Volunteered recently?  Maybe you helped do some work at school or maybe you helped clean up the environment? Whatever it is, big or small, YOU should be recognised for it! There are several schemes out there which award YOU for volunteering. Continue reading to find out more… (Did I mention that “Volunteering” also includes helping out at NYPO? *wink*).

World Wide Volunteering

World Wide Volunteering (WWV) is a scheme which aims to encourage young people to volunteer. If you have done 25 hours of volunteering – ANY volunteering that is – you are eligible for the Bronze award. If you do another 25 hours, you get the Silver and if you do another 50 hours (25 + 25 + 50 = 100 hours), you get the ultimate… Gold certificate. What’s great about the WWV is that it is UCAS recognised (or so it claims). So, for all you Asians (or people with Asian-like parents) out there whose parents have been training you up to get into Cambridge University since the day you were born, this is a great way to Read the rest of this entry »

A 13 year old boy, named Visnu Jayaseelan, has managed to meet some of the famous people just by living in Newham. Some of the people he met  included an MP and the Newham Mayor. Visnu also saw John Abraham, a famous Bollywood actor, at Poplar DLR station while he was shooting a scene for a film. Visnu met the group Flavour from the reality show Britain’s Got Talent. He was very excited to meet them and they taught him and his class mates some of their dance moves which they all loved.

Aside from meeting famous people, Visnu is probably on his way to becoming one of them one day! He is a hardworking individual who has won many awards at school. These include the Jack Patchy Award, which he got for cooking! Visnu’s school teacher saw that Visnu was doing extremely well in his cooking class, and Read the rest of this entry »

Who is Nadine Lesforis???

Nadine is an extremely talented pianist. She has played the piano in the school assembly. Imagine how terrifying it must have been. I interviewed her about how she first learnt to play. She said that it was in school in music lesson when she was 12 years old. She realised she had a natural talent for it and so she kept at it and enjoyed it. She can also play the clarinet which she also performed in front of everyone when she was just only 10 years old. But underneath all this talent she is just an ordinary 13 year old girl in an ordinary school.

Funny stuffs

Nadine loves a bit of mischief, probably because she is the youngest of her 3 sisters. Once she started a food fight in her school. Everyone got involved chucking bits of mash and sausages! She didn’t want to get dirty so she hid under the table after doing the deed. Luckily Read the rest of this entry »

Its 4.05 in the morning, looking at the alarm clock from the corner of my eye, pressing the snooze button from time to time, unaware that today may be the last day of this blessed month of Ramadan. As usual, no alarm clock had been able to wake me up on time but the non-stop alarm of my mum dragged me out of bed and got me ready for Sehri (The morning meal before fast). After finishing the meal, I rushed to my local mosque for the sunrise prayer.

It’s 6.25 in the morning. I am the only one awake, with everyone having gone back to sleep, I finish reciting the Holy Quran. Sitting down near the window observing the time between dawn and sunrise, a thought is triggered in my mind about my Ramadan last year. I rewind my time to the point of my first day at college. I remember, in the fasting condition, I was passing through the library. It was a short while before I noticed the poster of Mahatma Gandhi on the wall ahead of me. That was the time when I was more proud to be an Indian than anyone and anything, so I went close to the poster, gazing at it for a while and reading a quote below it from Gandhi, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

Unaware of the value of the quote and ignorant of the value of Islam, I smiled at it and walked away. Today, I realised Read the rest of this entry »

DANCE! It either brings you on to the dance floor or it makes you want to run away. Either way it makes time fly by because you are having fun. It creates a warm lively atmosphere which can bring family and friends closer together. The different types of dance are: salsa where you have to be flexible, Indian where there is more hand movements, Bollywood is a mix of everything, Street dance is more locking and popping and Classical is sharp movements. All of these styles form different rhythms to create a whole dance piece.

I enjoy dance because it keeps me active at home and in class, it keeps me healthy and fit, it is fun. I can make new friends and meet different people each time a new term starts. It makes me happy and gives me an opportunity to teach my family and friends who don’t go to the class but enjoy dance. It also gives me lots of chances to perform in and out of Newham in front of hundreds of people. Read the rest of this entry »

Hello and welcome all, to the brand new fabulouso and one of a kind Hyperzine!

The Hyperzine is THE online magazine for young people – yes that’s you- and anyone who works with young people, in Newham.

The Hyperzine will feature articles on things that interest young people in Newham – things that are happening in Newham for young people, and of course other young people’s thoughts and interesting ideas and more!

The Hyperzine will also feature interviews with the not-so-ordinary young people in Newham and the many extraordinary things that they do (trust us, there are a LOT of young people out there doing amazing things!).

The Hyperzine aims to be updated with articles twice every week.  If you are interested in joining the team, please get in touch by emailing hyperzine@nypo.org

The Hyperzine has been made possible thanks to Newham Young People Online, the group of young people interested in its motto: Imagine. Create. Communicate. They meet regularly on Thursdays and Saturdays at the Little Ilford Youth Zone in Manor Park. For more information about this click here.