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For football fans, Friday 20 September won’t just be a good day, or even just a great day – it will be a super day! That’s because the latest season of the Women’s Super League (otherwise known as the WSL) will kick off!
There are 12 super teams playing in the WSL and they’ll all be hoping for super results next weekend! And yes, we’ll keep on using the word ‘super’ because there’s no better way to describe how … well, super these matches are going to be!
The very frst match will see Aston Villa going up against Chelsea. Aston Villa will need to bring their
A game, because Chelsea will defnitely be a very hard team to beat! In fact, since the WSL frst started in 2010, Chelsea have won the competition seven times!
As well as the game between Aston Villa and Chelsea, there’ll be fve other games taking place next weekend. Whether you think Arsenal are amazing, Tottenham Hotspur are terrifc or West Ham are wonderful, there’ll be plenty of football for you to enjoy!
Why not get together with a few friends and watch a match or two? There are sure to be some super –yes, super – games of football!
Women’s Super League games will be broadcast on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC iPlayer or Sky Sports. Games that aren’t broadcast on television can be streamed live on the Barclays Women’s Super League YouTube channel at youtube.com/@BarclaysWSL.
Whenever I’ve been to a football match it’s been pretty obvious who the football fans are and what team they support. There will be football shirts, hats or scarves that show it clearly. I’ll also hear plenty of songs or chants for different teams or players. This makes me think about Jesus. How do people know that we’re Jesus’ followers? In The Salvation Army (who publish Kids Alive!) some people wear uniforms so others know what they believe. Other people wear church logo T-shirts. Those things are great, but for lots of us there might be no obvious sign.
Thankfully, we don’t need a shirt, hat or scarf to show people that we’re Jesus’ friends. It should be clear to them by the way we behave and the things that we say. Show Jesus’ love to others and tell them about him – then everyone will know that you follow Jesus!
ALAN EDWARDS
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Listen With Your Heart
In this week’s Bible cartoon, Jesus told the crowd a story called the Parable of the Sower. Jesus told many stories to help people understand what God and his Kingdom are like. But he didn’t make it easy! The parables Jesus told were full of hidden messages.
Jesus explained to his disciples that the messages in the stories were only for people who really wanted to know God and follow him. Sadly, many people acted like they did, but they didn’t want to truly follow his way for living.
Read the comment below about how we can show kindness to others
In this week’s Bible cartoon, these people were represented by the seeds that fell on the path, the rocky places and the ground covered in weeds. The message of God was unable to grow deep in their hearts.
But the seeds that fell on the good soil were like the people who not only chose to listen to God’s message with their ears, but chose to listen with their hearts too. They trusted the message and allowed it to change them from the inside out. Their lives were flled with love towards God and others.
Learning about God’s Kingdom is an exciting adventure that we get to go on too. However, that often means we have to be patient as we listen to Bible stories. The more we think about them and wonder how we can put them into action, the clearer the hidden messages become. Then just like the seeds in the good soil, God’s message is able to grow deep in our hearts!
Good Soil Checklist
If You Love a Good Story
Check out your Bible –Matthew 13:1–10, 13, 18–23
Jesus Speaks in Parables
Bumper Bible Breakdown
Did you know the Bible isn’t one big book? It’s actually 66 books put together to tell one big story of God’s great love. Join us as we look at each Bible book and discover why God made the world, what went wrong and how in the end God saved the world through his son, Jesus.
Solomon … Again!
Some of the people of Judah, now known as the Jews, had returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple. However, it was hard for the people to stay happy!
So a long book was written to let the people know that God had a plan. The second half of the book told the story of David’s son, Solomon, and the building of the Temple the frst time round!
Then the book went through the rest of the kings of Judah, up until the Jews were taken to Babylon. Although lots of these kings were bad (and bad is a bit of an understatement for some of them), the book showed that God was always in control!
Finally, the book ended by reminding the Jews of how they had left their captivity. They had a mission to rebuild the Temple, and they could be sure that God was with them!
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IT’S NATIONAL FITNESS DAY SOON, SO I’VE GOT MY TRAINERS ON AND I’M READY TO GO FOR A RUN! See if you can spot this version of me on another PAGE IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE.
Optical illusions use colour, light or patterns to confuse our brains – that means the illusions look different to what is actually there.
Move your eyes over this pattern quickly. You should see the hoops rippling like waves. The reason the pattern looks like it’s rippling is because of the light and dark edges of the rings – our brains process bright colours slightly faster than dark colours!
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Ho ho, ha ha, he he!
women’s super league WORDSEARCH
MAN city aston villa
Hehe,hehe! ayane arsenal liverpool lawrence russo bjorn
everton le tissier chelsea asseyi
coombs geum-min
free kick champions fahey
Which insect doesn’t play well in goal? The fumble bee!
Where do footballers dance?
At a foot ball!
Find the Women’s Super League-related words below in the grid A C E B D F G H PAGE PUZZLE PAGE PUZZLE
Which football team do cowgirls support? Spurs!
Which football team loves ice cream? Aston Vanilla!
Explore this week’s ‘Kids Alive!’ to work out which pages these images are taken from
How do hens encourage their football teams? They egg them on!
How do football players stay cool? By standing close to their fans!
What runs along the edge of the pitch but never moves? The sideline!
Crossword Clues
Crossword Clues across:
1 Pointer on a clock. 3 Underground part of a plant. 7 Church communion table. 8 First woman in the Bible. 9 Mount Etna, for example. 13 Lionlike constellation. 14 Happy facial expression. 16 Stalk of a flower. 17 Plan or secret scheme.
down:
1 Top part of your body. 2 Mesh between goalposts. 4 The Atlantic, for example. 5 Large woody plant such as a sycamore. 6 Accurate or exact.
10 Protective gas in the atmosphere. 11 Unfortunately or sadly. 12 County in south-east England. 15 Unwell.
by Neil Locker
Each six-letter answer is written clockwise around the clue number. Use the clues to help you work out the correct words. A new word will be revealed in the dark green boxes. We’ve given you the frst letter of each word to help you. Clue: Stationery fastener.
BUZZWORDS
Birds of prey. byNeilLocker I S P E P
CLUES: 1 Spy or _ _ _ _ _ _ agent. 2 New Testament Roman official: Pontius _ _ _ _ _ _. 3 Monarch’s residence.
Writing and drawing implement. 5 Country whose capital is Jerusalem.
picture this – you’re about to eat the tastiest dessert you’ve ever seen! There’s a giant stack of waf fes in front of you, covered in chocolate sauce and fresh strawberries. Delicious! However, when you pick up the waf fe you realise that it isn’t actually food at all – it’s slime!
Although eating a slimy waf fe would be absolutely disgusting, you can still have bucketloads of fun making slimy treats! With the So Slime Sensations Sugary Crush Deluxe Pack you can mix, squish, and stretch slimy ingredients. You can even pretend that you’re making gooey waf fes, doughnuts and milkshakes. Once you’ve fnished creating a dessert, crushing it will turn it back into slime!
For your opportunity to win your own So Slime Sensations Sugary Crush Deluxe Pack, answer the question below and email your full name, age, address and answer to kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk
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What can you pretend to make with the So Slime Sensations Sugary Crush Deluxe Pack?
Strawberries Waffles Apple pie
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PIRATE PETE COLOURING
Ahoy, me hearties! It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day on Thursday (19 September), so we thought that ye might like to add a splash of colour to our very own dashing sea thief, Pirate Pete! So put yer colouring skills to the test – or we might make ye walk the plank! If ye’d like to share yer arrr … sorry, artwork with other readers, email yer colouring to: kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk. Make sure ye write ‘Pirate Pete Colouring’ in the subject box and give us yer full name, age and address. Alternatively ye can post yer colouring to: Yer Space, Kids Alive! 1 Champion Park, London SE5 8FJ. One last reminder, if ye are sending by post remember to fll in the details below so we know who ye are. We send a gift to everyone whose colouring we publish, so don’t miss out!
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Living a healthy and an active lifestyle and caring for your physical, mental and spiritual well-being.
National Fitness Day
There are so many spectacular sporting events to watch on our TVs! We’ve just had the Olympics and Paralympics. Soon we’ll also be able to watch the Women’s Super League (turn to page 3 to fnd out more).
However, as fun as it is to watch other people play sport, it’s also important that we get active ourselves! That’s exactly what National Fitness Day is all about.
It’s National Fitness Day this Wednesday (18 September) and people all around the United Kingdom will be taking part!
National Fitness Day is a day dedicated to getting active. There’s no set sport that you have to do. Some people might be swapping their glasses for goggles, while others might be swapping their slippers for running shoes!
People won’t just be joining in for the fun of it (although getting active can defnitely be loads of fun). They’ll also be taking part because they want to get ft and healthy.
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Your Health Is For Life
The theme of this year’s National Fitness Day is Your Health Is For Life. That’s a bit of a strange title, isn’t it? Well, it means two things.
You can’t get ft in one day! If you’ve not been active before, then National Fitness Day can be the start of your journey to getting ft and healthy.
2 Get Fit!
It’s important to look after your health! It can be easy to just think about what feels good to do today, such as eating a ginormous hamburger and spending all afternoon watching YouTube videos. However, it’s important to look after your health now so that you’re healthy in the future too!
Sporty Suggestions
Why not take part in National Fitness Day yourself? There are lots of different sporting events being hosted on Wednesday all around the UK. To fnd one near you, check out nationalfitnessday.com/finder.
However, if you don’t feel like taking part in an event, here are a few suggestions for some sporty activities that you could get up to!
Gather some friends and family and go for a group walk! Walks are great because you get to enjoy the outdoors, spend time with people you love and get ft. You could even turn your walk into a game, such as a scavenger hunt.
If you’re going for a long walk, make sure you take some water with you, especially if it’s a hot day. And don’t forget to put on sunscreen!
Fantastic Football
Bukayo Saka, Lauren James and Vivianne Miedema are fantastic footballers, but you don’t need to be a brilliant footballer to enjoy having a kickabout! Team up with some friends to put on your own football match. You don’t even need to have real goals – you can just use a few jumpers to mark the goalposts!
Superb Swimming Wonderful Walking
When you play football, you’ll probably run around a lot and that can be fab for improving your ftness.
If you know how to swim, then you could ask a parent or carer to take you swimming this Wednesday! Swimming is superb because it works out lots of different parts of the body. It’s not only good for you – it’s also really fun. If you don’t know how to swim, you could talk to your parents or carers about possibly getting lessons.
Whether you’re swimming breaststroke, backstroke, front crawl or butterfy (not to be mistaken for the insect), you’ll probably have a brilliant time!
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Age? 11.
Favourite colour? Orange.
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Favourite food? Jacket potato and tuna.
Favourite sport? Football.
Favourite bit of Kids Alive!? Giggle in the Middle.
Favourite Bible story and why? Moses splits the sea, because he helps all the Israelites at once.
Favourite TV programme? Tipping Point.
What do you want to be when you’re older? Radio presenter. Pets? None.
Hobbies? Football.
Tell us a joke. What do you call a cow with no legs? Ground beef! What special skill or talent do you have? I can do a dinosaur roar.
Tell us something interesting about yourself. I have allergies. Is there anything else you would like to tell us? I have eczema, asthma, anaphylaxis and coagulation.
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Excellent work, Sophie!
Rory, aged 4, sent in this delightful Healthy Eating Week Colouring – although it looks like these diners might have spilt their drinks all over their salad!
This wonderful Inside Out 2 Colouring was sent in by Sophie, aged 7. Joy and Anxiety look exactly like they do in the flm!
The Supernaturals Competition
Wow! Take a look at this magnifcent entry sent in by Reuben, aged 10. Reuben’s given each member of the team an awesomely colourful outft, and he’s even coloured in the logo!
Check out this brilliant colouring sent in by Felicity, aged 6. We love how colourful it is – it’s as bright as a rainbow!
If you’re a regular reader of Kids Alive!, then you might remember that we ran a colouring competition to win a copy of a book by Andy Robb called The Supernaturals! Here are our three fantastic winning entries.
Louise, aged 8, sent in this superb competition entry. We think the skateboarder looks particularly cool with her bright red helmet and purple skateboard!
G e t I n T o u c h !
The Kids Alive! team loves to hear from its readers. And guess what –other readers love reading your news! So why not get in touch? You can email or post your own colourings, drawings and letters. Or you could ask your Sunday school, church or corps leaders to email us or write to us with any news about the fun stuff you’ve been doing at your church or corps.
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WOW! SOME of those farms in australia arE miles from anywhere! LATER...
You look puzzleD, robot.
silly, robot! remotes don’t grow on farms...
who’d live on a remote farm?
I am! according to robbie, there are farms where these grow!
...they’re remote farms because they’re miles from anywhere! ?
