The Mighty Mount - Mount Stewart Junior School

Issue 6
July 2016
Goodbye
Goodbye to our Year Six & Newspaper team—Derin, Azhar,
Amy, Noel, Jenna and Johanan. Thank you so much for all
your help this year
We say a sad goodbye to
Miss Devery, Miss Nai,
Miss Winterburn and Miss
Holmes. You will be greatly missed—good luck with
your future.
Welcome to staff
An Interview with Nick Gibson (The Dingo Frisbee Team’s Physio)
How did you get involved with Ultimate Frisbee?
Well, I am physiotherapist, and I have been actively involved in sports related injuries for most of my career. I trained in Australia, and when I moved to
the UK I got involved with some local football teams as a side job. Through
this, I was able to get in contact with some people who were involved in Ultimate Frisbee in the UK, and naturally was drawn to helping the Australians
whenever they play overseas. I am actually up to my 5 th Worlds Campaign.
How often do the Australian team play in England?
There are many different types of teams that play in international games.
The team you guys saw play every four year in the World Championships.
Last year it was the Under 23’s team (The Bluebottles). There are also mixed
teams (Barramundis), women’s teams, men’s teams and masters. Between
the world championships, they have other less formal competitions.
What do you like about Ultimate Frisbee?
I really like how it is a game that relies on fairness and honestly. There are no
refs in UF, the game relies on players to sort it out themselves. As a result it is
a genuinely fair game, the players are all really cool people and open to community involvement. It is also a really underrated sport that deserves a lot
more recognition. It requires a lot of true athleticism and speed, as well as
agility and coordination. It’s actually really hard.
Do you play in the game?
Haha not officially, what would happen if the guy that fixes people got injured? Who would fix me??
Nick Gibson: MSc BAppSc (Physiotherapy) MASP MAPA MAACP PGD
(Injection Therapy)
Welcome to our new members of staff
Miss Slatten, Mr Charles and Mr Anderson. We have a few new joiners
that are starting in September—they
will be in the next edition.
Do you shop online? We are
asking parents to help raise
funds for our school by continuing to shop online.
Your shopping could benefit
our school in the form of donations paid directly to the
school.
Simply register (at no cost to
yourself) at:
www.easyfundraising.org.
uk
You will also save money too!
You’ll get access to discount
codes and vouchers.
Tag Rugby
On Thursday 12th May 2016 Mount Stewart were chosen to go to the Tag Rugby tournament. We were split
into 3 teams: 4M, 4S and 4S.
As soon as we got there, we had our delicious lunch and
started practising. There were 4 pitches. As we kept on
playing, we got better and better
Karan Chauhan 4M
Year 6 football tournament
This tournament was challenging for the 6 teams
6M teams A and B, 6S teams A and B and 6J
teams A and B. The 3 classes all fought hard with
their spirits and football prowess. They weren’t
sore losers and they had positive minds even
when they lost. Acting like real football players,
they all put up a good game and never lost hope.
In the end the last 2 teams had a penalty shootout
and one team was victorious: 6J team A.
By Noel and Azhar
British Library
5M’S trip to the British library was a trip to remember.
The vast variety of books was
astonishing and mindblowing.
Our leader was called Sheila
who took us around the ginormous library. She handed us
a sheet of paper with treasure
hunts on it for us to discover
new books and facts about
the library. Our first activity
was the treasure hunt. She
then led us into an eerie
dimmed lit room called the
gallery room.
Year 4 Roman
Workshop
learnt about the generations of Emperors
and how they greeted
their subjects.
Later on Miss Penny
showed them replicas
of Ancient Roman
Pottery, which were
found and repaired.
They also learnt
Currently in humaniabout the battle of
ties, year 4 are learnColchester and how
ing about the Rothe Roman and Celts
mans. In addition, on
fought. They got to
Friday 20th May, all
smell Roman herbs,
of the classes in year
spices and sauces.
4, attended a Roman
It was an entertainworkshop, which was
ing way of learning
run by Penny The
as the children came
archaeologist.
back with lots of new
Miss Penny started
knowledge about the
by telling the chilRomans.
dren a story of how
archaeologists found
By Jamila JodiyawalRoman artefacts.
la and Aanya Saraf
Next the children
4M
Our first treasure hunt was
to make a scroll, and then we
had to find a proper scroll
and draw it on our sheet of
paper. After that, we had to
find a book with real and
pure gold on its pages! We
also had a go at listening to
ancient music written by
some famous composers such
as: George Fredric Handel,
Ludwig van Beethoven, and
Mozart. It was really fun and
gave us a chance to learn
what kind of music people
listened to back in the day.
After that we had a chance of
making our own books, we
went into an empty classroom
and that’s where we made
our books.
Then we ate our lunch as we
sat down for a few minutes
listening to the sound of other
children munching away at
their sandwiches. Now it was
finally time to head back to
school and that was our day
at the British Library. It truly was a trip to remember!
By Kamran Rabeiy and Shannon Craig.
make several masks, wings and plants. To top all of
that, we also made our very own Kapok tree! We went
On Friday 17th june 2016, 5M put on a majestic, colourful assembly, centred around the Amazon Rainfor- through soooooo much trouble.
Soon, it was Quiz time! The questions were easy if you
est. We worked extremely hard on preparing the assembly. We gave lots of facts on deforestation, growing were listening because all the answers were in the asnew trees and how to stop animals from driving to ex- sembly. The prizes for the quiz were plants grown happily by Dhruv Tank.
tinction.
The assembly started at 9.15am and ended at 9.50am. After we sang a song called ‘Power in Me’. We sang
that song because we believe we have the power in us
After sharing a few facts, the play started. It was entitled ’The Great Kapok Tree’. The story was based on a to stop deforestation.
woodcutter cutting down a tress and a group of protest- After a long time of practising, our fabulous assembly
paid off.
ers persuaded him to stop the removal of trees.
The props and costumes took us forever!!! We had to
5M’s Incredible Class Assembly
5J’s Eggs-celent Easter Assembly
It all happened on a
Wednesday morning
when class 5J presented
our amusing assembly at
9.30am. Our class assembly was based on the story of Easter. Firstly, we started it with an
introduction, after that, we narrated and
acted the story of Jesus passing. Also, we
acted out how Jesus wanted to spread the
word of God.
Then we sang a couple of songs which were:
Power in me, Sing Hosanna and Wonder.
Lastly, we finished off our jaw dropping assembly with a song loved by all the
school….Musical Melodies! We got everybody to stand up and join in. We also put all
the colourful lights on, followed with the
glamorous disc ball.
By Rayhana Amin 5J
My Stone Age Assembly
It was embarrassing to
show a performance to
390 children plus 30
parents! I was the main
character Sam. I had a
shirt on and some blue
jeans. Part of our learning was about the Stone
Age. One of our activities was when we went
under the tables and
with chalk drew some
stone age things on
5J’s Easter Assembly
On Wednesday 23rd March 2016, class 5J presented
their Easter Assembly to the rest of the school. It
was based on the story of Easter and it also had
three songs (which were really fun to sing). It was the
last assembly that Mrs Rai, Ms D’Souza and Mrs Richards would see so it was extra special.
Our main character was Aryan, who was playing Jesus.
It was a memorable assembly because Mrs Richards
said it was a lovely assembly and she’ll never forget it.
By Amer Jawad 5J
Mount Stewart’s Got Talent
When I arrived, the first thing I saw was a big box which
we had to put our tickets in and after that me and my
family went into the vast hall. There were benches all
lined up in a row, but with an aisle for people to walk
down. We then seated ourselves and after that they announced the runners-up and the winners for the brochure
competition. We started off with the first act from year 3.
After that we had the winners announced by the judges
Mrs Young, Miss Winterburn and Miss O’Brian. Then we
had the year 4 acts and the winners were announced.
There was an intermission, and then we did year 5 and
year 6. The winners were:
Year 3: 1st Avni (dance), 2nd Arjun (singing), 3rd Nicholas
(traditional dance), 4th Pratham (ventriloquism/puppetry)
Year 4: 1st Japesh (piano), 2nd Rassiah (singing), 3rd Shaani
& Nakisha (dancing), 4th Drisana, Niam & Karan (Tae
Kwon Do)
Year 5: 1st Nikisha, Nidhi, Martha & Shivani (acting), 2nd
Bhavya (guitar) 3rd Tanuja, Hanaya, Naavya & Brinda
(dance), 4th Raina, Rubina & Tavisha (singing)
Year 6: 1st Zayan, Shivaan, Jairaj (year 4), Rishaan &
Nikhil (boy band), 2nd Nansi (traditional dance), 3rd
Emad, Shaylen (modern dance), 4th Shan, Yohanan
(piano & singing duet)
Saturday 25th June 2016 was the best day ever! It was
amazing and I loved it!
By Shaani 4M
brown and white pieces
of paper that were
stuck on to our tray
places. I had an enjoyable time performing. At
the end our parents
congratulated us, we
were rewarded with an
afternoon of watching
horrible histories. I felt
proud of myself for saying a long speech loudly
and clearly.
By Ahaan Saraf 3M
Year 6 trip to Boulogne
We got to school at about 4:45am, signed in with our
group leader and waited for our coach to arrive. We
left at about 5:15 am and the coach looked really cool
because it had an upstairs and a downstairs. It took
a long time to get to Dover so that we could go onto
The Eurotunnel, which is an underwater tunnel that
goes to France. When we got there, we went to the
Boulangerie (the French bakery) to learn how to
make croissants and French bread. The man that
taught us to make croissants was a bit scary at first
but we eventually realised that he as just joking with
us. He also taught us how to say different ingredients that were in the pastry in French. For example:
egg is oeuf, butter is beurre, and water is eau. Next,
we went to have lunch. After that, we had a tour of
the old town in Boulogne. The lady, who was our
tour guide, was very informative and taught us a lot
of facts. Then, we went to Nausica, the aquarium in
Boulogne. We had the chance to explore different
types of fish and sea creatures including huge turtles
and giant sharks! It was really fun. Next, we had a
chance to go to the shop in the aquarium. Subsequently, we headed back on the coach where we
waited for the ferry to arrive. Unfortunately, the ferry was delayed by 1 hour. It was really cool to see the
coach actually drive into
the ferry! On the ferry we
had dinner but we could
pay for our food in
pounds. Some of us had
never been on a ferry before so it was an exciting
experience. After dinner,
we had a chance to go to
the top deck and see The White Cliffs of Dover! It
was really cold but still fun. Then, the coach drove
out of the ferry and we started our trip from Dover
back to Mount Stewart. All of us were really tired
and we got back after midnight!
Overall it was a great trip.
Written by Derin 6S
Year Four’s Day at Whipsnade Zoo
First we got on the coach to the amazing Whipsnade Zoo. We were so excited that even the teachers couldn’t calm us down! Finally, after we had
checked in we went to see the European animals. We saw a wild boar, a
lynx and a wolverine but my personal favourite were the grizzly bears.
They were scary but cute. After that we saw the penguins. They looked
adorable but smelt like raw fish. Then we ran to watch the Birds of the
World show. I was really amazed when the two macaws were better than
me, being able to work with a partner is not as easy as it seems!
Next we had to find a place to eat before the sea lion show which started
at 12.00. When we had finished it was one minute to twelve, just in time
for the show. They did loads of tricks that were really cool. Then they all
had an X-ray, even the pregnant one! It was truly amazing.
Our workshop was tremendous! We got to touch a real life snake! It felt
just like my mum’s leather handbag. Luckily it wasn’t poisonous, so most
of us touched it. Then we went to see the Asian animals. We bumped into
Miss Johnson’s group on the way. From then on we looked at all the animals together; we saw the lazy tigers, elephants, cheetahs and the stripy
zebras. When we came out of the cheetahs it started to pour with rain.
Miss Johnson made us run in to see the giraffes. It was worth it though as
they were so beautiful.
We had an amazing day at Whipsnade Zoo and I would highly recommend it!
By Ella Mitchell & Hiya Upadhyay 4S
4S Class Assembly
4S’ class assembly on Thursday was a smash!
Our class assembly on the Romans was brilliant and lots of our parents came to watch it. As
the children came in we played a song called ‘Just like a Roman’. Mrs Todd told us not to
dance to the music, we tried our very best but it was irresistible!
First we talked about our Roman Workshop. During the workshop we learnt about how the
Romans lived and fought. We learnt that the Romans liked to prepare a sauce called
‘garum’, it was made from fish guts and stank! They even ate milk fattened snails. We also
learned how the Romans fought. Ali, Aarush and Naza demonstrated a bloodcurdling flight.
Ali pretended to be attacked by Aarush and Naza, who were Celts. Aarush’s dramatic death
was hilarious!
Then we performed a play called Marcus and the Hare. The play is about Marcus, a craftsman, who is trying to make a design of a mosaic but can’t decide what to do. Rishi, who
played Marcus, acted very believably when talking about the design of the mosaic. Ella
played Venus, the goddess of love. She tried to persuade Marcus to make a design of her.
Next we sung a lovely song called Sing and some of the parents even joined in!
We had fun and learnt a lot during our assembly. Everyone clapped and the audience really
enjoyed it.
By Youssra Kaabar 4S
It all started at lunch time, I had to have lunch first. I finished my chicken and
I had to go to our hall. With everything I had, I sat down 15 minutes later. I
had to walk with two groups down to the bus station. After, I got on the bus
and it took seven stops until I got off. We walked to the arena but didn’t get
in straight away.
Then when we got in everyone had to wear a badge. As we walked in we
could believe our eyeballs, but we had a lot of work ahead of us. We had to
practise: Music, Haunted House, Disney Medley, History of Music, Pop Rock
Melody, Pavane, Splintess, it had better be tonight, Oblivion, Where words
fail, Violin Concerto no. 4 in D major, Clash of Clans, Mambo Groove, Mambo
from West Side Story and Mamma Mia. Later it was time for us to perform!
By Kelis Caesar 5S
Our Day at the Frisbee Tournament
We were very excited because
Miss Gibson’s brother, Nick, got
us 50 free tickets to share with
year 3, year 4 and year 5 to go
and see a Frisbee tournament
between Australia and Columbia and then a second match
between Australia vs South Africa. We took a coach to the Watford training centre where they
do their training. When we first
got there, we followed the
teacher to the first pitch and
Australia won 14-3. We were
very excited when Australia
scored!
We then went to the next pitch
and we sat down and ate our
delicious snack. After, we
watched the second match of
Australia and South Africa. One
player called the Saltwater Crocodile got hurt by the Frisbee hitting his nose. His nose started
bleeding but Australia got the
last point and won! Next we ran
onto the pitch, after we got a
picture with the Australian
team. They were very kind and
let us play with their own Frisbees. We also played with the
Frisbees after we came back to
school. We told everyone in the
school that Australia won and
they were very excited. It was a
superb day!
Check us out online—
www.mstewartjnr.brent.sch.uk
Please look at the extended version
of the Mighty Mount on our website
including:

What’s on in and around
London

Apple and cinnamon cake
recipe

Extended articles

Maureen’s Friendship corner

Word searches, Puzzles and
riddles

Plus much much more!!
If you are unable to access a
computer to see the extended paper,
please see Mrs Pond or Miss
Johnson.
Fruit Ice Lollies
Ingredients:

Grape Juice (although other juice will work as well)

Your favourite Fruit
You will need:

Lolly Moulds

Lolly sticks (although some moulds have them built
in)
Instructions:
1.
Firstly chop the fruit in slices and then put the fruits
in the mould (put the lolly stick in if needed)
2.
Now pour in the grape juice
3.
Afterwards, freeze for 4 hours and 10 minutes so
that the lollies are frozen
By Simran and Mariam 6S
White Chocolate Cake Pops
Ingredients:
1 lb. / 453g of vanilla cake
1 cup / 225g of vanilla frosting
1 cup / 225g of white chocolate
Instructions:
Break the cake into small pieces and process until
fine.
Add the molten white chocolate to the cake mixture.
Stir well.
Roll the cake mixture into 1-inch balls and refrigerate
for 30 minutes.
Then dip the cake into the vanilla frostings and refrigerate for another 30 minutes.
Kidzania
Kidzania at Westfields White City is a whole city built for kids. Kids can dress up
and role play with hands-on activities such as becoming a super star DJ, a
chocolatier, a heroic fire fighter to name just a few. It is brilliant fun and a great
way for kids to experience a whole range of jobs.
For more details visit their website: http://www.kidzania.com
Clip and Climb
Scale a skyscraper and not your furniture by visiting this climbing center in
Chelsea. It is a colourful landscape of lots of climbing walls for all ages and abilities. It is totally safe for beginners with lots of challenges like the `Skyscraper’,
‘Jungle Gym’ and the ‘Vertical Drop Slide’. For more details visit: http://
www.clipnclimbchelsea.co.uk
Notting hill Carnival Children’s Day
Dates: Sunday 29th August
Venue: On the streets of W10: Notting Hill, Ladbroke Grove and Westbourne
Park.
Sunday (Aug 28) is ‘Children's Day’ – a more relaxed start before the hardpartying main parade on Monday. Between 6am and 9am, early visitors to Ladbroke Grove can catch the Jouvert procession, a traditional Caribbean event
where revellers throw colourful powder paint at each other to a steel band
soundtrack. Between 9am and 7pm, there’s a colourful parade for children and
eclectic sounds from the World Music Stage.
Extended Articles
We have soooo many excellent articles we can’t fit them
all in...
Year 4 Whipsnade Trip
On the day of the Whipsnade trip we first got on the
coach. It was a very tiring trip but eventually we got
there. As soon as we got there we went into a classroom where we learned about animals in their habitat and got to touch replicas of tortoises, owls and
skulls of animals. At the end we got to touch a female snake called Redgy, the snake was slimy and
squishy.
After that we went to see the sea lion show where
three sea lions performed tricks. Next we ate lunch
and after lunch we split into our groups to see the
animals. My group went around the whole zoo and
saw bears, penguins and much more. My favourite
animal was the giraffe because it had a very long
neck. After, we went to the gift shop to buy some
things and I bought a fluffy monkey toy. Finally we
got back to the coach and went back to the school.
Whipsnade Zoo was amazing I hope we go there
again!
Sky Sports News presenter visit
On the 20th of June a presenter from Sky Sports
News named Dharmesh Sheth (one of the most
famous reporters) visited our school to tell us
about his interesting job. He stated many interesting facts such as the amount of renowned
footballers he has met, how he got the job and
when he first decided he wanted to get the job.
Around 1997 Dharmesh got a master’s degree in
media. After he got his degree he decided that
for 1 year he would search and interview famous sportsmen. He sent his reports to Sky
News and eventually, after hard work, he had
earned his title of news reporter and journalist.
Nowadays he keeps track of main sports events
going on in the UK.
By Noel Azhar
Year 6 Cricket Tournament
On Friday 24th of June, the year 6 cricket
tournament took place on the playground.
Luckily, the weather was good so the tournament could be held. Everyone was motivated
and in high-spirits. Although we all tried our
best only two teams could participate in the
finals. The 6m B team and the 6s A team performed amazingly and fortunately made it to
the finals! After watching an intense 6s narrowly beat 6m, beating them by only 5 runs.
All the teams played superbly, however at the
end of the day only one class could win. It was
an enjoyable game and we all had a great
time.
By Narissa, Anjali and Katerina
Jokes (Mrs Pond didn’t do them this time so
they may be a bit better!)
Q: Why did the neuron ask the other neuron to a date?
A: To form a mental link!
Q: Why did the ants dance on the jam jar?
A: The lid said, "Twist to open."
Q: Why shouldn’t you tell a joke to an egg ?
A: It will crack up!
Q:Why shouldn’t you tell a bad joke to a periodic table?
A: It will walk away horizontally!
Q: Where did the frog put its hat and coat
A: In the ‘croak’ room !
Q: Why did the molecule want to be a builder?
A: To learn about atomic structures!
Q: Why can’t we tell secrets on the farm
A: Because the corn has eyes and the potatoes have
Q: Why can’t we ask a question to quantum physics?
eyes
A: The answer will always be random!
Q: What did one strawberry say to another strawberry
Q: What did the boy chromosome ask to the girl chroA: How did we get in this jam ?
mosome?
A: Y’ are you so different?
By Simran , 6S
By Noel
and
Azhar , 6J
Maureen’s Friendship Corner
Power in your life
Even though you’re “just a kid”, you are a powerful person!
Think of the things that you can do:

You can be responsible for your behaviour and your feelings.

Nobody can make you do things you know you shouldn't do.

Nobody can make you feel mad or sad, fearful or shamed.
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You can make choices about your behaviour and your feelings.
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You can decide to be the kind of person other people count on.
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You can choose to feel good about yourself.
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You can learn to make wise choices
Choice = Power
Murderous Maths by Kjartan Poskitt
Murderous Maths is a book series which
makes maths fun and more understandable. These books simplify common maths
topics and set them out like stories,
games and riddles.
They help you learn and understand why
maths can be fun and give you a real
boost when it comes to exams and
SATS.
Can you work out the answer to this
problem? For more interesting problems
like this, buy the Murderous Maths
books!
Murderous maths website: http://
www.murderousmaths.co.uk/
Movie review for Zootopia
This film entrails the adventures of the two protagonists (a police officer bunny named Judy Hopps and a con-artist fox
named Nick Wilde). They are played by voice actors Ginnifer
Goodwin and Jason Bateman- respectively. This film is set in a
fictional city called Zootopia/Zootropolis and the main plot is
that a new police officer Judy Hopps is investigating recent
disappearances of many predators. Through this investigation
she met the con-artist, Nick Wilde, who helps with the investigation but at the same time makes it a bit harder. This movie
has a lot of positive messages such as anti-prejudice and teamwork so I would recommend watching it with the entire family
at any age.
By Noel and Azhar
Moby Dick Book Review
Moby Dick; or The Whale is a book by the American writer
Herman Melville, published in 1851. The narrator, who
calls himself Ishmael, travels in the month of December
from Manhattan Island to New Bedford with plans to do
whaling. During his endeavours he encounters a white
whale, which is named Moby Dick by the Narrator: Ishmael.
It’s a great story and a wonderful classic to enjoy at home.
I, personally, had enjoyed the book and it is a must read.
Though there are some phrases and words younger audiences may not understand, I personally recommend it for
ages 9 and above. I give it a 10/10 in language and story. I
hope you too find this book interesting.
By Azgat and Noel
WONDER
This review is about the fantastic book,
Wonder, by R.J.Palacio. This book is about
a boy called August, whose nickname is
Auggie. Auggie has some general disabilities. Auggie's teachers and Mr. Tushman,
the director of Beecher Prep, let him find
his own way socially. Auggie himself
shows real grace, as well as
enough believable kid emotion to make him as amiable as he is admirable. I recommend you read this book,
it is brilliant. I hope you enjoy it!
By Simran 6S
The Jungle Book
This is a review
about the Jungle
Book film. I loved
the way the effects come to you but I did not
like it when Shere Khan killed the wolf. I felt
horrified. Later on I saw a massive monkey eating tons of bananas. Luckily at the end Shere
Khan died with the help of Mowgli.
I thought they put a lot of effort into this movie.
By Prisha 4M
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Old School
Diary of a wimpy kid is a diverse series of
books telling the story of a boy in middle
school. This series is loved by millions of people ranging from children to teenagers from
around the world. Recently a new title in the
series- Old School- has been published. It’s
about Greg (the main character of the books)
talking about his current life and then going
onto how his life was before the start of the
series. We decided not to give you too much
information about this book so you can read
it yourself. This book will fill you with laughter and so will the others. It’s a must-read/
must-buy book I recommend you read it and
it is suitable for younger audiences.
By Noel and Azhar