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Littlest Pet Shop

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Yummy recipes Readers share

HOW BRAVE ARE YOU?

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Why you should think BIG! Meet our Young Entrepreneurs

Dare to Dizzy!

Which Dizzy Dancer are you? June / July 2012

$6.00 (inc GST) ISSN: 1177-309X

Vol. 7, Iss. 3

Your guide to THE TRANSIT OF VENUS

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Letters from Upstarters

My Achievement: Our Rarotongan cultural festival

An Upstart reader shares: Living with epilepsy CREATIVE CRITTERS: The BEST of your contributions!

The Kiwi kids’ mag with EVERYTHING!

My Achievement: The day I had my tonsils out

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BOOKWORM: Andy Griffiths’ newest book Just Doomed! 10 ways to be doomed !

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How BRAVE are you? Disney Pixar Brave movie

Ice Age 4 fun and game Collect & Get with Littles

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Dare to Dizzy! Which Dizzy Dancer are you SPLIT YOUR SIDES: Lau gh it up! Spot the Difference! Qu ick Quiz.

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My Sports Achievement – readers write Ruggerland: WIN a Dan Carter autographed rugby ball! J Rock: Pics from the South Island events! Were YOU there?

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HEY UPSTARTERS! Yay! It’s holiday time again! We love holidays at Upstart HQ because we receive even MORE mail from YOU guys! Our letterbox is always full of wonderful letters, artwork, stories, poems and, of course, competition entries! But in the holidays it’s overflowing! And of course we receive gazillions of emails! Luckily we’ve now got a new team member at Upstart HQ to help us out! Her name is KRISTIE-LEIGH VALLANCE and she’s our new SUPER DUPER editorial assistant and web content developer. One of her many tasks is to sort through all your mail and online competition entries. She organises all the prizes and helps me to choose which contributions will be published in the magazine. And in her role as web content developer, she is working hard to add even more fun stuff to our website at www.upstartmag.co.nz. During the holidays, makes sure you have a squiz at the website and let Kristie know what you’d like to see on there! You can email Kristie any time at Kristie@upstartmag.co.nz Big hugs,

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Although the Stegosaurus dinosaur was over nine metres long, its brain was only the size of a walnut.

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How I injured my left hand

Your voice! Your say!

Your opinion! Write your letter, attach it to the entry coupon on page 70 and send it in! OR email Sue: editor@upstartmag.co.nz (put Letter to Editor in subject line). All letters published will WIN a prize! cebook us at Don’t forget to fa m/upstartmag www.facebook.co e been up to. u’v yo to tell us what touch! We love to keep in

Awesome art Hi Upstart, This is me Aaliyah and my best friend, Caitlin. Check out our awesome funky art, which we did in the school holidays. We are both nine years old and LOVE Upstart! – AALIYAH TANA, 9, Omokoroa Point School, Tauranga

Hi Upstart, I was playing tiggy at school with my friends. I had just run onto the field when I tripped over the grass and landed straight on my left hand. It hurt a bit then it felt better, but later it started swelling and hurting again. After school I went home and put some Vicks on the swelling area. That cooled it down a bit. Then later my dad came home and I showed him my hand. The next day Dad took me to the hospital. We had to wait quite a long time. The doctor took an x-ray of my hand. The x-ray showed a bone in my hand was fractured so they put a cast on my hand. My hand is getting better now so I only have to wear a splint. Soon I will have the splint removed too – KRISHMAL PRASAD, 12, Kelston Intermediate School, Auckland

SUE SAYS: Hey Krishmal, What bad luck you’ve had! We hope The Avengers prize pack we’re sending helps you feel better!

UPSTART WINNERS SAY THANKS! SUE SAYS: We love hearing from our winners! We know other Upstart readers like to hear how much you LOVE your prizes! THANKS for saying THANKS! Hi Upstart, I would like to thank you for the great prize you gave me! I really appreciated it! The CD is cool and has awesome songs! Thanks again! – COURTNEY SMITH, 12, Alfredton School, Eketahuna

Hi Upstart, Thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much for the Battleship movie tickets. I can’t wait to go see the movie with my brother. It looks really good. Thanks again – JOSHUA BROOKLAND, 12, Manaia View School, Whangarei

My new wheelchair Hi Upstart! My name is Jadyn Barton. I have a disability called Ataxia Telangiectasia (say tel-an-gi-ec-ta-sia). It makes me wobbly and it makes it hard for me to talk. I have to repeat the same syllable around five times before I can say the rest of the word. I got a wheelchair and a walker a couple of weeks ago, which have helped me a lot! – Jadyn BARTON, 10, West Gore School, Mataura

SUE SAYS: Hey Jadyn. Thanks for sharing with us! We’re pleased you now have a wheelchair and walker. We hope to hear from you again soon!

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Snuggle bunny Hi Upstart, This is me and my baby bunny Snuggles all dressed up for dress up day at kindy. I am nearly 5 and Snuggles is just a baby – PERRY TURNER, 4, Pirimai Kindergarten, Napier

The three largest oceans on Earth are the Pacific Ocean (largest), the Atlantic Ocean (second largest) and the Indian Ocean (third largest).

Boom! Crash!

Boom!

Hi Upstart, I was picking a story for Mummy to read to me when I heard hail on the roof. The hailstones were the size of cheese balls. When the hail had stopped we saw a cool double rainbow – RORY GORDON, 5, Longbeach School, Ashburton

My sick day Hi Upstart, I have a cough and I am home from school. Recently I got a late birthday present from my uncle and aunty. It was a book called 100 Greatest Wonders of the World. I do Tae Kwon Do. It is very hard. I am a yellow belt. I have an Xbox 360. My teacher is Mr Gibbs. He is very crazy, weird and funny. I like him a lot. I guess that’s all from me. Goodbye – MATTHEW HYDE, 10, Greenmeadows School, Napier

My special sunflowers

Hi Upstart, These are the really tall sunflowers I grew at my grandma’s house from seeds I planted – BROOKE LANE, 5, Woodlands Park School, Auckland

Hooray for hockey Dear Upstart, Last year I played hockey for Kelston Primary School. There were 11 players in my team. We went to Kelston Boys’ to practise. They showed us new tricks. We passed the ball to each other with our hockey sticks. The teacher chose the captain. We played hockey games on the hockey turf at Henderson High School against other primary schools. I love hockey – SAHIL NARAYAN, Kelston Intermediate School, Auckland Sharks have outstanding hearing. They can hear a fish thrashing in the water from as far as 500 metres away.

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A living spirit

Water is a living spirit. She can be soft and gentle… a flexible traveller. t. Splashing merrily, she quenches thirs be may she t spiri A beauty and BUT she is also a devil! n the innocent. So cunning and cruel, she can drow created by Mother Nature… She can arrive as a fearful disaster, spreading diseases… a murderer! Don’t be fooled by her two sides.

Sharing Hi Upstart! Hello, Bonjour, Ni Hao, Kia Ora, Namaste! My name is Josette Xu and I go to Mount Roskill Intermediate School (Year 8). I really like writing, science, maths, and art. These are my four best subjects at school. When I grow up I would love to be an author. I’m a big fan of J.K. Rowling. Here is a poem I wrote that I am very proud of. I love reading Upstart and checking out my Bad Luck Horrorscopes – JOSETTE XU, 12, Mt Roskill Intermediate School, Auckland

Amazing maze

Te Wao Nui – my favourite place

Hi Upstart, This is a maze I drew. Can you get from the castle to the finish? – TIM WILSON, 11, Redcliffs School, Christchurch

Te Wao Nui is a place at the Auckland Zoo where children and adults of any age can explore and learns things about New Zealand wildlife. My favourite habitat is The Night where you enter a dark cave with glistening glow-worms on the roof. It takes a while for your eyes to adjust to the darkness. Then in the forest scene, a morepork calls and swoops across a full moon while Kiwi scratch and sniff for food in the undergrowth. It’s a privilege to be so close to a Kiwi. Auckland Zoo’s Te Wao Nui is definitely worth a visit – SUMMER, 11, Ponsonby Intermediate School

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CAN YOU SPOT THE MISTAKES?

Keep your mind active by giving your brain a good workout – try these fun exercises:

TRY REWRITING THEM CORRECTLY

1. Get gaming. Play some brain puzzling strategy or word games. 2. Take a hike. Walking is particularly brain-friendly because it increases blood circulation to the head. 3. Try a new tack. Stimulate your brain by thinking differently. Get dressed with your eyes closed. Brush your teeth with the opposite hand. 4. Word up. Make it a family game to learn a new word every week. Challenge each other to use the word in a conversation at least once during the week. ASB Bank Limited.

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Hi Upstart, Here are some unintentionally funny (genuine) newspaper headlines. Have fun trying to work them out! – ELLOT WEIR, 11, Apii Te Uki Ou, Rarotonga

• Mad cow talks • Man found beaten, robbed by police • Squad helps dog bite victim • Kids make nutritious snacks • Grandmother of eight makes hole in one • Miners refuse to work after death • Stolen painting found by tree • Complaints about referees growing ugly • Pupils train as counsellors to help upset classmates • Dealers will hear car talk at noon • Two sisters reunite after 18 years at checkout counter • Tornado rips through cemetery; hundreds dead • March planned for next August • Giant teabags protest

UPSTART FAN CLUB Hi Upstart, I am a basic farmer kid who lives on an eight-acre property. Joining me are two cows and three calves, one rooster, 11 hens, one cat and lastly a dog. Both my parents are psychologists and my mum went on a trip to Wellington. My brother and I had such a great time while my mum was gone. When we met Mum at the airport she told me she had found something on the airplane that I might enjoy and she handed me Upstart Magazine. I loved it so much that when we were leaving the airport I walked past the sliding door sensor and straight into the door! It was so embarrassing! Now I’m going to tell everyone how great Upstart is and I’m going to get it each time it comes out. Bye for now! I need to start the Upstart obsession! – ELLIOTT ANDREWS, 11,

Hi Upstart, I think your mag is GREAT! What I mean by that is that your mag is the best in the universe. I like how you let kids submit stuff. I’ve only had one subscription issue but I’ve cut out the activities and am happily colouring away! Plus, I love the comps – they’re great! I don’t like Ruggerland, but the rest of the mag makes up for it – SAMANTHA JACKSON, 8, NZ Correspondence School, Waiuku

Here’s a cartoon I made up about a bug and a Venus flytrap.

Ohoka School, Kaiapoi, Christchurch

Hi Upstart, I think your magazine is completely amazing. I’ve read it every month it’s come out for about four years now. Please keep up the great work. I love how it’s a New Zealand magazine and I think the Bad Luck Horrorscopes are really funny. I also like how you let Upstarters have their say in your magazine. Thanks – MEL ALEXANDER, 12, Oxford Area School, North Canterbury

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School trip shock!

Our ANZAC Day

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As noisy as gun shots Like fireworks As sad as a broken heart ground Like dead people being shot on the As cold as ice Like dark deep graves As brave as a donkey Like people in the ANZAC trenches ZAYPHIOR POPATA, 10, , Auckland Robertson Road School, Mangere

As crowded as a concentration cam p Like a beach of scattered dead bod ies As deadly as weapons Like walking into walls of cliffs As red as a poppy Like a raw wound As starving as a refugee Like a homeless person As high as mountains and cliffs Like a death trap As scary as a ghost Like the haunted ANZAC Cove. CLEO BISHOP, 10, Robertson Road School, Mangere , Auckland

As red as blood Like a poppy As painful as getting cut Like a soldier getting shot As fast as a bullet Like a beat of the heart As smelly as a dead body Like an unwashed stinky sock As sad as ANZAC Day Like families crying for their loved ones JAVAN FE’AO, 10, Robertson Road School, Mangere, Auckland

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Hi Upstart, Our trip to Camp Epworth was fun because we went kayaking, mountain biking, swimming, soccer, raft building and more! That was the good part about camp. The bad parts were when someone broke two fingers and my teacher nearly broke her back! But there’s more! I was in a car with my camp group when a bus hit us from behind showering us in glass! Since I was in the back of the car where the bus hit, I was sent straight to Here I am recovering with hospital along with two other people, Isaac and Emily, my latest Upstart Magazine! who were also hurt. I had to have injections, pills, x-rays and more. I stayed in a room with a TV (lucky me). The nurses were really nice. So now I’m back at home but extremely tired – MARTIN VAN BLERK, 10, Rototuna Primary School, Hamilton

The Castlepoint Beach Races The thrilling Castlepoint Beach Races were held recently and everybody was full of excitement. At least 2,000 to 3,000 people attended and there were eight exciting events for horses and ponies. My brother and sister entered only one event each but my dad entered two. My sister’s horse is called Sparkie and my dad’s horse is called Sky. I was up on the sand dunes watching. It was the first time my brother and sister had entered. All I could hear was the loud hailer: ‘And they’re off!”. “Go! Go! Go!” I shouted. There was a rumble of ‘clat, clat, clat’ as the horses’ hooves hit the ground. My sister was in front, but NOOOO! She just got second by a nostril. Hard luck Kaylah! Maybe next time! – PHAGEN CLARKE-WINIATA, 11, Tinui School, Masterton

Our ‘Winter Wonderland’ holiday Hey Upstart, In the school holidays of Winter 2011, my dad took me to the West Coast. I stayed at Greymouth, Westport, Franz Josef Glacier and Fox Glacier. In the glacier area, Dad and I went for a helicopter ride over the glaciers and the copter landed. We got to have five minutes on the snowy mountaintops! We also visited Lake Matheson and Gillespies beach. It was truly amazing! I call the holiday “Winter Wonderland”! I have a passion for photography so I snapped pics the whole time! – KRISHNA NARAYANAN, 13, Botany Downs Secondary College, Auckland

Here are some large and clear images taken on my camera:

A snowy, creamy glacier slope on the mountaintop.

A close up of grass blades with an icy crust and dewdrops. Lake Matheson: Picture Perfect! A natural beauty.

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What’s it about? Set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, Brave is about the courageous and skilled archer, Merida. Headstrong and impetuous, Merida (voice of Kelly Macdonald) doesn’t like being told what to do and is determined to carve out her own path. But in doing so, she goes against an age-old custom and without realising it, unleashes chaos and fury on the kingdom. What happens next forces Merida to discover the meaning of true bravery in order to undo a ghastly curse before it’s too late.

Tell us about a time when YOU’VE been BRAVE! Perhaps you stood up to a bully; delivered a speech to your class when you were really, really nervous; suffered an illness or injury… whatever it is, write and tell us! 5 to win! It doesn’t matter how many words you write - five, 50, even 500! We’ll select five winning entries which will be published in an upcoming issue of Upstart Magazine. To enter, write your entry on a separate piece of paper and attach it to the entry coupon on page 70 OR submit it at the Upstart Friendship Club, www.upstartmag.co.nz. Entries close 31 July 2012.

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What you should know about…

TRANSIT OF VENUS

DID YOU KNOW? New Zealanders will have the extremely rare chance to watch the planet Venus cross the face of the Sun on Wednesday, 6th June 2012.

It’s a BIG deal! WHY? Because this opportunity will not occur again for 105 years! This is a once in YOUR lifetime opportunity! From 10.15am to 4.43pm, viewers will be able to observe a black dot travelling across the bright disk of the Sun. BUT you will need a solar viewing device to watch it so you don’t damage your eyes!

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In astronomy, a ‘transit’ occurs when a smaller body passes in front of a larger one. A ‘Transit of Venus’ happens when Venus is seen in silhouette against the bright face of the Sun.

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Illustration: Grant Brown

Transits of Venus across the Sun were once considered to be of the greatest importance to science, and huge efforts were made trying to record them. In the 18th century the size of the universe was one of the great scientific mysteries. Astronomers could measure how far away celestial objects were by ‘Astronomical Units’ (the distance of the Earth from the Sun). However they had not yet defined this distance accurately in kilometres or miles. The explorer James Cook was sent to Tahiti in 1769 to record the times of this phenomenon. The main purpose of his trip was to get measurements that could be used to calculate more accurately the distance of Venus from the Sun. If this could be achieved, then the distances of the other planets could be worked out, based on their orbits. After observing the transit, Cook continued on to New Zealand where he and his crew aboard the HMS Endeavour were the second recorded Europeans to visit. During their visit Cook observed the transit of Mercury, and created the first nearly complete map of the New Zealand coastline.

Illustration: Grant Brown

When Venus passes directly between Earth and the Sun, we see the distant planet as a small dot gliding slowly across the face of the sun. Historically, this rare alignment is how we measured the size of our solar system.

SAFETY FIRST: The Sun is really bright, right? And it produces a lot of heat! We all know that! But did you know that looking directly at the Sun for more than just a brief glance could seriously damage your eyes? Never leave a telescope unattended and pointing at the Sun, because it is very easy for a young child to be attracted to the telescope and then take a quick look to see what the telescope is pointing at – with disastrous consequences as it is very likely to result in permanent blindness.

Create a piece of artwork that shows YOUR interpretation of the Transit of Venus. The size of your entry must be no bigger than an A4 piece of paper. You can submit any form of artwork – painting, sketch, model. If you choose to create a 2D or 3D artwork, then please submit a photograph of your creation. Attach your artwork to the entry coupon on page 70 and send it in OR submit your art at the Upstart Friendship Club, www.upstartmag.co.nz. Entries close 31 July 2012. If you wish to have your artwork returned then please send an appropriate sized stamped, self addressed envelope. Otherwise all entries will be destroyed after judging. Three age groups:

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WHAT YOU WILL SEE 1ST CONTACT 10:15am

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2ND CONTACT 10:33am

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At 10:15am Venus will just start to move over the northeastern edge of the Sun. Good telescopes will show a small dark nick out of the Sun’s edge, hard to see at first but becoming obvious over the following minutes. Astronomers call the very start of the transit the time of ‘First Contact’.

By 10:33am The jet-black silhouette of Venus will  be fully on the solar disk. The exact moment when Venus is fully over the Sun is called the ‘Second Contact’. This was the exact moment that Lieutenant James Cook and his astronomer, Charles Green, were making their recordings in Tahiti in 1769. See if you can see the ‘black drop effect’ that frustrated their attempts to fix the time of this crucial point. Once Venus is fully on the solar disk it will continue its path, crossing the Sun’s face over the next 6.5 hours. The time of mid-transit is 1.29pm.

CONTACT 4:25pm

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4TH CONTACT 4:43pm

At 4:25pm The time of ‘Third Contact’ when the edge of Venus just touches the northwestern edge of the Sun.

At 4:43pm Venus will finally pass off the face of the Sun, ending a very special event. The next transit of Venus will not be seen from Earth until 2117.

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FACTOIDS • From Earth, the only planets we can ever see in transit across the face of the Sun are Mercury and Venus – the so-called ‘inferior’ planets because they orbit between the Earth and the Sun. • Transits of Venus occur in pairs separated by eight years. Each pair is in turn separated by an alternating interval of 105.5 and 121.5 years, making a cycle of 243 years. • The last transit of Venus was in June 2004, where modern instruments gave the best views ever, but New Zealand was not in a prime viewing position like we will be for this opportunity. • The next transit of Venus will not be seen from Earth until 2117, but again New Zealand will be well placed to view the entire event.

Thanks to the Stardome Observatory for the information supplied in this article. www.stardome.co.nz The first person to predict a transit of Venus was Johannes Kepler, who calculated that one would take place on 6 December 1631. Kepler died in 1630, and there is no record of anyone seeing the 1631 event.

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Our school, Apii Te Uku Ou, perf orming at the cultural festival

Hi Upstart, I’m Elliot Weir and I’m 11 years old. Have you heard of There were four parts to our Rarotonga in the Cook performance – the haka (I was in the front Islands? row for this), the `pe’e’, the action song That’s where I live! and the drum dance. Five other boys and I was born in New Zealand but have I were the only ones in all four items. been living here in Rarotonga for more My school’s show was composed than three years. and designed by our Te Reo Mäori My achievement is creating a duvet cover The culture here is incredible. Every teacher Makara Vaine. It tells of made out of a quilt. I made the quilt myself two years there is an inter-school cultural a mother and father telling their as well. I have now successfully finished it festival held at the national auditorium. young daughter to go slow in life and my new duvet cover is currently on my Our school, Apii Te Uki Ou, started and enjoy her childhood. It was bed. IT LOOKS GREAT – MIKAILA THOMPSON, practising at the very start of the school inspired by a teacher’s young niece 12, Redwoodtown School, Blenheim year and within two weeks before the big who died suddenly. night we were practising nearly all day. Life is precious. NOW39-UPSTART-HPH-15_5_12_NOW39-UPSTART-HPH-15_5_12 23/05/2012 17:55 Page 1

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I can accept failure, but I can’t accept not trying – Michael Jordan

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What’s the BIG idea? Illustrations by our ACE cartoonist, GRANT BROWN

What’s an invention? An invention is a unique idea, thought or object, device or process that no one has seen or heard of before. Like, a discovery. The person who creates the invention is called an inventor. To make sure other people do not steal an inventor’s idea or creation, the inventor must ‘patent’ it.

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What’s a patent? This is a legal piece of paper that says the invention belongs to the person who first thought of it. To get a patent, your invention must be original, practical and not available anywhere at the time it is invented. You can apply to patent an invention of improvement – a process or device that improves something that is currently available.

Ideas and processes Fresh ideas and thoughts are found in novels, poems, scripts, musical compositions, dance choreography, movies and art pieces.

Objects and devices The creation of objects and devices incorporates tangible things that a person is able to use such as a piano, a telephone, a plane or a TV.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk! – THOMAS EDISON

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Match the INVENTORS with the INVENTIONS! See how many you can get right!

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7. BILL HAMILTON (KIWI!)

4. LEON STYLES (KIWI!)

8. BILL GALLAGHER (KIWI!)

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Put your thinking cap on! Have you ever been told to THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX? Thinking out of the box is about creative thinking. It means looking at something from a different point of view and trying out things that are different. The opposite of thinking out of the box is thinking inside the box which is doing what everyone else does just because that’s the way it’s always been done. Inventors like Alexander Graham Bell (invented the telephone) and Thomas Edison (invented a long-lasting electric light bulb among other things) were not afraid to think out of the box. Aren’t we lucky? If they weren’t so brave to try out their inventions, we might not have the telephone, the Internet and many other inventions that are part of every day life! Learning how to think outside the box can be helpful for all kinds of things in life, not just inventing things! Try thinking outside the box next time you play sport, work on a school project, or play with your friends.

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Perhaps you’re making and marketing your own products to sell? Maybe you’ve thought up a business that offers a service to others? • How did you get started? • What does it involve? • How much time do you put into your business and how profitable is it? • How do you advertise your product or service? • What kinds of things do you do to grow your business?

Or maybe you just have a simple money-making tip that you’d like to share with other Upstarters! Tell us a bit about yourself and your business or moneymaking tip, and please include a photograph, if you can!

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Page 31: WHO’S WHO? answers D: Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. G: AJ Hackett, bungy jump creator F: Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1867. E: Leon Styles, inventor of the ‘Rocking Trigger’ and operating systems for paintball guns. H: Henry Ford, inventor of mass car production and founder of the Ford Motor Company. A: John Britten, designer of the world-record-setting Britten motorcycle. C: Bill Hamilton, developed the modern jet boat. B: Bill Gallagher, developer of the electric fence.

An entrepreneur is someone who starts or organises a business to meet consumers’ needs and wants. Consumers are people, like you and I, who buy goods and services as part of our everyday living. Entrepreneurs have lots of ‘get y up and go’, called motivation! The aren’t scared to take risks and work hard to be successful. Entrepreneurs are usually very creative and enjoy planning, organising, and leading. Are YOU an entrepreneur?

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What’s an entrepreneur?

Hi Kashin! My name is Hannah and I live on a farm. In the spring when the lambs are born I go around on my motorbike with Dad and get the lambs that have been left behind by their mums. They get left behind either because they are from a set of triplets and not strong enough to keep up with the others or they have got something wrong with them. We normally only find two or three. Sometimes if I’m lucky I get calves. I raise them by feeding them milk before and after school and before I go to bed. Once they are old enough I sell their sheep wool and that goes towards my pocket money. When the calves have grown into either a cow or steer, they are sold and I will then use that money to go to university. Spring and summer are busy times but it’s fun looking after my farm animals –

Isn’t it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them! – ORVILLE WRIGHT, inventor

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ANIMAL ANGELS My name is Chloe. My friend Leah and I love animals so we decided to raise money for the SPCA in Christchurch for the animals left homeless by the earthquake last year. My mum made some delicious cupcakes for us to decorate. We sold them at my dad’s work. Some That’s Leah and me (I’m the one holding the tongs). people even donated the change My younger brother, Blake is in the corner of the photo. from their purchase, which was My older brother, Callum was also raising money, kind of them. At the end of the day busking on his guitar. we made $723! The Christchurch SPCA was so thankful and sent us certificates of appreciation. Since then we have regularly held a cake stall to raise money for the animals – CHLOE

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I HELP AT MARKET Hi Kashin, I help my friends family sell flowers and vegetables at the Browns Bay market every Sunday. The prices are very cheap and the flowers and vegetables are very fresh. They are all grown on my friend’s farm. They grow roses, carnations, beans, tomatoes and more. Sometimes I also bring along rose scented perfume that I make at home. Besides the flowers, I also wash cars for money and sometimes I sell jewellery to my friends – JINGTING WEI, 11, North Cross Intermediate School, Auckland I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work – THOMAS EDISON

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An Upstart reader shares:

What it’s like having epilepsy What is epilepsy?

It’s a medical condition that means you have seizures regularly. A seizure is a burst of electrical activity in the brain. t ways. There are different kinds of seizures, so epilepsy affects people in differen may body their and ollably uncontr jerk When a person has a seizure they may seem ‘blank’ stiffen. They may also lose consciousness. They may be confused and like they don’t know what is happening around them. One in 50 people have epilepsy in New Zealand. Epilepsy is not a disease.

Nina Gellert is 11 and into shoe shopping, reading and hanging with her cat, Snowy. Her home is in Wellington and she attends Otari School. Nina lives with a condition called epilepsy. Nina has had epilepsy since she was two, but it’s been extra hard since she was eight. There are lots of different kinds of seizures that people with epilepsy have, but Nina gets the one where you become unconscious, and she sometimes falls over and her body can jerk and shake. It’s a called a ‘tonic clonic’ seizure. She had a chat to TESSA JOHNSTONE from Upstart about what it’s like living with epilepsy.

Nina just chillin’ at home in Wellington.

Nina with her Mum, Jen, at their house.

things, and can’t think of the right word to say. I twitch sometimes, and sometimes my hands tremble before I have a seizure. and read books. Nina likes to draw

What’s it like having epilepsy? It’s annoying. The only good part about it is that I get to stay home from school when I’m tired. What’s it like having a seizure? I have them about once a month at the moment. I don’t know that it’s happening. It doesn’t really feel like anything – it just feels weird pretty much. I get really tired after.

What’s the best thing people can do to support you, especially after a seizure? Just make sure I’m okay. And watch out to see if I’m having a seizure or not. Hanging with her cat, Sno wy!

Do you have to take medicine and go to the doctor a lot? I take two different kinds of medicine, one kind tastes really gross. I go to the hospital for regular check-ups, and sometimes after I have a seizure. I don’t mind seeing my doctor, Tosh. He’s really nice.

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What’s the hardest thing about having epilepsy? Not being able to read properly. Sometimes I have trouble remembering

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What do other kids need to know about it? The important thing for them to know is that I have seizures sometimes. Sometimes they happen at school, so other kids need to know when it’s happening. They should tell a teacher if it happens.

eone What should you do if you think som e? is having a ‘tonic clonic’ seizur • Tell a teacher or another adult. selves while they are having • Make sure they won’t hurt them ld hit their head on. a seizure – move anything they cou though that might seem like • Don’t try to restrain them, even the right thing to do. help them roll on to their side. • When the seizure has finished, what has happened and • When they are conscious, tell them make them feel safe. minutes, if they throw up • If the seizure lasts longer than five wake up again, call 111. during the seizure, or if they don’t The word epilepsy comes from the Greek word for ‘seizure’.