Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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Si O v 1 9 We had fun writing about Fern, a lonely little frog who sets out to find friends. She saw a fish so she jumped in the water, but the fish thought Fern was trying to catch him, so he hid among the reeds. - Sam Fraser Smith Fern put on her backpacl and jumped oft ' . It took her an hour to do a mile, and by that time she felt even more lonely, and dry. She heaved a sigh and stopped, straining her ears to hear the sound of water bubbling into a pond. - Richard Fulton She was getting hungry, so she hid in some reeds until the first big juicy fly came along. Snap! and Fern went on her way with a full stomach! - Taran Card She thought about the dangers on the was and she was worried. Sh e saw a princess,. Oh no! ' said Fern to herself, as the princess began to chase her. - Marco Bortoli She hitch-hiked a ride, but the driver said, Supper! so she off. - Sean Correia When she reached the deep dark forest she stopped. She took off her backpack and got a fishtank out of it, and then she got in. The cool water felt good on her sore toes. Of course, Fern eventually finds friends, and true happi- ness! - Kevin Dallas She saw paradise-a pond full of frogs and flies! - Taran Card Experts from ' A Ride with Santa. ' On Christmas Eve Santa came and landed right on my porch. While we were taking off the reindeer slipped and snow went flying in my face. When we got off the ground we started to glide. - Spencer Chapelle When we took off I could not lift my head from the seat. I could feel the wind in my teeth, and I could see Rudolph ' s nose shine. I felt like I was in an open air jet. - Taran Card He told me to put on my warmest clothes, and I held his hand. We flew up the chimney and into his sled and away. We went up into the sky and it got so cold that my feet almost froze. He let me put the presents in the houses and I said hello to Mrs. Claus on the way back home. - Robert Swainson It was such fun I shouted Whoopee! Santa Claus just said, Ho! Ho! Ho! IVlerry Christmas! - Andrew Greetham The .seats in the sleigh were nice, red and fluffy. Everything glowed red because of Rudolph ' s nose. - Jack Negro One day 1 woke up with a thump. My bed was standing up. It said, I ' m tired with you, you never make me, I ' m leav- ing. That wasn ' t a very nice way lo start the morning. So I went to the closet top get my clothes. My best shirt said, We ' re leaving! You never fold us up neatly, you never wash us . So I went lo get something to eat but the ' fridge ' ,;iid. You alaways spill milk over me and leave the pickle lid oil, I ' m leaving . I went out into the garden lo gel the liaiiiHier. It said, You bang me on llie pavement. I ' m loav- lUj ' . I ' ll slay Vv ' illi you, said my pillow. I ' ll help yon gel your Ihings back , ar)d he did. I always krpi care of my lliings liom then on. Sam Fraser Smith ry Q J mxnoj ' ' O y - ' ii -m 30 Underwater Adventure I jumped into the water. It was a very hot day, but in the water it was lovely. You see I ' m a flying fish. Today was Neptune ' s birthday and I was invited. He was going to find the long lost city of Aracbus. Where his great grand Crabina had lived. I was on my way there. I wanted to be the first one to get there. I was happily gliding through the gates, when a big voice boomed out, Who goes there! Er I do, big sir, Androcles Ditty. You may come in then, boomed the voice. I found that everyone was waiting for me. They were ready to go. So with Neptune at the front we set off. All the other creatures split up so I did too. I looked in all the biggest cave. It was as high as Neptune ' s palace. Slowly I went in all I could see was blackness. Suddenly far in the distance I saw a light. Soon I ventured on. Then at the end I saw that there was a light, so I darted back to find Neptune. I found him a bit later in one of the crayabean caves. N-Neptune , I said shaking. I found it. So I led him to the cave. I pointed to the light ahead of me. Take me to it , whispered Neptune. Yes sir! I said. So I took him to the end ther I saw a hole and at the bottom was Arambus. - Richard Fulton The day the spaceship landed I was gotgaling away one day with my twelve purple noses making loud noises. My one thousand ears were waggling like shingle-biggies. I woke up when my fellow gadsorks were calling Hey swoggler! Come on, we want to swoogle with you! So I got up and my sixty arms and legs started moving very fast. Soon I was running a hundred miles an hour. When we had finished swoogling I went back to my cave and went to sleep on the ceiling. That night I heard a noise that made me fall of the floor! I went outside and saw a weird spaceship on the ground that had just landed. A real weird creature came out and said, Hello , and cut my head off and I was dead. - Brian Dodwell. ■a [Ml

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SCHOOL OFFICERS 1986-1987 Monitors: Back Row: (1-r) Michael Maughan, Julian Wheddon, Mark Boden, Douglas Parker, Robert Steinhoff, Yuri Richards, Michael Fahy, Michael Luce, Alexander Leonard, Theodore Francis Middle Row: Jonathan Ingham, Nathan Browne, Christopher Heinicke, Jason Leman, Jamel Bean , Mark Outerbridge , James Adderley , David De Costa, Justin Griffiths, Wayne Jones, Richard Daisley, Nicholas Strong Front Row: (seated) Marcus Wells, George Masters , Alasdah Younie , Andrew Riker denotes Head Teacher ' s Monitors House Officers Butterfield: (1-r) Captain: Julian Wheddon Vice Captain: Simone Maranzana Darrell: Captain: Robert Steinhoff Vice Captain: Michael Fahy Saltus: Captain: Jonathan Ingham Vice Captain: George Masters Watlington: Captain: Alisdair Younie Vice Captain: Yuri Richards SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS 29

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J4Z Fern the Frog Fern the frog lived all by herself in a little pond in the woods. One day Fern decided to leave the lonely pond. She put on her backpack and put in a can of flies and two cans of caterpillars. She was going to find her frog friends. She said, One step for me, and two steps for frogkind! She took two hundred steps and came upon an ant. She asked, How do you get to the Artist ' s Pond? Well, said the ant, you go two paces back and one mile from there. Thanks! and off she went. When she got there she hid behind the bullrushes. Then she saw her friend. Artist! She ran up to him and hugged him. She said, How are you? Where are the others? They are next door. So she went to the next pond. There were her brothers and sisters all staring at her. She went back and packed her things and lived with them. - Mark Roth Conversation With A Rock One day I was walking in the meadow and I was very tired. I was about to sit down when I heard a voice. You had better not sit on me! It was a rock I was about to sit on, How come I can ' t sit on you for you ' re just a rock? I said. Well you ' re a bossy lad! replied the rock. So how did you come to be a rock? 1 asked. The rock began, It all started when a boy threw a tiny rock at an old house. Nobody lived there. I stayed in the shelter of the house until it broke down and I grew and grew until I was this big. I have seen many people pass by until you stopped and talked to me. You are my only friend. What is your name? Nick but my friends call me Ni, I replied. Oh! Hi!, Ni, said the rock. What is your name? I said. I ' m afraid I don ' t have one, replied the rock. 1 think I ' ll name you Mark, I said The rock said, I like that name, you ' re my kind of guy Ni. You ' re very nice too, Mark. Oh, I hear my Mum, I ' ll have to go but I ' ll come back and see you tomorrow. I called as I ran off home. - James Spearing A Shipwreck My army squad was sent on a voyage to another country. When we had been on the ship for six days the waves began crashing against the sides of the boat. Suddenly I heard a tremble rip of wood. We re shipwrecked! I shouted. We all jumped overboard. We were tossed around until we hit shore. I was so weary I fell down and rested. When I woke up I saw that all ten of us were alive. Later when everyone was awake we saw what useful things we had. Then an arrow shot into James ' bag. We heard someone run off. No food had come off the ship but four of us had guns, Daryl, James, Jack and I, we were the hunting squad. We soon came back with three rabits. We slept under the trees that night. The next day we made our huts of wood, mud and grass by the river mouth. Later on we had a vote for who the leader would be. Daryl and I tied in votes, so Daryl and I shared the job. We decided to explore , the hunting squad went first. We followed the river to several caves, some people came rushing out screaming, Peace! ' We travelled through sand, a marsh, mountains and a forest. Then we came upon some more mountains. Suddenly a volcano erupted. We ran all the way back to our settlement. We took axes and quickly made boats. The lava started spreading everywhere. We saw a tribe get caught in the lava and die! We grabbed everything, jumped in our boat and pushed out to sea. Three days later a ship went by. We shouted and waved until the ship saw our squad. We re saved ! I shouted. - Stephen Fahy The Hungry Dog One day Slick and Sam were riding down the block. Slick stopped to watch a bird flying while Sam went zooming down the block. By this time Sam had ridden around the block and Slick could not see him. Suddenly Slick heard a yell. Help! it seemed to say. When he reached where the scream had come from, he saw Sam and an huge dog towering over him, and in his mouth was Sam ' s tricycle! Give me back my tricycle, yelled Sam. Slick wanted to make a joke. Gee I can ' t see how that dog can eat that tricycle raw. I would want some salt on it if I were him! . The joke just mad Sam feel worse. I know what I ' ll do! I ' ll tell him it ' s rusty. Hey dog I have never oiled that tricycle, and it ' s very rusty. The trick didn ' t work. The dog just kept on chomping. Do you think he will let go of it? asked Sam. Hopefully not! answered Slick. Suddenly Sam had an idea. He took the feather he had found while he was riding around the block, and started to tickle the dog ' s nose. Ha-ha-ha-Hachoo! The dog spat out the tricycle. That little dog was easy to get rid of, Sam boasted. Suddenly - Bark! Bark! Growl. Oh No! cried Sam, who was behind him, but the dog probably overheard them. They were at the garage door. They quickly opened it and jumped in and quickly locked it! That was a close one! J4Z Poetry Look at the fishes in the water! Look! How they move very sleek and fast Look at the colour the possess and Look how they swim in schools. - Andrew Shailer Trains. Through Hamilton Rushing, Chuggling, tooting. At an incredable speed. Smoky. - Andrew Frith Lions hunters, eaters fighting, hunting, sleeping. Near one I ' d hate- Killers. - Hywel Brown Hamsters Fluffy, greedy, scratching, hoarding, sleeping. I pick him up Cute. - Daryl Fubler 31