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Christmas Edition

Welcome to the School Paper’s Christmas Edition!

Spot the Difference solution We have been working on this project in Journalism Club after school on Mondays.

We have included a mixture of activities and puzzles that you might want to do over the Christmas break, the results of some questionnaires that we carried out and a couple of interviews.

Meet Kip! He is one of Matthew’s mischievous comic strip characters, The Timewasters.

If you would like to join the club to help make the Easter Edition, please sign up to join the club next term. Or if you have any ideas for the next issue please let us know.

We hope you enjoy it and we wish you a Merry Christmas!

From Hope and Luca

Matthew is working on a story for the next edition…

Look out! Here comes trouble...

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List of contents

Guess the Emoji Quiz Answers on page 16

Miss Cassidy’s Christmas Craft Corner……………….….…….page 3

Christmas Songs

Christmas Films

Christmas Recipe ………………………………………………….…….page 4 Top Ten Christmas Songs………..…………………………….…….page 5 Theatre Review………………………………………….…………..…. page 6 Film Review.………………………………………………………….…... page 7 Christmas Cracker Jokes……….……………..………….…...….. page 8 Colouring in ………………………………….……………….…………..page 9 Christmas Around The World…………….………..…………….page 10 Spot the Difference …………………………………………………...page 11 Interview with Luca …………………………………………………...page 12 Interview with Hope …………………………………………………..page 13 Word Search ……………………………………………………………...page 14 Emoji Quiz ………………………………………………………………….page 15

Quiz and Spot the Difference answers ………………………..page 16

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Christmas Word Search

Miss Cassidy’s Craft Corner Lollipop sticks are great for crafts, as every visitor to the Creation Station will know.

Here are some crafts that we found online which you can make over the Christmas break.

I would love to see what you come up with!

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Hope has 2 very different passions– Pokémon and the band, KISS! Both of these subjects often appear in her artworks.

Ms Sheppard’s Christmas Chocolate Bark Perfect for sharing or putting into little bags as a gifts!

Ingredients: 4 x 100g bars of chocolate 1 pack white chocolate buttons 1 handful of pretzels Sprinkles and Chocolates (for example Smarties and Milky Way Stars) to decorate Prep: Preheat your oven to 135°C/115°C(fan)/Gas 1.

How did you first hear about Pokémon?

My Mum and Dad have been playing the game since it began so it has always been around. Then I started my Pokémon plushie collection...

Kiss have been around for a long time (since 1973).

How did you hear about them?

So, how many plushies have you got?

Too many to count, and there might be more at Christmas. My first one was a Pikachu.

Which Pokémon would you be?

I would be Mew Two. However he is quite grumpy– I would make him happy and fun like me!

All the band members have a distinct character which is your favourite?

Star Child AKA Paul Stanley. He is the main person and one of the originals. Demon (Gene Simmons) is the second best.

Step 1: Lay your chocolate bars on a lined baking sheet next to each other. Top with the white buttons. Put into the oven for 5 minutes.

Step 2: Once softened, use a cocktail stick to swirl the white chocolate into the milk chocolate.

Step 3: Decorate with the pretzels, sprinkles and chocolates

We listen to Planet Rock radio on the way to school and I first heard their music there.

Step 4: Refrigerate for 30 minutes, then cut into shards.

Do you like seeing bands live?

Top 3 Christmas Foods (as voted for by Beech Lodge Pupils) 1 Pigs in Blankets 4

We had a chat with Hope to find out some more….

2 Roast Potatoes

Have you ever seen them in concert?

Yes– it was the best night– really fun! They are about 75 years old but are really good at playing and wearing high heels!

I love it. I am going to see The Darkness (who sang “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”) next year and I can’t wait!

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Those who know Luca will know that he has a passion for theme parks and even has his own YouTube channel on the subject. We had the opportunity to sit down with him and find out more…

Which Theme Park would you most like to visit?

Motiongate in Dubai.

They have great rides based on movies.

Top 10 Christmas Songs

First Theme Park Visit?

Legoland– I wasn’t even 1 year old!

Favourite Theme Park and ride?

TH13TEEN at the brilliant Alton Towers

As voted for by Bee ch Lodge Pupils 1.

Last Christmas

Have you been to any Christmas events this year?

Yes– Legoland@Christmas and A Winter’s Tail at Chessington. Both made a real effort to make it look Christmassy. Chessington was the best. They had the amazing idea of having a silent disco whilst you were queueing. There was also a pantomime and the best Santa.

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Feliz Navidad

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Driving Home for Christmas

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Rocking Around The Christmas Tree

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All I want for Christmas Is You

Tell us about your YouTube Channel…

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Silent Night

It is called THEME PARK WIV YOUS. I have 330 followers at the moment. I post videos about theme parks and use a GoPro on the rides to show people what they are like. I try to post something every week. I even have my own range of merchandise!

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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

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It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

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Carol Of The Bells

10. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day

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Kusama Class went to see Pinocchio recently and put their heads together to discuss what they had seen and wrote this review for us:

Spot the 10 Differences!

Pinocchio – The greatest kids’ show in Maidenhead!

What a funny and amazing show! This is the story of a wooden boy, who was made by a carpenter. He travels through many obstacles to find the blue fairy to fulfil his dream to be a real boy.

The show is performed in a small, slightly echoey, theater called Norden Farm. Lots of schools attended, including Beech Lodge (Kusama Class Dream-Team). The actors did a great performance and really brought the show to life. The lighting was really good because you could see everything and see what the actors were doing. It helped to create drama because the lights mirrored what they said was happening. The staging was exciting! They used jumping, running and even acrobatics. The actors used the props and staging to their advantage and could improvise when they made a mistake which was really clever. Interestingly, they used the tables to create different settings by moving them around. They could perform with the tables, even turning them upside down to make them a boat.

Overall, we give this performance a solid 9/10!

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Greenland You might have raw whale skin with blubber or a decomposed bird wrapped in seal skin for your festive meal. Come back sprouts– all is forgiven!

Christmas Traditions from around the World Norway All brooms and mops are hidden on Christmas Eve to protect the family from witches!

Wicked Film Review– spoilers ahead!

Japan Christmas is not celebrated in Japan, but it is a recent tradition to have a Kentucky Fried Chicken takeaway for dinner!

Last weekend, Hope and Luca went to the most widely anticipated cinematic opening of the year – Wicked! Hope had seen the stage version of the show but Luca had not so we were intrigued to find out what they thought. Would ‘something just take them over’ or ‘did they not give a twig what anyone thought?’… Read on dear readers.

H: I way preferred the film! It was so much better than the stage show. It really grabbed my attention.

L: I have never seen the stage show and want to see it even more now!

H: You could clearly see the intense moments and the music sounded even better! I liked the fact I could see the Magical Book clearly.

L: I liked the element of ‘difference’ in the show. Just because she is green and different she is seen as ‘bad’.

H: I became quite emotional towards the end for the characters that were left alone. It’s very moving.

Slovakia Venezuela In the capital city, Caracas they roller-skate to church throughout the Christmas period!

Wheeeeeeeee!

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The oldest person at Christmas dinner throws some pudding onto the ceiling.

The more pud that sticks, the luckier the family will be!

Ukraine Christmas trees are decorated with a pretend spider and fake webs thanks to the tale of a helpful spider who helped a poor woman who couldn’t afford decorations!

H: The vocals were amazing – Defying Gravity was my favourite. Although I missed the cape that they use in the stage show that would have looked good in the film.

H: The only thing that annoyed me was that I want to see part II right now!

I want more – now!

We ended by asking Hope and Luca how they felt about that most controversial question – to sing or not sing in the cinema?? No contest from Hope: I always sing if it is a good song!

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Christmas Cracker

Colouring in Page

Jokes What did one snowman say to the other?

Do you smell carrots?

Why did nobody bid for Rudolph and Blitzen on eBay?

Because they were two deer.

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