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Martins Wood Primary School’s school newspaper written exclusively by the pupils Issue 10, July 2020
By Isobel, Year 6
A few weeks ago, Year 6 came back to school for the first time in
around three months. No one really knew what to expect - not even the
teachers. Saplings went back first, then Year 6 a week later. Then,
both Year 1 and Reception came back. Only three weeks after Year Six
came back, the Year Fives were back.
School feels very different. For example, we have a desk to ourselves
(loads more space!), we don’t have to change from outdoor to indoor
shoes, our bags are on the chair next to you, we come in and leave at
staggered times and we of course have to social distance. Meanwhile
in the younger years, it is not quite as different because they can play
with friends.
If you are still not at school, don’t worry. Eventually, everything will go
back to normal and you will be able to see all your friends and family
without social distancing. Even if you are socially distancing, you still
can have fun with your friends. For example, when Year 6 first came
back, we found quite a few games we could play. These included:
Splat, Guess Who’s Missing, Hide & Seek, Try Not To Laugh, Apple Pie
and you can even play football making sure you social distance and
don’t touch the ball with your hands. We’ve also played Heads Down
Thumbs Up where the people at the front of the classroom select the
people by drawing a line on people’s whiteboards rather than squeez-
ing their thumbs.
Also, as I don’t know that much about Reception and Year 1, I’m going
to ask my sister (Reception) and my cousin (Year 1) about their
thoughts about going back to school.
First, I’m going to interview my sister about her views.
What did it feel like to be back at school and see all of your friends?
I felt a little nervous at first but after quickly getting used to it, it was
so much fun and I was so excited to be back.
What have been your favourite parts of school so far?
Seeing my friends; eating ice cream and having a water fight.
How many people were in your class?
Six children and two teachers.
What changes have taken place in your class?
The bin has a lid, the carpet is gone and the class is smaller, which I
liked because I made new friends and played with new people.
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BACK TO SCHOOL
FOR MARTINS WOOD
WORLD RECORD
BROKEN BY MARTINS
WOOD PARENT
By Mathew, Year 4
On Saturday 11th July, my dad, Simon Jackson, broke the World Rec-
ord for the Indoor 140.6 miles Ironman Distance Triathlon! He had to
row 3.86 km on a rowing machine, cycle 180.25 km on an indoor bike
and the run 42.2 km on a running machine. The previous record was 8
hours, 24 minutes and 47 seconds. We had to wake up at
6.00am because we needed to set up for the event. My Dad
was on 2 radio stations - SG1 Radio and BBC Cambridgeshire.
During the event I played lots of football with friends, cheered
and collected money for Garden House Hospice. My dad was
amazing, excellent and perfect and he broke the GUINNESS
WORLD RECORD by over 7 minutes with the time of 8 hours 17
minutes and 12 seconds. He was amazing and me and my sis-
ter, Rebecca, who is in Year 2, cheered him on the whole way.
Lockdown feelings By Sophie, Year 5
Over the past few months, people across the world have been on
lockdown because of Coronavirus, or as it is also known, Covid 19. These are strange times and for some kids it can feel scary or over
whelming. It is never good keeping stuff inside and it always feels lots better after talking to someone about it so I’ve asked some of
my friends about how they feel about lockdown and here is what
they’ve said:
“I’m liking the slower pace but definitely missing seeing my friends
and family.”
“I’m missing the routine of my normal life and those off-the-cuff days as now we can’t do so many things but I’m enjoying spending
more time with my friends and family.”
“I sometimes lay in bed thinking, when will things become normal
again? And even when things get better I really just wish I could go
back in time and wish this had never happened.”
“I get scared that my family will catch the Coronavirus but I know
that they will get better soon.”
“I’m finding it a bit boring but Facetiming my friends and family
makes it better.”
Everyone is feeling a bit strange at this time, but we just have to
remember: we can get through this!
My experience of Coronavirus
By Megan, Year 5
During lockdown, the whole world changed. Children could not go to
school, parents had to work from home and people became ex-
tremely ill. It has been a worrying time for everybody. Even though it
was a strange experience, there has been lots of special moments
that I will remember. Some of these are playing games with my
friends online, zoom calling my classmates and having my first
takeaway after three months (it was yum!).
I will also remember how brave my Dad was during the lockdown
going out to work every day and my Mum trying hard to home-
school me. When we went out to clap every Thursday to support the
NHS with my neighbours, I felt proud to be part of it. Going out in
the garden was great because the weather was so nice, allowing
myself to do lots of things with my family like playing table tennis. I
felt excited when my friend Grace from my class could finally come
round in the garden, whilst social distancing, and we had a great
time. I hope you have some happy memories too.
By Sophie, Year 5
Michelle Obama was born on the 17th January 1964 in Chicago.
Michelle went to Whitney Young High School and graduated in
1981. She was a good student and was determined to stay out
of trouble. Then Michelle went to Princeton University where she
studied law. She achieved a degree from Harvard Law School in
1988. She met Barack Obama at Sidney Austin, which is a law
firm, and on the 3rd October 1992 they got married. In 1998,
they had their first daughter, Malia Ann and in 2001, they had
their second daughter, Natasha. The family lived on Chicago’s
South Side even when Barack went on his Presidential Cam-
paign in 2008. Michelle said that she had made a commitment
to be away over night only once a week and away on campaign
two days a week and be back on the second night. Barack be-
came President on the 20th of January 2008 and Michelle be-
came the first Black First Lady of the USA. She was the First Lady
for 8 years and finished serving the White house when Barack
stopped being President in 2017. Michelle is known for her hard
work combating racism, feeding hungry children, and being one
of the best First Ladies ever.
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What are you looking forward to in the future?
I can’t wait to have a playdate with my BFF’s and see all my class to-
gether again.
Next, I’m going to interview my cousin about her views.
What did it feel like to be back at school and seeing all of your friends?
It was great to see my friends because I had missed them a lot. I was
pleased to see my teachers again, although I miss Mrs Abdul.
What have been your favourite parts of school so far?
School is really good and my favourite thing has been watching the
seeds grow.
How many people were in your class?
There are seven people in my class and I go on a Thursday and Friday.
What changes have taken place in your class?
The mat in the middle of the class has gone. I have my own desk. I have
so much fun at school. Sometimes we eat our lunch in the classroom
and sometimes we have a picnic in the playground.
What are you looking forward to in the future?
I’m looking forward to having everyone back at school and when the
coronavirus has gone away I can hug my friends again.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse (Movie, 2018, PG) By Daniel, Year 6
Miles Morales was a regular school teenager until he got bitten by a
radioactive spider, turning him in to… Spider-Man! The film contains
several different versions of Spider-Man, each with different powers
and qualities.
The beginning of the movie was quite sad but made me want to keep
watching. The rest of the film is full of top-class action scenes!
Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothom, the
animation of the film was really effective, like when Miles jumps from
a building and the screen flips to create the effect that he is jumping
on to the upside down buildings!
Overall I would give this movie a 10/10 because of the fight scenes
and the animation.
Slime (Book, 2020) By Viraj, Year 6
Slime is a book by David Walliams. It is about a
boy called Ned who lives in the Isle of Mulch where
nasty grown-ups live and make children miserable-
especially him because of his wheelchair. But now
Ned has a secret weapon that will make all the
young people stop feeling miserable. It can be a
dog, or a cat and even a UFO! But can it save the
day? Find out in this brilliantly mad, fun and hilari-
ous story.
BLACKPINK, K-Pop band By Annasia, Year 6
As some of you may or may not know, K-POP girl group BLACKPINK, have begun
their new comeback including a magnificent single “How You Like That”. The song
was produced by YG Entertainment, Interscope Records and of course the queens
themselves, BLACKPINK. This song premiered on YouTube on the girls’ main chan-
nel on 26th June, 2020.
The song uses both Korean and English. On its release day, the song recorded a
smashing 86.3M views! It also broke 3 world records on its release day. The song
became the most viewed YouTube video in 24hrs (since BTS’s 2018 single, “Idol”).
BLACKPINK only release one song a year, so fans (The BLINKS) have been waiting
a long time for this! For some, it did not meet their expectations. But for most
BLINKS, they appreciated the work and effort that had gone in to creating the song.
The music video, outfits, choreography, vocals, rap and overall appearance was just
fantastic in my opinion!
Jisoo looked like a WHOLE QUEEN. Her vocals, riffs and notes in the song are per-
fect! Lisa’s rap brings great diversity to the song too as most of the song is in Eng-
lish.
That’s it for now!
Become a BLINK!
THE PREMIER
LEAGUE IS BACK By Sophie, Year 5
Yes footie fans, you heard correctly: the biggest football league in Eng-
land is back! After the outbreak of Coronavirus, most of the football
leagues across the world came to a stop when lockdown was introduced.
Some of the minor leagues have stopped completely but after the suc-
cess of the German league, Bundesliga, the FA (Football Association)
have allowed the Premier League to continue too. Sadly, the women’s
Super League has come to an end completely. They started back up
again on the 17th and 18th of June but they will play in front of no fans.
There will be Premier League football almost everyday as the FA want
them to catch up so they would have played as many games as they
would have if the games hadn’t stopped. So be sure to turn on your TV’s
and support your favourite team while they battle it out once more.
The Parent Trap (Movie, 1998, PG) By Honey, Year 6
The parent trap is a comedy film. Its about two twins who don’t know they’re twins
and they meet at summer camp and start pulling pranks on each other! When the
pranks go too far the two children get sent to a cabin with just themselves and
realise that they are twins. When they go home, they switch places so that one of
them could see their Mum and one could see their Dad.
When Mum and Dad try to switch them back, the twins hatch plan to try and get
their Mum and Dad back together! The twin’s names are Annie James and Hallie
Parker and both twins were played by Lindsay Lohan and they had to film each
scene twice to film each twin!
Night at the Museum: Se-
cret of the Tomb (Movie,
2014, PG) By Ellie, Year 6
Larry Daley, played by Ben Stiller, works as the special effects man
at the American Museum of Natural History . On the re-opening of
the Hayden planetarium, which is inside the museum, the exhibits,
which come alive at night, start acting abnormally due to a magic
Egyptian tablet. Larry explains to Dr. Mc Phee, who is played by
Ricky Gervais , says that the magic tablet weakens the exhibits,
and will eventually make them lifeless. Larry persuades Dr Mcphee
to let him go to the English Natural History Museum to save the
exhibits from turning into complete wax.
I would say this film fits into four genres; comedy because there
were many hilarious scenes, adventure because they have to com-
plete a quest to save everyone, family because you could definitely
watch this with younger children and adults alike, because there
are no violent or underage scenes in this film and lastly, fantasy
because the exhibits are not actually alive and are just wax figures.
I would definitely watch the first two films in the series before
watching this so that you have a better understanding of the plot.
This film is one of my favourites and I would thoroughly recom-
mend it.
Altogether I would rate this movie 4 stars, out of 5 and I would
recommend this to ages 6 and up because there aren't any fright-
ening scenes.
Throughout the whole film, my eyes were stuck to the screen! The
movie is fantastic, you should definitely watch it!
Toy Story 4 (Movie, 2019, U) By Lenny, Year 6
The saga continues and this could be the last adventure for Woody and the gang!
I loved the plot and the drama was outstanding. Woody and his friends set off for
the carnival, in search for their friend, Bo Peep. Along the way, we meet new
characters who are amazing! I would give this film 4.5 stars out of 5 and I think it
is the best one yet!
The film was directed by Josh Cooley and stars the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen
and Keanu Reeves. The film’s running time is 1hour and 40 minutes.
The film was very funny. Bravo Pixar, bravo!