Issue

7

Inside: books! Pictures! Ghosts! Slime! Unicorns! And a scientific controversy is settled for ever. Maybe.

Reach tall, aim for the stars!

by Sameen | Year 6 Willow

In the past few months, everyone has been thinking about a new logo for our marvellous school. A lot of the pupils’ designs featured

a tree inside a circle with a globe instead of green leaves which was surrounded by young

children holding hands. While this shows how international our school is, many of the other schools have this kind of design for their logo. Teachers were really keen on the idea of stars being in the logo as the idea of

‘reach for the stars’ is possible for any child in New Marston. The teachers decided to choose

three colours to represent the school – yellow for Early Years, green for KS1 and red for KS2.So, what is our new logo? Well, here it is: just like

all the children’s ideas, the logo includes a tree with, instead of leaves or the world, stars in yellow, green, red and blue. At first, the tree was drawn in a circle; the teachers decided that it should be more open as we all have open hearts for new people.

Throughout the process Ms Smith and our logo designer, Harvey Wilson, have been consulting the thoughts of the School Council, Years 2 and 3, and school staff, parents, and governors.

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Also to mention that we liked some other designs: Sameen (Year 6), Meghna (Year 1), Izzie (Year 2) and Isobel (Year 4).

Things that trigger meby Otis | Year 6 Elm

If you have had the wonderful privilege of speaking to the one-and-only me, then you are most likely aware of the incredibly vast list of

things that trigger me. Triggering is essentially an extreme annoyance based around annoying things – and these things vary a lot depending on what kind of person you are. If you are a perfectionist, then things like misspellings and litterers might trigger you; if you are a gamer, sub-1 KDRs and noobs might trigger you. My list is… long. And today I shall share part of it with you!1. Commas separating independent clauses. Things

like “I like ham quite a lot, I like cheese too.” A comma is not powerful enough! Two independent clauses must be separated by something like a conjunction or a semi-colon, not a comma!

2. People pretending they can solve the Rubik’s Cube. No they cannot. No they have not done it before. No they cannot solve it in five seconds. And no you don’t do the same thing again and again. Nothing more needs to be said.

3. 6 x 0 = 6, obviously!4. “What, you’ve memorized a few digits of pi? Nerd!”5. Rolexes/Lamborghinis/Designer clothes etc. The

only reason people buy them is to show off all the money they have.

6. Dabbing *inhales deeply* is *wheezing* dead. Rest in cringy pieces. It is a criminal offence, and special anti-terrorist forces are likely on site - they have gone through unspeakable processes to obtain a state of mind where they are immune to dabbing. In fact, the UN is to sign a treaty banning all “cringe warfare”: and I am personally beginning a campaign to have medics on sight carrying professionally created Vine compilations in case of a cringe attack – this is similar to a heart attack, except its fatality rate is 84% and simple CPR is ineffective.

7. Casual unacknowledged sexism. *cough cough* As I write this I have recently encountered that of a… inadequate state of mind. These sorts of going-ons must be stopped. Refrain from everyday expressions like “ladies and gentlemen” and “oh, man” – these are examples of how we are often unconsciously being sexist – and we need to do our best to stop it.

Slime time! by Amie & Charlotte | Year 4 Aspen & Year 5 Hawthorn

Slime is the new craze! Slime is a crunchy, stretchy, bubbly goo, well it is not a goo texture because it pokes and clicks and when someone

says slime the first thing you probably think of is goo and bins and flies, but this slime isn’t anything near that. Wanna know how to make it? You’ll see…

Ingredients• PVA glue• Eye contact solution• Water• Baking soda [ optional]• Food colouring [optional]• bowl• mixing tool

How to make slime:First grab your bowl and add as much glue as you wish (the amount of glue is the amount of slime). Then add some food colouring mix that up. Add eye contact solution then the slime should start to form if your slime is not what you want it to be add eye contact solution or water or baking soda (this makes it crunchy). Then mix it and knead if sticky. ENJOY!

Here are some kinds of slime from the slime world;Fluffy, Crunchy, Clear, Fishbowl, Floam, Butter,

Jelly Cube, Orb, Bead, Metallic, Jiggly, Edible, Glow In The Dark, Colour – Changing, Scented, Putty, Cloud.

You can make basic slime which we gave you the recipe for and add different ingredients or use clear glue to create the cool slimes from the slime world.

By Isobel | Year 2 Yew

Orange is the colour the sun because…Because Duncan in The Day The Crayons Quit

says so (in Monkey Island and Meet the Zookeeper).Because Green Crayon, me, says so.And because me and Orange Crayon, who is Jade,

are saying so.

Orange is the colour of the sun

“Triggering is essentially an extreme annoyance based around annoying things – and these things vary a lot depending on what kind of person you are. My list is… long”

Depressionby Ethan | Year 6 Elm

/dɪ̍ prɛʃ(ə)n/ People say they experience ‘Depression’ yet they do not they’re only experiencing sadness.

If you are sad you shouldn’t say you’re depressed to draw attention, you should tell somebody: an adult, a good friend or just call ChildLine and they could help sort out your sadness – 0800 1111 it’s free to call . If you say you’re depressed to people you’re most definitely not depressed. The people who are depressed hide their sadness the best, so it’s impossible to notice.

Painting rainbowsby Skye & Isobel | Year 2 Yew

Warning: not suitable for people who do not like scary stories!

by Emil | Year 6 Willow

This story all started when Dr. Ralston was about to pack up, when he heard a loud knock on the door.

It was a little girl, she was around 7 or 8, and she looked worried and anxious, “What’s wrong?” he said, “My mummy is really ill, can you save her?” she cried,

“What is wrong with her?” “Just come please I beg you “ Dr. Ralston dashed

inside, snatched his coat of the coat hanger ran outside and followed the little girl towards here house. When they got inside, the little girl disappeared, Dr. Ralston thought she would Be playing. Finally he managed to cure the mother, “Thank you” the mother said, “Don’t thank me, thank your daughter” The laddie looked astonished, “What is wrong?” the doctor said, “Did you just say my daughter?” the laddie said, “yes Why?” he said, “Well I thought she died three months ago?” she said with a shocked tone in her voice.

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The Iron Manby Amelie & Yara | Year 3 Poplar & Rowan

This story is about a robot made out of iron. It is written by Ted Hughes. We are reading this in class. We like this story because it is very interesting. The story has lots of themes. There is a boy and a farm and a dragon and a star spirit.

Our teacher reads some of the book and then we take it in turns reading. Sometimes she asks us what we think, and questions about it, like “What do you think will happen next in the story?” Sometimes our guesses are more fun than what happens. Sometimes not.

Got any stories? Any great books, games, music or

films to shout about? Photos or pictures? Anything to share?

Pass them on to Ms Salido and get

them in one of our next issues.

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by Sameen | Year 6 Willow

Part 2

Meanwhile, Rosie, sitting beside a tree, had her face in her hands; she was sobbing. “Why do they have to pick on me?” She

thought. Just then, she felt a soft hand rest gently on her shoulders. She looked up to see who it was that was so kind to bother coming up to her.

“Why are you crying, dear?” asked Mrs Best, the head teacher.

“Oh, Mrs Best. I am ashamed of myself!” Rosie sobbed.

“Why?” she asked sitting beside Rosie.“Oh I could never have the courage to tell! I’m too

scared.”“Well, that is what I am for. I don’t want anybody

to be so unhappy at this school and you know that quite well Rosie, don’t you?” Mrs Best said. “Now tell me dear, what is wrong?” Mrs Best was such a kind-hearted, gentle woman that Rosie could not resist telling her.

“It’s this: Melinda, Ellie and Lily bully me every day. They say hurtful things about me. And they once told the whole class that I stepped in cow poo on purpose! But I didn’t! They made me step in mud to prove it. And now, I have not a single friend!” at this, Rosie put her face in her hands and started crying.

“Oh dear. That was very mean thing they did,” said Mrs Best. “No wonder why they have such bad manners and scornful faces!” Rosie nodded at this. She always hated the very thought of their faces: always scrunched up with rudeness and unkindness.

“I know exactly what you should do, Rosie. It’s the school meeting tomorrow, isn’t it? Well, you can tell Julian and Anne about them in front of the whole school. That way, Melinda, Ellie and Lily would be punished publicly and that would do them good!” Mrs Best advised putting her arm around Rosie.

“You know, Rosie, every person has courage in them

to do anything. You just have to get hold of it.”

Rosie and the bullies “I have lots of other things to do. So you go along and make friends with the new girl. I think her name is Jenny. And I will do a few things to make your life easy, alright?”

The school meeting was held just before home time on Fridays. It was a time when the children shared good and bad deeds of other children. They would either be praised or punished. Julian and Anne were the judges – they were there to decide how the children should be punished or awarded.

“Thank you Mrs Best. I feel much better now. But I don’t think I can make friends with Jenny so easily.” Rosie sighed.

“Oh that’s just the thing I hate about children! You know, Rosie, every person has courage in them to do anything. You just have to get hold of it. Now come on.” she said getting up.

She walked off after giving Rosie a kind smile. Rosie got up and began walking to her usual hiding place, behind the shed. Just as she turned round the corner, she bumped into a girl. It was Jenny.

“What are you doing here?” Rosie asked.“I’m sorry.” Jenny replied. Her head was lowered

and when she looked up, her eyes were red. “Are you okay?” Rosie asked kindly.“No. It’s Melinda. She said I smelt like rotten

cheese in break and now she’s saying I’m nothing but trouble! And that nobody cares about me because I only care about myself! But it’s so not true.” Said Jenny with tears in her eyes.

“Oh, those bullies! They’re always troubling someone,” Rosie said. Jenny nodded as if she agreed with Rosie.

“Come on,” Rosie said putting her arm around her new friend. “Let’s be friends.”

“Oh thank you, Rosie!” Jenny said smiling. Together, they decided to complain about the horrible girls the next day. And, now that they had each other, they felt much more confident in taking any big step.

by Perin | Year 5 Silver Birch

Unicorns are basically ponies but with cones on their head. Unicorns are my favourite animals. You can get different colour unicorns like white, pink and if you’re lucky you can get yellow ones!

The unicorns eat candy and poop out candyfloss.

by Lilli | Year 3 Poplar

Unicorns are magical! Even though unicorns are not real, I believe in them. You guys might not believe in them. I believe unicorns make your dreams come true.

I am decorating my room in unicorns. I hope to get more things to put in my room. I got a unicorn eye mask. I wore it last night. It was really itchy but nice.

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