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The magazine is now completed! Phew. I would like to thank all of the staff and students, that I have pestered for the past term, for work, photographs, a bit more work and maybe one more photo. Thanks also to all of the people in.the outside cornmunity who have supported this years publication of Issue, either by writing reports, offering advice and assistance or supporting the printing costs by advertising with us.
A special thanks must go to Raewyn Cameron for her computer aptitude and for the endiess hours of typing and scanned image reconstruction. My hat is off to you, you have been a life saver
I also appreciated the hours that I spent with Rob Wellington taking the school photographs. And also for the numerous informal shots he took around school, not to mention the task of reprinting!
This job would be impossible without the input from all ofthese sources. Vinaka Vaka Levu Colin R. Denize.
Cover Design and Art Work - Paul Jackson. with assistance from - Salome Buadromo, Gretchen Kenny.
- Board has undertaken some bold and : rftant decisions in the past year. Changes - :', i taken place at the administration and .'-:d ievel
* :rediate changes in the Board occurred when 1.:hael Marine left for a new posting mid-way -,ugh his term. 'I took over as Chairman : j-.,1ng the post of Deputy Chairman, which . be both finalised at the Annual General ' 1::ting in November of this year, when a new :, 3r-utiv€ will be elected. The Board has - rrinued to function in a very capable and .-::essional manner and the monthly board :etrngs continue to be a lengthy and marathon ::)Sion.
'1::rbership of the Board consists of company :,-.Jutives, academics, accountants, the legal ::,:ession, banking fraternity and other :: riessions.
'.1r:or decisions made by the board were, .-:proving the change in the new school -riorm; appointing a school uniform - -'mmittee; the appointment of a disciplinary - - mmittee covering both students and staff; .-J the appointment of a student representative : the various board sub-committees; and the - rsting of the LB. Conference during the year.
:,e highlight of the year I would say is the - stlng of the I.B. Conference in July. i.:presentatives from 17 countries totalling 72 :re hosted at the school.
:e conference from all accounts was a , - Jcess, the performance at the opening -;:emony was a tribute to the teachers and the ,::dents who performed the Fijian traditional -::emony of yaqona and the traditional dances .:,at followed.
, -e final year will end with a modest surplus in e budget. Cost cutting and balancing the -..Jget has been the board's strategy for the .lr -'re master plan has been put on hold for the re being, however the playing field which is rrt of the development plan is awaiting cabinet :.-rrov&l on the transfer for the land to the r, 'rOOI.
The school roll has remained reasonably steady through the year with smaller than usual drop o{ and reached a record high of650. It has been a relatively stable year with however a note of sadness in the passing of the long standing staff member of the school, Mrs Claire Miller.
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to say farewell and "ni sa moce" to those families and staff who will leave the International School Community at the end of the school year.
Vinaka Vakalevu for your contribution and your support and best wishes in all your future endeavours. May I say on behalf of the Board, for those who will still be with us next year, we look forward to your continuing support in the years to come to make this School not only a greater place of learning for our children but one of the finest schools within the South Pacific region.
Sekove Naqiolevu Chairman International Schools Association
As I approach the end of my first year at ISS it is appropriate to give my impressions of the school as I found it and where I see us heading from here on in. ISS is the seventh school I have worked in and the third I have been principal of, so I have plenty of points of comparison to draw on. It became clear to me early on thai I had been given a very sound base on which to build. I was struck by the open welcoming attitude both by students and staff making this the most painless move into a new school that I had experienced. The roll was growing, indicating parent confidence in the school, which is well justified by the sound levels of academic and sporting achievements I found and the ease with which students are able to fit back into their education systents in their home countries. There was a very sound Board structure with active sub committees drawing on the wtder parent community and there was a very active PTA. A very hardworking anny ofparent volunteers ran the canteen, the uniform shop and helped with some junior class programs and there was a qualified and very hardworking staff, with a good balance between teachers from our host country and those from those overseas countries that a significant number of our students come from. But of course the most exciting thing of all and the thing which makes working or being educated at an international school such as ours such a wonderful experience were the 650 students from 32 different nationalities.
This then is the solid foundation on which we can continue to build. A school of couse must always be renewing itself looking for fresh ideas, new approaches to education and how better to serve its students. The building is never completed - the alternative is stagnation. That is why it is good that there should be a steady turnover of a proportion of the staff so we have a constant input of new perspectives.
My priorities for 1995 will include a continued focus on developing the one school concept. The joint staffroom is just a start. I look fonvard to the time when we will no longer think of teaching or being students in prin-rary or secondary, where staff skills and resources will move freely across the school so all can benefit from different staff expertise. There will be no break in the curriculum but a natural continuity and the one logical outcome of all this will probably be a unified class naming s\stem Class I to Class 13.
n ,,r:-:tt to see an increased emphasis on developing ::.: ;i.:ural srde of our school both in terms of an
increased awareness of, and participation in, the rich cultural tapestry our 32 nationalities provide and in more opportunities for students to explore our worldwide cultural heritage of music, drama, the graphic arts and a whole range of creative and intellectual pursuits. In this area and in others I see also the opportunity for our increased use of the wonderful resource of parent participation in the school's day to day programs.
You may have noted my emphasis has been on human rather than physical resources and that is because these are much more valuable than bricks and morlar. However there are two physical resources which will enhance our ability to provide the breadth of education that we owe our students. One is the acquisition of the field next tq the school. Once this is developed our physical education and sporting options will be widened but it will also remove the constraints (not to mention the costs) that the need for travel places on our timetable. The other is the need for a multi-purpose hall. Such a building would enable us to more easily develop a sense of school unity through whole school gatherings. It would provide a venue for more cultural activities and it would be a natural partner to the new sports field for the sports programs. But that is for the future.
1994 has been a leaming experience and a time to take stock of where we are. 1995 will see the process of striving to build the perfect school continue. The building however will never be completed.
David Hill Director
r \ ear has been one of consolidation, with a ';r of obiectives set earlier being achieved and eilmnistrative initiatives set in place. Under , _-lidance of our new Director, Mr David Hill, - :.:l\ - seen tangible evidence of a positive move '.:ds a one school philosophy, drawing together , .:t:titY strands that make up our school, r'vith the :un of ensuring it continues to develoP as an , - -.I:nt educational institution.
.: sraff have continued to provide a standard of , ,:ilence that affirms their professionalism and -r.st 1n their students as individuals. We were - *s:d to rvelcome several new members of staff r' s vear Mrs Hill, teaching in Class One, brings -:'.rnrstrative and curriculum strengths to our staff -.--rrcularly in the area of Junior Maths. Mrs -r.irrze has provided long tem reliefteacher suPPort . :ire absence of Mrs Baledrokadroka and later Ms -r.r'son. Ncw positions confimred by the Board saw : establishrnent of a Music Specialist position -n capably fill by Mrs Fuller-Bibi. Mrs ,--.rruringham, with expertise in ESL work caters for .; growing nu.nber of students for whom English is .- second language. We also welcomed Nancy Ircobs to the staff, in her capacity as School r- ounsellor. Sadly, we say farewell at the end of .:rs year to Eleanor Baledrokadroka who is rcrurning to New Zealand. We also wish Colin Denize well as he assumes greater school-wide responsibility for computing. He will, in hrs new role. continue to have oversight and provide support ;or computing in Primary classes.
Dunng the year Junior Classes have been tnaling lhe new Maths programme, making greater use of the Beginning SchoolMathematics material. This is rn exciting activity based approach to leaming lbout numbers, superceeding the Houghton Griffin Programme we have used for some years The new epproach will be supported by text books in the Young Australia Maths series. Revision of Maths turther up the school is our next target. We will rlso examine Health Education policy in line with the general school review ofthis area. Staff individually have continued to develop further skills through tertiary studies. These have included .omputer in-service, ESL courses and Ms Gibson's sabbatical leave to complete her degree' A significant number of staff are also committed to the January 1995 International Teaching Association Conference at the USP either as conference organisers or particiPants.
Sports programmes continue to be enjoyed by a wide cross section of our pupill;. We have beetr successful in retaining the Boys Swimming Troph-v at the B.P. Carnival and in having six athletcs selected for the National Athletics Finals' To the staff, parents and students who support these activities we offer our congratulations Equally important are all those students who have played in Hockey, Soccer, Netball and Gl,nnastics teams' We hope that with your coaches, be they staff or parents, you continue to enjoy these activities' We are fortunate in having an active and supportive parent body. To those many people active in PTA, classroom activities, special programmes, sports, camps and excursions we extend our sincere thanks' We look forward to continuing and expanding our involvement with the parctlt cortunutrity in future activities.
As the school year draws to a close lve move into a time of transition. For sotne new challengcs lic ahead as families prepare to move to ner'v overseas locations. For others the step to their next class level is an exciting prospect for the ner'v school year' We thank you for your participation and wish you well for your future endeavours. We hope you have all enjoyed your year are able to reflect with satisfaction on your achievements. Our best wishes to you all for a safe and enjoyable holiday.
Richard Thompson Primary Principal
When I last reported in the Academia page in 1992 we had just started the International Baccalaureate Courses. There was much scepticisrn and reservation about their introduction into the school curriculum. The Board of Governors has given the examinations a five year introductory period and the review will take place next year. With a small school like ours, much of the evaluation will be done on the success of our students. Last year we had ten candidates who completed the courses, eight entering for the full diploma and two taking the certificate option. Nine of them have entered university and one will do later. The nine are now scattered around the globe with Shekhar Balram at the University of the South Pacific (Management and Economics), Nelsine Bentley at the Fiji School of Medicine, Sandro Cuboni at the School of Les Roches in Switzerland (Hotel Management), Janet Hoskins at Waikato University (A.ts), Ranadi Johnston at Queensland University of Technology (Journalism), Nicole pratt at Queens University, Belfast (Languages and Social Anthropology), John pratt at Bath University (Chemical Engineering), Christopher Vae'au at Auckland University (A.tg and Praveen Vytilingham at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Advanced physics and Computing).
Our Fiji examinations in Form 7 and Form 6 were credible and we continue to maintain a very high pass rate at both levels, with only one student in each examination narrowly missing the required2O0 marks to gain certification. Of last year's nine Fiji Fonn 7 candidates, Alice Heffernan (Arts), Dixit Lal (Accounting), Ravi Nath (Science), Helen Saw (Law) and Sirnione Sema (Art, are at the University of the South Pacific, Miliana Cegumalua is at the University of New England, and Venorna yoshida is at Queensland University of Technology. We wish them all continuing success with their studies and future careers.
The I.G.C.S.E. examinations taken in Form 5 see another significant rise in the number of students taking an average of seven subjects. Tiris year's group of 47 students will begintheir examinations on 7th November, with Music
being offered for the first tirne. These courses cater for a wide range of ability and students are able to choose between core and extended levels. From the results we recommend A and B grades for students wishing to take higher level IB subjects and C grades or above for a subsidiary level IB course and a minimum of 4 D grades to take Frji School Leaving Certificate. Last year 25 students sat a total of 160 papers and of these two students deserve commendation for their outstanding results. Marilyn Cornelius got the highest A grades possible in all her seven subjects and Litea Young, five A grades in her eight subjects. The Upper school curriculum is determined by these external examinations and Form 3 courses are geared to prepare students with the necessary skitrls for their IGCSE courses. At present the Junior school curriculum is under review and the approved changes will take effect in the new academic year.
Students from Forms 1-7 are assessed every six weeks with grade cards going home immediately after each assessment. Forms 1-3 students are given a fulI written report at the end of every term and Forms 4-7 their examinations mid year and end of year. Forms 1-3 experience one set of examinations in early November and assessments are based on class tests and class assignments, whereas Forms 4 and 6 IB have mid-year and end of year and Fornrs 5, 6 FSLC and Fonn 7 have end of term 1 and mock examinations at the end of term 2. The changes which brought the mock examinations to the end of term 2 instead of early term 3 would appear to have been met with approval by students and stafl It has been another very busy year in the schooi and the staff must be thanked for their dedication and hard work. I was sorry to miss the I.B. Conference and Workshops in Suva in early July and these certainly put the schooi and its community on the international education map. Feedback frorn the delegates and workshop leaders was most appreciative of the energy, hospitaiity and friendliness of all who were involved. Thank you for this support.
Ann Rosa Deputy Primcipal n*cl {.8. Co-ordinator
receive their results
It is my duty to patrol the compound of the International Primary, and Secondary Schools. This involves securing the premises and in particuiar machines like the lawn mower and electric saws as well as teaching aids like computers, video machines, sewing machines, and radios.
It is always very quiet at night except for the croaking of toads and gheckos or the occasional thud of a lid dropped by a stray cat desperately searching for its evening meal in the school rubbish bin.
The distant sound of traffic on the Suva-Nausori highway is carried on the wind and at about 4am, this is exchanged for the lonely sound of the Fijian lali summoning worshippers to early rnorning prayer. Most nights the cool sea breeze envelops the compound; it is seldom warm. Naturally, the cold makes me feel very hungry but I have been able to withstand the hunger pangs. There are also those nights at about two or three in the morning when I sometimes encounter a group
of intoxicate; 1,.- *:_- :.::. :'. li.e Pri;lar' -i:: -gate. I an', *s;:..', apprehenslr e '.:.:=approaching them I-c;- I never knou' *hai ::=. intentions are. Hou'ever, as the)' move a'.i.: into the darkness, the menacing silence s.:: :j back in, this is usually the quietest time oi::= night - between two and four thirty. It can also be very frightening when on r--.', routine rounds on a moonless night, I find th:: the warm glow of lights from the schoc. buildings does not reach the shade of the big trees in my area of patrol and the place is pitc: dark.
There is also the fear of possible break-ins a: the school on the odd nights when there is thc unexpected power blackout. Fortunately. t: rny knowledge, there has never been such . case.
These are just some of rny experiences as 3 night watchman at the International Schools. N Vula School Security (Translated by Mrs M Fong)
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NT 't. Janet Tauva, Claire Giblin, Carol Apted, Colleen Fuller-Bibi, Kolora Daucakaca-ka. Ros Cunningharn, Cathy Kasatoka, Debby Mue, Litiana Bulai, Ramona Mua
Robyn Hill, Cathy Ferndale
Robyn Denize, Hilary Pickering, Eleanor Baledrokadroka, Anne Jepsen, Kesa Naisara Petero Dominiko, Colin Denize, Richard Thompson, Francis Foster ){T: Gibson
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Habe Yuwa, Heath Noble, Joeli Bauleka, carol Apted, charles chute, Mitchell Jackson. Kouhei Onishi, Calum Liew
Siffat Khan, Sonia Dropsy, Semisi Pone, Michael Jensen, Reece Jenkinson, Frances
Krisha Harikisun, Harriet McArthur, Ji-hye Jun, Shanika Ratnayake, Jessica Buttmm-\Iir;o. Michelle Grynberg, Hayley Veeken-srnith
Ruci Tagicakibau, Iambakey Durvabane, Adrian Field
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Dariush Fartash, Kelly-Anne Stuart, Jayhugh Srnith, Sami Mati, Patrick Metham, Kristie Van Fleet, Gregor Bush, Carl Wright, David Valentine
Taftrt Avrahamy, Roman Diewald, Bradley Wah, Mrs Ferndale, Seung-min Cheong, Katril Avenveg, Kalesi Bakaui
Pierre Braun, Margaret Wasuka, Hannah Roache, Jessica Andrews, Natasha Smith, Jade Surnmers. Sonja Prrlrja
Neha Patel
Monday's and Friday's we go to music with Mrs er-Bibi.
On Monday and Wednesday morning we have computer classes with Mr Denize.
day is always busy doing reading, numbers and ,ing. We like to paint and make things as well. t
Monday afternoon is
Friday afternoon is combined sport with the other Class One's.
Tuesday is our PE day.
Frederrick Raiwalui, Masikiga Elisala, Shaan Cowling, Elisha Kunatuba, Rodney Lavea.
Kalivati Bakani
Sean Chow, Aaron Osborne, Matthew Nooy, Nicholas Leow, Pasepa Vaurasi
Christopher Phillips, Stephanie Clark, Rosnadiah Rosli, Rosie Gullery, David Friend
Rosie Allport, Yarden Segev, Panova Hansji, Jane Yoo, Malisa Howard, Kaveesh Singh
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Tushar Rattan, Kunal Haer, David Patterson, Geita Maraga, Phoebe Corbett, Henson Sleven Salesi Terno, Faraz Khan, Joo-hoon Oh, Miss Bulai, Seart Mayo, Laisiasa Baleileruka, Rhys Underhill, Samuel Brailsford
Aislinn Collins, Rebecca Becker.
Dipti Achary, Kajal Bajpai, Sally Foskett, Manisha Nand, Sonal Jekisltan, Sale Vurobaravu
Once I went in a spacecraft called Powerful 3. We counted down 10, 9, 8, 7,6,5, 4,3,2, 1, 0! Blast ofTl
We shot up into space and landed on Jupiter. I saw red gas hovering over the middle of Jupiter
Phoebe
I went to Saturn on Blackbird
3. When I had landed I learnt that it was made of liquids and gases and clouds. All planets 5th,6th,7th,8th and 9th are called gas bags. I might go to Venus one day. The trip to Saturn was fun. Do you want to come with me next time?
Faraz
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I am an outer planet. am after Mars
Rockets cannot land on me.
LRocket picture by Samuel
I am a ball of fire.
I am a star. I am very hot. What am I?
Kajal
I am a gas bag. No one can land on me. I have 23 moons. What planet am I? Rhys
I have a big shadow ' 1r'shadow changes 3ry4ime. My shadow is - ^1-
Sonal
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There were cats, cats, rats, everywhere and it ivas terrible.
-\islinn
I Hate Noise
. hate noise .re rnotorbikes go brrm brrm -:.,e people go scream, scream , ise is disgusting. I ) ipti
I have a shadow that's the same as me. It even goes with me up the tree. My shadow gets big in the morning and srnall in the afternoon.
Snlly
A shadow is sornething dark and tricky.
Kunal
Yesterday the lady made me a clay shark. It was nice. In the next two weeks the Fijian lady and the Fijian rnan will come back and they will fire it.
Rebecca
The ginger cat is "mine", said the young witch. But the old witch didn't want her to have it.
Joo hoon
I Like Noise I like noise
I like the singing on the radio. I like the warning noise of the megadrive.
Noise is cool
Salesi
A man frorn New Zealand came with his bagpipes and he played it for us.
David
My shadow is black and wherever I go it follows rne and when there is no sunlight it sleeps in the bed.
Tushar
There were cats, cats, cats. White cats, black cats, mean cats, crabby cats and the young witch said "I want a cat for a friend. "
Henson
I rnade a flower and it was rnade of clay
Manisha
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ABSENT
Temalesi Waqabaca, Esther Tukana, Cregory Sutton, Rhea Gounder, Matthew Ferndale, Mereseini Bula, Losalini Lomas, Duncan Aird, Alexander Blakely
Raja Sukhdeo, Adrian Kellapan, Shane Mishra, Johannes Inoke, Mrs K Daucakacaka, Alitia Temo, Luke O'Grady, Benjarnin Carter
Luke Rector, Ratu Penaia Ganilau, Tracey Holrnsledt, Kelly van den Haspcl, Teresa Tinworth, Karnaxi Patel
Leesa Vallender, Sanrantha Vallender
Dear Martian
My name is Kelly, and I come from the Planet Earth. Our planet is very watery. What is yours like? Are you green? Some humans said you were. Can I live on Mars? Is it safe? This is me.
From Kelly van den Haspel
Dear Alien
My name is Esther
I am a little girl frorn the Planet Earth. Our planet is a watery one. Do you have water on your planet? We need water to live on my planet. The boys and girls on my planet go to school. Do you go to school too? I like my school. Bye for now.
From Esther Tukana
Alien
I am a human being from the Planet Earth. I have two arms, and two legs. What do you look like? Our planet has lots of colours and trees. Do you go to school? I go to school and learn a lot of things. Goodbye
From Mereseini Bula I
Dear Alien
The Planet Earth has living things in it. What is on Mars? I got to school. Do you got to school too? I have a little brother James. My mummy is going to have another baby. Do you have brothers and sisters too? Tell me about your planet
From Alex Blakell'
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- i:.5,4,3,2,1,0 Lift Om !! - :s offto Jupiter. :nd rocky too at Jupiter. :rq back to Earth. Gee rn I am not going back :: because that Alien was : -l' :i Carter ,.rnded on Saturn, -t bLrt then I saw --Fr I called "Help" ./ re calre. I ran back
, rLrttle. Then I zoomed Earth. The name of rny : .s 'E,agle 10". Next time
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circus, acrobats : on the trapeze.
: -.JB,n had big shoes, - , pants and a big hat.
: .:;cks were good and : :l
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s. 7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0 Firel ! ! -,-res "Fox 3". I'm offto :tr I wonder what will ::re? If I see Aliens I will :o my rocket and zoom . down to Earth.
Liregory Sutton
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-.8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,O Blast Off] ! ! :: offto venus.
:n I landed there I saw lots of .rntains and valleys I heard a :d from a big rock I went and .;red behind the rock. It was an .r, a very cute one. He seemed
,ke me and we played games for hile. Then I had to go back to rocket.
r \Iatthew Ferndale
I am going to Venus.
10"9,8,7,6,5 ,4,3,2.1,0 Blast Oft-l I I My rocket went so fast. I landed on Venus in 2 hours time. It r.vas fun on Venus. I played with the aliens on Venus. After that I zoomed back to Earth.
by Alitia Temo
We went to the circus. We saw two clowns, a lion, some monkeys, three ponies, dancing girls and the ringrnaster. His name is Bruno I felt sorry for the lion. He was in a srnall cage
Shane
Countdown
10,9,8,7,6,5 ,4,3,2.1,0 Fire! ! We are offto Venus. Now we've landed on Venus We got offour space shuttle and looked around I saw some valleys and hills but no trees. Venus is the second planet frorn the sun. It was so hot there. Phew!l I was happy to come back to Earth. by
Penaia Ganilau
I like to hear the sound of rain i, falling on our roof when I arn in bed at night. It sounds like little pebbles falling on glass.
Rhea
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I 0,9, 8,7,6,5 ,4 ,3 ,2,1 ,0 Fire ! ! | I am going in rny rocket to Venus. When my rocket Apollo land I heard a strange sound. It was an Alien. It was small and funnv. He
srniled at me and I srniled back at hirn. Then it was dinner-time so I had to zoorn back to Earth. I liked Venus. I liked my new friend. by Temalesi Waqabacn
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Stefan Diewald, Emily Dickenson, Patrick Floyd, Chris-Jolur Wong Wei Lik, Simon Hart, Ryan Cowling
Anton Hicks, Cheryl Patterson, Silika Mataitoga, Atul Vidhatal, Brady Giles, Peter Naugle
Unaisi Sikivou, Kathryn Fairbairn, Arny Martinez, Claire Grynberg, Kristofer Moon
Bukitua Teuea, Melissa Pear.y
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i nice to be arvay frorn those lilssing , ,^es in that ark. it was slinkJ and it .i bad air for over a year.
liLrl
Lst I'm off tlte stinky, noisY, r;sted, dark ark. Elephants were peting and all the anirnals did , , ) It's good to be out of the ark. i 'ilr
, ,re the ark it wtts noisy because -;r \\'as torrential rain. The rvaves , . mouutaiuous and gigantic. The , rockcd in the waves and tlte .:urg rnin.
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.ide the ark the raill wits so ::utial the waves were massive. The , .\ as lashed frorn side to side artd : i.\nld screeched and screeched. -,, ' .r Il
: petrified ducks scurried into the . :refore the clouds buntped together r rt rained. -, tc
- ierrified leopards sprinted into tlte den rarnp because ofthe leaden sky : billowing cloud.
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: sick and tired of the anirnals. -,, are noisy makirtg a racket and day and night.
.rire
i tcrrified rabbits hopped up tltc ircr rvood ranlp as the thunder :d across the sky. r) r'L {\r(L,]
Lord please stop the rain before I vomil. Also I have a splitting headache. My legs have gone all wobbly. i have a stonrach-ache too please stop before I die.
I\loniquc
At long last I arn off this srnelly crorvded ark. Also arvay frorn tl're hissing snakes. I was beside the snorting pigs. But it is muclt uicer out here lvith the freslt air artd lhe grecu grass stretclting my long neck again.
Brady
Oh in the ark it was dark and smelly. The elephant sat on me and squashed me. But now we are out and the rainborv is in the sky.
Cheryl
I think I have a broken back frortt tltat last bite of strarv. Norv I can go back to the desert. I ant so haPPy to get arvay front tltose screeching rrtonkcys. I haven't had a lot of sleep for one year.
Pctcr
Oulside of the ark the re rvas potlrtl)g Ssxvy raill and crashing, bashing \\,aves. Inside it u'as dealcning. Solue ofthc aninrals got injurcd because the nails rvere poking them.
Chris-John
The thunder was so noisy that it rtearly dcafened thc animals. The nrountainous waves $'sre crirshing on thc side of thc ark. Thc ark went frollt side to side. Thc trcople in the ark were dizzy.
Bul<itua
It rvas tcrrible outside becausc you could ortly hear crashirtg, boorning, runrbling, roaring thrrndcr. Tltc waves rvere tossing, lilting, spiltnirtg and rolling the ark [rotn sidc 1o side"
Stcfan
Outside the ark tlte stortt raged ou. Torrential pouring raill came thundering dorvn. Screeching, screaming rvind hurled enonnous gigantic rvaves which crashed against the ark. Boorning, mmbling thultdcr rolled across the sky. The waves tossed the ark to and fro. Inside the ark the atrimals got buntpcd and squashed. This went ort for 40 da1's and40 nights.
Anton
Dear God please take this storrtr arva-vbccause nty stontach is chuining and nauseous. I can't balance ott tny feet I'm going to gct seil sick. My head is going dizn. it is going to spilt ttte.
Mclissa
The petrified mottkeys ran quickll' onto the rarnp as lightening flashed in the leaden sky.
Kris
The pctrified frogs quickly juntped onto the ranrp because the storm rvas brerving It rvas vcry cloudy and dark and rvas going to rain. The lightening flas1red.
Simon
The scared kangaroos nrshed onto the ramp because the storm was brerving. Thcy junrped very quickly'.
Christinir
In the ark it rvas noisy. I was sick and tired of tlre noise. But now we arc outside the ark. I can stretch nrv lortg neck and my legs. ).
Una
BACK:
ROW 3:
ROW 2:
FRONT:
ABSENT:
nvid Wyler,
Ravneel Kishore. Jarnes Friend. Carlos Braun
Jale Daucakacaka, Carl Moran, Christopher Yee, Ms Kasatoka, David Benjamin, Adarn O'Grady, Ryan Davis
Alex Grayson, Kristle Haroon, Darrell Hocltee, Domittique Hermatr, Fontaine Macaskill, Tanya Brown
Samanthir Colling, Ernily Gannon, Elisha Veeken-Smith, Jee-Hye Kim, Ebony Ketelaar, Jzrne Mclntoslt. Diarta Fletcher
Ze'Sandell
Cheetahs
Cheetahs run
When they see a gun
They don't really care about what they wear
They live in the jungle
And are very good at double turnbles by David, Darrell and Christopher
I am a frog with a green coat
I cannot sink because I can float
I can swim across the river Nile
And hop with you down the isle by Frances and Elisha
I am a fish you see
I live in the deep blue sea and be free
But sharks are always after me b1'Adam and Ze'
One night I took a walk in the park. Then I heard someone singing, I looked around but I didn't see anything, then I saw two lights in a tree but it was just an owl. I looked at the moon which led me home where I was safe and sound. The next day it was Easter. I found some foot-prints in the garden. I thought I had been burgled. The foot-prints led right into my bedroom. I found l2 Easter eggs. They were delicious. by Tanya
Merry Crocs
Sing a song of merry crocs
Taking offtheir shoes and socks
They have a big smile which
We can see from a mile by Jale and David W
Czechoslovakia
,lzechoslovakia is a country .\-e were living in Prague. ,: has very dirty air. lhere were plenty of cars.
-'zechoslovakia doesn't have any sea.
-: only has a big river and that : ame is Vitava.
?rague is a most wonderful city in re world.
bv Dominique (ESL student)
Butterflies
3utterflies fly high in the sky - hey play with dragonflies hey suck juice from flowers \nd can fly to the tallest tower by Samantha and Diana
fhe Kite Competition
. am a kite. I decided to enter a kite :cmpetition. There was a big tree. I got :aught on it. My body tore and my thin legs ,napped. I fell down and that was the end of
by'Christopher
\Ionkey
, am a monkey swing on trees
-i'erytime I sing , he bees join in hv Alex
The worst thing that happened :o me was when I fell offmy :hair while my dad was naking a speech at a soccer :ournament.
bv Ravneel
The worst day of my life was ivhen my home exploded into ;1ames. I was only two years old and my Teeny, my best toy, got burnt. by James
As I was going diving I saw an oil truck. The water turned brown so I put on my goggles and snorkel. I dived in. I saw something funny. It looked like a school of fish playing cricket and a fish on a back of a stingray. I went to get a breath but a fish was sucking my finger, so I had it for tea. by Carlos
Sleepy Dogs
Dogs lie down and flick their fleas
While they're having their tea They go to bed
Because they're sleepy heads Snoring in their cosy beds. by Jane and Fontaine
The Colourful Butterfly Kite
I was made in Tanya's bedroom. No one could see me. The next day Tanya took me outside then she ran with me. One day she flew me so high that my string broke off. I saw lots of things. I saw trees, flowers and people. by Ebony
I am a fish with silvery scales. I live in the water between two bays. There are spots on my body and people call me spotty. by Jayson and James
The worst thing in my life was when I was on a boat and got stuck in the toilet. My dad had to get me out. by Carl
The worst thing that happened to me was when I went to a hotel and I was a little girl and I drowned in the big pool. by Kristle
The best thing that happened to me was when Miss Kasatoka came to my birthdaY party. She gave me a book called the'Angry old Woman' and some colouring pencils. I was happy by Jee Hye +
The worst thing that haPPened to me was when a possum bit my finger. by Ryan
FRONT:
ROW 2: ROW 3:
ROW 1:
ABSENT:
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Miriant Rees, Evtr Shenvood, Alexander Corr, Bhargari Nirmalarajan, Hayley Chambers, Fatinra Latif
Ronal Lal, Sonal Chand, Patrick Hine, Jonathan Stephens, Brenda Jenkison, David Muller
Wainikiti Naivalurvaqa, Knrpa Patel, Ketan Bhalla, Jv{rs Janct Tauva, Forrest Eddington, Salona Narayan, Jaro Bauleka "1'-:'
Jon Goodrnan, Jarrad Kakosl*e, Sharyn Brady, Genuna Van Fleel, Dulce van Harten Bozges, Ashley Wickharn Ben Kindred, Jason Dunhanr
Daniel Kilby, Florence Kwong
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l{rn1u5 Brendqn
Jonathott
Liam Sasako, Benjamin Mayo, Harootr Irfan
Zoe Goodman. Janelle House, Aarni Singlt, Siobhan o'SullivaIt, Yolande Hansji, BACK:
ROW 2: FRONT: ABSENT:
{, Mahuru oh, Maraga, Wilisoni Munro, ounji Stewart
Mark Noa Biudole, Moran, Smitlt, Edward Hart, Edward Alefaio, Ella E Mrs Baledrokadroka, Sean Aikarva Bay
Tl'rornas Hewlett, Daigo
Jake Roache
Taryn Williarns, Julia Fraucis
Brodie Stewart, Scott Vallendar
Polluting is bad.
Polluting is disgusting.
Polluting leaves rubbish all over the world. And polluting leaves rubbish in the pond.
Children get ill.
Animals just die. Polluting is bad. Mahuru Maraga.
My dogs like to bark at our neighbour every morning. We have to give water to my dogs to drink. At night we feed our dogs with dog food, then we let them go to work. They have to guard the house.
Edward Smith
The Humungus Shark
I nearly got bitten by a shark. In the night when it was dark. It had sharp teeth. And I looked as if I was his beefl ! Benjamin Sasako.
Flowers
I like flowers. They come in different sizes. Some are big. Some are small. It doesn't matter at all. Some are red. Some are pink. It doesn't matter what the colour is. I still like flowers! Some are young, but do get old. Roses, daisies and other sorts, whatever the flower, whatever it's name a flower is still pretty.
Yolande Hansji.
Friends
Whether we're black whether we're white, we all need friends!
Whether we're deaf, whether we're blind, we all need friends!
Friends help you, friends need you, as much as you need them.
Taryn Williams
At The Edge Of The Cliff "Shaggyl" I yelled. "Come here at oncel" Shaggy is my dog and I am called Williarn. Shaggy was at the top of the cliffnear the geyser in New Zealand. I jumped for Shaggy's collar. I grabbed the chain and then I was able to stand up. As soon as I stood up I felt something shaking and breaking up into pieces It was the cliff.
Ela Alefaio.
The sun is round. It's colour gold. it is a kind of special rnould. It comes at dawn and goes at night, _goodness, gracious, what a sight! \Vhen the sun goes past the hills, \{um and Dad stop thinking about rirose wretched bills ,Janelle House.
Joke .\ man walked into a bar with a pig under hrs arm.
Where did you get that?" asked the man.
"Won him in a raffle!" replied the PIG Brodie Stewart
Friends
Friends are sometimes funny. Friends are sometimes sad. Friends are sornetimes glad. Friends come in all different sizes, sometimes they wear glasses. Some friends care for you. Friends are twins or triplets. \o matter what, you still have got a friend.
Ionathan Wilisoni
Weather
Weather is wet and weather is dry, 'ust like the birds that fly in the sky rnd like the fish that swim in the sea, :ut weather is not like you and me. \Veather can jump and weather can mn, -1ut weather can't go out and have fun.
lulia Francis
Scared
I always get scared at night, when Mum turns offthe light. A monster creeps under my bed and takes little nibbles of my head. Oh, I get scared to death. Oh, I have to pray and pray that he doesn't come everyday.
Siobhan O'Sullivan.
I wish my room had a floor. I don't much care about a door. It's getting pretty boring, standing in the air. Without the bottom layer. Aarni Singh.
Hello. I am Tom and I am a hibiscus flower. I started as a seed and one owner planted me in a jar and gave me some water. I grew and grew and grew. Soon I was too big for my jar and I had to be removed and put into a pot plant. One day a lady stopped by and adrnired me and wanted to buy me so she asked rny owner if it was ok to buy me and so she did. She took me home and planted rne in her garden and gave rre some water. Irfan Haroon.
Butterflies fly and they also die. Don't want that to happen to us. So we'll do something about it. That's a must. Like pick up papers and help the neighbours. Please never, ever spray, Because we really want to STAY!! Stewart Munro.
I Am A Basketball
I am a basketball. Imagine how I feel, being bounced on my head. And getting thrown through a hoop. And I have no Mother to give me a band aid. So I vote NO BASKETBALL!l Linm Mayo.
BACK:
ROW 2:
FRONT: ABSENT:
Shivani Pratap, Naomi Sikivou, Rotem Adler, Jane Suttou, Tomasi Tubanalagi, Jekin Patel, Darren Haroon, Jarnie Coleman, Aashish Kumar
Tameka Fielding, Louise Hawkius, Karen Kellappan, Haunah Srnith, Mrs Kesa Naisara, Hanrki Aikawa, Jonathan Byrne, August Patterson
Prabesh Gounder, Tucson Lavea, Bose Sila, Karae Vurobaraur, Joshua (Jordan) Weir
Patrick Lange
Class 4 Nobles
Knowledgeable Karen
Nasty Naomi
Adorable Aashish
Kangaroo Karae
Lovely Louise
Angry August
Jumping Jane
Ticklish Tomasi
Bossy Bose
Junky Jamie
Rusty Rotem
Happy Haruki
Juggling Jenkin
Terrible Tameka
Horrible Hannah
Patient Prabesh
Silly Shivani
Dumb Darren
Punchy Patty
Jealous Jonathan
Terrific Tucson
Jamminq Jordan
I'm A Ghost
Name is Hairy S
I'm a ghost and rny br Hannah S
I am a Police Ghost
My job is to Frighten robbers aw And to catch them
My friend is Casper and I live out of space.
Florence Nightingale had rice With the topping of ice She had a dog
That was caught in smog And hated mice
Anne Frank had a diary about herself She kept it in a shelf Behind her books
She also was a good cook won the awards for a chef.
donald was at home
And she came from Rome
She had a clog that fell in the hog and started writing a poem
by To
There was a boy called Josh who thought he was very posh He drank too much juice and turned into a goose Now he won't have to wash.
The Zoo Adventure
One afternoon I came back frorn school and Mum said I could go to the zoo. I put on my jacket and rode on my bike all the way to the zoo. When I reached the zoo gate it was open. Mr Srnith, the zoo keeper, wasn't there. I went in the zoo and I saw nobody there. So I marched up to the lion's cage and looked at it. And something else happened, the mother lion gave birth to five cute baby lions. I saw it was disgusting so I went to the tigers cage. The tigers were sleeping and they looked very cute. After a while I thought I would take a little nap too so I did. I fell in a deep sleep and had an exciting dream. The next morning I found myself woken up by the zoo keeper. I was so surprised to be sleeping in the zoo. My rnum and dad didn't get any sleep at all. Well anlnvay I was glad to be at home. by Naomi Sikivou
A Zoo Adventure
One day I went to the zoo. I saw the lion and the tigers. I took so long that as I looked at my watch I saw the zoo was closed. I remembered I had climbed through a hole in the gate. I wondered why there was a hole. I guessed sornething was wrong with the zoo I went through the hole and saw a card. It said "1 am the enchanted Mighty One who knows all the spells in the whole world, I have stolen the zoo. The hole was made by magic " signed Mighty One. "P.S. I shall be in the owner's office". I quickly ran to the zoo keeper's office. I ran through the door but the enchanter saw me and put me in a bubble that got smaller and smaller strong enough to squash me. I quickly saw this thing inside and pulled it. The bubble vanished and I fell to the ground. The enchanter's wand fell down. I picked it up and said "I'll change you into a whiff of smoke". But the enchanter snatched the wand and pointed it at me. The magic hit the wall and it changed into green smoke. The smoke touched the enchanter and he vanished into thin air. The zoo keeper appeared, the hole was mended so everything was put right. You may be sure I never stayed long at the zoo again. by Aashish
Kumar
Hello! My name is Caroline the Cloud. I lire irr the sky. My fiiends are FlLrffy from Florida. Sunny frorn Califcrrnia, Cathy frorn Fiji and Maggie fronr Mongolia. I conre from Cairns in Australia. C-tne day I rvas on nt'y' rvay to school, when I saw n1y enemies Raclrel the Rainbow and Ilowena the Rainbow. They were going to the Flufffashion shop. They were going to find some bright colours tbr the sixth grade first dance. (I am in sixth grade. All my friends are.) I decided to ignore them, so I went on. I went to Maggie's ltouse. She came out beautiful as ever. She had permed her black cloudy hair, and pierced her ear. "Wow!" I said, "When did you do that? I thought you weren't allowed to cltartge"" "My parents loosenecl up" she said, " I told them I'rn not a baby anymore." We laughed. I wish I cor-rld change too.
by Louise Hawkins
Max The P:rrrot
Hello!l My narne is Max, N4ax the Parrot that is. I live on board the pirate ship with Nasty Jack, One-eye Jake and Nile Silver. They're all wise but wicked. I have tried to get out of here for years. And I finally did. That's why I'rn telling you the story. I killed them on a stormy night and now I'tn on the beach with rny girlfriend Cain. Okay. This is private, only the person that is still alive is Nasty Jack and he is going to kill me. I won't tell Cain. by Gus Paterson
I'm not famous
Rich or clever
But I'll be Your friend forever by Karen Kellappan
I'd Write A Poem
I'd write a Poem on these Pages if rnaking It up didn't take Ages by Karen Kellappan
Colours
White is snow Black is soot I can't think of what to put. Karen Kellappan
BACK: ROW 2:
FRONT:
ABSENT:
Mrs Pickering, Bradley Howard, Nathan Pealy, Laura Colling, Meagan Ferndale, Josua Tauva, Lorraine Patterson, Jintamani Thoms, Larry Dickinson, Matthew Bay, Daniel Brian
Lyle Smith, Tornihiko Aikawa, Alex Grynberg, Ruhul Kumar, Robert Naugle, Yann Bourdeau,
Mihai Nani, Scott Hodgson
Suria Elisala, Daniela Hicks, Nicola Khan, Jeanica Kumar, Nicole Grayson, Julia Wreeler, Chelsea Shanaghart
Rupeni Biudole
One night I saw a witch
In a very wide ditch.
I gave a scream!
I hoped it was a dream.
The witch gave groans
With terrible tones
She cast a spell
I gave a yelll
I ran as fast as I could
Into the deep dark wood by Julia Wheeler
One night at midnight
I got a terrible fright
There was a skull
It looked very dull
It groaned And rnoaned
It yelled
I ran out ofthe house
Like a scampering mouse by Daniela Hicks
Sometimes I hear groans from the attic
Sometimes I hear moans from the attic
Are there ghosts up there
With long curly hair?
Is there abear?
That's a big scare!
Does he lose his shoe?
Does he yell boo! by Nicole Grayson
One day on Wednesday we were golng on a field trip to the Planetarium. In our class there were 25 children, not including the teacher whose name was Mr Pickering' When we got to the Planetarium it said it was closed Everyone booed but Sarah said "I don't care' tr've been to the Planetarium before "
On the way back to school everyone was downhearted (except for Sarah)' Everyone was busy feeling miserable when suddenly the bus stopped short in it's tracks, sprouted rockets and ilatt"d off into thin air (probably because we were going at light sPeed)'
"The first planet we will be going to is Mercury" said a voice through the speaker' "Are you listening John?" That was when I realised I had on a space suit l was getting sort of hot so Mr Pickering turned on the air conditioning. "Caution Mr Pickering, do not look to your right. The sun is on that side but Mercury is on the other side' There is Mercury. See all it's craters'" We went on to Venus. The speaker said Venus was an important planet because it is called the north stai by Earth people. It is also closest to Earth' We zoomed past Earth with few questions because we had seen it a lot and is our home planet. We passed Mars. On our way through the Aste.oid Belt going to Jupiter a rock hit us so Mr Pickering said "I'm taking you back to Earth now." by Robert Naugle
Alien
The Story About Dino's
A long time ago lived the time of the dinosaur' They were of two kinds, there were some *'ho ate ihe leaves of the trees and some who ate meat. They relied on the plant eaters' Then it began when the plants started to die Ilor the pla*nt eaters it was hard to live without ftrod *'o Lat so they decided to look for the great valley' One clinosaur said his dad had been to f'he great valley before. He said that he knew the way, he said past the rock that looks like a long-neckand ihrough the mountains that burn' So the herd of hungry dinosaurs set out towards the west hoping tir"y would reach the greatest sight they had ever see, they found it' The land was full of green grass and leaves to eat and lots of water to O.int . It was a dream come true It was just like Paradise. by
Josua Tauva
The space ship landed and the door slowly op"r"d. Out stepped the strangest creature I have e,rer seen. He looked like, well it's hard to describe him really, I'll give it a try' Ready? Okay He has a green body and blue hair' He has a long nose and black eyes' When he saw me he said "I I I am aln am Zoco' Who Who are are are you you you?" "You are on planet earth and I am Daniela"' After I told him that he turned and got into his space ship and said "Wwwe hhhave tto ggo tto MMMars " With that he was gone up up into the daylight sky' by Meagan Ferndale
One day two children, Argeia and Ian, went walking in the wild. Ian saw a herd of cream coloured Shetland ponies. Ian and Angela saw two ponies they wanted The two ponies that they wanted were a little way from the others' ani they planned how they would catch the ponies. Luckily Ian had two pieces of trong .op". Silently he went up to the ponies and quickly made a loop around the ponv's head and made a knot. Angela did the same and led them away hoping the rest of the herd would not notice. They didn't. Ian and Angela lived on their own and had a helper' At first they kept the ponies in their field, and give buckets of fresh water to thern. Then Ian, Angela and their helper made a stable, a water trough' a hay-net and a feeding trough Angela called her pony Magic and Ian called his Moonshine' They both taught their own ponies tricks' Soon they opened a Place where Magic and Moonshine could perform in front of everyone The Mayor came and saw Magic and Moonshine's show and said he had difficulty finding someone to advertise shampoo and asked Angela and Ian if Magic and Moonshine could advertise shampoo and he would pay them. Ian and Angela said "Yes" And lived happily ever after.
by Nicola Khan
BACK: ROW 2:
ABSENT:
FRONT: Trapped By
Joshua Wong, Micheal Terno , Nzinza Bandawe, Semesa Sikivou, Viliarne Veikila, Jack Corbett, Victor lr,faginnity, Pranab Narayan
Piya Singleton, Koji Saito, Andrerv Brailsford, Mr Dominiko, Benny Teuea. Jay Kctelaar, Johntrthon Wardle
Tasiana Lulu, Susan Dickinson, Sang Jin, Chantal Noble, Rachel Morton, Christine Rupen, Saralr I Iouse
Susau Cottrell, Grace Durvabanc
It was a hot night. We were watching a movie. My sister went to the kitchen to heat some pizza up. The she came out. For a long time the pizza was in the oven, we forgot about the pizza in the oven and we kept on watching the movie. We were all watching the movie.
To our astonishrnent a wall of fire was around us and my sister leapt in fear. The fire spread to our rooms and bathroorn. We were overcome by heat. Bravely rny big sister got in to her computer room and she rang the Fire Brigade.
Softly we ran out the door but my small brother was still asleep on the floor. My big sister ran inside the house and got my small brother. After a while the Fire Brigade came and splashed water everywhere. The whole house was black and bare. It was terrible looking at the house but a week later we had a new house. by Grace Duwabane
One Friday we went to the Supermarket. We saw lots of people and we saw fruit and good vegetables. There were cleaners, many bags of sugar and rice. We saw books and ice-cream and lots of toys too. We saw the check out operator. There was toilet-paper and shampoo, cornflakes and canned fish. Soft drinks and sausages. We saw biscuits and boil lollies. It was a big supermarket with a lot of things. When we had finished looking Mrs Cunningham drove the car and we came back to school and I ate my lunch. And I wrote in my diary and I told my parents and my Father and Mother said, "That's Good." by Sang Jin Park (ESL student)
There once was a pig and a dog that went on a voyage together. They were good friends and they always ate out of the same dish. The only thing that they quarrelled abut was where they slept. The dog had a beautiful warm kennel and every night they raced to see who would get to the kennel first. One stormy night the dog *ut lying in the kennel fast asleep, while the pig was tumbling and slipping in the puddles of rain on the deck. Suddenly, the pig thught ofa plan to get the dog out ofthe kennel. First of all, the pig pushed the dinner dish opposite the kennel. He then bent his head over it and started to make noises as if he was eating. Within a minute the dog heard the noise and jumped up thinking that the pig was eating all the supper. The dog ran over to the dish and stuck his mouth into the empty dish' At the same moment the pig ran over to the kennel and jumped into it. So lor that night the dog had to sleep on the decks, slipping and sliding.
by Chantal Noble
Star oh star how wonderful you are! You are so shiny and yet seem so tiny. I wish I was a star too to ponder in the sky like you. You are a star and what a wonderful star you are' try Semesa Sikivou
A friend is like a flower
A rose to be exact
Or may be like a brand-new
That never opens unlatched
A friend is like an owl
Both beautiful and wise.
Or perhaps a friend is like a ghost
Whose spirit never dies
A friend is like those blades of grass
You can never seem to mow, Standing there tall and Proud
In a perfect row.
Where would we be in this world if we did not have anY friends. by
Victor MaginnitY
One day, a rich man went on a sailing trip on a vessel. He took all his money with him. Not far the from mainland, the vessel sprung a leak' The crew worked hard to try and pump out the water but the water kept tlowing in laster and faster. Then suddenly, the water stopped coming. When the crew examined the bottorr of the vessel, they found that a big fish had been stuck in the hole. The rich man was so thankful that he built a school for the poor children. Each child wore a brass badge shaped like a fish in memory of that day when the fish saved the vessel.
by Jay Ketelaar
There was once a boy who used to amuse hirnself throwing stones at a cow that grazed in the field at the back of his father's house. The cow bore it for some time but finally seemed to think that such rude play could not go unpunished. One day, she chased the boy, caught him and hooked her horns into his coat She then picked him up and set hirn on the side of the road. Seerning pleased by her gentle punishment the cow walked back to the field I have no doubt the boy was very frighteneci and he never went near her again.
by Joshua Wong
There was once a lady who lived in France with her cat. Everywhere the lady went, the cat followed her and it sat on her as soon as she sat down. The cat was very fond of her mistress' Then one day, the old lady got very ill and she died. The cat would never leave her mistress's beclroorn after that Every tirne it was driven out, she always fotrnd a way to get back. After the funeral, the cat left A search r'vas made for her and she was fbund dead over her orvner's grave. The cat had died of griel by Christine
RuPert
BACtr(:
ROW 2: FRONT:
ROW 3: ABSENT:
Wiliianr Scott, Atish Patcl, Patrick Raursiro, Mrs Denize. Yazren Yusof, Avinash Kaur Singh, Kate Watson
Tristan Giles, Thouras Srnith, Paurela Hinc. Santash Rathod. Sheridan Gho, Deartne Steven
Bcllita Mishra, Aurauda Pritchelt, Gracc Gullcry. Bridget Gauuort. Claudia Macaskill, Lisa Mitchell, Tina Narscy
Masafumi Tanaka" N'l/s Gibson
Nr"rkalau rny favourite holiday place.
Nukalau has lots of history In the 1860's Indian slaves came here before they went inland for their masters on sugar cane fields.
On my birthday rny farnily go to Nukalau and camp for a night. I like Nukalau becar,rse it has fresh air, no traffic, we're the only people there and the lush green bush. It's located just off of Viti Ler,u. It is made of coral and waste products of the Rewa River.
On the ocean side of Nukalau are lots of fish. Once I caught a 10 pound tuna. On the other side of Nukalau is where my Dad's friends caught a shark but other sharks came and ate all ofthe first shark except the head.
You also can do water sports other than fishing like water skiing or tubing. I go tubing every time we go to Nukalau. (And I can do jumps)
Overall I think Nukalau is a great holiday spot. br' ,Iohn Floyd
There was an old rnan from New York Who longed for the taste of roast pork
So he caught a plane, Travelled to Spain, Taking his knife and fork. by Sheridan Gho Tirnber ! ! !
There was a fanner in the west, Who had anirnals and treated them like a pest.
The anirnais couldn't live without 1 tree,
But the fanner said "Yes siree"
All the anirnals cried and cried
As the farmer tried and tried
The high tree was on it's way
Tirnber the animals said All long day by Santosh Rathod
The Eskimos Of Velostia ioming down the snow trudged Colin in the -rozen meadow. Surrounding him were animals -:om the nearby wood and frozen remains of rees. Out in the distance he spied his village ', here he ate, worked and slept. Across the i-.od and over the great snowlz mountains rere lay the village of Velosita. Soon they will e travelling over the mountains to invade his i11age.
-:i'eryone knew that they had a better, stronger ,rd bigger army and would succeed in taking -rr village to the ground. Our village would ear them singing as they trudged tl.rrough the , row with fire to burn the house to the ground' olin sat down thinking how he could stop 'ern but of course there was no way They -ruldn't be stopped By now they rvould be r.ifting their journey across the river that runs , ,., iltly and over the four mountains and rrough the wood with killer wolves and across le meadow to start their raiding We would 'ear them singing their horrible songs lighting :reir fire, taking their weapons ready to fight' Jere they colne rrv Pamela lline
Pcllution
:'ollutictn on the ground and air 'r'ou just find it anYwhere ln the ground and in the air ir is horrible everywhere. Too much Pollutiur in the water Iish will die and sharks will search rnore r,\'hen you wish upon a star
Too much light, in Your daY \oise Polhiion very bad 1t makes people reallY sad by Kate Watson
Grand Parents Grandad Loving, fit ;aring, limping ,.\'arm, fixing ;iiendly Santosh
One day when I can-re back home my mother was not there. I said to mY father "Where is my Mum"? He said to rne "She is in the hot;pital".
After 5 days mY ffIulrl calrle hotne. When she came I saw a babY. The baby is so little and he sleeps all the time' by Oren Adler
When I saw the ferris wheel I thought it was exciting so I rode it. We bought our tickets and went in line. We got on to it. When the ferris wheel began to move lxy sister starled to screarr. lt was scary and noisy' I was screaming and so was my sister. You could srnell the colcl air and fresh air and also smell the barbecue smoke. When the ferris wheel began to get faster my sister started crying and screaming. My friend and I started screaming "shut up" to rny sister. When we got off we couldn't even see where we were going' We were so d\zzy we even bumped into some people. I saicl I was never going to ride the i...i, *h"el again. After all that I felt like it was the worse daY in mY life l was so frightened and with a head ache. But it was also a nice view when we were at the top' We could almost see everything. I couldn't stop talking about it. We were talking about it all day.
by Djamila van flarten Borge
Walking r,erv slorvly Nice Bridget :*-a,
Kind. slow forgetting, confusing, angry strong, healthy Great Yazren
Kind, loving caring, amusing, remembering Strong, healthy Great Thomas
Old, funny Gardening, digging, building
BACK: ROW 2:
FRONT:
Puaolele Elisala, Duane Duncan, Pooja Patel, Monal Litl
Julia Perks, Gunneet Singh, Sophia Attstirt, Ivau Va'eatt, Jason Rttssell-Hodge, Mr Francis Foster, Nigel Fletcher, Sashi Singh, Nicholas Thorburn, Jetntna Kirkcaldy, Madelene Jacobs
Keith Singleton, Lorima Buadronro, Kyle Stice, Scott Wade, Alexauder Horn, George Cocker
Where The Land Meets The Sky
They carne across the waters still with hardly a munrur.
As they approached the land of hills
The Chief cried out to the sky and it's daughter ocean
"NA NOQU VANUA KO VITI!"
(I name this land Viti Levu)
And suddenly as if heralding this man ofgreat status and his five canoes the birds of the island rose up with a cry and his warriors nodded "A fine name, VITI LE,\'{J." by Sophin Austin
The Highway Man
It was high noon. I was driving a carriage from Waco, Texas to the small town of Alabarla. Alabama was where all the stage coaches were kept. As we rode on a deserted jagged road Jippy, my leading horse, canre to a halt. lVhen I looked there was a log blocking the road. At that moment a man appeared pointing a gun
and demanding rnoney. After the p gave the money to hirn he started to Jippy She then kicked hirn right in the face we bolted over the log. Jippy was awarded Horse of The Year medal and the Highway Man was hung. by Kyle Stice
Account
I was nervous, scared and shy because I w unpopular. I was always different from others in the class and I wanted to everyone what I could do. When my time came I was excited. I started make crow noises like voices of newly hatch crows, the mother crow's noise, the crow's noise, how crows cry in the how they made crow noises when frorn the village had an unhappy accident when they were happy or gay. Then children understood where I had carne and lots of people became my friends. by Nicholas Thorburn
' I People Are Born Equal :Lre Or False?
..;el'e that all people are born equal and .,C be treated so but unfortunately this is .tre case.
,.. are many different ways in which people : not equal. Children born to Poor, , ...icated families especially in the third - I countrieS have less access to proper .h care, food, rnedical aid, education etc. ..e children have already started life at a ,li antage. Because of this they will not ; the same opportunities as their :rterparts in a more wealthy society and , :tore can not be considered equal. ,;fiain countries in the past people did not : eQllal rights because of the colour of their For example black people rvere not 'r ed to vote in South Aflrica. They were allowed to mix freely with whites in public :es such as eating places, shops, transporl, .sing areas, school, hospitals and even ,,,-1tes.
rurost countries this has been altered. rough blacks in rnost parts of the world now e equal rights the greater rnajority of them do not have equal opportunities. : rvould all like to think that men and women : eQual but this is far from true. Even in - eloped nations women are not considered -.al to men. More women than men work in skilled, part-tirne, poorly paid jobs usually rrle trying to bring up a farnily. ln rnany :nilies girls are not considered worthy of an :ucation and their role is just to rnarry and .,rduce children. In some countries men are orved to have more than one wife and the ,.men are not allowed to have any say in the 'oice of a husband. Because of cerlain :Igious beliefs worren are not allowed to -ive cars and work outside the horne. They -e completely controlled by the men in the ,nrily.
r the eyes of God we are all equal. People rLrst learn to treat each other as equal despite -rr differences, such as race, religion, sex, skin -.rlour. Wlien we learn to do this the world ill be a much better place to live in lrv Emma Drodrolagi
There was total silence tvhen we landed. Sashi and I did not know what to expect, a streak of lightening flashed past our very eyes. Slorvly we moved away fiom our spaceship to find our Rolrot. Suddenly flashes of bright lights appearecl all around us and foot prints appeared in our path. We were stunned by the eerie, throbbing clamour of bells that echoed around us and the darkness of the planet which rnade the flashing lights very bright. Thutrder started to roll in fiorn a distance and sr-rcldenly in front of us appeared a hLrge tower which was so strange because it looked like it was leaning towards the ground. With courage and determination to find our Robot we continued r.valking towards the tower. Surprisingly we were confronted by bodies that joined the flashing eyes and flootprints, they were invisible to us when we landed and decided to becorne visible to us. Instead of being scared we continued towards the tower, accornpanied by the creatures. A voice screamed out to us to halt ! and requested our reason fbr being there. Discovering our mission was to flnd the lost Robot they decided to assist us with our search. The Robot was buried next to the tower. We explored the Robot to see whether it was still activating and was anazed to discover it was still functioning. As we started our trek back to the spaceship with the Robot, light bearns started to appear in the sky and as we looked arouncl us the creatures and the tower had disappeared, we rushed towards our spaceship and in a matter of seconds we were on our way home.
by Duane Duncrn
BACK:
ROW 2:
FRONT: Darnien Ah Sam, Telnily Eddington' Max Wheeler
ABSENT:
T
o b Philp Kristy Mizigi Marciah Teng-Dyer. Zaneta Hu Amitia ggett, Davls Eric Patlerson, Thomas Mose Maraga, Anton Chung, Jr Anne Mrs epsen, 11 K Col wollg, Francis, Katlterine u aln w S, Larissa hews Mitt Cleve K Nikki indred, Andreas Frey Kakoschke, Kathleen Mclntoslh, Katherine Kareu Whiting, Murphy Patrick Bower Cardace rhore,Kis Preetika Matthew Fielding, McNau Andrew ighton,
Shuusuke Anraku, Bryatt Wasuka
The whale' Tait Tale s
When up came a whale and he started to say
"Listen to my ail boy and listen well t because my tail 11g,ht ere has a story to tell
I started t,o bject thought, no o bu then I
That whale's mighty tail m1ght put on a great
I was riding around ln my b at on da h o S e v
So I sat down and listened to the tale ofthe tat
And I heard about his life on the back of a whal
He said that the worst part ofhis life cafiIe
When the Japanese whaler drove theln toward t S
w e. around ground S
I Like Chocolates
I like chocolates
Melting in rnY lxolrtl.l
He said they rapped by big nets bu they t were
With the help of seven of Greenp eace crew the
He Greenpeace crew cut the nets wl said the
And gave ack to all ofthem the sift of life t b
The tail finished his story
Disappeared in the water by Max Wheeler
r1gh there and hen t t b never to e seen agaln knife
So I can cotne back lor more' by Bryan Wastrkrr got through th a
Can't help falling for it s rich full taste
I have raided the fridge
I close its Promising door
I wait till 12 00anr
Something was troubling the chief. I could tell by the way he was tearing his hear out, glueing it back, and tearing it out again.
"Damienl" he screeched. "Policemen's braces!"
And rotten socks to you sir!" I retorted. This had a rather unsettling effect on him, and I spent an uncomfortable few minutes, preventing his attempts to make me swallow his rvpewriter.
'The reason I said Policemen's braces," he snarled, "is because some cheap crook is going about stealing them!"
But what would anyone want with Policemen's oraces?" I gasped.
That" he replied coldly, is what I want you to :lnd out!"
f he Chief stood up. His trousers didn't! The --hief sat down again covered with :mbarrassment
The situation is bad," moaned the Chief. None of us is safe "
Go and speak to your fellow-officers who are :r-avely going about their duties," he ordered. , r.vent. I was walking through the park, when I -1t a tugging at my waist. I looked down. I -asped. A little brown monkey was trying to .nfasten my braces! It failed, only because I r:d burst a button that morning, and used a .'tbty-pin instead, which the monkey couidn't rdo.
grabbed it.
'I'ou are charged with stealing forty-eight rlicemen's braces, and anything you say will : iaken down and "
'ren a sudden thought struck me! Elastic! I rung around and peeped at the catapault now rliy stretched and held in place by a bit of pe It was made from Policemen's braces tied qether.
snarled at the monkey... .\-hy Policemen's braces?" itronger elastic", he shrugged. :intish Policemen's braces are well known for eir twanginess!"
lon't know how much you know about giant ,iapaults, but there's one place where you r,,ruldn't stand, and that's right in front of the ng when you are cutting the rope......I landed a duck pond two and a half miles away. I'd
just struggled to my feet when the wellie-boot, which had been following me landed on my head, and knocked me back into the water. It was some considerable time later, that I squelched into the Chiefs office.
The Chief welcomed me and the duck on my head.
"I hope he goes into jail for a long stretch!" I fumed.
by Damien Ah Sam
A Word From The Author
None of this is true except for maybe one or two. It's really just a nonsense poem. Hi, my narne is Katherine Mclntosh and I hope you enjoy reading this "Class Ditty" I wrote.
Arnitia ate apples in April
Andreas has apricot skin
Andrew has blue eyes
Anne is an awarding teacher
Anton is awful
Bryan gets bitten by bees
Candace eats Cadbury chocolate and caramel
biscuits
Colin hates Caroline and canaries
Darnien can be devilish
Eric's ending school early
Katherine F" likes Candace
Katherine M kisses her kittens and kolas and kicks Karen
Kathleen gets called Kathy
Karen loves caterpillars and doesn't like
Katherine
Kristy cuddles and carries kittens
Larissa loves lions and tigers and bears
Marciah misses melon cake
Mose moans over mad mice
Matthew can get mad
Max moves over mountains
Nicholas is naughty and rarely nen/ous
Nikki has new nifty knickers
Patrick is always nice to all people
Preetika picks on people who are picky
Shunsue likes playing snap in the sunshine
Temilv hates ticking Tirn's perfect *,ork
Turang ticks troublesome bovs
Zaneta likes going to the zoo to see the zebra.
by Katherine,\Iclntos h
ROW 2: FRONT:
Amy Lesuma, Haashna Rathod, Azadeh Farlasli. Vishant Prasacl, David Sasako. Stephen Poidevin, Melanie Phillips. Nathau \\ratson
Auna Thornas, Kirn Hoo Young, Saininiili SovatabLra. Bclinda Suecturan. Olivitr Glio.
Kiniberley Bennett, David Vccken-Srnith. Timotlir Colenran. Justnt N{itchell
Julie Beserie, James Gannon, Asenaca Rosa. Nir D EddinEon. Jarnes Murph1,. Helen Brownell, Shenuka Abeysena
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Helcrt Hine, Karnika Bhalla. N{elissa Sutton. Or aia Licn. Rrchard Ansrrce. Dar tcl Briln.
Paril Kelly, Sainrsi Rairvalui
Ryan Wright, Vicloria Kitekeialia, JacqLreline Hodgson. \1rs K KLrntar. \1rs S Balcileruta. Chloe Girvin, Naomi Baudawe, Tekabu Wardrop
Nathaniel Oldreive E\T:
Julie Satchell, Natalie Lane, Jenuifer Jones (obscured), Qoriniasi
ROW 2: e (Junior),
Matthew Thorburn, Benjamin Sutnurers, Adi Tuikilakila Ganilau
Lauretta Ah Sam, Kazuhisa Chida, Jarnes Huggetl, Ktural Narsey, Joichi Saito, Nicholas Heathcote, Pandora Reddy, Sinton Phillips
Isaac Wcir, Hyc Sung Park, Donna Spero, Ms Deo, Matatai Wickharn, Reena Gokal, Shane Collins
Friendship is borrowing a Pen
Simon Phillips
Friendship is a good pal who doesn't make you feel lonely
Shane Collins
A friend is sorneone who would make a sacrifice just for you
Ben Summers
Friendship is having sleep-overs and rnidnight snacks
Kunnl Narsey
Friendship is lending your only scrunchie
Friendship is when everything that is yours IS
Matthew Thorburn
Lauretta Ah Sarn your friends and vice versa
Friendship is being able to teil her that her brand new hair cut is gross
Natalie Lane
Friendship is going for walks at 12.3Oam
Nick Heathcote
Friendship is giving your lunch to a homeless person
Reena Gokal
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futa George, Diane Munro, Fiasili Vae'au, Nicholas Perks, Yasuto Tanaka, Risiatc Biudolc Kirsten Pritchett, Kati Stice, Bradley Morton, fuchard Austin, Jatin Patel, Vili Ravusiro, John Cottrcll Sarnir Faysal, Manoa Vocea. Bianca Noble, Hayley Morou, James Mitchell, Jennifer Gray, Kirn Sun Yoturg, Doron Cohcrt, Gregory Rohan Tokamarewe Tabai
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Waisale Naqioler,u, Garth Bower, Evan Wasuka, Natlnn Dunn, Mosese Waqanivavalagi, Joel Watsou, Takahisa Chida, Ratu SalesiKinikinilau
Hong Joon Park, Kiely Martinez, Malia Finseth, Sylvia Bale, Louise Ferrier-Watson, Anitzt Collins, Mcli Sila
Paulini Rabele, Shirley Singh, Sheetal Tappoo, Mr D Achary, Priya Singh, Kimberley Shanaghan, Rachel Haw'kins
Daniel Flavey
Allislcr Brian, Nargis Latif. Clare Drodrolagi, Sari Faysal, Caroline Appleby, Alexis Simpson, Paul Knight
Raytil Singh, Ryan Gavirt, Cherie Davis, Ehnah Erernorn, Aishrvary Sukhdeo, Lice Cokanisiga, Veeral Patel, Megan Noble
Marcus Bay, Han-woong Kang, Neitama Wickharn, Mrs McNaughton, Mary Elder, Devina Martiu. Solornon Sasal<o
Jenon Marlorv, Autit Shankar, Maepeza Wickltam, Nicholas Simpsott, Payal Mudaliar, Ragigir Darvai, Akanisi Sovatabtra, Philip Ravrrsiro
Maali Elisala, Nikola Moran, Brenda Mitchell, Gillian Hcathcote, Lisa Philp, Lisa Pltillips, Jennifcr Collins, Kelera Buadrouta
Eli Weir, Avinash Chandra, Mr Wellin5on. David Magarey, Mark Poidevin
Jouathan Spero. Jitesh Singh, Netani Weleilakeba, Sinron Jepsen, Donald Pickeriug, Andrea Bircli, Bclinda Vaudcrpcer, Anvradha Singh, Maushmi Singh
John McNaughton, Vikesh Gokal, Adaur Wade, Adrial Bossley, Trcul Canreron, Reeti Onorio
Nadine Qua Hoi, Theresa Koorey, Katherine Cornrvell
Amanda Sellers, Adrienne Eller, Mrs M Waqainabete, Anty Morton, Nataslta Madden
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Eibert De Vlctter, Sirnione Matebalar.,u, Olivier Beral, Gregory Dunn, Valenivnlu Buadrorno, Roisin Collins. Seini Roko
Christopher Southwick, Rebekah Mue, Ronil Singh, Sunanda Reddy, Tania Kitekeiaho, Ernma'lyn Hatcl'r, Craig Dunstan
Mattherv Eller, Syliva Lokollo, Jcrurifcr Whiting, Holly Pickering, Tcbaua Onorio, Jacinda Thompson, Nikita Patel, Parra Kang
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Troy Sirnpson, Foekatea Pitit, Douglas Vae'nu, Carric Waterman, Moira Raivoce. Kathleen Whiting, Rini Kumar
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Claire Robinson, Judy Peng, Jignasha Patel. Tcacher - Mrs Wilisoni
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BACK: ROW 2:
FRONT:
ABSENT:
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FRONT:
Sachin Soltrnki. Scolt Kooro.. Oltcta Al Ki Joo Errrrr. l-itcu Yortng. Lili -I'lrultkc.
Olir iu Kacisolonronc
Sltrltlt Rogcrs. Sltlotttc Bttltclrortto. Nliss Leong. Suh-uootrg Kung. Rosic Bulckilui Marilt tr Borclclrrr. l-arrrcncc Bcscric.'I.rcnt Watson claio. Mcntaj Clurncl, Epcli Htru'ola Pcniasi Kullatubil. Nlalrrrtr Trrbrrnti.
Nlurilr,n Cornclirrs. Eslhcr L.crlis. Sriuli Suhluc. Gu'cndolinc Sikivorr. lVlclc Kuruttullt Li.rr f'hannon. Losinuirri Srrrcndnr. Nicolc undcrliill. Sofirr Llki
Angus McNilrglrton. [.rrkc Rogcrs. Dcrrick Rotrinson. N,{r R Martin. parrl Jackson
Aruit Singh, Grclcircn Kcnny
Dorian Sltcro. Lclinuc Bosslcv
Meditation Man
Opeta
Peni
Sophie
Sarah
Litea
Leanne
Kijoo
Trent
Lili
Marama
Derek
"Gamtious!"
Statue of Liberty
"I'm just too off "'When's art class?"
Year of the fallen baby
The missing link Pavarotti of the East "Marama! Stop harassing me!"
Mission denred Hrjacker of the year
All body no soul
Olivia Gentle, meek and wild!
Losi Never takes 'No' for an answer
Mel Mean, green dancin'machine
Sachin "Hey Marama. Where's Dorian?"
Epeli **')')'/?{<'<llllll
Nicole She's been in the dark u,ith the lights off.
Lina "I am standing up!!"
Gwen It began rvith God and ended up with
Lucky Dube!
Scott "Bob's trip to the seaside."
Amit "Hoppy, Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy, Joy!"
Paul Poetition to be.
Mele The Superstar from Taruni Hill
Luke "I don't like any,body in 6th form"
Dorian "Hey Marama. Where's Sachin'/"
Meeraj Jack of all trades, Master of none
Gretchen Queen of all trades, Mistress of some
Salome "He's not that bad looking!"
Laurence Cowgirl
Su Wong What's wrong witli the figures'/
Esther At any rate, in France
Marilyn Photosliy
Swati "I just found out the difference between a soccer ball and a rugby ball!"
FRONT: ROW 2: ROW 3:
LOST: FORGOTTEN ABSENT:
Mrs Stephens (forrrt leaclter), Kathy Thornpson. Marigold Moody, Rebeccl Southrvick, Stephanie Brownc, Alisi Balekilvai, Mrs Mackay (fornr teacher)
Mafla Cuboni, Chantal Lane, Ben Pratt, Malcolur Bossley, Evan Naqioler,.u
Ttrkalta Mua, Isireli Jitoko, Vikash Clrandra, Francis Muller, Strnrt Mitchel, Kenneth Stephens, AdiKoila Ganilau
Jason Singh, Melatrie Eller, Manish Krrurar
David Horrr
Vasenraca Uculoa
Was teaching your first career choice?
Yes, and I've never had any regrets.
What are your priorities as a Principal?
My first responsibility is to the students, to ensure that they get the best possible education, and that they are treated fairly, their opinion is always taken into consideration and that they have a safe, orderly environment to work in.
What is the worst job you have ever had?
At university, I had a job on a construction site, digging out foundations of a building. It rained the whole time and every time I shovelled sorne mud out, it slipped back in. I only lasted 3 days!
Is there someone who inspired you?
While training as a teacher, I came across two teachers who I thought were really good at their job. Both had an impact on me. I'm also inspired by the negative. In form four, I was very lazy, and the teacher told rne I didn't have a chance of passing rny School Cert. That gave rne the incentive to work harder, to prove him wrong. In the end I passed.
In your opinion, what does the world need now?
It think it starts at tolerance between individual people, groups and diflerent nations. I take an optimistic view of the world however. In the last 15 years great progress has been made with many of the world's problems. There has been a general pattern of rnoving towards more peaceful policies of solving problems.
What is your favourite food?
Indian food. I love curries.
What is your favourite self indulgence?
Buying CD's. I listen to country style rnusic, as well as popular music. The latest CD I've bought is Crash Test Dununies.
What is your middle name?
Samuel - Sam
If you could be any celebrity, who would you be?
As a teenager, I wanted to be a rock star. Now I'd probably be Mick Jagger.
What is your favourite piece of clothing?
My skin tight Ivy League trousers I used to wear when I was 15, with pink socks and my white striped Ivy League shirt.
Were you a hippy?
I was influenced by the peace and love sort of philosophies. In the mid-70's, I was teaching at a school, and I had shoulder length hair. The students nicknamed rne "Hippy Hill."
What are you profoundly irritated by?
With students with an aggressive attitude when approached. Bullying and picking on other students also irritates rne. I am irritated when teachers show bias against individual students, and also when they choose to raise private matters in public meetings, instead of coming to see me first.
by Jessica Horn, Form 5W
Status:
Birth Date: Nationality:
Head Girl, 1994. 6-t2-76. British, Fijian, New Zealander
What was Your most glorious moment? When Rebecca and I beat the Fiji Champion in a sailing race.
What is your everlasting regret? That I did not shave rny legs one night
What is your favourite self-indulgence? It's talking to Rebecca on the telephone'
What is the best piece of clothing you ever bought? Is my clear bucket (which I partially made rnyselfl.
Are you profoundly irritated by anything? Yes! ldiots who use their brakes when going down Reservoir Road.
What is your most irrational fear? Stonefish.
Do people tell you that you hnve atty dreadfitl habits? Only talking too much.
What is yotrr most f:rvourite food? Ginger beef made bY mY DaddY.
Whnt was the best present you have ever hzrd?
It was my sunflower t-shirt.
What is the worst job you llave ever done? Well, the only job I'r'e haci is baby-sitting, rvhich was really enjoyable (attributecl to Thornas the Tank Engine)
When dicl you think you had grorvn trp? i'm not sure whether I har,'e' Yet
What book have you beetr reconrmending lately? 'If on a Winter's Night a Traveller' by Italo Ca,vino.
What is your most traumatic memorY? The first time I got caught stepping classes'
What is favourite song of all time? 'Did he do it' - that's my most significant song, anyway.
Is there someone who insPires You? Rebecca Southwick - Who else!
What the world negds now is to? Stop thinking of 'what the world needs now' and get back to ourselves to be happy'
Reporter: Sybil Smith, Form 5W
Evan has very definite ideas of what he is and what he will be. On speaking about his childhood, he pauses now and them to srnile in reminiscence. He believes that his parents brought him up well.
"I'm very close to both - yeah, as parents they weren't over protective - whrch is good because if they were I'd resent them a lot now."
Adding, that parents should teach their children, 'what's good and bad', and then give them freedoms, trusting that their inbred values will help thern make the right choices for thernselves.
And as a child? "I was a good boy in factmainly the quiet one." He also considers his parents to be much more relaxed now, when dealing with his brother Waisale.
"But then, I think they're getting old "
We then moved on to their migration from Papua New Guinea. when he was twelve.
"I didn't really like it because I was leaving the place I was born in." The thought of meeting new relatives, rnaking new friends ...." a whole new lile scared hirn
His most memorable incident is sailing back to the Pacific on a ship from Europe. "It was lots of fun. I played cowboys and Indians with the other kids and was even forced to take part in a dancing competition. " Then with that contagious grin, "I came second."
Moving on to the present, Evan was asked about his position as Head Boy. "Deep inside I was happy because it would rnake my lather proud of me." Scared? "Oh yes I was afraid that I couldn't do rny job - I lrlean, it's a big task, and not one that rnakes you popular. I like to be friends with everybody. Being Head Boy was a big step and has given me more confidence in myself. I'm trying to lose that shyness. "
Evan is very proud of his father's achievements and is understanding about the dernands place onto a Chief Magistrate's shoulders. They
usually play tennis and think that he and his brother spend more time with hirn now" And Mr Naqiolevu doesn't let his job intrude too much on family life. "We're pretty close." "I would like to be a lawyer. He (Dad), probably inspired me but it was my choice."
Evan also wants to be involved in some aspect of Geography. On the subject of his father, Evan is quite eloquent. "He's an optimist and very sociable, (being) able to adapt to different people. "
However, he can also be firm when he has to be. "You don't want to get on his bad side though - he can get angry I'rn like him in some ways ... I mean, we're similar "
But Evan also knows that his fathilr was driven to succeed at his age since he was then an orphan. "We're (Waisale and Evan) probably taking life for granted."
Litea Young and Salome Buadromo, Form 5
The flag of Fiji sitting picturesquely on the desk shows a man who loves his country. The books strewn in no apparent order across the desk in piles are the tell-tale signs of a 'work-a-holic'. The man is Mr Sekove Naqiolevu, Chief Magistrate and Chairman of the Board of Governors, who also occupies several other important positions within this country, one of thern being. our Head Boy's father.
He 'loves the law' and does little to hide his belief in the system, and does not fail in further defining his role. He defines his role as Chief Magistrate as'interesting'.
Yet, we have come to question hirn on a different role. One that everyone finds themselves thrown into at one point in time. His role as a parent. More correctly, his role as a father to the Head Boy of International School, Evan Naqiolevu.
"He was a quiet boy, from when he was a baby, and while he was growing up. .a loner, he was never a child that rnisbehaved".
"I was basically a very quiet person at that age and in many ways Evan is like rne, by attitude to life and my approach to life".
In describing their relationship, he and Evan are as'close' as any father and son can be and says "I enjoy having a bash at basketball with the boys, along with the odd'tennis' gafi'le".
He describes Evan as being 'an independent worker and sometimes he needs encouragement'. When describing Evan's role as Head Boy he states: "It is a tremendous opportunity not only to prove himself as a leader but as a role model for other kids in the school. I think Evan takes that very seriously and I respect hirn for that. It makes him responsible".
As a father he feels he misses out on a lot of family quality time due to his work, but feels his farnily'understands' his position in such
matters. He was both pleasantly 'shocked and surprised' upon hearing Evan's decision to become a lawyer and feels he will be a 'good' one.
Mr Naqioler,u basically feels that if his children 'want something then it's impor-tant....give them the opportunity, and if we can afford it - why not?' This cornes through in one of Evan's childhood memories where Evan wanted paints for his birthday. His Mother objected and his Dad stood up for him, feeling the paints Evan wanted were of value to the eight year old child
Mr Naqiolevu's efforts within the school system and this country have been duly noted. Yet, the International School thanks him for yet another reason. A gift he has unknowingly given us in the form of his son, Evan Naqiolevu, our Head Boy.
Litea Young and Salome Buadromo, Form 5
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Sometimes it seems that the public exposure of the PTA is characterised by those bedraggled slips of paper which constitutes 'reminder notices' for how you'd like not to spend a Tuesday evening; or by the desperate pleas to work in the canteen re-nourishing and re-hydrating those hot, pweaty, starving minions - the students and staff of the school. Around term 2 there's the flurry of paper, moulding quietly in school bags or on fridge doors announcing the work plans for 'fun day'. And then there's the report and nomination forms for the AGM as the current committee slip quietly out the door to be replaced by fresh, quivering blood...
So what can I say that's different?
Behind the public front, unhampered by paper ('if only', we moan), are the merry band of workers wishing they could have wine and cheese at every meeting rather than only when someone especially special leaves. Maggy Macpherson was the PTA Chairperson from February T993 until August 1,994. Under her leadership great efforts were made to promot'e and strengthen the feeling of unity within the broad school community. We had wine and cheese when she left!
One of the most significant differences in the school over 1994 is that of the student's attire. The newstylish and comfortable uniform is the result of hours of work from a dedicated and visionary group of parents, teachers and students during 1993 and 1994. The Uniform Sub-Committee, co-ordinated by Ann Mulder, in conjunction with the BOG and School Staff; has successfully established 'the new look' and the 'one stop shop' on the school premises. Their achievement is appreciated by us all. Donna Chow has co-ordinated the Canteen Sub-Committees in the never ending process of operating and staffing this flourishing service that continues to provide a very human face for the PTA. To the usual tasty fare, hot lunches have been added to the menu. Fish and chips at school has become a great treat! The Canteen has undergone some necessary refurbishment and has provided funds for PTA disbursement. Thank you.
Working on Canteen is one way to inforrnally see and be part of the workings of the school comrnunity whilst munching on a roti. The 1993 Funday money \\'as allocated to projects to develop cerlain areas in the school grounds in order to enable maximum space utilisation. The tasks under this project are now completed. Thank you Cathy Thorburn and the New -Developments Sub-Cornmittee. Funday 1994 was once again where ali the PTA/School comrnunity came together to have fun raising money for 'our school'. We raised $9,200 which will be used to purchase musical equipment. Thanks to Colin Denize and Sue Mayo who took the front line jobs. Your blood, sweat and tears will be heard one day, as the sound of music.
As foreshadowed in 1993, we now have two representatives for the Student Council on the PTA. They attend meetings even ilthe movies are good!
The meetings are the main venue for discussing PTA policy and issues of concern to parents, students and staffwhich are usually beyond that of the individual students. Many parents new to the school do use the rneetings as one way of meeting other parents. The disbursement of funds is always decided at the public meetings and this year we have continued to support the School Scholarship fund; annual grant of petty cash for primary class teachers; school sports and other school ventures.
In 1994 much of the energy of the PTA has been focused on strengthening and developing current ventures.
The school provides many oppor-tunities for both employed and non working parents to share the wealth of their skills and experience. In a multi-cultural environment, such as ISS, the wealth of experience and perspective is very broad.
Successfully working together is an ongoing task requiring the commitment of us all, as co-operation is easily eroded and many are needed to make a whole.
Nancy Jacobs, PTA Chairperson
1994
The Ferris Wheel
What a view
Screaming, yelling, shouting, vomiting
You smell the barbecued chicken. Where are you?
You are on the Ferris Wheel at Fun Day
You swing, you hear the diesel engine roaring. Where are you?
You are on the Ferris Wheel at Fun Day. When you get offyou're talking and chatting your friends about the Ferris Wheel
Where are you?
You are at Fun Day.
by John Floyd, Class 5G
Funday's Fun
At Funday I walked around. And I bet you can't guess what I had I went on the ferris wheel that went round
I got all dizzy when I came down. I smelt fresh air and barbecue scents. I heard screeching and screaming 90 percent I went to the cake and sweet stall. The sweets all gave a buying call. I was so annoyed when I wasted all my But I felt like tasting the sweet taste of I went to the Handicraft stall with Gannon and I saw a doll that looked like my friend Rhiannon.
I bought a heart and a little bean bag I left the shop with a plastic bag.
The grass was soggy and I got muddy feet I was so glad when I got a seat.
That is all I have to say I hope you had a lovely day.
by Pamela Hine, Class 5G
Funday I loved it! Ask me
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Funday and that is by Neitama Wickham, Form 3
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and were fantastic. ' Nobody went as there were countless stalls selling from all around the world to suit taste. The handicraft stall sold anything. Big or small. You name it, had it. For quiet people, Room 3 in showed the entries to the recent S Fair which were wonderfully laid out. who liked more action the ferris running well while the small children the flying fox, the mud slide and the wheel. Other's had fun trusting their luck games room and the Wheel of Fortune. ut that was not all. On, no. Endless stalls sold endless goods at the cheapest prices you can get. Some friendly people from the Pony Club gave pony rides. Some people will never want to see sugar again. Many people threw the wet sponge at the head in the hole. And
! Many bright, happy faces roamed the
everyone who helped out. It was great!
by Helen Hine, Form, lK
The Computer Department in the primary area of the school has had a very exciting year indeed. We installed 15 new IBM compatible computers (using Windows), a new colour deskjet printer and a CD ROM driver. The children from class I to class 6 have explored the wonders of these computers for one hour each week.
With a little guidance all the children can now find their way around the screens and load up the desired program.
All the children from class 3 to class 6 were introduced to word processing. They also experienced the new technological revolution with Microsoft Encarta (a multi media encyclopaedia on the computer). This group worked on a number of contracts (or projects) that were made up of a variety of computer activities. These projects had to be completed using only the computer and the various computer programs. I was very pleased with the results. The contracts ranged in length from five weeks for class 3 to a term of 13 weeks'for the senior classes.
The class I children worked largely with ABC programs, numbers, counting and shapes. We also did some work on clocks and time.
Class 2
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Class 2 began the year with some maths (simple addition and subtraction), spelling and some rnore in-depth work on clocks and time. We moved along and explored computer art and a number of computer colouring programs.
The class 3 children were introduced to a word processing package called "Childrenls. Publishing Center" and very quickly became competent at writing stories, using different fonts and importing predesigned graphics (there goes some jargon). These children also worked on some colouring packages at a Jmore advanced level and began creating thei#own masterpieces using the Windows program Paintbrush. Both Paintbrush and Children,s Publishing Center were able to be printed in colour and we made some great books for the classrooms.
r0n Wednesday I and James planted a tree. We waited for 3 months then a big tree €rew We went to a zoo and asked if they had a tiger and he said yBs. Then he dave us one.
by Jayson and James.
Class 4
Dinosaurs were the order of the ciay here. The class 4 students studied Dinosaurs using the Encarta and also Microsoft Dinosaur (alio on CD). The contract took 13 weeks and included activities such as paintbrush, word processing (Children's Publishing Center) and several games that supported the dinosaur theme. In term 3 we have concentrated on problem solving simulation games.
The Day I Was Chased By A Dinosaur.
One day when I was walking home from dinosaur kindy, when a big Tyrannosaurs Rex started to chase me. He was bigger than a double-decker bus and longer than moving van. He chased me all the way home. I ran inside and locked the door. I looked out the window and saw the Tyrannosaurs Rex, he had small arms and a huge jaw. He ooened his mouth and his teeth were 15cm long! My mother said "Stop watching the T Rex and go to bed."
Julia Frances and Taryn Williams, Class 48
(The task here was to write a story but use 3 facts about dinosaurs from the Encarta.)
Class 5
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"What a messl" savs Sergeant Jenks on Sunday morning There has been a mass murder at Ler,uka Police Station on Saturday at nine o'clock pm Thirtr policemen were killed by a machine-gun that was found on the floor. Blood was all over the room and dead bodies were everywhere. Thirty-one policemen were sitting drinking grog when a mysterious figure opened the door and began f shoot them. The policemen were taken by surprise, but one man jumped out of the window and fell thirty feet down to the ground. Luckily, he managed to crawl to hospital with a broken leg and arm. Now policeman George Wilkins is resting in bed after telling the whole story to the sergeant. Now bloodhounds are called to trace the killer. They found a set of clothes hurriedly thrown into a bush beside the path. Obviously, the murderer was in disguise. However, the bloodhounds found him hiding in a empty house. Now the terrorist James Berk has been given a 20 years sentence in jail Police are still cleaning up the station.
Jack Corbett and Joshua Wong, Class 5G
(This news report was part of the class 5 contract. The task was to describe a crime.)
This level also worked on Microsoft Works, Encarta and PC Globe These children worked on contracts that were based on the simulation games of Sirn city and Ports of Call. The children experienced computer spreadsheeting and graphing as part of their work. The contracts were generally of a very high standard.
Well that's a summary of life in the Primary Cornputer Lab. I have certainly enjoyed my contract in the Primary School and I think by the enthusiasm of the pupils they also enjoyed their work with me.
Colin R. Denize Area Co-ordinator.
BACK:
Mrs Cunningharn. Kouhci Ortishi, Tomohiko
2 Aidawa. Masafumi Tanka, Oren Adler.
FRONT:
Rotcm Adler, Saito Koji, Haruki Aikarva, Habe Yurva
Jane Yoo, Adrian Field, Dominique Hcrmzrn, Dulce Van Harten Borges, Sang Jin Park, Daigo Aikarva, Rosnadiah Rosli
Tafirt Avrahamy, Jee Hye Kim, Ji Hye Jun
BACK: , Suh-Wong Kang, Ki-Joo Eum, Takahisa Chida, Han-,Woong Kang, Hong-Joon Park,
Olivier Beral, Rornain Beserie
Mrs Tate, Yasuto Tanaka, Hoo-Young Kirn, Para Kang, Joichi Saito, Kazuhisa Chida, Mrs Fong
Julie Beserie, Hye-Sung Park, Susan Kim
Laurence Beserie, Marilyn Bourdeau, Kaori Sudo
The best place to visit in Paris is Montparnasse, l very old "queueteer" where a beautiful -.,:hedral "Sacro Coeur" stands. It is one of the .:Iiest places in Paris, very Folklorique, with is of actions, artists, music and the famous r:cordean". It's the heartbeat of France.
.rere are lots of gounnet restaurants, souvenir :nopS and cafes standing on the terraces utside" No risk of getting bored \Iaiilyn Bordeau, Form 6L
Korea is located near Japan and China. The .cuntry is divided by diflerences in ideologies. South is democratic and the norlh is Communist Therefore you can only visit South Korea.
Korea has 5,000 years of history so if you are interested in it's history, you can visit the national museum near City Hall. Also near that museurn you can see the secret garden which was the King and Royal farnilies' private garden. If you want do shop I would suggest you go to East Gate or South Gate market or \{yong-Dong. At these places you can buy good things withoLrt spencling a lot of money. In Korea you rnight face language difficulties so rt is advisable to take an English-Korean dictionary which would help your communication while you are visiting Korea. Parra Kang, Form 5H
Singapore
Usually in developed cities you can't see any green trees. Singapore is a bit different. The natural environment matches clearly with the high rise buildings.
When you visit Singapore I suggest you go to Sentousa Island which is a resort with amusement facilities on the island. It takes about 20 minutes from the rnain island by ferry or you can go by the rope way. On the island :here is a museum with a collection of Singapore's history. There is also a big ,lquarium and rnany souvenir shops You can irove around the island by railway or you can :ent a bicycle. By the way, if you throw r-ubbish there, you will have to pay a $500 finel Takahisa Chida. Form 3A
If you visit Japan, you must go to the thmoLis Mt Fuji. It is beautiful. In Karnakura, there is a ternple called Kinkakuji, GinkakLr.li Kinkakuji is covered with gold and Ginkakuji is not.
pu must visit Tokyo-Disneyland in Tokyo It's ejxpensive but fun. There are so rnany people and you have to wait for about 2 hours to go on a famous ride like the Matterhorn.
You must eat Sushi and Okonomiyaki and Takoyaki. It's very tasty and delicious. You might have a problem about talking and reading. There are boards beside the buildings and it is written in Japanese. The Japanese can't speak English so you are going to be frustrated if you do not have a Japanese-English dictionary.
Yasuto Tannka, Form 2M
Belgiurn is a cold country next to France. The Belgian people like French chips with mayonnaise. They make very good chocolate. In Belgiurn we can see the town square. Each year there is a festival. There are some people who walk on stilts and there are chess games using live pieces. The King and the Queen are supposed to play against each other.
Romain Beserie, Form 4Wo
Togo is a beautiful country. There are long beaches with huge waves, and swimming can be very dangerous.
Sornetimes there are traditional horse races on the beach. The riders and their horses are dressed in red clothes and wear gold chains. This takes place in the Sotrth and is very irnpressive.
The most exciting place you can visit is the natural reserve where hunting is forbidden. You can see lions, elephants, different species of monkeys, deer, wild pigs and hogs. It's amazingl
There is a problern with language since there are 42 local languages. However, the national language is 'Kabie'. T'he language that is spoken by everybody is French Laurence Beserie. Forrn 6L
'Music is The National and International Language of the World' and so it is very appropriate that it has an important part to play in this school. Music Education includes educating for 'Leisure and Pleasure' and this is always foremost in my mind when planning the school scheme. Here, at the beginning of the second term I immediately ryted the 'keenness' of the children to sing. TfiE children's voices are their 'natural' musical instruments and the recorder is the second instrument that they have been exposed too. Ken Jansen, from Dragon Music, has been very supportive to our school and sold the instruments to our students at a greatly reduced price. I taught Recorder and Movement, to five and six years olds, at The Christchurch School of Instrumental Music, New Zealand, for ten years and it is very pleasing to be able to use the experience here at International Primary. The classes enjoy recorder and are keen to 'write' and perfonn their own tunes. All classes have been learning Recorder, Rhythrn and the basic elements of music in a variety of ways. I have been extrernely pleased with the class ones and twos with their ability to learn and their confidence and willingness to share and to present to class various 'iterns'. In all classes the students are encouraged to perforrn iterns and so gain confidence within themselves and with an audience. This indirectly is teaching classes the behaviour that is required from all audiences. It was really pleasing to have adults come and congratulate me on the behaviour of the 'Primary Students' at the Music Festival.
I have had a number of parents, teachers and canteen staff saying how they, and the children, are enjoying 'Music'. I am enjoying seeing the keenness of the children and the willingness of them to try and achieve'new' skills.
Music includes reading, writing, listening, comprehension and many 'things' that are taught in other subjects. At all times 'enjoyment' is the main focus of music in the Primary School..
Students, in classes four, five and six are encouraged to bring their own Tapes or CD's so that we can 'Listen' to a specific element of music that they like I appreciate within a recording e.g. Rhythm or Instruments used. In class one, two or three listening exercises are really appreciated on a very hot day as they can lie on the carpet and listen and concentrate on the music. Lively discussions are often held after this exercise. In the short time that have been here I have enjoyed teaching music and look forward to further developing the programme in 1995. Colleen Fuller-Bibi Primary Music Co-ordinator.
..1. what's it today? You never know!
.: settled down to the simple task of hearing :hild read sotneone's going to be late
-. rving, missing for an hour or two, or even all -..--','. So, I'll go there!
- nen, pacify the rostered teachers (three or tour in a day)'who may want paint mixed, photocopying done, books returned to our (now the hot weather's come) stifling, poky storeroom (soon to be replaced by our old staffroom), reading with children, homework stapled in for solne - pasted in for others, art work replaced near the ceiling - just draw me a big cow and a little sheep on this cardboard and a star with five points - then when you have
time sort and label these photo's, cover seal these new books, box the old journals, see what's on these video tapes..'....
When the morning's over I pictl up my box of books to repair, new books to cover seal and home I go.
Seriously, I enjoy the variety but please let me have your middle pages back to staple in those books and journals and please everyone look after all those lovely new readers that you now enjoy.
Any text books to rePair anYone?
Claire Giblin, Teacher's Aide
Greetings to you all! Please join me in this game of teacher hunt.
rI The children and I study the alphabet and its related sounds. Then we progress to word relationships and compiling word lists. We do lots of spelling games and dictation, and learn to use our skills to sound out new words, especially in our reading.
Listening games, spot the difference, puzzles are interesting activities we Iook forward to.
Books, especially ones with pictures we find interesting, and we simply love listening to story reading - everyone is so quiet during these sessions. The duration of our lessons vary frorn 45 minutes to I hour with classes attending four times weekly.
* I help some children from Classes 2'6 rn one particular aspect of the curriculum. At times we read together, do silent reading or read to our parents. Comprehension exercises are given to gauge our understanding. Brainstorming is really "spot on". We look forward to the discussions, arguments and criticisms - took a long time though.
We have to watch our capital letters and fulI stops, and change our beginning sentences to make our stories interesting to read.
Our approach to work is through fun to keep our lessons enjoyable, interesting and non-threatening.
Now the answer to this game is to find out from school.
Goodbye for now!
A general observation by library and teaching staff this year has been that students are using library resources with independence and confidence. In particular the periodical and vertical file sections, where up-to-date material is available, are being utilized. A new periodical display and storage unit is a welcome addition to library furniture and on order are two cabinets to house the vertical file which has outgrown its present capacity.
Primary students continue to be the most enthusiastic borrowers. During their weekly library classes they have been learning about the use of browsing cards, the care of books, the parts of a book and library arrangement. Classes Four, Five and Six have concentrated on the use of reference material, learning about the Dewey Decimal System and call numbers. Armed with their newly developed skills they can often be seen in the library at Iunch times searching for information for assignrnent work.
Regular displays have again been varied and interesting. This year, with the help of teaching staff we have had displays in tandem with units of study. Some of these have included: The Weather, Amazonia, Ancient Rome, The Industrial Revolution and the Cook Islands. Secondary student poetry and written work, as always is a popular attraction for the younger people. During the I B Conference a special display of articles, posters and books on Fiji was very well received by visitors. A new book display at the beginning of term three, provided by Desais gave students and staffthe opportunity to help choose new resources for the library. Happily this event coincided with the beginning ofthe new budgetl
Three specially designed cabinets have been built for the ever growing video, talking book and music CD collection. These cabinets have glass sliding doors for quick access and light bulbs on the bottom shelf to reduce the problern of mould. Also during term two four study carrels were delivered and have proved to be very popular. To help students search for information several new indexes are being developed. The NZ Geographic now has an index and both l'he Review and Journal, publications of USP, will have indexes by the end of this tenn. The Vertical file will be one of our soals for 1995.
The library continues to offer a laminating, photocopying and bookbinding service. These services are particularly in demand by senior secondary students as they complete their external research papers.
Acquiring and withdrawing material has continued steadily throughout the year. Students are always aware of new books arriving in the library. To help cope with the increased work load from the development and improvement of new services and the increasing use of the library Radhika Singh joined Laretta and myself as a permanent part-time staff member in February. Radhika has settled in well to school life and has also taken on the responsibility for selling bus tickets and managing the copier-printer used by teaching staff.
Thanks go to Helen Giles who has been a great help with the processing of library material and John Clayton for his help with any problems we have had with the computers.
Looking ahead, 1995 will be an exciting time for the library. We hope to include CD Rom for student use and to look at buying commercial library software. Our present program has its restrictions and a new one will improve the overall efficiency of library operations.
Loretta, Radhika and I wish everyone a happy holiday and look forward to a successful i995.
Judy Thompson Librarian
:,ome words have diflerent meanings, r'nd yet they're spelt the same. r cricket is an insect, r play it - it's a game. :n every hand, in every land, s thoroughly agreed, ;re English language to exPlain ' \'ery hard indeed.
Harry Hen-rsley
I-he English Departrnent has had a busy, :nergetic and enjoyable year with many .rctivities taking place and English classrooms -,.eing alive with activities for students to trplore, experiment and expand their use, 'norvledge ancl understanding of E'nglish .anguage and literature.
The English Department is fortunate in having ieachers who readily pooi ideas and creative rnput so that the students get the benefit of the collective knowledge of the Department, rather than just the individual ideas of the teacher ivhom they happen to have for that year In the runior forms especially there has been a wide iange of cross class activities such as interclass Jebating competitions, interclass drama, performance poetry sessions and an interclass Liuiz. The senior classes have been generally more restrained by the necessity of a strict adherence to an exam timetable. New teachers in the department noticed big changes from their previous schools. David Hill, Jenny Stevens and Marlene McNaughton have commented on how motivated, responsive and enjoyable are our students to teach Mere Fong was overwhelmed by our resources; the excellent textbooks from Australia and New Zealand that are not normally available in other schools in Fiji. We have all found the new classroom block very comfortable and feel that
we are teaching in optirnurn conditions lt has also been a great help having our own computer (won in the school newspaper cornpetition last year) and printer, and most members of the English Departrnent, (and several other departments) have made great strides towards computer literacy' ESL students have also made great use of the computer to improve their fluency in English We were very sorry to lose from our rnidst Joanne Trainor who resigned at the beginning of term three as she was leaving Suva lt was luck and chance that llIarlene McNaughton, who until recently was teaching in New Zealand was able to take on Joanne's fonn one, tr.vo, three and four ciasses This is also :ny iast tenn at ISS. I wouid especially like to thank rny colleagues in the English Department. It's been a great two years. I will be lucky if I ever again enjoy teaching as much as I have in Fiji. I give all my lellow teachers, and especially our wonderful students rny best wishes. The words of William Wordsworth although I'm not sure of their relevance, express nry appreciation. Srnall service is true service while it lasts; Of friends, however humble, scorn not one. The daisy, by the shadow that it casts, Protects the lingering dew-drop from the sun.
Maria Mackay, English Co-ordinator
1994 has been a year full of ups and downs for me. I've met new people who have arrived at school and others passing through Fiji. Some of these people will remain in my memories for a long time to come. I've also had to say goodbye to things and people I'd rather not, like when our dog died. Luckily, through all my troubles I've had close friends who have helped and lent a shoulder to me.
During 1994 I've experienced feelings I have never felt before. I've gone from bouts of depression through to uncontrollable happiness. I've done things I never thought I'd be able to do.
Living here in Fiji has not been easy. Since my arrival here in March '93 I've grown to cope with the strain. Coming here, I thought I'd be living in Paradise, but lucky me got to live in Suva! But I've adjusted and much to my sister's disgust I'm going to say "Suva isn't that bad."
I think my years living in Fiji will help me understand things in the future. This year has been a year of new things for me. I just thank God for my friends and family. Without thern I wouldn't have been able to cope, or do the things I've done.
More goodbyes will be said at the end of '94. No doubt these will be the hardest for me.
Anita Collins, Form 3A
When I left Sydney Airport I didn't know what to expect. I got on the plane regretting that I had gotten on it. But then a Fijian air hostess came over to me and comforted me. She told me how Fiji was great.I didn't believe her, so I just shrugged my shoulders and cried some more. Later in the flight she came over to me and said that there was a documentary on Fiji. I plugged on my ear phones on Channel 6 and thought "another boring documentary" but it was quite good. When we arrived in Fiji we were taken to the Travelodge. I phoned my grandparents to tell them we got here safely I love Fiji now. I don't think I want to go home.
Kirsten Pritchett, Form 2M
Dolphins are so intelligent that within a few weeks of captivity they can train a man to stand on the edge of their pool and throw them fish three times a day!
Moira Raivoce, Form 5W
My name is Vanessa. I am named after the Goddess of Love, Venus. My father Aenas is a slave in the Palace of Nero and so I have been brought up the same.
My family is split apart in the Palace as my mother is a cook, my father is a butcher, ffiY sisters' maids, my brother the 'watcher of the horses' and I the Empress'es highest servant. We rarely see each other.
I have been chosen by the Empress herself as a slave, or more a servant. I serve the Empress in many different ways such as fixing her up, dressing her, bathing and serving her food, and even sometimes going to banquets with her as her personal attendant.
It was at one of these banquets that I learned of the many wars Rome had fought and won but most of all of a war that would soon take place even in a matter of weeks.
As I served the Empress her food and sat by her I listened with all my heart. I learned that rnost of the men of Rorne would be called to war. I hoped and prayed that my brother, Cassius, would not be sent. One week later Cassi was ordered to war. It was very hard letting him go knowing he might not come back. The war began but things were still the same at the Palace with Nero's ghastly singing and parties and plenty of work.
At last the war ended and the soldiers marched home but Cassius wasn't with them; the triumph came and went but Cassius wasn't there to share their victory. I felt like dying, like killing myself. Cassi had always been my best friend and my hero but now he was gone! Finally, I had to accept that Cassius would never come back. He had given his life and honour for Rome.
Helen Brownell, Form lE
First Impressions
I arrived here about four months ago, and my family and I are having some pretty bad luck. I came here from Papua New Guinea, and that was a very bad place. I thought I was coming to a much nicer country - I was half right. My mother, brother and I flew in here five days after my father. We stayed in a really nice resort , the Tpkatoka, I thought that was fabulous. And then we came to Suva! We came here at night so I didn't see much and the next day was Sunday and everything was shut so I couldn't see much then either. But then a couple of weeks later I looked around and saw what was here: long periods of rain and an increasing crime rate. In the time we have lived here we have been broken into twice and we have lived in three houses and one apartment. We are now in our third house and I'm starting to get used to it. I look over the last couple of weeks and think that I'm pretty lucky to be here, because some people I know haven't even been out of their home town at all.
To surn up I think that Frji is a pretty interesting place and I know I can go for a couple of hours drive and be in complete paradise - so Fiji (Suva) is not that bad after all' Nathan Dunn, Form 3A
Racial Prejtrdice
I dragged my feet as I made my way to the classroom. There were a few students cluttered about a table which had tattered schoolbooks strewn around on it. I recognised a girl I had seen around the corner a few minutes before. She was listening to 'her walkman, moving her head in tirne with the music.
Apparently she also recognised me; I suppose it would be hard to rnistake me for someone else around here. Her eyes were far lrom friendly as they rested Lrpon me. I directed my gaze to another person. He pointedly looked away' I stepped over to my seat and tried to relax' My nervous glance strayed to my fingers, tapping the table as if it were a piano' They se-emed strangely hesitant in the gloomy light filtering through the window. They looked ghostly and they vanished as I hid them frorr ru-ry view.
I looked longingly at the richly coloured skin of the other's faces and shoulders and hands' Their dark eyes frarned with thick, curling eyelashes, their soft luscious lips smiled casually at each other.
I remembered schooling before, with people of the same background as me. I understood thern, well. I thought I did. In this classroom, nothing seemed to make sense, except maybe the beauty of these people. The children at the other school had light faces, pale eyes, pale hair similar to mine. They thought I was beautiful'
The dark skinned, gorgeous 'children' here overwhelmed me, I wished so much to be like them, but I didn't dare act like I did. They didn't know how I felt, they never would. They thought I loved rnyself. They didn't want to get to know a white. Why should they? What was there to 'get to know'?
I knew their views about me and promised myself to keep out of their business and maybe they'd think I thought myself too good for them! If I interfered they'd think I was stupid' Then....what if...? Suddenly I felt very annoyed. Why should they govern how I act? Who cares about beauty? Who cares about what they think? I did..""but not anymore.
I drew the shape of a heart on the desktop with rny finger and kept it in full view as I blew the dust into the air.
Katherine Cornwall, Form 4Wa
The Surfer
As he starts the long paddle out. He leaves all his worries behind. Without a care and worry he proceeds into the 9ft surf. Then he reaches the white water at the base of the wave. One after the other he duck dives under the waves' Finally, a perfect and clear set is approaching him, he starts to paddle as if he is stroking two cats at once. He leaps up upon his knees' and proceeds upon his feet to get a firm balance' The power of the wave thrusts him forward He kicks back on the board which turns to face the lip at the top of the wave, this rnove is a terrible rnistake as the lip starts peeling over and this lorces hirn to WIPE OUT!!!
Trent Cilmerott, Fornr 4Wl
Far beyond the land and sea
A whole new world has been rediscovered by me
Where silvery clouds float near the ground
And magnificent creatures roam around Birds and other creatures unknown
Wander around freely, not a shriek, not a moan.
The air is swedt and pleasant to breathe
For oxygen masks there is NO need.
In the shimrnering waters, pure and clean
Colourfulfish dart around, adding a sheen.
The birds in the sky begin to sing
Their beautiful song reaches our ears
Or does it? Canit?
What has happened to our world?
by Priya Singh, Form 3A
There is a boy handsorne and kind
Not a night without him crossing my mind
I did see hirn passing by...
His gesture, motion and his smile
His wit, his voice my heart beguile
Beguile my heart, I know not why...
His face and charm glow
On the cheek and over his brow
Here he comes, I want to talk but cannot even utter a lie
That straight black hair of his
Sparkling like stars of the ultirnate universe
Glittering against his head in care
Separated by darkened love, he and I...
There he walks, the man of my delight
Sweeping the air with his amazinghair
Into the darkness and out ofsight
But change the earth or change the sky
Yet willl love hirn till I die!
Toka Tabai, Form 2M
Women
Reinforce your values as a worlan.
Use it to inspire passionate loyalty to your roots
The age of reason has come
It is a time of inner beauty
And speaking your mind...
Feminisrn is not an extreme moral
It is simply a way of life.
Finau Soqo, Form 5W
Nareau's Nation
Wake up, wake up
Children of Nareau's nation
Your dreams have come true
You day has come
The twelfth of July.
A new nation is born
You're independent
Free forever
No more of her majesty
She has left your shores.
Stand up joined together
With your newborn leaders
For the best and the worst
Have faith in your identity
Nareau's guiding hand is with you
Toka'Tabai, Form 2M
Athlete's Point Of View
I see the track, I hear the crowd I feel the sensation, I srnell the tension I taste the victory!
Cat
Cat on the dark roof
Pattering above our heads
Scuffling, then silence
James Huggett, Form 2C
Senses
I see the burning fire
I hear the, fire crackling
I feel the smouldering heat I srnell the suffocating srnoke I taste the salty sweat.
I Saw
I saw Tui looking very tall
I saw Sirnoni playing handball
I saw James buried in a book
I saw Jenni giving a dirty look
I saw Lauretta working on the A,s
I saw Ben fishing in the bays
Dog
Dog on couch dribbling
Eating meat roughly and then
Chewing a dog bone.
Shane Collins, Form 2C
School
School is the first step to realitY A teacher is your guide
Homework is the extra duties
Sport is survival of the fittest
English is conveying your emotions into reality
My friend is my partner
Friday is the day to look forward to.
Ben Summers, Matthew Thorburn & Junior Bale, Form 2C
Our Friend Who Is Presently Living In Jordan
How do you say goodbYe, To someone so close?
The laughter shared, The time spent.
But for everyone,
Sorneday - this time will come. For you - it is now.
So we say farewell, With heavy hearts.
The words come unspokenTears say it all.
But remember and knowThat no matter
How many miles or stonxy seas Are between us, Our hearts will be together, And our friendship will remain. (dedicated to Pamela Crane).
Malia Finseth, Form 3A
Aim...Aim High
She jumps into the court
She's ready to play the game
The whistle shrieks
She darts then defends
No one is fast
Not even the wind
She moves like a leopard
Eager to win
Grabs the ball
Delivers it to free hands
It bounces back to her
She aims It's a shot.
0livia Naturniln, Form 3A
Sometimes I lie in bed thinking
Of how the world is cftanging to suil our needs.
I think of you, my head and heart start sinking,
Like a tree of love in hope I plant my seeds' I try to accePt daY bY daY
That you are no longer mine.
Just like a legal Paper of divorce, That you in haste have signed.
My heart is broken a million Pieces; I can no longer bare.
To take the pain I look at YouIt seems you do not care.
But there's one thing I cannot do'
My love for you is true.
So, I can never get over it, I can't stop loving you!
Sylvia Lokollo, Form 5H
oft
Ma and past history, origin like a tree without roots history is ma back-bo
Adelaine M rm 5W
Ma Ro 1e without the is ma identi is rna fu vunga, her they Roots.
Tlre Lonely Rose
The only rose that stands, Is little and afraid. I pick it up and water it, Then put it in the shade. Soon the bud is open, And I place it in rny hand.
But rvhen the nasty thorns Prick me, I drop it in the sand.
Suddenly when I'm asleep, The rose begins to die.
Outside it's like I'rn still the same, But inside alll do is cry.
The rose reminds rne of the friends, I used to always see.
The only difference being is,
The lonely rose was me.
Julie Satcltell, Form 2C
This year ISS students had the opportunity to learn Fijian, French, Hindi and Japanese. Learning a second language is an exciting and challenging part of our school curriculum.
Our Form One students were given a 'taste' of each of these languages during tenn one and term two. In term three they chose to continue studying Fijian, French and Japanese. Fijian, French and Japanese are the three languages taught throughout the school frorn Form One to Form Seven.
Language Department Highlights
This year Sereana Baleiler,uka took a group of students to the island of Koro where they practised speaking Frjian and experienced daily
life in a Fijian village. The students really enjoyed their trip and benefited greatly from their experiences.
Linda Kay arrived frorn New Zealand to teach French. During the year she has rnanaged to revitalise our French courses through her enthusiasm and dedication to teaching. The extra effort put into activities such as the French breakfasts were greatly appreciated by the students.
Sue Leggett and her husband, Nick, took a group of students to Japan where they went on homestay and were thus able to experience
extensive tour which took over twelve months to organise included visits to famous cities such as Hiroshirna, Kyooto, Tokyo and Nagoya. The ISS students forrned close friendships with the students from Toho Senior High School which proved the trip an enormous success.
Our Trip To Koro (End of 1993)
Well, it was quite a stunning experience. I mean I was literally stunned, especially when I discovered that I was supposedly married to Stuart! Apart from this, can I say ghastly episode, I had a really fantastic time.
I went to school for a few days which was a massive learning experience. Stuart was sick and so I went alone. As well as this our visit was fortunate enough to coincide with the Qionibaravi trophy (in memory of Mrs Waqanibete's father) a national rugby tournament. We also went on many expeditions around Koro to look at the island, yaqona plantations and more. On the Sunday of our stay we went to church. Mrs Baleilewka and her mother (Naulevu) are excellent singers. Our other traditional activities included mat making and the occasional grog session.
Other memorable experiences included the boat trip; the humungous feast for school break-up; Lornai (a waterfall); Watisoni Vodo and finally the dalo - need I say more?
by Matanisiga, Form 7
Dedicated to Senirosi who missed out on a really good tirne.
Noqu Gade I Koro
Keitou a lako mai Koro e na yabaki sa oti, o Mrs Balelevuka, o Matanisiga, vata kei yau. Keitou a tiko i Dramea e na koro o Nasau. A bera e na va na aua na waqa na Nivaga. la a sega na leqa, baleta ni tu o Naulevu (tinai Mrs B) rne qarauni keitou. E na i lakolako qo keitou sega ni "vakanaqio", i a au mateca na vale ni vo ni waqa savasava vinaka (yame 1'ame).
Ni keitou yaco yani ki Nasau era nanuma na koro ni keirau veiwatini kei Matanisiga (au rere - Matanisiga). A lako o Matanisiga ki Koro 'High School' (vata kei Master Khan). Au a tauvi mate ka davo koto ga mai vale. 'Meanwhile back in Koro', o Matanisiga kei au keirau a sarava na'show' ni Nasau 'kindy'. Ni oti keitou sa lai na i teitei ni yaqona kei na loga voivoi.
Ni voleka na lesu mai Suva, keirau a vatakakana vata kei trana gone ni Koro 'High'. Oti keirau a lai Lomai e dua na savu kei na tobu wai vata kei 'headboy' kei na so tale. Keitou mateca vakalew na tiko mai Koro. E na i lakolako lesu rnai au a butuki Batiki rawa.
A French breakfast is what we call a continental breakfast. The French breakfast includes coffee, milky or black, in a large bowl or cup, with bread (du pain/baguette), butter (du Beurre) and jam (confiture).
A piece of bread and butter is known in French as "une tartine"
Sometimes 'a French family may have croissants, which are crescent-shaped rolls of flaky pastry, especially on Sundays and other special days.
The French enjoy their bread, and they like it fresh. A French farnily will buy bread several times a day. If you lived in France you would even buy bread before breakfast - probably every morning.
They also drink hot chocolate (lait, chocolat chaud) or.tea (th6) as a change from coffee. In France it is not considered bad manners to dip their croissants in their coffee, and getting crumbs everywhere is considered a sign of how much you enjoyed the rneal. The more crumbsthe more you enjoyed the meal!
by Clare Drodrolagi, Form 3
C'est chouette! pa me plait beaucoup. Mon professeur de frangais est si sympa. Le petit d'ejeuner frangais 6tait super. J'aime apprendre le frangais.
by Amelia Whiting, Forrn 3T
Around mid July, a contingent of Japanese Senior High School art students arrived in Suva to stay with the families of those students taking part in the Japanese Exchange. Unfortunately I wasn't going to be able to go to Japan in August like everyone else but I conned my way into getting to meet all these new and wonderful people by taking one of them in anyway. I sort of expected a bunch of really polite, conservative people who would need to be helped adjusting to Fiji, but NO! It turned out that these students were a very hip, outgoing lot who had no qualms about getting around in Suva on their own, making their own fun as they went along. And the fruits of their efforts to observe as much Fijian culture as possible made it worthwhile since their paintings and sketches were really impressive. I think the amount of photos taken over the eight days was enough to support Nagoya's answer to Caines Jannif for a couple of rnonths, but this was a good thing since a lot of priceless occasions were captured on fllm. Like the tirne the students were invited to tamoure with the Island dancers on the niglit of the fabulous dinner at the Onorio's house, the climb up Mount Korobobo, the night we invaded the Pizza Hut and so (only those who were there know) much more. It was a great week and the friendships made in that time promised a really amazingtime for our student^ in Japan. Ja mata!
by Marta Cuboni, Form 7
Living with a Japanese farnily was one of the rnost important aspects of our trip. It gave us a glimpse of what it is like to be Japanese. Most of us slept on traditional Japanese bedding: futons. These consist of a thin firm mattress and a thick, soft duvet-like cover. They are folded up and put away in the mornings and are arguably the most comfortable beds in the world.
We also used Japanese baths and toilets, and stayed in tatami mat rooms. A tatami mat is made of rice straw woven together, and gives a pleasant fragrance to any room.
The best part of homestay was our host families hospitality. Each morning we would be served a multi-course breakfast, which would range from traditional rice and soup to ham and eggs, and proved to be delicious every time.
Our packed lunches (obentoo's) would always be beautifully set out, colourful and balanced, not to mention scrumptious. Dinners would make our mouths water (no rnatter how much we had eaten during the day), and were usually traditional food, such as tempura, sashimi, rniso soup or sushi.
Our host families took us sightseeing, shopping and to restaurants to try out different cuisines, so that some of us went to sushi bars, while others went to Indian restaurants. They even drove us to school or to train stations, and picked us up when we returned exhausted frorn our trips. It is in fact their thoughtfulness and care which made our stay so rnemorable.
Our first day at school (August 25th) took place before school had officially opened. Many students were at school, though, rnainly practising extra-curricular activities. We joined the school's karate team in the karate gym. Dressed. in hear,1r, bulky uniforms, we managed to learn some basic moves and the boys, as a bonus, were aliowed to practise kicking the large punching bag. Our instructors were some of the best karate students in Japan and after our lesson, we felt like potential black beits! Our wonderful hosts also presented us with karate inter-school championship T-shirts, with which we were delighted. The experience had been both enjoyable and educational.
After karate we were treated to classy entertainrnent by Toho High School's brass band. We watciied the band practise, after 'which they performed for us. The grand finale was a marching display in a nearby field. We were all impressed by the band's unity and professionalisrn.
On September I st, we attended the ofEcial opening of the school term" The ceremony was held in a large field adjacent to the school, where the entire school was assemi;led. It involved the principal's address, raising of the school flag and Mrs Leggett's short speech lollowed by the presentation of the tanoa. We were then given a tour of the school by Mr Takai. This included a look at the classrooms, library and art rooms in the main 5-storey building, a visit to the various gyns and the swirnming pool.
Our second morning at school was spent posing for portraits, which were done by 2nd year (Form 6) students. The sketches and paintings were amazingly life-like and we were honoured to have been the subject of their talent
Formal lessons consisted of .Iapanese geography and Japanese language. In our geography lesson we learnt all abor-rt Japan's islands, its population, it's r.naln geographical features and prefectures. It was a valuable class, as most of us learnt new facts about the country we were visiting. Japanese language lessorts were fun (if a bit basic for seniors). We even had a testl Our lessons included topics like shopping. giving directions and parts of the body. We all enioyed these lessons and gained murch oral practice.
This presented a challenge to all of us. The objective was to design and construct an easy-to-make, convenient egg package which would ensure that if an egg was placed inside it and then dropped, the egg would remain intact. Materials provided consisted of tvro sheets of cardboard, a cutter, a stapler and cellotape. We all set to work on our egg boxes. Mr Naganuma then dropped each one of tirem whilst standing on a table! Each broken egg (i.e. frorn each unsuccessful drop) was put lnto alarge bowl and later cooked into an omelette! Howeven, quite a few of us produced good designs, wirich meant that our eggs did not break.
All in ali it was a stimr:lating experience and good fun
Upon reaching school each morning we were required to change from our shoes into siippers. This seemed a little strange, but we soon grew accustomed to it, and joined the 2,000 odd students already in slippers. Our days at school were always pleasant, as the school had a peaceful, friendly atmosphere which made us feel welcome. The students were all interested in us and always stopped to say hello. The teachers were also friendly and helpful, while the school itself was very clean and elegant.
by M:rrilyn Cornelius, Form 6
Shopping
Shopping in Japan was an excellent experience that I don't think anyone will forget with people:
Borrowing money - Judy
Running out of money - Jenon, Reeti & Gia
Calling their parents for more money - Brenda & Holly
Losing their'money - Karl
Misplacing it (as well as everything else) - Paul
Budgeting their money and keeping to their budgets - Marilyn and Gretchen
lry Jenon N'larlow, Form 4
Free Tirne
N{ost of our {-ree time was spent with our host fai:rilies experiencing unforgettable things and having lots of fun
The most popular leisure activities included shopping, visiting lourist spots e.g. Nagoya Castle anci the TV Tower etc, going to rnovies, bowling ancl of course playing Pachinko
A group o1l us spent one day at Nagashirna which is an amuselxent park farnous for its "White Cyclone" roller coaster - the largest wooden roller coaster in the world and it also has the largest ferris wheel in the world. by Gretchen Kenny, Form 6
Living N,Iuseunt
One of the first interesting places that we visited was the Japanese Living Museun-r. It was a place rvhere thev kept ancl treasLrrecl the nrernories o1'the past {t secrneci so real r.vith the beautiful river, trees anrl irouses.
I'hey had wells, ponds in .,vhich color-rrful carp swarr, handicraits sr"rch as umbrellas, shoes. fans ancl many other things.
The thing I liked the best was the Japanese house which showed their traditional rvay of living. We siit next to the fire and took photos It was so hot that rve hacl to force ourselves to srnile !
The water buflalo r.vhich was near the well looked really beaLrtifi-rl but the srnell was unbearable. Anyway it was a really interesting and fun place to visit.
lry Tebana Onorio, Form 5
L'rugi Sanso
Cn Monday August 22nd, the Japanese exchange students of ISS started their first 'ourney of the week to a lovely wooden cottage rrvned by Toho High School in Urugi Sanso. It was a long ride there so most of the students siept or sat lazily listening to music on the way. \nyway, just belore we reached the cottage we stopped at an old'village nearby where we met rhe Mayor of Urugi Sanso, gave hirn a present lhen continued on our way. On arriving there the first thing we had to do rvas make our beds which was really confusing. \nyway after the lovely dinner we went outside and played games. The next day we visited an enormous dam known as the Sakuma Darn. It is 150m high and it generates electricity for the rvhole of Nagoya. After exploring we were taken right to the bottom of the dam where as vou look up, the people above look like ants. That night we got dressed up in Yukatas (summer kimonos) with the help of some Japanese ladies frorn the old village. We learned a traditional Japanese dance where you dance around a stage. The rnusic sounded fi-eaky. The narre of the dance was the Bonodori.
It was very peaceful at Urugi Sanso among the lorest and rivers and we enjoyed it a great deal. by Reeti Onorio, Form 4
Now, my mother and father always told me not to play with fire, but this was one time when I Itrst couldn't resist. The object of the dance is stiil unclear to me, but it is an experience I think that will stay with me for quite some time. It was Monday evening on the 22nd of August t,hen Christopher Southwick, David Horn and inyself had to perfonn a little cultural act for tire other ISS students. The act involved swinging short sticks with nails in one end and a f'lame on the end around in circles. And I arn sure that Chris and I had everyone chewing their fingernails with fear, and to tell you the truth I don't blame thern, because when you are swinging sticks with frre on the end of thern and wearing a flamrnable bath robe, oops! I
mean rukata. I anr sure thal the nsk ol catchins on tlre is hr_qhh possible
Norv I have left poor David out of the picture and I shouldn't have. David had an equallr irnporlant part in the production. He was the fire lighter. Yes, David was dressed up in sheets and had a pillow case on his head. He was the lucky one who got to walk along with a stick also with fire on it and say the special chant. The problem with David's performance was that he didn't know what he was saying and nor did anybody else, and what makes it worse is that when he placed his flame onto the wood stack which had been covered in kerosene nothing happened !
But apart frorn swinging fire sticks and saying chants there were fireworks being let off and to tell you the truth, I think we all had a really good tirne.
The fire dancing is only one of the memories that I think all of the students have planted in their rninds frorn the trip and I would just like to personally thank all of the parents and students who gave up weekends and evenings to make a trip like this possible, but the one lady who deserves the biggest amount of credit for all of her tirne and effort as well as putting up with us all is Sue Leggett. Without her none of the students who went to Japan would have ever been able to experience what they did. So to Sue Leggett and everybody else who helped, thank you for making a dream come true.
bv Knrl Sclrnrid, Fornr 3
On Monday 29th August we were taken on a tour of Nagoya by Okarnoto Sensei - an English Teacher frorn Toho High School. After being issued with our open train cardswhich closely resembled a phone card - we were off. Our first destination was the Nagoya Ports Authority building. Here we got to witness a view of the imrnediate Poft area; the dirty water and the never-ending horizon of buildings in air-conclitioned cornfort.
From here we headecl to Nagoya Castle. In the sunlight the gold female and male dolphins located at either end of the roof glittered. The dolphin is Nagoya city's symbol. The 5-tiered castle held exarnples of artwork, games, toys and dolls dating from ancient tirnes. It was really interesting
We had lunch at Sakae, one of Nagoya's biggest shopping areas, where we spent a lot of c;ur time ancl rnoney Sakae consists of a mass of cleparlrnent stores such as MitsLrkahi, Parco and the Annex and a cornplex interesting lunderground shopping arcade fllled with shops of every sort. Located right in the middle cif Sakae is Central Park This is where large outdoor rock concerts are held and also where ice skating rinks are created in winter Located in Central Park is one of Nagoya's lanclrnarks the TV Tor,ver
The TV J'olver. looks like a smaller version ol the Eiflel Tou,'er, ancl the vierv fr-orn the top \vas breathtaking Ruildings, bLrildings anci nrore bLrilciings
liy Gretchen Kenny, Form 6
Hiroshint:r
On Tr-resday 3Oth of August, after a three hour Shinkansen ride frorn Nagoya, we arriveci at Hiroshima It r.vas about lprn ancl very hot
We irnrlediately caught taxis to our luxurious hotel, the Neu, Hiroclen Propoganda available at the entrance infbmed us:
WITH BEST SERVIC}, FROM BOTTOM OF HE,.,\RT FRIENDLY, REASONABLE,, WELL LOCATED STILL, THERE IS MORE TO US THAN MEETS THE EYtrS
As it turned out, there was more to the hotel New Hiroden than "meets the eyes" - including its pay television channel. as the "wee boys" discovered
The hotel's rooms were very cornfortable, but we had little tirne to experience their charmswe left at about 2.00prn for the Hiroshinia Peace Mernorial Museum and Park.
The Museum consists of audio-visual displays docurnenting the inhurnane destruction wrought on Hiroshirna during the Second World War. By fhr the most distr,rrbing visits were actual remains of the atornic bombing, including personal effects and watches stopped at the exact tirne of the blast.
A{ier leaving the museum, walking through the surrounding park, and in some cases regaining our composure, we explored Hiroshima City and encountered a channing young shop assistant of indeterrninate gender at Tower Records
Returning to the hotel after dinner, we spent a pleasant, if rather anirnated evening
The next day we caLrght a train, then ferry Miyajirna Island We rvere irnrnediately greeted by a very friendly deer We rented bicycles and cycled throLrgh the ntany side streets ch_rstered with srlall shops.
N4iyajinta Island was a fhntastic experience - a I'erv minutes frorn a bustling urban centre, it is a haven of beauty and tranquility. It's many Shinto shrines. and the rnagnificent red toriijust off the island, inspire a sense of awe at the their seerning timelessness.
Afier this spiritually uplifting experience, we returnecl to Hiroshirxa at about I 30prn. We had sorne fi-ee tirne, during which we amused our--selves no end (changing rnoney at the bank), and then retr.rrned to I liroshirna Station to catch the 3 30 Shinkansen back to Nagoya. by David lrlorn, Forrn 7
The foocl in Japan was fabulous We had traditional dishes such as lried octopus, tofu, seaweed soups, mushrooms and sweets lt was a shock because the food was so dift'erent, but a{ler eating it a couple of times We really grew to like it. It's set out so nicely so that the Iiun Ir like a work of art. My favourite food was (what a tough decision) tempura This is meat and vegetables fried in a light batter' One great thing in Japan is the sushi bars' You can watch the cooks preparing the food and you sit at the bars First you are given ocha (Jupon.r. tea) then, sweet rolls of egg, sushi, prawn and rice ancl huge delicious grapes' As soon as you are full you indicate and you are given more ocha. It's a really great experience Another goocl thing abut Japanese food is the obentoo. This is a packed lunch and the food is arranged neatly, and is of course absolutely delicious. One really good one we had containecl rnini sanciwiches which all had rliflerent fillings. This rvas in the tnain course sectiot-t. We also hacl fruit, rice and nori (seaweed). The salad was served with dressing in a cute piastic Pig \lthotrgh sotne of the Japanese versions of ':telfl food weren't that good, I for-rnd the r.rnese foorl delicious and varied
r R.achel Hawkilts, Form 3
'.:r\ oonara Party
:' larewell party, or Sayoonara Party, was ,iJ on September 3rd at a restaurant called ,iific Garden. The food provided was - rcious but soilehow someone forgot our '. Ll vegetarians who had to sttrive on ,tatoes and salad.
-;re entertainment for the evening turned out to , the boys original version of the Cibi (Ftlian :r dance), our rather embarrassing version of : 'Hokey PokeY" and a game of Bingo'
-:.ause it v,,',s Rach:l and one of the two ':irsnese gir's birthday on this day we rnarked r occasion with two hirthday cakes and our ,ented singing. At the end of the party we :re presented with the portraits that had been ne of us in art class at school. Sorne were rre quickly hidden than others.
:r Gia Dawai, Form 4
On the 4th day of o_ur very exciting trip, we dazzling Golden pavilion which is surrounded went to the Toyota car Museum. It was the by imriaculate gardens with hundreds of most interesting museum I have ever been to. beautiful maple trees. It had cars ranging from the end of the 1800's Mr Takai and Mr Naganumathen took us to a to the 20th century' The three floors of the quaint Japanese restaurant where we slurped building hold over 700 cars including the first noisily whilst devouring delicious zarusoba Toyota Model A Sedan produced by Toyota in (coldiapanese noodles - dipped in a sauce with 1936' All these cars are still used - mainly for wasabi, sp.ing onions and a raw quails egg). parades and other events.
(David out-srurped everyone - even Nick!) Everyone was fascinated by the cars in the After lunch we walkei to Ryoanji Temple, museum and took heaps of photos. At the end, famous for its exquisite rock garden ny tm, there was a vintage car that you could sit in and time we'd all begun to wilt in the hot sun and have your photo taken. So, everyone had fun were very keen to walk to Miyoshinji the posing for photos in this car' magnificent temple where we were to stay the by Brenda Mitchell, Form 4Wo night.
At 9 30arn we all met at the west exit of cityof arguablyunequalled aesthetic splendour. Nagoya's bustling train station eagbr to board The next day wc visited the rnagnificent the Shinkansen for the first tirne in our lives. Kiyomizu Temple. we will never forget this we were on our way to Kyooto, an ancient awesome ternple which is perched on a capital of Japan which was celebrating its beautilul steep woocled hillside. l2o.th anniversary' , From Kiyornizu we took taxis to Gion, a After walking through the station to the famous Geisha and Maiko area. After,walking appropriate platfonn we watched in awe as the through picturesque narrow streets redolent of slick rnachine glided in right on time. our trip antiqulty and an interesting recl light district we to Kyooto was short (45 rninutes exactly), fast stopped at Kawararnachi - a shoppers paraclise (252kn/hr) and direct (we stepped out on to a we met up later in the afternoon at Kyooto platform smack in the centre of Kyooto). station where we boarcjed another Shinkansen we took a bus (which lacked cornfort and style which srnoothly transporled us back to Nagoya. compared to the bullet train) to Kinkakuji, the by S.e Leggett
Our trip to Tokyo began on Tuesday 6th Septernber. We travelled by Shinkansen for tr,vo hours frorn Nagoya to Tokyo, then took a one hour train ricle to 'our' stop: Mejiro. The traditional Japanese inn we were to stay at was called Shioya San Inn and was located in a cute side street right next to Mejiro Station.
We checked into our beautifLrl little roorls, freshened Lrp, then left in srnall groups to explore Tokyo. We hacl several places to visit Ueno Kooen, Akihabara, ShinjLrku, Harajuku and the Ginza It lelt so exciting to be ln a city where l8 million people lived.
Ueno turned out to be a place full of srlall shops and very wide roads anci intersections. We visited rnany of the shops and tnet interesting people. The park itself (Ueno Kooen) was unique
At Akihabara we discovered the 100 shop, where everything cost 100 yen. We spent a lot of tirne there, buying everything fiorn snacks and chopsticks to dishes anci rice bowls
Next stop: Shinjuku By night it rvas an endless rnaze ol bright lights and progressively taller buildings. Here lve visited huge departnrent stores and had clinner at KFC.
We reached the Ginza at about Bprn, so all the stores were closed. Howeverwe wandered the narrow streets and took pictures olthe fantastic neon signs ancl fanrous naines on buildings. Ginza is the most expensive piece of real estate in the world ancl after glancing at the price tags on the beautilui items in the shops, and seeing this classy shopping district (fbr ourselves) we now know why.
Our second da.v in Tokyo began with an early breaklast - nobody slept in fbr a change as this was fhe day we rvent to Disneyland fbr the hours ol enclless fun anci entertainrnent. We \ ,'ere absolutely exhaustecl when we finally arriveil horne to our peacelLrl little Japanese Inn
The third day in Tokyo was si)ent sightseeing and shopping befbre we boarded the Shinkansen for the last tirne and headed back to Nagoya where lve took the shuttle bus to the airport and endecl our trip with bucketfuls of tears and carnera-firls of photos. by Nlarilyn Cornelius, Forrn 6
A feature of Geography is the applying of theories to the real world.
The Form 5 students carried out two field trips. At Colo-i-Suva they investigatecl the'dynarnic relationship, if airy, that existed between stream and channel by measuring the depth and wirlth of pools and tirning the flow of currents. After-wards, everyone enjoyed their annual session of hypothennia in the lorver pools.
The coastal trip involved arranging pebbles around dip-sticks planted in the sand and recorcling the effect of waves in order to deduce the long-shore drift and wave energy.
Geography' encoLlrages a wider vielv of the rvorld in every sense, so the western Side Field Trip for Sixth and Seventh Formers included Biologists and Economists, all collecting data in the respective fields. The I.B. Geographers specialised, Marta looking at the diflerences in economic, political and social activities between the Eastern and Western regions and Chantale at the media response to tourism in Frli from overseas.
The students lookecl at reasons for settlernent in the past at Tavuni Hill and Morni Bay as well as modern factors in the distribution of secondary industries. They saw the Lautoka Sugar Mill and Distillery, Tropic Woods, pacific Green and the processing of tobacco. Some even literally struck gold at Vatukoula. As well as agriculture, they saw silviculture at Lololo, aquaculture at Raviravi and hydroponics at Vuda point. The high-light for most though, was the investigation of tourisrn at Beachcomber where they could actually be tourists.
The Humanities Department was transformed at the beginning of this year. Not only was a new department created with the amalgarnation of Economics, Accounting and Business Studies into a separate Commerce department, but there were also new posts created in the Co-ordinators position, where I was appointed to fill the Social Science position and Margaret Leong the Comrnerce position. These job I might add, were ably and meticulously administered previously by Ann Rosa as Senior Geography teacher, and we have had quite a task trying to emulate her high standards. In a sirnilar vein, equal appreciation needs to be awarded to Katea Sovatabua who adrninistered the Junior Social Science subjects these past fbw years. Thank you for a job superbly done, Katea!
I therefore count myself quite fortunate to be adrninistering a department of competent, devoted, dedicated and creative teachers which since the beginning of the year also included Mere Fong and Jenny Stephens - both of whorn have made valuable contributions to their classes and to the depar-trnent. Mere joined the depaftment to teach Junior Social Science and her classes have been enriched with the projects and creative individual work she has imparted to her students. Our friend Jenny Stephens joined us from Waitaki Girls High in New Zealand. She brought with her her invaluable teaching experience in History at IB level, and Geography We have to thank Jenny for organising the Senior students visit to Tavuni Hill For-tification, Sigatoka - a historical site that was enjoyed by Historians and non-Historians alike.
The Senior students found the trip to Nadi quite educational for all 3 subjects concernedEconomics, Geography and History, and a separate account of this has been rnade by one of the students.
It is with deep sadness that we remember ollr colleague and friend, Claire Miller who passed away in July. Claire up to her retirement last year had contributed I I years of service to the school, of which a large portion was to the
Humanities Department. Claire had been our Senior History teacher. She helped to develop the Junior History programme by emphasising a skills-orientated programrle, which we have found an essential requirement for those going on to Senior level History. We would also like to thank Dennis Miller for donating her books to the school, many of which are monographs useful as teacher reference books. We shall treasure them in her memory.
Our students in the Junior school have been exposed to a skills orientated programme as well as building up topical background. For exarnple in Geography they have learnt to read contour lines while studying the world's mountains. In History, Fl-3 students have been taught to evaluate and gather inlormation from sources and at F3 level to be able to detect bias in sources. At Senior level, the students have applied these skills to the specialised topics prescribed for their external examinations.
Both teachers and students have contributed a tremendous amount of work to their collrses fbr this year, be it IGCSE, FSLC, FF7 or IB. We hope therefore that pleasing results will be attained at the end of this year. On that note, I'd like to wish you all a very merry Christrnas and a prosperous 1995.
Milika Waqainabete, Head of Department
Social Science is the best subject when it comes to learning with fun. History and geography are interesting. I think it's great.
Richard Austin, Form 2M
What I experienced in History was that I learned a lot about the ancient days of a particular country. And also I learned about the deserts, rainforests and landscapes which I found really interesting so I have really enjoyed Geography this year.
Sainimili Sovatabua, Form 1E
I found our Roman studies very interesting and I enjoyed it along with our work on the Deserts; especially the Desert Ecosystem.
Nathan Watson, Form lE
This year we have gone back in time to New Zealand history and Medieval times. We have looked at lots of skills in geography and geography itself. Overall it was fi.rn and interesting.
Bianca Noble, Form 2M
History is my favourite in Social Science because we were studying Romans and it was very interesting to hear how they lived. Justin Mitchell, Form lE
Social Science is a very interesting subject. The most interesting part of Social Science is learning about the history ol our world. Geography is interesting too.
Brad Morton, Fornr 2M
I think that Social Science is fun. It's sometimes fun when you do projects but it all depends on what the project is about.
Asenaca Rosa, Form lE
Social Science has been a good experience. Geography is rny favourite. We learnt all about grasslands and animal life. In History we learnt about kings and battles to win the throne
Hayley Morart, Form 2M
I liked the study on the Romans. I lound it really interesting but Geography is a bit borinq Tirnothy Coleman, Form lE
Social Science is a very good subject. It helps us know about things that happened in the past and other famous people in the past too. It also teaches us about Geography.
Risiate Buidole, Form 2M
In Social Science the topic I liked best was the converted tropical monsoon forest lands. I found it interesting because I learned about climographs and drawing therr which were fun.
Hye Sung park, Form 2C
I really like Social Science because of all the interesting facts and stories about cultures and people.
James Huggett, Form 2C
One topic I really enjoyed was the transformed temperate grasslands. Studying the different types of grasslands and their wild life was interesting. by Lauretta Ah Sam, Form 2C
I used to really hate Social Science and didn't pay rnuch attention to it but just lately I've found it quite enjoyable. Writing sometimes can be a bother. by Ben Summers, Form 2C
The whole desert is incredible and the heat is unbearable, the yearly precipitation is so low that there's no excess water left to flow. The world's biggest desert is the Sahara and in Central West South America is the Atacama.
Plants in the desert adapt very rvell, and winds blowing the sand look really swell. I love the deseft!
Olivi:r Gho & Belinda Sweetln:rIt, Form lE
As we remember Claire, there is a kaleidoscope of memories. Claire the colleague, the teacher, the historian, the linguist, motel owner, mother, hostess and chef extraordinare, animal lover, swimming supporter, member of various Suva communities, environmentalist, Beatles fan, and so we could go on. From this colourful swirl of irnages we distil the essence of the Claire we all kner.r, and loved. Claire was no "little old lady". She had an indornitable spirit, energy and enthusiasrn, with the heart and mind, deterrnined to extract the maximum from life, as long as strength pennitted. Indeed her energy often wearied us, not her, and for that we envied her She was a wornan not defeated by tirne and circumstances: difllculties that rnight have broken others seerned only to forge ever stronger independence, tenacity, concern and principle in Claire. But we remember too her astringent wit and humour, the glear-n in the eye and the hearty chuckle, associated with her determination and courage.
As teaching colleagues we recall with some awe the breadth of knowledge that enableC Claire to teach many subjects. She provided a rnodel - not just for how to teach Latin, French, English and History but - in what are surely the halhnarks of a great teacher - hers was teaching by example, she showed how to inspire a love of learning and a thirst for knowledge. For many she became mentor She often shared her vast knowledge and flne intellect and we caught her enthusiasm and in turn broadened our horizons. In particular, she instilled a love of history in those of us who worked and learned with her in and out of the International Secondary School Claire's teaching career in so many schools of different types gave a special perspective on possibilities of schooling and she maintained a stance with an integrity which never wavered. As one of the old hands at ISS, Claire had a clear vision of her airns for the school and its possibilities and she insisted that these must be worked out within the context of Fiji, and for the benefit of Frji and her people as well as the transient international community.
:r,1t schools are not just about subject learninq ,",C exam passes. More importantly, they are rcut developing lives. Claire had an .:rderstanding of the young, neither dewy eyed rr excessively cynical, just realistic and down -j ear-th. With characteristic enthusiasm, ;rrpered by shrewdness, she displayed her -:adiness to charirpion when she felt there was , risk of misjudgement and to similarly act :rornptly and firrnly when she felt that -'rmeone's welfare would not else be well ,':ned. This was true of her dealings with all, -.taff and students alike, and we respected her :.rr it, though it did not always win her friends :nd fans.
\nd for us - her teaching colleagues - on days -.f tiredness and frustrations she was always rirere - to lend a hand - to relieve a burden with : cahr efficiency - be it crowd control duty at :ire Music Festival or catering for many a school carxp or social.
Of course, we will never forget Claire's oftlce space (or spaces) - a midden of books and pieces of paper spilling over everywhere, just the place you were sure you would find the very item you were lacking at the tirne (if only you could get at it). From this creative chaos Claire spun threads of the 20th century, the ancient world, all history, or literature, or whatever into a tapestry, lar beyond lnere Exam Syllabus Units and Topics. This above all was the essential Claire. hers a neverending pursuit of information, a voracious appetite for books and the command of history, which lefl us breathless. Not often could you read of somewhere where she had not been before you or was not prepared to follow. Generations of students, family, colleagues and friends all have caught some of this enthusiasrn and this is her legacy.
Claire had tirne for a lot of other things - craft, crochet. etchrng and into the statJioorr calreBags of Sigatoka tomatoes. avocados. Wainadoi strawberries, starlruit. clrmquat marmalade and curry paste etc. Claire was a source of recipes, and tips on a variety of culinary and domestic matters.
We recall the evenings we gathered at her home with Dennis and Andrew - and her cats and dogs. They were evenings of good talk, good food and good company. Here we dined on tasty exotic dishes - Lebanese, Chinese, Korean and Thai all cooked by her. At the end of an evening of wonderful hospitality at her home, we have an image of Claire, perched somewhat owlishly perhaps, but doggedly not letting her end of the conversation (by now often close to an argurnent) drop
We remember Claire the anirnal lover - the cats and dogs, SPCA, anecdotes and tips. Who will ever forget the experience of a ride in Claire's car, where the cats were always welcome (though not necessarily happy) passengers?
The Vaka Viti owner - the Suva - Sigatoka road a shuttle that wove these two elernents of her life into a whole, the telephone that kept her in touch with the daily ins and outs of the enterprise.
Cllaire the teacher who tutored many outside the classroom
Claire had a special love for plants and tended them with great care.
In all Claire showed us a dynamic approach to life that sustains a positive perspective to growing old. As some of us here move into middle-age and beyond, your spirit indomitable, intellectual, always vital - rviil be with us.
Thank you for being Claire and for sharing your life with us.
This has been quite a good year for the deparlment. With Mr Hector Hatch joining our rather srnall department, we were able to offer a wider range of subjects to the students.
The third form students were given the opportunity to study Accounting and Economics at an introductory level. In this programme" the students were given an opportunity to display their creative skills by creating various role play situations in consumer education, testing their accounting skills at balancing books and solving crossword puzzle.
The fourth forrn students were given the opporlunity to study either Business Studies or Economics. Quite a few elected to study these subjects and have shown some very good work. The students were taken out to various organisations as paft of their field work where they were given the chance to see how things happen in the business community. We would like to record our appreciation to the management of these companies for allowing our students to fit into their very busy schedule. The students were also given the opportunity to test their ability at running a srnall business in groups during their lunch break. This proved to be quite successfill with some groups managing to make a small profit and to appleciate all the hard work that has to go into making it successful. Students were also able to show their skills in infonning the others on various consumer topics such as health and salety at
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This is the first time I have done Accounting and I have found it to be a subject that requires a lot of hard work and dedication. It may not be your average kind of subject but it turned out to be okay for me.
* Accounting is the study of, brain restructuring. It boggles one's mind and at the end conluses it. But what inore can one expect! Especially when it is a two years' course being cornpleted in one year. However, with our ever organised professor, things turned out to be as rnind boggling as ever. Just joking; as things have turned out pretty well and we await our exam results next year.
school, at home and at work by way of poster designs.
The fifth forrn students, however, were rather pressed for time as they needed to complete their syllabus for the final IGCSE, exams. But between all that hard work, they were given an opportunity to learn about real-life economic and business situations.
The sixth form has had a very hardworking year, with both the teachers of Accounting and Economics, trying their best to complete a two-year course in one year. However, despite all the hard work, the students were given an opportunity to undertake a field trip that took them away to the other side of the main island. They were given the opportunity to study various industries of varying sizes, manufacturing various products. The sixth form accounting class was an interesting group, each student having his/her own views on how to balance books and special rnention must go to our young accountant of the year - Peniasi Congratulations! Alongside the FSLC programme, some students are taking the IB Economics Course.
The seventh form students were given the opportunity to study both Accounting and Economics at FFSE level and Economics at IB level. As quoted from a seventh form student, this year's class has shown some consistency, intelligence and the will to learn more but due to certain circumstances there have been some "grey" areas in their performance.
M/s Margaret Leong, Ilead of Department
* "What a horrible subject it would be" This was my first impression towards Accounting when I looked at the first page of the accounting book. As I got more lessons from Ms Leong my first inrpression turned out to be wrong. It became one of my favourite subjects (not sure how long it will last) due to my generous and excellent teacher (flattery)
* Somehow I will never lorget Ms Leong and accounting throLrgh the rest of rny life because of the hard time I've gone through I think she will haunt my dreams every night I will scream "Ms Leong, don't push rne on the wall! No more hornework please! Ah A A .. I will choke. "
Forty one students from five different schools namely International School (being the organiser of the trip), Marist Brothers High School, Suva Grammar School, Adi Cakobau School and Saint Josephs Secondary School departed Nausori Airport on the 15th of August for Auckland Airport. We were accompanied by five teachers from International School. They were Mr Richard Thompson, Mrs Ann Rosa, Mrs Joan Wilisoni, Mrs Katea Sovatabua and Mr Jale Samuwai. The main aim of the trip was to study the biological and geographical features of the places we visited. We stayed two nights in Auckland and visited the museum, Motat and the zoo. From Auckland we were taken to Okataina but first stopped over at Port Tauranga and actually climbed Mt Maunganui. Then we went to Rotorua before heading for our accommodation in Okataina where we stayed for six days. Here we were given delicious meals, hot baths and neat sleeping areas which were very comfortable and warm. We all helped in preparing rneals and clearing up in groups monitored by our group teacher. In Rotorua we visited the Maori Arts & Crafts Institute, Forestry Institutes, Pulp & Paper Mill, Buried Village and many more. At the end of each day we were encouraged to complete our diaries and sometimes we would play games set up by teachers.
Frorn Okataina, Rotorua we left for Turangi where we stayed in small hous,:s with two beds in each house. Here in Turangi, we mostly visited water dams, electricity stations and geothermal areas. We aiso went to Mt Ruapehu for skiing which for some of us was a historic event, not only to ski but to actually see snow. To warm up after skiing, we were taken to thermal pools which was refreshing and very warm.
We departed Turangi to head back to Auckland but made a stop over at Waikato University in Hamilton City to see some local people and students who provided relreshments for us. This was very kind of thern because we knew they had a tight schedule. Our trip wasn't work, work, work only, rve were given tirne for shopping, to see our relatives and fi'iends and taken to the amusement park called Rainbows End, in Auckland. We had a last forrnal dinner as a group out at Oceans Restaurant in Takapuna. The next morning we were bound lor Fiji with tears and sad faces because we not only wanted to not leave the two weeks of fun in New Zealand but our relationships with our new friends and teachers. The trip was enjoyed by all and we were proud to come back with a broad view of places we went to.
by Moria Raivoce,
Forrn 5W
Science subjects continue to be a popular choice for students and the beginning of 1994 saw the addition of an extra Biology/Junior Science teacher in the person of Mrs Lorraine Watson. Mrs Watson is a welcome addition to the department, bringing with her a wealth of ideas and a refreshing enthusiasm. It is thanks to Lorraine that the Science Fair was such a success - she thought of it, organised the students, organised the sponsorship, bought the prizes, bullied the team of judges, set up the exhibition and presented the certificates and prizes to the winners And she never stopped smiling! Thank you Lorraine, you did a wonderful job. I mustn't forget Mr Colin Denize who oversaw the Prirnary School's entrants. Thank you Colin. And thanks too, to Shell Oil for their very generous sponsorship. At the end of terrn one I had to fly to Britain so spend some quality tirne with my father. I felt terrible leaving my students in the hands of a reliever but I just had to go. My visit to Britain was a great success (*y father's health irnproved clranratically over the few weeks Yve and I were there, and it was mv first trip 'horre' in twenty one years - talk about culture shock) and so was my reliever Ms Deo was so successful I haven't spoken to her since. I mean, it's a bit on the nose to be that good.
At the end of tenn two Mrs Chandra flew to Brisbane to start her maternity leave and at the beginning of term three Ms Deo took on the job of full-tirne Physics/Science teacher. Thank you, Seema, for being in the right place at the right time. I don't know where we'd be without you. Good luck, Urrnila. May your first born be exactly what you and Kamlesh would like him/her to be.
Another wonderful 'capture' by the Science Department this year is Mr Ray Martin. Mr Martin is one of those unique teachers who is able to teach a multitude of subjects in a single day and not get confused. He's also one of the few staffmembers who's older than.me! Here's hoping Ray stays in the Science Department next year.
And then there's Mrs Wilisoni. What can I say about the backbone of the Science Department? It's thanks to her that Biology is such a popular subject......despite the fact that I spend so much energy trying to convince the students that Chemistry is the subject to take and Joan is really a Russian spy trained to kill lt's enough to turn one grey.
Earlier in the year Mrs Wilisoni and Mrs Watson arranged a successful poster conrpetition to commemorate Environment Week. As in the Science Fair, students of Primary and Secondary were invited to take part and many carefully planned, well drawn entries were received.
Field trips for the senior Biology classes were arranged to local places ol interest such as the seashore (Joan assures me the current success of Fiji nationals in the World Windsurfing Championships has nothing to do with Biology field trips) and Colo-i-Suva, but unfortunately, continued bad weather has led to the cancellation of the trip to Nukulau.
Our students have done well this year Chantale Lane, Stuart Mitchell, Ben Pratt and Frankie Muller chose to write their IB extended essays in Scierrce subjects (Chantele chose Biology, the '[ads' Chemistry) and have set a particularly high standard fbr future candidates The extended essay is a piece of work that requires a minimum of- forty hours' research (most of the students spend far more than this)
that is original to the student and then they have to write a four thousand word essay explaining what they've done. I am very impressed with the quality of work completed. Stuart Mitchell (Form 7) and Dorian Spero (Form 6) were our entrants for the Titration Competition this year. Titration is a technique of quantitative chemical analysis that is fundamental to'a chemist's being. You cannot claim to be a chernist if you have poor titration skills. USP Chernistry department runs a competition each year to find the person with the best techniques. Stuart won the sixth form section last year and Ravi Nath was runner-up in the form seven section. We've had no communication from the university about this year's competition but we're all keeping our fingers crossed. Stuart and Dorian are so excited they can hardly keep their eyes open. Chemquiz 94 - the theoretical equivalent of the titration competition - went without a hitch, with all Chemistry students from Form 4 up taking part. No results yet - but I'll add a 'stop-press' if we hear them before the magazine goes to print.
The Physics department of USP run a quiz for Suva./Navua based fifth, sixth and seventh form Physics students (the Physquiz!). Our fifth form team - Finau Soqo, Judy Peng, Claire Robinson and Sunanda Reddy - came second overall after an exciting tie-breaker and our seventh form team - Stuart Mitchell, Vikash Chandra, Frankie Muller and Scott Kooreywon. Congratulations everybody. So - the Science Department is in good health and raring to go. We have a strong, vibrant department and if I tell the students Mrs Wilisoni is a werewolf they might decide to take Chemistry and Physics instead of Biology.
Stop Press!!
14 October:
Stuart won the Suva division of the Titration competition and is taking part in the Fiji Finals tomorrow afternoon. Further news down the page.
In Chenrquiz 94 ludy Peng won the fifth form section Suva division and was second in the South Pacific. Stuart won the seventh fonn section Suva division and also the Sor.rth Pacific
Congratulations Judy and Stuart.
Stuart also won 2nd place in the Fiji Finals of the Titration competition. His answer disagreed with the winners in the THIRD decimal place only! Well done, Stuart.
Rob Wellington (Area Co-ordinator, Science)
To some, biology means squeezing the vitreous humour out of cows eyeballs.
To some biology means many, many (many) facts to remember
To others biology rrleans nothing because they do physics
To all biology eventually means exarts
To most (Mrs Wilisoni hopes) biology.means fun!
by Jessica Horn, Form
5W
This year's Science Fair was an interesting event. There were a lot of entries from different grades in all kinds of categories and each and every entry was unique and interesting. It was altogether an extremely enthusiastic and fun assignment. Winning was a pleasant surprise.
by Karnika Bhalla, Form lK
In my opinion the best part of the project was the research I had to do on Biology and Chemistry in order to write the questions and answers for the Biology and Chernistry cards for the game. I enjoyed researching these two subjects because I love and understand them quite easily. I also find them interesting, for example - in Biology you learn what is on the inside and how these things work together e.g. Did you know the heart pumps blood to the lungs so it has oxygen? In Chemistry you learn about chemicals and.their solutions or the eflect they have on things like - Did you know that with every one sulphur there are two oxygen molecules and these together make a substance called sulphur dioxide?
I arn looking forward to next year's Science Fair and a special thanks to Mrs Watson for the fair.
by Naonri Bandawe,
Form lK
T,o recognise the Easter holiday break, solo Rohini, Nikita and girls and boys of the dance voices (Natasha, Theresa and Ki Joo) and choir sang the story of Easter in a special programme while readings and messages from other religious faiths were given by students within the school.
The guest speaker was Rev Dr Bruce Deverell who spoke on the International year of the Family and the interesting design of the symbol used for this special year For form three and interested seniors, second term brought the familiar routine of preparation and Thursday after-school rehearsals for the annual Secondary Music Festival. As senior and ex students read, all will sound farniliar, (even the detention for some non-attenders!) but each year brings a new choir. a new programme and new friends which makes it all worthwhile.
Mrs Naidu and Brother Theophane were again responsible f,or the rnusic progr-arnme and the 'specials' that will probably remain in the 'rnemory bank', for the 27th Festival include 'Siyahambe'from Africa, the Mustard Seed and the gentle reflective 'The River,. Our own music student, Joanna Pratt, played a very eflective piano accompaniment for this song while flutes played a gentle flowing accompanitnent..
ISS rnusicians remained very supportive for this inter-school event ancl along with Mr Lai Veikoso of LDS College we had two violinists, a cellist., flautist, and clarinettists assisting singer and providing a little embellishment for the piano accompanirxents
ISS teachers and students also took responsibility for dressing our models in National costume lor rhe Fijian, Inclian, English Victorian, Chinese }Jungarian and African folk songs. Do you realise that the conductor never gets to see these lovely scenes until the video is available!
This year there was a good rnix of cultural clances
I am sure we agree that the visual highlight of the Festival was the staging excellence ancl beauty of the Indian dance 'Magic Incense' prepared by the students of International School. Thank you Rini, Nikita, Mrs Liew,
and tableau.
The music room remains active as the venlre centre for London Trinity College theory and practical examinations. Numbers ol students appearing fbr these examinations held on three occasions throughout the year are increasing and results are very pleasing. We have one or two disappointments but the message here is that the challenge is never age-or year-bound and it can always be done again.
Too oiien we forget that the voice is a very special instrument and it was good to see five yolrng people take up the challenge and each achieve a very good resr_rlt.
A new ventllre is IGCSE music and we are assernbling and polishing our skills at this moment, We continue to use the video resource lor special rrrtrsic pr-ograrnrnes
I would like to rernincl everyone that we are building up a nice collection of music tapes and accompanying infonnation irr the school librarv.
Mrs Ethel Naidu
The Day We Watchetl World CuJr Soccer llr The Mrrsic Roonr
The 1994 World Cup Soccer frnal was connectecl to music rvith fbr_rr rnain principles
To get there both Ilrazil and Italy had to sacrifice a lot, be conrnritted to soccer, they had to practice ancl work hard and had to ltave a lot of discipline To be a great rntrsician yor: have to sacrifice a lot of fi-ee time, you have to practice harci, you have to be cornmittecl to music ancl yor: har,'e to have a lot of discipline
Another thing that the World Cup Soccer hacl to cio with ntusic was the two concerts that w'ere helcl for the soccer l'he first concerl held r.vas the one presentcd at the opening of The World Cr-rp wltere Whitney Houston sang songs frorn her ntost recent CD, The Boclyguard Sor-rndtrack The seconcl concert was perfor"rned by the fantous three tenors. Josea Carreras, Placido Dontingo and LLrciano Pavarotti. This was only the seconcl tirle they had perfbrrned together They are all in their fifties and the olclest soccer player, Reggie Miller, is 43.
M:rtthew Thorburn. Ijorln 2C
Music Festival
In August this year, we had the \lLrsic Festrral and it was held at the National Gvnrnasium
Many of our students took part in it A number of the students sang while the others did the Hare Krishna dance
There were other schools which took part in the Music Festival.
The most entertaining item was the dance Sarafina. The Hare Krishna dance was also performed really well.
Overall, I think the Music Festival was great and that we, the students of ISS, were one of the best behaved at the National Gyrn Rita George, Form 2M
The sound of everyone cheering and clapping brought an end to the 1994 Music Festival. But in the end it was a lot of fun. The practices and the overall organisation were very hectic and tiring.
Parents and other family members formed the major part of the audience, watching the choir sing and the dancers perform.
It is very nice being parl of the rrassed choir because you meet a lot of people and you have a lot of fun.
I am debating whether to take part next year but one thing is cerlain, I enjoyed it and I arn sure everyone who took paft in it did too.
Louise Ferrier-Watsou, Form 3A
Music Highlights
Altos, Sopranos, Tenors and Basses, AII make a choir with rnelodious voices, The Altos sing in harmony, The choir sings confidently, The choir was similin',
While being played was the violin, Beauty from the cello Accompanied by the piano.
Duddley, Balantine, St Joseph's and Cathedral, Yat Sen, Marist, Gospel and International A brief description is all it needs, You see how lovely, it is indeed Shirley Singh, Sheetal Tappoo and Olivia Natuman, Form 3A
'Different kinds of music come to my mind. I like some music of the sixties and some of rny favourites are the Beatles, the Beach Boys and Queen. I do not like classical music very much but my favourite would have to be Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Jazz I like too and my favourite jazz instrument is the saxophone'.
'I think it is good to study a little about music because it can teach a bit about other cultures,.
'Music is kind of alive to me. Music is just not rap or pop, but scales, solos, harmony, like the Vienna Boys Choir. Music is great to me'.
'Every song has a meaning. Learning music can be fun but it needs hard work. But if you have fun with the hard work you can learn quickly'.
'The instrument that I would most like to learn is the guitar. I love the sound and it would be nice to be able to play. I think composers and players are clever people and I would like to be like them.'
'I look forward to music time for it can be fun, interesting and exciting but please I am nervous about singing forl feel every eye is.on me'.
'Sometimes I just love it. I can feel it in the air. I think the best parl of music is the singing It does not make a lot of noise or sound but is the gentlest par-t'.
When I hear this phrase it is a happy rhought. I have definitely learnt a lot about rrusic this year'.
The rnaths teachers in the department had yet another busy but a very successful year this year. The teachers, as in the previous years, were very actively involved in preparing students in various extra-curricular activities besides teaching the normal curriculum in school. Mosi students who represented International Secondary School in the Inter-School Mathernatics Competition not only experienced joy being in the contest but also brought along with them a lot of pride and glory to the school. The department is proud of these students who have served as a model for others to emulate. I must dedicate the success of the depaftrnent to the efTiciency of the hard working team of teachers who liave spent a lot of their extra hours after school helping students to rebr-rild conficlence in the sr-rbject and to purslre maths learning with a greater challenge and enthusiasm.
The Inter-School Maths Cornpetition was organised at the FUi College of Advanced Education hall on the l5th of July. We had entered tearns in every level of the competition The cornpetition was a very stiff one involving contestants frou-r the Suva, Nausori, Nasinu, Navua anci Tailerrr: regions and I anr proud to state that our scirool won rnost categories and were declared the overall winners in the Southern Zone Seconclary School N'lathcrrratics Cornpetition. Each stLrdent received a cerlificate anrl the r.vinners in the first, second and third places 'uvere given prizes. The ISS scirool was presented with a "overall winner sltielci" being the top school in the cornpetition Lets hope to keep uil this lead in iirture contests.
The Al\4C is proving to becorne popular year afler year as tlie increase in the number of entries show. l'he results also shows an increasing trend in the number of credits, distinction and prizes awarcled to the school. For the size of our school, we are definitely producing an excellent result This year we have entered 76 candidates in the competition, the resr-rlts of which are vet to be announced
The first cornpetition of the year in ISS is the Inter-House Maths Cornpetition which is organised at the beginning of term 2. This year, the competition took place on i6th and 17th of June involving four students from each House at each level of study, thus adding up to a total of 112 entries This figure represents over a quarter of the entire ISS population. This lorm of contest is essential in early stages to bring about the awareness in students about the irrpending cornpetitions where lots of good prizes are at stake. I must say that for the first time this year, we were able to provide prizes to all the first place getters in the competition. The eventual winning houses were as follows:Eagles - Fonn I Iguanas - Forms2&3 Kangaroos - Form 4 Kiwis - Forrns5,6&7 From the above results, it becomes apparent that the Kiwis regained the crown as the overall champs.
The 1994 acadernic year is corning close to an end soon and on behalf of the teachers in rny department, I wish all students every success in their examinations.
Narendra Pras:rd, Maths Co-ordinator
Any year in tlie life of an Educational Institution is destined to be eventful and usually even challenging. It has been no different fcir us at International Secondary School. The PEMAC department is a diverse grorip of practically oriented subjects cornprising Physical Education, Music. Technical Drawing, Ar1, Horle E,conomics, Cornputing and Woodwork.
BACK: ROW 2: FRONT:
The school lost the services of Mrs W Pratt at the end olterm two when she returned to the trIK I would like to thank Wendy on behalf of the PEMAC departrnent for her excellent contributions to the school. We were hoppy to welcome Mrs Y Wellington into the Art section of the depar-trlent as a replacement for Wendy
The depaftrnent is usually involved in nurnerous activities ranging from Aft displays and Music Festivai to diflerent sporting cornpetitions.
Our Physical Education sporling activities is something to be proud of as the range of different things taught under its urnbrella is vast. 'Ihis includes, netball, hockey, soccer, cricket, basketball, athletics, swimming, kayaking, aerobics anci firn spol1s Thanks to Ja1e, .trenny, Joeli and Ann fbr the rnany extra hours that they clevotc coachinq anJ organising tlre differenl sporting activitrc:
The music section is also an area which requires a lot of dedication and extra hours of preparation in order to achieve its goals. This is very ably organised and run by our rnusic expert, Mrs E Naidu. A reflection of her work is the Annual Music Festival r.vhich she has
been successfully organising for the last 10 years.
Home Economics is another area of the Depar-trnent which has grown rapidly during the last few years Thanks to Mrs Kumar for her declication ln looklns after the First Aid Section as well
Woodwork is taught as a core subject Lrp to Forrn 3 only StLtdents are taught the basic safuty standards in the workshop to simple project construction using handtools and a few rnachine tools. Joeli looks after this area apart fiorn being a P.E,. teacher.
Art, T D. and Cornpr-rting staft as introductorry sr-rbjects which build up to an academic one u,ith students sitting for external exams in Forrn 5. Form 6 ancl Forrri 7. Lastly, I would like to thank all the teachers rvho worked together to make 1994 a very successful year lor our clepartment. I would like to thank I-{ector fbr his contribution as an athletics coach, Justine and Paul fbr helping the ent as trainee teachers and not forgetting the str"rdents and Parents lor their dedication and support. Vinaka Vakalevu Dip Achary, PEMAC Co-ordin:rtor
Being a new ISS student I have just experienced rny first Zone Athletic Sports, and I will try and tell you my impressions, those of a snrall farming town New Zealand boy. A former student at a single sex, rugby and cricket orientated school, where my only experience of athletics was sitting in the stands listening to a walkman and laughing at the select few athletes who ran, threw and jurnped.
This year, however, I somehow got caught up in the excitement of athletics and lound myself turning up to early morning training sessions three times a week along with those other highly motivated athletes who had been selected from our own Interhouse Athletic Sports to compete in the Zone Sports. Anticipation grew steadily as the Zone Sports came closer and everyone was training hard, being energetically encouraged by coach, Mr Hatch (whip in hand) and the rest of the p.E. staff
The big day finally dawned, wet unfortunately, but the members of the ISS Athletic Squad were still in high spirits despite the weather as we turned up to the National Stadiurn to receive our newly finished track-suits. We then made our way, unifonnly dressed, to the special ISS shelters which were to prove very handy as the rain intensified and the track-suits were found to be less than waterproof.
The early events (including rnine) were then called for marshalling and the rest of the team went into the stands, to be joined later by those ISS students not competing. As it carne time
for my event (senior boys 1500m) I was very nervous, but the sight of other ISS students, both competing and in the stands, calmed the butterflies down a great d,eal. Then the gun went and as though in a dream I was running. 1400m later, coming into the final straight I was fortunate enough to be in the lead. The cheering from the stadium was really loud and I would personally like to thank the ISS crowd and also Ballantine Memorial School for the unexpected but highly appreciated support I got from them.
However, my first place was neither the first nor the last success for ISS in a day that saw both ISS and zone records broken and the ISS boys coming third overall.
To all those athletes who now go onto the Fiji Finals I wish you luck, but all ISS athletes who took part should be congratulated on a great performance. To everyone who took part but were unable to be placed you should take what you learned this year and train hard for 1995. I would also like to thank Mr Hatch, Mr Samuwai, Mrs Liew and Mr Soqoi for all the time they put into coaching, organising and motivating both in training and on the Zone day. It was very much appreciated by all the athletes.
To finish my impressions of the Zone Athletic Sports, it was a highly successful and enjoyable day, and I was lucky and proud to belong to a school with such high school spirits and that really supports its competing students.
Ken Stephens, Form 7
Students participated in the annual BP carrrival set two age-group records in the Under 1 1 at the Suva Olympic Pool last Friday. Not oniy group, 50m Freestyle, time:33.30 seconds and did the team look impressive in their nerv the 50mBackstroke, time:41 66 seconds. Well school tracksuits, but their team spirit, done Patrick! behaviour throughout the day and performance My thanks to all parents for their supporl and in the water were all equally impressive. to Mr Dominiko for his work as Team Manager Nl swimmers gave'of their best and a pleasing and Mr Foster who coached the squad so number swam in final events. The individual successfully. swimmer of the day was Patrick Murphy who
Overall Results
Boys: ISS lst (83 points)
Girls: NAS lst (76 points)
NAS 2nd (29 points) ISS Znd (.46 points)
Stella Maris 3rd (19 points)
Individual Results
First Place.
Stella Maris 3rd (18 points)
Ul I Patrick Murphy 50m Freestroke (Record), 50m Backstroke (Record)
U9 Jonathan Wilisoni 50m Backstroke; Mark Moran 50m Freestyle (Novice); Sean Bay 50m Breastroke; Megan Ferndale 50m Freestyle (Novice)
U9 Boys Relay, Boys Relay (Novice), Girls Relay (Novice)
Ul1 Boys Relay, Boys Relay (Novice) Second Place.
U7 Gemma van Fleet 25rn Breastroke
U9 Lorraine Patterson 50m Freestyle, Susan Cottrell 5Orn Backstroke, Matthew Bay 50m Backstroke, Sean Bay 50rn Freestyle; Alex Grynberg 50rn Breastroke
U1 I Scott Wade 5Orn Freestyle (1r{ovice)
U9 Girls Relay
Ul1 Girls Relay, Girls Relay (Novice) Third Place.
U9 Julia Francis 5Orn Backstroke, Alex Grynberg 5Orn Freestyle Open Patrick Murphy 50m Butterfly
Netball School more d,
continues to thrive in the primary sector with our little teams displaying etermination and skill each season. Our
goal counts have gone up and we look forward to an excellent season in 1995. Our thanks to Mrs Kindred and all teachers rvho helped coach, encortrage and pray our tearns through their paces.
Our senior teams have the necessary skills but this year participation was very disappointing
due to the lack of commitment to training and appearances at scheduled games.
The participation of a senior team in the Suva Netball Competition saw a few of our girls being trialed for the Suva District Representative Teams and we hope to continue this programme next year as away of preparing our students for participation in mainstream netball.
J Liew, P.E. Department
Hilary is our goal shooter
She shoots with much aplomb
But once she lost her elegance
And landed on her thumb
Janet plays at shooter too
You want to see her move
Now she knows her way around in the circle she's worn a groove.
Sera masterminds the play
From sideline or on the wing
Without her screaming orders
We sometimes loose our sting.
Judy bounces round the court
She speeds all over the place
What she lacks in inches
She makes up with pace.
Carol she's the one we need
Her encouragement,s always good
And on the court she does appear
Exactly where she should.
Jenny has the umpires on
Calling all the play
And she disagrees with thenr
When the ball goes the other way.
Lynda joined us on the court
She couldn't play last season
She was otherwise occupied
Meagan was her reason.
Dorothy has joined us too
A multi-talented sort
Whatever game she plays at
She is the greatest sport.
Standing tall beneath the goal
We find our keeper Anne jumping up and down it seems
With no effect or plan.
Cathy came to support us all
As manager she was appointed
What a shame she was too young
To play for us old and disjointed
Players of the veteran side
Of the International School
Playing hard to work up a thirst
Has been our golden rule
The end of the season is finally here
We've had good times during the year
But now its over I'm sure you,ll recall
The reason we play this game called netball
It's friendship, comrnitment and, most of all, fun
For all of us here, each sporting one.
This year, ISS took part in the Secondary Schools' Basketball Tournament, which was held at the National Gyrnnasiurr on the 27th and 28th of May ISS entered two girls teams: U16 and Ul9, captained by Malia Finseth and Stephanie Browne respectively. Due to lack of.preparation, neither girls teams played as well as expected, but what we lacked in skill we rnore than made up for in spirit. The remainder of the Tournament was spent
cheering on the U16 Boys Team , who made it to the serni-finals against Yat Sen Secondary School.
Despite our lack of success, all participants thoroughly enjoyed playing in the Tournament for ISS and look forward to better results in next years competition. Many thanks to the P.E. Department and ISS students for the ongoing support. We love this gamell!
Kathy Whiting, Form 5W
We got to the Stadium at about 3.30pm to find the games had already started. After a lot of hassle we finally got our team together to go into the first game against LDS. Our team was junior, Richard, Lachlan, Matthew, Brad, Manoa and Nick. Our first game bgainst LDS was a tough one, but we overcame it to win 22-14. Our second game was another tough one against SGS but we won that game too, 28-20. In our third
game against Yat Sen we thrashed them 30-16. In our fourth game against the ISS B Team we once again won, 32-8. We came out unbeaten going into the final against LDS. We were a little bit over confident and in the end it was a close encounter. We lost 18-14. Although we didn't win, we were happy about the way we played and we look forward to next years competition. Brad Morton and Manoa Vocea, Form 2M
The 1994 soccer season started with the Mystery Cup A round-robin tournament among schools in the Nasinu district, with the winner going through to face teams frorn other Suva districts. Our first game was against Assemblies of God High School and the young International team responded to the pre-season training with a victory over the larger AOG team (3-1) Our next game was against Nasinu Secondary Q-0), this was a hard fought match but the higher skill level in the International team once again defeated a team of bigger players. The final game in the first round was against Rishkul Secondary. With a number of players representing F1i in age-level squads, Rishkul would prove to be a fbrmidable opponent, although International struggled admirably. This rnatch showed up the inexperience and youth of International,s team and also the skill and soccer playing ability of fushkul. (International lost l-4.) Between rounds a friendly rnatch was played with a Grammar under 17 tearn. This match was an evenly fought contest with a 2 all draw coming after the referee (tlie Grarnrnar coach) disallowed a gaol minutes before the end of tirne To be denied by such a controversial clecision was disappointing, but with a large loss and a draw under our belts the International team was steeled in its cleterrnination going into the second round of the Mystery Cup. The flrst game in the second round was once again Asserrblies of God. This
time the obviously well practised AOG team were a harder opponent, but with a good deal of training and game play under our belts International were victorious again (2-L). Nasinu Secondary, our second opponent again, were also better prepared when we faced them again, however, the International defence stood firm and we managed to scrap a visitor (l-0) Facing Rishkul again was a daunting task, but the team was looking forward to rnatching up to a very highly skilled team Unfortunately for us the Rishkul team had been watching the Soccer World Cup and slotted goal after goal into our net in an amazingly skilful display of soccer. The solid drumming (7-1) was disappointing, but the one goal we did score was a good consolation. With that deleat the soccer season was effectively over for us, being elirninated from the Mystery Cup, and the friendly games we did manage to organise falling through because of bad weather or the opposition not turning up. For all the help they gave the team I would like to thank Mr Prasad and especially Mr Achary without whose coaching and organising the victories we did have would not have been possible. Thanks also to the team, particularly the younger players whose skills and enthusiasrn kept the older players on their toes. These younger players will make up the International teams of the future and I look forward to hearing of their successes.
Ken Stephens, Form 7
TEAM
The 1994 Hockey season which began in the second term was a very challenging and rnemorable one for the ISS girls tearn. We started with the league galnes which were held every Saturday, where we remained undefeated.
The highlight' of the Hockey season was the Westmere Tournament which was held in Suva on July 14 and 15 This tournament was different from the past years as it was a combination of girls and boys corrpetitions. Despite the 'wet' weather and the muddy grounds, our girls did extrernely well. We won all our games which took us to quarter finals, where we played our strong rival, Suva Grammar A, and ousted them with a 2-l farewell during penalty shots. The semi-final was against a strong Lautoka team, Natabua A. It was a tough and tiring garne where we unfoftunately bowed out 2-l points. Even though we lost, in our hearts we are champions...as they say... "winning isn't every4hing. It's the effort and participation that counts... "
On behalf of the 1994 ISS girls hockey team, I would like to take this opporlunity to thank all those who contributed to our success (especially to Mr Bossley and Caxton South Pacific Lirnited, for sponsoring us during the Westmere Hockey Tournament, which enabled us to get new unifonns) during the hockey season. To Mrs Rosa, for sparing her time to be with us and for her words of encouragement. To our coaches, Mr Soqoi and Miss Brain and to Mr Samuwai, the Head of the P.E. Department, for their hard work, dedication, tolerance and for preparing our lunches.
Last but not least, to our Captain, Leanne Bossley, for her help in organising and keeping the team together. To the students, and most importantly, to our parents (especially Mr and Mrs Whiting, for washing our uniforms after our 'mud bath' at the Westmere Tournament) for their suppoft.
VINAKA VAKA LEVU!
To the 1995 ISS Hockey Squad, all the best and keep up the hockey standard.
Stephanie Browne, Form 7
At the beginning of term 2. a group ol enthusiastic hockey players consisting of old war veterans and young blood frorn the lower forms came together to fon'n the ISS Boys Hockey Team. After the first few gruelling training sessions with Coach Soqoi, the number of enthusiastic players steadily declined. Hockey season started on Saturday the I lth of June. During the season our hockey team had it's ups and downs, winning more games than we lost, but what really stood out was the steady irnprovement in skills displayed by the younger players of the tearn. Our hockey season came to it's clirnax with our parlicipation in the annual Basin Cup on July the 14th, which was combined with the girl's Westmere competition The national tournament enabled our young side to gain experience while playing against the best school hockey teams in the country The success and detennination displayed by our girls team provided the incentive for us to perform. Sadly, we were not able to reach the semi-finals as we did the previous year but I believe our boys played to the best of their ability and showed good sportsmanship I would like to
thank all the members of the team for the time they sacrificed and their dedication to training and games on the hockey field.
I would also like to acknowledge some of the people who worked behind the scene to make the team what it is today. Firstly I would like to thank Mr Soqoi for his valuable coaching and advice. Although many of us thought he was a hard coach, he managed to get the best out of us and we all respected that. Mr Samuwai always suppor-ted and worked closely with the players, sometimes it seemed like he was just one of the boys. Lastly I would like to thank United Engineers, in particular Mr Pickering, fbr his sponsorship of our boys hockey uniform. Our uniforrns allowed us to come away with the Best Dressed Team in the Basin Cup cornpetition This will be rny last year as an ISS Hockey Player since the tirne has come to lrove on. I have enjoyed the challenge of captaining a side filled with so rnany personalities and I take with me some of rny best memories of my secondarl school days.
Malcom Bossley, Form T Captain 1994
This is a group of 40 or more children fi'onr various Suva schools who meet each Tuesday and Thursday, to enjoy one and a half hours of gyrnnastics The children this year were aged from five to thirleen but next year we would like to have older parlicipants as well.
Secondary school students please note!
The Gym Club has a variety of equipment; a vault, Olyrnpic bearn, parallel bars, a rnini trampoline, turnbling mats and the apparatus required to use therr. A variety of skills are taught to all ages by a group of volunteer trainees.
This year some of our gyltrnasts parlicipated in the Suva Secondary Schools Music Festival and
the International School Gyrn and Dance Display.
The Gyrn Club year will culminate in a skills cotrpetition for each ability group. We would like to thank those parents who have helped us this year, especially the arduous task of rnoving equiprnent.
Lastly, but most ir-nportantly, we want to thank our dedicated gyrnnasts who have turned up regularly, week alter week, and participated with such enthusiasm. We will see you again next year.
Anne Jepsen for Gym Club Teachers
The 27th of August saw the closing ceremony of the Inaugural Fiji Games. The ceremony, held at the National Stadium, signified an end to a week of competitive sporting activity, across a range of sports, that some of our students were fortunate enough to be a part of. The week long'event saw students from both Primary and Secondary represent different districts in different sports. The following list is of students participants who unless stated, represented Suva; Malcolm Bossley (Lami), Stephanie Browne (Nadroga), Stuart Mitchell, Ovaia Liew, Malia Finseth (Nadi), Daniel Jones, Victoria and Terry Kitekeiaho, Matthew Thorburn (Lami), Ryan and Chloe Gavin, James Murphy (Levuka), Patrick Murphy, Teki Wardrop, David Magarey, Amelia Whiting,
Marigold Moody, Vikash Chandra and Tukaha Mua.
Individual higtrlights included the goal scored by Malcolm which even he didn't believe, an amazingkayaking performance by Vikash and a brilliant piece of sailing from Marigold, while Tukaha top scored in all three cricket games that were played. Much to the delight of the students (I'm sure) there were a large number of staff who were officials led by cheerleaders Mrs Liew and Mrs Jepsen. Their support and encouragement was both appreciated and a sight to see. The total of I Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze medals, reflects the enthusiasm of the students, who can't wait for the next games to come around. It was altogether a wonderfrrl experience.
Tukaha Mua, Form 7
Golf is a great sport. It keeps you fit. A few of us here at ISS play golf including some of the teaching staff, especially Mrs Pickering. While Daniel Falvey and I have been playing for some time now, Brad Morton is a keen beginner. We play competition golf every Saturday at the Fiji Golf Club and between us have won some great prizes! The highlight of the year, for me, was playing on the Denerau Golf Course in March on National Youth Day. It was a dream come true.
I am thrilled that I have been able to reduce my handicap to '18' and was setting my sights on qualifying for the Fiji Bitter Open next year. But...my plans have changed and I am going to boarding school. So, I have to leave it up to Daniel and Brad to give it a go (I might surprise them and return as an 'overseas competitor').
I look forward to playing golf in New Zealand and again in Fiji when I return on holidays.
Trent Cameron, Form 4Wa
The annual Junior Tennis Championship is an annual event organised by the International Tennis Federation (I.T.F.) worldwide. Based on the result of this Junior Tennis Championship, the ITF set up world ranking for junior tennis PlaYers. This years event was the 5th annual championship for the South Pacific' Nine countries from the South Pacific took part during the 4 week championship that took place in Suva, followed by Tonga, Western Samoa and American Samoa. There were 57 junior players involved in this championship' The first leg was held in Suva from 16th to 20th August. This time we were lucky that the rain stayed away from Suva. The weather was good throughout the week of the tournament' Although Suva had more players to play in Suva, the F,ji team relied on Adrianna Thaggard, myself and some other boys to keep up our total points. It was not easy since Fiji was taking strong opponents from Western Samoa and Tonga. I had a very unfortunate position where I had to play the 'number one' player of the South Pacific, Tagifano So'onalole, all the way throughout the championship. During the whole championship period, I have been able to secure bronze for singles and gold for doubles with my partner, Adrianna Thaggard. In addition, some of the FUi boys reached the semi-finals, and thus added to our points. After one week of competition in Suva, Fiji was leading ahead of other countries.
The second leg took place from 23rd to 26th of August in Tonga. On this trip only four players from Fiji participated (under 18 - 2 girls and 2 boys). The weather in Tonga was quite cold, but we enjoyed the tournament. Tonga as host, tried very hard to lift up their points, but at the end of one week of competition, the Fiji team was still able to keep up their heads above others.
The third leg was held in Western Samoa from 29th August to 2nd September. There weather was not at all friendly, very hot and humid' Competition included under 14 girls and boys'
From Suva, Ryan Gavin joined the Fiji team and also other girls from Lautoka. Our team spirit had increased and Ryan played well' Being at home, the Western Samoan girls were trying their best to take the lead. Of course their top player, Tagifano So'onalole, was unbeatable. However, the total points gave Fiji the lead still. I had given Tagifano a tough game in Apia.
The fourth leg, which was the final leg, was the most enjoyable. It was held in Pago Pago' While enjoying the competition we also enjoyed the charm of Pago Pago and the hospitality of the people. Again here I had a very close game with Tagifano. In fact I was leading 5-3 in the first set with 2 set points. Fiji again showed it's superiority over others and came out as the overall winner of this ITF Grand Slam. We were proud to carry the Perpetual Cup back to Frji
In total I got four gold for doubles and four bronze for singles My world ranking for last year was 305 in singles and 183 for doubles' I hope this year it will go uP.
In December four top girls and four top boys from the South Pacific will travel to New Zealand for two weeks and Melbourne, Australia for three weeks to play in some tournaments.
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With new faces to strengthen the team, all looked forward to a good season. We demolished Marist in the first round by seven wickets and that set the trend for the season with consistent batting frorn Simon Jepsen, Luke Rogers and Malcoim Bossley. This was well backed up by fine performances with the ball by Ken Stephens and Tuks Mua. With a consistent team performance we ended the season undefeated.
With ISS history being made by the first girls team to play for the open cricket team, Sarah Rogers and Melanie Eller, both featured in the
game against Gospel with a run out and a catch respectively. With poor organisation we didn't make it to the final.
With these fine performances Simon Jepsen, Luke Rogers, Malcolm Bossley, Ken Stephens and Tuks Mua rePresented the Suva Development Team., a rnake-up of the best secondary school players; with Luke Rogers and Tuks Mua representing Suva in the Crompton Cup PlaYed in Lautoka, an inter-di strict tournament.
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