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The Gorseland Times November 2012

GORSELAND TIMES the best newspaper in the world!!

The third issue of The Gorseland Times is different to the

first two issues. Mr Weatherby and a team of Y5&6 children

started our school newspaper off as a lunchtime club in the Spring Term 2012.

This term all of the children in Y6 have written an article about life at

Gorseland and other classes have contributed an article too.

Inside this ISSUE: Page Y5&6 Helping Younger Children

17 PALs

8 Change4Life

2 Head teacher ins and outs 19 Helping Hands

Positive Playtimes

Class Reports

3 Mrs Fitzgerald’s Class Media Clubs

4 Mrs Wallace & Bowskill’s Class 20 Radio and Newspaper Club

5 Mrs Doorly’s Class 21 Video Club

6 Miss Stanley’s Class

7-8 Mr Guite’s Class Sports

9-10 Mrs Cracknell’s Class 22 Archery

23-25 Athletics

Our Learning 26 Gymnastics

11 Goodbye Y5 27 Football Club

12 Y6 visit to KHS 28 Netball

13 Habits of Mind

14 Y6 topic: Heroic Heroes Music

15 Gutters and Billiard Balls 29 Guitars

16 K’Nex Challenge 30 Fabulous Fiddles

31-39 Y6 Film Week

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ISSUE 3

November 2012


What does the head teacher think

about leaving and much more?

Mrs Seaborne is leaving after six years

of being head teacher, what a sad

event and will she ever come back to

our school? Find out!

QUESTIONS… How are you feeling about leaving our

school?

“A bit wobbly, I’m trying not to think

about it.”

Did you like being at Gorseland

school and why?

“I’ve loved being here because all the

people are lovely.”

Are going to get another job? If you

are, what would it be?

“I am going to get another job I am

going to work with trainee teachers.”

If you were a chocolate bar, which

one would you be and why?

I would be a snickers bar because it’s

got a bit of everything.”

If you were an animal which one

would you be and why?

A cat because they are their own boss

and they always land on their feet.”

The lucky winner of the question

contest is Mrs Prout. Here is her

question…

What is your favourite pop band

from the 1970’s?

“I think Dire Striates.”

Jack and Connor, 6B

New man at the top

Mrs Seaborne is leaving Gorseland at

Christmas time, but who shall get the job

of Head teacher?

When Mrs Seaborne resigned from

Gorseland, this opened up the job for

head teacher. Already the school had

gone through one set of interviews but

the governors decided there was no one

suitable for the job. This shows how hard

it is to get the job. `

Two people were interviewed on the 22nd

and the 23rd of October by the school

governors and the school councillors from

Years Five and Six. Leonie, a Year Six

school councillor said she was happy to

be allowed to go to the head teacher

interviews.

Mr Jackson, a former deputy head at

Gorseland, visited the primary school on

the day of the interview. This caused

some suspicion that he may have been

interviewed to be the head.

The next day, at lunch time, an email was

sent out telling the parents who the new

head teacher was. It was Mr Jackson!

By Adam and Matthew, 6B


Mrs Fitzgerald’s Class

I like learning how to use the apparatus and climbing

on the squares. – Finley C

I liked making rockets

and learning my

numbers. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

blast off!

Owen


Mrs Wallace’s and Bowskill’s Class

The main theme for Mrs Wallace’s and Bowskill’s class is to learn

Makaton signing. They can sing or talk and sign at the same time,

watching Mr Tumble helps them with this. Some of the children can

talk but others need help from their teachers to communicate. So

learning Makaton signing is a great opportunity for them.

Aaron, an eight-year-old boy in Mrs Wallace’s and Bowskill’s class,

drew this picture of Mr Tumble’s spotty bag and what he would like

to put in it. He drew a seahorse, an elephant, a snake and a football.

Their teachers and teaching assistants are Mrs Wallace, Mrs

Bowskill, Mrs Grey, Faye, Mrs Chesterfield and Mrs Spalding.

Every 2 weeks they start a new topic. They had a party for

someone’s birthday not long ago and they had cake, party food and

played games. They also do gym trail. It helps them to follow

instructions and also to get themselves dressed and undressed.

By Holly and Yasmin, 6A


Mrs Doorly’s Class


Miss Stanley’s Class


MR GUITE’S CLASS English

In English we have been doing story writing & in Story writing we

have been doing stories about New Neighbours & other New

Neighbours. Also descriptions about a beach. My beach was in

Felixstowe.

Maths

In maths we have been doing X tables. We have been doing sums like

100 X 100 = 10,000 and lots of tricky sums.

French

In French we have been doing conversations like Bonjour ,ca va &

comme ci comme ca & merci.

Science

In science we have been doing rocks and soils. Our friends have

brought their stuff to show. I liked Harrys, it was very interesting.

P.E.

In P.E. we have been doing Hockey and Football. I liked it when we

played the matches in hockey. We lost 15-5 but our team didn’t mind.

In the football match we won 3-2 and I scored 1 goal and for the

Hockey match we had Elizabeth, Harry, Me & Helena. For the

Football match we had Callum.M, Euan, Cameron.R.O & Me. It was

very fun.

Art

In art we have been doing French artists like Claude Monet, Henri

Rosseau, Paul Cezanne and Paul Gaugin. Claude Monet was famous but

Henri Rosseau wasn’t. I liked painting.


Music

In music Mr Guite brings in his guitar and we sing Country Roads,

The marvellous Toy, The penguin song & Grandma, I like Country

Rode's. Mr Guite can play it really well I would rate him . And

with the musical instrument's we have been doing songs like, a song

called lickerty split and on the next bit it is John Ka-Na-Ka-Na-Ka

too I a & My Dog is a good dog, I like My Dog is a good Dog. But all

the songs are good.

P.S.H.E

In P.S.H.E We have been doing Rules, Talents & Perseverance. In

Rules we have been thinking about Class Rules & in Talents we have

been talking about are talents mine is Football & perseverance we

have been writing about what we persevere about mine is Football. I

like this because you get to know more about people you do not know

lots about.

I.C.T

In I.C.T. we have been doing French Landmarks such as The Eiffel

tower, and some people did Landmarks like Moulin Rouge, Monet's

garden,(Claude Monet.) Place de la concored, Place de la bastile,

lordes grotto. It is fun learning about them.

Topic

In topic we have been doing French landmarks & also La Tour De

France I like Bradley Wiggins. He is very fast. And Mark Cavendish.

They are both British.

Mark Cavendish Bradley Wiggins

by Callum, 3A


Mrs Cracknell’s Class Friendship Our class has been learning about friendship and what makes a good friend. We read a story called ‘Frog and the Stranger’. It is all about friendship. The characters are Frog, Rat, Duck, Hare and Pig. Rat is very kind and hard working. Duck is mean to Rat. Pig is mean and cruel. Hare is very clever. Frog is caring and kind. The story teaches us that if someone is different to us we can still like them and be friends with them. I really enjoyed listening to the story because it had a happy ending. By Charlotte- 3B

Learning a new language In Year 3 we have started to learn French with Mrs.Cook. So far we have learnt greetings and feelings and numbers. We have just started to learn colours. At the beginning of term we learnt how to greet people and ask how they are feeling. I learnt how to say ‘Hello, how are you?’ and respond and also to ask someone their name. We then started to learn lots of things to do with numbers including matching written words with their digits and word searches. We also made a French hopscotch game and did some sums in French too. Some French numbers are….. Un, Deux, Trois, Quatre and so on. I was a bit worried about composing a song with the colours in, but when we actually did it I was quite proud of it. By Matan- 3B.

Our Class Trip To Ipswich Museum Our topics in class were Rocks and Teeth, so we went to Ipswich Museum on Wednesday 24th October to find out more……… Animals First we looked at animals. Lots of people liked the huge, Woolly Mammoth. I wondered how they got the Mammoth inside the museum? Most people thought


the Red Panda was cute and also the Lion Cub. The Giraffe was so tall with its long neck. Of course all the animals had been stuffed and were not real! Bones and Teeth Next we saw some bones and teeth. We found the animals Teeth very interesting because they were such different sizes. My group and I spotted some long snake bones in a glass cabinet. We also found some sharp sharks teeth. Ancient Egyptians Then we went to the Egyptian section where we saw lots of mummies. They were wrapped in linen cloth, which is a type of fabric. There were thin and thick bones in glass coffins too. Rocks Finally we looked at some rocks. We chose our favourite rock and drew it. My favourite rock was a large mustard coloured rock with a flower-like design on top. It looked like a sea-shell to me! Birds We all saw lots of types of birds. The most interesting one was The Golden Eagle. It is on e of the best known birds of prey. It has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas. By Madhu- 3B.

Hockey Coaching

We have been taught hockey by our sports coach Mr.Fenn and its been good fun. We have plastic hockey sticks and little tennis balls and also quite tiny goals, so its really hard to score! I like being in goal but I worry when the ball comes near to me too fast, especially if it is a great player shooting it. You have to keep the stick below your waist and also keep the ball quite low so it doesn’t hit your body. If you are right-handed the left hand goes in the middle and you place your right hand over the top. It’s really good fun having Mr. Fenn teaching us as he is very kind to us. By John and Henry, 3B.


GOODBYE YEAR 5!

5A and 5B open the

door to Year 6

Back in the summer, we

found fun in our new

classrooms with our new Year

6 teachers; Mr Sampson and

Miss Downey.

Activities for Miss Downey’s

class included a memory game

from the holidays; guess the

false fact and construction

challenge involving spaghetti

and marshmallows! Meanwhile,

Mr Sampson’s class played

several games, including ‘Don’t

say it!’.

We were relieved to find that

we had great fun with Miss

Downey and Mr Sampson, as

some of us weren’t sure what to

expect. Alice Kaplan (a pupil in

Miss Downey’s class) said:

“I had great fun playing all the

games. My favourite part was

making the constructions with

marshmallows. “

Everyone in Miss Downey’s class

made some amazing coats of

arms as well. We drew pictures

to show more about us and our

favourite things. We then added

mottos onto them for us to

remember throughout Year 6.

Our mottos include: Mind over

matter; passion and

determination; Don’t give up, go

for gold and Keep calm and stay

determined.

The fun continues still in Year 6.

Everyone enjoys the Heroes

topic, all of the slightly harder

subjects and the wonderful new

classrooms and teachers.

By Kane and Samantha, 6B


Year 6’s Kesgrave High School visit.

On Monday the 8th of October 2012 the year 6’s of Gorseland Primary

School paid a visit to Kesgrave High School to take in what it would be like

there.

The Maths Lesson.

Class 6A was introduced to a teacher called Mr Rowley, who gave them a

taste of what a year 7 maths lesson would be like in Kesgrave High

School, whilst Class 6B were taught by Mr Adams. 6A did coding and de-

coding using braille, as well as solving word problems using Carroll

diagrams.

“I thought the braille was awesome but challenging.” -Rahul 6A.

“It was a little unexpected when we found out we were doing braille it was

much easier.” -Charlie 6A.

“The lesson was awesome.” -Eddie 6A.

“I thought the diagrams were easy to understand, but the questions were

challenging.” -Maddy 6A.

The Canteen.

Y6’s had a great time eating snacks from the Canteen. The snacks were a

variety of choices, such as pizza, sausages rolls, bacon butties and potato

wedges. There was also a selection drinks (including fizzy drinks).

The tour of the School.

Some Prefects showed different groups of Y6’s around the High School,

which they thought was like a maze! They saw football pitches, the

library, the cooking and art area and more. It looked like the Y6’s enjoyed

their tour.

By Luke and Sam, 6A.


HABITS OF MIND

Mrs Seaborne introduced Habits of mind to the school in 2007 and has talked about it in assembles often. We learn about it in class as well and we create pictures and posters about a variety of habits of mind.

A list of some Habits of mind. Using all your senses

Managing your impulsivity

Finding humour

Thinking flexibly

Persisting

Taking responsible risks

Being filled with awe and wonder

Listening to others.

What they mean. Persisting: Means carrying on when it is tough. Taking responsible risks: When you do something and it is risky but you complete it. Thinking flexibly: Thinking smartly. Being filled with awe and wonder: Means something that makes you say WOW. Finding humour: Means making something funny in different situations to help you learn. Managing your impulsivity: put your hand up, don’t kick or punch and remember your manners. You might not know it but you use some of these Habits of Mind every day. If you would like to find out more about Habits of Mind go to the Gorseland website. By Matthew 6A


Heroic Heroes

The whole of year six have been learning

about heroes. They have looked and

researched on lots of different areas and

we are now going to take you on a flight

over the last eight weeks.

Firstly, we made a display on what we

thought was a hero, here is what one of

the children thought .A hero puts others

before themselves by taking every

opportunity to help people who need

help.

Inspirational Heroes

Next we got into five different groups and

made a poster on a particular Olympic

hero which took a long time. Heroes can

be fictional or non-fictional.

Mo Farah is a non-fictional hero unlike

Superman who is a fictional hero.

Cracking Krindlekrax:

Year six are reading a book

called Krindlekrax where a

poor, scruffy boy called Ruskin

Splinter wants to become the

lead role of the hero in the

school play.

“Krindlekrax is a great story because it has

a great lead up.” Melody Harris, 6B.

Fantastic film week:

On the 15th of October we took on the

challenge of film week where we acted

out the films we had written, based on

heroes. It was great fun!

The only way is pup!

Recently, Kim Lewis (Katelyn’s mum) came

into Miss Downey’s class and told a tragic

tale about two adorable puppies she had

rescued from a terrible home. It made the

class feel sad but relieved that they had a

new home to look forward to

It is a very exciting topic and it brings lots

of fun and creative opportunities for

everyone especially for people who act

like Mr Nosey, by being nosey in a good

way.

Natasha and Holly, 6


GUTTERS AND BILLIARD BALLS

On Thursday 28th of September the big hall was occupied by some mysterious

materials that looked like they were more at home on a roof. Y6 attempted the

gutter ball challenge lead by Tim, an engineer from B.T., to improve their co-

operation, interdependency and D.T skills (Design and technology).

The idea was to build a structure in groups that guided your billiard ball in to a

central gutter and in turn to a collecting point at the end. The children had to work

well as a team in small groups, as well as in the whole class. The challenge was for

all of the balls to line up in order, 1-7. This was achieved by each group sending

their ball at the correct time, consecutively along their structure. The time to beat

was 10 seconds which was set by the teachers that completed this task previously.

Sam, 6A said: “It was challenging and brain teasing, but I was devastated when our

structure broke.”

After the builders had constructed their models, the challenge was on to beat the

adults. Tim called everybody to assemble around the centre tube. There were

several test runs, before the main event. Tim started the timer and the groups

started to deliver their balls. Once Tim announced the time, everyone was

determined to improve it.

Finally, on the fifth run, Tim revealed that their

time was an amazing 8 seconds, beating the

adults by 2 seconds! All of 6A agreed it was a

great afternoon.

When 6B had a go, Maddy 6A went with them

and commented “I was working with the other

class, we argued and disagreed, but at the end

we succeeded so it was fun.” Later on Y5

accepted the challenge.

Reported by George and Rahul, 6A


K’nex Challenge

During film week year six had a K’nex challenge while other groups were acting and crewing.

This task was set by Mr Sampson between the 15th and the 19th of October. It lasted half a day

and you could work on your own or you could work with other people. Our task was to make a

fair ground ride or a bridge.

Here is what people had to say about the K’nex challenge:

Zoe said, “You had to have a picture in your mind of what you are going to do”.

Laurie said, “You had to think of how it was going to work and how long it would take to build.”

Thomas said, “I thought it challenging and fun.”

Joe said, “I thought the K’nex challenge was really fun and I enjoyed it very much.”

Henry said, “I think everyone worked really well and Year Six should be proud of themselves.”

Here are some of the pictures of our fairground rides and bridges we made that I think are really

good.

by Henry, 6A


Y5&6 PALS MAKE PLAYTIMES MORE ENJOYABLE

PALs is about making children confident to make new friends and to have fun

with other children in KS1. PALs stands for play activity leader.

PALs is running to help children make friends and have fun with the P.A.LS equipment

bought specially by the school. Children like playing with older pupils, because they find it

fun learning new games and making new friends.

PALs look after the children on the KS1 playground and the top field. The children have an

option to either go on the top field or the KS1 playground. There is a variety of equipment to

use which is held in the bunker for the children. To get access to them they either ask the

dinner lady or the PALs.

Who runs PALs?

Mr Weatherby has been running PALS for around 1 and a half years. Mr Weatherby has

improved P.A.L.S by talking some sense into them because some PALs have been messing

around in front of the little children and it is not suitable for the children because they will

copy our actions.

Reviews:

(Louis) PALs is very fun and it’s a good opportunity to play with the little ones and to play

penalty shoot outs with them.

(Daniel) PALs is a great activity giving us a big opportunity to play with younger children.

(Matt) PALs is a good chance to bond with the little children.

Pupils have an opportunity to do PALs at the age of 9 and above. This means instead y6’s

just doing the PALs, y5’s can do it also so there will be more people for the children to bond

with and make friends.

This is a picture of all the Y6 PALs.

By Laurie and Ollie, 6A


Change4Life

Change4Life is run by a group of Year 6 for some children from Year 4. We

plan activities without the help of an adult, which helps them build confidence

and we help them to work better in a team. The activities are led by a

different Year 6 child each week. We are the only school in our area that has

Change4Life run by Year 6. We have been doing it for 5 weeks and already it

has been a great success.

We have done parachute games, the Hakka, a treasure hunt, blind football

and games and we have also learnt how to Dance Like Diversity.

We usually do it on the top field on Tuesday lunch times, but when it is raining

we still do the club but in the ICT suite.

Freya- “I have enjoyed all the activities so far.”

Edward- “It’s amazing because of the fabulous Year 6s.”

Abigail-“I like it because we get to do lots of activities.”

Caleb-“It’s fun because we got prizes in the treasure hunt.”

By Holly and Yasmin, 6A


Year 6 Helping Hands Year 6 have been playing with particular year 3’s to help them become more interdependent and have more fun at lunchtimes.

Helping Hands Year 6 having been playing games that involves others and team work. They are also working with Year 3s to help them understand how to play with others. There is a team of 12 year sixes changing every day on rota.

What impact it makes One of the children we help said, “I am so glad that I have not been to the head teacher’s office.” We try hard to make a big impact on their lives and at school.

Quotes from Y6 helpers Grace Gilbert said “Y6 and the Y3 find it really fun” Zoe Knagg said “I find it amazing that we’ve changed someone’s life.” Jovie Tasker said “I am glad that we’ve helped them have a better break time.” List of year 6’s who help Jovie, Zoe, Grace, Jemma, Melody, Jasmine, Yan, Leonie and Sydney (6B). Daniel and Joe (6A)

By Jovie and Zoe, 6B

Positive playtimes with SSC

Year 6 helpers make playtimes fun and easy for

teachers and pupils

Mr Weatherby and Mrs Chesterfield came up with

this club for year 6 and announced to year 6 on the

1st of October that they had the opportunity to play

with SSC’s at morning break. Ten people are involved

and love the chance to play with such positive

children.

Who is involved? The people who firstly played with the SSC children

were Natasha and Alice (6B). They started playing

with the children on Monday the 8th of October and

said it was fun and interesting to learn their ways.

The other people involved are Bryony, Jasmine,

Sydney (6B), Yasmin, Ellie, Zoe, Tom and Holly (6A).

What is it like? Holly said, “It is very fun. I really enjoy it because it’s

a different experience that we do not usually get to

do.” Everybody thinks they are enjoyable to play with

but what does the teacher herself think?

Mrs.Chesterfield, an SSC teacher, told us “The girls

are friendly, smiley and fun and SSC love playing hide

and seek and it with them. They are a great help.”

What do they do?

We look out and play with the SSC when we are on

duty. It is our responsibility to make sure the children

in SSC have an enjoyable break time.

We play a range of games like hide and seek to hot

potato and the children are glad to play a different

game every week.

By Sydney and Alice K, 6B


Radio and Newspaper Clubs

Newspaper and radio club, which is run

by Mr Weatherby, gives information

through writing and speaking. With

many listeners and readers, it’s a big hit

with everyone at the school.

In newspaper and radio club year 5s and

6s work their socks off to produce the

Gorseland Times, which is read by the

school, their parents and sometimes

grandparents. Gorseland radio, which is

listened to by the whole school while they

eat their lunch in the big hall, is also a big

hit.

Ben, a Year 5 pupil who goes to the club,

said: “It’s really fun because you can

make new friends and use the

microphones, they’re great!”

We asked Mr Weatherby, the T.A that

started and runs the club, a few

questions:

How do you run the club to make it so

fun?

“Well I don’t, the children do everything

from deciding what goes in to editing.”

What gave you the idea to start the club?

“I was looking for a new different

challenge that will be relevant to

classroom learning, that will be a useful

life skill and to boost their confidence.”

When will the copies come out?

“There should be one each term, so three

altogether.”

Who can listen and read them?

“Everyone, there will be a copy on the

website and one copy for each class.”

Random questions

If you were in Casualty, what injury would

you have and why?

“A badly cut finger because I was building

some disco equipment with an electronic

blade and when I had finished I didn’t

realise that it was still on and I cut my

finger. It was hanging off!

If you were a cartoon, who would you be?

“Um, that’s a hard one but I think it would

have to be Jerry from Tom and Jerry.”

The club is on Monday lunchtime

and by what we’ve heard it sounds

great! Thanks for reading!

By Jake & Kian, 6B


Music, Songs and More - Video Club

Galore

Video club takes place in the ICT suite on Thursdays at

lunchtime and is run by Mr. Weatherby. Most of the people

in video club did music club in Year 5.

Video club gives Year 6 a really good chance to work with

students from the other class. First we looked at some

lyrics and spoke about what we thought the song was

about without listening to it.

We listened to different types of music. We had to choose

one song out of seven. Then we had to find pictures that go

with the song which we chose.

We are currently making a video by using Movie Maker.

Eventually we will help make the video for the leavers’

DVD.

Here are some quotes from video club members. “Video club

is a great club to have at Gorseland because you can listen

to the latest music” - George.

“Video club is a chance for the year sixes to make their own

videos. Mr Weatherby has put a great club together and I’m

hoping it will go on in the future” - Yasmin.

“Video club is really fun because we get to do it all

ourselves” - Bryony.

Video club has been running for 3 years now and this is the

fourth year. It will hopefully go as well this year as

previous years.

Zoe, 6A


Archery

Archery club is for year 6 on a Friday after school and everyone enjoys themselves while doing the sport.

Mr Weatherby runs archery and he makes it fair for everyone. There are several different competitions,

for example high score, one in every colour, chasing the colours, killer and most arrows in two colours.

This year Jack, Tom, Ollie, Melody, George and Jasmine are helping year 4 and 5 improve at archery.

It takes about 10-15 minutes to set up all of the stuff. There are two different types of bow. The yellow

bows are called jelly bows and they are for beginners. The brown and white bows are called recurves. The

highest score you can get is 10 and the lowest you can get is 1.

Rules for keeping safe

If someone is in the shooting range do not shoot because you might hit them and hurt them.

You should not run because you might trip over an arrow and hurt yourself.

Do not stand in front of the board when you pull the arrow out.

Here is a quote from Mr Weatherby: “I love archery as it is a sport everyone can participate in. We are in the fortunate position of being one of the few schools that offer another unusual sport to the children.” “Mr Weatherby makes it fun for everyone,” said Matt in 6a. “Mr Weatherby teaches archery in a fun and enjoyable way,” said George in 6a. “It is really fun but Mr Weatherby is a lazy teacher on purpose because he wants you to do stuff yourself,” Melody in 6b said. “It was really fun and I thought that the sweets where a good thing to aim for,” Charlie said. “It is really fun,” said Tom in 6a.

If you would like to join archery club, speak to Mr Weatherby.

By Jack and Liam, 6A

ST CHRISTOPHER’S PRU VISIT GORSELAND TO HAVE

AN ARCHERY LESSON Some teachers and teenagers came in from St Christopher’s PRU and five year 6 children taught

them archery on September the 5th. We did it to give them a new experience.

Here are some quotes.

Ollie. “It was really fun teaching the adults because we don’t normally teach the adults, they

teach us”.

Jack. “It was fun and they did really well for beginners”.

George. “I hope the people from St Christopher’s PRU enjoyed the afternoon as much as I did.”

Mr Weatherby. “The children really enjoyed the archery. The adults and the children were really

impressed with the way yr6 taught them”.

Tom. “I thought they did really well for beginners”.

The year 6’s thought the visitors did very well as they have never done archery before.

Tom, 6A


GORSELAND ATHLETES RUN LIKE LIGHTNING

On the 12th of October 2012, Gorseland Primary school took part

in a cross country run at Kesgrave High School from, 4pm to

5.15pm. There were 4 races - Year 5 girls, Year 5 boys, Year 6

girls, and Year 6 boys. The pressure was on them all with Mr

Guite, the Gorseland team coach, winning the last couple of

years.

Gorseland got off to a cracking start with the Year 5s

winning both the boys’ and girls’ races, but that didn’t

seem to make the rain stop.

Coming 1st in both races, Mr Guite had everything to

smile about. Now he was just waiting for the Year 6s to

prove they were just as good.

Yet again, Year 6 did not let Mr Guite down with the Year 6

boys having the winner, Daniel. This is what he thought: “I’m

so glad! Everyone did brilliantly. Well done! We did very

well.”

Finally it was time to go home with every single athlete pleased with

their result. It was a very good day as Gorseland

won again.

By Charlie, 6A


The Gorseland Cross Country team took part in four different races

at Chantry Park on October 17th achieving some great results. All the

runners should be proud of themselves.

The Year 5 girls took part in the first race of the day. The

Gorseland girls had a great start because all the other

schools ran along the wrong path. Alex (5A) started the

great results with a very well deserved 3rd place.

The Year 5 boys’ race was next. Other schools had learnt

their lesson and ran along the right path proving harder

opposition than what was in the girls’ race. Ben in 5A came 9th

with a very good run timing his sprint to perfection at the end.

Year 6 had a lot of talent and expectation going in to this race.

They were next but could they keep the standard up that the

Year 5 showed? The girls’ race started and you could tell that this was going to be a

great race. Well, it really was. Jasmine came 5th and Natasha

was just behind in 6th.

The Year 6 boys’ race was next. After lots of practice the

boys were hoping to end the 2012 Chantry Park cross

country event with an almighty display. The race began and

Dan (6A) took the lead quickly with Matt (6A) and Kian (6B) closely behind him. Mid-

way through the race, Joe started to move up the order and took a well-deserved

10th place. Dan came 4th and said after the race, “All of the Cross country team from

Gorseland should be proud of themselves with some

amazing results.”

So it was a really successful afternoon at Chantry Park and

all of Gorseland should be proud as all four teams came 2nd

and we were the only school to have every team finish in

the top three.


Running to victory Gorseland’s Year’s 4s, 5s and 6s shine in cross country despite

rainy conditions

Lots of children were taking part in the Chantry park competition for

Gorseland School. We found many achievements despite the muddy

conditions of the track. All the children were looking forward to the

race but because of the rain children doubted if the race was still

going to be on.

Unfortunately Natasha fell over because of having a weak knee

therefore she stumbled and fell over but she got up and continued

running all the way to 8th position

Mr Guite and Mrs Rose have been training children to get ready for

competitions so Gorseland can win. Fortunately, Alex in the Year 5

girl’s category came 3rd and Ben in the Year 5 boy’s category came 9th,

also Jasmine (6A) came 5th in the Year 6 girl’s category. In the final

race, the Year 6 boy’s category, Daniel came 4th.

Jasmine said, “I felt proud to represent the school and happy that I did

it, but I wouldn’t have chosen to do it in the conditions that we did it

in.”

Molly said,” I did it because it is fun and healthy and exciting to go out

of school to race against other people I don’t know.”

Jasmine in 6A said, “It was hard because there were about 150 people

in each race.”

By Molly (6B) and Jasmine (6A)


Flip-tastic!

Year 6 were treated to a gymnastics

lesson led by Pipers vale coach, Will

They started the session with an

energetic warm up. Then they sat

down and were told that they were

going to learn about how to jump and

land. Next, Will numbered them as

they stood in a line in groups of three.

After that, they had to jump off a

bench and land in the proper position.

The pupils then completed a circuit

around the hall trying out different

activities.

What it was like?

It was a short gymnastics lesson for

the pupils of Gorseland primary school

but afterwards most people had a

great big smile on their face. Jasmine

(6B) commented, “I thought it was fun

and something different to do on a

Monday afternoon. “Lewis told us that

he found it challenging but extremely

good fun.”

Some of the pupils have seen the

professional gymnasts doing their high

standard of training at Pipers Vale.

They were very impressed and

because of that started going to school

gymnastics club. It is brilliant so start

TODAY! (Ages 7 and up).

You could also sign up for other

gymnastics clubs including Pipers

Vale in Ipswich.

By Caroline and Madeleine, 6B


FOOTBALL CLUB

In y6 we have the chance to do football club which is run by Mr

Sampson, Mr Fenn and Mr Creasy. Roughly 20 to 30 people

train every Wednesday lunchtime on the Astroturf. Every week

we are improving our football skills. Most of the people who do

football club think it is a big success.

During football club we play a whole match. During the match

Mr Sampson, Mr Fenn and Mr Creasy explain to us what we

can improve.

We have played one game against Heath primary and we

played the best we could. Even though we lost 4-1, we really

enjoyed playing against another school.

Louis’ view of football club is, “Having fun, scoring goals and

enjoying every moment of football club.”

Joe’s view of football club is, “It doesn’t matter what the score

is, as long as you have fun and enjoy yourself you will have a

really fun time.”

Matt’s view of football club is, “It’s good because you can play

with your mates and we have lots of fun playing a whole

match.”

By Louis and Joe, 6A


JUMP UP TO NETBALL!

Firstly, Netball club is a fun club for year six, since you get to play in different positions,

such as: centre, goal attack, goal shooter, goal keeper, goal defence, time keeper and

scorer. It takes place in the school’s M.U.G.A. (multi use games area) every Wednesday

after school for an hour. It is run by Mrs Rose and Mrs Fitzgerald. At netball there are rules

you have to follow these are very simple, these will come up later. Lots of people have

joined this club as it`s a sport that many people enjoy.

We warm up first by side stepping, skipping and jogging. After that, we stretch our triceps,

biceps, ham strings and deltoids. (Upper arm, upper arm, back of leg, shoulder).

The rules you have to follow in High 5 Netball are that you are not allowed to move your

feet when you have the ball, however you can pivot. If the ball goes over the line, the

other team receives the ball. The positions you can play in have certain places you can go,

so if you are playing in centre you can only go in the three thirds but not the semi circles.

Goal attack, goal shooter, goalkeeper and goal defence can only play in one semi-circle

and two thirds.

To summarise, net ball is a club that is enjoyed in year 6. Here are some quotes about

netball club:

“It is so fun and it is challenging to remember all the positions.” - Safie

“It’s fun because you get to play matches and Mrs Rose and Mrs Fitzgerald give you lots of

tips.”- Grace

“It’s really fun and I enjoy it. Mrs Rose and Mrs Fitzgerald tell you to have a go and it

doesn’t matter if it doesn’t turn out well!”- Holly

Reported by Ellie & Daisy, 6A.

Blue team trying to score. People in Netball Club.


Gorseland Got Guitars

A report on what guitar

lessons are like in Year 5 and

Year 6.

What is guitar like in Year 5?

Guitar in Y5 is like a taster of Y6

guitar if you decide to carry on. You

learn the basics like simple chords

and the different parts of the

guitars. It might sound really boring

at first but it gets more interesting

once you’ve got into it. Our

Teacher, Mr Butcher, is very

enthusiastic and enjoys working

with us.

Mr Butcher says “It’s amazing, I love

it!”

What is Guitar like in Year 6?

You recap on the basics but as it

goes on through the year, you start

to learn some songs like Chasing

Cars and I Need A Dollar.

Jemma Clapson comments, “I really

like guitar because Mr Butcher is a

great teacher and we learn new

things every time.”

Quotes

Here is a quote from Zoe K in Year 6,

“I really enjoy guitar because we

learn cool songs.”

Alice K in Year 6 said, “I really enjoy

guitar because we learn modern

songs.”

Now here is a quote from Daniel T

in Year 6, “It’s cool.”

Maddy W in Year 6 said “It is hard to

practice the chords but you get

there in the end.”

Here is a Quote from Henry B in

Year 6, “I enjoy playing an

instrument I haven’t played before.”

Mr Butcher in a Year 5 lesson

By Melody and Jemma, 6B


At Gorseland there are many opportunities to get involved with music and playing instruments such as

Violin/Viola, Guitar, recorder and Flute.

Mrs Taber, the violin teacher, has been

coming here for 8 years and loves her job.

She is very enthusiastic, organised and

works hard to make you the best player

you can be.

On Wednesday afternoon she comes in

and does a 20 minute lesson which

doesn’t seem like a long time but it is

surprising how much you can do if you

practice.

Mrs Taber spoke to us and said “I’ve had

many pupils of a very great standard who

have put in a lot of practice so they have

achieved high grades. “

You may have seen that each year Mrs

Taber and her pupils perform in the

summer concert. Playing in this concert

improves your confidence. Did you know

that only 10% of children in year 6 can play

the violin so it is a very special talent?

If you don’t fancy playing the violin then

you could join Mrs Taylor’s choir. Two year

6’s said “Choir is great fun, we would

recommend it to anyone. “

Warning: Watch out if you are near a

violinist because you don’t want a bow in

the nose.

Competition: Name the four strings of the

violin from lowest to highest. Contact

Bryony (6B) or Grace (6A) to win. First

three to see us will receive the prizes.

By Bryony (6B) and Grace Harman (6A)


CAMERAS, MICROPHONES, COSTUMES-

WHAT WERE YEAR 6 DOING?

Film Week

Year 6 had a fantastic week from the 15th of October, from clumsy footballers to evil

computer masters, custard pies to super animals- and as if this wasn’t enough, the fuchsia-

haired former ballerina Evil Bob - it’s been Film Week for the Year 6 classes. Evil head

teachers, suspicious raisins, missing crowns, strange bubbles and even grammar! Here’s

more information.

Year 6 had laptops, pencils, paper and brains to think of a witty, imaginative plot for a hero

story. Although this was a tough challenge, lots of people enjoyed thinking of their own idea

for a professionally recorded film, which would be shot around the whole school. Rahul, 6A,

has given his opinion: “I thought it was a tough challenge – we had lots of agreements

despite disagreements – but in the end we came up with an amusing yet serious story!” Find

out more about Rahul’s script in Captain Clumsy, headlined as Hero Saves the Day on page

?.

Year 6 also had to focus on props and costumes. Some costumes were simple enough, plain

home clothes or a cape, but others were much trickier. Props presented another problem, but

it was very minor. Just three of the many props were sweets, an Xbox controller and custard

pies. All costumes and props were gathered successfully, we are pleased to say.

Everyone had the chance to get stuck in and take part in acting, script writing, crewing and

everything that a film and camera crew need.

Ellie, 6A, says, “It was really fun, especially to be able to hold the boom mic* – but the best

part was throwing custard pies in my film Pie Guy**!” All of Year 6 put tremendous effort

into making these films the best they could be.

But of course, specialist adult help was required. Year 6 send a special thank you to Paul

Press and Megan Ingold, who brought in the necessary equipment and experience to make

these films. Without them, Film Week would not have been possible.

5 films were made in each class, all of which were successfully edited. Year 6 had a thrilling

(but somewhat embarrassing!) afternoon watching 9 of the 10 films, due to the tenth still

requiring edits.

The following nine** articles talk about the films as though they are real, but we here in

Year 6 would like to reassure you that they are all fantasy!

By Maddy, 6A

* boom mic- a fluffy microphone that will pick up all sound in filming area.

** A Pie Guy article is not featured in this newspaper.


DR. SAGU DEFEATED!

Techno Tom and Jupiter, the bold superheroes, have done it: on the 22nd of October they

defeated Dr. Sagu.

Dr. Sagu is an evil scientist who was planning to rule the world and abduct everyone who

was in his way because if he can rule the world, he could have the power to be the leader of

the gods. His lifelong dream was to rule the world and all the gods.

Dr. Sagu became evil by working on an experiment that went badly wrong. He tried hard,

but got frustrated that he wasn’t able to gain any success; and instead of swallowing the

bitterness of unsuccessfulness, he started spilling it on the people. How unfortunate he

was!

He used his hacking skills to destroy all the security systems in the world. Dr. Sagu did not

listen to the advice that he was given, “Intelligence is not a privilege but something that

would help someone or something.” Dr. Sagu did exactly the opposite, but Tom and Jupiter

would not let that happen.

They entered his secret warehouse and had a violent battle. Tom and Jupiter were

outnumbered since Dr. Sagu had his evil vampires but Jupiter knocked them out and Tom

defeated Dr. Sagu. They arrested him and the crowd who heard the news cheered for

Techno Tom and Jupiter. He is now in the most fiercely guarded prison in the world.

Techno Tom and Jupiter’s true secret identity revealed!

Children have wanted to find out the heroes secret Identities and they are Thomas as Techno Tom and Jake as Jupiter the cyborg!

By Jake and Rohan, 6A

Please note: This article is written as though the events are real, but we here in Year 6

would like to reassure you that it is all fantasy!


WATCH OUT, BOB’S ABOUT. Our number one super star, Katniss, has regained her singing and dancing talent, after losing it to

Evil Bob on the 19th October. THE DANCE AND SING TEAM, Super Smooth, Wayne Willington and

Groove Girl, saved the day.

Earlier that day, Evil Bob had planted some special popcorn which was designed to remove

people’s singing and dancing talent. The reason he did it was because when he was a teenager, he

wore a new pink tutu and fell over in his big solo during a ballet show. Ever since then he has hated

singing and dancing.

Katniss realised she had lost her singing and dancing talent at a concert in

front of 10,000 fans. Some witnesses spoke to us when she realised her

voice was gone. They said it was a number one disappointment; they also

thought Evil Bob, the Evil mastermind, had struck again.

Katniss had to use the secret signal to get the attention of The Dance and

Sing Team. She shouted as loud as she could, “MANGO JANGO!” The super

heroes heard the emergency call and went to investigate immediately.

Wayne Willington told Katniss they were there to help and she should copy him. He did all these great dance moves and without realising it, he knocked evil Bob out, who was creeping up behind him, while doing so. Evil Mevil mind, Evil Bob’s sidekick, started to throw evil popcorn at him. Wayne picked up a piece of popcorn, EVIL POPCORN, and ate it. Suddenly Wayne Willington could not dance. He tried to sing but he was not that good before! Super Smooth realised that the bit of popcorn must have stopped him from being able to sing or dance.

Evil Mevil Mind popped out of nowhere and told them it was her and her evil boss, BOB, who had made and planted the popcorn. She wanted to help them, because she loved singing and dancing, but her boss, BOB, hated it. She told them to follow her quickly. The heroes looked confused but they followed.

They came to a kitchen, where the sweets had been made. Wayne Willington and Katniss waited outside while Evil Mevil Mind, Super Smooth and Groove Girl went inside.

Groove Girl demanded that Evil Mevil Mind should make some good sweets to bring their talents back. Although Evil Mevil Mind was feeling under pressure, she made the sweets as quickly as possible.

Katniss and Wayne Willington ate the sweets. They tried to sing and dance and they did. The new sweets had brought back their talent. The next thing to do was to get Evil Bob.

Evil Mevil Mind gave Bob one of the new sweets, which made Evil Bob dance and sing like he never had before.

While everyone was celebrating their victory, Bob and his bag of popcorn disappeared. The heroes are still searching for him.

By Safia, 6A Please note: This article is written as though the events are real, but we here in Year 6 would like to reassure you that it is all fantasy!

Katniss shocked after

she lost her talent.


Commander Liam and Ambitious Ash have stopped the two villains, General

Gawky and Captain Clumsy, from making football coach Didia Drugba really

clumsy. General Gawky and Captain Clumsy wanted Didia Drugba to get

their revenge by making him clumsy because when he was General Gawky’s

football coach, he made him wear a skirt and a wig.

The heroes saw the villains at the football pitch, where they were arguing

about whose power was better. Ambitious Ash said, “We are here to stop

you villains.”

Captain Clumsy said, “RUN.” The heroes ran and ran after them until they

stopped, turned around and attacked each other. Then General Gawky

knocked out Captain Clumsy.

Suddenly an idea popped into Ambishous Ash’s head, he said, “It’s time to

do my super fart!” He aimed his bottom at the villains and POFF!

“That stinks!” moaned the villains. They both collapsed.

When they both woke up General Gawky said, “I’m wearing a skirt and a

wig.”

“Noooo! Not again!” reacted Captain Clumsy.

Ambitious Ash and Commander Liam said at the same time, “Well Done!”

By Olivia and Eddie, 6A

Please note: This article is written as though the events are real, but we here in Year 6

would like to reassure you that it is all fantasy!


HEROES SAVE A TRAPPED GIRL!

A ten year old girl gets attacked by Colchester Zoo animals!

On Tuesday 16th October 2012, the heroes, Heroic Harmony and Super Sidekick saved a local ten year old

girl called Rosy Smith from Colchester Zoo.

Rosy was skipping into the zoo entrance one sunny morning when animals escaped from their cage. They

trapped the ten year old girl inside the cage.

Meanwhile at Hero HQ the phone rang continuously until Heroic Harmony picked it up. We were told that

they teleported to save Rosy. They arrived at the zoo and saw Rosy locked up.

This is what Rosy said after the rescue, “I was terrified that the animals had just flung me inside the cage.”

We were told the animals chased Rosy and the heroes. The heroes had a plan to trip the animals by using a

rope that was lying on the ground. Super Sidekick, being one of the heroes, explained this, “As we were

helping Rosy to escape, me and my fellow companion Heroic Harmony had the plan stuck in our heads. We

were on the case!”

Although the leader of the villains was captured, his accomplices decided to take over schools in

Martlesham Heath now, so watch out!

By Amy and Laura, 6A Please note: This article is written as though the events are real, but we here in Year 6 would like to reassure you that it is all fantasy!

Queen’s crown gets stolen on school visit.

On the 18th of October it was a glorious day,

the Queen of England was going to Gorseland

school to announce that Gorseland won the

sporting achievement of the year award.

School councillor Sophie was showing the

Queen around when her crown got stolen.

Before any other spy claimed the case, Lola

and Lexi flew in and took it. “They did a pretty

good job” announced the Queen. The Double L

team (Lola and Lexi) discovered the evil

mastermind’s lair by using a tracking device

then they unmasked the villains.

It was said that the three evil villains are

Mimi, Zack, and Sophie. Apparently, Sophie

brainwashed Mimi and Zack then programmed

them to steal the crown.

“We would have got away with it if you spies

didn’t start interfering,” growled Sophie.

Sophie is now awaiting trial next week.

By Yan, 6B Please note: This article is written as though the events are real, but we

here in Year 6 would like to reassure you that it is all fantasy!


Bizarre Competition to Brain-Sucking

Catastrophe

Bizarre fruit competition leads to

kidnapping of innocent child

On the 18th of October 2012, a family of three

were having a day at the local park. The youngest

daughter of 36 year old Charlotte Panic, 5 year

old Scarlett disappeared, supposedly down the

slide. She says that she was following a small child

around her age and that both of them slid into a

smelly sewer and something had been attached

to her head. “It felt like I was being squished into

a small tube when I was in the portal, but it’s all

hazy, now.” The eldest daughter, 16 year old

Jade, said that her sibling disappeared without a

trace, leaving their mother an ‘hysterical wreck’.

Heroic Appearance

The distressed mother of the two girls made an

attempt to find her child, therefore disappearing

down the slide to find her. Meanwhile, at an

unknown location, a worldwide hero, Kit-Kat

Carrie, ‘sensed’ stress from Charlotte and was

soon to the rescue. It is said by an anonymous

witness that she arrived at the park five minutes

after the disappearance. The hero was late to the

rescue as Jade held her up for at least five

minutes. Jade said that she merely wanted to

have the hero’s mobile number and that she

didn’t mean to hold her up.

Slide to the Rescue

After the dramatic hold up, Kit-Kat Carrie found a

way into the underground sewers and confronted

the villains to bring peace to the family. Victoria,

who was recently bailed out of prison, was first to

be captured, along with her scientific creation,

Nugget.

Questioning at the Station

The villains were taken in for questioning and

Nugget revealed all. “We were going to use the

Brain-Sucker 5000 to suck the brain juice out of

the smarty-pants’ brain to make a pink raisin.

Then we would suck it out her ear!” The ‘Brain-

Sucker 5000’ was taken for examination in a high

security lab by the world’s best scientists. Results

of the tests are said to be confidential to the

police and scientists.

Prison Sentence

Nugget and Victoria were taken to Court and

pleaded guilty. Victoria was sentenced to 12 years

in prison for kidnap and possible murder. Nugget

escaped from the station but was found on the

20th of October in a deserted alley. Nugget was

taken back to the station and was sentenced to 5

years in prison followed by a further 5 years

working as a police ‘dog’ for cases of kidnap and

murder. When Nugget was told this, it, as its

gender is unknown, declared, “Meep! I would be

meeping down in Broadway if it weren’t for all

you stupid oxygen breathers!”

By Katelyn and Grace, 6B


Teacher trouble turned around

Teacher attempts to destroy learning

but super powers save the day and the

teacher turns a new leaf.

How it started

Miss Spoiler, a 28-year-old

teacher at Gorseland Primary

School, has changed from her old

self, but it never used to be this

way!

Before this miraculous change, students

had reported incidents such as

confiscating phones, sweets and hair

gel! She was so cruel people sometimes

seemed to see her doing things in front

of the children she has told them off

for.

This unstoppable teacher was

bothering students along with parents.

People are told something very unique

happened on the 15th October 2012

which involved Ben a student who is a

confident body builder.

What was this incident you may ask?

The incident took place at Gorseland

Primary School one afternoon, when

Miss Spoiler announced that the class

were going to play cricket. In the

middle of the lesson, just after Miss

Spoiler had apparently commented on

how bad the class were, Ben revealed

his secret powers and used them on

Miss Spoiler, who suddenly became

nice. Everyone was shocked with this

miraculous change.

“I thought the cricket lesson was very

fun but I don’t think I played very well! I

was amazed when Ben came out with

that bubbly thing!” said Charlie.

So, thanks to Super Bubble powers, Ben

saved the class from Miss Spoiler’s

cruel ways and they are now looking

forward to a happier time at school.

Miss Spoiler, the teacher who

miraculously changed

By Daniel and Thomas, 6B


Head of all schools kidnapped by

evil Deputy head

On the 17th October at 10:30am, the

Head of All Schools was marking

spelling tests, but the Deputy, Miss

Bullet asked to see the head in the

courtyard and when he went there he

got zapped by Miss Bullet and her side

kick, Sparkles. They took him to the

dark forest beside the school because

they wanted to take over all the

schools.

Luckily, Marigold, his daughter, had

seen all.

“Miss Bullet locked me in my dad’s

office and I didn’t know what to do. I

would normally help my father but I

couldn’t, and I felt very annoyed with

myself”

Fortunately, Captain X and Sparkles

were on the case, as they were aware

that Marigold was trapped in her

father’s office.

First, they freed Marigold and then

went off to the dark woods to rescue

the Head master.

When the Heroes finally arrived at the

dark woods, they found themselves in a

rather difficult situation because after

they rescued the head, the villains

started chasing Captain X and her side

kick round and round. Fortunately, the

heroes eventually managed to capture

the villains by tying them together with

a rope.

Miss Bullet and Sparkles got life

sentence in jail for their crime and

won’t be seen again for a very long

time.

By Alice and Jasmine, 6B

This Deputy belongs behind bars


Super hero saves the world

from evil Steve and his gang

Over the course of a week in

October, two rivals went head to

head in a battle of grammar versus

slang.

Tensions began to rise when

Grammar guy collided with Slang

Steve on the streets of London.

Steve sneakily swapped the English

dictionary for the slang dictionary

and put it on Grammar Guy’s desk so

that the next time Grammar Guy

read the dictionary Grammar Guy

would get his English wrong.

After realising what had happened,

Grammar Guy suggested a Spelling

Bee battle to settle their

differences. The best speller was

Grammar Guy, who won convincingly

by spelling all his words correctly.

Slang Steve failed to spell any of his

words correctly.

In the end of the day, Grammar Guy

forgave Slang Steve and they

became friends.

Reported by Lewis and Eddie, 6B

gt - issue 3 nov 12

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