The Winter Word

Bickerstaffe School Magazine Issue TWOTHE WINTER WORDTHE WINTER

ChristmasnativityPupils put on agreat show

Meet ouramazing scienceteacherMr Hall

Spot theMoshisMonster madness inside

THE MAGAZINE FULL OF SURPRISES

FILM REVIEWS • PHOTOS • STORIES • FIND THE MOSHI • INTERVIEWSPLUS!

ALSO

HappyChristmas!

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A small schoolwith a big heart

Tel. 01695 722 957 www.bickerstaffe.lancsngfl.ac.uk

Bickerstaffe C.E. School, Hall Lane, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, L39 0EH

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KERSTAFFE

C.E. SCHOOL

We aim for every child to achievetheir full potential

As a Church school we also aim to develop Christian values and foster a respect for other people and their beliefs.

Bickerstaffe C.E. School


Pupils meet Olympic Gymnasts

Interview with Mr Hall

Chatting with Mrs Owen

Our Top Ten

Movie Reviews

Find all the Moshi Monsters

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Welcome to the Christmas special issue of theWinter Word. This mag will tell you all aboutthe latest news from Bickerstaffe School. Wehope you enjoy this festive edition of secrets,comics, interviews and reviews. With somenew recruits in the editorial team we’vecreated what we think is even better than ourprevious issue. Caught on camera we’ve gotjuicy photographs from the main events whichhave taken place this term. We chat with MrHall and Mrs Owen plus the team send a letterto Olympic cyclist Bradley Wiggins and wait inhope for an interview next year.

The Editorial TeamIsobel Housley, Sophie Ruddock, Jospeh Ormesher, Lawrie O’Brien, AlexBrogan, Alex Berimbau, Elliot Warwick and Jessica Burgess.

Welcome!

ISSUE TWO

Front cover design: Editorial teamFront cover captions: Lawrie O’BrienMasthead design: Jessica BurgessFront cover photographs: Editorial teamContents page design: Sophie RuddockSpecial thanks to: Jon Ashburner and David Fillingham Photography,Fillingham Photography - 01695 729 933.

The Winter Word has been created and produced by the Bickerstaffe School Editorial Team.

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Winter News

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Christmas Cracker Run

Tour of Bickerstaffe

Tag Trauma

Relay Rush

Team Bickerstaffe meet Team GB

Food Glorious Food

The Bickerfold Challenge

Dazzling Performances


On Wednesday 5 December Bickerstaffe School ran the second Bickerfold Challenge cross countryrun in Southport. The race was against Pinfold School but with different children running for eachteam. There were 30 runners in total and it was a distance of 2.2 kilometres. As it was the secondrace of the series some children achieved personal best times which were a great achievement.

Reuben and Olivia from Bickerstaffe improved their times along with Emma, Harry, Taylor, Joe, Keiraand Grace from Pinfold. Winning the junior race for a second rime was Elliot Warwick from

Bickerstaffe School and also bringing it home once again for Bickerstaffe School was Olivia O’Brienfor the infants. No pressure then for the next race? It was a really cold day and as therunners set off into the sunset dressed as mini Santas and reindeers it was a great sightto see. Once again Mrs Teachen had put together fantastic goody bags which all thechildren couldn’t wait to open and it was beaming smiles all round when they pulled

out real running medals!

Christmas Cracker Run

Ho ho ho

Head countbefore the race

Little Santa Where didall the otherSantas go?

The moment is here

Bickerfold Challenge gets festive

• Words by Elliot Warwick •

Reindeer onthe loose – Thomas

flies home

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Get ready for a great race

Just finished

On your marks, get set, GO!

Jacob watches on

Reuben wraps-up the race insecond place

Come on Bailey

Olivia brings it home forthe infants in first place

Mrs Teachen withMillie and Sophie Running into the sunset

Elliot proves heis number one! Infants line up

Team Bickerstaffegets behind Alicja

Keeping warm number 18

Great goody bagsfor all the racers

Freya drives acrossthe finish line

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On Monday 10 September there was a special road cycle race called the ‘Tour of Britain’. The raceinvolved cyclists racing from Nottingham all the way to Knowsley Safari Park and included

Olympic gold medallist and Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins. As a special treat pupils wereallowed to go and watch the race as the cyclists sped through Barrow Nook. Some children wenthome first and their parents took them to see the race whilst other pupils were walked from school

the one mile route down the road to watch. Before and after the cyclists went past lots of carsincluding police and other official vehicles passed by and everyone got really excited. The onlything higher than all the banners we were holding up were our voices as we eagerly awaited thearrival of the real cyclists. Just as everyone became a little bored of waiting suddenly a car with acycle on its roof came past. The next moment happened in a flash as about 200 cyclists zoomed

past and were gone as quickly as they had arrived. It was a really colourful sight with theirdifferent coloured shirts. It was truly amazing to watch and parents along with pupils had great

fun enjoying a moment in history for Bickerstaffe.

Tour of Bickerstaffe• Words by Alex Brogan and Jessica Burgess •

Olivia and Faith await thearrival of Mark Cavendish

Lawrie and Isaacsupport Cav and Wiggo

Even the phone boxgets all patrioticAll lined up and ready

Where are they? Lots of waiting

Cyclists come to town

Streets are filled with supporters

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Nearly here

Go Bradley Go!Police lead the way

Wheely good fun

Silly faces

Bradley Wiggins in the centre

Reception banner

There they go...

Here they come...

Wiggo!

All wrapped up

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On 16 October a group of pupils from class four went to Ormskirk Rugby club to take part ina tag rugby tournament. The schools that took part included St Johns, Pinfold and TownGreen. After five games Bickerstaffe had won two, lost two and drew one. Great job guys!

With that score we got into the semi-finals but unfortunately had to pull out of the comp dueto injury. Although we got a nice surprise when one of the schools old rugby legends MattyWebster came to the game to support some of his rugby pals, so not all was lost. Isobel

Housley who has competed in all seven tag rugby games, said: “The whole experience wasamazing, just seeing so many schools gathered together to play...tag rugby!”

Tag Trauma• Words by Isobel Housley •

Schools take part in tag rugby games

Pre-match team hug

Nice pass Isobel Elliot hands onGetting ready

Jacob goes in for the tackle The chase is on

Which way now!?

Tunnel finalè

On the run

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A composite relay is a race with four pupils representing each year group from juniors. There were eightpupils from Bickerstaffe School, one boy and one girl from each year. All schools converged at OrmskirkHigh School field to compete in a series of relay races. The course was long and you had to have yourwits about you because of the number of teams. The start always has tussle and bustle which can makeit difficult to get into your stride pattern. Both teams performed well despite a hugely competitive field

and showed real determination in their races. Demonstrating great relay technique the baton exchangebetween each pupil was seamless and running club practise certainly paid off for some of the team. Therelay was once again a good experience for all the children and a wonderful opportunity to meet other

local schools and compete in a really exciting race.

• Words by Isobel Housley •

Teams compete to win race

Bethan sprints to the line

Reuben strides homeIsobel shows greatdeterminationTeam warm-up

Jake gets a great start Perfect exchange

Jessica completes the final leg Great team relay

Relay Rush

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On 21 September the reporters Isobel Housely and Lawrie O’Brien went to Liverpool’s town hall to interviewOlympic and Paralympic athletes. A really exciting occasion was made even more exciting when wearrived at the same time as bronze medallist Beth Tweddle and fellow gymnasts Hannah Wheelan and

Rebecca Tunney. To be in a building like a palace and a room with Dan Highcock, wheelchair basketballstar, was fantastic. There was red carpet all the way up the stairs, a crystal chandelier hanging from theceiling and a gold banister which went on forever and it felt epically amazing. We interviewed everyonefrom paralympian athlete David Devine to Natasha Jonas who made history when she became the first

ever British female boxer to compete at an Olympics. The size of hepthathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompsonwas unbelievable, she must be six foot! Following all our questions to the athletes the mic was turned on

the two of us when we got interviewed by Radio Merseyside.

• Words by Isobel Housely and Lawrie O’Brien •

Question time for Olympic athletes at Liverpool’s town hall

Pulling no puncheswith Natasha Jonas

Isobel and Lawrie withthe Olympic torch

Inspired by her familyTeam GB footballer Jill Scotttells Lawrie and Isobel thatMo Farrah is the funniestmember of Team GB

In safe hands with Natasha Jonas

The big questions! “How oldwere you when you started

Beth?” “Seven” says Beth Tweddle

Rubbing shoulders withTeam GB gymnasts

Team Bickerstaffemeet Team GB

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How old were you when you started Beth Tweedle - 7

Rebecca Tunney - 5Hannah Whelan - 6

How did you start gymnastics?Beth - Gymnastics club

Rebecca - Gymnastics clubHannah - Gymnastics club

Which countries are you a rival to?China, Russia and USA

How many Olympics have you been to?Beth - 3

Rebecca - 1Hannah - 2

Is this your last Olympics? Beth - Yes

Hannah - NoRebecca - No

How long have you been training for?Beth - 20 years

Hannah - 14 yearsRebecca - 11 years

Who do you get along with in Team GB?Gymnastic squad and everyone else.

Where were you born?Beth - South Africa

Hannah - Singapore then moved to Texas in USA, then Stockport in EnglandRebecca - England

How many medals have you got? They all said lots!

Who inspired you? Kelly Holmes and Paula Radcliffe.

• Interview by Isobel Housely and Lawrie O’Brien •

Beth Tweedle • Rebecca Tunney • Hannah Whelan

Chatting withOlympic Gymnasts

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Jessica Burgess went along to this year’s food festival with her camera and notebook to capture theday. The festival took place in October this year at Moss House Farm and after a week of rain the sunfinally arrived as stallholders set up for an eagerly awaited day of trading. Fudge Heads stall was runby an enterprising team of pupils, Faith Currie, Thomas and Sophie Ralfs with Lawrie and Olivia O’Brien.Stallholders the previous year they thought the day was amazing and loved selling their homemadefudge. A visitor to the festival, Pam Burgess said: “My favourite stall was the giant pie shop and I’vereally enjoyed buying lots of different food”. With cheese, bread, tasty soup, delicious cakes and so

much local produce, all from Lancashire, to taste and for sale. A great day was enjoyed by everyone.

Food Glorious Food Words by Jessica Burgess

Chocolate heaven

Spot the difference

Cake decoratingfor children

Raffle prize-winnerI don’t want to getmy hands dirty

Holy Trinity cake stallPlease miss can Ihave some more...

Still haven’t gotthat after taste out

All smilesHappy stallholderin the sunshineDoodle time

BaileyOlversonwith howmany ice-creams?

It’s a hard job butsomeone’s got to do it –flapjack judges tuck in Ah how cute – we mean the one on the right!

The Ventre family getcreative with cakes

An autumnal feast at Bickerstaffe food festival

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Come on in

Come on down to the food festival

Lovely Lancashiresauce please

Breadgalore

Camron Ventrepulls out the winnerof ‘name the hen’

competition

Fudge Heads – Lawrie, Thomas and Faith

Fudge anybody?Askew leeksare in town

Bailey and Cole Olversonselling local farm produceShirley Cox, Mrs Bell,

Mrs Hall and LillyCox serve up a treat

Cabbage Box The three amigos

Anybodyknowwherethe tap

is?

Anyone for cakePlease giveto the farmShirley’s yummy piesBirds of prey display

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On 12 October behind Dobbies Garden Centre in Southport it was the first race of the BickerfoldChallenge in a series of six races in total. The race was against Pinfold School as they are a nearbyschool who also have a running club and they are a small school too. In total there were 30 runners

with 16 children from Bickerstaffe School competing. The course was winding with some up and downparts to it and was a whopping 2.2 kilometers long. Elliot Warwick won the juniors race with a time of8.31 mins and Olivia O’Brien won the infants race with a time of 12.15 mins and overall BickerstaffeSchool held the top 11 places. It was a great event with proper race numbers pinned on our tops,

race marshals and a pace setter at the front. As each runner crossed the line the spectators cheeredand our times were recorded. Just like in all professional races we also each got a fantastic goody

bag with a medal, running top and lots of other cool stuff.

The Bickerfold Challenge

On your marks, get set, GO!

Chasing the hare

Eleanor drivesall the wayto the finish

Reubenstrides home

Lawrie supportsKieran to the finish

Joe digs into the end

Olivia finishes strong Keiran comes homeSophie a great

little number oneJasmine sprints in

Infants at the ready Dig inJacob checks behind

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Nothing betweenLawrie and Jacob

Come on! Strike a pose

We are family

A medal

Boys get ready

So tired Girls together

Team Bickerstaffe!Trolley dash

Looking relaxed

Almost there

Eva, Olivia and Jasmineawait the race

Huffs and puffs

Finally the goody bag

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WINTER NEWSTaking a peak at our favourite recent news stories

On 10 December a very special boy won an Olympics TeamGB BMX style stunt scooter. Kieran, a Year 4 pupil entered theLancashire Council’s school competition to design a Christmascard. The aim of the game was to design the best Christmascard for a chance to win some fantastic prizes. There wereseven prizes in total with the top prize being an Olympics TeamGB racing BMX bike. Kieran was delighted with his prize andproudly walked through school clutching it in his arms. He says:“I did not think I would win, I was just in it for fun. Although Idid it all by myself my mum and dad taught me how to draw.There was a slight worry along the way though as one of mypens ran out while I was making the card.”

With hundreds of local children entering thecompetition it is great for a pupil from BickerstaffeSchool to scoop a top prize.

EYES ON THE PRIZEInspired by theOlympics theeditorial teamhave sent aletter whichthey hopelands inBradley

Wiggins post box, requesting aninterview. As yet there has beenno news but as we near the endof 2012 we will be keeping ourfingers crossed for a reply in 2013.

OUR LETTER TO BRADLEY...Dear Bradley Wiggins,We are very proud of you winninggold medals in the Olympics andwinning the Tour de France. Youhave inspired lots of adults andchildren especially our school. Instage two of the Tour of Britain ourschool walked a mile to watch therace and then we walked a mileback. Everyone who watched youwas so excited to see you on yourbike. If possible please may JessicaBurgess and Alex Brogan meet youso we can interview you for ourschool magazine. We would havereally good questions for you. Wecome from Bickerstaffe C.E Primaryschool. The reason why we wouldlike to interview you is because weare in a group called the editorialteam and we would like you to goin the school magazine called TheJuicy Word . Surely, you’d love tobe in our magazine because wegive a magazine to everyone in theschool and also our localcommunity, you would be seen inthe magazine by lots of people ofdifferent ages. Our school also hasa club called BickerBickers wherewe learn to ride bikes andsomeone in our school could be asfamous as you perhaps in thefuture!

We hope to hear from you soon.Best wishes, Jessica & AlexP.S We hope you get better verysoon after your accident!

PLEASE MR POSTMAN

After visualising mybackstroke all day and arrivingfor the gala at St Edwards’sCollege, I was disappointedwhen all the races werecancelled due to a brokenpump. However whenSaturday came I woke upready to go again. I chilled outand ate loads and loads ofcarbs for energy beforesetting off for thewarm-ups in theafternoon. My palLawrie came withmy mum, dad andJessica to support meand watch theswimming gala. Myfirst race was 100mbreaststroke,which isfour

lengths of the pool. As I stoodon my blocks I glanced side toside, OMG, the boys next tome had beards and chest hairwith muscles. Surely they werenot nine years old like me. Ithought to myself “oh no!”My second race was the 200mmedley and our club championrecord holder for this race is

THE Michael RockOlympic swimmer.This is eightlengths long andonce again the

other competitorswere all over 13years old. My thirdrace was 50m

breaststrokeand myfinal raceof the day

was 200m freestyle. Oh mywas I tired by the last race. As Iswam the last race I glancedaround to see where everyonewas as I still had two lengthsto go. I was gutted when Irealised they had all finishedtwo lengths ahead of me but Iwas not giving up as I knew bythe size of them that theywould probably win. My mumand everyone were cheeringmy name which made meswim faster.

When I got out of the poolthe timekeepercongratulated me on doingreally well for my age andall the people watchingwere still cheering andclapping which made mefeel really proud.

Club championships gala

By Alex Berimbau

By Joseph Ormesher

Kieran scoots to victory

WELLDONEKIERAN!

Joseph Ormesher

GOODJOBJOSEPH!

Letter to Bradleyawaits reply

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As summer term finishedwe were all looking forwardto getting the firstBickerstaffe school eggs. Thehens got off to an egg’sellentstart in September and didn’tdisappoint. Pupils have beenfinding eggs on a daily basissince as the hens are verygood layers. At the food

festival in October Class 4baked cookies using theschool eggs that the hens hadlaid. As the eggs are notfertilised we know we will notbe getting any new chicks,however getting eggs everyday that we can eat isbrilliant. Children havingschool dinner have been able

to have a little taste as theeggs have been used inpuddings. The hens are alsogetting bigger every day andhave really settled into theirhen house, designed andbuilt by Mr Hall and Class 4in July. It seems a long timeago that our hens were still intheir eggs. They follow youaround and have beautifulcolours. Mr Hall has set up aYoung Engineers club whohave once again been verybusy and also enterprising.The first hen feeder has beenmade to order and more areon their way.

Hens in school rock andthey all now have newnames following thecompetition held at thefood festival. They reallyare part of the family.

EGG’SELLENT HENSBickerstaffe school eggs

WINTER NEWS

By Alex Brogan and Jessica Burgen

Stepping up tomake a difference

As a newchair of thegoverningbody, PaulWilcox, takesover fromJohn Mercerthere are twonew

appointments to the board also.Elected as parent governors bothAlan Ralfs and Lucy Bray take uptheir new positions with enthusiasmand excitement. Isobel Housley andLawrie O’Brien chatted to themabout their hopes for their new roles.Both parents are really interested inhelping to run the school and tosupport Mrs Hall as headteacher.Following nominations being putforward Alan and Lucy heard thenews of their appointments fromMrs Hall. Alan says: “I am lookingforward to the role and hopefullymaking a difference, helping schooland working as part of a team.” Asresidents of the local communityboth parents already enjoy beingactively involved in different activitiesand see the role of a schoolgovernor strengthening those links.School governors have a wide rangeof responsibilities and the positionbrings a requirement to becommitted to working in the bestinterest of children’s education.Asked about the amount of papersto be read, meetings to attend andthe extra work involved Lucy says:“Sometimes I may have to misssome of the things I normally do likeputting my children to bed, however

by offering mytime andenergy I amlookingforward tomaking avaluablecontribution toschool.”

If being approachable, openand enthusiastic arerequirements we think Alan andLucy will make great parentgovernors as they were verywilling and really goodinterviewees!

By Lawrie O’Brienand Isobel Housley

Hens show off their home

BWWRKKKK!

A gift from Bethlehem

New parentgovernors appointed

Earlier this year Kim O’Brienwent on very special visit tothe Holy Land during a trip toIsrael. It was a wonderfulexperience and journey to thevery heart of the Christianfaith. She visited manyamazing sites including a tourof Bethlehem with a visit to theChurch of the Nativity. With aChristian tour guide Kim metlocal Palestinians living in Israeland was able to hear theirstories and discuss with themlife in that part of the world. For over 2000 years Christianshave enjoyed a continuedpresence in Bethlehem and stillliving there today are manydenominations of the Christianfaith. The olive tree is a native

tree of the Holy Land andholds much religioussignificance to Christianity.Made from olive wood thereare numerous ornaments andgifts for sale in Bethlehem.Keen to support local Christian

Palestinians Kim visited one ofthe many shops in the town.On her return Kim presentedto Mrs Hall a small Christmastree ornament of Joseph andMary made from olive wood.


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WINTER NEWSTaking a peak at our favourite recent news stories

Where is the most extreme place that your childhas ever read a book? Whether it is up a tree, ontop of a mountain or stood on their head, school

want your photos! Your holiday challenge is totake a picture of your child reading somewhereextreme and send it in with your child after theChristmas holidays. This is part of a continuingcommitment to develop children into enthusiasticlifelong readers.School will run the competition for the most

extreme places reading has taken place. A displaywill also be made from the photos.Obviously, keep safe (Mrs Bell doesn’t recommendreading in the jaws of a crocodile!) but she isreally looking forward to seeing who in school hassuch a passion for reading that they have to do itanywhere and everywhere!

BOOK CHALLENGETake a photo of an extreme placewhilst reading a book If you have something

you have done inschool or out of school,speak to our editorial

team. We meetTuesdays at 12.30pm,but you can catch up

with us anytime.

At the start of December anew playground was built inschool as an addition to theexisting one and to provideextra space for children to playoutside. Goals have alreadyappeared at either end of the

new playground transformingthe space into a fantastic newfootball pitch for girls and boysto play their favourite game. It’snot all football though asparent, Jon Ashburner, hasinstalled outdoor speakers

allowing music to be pumpedinto the air. With ‘GangnamStyle’ booming around theplayground an imprompturendition of the infamousdance quickly caught onduring lunchtime. It was very

funny and got everyonemoving. Olivia says: “The field is

great especially now we havehad some snow. We can jumpover mounds of grass and runquite far. I like it because wehave lots of space and it’s areally nice environment.”The new playground is good

because now infants andjuniors have some of their ownspace and there is a muchbigger area that everyone canplay the games they want to asit is more zoned with adedicated football pitch.

The extra space on thefield, since the fence hasbeen removed, is a reallybig hope for the summerwith lots of exciting ideasof how it can be used.

New PlaygroundBy Lawrie O’Brien

Pitch perfect

TELL USYOUR NEWSSTORIES


Mr HallWe catch up with our awe-inspiringscience teacher as he talks about

explosive experiments and his favouriterocketing rock band.

Chatting with

• Interview by Alex Berimbau and Elliot Warwick •

What is it like doing all of these experiments?I love doing experiments; I have alwaysenjoyed finding out how things workand it’s great fun too.

What inspired you to become ascience teacher?I used to train engineers in electronicsand I thought it would be even morerewarding if I taught children.

Is it true that sometimes you pinchfood at home that Mrs Hall iskeeping for a special occasion? Yes, it is true because I’m greedy!

How is it being married to the headteacher?Not easy, because I don’t like beingtold what to do!

What’s your best record in runningclub?My best record was finishing crosscountry in front of Elliot when he was ill!

What’s your favourite experiment?The red cabbage indicator because youget lots of colours with acids andalkalis.

What do you do out of school?Cycling and scientific experiments,testing out more stuff.

What is your favourite hobby?Skiing because it’s fast, it’s outside andthe air is fresh and clean.

What is some of the equipment thatyou mostly use?In my science cupboard are lots ofthings such as test tubes, conical flasksand microscopes.

Has the weather ever ruined anexperiment?Yes, it has because rain stops the Vande Graaff generator (which createsstatic energy), from making giantelectric sparks.

What’s your favourite music andmusician?American rock band Pearl Jam are oneof my favourites.

When you are looking afterthe school hens has oneever pecked you?Lots of times but not deliberatelyand it doesn’t hurt too much.

Have you ever had anyother job?Electronic design engineer.

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Dazzling PerformancesBy Sophie Ruddock

Two winning Christmas productions

The dazzling Christmas productions of The Innkeeper’s Breakfast and Away with the Manger tookplace on 13 & 14 December at Holy Trinity church. The infants and juniors have been practising theirschool play for four weeks. The infant nativity musical was about a very busy innkeeper whosebreakfast is more important to her than anything else. One morning however she keeps getting

interrupted by a knock at the door and then finally discovers the real cause of the disruption. All thecast performed brilliantly with every child getting on stage to sing, dance or say their lines. Issy, from

editorial, took on one of the main roles in the junior production. A very funny and artistic girl she got thepart of Bob and Joe Cottrell got the part of Bill. A hilarious story of two bungling burglars who have

stolen jewels which are then hidden in the local school nativity manger. Bob and Bill have to dress upas Santa and his fairy helper but finally they are caught. The songs were very joyful and jumpy and

the audience were in stitches at some of the jokes! All the children loved performing to the audience ofparents, grandparents and visitors and can’t wait to do it all again next year.

Pull a cracker Rolling rolling Jacob & MickeyServing up a dish atthe Christmas Fair

Father Christmas Beautiful decorations Thumbs up Higher or lower?

Working hard,Joanne Oliverson Sell, sell, sell! Friends Merry Christmas

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Junior cast Infant narrators

All smiles

Little angels

Mary & JosephThe innkeeper Say cheese

So proud

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On the beat

We three kings Ah how cute

Baa baa

All sparkle

The pupils

Check out baby Jesus

Bill & Bob Jake, Isla and Reuben

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Great show Juniors sing

Action Where’s my breakfast!

Wow!

Away with the Manger

Audience watch on

Wonderful singing

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Mrs OwenWe catch up with our Class 2

teaching assistant, as she talks aboutthe last 20 years at Bickerstaffe School,

her first job and her hobbies.

Chatting with

How has school changed duringthe last 20 years?The biggest thing that has changed istechnology; we had chalk boards andnot interactive white boards, taperecorders instead of CD players and nocomputers or laptops.

What was better school then or school now and why?Probably now because of all the new

technology.

Who has been your favouriteteacher to work with since youstarted at Bickerstaffe School?I have worked with a lot of teachers andliked them all. When I first started inKS1 it was Mrs Worthington then MrsPell, after that Mr Davies then Mrs Hallcame. Mrs Teachen joined the schoolnext and now Miss Thomson so I havebeen lucky enough to work with lots ofdifferent people.

Is it a fun job and is it still fun 20years into the job?Yes most of the time. I like my job, Iespecially enjoy helping childrenachieve in reading, writing and maths.

What is your best memory of your time at this school? I have a few but my best memories arethe Christmas nativities, school trips toa lot of different places and watchingthe children at treat day.

How big was school 20 years agoand how many pupils were there?There were three classes and about 60children.

Was this your first job? If not whatwas? No. My first job was at a big hospitalcalled Northwick Park in Harrow,Middlesex, where I was a diet cook.

What was school like when youstarted, was everything in the sameplace as it is now?More or less. Although there wasn’t theoutdoor play area or the very recentfantastic playground and fieldextension.

What are your hobbies outside ofschool?I enjoy swimming. I also like ballroomand sequence dancing with Mr Owenand I have just got a new babygrandson called Daniel.

Do you live locally in Bickerstaffe?How would you describe livingwhere you live?I don’t live in Bickerstaffe but not too faraway in Simonswood. I live on a farmand I describe it like living in the middleof big field with a lovely view of thecountryside.

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OUR TOP TEN

Gangnam Style

Price Tag

Hall of Fame

Never Getting Back Together

What Makes You Beautiful

One More Night

Don't Worry Child

Fireflies

Six Degreesof Separation

Payphone

Favourite singles1

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A million pounds

Tennis shoes

Chocolate orange

Stunt Scooter

Crosser (Motorbike)

iPad

Puppy

iPod

Blackberry Curve

Nintendo 3DS XL

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We asked our school to tell us a few of their favourite things

Christmas wish list

Cool!

GANGNAM

STYLE

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My interview was withLawrie who went to watchthe new James Bond filmSkyfall on the first day of itsrelease. This is the bestBond film Lawrie has everseen because he says it isall about the old ways andstays true to Bond. DanielCraig plays James Bondand he delivers his lineswith real expression and isvery funny with great one-liners making him possiblythe best Bond ever. It isaction packed and full ofspecatular stunts includinga thundering train crashthat leaves the viewer onthe edge of your seat. With

a new younger actorplaying Q the film brings achange to previous filmsbut still has the same clevergadgets that all secretagents need. The newbaddy, Silva, a former agentturned vengeful computerhacker, Lawrie thought wasa good character becausein this film there is a realstory behind him and so itmakes sense to why he isbad. With komodo dragonsfighting and some greataction scenes the film getsLawrie’s full approval andhe would recommend it but not for youngerbrothers or sisters.

by Sophie RuddockSkyfall (12a cert)

You are wondering what weare on about; yes we knowit’s a silly name for a kidsfilm. If you’re going to watchit you may find it a bitFUNNY! Perhaps youshould be age six+ and youcan watch it in 3D. This filmis hilarious. You will laughyourself silly. We interviewedOlivia after she went to seethe film for her birthday andshe has given the film a fivestar rating. It’s a verypopular film and manypeople have been to see it.Why wouldn’t you watch thisamazing film? We wouldn’tbe surprised if after youhave read this review youwill go and see it. Someother people we spoke toabout the film said that therewere too many adverts andthat in parts the film was

boring. However that is notthe view of Olivia who saidher favourite part was whenone of the characters fallsinto a green blob. Eventhough there are monstersin the film they are funnyand actually friendly. Theyare scared of humans tobegin with but in the end ahuman changes their minds.The movie lasts for aboutone hour and a half. If youlike funny films with funnypeople in them you willreally like this film. Theremay be vampires in this filmwho don’t like humans atthe beginning but lovechanges all that and you willlaugh yourself all the way tothe end of the film whenvampire and humanbecome friends. LOL.Overall it’s a great film.

by Jessica Burgess and Alex Brogan

Hotel Transylvania

MovieCool!

5 out of 5!I rate this film

LOL!

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Find all theMoshi MonstersHidden in the photo are lots of Moshis.

Can you find all of them?

Cross off each Moshi whenyou spot one in the photo!(Can you name them all too?)

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With special thanks to our editorial team for the making of this magazine:

Isobel Housley, Sophie Ruddock, Jospeh Ormesher, Lawrie O’Brien,

Alex Brogan, Alex Berimbau, Elliot Warwick and Jessica Burgess.

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