celebrating our talents and achievements

St. Teresa of Avila:
“You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.”
Fifth edition, February 2015
CELEBRATING OUR TALENTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
What to find in this edition
A Few Words from the Editors
Hello! We are the editors: Álvaro T.,
Ana, Marta, Michi and Paloma!
We can’t believe that we’ve made
it to the fifth edition of the magnificent
St. Anne’s World.
We have written about fencing and
music classes and we’ll find out a little bit
more about the mysterious Mr. Anatoli!!
In this edition we have included Art
pages, Problem Solving and Alternatives
to Football in the playground. We would like to thank all the pupils and teachers who
have contributed very effectively in writing this edition of the newspaper. A big
thank you to the sub-editors of Year 5 who have helped us to organise our school
newspaper. We do hope that you enjoy it.
St. Anne’s School founded in 1969
St. Anne’s was founded by Miss Margaret Jean Raines in 1969 who followed
her dream of having her own school and sharing the
British culture with children in Spain.
Since then our school has gone from strength
to strength and now has great prestige throughout
the whole world! Our past pupils are now professional people working worldwide and Miss Raines is
so proud of each and every one of them!
The drone
To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the school we
made forty-five in numerals and a drone flew over us to film the event and to take
photos. It was a
fun experience
even if it was a bit
cold!!
Drone is the
name given to a
flying robot which
is usually remotely
controlled (it also
is a male honeybee).
End of First Term House Point Totals:
Cambridge
Durham
Edinburgh
Oxford
2477
2453
2598
2784
A quick look back at the
horrors of Hallowe’en on
Page 5.
Yummy recipies in our
Cookery Workshop on page
23.
Some examples of our artistic
talents on pages 18 and 19.
If you want to read a recommended book, read our Book
Reviews on page 31.
Find out which house won
the Inter-House Primary Quiz
on page 3.
From pages 7 to 16 you will
get a glimpse of what has
been happening in each and
every class.
On the Sports’ Page there is a
new feature with a focus on
one of our pupils.
Page 6 will tell you a little
about Mr. Anatoli, one of our
Music teachers.
Find out about Primary
Charity events on page 2.
Look back at Christmas on
pages 20 and 21.
Enjoy a laugh with the Jokes
on page 29.
Abracadabra, magic tricks for
you to try out on page 22.
Did you know highlights some
interesting geography facts
on page26.
PRIMARY SOLIDARITY
2
Year 5 ran a marathon of 20 minutes to collect
money for poor children . We got a little bit tired
running . Each of us had sponsors and our sponsors for each minute paid us money . Everyone
had a lot of fun running the marathon and were
proud of ourselves . After we had run 20 minutes everybody crowned themselves or another
person with a crown that Ancient Greeks had for
the Olympic games . Everyone enjoyed running
the marathon. We raised 4119€ for the charity
Wateraid.
The crowning moment!
By Sofia Year 5 Red
Every minute, every day people suffer and lives
are lost needlessly because of a lack of safe
water and sanitation.
Year 5 decided to help.
Just look at their style!!
Year 5 Blue and Red
Fund Raising Event
4119 € for
Year 6 Fund Raising Event
3100 € for Shika
Once again we were delighted and
overwhelmed with the fantastic
response to the Cáritas Christmas
Campaign!!
Editor: Michi Photos: Matilde Y6
In the month of November, Y6 did a
sponsored swim to raise money for a
charity in Tanzania. The foundation is
called Shika. Everyone was very excited. Unfortunately some people
couldn’t swim so they did a sponsored silence; this consisted of keeping
silent for an hour. Everyone swam
really quickly and had a great time
the maximum lengths were 43, it was
Hugo who did it. The whole class
thought they had done well and were
very proud of themselves. The maximum lengths that the girls swam
were 34 and lots of them achieved it.
Everyone swam like fishes and had a
great time, even though they got very tired. In the
next two weeks people brought the money in, some
very generous people raised more than 400 €.
Each day we brought more money in and had a bigger amount to add to the total. Everyone contributed what they could and finally we raised an
Incredible 3100€ for Shika. By Inés Year 6
PRIMARY QUIZ
3
BEFORE THE QUIZ
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Are you nervous about the quiz?
Yes I’m really nervous about it.( Tommy Y4.)
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Who do you think is going to win the quiz?
I think Oxford is going to win. (Irene Y3.)
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Do you agree with the people that are competing
for your house?
Yes I agree the team looks good.(Hugo Y6)
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Are you happy about how the quiz is done?Would
you change anything?
No, I think it’s perfect like this. (Jaime Wallace Y5B.)
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Is it your first time being in the quiz?
Yes and I’m really nervous. I hope we win.( Jorge Y5R.)
AFTER THE QUIZ
We had a lovely time on the day of the quiz. The
atmosphere of the gym was great and the rocking music
Mr Ian put on was excellent!
All the children were very nervous, especially the
ones who were going to participate. Every one was supporting their team and even some parents wore t-shirts
of their child's house. There were a lot of teachers helping but especially Miss Rebecca reading the English questions, Mr Alejandro the Spanish ones and a girl from
Year 11 Gador did the French ones. Miss Lucy and Miss
Carla helped with the microphones and Mr Ian with the
music and the lights. A big thank you to Mr David who
helped to organized the quiz. There were some people
who were great and helped their team a lot.
The team
members were:
Theo from Year 1
Mencía from Year
2, Diego from Year
3, Andrea from Y4,
Alonso and Jaime
Wallace from
Year 5 and Michi
from Year 6. It was
all really exciting,
at the end Oxford won but everyone participated fully
and had a great time!
Editor: Michi Photos: Ana, Mr Pedro Pablo, Ada and Lucas
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Did you enjoy the quiz?
Yes because it was my first time participating.(Andrea
Y4.)
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What is your opinion about the winner of the
quiz?
They participated nicely so they deserve it. (Alvaro T
Y6.)
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What is the feeling of being out there?
You feel really competitive and that you are going to
help lots.(Pablo Y5B)
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Do you think you could do it better?
Yes by pressing the button a little bit faster. (Gonzalo
Y3.)
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Do you want to continue doing the quiz?
Yes because it’s competitive and always great fun to
have a battle between houses! (Adriano Y5R.)
SPOTLIGHT ON...
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Fencing Club
Fencing is the martial art of fighting with blades. Today
it is an Olympic sport but the ancestor of modern fencing originated in Spain, where several books on fencing
were written. Treatise on Arms was written by Diego de
Valera between 1458 and 1471 and is one of the oldest
surviving manuals on western fencing.
Our fencing teacher was an Olympic champion!
I interviewed some members of the fencing club.
Do you have fun in the fencing club?
Yes because you are with friends and you play fun competitions. (Rodolfo Year 5 blue)
What do you do?
We practice attacks and defences and play some games
where we learn things (Lucas Year 6)
Can you name the moves?
Yes, they are the thrust which is an attack and the 5th,
4th, and 8thdefence and many more… (Alvaro T. Year 6)
Is it safe?
Yes, because you have a protective vest
under the fencing jacket, a special glove
and a helmet. (Rodrigo Year 5 blue)
How do you win?
You win by touching the people with your
weapon from the waist up. (Federico Year 5
Blue)
When did Fencing become an Olympic sport?
Fencing was part of the first Olympic Games in
the summer of 1896. (Grischko our Fencing
teacher)
Why did you join the Fencing Club?
We started because we thought it would be fun and
interesting and it is!!! (All students)
Music
In St. Anne’s we
are very lucky to
count on two extra
-curricular music
teachers: Miss
Catherine and Mr.
Anatoli.
Miss Catherine
teaches piano
lessons and she
presents her pupils for the official exams of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. Mr. Anatoli
teaches piano, drums and guitar. Piano is the most
popular instrument in our school.
At the end of the year all of the music students put on
a performance for the parents so that they can see
how much they have learnt!
I interviewed some music students.
Which instruments do you play?
I play the piano. (Adriano Year 5 red)
For how many years have you been playing your instrument?
I have been playing for 5 years. (Adriano Year 5 red)
How many music lessons do you have each week?
I play once a week. (Tomás Year 4)
Do you have your own instrument?
Yes, I have a piano at home.(Victoria Year 1)
What is the best thing of the music lessons?
I think that they are very cool and you learn lots.
(Marta Year 2)
Which pieces have you learnt to play?
I learned Jog Along and Boating Lake. (Tommy Year 4)
What do like about your music classes?
They are very interesting and good fun! (Irene Year 4)
Lunchtime club on Mondays and Fridays.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Editor: Álvaro T. Y6
Photos: Cristina and Matilde Y6
LOOK BACK AT … HALLOWE’EN
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How do you feel when you are wearing a very scary
costume?
I feel good, I like scaring others. (Rodolfo Year 5 Blue)
Do you think it is a good idea to have this special day?
Yes, because it is really great fun. (Elena Year 4)
What do you like the most about this day?
Doing fun activities in class. (Tommy Year 4)
Year 3
Are you scared of anybody’s costume?
No I’m not scared of anybody’s costume, because I
know that it is only my friend dressed up!
( Sol. F Year 4)
Would you say that this day is the best of the year?
No because it is scary for me! (Carmina Y3)
As you can see we all have different opinions!!!!!!!
Year 1
*Nursery class made magic spells
and Hallowe’en colouring.
Year 6
*Nicolas from Reception Red said
the scariest costume of the school
was the Spiderman!!!
*Everybody in Reception Blue
liked best their own costumes!
Year 6 pupils
made magic
potions and rehearsed them in different classes. Two
girls’ groups did them in our Hallowe’en assembly.
*Pablo F. from Year 3 said he felt strange when he
was dressed up.
*Pupils in Year 1 learned a song
about Hallowe’en and played
magic games.
*Jimena from Year 2 said she was
scared of the costumes of the big
children.
*Alvaro R. from Year 6 said that Hallowe’en wasn’t
his favourite day. ( It was Christmas!)
*Ignacio from Year 6 said that Hallowe’en was the
best day of the year.
Reception Blue
*Lucia. R and Alejandra from Year 5 Blue said their
favourite monster was the ghost.
*Alfonso from Year 5 Red said he was new to the school and he enjoyed this
activity a lot.
*Lola from Year 3 said it was good to have this day.
*Alejandra from Y1 was dressed as Frankenstein's daughter!
The Hallowe’en activities were great fun!!
Editor: Paloma
Photos: Ana
Year 4
Just look at
our Horrible
Teachers!!!
A LOOK INSIDE … ST. ANNE’S
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answered he was from Moldova
and that he had studied in the capital of his country, Chisinau, in the
Questions by: Martín, Marta, Victoria
Conservatory. It was obligatory to
and Inés
know how to play an instrument
In this edition we
there. He was also asked why he
thought it would be inter- studied music, he said that firstly,
esting to interview Mr.
his parents were musicians so they
Anatoli the extra-curricular had a big influence on his decision,
music teacher. He said he
but also because it appealed to
would be delighted to par- him!
ticipate and thought it was a wonderful
He told us he has a great time
idea. Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 pupils
teaching the children at St Anne’s
prepared some questions which were
because he loves to see how they
then chosen and corrected by the ediimprove and even equal his level!!
tors. The questions were given back to
He also mentioned he has no fathe children who then translated them
vourite pupil, he said every
into Spanish and asked them to Mr .
student is his favourite one. We
Anatoli.
wanted to know if he had ever writWe asked him which country he was ten a song, surprisingly he had but
from and where he studied music. He
just half, he is sure that some student has played it in a concert
once. He said that knows how to
play the piano, guitar, drums and
saxophone. We thought it would be
fascinating to play all those instruments but we were curious, what
could be his favourite one? He said
the piano, without even thinking,
the reason was that it was the first
instrument he had studied thoroughly and that the other ones he
STAFF INTERVIEW
Mr. Anatoli By Inés
had learned to play during his life.
Desperate to know more about him
we asked Mr. Anatoli if he played in
a band or if he did any other activities outside school! He does! He
plays in a classical music band with
other musicians.
Finally we finished the interview
asking him how many years he had
been working at St Anne’s, he told
us that it
had been 16
years and
that he
would love
to continue
for many
more years at this school. He told us
he finds great pleasure in his job
and loves teaching and that he is
going to continue to help children
with their musical education as long
as he can!
2014-2015 CAPTAINS AND VICE-CAPTAINS
We always celebrate elections on the 1st of Ocotber
to elect Captains and Vice-Captains of the Primary
School. The process starts with a poster campaign.
On election day each candidate had to give a speech
explaining their ideas for improving things in school.
The children were allowed to question the candidates. Next everyone was given a paper to write the
name of their favourite candidate. In Edinburgh the
votes were very close, but finally Cristina was
chosen as Captain and Inés as Vice-Captain. In Cambridge Jaime got the place of Captain and Eugenia as
Vice-Captain. The Durham results were Matilde House Captain and Fernando Vice-Captain. Finally the
result for Oxford was Álvaro R. Captain and Candela
as Vice-Captain. All the candidates had an awesome
time, even those who were not elected!
Editors: Paloma and Inés
Photos: Miss Caroline
A GLIMPSE INSIDE ... NURSERY
7
On the 29th of October
Nursery made a magic
potion for Halloween.
They counted out frogs,
spiders, pumpkins,
cats… They made a colourful potion with lots
of bubbles. It was a big
cauldron full of interesting and disgusting
ingredients. Everybody
One of the first exciting activities Nursery did enjoyed making it, it was really fun. Nursery had a magical morning
in September was Dancing in Paint! The we- with everyone dressed up in scary costumes!
ather was still warm and Nursery took off
On the 24th of October it
their shoes and socks and dipped their feet
was the first time that
in coloured paint to make a wonderful carpet
Nursery went out of
of little foot prints.
school! As part of their auOn the 23rd of October
tumn topic Nursery were
Nursery made baked apples.
going out of school. They
In the morning, they prewent to the park! They colpared the apples by putting
lected leaves of all colours,
sugar, cinnamon and raisins
conkers, birds… They had
inside them. Everybody
brilliant weather, it was hot
smelled the cinnamon. It had
and sunny. They went on
a lovely smell! Mmm! Then,
the swings, on the slide,
they packed the apples up in
they did sand castles and holes in the sand… The Y6 kids treated
aluminium foil and they
them very nicely, they were funny, kind… It was so much fun that all
baked them. Everyone ate
the children (even y6) want to repeat the experience.
their own half apple, even
the teachers.
Nursery loved the day, and
the most important thing,
the baked apples were
yummy!! Mmm!
On the 27th of October was a sweet day because Nursery
made some delightful spider
shaped biscuits.
The biscuits were
bought but what
made them special is how the
Nursery children
decorated them.
They decorated
them with icing and sweets. They looked
lovely. They tasted amazing.
Yummy!
At the end of November Nursery celebrated the Hindu feast of
Diwali, festival of lights .They had a super week learning about
India, tasting banana lassi and a great day dressing up and watching
a play about Sita, who was captured by a ten-headed monster and
saved by Rama. Namaste!
Page written and edited By:Candela and Dorleta photos: By Miss Rebecca and Miss Charlotte
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A GLIMPSE INSIDE ... RECEPTION
Welcome to the Reception page. We are going to talk
about Fun Fridays!
Fun Fridays are Fridays when
the children of both Receptions
are split into four groups called:
Noses, Hands, Ears and Eyes!
In each group there is a mixture
of children from Reception Red and Blue.
They go to the different two classes to do
different activities like
role playing with Miss
Laura and art and craft
with Mr Ian and Mr
Henry.
The carousel activities
are things like making
and decorating biscuits, painting, singing, dancing, sand
and water.
What is sand and water?
We have interviewed lots of the Reception children to
find out their opinions of Fun Fridays. The first opinions
are of all the class.
Do you like Fun Fridays? Why?
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Yes, we love Fun Fridays because it is lots of fun
and we do different activities like role play, cooking, singing, painting, dancing, sand and water...
Do you like doing role playing?
Yes, we love it!
•
Do you like learning about hospitals in role playing?
Yes, we do.
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Do you like making biscuits?
Yes, we do. When we eat them they are delicious!!
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Now here are the opinions of individual children.
What is your favourite activity?
Carmen: Hospital (role play)
Iside: Dancing
Inés: Painting
Alejandro (Red): Cooking
Angela: Cooking
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Which character do you like to be in the rôle plays?
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Daniela: Doctor of the eyes (Optician)
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Lucas: Fox
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Romeo: Gingerbread man
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Carmen: Doctor
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Carola: Receptionist
Sand and water takes place in the little side garden of
our school where the children of Nursery and Reception
play.
What do they play in the sand and water on Fun
Fridays?
In sand and water they go with their group (Noses,
Hands, Ears and Eyes) and experiment with the water or
they make observations with the sand.
In the rôle playing they have
been enacting the Three Billy
Goats, The Ginger Bread Man,
they have had Hospital Activities, especially visiting the optician where they have to practise their letter sounds and see
if they need to wear glasses,
just look at Juan!!!
Reporters: Mónica and Eugenia
What do you play in the patio on Fun Fridays?
Aitana: Tig (pilla pilla)
Carmen: Teachers
Juan: Dogs and Cats
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A LOOK INSIDE … RECEPTION
9
Yoga
Maths
P.S.H.E.
The Reception classes have yoga
lessons .They are having a great
time. They do something called
“Yoga adventures to different
places”. The children are asked to
breathe and imagine adventures
to different places. Also they use
their body to make animal
postures.
The Reception classes are
learning numbers in English.
They have a new number
every week. They learn a
number at a time. They identify numbers and they count
objects. This is a useful way to
learn, because they are only
small. Also they order the
numbers like 1-2-3-4 etc...
Reception have lessons on Personal, Social and Health Education - P.S.H.E . The class is
about being nice to each other.
They read stories like the Mr
Men books. An interesting thing
is that they talk about school
rules and how to behave in the
school .
Physical Education
English
We interviewed Miss Charlotte,
the yoga teacher and she made
some very interesting comments.
What do you do in yoga classes
with Reception ?
We do lots of things. One of the
things we do is imagine that we
go to different places and that is
called “Yoga adventures”. Also,
we use our bodies to make
Animal postures.
What inspired you to do yoga
classes with Reception?
The children used to do yoga in
nursery and we saw it was good
for them and that it helped them
to focus and to be calm.
In English Reception are learning the sounds that the letters
make. They use magnetic
boards to pronounce the letters and to identify sounds.
They use fingers to blend
sound and to make sounds.
They are learning a lot .
Miss Charlotte, do you do
yoga classes? why? Yes I do,
because it helps me to relax
and I learn new postures that I
can then teach to the children.
By: Cristina and Jaime
This term Reception are doing
obstacle courses with Mr. Steven. They have to be able to
balance , be quick and need to
pass through hoops!!
They have lots of fun doing it !!!
Chess
Once a week Miss Magali gives
a chess lesson to Reception.
She talks about chess and
shows videos about the figures
of the chess pieces. They do
this lesson after lunch on
Tuesday or on Thursdays.
A GLIMPSE INSIDE ... YEAR 1
10
In Year 1 we are learning lots of interesting things. In ICT we made 2D Shapes
terrifying Hallowe’en pictures. We loved it! We also drew under the Year 1 are now
sea paintings on the computer. We enjoyed that a lot.
learning about 2d
shapes. The majority of the class are
finding it really easy
to learn about
them. But don’t
worry because the
people who are
finding it difficult
are making a great
We love drawing pictures to show our friends and teachers how
improvement in class, and they are taking
creative and imaginative we are!
home lots of worksheets so that they can
improve even more. They told us that one of
their favourite things were Shape Hunts.
They also have a shape feeling bag that it is
full of shapes of a lot different colours. As
well they have been painting shapes in computing (ICT).
Materials
We performed Goldilocks
for the Nursery class. We
definitely entertained them
and we got a huge applause
at the end!
In Year 1 we are learning
how to read and write just
like the older children. We
are learning the letter
sounds and we blend then to read words.
The new children in our class
are getting along
very nicely in St. Anne’s. They
love their new school, they
have made friends very easily.
In our class we have an adorable class pet
his name is Floppy. He travels with us when
we go outside Madrid. He has been on millions of incredible adventures. He has accompanied us to London, to Paris and to
all sorts of places.
By Daniella Gad and Alvaro Galmes (Year 5 Blue)
Year 1 has been
learning about
different materials like metal.
They really enjoy
it. Year 1 now
know a lot about
materials.
Miss Lucy is making them use
words like hard,
soft, shiny etc. to
describe the
materials. They
also are making little pigs with fabric!
A GLIMPSE INSIDE ... YEAR 2
11
We learnt about an artist called Wassily Kandinsky. His paintings
are amazing! His paintings have different colours and shapes. He
used lots of circles and squares. By Atalanta, Valentina and Blanca
Year 2 went to the Thyssen Museum. They saw lots of wonderful
and great paintings. They said that therir favourite painting was a
painting called “Pintura con Manchas”
Alexia said that if she were to paint a painting from the museum
she would paint a beautiful painting that had the colours of fire.
She couldn´t remember the name but she described it perfectly.
The museum wasn´t as they had imagined it would be but they
enjoyed it a lot!
By Marta and Olimpia Y5 Red
In the first term Year 2
studied the human
body. One of the
things they investigated was how bacteria
and viruses affect the
human body and how
the human body
responds to them.
We did an experiment
about bacteria and
viruses. Bacteria and
viruses can make us ill if they get into our bodies. We mixed some
green paint with water. Then we put the coloured water on our paintbrushes and we pretended to sneeze beside it. The coloured water
made the shape of a sneeze on the paper. A sneeze makes bacteria
and viruses travel a long way! To keep healthy we should try and
sneeze into a tissue and wash our hands after sneezing. Then we
watched a video about bacteria and viruses in the body. We were
happy when the white blood cells won the fight with bacteria and
viruses. We learned a lot!
By Miguel A., Borja, Amanda and Jacobo
We have been looking at vehicles in Design and Technology, as well as vehicles from the past in History. Rodrigo,
Gonzalo Borja and Gonzalo R. gave us a wonderful presentation on their family’s old cars. The boys pointed to all the
materials used to make a car like metal, rubber, glass and
wood. They also explained that the cars need a wheel and
axle to be able to move. We also watched videos of old
boats, aeroplanes and farm machinery.
The majority of the class said that their favourite type of
vehicles were the sail boats because they used steam power.Everybody told us that the topic was really enjoyable and said that if they could drive a vehicle from the past it would be a sail boat. They would quite like to live in the past because there
are lots of different vehicles and objects. The main differences between old and modern vehicles
are the colours, size and engines.
By Marta and Sonia Year 5 Red
Editors: —Year 5 Red
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A GLIMPSE INSIDE ... YEAR 3
On Friday 18th of November Year 3 made some lovely fridge magnets with their photos on them.
They made them because they were studying friction. So they
decided to make some friction magnets. They made them by
sticking a photograph of five cm to a circular mini magnet.
We learnt that magnets have two poles: north and south. Did
you know that magnets
attract some metals,
such as iron and nickel,
but they do not attract
metal such as copper or
gold?
Traditional Fairy Tale Writing
Moving Monsters
In January Year 3 made
some magnificent moving
monsters! They made them with some syringes
and plastic tubes that made the monsters move
using air pressure– this is called pneumatics.
On the 27th of October Year 3 wrote some traditional fairy tales in their class. Lucía and Lola
C. wrote The Princess and the Frog, Luis B.
wrote The Fighting Frog , Carmina wrote Ice
Princess, Lola P. chose to write The Mystery of
the Diamonds and Alvaro wrote The Gold Ship.
They all wrote them because they had been
studying fairy tales and to finalise it they chose
to write their favourite fairy tale. Luis B. told
me that to write them first they had to imagine
themselves as the author writing their very
first book.. Finally when they finished they
decorated the borders with different colours.
They were all lovely, they copied them out with
their best handwriting.
WELL DONE YEAR 3!
Our Trip to the Reina Sofia
Year 3 Sushi Experience
On Wednesday 21st January a Sushi Master
called 约 (Yuēhàn orJuan) visited Year 3 and
showed us how to make Sushi!
Year 3 went on an exciting trip to the museum
Reina Sofia to see Picasso paintings. They went
there because they were studying the amazing
Picasso. They went in the Autumn term in October. They saw lots of Pablo Picasso’s paintings.
Year 3 loved the magnificent trip to the Reina
Sofia. The paintings were very interesting and
beautiful for Year 3. They said that it was the
best trip of the Autumn term.
Check out our cool Roman Shields.
Here is Year 3 in battle formation!
Editor: Carmen Castilllo Year 5 Blue
A LOOK INSIDE ... YEAR 4
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Ancient Egyptians
We spent last term leaving about the Ancient Egyptians, we decorated real papyrus with hieroglyphics
and lucky Scarab beetles, made our ‘Ka’ out of clay, 3d Sarcophagi with mini mummies inside and
death masks. Here are some facts:
1) The sphinx was a protector of Egypt, his body was made of a lion’s body & a human head. By Alberto
By Javier
2) The eye of Horus was an amulet that protected the Ancient Egyptians.
3) When you were mummified they took everything except your heart but when Tutankhamen was mummified
he had NO heart.
By Martin
By Alexia
4) The sons of Horus were the Canopic jars that held the stomach, liver, intestines and lungs.
5) The Sphinx asked people who wanted to enter into town the following riddle: What walks on four legs in the
By Andrea
morning, two at noon and three legs in the evening? Answer: A HUMAN!
Jambo ☺
Making death masks
1. We used
2. We dipped strips
cardboard to
draw out a
headdress.
of torn newspaper
into a mixture of
with water & glue
(paper
mache).
Jambo,Jambo bwana
Hi hi sir
Habarí gani
How are you?
Nzuri sana
Very fine
Wageni,wakaribishwa
Visitores are welcome
3. We carefully wrapped the strips
around our cardboard cutout. We
added 2
layers,
allowed it
to dry and
then
repeated
this
process.
4. We then
attached the
facemasks to
the cutouts.
5. Check out the
ART page for the
finished design!
Science: Living things
1) A kangaroo can hop at 64km an hour &
cover 9m in a single bound.
By Tommy
2) Camels have two eyelids to protect
their eyes from sand.
By Alfonso
Kenya yetu
Our (Country)Kenya
Hakuna matata
no worries (There are)
Here are the lyrics to our assembly
song, it is in Swahili one of the over
1000 languages spoken in Africa.
Trick or treat
Science
Making bubbles!
Why are bubbles
round? Bubbles are
round because they
try to have the most
air as possible while
taking up the least
space. If it had
another shape with
corners it would be
bigger.
By: Sol C & Irene
For the best bubbles
mix:
Water, soap and
either sugar or
glycerine!
This
Halloween
we had
fun
dressing
up as
scary
characters
!!!!!!!!!!
A GLIMPSE INSIDE ... YEAR 5 BLUE
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Musical Instruments
Painting in the Park
During the Autumn Term Year 5 Blue made brilliant musi- In the Autumn Term Year 5 Blue made lovely paintings of
cal instruments as part of their Science topic Sound. They nature in the park.
improved their making skills. They used a variety of materials and equipment to make the instruments such as: scissors; glue; balloons and things they could find at home.
Some of the best ones were really cool and made a very
interesting sound. Some were slow, others were noisy and
some were normal. It took two days to make the fantastic
instruments. Some of the instruments were outstanding
for example Olalla’s and Pablo’s which you can see below.
By: Gabriela Vazquez-Guilllen
They made these paintings to improve their drawing skills
with water colours. They did it by getting the paint brush
dripping it in water getting the colour and drawing the
pictures of nature. They made water colours of trees,
bushes and plants. They sat with partners and agreed on
Greek Mythical Monsters
the place in the park where they both wanted to paint.
At the beginning of the Spring term Year 5 Blue made some
By Jaime Wallace
Greek mythical monsters out of plasticine. They did this
activity because in History they are studying Ancient Greeks
and in English they have been reading
different Greek Myths like Theseus and
the Minotaur.
Firstly they drew and labelled their
imagined mythical beast. Then using
different coloured plasticine and tools
they made their mythical beasts which
you can see to the right.
By Alvaro Medem
Spaghetti and Marshmallow Towers
In the Autumn term on the first week back to school after the summer holidays
Year 5 Blue had a competition of who could make the tallest spaghetti and
marshmallow tower! They did this for fun and for team building skills. They put
the spaghetti on to the marshmallow and they continued like that joining all the
pieces until they built a spaghetti and marshmallow tower. It was lots of fun!
By:Carmen Ferri
Year 5 Blue Editors
A GLIMPSE INSIDE...YEAR 5 RED
We went to the Sorolla Musem and we saw lots of
interesting things. Some of us said that the museum was
creative, amazing, gigantic and beautiful. Everyone liked Joaquin
Sorolla´s drawings and style because he used lots of light and
shadows. Victoria said that if she were Joaquin Sorolla she
would draw a self portrait on the beach. Some of us said that if
they could meet the
artist we would ask him
how he learned to draw
so well.
We loved the garden
which was based on an
Andalucian garden.
We think he is an
excellent painter.
By Alonso and Sofía
History
We have
been
learning
about the
two most
important
city states
in Ancient
Greece; Athens and Sparta.
Hallowe’en
Poems
We dressed up as monsters and witches at
Hallowe’en. We went to the park to play
games. We read our spooky stories to each
other and had great fun!
We wrote poems We made different shaped Greek
about our summer pots with clay. We decorated
them with Greek paintings.
holidays.
Science
We made a string
telephone and
discovered how
sound travels by
solids.
When we went to the park we had a great
time painting trees and bushes with different techniques like pointillism as Jaime
said. We also used a graded wash and
wet on wet techniques.
Most of us took
an hour to do our paintings. The children
who did two or three paintings improved as
they went along. We all really enjoyed going
to the park.
By: Lucía
and
Gonazlo
By Year 5 Red Editors
Pilar showed us the
diferent parts of the
violin and and how
she played it.
We enjoyed it a lot
because she plays
very well.
A GLIMPSE INSIDE … YEAR 6
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Literacy
Art
Geography
In Literacy we have been doing a topic
about spy stories. We created our own
hero and villain and then, we wrote
stories about them. We read plays and
stories like “Agent X”.
We also watched “Gold
Finger” which is a typical spy story. Everyone
loved the film and the
topic was very interesting to write and learn
about. By Ana
In Art we have been working
on still life (insects, leaves,
people and mushrooms). We
had to observe the objects
very carefully. As well, we
have learned about William
Morris and his designs. He
was an important person
from Victorian Britain that
created patterns for fabric.
To get ideas we first looked
at and printed photos from
the internet.
By Lucas
In Geography we’ve been studying
mountains. Mountains are areas of
high land. Usually high land is called
a mountain when it is higher than
300m, but when it’s less it’s called a
hill. There are three types of mountains: volcanic, fold and block. Most
mountains are found in long chains
called mountain ranges. By Jesus
Music
In Music we have been singing rounds,
this consists in having four different
groups of children, who have a part to
sing and all sing it at the same time. In
some we even played instruments! We
practiced many
songs like Relay
race, Junkanoo
and Nanuma.
We performed
them in front of
all primary. We
had such a great
time in music classes!
By Ines
Computing
In the first term we studied E-safety, it
is all about being safe online. It is a brilliant topic to learn about because you
will always be sure of using the internet correctly. We created some fun and
interesting leaflets all about this topic!
By Fernando
History
This term, in History, we
have been learning about
the Victorians. Poor children
and rich children had very
different lives. The poor
worked in the mines, factories, chimney sweeping
(boys) or like a governess
(girls).
However the rich went to
school, had “modern” luxuries and enjoyed going on
holiday. We saw amazing
videos about competitions
of the Victorians and we
read a book with a lot of
interesting facts. By Claudia
Editor: Marta
Photos: Miss Caroline
Science
In Science we studied light. It was
very exciting because we did little
experiments, read information and
had fun going to Mr Scott's lab. We
saw how light travels and how to
make rainbows with prisms! Science
was super cool!
By Valentina
Trip to El Albergue del Valle
de los Abedules
In September, we went to El Albergue del Valle de los Abedules. We
learnt about plants and animals of
the zone. Then we played “jincana”.
It was girls vs. boys (team building)
and girls won so the boys had to
dance to “Call me maybe” and make
a human pyramid! By Tatiana
VICTORIAN DAY IN YEAR 6
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Waste not, Want not!
On Friday 21st November Y6 had a Victorian
day. This happened because like every year ,
Year 6 had gruel at lunch time and said it was disgusting!!
they studied The Victorians. All of the pupils ,
Miss Caroline and some more teachers were
dressed up in Victorian costumes. Their names
and surnames were changed to Victorian names.
They wrote with ink pens and used chalk boards.
Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness!
Girls and boys were separated in class and Do you think other teachers got into role?
in the dining room and had different lesYes definitely , especially Miss Rebecca and Miss Julianne who came
sons. Girls learnt knitting with Miss
and helped us with the girls. (Miss Caroline)
Julianne , while boys learnt how steam engines worked and about the British Empire
with Mr Mc Shane and both girls and boys
did music with Miss Rebecca where they
prayed and sang. In the patio they played
hopscotch and skipping ropes...etc . In the
last patio they ate hot chestnuts and played
a game with conkers
It was a great day for Y6!
Do you think Y6 have enjoyed Victorian day?
Yes, I think so because of the great participation.
What did you think of the children’s food?
I enjoyed making them eat the food!! (Miss Caroline)
Only one child liked the gruel, and he was… Alvaro. T.
He ate everything and then repeated!
Children
should be
seen and
not heard.
We all liked the roasted chestnuts
for afternoon snack and we certainly
didn’t mind repeating them!!!!
Editor: Paloma
Photos: By Mr. Pedro Pablo
ARTISTS’ QUARTER
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Nursery
Self portait and
printing
Year 2
Kandinski
Style
Computer
Work
Year 6
Tiles inspired by the style of William Morris
Reception Red
Year 5 Red
Painting in the Park
Lola P.
Year 3
Picasso style drawings
ARTISTS’ QUARTER
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Year 5 Blue
Paintings in the style of Sorolla
Making collage fish Painting a diver´s mask
for our under the
Year 1
sea topic
Drawing under the sea
Reception Blue
Hedgehog
Year 2
Kandinski Style Computer Work
Year 4
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A LOOK BACK AT … CHRISTMAS
We raised 3000€ for El Centro Nacional de Investigaciones OnChristmas Fair
cológicas.
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Alexia from Y4 said their
stall went well and that it
was the first one to sell
out! Y4 raised €120.
Ana from Y6 said she tried
a Funky Monkey cocktail
and it was fantastic and
tasted of banana.
Paco from Y3 said he tried
all of Y6 cocktails and
loved them all.
Lots of people agreed with
the fact that an amazing
number of people were at
the Christmas Fair and
that there was nothing left
at the end (except some
mess to clean up)!!!
Did you win prizes at the
fair?
Yes, some sweets.(Blanca
Y2)
What games did you play?
Basketball(Armando Y1)
Christmas Dressing Up Day
Federico Y5B: I like Christmas because I
know that a lot of people have been
good and that makes me feel happy.
Paola Y5B: I like reindeers and dressing
up because it’s great fun!!!
Mariola, Bárbara and Mercedes Y2: We
like Christmas because Santa comes to
give us presents and in school we enjoy
ourselves a lot.
Alicia, Claudia, Tatiana and Valentina Y6:
We love christmas dressing up day because we dance in class and sing songs.
Lucía Y5B: My dress wasn’t christmassy
but it was really pretty!!!
Editors: Ana and Paloma
Photos: Paloma and Alvaro R. (Y6)
A LOOK BACK AT … CHRISTMAS
Christmas Service
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On Wednesday the 19th of December all of the classes of St.
Anne’s School went to the church
to participate in the Christmas Service. Lots of parents came too. It
was a wonderful day!
The Bachillerato pupils acted out
the nativity scene and they were
really good! Nursery were the little
angels, Reception Blue were the
Drummers, Reception Red were
the Kings’ Pages and Year 1 were
the little shepherds. All of the
other classes were dressed elegantly in their school uniform.
Some parents, who were former
pupils of the School, shared a bible
reading with their children. It was
lovely!
At the end we all sang “Kings Came
Riding” and the parents liked that.
We all thought that it was a magnificent and special day.
Santa Claus’ Visit to St. Anne’s
Editor: Alvaro T. Y6 Photos: Mr. Angel Rodríguez and Mr. Pedro Pablo
On the last day of term before the
Christmas holidays a special visitor came
to our school. It was Santa Claus!!
He came to bring a little gift to the
children from Nursery, Reception Blue,
Reception Red and Year 1.
There was great excitement when the
children were led by Santa’s helpers and
they followed the sound of the bells and
then saw Father Christmas sitting on
Miss Raines’ chair in the big office!!!
One by one Santa and the helpers gave
a present to each little boy and girl.
They were very happy!!
ABRACADABRA!
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Sugar Cube Trick
Effect:
The magician asks for a volunteer from
the audience.
The volunteer picks a number between 1 and 10.
The magician writes the number on a sugar cube.
The magician drops the cube into a cup of water and holds
the volunteer's hand over the water.
He/she turns the volunteer's hand over and Poof! the number is on the volunteer's hand.
Supplies:
• a pencil (must be a pencil, pen will NOT work)
• a sugar cube (you can have several for effect)
• a glass of water
Secret:
Have the volunteer pick a number.
Write it onto the sugar cube with a pencil
(press hard).
Then, hold the cube between your thumb and
one finger.
Hold it so the number transfers onto your thumb and
say," Now I will put this cube into the cup".
Press the cube as hard as possible so the number is on
your thumb.
Put the cube into the water and hold the volunteer's
hand above the water, make sure your thumb is in their
palm so the number from your finger transfers onto the
volunteer's hand.
This is a good trick to show small children because they
are less likely to figure out the trick.
Pepper Trick
The Magnetic Pencil
Supplies Needed: 2 Pencils and a wristwatch
Set up: Put a wristwatch on. Place one end of the other
pencil parallel to your wrist into the wristwatch band.
Make sure the pencil extends to the middle of your
palm.
You will be using the ‘Wrist Hand’ to slip the magnetic
pencil under the other pencil to hold it in snuggly under
your ‘Flat Hand’. The pencil under the watch keeps the
magnetic pencil under your hand in place
Instructions:
Step 1: With the pencil set up under the wristwatch.
Grab your wrist of the ‘Flat Hand’ with the palm down.
Bring the hand down over the pencil.
Step 2: While your ‘Flat Hand’ is over the magnetic pencil, secretly shove the magnetic pencil under the pencil
in your wrist watch with the ‘Wrist Grabbing Hand’.
Step 3: Slowly lift your hand with the pencil seemingly
stuck to it and your ‘Wrist Grabbing Hand’ wrapped
around your wrist. Make sure to have your palm flat
down and they can’t see the wrist watch pencil. The
pencil appears to be stuck to your hand.
Step 4: Now suddenly let go of your wrist being held by
your ‘Wrist Grabbing Hand’ to reveal the illusion that
the pencil is magically stuck to the palm of your hand.
Step 5: As you bring your hand and magnetic pencil
down onto the table, grab your wrist with your ‘Wrist
Grabbing Hand’ and quickly and smoothly slip the wrist
watch pencil from under the wrist watch with that hand.
This releases the magnetic pencil.
Step 6: Take your other hand (‘Wrist Grabbing Hand’)
away as you display and bring attention to the magnetic
pencil now on the table. Now the pencil is on the table,
so you can show the palm of your hand revealing nothing can be holding the pencil.
Step 7: Get rid of the other pencil by slipping it into your
pocket, dropping it onto the floor or where ever you feel
is most appropriate for the situation.
Effect:
Magician has cup with pepper and water.
Volunteer puts fingers in water trying to separate the pepper
- nothing happens.
Magician puts fingers in water and the pepper separates.
Supplies:
• Water
• Soap
• Pepper
• Cup
(make sure there is a sink nearby so volunteer can wash hand)
Secret:
Put water in a cup then regular pepper.
Before show, rub soap on your fingers -- don't let anyone see you do this. (The soap will separate
the pepper)
Editor: Marta Y6
COOKERY WORKSHOP
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Chocolate Truffles
Ingredients
Serves:60
•
1 (200) tub cream cheese, softened
•
350g icing sugar, sifted
•
500g plain chocolate, melted
•
1½ teaspoons vanilla
Method
Prep Extra time: 1hr Ready in 2hr
In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth.
1.
2.
Gradually beat in icing sugar until no streaks remain
3.
Stir in melted chocolate and vanilla until no streaks remain
4.
Refrigerate for about 1 hour
5.
Shape into 2.5 cm balls
Ana Y6
How to make ... porridge
You will need:
•
A couple of tablespoons of oats
•
Some milk
How you can make it:
1. Heat the ingredients together on the stove or the microwave for 2 mins until it is
thick.
2. Add any topping you want , like: yogurt, seeds , fruit, honey... etc.
Enjoy!!
By Theo Y1
BIZCOCHO (Lemon Sponge Cake)
Ingredients
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
4 eggs
1 lemon yogurt
1 carton of cream
1 cup of oil
2 cups of sugar
3 cups of flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
Method
Mix everything in the termomix
1.
2.
If you want you can put it in a special mould
EditedThen
by Year
3.
put 5itsub-editors
in the oven 180º for 35 minutes.
By Gonzalo and Lucía Year 5 Red
Fernando Y6
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WE
SPANISH
¡Hasta siempre, Miss Carmen!
En esta ocasión tenemos el placer de entrevistar a Miss Carmen Torneiro, profesora de español de
este colegio
durante más de cuatro décadas, y que se jubiló el pasado mes de diciembre.
¿Cuáles han sido tus mejores momentos en St. Anne’s?
Al mirar las caras de los alumnos de 5 años que descubrían que podían leer. Miraban las palabras y decían “¡Ya sé
leer”!
¿Con qué adjetivos describirías nuestro colegio?
No tengo los suficientes para describir este lugar.
¿Qué te preocupa de la educación?
Lo único que me preocuparía es que los alumnos no estuvieran motivados. Para que
funcione el sistema hay que ilusionar y estimular a los niños, y hacer que participen.
¿Cuáles son tus planes a partir de ahora?
No estar al margen de la enseñanza y, por supuesto, viajar, viajar y viajar.
¿Echarás de menos la enseñanza?
Seguro que la echaré de menos, así que intentaré no estar muy al margen de la enseñanza.
Nosotros sí que te echaremos de menos. ¡Mucha suerte, esperamos que disfrutes de esta nueva etapa!
SOPA DE LETRAS Carmina Y3
¡Estamos aprendiendo muchas
letras en YEAR 1! Ya casi podemos leer cuentos…
Nos encantan las adivinanzas y
poesías. Mirar algunas de las que
hemos aprendido….
Adivinanza
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MAPA MAR AGUA PLAYA RIO
Muy largas para saltar.
¿Quién soy?
Poesía
El sol tiene frío no quiere salir
metido entre nubes
se ha puesto a dormir.
Le llama la tierra le llama la flor
el sol está sordo
es un dormilón.
Editor: Michi Y6
Los ríos nacen en las montañas
hasta llegar al mar. El recorrido
que hace un río se llama curso.
Adivinanzas de YEAR 2
Patricia R.
Verde por fuera blanco por dentro
si quieres saberlo espera…
Bárbara
Tengo hojas sin ser árbol
Te hablo sin tener boca.
¿Quién soy?
WE
SPANISH
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¡Seguimos las normas!
Esos primeros nervios hablando en público...
En la clase de español con Mr. Alejandro hemos
aprendido cómo elaborar reglas para determinados
sitios. Para ello hicimos unos carteles con las normas de varios lugares que inventamos: museos
militares, parques para perros, museos de chocolate y frutas, parques de bolas, piscinas para perros,
museos para perros… ¡Nos gustan demasiado los
perros!
En español hemos estado preparando unas exposiciones
para presentarlas en público. En esta ocasión nos han dejado escoger el tema, pero en la próxima tendremos que trabajar con el tema que nos dé Mr. Alejandro. Primero buscamos información en nuestras casas y en el colegio. A continuación, con todos los datos empezamos a preparar los murales y decoración para nuestras exposiciones. Y finalmente
llegó el día en el que tuvimos que explicarlo todo delante de
nuestros compañeros. ¡Qué nervios teníamos! Pero nos encantó. Aquí podéis ver algunas fotos de aquel día.
Redactado por Paloma, Ana, Marta, Michi y Álvaro T.,
Year 6.
Redactado por Rodrigo, Álvaro Q., Elena, Alejandra
y Paola, Year 5 Blue.
¡Periodistas por un día!
Los alumnos de Year 5 Red hemos sido periodistas
por un día. Hemos inventado todo tipo de noticias,
algunas de ellas muy locas, como que un loro se
coló en un avión de pasajeros causando un gran
revuelo; otra sobre la inauguración de un parque
para perros con todo lujo de detalles; o la huida de
un elefante del zoo de Madrid, andando a sus anchas por nuestra ciudad.
Como podéis ver, el futuro del periodismo Conociendo el relieve y los ríos de nuestro país.
está en buenas manos.
Redactado por Alejandra, Sofía y Lucía, de Year 5
En la clase de ciencias sociales con Mr. Alejandro hemos
estado aprendiendo el relieve y los ríos de España, y hemos
hecho un viaje de norte a sur y de este a oeste con nuestro
mapa virtual viendo qué había en cada zona.
Redactado por Miguel, Andrea, Alexia y Luis de Year 4.
Editor: Michi
DID YOU KNOW?
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The World’s Smallest
Country
The smallest country in the
world is the Vatican city. It is
only two square miles.
Most cities are bigger than this
country!
California is bigger than you think!
The Great Pyramids
Most people think
that Giza has the
biggest pyramid, but
it hasn’t. Pyramids
are not only found in
Egypt! In fact the biggest one is the
Cholula, in Mexico.
France is only 30% larger than the state of California. It
makes you think about all the countries that France has
invaded and defeated in its long history. It also makes
you wonder what would happen if California gave global domination a try. California Rules the Waves!!
The World’s Biggest Country
The biggest country in the
world is not China. China has
the most people in, but Russia
is the biggest country.
Water, water everywhere
Did you know that the frozen glaciers hold over
80% of the world’s fresh water?
If they keep melting, we will have to start growing
food on floating farms.
People often confuse the size
of a country with the
Population of the country.
What am I? A Hamlet, a Village, a Town or a City?
A hamlet is a village
without a church
and a town is not a city
until it has a cathedral!
USA is the richest country in the whole world.
Durham Cathedral
The Continents
There are 7 seven continents of the world and
these continents only cover 1/3 rd area of the
our world. Rest of the 2/3rd part of this beautiful
planet is covered with water.
Asia and Europe are not separate landmasses.
They are divided by the Ural Mountains.
Europe has no desert.
Africa, the world's hottest landmass, has no cold
climate.
Editor Pablo Miranda Year 5 Blue
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Les Fêtes
C’est le jour de La Fête
Nationale!
On célèbre la prise de la Bastille
et la Révolution française. Pour
l’occasion, chaque ville française
tire dans le ciel un beau feu d’artifice et organise de grands bals
populaires. On danse, on chante,
on s’amuse !
By Álvaro R
Mars/avril: On célèbre La Fête
de Pâques. C’est avant tout
une fête catholique très répandue en France, avec des messes
et processions religieuses partout.
Mais Pâques est aussi un jour de
joie où familles et amis se
retrouvent et profiént de ce
moment de fête pour savourer
des repas délicieux et bien
évidemment, beaucoup de
chocolats.
By Ana Y6
Le 24 et 25 décembre :
c’est la fête de Noël.
En France, le 24 décembre on célèbre le réveillon quand après la
célébration de la messe
de minuit, toute la
famille se retrouve autour
d´une table pour manger du
foie gras, dinde rôtie accompagnée de marrons, huîtres
et la bûche de Noël.
La majorité des familles fêtent Noël à la maison.
By Jesús Y6
Le jour du 25 décembre, les enfants attendent le père
Noël avec impatience. Les cadeaux des enfants sont le plus souvent déposés au pied d’un
sapin de Noël décoré de guirlandes lumineuses et de boules colorées.
By Tatiana Y6
Le six janvier : c’est la fête des Rois Mages.
On reçoit et on donne des cadeaux. On mange la galette des Rois, un gâteau avec une fève qui rend “roi” à
la personne qui la trouve.
By Fernando Y6
Editor: Ana Y6
Le quatorze février : c’est
la Saint Valentin.
C’est la fête pour les
amoureux. Les couples
échangent des mots
doux et des cadeaux
comme preuve d’amourdes cartes ou des roses
rouges. By Matilde Y6
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PROBLEM SOLVING
Have you ever seen problem solvers in the patio? Have they ever helped you? Problem solvers are
there to help you sort out things that happen in the playground. They may show you a yellow card,
but only when you’ve done something very bad. If you have a problem the best thing you can do is
call one of them so that they can help you.
They should give you useful advice such as making you count to ten or making you take deep
breaths so you can calm down.
Problem solvers help a lot and an example of this is
when Fernando helped Martin and Alfonso (Y4)
because they had an argument.
“We like doing problem solving because we can
help people and make school a better place. We
think we can make school a calmer place with
problem solvers.
We also enjoy problem solving because we can
resolve issues and make less problems. In Year 6
everybody is a problem solver and they are trying
their best to be helpful!”
By: Ignacio and Nacho
Lucas helping
Alejandro
Candela and Dorleta
helping Blanca
ALTERNATIVES TO FOOTBALL
As some Primary children always play football and forget that other games exist there is now
a rule that Tuesdays and Thursday are Football Free days, so that they can discover more fun
things to do at playtimes. On this page you will find some examples of what to play on those
days and if you like them a lot you may play these games everyday.
Other games people can play are the ones
Skipping rope songs:
that Miss Catherine has. The people from Y5
I had a little puppy
have them on special playtimes. The games
His name was Tiny Tim
include the stilts, skipping ropes, foot hoop
I put him in the bathtub, to see if he could swim
and rope and cone and ball catching .
He drank all the water, he ate a bar of soap
The next thing you know he had a bubble in his throat.
In came the doctor, (person jumps in)
In came the nurse, ( person jumps in)
In came the lady with the alligator purse (person jumps in)
Out went the doctor (person jumps out)
Out went the nurse (person jumps out)
Out went the lady with the alligator purse (person jumps out)
French elastic rhymes:
'Chocolate cake, when you bake,
How many minutes will you take?
One, two, three, four.'
On ONE: jump up and land with left foot outside the
elastic loop and your right foot inside.
On TWO: jump up and land with both feet together
inside the elastic loop.
On THREE: jump up and land with both feet outside the elastic loop.
On Four: jump up and land sideways to the elastic, with your left foot on top of the back elastic and your right foot
ahead (in front) of the front elastic.
Editor and Photos by: Marta Y6
JOKES PAGE
What did one pencil say to the other?
You’re looking sharp today!!
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What do you get from a
pampered cow?
Spoiled milk!!
Patient: Doctor, I have a
pain in my eye whenever I
What do elves
drink tea.
learn in
Doctor: Why don’t you take
school?
the spoon out of the cup
before you drink!
The elf-a-bet!!
The Perfect Son!
I have the perfect son.
*Does he smoke?
No, he doesn't.
*Does he drink whisky?
No, he doesn't.
*Does he ever come home late?
No, he doesn't.
*I guess you really do have the perfect son.
How old is he?
He will be six months old next
Wednesday!
Teacher:
"Nick, what is the past
participle of the verb to ring?"
Nick:
"What do you think it is, Sir?"
Doctor, doctor I’ve a pain in Teacher:
my right leg.
"I don't think, I KNOW!"
*Don’t worry, it’s due to
Nick:
old age.
"I don't think I know either,
But doctor both of my legs Sir!"
are the same age!
*Because his class
was so bright!
What did the
ghost teacher say
to the class?
Art History as told by smiley faces
Go on
LAUGH!!!
Editors: Marta and Ana Y6
Have
A Long
Laugh!
*Look at the
board and I will go
through it again.
BRAIN-TEASERS
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Puzzle 1:
Puzzle 2
Below you will find ten 6 letter words,
however, every other letter is missing.
Can you find the words?
P_A_G
R_F_R
S_E_D
Y_R_D
R_F_E
A_B_N
A_E_A
O_D_G
S_F_L
I_S_E
By Rodrigo Sanchez
By Gonzalo Romero Y2
Puzzle 3:
Puzzle 4:
I have streets but no pavement,
I have cities but no buildings,
I have forests but no trees,
I have rivers yet no water.
What am I?
By Alexia Bounatian-Benatorv
When I’m young I’m tall,
When I’m old I’m short,
When I’m alive I glow,
Because of your breath I die.
What am I?
If it takes six men one hour to dig six holes, how
long does it take one man to dig half a hole?
By Atalanta Baez Herrera Y2
Riddle 1:
What is the easiest way to double your money?
Riddle 2:
What has a neck but no head?
Riddle 3:
What comes down but never goes up?
Riddle 4:
How can a trousers’ pocket be empty and still
have something in it?
Riddle 5:
Emily loves cats and she keeps them as pets.
All but two of them are completely black. All
but two of them are completely white. All but
two of the are completely ginger.
How many cats does she have in total?
Answers:
Riddle one: In front of a mirror.
Riddle two: A bottle.
Riddle three: Rain.
Riddle four: It can have a hole in it.
Riddle five: She has three cats.
Answers:
Puzzle one: think about it.
Puzzle two: a candle.
Puzzle three: a map.
Puzzle four: there is no such thing as
half a hole.
By Year 5 Editors
BOOK REVIEWS
Y1
Room on the
Broom.
Year 1 made quotes
about the story they
read together in
class.
“I like the part of the dragon” Nacho
“I like when the witch fell”
Theo
“I like when the witch got a
new broom”
Monica
“I like the dragon.”
Juan
“It was a bit scary”
Emma
“ I liked the fire”
Edu
We read a Hallowe’en story called
Room on the Broom. It was a funny
story and we liked the pictures.
Tommy Y4
Matilda
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Alexia Y2
Where do baby animals come from?
Nicolas Y3
Fantastic Mr Fox.
The main character of the story is a small penguin
called Pipkin. His sister, the seal club, his friend,
the whale, the baby turtles and a little baby.
Pipkin is a very small penguin who is always asking
very big questions. In this
story Pipkin wants to know
where babies come from.
He starts a quest to find
out the truth. I would recommend it because you
can learn that there are all
kinds of babies.
Some come from eggs and
others from their mother’s tummy.
This book was written
by Roald Dahl.
It is my favourite book
because it has a very
clever fox. For me the
best part of the book is
when the animals don’t
have food and Mr Fox
gets all the food of the
farm. I loved this book
and I recommend it to
everyone!
Daniela Y5B
Anne Frank
The story is about a five
year old girl that goes to a
school with a horrible
headmistress. Matilda,
however, has a few incredible tricks up her
sleeve. So Matilda’s parents... Whack her out!
My favourite part is when
the newt jumps onto Miss
Trunchbull and she
screams her head off. I like this part because it is
funny.
Anne Frank was one of
the many people who
were alive in the time of
the horrible Nazis! She
and her family tried to
hide from them,
almost starving, but they
managed to survive.
But one day disaster
struck, the Nazis had found them…
Alvaro.R Y6
Demon Dentist
Darkness had come to
the town. Strange
things were happening
in the dead of the
night. Children would
put a tooth under their
pillow for the tooth
fairy, but in the morning they would wake
Ana Y6
up to
Agatha Parrot and the Zombie Bird
find...
Agatha and her friends
a
are having a magician
Olimpia Y5R
dead
at school and they
The Wreck of the Zanzibar
slug;
want to work out how
I loved the wreck of the Zanzibar and recommend he does all his tricks.
a live
it to all of the children (or adults) who love read- They’re starting to
spiing because it is very funny and it is as if you were have big problems but
der;
in an exciting and marvelous adventure. The book thanks to Bianca’s
hunis about a family that live on the island of Scilly.
dreds
trombone, a secret
Billy is a teenager who is fed password and Marof
up with milking the cows in
earwigs
creeping and
tha’s special plan...
his village and decides that he The Zombie bird turns out being the funni- crawling beneath their
will get into a boat and leave est thing ever!
pillow.
for North America. Laura,
What could have
Billy’s sister, is the only one who knows about it and she does not want Billy happened?
to leave but he leaves anyway. It is a very interesting story and it shows that
if you do something nice to nature, animals, friends and family they will do something nice to you. If
you want to find out what Laura did to an animal she found on the beach just READ THE BOOK!
Edited by: Ana Y6
Tag Rugby
Some fortunate pupils were chosen from Years 6 and 7
to go to an
exciting rugby tourament at the
British Council School.
Arthur, of
Year 7, was
the captain
and responded to some
of our questions.We asked him if he was excited about the tournament, and he answered that yes because it’s a sport
that he enjoys playing. Eugenia told us that she was
very proud to have been chosen for St. Anne’s rugby
team. A teacher from another school told us that the
best players were:
St.Anne’s
2-3 British
Arthur (Y7), Eugenia
Council
(Y6) and Beltran (Y7).
St.Anne’s
2-4 Montessori
Mr Steven told us
that it was the most St.Anne’s 3-5 Kensington
enjoyable tournament he had been to St.Anne’s 3-2 King’s
College
in 15 years!
by Alejandra and Olimpia Y5R
Football
On 15th December a group of boys from Y6 and 7 were
chosen to represent St Anne’s in a football tournament. Our first match was against Runnymede and the
final score was 1-5 to Runnymede.
Álvaro Revuelta said that they needed to practise!
Hugo thought they could have done better and Michi
said he was nervous.
Carlos of Year 7 was a good goalkeeper.
Juan Orbaneja scored two
goals and Borja and
Antonio from Year 7 one
goal each.
St. Anne’s 1 Runnymede 5
St. Anne’s 2 King’s College 3
St. Anne’s 1 ICS 1
Editors: Year 5 Red
International Cross Country
On Tuesday 21st October children from Year 4 to Bachillerato
went to the cross-country to represent St. Anne´s School. The
reporters from Year 5 Red, Sofía and Alonso also went to interview the runners.
They asked Rodolfo
from Year 5 Blue and
Camino from Year 4 if
they enjoyed it and
they both did. They
asked Álvaro M. from
Year 5 B if he preferred
shorter distances because he can sprint
more. He said that he
did. Rodrigo of Year 5
Blue said he had done
extra training for the event. Everybody enjoyed the crosscountry competition. by Alonso, Sofía and Lucía Y5 Red
Claudia practises tennis and
athletics. She practises tennis on
Sundays at Puerta de Hierro and
athletics twice a week at Canal de
Isabel II.
She won a trophy by getting to the final of a tennis
tournament. To keep fit
she goes cycling. As she
grows she wants to improve her tennis technique.
by Victoria and Cristina Y5Red
Focus on
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you should write a report about the sports that you play and
tell us about how successful you have been or how you have
improved over time.
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You!!!!