Welcome to the second edition of our School Paper! This time we have chosen an Easter and Springtime theme, so be prepared for lots of chocolate eggs and bunnies.
We have listened to the feedback provided by pupils and have come up with a special Beech Lodge Crossword and included some more mindful colouring in to keep you busy over the Easter holidays.
We are delighted that Joshua from Miro Class has joined us in Journalism Club this term. Find out more about him on Page 5….
Start by drawing round your hand, making each finger a bit wider than it actually is.
Cut out the handprint. Make sure that the bits between your fingers are in the shape of a “V”, not a rounded “U”.
Fold down the little finger and thumb, so that they meet in the middle.
Cut off the middle finger, creating your bunny’s ears.
Now you can decorate your bunny. If you make lots of them you could string them together to make a garland.
First thing you do when you get home from school?
Play Fortnite!
Do you have a YouTube channel?
Yes! It is called JBoySwitch. One day I would love to get a Golden Play Button.
Favourite Hobbies?
Gaming and Drawing
Favourite Game?
The retro game, Pac Man and I also love building in Minecraft.
Favourite Subject?
Maths– I like doing sums and multiplication
Do you do any community work?
Yes, I am part of a group that goes litter picking and I help at a Food Bank.
I like making the world a better place.
Ingredients:
Base: 320g gluten-free biscuits
150g melted butter
Filling: 560g full fat cream cheese
100g icing sugar
1tsp vanilla extract
300ml double cream
300g Mini Eggs (crushed)
Topping: 100g Mini Eggs
1. Crush the biscuits
2. Pour the melted butter onto your biscuits and mix together
3. Press the biscuit mixture firmly into a 20cm loose bottom or springform tin.
4. Chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
5. Meanwhile make your filling by mixing the cream cheese, icing sugar and vanilla extract in a mixer (with a beater attachment).
6. When it is all well combined, add the double cream and continue to mix until it starts to firm (about 2 minutes). Don’t mix it too much or it won’t set!
7. Fold in the crushed Mini Eggs by hand
8. Spread the mixture on top of the biscuit base and refrigerate for at least 5 hours.
9. Remove the cheesecake from the tin and decorate with the remaining Mini Eggs.
They have a baa-baa-que
What do sheep do on a sunny day? A cloud
What kind of music does the Easter Bunny listen to?
Hip hop
What do you call a sheep with no legs?
What kind of shoes do frogs wear to Easter dinner ?
Why did the Easter egg hide? It was a little chicken
What season is it best to go on a trampoline?
Open-toad
Spring time
How does the Easter Bunny go on holiday ?
By Hare-oplane
Knock Knock Who’s there?
Interrupting Chicken
Interrupting Chicken wh.. BWARRRRK!
What do you call a bunch of blackbirds that stick close together?
Vel-crows
In Gloucestershire, England, they hold a Cheese Roll every Spring Bank Holiday. Brave participants chase a wheel of cheese down a very steep hill.
In Mexico, Cinco de Mayo, celebrated on May 5th, commemorates the Battle of Puebla and is a time for parades, music, and dancing.
In Iceland from mid-April through to mid-August they have Puffling Season where puffins nest on the cliffs and the babies can get confused by city lights and end up in neighbourhoods. The Puffin Patrol tradition sees locals helping them to make it to the ocean instead.
In Norway, springtime traditions include celebrating Easter with skiing, reading crime novel("Påskekrim"), and enjoying the first signs of spring with outdoor activities like hiking and kayaking,
In Ivoti, in the South of Brazil, dogs and cats are painted blue or pink to remind children that Easter – “the sweetest time of the year,” as the children there are told –is arriving. Please do not paint your pets!
In Bessières, France they finish their Easter festivities by making a giant omelette, using 15,000 eggs!
In Sweden on April 30th they celebrate Walpurgis Night which marks the arrival of Spring by lighting bonfires and singing songs
In order to chase away Marzanna, Slavic goddess of winter, in Poland people have massive water fights on Easter Monday
In Russia, a major springtime tradition is Maslenitsa (also known as "Pancake Week" or "Butter Week"), a week-long celebration marking the end of winter and the arrival of spring, featuring blini (pancakes) and various festivities.
Holli is a Hindu festival celebrating Spring, Love and New Life. It is also known as The Festival of Colours because powder paint and coloured water are thrown.
Spring brings the cherry blossom festival, hanami, to Japan. This word means “viewing flowers” and people come from all over the world to see the beautiful trees.
When you are out and about over the Easter holidays, see if you can spot these things and cross them off the list.
12. 4 legged animal outside reception 9. Great Minds _____ Differently
13. Item of footwear collected by Mr G 12. Best therapy Guinea pig in the world! 13. Miss Cassidy sells things here
Bunnies hiding in the pages of the School Paper?
How many did you count?
