School Paper Easter Edition

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….

Hope

Joshua

Luca

List of contents Best Easter Egg Survey……...…………………..page 3

Hope’s Craft Corner….…………...………..…….page 4 Meet Joshua……….……………………………...….page 5 Luca’s Cookery Page…………………..……..…. page 6 Springtime Jokes…………………….....….……. page 7 Springtime Around The World….……….. page 8-9 Spring Scavenger Hunt……….….…………....page 10 Spot the Difference ……………………..……...page 11 Colouring in …………….……………………...page 12-13 Word Search …..…………………………………...page 14

Crossword ……………………..…………………….page 15 Puzzle Solutions……………………………….....page 16

Best Easter Eggs As voted for by Beech Lodge School 1. Mini Eggs 2. Terry’s Chocolate Orange 3. Maltesers 4. Crème Egg 5. Reece’s 6. Kinder 7. Dairy Milk 8. Galaxy 9. Lindt Bunny 10.Oreo

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Hope’s Craft Corner

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.

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Meet Joshua!

First thing you do when you get home from school?

The newest member of Journalism Club.

Favourite Hobbies?

Favourite Subject?

Gaming and Drawing

Maths– I like doing sums and multiplication

Play Fortnite!

Favourite Game?

Do you have a YouTube channel?

Yes! It is called JBoySwitch. One day I would love to get a Golden Play Button.

The retro game, Pac Man and I also love building in Minecraft.

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.

Best Easter Egg? Maltesers

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Luca’s Cookery Page Gluten-free Mini Egg No Bake Cheesecake 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)

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Topping: 100g Mini Eggs

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Crush the biscuits

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Pour the melted butter onto your biscuits and mix together

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Press the biscuit mixture firmly into a 20cm loose bottom or springform tin.

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Chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

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Meanwhile make your filling by mixing the cream cheese, icing sugar and vanilla extract in a mixer (with a beater attachment).

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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!

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Fold in the crushed Mini Eggs by hand

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Spread the mixture on top of the biscuit base and refrigerate for at least 5 hours.

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Remove the cheesecake from the tin and decorate with the remaining Mini Eggs.

What kind of shoes do frogs wear to Easter dinner ?

What season is it best to go on a trampoline?

Who’s there?

Hip hop on holiday ?

Interrupting Chicken

Hare-oplane

Interrupting Chicken wh..

BWARRRRK!

What do you call a bunch of blackbirds that stick close together?

Vel-crows

Open-toad Knock Knock

Spring time

How does the Easter Bunny go

Why did the Easter egg hide?

A cloud

They have a baa-baa-que What kind of music does the Easter Bunny listen to?

What do you call a sheep with no legs?

It was a little chicken

What do sheep do on a sunny day?

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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 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 Mexico, Cinco de Mayo, celebrated on May 5th, commemorates the Battle of Puebla and is a time for parades, music, and dancing.

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!

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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.

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.

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.

Springtime Traditions around the World.

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Spring Scavenger Hunt When you are out and about over the Easter holidays, see if you can spot these things and cross them off the list.

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Butterfly

Bluebells

Bird

Ladybird

Blossom

Daffodil

Frogspawn

Bird Nest

Spiderweb

Squirrel

Feather

Animal Tracks

Lambs

Rabbit

Spot the Difference Can you spot 10 differences between these 2 pictures?

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Colouring in

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Spring Wordsearch

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Beech Lodge Crossword

Across

Down

3. Nearby Café

1. Third goat: Beth, Ben and ____

7. Name of Construction teacher

2. Class named after mouth painter

8. Room next to Art

4. Number of forms in the school

10. Beech Lodge value beginning with T 5. Woods over the road: The …...

11. Mr Thorpe’s dog

6.What does the T in OT stand for?

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

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Did you spot the little Easter Bunnies hiding in the pages of the School Paper?

How many did you count?

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