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Today (6 July) is the third day of the 2024 British Grand Prix, which is part of the FIA Formula One World Championship. Supported by lots of mechanics and super-clever crews, 10 teams of 2 drivers have been preparing for 1 big race. Tomorrow (7 July) is race day and every driver will be competing to cross the chequered fnish line before anyone else!
The main race will take place at the Silverstone Circuit and will consist of 52 laps – but each lap won’t last very long. Drivers will reach speeds of up to 230 miles per hour! Even though they’ll be going faster than a cheetah wearing roller skates, drivers will also have to pay plenty of attention. Some of the best racing drivers in the world, such as Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton, will be out on the track and they’ll be looking for any opportunity to sneak into
The winner of the British Grand Prix will be awarded a big, shiny trophy. They’ll also win 25 points, which will be added to their overall Formula One score. That will give the driver an even better shot at winning the Formula One World Championship! So buckle your seat belts and prepare for a heart-thumping weekend of exciting racing!
You’ll be able to watch the main race of the 2024 British Grand Prix live at 4pm on Channel 4 or Sky Sports F1. Sky Sports F1 will also be showing the practice and qualifying rounds too.
I love it when Formula One drivers go into the pits. The teams work so fast! In 2023 the McLaren team even got Lando Norris in and out of the pits in just 1.8 seconds, breaking the world record! Teamwork is so important in Formula One. The drivers might be the stars, but they couldn’t win even one race without their team supporting them.
Kids Alive! team needs plenty of top teamwork too. We try to support and encourage each other in everything we do, so we can all be the best we can be.
You’re probably in lots of different teams, whether it’s a sports team or club, your class, your family or your church. Have a look around – is there anyone that you think might need some extra support and encouragement this week? Maybe God wants you to help them to be the best they can be!
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Read the comment on the right about not judging others
No Judgement Here
In this week’s Bible cartoon Jesus tells a story. Jesus liked telling stories, because they were a really interesting way to help people learn how to live. He used the story in this week’s Bible cartoon to explain to people that they shouldn’t judge others for making mistakes. He said that before we judge others for the things they do wrong, we should look at our own behaviour.
Have you ever been a bit mean to someone else? Maybe you’ve laughed at a mistake they’ve made or told them you don’t want to be their friend anymore. I’m sure there have also been situations where others haven’t been nice to you. We all know that being mean to others is wrong, but no matter how hard we try to be good, we will all sometimes make mistakes.
The other part of this week’s Bible story involves forgiveness. Jesus said that we should forgive others for the things that they do wrong. That doesn’t mean if someone hurts you that you should ignore it. You should still tell a grown-up if someone does something that’s wrong. However, you can still forgive them and move on. If we can do that, then Jesus will show us the same forgiveness for our mistakes.
Being a friend of Jesus doesn’t mean that you’ll always get everything right. No person is perfect. However, it’s important that we do our best to show kindness, love and forgiveness to everyone. It might not always be easy, but Jesus can help us if we talk to him.
by Cara Mott
Picture Perfect
Someone has been mean and ripped up this lovely picture. Put the pieces into the correct places to reveal something that Jesus said. Clue – John 13:34!
Experiencing Jesus
Dust and Wood
Check out your Bible –Matthew 7:1–5
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.
God’s Promise to David
After Saul’s death, David became king. With God’s help, David successfully defeated the Israelites’ enemies. David captured Jerusalem and made it the central place for worship.
Next, David brought the Ark of the Covenant from Judah to Jerusalem. During the journey, David danced his heart out and offered an abundance of sacrifces in worship to God.
However, David felt bad – he lived in a nice home while the Ark of God was kept in a tent. So he decided to build God a house too. However, God told David not to worry – instead he made David many promises.
God told David that one of his sons would build the house for him and that there would always be someone from his family ruling as king. God also promised that David’s kingdom would last for ever. These promises were fulflled frst in Solomon and then in Jesus.
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Pick Out Patch
I’VE GOT MY SCOTTISH FLAG READY TO WATCH SOME Highland Games. 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.
What can you see in this picture? Is it a man playing the saxophone or a woman’s face? Both answers are correct!
Even though the image itself doesn’t change, your brain can interpret it in two different ways.
Hehe,hehe!
Hoho,haha,hehe!
He he, he he!
Ho ho, ha ha, he he!
Formula one WORDSEARCH
aston martin mercedes red bull pole position
SILVERSTONE GRAND PRIX
flags LECLERC norris SAINZ verstappen podium PITS
ferrari mclaren CIRCUITS
I couldn’t figure out how to do up my seat belt... ...then it clicked!
What’s an F1 driver’s favourite fairy tale?
The Elves and the Schumacher!
Find the Formula One-related words below in the grid A C E B D F G H PAGE PUZZLE PAGE
My sister said I could never make a car out of spaghetti... ...you should have seen her face when I drove pasta!
When is a car not a car?
When it turns into a driveway!
PUZZLE
Explore this week’s ‘Kids Alive!’ to work out which pages these images are taken from
What do we want? Race car noises! When do we want them? Neooooooooooow!
Why won’t cars work after you change their tyres? Because they’re retired!
Crossword Clues
Crossword Clues across:
1 Chef. 3 Jacob’s brother in the book of Genesis. 7 Division of act in a play. 8 Help. 9 Mythical creature in Loch Ness, for example. 13 Scrap of cloth. 14 Web-footed birds that make a honking sound. 16 Gusty weather condition. 17 Bird’s mouth.
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1 Snug and warm. 2 The lowest whole number. 4 Room to move in or gap.
5 Unfasten. 6 Short note sent by text. 10 Church instrument. 11 Create a picture. 12 Part of body between head and shoulders. 15 Organ of sight.
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: Neck part of garment.
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Top Trumps Competition
here are nearly 130,000 professional football players worldwide, but out of those footballers some stand out as being better than the rest! Amazing strikers can make scoring top corner goals look as easy as brushing their teeth. The best goalkeepers are so brilliant at jumping that you have to wonder whether they have springs in their boots! Now with Top Trumps World Football Stars Top 200 you can collect the world’s top footballers. There are six packs to collect and each pack features fantastic male and female players from the top leagues around the world!
If you win this competition you’ll get the Starter Kit. The Starter Kit contains Pack 1, as well as a booster deck of Legends (famous players from the past), a table displayer for your whole collection and a team sheet so you can lay out your own dream team! You’ll also get Pack 2, so your collection will be off to a superb start!
For your opportunity to win your own Top Trumps bundle, answer the question below and email your full name, age, address and answer to kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk
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HIGHLAND GAMES COLOURING
Many people will be taking part in the Highland Games in Luss, Scotland today (6 July), and there’ll be lots of other Highland Games in Scotland this summer! Anyone attending a Highland Games event can probably expect to see Highland dancing, bagpipers, a tug of war and plenty of kilts! To celebrate the Highland Games season, add a splash of colour to the design below. If you’d like to share your artwork with other readers, email your colouring to: kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk Make sure you write ‘Highland Games Colouring’ in the subject box and give us your full name, age and address. Alternatively you can post your colouring to: Your Space, Kids Alive! 1 Champion Park, London SE5 8FJ. One last reminder, if you’re sending by post remember to fll in the details below so we know who you are. We send a gift to everyone whose colouring we publish, so don’t miss out!
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u m m e r R e a d i n g C h a l l e n g e
There’s not much out there that’s more exciting than starting a new story! You never quite know what you’re going to discover until you turn to the frst page.
This summer, children from all over the United Kingdom will be opening lots and lots of books as they take part in the Summer Reading Challenge.
Since the Summer Reading Challenge is all about (surprise, surprise) reading, we thought we’d do something a bit different with this week’s KA! World… We’d like you to imagine that each section of this article is a tiny book!
The Challenge Begins A Fairy Tale Called…
Once upon a time, an adventure known as the Summer Reading Challenge began! Since then, boys and girls from all around the United Kingdom have taken part. Each year, young heroes have set out to read as many books as they possibly can!
This year, the reading quest began on 22 June for children living in Scotland and starts today (6 July) for children living in England or Wales. If you’d like to join in on this exciting adventure, you’ll have up until 30 September to read as many books as you possibly can!
A Pirate Book Called…
Marvellous Makers!
Ahoy, matey! This year’s Summer Reading Challenge is called Maaar … sorry, Marvellous Makers, so ye’ll be reading books about being creative – and ye’ll be encouraged to get creative yerself! Ye can sign up at yer local library or online. Ye’ll even get rewards for reading, such as badges and certifcates (but not buried treasure)! If ye’d like to fnd out more, head to summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/join-in
A Fact Book Called… Reading Rewards
Reading can have so many benefts! Here’s a list of facts about why reading is so good for us. 1 2 3
Reading can help to keep your mind strong and healthy, and it can help to make you feel less stressed. You can learn tons of fun facts and wonderful new words!
It’s brilliantly entertaining. Books can really stretch your imagination and they can be about absolutely anything!
A Book of Poems Called…
Summer Reading
Take a quick peek at this year’s reading list to learn of some books you won’t want to miss!
The Wondrous Prune by Ellie Clements
Prune Robinson has A fantastic hidden power, That she’ll have to use, To rescue her brother!
Little House by Katya Balen
Juno needs to build A teeny-tiny house, For a family that’s smaller, Than a teeny-tiny mouse.
A Year of Black Joy by Jamia Wilson
Read about 52 black people And the joy that they’re feeling, And learn about cooking, Space science and beekeeping!
Visit summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/marvellous-makers-books-landing to discover more fabulous books that are worth reading.
An Adventure Book Called…
The Adventure Continues!
Don’t stop reading when the Summer Reading Challenge ends! Here are some great ideas for how you can continue your reading adventure.
Swap books with a friend! It’s a great way of discovering lots of fun stories and it will give you something to talk about.
Write your own story! You could even write about a character from a book you’ve read.
Read a book somewhere exciting, such as the woods or the park! Don’t worry about getting your book a bit dirty (unless you’ve borrowed it from the library, of course).
Team up with your parents or carers to follow a recipe from a cookbook! You get to read and you get to eat, so what’s not to love?
Head to your local library and get reading for the Summer Reading Challenge!
Cool Colourings
Check out this fantastic Women’s FA Cup Final Colouring sent to us by Ria-Sophie, aged 7. The pink football boots are a great touch. Well done, Ria-Sophie!
Take a look at this eggs-tra special Happy Easter Colouring from Hannah, aged 5. Hannah’s coloured in the fowers, heart and letters so neatly.
Super Story
Matilda, aged 9, has written a magnifcent story packed full of mischievous Minions, which are the little creatures that work for Gru in Despicable Me!
This fantastic (and very red) Women’s FA Cup Final Colouring was sent to us by Zoë, aged 8. We love that the football kit and the football are the same colour!
Once there was a boy called Bob. Bob was a Minion. Minions are the craziest thing on the whole Earth! One day Bob met Bobette who was also a Minion. Bob and Bobette ran a toy Minion shop together and the whole shop was sold out of toys in fve minutes fat! Bob opened a whole town of toys with Bobette for a whole 22 years (that would be amusing)! So Bob and Bobette lived a happy life and always will. Bobette and Bob were always happy. They lived together for ever and ever. They had up to 322 kids – 321 were girls and one was a boy, so they had to buy a mansion!
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Age? 11.
Favourite colour? Blue. Favourite food? Boba.
Favourite sport? Tennis.
Favourite bit of Kids Alive!? Comics.
Favourite Bible story and why?
Noah’s ark, because I like it when Noah builds the massive ark to save the animals.
Favourite TV programme? Doctor Who.
What do you want to be when you’re older? Professional gamer or architect. Pets? Fish.
Hobbies? Gaming, tennis and art.
Tell us a joke. Where does a fish go to get its money? The riverbank!
What special skill or talent do you have? I’m double-jointed.
Tell us something interesting about yourself. I can hold my breath for 42.12 seconds. Is there anything else you would like to tell us? I like Pokémon.
Catch, Olive.
Sorry, i couldn’t see a thing through my wet glasses.
If only there was something you could do about it, olive.
Are you sure you want to play catch with us, olive?
How do you like my windscreen wipers? ready when you are!
i certainly do! I’ve made a few alterations to my glasses so that I can play in the rain.
