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Pages 5 6 Board of Governors Report
Pages 7- 8 Director
Page 9 Administration
Pages 10 - 48
PRIMARY P :* ",r,i'tj ..rl+ [€d.$*.].{rd :i j. _ *4, s'I. +q
Pagffi Joint Activities
Pages 55 - 83 SECONDARY - Academic
Pages 84 - 9l Class pages
Pages 98 - 101 Activities
Pages 102 -112 Sports
When the school magazine is finally completea it is hard tc ponder upon its aims or value. However, it is not a complete record of 1993, a very busy year, but rather a taste which, I hope, will help to stir mer.ories of the events recorded.
This edition would never have been completed without con-Lr:rbutions from students and staff and the hours of typing from Raewr-n Car:,e::cn. l4any other wi-l1ing helpers have contributed by proof reading, qatherirg cf rnaterials, photography and the lending of photographs. The form 4 ani 5 photography students have helped a lot in this field. To all who assisted a big thank you. Hope you enjoy ISSUF L:ll.
Wendy Pratt
The past year has been marked by substantial changes at the International School and in the manaqement approach adopted by the ISA's Board of Governors. Certainly the "biggest" development at the International school is our new secondary classroom bIock. This beautiful- building is a major step toward our goal- of creating the best possible academic environment for the ISS students. once we have paid off this capitalinvestment (which will take several years), the Association should be in a position to consider additional projects such as a :nulti-purpose hal1.
Another major decision taken by the Board was to conduct a candj-date search for the pivotal position of ISS Director. FolIowing a comprehensive ::ecruiting effort and a review of over 200 applications, the Board selected ii::. David Hill to serve as the ISS Director as of January 1, 7994. I would -:-ke to take this opportunity, once again, to express my own deep'appreciation icr the superb contributions made by Director T. Blair Forster to the development of the ISS over the past six years. We all owe Blair a tremendous '.'cte of thanks.
::r j-ts part, the Board made a commitment, this year, to enhance the level of :ralogue and interaction with the entire ISS community. Although the Board -.':-,ed not to have a Parent-Teacher Association representative attend its .-:nchIy meetings, it invited the PTA to nominate two voting members for each :l its four conimittees. These committees (Finance, Development, Education, :nC Staff Conditions) are the clearinghouse for aII Board policy decisions. l'.'er the past 10 months, the Board has enjoyed an excellent working :elationship with r'.he PTA under the leadership of Ms Maggy Macpherson.
:.s predicLed l-ast yearr 1993 was a year of consolidation at the ISS, as =:.::ollment in both the primary and secondary grades levelled off with 367 in .::mary and 272 in secondary. Apart from a slight increase in secondary =:.::olIment, these numbers are unlikely to change significantly in 1-994.
:.-- present, the school includes students from 35 countries. over 408 of the -.:-:dents are citizens of Fiji. other than Fi]i, the countries most often :'=rresented are Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United
The school's teaching staff come from eight countrj-es. Of the 49 teaching staff, 28 are Fiji citizens, 13 are locally-recruited expatriates and ei-ght are on overseas contracts.
It has been a relatively stable year in terms of permanent staff and there wiII be relatively few new faces next year.
Several members of both the Primary and the Secondary staff were sponsored by the school- during the past year to undertake professional development activities in a wide range of areas in New Zealand and Australia. Staff also participated in workshops conducted by the Curriculum Development Unit of the Fili Minist'ry of Education and benefitted from visiting specialists in Primary.
LIr Forster presenting ICE awards to Vikash Chandra, Rebecca Southwick/ Stuart ltitcheLl- and Davld Horn
There are many other things happening, academically, in the curriculum and extra curricular areas, some of which go unsung. Examples include ICE certificates with severaL students being awarded distinctions, for the first time at this school; after hours tutoring by dedicated staff; the music festival ; excel-lent Trinity College music results; superb pi-eces of independent research produced by students for both IB and Iocal examinations; the New Zealand and Noumea trips; camps and field trips at aI1 levels and the publication of this magazine.
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to bid farewell to those families who will Ieave the ISS community at the end of this school year. Thank you for your contributions and your support and the best of luck in a1I your future endeavours. I and the rest of the Board look forward to working ,ith those of you who will still- be with us next year to make International School an even better place for our children
Michael W. Marine
Chairman, ISS Board of Governors.
the richer for recognising that all its students, whatever their background, aspirations, and values/ are at school together in Fiji, and if they are accepting of each other and receptive to what is around them, they will gai-n so much more from the experience.
For those of us who live and work here this is almost tritely obvious. For incoming expaLriates, particularly those from outside the Pacific, it can come as a surprise. Parents this year have come to my office to tell me "This is not a proper international school. All your teachers should be expatriates " , and "This is not up to date as a school. In Victoria (or California, or England.... ). For many "international" schools are not international in the true sense of the word, and parents whose experience or expectations of an international education have been shaped by what I would call pseudointernational schools, (or a degree of cultural myopia? ) , may fail to grasp the immense value of being part of a genuinely multi-cultural community.
I write this article the day after our annual Gym and Dance DisPlaY at the National Gymnasium, and still feel that warm after glow that comes f rom seeing our srtudents all 650 of them - Parr:iciPating good naturedly and wi-th commendable skill in this marvelous multicultural occasion.
There is gentleness, enerqy, rhythm, athleticism and funo exciting music, and colourful costumes, capturing the essence of the school community. To quote one of our students ( as quoted in the Wellington Evening Post)
"People just accePt each other. Everyone's different. 1tr's culturall-y stimulating. "
There was also this year a strong Pacific Island flavour from the robust I'i1j-an Mekes to the graceful Candle Dance from Tuvalu, reminding us that this school is very much part of the Pacific, whose children represent nearly half the total ro11 of the school. The school is
rn the true sense of the word, rnter is a pref. 1. between, from one to another: interreave, interface, international 2. together, mutually: interconnect, interlink. (Oxford Advanced Dictionary)
An international school. in simple termsf says "we are all in this together, aII of us are equal, we share our differences. There is mutual respect/ everyone has something of value to contribute." It is a unique institulion, shaped by the variety of nationarities which attend it, and by its environment. Over time it incorporates the best ideas from its contributing cultures which are appropriate in the context of the school. To a great extent it is a model for the schools of tomorrow. our children face a future where their neighbours and colleagues at work may well not be from their own country, or faith or culture and they must learn to live and work productively together. In this our children have a head start. The international experience brings a maturity in their sociat relationships which is one of their most striking gualities.
This is quite a different thing from a school that has a distinct "one nation" ethos and a curriculum specifically designed to send their children onwards to one particular country. Thus there are American, British, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Lebanese ( ! ) schools overseas which would be immediately familiar to children from those countries. There are also international schools with a guite homogeneous intake of children from one large organisation - a mining company, the armed forces of a country, a missionaiy group, the E.C. in Brussels or the United Nations, whose parents have a shared work environment and corporate culture. All- of them have their purpose, and of course many are excellent. But children who attend them are in familiar cultural surroundings, or their parents wish them specifically to acquire some perceived virtues of a particular national education system.
At lnternational School-, Suva, by contrast, to be successful, chitdren must have, or acquire, three virtues. They must be open, they must communicate, and they must be prepared to compromise and adapt. No country has a monopoly of wisdom in matters educational, and we can a1l learn from each other. ifne British Government for instance has been trying for the last few years to implement reforms which will bring its educational system into Iine with what Fiji has been doing for decades - a centrally prescribed curriculum backed up by regular examinations in the basics!)
As we finish another year, whose variety and successes are recorded in this edition of ISSUE, I hope that the spirit of this year's dance display wiII be what lingers on, and that the school never loses its unique blend of openness, tolerance and diversity - its internationalism in the real sense of the wor1d.
T B Forster DIRECTOR
?he essence of a successful school Iies in the quality of its staff and the enrichment of classroom progranunes they provide. We are extremely fortunate to have high quality staff, many of whom have considerable service with the International School. We are indebted to them for their continuous, commitment to education and the welfare of their students. 9fe are grateful f or their willingness to contribute so activel-y to the school. New staff this year included Mrs Ferndale, Ms Ratan and Mr Denize.
As in previous years teachers have been vigorous in exploring new ways in which to challenge students. Many local field trips have been undertaken to places of interest in the qreater Suva area. Excursions further afield included the class five trip to Lautoka and Vatukoula and the class six camp to Deuba. Our students have excelled in sports achieving good results in swimming and athletics, as well as many other codes. Music has been a feature of the prograrnme this year with most students becoming proficient in basic recorder playing and others sharinq with us their talents in piano, violin, guitar, panpj-pes and percussion. Budding writers have been successfur in -having original Mr Richard Thompson material published in "A Million stories by Primary students of Fiji" and Jessica Mcphee gained second place in an international art competition sponsored by the fonim shipping f,iie. our computer programme has developed well under the guidance of Mr Denize, with many staff and students showing exceptional taleni and aptitude for this medium. With a considerabLe investment ny the school in comp-uters we hope to begin expansion of the hardware into ciassrooms for widei application of skil Is
As is the nature of our community the end transition. Next years Class One intake has school and the soon to be Form one group have at their new home for 1994. Others are hoving countries or further moves abroad.
of year is a time of major made an ori-entation visit to had their first official look on to postings in their home
As you face new challenges' may we wish you all every success for the future. I hope the recollections of your time it tfre International school will be a source of encouragement and pr'ide, and provide you with many happy memories.
The staff join me in wishing you ar1 a safe and happy festive season.
R. Thompson PRIMARY PRINCTPAL
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My dog'S r-tclfne is Ftornon. Sh,e tikese hosing cots. He likes to kiorkot people.
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My got gotdf is f ood. dfish s <r good h. It tikes goldfish
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My goldfish love to eot goldfish foocl. It eots gotdfish food every doy.
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My dogb norne b Bonzo ond he doesn't bitq.
My cots norhe F Bogi. She wos fotrnd when theyhcrcl o bogi thot's why she is nnrned Bogi.
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After 5olty died we hod to get Pringo to the vet. ond ofter the vet gove rs the rnedicine to kilt the ftis5.
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f4y horse Ronger is swift runner. but he hos been kicked bv onother horse. And hod to go to the vet. He is wett now. I like Ronger's trot . now I wont to c-onter.
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V. Ccgumal ua. C. Pattcrson, G. Ranarveera, W. Scott, C. Davey. A.Burrorvs, P.Narayan, T.Weleilakeba, S.Sikivou, G.Durvabane, V.Maginnity, T.Giles, S.Cho.
B.Ganrron. l].Mishra. P.Ravusiro, J.Ketelaar, L.Mitcholl, L.Tilbrook, J.Wardle, C.Rupcn, P.Cox.
A.Craig, A.l lollins, N.Bandawe, L.Rohan, P.Lin. Mrs FLPicki:ring.
Orrc day u4ren I woke up I suddenly jurnped up and shoutcd, "It's rtty birtlrday!" My sister junrped up startled. I quickly got my party list to sce rvho rvas coming to my fairy birthday party. I read thc narres of all my friends. I ran to my rvardrobc and pulled out a drcss. It rvas a fairy drcss for my fairy partv.
At l2 o'clock thc gucsts began to arrive. After five hours of srvirnnring and playing it rvas time to cut the cake and eat it. Thcn it rvas timc for thc gucsts to go home so I quickly opcnccl tho prcscrrts and saiel thank you and goodbye. The ncxt monring Dad askcd me "Hor- old are you nol?" "Ninc! " I answcred.
Arrrbcr Craig.
{)irc niglrt lt [rot'urts rvllkirrll u'lti:n hc sarv sonrctlirrrll It hrri ri.;lriri.]gc facc. Hc thought it rvas onc ol'hrs fricncls rr'lto ults pilvinrl lr lrrcl< on lrrnr Brrt it u;rsn'f e trick - l{ '.r,iis tnrc. Hc \vAS so scared that hc rar] as Iast n:i ltc cr,trltl Iivr:rv lirrt; ltr: lo<;k,:cl l;ack if ri'ls hi.rlrinrl hirn lls rcachcd his house and slamnrcd the
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Oncc a lrttlc kittcrr u'cnl lor u ullk. Slrc nrct a littlc bird
Thc kittcn, ir{roso uilnio \\'lls N4alr,. said "Hcllo." "Hcllo" said tlrc littlc birrl rvith tlro bluc uirrgs "Florv arc vou littlc clt u'itlr llro rr'lritc socks'i " Thcn Marr.' saitl "(lorno urrd plly 'riark contcr' u,itl't r-ne".
Thc bird, stLrpid bird tlrat hc tr'as. sairl "Okay. Horv do you plal"/".
Little kitten said "lt's c:rs1,. Closc 1'our eycs and pla1, dcail You first." 'Ilrt: bird playcd dcad and N{arv atc hinr rr;r. Latcr l\{ury u'cnt hornc. A ferv fcathers \vcro on lrcr lirr. I\4rrv told hcr Motltcr aboLrt thc trick shc lracl plar'crl on thc bird and thcrr u'cr-rt to slecp. Laura l-ilbrook.
TI IE, S]-ORI\{ l1i! N'11'uarnc is sailor Jirrr. Iu'lnt to tsll rorr tbout thc tirrro ls'as carrght irr u ricllcnt stonu.. Wc rvcrc sailrng along qrritc pclrcclrrllr ulicn srrrldcrrlv u,c ucre carrqlrt in l violcrrt rrrrrtl stornr J-lrcrc rlas a lot of prnrcl<irrg orr trrxlrrl tlrc slrill I\4cn startccl tltrorving cxrgo o\ crtrolrtl 'l'lre c:lrptlrirr lcllcd. "Tlrc ship is otrt o1- control!" I)lrric strrrc:k. nrcu faintcd. Suddcnlv CI{ASIl *c lrit lr lcul'. 'l'hrt nrcant lhcrc rvas larrcl nclrtrr'! Brrt. it nlso nrcant that if uc junrpcd ovcrbornl rrc cotrlcl bc badly in jurcd! Suddcnll \\'c su\\r I liglrt corrring torr,urcls us. "lt's a rcscuc bort" sorneonc Irrllcr, I A fcrr ntorc lights appcarcd - nioro rcscrrc lrolrls. As ne ucrc lotvcd asltorc uc uatchcd orrr slrip sirrk s!clu'lv bcncath thc \\,AVCS.
Shcridln Cho
Sonrc dragons rrc l)rcc.
Sonrc dragons ar!: nrclln N'lost dragons arc huppr
Liko vou ancl rrtc.
Big clragons brcuthc llrs
Snrlll dragous clon't.
Big dragons crt \ou.
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lli! Kicls I anr Clhristine Rupcn of Cl;rss Four" Roorl 15 and I u,ill be the Sports Rcpoficr for today. I rvill bc rcporting from the National Stadiurn livc and I rvill be talking about the Intcrnational Prinrary School's Athletics da1, do*l hcrc thc Larrcala Bay National Stadium. Norv u'c r.vill bc going across to the coach fbr the Red l{ouse tcam. Thc coach's name is Mrs Pickcring. N{rs Pickering, rvhat do you think about today''s sports'/ I think it's going to be a very successful da1, and it's nice and sunrl\,.
Wc lvould like to knorv the people rvho came first in the races. Well tlrc children lvho camc first ucrc:
Roys - Patrick, Grant Viliarne, Victor. GirlsShcridan, Gcorgina, Bridget and Alexandra Thank vorr pcoplc out thcre for 1'our company and once agairr this is Clhristine Rupen sef ing goodble.
Christinc Ilupcn.
Wc havc bccn lcaming about *'cathcr. Wc lcarncd horv u'calhcr can aflect hou,rou live. If 1'ou lirc in cold ccluntrics vou have to have a sloping roof so the srrou, n'ill not pilc up on the roof but s[dc dori'l to thc ground.
Wcathcr also allccts 1or.rr clothes too. If tou uear u'rnn clothcs in hot countrics 1'ou l'ill bc vcn hot so )'ou havc to \\,ear a cool drcss or somcthing loose to lct air gct ucar 1'our bod1,. In cold countrics likc Iccland Eskinros \\'car wanll clothes. sonre nrade fronr anirnal skins.
Thc foocl \'ou carl gro*' is also affcctcd b1' thc \\'catlrrrr.
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Plai'ing anrong the daisies
Arc u,ild horses. Lisa Mitchcll
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Cinquain Sun Provides heat Rays shining down Shines down on flowers Summer Deanne Steven.
Australia comparcd to Fiji
Frorn ,Australia to Fiji. It rvas vcrv differcnt corning from.\trstralra to Fi;i Dut I dld like the flight C.ruse I am not scarcd of hr:igirt
Whcn I cltme herc I found it drrty DLlt that rvas O.K,.\nd norv rve're, livinS in an apartnrr'nt [3oy, ris d iffcrr:nt.
But, I rvill bc glaci to 11t-.t back, tlrc Filian pcoplc,lro rricc,tnd frirrndly
Itlrink Fiji is horutrfulirnd nicc .rrrd IulI eiI happirress arrd fricrrrlslriI So it is vt,ry diffcrcnt,
I3y Jill I-latharvay
Title: Crot conrmandcr
Author: Michael Metham
Crot was an elite pilor once slrot in the shoulder, LIere are some of the lirst pictures scen ol hinr Llere it is lolks
Crot lalls to the ground and gets sirot aglin.
Weli those were the fiual lislvsg5 of Crot. See yott next tinle,
MY BEOROOM
My bedroom wall all covercd by Ablett
My hrdroom is nothing bot black vrhilc and blur. My sistct lftiuks I at,l uazy but I knov shes very wong su I anr plEascd.
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Jack Corbett
One day a boy called Charlie was jogging and he fell down a huge hole and splashed in a big stream of chocolatc.lt was delicious and he nearly drank it all. Then he spewed and out popped Mr Wonka and a thing called a lompalompa and they showed Charlie through the chocolate factory and gave him lots of candy. Mr Wonka gave the chocolate factory to Charlie, Charlie took his family to live there with him.
Andrew Woodcock
Q. What did the dog say to the flea?
A. Dont bug nre.
Q. Why did the corputer cross the road?
A. Because the chicken programmed it.
Q. How do you know if tlrere has bcen an elephant in your fridge?
A. Because there are footprints in the butter.
Q. What letter dont you frnd in tlre alphaba?
A. The one in your letter box. Avinash Singh.
Crocodile smile.
Have you ever soen the smile, on a crocodile.
With its teeth made of steel, but ofcourse they are real.
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The Picnic
Willie the wasp and Bertie the bee went out cn a piotic.
Willie had sausages peaches and cake. Bertie had fruit, peanrils and steak.
First they played in and out of the woods, then they qpread out lunch - my it looks good.
Trna Narsey.
MY PROJECT ABOUT VANUATU.
einquain. Weather Hot, cold
Sometimes changing quickly Girres me different feeliugs Climate. Joshua Wong.
Have you ever se€n tlre snrile, eitquaie. on a crocodile. Flood
If ncrt then stay back, Scary, cold 'coz he might just attackl Conrcs up high Rachel Morton. Kills people and plants Water.
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On Sunday Anna and her mother went for a picnic. They rnade peanutbutter sarrdwiches. Tonr and his father were also going for a picnie Thcy made jam buns. They started offfor the picnic. Anna and her mdher went past five purple flowers and two rabbit lroles Torn and his futher werrt past three rocks and one blue bird. So Anna anel her rnother caurq to the hill. Thelr they saw Tcnr They started t() fight. zurd his hthr:r coming too. Anna alrd her mother sairi ,\Ve canre hrrre firs.tl" "N0, we came hcre first!" So Tom pushed Arur6 x11s tJre basket of peanutbutter sandwiches. So the sandwiches were squasherl. Anna and her rnother were cryfug. Tonr sard "You can have drnner at nry house " Mcdrer said "We can make sotne peanutbrriler sandwiches for dinner. Atish Patel.
Hcllo my name is Claudia I am going to Vanuatu, because my grandfather is working here When we went on the plane it took us 15 minutes to wait for it, The schools are very differot in vanuatu than in Fiji. The schools start at 7:30am and finish at lpm. The rnoney here is nct the same, a hundred means thx it is one dollar and they call the motey Vatu. We stayed in a hotel. We had to walk around a long way because there were workmor building a big pool We had a kitchen and two bedrooms. I hale some friends in Vanuatu. We wert to a lct of places. We went to a lct of beadres. My sister, grandfather and I went or a ferryto ancther island not far from the hdel. Claudia Macaskill.
Q. Which part of a chicken has lots of feathcrs? A. The outside.
Q. Wliat's white black and red all overi, A. A sunlrrrmt pengrirrr
Q. What animal talks a lot?
A. A yak
Q What kind of key opens a caske{?
A. A skel*on key" Shraddha Patel.
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Front row
A!u!U lLiulur
A.Hom, I.Vaeiu, S.Singh, N.Thorburn, M.Wreeler, G.Pook. T.Kibblewhite, J.Matahau, C.Krvong, T.Teuea, T.Patterson, S.Harrington, P.Murphy, S.Cuthers.
T.Eddington, K.Kakoschkc, G.Singh, S.Austin, P.Elisala, M.Mizigi, M.Bulu, M.Jacobs, J. Pcrks.
J.Kirkcaldy, P.Avcru,eg, E.Davis, N.Fletcher, P.Patel, Z.Teng-Dyer, L.Buadromo. Mr P.Dominiko.
.,1c[qakarr]p_ at V a t Lrkqlda
'I''hc horrse Alcr ancl I stay in \vils on;r brg litrnr. 'l''lrc [ror''s nrrnrc, tlrlt u'c stuved litlt, rt'as Slutne. Wc u'i:r-rt horsc ricling arounrl Shnnc's clacl's firrnr. 'I'hurc ucrc n krt r.rf'lrorscs. \\'o sl\\'a blbr, liorsc u,ith I cut rieck.
Ou Wcdtrcsday n'c hclpccl to rouncl up tlr.: r:ort's :util the brrlls, it rt'lrs fitrr
On'l'lrrrrstia\'\\'c \\'crc lato ltomc to tltc lir.rrr. We had a ricle orr thc: lttirscs thcn har.l our batlr" Wc piavui tiiod 1'anr.
At the goklrninc I fbrrnd thc Gcograph\, ..,11-,.," 1,irr_\, i11{u1g5trng 'fhc nicrr n,orkinq nt thc ntirtc ncctl to drink lots of orangc juicc ri'ith salt in it, to put thc i'ltrid bac:k irrto thcir botlocs lftor thcir hot nork.
At the Ba sugrrr niill I fclt sick. it vo,as srrch r s\\'uct snrell. 'l'hcY girl'c us sLr nreuv sanrplcs of srrgar that it Itrldc mc not rvartt to hlvc Anv llroru sugilr c\/cr.
On F-ritlal'u,c saicl gooclbl'c to our fricntls at thc (iolclrrrinc, Prinran, School, aud carrre back to Suva. N rgcl F lctclrcr.
If I u'as a dollar notc I u'ould like to live in a littlc bor''s trlockct. I u'orrlcl hopc hc rvrlltakc rrrc to a fair. Mv u'islt canre true. It u'as Saturdal' and lris sistcr, nrothi:r. fatlrcr, urcl granilnrotlrcr carnc loo. I had becn living in an old dark spacc. lt u'as thc bor,'s granclnother's prrrsc. I u,as so lrrckr,. Shc gavc, thc hov aucl his sistcr s()mc lllorlev to slrcnd at tlrc fnir. [t u'as nre! I nas srl sclrr:d. 'l'he rollcrcoastcr lookcd so hiqlr l-uckilv I u'es givcn to tLrc tickct collcctor. AItl ultcu thc lirir was ovcr thc ticket collcctor look ml: to thc bank and thrcrv nrc in thc brn. Iic rnatlc sourc urore onc dclllar notr:s.
Patrick Avenveg. Patrick Murphr,and Sam Harringtorr.
Once upon a tirrc thcrc rvas a horrible Griffon! He atc oxcn, shccp, co\vs and humans. Oncday this Griffon u,as flying along rvhcn lic spicd nrc and nrr,' lovely pair of oxen. I u,as plorving m1' ficld u,hen he srvooped dorvn and took nr1, oxen. I u'as realll nnd and sct out to kill that Griffon. After I had becn rvalking for sometime I sarl, the skeletor-r of onc of nn oxen. Well I can tell yorr I x'as Furious as u,cll as sad. But onc of rny oren rvill still be alive so I kept on r.r,alking. Soon I canre to a standing trcc. That's no trr;e I said to rn1'sclf. That's a Griffou feather. I said "aha, ire t.t.nrst bc tncarb1,."
Ilookcd ovcrthe e.dge of the cliff and sar.vthc horrible bcast. Hc had rny last or tuckcd under his u'ing. FIo \\ras asleep. So I killcd him u,ith my arrows and saved my ox Sophic Austin.
When rny aunts and uncles coure
To visit me and dad and mum, Thcy ahvays look at mc and groan "For gooclncss sakcs, look ho*,vou've groun!"
Zanett Teng-f)ys1.
One Friday urorrring rttv faurill, and I rvere going to crplore an island. It rvas a verr, old island. N{r faruilv aud I got rcadv to go.
When rr,,e reached the beach u,e packed all our things in the boat. Just thcn I noticcd a u'anring notice. so I quickly, u:ent to my' Dad and told hinr. Whcn he read it he u'as so alarnrcd that he panicked. He alrvals panicked u,hen he *,as alarrned.
Thc instnrctor callcd out aloud to even'bodv rvho u,as going on the boat to get into the boat tl-rat verv rnornent. So all the passcngcrs including us all filed in.
W1rcn all thc passcngcrs had found their seats the instnrctor started to grve instructions. Evcnbodr'\,\,orc A lifcjacketjustincasc\\'enrightfalloveranddrou'n,cspcciallythoseu{rodidn'tkno* horvtosrrini. Whilc all thc passcngers u,cre having:r tremendous tir.ne. u,e finally reached the rsland I lrs overjol,ccl rvhen I got out ofthe boat.
Zaneta Teng-f)ver.
It all startcd u'hcu Ms Frizzle shon'cd us a filrnstrip about thc solar s-vstcm. We knnv the ri'orst u,as about to conle. We kncrv that l\4s Frizzlc u,as thc strangest tcachcr in tlrc galaxv The very nert da1'Ms Frizzlc bror"rght a ven' pon'crful tclcscopc to school aud she handcd out sonre notices that told our parcnts to takc us to the school at clark to look at somc stars and planets. Shc also told us that rve \\rerc goitlg on a trip to the rnuseuur of scicucc. Tlrc next daf it u,as timc to go on the trip to tire nruseurn. As soon as all thc clrildren got in thc bus Ms Frizzlc turncd on the ignition. Shc pushctl a buttou that she had never toucirccl bcforc. Tl-re rockct fluv into thc air and u,ent out of thc carth's atmosphere and landed on I\'[ars. We all got out of thc rocket and started exploring. Aftcr a rvhile u'e sarv a huge volcano thrcc tintes bigger than the Grand Canyon in thc Unitcd States. We u,ere still exploring ufien a volcano startcd to enrpt. We took oll .just in timc. Thc lava alntost reached the rockct. Wc flov off tou,ards the asteroid belt and u,heu uc reachcd it Ms Frizzle did a ferv tricks. Sho flciv up and dorvn through thc asteroids. Trvo minutcs latcr she landed on orle. Sooir the asteroid startcd fl),ing to another galaxl, in the universc. Then all of a suddert the rockctierkcd and lost control. We had hvperspaced. We appcarcd right ncrt to a black holc. Wc could feel the force of gravity pulling us closer to the black holc. Within thrcc scconcls ue r,vere dcep insidc thc black holc and about three hours liter rve came out of it and sau, a planet that lookccl ilke earth. As soon as u'e landod on thc planct \\'e \\'cre surrounded bv Ms Frizzlcs so now rve knou,hou rve've got the strangest teacher in thc school N{ax Wheeler and Sashi Singh.
Back roly
Center ror,v
Front row Absent Teacher
[].wakcficlcl. A l-ltrggctt, D.Ah Srnr, f).Mosley, N.Dcnch, E.Murray, K.Singlcton, C.Stlurrz G,war-r,i. K l'lrilp. S.Anrakrr. S.'lukuafu, A.Macphcrson, D.Duncan, A.Scott, M.Lal, A.Clrrrng, I(. Irmncis.
c flockcr. I'.l(islrorc. K.Stice, S.Kcnnccly, cr.Borvcr. S.wade, K.whiting, B.Fogg. N'ls l, Gitrson. S Sila. A.Frcy. Ms J.Mlirrc (rclicving).
Blink, rvell go ahcad. You carr go norv. Go on ovcryone else did. No one standing here all day clirccting traffic :rnd telling little boys like you when to cross the street. Blink,
appreciates the hard job I have
four years and I'd likc to tnl<c a nap No? Blirrk. Wcll go on thcn. Ijust turned green again.
Dami ct.l Ah Sarn -5G you misscd your clralrce. I just turnr:d yellow. As I was saying, I put up with an awfirl lot, believe me. Drivers call n:e uanrcs rvhcn thcy arc in a rrurry. once in a while they pretend that they don't see me. They go on even rvhc, I'rrr rcd, Illink. l'm rccl now. See tlrerc gocs one of tlrose drivers. I hope a policeman glves him a tickct. Say. u,ould orrc of you bovs like to take nry place for a r,vhilel I haven't had any sleep in
A litttc bird sits in his ncsr
He folds his wings and quictly has a rcst.
The little bird thcn sirrgs "trvr:ct trvcctl',
And he flies up higlr to tlrc lrighcst trcc.
He gently soars througlr thc :rir
And looks dorvn lor.v rvith :r {illrny glarc
He swoo;ts dorvn onto tlrc flrt rough ground
And pecks on n grub rvlriclr rvrigglcs arouncl.
Then aftcr all that he flics up higlr
To his nest, hc lands rvitlr a siglr.
The day grows very dark alrcl r;uict
Then suddenly conrcs tlrc niglrt.
The linle bird sta5,s irr his nu;t
Then quietly he has his rcst.
Salome Tukuafu.
It rvas a sunny Siitrrrdliy arrd I dccidcd to go to Phillippa and Beth's house. We decided to go and catch fish and tadllolcs at tlrc crcck ncrr tltcir house. Wc took sorne icecrcant containers and set off. There was a big stccp hill. At thc bottonr rt'as tlre crcck. tr ran dou,n thc hill. jumpcd and landed at the other side of the crock hcacl flrst! At first I srltv stlrrs brtt soon rcalised rny face lvas red rvith blood. We quickly ran back to Phillippa's hottsc. IJctlr arrti Jtrlia (nrv sistcr) wcrc crying nrorc thau I rvas! I had a big split in my forehead. Whcn rvc got [rack \\'c riull] lttl' I\4Lrru ancl shc toclk rno to tlre cioctor's. tr had an injectiop stuck into my Itcad. "Ottclt". I ltad tu'o stilclrcrs. brrt nry unclc gave mc t\\,o ciollars which hclped take ar,vay the pain. Kathcrinc Francis.
\Mle:n I u'as abotrt fivc t'car:; oicl I tvas going to nry grandnrothcr's house for the holidays aftcr school had finishcd. wron ri,c arrivccl at tlre airport i fclt a iittle cxcitcd ancl scared. Wccrttcrcdtltctcrttrinal !rvctrttothcfront,insidcthcgatcs. Bcforcthat,anAirNauruJethadjusttaken off. I ran back irlsrdc the tct'trtirrrl to niv N4urr, ainrost knocking her hanclbag over. I went outside. i could scc t\\'o lriii Air artd an Air Pacillc A1'-R42 u'hich rvas the onc \vc worc goipg to travel on I thought Soon thc spcakcr in tltc {crrrrittlll artttourtcccl orrr flight We passcd tlirough the space r.vhcre a lady sits bchillcl a rrotlntor attci tlttto tltc cottc:retc. ! ran to thc ltlanc u,lrcn r.r.ry nrother pushld me. Soon rve were standirlg ttcar titc llllttlc:. tr fLlt slr;.rrrgc as I clinrbcd thc stairs ancl sat at the seat booked for me. I sat near a $'inc'lo$'artclcottldscoorloof'tltccngirtcs. AsIrvatchodthcpropcllcrbladestheyslorvlybegantotunfaster and fastcr. Soott tltt: lllltrrc startctl to ntovc. Soon it rvas spccding up the ^,nr"uy and suddenly it took off and lYas arrbornc l fclt sort ttl'clrrccr as thc planc took off bccausc I r,vas pushed dor* and backrvards on Illv scat arld I u'as ll\\'aro oltlrc srrtlclcn rising of thc planc. 'fhc flight rvas forty five minutes i drank my jurcc and lookccl rt sorrr0 prrrr;rlrlcts in tlre scat pockct iu front of rlc. Whcrt u'c lrrivccl at Nlrli :tir;tor'{. ott r rrrtclc pickccl us up ancl drovc us to the housc u,6erc \vc \\cre going to spcnd otrr lioliclat' ili l-()llli)l()llll.
I\{onal Lal
This story' is lttrottl I {irll llurt *'as nanrcd Thundcrhcad rvho \\.As vory strong. Whcn he grew up they tried to nrakc lrirrr a racc lrolsc. llc ulu,a),s buckccl tlrc ridcr offand ran away.
At thc firrttr ltc rvas at. lrc tvotrltl rlnr:l\\'Av to a lovoly placc in an old volcano and he lvould alrvavs fight rvith a $'ild \lrrte stalliort Orre day as thcv rvcrc fighting Thunclcrhcad bcat hem and killed him. Sincc Thrrrrdcrltclttl llcat tltc r;trtlliort lre stavcd in thc vallcv of tho volcano and startcd to steal lots of nlares. Onc cla\'. a bov n;ttltccl Kcn ttlttl lrad brorrght up Tlrunclcrhcad put sornc dynamite nearthe entrance of the vallcv Ilcblcrvttptlte t:ttlt.itttccsohishcrtlcotrlclnotconlcout. Thcrcrvasalinleentranceandthehorses could not gct tlrrouglr [ttrt Kcrr corrlcl.
One of thc claYs tltrt Kt:rt trcttt to thc vrllev hc sar.v that all thc horses had dicd except Thunderhead. Tltultdorhcad kcllt on stculirrrl horscs.
Andrcas Frcr,.
Sir.
I hcard abotrt clrtrrl, lrllders inclcusittg in Fiii and I have an iclca how to dccrcase it. The SCC can try to {irnd raisc utcl gut cnor.rglr Hl()l)L)\'(o lonn a calnpaigp aglilst rllrrgs. 'I'lrc calrpaign could use the nroney to ptrt conrrllcrcials ott l-V \rllr tltcse $ortls includcd: "SAY N0 TO DRTJCS!'; Thcy could also put posters all arourrtl torvrr u'i(lr Ilro surrrt: rlor'<ls rrsccl. It rr:lrlly cor)ccnls ntc lrccarrsc if 1,ou tai<c dnrgs for some sntall tinrc it lccls qoorl [Jrrt lts ollrers scu tltcrt,cncl rrp scriousll,ill or cvcl clcad. The canrpaign has been tested in the IJS arrri it tlitl ltlirct llrt: crirttc rltc. lnrroccrrt pcoplc also ond up dcacl not because of drugs, but bccausc of'tlrc crrnrc involvcrl u,ith drrrgs... "so wHy usE DopE. ...DopE,l"
Bcn Wakcficld
Back ror,r, Front rorv.
Absent
Teachcr
SPACE JUNI(
J.Van [,txrrr. [) l)r'asarl. C.Cor:kcr. V.Prasacj, W l,ickcring. R.Ansticc, S.Jun. 'l-.wrrrlrop. P.llcrlcll'. ,t.T'el{cr. A.'fhonras, M.Sutton. N{.Lcitch, D.Hdrris, M.Harris, V.l(itc:l<cirrlrr:r B.Wtsuka. ltJ liarn. D Vcc]<cn-Snrith, D.Brian. S.Bush. Mrs W Forstcr.
M1'treu' X Wirtg figlrtcl rvlit; :t bokl lrncl glosst,grocn. lt's tan tintcd canopl,rvas bubblc stylc ald stiffencd. It had nrctallic grcl' Itr';rr:r-troostcrs '['itc irrtcrior u,as Irrxtiriousll, padrlcd ald rvas capable of carrl,ing a passenger in colrrlor( I arn Mikc Carrto of Tlrc Nuv Alliancc Figlrtcrs. Wc rverc a group of rcbcls fighting offthe evil cnrpirc. Our secrct basc lr'rs orr tlrc ltrcviouslv uninlrabitr:d forcst plarrot of Juba. We u,cre planning to lar"rnch a surprise attack otr tltr: llo\\'(:t1L:rn\'lxrsc in tlrc srros,-ca1t1tcd nrountaitr rcgiolt on the planet Lupiter. We took ol'f into a sPtlco stot'ttt. ottr hcatcrs on firll blast. Rcd-hot nrcteors l,hizzed past us. It *,as too dangerotts to go irrlo u'ltr;; Soorr tlrc r.nc:toors tlrinncd. We accoleratcd apfi dodgcd them Aftcr a u,hile Lupitcr lootrtcd altcacl. Wer pllttrre:rl to flv in pairs. onc covcriltg thc other rvhilc the sccond ship rvould aim to bolrtb assigncd tatgc:l.s I tvtts to attrcl< thc sati;llito cquipnrcnt. I acccicratcd to rny positiop then quietly and coolly firccl tnr'Potre:t'firl supcr nrissilc. Sudclcnly a great n,hoosh rang out. I looked behind nre and saw An crlerrl\' fightcr tr\irrg ter lock. lt's nrctrrcing figure rvas .ict lliack and had huge, thick stabilizers. I su'ervcd:nva)'and brrrcllctl lorvardtlrcjaggcdicccovcrcdlrillsirlc. I-iccxplodediptoaficrymassoflnetal and icc. I ttrntctl arotltrd ltttd sau'tltr: cltnrrcrl rcnrrrarrls of tho cncnry basc. Aftenvards rvc returned to basc triumpha,t ovcr cvil. I llrr [lrck ancl lrad a u,oll dcscrvcrl snoozc Richard Ansticc
Sunday'u'as briglrt I srt
Undcr tlrc applc trcc
Nobodl' gocs tlrcre u\r:(rl)l nl(l
Day, aftcr rla1, arr
Apple will llll arrtl I rr ill slurrt: it rr itlr
You aur.l tuo. Yotr urrcl N'lc
Priva Pr asrd.
Jack ancl Jill Wcnt to kill
Mother goosc aud her daughtcr
Jack u'as dron,uccl
Arrtl rrcvcr s,ls found
So Jill startcd cry'ing rvith laughter
Mclissa Suttou.
OIre evcrring I u'lrs rclrlirrg lhc rrcrvsplrpcr ln'hcn I fell aslccp. Suddcnly I was shaken up like a saltshakcr. A herrr slrotrtcd. "Wnkc ul) \'ou llzy boncs!" Irlas slrockod to scc hint. -l'hc ltlrtt tool< rttc to rt Ilrclorl'. 'l'hc f;rctory rvas aclrralll, a lticcc of clrccsc. Thc othcr hanrs told me to trakc pizzl
J"uo u'r.:eks llttcr it *lts gt.:llirrg ltotlcr uncl hottcr Day,aftcr clay llrings rvcrc mclting. I sarv atree nlcltwith lllv o\\'tr cvcs. lt ruts gr:ltirtg so lrot llrat onc ol'tlrc harns rucltcd. I suspoctcd that thcrc rvas a heatrvave. Whcrr I u'us rrilrkittg ltrt.tt I lurtl ltrt irlt:a. 'l'lrc country,'s nullrr: rr,as Sasperrilla. I overloadcd the machine ancl thc llrzz.lts ttr,,te flt ittrl r:r'e t\rrlrerr,.r I ltrrrrcd lhc: rnac:hinc tuu,lrrrls tlrc guards and in a second they r,vere cot'crt:d rlith llrz.zls I trttt ,.rttl us fltst ls I corrltl I slilctl lu,iry in l lvooclcn boat and I sarv the rvhole Islartd Irtclt I tottk ortl lt pir:cc ol cliocolntc urrtl l:rtrglrcd. Strtklcnly I rvokr: up u,tth a fright a1d found out tltat it u'as orrl_r l tlrt:urtr IlA! Vishlrrt l)rlslrtl
td)s-i
It u'as a dltrk lrtil strtt.nrr rrrlr,lrl 'l lrr.'rurrrl lrorrlctl u'itlr ull it's rrriglrt -l"lrc rain thundcred dorvn on the roof. l,rrckilv I rrus slrIc irr rrrl rrrt',:. rurrnr t.:lrbitr. I lclllctl arorrrrtl in rrrv bccl. 'Ihc u,incl and rain rvcrc making too tt.tuch Itrtrsc l,lrlr.:r'tlrlrl rurilrt I r|rrsr-r1l 11lf Wlrcrr I vroke u1; in tlrc rrror.ning it rvas still raining I groancd. I lezilv grtt ottt ol'lrerl ltrrtl rtrrrle hrr:akf;rst. It u'us too u,ct to go orrtsiclc s6 l |ld to stav ilside. I deciclcd to crplorc thc tlltrk cct'ic cotlltlr,e I lrltl orrlr,.itrst arrivcd t,csterduy,. I lucl bcconre lost in the forest so I clccrdctl tr.r slrcltel in tlrc coltlrgc [.lrtcr tlrrt tlnt,it stoltltcrl rairrirrg so lclccidccl to trv to find mv rr'a1,hor.ne tltrotru,lt tlre: clarli firrcsl I rvlrllicrl rll iluv dorlging in lucl orrt of tlll. su'aying trccs. Fipally I sag,our hor"rse and thcrc rvus N'trrnt u lilrrrll {irl nrc. Anna'flrrtrrurs
A rryLNl'lrltls L)AY
Ortc trtorrtirtg I rrolic rrp rrillr ir lir\\r) N,l1'ctrrtlins lracl bccn pullcd opcn and a streant of sunlight \\'as on tlty floor. I got ottt ol'lrr'tl lrttrl krtrkctl orrt tlto lvinrkllr,. -l'lrclc: w';.rs icc on thc grass. I opened thc rvindorv and a liglrt bruczc t:iltttr.: tllllt,.:lttt tn I closcrl thc rvindorv atrcl ucrrI to r1\,c]rarver to get a pair of trouscrs alld a.icrscv ottl I nttt tLrrrttslitls lrrrl [\4trrrr hrd llrclklirst lcarll otr lhc tablc. Af'tcr brcakfast I put niy hat and glovcs ctlt lttttl ucttt ottlsitle 'llr()r'c \\'ils rco on tlrc trccs arrd grlss. It u,as so cold rny face q,elt a bit rccl ancl I hlcl lo go lrllcl. trrsitle I trtrs ltlalirrg irr rtrv rorlrl till lrrncli rvas rcacly ald Munt called ure do11.n. Aftcr lrrnr:lt \\'c \\'on[ [tl Iorrrr lo rlrr tlrc slroltltirrg lt n'ls -5 o'clock u,hcn rvc cantc honre. I tr.rrned ntv heater on so it iroti ltl \\itrt)t llt\ to()r)) lrl) so I c:llrld rlo rriy lrorlc:rr'<-rrk. Wlrcp Dacl caltc fiortre rve had uur dippcr lrtd I ncnt to llctl so I corrltl 1r,r:t rrp elrrlt lrr go to sclrool. Nataslrrr []lrrrr.
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Back row Front rou, Absent Teacher
S Gouncicr. J.Vlrca. R.Rathod- S.Ponijiasi, P.Finru- I- I(han. A.Fartash. S.Abcvscna. C.Gavur. R Wright, S.Prasacl, N'l.Woorlcocl<. -l (lolcnran. S.Sovatabua, J. N4itclrcll. N{. Irogg
I( N4ullcr. l. Valuntinc. 1\'l Phillips, C.Hollins, O.[-ior. K.Bcrtttctt l\"{r F Fostcr
Ml,brother ancl I havc l trccltousc in a Christrnas trcc.
It used to bc straight. bushi anci grccn until Cyclonc Kiua nraclc it lcan.
This evcning in the still. strrl{\' dark.
I sat in thc trcchousc lncl hcrrd clogs bark.
I nccd ideas for a ll00l)r.
Ma1'be our trci:liotrsc u'ill gct thcrn going
The tights of our sitting roonr shonc throrrgh thc ncocllcs ancl brrnchcs. Crickets u,crc crau'ling in thc gniss.
I rvondcrcd u,hat haplrcuccl to tho uASl)s' luest \\,c fbrrnd (lhristrrrls Iast.
Even in thc clark lnts ucrc busr'.
Moths *'crc fluttcring tlrrotrgh thc It realll' u,as a cluict night
Our trcc is a honrc fbr nrlur'. back scratchcr fbr 'l-onr cltrr dou. ligh shade for Godzllla uncl Snrrrclgc orrr cats.
Christntrs u'rcaths lor N,ltrrn and firrt for us, o\/rirvouc.
Ovaia Licrr,.
The fig tree rt'as ltto\/ir.rg rapiclll,'u,itir the floods. Sita, sitting on the trcc q,it5 t6e crou, pcrcSed beside her, rvas tryripg to balance hcrsell TIic angry river had uprooted u.)iln)/ trces along lvith dead anirnals. on her iotrrney throtrgh a stulll village, Sita sau, pcople trying to cscape thc flooc'ls. Thc1, rverc fleeing to any place they thought the f'lood couldn't reach. Srta then sA\v sonre actual cianqcr ahoacl of her The fig trcc \vas heading straight for tu'o tall, bold trccs. If shc didn't do sonrcthing soon thcp s6c u,as clcacl ureat. The crorv had sensed dartgcr also. But she ttas rolrrctant to nrove because she fearccl for her eggs. Sita saiv another trce closcby going in anothor direction. Sifa knorv it tr,as risky, but shc had no choicc. Shc.junrpod onto the other drifting trce and fbrtunatcll,hcr luck clicln't fail. Thrs tree rvas also a fig trcc but if appcared to be l,oungcr and stronger thlrn thc plct,ious onc. Sita corrld see nou, that the raging river had calmccl cloun a Iittlc. but worse \vas still to conte. 'lhc c.ron, n,as history,. The angn, rvastcr took Sita sorrth-cast frrrrrr lrcr hontc. All of a suclclerr somcthing brrnrpccl hi:r hcud anctr shc lost hcr conciousucss. Whcn shc u,ol<c u1t she fbund irerself rr.ashedaslroreorlabclrcliiItNctl,Dolhi.Shctrasotrcof the feu,survivors of thc rnonsoon flclocls in Indle. Shivonne Prasacl.
PRO
I rcckon school u'otrltl bc bcttcr if thcrc \\,as conrl)utcrs irr r-very cltssroorrr. So that chilc'lrep can trpe out Nork likc storics artcl otltcr u'cirk. I also reckon school l,oulcl bc bcttcr ii uc hacl our o\\n pool, so *'e wouldn't ltar'c to pav to go stt'intrning ancl chiklron coulcl go sri,irunring clrrripg break. School g'or,rld be bettcr if rvc hacl rtlorc s1;orts cclttipntcut fbr things like high.jrrrnp and otirc:r thilgs like thut. Tircn *,e could tT diflcrent sllorts. I rcci<ctrt scltool u'otrld bc bctter if tirero u,ls it liblrlr'at 1;riprar'\,, so \\,e didl't Savc to N'alk all tltc ri'eY to sccortclart'to borrou,books. Mavbc thc srnalicr kicis u,otrld go to the libran,ntore bacattse tlrcy nright Lrc scercrJ clr sh1'antoltg tho secoudan,kids. I rcckoq scfiool ti,oulcl bc better too if rve corrld go do$'il to tltc carttccrt atrd bttv orrr [unch. ln that u,av pco;tlc lorrlcfir't lbrgct to put their lunch i, the ltrnch-bor allcl Illrvs to stan'c tirc u'holo dar:. School u,orrld bc bottcr if thcv corrld loen siiininting caps atrd slvitlrsttits lrld tou'cls otrt to chilclrctt ulio forgct their sl,irnrning gcar -l-lrcsc arc thc thipgs t6at I think u'ould nrlkc thc school bcttor Karanria Mtrllcr
TI{E CAT
My cat is fat ancl shc likos to sit ou tlrc nrat Her nanrc rs Ecl< and she likes plal,ing hiclc and scck Shc likcs bircls, nrill< lnd brcnd. I hete dogs she sricl.
She has a fricncl callccl -lorrr but he is vcn, bour,. She's got thrco cncrnics ancl they trc rtts. rr,olvos arrcl dogs. she also saicl thcv look lil<c frogs
And onc urorc thiug I Irtvc to sAv rs that shc lil<cs hrfting lout,crs. ancl thc u,ritcr olthis pocnr is Ra.jiv Rajiv Rathod.
Orrr norld looks a rcal nress.
(lonrc on. u,ht,don't You tn, 1,our best
T'o hclp crrre thc carth
For all it is u,orth.
Evcrything ir.r cvcrv rvall
Nuccls to bc cared for Cornc u,hlt uray.
Thc planct that u,e populate. Mcllnic Phillips. )l)t)t't))
l-hc cnrth ncccls a little respcct
So conre on and hclp protcct. -fhc lorld givos 1,6y11 things each da1, In thc sca and on the bay
Things that help us to create
A ncu,\\1lly to appreciate
Back row
Center row
Front row WIND
D.Sasako, S.Shariff, J.Murphy, S.Rairvalui, A.Collie, J.Mcphce" B.Sweetman, S.Miller, N.Watson, R.Tauva, O.Gho, L.McEwan. o.Stranz, s.Kay, M.cranc, M Tilbrook, J.Gannon, K.Stervarl, H.Hine, K.Slack, G.Servard.
N. Craig, B.Lin, N.Bandarve. Mrs A.Jepsen.
Cold and dangerous r,vinds are blorving
You and I are both very scared Crawls around homes doing damage
Looking through windorvs, you and I see a sad sight
Our trees are all falling one by one No, no don't run outside to see, otherwise End of your life might be close.
Sonia Shariff.
The Brisbane Broncos have stars all over the park
The Saint George Dragons made the Bulldogs bark The Canberra Raiders were on a raid but finally they had to pay.
David Sasako.
Absent Teacher WIND
Wind so strong and soft
So peaceful yet evil, So cold but warm. When did you last rest?
Are there other winds like you?
Jessica McPhee.
NIGHT
Dark silver gaze
Mother nature snoring
Stillness and rest.
Oscar Stranz.
Pollution P Pcople all O Ovcr thc L Land L Littcr Ll Uandlknorv T That I It is not OOn N Norv STOP! I(inrbcrly Slack.
The hideous smell contes by the tree, It attracts the grave diggcr of the r.vild. A bareheaded savage ofthe desert. It glides to find its meal.
In this instance a dying shecp. It plucks the meat bit by bit, As tire poor sheep screams itself to death, The bird flies off to find another victim. Vulture.
Oscar Stranz.
Very tall sky scrapers
Heights of only angels'flight
Quiet city heights.
Alan Collie
STAR
Star so And so So far Y But Caused Star so That Can ..i // not. .says not. of
Jess
The r,vitchcs' brerv is nrlclc of things
Like brokcn tu,igs aud uscd earrings.
I'll tell -vou lrou,to nral<c tlre strrff
If you are reallv brave cnough.
A dozen toads all sqrrashccl and rouncl
Then slorvll, ttrix in hella hound.
A dash of bLrtter, a pinch of sirlt,
A dead nror.rsc aucl nrilo (nralt).
To give it a morc spic1, taste
Mash chillics to a thickish paste.
Add one cup full of lrunran bloocl
And half a dozen pints of uttd.
Pour in a crrp of piggr,'s s1tou,
Whipped up insiclc u,ith puppr,'s 1too.
Stir fry (or bal<c) for half iln hour.
Serue chillcd along u,ith ricc and flour.
Helcn Hine
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It's very poltular ulrcrc it stancls Crazr,"crashing Cro,ulla
It's got a trunk u'ith sirtv hrnds. Or"", Str"',r.
It's a vcry slon'growcr
Even though it's highcr than thc top tolcr.
It's roots arc about tcn centiructrcs u,idc ancl
Little scratchcs it's tn ing to hidc
It's trunk is a hrrgc ouc
It's even as fat as thc trurnol l'rn sittiug on.
Robert TAuvA.
Sr.vaying to ancl fro
Trees stancl rrp high in thc slo, Thcy get choppcd 1br u,ood.
Shaun Ka1,
HALTNTED I-IOUSE
In tlte hauntcd horrsc
Creaking doors aud ivhistling u,iuds
Let the ghosts courc in.
Hclcn Hine.
MATTIMEO
Soaring high above urs all
Ruler of the fields he surveys Diving missile frorn the sky Wanted as mouse-killer. Hau,ke.
Robert Tauva
Boncs are rattling
The ntoott u,lrs shiniug brighth' Bltts arc crackling about Mattimco steppcti onto thc lancl. A hatrnted cavc is llear.
Mattirtreo shining rnail clacl Robcrt Tatrva
Srvord shining brightlv in tho night. Mattirnco ),elled his bettli: call.
Mattinreo and Sanrkinr fought side bv sido
The screaming horclc closcd arorrncl thcrtr.
Mattinreo aud Sanrl<iut ovcrcoutc by thc hordc
Wcre slauglrtcrcci on that night
Matheu,Cranc.
{ oivio.
Christnrrs is so furr
It is thc bcst tinte of thc vear
A tirne to think jov
Kinrbcrl,,, Slack.
W WATE,R POLLUTION
A Around
T Tho
E Earth
R Rorrnd cvcryu,here vou can see
l) Pollrrtcd riatcr that used to be
O Ocean blue
L, Lovelt,u,atcr,rvith
L Litrcs cvcn'n'here, but LJ Unhappv people
T Thrnk about other things and I Iguorc
O Orrr
N Natural u,ater shortage.
Nlorrri Eerrdtuc.
Clrtrnchv and tasty
Sonre chips are vcry salty
I lrl<c thcrrr thc bcst.
Sharrn l(nv
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IIrg earth--quake measurecl 'f .6 l:n the Riclr Ler. scaIe. 'I-her-e Luere mar-rv caslralties ancl nr. |ly people ruerE| ki lI E:Ct - ruhl.r-l thr+r_, rl,ere ct-usttecl to cleath r.nder- falliniq lr crr.rs es.
T'he hrr-.1e qr-rL1kE occtrr-rerl grrake caused .a seisrnic overttrrned manv boats blockecl tr5.' lanclsiides.
a.t 1El:17 prn. The selt. r'vaare rvtri cI: and roa,tls Lvere
l!.1>: hornes Lvere tlestr-o5recl incluclir-rs a Hotel in rt'Lricll or.qr-. tu,int), p=ople "L.* still btrriecl. h,I-en5r other builiirrls i""-"-"r, fire,'l'he rrreten-rological agenc\., saicl it lrad rnr:rri1-or-et_l over 3i atter!.rro;[= i;; ",{rs pm. 1c *lr
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C)ncday I wcnl lor a walk with nry lricnds in the I luntjrcd asrc wood. Wc saw Winnic thc Pooh ard the others. Wc rvcnt lor a swirn rvith Winnic llie Pooh. Sonrc olthcm invited us in for sonrc tea. It was a rea'l adventure. lt was so much fun wo loved it.! tly l)avid Muldcr. Class 2M.
Onc day Winnic thc Pooh went for a *.alk in the wonds. A stonn came. So they wcnt to Rabbits house. Rabbit gave thcm a cup of tca and some canot cake When tlrey went outsiile thcy saw Ecyorc crying with lots of tcius. Winlie the pooh asketl Iieyore what thc mat(er was. Eeyore said ',Piglet is having a birthday and I can,l find anythmg to give him. Piglet is also crying because no one has broughr hirn a present."
So they went and gave him a prcscnt for his birthrlay and they had a nice par1y.'lhe calic was Yumnry bccauso it had yrmmy sugar lrosting. li1' [.arrra, Frimces and l.isa.
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C.Macaskill, P.ttetldy, (l.RLrperr, K.slack, N'I.[]uiu, o.[,iew, G.f)uwabane, P.Elisala.
Netball (Jnder I l. B.Fogg, I\4.l1arris, l) Ilarlis..l van l.oan, S.Austin, K.I,hilp, s.Frasad, p.Singh, A.Scott, S.Gouncler
N_qtball Llr:der [2. S.Sovatllrurr. l\{.\\/ii:klurrrr.'l-.'l-crrr:1,0 Cilur, A IVtirtalrau. T.Tabai. T Ganilau
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The PTA '93 is fast approaching the end of its term "on the block,' and it is now time to think about what has been achieved during the year. Reflecting on this, I have realised that a1I past chairmen, of probably all committees, would like to feel that they have been successful in their efforts. And in this regard, I suppose tha! I,m no different. However, all chairmen need the support and help of their committee to make anything happen. The pTA '93 are a dedicated team of parents and teachers.
f am confident that this committee has helped to develop a new spirit within the schooL. One that shows that our school community can do many things. parent and Teacher Associations are well known for Fun Day - A great success their fund raising abilities and this has been demonstrated again this year at IsS- we have had our share of fund raising and funding for school itims, but these are not this PTA's only attributes.- The commiftee has promoted a feeling of unity - one of being a vital part of the entire school and establishing links throughout it - and I think that this feeling has been maintained over the year. Hopefully, it wil-l extend and grow throughout rss in the future.
I would like to thank a1I members of the PTA 'g3 Committee and all_ its Subcommittee members for their tireless efforts. The canteen continues to provide nutritious food for our students. There have been quite a few social functions with the- highlight being the bush dance. Fun Day was a major success, both socially and financially. These funds are being u-sed to deveiop the school grounds and to purchase ouldoor furniture and shade covering. Th; introduction of the new uniform next year wilI, r'm sure, re wefi received by everyone. The PTA '93 wilt have one further meeting early next year on thL 1st February. This will be followed by the Annual General iaeeting, hopefully some time in February 7994, thus providing an early start for next year,s pra Committee.
Being on the PTA Committee can have its moments - exciting, fulfilling and sometimes traumatic! However, f can assure you that it is a worthwhile experience and one that r can recommend to aLl parents, teachers and students, for who knows the PTA may even extend to stude-nt representation next year as weLl.
I, along with the pTA ,93 Committee, wish all the "ISS Family" a very happy and safe holiday period. Keep well'for the future year and goodbye to those Ieaving Fiji's shores for the last time.
Regards
Maggy Macpherson Chairnan, PTA ,93 Conmittee
1993 has been another busy year for the library. Our main objective has been to consolidate services and up-date resources as much as possible. There has been a noticeable increase in Iibrary resources in fiction, non fiction and reference sections. The video collection has doubled in size and we now have the beginnings of a taJ-king book coll,ection. Secondary school text and teacher reference book collections have been substantially added to at a much greater rate than previously. A total of 3,500 book and non book items have been catalogued by the Iibrary since January 1"993 with two more large orders due before the end of November.
Text Bks 1900
ifan Teacher Ref General Bks Librarv Ref Videos 2t6 1,230 109 50 Oct Posters 25 Talkinq Bks 19
A visitor to the school this year was American Ambassador Evelyn Teagan who spoke at assembly and presented books donated by the United States of America, s government. These very useful text and general interest books have enhanced our collection.
It is encouraging to see continued increase in Iibrary use by staff and students. This is partly due to a more focused buying policy through consultation with teaching staff and curriculum statements and part- )-y the f ami I iar izat ion with library stock and students needs by Iibrary staff.
Mrs Evelyn Teagan, Atnerican Nnbassador visits the schoolphotographed with Mrs Thompson
Primary students continue to be the most enthusiastic borrowers keenly aware of when there is an injection of new stock. Activities with primary classes have included a unit on the use of the reference area with classes 5 & 6 | parts of a book unit with classes 3 & 4 and the care of books for classes 1 6,2. Directional activities, the use of browsing cards and story reading has continued throughout the year. Durj-ng Fiji National Library tieek students worked hard to produce some excellent original material which iormed the basis of a great Library Week Display. Mr Thompson and I were delighted to read stories to youngsters at Suva Public Library to hel-p celebrate this annual event.
The library has been a vehicle for the display of some very professional project work undertaken by secondary students. In particulir the work of forms \,2 & 3 in the form of biographies, poetry anthologies and topic displays such as urbanization, energy and naturaL hazards ha.ie been enjo-yed by the rest of the school. Author and topic displays help promote booki and keep the J-ibrary atmosphere a1ive, vibrant and interestingi
As part of Library Week celebrations the library ran a creative writing competition open to students from class 3 through to form 7. our thanks 95 to all participants for the high standard of work presented. congratulations are due to the folJ-owing students who won book pfizes for their entries:
Cameron Norman
Sunanda Reddy
SaTome Tukuafu
Damien ah Sam
Ryan Gavin Davina Martin
Keith Singl_exon
The increase in resources has required a lot of extra work for Iibrary staff and volunteer mothers" Thanks go to Raewyn Cameron, Nancy Crane, Helen Giles and Lyn qatterson for their eontinued assistance with mendinEo processing and other help they have willingly given. Without them the library would not function as effici-entIy. Thanks also goes to John Clayton for his help with the computer programme" John developed a more efficient method of up- dating student systems earlier this year which has resulted in almost hassle f::ee book searching,
Pryia Singh
ATexander Livingstone Jessrsa McPhee
Looking f orward to ),994 is an exciting prospect for the library and school" As well as continuing to up-date and expand stock our intention is to buy new library software to improve the overail efficiency of the computer system. An extra staff member will be employed in the library to help with the ever increasing work load and release Loretta anci myself to deai witLr student enquiries and expand services" We will al-so be addressing the question of security "
Judy Thompson LTBRARIA}g
BUILDING & CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS & CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS
o Hurricane Upgrading
o Re-Roofing
o Structural Steel andMetalwork
r House and Factorv Extensions
. Kitchen Refits and Joinery Works
Plumbing and Drainage
o Concentrate Driveways and paths
r Fencing
o Painting and Water Blasting
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The New Humanities BLock on Opening Day
Internationai School was founded in interested parents, who recognised children could enter at five, and be them to proceed r.o Secondary School countries.
7973 by a group of businessmen and the need for a Primary School where offered a currieulum that would enable in any of the major EngJ-ish speaking
Classes started in 1974 in Garrick House in the city, with 40 pupils in two composite classes. The present site was bought the iame year, ind the first classroom block was built to house 180 pupils in:-gZS. tfris is now the Class 1-3 block whi-ch also houses the Primary Principals office. Since then the school has expanded steadily with the building of additional primary classrooms and the progressive extension of classe! to the upper forms. the original three storey Secondary block was completed in LgTg I and with the single storey classrooms and offices following in 1980. while adequate for the 140 students attending Secondary at that time, these facilities have been outgrown by the current ro11 of 28O-29O and the development of the curriculum to include a wide range of subjects at IGcsE, IB and riii sixth and Seventh form level- The library, computing, T.D. and the sciences have all enjoyed considerable investment and expansion in the last 5 years.
The new Humanities brock now provides a permanent base Languages and the Humanities who have had to rnake do accomodation over the last few years.
for teachers in with temporary
over 650 children now attend Primary and Secondary which amalgamated to form one school in January 1989 under the direction of Mr Forster. The opening of the new block marks the first major stage of the master plan for the development of the campus, which.envisages a purpose built libriry and media centre, multi purpose ha11, swimming pool and on Jite sports facililies within the next ten years.
Ns VakataLe entering the tlre New Humanities -BLock
Back Row Marta Cuboni, Selaima Wong, Roneti Benaia, Pratt, Evan Naqiolevur Mr Samuwaa
FronX Row Nicola Cameron, Alessandro Cuboni, Ranadi Nelsine Bentley, Helen Savu, David Horn Absent Nicole pratt
Vae'aur Ben Johnston, Mr Forster,
Ben Pratt Dora Tsiamalili
Luke RogersSelaima Wong
Ranadi Jchnston Harley Sofield
EAGLES MaIcolm Bossley Miliana Cegumalua
I(rs
Naidu, l,Is Davis
Mr Seifert, Mr WelLington, Mrs Wilisoni, Mrs Chandra
It all started with an article in the weekend edition of the Fiji Times. Most of the people reading about Brian Peterson forgot about him by Monday morning. I, however/ was intriqued by his attempt to travel around thL worl-d-in a boit powered by diesel fuel made from Soya Bean oil. This fuel ran on an unmodified diesel engine and of course was a renewabre fuel source.
The process he described for making the fuel seemed simple enough, and could be done with coconut fue1. so I decided to do the extended esJay necessary for the IB course.
Stuart MitcheLL, Form 6
PITOCESS: +- A BIFIIX
First - additional news from L992. !.""t year's magazine went to print before we had news of Doug Mayer's outstanding Jrc.ess in the final "r ir,"-'ia;;;;;; section of the National Titration compe-tition (a test of a chemist,s skilr in quantitative analysis).. Not- on-1y did he win the competition outright but he actually attained an incredible 1008. rss currently has the Fiji schools National champion Practical chemi.st! Last y"". the competilors in the Titration competition worked in pairs, but unriitunately Doug,s partner was unable to make it for the final. so Doug won it singlehanded. Doug is now studying pharmacy at the University of eittsburgh, USA.
Presumably as a result of Doug,s success, this year a team consists of one person only. We entered Ravi Nath in the Advanced Section and Stuart Mitchell in the Senior Section. Unfortunately the letter informing us of the change in the starting time of the Area Competition at USp went astray somewhere between Laucala Bay and Laucala Beach. lle arrived one hour after everyone else had started.
Despite this setback Stuart won his section and Ravi came second in his. A fantastic performance from them both. As I sit writing this, the National Final_ is the day after tomorrow. We may have tWO Fiji Schools National practical Chemistiy Champions soon!
Stuart ltitcheTL Ravi Nath , Mr WeTJington,
In the Physics guiz - a team effort run as a time trial - the ISS Form 7 team, consisting of Ravi, Selaima Wong, Alessandro Cuboni and Shekhar Balram won the Advanced Section.
Congratulations to our very successful senior students.
This year has seen our first intake of fB students complete their extended essays. Two students opted to write their essays in sci6nce disciplines:
Nelsine Bentley wrote about the efficiency of sex education in schools in reducing the number of teenage pregnancies in Fiji - a l?pi" that required painJtaking, Erme-consuming research and interviewing many peopLe in the Health fieId.
In addition to practical competitionsr. the active USp Science Departments run theory competitions in both Chemistry and physlcs. The Chemistry Chemguiz is an individual effort where the competitors answer a series of multichoice guestions. Ravi Nath won the Suva section and attained the second highest overall mark in the Advanced Grade.
Johnston, Ravi Nath, UrmiLLa Chand, Shekhar Balram, SeTaima Wong
Praveen Vytilingam researched the effect that changing speaker positions had on the quality of sound produced by a stereo system" To do this he used the school's new oscilloscope and the simple but clLver idea of using the graphic equaliser of the stereo unit. Congratulations to Neisine and praveen on producing two well wri-tten pieces of, scientific research"
fn JuIy, Joan Wilisoni attended the IB Biology Workshop, held in Melbourne These workshops are extremely valuable because they allow subject teachers 'to meet and discuss techniques and any difficulties encountered. Being so isolated from other IB schools does have its problems "
In August a group of students frorn Forms 3 to 7 were accompanied by Mrs Wilisoni, Mr Thompson, Mrs SovaLabua and Mr Samawai to New Zealand in a combined Biology/ceography Field Trip" an extremely educjtional and enjoyable time was had by all.
of the year adnired by Rosre
The Science Department staff has been virtually unchanged for the last three years but we shall be sorry to lose Kim Davj-s conpletely at the end of the year. (We,ve been losing her gradually to the Maths Department who have been making subtle but successful bids for her multifarious skiIIs over the last two and a hal-f years. ) We, lI forgive her desertion this time though because she,s leaving to get married! Congratulations Kim. And to Graeme, the prospective bridegroom.
1993 has been a successful year for the department an I would Iike to extend my personal thanks to the teaching team - to Ms Davis, Mrs Naidu, Mr Seifert, Ms Styles but in particular to Mrs Wilisoni dnd Mrs Chandra for all their hard work. Rob WelTington HOD Science
STOP PRESS! Yes we do have new champions in 1993! Senior National Titration Competition and Ravi section. WelI Done!
Stuart. won the final of the came second in the Advanced
A,t 2 .3opm on Friday the 20th of August 45 students and 4 teachers boarded Air Pacific FJ-ight FJ442 bound for Auckland. Despite some turbulence we arrived safely. Our bus driver, Duncan, and his two month old Iuxury tour bus was there to meet us. We were given a short tour on the way to our first stop - the Papakura Marae - a Maori village. There we were qivena traditional welcome, dinner and a short concert before a cultural tour of the buil-dings and artifacts.
The next morning we visited the Auckland Zoo Okatina Outdoor Centre where we stayed for most New Zealand.
and of
MOTAT before heading to the time that we were in
We went on many trips during the next nine days - skiing, hiking, visiting the Maori Arts and crafts centre, caxton paper mill, thd buried-village oi te Pahrenga as well as many other interesting places.
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Overall the trip was a great success, everyone enj oyed themselves and we were fed well. I think that we speak for everyone when we say it was a great educati,onal trip and we would like to thank the teachers for giving us a great time.
Jenny Whiting, Jesst ca Horn, Fm 4
In the afternoori of August 20, 1993, a team of approximately 40 expert-students assemble at Nausori "fnternational" Airport for the final briefing session concerning our reconnaissance mission, under the guidance of our intrepid and deceptively calm troop leaders. Issuing short, shaip Geography-Expert-and-Mother-Figureorders Sovatabua, Troop Leader-In-Chargeo f -keeping-u s - f rom-gett ing-thrown- out-of-any-public-place Thompson
and Troop Leader In-Charge of Entertainment Samuwai got the students through Passport Control with rjnor difficulty.
So the saga began, for the "Land of Cloud" :Ao Te Aroa we hrere headed the Long White
The flight was uneventful, we waited in anticipation for the near zero temperatures and the comforts of group travel. Arrival at Auckland Airport was as scheduLed and at the exit terminal we were met with red carpet ceremonies, bouquets of flowers and applause for task-masterBiology-Expert-and-mindfuLWilisoni who joined us at the rendezvous point. It was time to meet Sergeant fn-Charge-of- Transport-and-bad- j okes-too-early- in-the-morning Duncan and his trot wheels: the bus. The trip we made to the first of many dest.inations (the Marae) was a sign of thinEs to come: half of the crew were lethargj-e, half of them hyperactive- Upon arrival- at the Marae the strategy of, our undercover invasion was outlined, we were briefed on how to behave in order to deceive the inhabitants into thinkinE us polite, well-behaved exehange student.s.
Speaking off the record I wil-1 say that among the many pleasant memories I !r1v9 of this trip sharinE a room with 40+ snoiing, ".r"&i-rrg, coughing, EARLy RISING people is not one of them. The next day we werl issued with our assignments and instructions, with an efficiency that belied the number of hours of sleep we all had" Then it was off the Bright Lights of the Big city for a whirlwind hour and ten minutes of shopping. Then we fairwelled Auckland and started the Iong vreary match towards Rotorua. f recall_ that the next ei-ght days were a jumbled mass of day tripsr nature hikes, skiingu shopping, bus rides, tours, gourmet mea1s. layers of clothing, sing alongs, interesting personal hygienJ-c habits, photo sessions, video tapes, cold symptoms, excitement, dirty- dishes duty you know the drill. So anyway on a more serious note this trip was high beneficial to those who took part in it and speaking for all the students, to Mr Thompson, Mrs WiIisoni, Mr Samuwai, Mrs Sovatabua and Mrs Rosa: Thank you.
Marta Cuboni, Form 6
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Back row Front row
Mrs Waqainabete
Absent Mrs Rosa
The different colours of a rainbow
Ever since 1788, France as a kingdom was suffering an economic crisis. The King, Louis XVI, under pressure from the common people and privileged c lasses aI ike, endeavoured to find a solution guaranteeing alI parties the liberties they deserved, or thought they deserved. Previously nobles and members of the elergy were exempted from tax payments, so when the only solution to the crisis was presented in the form of a tax applicable to aIl citizens, these "privileged classes" objected very strongly. This maLcontent led to the wish to convoke the ceneral Estates or EtaXs Generaux. The King, feeling his authority being undermined, refused. The people of France chose to force him to reeons ider by widespread manif estation of their revolutionary spirit. Finally the King accepted, on the 8th of August L788, to call the first session of this new administrative body for the Lst of May 1.789. To prepare the issues up for discussion. Grievance Books or Cahiers de DoTeances were distributed throughout France so that all had a Students taking parx in a trench chance to state the problems evening to ceTebrate BastiTle Day affecting their country and their region. However when the first session took place the King and his Deputy managed to deceive the people with a lengthy but empty speech which succeeded in distracting them from their purpose. soon aftei this. the King called for the closure of the meeting hall of the Third Estate or Tiers Etat (the representatives of the common people, forming the majority of the General Estates). This 1ed to a protest rally in a nearby covered tennis court and the celebrated "Tennis Court Oath" on the 20th of June, by which the Third Estate gained credibility by declaring itself and its aIlies as a National Assembly or AssembJee Nationale and swearing to unite and face the Absolutist Regime without, fear or dispersal until a new constitution was in place for France. At the next session of the General Estates attended by royaltyr oo the 23rd of June, the King was thus forced to cede .to a lot of the demands made, while at the same time avoiding all discussion related to feudal or seigneural property and the rights and duties of the three classes of citizens. At the end of this session the King rounded up his forces around Paris and the royal seat of Versailles to prepare for confrontation. The "Great Fear" or La Grande Peur spread out through France and the revol-ution came to a head with the taking of the Bastille on the l-4th of July.
The different races of' the worl-d S,fiomon Sasako i
Mrs TaXe (ESL) Itr l4artin
Mrs BaLedrokadroka (ESL)
(Ex.Eng. )
Before I came to Suva I was Iiving in a city called euito. This is the capital of Ecudor, a country in South America. The country is very different to Fiji. Ecudor has three main climates. First there is the hot and dry coast with aI1 it's long beaches, then there is the cool and dry mountains where the capital is and in the east there is the hot and very humid jungle with all kinds of mosquito,s and other insects" The people Iiving in this third section are different.
The most modern part is in the mountains. This is where f was
Seoul is very busy in the morning. The schools have many students that work very hard. The teachers in the schools are quite good
Seoul has many shops and department stores. Most department stores are very biE. They have many Lhings but they are not cheap.
SeouL has many fun parks. I like very much the parks. I like to go on many fun riCes and to catch 3-D movies.
I l-ike Korea very much because it has taught me many good. things.
Han-Woong KanE
Before I came to Fiji I Iived in Singapore for 9 years. ft is a nice place but it has dirty air.
In Singapore people are not allowed to sell chewing gum because if someone chews gum he might throw the gum on the ground. people are never allowed to throw rubbish otherwise they have to pay g10O sc there will be no rubbish in Singapore" Its a very clean place.
There are so many big buildings and tall- buildings.
Kazuhisa Chida
J-iving. The capital city is built beside a big volcano that is not very active. But there are some other volcanoes nearby that are active. Some of them are more than 6000m high " The eity itsel f :-s only about 3500m high, but high enough fc-r some newcomers to get altitude sickness. The air is much thinner than here in Fiji so it is harder to run for a long time. The city is not that different to Suva. The main difference is the climate but the buildings are quite simil ar.
CaniLl-o RLein
In Singapore the Japanese school is the biggest Japanese schooi overseas. f went there for 5 and a half years. At the school the students are almost aII Japanese and some part Japanese peopie. The teachers are also Japanese. That,s the first different thing from this school.
The sehool is located in the southern part of Singapore near the sea and next to a very big park. So sometimes class 1-3 students went to the park and played or took lunch. ft's a very green park.
On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays you have to stay at school until 4.3Opm. Actually school finishes aL 3pm but you have to wait for the bus and you can do anything you want. So I enjoyed playing on that time.
Takahisu Chida
[.kq,mr Kin.'i{a
Before f came to Suva I lived in Seoul which is capital city of Korea. In Korea most people live in apartments and we have smal1 playgrounds. A1so, school-s are compact. They are four or more stories high and some high schools have elevators. There are 5O students in one class and each form has 13 classes. My rniddle school had about 2400 students. In Korea students 'can't choose their subjects until University. so in middle school they do 12 subjects. The students are much more polite than here.
Parra Kang
Korea is a very good country, better than Japan. Koreans are kind people. The school is very hard and so some students are unhappy, but some students are smart. I like Korea because there are many video qames. Korean supermarkets are much better than Japanese ones. They have lots of food and many types of ice-cream and biscuits. They are al-I cheaper.
Hong Joon Park
Fiji is very different from Tonga. Fiji has mountains and rivers, in Tonga there are no mountains and rivers. Tonga has hills, waterfalls and voLcahoes. The primary schools in. Tonga are paid for by the Government. The college or high school students must wear sulus, shirts and tapa around their waist. Every school allows the teachers and prefects to hit or punish the students. The reason is to f.orce the students to study.
Arthur Crocker
The 21st of ApriI 1500, Pedro Alvares Cabial reached the southern part of the New World which was discovered by Christopher Columbus some years before. When he landed on shore he named that piece of land "Ilhade Vera Cruz" because he thought it was an island. After it was named Terra de Santa Cruz and finally Brazil. This name was given due to the presence of a kind of wood called "Pau Brasil".
From that time many things have happened. Now BraziI is a country with many problems. Brazil stil1 is a developing country. The economic situation is a hugh problem. The governors of the country are not very good. The president now is Stamar Franco, he replaced the former president Fernando Collor de Melo- Fernando Co1lor de MeIo was replaced because he stole money in a scheme with Paulo Cesar Farias.
Brazil has many races mixed together. Most people like soccer which is the national sport. El_io Nakano
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rNTER IIOUSE MATHS COMPEBITION Form Form Form Form Form F'orm Form One Two Three Four !'rve Six Seven Eagles Iguanas Kiwis Kiwis Kiwis & Kangaroos Kiwi-s Kiwis
Total
n rw:5 Kangaroos fguanas Eagles 29s 21_O 245 l-45 point.s points points points
45 points
35 points
50 points
75 points
55 po.i-nts eacn
45 point.s
70 points
rNTER - SCHOOI, MATHEMATTCS COMPETITION
The Inter-SchooI Mathematics Competition was held on the 16 July, 1993 at the Fi j i College of Advanced Education. Twenty schools took part in the competition.
International came 1st egual in the Form One section;. gained 2nd plaee in the Form Five section ana Lst place in the Form Six section.
WelI done to all those participated.
Senior Team: Manish ItitcheLT, MarigoTd MiiTler
Kumar I Moody,
who
Stuart Erancis
OutfiXs made by the modeLs in Home Economics c-lasses. Lauretta modeTling for Jessrca Marine.
Short Grain Rice
SUSHI - rolled vinegared rice with kelp (thin dried seaweed) around the outside. cuP cups cups
Water Vineqar Sugar 1 1/2 cups 2 tbsp l/2tbsp 1 tsp 2 cups 3 1/2 tbsp 1 tbsp I 7/2 lusp 3 cups 5 tbsp 1 1/2 tbsp 2 tsp
Calarose rice can be used as a short grain rice or use 3/4 cup Iong grain rice and 1/4 cup glutinous (sticky) rice.
Wash a glass or wooden mixing dish (f),at, large diameter). Dry with kitchen towe1. Immediately place the cooked rice in dish and spread evenly over the bottom. Sprinkle vinegar mixture over the rice. With a large wooden spoon mix the rice with a slicing motion. While mixing use a fan or equivalent to cool the rice. Keep sushi rice in the dish, covered with a damp cloth until ready to use for Nori-Sushi. Keep your hands damp to prevent the rice stickinq while moulding.
5 or 6 cups mushrooms (shiitake)
5 cups of sushi rice (Short grain)
5Og qreen beans sugar salt
1 small carrot 2 eqgs vinegar soy sauce
Soak the mushrooms in 1 cup hot water for 30 minutes. Drain and keep the water (called shiitake soup). Sl-ice mushrooms i-nto thin strips. Put 7/2 cwp shiitake soup in a small saucepan. add 2tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp soy sauce, pinch of salt and mushrooms. Bring to the boil, reduce and simmer tiII the liquid almost evaporates.
Cut carrots into match sticks 3 or 4cm long. Place the remaining shiitake soup with ltsp sugar, 1,/2 cup water and salt in a saucepan, add carrots and bring to the boil. Cook, uncovered for 3 or 4 minutes, leave to cool-.
Slj-ce the green beans thinly and blanche in boiling salted water for 2 or 3 minutes. Drain and cool.
Beat the eggs with a pinch of salt and cook a very thin omelette. Cut into shapes 3 or 4cm long. Slice the ginger pickles into strips.
Wave the sheets of Nori (dried seaweed) over a gas flame until it changes colour. on a cutting board place a bamboo mat which prevents sticking (available in chinese shop). P1ace Nori on mat. Put the rice on.the Nori, spread out firmly and add sliced mushroom, carrot and piece of omelette at one end horizontal to the way you are ro11ing. Then roll the dried seaweed an press down so it sticks to the surface of seaweed and use a sharp damp knife to slice Sushi into pieces.
Instead of carrotr e99t beans and mushroom you could add tuna (185q).
Drain the oil from the tuna. P1ace in a pan with 2tbsp sugar, mix and fry till moisture evaporates OR you might add cucumber. Cucumber should be mixed with a bit of salt.
Most ingredients for Sushi can be bought at Ho cangs in Toorak Road close to the bicycle shop.
Short grain rice can occasionally be bought at Joe's Farm and Superfresh but it is in high demand among Japanese ladies and it disappears fast.
The music room was busy in 1993. During first term a concert of Andrew Lloyd Webber songs was selected. A choir of 2OO voices with singers from ST Joseph, s trained by Sister lrene, from Marist Brothers trained by Brother Theophane and from International with Mrs Naidu, performed "Onstage" in the Civic Auditorium in April. Mr Forster accompanied the choir and played solo pieces with 'Solimana' and associated artists assisting in presenting a well received concert.
The Suva Secodary Schools AnnuaI Music Festival is a show where students of various schools come together to sing in a massed choir and to perform dances of colourful and cultural variety.
The Festival is an excellent Iearning opportunity and pleasurable experiences that widens ones knowledge and appreciation of music. Singing requires some amount of skilI, and the Festival heJ-ps teach the students to express themselves in another medium. There is an overwhelming sense of satisfaction in producing beautiful music. A1so, it allows the students to gain access to music qenres that are not traditionally available in Fiji. Another pleasant feature of the choir is that it allows the participating students to deverop friendships with students from other schools.
Although the choir requires continuous commitment and some sacrifice, it is always worthwhile.
comments, 'ikash chandra' I made a lot of friends.
The dancing and especially the singing was excellent and all the practices were worthwhile. Ain't she sweet.... who?....well! ! ! 1.....He better....or...erse....Just cast an eye in her direction
Academic studies in music have proceeded with more than fifty students preparing for two sittings of London Trinity College Music theory exams in grades 2 - 5. There was also a larger than usual group taking the practical exams. FoIlowing the practical exams a very enjoyable, family evening was held in the music room where candidates shared their vocal and instrumental items with each other.
Sil-ver and bronze winners of the Japanese InXernationa]_ Art Competixion
Drawing outs-t-de on a sunny day
It was the year 3000. The earth was going to blow up because bil-lions of space creatures were eating the ozone layer. The only way to get awaY from t,he disaster was to t1Y to |'lars. Mars was the only place to go because j-n the year 2OOO' suPerman killed i:imsel,f and this rnade the other planets blop up" (Don't ask rne why. ) Very few people had survived on plars l:ecause the Martians zapped everyone roho came t-oo cl-ose. Eioweverr there was a way t--o stop all this.
There was a very strong gorilla named i,Ir G. rIe was brave and handsome; he had also saved the world once before. 0n this particular day, Mr G was ,*atching the Chicago Bul1s thrash the New York Knicks on T.V. He l-oved basketball and his favourite +-eam was the Br]lls" At the last shot of the game, which Micheal Jordan Jr. .fr. Jr" Jr. Jr. had takeno the telephone rang. He answered it. On the phone was Lhe President of the l]niteci States. She asked Mr G:,f, he could go off to Mars and kill off e few million Martians. "Darn", Mr c shouted. He had missed the first shot cf the qame" I{e waiked slowiy down to the shop to rent a spaceshipEverything was in order.
rdhen Mr G and his gang, Mrs P the panther and Mrs R a rat had landed on Mars, a half million Martians Eathered around the hero of the story. Mr G as fast as he could, 1et fly his automatic bazooka and started blasting them away. When he had finished, another half miilion were waiting for him" In the rneantime, the two Madames were hiding behind Mr G. Just then, he became worried that he rnight get injured and have to go to the doctor (he hated Doctors). The l-ast time he went to the Doctor he almost got his head chopped off" He finished, but heard f,ootsteps. He turned and fired but it was too late. I{e shot his -uwo lady friends.
Morai:
Don't be afraid to get your eyes
checked once in awhile by the Doctor. Lachl-an I'IacPherson, Form 7
?HE MAD-SCIENTIST
There once was a scientist as mad He examined the mixture all-day as a dog, 1ong, Who leaped around like a crazy old And thought something had gone frog, wrong.
FIe had an evil face willing to Lastly he found it to be right, kill, And f,ound he created a static And had roast frog for his mea1. light.
He was a greedy wizard mixing all hi-s potions,And was the first to create Iubricating lotions. He worked very hard tc, create something each day, But all that hard work and no pay.
one day he mixed: Six saturated sizzling steaks, Seventeen stinky stuffed snakes. Sixteen pieces of squashed stew, And a wipe of the mad-scientist's 'f l-u.
Jonathan Spero t Form 3
one day a fussy pedagogue hired Nasrudin to ferry him across a very wide river. As soon as they were afloat, the scholar asked if it *as goi,1g to be rough.
"Don't ask me nothing about it", said Nasrudin.
"Have you ever studied grammar?"
"No", said the Mul1a.
"fn that case half your life has been wasted".
The Mulla said nothinE" soon a terrible storm blew up.The Mulia,s cockieshell was filling with water. He leaned over to his companion. "Have you ever learnt to swim?"
"No", said the pedant.
"fn that case, schoolmaster, aI1 your life is lost, for we are sinking". From "The Exploits of the I comparable Mulla asrudin".
The role of the English department is well illustrated by this story. In the study of Language and Literature we must never lose sight of the importance of the every day application and relevance of our subject.
with this in mind the teachers in the English Department worked to develop strategies anci cross classroom activitiei to maXe the study of EngIish, orar and written, language and J-iterature, a lively and inleresting experience.
story teLling is a basic activity of mankind. Every chitd loves stories and nursery rhymes and it is rrn to the English Leacher to nurture and develop this interest so that children develop a love of the ranguage and an interest in exproring it in a1l its dlrferent forms ancj varieties.
Mcst children are taught to read during their primary school years. But, in spite of this, many children become virtual noi-r-readlrs by thi time they reach.secondary school. This is because of competition frlm other activities, especially television. children siiply qet out of the practice.
To read werl, just as to play tenni-s we1r, swim welr or even be good at Nintendo computer games, requires practice. Hours and hours of it. Without practice, children cannot become fluent/ responsive readers,
The Ribit reading programme (Read rn Bed - rt,s Terrific), arrows to set their own -reading goals and to work to achieve these goals encouraging children to become committed readers.
Its introduction at the Form 1 to 4 level was a biq success. rt was refined students thereby
and developed as the year progressed. But many children said that they found themselves reading more books and were also recommending books Lo each other.
Pursuing personal interest reading provides a very strong foundaLion for the study of literary texts during the senior years of Secondary Schooling" And reading provides the vital resources over time of a discerning, able intelligence.
Debating took hold in the junior school a cross class activity. Subjects debated a better role model than Madonna", "That cabbaqe" and "That Feminism has gone too
both as an in class activity and as included: "That Michael Jackson is it is better to have a rose than a
Everyone participated in the in classroom debates, and teams were chosen for interclass debates. This made for some friendly interclass rivalry.
Public speaking was also encouraged within the classroom and at form level competitions.
The shakespeare bug hit the school with the purchase of cartoon versions of six of Shakespeare's plays, and a book of the bard,s insults. The playground echoed with unusual insults such as " Mad mustachio purple-hued maltworm", "Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens" as students iel-ished hurling Elizabethan invectives.
The approach taken to Shakespeare is pleasurable first, and scholarly Iater. The teaching of Shakespeare has been given a wonderful boost by recent productions of Haml-et and Henry V which easil-y rival Lethal Welpon
There were many writing activities and these were made more interesting the children, and meaningful by the obvious assistance of many parents activities such as autobiographical and biographical writing.
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The first shipment of our new junior school textbooks arrived and was greeted with much enthusiasm by teacher and student al-ike. The books incrude extracts from a diverse range of sources such as mythorogy and regend, modern day literature, performance poetry and the itrray oi media and writing. These books are already being used enthusiastically and (hopefully) are being taken good care of.
Next year we have many more ideas and plans in the piperine. vle hope to have more emphasis on Drama within the English oepaitment rather than as an separate subject. We also hope to have more drama activities involving the whole school- and this is already underway with plans for a Shakespeare Festival.
A very enjoyable year has been capped off by the fourth form team achieving second place in the Daily Post School Newspaper Competition thus winning another computer for the English Department. Well done!
on a personal note r wourd like to thank the teachers in the English Department. I have enjoyed the student centred approach, the enthusiasm and commitment, the innovatlon and the pleasure we have found working as a team.
I look forward to an equally enjoyable year in 1,994.
Maria ltlacKay (HOD ENGLISH)
I was eager with rustling softly.
anticipation.
as we rumbled up the mountain, our clothes
As we reached the topo peopleo thickj-y dressed in waterproof gear, came into view. They had ski boots on and were carrying skis and po1es. They had perfectly matching outfits, but ours were begged or borroweci, and were a mixture of browns, b1ues, greens and oranges"
We went over ,to the ski lifts which took us wobbling down to the beginners slope called "Happy Va11ey". Hereu we stomped along in our huge bootsf over to the rope which pulJ,s people up the mountain. A11 you really have to do is hold on and brace yourself,o but you also need to have stronE hands"
After a few tries we were ready to go down part of the way"
I had three things on my mind, which people had told me - how to go and keep balanced, how to stop by putting your skis in a 'rv'it shape and how to get up when you fall - the falling'was, to me, the most importantr as I feJ-t my legs already about to fall-!
After a coupJ-e of deep breaths I braced my knees, balanced my' poles behind me and pushed off. At first my motion was a little unsteady, and a couple of people had to swerve past me while I was sprawled on the snow. But I carefully stood up, steadied myself and pushed off again"
It was exhilarating, the wind blowing on my faceo momentum gathering. Then i remembered the stoppinE position and swerved over to my mother, though with al-1 the cLothes on, her figure had changed a little.... I made mlr way past aii the othe:: people and in a few minutes i was up at the top agaiil.
A surge of confidence shivered throuqh my body. I felt as though i was borr: to the skj.s. A swift push off, and I was swervinE down the slope aqain" The dusty white snow flew into the air as I flicked past" As I inhai-ec" I sme::. the ref,reshinE, cleano mountaj-n air"
When I neared the end of my journey f slowed down, then swerved to a stop. I felt great, f had done it, without faltering. I knew that I would never forget that wonderful feeling of pride.
Katherine Cornwa7L, Eorm 3
gHE WHOLE WORI,D'S DEA&
The Who1e World's Dead
The people gone
Who do we look to instead
The world's a mess
A shrivelled up place
Lacking in Beauty
And unpolluted air
What colour j-s green
What colour is blue
The world's gone black
And grey too!
People aren't people
Mostly machine
Houses are crowded together
Like berries in jam
People don't laugh
People don't talk
The whole world's mad
And you're stuck in between
You saw the green
You saw the blue
You saw the beauty
You're one of the few
The green's gone brown
The blue's gone black
Animals are dying
We should too"
The earth's grot no hope
Without help will we survive?
Is this the way things could end?
In a balance of the heart
To begin or end?
Gretchen Xenny, Form 5
V{hen the sun blazes down In the middle of the day The tarmac glitters And the palm trees sway Birds fly by On their solitary paths Their eye catching beauty Not on my behalf scenes like this Make you want to wonder Has the modern world Just begun to blunder
Nothing but industry Houses, roads and cars What about the mystery In the midnight stars
Think about the future
The people we've come to be
Please don't reject our nature Why peopleo don't you see?
I am not asking much Just a world without pollution There is a frightening problem lrle have no good sol-ution.
I wish the early people Had thought the future For then they had many And now we have so few through resources
I sometimes come to wonder What this pJ-anets aII about With all these complications f can soon confirm my doubts
So please understand my message The opinions f have shared Believe me in the future You'II be glad that you have cared. Sarah Daly, Form 2
It's hard to imagine that three years ago I was sharing my sleeping bag with another animal. Now don't get the wrong idea -it's not wtrit youttrinr.. it was going to be a long.weekend so my parents decided that the wliole family would go on a camping trip in the outback of Australia.
That Thursday we got out all the o1d dusty sleeping bags that hadn,t been used in years and it was my job to wipe arl the dust ott trrem - yuk. Anyway, that didn't take long, and finally \re were all packed.
lre got in t\e jeep; me with my ginger and sick bags (as r knew it would be a rong journey, ) and my little brother with his arms furl of sweets.
The journey took about four hours (that's not including all the little stops we had along the way) -but finally we were there. We took out all the gear "id started to set up. The place we had found was pleasant a-s it was surrounded by eucalyptus trees and had a nice smell to it. It was getting quite dark now so my mother told my brother and me to go and look for some firlwood. We did as we were told and soon we were eating spaghetti and drinking hot chocolate. We sat around the fire tal-king for a while and then tucked in to our sleeping bags.
It wasn't until the next night that the strange event took place. During the day we had seen many koalas and kangaroos. That night was another stori aII together. It was about three o'clock in the morning when I felt somelning very soft and warm lying next to me. r opened my eyes and rorred over expecting it to be my little brother lwho al-ways camL to my bed if he,d had a nightmare) but instead, I got the shock of my life when tLiere beside me was a koala! It was iust lying there cuddled up in the sheets!! ScarceJ-y daring to breathe I reached down and stroked his ear. It looked so cute! f Ia! absolutely stiII as it stirred slightly then opened one eye. rt took one look at where it was and then scampered out of the sleeping bag.
I don't know how to describe the feeling I had as I 1ay there, motionless. But aLl I can say is that I'Il never, ever as long as I live, forget that day. Jackie DrysdaTe, Form 3
MTSADVENTURE
The drumming of the machines
Had changed speeds and sounds
Almost a symphony of mechanical mischief
The sound almost soothing
Yet, the noise is one of action
An orchestra of productivity, of conviction.
But silence grows
A solitude machine
As if a single trumpeter
Slowly playing, mournful taps
Then finally the tribute stops
There is silence
A silence of blood, Of discord, Of death.
Erancis tttiTler, Form 6
A high target
A hawk Sport tech missile rushing to its coming down on its prey
Aman Prasad, Eorm 2
MY MEMORIES
My memories about how great it was In the past years and days I just might telI you everything In al-I these different ways
I remember once when I was young In school, the very first day I got kept in for knocking out Bill And I didn't get to play
Well, my fondest memory is of when ....Um....?
Pass
My other memories are sort of dear Like Movie World, Sea World, Disney WorId New York, Vancouver and L.A. WeII, they could be good, a litt1e good, Pretty good in fact. So now you know my memories So I might just go and re1ax.
DRACULA
Your stealth is betrayed. ?he hum of your presence alerts yet, size is your guise and anasthetics, your trade.
A flying dew drop of blood. Life giving blood, precious blood, MY BLOOD.
The elixir of life I hold dear.
I would look and see That you had joined with me, a cunning prowler, an intruder on my person.
As most intruders are persecuted, I have become judge, jury and EXECUTOR.
The sentence, your life for a drop of mine.
Yet, a smear would not hold anything, at least in your present state, you have a mind, a consciousness, a being.
But a smear you shall be, you greedy life swindler, you drank too long from my fountain of existence.
Erancis Mfi7ler, form 6.
f am just a pigment of your imagination. got roy body, got my sou1, but you've got my nation.
../essica Horn, Form 4.
The tree
Waving to me
Early on a morning
When I am still yawnJ-ng. It puts its arms out for Trying to get my attent On those windy days, It sways It is so kind to me, As you will see.
So why do we hurt
Just with a chop We do it for our own while we could be planti why harm nature?
Claire Pamment, Form 3
It sat in the grass aII guiet and still. Its green eyes watching cars past Deciding whether to run or stay. go
It started to meow when f picked it uP It looked very tired and very sickly' I wrapped it carefully in my towel. Then it started to purr, as I rubbed its head And felI asleep in my towel bed.
Brenda llitcheTl, Eorm 3
I couldn't believe f was seeing straight. There he was, a few metres away, earnestly talking to the shopkeeper - his gestures stirring my memories. My brother hadn't changed much in the last few years. He -ras tall-er of course, but he still had that lankiness that used to be the cause of most of our fist fights. His unruly mop of hair glistened in the sunlight and fell to his nape in riotous curls. His skin shone a deep mahogany b-rown - clearly indicating where he had spent most of his summer.
- Timmy cocked his head to one side, his brow furrowed with concentration as the shopkeeper continued their conversation. Oh, yes! He hadn't changed much in appearance. It was now time to find out the rest. Determinedly squaring my snoutaers, I walked forward to greet him.
Litea Young, Form 5
Up the steep driveway
Past the gum trees and the children running in and out
You'11 find the house
And a faithful dog will be in its kennel.
The tyre swing is constantly used
The chooks are in their pen
The cubby house is filled with excited children
And two goats in the paddock
Past them you'1I find the children.
Now we play no more amongst the gum trees
The dog is stiLl in j-ts kennel
The swing is never used
The chooks are stiI1 in the pen
The cubby house isn't used
It is there to remind us of the past
There are no children hiding in the scrub.
Belinda Vandepeen, Form 3
Haiku
Dance away tonight, Never sleep in the moonlight
Sleep with the sunJ-ight.
SyTvia Ba7e, Form 2
The train had just come in, But a tvro mile, uphiJ-l walk lay ahead for him.
To pass time, he counted the bright lights of the lamps
How many more? How many more to go?
He reached the hilltop and paused in wonder
At the pitch black, illuminated by many lights,
The cause of which, distant villages several miles away
Almost struggJ-ing to stand out in the dense blackness.
once i.n a while through blackness
The bottom of the.valley traced,
By the 7.3O train bound London
Or perhaps another northwards. the thick could be south for steaming
For a moment the valley would come to life.
The trains would cleave through the darkness
Lighting the va11ey beJ.ow, fuming, burning,
And the clangi-ng and swaying of the train would sound as thunder in the silence.
Then the noise and commotion would fade away
As the train, pressing onward to its destination, disappeared
Leaving the village lights silently glowing
Struggling in the impenetrable darkness
Ben Pratt, Form 6
lly parents were driving me to the doctors, I was to get a thorn removed from my finger. We arrived at the waiting room. It was big, dark and empty with white walls - like the inside of a prison. Moments Iater a door at the End of the room screeched open. A dark figure started to appear. The "thing" came out and said "r've been waiting for you." rt was the doctor. He hid pale skin, white hair, AND my God, a belt of butchers knives dripping with bt6od.
I started to run to the door, but two men aII dressed in white grabbed me, picked me up and took me into the surgery. The men wearing white left and closed the door behind them. I could hear the rattling of Lhains and locks being turned. I started to scream!
SUDDENLY I was grabbed on the shoul-der. I jumped. The next thing I knew I was on the operating table. I was covered with straps holding me down. f couldn't get loose. The doctor turned around. He had an insane look on his face. He had a chainsaw in his hand which he was lowering towards my face .then suddenly .r woke up! or did r? Daniel cull, rorn 4
Something f've been thinking about a lot late1y is my childhood. How it has affected my present attitudes and feelings and how it will affect my future.
When l was in year five f thought I would be in school forever. l,ly parents would always call me "princess". My greatest worry was whether to cut my hair or keep it long.
Year five seems an eternity ago. My thoughts then were those of a girl who lived in suburbia,, sheltered from the world of hate and complications.
Since year five, the years of my life seem to be getting shorter, like my hair. Now I live in a different country, a totally different world to the one I grew up in. It was always a joke how I was twelve going on twenty one. Now I feelsixteen going on twenty one. A sixteen year old who worries constantly about death, how she's going to bring up her children, and of course the nineties problem, drugs.
Although I may sound like a pessimist I really try to be an optimist, looking at both sides of whatever problem or catastrophe I am involved always step back and analyses all aspects. This usually takes time, but end I feel I make the best possible decisions always rn. l. in the
I was brought up being told that I had to be honest. I had to respect adults. There was a time and place for everything. These things were told to an innocent, bright eyed girl who still believed in Santa C1aus; a girl who looked up to her parents as giants. The worst possible thing that could happen was that the family would run out of chocolate ice cream.
That girl has now grown up. Although I am doubtful about Santa Claus, and not so innocent anymore, I sti11 wouldn't swop what my life was, or what i-t has become, with anyone.
And I still believe in my dreams.
Sarah Rogers, Form 5
At twelve and a half years of age, having lived in New Zealand practically all my life, you would have thought that I would be bored and sick of school and life in the same city! But actually I wasn't!
When I found out that I was coming to Fiji f cried.... and cried and cried. I also thought about leaving my friends, school and my brother. But the I thought about hot summer days, fresh fruit and swimming at the beach! When I arrived here I got a big shock! Fiji was not what I had imagined and I saw no beaches! !
It wasn't until we got to the Travelodge that I saw my first Fiji beach. I am sure most of you have seen the beaches around there, and to te)-l you the truth I was definitely not impressed.
Walking in town is a completely different story. I never imagined Fiji to be as developed as it is. Actually r didn't think it was developed at a1r.
The second week here, I had to come to school- for an interview with Mr Forster. I didn't realise that there $rere so many European people in Fiji.
The third weei< was my first day at school. Nervous, you ask? werr, let,s just say my knees were shaking so much I thought I was going to fal1. Obviously I got through the week without much worry.
At first I really hated Fiji and f desperately wanted to go back to New Zealand. Now I don't know how my parents are going to get me on that pJ-ane!
Natasia Nadden, Eorm 3
one of the extra dimensions that the International Baccalaureate brings to the curriculum is Theory of Knowledge (ToK) which aims to give students a broader context into which they can put their school studies.
There is no prescribed content - rather a series of questions which are raised and explored. It is hoped that the dialogue and debate so engendered will help students clarify in their own minds the degree of certaint! attached to different kinds of knowledge, judgements and ,ra1ues.
It would be fair to say that on occasion it can be heavy going - particularly in the- Ii:"! Ylar - as one is after a1l dealing with fairfy -abslract ideasl generalities about generalities, thinking abouC ttrint<ing. -at tfre end of the course, however, each student has revealed. a very distirictive way of writing and thi,nking about these issues, and one of the pleasures of €eaching th6 course has been the originality and clarity with wfrictr philosophical malters have been addressed by students.
Final essays submitted this year have included the following titles:
"A child, when it begins to speak, learns what it is that it knows.'
"Does man create his own limits in which he lives, thinking he ," ,rJ"i,""t' "rs morality a relative or absolute affair?,, N Bentley R Johuston
"The recognition and determination of facts formalises knowledge.,, J Pratt
"How do our concepts of knowledge and belief illuminate our understanding of religion? 'r
"Does science diminish or enhance our belief in God?,, s Wong
"can we plausibl-y argue that peopre who speak dif ferent ranguages "r-ir?.t"?l dif ferent worlds? rr P Vytilliugan
"rf r am r because you are you, and if you are you because r am r, not I and you are not you', (Hassidic rabbi)
Some have made deeper inroads into phiJ_osophy, notably "I am wi-se in that f know nothing" (SocratEsJ and N Pratt then I am S wong
To give readers a flavour of the quality of writing, there follows some brief guotable extracts from a variety of wrilers and relroduced in full- one of the essays that received egual top marks in internal assessment.
"To identify people is, therefore to say, not what, but who they are.,, S Wong
"!99i" simply allows fo': a greater degree of certainty in the minds of those philosophers that use it, but it dols not, in reaiity., arter the actual existing degree of certainty at all. "
"Formal logic simply brings to our greater attention things of the obvious
"There ls no judgement that is not worthwhile for it cultivates the tastes of the individual. "
N Pratt
"..."r wourd still say it is unnatur?r." This reply suggests that the speaker is not asserting anyttring about what peopfe aor'bilt w-hat p""lf" ought to do (or not to do) .,'
"':..it is quite correct to say that it cannot be refuted by any evidence, but neither can it be proven by:evidence, for it does ""t itt"irpt to say any factual things about the stite of the world.,. I
S tfong
"?he life that man has created for himself in this world, seems full of restrictions and limitations. His language is restricting his thought processes with its limited amount of words; man's history imprisons him in a certain period of time, giving him no choice but to accept the deeds of his ancestors. The study of science emphasises man's ignorance about the world itself "
"To find true freedom he must go back to the basics,..." N Bentley
"Moral judgements play an important role in our lives. Every day we decide whether or not we ought to do something. lrle also choose between two different courses of action based on whether one is better or u/orse than the other. These types of judgments are made in the workplace, at home and during recreational periods. "
"AI1 areas of work, whether it is science, politics, else require you to make moral judgements."
journalism or something R ilohuston
"So like in art l^rhere a painter decides which landscape to immortalise on his canvas_, trying to create a masterpiece, man is continuously researching through science to preserve and discover his wor1d, to gain from his eiforti of experimentation. The body of knowledge which is science remains neutral like the artist's paint. It depends what man does with this knowledge..." N Bentley
"Knowledge taught in primary and most of secondary school is so universally accepted it is taught through a conformist technigue. When man begins to question certainty his own personal values will decide what he/she wiIl accept as factr... "
"OnIy our true beliefs can count as knowledge.',
"Unlike historians who must use facts to prove their theory, prove liis theory before it is accepted a-s fact..." a scientist must J Pratt
"Imagine the difficulty in trying to have a conversation without beinq able to use names, but having to describe each person or object."
"Talking would become intensel-y complex and laborious.,.
"What is in a name? It is clear that a name is not intended for making something look better or smell or sound better. A name does not improve th6 quality of a person, place or thing. However it allows the easy and efficient interaction of knowledge and ideas.,'
J Pratt
"... if everything needs a creator, then so would God.
" "Who made me?" cannot be answered, since it immediately suggests the further question, '.Who made God?,, "
Religion replies to this by stating that God had no creator and was always there- science then replies with the theory that if God doesn,t need a creator, then neither does the world 1.. itt
S Balram
"We aII have a world of our own, that we relate in terms of understanding, and reasoning in our own special way.,'
"-..thought is something that is unique in every different person,..." p vytilingam
RAILS UPON WHICI{ OUR THOUGHTS MUST Rt'N?
The first thought that comes into my mind upon reading this statement is a picture, a picture of a train g'oing along a railway line" However when a person says something brings a picture to his or her mind does a picture really pop into his or her mind? Or do they think of the picture in words? Does one for example see a red rose? Or does one tJzrnk of a pJ-ant with lots of red petals. thorns anC a swee+- srnell?
There are people who picture the rose in their rninds but they need the word rose to bring up this picture? If the words "a red flower that sme1ls nice" were spoken, they would picture rnany other flowers that are both red, and sme1l nice before settlj-ng on the roseo if in fac-' they do settle on the rose"
This brings us baek to our f,ixecl rails. Do our thoughts run along a certain track, which is language or do they run alonq a pair of parallel tracks: of languaEe and of pictures" Is it possible to describe a show or sornelhing one had seen during the day without con;uring' up some sort of imaEe in your audience's mind? Would poetry have any effect. upon us j-f we could not respond to the irnagery in it? trf, we could not picture the irnaEes portrayed to us by the poets?
AnoLher possibility is that our thoughts do not rr.rn along any sort of track but that instead they are steered by an enveloping rnist rnade up of the knowredEe brought to us by our five senses (sight, sme1r, touch, hearing and Lastingi and complimented by emotions" When we are sad or happy we feel these emotions before thinking about them. rn the sarne wav, we must hear music before we can think about it, although one could arEue thaL to notice music you have to be thinking about it. If you dj-d not thj,nk about it, it would just be a background noise, not something yoll would notice. This shows however that it is possibl-e to have your thought directed by your senses rather than language. custav Jung, a swiss psychiatrist, came up with a similar theory which he called "feeling-toned complexes" in his Diagnostische Associatronsstudren
Those who think that language is like fixed rails upon which alI our thoughts must run could argue that the dictionary definition of language is any means of communication amongst a group of people. Thj-s would mean that any form of communieation that our thoughts can fo11ow, nc rnatter what form of communicatj,on it is. could be considered language. The fact that Lhe form of communication has to be foll-owed to be undersLood compares j-t to a railway track which has to be followed before the destination is reached. What is the point of having a language unless it is to share information? What is the point of, sharing information if, the person you are talking to does not understand you? If they cannot follow your train of thouqht? There is no point in communicating wj-th someone who does not understand you, whether the type of communication is spoken, written or actioned.
"!ie (God) never sent a messenger save with the 1-anguage of his folk, that he might make it (the message) clear for them.,,
The above quotation from the Koran (J-4.4) illustrates the importance'of being understood, a fact that even holy books emphasise. ff language is the method of sharing your thought with others can it not also be the way to make yourself aware of what it i-s that you are thinking about? After all, how many people think to themselves that something is iust eLuding them? That if lhey could only remember a certain "word" then they would be able to remember the events that surround it or are connected with it. Does this not make it seem that language does controL the path our thoughts follow?
Those who do not accept that language can be enlikened to rails which our thoughts run along could use the example of a young child who has yet to learn to speak
But what am I?
An infant crying in the night
An infant crying for the lrght And with no language but a cry.
Lord Tennyson
( 1809-1892 )
The young child does not know any language. It only knows feelinqs. The child does not know that his teddy bear is pink or brown or even that it is caIled a teddy bear. A1l it knows is that it is comforting to hug and to hold. It knows when it is hungry but does not think "I am hungry". It- knows when it is cold but does not say "I am cold"" The child ]earns as it- qrows to put thoughts into words and to name objects. This is ]rnovrledge that it acquires through Iisteninq to other people talking. This is proof that thoughts are not controlled by language but instead that- language can be controlled by thought.
Peter Latham (1789-1875) said "Beware of Language for it is often a great cheat," This could be another reason to question the statement "Language is Iike fixed rails upon which al1 our thoughts must run" " There are many siLuations where people do not say what they are thinking. lnstead they purposely try to mislead those to whom they are talking. An example of this coul-d he the language used during the Vietnam war when the American soldiers woul-d say they were placing the Vietnam villagers within protective hamlets in order to keep them frr:m getting hurt. However the real reason for the protective hamlets was to prevent the villagers (who could have been Viet Cong members) frorn attacking the American soldiers. This meant that the villagers were more or less caged by the American soldiers.
Up until the 1990's. newspapers often used the term "free world" country to describe any country which was not controlled by a communist government. Countries which were 1ed by dictators or fascist governments were aLso caIled "Free World Countries" although the people were not actually free but were tightly controlled by their leaders. This is another exampJ-e of how Ianguage can disguise thought.
It has been shown that thought cannot be shared withou,t the use of language, which enlikens it to a railway line by giving the speaker a goal (to be understood) " Hovrever, language does not always depict this thought accurately. Neither is language needed in order to altow one to think. Therefore it can be said that language is not the line that aII thought must follow but that it is the means of communicating that thought to others"
R Johnston, Form 7
Back Row
Iliddfe Row
Front Raw
Absent
Bradley Morton, Shane CclIins, Terry Kitekei.aho, Lachlan Macpherson, Richard Austin, Samir Faysal, Mathew Burrows
Monica Chaudhry, Dinr-rsha Jayatilake, Tokamarewe Tabai, pandcra Reddy, Rita ceorge, Sulueti Bulu, Matatai Wickham Hye Sunq Park, NicoIe Patterson, Reena Gokal, Bianca Noble (C1ass Captain) / Lauretta Ah Sam, Joanne Spero Qoriniasa Ba1e, Jennifer Gray, Mariangela Mossley/ Gregory Rohan, Fiasil i Vae'au
Back Row
Middle Row
Front Row Absent
Simon Phillips, Kati Stice, Ana Matahau, Vili Ravusiro. Adi Tuikilakila Ganilau, Natalie Lane, Matthew Thorburn Mrs Trainer, steven cox/ Jacqueline Davey. Luke wakefield, Jatin Pate}, Jennifer Jones, Kazuhisa Chida KunaI Narsey, Margaret Marine, James Huggett, Manoa Vocea, Richard Pamment, Benjamin Summers, Emma Dalziel Nicholas Perks, Jaikar Bandhara, Risiate Biudole
At the start of the year Form 1 went to Levuka on camp. We took the ferry and as usual it was late" When we finally got to Levuka we went to the ovalau Resort and had a nice dinner. Each morning we went for a run and did exercises. During the day we visited aII sorts of different places including a village where we had 1unch. The next day we visi-ted town and looked in the shops. Later on we went to PAFCO, the fish company, it was smelly!
It was nearly the end of camp and soon we would have to go home. The last day we went swimming and went to the beach, that night we stuck around and played at the ovalau Resort. For dinner we had a lovo and then went to bed. The next day we left at 2am and took the ferry back. It had been a great camp!
NicoTe Patterson and Bianca Noble
Some Form 1 Creative Writino
In 1954, Mandarin the Tarsier and Phil the Tortoise were living in the tropics of Jamaica. Mandarin was sitting in her favourite tree sl.urping Flyade (Iemonade with flies instead of j-ce cubes) when suddenly PhiI came by, interrupting her peace and quiet to announce that they had been invited to Brian's limbo party. Phil- also said he was going to town to buy a new outfit for the party. Mandarin said that she'd meet him Later in town. l"landarin was a selfish Tarsier who always demanded attention. She rented the flashiest dress that the town had to offer.
A few days later, l"landarin and Phil left for the Iimbo party. When they arrived, they were shocked to see punch, appetizers, baLloons, and even dancers with baskets of fruit on their heads. Mandarin started bragging to Phil that she would definitely win the Iimbo contest. Phil, keeping his cool just said, "maybe so, but 1'll do my best." Phil was shocked to see a herd of Zebras entering the room. Mandarin especially noticed the one wearing the hot pink tutu. l"landarin approached the ballerina tooking zebra and very quickly found out that her name was Zoe and that she was from South Africa. I',landarin heard them announce that the Iimbo contest was about to begin.
Once on the dance floor, Mandarin lost her lucky earring. She was very upset and began to lose her confidence.
Zoe r^ras the first under the limbo stick and had no problem. Next was Mandarin who was more concerned with her lost earring and how she looked in her flashy dress. As a result, she tripped and bumped the limbo stick. Brian offered her another turn. Mandarin told the crowd, "I' m going to show you how this is done." Unfortunately, she was so busy bragging that she didn't see the stick and walked right into it. PhiI followed her and in taking his time, was declared the winner. Being a good friend, he did not brag. Mandarin was so upset that instead of congratulating him, she was worried about how she looked in front of everybody and her reputation
MoraI: Looks aren't everything while bragging gets you nowhere.
Pandora Reddy, MeriLi NosLey, Dinusha Layatilake
Form I
Back Row
I4iddTe Row
Front Row
Absent
Alexis Simpson. Garth Bower, Mosese Waqanivavalagi, Matthew Jun (CJass Captain), Loren Gough
Mr MitcheIl, Ryan Gavin, Dav j-na Martin, Karl_ Schmid, Waisale Naqiolevu, Aman Prasad, Sylvia Bale, paul Knight Andrew Pook, Amy Leitch, Suzie Schafer, Han-woong Kang/ Solomon Sasako, Ratu Salesi Kinikinilau, Marcus Bay Meli Sila, Rachel Hawkins, Allister Brian
This class is far better than any other class. Although we don't always get al-ong, but when we do its a happy sight. Lead by our own Leader, teacher, Father: Mr Mitchell, we try our best in aII our work.
Funniest and troublesome cl-ass Original is what we are.
Roaming the school, Makinq tons of noise.
2M we're proud to be, Mr Mitchell you're the best!
Davina and ALexis
Back Row Veeral Patel, Caroj_ine
Sari Faysal, Anita Co.'t Ii
Dean Col1ie Niddle Row Mrs Gadiuta. RajniI Sj.nof FaIvey
Front Row
Ahsent
Appleby, Christopher SIack, Evan giasuka, ns, Christopher Hawley, Aishwarya Sukhdeo, i ,. McDonnell, paul Kirkcaldy, Samuel Ho11ins, .:i j: ilak-ano, Takahisa Chida, Neitama Wickham, Daniel
Jessica ,' -._rr.,, Amelia Whiting, paulini Rabele, Hong Joon park, Priya Singh, Megan Noble, Sheetal Tappoo
Peter Tsiamalili 1'c-lass captain), pamela crane, Marjorie de Vletter
Back Raw
lliddfe Row
Front Row Absent
Back Row
I4iddfe Row
Front Row
Absenx New
Belinda Vanderpeer, Maepeza Wickham, Simon Jepsen, Donald Pickering, Andrea Birch, Jitesh Singh, Ragigia Dawai
Mrs Waqainabete, Lolohea Bulu, Reeti onorio, Brenda Mitchell (Class Captain), Jacqueli-ne Drysdale, Amit Shankar, Jonathan Spero, Katherine Cornwall, Maali Elisala, Amy Morton
Manami Kinoshj-ta, Tandra Rubine, Adrian BossIey, Genevieve VytiIj-ngam, Claire Pamment, Vikesh GokaI, Lisa PhiIIips
John McNaughton, Amanda SeIIars, David Whiting, GiIIian Heathcote
Lavenia Matahau, PhiIip Ravusiro, Maushmi Shankar, Nicholas Simpson, Michelle EIliott, Alexander Livingstone, Natasha Madden, Anuradha Singh
Mrs Kumar, Payal Mudaliar, Michael LaIabaJ-avu, Arthur Cocker, Tevita BiudoIe, Garrick Anesone, Akanisi Sovatabua, Avinash
Chandra Lisa Philp (Class Captain), Bianca Lokollo, Teresa Koorey/ Adam Wade, St,efan Burrows, Trent Cameron, Teh Chung
Jennifer Col-1ins, CamiIo Klein, Jenon Marlow, Tateraka Tabai
Antonio Misso
Just imagine some of the Form 3 boys singing " fn the still of the niqht"" What would it sound like? Would it be good or bad? WeIl, we found out what it sounded like on the night of the talent show. They weren't as good as " Boys to !len" but who is? From rny point of view they were bri-I1iant.
I have never seen a group of boys sinE a song in tune without a muslc teacher. They were groovy.
The girls did a it involved swinging their candles.
candlelight dance * bunch of girls hips and holdinq a
ft was a night to remember and f am sure Form 3 , s, includi-ng the teachers that came aIong, wil-1 never forget what fun and adventures they had at Camp at Caqalai, 1993.
Brenda l,Iitchell
Back Raw
lliddie Row
Front Roet Absent
Back Row
I,Iiddle Row
Front Raw Absent
Adam Clegg, Mel-issa ColJ-ard, Troy Simpson, Andrew Leys, Eibert de Vletter
Mr Achary, Jacinda Thompson, Sunanda Reddy, Roisin Collins, Salanieta Mataikabara, Maliana SauLekaleka , Kathleen Whiting, Rini Kumar, Holly Pickering, Ruth Cork
Jignasha Pate1, Christopher Southwick, Cameron Norman (Class Captain), Natalie Kerr, SybiI Smith, Claire Robinson, Erin Davis
Peter Salwat, Rebekah Mue, Valenivalu Buadromo
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Imro de Vletter, Simione Matebalavu, Jed Seward, Daniel- Jones (C1ass Captain), Douglas Vae'au, Ronil Singh, Foekatea Pita, DanieI CuIl
Mr Gounder, Solo Fogg, Tania Kitekei'aho, Jennifer Whiting, Nicola Johnson, Adelaine Mavunga, Seini Roko, Vaine McDonnel-1, Craig Dunstan
Sumeet Tappoo, Ranjeeta Nair, Tebaua onorio, Judy Peng, Lyndsay Warvi, Nikita Patel, Parra Kang
Jessica Horn, Sylvia Lokollo, Praveena Prasad
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I{iddfe Row
Front Row
Absent
Form 5
Meeraj Chand, Nicholas Phil1ips, Dorian Spero, Scott Koorey, Sachin Solanki, opeta Alefaio, Peniasi Kunatuba Mr Martin, Harley Sofi-eld, Patrick Allen, MeIe Kunatuba, Suh-woonq Kang, Vanessa Falvey, Joseph Mudaliar, Emele Bulu Rosie Bal-ekiwai, Gretchen Kenny, Leanne Bossley, Dora TsiamaliIi, Napa Tsiamalili, Marilyn Cornelius, Richard DaIziel Litea Young, Gwendoline Sikivou, Bradley Dunstan, Matthew Gray, SaIome Buadromo, Sarah Rogers
QUOTES
Matthew DoraPeniEmel-eLeanne
Sarah cott - "ArBrC Dt EtFtG, "You Go Girl" "Your Daddy" "Party On Dudes" - "co To Church, My child" "SimpIe Mind, Simple Pleasures" "Wel1 ft's Very Simple, Rea I 1y
JUST A CAPTAINS FEW WORDS THEMSELVES ! ! FROM THE KEEP SMILING, KEEP SHINTNG. KNOWING YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON US Dora & Emele
Mos-' likely to be recruited by N.B.A" Who needs Jordan?: Dora Ozone depletion award for persistent use of hair-spray: Joseph
Top candidate for the best of the worst surfie award; patrick
Most likely to re-write the constituti-on - has to be R.Bl: Gwen "Nicholas!. . .Rosiel. .Emelel. .Read my lips! ": Mr Martin
The one who taught Michael Angelo to draw: Suh Wong
Most likely to burn down the physics lab: Gretchen "Form 5 stop running around the lab!": Mrs Wilisoni
Best amateur strawberry photographer: Bradley Fiji's version of Hollywood's Roseanne Barr: Rosie
The man they call "White Horse": Meeraj
"Dream lover come rescue me ! ": Salome
The world's worst whinger: Matthew
Anybody want to laugh?: Nicholas
Direct descendant of Einstein: Scott
Soul maLes: Dorian and Sachin
First to migrate S.G.S.: Peni
The jovial undertaker: Opeta
re so gorgeous ! ": Richard
Silent but deadly: Vanessa
Little miss innocent: Leanne
Shakespeare Taci: Hari-lyn
No ordinary angel: Sarah
The next Tina Turner: MeIe
Child of God: Emele
Mor:e than words: Litea Go Napa, get busy: Napa
Back Row
MiddLe Row
Front Row
Absent
Manish Kumar, Vikash Chandra, Isireli Jitoko, Epeli Hau'ofa, Francis Miiller, Timothy EIliott, Mosese Tauva, Stewart MitcheII, Prajesh Mohan
Mr Samuwai, David Horn, I4arigold Moody, Luke Rogers/ Quan Chung, Adi KoiIa GaniIau, Ben Pratt (C7ass Captain), MaIcoIm Bossley (Class Captain) / Evan Naqiolevu, Nobuyoshi Tada, Vasemaca Uculoa
Nicolar Cameron, Joyce Tsiamalili, CarIa Clegg/ Marta Cuboni, Alisi Balekiwai, Chantale Lane/ Rebecca Southwick, Kathryn Thompson, Lina Channan
Foy Chung, Lena Mutton
GUESS WHO?
By Nobuyoshi Tada
Alessandro Cuboni : "Head-boy or party animal? Alex or Sandro? We still aren't sure." Janet
Shekhar Balram: Nelsine Bentley: Stephanie Browne: Agnes Bulati-ko:
Miliana Cegumalua: Dixit Chauhan: Alessandro Cuboni: Alice Ileffernan: .Tanet Iloskins:
Ranadi Johnston : Ravinesh Nath: John Pratt: Nicole Pratt: Ilelen Savu: one
Kristofa Vae'au: Praveen Vytilingam: Selaima Wong: Venoma Yoshida:
Mary Daya:Roneti Benaia: ilosevata Koro: Mr SimioneWellington: Sema:
Ranadi .Tohnston:
"As the head student, she has a tendency to be extremely weird at times and forever making strange loud noises. " HeLen
To beat Steffi craf at Denet:au.
Nelsine Bentley: "as head girl/ a person with two different personalities, especially when ^L^,
To become a Vampire Slayer (Buffy)
To represent China in the Miss Universe pageant.
To invent a high energy wan-ton to feed the hungry in Somalia.
To change rubbish into a multi million doLlar enterprise.
To win the Elvis impersonation award.
To finally decide what he's called (AIex or Sandro).
To drown in a giant C.B. keg.
Janetosan, what's her aim: to become sewn to a chess board, win every game, and to gabberate and Iive up to her name.
To gho or not to qho.
To blow up the chemistry lab using his undulating methods.
To promote the potato revolution in Japan.
To destroy aII evidence of evolution.
To re-design the senior's uniform to have shirts with sleeve and ripped skirts.
To be f-he first Samoan to invent a lab book detector.
To invent a computerised hairdresser.
To find a cure for asthma by crushing bones.
To find the equivalent of the perfume Chanel No.5 using tuna flakes.
To star in the Phantom of the Dwarfs.
To open a bakery in Rabi.
To graduate from the "University of Communism".
To get rid of us! ! !
To become a housewife and to be a member of the Women,s Riqhts Movement.
Simione Sema 2 "He had to settle for a plastic "queen", with a very different role type" Shekhar
Stephanie Browne: "...the second member of Mal-anie incorporated ...ESTEPH]'' Sandro
Miliana Ceg'umalua "Where is she? She hardly be seen easily heard. "
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Agnes
Ravinesh Nath : "The littlest dude in the class, but don't let appearances fool you r he's the fastest and smartest. "
Praveen
ifohn Pratt : "I can't say mueh but his good things come in "short" packages". Simione
ilanet Hoskins : "A readily fluent tongue is an illustration of a great il1usion. "
Roneti Benaia : "He couldn't tackle the ground so emmigrated to the sky. .high. "
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Rob Welling:ton ; "His voice can do damage than H. (Sulphuric Acid; " v6
Ali-ce I{effernan: "A woman wiLh aII the answers; always has the time to avoid a blighted tomorrow".
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Dixit Chauhan : "Mr Defence in Chess and the computer expert trained in sabotage. He forever keeps on keeping on. "
Praveen Vytilingam : "ft's, it's, it's it,s ... the stud from ,'Stand BY Me! "
Ravinesh
Venoma Yoshida: "Hopelessl-y devoted to.. . her handkerchief? the shelf? the locker? her pillow?......?"
Ranadi
Nico1e Pratt: "No matter how hard she tries, the sun always seems to avoid her. " Dixit
Ilelen Savu : "The UFO from planet Bethany. Must be a glitterbug ! " 14iliana
Kristofa Va,eau: "A prefect who is totally honest when .... (you know! t ), and is f.oreverlaughing. " Stephanie
Selaima Wong : "My voice might be loud but Selaima's... t The only person to spJ-it the atom by exercising her vocal cords. "
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afosevata Koro : "He sang his way out of school"
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Mary Daya : ".....never seen or heard,disappeared without a word. "
Miliana
Shekhar Balram : "...always seen never heard, mysterious, but nerd. "
Agnes Bulatiko : "Famine is better than slimlife. " Venoma but verynot a
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CA},IP
A11 those who are looking forward to being seniors and aII those who remember a time when they were seniors at school, know that one of the most vital qualities needed is that of leadership. One of the first events of the year for prefects, house captains and form seven students was held at the Christian Camp in Pacific Harbour.
1993 leadership camp involved many exciting activities, all of which developed knowledge and leadership skills together and naturally seleeted the "leaders of the pack".
We were divided into groups from the start for a weekend packed with fun and life-lasting memories. The most memorable of aII was probably having to make our own Bilibili's (makeshift rafts made from bamboo and whatever string we could find) for a race down the wide Navua river with its patches of strong current. The starting time was whenever your bilibili was finished. The race was exciting, wet and fi-1led with laughter. Girls held the bamboo together (a lack of string) and tried to help paddle using fJ-ip-flops and whatever else they could find, while the boys steered and haul-ed the boat along with long sticks, some even falling in or swimming alongside the Bilibili to get it moving away frorn obstacles, out of the current or under the last bridge"
A11 arrived in Navua town very wet, very muddy (from trying to climb up the steep, muddy bank) and with the teachers' squad seeming to think they had won (some chance). It was an adventure never to be forgotten.
The rest of the camp was equally memorable with funny charade skits (teachers trying to gain attention again by imitating the Beatles) r an afternoon of designing original games, earJ-y morning fitness from Mr. Samuwai, cooking, cleaning, intervals of swimming and playing rugby (girl-s and boys) on the beach across the road - as well as evenings of attempted beach parties (we had the music but just couldn't seem to get that wretched campfire to liqht - we still can't figure out what we were doing wrong) " After great efforts learning how to prepare rourou for Palusami and braid banana leaves over chickens for a big Iovo, we decided to bombard the little nearby restaurant with ISS "leaders" for our Iast evening dinner. Leaving after the owners had shut the place we headed for the International Hotel down the road in search of the supposed 'irdisco'r which was never found.
The camp was a great suceess. f'm sure as we cleaned up and locked the doors of our IittIe dormitories those returning next year were already looking forward to 1994 leadership camp.As we rode back home to fSS on the bus we all thought about how much "better" we knew each other!
As a closing remark we'd all, as seniors, like to thank Mr" Forster for such a creative camp and for the vast amount of help he has given us throughout the years we have known him in this school, we wish him all the best for the future. We'd especially like to thank him for his recent great efforts to get IB off the ground and for aII the help and support he has given to us to get it started.Now that IB is finally over I can assure you that it is a fulfilling and well worthwhile course.
I,hco-le Pratt, f orm 7
Mayer Narsey is Dux for receives a cup from Mr at the prize giving.
1992. He Hari Ram
Some of the EditoriaL team who interviewed Ratu Sir Kamisese l,Iara for their newspaper entry for the Post newspaper. They were placed second and received a computer for the schoof.
A SchooL assembTy on Xhe Hard Court
One of the interesting items enjoyed in assembly in 1993 | cLassical- guitar music.
(before the start) It's real-ly hot! (Afterwards) It was too hot! Brenda 14itche7l.
It is better to watch than be in it. I enjoyed it so much better this year. Jim Poussard.
A wonderful activity to create a togetherness feel ing within the house. A good ice breaker for the for ones to feel part of the school [1r l{artin.
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The children here are so wonderful-. Mrs ltacKay
The juice is a superb mix, the blend of f l-avours is l- ike nothing 1've tasted and I'11 be signing autographs of my nevr 1:ook tomorrow. llrss Dayl-s
Midget girls
Midget boys
Sub-j unior girls
Sub-junior boys
Junior girls
Junior boys
Intermediate girls
Intermediate boys
Senior girls
Senior boys
Open
Kr-wrs
fguanas fguanas
Iguanas
Kangaroos
Kiwis
Eaqles
Iguanas
Kangaroos
Eagles Kangaroos
points points points points points points points points points points points
Totals Kiwis 467 Kangaroos 505 Eagles 549 lguanas 611
Junior Gj-rls Shotput
Inter GirIs lOOm
Inter Girls Discus
Inter Girls Shotput
Senior Girls Shotput
Midget Boys Cricketball throw
Sub-junior Boys 400m
Junior Boys High Jump
Inter Boys High Jump
Inter Boys Discus
RECORD BREAKERS
Andrea Birch
Ruth Cork
Dora Tsiamalili
Dora Tsiamalili
Joyce TsiamaIiI i Kazuhisa Chida
Ra j ni)- singh
Danie1 Jones
Kieron McConnell
l,losese Tauva
fSS did well in
Sub-Junior girls
Sub-Junior boys
Overall the boys
the Suva Zone with the following results came 3rd with 21 points. came 1st with 61 points and, came 3rd.
CONGRATULATONS! !
Qualifiers to the Coca-Cofa Games
Mariangela Mossley
Ratu Salesi
Kinikinilau
Garth Bower
Stuart Mitchel-I
Steven Bay
Dora Tsiamalili
Jenon Marlow
Rajnil Singh
Viliami Ravusiro
Kieron McConnell
Alessandro Cuboni
Paul NicholasKnightSimpson
Venoma Yoshida
Terry Kitekei'aho
Peter Tsiamalili
Mosese Tauva
Cameron Norman Qoriniasi Bale
Back Row
Front Row
Mrs Liew, Marcus Bay, PauI Knight, Solomon Sasako, RajniI Singh, Viliame Ravusiro, Peter Tsiamalili, Terry Kitekei'aho, Qoriniasi
BaIe, Mr Samuwai
Garth Bower, Cameron Norman, Alessandro Cuboni, Venoma Yoshida, Mosese Tauva, Dora Tsiamalili, Stuart Mitchell, Nicholas Simpson
SWIMMING
Swimmers entered in the 1993 BP Swimming Carnival
Eront Raw
Stuart Mitchell, Jed Seward, Douglas Vae'au, fmro de Vletter, Daniel Jones Ratu SaIesi Kinikinilau, Trent Cameron, Sylvia BaJ-e, Loren Gough, Davj-d Horn, Teh Chung Terry Kitekei'aho, Shane CoIlins, Mr Mitche1l, Mathew Burrows, Qorinj-asi Bale
The club was established to be part of the School's Outdoor Education Progranune and to introduce the sport of Canoe Pol-o to the Suva area of Fiji. Membership is for school students from about 13 years ol-d upwards, Some members are from other schools such as Marist and Suva Grammar
This year we have sent two members to New Zealand for training, acquired ten new kayaks and qear/ and held some games in the Olympic Pool. Unfortunately we lost the use of the pool through a legal technicaLity and are now trying to establish a playing arena at the Tradewinds Estuary. An arena consists of floating goalposts and some way of marking the area.
A specibl word of thanks goes Lo Mr Jones, of Asco Motors, who great supporter of the club and has unfailingly supported us in transport and even goalposts. Without Asco Motor's support this been a most difficult year.
has been a arranging woulC have
A very grateful thank you goes to our major sponsor the International School PTA whose financial contrj-butions have kept the momentum of the Club in full swing and provided the new kayaks and RESCUE BOAT.
At the moment ihe Club has two areas of interest. The Eirst is to organise the games and compeLitions at the Tradewinds Estuary on a weekly basis with inter club competitions on a monthly basis and the second is to organise the training of fnternational Schoo1 Students during the school P.E. sessions.
Ur MitchelL
Kayaking was' orqanised and supervised by I4r Mitchell and some friends on Saturdays and Sundays. Kayaking was excitinq and a new experience to the beginners. Nevertheless kayaking is a great sport and is enloyed by people both young and old.
SyTvia Ba7e, Form 2
One dark and misty morning on our Monusavu camp we set out to kayak the Wailou river. This was to be the first attempt at real white-water (the Ba river is comparatively tame) in F'iii.
So we set out with our instructor, Barry Anderson. The transport, promised to us the night before over a tanoa of yaqona, had evaporated with the mist under the morning sun.
We decided therefore to watk the distance, equivalent to the distance between Suva and Nausori, with our light plastic kayaks.
Two and a half hours, several polo meters, and aching sides from the Iumps of lead on our shoulders, we decided to give up and sat on the side of the ride waiting.
Luckily we got to the river, on the back of an FEA tfuck and ended up enjoying ourselves tremendously.
Stuart Mitchel7, Form 6
Whot's fun obout o br:loon?
The under 13 basketball team boarded the bus on Friday. It was the day we had been practising for for ages" We got to the stadium and got ready. Our first qame was against Yat Sen. We beat them 24-12. That was the first qame for the day. On SaturCay we played against LDS and Suva Grammar and won both of the games by about 15 points. Nervous, is the word that described us all. We were going to chalLenge Yat Sen in the final. At half-time we were winning 10-9. We had good shooting from Junior and Matthew B., great defence from Vil-i, Matthew T & Solomon and good rebounding from ViIi, Lachlan and Solomon. In the end, we won 24-14. To all of us it was a dream come true.
LachLan Macpherson, Form 7
Senj-ors cheer as Under 13 team wins the trophy.
This year as a result of the tireless effort, determination and encouragement of Mrs. Liew and the distinct enthusiasm of a number of girls the school was able to enter three netball teams into the Suva League. These teams were appropriately named the Tryers (the junior team), the Bruisers (the middle school team) and the Academics (the senior team). The teams played almost every Saturday of the year until the end of August, with much-needed, tough mid-week coaching from Mrs. Liew.
Being entered in the Suva league rather than the school's tournament this year we were given a much longer period of pJ-ay as well as the greater challlnqe of being faced with "big, tough grown women" for opponents. Such a challenge, though, only worked positivel-y for us - as we were forced to IMPROVE and FAST" F
After overcoming the initial dismay of our first few games, playing tactics and game pJ-ans began to sink in. Each game was better than the last as the Tryers and Bruj_sers accumul-ated confidence. As for the Academics, they became a successful team and tron games. Yes, they realised that although they had comparativel-y Iess experience, they were fitter and faster than those "big Iadies" and could actually beat them if they put their mind to it and turned up on a Saturday ! Success, however, was hard to maintain towards the. end of the season for the Academics, as their academic commitments unfortunately had to take precedence.
Netball this year was the best j-t has ever been and thoroughly enjoyed by all. We urge all Tryers and Bruisers to continue netball with dedicalion' to make an Academics team that can win EVERY game for the future.
Back Row Mr Samuwai, Quan Chung, Peter Tsiamalili, Simione Sema, Isireli Jitoko, MaIcoIm Bossley, Ben Pratt, Mr Soqoi Front Row Solo Fogg, Foekatea Pita, Alessandro Cuboni, Roneti Benaia (Captain), John Pratt, Ronil Singh, Andrew Leys
After last years achievements the boys team was out to prove it was stil-I number o.r" ui-ld the girls, they wanted to show they were winners as wel}. Some new stars joined up and ISS looked unbeatable.
On the Bth of July the boys and girls fiLl-ed the bus and Ieft for the Westmere and the inauguril John May Tournament in Lautoka. That night at the Waterfront HoLeI the two teams got ready for the competition. The boys managed an early morning training before the opening march. .After two days of intense competition the girls went down in the quarter-finals and the boys were narrowly beaten during extra time in their semi-finaI against St'- ThomasThanks to Miss Leong who looked after alI, feeding us and washing our cl-othes SO WEII.
After the tough competition in the West/ we came back to destroy the other teams in Suva. fh" boys did not lose a game from then on- The first to be victori.ous were the girls who won the seven-a-side trophy for the first time. presented with this challenge from the girls the boys l-ed by Roneti, rampaged Dudley High to retain the Qantas Cup. Then outplayed the defending champs suva Grammar to reach the final seven-a-side competition. on tiresday 17th August the hockey season came to a climax for the boys with ISS vs. LSSS in two finals. Unable to score the J.R. White Trophy was shared, but after penalty strokes ISS won the suva school-s Trophy 5-3.
OnIy one challenge was }eft - the teachers held out for 15 minutes or so and then the onstar-ight began. A f ew of the staf f managed to l-ast until fuII time with the final score a victory for the students.
Many of the players wiLl remember James Bond, Sandro's YeIl-ow Card, Bosnia and the Waterfront for many years.
Thanks to Mr. Soqoi and Mr. Samuwai cur invaluable leaders. It was great t-o be part of the team'
John pratt, Form 7
Back Row
Front Row
JubiTant teams receiving cups in assembTy; the seven-a-s:de cup fot the girTs and the eantas Cup, J R White Xrophy and a shared seven-a-side trophy for the boys. 111
The gymnastics group has had very busy and successful year.
We moved into the YMCA gymnasium in February where we also have a storage area for the equipment purchased through the generous support of the P.T.A. This has enabled us to expand our range of activities and skil-ls to include exercises on the VauIt, International Beam and ParaIleI Bars. The tumbling mats too have enabled children to learn more advanced floor routines.The year culminated for us in the skil-Is displayed at the cym and Dance Display, a performance in which the children aIl thoroughly enjoyed participating.
Our first Gymnastics Competition will round off the years activities.
New equipment purchased by the Gym CLub include our second bent board and vault run-up strip. Special thanks go to Kathy Thompson, NicoIe Pratt and Karl Schmidt for coaching Junior Gymnastics on Saturday mornings.
Our thanks also to the coaches for aIl their hard work during the year. To Mrs Thompson, Mrs Jepsen, Mrs Rosa, Mrs Liew and Mr Samuwai, a big vinaka vaka 1evu.
R. Thompson.
Cyclone Kj-na
Primary schoof with donations to heTp cyclone victims.
Secondary make an effort to tidy the campus during Environment week. Many causes have been supported during the year from Saving the Turtle to aid for St Christopher's Home, through muftis. cake stalls and such like Senior students give service as part of the CAS programme of IB and have been involved in hospitals and homes, with the old and the younlr, taking to heart the challenge to become involved with others. Thanks to all who have helped.
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