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Student Magazine Autumn 2026

Contents P3 – Welcome P4 – Lapwing: a different kind of learning P5 – Playford Group P6 – Book folding P8 – World mental Health Day P10 – Toad in the Hole by MP P11 – Constable 250 review by RW P12 – Churchacle by MP P13 – Halloween Crossword P14 – Thrill Seekers by MP P15 – Kesgrave Allotment by Alfie F P16 – Lapwing Norfolk Woods by Harley P18 – Jimmy's Farm Big Bear Rescue by RS P19 – Halloween Crossword answers P20 – South Group P26 – Submissions

3 Welcome Hello everyone and welcome back to the Lapwing student magazine. We hope you enjoy this edition; thank you to the students and staff for collaborating to produce this Autumn 2026 edition. We wish you all a fantastic half term break. Your magazine team - MP, Emily H and Rebecca H.

Playford Group 5

Book folding is a lovely therapeutic activity with an impactful end result. Can you follow the instructions to make your own book hedgehog and share a photo of your finished creation in our next Lapwing student magazine? Perhaps you could experiment with different accessories, like a witch's hat for the spooky period!

Book folding 7

Materials Needed • • • • •

Old paperback book (about 100 to 180 pages) Scissors Glue (PVA, glue stick, or hot glue gun) Bone folder (optional, to help make crisp creases) Decorations (googly eyes, small pom-poms, buttons, or scraps of black/brown felt or paper for the nose, eyes, and paws

Step-by-Step Instructions

• Prepare the book: Carefully tear or remove the front and back cover of the paperback book, leaving the glued spine intact. If your book has more than 180–200 pages, trim or tear off any excess pages so it is easier to fold. • First Fold (In Half): Take the first page and fold it horizontally or vertically bringing the outer edge or top corner in toward the middle spine. • Second Fold (Pointy Edges): Fold the top-right (or side) corner down to meet the center spine to create a sharp, triangular point that forms the hedgehog's spikes. Press down firmly with your fingers. • Repeat for All Pages: Continue this exact two-step folding pattern for every single page through the book. (Some crafter styles split the book in half and fold the two sides to meet in the middle, while others fold continuously from front to back). • Add Face and Paws: Once all the pages are folded into a rounded shape, glue googly eyes and a pom-pom (or button/paper nose) to the front pointed end. Cut out small paw shapes from black card or felt and glue them to the bottom base.

World Mental Health Day 2026 Key Details • Date: Saturday 10 October 2026 • Global Theme: "Lived experiences heard: Real voices, real change," set by the World Federation for Mental Health. • UK Focus: UK mental health organizations like Mind are emphasizing campaigns around accessible, same-day open support and ensuring people feel heard when they ask for help. • Get Involved: You can find resources, share campaign info, or join local events through Mental Health UK and the Mental Health Foundation.

Self-Talk

Everyone has had a stressful day at some point in their lives. Whether it be your first day at school, applying for a new job, or even going abroad, we all can get stressed sometimes.

What is negative self-talk?

During a particularly stressful day, week, month or even entire year, have you ever noticed that voice inside your head? The one that tells you you’re not enough? Well don’t worry, we all have that. Everyone has that voice inside our head, or maybe even two. We’re always talking to ourselves without even realizing! Most people don’t notice this though, so it just continues. Constantly putting ourselves down doesn’t help the situation and only makes it worse.

Positive self-talk

When in one of these moments, I cannot even describe how important it is to just stop for a minute, and question what you’re telling yourself. To try and realise and talk with the kind voice in your head instead of the bad. Stop, take a deep breath and truly ask yourself, “what exactly am I telling myself?” Odds are, most of the time, what you’re panicking over is nowhere near as scary as what your mean voice is telling you. Sometimes life gets challenging. It’s inevitable. And in those moments, its so, so important to be kind to yourself, and acknowledge all you’ve done right. That everyone makes mistakes, and that you should be proud of yourself for persevering through the hard moments. RS

P M y b e l o he H t n i d a o T

Ingredients For the batter

•100g plain flour •2 eggs •150ml semi-skimmed milk For the toad

•8 pork sausages •1 onion, finely sliced •1 tbsp vegetable oil Method

• Preheat oven to gas 7, 220°C, fan 200°C. • First make the batter. Put the flour in a

bowl, add the eggs and slowly mix in the milk then beat until smooth.

• Put the sausages in an ovenproof baking

dish, scatter over the sliced onion and drizzle over the oil. Roast for 15 mins.

• Remove the dish from the oven, pour the batter over and around the sausages then return to the oven and cook for a further 35 mins or until the sausages are cooked through and the batter is golden on top.

• To make the gravy, heat a deep frying pan

or saucepan and fry the remaining onion in the oil for 5 mins until golden. Sprinkle over the flour and cook, stirring until thickened. Add the mustard, Worcestershire sauce and, gradually, the stock, stirring until smooth and thickened to your liking.

• Serve the toad in the hole with the gravy to pour over.

Tip: You can easily adapt the sausages in this recipe to suit your family needs; try flavored pork sausages, lower fat alternatives or vegetarian sausages as you like.

MP’s Ratings: How easy was the recipe to follow and make? Easy Did you need any support? Some support was needed with the oven and cracking an egg. How did it taste? Would you make any changes to the recipe? Season the batter to add more flavor.

On 12th March 2026 I went to Christchurch mansion with my art group to visit the constable 250 exhibition. This exhibition was designed to celebrate the life and journey of his work. This exhibition was popular as he was a local artist whose work became a sensation. The area between North Essex and Suffolk is widely know as Constable Country. At the exhibition we saw a wide variety of his artwork including, The Haywain, Dedham Vale and Wivenhoe Park. There were countless paintings in abundant sizes and shapes with sketches and multiple studies projecting his thought process as he developed the final piece. RW

Churchacle by MP Shotley St Mary's Church – did you know that the front of the church looks like a toilet block 12 and has different parts to it? Fun fact about St John’s Church in Woodbridge – on the inside its pink. I have no idea why its pink! They just thought it looked nice, and it does. Did you know that in Holbrook Parish Church there is a little cubby that has a stone statue that houses the remains of a heart of a woman? Did you know that Bury St Ed’s Cathedral has the worlds most amazing celling? Did you know that St Mary’s Church in Dedham has a few paintings By John Constable that are hung inside the church?

Shotley St Marys

Holbrook parish Chruch

St John's Woodbridge

Bury st Edmunds Cathedral St Mary's Dedham

Solutions on page 19

Thrill Seekers by MP

On Saturday 26th September, I visited Thorpe Park. The Swarm is the best ride if you're looking for the extreme thrill. Saw is the ride for anyone who is looking for something mad. Stealth is the best ride to start you off. Hyperia is completely different to any ride in Thorpe Park because it is the tallest ride both there and across the whole of the UK! Colossus is the most aggressive ride in Thorpe Park. Rush is the perfect ride if you want to relax before you get on any of the other rides. Nemesis Inferno is the best ride if you just want to have fun.

Lapwing’s Ipswich Allotment

Lapwing have an amazing allotment in Kesgrave. Here are the benefits of visiting our allotment: • Relaxing and beautiful space to be in • Good exercise • Always a variety of jobs to do, especially weeding and watering! • Rewarding to see the progress week by week • Discovering new plants and weeds • Finding out about when to plant and harvest crops • Meeting new people We are currently preparing the beds and planting potatoes, garlic, onions and broad beans. Please come along and see for yourself! Alfie F

Lapwing Norfolk Woods by Harley 16

Lapwing woods is a great place for students to have their sessions. It’s a beautiful woodland in the countryside outside of Norwich. The whole place is thick with trees and wildlife and paths to explore. It’s also a great place to meet other students, with an open fire, rope swing and a yoga area. When I go to the woods I like to spot different kinds of birds and animals. I also like doing jobs such as clearing the pathways and trimming back the undergrowth to make it easier for others to walk through the woods. I do chat to other people as well. It’s a great place to make new friends. I think people should come to the woods because it can make you feel happy, relaxed. calm and make you want to come back again. I always look forward to coming back to the woods.

Jimmy’s Farm and the Big Bear Rescue

In September 2026, Jimmy’s farm and wildlife park had a new arrival of five moon bears: Bara, Rumi, Saebit, Yonggi and Huimang from South Korea. After travelling 5,500 miles to get here they are now in their new habitat and forever home, called the moon bear islands. Jimmy’s farm held a large fundraising appeal for £200,000 to fund the bears habitat, transport and logistics, while the journey from South Korea to Suffolk alone cost £100,000.

Unbearable Background All five bears spent decades locked away in metal cages on a former bile farm in South Korea, where they were used for harvesting bile. As a result of this, they have never been able to explore an open environment. They have never seen trees before or been able to develop the survival instincts they would need to go back into the wild. All five bears have slowly been introduced to each other one by one. They have always been able to see each other in their cages, but never able to touch each other, so they are now getting used to being around each other and getting to play.

My experience On 21st September I went to Jimmy’s Farm to go and see the moon bears. There were only three in their enclosure the time, as the other two had yet to be introduced. Despite that, it was lovely seeing them walking around exploring their new home. Even after all they’ve been through, they didn’t seem scared in the slightest and came across as relaxed and curious of their new environment. I enjoyed watching them plod around exploring all the new smells and experiencing their newfound freedom. I would recommend going to Jimmy’s Farm to go and visit them, especially if you love animals. The moon bears are very cute, and I did want to give them hugs. On top of that, Jimmy’s farm has tons of other animals to go and visit. RS

SOUTH GROUP 20 Hello everyone, We are Lapwing Suffolk’s South Group and we have spent a few weeks creating profiles about ourselves. Why? We did this to see what we all had in common and to know each other better. We have discovered that we all have quite a lot in common and learnt new things about each other. How? The first thing we did was look at the tutor profiles for reference. It helped us get an idea about what to include and how to format them. Then, we started making our own. We did them on PowerPoint so that we could use colour, pictures and text. We enjoyed making them and have enjoyed looking at each other's. We would love you to have a look at our profiles, and we would definitely be interested in reading and finding out about other Lapwing students. So, we are inviting other students to give this a go! We would love to see other profiles shared in the next magazine. Wouldn't you like to give this a go?! From, South Group :) PS. You can find our profiles on the next few pages. PPS. If you make one for the next magazine, you don't have to put your full name (we haven't) just initials is fine.