Celebrating You

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Celebrating You!

Celebrating you is a space for you guys to tell us what you’ve been getting up to and to share anything you might be really proud of. We love getting stuff from you, so please send in your poems, stories, pictures, jokes or tell us about something you’ve done, your favourite hobby or a new pet, and we’ll include it in the next issue of SpeakOut.

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A verse from… The Young People’s Rap

By Rhyme Buster Bob

Ayyo, now watch me boom, boom pow, all over the beat, Now watch me 1,2 step, as I’m controlling these feet, I’m dip, dip diving, into the swimming pool, These sharks are my friends, so it’s all cool, Bibbity, bobbity boo, what’s your name son? Would you like to share your story with everyone? No? Cool, it’s okay, these things take time, We’ve got to build up, before crossing that line, It’s tougher nowadays, but I think we’re okay, We’ve still stuck together like glue, I dare say, Doing our bestest, to survive this global pandemic, So let’s hope there’s no need for any paramedic, Digital wellbeing, to every human being, We’re making sure that we do everything, Our teams are topping the board with knowledge, And dang, these kids sure worked hard at the college, Come on y’all...

Prince Connor

My name is Connor, I am 12 turning 13 this year and I’m a member of Who Cares? Scotland.

I have been going to drama group since I was 6. The things I like best about it are going on stage and acting. My cousin Sophie also goes to the group, and we keep each other company. During lockdown I wrote, filmed and co-starred in a short film I made about Anne Frank with my cousin Sophie. My mum, dad, and people from Who Cares? Scotland were all very proud of me for this. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to do any in-person plays during lockdown, but we did keep in touch online and we made a few short videos through this as well.

When life became more normal, we started to meet in person and rehearse Cinderella. I was chosen to be The Prince. At first, I thought I wanted to be the mouse but then I became quite happy that I was The Prince. We were rehearsing for quite a long time, and I had lot of lines to remember but I managed to do it. We would rehearse in our drama space. The production itself was in Falkirk Town Hall Theatre. I invited Morag, Ross and Sorcha from Who Cares? Scotland to come and see me on stage so I had them, my Mum, Dad and my brother all there to see me.

My favourite part of being in Cinderella was having people there to watch me and perform. I hope that I get to do more plays. I will let you know if I am in another play in the future!