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MY ACHIEVEMENT WIN! Tell us about your achievement – something you're proud of! If it's published, you'll receive an prize! To enter, attach to your entry coupon on page 60 and send it in OR enter at the Upstart Friendship Club, www.upstartmag.co.nz. Entries close 31 March 2012. Singing success Hi Upstart, Recently I entered a competition called Westfield's 5 Minutes of Fame. There were about 10 other contestants on the day. First, we had the heats and everyone did really well! I performed a song that I wrote called Why and came second. The girl who came first was amazing. She did a dance to one of the songs off the movie, Schindler's List so it was quite a powerful dance and she deserved the win. She won an iPod shuffle and I won a $50 iTunes voucher. Then we went through to the semi-finals and I came first against the dancer from our heat and all the other winners from the other heats. I won $100 in Westfield vouchers! I bought an iPod Touch. Then they videoed my song and put it on their website for people to vote for the best out of all the semi-finalists in New Zealand! Unfortunately I didn't win but I did come third! – NAKITA TURNER, 12, Rangiora New Life School, Christchurch achievements! Other Hi Upstart, I have been helping with the Environthon at my school. I won a book called Planet Earth as a prize for caring so much about the plants at my school. I never picked flowers from the century garden – JANE TIKHOMIROVA, 7, Elm Park School, Mt Wellington, Auckland 48 February / March 2012 ch 2012 Sew good! Hi Upstart, In the holidays I made a t-shirt. I went to Spotlight and chose a pattern and some material. Mum let me use her sewing machine to make the top, and after a bit of frustration and perseverance I turned out with this top – SUMMER PRITCHARD, 10, Westmere Primary School, Auckland The Spirit of Adventure is a large sailing ship for young people. That's the spirit! Hi Upstart, I was one of 10 people in a school of 400 to get chosen to go on the Spirit of New Zealand for one week. The Spirit of New Zealand is a large sailing ship that kids are selected to sail. We did heaps of school activities which earned us points. Every morning we had to get up at 6.30am and jump into the sea! Our team won the competition trophy – BROOKE MOORE, Manawatu College, Foxton Hi Upstart, At the end of year assembly I received an award for the Otago Problem Solving Test and achieved a Merit. Thank you so much God for helping me learn heaps and achieve my goal of receiving a reward for being smart. Remember, readers are achievers! – MIKALIS THOMPSON, 12, Redwoodtown School, Blenheim Hi Upstart, I got a Principal's Award for my descriptive story, It's War, Tia!. My sister and I featured in the school newsletter – NADIA HIGGINS, 8, Murupara School, Whakatane You always pass failure on the way to success. Upstart This is me on the yard swing! FUN!