Southall School Pupil’s Magazine
Issue 1 December 2016
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What’s inside…. Christmas Jokes What pets do your teachers have?
Welcome to the first edition of your very own school magazine. I hope you enjoy exploring the pages and doing the activities. If you would like to be part of the next issue , pop along and chat to Mrs Norman. See you soon
Movie review Finding Dory
I’m a celebrity! Find out about what David Walliams is really like and take a look at our top picks from his books Why is Santa so fat?
Weird Animal Facts Wombat poo??? Make a 3D snowman The science of snowflakes
YUM YUM! Tasty Christmas recipe
Southall’s very own postal service
Q. Where do snowmen go to dance? A. The snowball.
Q. What do you get if you cross Santa and a dog? A. Santa Paws!
Q. Which elf was the best singer? A. ELFis Presley.
Q. Who gives presents to baby sharks? A. Santa Jaws.
Q. What do you call a Christmas duck? A. A Christmas quacker! Q: What do snowmen eat for breakfast? A: Snowflakes.
Q: What do you call a snowman in the summer? A: A puddle!
If you have a joke that you want to share for the next issue write it down and give it to Mrs Norman.
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Dory is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every 10 seconds or so. The one thing she can remember is that she somehow became separated from her parents as a child.
With help from her friends Nemo and Marlin, Dory embarks on an epic adventure to find them. Dory now knows that her family reunion will only happen if she can save mom and dad from captivity.
If you have a movie review that you want to share for the next issue write it down and give it to Mrs Norman.
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Join the Dots Can you join the dots to find out what unusual visitor has arrived on Sam’s doorstep?
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Book Shelf What’s big, blue, bossy, and turns up uninvited? A slightly annoying elephant. The Slightly Annoying Elephant tells the story of a boy called Sam who finds a great, big, gigantic, ginormous elephant on his doorstep one day! What will happen next? You’ll have to read the book to find out!
Is there a book that you would like to tell others about? If there is, pop along and have a chat to Mrs Norman.
Animal Facts A Giraffe can lick its own ears.
Elephants can’t jump.
Wombat poo is cube shaped to stop it rolling away.
A moose can feel a fly landing on it’s antlers.
A group of rattlesnakes are called a ‘rhumba’.
A household cat can out run Usain Bolt.
Baby Koalas smell like cough sweets.
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Lets Get Crafty !
What do kids around the world leave out for Santa? In Great Britain, Santa is known for his love of mince pies and cookies, so children across the country leave him these snacks along with a nice glass of milk or sometimes sherry to wash it down(and sometimes carrots for his reindeer) , but it's not the case worldwide. Here's a guide to Santa's buffet as he travels across the globe.
Santa starts his Christmas Eve journey with a nice cold beer, courtesy of kids in Australia. They may also leave some cookies and milk and even a few carrots for the reindeer. But the beer comes first — maybe it's to keep Santa warm on the long night ahead.
After that beer and his long flight, Santa might be feeling a little tired. Fortunately, the good children of Sweden leave out a cup of coffee to keep him awake for the rest of his journey
The next stop on Santa's buffet is Denmark, where he can find a bowl of risengrod, or rice pudding, waiting for him on Christmas Eve. According to Denmark lore, the magical elves, Nisser and Tomte, will cause mischief if the bowl of risengrod is missing.
In France, children leave out carrots for the reindeer and biscuits for Santa or Père Noël as he is known here. Some children leave these treats in their shoes and in the morning the treats are gone and their shoes have been filled with small toys and trinkets.
Kids in Argentina spoil Santa's reindeer after their long flight from Europe, leaving them hay and water to sustain them through the rest of the night.
In Chile, children leave pan de pascua for Viejo Pascuero, or Old Man Christmas. This special treat is a spongy, rich cake flavoured with rum and filled with dried fruits and nuts.
Melting Snowman Biscuits Sticky fun for a wintry afternoon.
Ingredients 200g fondant icing sugar 6 white marshmallows 6 large cookies 24 mini Smarties 6 pretzel sticks 1 tube black writing icing
1 Put the icing sugar into a bowl and add cold water a teaspoon at a time until the mixture is runny but thick enough to coat a spoon.
2 Ask an adult to snip the marshmallows in half using wet scissors.
3 Spoon a little icing onto each cookie and attach half a marshmallow. Using a little icing, stick the other half on top at an angle. Drizzle a little more icing onto the cookie to make melting snow.
4 Break the pretzel sticks in half and place on the cookie for arms. Stick orange Smarties on for the noses. Stick three Smarties on each cookie to represent buttons.
5 Using the writing icing, pipe small blobs for the eyes and mouth.
Cold…white…fluffy…wet…frozen: all of these words describe snow. But what is snow and where does it come from? Snow is frozen rain. Here’s how it happens… Water vapor travels from the ground to the level of the atmosphere to form clouds all throughout the year no matter what the temperature is. When both the earth’s surface and the atmosphere is cold, the water vapour turns into tiny ice crystals. These tiny ice crystals collect on tiny pieces of dirt in the atmosphere. Sometimes there are as many as 200 ice crystals clumped together to make a single snowflake.
If the water vapour turns into water on the way up (because of warmer air) and then freezes again, the water vapour turns into sleet or ice instead of snow. Snow is not really white, it actually has no colour. It looks like its white from reflections from the sun, no matter how little sun there is.
Christmas spot the difference There are 10 differences between these two pictures. Can you find them all?
Southall School Christmas Postal Service Make sure that you post your letter in the post box in Mrs Norman’s room before lunchtime. The post boy or girl will then try to deliver it that afternoon.
Please make sure that you include‌ Which class or room it is going to.
Full name of the person the card is going
We are looking for budding reporters for the next issue of the magazine. If you are interested come and have a chat to Mrs Norman.