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Issue 6 • 2009Magazine produced by young people in Kensington

Sailing on Sailing on The GlaciereThe GlacierePage 6Page 6

Dream Dream ononPage 8 and 9Page 8 and 9

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Campaigning

footballers - page 4

Sailing on

The Glaciere - page 6

Our hobbies - page 7

Dream on - pages 8 and 9

Remembering

Hillsborough - page 10

Britain’s

got talent - page 14

Contents

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Introduction

By editor Ryan Janny

Young people in Kensington

and Wavertree worked

together as a group to make

this magazine.

In this issue, you will

fi nd different stories,

from football to fashion,

written by young people

from Edge Hill Youth Club and

Kensington Fields Community Centre.

For example, Sophie Hamlet was the last editor and

she has written about her day at the Liverpool Echo.

One of our trips for this magazine was to see the

Dream. I have never seen anything so extraordinary.

Young people of Kensington didn’t know what

mankind could do.

We also went on a trip to The Glaciere ship, which

you can read all about on page 6. Some people liked

The Glaciere more than the Dream, which goes to

show that different people like different things.

Don’t be afraid to join this magazine.

(Anyone who would like to take part in Kids in Kenny

should get in touch by calling 0151 233 6136).

All the articles in this magazine have been written by

young people aged between 11 and 18 from Kensington

Fields Community Centre 0151 708 9107 and Edge Hill

Youth Club 0151 263 2921.

If you would like to get involved or to make a comment,

call Kensington Regeneration on 0151 233 6136.

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Fire offi cers on the streets of Kenny If you’re hanging out at night in Kensington this summer you are likely to bump into a group of fi re offi cers.The fi re service has launched Street Based Teams, who will be walking around the area every Friday and Saturday night and chatting to young people they meet in parks and on the street.Kelly Ann Blackmore asked Sarah Brosnan of Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, what it’s all about.

We had been planning the Neighbours

Day event since about March, we formed a

committee and put forward ideas that we

would like to see on the day.

We had some great ideas but unfortunately,

no money; however C7 and Plus Dane helped

with a donation.

Before the day, we advertised the event by

leafl eting the area and telling groups that used

the centre about the event. We made fl ags for

cakes we were giving out.

On the day, we went around the neighbourhood

giving out cakes to residents. In the afternoon,

we held a community bingo, raffl e, guess

the name of the unicorn, book sale and free

refreshments. The day was well attended and

everyone said they had a good time. All the

young people worked on the stalls; I worked on

the refreshments serving tea and coffee.

We thought the day was a great success and

will be planning another event for next year;

hopefully it will be bigger and better.

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Sarah: Street Based Teams are happening all over the country and it’s just in Liverpool that the fi re service has offered to supply the teams. In other areas it’s the police and youth workers who

are doing it.

Kelly Ann:Why is the fi re service

doing this?

are doing it.

Sarah: Liverpool City Council chose Kensington because there is a great community set-up here already, with community centres and residents associations who are all keen to get more young people involved in their activities. For more information, anyone can contact us by emailing: streetbasedteams@

merseyfi re.gov.uk

Kelly Ann:Why is it happening in

Kensington?

Neighbours day at KFCA

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Sarah: We will be passing on information about summer activities taking place in the area and encouraging young people to take part. We will also take bats and balls into parks to see if anyone would like to play a game of cricket or football with us. And we’ll be

organising some trips.

Kelly Ann:What will the teams

be doing?

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Campaign for football pitch

By Jake Evason

We decided the football pitch next to the KFCA

centre was in need of some repair. The Kensington

Clean Team supplied some paint and members

of the Kensington Fields Residents Committee

helped us paint the walls and mark out the goals.

While we were doing the painting, we got fed up

with the number of people crossing the pitch to

get to the hospital where vandals had pulled

down the fence.

Have you ever tried having a game of footie when

people keep on walking over the pitch; and then

complain if they get hit by the ball? We decided

that action needed to be taken.

We knew Louise Ellman, our MP, was at the

community centre, so we decided to see her about

it and told her what we wanted for our pitch.

Reece, Jordana and Lewis were the spokespeople,

but we all went in to see her together to support

each other.

We explained that adults say young people have no

respect for their elders, but we feel that they have

no respect for us if they keep using our pitch as a

short cut; especially when we are playing on it. We

said we don’t feel safe when adults are walking

across it all the time, as we don’t know who they

are. We are fed up with used needles and broken

glass on the pitch and it is not kids who do it.

We would like fl oodlights on the pitch so we can

play games in the winter, but the excuse we got

for the reason we can’t have fl oodlights is that

they attract the wrong sort of people in winter; as

if that wasn’t happening anyway.

We are trying to do something positive in our

community but no one seems to be listening to

what we are saying. Adults always seem to think

they know what young people need, but never ask

us.

The people from the residents association,

our youth leaders and centre users have been

listening to us and have promised to help us and

give us some support, but this is something the

young people want and is important to us and

we are going to try to get more support from the

community and have somewhere safe to play.

Louise Ellman MP

wrote to KFCA:

Dear Sue and Youth Group

Many thanks for talking to me when I was recently

at Kensington Fields. I enjoyed our chat and I will

do what I can to help you with your wishes for a

better play area.

You asked if I could fi nd out about getting fences

fi xed or replaced; about broken glass and safety;

and about getting lighting installed so that you can

play out in the winter months.

I have now approached the City Council who are

responsible and asked them to support your

requests.

I support your requests and I hope that this can

be done. I will contact you again as soon as I have

more information.

Best wishes,

Louise Ellman MP

Latest update:

Liverpool City Council has promised to repair the

railings, but there will be no new lighting.

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the pitch and causing problems for young people. Considerable improvement work to the site has

been carried out in recent years and Kensington Regeneration will be looking into ways to help

resolve the problems, in partnership with local people.

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My own gardenBy Sophie Hamlet

I painted the shutters outside Edge Hill Youth

Club with Kieran. Sharon and Kate were

watching us.

It was a sunny night and we stood on a table to

reach them. We wore white overalls to keep our

clothes clean because it was paint that would

not come off.

There was a dove drawn on the shutter already

and we painted the colours over the metal. The

other one is a symbol. They both represent

peace.

I enjoyed doing the painting. It looks really good

now. If I was asked to I would like to do some

more painting.

I own my own allotment, it is situated

in Tuebrook on an allotment site called

Marlborough.

My dad used to have one on the site when

I was younger and now I have gone back

as the other members on the site are

really friendly and you can trust them with

anything. They would help you if you need

help as in the saying, I’ll scratch your back

if you scratch mine.

When I am all up and running I am going

to grow a lot of vegetables such as

potatoes, cabbages, caulifl owers, peas and

carrots. I am also going to grow fruit, for

instance apples, pears, raspberries and

gooseberries.

I have an apple tree already growing on my

allotment which produces a lot of apples

which are eating apples. They are very

sweet when they are ripe.

The rent on my allotment site per year is

£57 and when you fi rst get your allotment

you have to pay a one off payment of £20

for the perimeter gate key.

There are a lot of different allotment sites

in Liverpool, for example there are two

allotment sites just in Tuebrook; there is

the one where I am situated and there is

also another one called Lister, situated by

the Fisheries pub.

I think the idea of allotments is brilliant.

It started during the war when food was

rationed, so people used patches of land

in their local parks and called them

allotments.

When all of my allotment is up and running

I am going to use everything as I know it is

organic.

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By Eddie Byrne

The Glaciere was built in 1899 as a Baltic Trader. It was rescued after being stuck at the bottom of the dock for six years.

David Murray was a sailor and wanted to save it so he got it out. They cleaned it all up and put all new wooden boards in it. It has some of the original brass work back and it looks as good as new.

The Glaciere now lives at Liverpool Marina and is used by young people. They go on courses and sail it to places like Scotland and Wales and hotter places like the Canary Islands.

They learn about steering the ship and keeping watch. It builds confi dence and teamwork and respect.

They sleep on little bunks in the boat and they have to take their things in a bag. You can take DVDs to watch during the trip. The trips are for about fi ve days or a week. This is what people thought about our trip to The Glaciere:

Kelsey Garnell said: “I enjoyed my day, it was good fi nding out that the ship had been under water for six years. The boat was called The Glaciere. We tried out the beds and then we saw the beds where people sleep and a big computer/tv. We were shown a fi lm about

the ship and its background and we learnt that we can also go on trips on the ship. Overall the day was fun!”

Ryan Janny said: “I enjoyed watching the slide shows and the way they presented it. It showed that if that man could bring that boat back to life, you can do anything – so if you are on the boat you shouldn’t be scared.”

Sophie Hamlet said: “It was boss. It sank three times and when it came up it was covered in really horrible stuff and got restored. Other people might have given up on it but he put his brain into it and reused something that other people might have left.”

Kelsey Roberts said: “We went in the boat and saw the woman’s place where she lived. We watched a video showing the boat being rebuilt after being sunk; then we had some coke and biscuits and took some pictures. We enjoyed the day.”

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Dance keeps you fi tBy Shannon Cleary

Dance makes you fi t and healthy, it is a good sport. I go

dancing to Kenny’s Dance School, it is by Home Bargains

on Kensington.

It is open on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

and Friday, for fi ve to six years; for eight to nine years;

and my group, the ten and 11 year olds.

We do hip hop, ballet, street dance, drama, cheer

leading, slow and fast dance.

I like dancing because I always dance around the house;

it is healthy and it keeps me fi t.

The things I like doing My name is Rebecca lamb and the thing I like doing is sleeping

in my cousin’s house because it is fun and it is funny, and we

have a laugh.

When I stay with my cousin it is fun because we play with her

toys. Her mum gives us sweets and cakes.

When it is time to go to bed her mum lets us watch a DVD or

play upstairs. Me, my cousin and her brother play hide and

seek and watch a DVD before we go to bed.

If you have a sleep over this is what you should take with you:

I go to Edge Hill Youth Club and I go to Drama, writes Michael

Bennett. it is good you should come to it. We play Drama games fi rst

and then we do some acting.

When the games have fi nished there

are a lot of people who come to do

the acting. I have been doing it for a

bit you should do it too.

And Caitlin says…

Drama is a hobby I like a lot and

I‘m sure a lot of people like it too.

I used to do drama at Merseyside

Dance and Drama off London Road. I

attended the club every Sunday along

with 15 other members.

My favourite production that I participated in was the Sound of

Music; it took 2 months to learn to bring the play together. If I

ever had to pick my favourite actress I would say it was Cameron

Diaz. I started liking her because of the fact I watched Charlie’s

Angels which she starred in, I like her because she lets out all her

emotions and feelings. I also like her because when she gets given

a part to play she jumps into their shoes.

In the summerBy Steven Maguire

When it is hot we have water fi ghts. And you can go

out to the beach and have a swim and you can bring a

packed lunch with you.

I have been to Formby Beach and it is good and I have

been to Crosby Beach. They are good because you can

have loads of fun and bury people in the sand. And

there are iron men and it is funny. And you can stay for

as long as you want and you can see the sun set.

Taking part in unusual sports

By Kieran Bradshaw

I have been taking part in some unusual sports.

They include rock climbing, canoeing, sailing,

kayaking, biking, swimming and zipwire.

We do the watersports at the watersports

centre at the dock. Our teacher is called

Andrea. We went out on speedboats as well and

it was exciting because it went really fast and

it was bumpy. My favourite of them is sailing.

You go out two in a boat and you sail around

the docks, where the Duck Bus goes. I like it

because you can go dead fast and you nearly

fall in. Me and Ryan both fell in once and it

was really funny and colder than you thought

it would be. But it was fun, and you also get to

jump in.

We go rock climbing at Awesome Walls and

we also went to a rock climbing place in

Warrington. You get to go up really big walls

and swing on your way down.

We went biking as a group down to the park at

Otterspool Prom. We all borrow bikes and cycle

down there and there is a little cycle park. It is

good because we all do it together so it’s more

fun than on your own.

We went to the Europa Pool in Birkenhead

which is great - we also used the jacuzzi

and there is a wave machine. I really like

swimming.

The zipwire was at Knowsley Safari Park and

it was boss. It’s dead high, you climb, jump,

balance, it was brilliant.

These might not be usual sports like football

but they are good because they get you out

and about in the fresh air; you learn how to do

different things in the outdoors and they keep

you fi t and healthy.

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• Cosy pyjamas

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• Toothbrush

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Drama at Edge Hill

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The Kids in Kenny went on a special trip

to visit Dream, a giant sculpture near St

Helens.

Dream is 20 metres high and is of the

head of a young girl with her eyes closed.

It was made by Spanish artist Jaume

Plensa, and is situated on the site of the

former Sutton Manor Colliery, midway

between Liverpool and Manchester. It is

easy to spot from the motorway as people

drive past on the M62.

The sculpture was commissioned by local

ex-miners and St Helens Council as part

of Channel 4’s Big Art Project.

On the day of our visit, we were met by

Mel Moran and Frank Leach, who both

used to work at the colliery before it closed

down. They took everybody on a tour

of the disused colliery, which is now a

country park, and pointed out where the

shafts and buildings used to be.

Mel and Frank were closely involved with

Dream and developing it as a piece of

public artwork for the area. They were able

to answer all the group’s questions about

the colliery and about Dream.

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Stephen Maguire: “I was really surprised to see it

when we came round the corner. It is really good. I’d like to go on a trip

and see a coal mine as well.”

Kelly Ann Blackmore: “It is beautiful. But I would have

been really scared if she opened her eyes!”

Leanne Maguire: “It is proper amazing. They put it up with a big crane and when it’s a different light it looks different

colours.”Ryan Janny:

“I reckon it’s different than anything else anywhere.”

Sophie Hamlet: “It’s boss. They should make one

of a boy and put it nearby.” Courtney Evason: “I think it’s a bit scary.

It looks like something off Doctor Who.”

Farrah Harnick: “It was very educational, learning all about the mine, and the statue was lovely, and really interesting

the way it’s been put together.”

Jake Evason: “It’s boss. Bit of a surprise when

you see it up close.”

Lois Matthews: “Although it rained we had a good

time. When I touched it, it felt smooth and it was so big it had to be put up in sections. We saw the coal mines and went on a long walk.”

Nicole Fennelly: “It was so fascinating although it rained. It was so tall, it is not

like any other sculpture, it felt so smooth. We all enjoyed it, it was

amazing.”

This is what the Kids in Kenny had to say about Dream:

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Liverpool remembers Hillsborough

football disaster with anger and tears

By Farrah Harnick

When we remembered the Hillsborough 96, Anfi eld, home of Liverpool Football Club, was transformed into the city’s third cathedral.

Bells chimed 96 times and the names of those who never returned from a football match were read out. The 96 people who lost their lives on this tragic day, a sobering litany. The Bishop of Liverpool led a traditional Christian ceremony in which he asked God for help when forgiveness was hard to fi nd and justice was not forthcoming.

Liverpool had expected a crowd of 20,000 for the service, but the Kop was full and on all four sides of the ground more than 30,000 came to pay homage.

Banners promising the victims will never walk alone and ‘Justice for the 96’ were placed in front of the Kop. The most profound cheer was reserved for the then manager Kenny Dalglish, who quit soon after Hillsborough. We all enjoyed the day at Anfi eld as we from Kenny Fields were able to remember the 96.

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Hillsborough starBy the Kids of KFCA

Twinkle twinkle Hillsborough star

In our thoughts you won’t go far.

We’ll remember every name

So light the sky

An eternal fl ame

As the fl ag is raised and fl own,

You’ll never walk alone.

HillsboroughBy Paddy Roberts

The 96 people who died in 1989 led to an improvement in stadium standards – but this still needs to be guarded.

In April we remembered 20 years since Britain’s worst sporting disaster. Ninety six people died because they went to a football match – the FA Cup semi fi nal between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, on 15 April 1989.

Before the tragedy, Hillsborough had been regarded as a safe ground, although Liverpool fans had complained about overcrowding.

Liverpool fans in the upper stand helped those trying to escape the severe overcrowding in the

Leppings Lane end at Hillsborough.

An inquiry into the disaster by Lord Justice Taylor blamed a failure of police control, that saw Liverpool supporters herded into two packed pens at the Leppings Lane end, instead of being directed into the less crowded areas of terracing on either side.

Ninety four fans died on the day; a 14 year old boy died four days later and a further victim died after being in a coma for nearly four years. A total of 766 people were injured.

I enjoyed the memorial event at Kensington Fields Community Centre because we remembered the 96. I am the biggest Liverpool fan in the world and this was the most tragic day of Liverpool FC’s history.

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KFCA smoothie successBy Kelsey Garnell

KFCA have been announced runner up in a Super Smoothie Challenge, a competition by Nestle

Make Space for Health.

We had to make a healthy smoothie and name it. We called the smoothie ‘KFCA’ and used

pineapple, pears, strawberries, banana and orange juice as the ingredients.

The judges said the KFCA smoothie was an imaginative use of ingredients. As part of our prize

the centre received a cookware set.

My trip to LourdesBy Leanne Maguire We had to meet at Liverpool airport for 6.30am and we got on the plane at 8.30am. It took an hour and 40 minutes on the plane and another 3 hours on a coach to get to Lourdes. It is a holy place because you can go and pray.It is holy place because this is where Saint Bernadette had visions of Our Lady. It became known as a place of healing where miracles can happen.As a modern visitor it is a very busy place with lots of people and shops. Lots of the shops were called Notre Dame which is also the name of my school.We went to see the grotto where Bernadette saw Our Lady. We saw a picture of Bernadette in her coffi n which was really sad. She had asthma and she couldn’t read or write.We took part in the candle procession at Lourdes and we all walked along and said our prayers. I said them for my Nan and my Mum. We also went shopping every day. I bought some bracelets and a cross for my Nan, and some rosary beads for my cousins and myself.We went on the trip with our school. There were 20 of us from years 7, 8 and 9. We were there for a week and a half.I really enjoyed it all, it was an amazing experience.

Our holiday in AngleseyBy Danielle Hunter

I got up at 8am and my nan picked up me and my brother in the car with my granddad and it took two hours and fi ve minutes to get to Anglesey.I liked Anglesey because it is an island with lots of beaches and countryside and it is very beautiful.I went horse riding; we went to the stables and I was lifted onto a big brown and white horse called Beauty and I rode around the fi eld, walking and trotting.We went quad biking on a track in a muddy fi eld. I had to wear waterproofs and a crash helmet in case I fell off. I went really fast in and out of cones, knocking over the cones, it was brilliant. My brother Sean fell off his quad bike but he wasn’t hurt and he was laughing.Every day we went to the beach and played with buckets and spades and made sandcastles. I swam in the sea which was wavy but not too cold. It was the fi fth time I had been to Anglesey and I can’t wait to go again.We were staying in my nan’s caravan, in Happy Days site. She keeps our bikes there for us to ride and also you can go-kart at Happy Days, which is great.I would recommend Happy Days and Anglesey as a great place for a holiday or a day out.

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My day at the Echo Echo I had a fun day at the Liverpool Echo, when I met a lot of very clever and important people.I went with Caroline and we were welcomed at 7am by the Content Editor Maria Breslin and taken into the ‘hub’ of the newsroom.We sat through the morning conference where someone said how many people were reading the paper and looking at the website. At the conference people decided which stories to put on the front page of that day’s Echo.At 10am we went to the café for our breakfast and when we came back into the offi ce Maria shouted me over and Caroline thought that I had gone missing – that was really funny.I met Emma Johnson who writes the fashion pages, my favourite bit of the paper.

I was interviewed by the education reporter Ben Turner about being Kids in Kenny editor and I had my picture taken sitting in the editor’s chair. The story and photo appeared in the next day’s Echo.

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Survey of our favourite toysWe all love toys - and they come in lots of

different shapes and sizes. Everybody likes

different things and has their favourites.

Chloe Cleevy did a survey at Edge Hill Youth

Club to try and fi nd out what the most popular

toys there were. This is what she found out...

Amy – computer, game with websites

James – football and cars

Llana – computer, club penguin, msn

Regan – Doll called Snadie

Leah – Nintendo DS games, Bust a Move;

Simpsons; BrainTraining; Hanna Montana

Caitlin - Nintendo Wiii; laptop

Shannah – laptop; msn and facebook

Meah – DS; Wiii Fit

Michael - Nintendo DS – Simpsons and Brain

Training games

Chloe - High School Musical toys; fi gures of

Troy and Gabrielle; Sharpei, Ryan, Tad and

Taylor. I also like Barbie because she has

beautiful clothes; my favourite is dressing-up

Barbie. And I like a pram and baby doll; I like

to push it along; roller skates, big teddy.

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Here is a survey that shows which top brands and shops

are the best!

Shop name How many people like it

Cricket 5 people

Ran 2 people

Kids Cavern 3 people

Half of the shoppers voted for Cricket which I’m not

surprised about actually.

If you want to spend lots of money on decent clothes I’d

advise you to go to Cricket, because you get good wear

out of the clothes they sell. Moreover, I strongly feel that

they are all great shops which you just can’t get enough

of!

What is your favourite shop? Write it in the space below:W y

I love my petsBy Meah Powell

I like taking my two dogs to the park. One is a half

pit bull terrier and a half Staffordshire bull terrier cross

and is called Buddie. My other dog is a Staffordshire bull

terrier cross called Pippa. Buddie likes to jump up onto

the branches of trees in Newsham or Botanic Park.

I feed my two budgies. One is yellow, green and blue; and

the other is white. They are called Snowy and Walkers.

One of them screams and the other one just cheeps, so

we cover the cage with a towel and turn off the light to

make them quiet.

I also have one fi sh, a goldfi sh called Number One

because we had three and now there is just one left and I

feed it with fi sh food every day.

We all like having lots of pets.

I would not recommend having budgies because they are

too noisy. I think dogs are good pets because they are

friendly and we take them for walks every day, which

keeps us fi t.

It’s easy looking after a goldfi sh because it is quiet and all

you have to do is feed it and clean the bowl.

I love that summer feeling when

the breeze blows through my hair

I also love it when I can sunbathe on my deck chair.

You see people wearing sunglasses

and sandals also shorts

But once we’ve had a day of sun

I’m sure we all want more.

Children wild with lolly ices, wanting water guns of all prices

And once they start they never

stop, they fill the guns right to

the top.After that they go and dry down,

when their parents say ‘’COME IN

NOW ‘’They all frown.

Barbeques and family get togethers are always fun

When you can have good times with your family in the sun.

But eventually it comes to an end, when the winter clothing range comes into trend.

Summer poem

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Liverpool, Liverpool we have it all,Everybody loves a glimpse of St George’s HallThe Lambanana sets its own trendAlthough they may soon need a mend.

Liverpool, Liverpool we have it all,Everybody loves a glimpse of St G o ’ H ll

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By Chloe Cleevy Poem about Liverpool

I think most of you know about Britain’s Got Talent, if you

don’t then you are missing out on a lot of action! Britain’s

Got Talent is a competition which travels all over Britain

to narrow it down to one special act to perform in front of

the queen at the Royal Variety Show. Even though this is

a serious competition, there are quite a few really funny

but dangerous acts. Even the people who get through

to the semi-fi nals are still having a good laugh. I like

Britain’s Got Talent because I like watching all the funny

performers and I really like getting excited when the

really dangerous acts make the audience

squeal with excitement, because they

are so scared it is all going to go badly

wrong. I think Britain’s Got Talent is

a really good idea because it gives

people, no matter what age, a chance

to show off their magnifi cent talent!

This year a group of street dancers called

Diversity won Britain’s Got Talent as you

know. Many people liked them because

their dance moves were really fast, but

really clear. They also did a lot of really

dangerous moves like: doing back fl ips

in the air, catching the smallest dancers

from one side of the stage to the other

and also lowering some of the dancers from the

top of the stage. A lot of new acts got involved this year;

they were all very different in their own very special way.

There were: dancers, singers, jugglers, contortionists,

fi re breathers, strong men and much much more!

A lot of people of all ages get involved in Britain’s Got

Talent. Some of them really young, some of them really

old. But I think having a lot of fame like Paul Potts and

George Sampson (also winners of B.G.T) might blow

anybody’s mind no matter what age! Being famous would

be defi nitely amazing but it could also have some really

bad points to it as well for example you could: always

get noticed where ever you go and your fans could

never leave you alone, or you could get sent threatening

messages or even worse because some people might

not have wanted you to win. Even if you were mind

blowing amazing!

I think people should give Britain’s Got Talent a try

because it would be really good fun, plus it would give

everybody a chance to get to know the talent which they

didn’t know they had. You could really amaze the judges,

like Susan Boyle or Holly Steele did. Well I hope you like

Britain’s Got Talent this year and I hope that you will

defi nitely enjoy watching it next year!

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As some of you know the slave trade existed between the 1500s and 1865.Liverpool was one of the main ports of the British Empire and was involved in the triangular trade. That is where the ships took the slaves from Africa to plantations in the Caribbean and America where they were forced to work.

The ships then returned to Liverpool and other places in Europe with cargoes of cotton, coffee, sugar and tobacco.

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World T20By Kieran Clarke

Over the summer the world T20 cricket

championship was hosted in England and

featured the famous cricket stadiums

of Lords, the Rose Bowl and Edgbaston.

It was contested by 16 nations for the

coveted prize. Pakistan eventually won

the tournament thanks in no small part to

Shahid Afridi by hitting 54 not out from 40 balls to steer Pakistan to an eight-wicket win.

England were knocked out at the Super 8 stage after being beat by the West Indies.

England have now moved on to the Ashes as

they try to reclaim the famous trophy.

Bowls of Scouse at the Bluecoat

We went to the Bluecoat Chambers to see the

Bowls of Scouse exhibition.

We went into a room where there were banners all

around showing other works, while our Bowls of

Scouse were on tables in the middle.

We were invited to a reception and shown a fi lm of

the Capital of Culture 2008; a man gave a speech

and said that Kenny Fields was one of the best

community projects of 2008 – and everybody

clapped us.

Sue and Paul from our centre talked about Kenny

Fields and our Bowl of Scouse project and how we

had enjoyed making the bowls.

We went to the Bluecoat Chambers to

Bowls of Scouse exhibition.

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By Paddy Roberts

What is HOT and what is NOTBy Farrah Harnick

When you buy a mag

look at all the new

things that are in it.

When I go shopping I

always look in my mag

to see what is hot and

what is not.

Looking good

on holiday

By Paige Lewis

The things I would take on holiday would be:

• Make up

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• Designer sunglasses

• Straighteners

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• Flip fl ops

• Sandals

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