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Goring Gazette

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Pork or Quorn?

Goring C of E Primary School took part in the BBC Children in Need again this year. As a school we raised a whopping £422.28. Children in need took place on the 17th November and caused a rush of excitement throughout the school. The brilliant school council organised a cake sale and soft toy tombola, encouraging everyone to get involved.

Hello and welcome to our

school’s first newspaper.

Editing this newspaper is

myself (Ella Bridle) and

Amelie Sims. We are in

Year 6 so if you have any

ideas about things to

include or articles to write

please let us know. We are

keen to improve. We hope

you like our first article!

Editorial

To read our comic strip go to page 3.

Monday 18th December 2017 Issue number 1

Publishing Team:

Ella Bridle Sophia Strong Lily Taylor

Amelie Sims Bethany Cox Joy Cleverly

Theo Stanbury Alex Holman

On Wednesday the 22nd of November school dinners were once again served to the pupils of Goring C of E Primary School. Kelly, one of our lovely dinner ladies shared her views on the new dinners, ” I think they’re lovely!”. Ella Symes, one of our dinner monitors, also shared her views with us and said’ ”I like the school dinners but they’re a bit of a mess to clean up.”

By Sophia Strong and Bethany Cox

Features in this edition: Children in Need Anti-Bullying Week

Goring’s First Roast Dinner An interview with Mrs Wheatcroft

Skipping Workshop Cross country success

Our lovely dinner ladies.

School Dinners Today, Hip Hip Horary!

By Sophia Strong and

Lily Taylor

Some lovely roast pork…

Some very happy children enjoying their lunch.

Just a few weeks ago it was anti-bullying week. The theme was ‘All different. All Equal’ meaning just

because we are all different we should all be treated the same. In our classes, we have all completed

different activities to show that this was an important week. For example, in our class we made puzzle

pieces of what we like and things that we enjoy doing.

Sorry but this is a NO bullying area!

On Wednesday 15th November we had an

amazing skipping work shop. This workshop

runs every year but this year was even better!

We did all sorts of skipping tricks like cross-

overs, back crossovers, dutch, figures of eight

and a pretzel. It was quite difficult to master

but in the end we got there.

After each class had had half an hour learning

new types of skips, 6 boys and 6 girls were

chosen. These children would perform a little

showcase on what they learned to the whole

school.

Skipping Sensation

By Lily Taylor and Joy Cleverley

Each person was chosen to do a skip that the

leader thought they were good at. Year 6 did a

figure of eight turn which looked really cool.

Year 4&5 did cross-overs and the pretzel which

looked awesome too. Finally, Years 2 &3 did

normal skipping and fast double skips. Even

though there were a few mistakes, I thought it

was the best showcase so far.

By Ella Bridle and Amelie Sims

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This issue’s comic strip was created by Theo Stanbury and Alex Holman:

An Interview with Mrs. Wheatcroft (Headteacher)

This term we interviewed our head

Teacher Mrs.Wheatcroft. These are

the questions we asked and the

answers she gave us- we hope you

enjoy!

Q: What is your middle name?

A: It’s a secret

Q: How many children do you have?

A: Two children. A son called Noah who is 12 and a daughter called Jessie who is 9 years old.

Q: Where did you go to school?

A: Reading

Q: Where did you grow up?

A: Tilehurst

Q: If you could be a book character

which one would you be?

A: I would be Charlie Bucket from Charlie and the Chocolate factory.

Q: Who is your favourite pop star?

A: Adele

Q: What is your favourite animal?

A: Hamster

Q: What is your favourite food?

A: Chocolate

Q: Do you have any pets?

A: No, but my husband is a farmer so he looks after lots of animals including sheep.

Q: What was your job before you

became a teacher?

A: I have always been a teacher.

Q: What university did you go to?

A: I went to King Alfred’s University College in Winchester.

Q: What year did you become a

headteacher?

A: In September 2009.

Puzzle Page

Clubs at Goring Wordsearch

choir

french

netball

relaxkids

chess

football

lego

recorder

dance

gymnastics

newspaper

running

By Alex Holman and Theo Stanbury

Goring Primary School Crossword Test your knowledge about Goring Primary School ACROSS:

4. Goring Primary School is linked with which church? (ST _________) (6) 5. Who teaches Year 1 (3,6) 7. We play on this green hill at play time (5) DOWN: 1. Which club does Mr Monk run after school on Monday (5,4) 2. Where do Year 6 go on their school trip? (Osmington _____) (3) 3. Which house won sports day in 2017? (5) 6. Which colour represents Langtree? (3)

Where am I?

Can you identify where these four photos

were taken. They are somewhere in Goring.

Suduko

How to draw a seal in six easy steps:

By Amelie Sims

Jokes

What did the sea say to the shore?

I don’t know. Nothing it just waved!

What is grey, has 4 legs and a trunk?

A mouse going on holiday.

Knock Knock

Who’s there? I don’t know, answer the door!

What is black anad white and red all

over?

A sun-burnt penguin.

Chritsmas Jokes

What doesn’t eat at Christmas?

A turkey – it’s normally stuffed.

What is the best Christmas present in the

world?

A broken drum – you can’t beat it!

What do you call Santa Claus when he

doesn’t move?

Santa Pause.

Win Win Win On Thursday the 7th of December, at

Sheepcot field in Goring, there was a cross country race taking place. We did extremely well as a school and won 7 medals and 5 trophies. The following all finished in the top three of their event: Riona Street, Harrison Kent, Aoife Murphy, Sophie Scott, Finley Hannigan, Osian Watson, William Derbishire and the Olympic value medal went to Oscar Gardener. As we won the event it means we are officially the best cross country team in the area.

This term we are thinking about the rhinoceros. Did you know?

There are five different species of rhipceros. Three are from Southern Asia and two are from Africa. They are the Black Rhinocerso, White Rhinoceros, Indian Rhinoceros, Javan Rhinoceros and Sumatran Rhinoceros.

The name Rhinoceros comes from the ancient Greek word rhino (meaning nose) and serocs (meaning horn).

White rhinoceros are the second largest land mammal.

The white rhino is the largest rhino species and can weigh over 3500 kg and is the largest land mammal after the elephant.

Rhinos can grow over 6 feet tall and more than 11 feet in length.

The Black Rhinocerso, Javan Rhinoceros and Sumatran Rhinoceros are all critically endangered which means they have a 50% chance of becoming extinct within three generations.

Rhinoceros have thick, sensitive skin.

Rhinoceros are herbivores.

A group of rhinoceros is called a ’herd’ or a ’crash’

Despite their name, white and black rhinoceros are actually grey.

Christmas Carol Concert

Last Wednesday our fantastic Year 5 and 6 performed the Christmas Carol concert. The songs sung included:

Gaudete

Come and join the celebration

O Holy Night

Mary did you know?

Night Watchers

This Child

Come all ye Faithful All of Year 6 performed a sketch called ’Hay and Stardust’. They made the whole audience laugh with their comedy and perfect timing. The concert included two soloists- Ella Bridle and Anna Wincott – and a number of children performed prayers, bible readings and poems. The audience and children enjoyed the concert very much.

Panto Pleasure

This year’s Christmas

Pantomime was the AMAZING

Aladdin! Children in all years

enjoyed the story of Aladdin

in comedy-mode.

Noteworthy Nativities

Not long ago children from KS1 and

Years 3 and 4 put on brilliant nativities

for parents and children to watch.

Family and friends went to watch and

thought they were both a success. The

children’s acting, singing and dancing

blew the audience away.

Well done to all the children and staff

for putting on such great performances!

Outstanding Orchestra On Friday 15th December we had the annual orchestra assembly, where the orchestra, choir and recorder club performed. It was a delight to hear so many children perform and lovely to sing along to some Christmas songs.

Recommended by: Sophia Strong

Name of book: The Accidental Father Christmas Author: Tom McLaughlin What it is about: Ben has one important thing on his Christmas list, and it’s the same thing every year. He wants his dad to be at home for Christmas. But his wish never comes true. Ben starts to get a bit sceptical about Father Christmas’s existence – he needs proof! So, on Christmas Eve, he sets up an elaborate booby trap to capture the jolly bearded fella as he comes sliding down the chimney. Kicking off a sequence of hilarious events that makes this Christmas the most bonkers ever!

We hope that you have liked our first issue of the Goring Gazette. We have enjoyed putting our first issue together and we can’t wait to deliver you our next issue in the New Year. As one of the editors of the newspaper, I would just like to thank my newspaper group and our amazing teacher Miss Grey for making this issue come a reality. We hope you have enjoyed it.

Merry Christmas from all of the Goring Newspaper Team!

Answers for the ‚Where am I photo’ quiz: 1. Wallingford Road,

opposite Jacks 2. Iceni Close 3. The florist on Ferry

Lane 4. Sheepcot

Recreation Ground