It is a great honour to welcome you to our first edition of ‘City Life’ our very own Shrewsbury school magazine written by students for students.
The Editorial Team are super talented students from Year 5 and Year 6 who have dedicated their time each week to write reports to showcase their fascinating and wonderful interests. They have reported on themes such as games, baking, badminton, Rubik’s cubes and hedgehogs! The magazine also includes interviews, riddles & puzzles, a 5th anniversary double page spread and lots more. I am enormously proud of their creativity, their IT skills and what they have collaboratively achieved.
David Procter our Digital Strategy Lead was the brains behind the idea and led the team of enthusiasts from start to finish; Miss Joy (D&T) did a session on design and layout and Mr. Patrick also supported the early start up sessions.
What a great team......
Sit back and enjoy!
Ms Dennison Principal
PS I am already looking forward to Issue 2!
Welcome to City Life, the Shrewsbury City Campus magazine. The City Life Team has worked hard over the last term to bring you this first edition and you’ll find it positively packed with interesting articles, games and puzzles and other news from City Campus. Have a device handy as you’ll need to scan the QR code to access some of the content. Also, make sure you submit an entry to one of the puzzles and riddles competitions as you may well win a prize!
The team hope to bring you further editions this year, so if there is something you’d like to see included in the magazine, feel free to get in touch and let myself or one of the editors know. You may also like to join the team and write for the magazine yourself!
Mr Procter & The City Life Team4. The Editors
5. Ken’s Rubik Page
6. The Riddle Room!
8. 5th Year Anniversary
11. Hedgehog Hullabaloo for Young Pet Lovers
12. Gary’s Badminton Page
13. The Amazings!
14. Meet Ms Beech
15. Find the words
16. How to start drawing Anime
18. Maek’s Gaming Pages
21. Sandy’s Snakes
22. Lexi’s Puzzle Pages
24. Tess’ Dogs Page
25. Baking with Khun
26. Pop Quiz!
27. Billie’s Animal Page
28. Basketball Round up
30. Guinea Pigs
31. Stitch’s page
Here are our wonderful team of editors who helped bring this magazine to you!
GARY
Hello, I am Gary and I’m 9 years old. I made the badminton page and The mystery toys page. And I hope you enjoy the magazine. :)
NITA
Hello everyone, I am Nita and I am 9 years old. I am the creator of The Cute Hedgehog page and the interviewer of Mrs. Beech. Watch out for these pages in this great magazine. Anyway, thanks for buying the magazine, its’s worth it, you’ll see.
KHUN
Hello, I am Khun. I like to play games and I like to bake and cook. Please enjoy my page about baking
EMILY
Hello, I am Emily, 6KH and I created the Riddle Room. READ OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES…
BILLIE
Hi I’m Billie. I created the Animal Page and I hope you enjoy it!
MAEK
Hi, I’m Maek. I like ramen, anime and Naruto and also snow. I made the games page.
BERRY
Hi I am Berry and I am the creative person of this magazine. I love anime movies so I created the anime page with Torfah.
TORFAH
Hello I am Torfah, I am the creator of the anime magazine with Berry. I love Japan and I love the movie Spy Family.
HAOLIN
I am Haolin from 6HB. I made a page called The Amazings. I like games, sports and reading. Please read my amazing page!
LEXI
Hello my name is Lexi and I’m going to tell you a bit about me. My favourite colour is yellow, my favourite foods are cookies, pizza and cake! My favourite animals are dogs and tigers. I hope you enjoy my Puzzle Pages!
Hi! I’m Tess. Creator of dog and Guinea pig page!
Hope you enjoy MY pages!
KEN
Hi I am Ken from 5ZH. And I am eight years old. I also like to play video games. I hope you will enjoy the magazine!
SANDY
Hello there! I am Sandy.
I love animals (cute ones and scary ones).
I hope you enjoy my page about snakes
Welcome to my page! I am Ken. I am going to explain about the Rubik’s cube.
Rubik’s cube is a portable 3-D puzzle. It was invented in 1974. It is also named the magic cube. In the 1980s, millions of Rubik’s cube was sold.
cube. Rubik’s cube was invented by a person called Rubik. He is a Hungarian architecture professor. Rubik was born on 13th of July in the 1944. Actually, he invented the cube to teach his students
This is the example of the
Rubik’s
Watch the video to solve a 3 by 3 Rubik’s
Hi, my name is Emily Procter from 6KH! I love riddles so I decided to make a riddle page!
Here are the details:
Welcome to the City Life riddle competition, where brains are fried and everybody is your opponent. You have to write the answers to the riddles on a sheet of paper with your name on it, and then put them in the riddle box in the year 5 and 6 base. The person who gets the most riddles correct will win a prize. There will be first, second and third place. If the top two people get the same amount correct, we will randomly select the winner out of those two people. Entries close a week later.
Good luck!
Here is a video explaining the rules in more detail.
Scan the QR code!
1. I am not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have any lungs, but I need air to survive. I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
3. I am as light as a feather, yet even the strongest person in the world can't hold me for more than a few minutes. What am I?
6. A man went on a walk outside in the rain, without a jacket, a hat, a hood, or an umbrella. Somehow, not a single hair on his head got wet. How is this possible?
9. There's a word that becomes shorter when you add two letters to it. What is it?
2. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
4. There's a one-story house, and everything is yellow. The walls are yellow, the doors are yellow, the kitchen is yellow, the sofas are yellow, everything is yellow. What colour are the stairs?
7. A woman has five daughters. Each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does she have?
5. Which is heavier, a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
10. A man shaves every day, yet his beard always stays the same. How?
8. What can you hold in your right hand but not in your left hand?
By Emily Procter 6KH
By Emily 6KH
Listen up everyone, because a few weeks ago, we celebrated Shrewsbury’s 5th anniversary. We celebrated with an art auction, where every class made a piece of art. Parents bid on the artwork, and all the money was donated to charity. There was amazing food, and beautiful live music. And at the end, the prices the pieces of artwork were sold for were announced, and everyone wished Shrewsbury Bangkok City Campus a happy anniversary!
So, bidding was a huge part of the art auction, but what does ‘bid’ mean?
EXAMPLE: if there was an item that you wanted, but you’d have to bid for it, then you’d place a bid (write down the amount of money you would be willing to pay for the item) for it - let’s say 200 baht. So you write down 200 baht and you wait for bid to close (when people have to stop writing down amounts of money). Anyone can bid. If no one bid higher that 200 baht, then you would receive the item. But if someone bid, say, 300 baht, then you would lose the item and the other person would take it (if no one bid higher than 300).
Here are some things that people who have been at SHC since it opened have to say:
LEXI 6KH: I am so happy that I got to see the school grow and how kind and respectful all the students are. Everyone follows the values so well and I love this school. Happy fifth anniversary, Shrewsbury!
BILLIE 6HB: I feel so grateful that I’ve been at this community since it begun. I remember on the very first day I was so nervous, but everyone welcomed me in.
SUNDAY 6KH: This school is very peaceful and calm and it’s the best place children can learn at.
JIDA 6KH: This school is like home and it’s so nice to see how the community and school grows.
DISNEY 6KH: It’s a very safe school.
NOP 6HB: This is where I belong.
MISS STRAW: As a founding member of staff, I am so proud to be celebrating the 5th anniversary of Shrewsbury City Campus. Our community has grown so much and gets stronger, kinder and more incredible each year. #happyanniversary #togetherweflourish #weareshrewsbury
KHUN 6HB: I like this school because everyone is kind and every school value is important and everyone follows it.
MS TAIT: I feel so privileged to be a founding member of Shrewsbury City Campus and to have seen first hand how far we have come as a school and a community. I am so lucky to have grown with some of the children through the school having taught some of the same students in Year 1, Year 4 and Year 5.
MRS HILL: I am so proud to have been a founding member of Shrewsbury City Campus. Watching our school grow every year is a true pleasure and now, in our fifth year, it feels so special to be part of this wonderful journey.
MRS HART: I feel proud and privileged to be a founding member of staff at City Campus. It’s been amazing to see the school’s growth and to be a part of the wonderful community. I look forward to continuing to work as a part of the City Team, to help the school develop and flourish. It’s a truly special place to work.
MRS GREEN: I love working at City Campus and I’m so glad my children could go here because I truly believe that kindness is at the heart of all we do. So combined with amazing facilities and people, it’s a wonderful place to be.
HAOLIN 6HB: The school has added more things to make everyone play safe and make the school better.
Hello! I am Cinnamon, the hedgehog. Today, big two leg thingies, I will give you tips on how to take care of your hedgehog. Remember, take care of your hedgehog. Nita takes care of me very well even though she gives me a tiny bit too many treats, but I like it that way, I like to be fat.
1. Space. We need space to roam, include toys, we need a wheel to run on as we are as fit as you… Okay, now let’s move on. Please will you buy me a cozy little home, a pipe at least? We need a place perfect enough to sleep!
2. Bathing. Playing out about is fun for us but we are getting much more filthy. “I NEED A BATH, OKAY?” First, Get a bucket and fill it with very shallow warm water, half way up our body. Rinse water on our back but our face must remain untouched. Next, use baby soap and squeezed on a used toothbrush and brush it on our tummy and back. Wash the soap of and dry us off. A towel or a hairdryer, doesn’t matter. Old Nita does both.
3. Meals. We eat breakfast and dinner, we are nocturnal, though, so pleeeeeeease don’t disturb us. We eat hedgehog kibbles and insects as a treat. Any kind won’t matter.
4. Just have fun with us, play with us every day. We like to sleep a lot. But wake us up to play.
By Nita Hedgehog Rocks!Hello my names is Gary and I made the badminton pages also here is the top tips for Badminton
Top Tips to playing badminton also here is the top tips for your skills!
Tip 1: Remember to hold you grip like when you are playing backhand.
Tip 2: When you are trying to netting try to hold your hand up (the same line as the white line on the net) and even try to push your hand forward.
Tip 3: When you are playing doubles DO NOT stay in the middle of the court . (except you need to do netting or ….. your teammates are out of the court.)
Tip 4;To have footwork to confuse your opponent so they don’t know where are you are going.
Also remember to kick start from the centre of the court.
What’s your favourite colour?
I am going to have a survey about what’s you favourite colour? I will find out what’s the most favourite colour in the entire school! If you want to post, please scan the QR code
Pokémon was made buy a Japanese man called Satoshi Tajiri which also made the website called Game Freak. The earliest Pokémon game is Pokémon Red and Blue which is two different game but very very similar. It was made in the year 1996 which is pretty late. They made Pokémon because back in 1982 Satoshi started a gaming magazine together with his friends called Game Freak, but after a while he decided to start making his own video games, instead of writing about them. One last thing! The new Pokémon game called Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet is just out on Friday the 18 of November on Nintendo, be sure to check it out!!
By HaolinMs Beech joined City Campus this year and works alongsode Mrs Hams in Year 6. CITY LIFE sent Nita and Billie to find out a bit about her!
Find out her answers to these questions by scanning the code!
Do you speak any other languages?
How long have you been a teacher?
Do you have any hobbies?
What’s your favourite joke?
Do you have any pets?
Interview by Nita Photographs by Billie
By Nita Enjoy!
Second chance Bangkok
Let’s Recycle! Join Second Chance Bangkok! Bring in used things that you don’t need and… Let’s find some use for it! A charity is coming! Let’s save the world and have fun at the same time! Do you know how much plastic goes into the sea and how many animals die because of this every year? Let’s get some knowledge and be an Antitrash hero now! Let’s give the great gadgets we make to homeless people and kids!
Join our Second Chance Bangkok!
Nita
Values By Nita (there are no Nitas in this word search!)
By Torfah (6HB) & Berry (6KH)
To start your character you would need to get a piece of paper ( A4 ) and a pencil ( Can also be sketching pencils ) . After that, draw a circle at the middle of the page to start your character. Next , draw the lines to were your going to put your nose , mouth, eyes and ears . You might also want to label what line is for what like N for nose and EY for eyes .
There is this amazing app named Procreate , but it cost money to use . But it is very useful and can learn to draw amazing pictures very quickly.
I think that Procreate is an amazing app for children to explore their own imaginations on an iPad , and the best part is that it will never rip because it’s on an i-Pad . DUHHHHHHH. But the bad thing is that some people have the iPad but they don’t buy the Apple Pencil. Yes I said Apple Pencil not an normal red apple with a ordinary pencil , NO , and Apple Pencil from the Apple shop.
Scan
I think it is a great app for everyone, we can trace the pictures easily. Importantly you have to buy the Apple Pencil so you can draw a have fun in Procreate. Children could draw and mix colours without getting dirty.
There will be 3 game consoles in these pages. Challenge yourself and try to find them! (This is what they look like,)
In this game you start of with just interviewing a person called Lizbert about Bugsnaks but on your airship a big pizza crashed it and you found out that everyone on the island abandoned the main settlement because Lizbert is gone. Then you are tasked to bring everyone back and find Lizbert.
1.you can make a mobile trip shot by shooting it on the buggy ball
2.buggy balls can conduct flames for 5 seconds
Big Bobsicle is one of the hardest snacks to get, because they break after a timer and you have to make a trip shot in a hot spring behind Snorpy’s house and lead the Bobsicle there.
So Hunnabee as the description hints Hunnabee sticks to almost anything just use a Snakgrappler on it to pull it down and catch it.
Buffalo custs are super hard to get you must lead them using the buggy ball to the edge of the oasis then you wait until it dives down into the water then catch it.
In bee swarm simulator you start out with a star jelly and bee egg. Use the bee egg on your hive then use a star jelly on it to make a random gifted bee. Next you can go to find all the bears and do quests for honey. You also can get honey by converting pollen you gather at your hive. You can upgrade your tools and expand your hive.
Precise bee is a mythic bee. When you go on a field every ten seconds it will target random pollen blocks. After that, you have to walk on the targets to confirm them, after that precise bee will shoot at the pollen blocks giving pollen.
When in a field fuzzy bee generates fuzzy balls that are bombs to collect pollen, to activate you must go and touch them.
A wonderful world BUT unless you are prepared do not cross the hill on the right it is the corruption so if you are a beginner, I recommended easy mode. You get a finch (a bird that auto attacks for you) and a set of iron gear ( no armor) first chop wood then make a crafting table finally create a house from foundations and walls. Also put in a table and chair after a day a merchant will spawn, you can trade with him.
Snakes are predators, they eat rats. There are big and small snakes some venomous but some are not. They live in the wilderness and hunt alone. Some people think snakes are domestic animals so they keep them as pets.
What to do if you found a snake?
Quickly run indoors if you come across a snake. Call the police to get rid of the snake. Do not panic.
Anaconda
A green anaconda is waiting for lunch. It hides at the edge of a South American river. Only its head pokes up above the surface. The snake's body is hidden under the water. Its olive-green colour and dark spots make it hard to see.
Night begins to fall. A deer comes to the water to drink. The snake strikes! It grabs the deer in its sharp teeth and drags it into the water. The snake wraps itself around the deer. It hugs tight. Every time the deer breathes out, the anacondas hugs tighter and tighter.
The deer stops breathing. Gulp! The anaconda swallows it. It swallows the deer's head first. Then the deer's legs fold up and follow. The anaconda's strong muscles pull the deer into the snake's stomach. The snake's body puffs out with fresh meat. This giant snake won't need to eat again for a few days.
Some of the snake might fight with you if you make them mad, so don’t make snakes mad! If you make them mad then you may lose one arm or maybe the snake won’t attack you then, you are a fortunate person. We need to protect the animals.
The anaconda's jaws stretch like rubber bands.These pages will leave you puzzled
These pages will leave you puzzled
Hi my name is Lexi, this is my games pages, where you have fun! I have a variety of activities you can do, such as word searches, mazes and much more. I hope you have fun!
Hi my name is Lexi, this is my games pages, where you have fun! I have a variety of activities you can do, such as word searches, mazes and much more. I hope you have fun!
You will need a friend for this game of… NOUGHTS & CROSSES! If you don’t know how to play, all you have to do is, get three in a row before the person you’re playing with does. I have already filed out one of the boxes for you. Enjoy!
You will need a friend for this game of… NOUGHTS & CROSSES! If you don’t know how to play, all you have to do is, get three in a row before the person you’re playing with does. I have already filed out one of the boxes for you. Enjoy!
If you find your favourite animal add a sticker! Give it a go!
Have fun with these humorous jokes!
Questions Answers
If you find your favourite animal add a sticker! Give it a go!
What’s the best way to throw a birthday party on mars?
Why do beets always win?
Where do fish keep their money?
What do birds give out on halloween?
What’s the one thing you guarantee to get on your birthday?
You planet!
They are un-beet-able!
In the river bank!
Tweets
A year older!
Knock, knock! Who’s there? Hatch! Hatch who?
What’s the best way to throw a birthday party on mars?
Why do beets always win?
Where do fish keep their money?
What do birds give out on halloween?
What’s the one thing you guarantee to get on your birthday?
Knock, knock! Who’s there? Hatch! Hatch who?
Bless you!
You planet!
They are un-beet-able!
In the river bank!
Tweets A year older!
Bless you!
This is a maze! This maze is special, because, if you complete it you get… two stickers! Oh, and beware of the monsters that are hiding inside. If you get eaten by a monster you have to go back to the beginning! Good luck!
This game is simple. All you have to do is match the emoji! There is an example there already. Have fun!
Hi, my name is Tess! Welcome to my page. This page is about dogs! Dogs, dogs, dogs! Here, I will tell you all about DOGS! ����
‘Dogs are humans best friends’ people say. And yes, they are! Lonely? Then get a dog! These are the some breeds of dogs:
⁃ Golden Retrievers are playful and happy!
⁃ Pugs are cute with their short noses!
⁃ German Sheperds, independent, but they come with love!
⁃ Huskys, fluffy and loveable!
⁃ The Doberman! It’s not fluffy, but it is sure adorable!
⁃ Pomeranians are lovely and great indoor pets!
⁃ Chihuahuas, the smallest, yet the best at jumping!
Hey! Do you want a riddle? If so, then come listen!
Riddle:
A man was on the side of a lake. His dog was on the other side. His dog couldn’t swim and the lake was too long to walk all the way to get to the top then to the dog's human. But his dog got across. What did the dog do to get across?
Then golden retriever Now golden retriever Future golden retrieverHello my name is Khun and I like baking and cooking, those are my two favorite hobbies. On this page I will share with you some of my top secret cookie recipes!
You will need 150g of soft unsalted butter
125g light brown sugar
100g caster sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 egg (fridge-cold)
First you will need to pour all the sugar and vanilla in and stir it until it smells good. Then you get the egg and crack it in the bowl and stir it for 5 minutes. Then you make them into balls that are same same size and put it in the oven 150 degrees c with fan or 170 c with no fan. Keep them in until they’re flat. ENJOY and share maybe just eat a small bit shhh…
Let’s see how good you are at reading Logos!
Please write your answers on a piece of paper and find Nita at the steps, near the football pitch, on break time and lunch time. The first 3 correct winners will get an amazing prize! Quick, try it now!
By Nita
- Horses can sleep standing up.
- Polar bear skin is black.
- Dogs can detect cancer in their owners body
- One ant can carry over 50 times its body weight
- Pandas love to be alone
- Tarantulas can survive more than two years without food.
- Domestic rats are one of the cleanest animals in the world.
I’m Billie this is my animal page. I love animals, so I decided to create this page! You can expect to see animal facts and animal memes.
The Boys and Girls U11 Basketball Teams have been brilliant this season! The girls have played 4 games and won 3! The boys have played 5 and won 5!
The Boys have won the U11 GBAC Eastern Conference and have a play-off final against another school in a few weeks time. The Boys also won a silver medal at the U11 GBAC Tournament, which was very impressive as they played without the year 6 players (who were on a residential trip).
The U9 Boys also played in the BISA Basketball Tournament against some huge schools and did really well. Overall its been a great season with plenty more to look forward to!
Hi! My name is Tess, also creator of Tess's Dog page. Hope you enjoy! Do you love pets? If you do, then you might be interested in Guinea pigs!
Guinea pigs are rodents. They are the longest living rodents. Guinea pigs are not often talked about but they are cute! You may have not heard about this, but guinea pigs can also be friends with dogs depending on the dog's personality!
Broccoli, spinach and beetroot are not allowed. Hamsters can get a bad stomach ache. They can even suffer from it! Other vegetables are good though. Most important is hay. Timothy hay can be fed. It is important to treat your guinea pigs well!
A Himalayan guinea pig sleeping
Thank you for reading the first edition of CITY LIFE! If you’re interested in joining the team and seeing your writing in print, ask one of our editors for more information and then sign up for the Magazine Youtime on Mondays! We look forward to hearing form you!
Hello, I am the beautiful and courageous Stitch. This magazine is a thing of wonders but it wouldn’t be complete without words from the glorious me. I will leave you with a quote:
“If you’re having a bad day, eat some ice cream!”
See you next time!
