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EDITOR Cara Mott
DEPUTY EDITOR AND KA! JAM CO-ORDINATOR Ibukun Baku
INTERNATIONAL LEADERS General Lyndon Buckingham and Commissioner Bronwyn Buckingham
TERRITORIAL LEADERS Commissioners Jenine and Paul Main
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Major Julian Watchorn
NATIONAL WALKING MONTH
Picture this – it’s Monday morning and you’re on your way to school. You can feel the sun on your skin, but there’s a slight breeze. As you walk, you see beautiful !owers sprouting in a patch of grass and you hear birds singing as they !y above you. To be honest, you can’t think of a more peaceful way to kick off a busy day!
Walking truly is underrated, isn’t it? Nowadays, it can seem much easier to catch a lift in a car with a parent or carer, but putting on a pair of shoes and enjoying the fresh air really is fantastic. Not only is walking relaxing, but it’s also really good for making your heart healthier. Plus, deciding to walk instead of travelling in a car is better for the planet.
That’s exactly why an organisation called Living Streets has organised National Walking Month! National Walking Month lasts for the whole of May, and it’s all about encouraging people to walk more. So this May, why not make the decision to walk as much as you possibly can? It’s a spectacular way of enjoying the outdoors and it’s also really good for you! You could even take part in Walk to School Week from 19-23 May, which is a week when kids are asked to try to walk to school every single day!
To find out more about National Walking Month, visit livingstreets.org.uk/get-involved/national-walking-month
When I was on holiday with my family recently, we went for a walk along the beach and I saw loads of footprints in the sand – from our family and others who had walked on the same beach. This reminded me of a poem called ‘Footprints in the Sand’. In the poem, someone has a dream about walking along a beach, with God walking beside them. When the person notices that at some points there’s just one set of footprints, they ask God where he was during these moments of their life. He’d promised to always be with them. God replies that when they see only one set of footprints, that’s when he was carrying them during diffcult times.
This was a really great reminder for me that God is always with us. No matter what we’re facing, God is always walking beside us and ready to help us in whatever way we need.
WLoving God
hen I was a teenager, I loved watching wrestling. Each episode was packed with epic showdowns. I loved wrestling so much that I’d spend my pocket money on magazines so I could learn more about each wrestler and hang their posters on my wall. When I think of my wrestling phase, it reminds me of what Jesus said in this week’s Bible cartoon.
During another ‘showdown’ between Jesus and the Pharisees (religious leaders), the religious leaders asked Jesus a tricky question – what was the most important commandment? They probably thought they’d !nally backed Jesus into a tough corner. After all, there were more than 600 laws to choose from! But for Jesus the answer was simple – ‘Love God with all your heart, soul and mind.’
Read the comment below about how we can show love to God
by Ibukun Baku
You see, choosing to be Jesus’ friend is more than following a bunch of rules. It’s about enjoying a relationship with Jesus as you get to know him better. Just like nothing could come between me and my wrestling obsession, your friendship with Jesus should be the most important thing in your life.
So, when you care about things that Jesus cares about – such as treating others fairly – you’re loving God with your heart. When you choose to say, do or think about things that will make Jesus happy –you’re loving God with all of your soul. And when you regularly read the Bible, so you can learn about the cool things God’s done and the promises he’s made – you’re loving God with your mind. What can you do today to show God how much you love him?
Heart, Soul and Mind
Use the space below to write or draw the different things that you can do to show love towards God
Love God, Love Others
Check out your Bible –Matthew 22: 34–40
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.
Don’t Save Them!
Can you remember Jonah? He was swallowed by a !sh and then spat out onto a beach three days later!
Jonah had !nally agreed to do what God wanted him to, so he went to a place called Nineveh. He told the people there that they were going to be punished by God for all the wrong things they’d done!
The people of Nineveh were really sorry. Everyone in the town (even the animals) wore sackcloth to show how sad they were. So God decided he wouldn’t destroy Nineveh! This made Jonah really angry, because he wanted the people to be punished! Later, Jonah was sitting down and God made a plant grow next to him. Then God killed the plant. This upset Jonah, but God used this moment to make an important point – if Jonah cared so much about a plant, then of course God cared about the people of Nineveh!
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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!
R for Romania
Romania is a country in Europe. Its capital city is Bucharest, which is home to the heaviest building in the whole world – the Palace of the Parliament! Romania is also home to the statue of the face of Decebalus (an ancient king), which is the tallest stone sculpture in Europe. You can only reach the sculpture by travelling on a boat!
There are plenty of weird trees in this world, but one of the strangest types of tree might be the sandbox tree. This tree is covered in spikes, but that’s not the odd thing about it. When the fruit of a sandbox tree reaches a certain age, the fruit explodes! Then the seeds inside are sent ying at up to 150 miles per hour!
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.
What do you picture when you think about McDonald’s?
We reckon you’re probably not imagining bubblegumavoured broccoli, but that’s something that McDonald’s were actually thinking about adding to their menu! Obviously it didn’t make it on to the menu –mostly because it tasted as strange as you’d expect it to!
Fit
by Neil Locker
Crossword Clues
Crossword Clues across:
1 Period of 12 months. 3 Pattern of squares for a crossword puzzle. 7 Soup-serving spoon. 8 Unwell. 9 Line of latitude around the middle of the Earth. 13 Item of footwear for a winter sport. 14 One of the five senses. 16 Has food. 17 Assistance.
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1 Yellow part of egg. 2 Put together numbers to calculate total. 4 Horned African mammal (abbreviation).
5 Plaything that is a replica of a person. 6 Spot kick in football. 10 Not making much noise. 11 Wight or Man, for example. 12 Large boat. 15 Utilise.
Walking is my favourite way to exercise...
...it’s a step in the right direction!
by Neil Locker
How was your walk in the hills? It had its ups and downs!
I’m an experienced trail walker...
...I’m always trailing behind!
Did you hear the story about the broken stile? I couldn’t get over it!
Find the walking-related words in the grid
group walk trail
stroll power walk
wander plod stride
walk to school mountains gardens
hike trek hills woodlands parks
myFirstCompetitionFone
What time is it right now? If you were wearing a watch, you’d be able to look down at your wrist and know the answer! Ever since the !rst watch was invented in Nuremberg in the early 16th century, people have been using them to know what the time is. However, imagine what it would be like to have a watch that not only knows the time, but also takes photos, plays music and lets you send messages!
That’s exactly what myFirst Fone can do. At it might look like any ordinary watch – but it’s actually so much more! MyFirst Fone is a lot like a mobile phone, except it’s for kids (which, obviously, makes it so much cooler than any phone a grown-up would use). From listening to your favourite songs to taking photos with your family, there’s so much you can do with myFirst Fone.
For your opportunity to win your own myFirst Fone, answer the question below and email your full name, age, address and answer to kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk. Remember to put ‘myFirst Fone Competition’ in the subject box. Your entry needs to reach us by Friday 30 May when the winners will be chosen. You can also enter by !lling in the details on the coupon below and posting it to: myFirst Fone Competition, Kids Alive! 1 Champion Park, London SE5 8FJ.
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Nuremberg Berlin Munich
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Batman, Spider-Man, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Patch – these are all famous characters who !rst appeared in comic strips! Well, Patch might not be as famous as Spider-Man, but we still think he’s fab. Since it’s Free Comic Book Day today (3 May), which is a day all about reading comics, why not create your own comic using the boxes below? If you’d like to share your artwork with other readers, email your comic to: kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk. Make sure you write ‘Create a Comic’ in the subject box and give us your full name, age and address. Alternatively you can post your comic to: Your Space, Kids Alive! 1 Champion Park, London SE5 8FJ. One last reminder, if you’re sending by post remember to !ll in the details below so we know who you are. We send a gift to everyone whose comic strips we publish, so don’t miss out!
To see what a brilliant comic looks like, check out page 16
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VE Day
It’s 8 May this Thursday, which might not sound like a particularly special day to you – no more special than 22 June or 6 October (unless, of course, one of those days is your birthday). However, if you were living in the United Kingdom in 1945, then 8 May would have been one of the most special days ever!
That’s because 8 May 1945 was Victory in Europe Day, otherwise known as VE Day. This was a day for celebrations, and this was also a day for remembering. Now, 80 years later, on the anniversary of VE Day, we want to celebrate and remember too!
The Second World War
On 1 September 1939, Germany (led by an evil man called Adolf Hitler) invaded Poland. This launched the world into a massive war. There were two sides in the war. There were the Axis Powers, which included Germany, Italy and Japan. Then there were the Allies, which included the UK, France, Russia and the United States.
Then, on 7 May 1945, Germany surrendered! A special document was signed on 8 May in Germany’s capital, Berlin, which officially brought the war in Europe to an end. Although the war would continue for another few months in an area known as the Pacific, this truly was the beginning of the end of the Second World War!
A Time To Celebrate
News that the war in Europe had ended spread around the world, and this led to lots of celebrations. In the UK, a national holiday was declared and people came together to celebrate. Here are some stories of how a few people celebrated…
Joyce Hughes
Joyce was 10 years old and living in Liverpool. She was in bed when she heard the sounds of people dancing and singing outside. She discovered the war had ended, and people were having a big party around a bonfire while someone played the piano!
Albert Jarrett was from Jamaica, and he served in the Royal Air Force during the war. He was in Birmingham on VE Day. Looking back on VE Day, Albert remembered it being the most marvellous day of his life. He joined a crowd that went to a dance hall to celebrate!
Albert Jarrett Princess Elizabeth
Princess Elizabeth, who would one day become Queen Elizabeth II, wanted to join in with the celebrations. So Elizabeth and her sister, Margaret, snuck out and blended with the crowd in London. Elizabeth wore her military uniform so she wouldn’t be recognised!
How Can We Celebrate?
Since it’s the 80th anniversary of VE Day, people in the UK are being encouraged to spend four days celebrating, starting on Monday (5 May). You can celebrate by…
Taking part in the Great British Food Festival on 5 May. The idea of this festival is for people to cook special meals to celebrate VE Day with their family and friends. So why not ask your parents or carers if you could have a few friends over for dinner, or even arrange a street party?
Spend time learning about the Second World War by visiting bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zk94jxs
Visit a local war memorial, which is a good way of remembering the people who fought for our freedom! You can also take the time to remember people who are still fighting today, or people around the world who are the victims of war.
Go to a special event near you! You can find out about any special events that are being put on for VE Day by visiting ve-vjday80.gov.uk/events
Celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day on Thursday!
Cool Colourings
Autumn, Age 9
We love receiving colourings from our creative readers. Here are some super ones that we wanted to share with you!
Grace, Age 7
Josephine, Age 8
Olivia, Age 7
Jacob, Age 9
Solomon, Age 5
From Trash to Treasure
Children from Austin House Family Centre’s Kids Alive After School Club in Southwick didn’t ‘waste’ any time in getting creative to celebrate Global Recycling Day!
The kids were asked to bring in items that they would normally throw in the bin, so that they could transform them into something new. Milk bottles, cereal boxes, yoghurt pots and more were all transformed into cool creations using a range of materials, such as paints, feathers and stickers. It was fantastic fun and a great reminder of the importance of caring for God’s creation by reusing and recycling.
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3 May
Timothy Nyaga – age 13
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Tayla Nivar Garcia – age 9
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Freddie Stubbs – age 6
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Grace
Age? 6.
Favourite colour? Yellow.
Favourite food? Plantain.
Favourite sport? Basketball and football.
Favourite bit of Kids Alive!? Finding Patch.
Favourite Bible story and why? The Good Samaritan, because it shows you that you can be good in your everyday life.
Favourite TV programme? Football highlights.
What do you want to be when you’re older? Nurse.
Pets? No pets.
Hobbies? Basketball, football.
Tell us a joke. What do you call a fish with no eyes? Fsh! What special skill or talent do you have? Singing.
Is there anything else you would like to tell us? My siblings sometimes annoy me, because I’m the last born.
HOW ARE YOUR EYES THIS WEEK, OLIVE?
WHEN I ARRIVED IT BECAME VERY CLEAR THAT I HAD A PROBLEM!
LAST WEEK YOU WERE SQUINTING A LOT.
I TOOK YOUR ADVICE ABOUT GOING TO THE OPTICIAN, BROWN OWL.
I SAID THAT I’D COME FOR MY EYE TEST AND THE MAN BEHIND THE COUNTER SAID THAT HE KNEW THAT…
