talent do you have? I like to play tennis.
Tell us something interesting about yourself. I like to read. My favourite author is David Walliams.
Is there anything else you would like to tell us? I’m really good at climbing and love looking after my pets.
I’M GETTING RID OF ALL THE LETTER Bs FROM THE SHIP, PATCH.
I OVERHEARD CAP’N PETE SAY THAT HE DOESN’T LIKE SUMMER.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?
I DIDN’T QUITE CATCH IT PROPERLY, BUT HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT NOT LIKING BS, WHICH IS WHY I’M GETTING RID OF THEM.
