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!