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As a Church school we also aim to develop Christian values and foster a respect for other people and their beliefs. Tel. 01695 722 957 www.bickerstaffe.lancsngfl.ac.uk Bickerstaffe C.E. School, Hall Lane, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, L39 0EH
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Inside the mag...
ISSUE ONE
Features
Welcome! Welcome to the first issue of The Juicy Word. After several busy months in our school newsroom we finally have the first edition in our hands. We hope you enjoy it as much as we have loved creating it. The editorial team have had a great time finding out teachers’ secrets, taking pictures and interviewing people while making the magazine. We have loved writing stories and asking other pupils or teachers for quotes. Having pupil power to make decisions about which photos to use and getting to track down teachers at lunchtime has been brilliant. We have interviews with Mrs Hall and Mrs Teachen and, before he leaves our lovely school, we chat to Mr Draper to find out just what he thinks about his time here!
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Meet our Headteacher, Mrs Hall Day in the life of ... Jubilicious Chatting with Mr Draper Mrs Teachen’s 2012 Challenge Yr 6 Leavers Album Fun Stuff
Juicy News 9, 16, 22, 26, 30-31
Photo albums
The Editorial Team Joe, Matty, Oscar, Daisy, Alex F, Lawrie, Isobel, Sophie, Ted, Alex B, Jessica, Andrew
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Diamond Jubilee Celebrations Cross Country Success Team Tag The Adventures of Min y Don The One Mile Run Hen House Rocks Jubilee Treat Front cover photograph by Ted Holtby Front cover captions by Andrew Mercer and Alex Fotheringham Masthead design by Isobel Housley Special thanks to: Jonathan Rawlinson, Jon Ashburner and Dave Fillingham (Fillingham Photography) The Juicy Word has been created and produced by the Bickerstaffe School Editorial Team.
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Words by Alex Brogan and Jessica Burgess
A Royal Knees Up Local Community Celebrates
Bickerstaffe School celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in June with a patriotic party for everyone. From pupils and teachers to parents and the local community, the flavour of the day was most definitely red, white and blue. Photography by Fillingham Photography
All set for the party
Queen Catherine
Spotty about the Jubilee
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The Queen!
Waiters at your service
Anyone for food?
Proudly flying the flag
The ladies
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Royal friendships
Flags at the ready
Ah a nice cup of tea
Andrew Ormesher gives a helping hand
Full house
Should have gone to ‘Stripesavers’
Miss Thomson and her class
Year 1 get ready outside
A two handed royal wave
Is that Big Ben on your T-shirt?
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Good old bunting
I can pull a rabbit from this hat!
Tuck in
Family generations share in the celebration
Game on
Lottie and Charlotte in party mood
Musical notes
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An afternoon of games
A red, white and blue spectacle
A crowning smile from Jasmine
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Reuben, Reece and Cole enjoy the food
Ready for the party to begin
Sir Luke looking regal
Mmmm any chocolates left in the tin?
Girls get traditional
Is my hat on the right way?
Holy Trinity choir
The party continues outside
‘Prince’ Harry!
Miss Thomson flags up a smile
Cheers girls, Sophie, Isobel and Faith
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WordsbyLawrieO’Brien
Cross Country Success On a sunny Tuesday evening in April pupils from year 1 to year 6 took part in a cross country race. Hundreds of pupils from primary schools across West Lancs converged at Scarisbrick Hall School for the event. In glorious weather everyone competed in their individual races finishing with a smile. Elliot finished in a fantastic second place in his year group and went on to also run in the year 6 race. Another great performance came from Reuben who said: “It was definitely not a mile but it was still great fun.” Mum of Thomas, Sarah Ralfs commented: “It was great to see so many children from our school participating with such impressive running from them all.”
All smiles (before she fell over and hurt her knee)
Team talk
Group hug
Dads look on
On your marks, get set, GO!
Reuben races in
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Thomas happy with his run
Still smiling
Faith comes in strong
Well done Isaac
So tired
Jacob breezes home
That’s me done
Joseph has a great finish
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OLYMPICS STRIKE BICKERSTAFFE A week of sports takes place for pupils By Joe Cotterill On 25th June 2012 it was world sports day but at Bickerstaffe School we wanted longer than a day so Mrs Hall announced that we would have a sports week! During the week we had many events such as tennis, sports day and much more. We were put into different countries according to the starting letters of our school houses. Orion’s countries were Oman and Oslo (Norway), Gemini’s were Ghana and Germany, Apollo’s were Argentina and Australia and finally Saturn’s were Spain and South Africa. Lots of people came to our school to talk to us about what they do and how they have achieved their goals. First of all, Olympic torchbearer, Danny Hallam came with the Olympic torch to explain why he was chosen to be part of the Olympic torch relay. He was nominated by many people for being one of the best students at his school achieving top grades and getting to the best level he could. Next we had a visit from Josie Cichockyi, a Paralympic basketball player and athlete. With outstanding
achievements in both fields internationally she shared her inspirational story with us. A friend persuaded her, when she was young and bored one day, to go down to the sports centre. She did and started doing very well eventually joining a big team. Once she was enjoying herself and doing well she joined the basketball team and started to practise every morning and night shooting basketballs. Josie later joined the Paralympic team and began to win lots of medals. Finally Gary Williams a Paralympic cyclist and father of former Bickerstaffe student, Sam RosbothamWilliams, visited school. He
Splodge is the school’s resident rodent. Pah who am I kidding Splodge is the cutest rodent I have ever seen. She is the school hamster, lives in reception and sometimes comes out to say hello. Splodge has a hamster ball and once, when the lid was
not put on properly, escaped and ran around like a snail with a pin on its tail. Eventually Mrs Teachen and Mrs Aitken cornered the little midget and popped him back in his cage. Splodge arrived in school back in March and spends her
By Alex Brogan and Jessica Burgess During July girls from juniors went to Ormskirk High School to DANCE take part in a dance show. The girls danced to the song ‘Proud’ by Heather Small as this year the show had an Olympic theme. Other schools that competed in dance fever were Pinfold Primary School, West Head and many more. The girls performed two dances at the show and both were tremendous fun. The costumes of red, white and blue leggings with a black leotard and black tutu along with black pumps looked amazing. With hair in pigtails to top off the look the girls looked as great as they danced. Faith Currie, who was part of the dance team, said: “Dance fever is great fun because as well as dancing you get to miss some school and go and visit another school.“ The dance troupe went on to perform at the school’s summer fair to huge applause and an encore.
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Danny Hallam with Matty Webster.
talked to us about his life and all the other Paralympic cyclists he has met. He also showed us some of his awesome bikes, medals and the actual outfits he wore for racing.
Class 4 with Josie Cichockyi
SPLODGE? WHO’S SPLODGE
Dance fever
By Isobel Housley time in school but sometimes at Mrs Teachen’s house. Splodge is very clever and can move her bedding with her own hands. When we come back after summer Mrs Teachen is going to let reception class take turns to take her home – yippee!
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InterviewbyJessicaBurgessandAlexBrogan
Mrs Hall
Meet our Headteacher
When Mrs Hall’s eldest son was born back in 1980 she became a playgroup leader and a school parent helper. Inspired by her experience she went on to qualify as a teacher in 1993 and began her career teaching at Ormskirk C.E School. Jessica Burgess and Alex Brogan, Year 4 pupils, caught up with their headteacher to find out all about her role as head.
Is it fun being head and why? It’s a little like a rollercoaster ride with highs and lows, sometimes feelings of excitement, other times being a little scared and of course there’s the paperwork! But I wouldn’t want to do anything else. How long have you been head? 7 years. I became a head because I had a vision for this school; I believed I could see that through better than someone new coming to the school and taking up the role. I wanted to be a leader and make Bickerstaffe School an even better school. Why did you want to become a teacher? From having my own children I developed a love of learning. I saw the world again through their eyes and it was exciting. I still see the world through the eyes of children in this school and it keeps my love of learning and enthusiasm for teaching strong. Where did you learn to be a teacher? Edge Hill. I started a part-time degree course in the evenings so it took me a long time. I achieved a BA Hons (2:1) in History and
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Communication Studies and went on to do a Post Graduate Certificate in Education. It wasn’t easy studying and having 3 children under the age of 6 but I was determined to succeed. What was your favourite lesson at school? At primary school it was P.E and later, at high school, it was history. What was it like when you went to school? I remember making daisy chains and rolling down the embankment in my first school. When I moved to a new school I began to enjoy writing and performing plays. How many female heads have there been at our school since it began? I know of 2, Mrs Burrows and Mrs Saunderson. How many children are in school now? Do you think the school has grown? 96 at present. In 2005, when I became head, there were 53 and we are expecting 100+ in September. What pets have school had in the past? Chipmunks, land snails, stick insects, bats, fish, a hamster and now chickens – and although it wasn’t really a pet I can remember a crow that used to visit school every
day, sometimes picking toast out of children’s hands. What kind of books do you like to read? Fantasy fiction is my favourite genre. Anything with dragons, mythical creatures and adventure. Terry Pratchett is probably my favourite author and I have read all his books. I like the way he takes things from our world and weaves a story around them. Are you mostly a strict or kind head? Others would perhaps be better answering that but I myself try to be fair and I would like others to respect me for what I do. It isn’t always an easy job but I always hope that children and parents understand decisions are made in the interests of all children. The school places children at the heart of all we do. Do you like art and why? Art is a great way to express yourself. I don’t feel I am particularly creative but I can copy pretty well. I love the way children have the courage to be creative and constantly make work their own. What do you do out of school? I love to ski at Easter when you get both the snow and sun. I also enjoy reading, cooking (particularly baking cakes), and badminton. Recently I have taken up climbing but with a fear of heights it has been a real challenge, however I am beginning to feel more confident.
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Are the children in this school progressing in their behaviour? I’ve taught many children at different schools during my career and children’s behaviour here is very good. We all sometimes make mistakes and have to learn but I wouldn’t want to be at any other school. I think we’ve got a really really good school and all the children are great. What has gone well this year and what has been the highlight for you? Min y Don and the Olympic Values. For the first time I got to do the trapeze on the school adventure trip which was great fun. Finally, what is it like being married to Mr Hall? Mr Hall is my best friend and I’ve known him since I was at high school. We enjoy doing lots of things together and I know I can always share anything with him. He not only supports me in my role as head but he is incredibly supportive of our school too. You probably want to know if there is anything I don’t like? Well he does have a habit of pinching food that I have put away for special occasions. Chocolate biscuits and crisps are a particular favourite of his!
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Team tag Words by Sophie Ruddock and Lawrie O’Brien
Bickerstaffe School played host to two matches of tag rugby in June. The first match took book club by surprise when they were asked to play unexpectedly. Despite being unprepared the bookworms did themselves proud against a slightly more prepared team, Pinfold Primary. Instead of turning pages they took turns tagging their opponents in an attempt to score a try. The second match, a few weeks later, saw Bickerstaffe’s tag rugby regulars come together to take on Pinfold again and also Mount Carmel School. With glorious sunshine, along with plenty of parent spectators it was another enjoyable and fun game.
Beautiful day!
Elliot tags as Bickerstaffe beat Pinfold 2-1
Team talk
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Elliot sprints for a try
Free pass for Pinfold
Jacob earns a free pass
Pinfold break
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Match kicks off
Tunnel of sportsmanship
Hungry work
How did this happen?
Jacob enjoys a juicy orange
Guest teams tuck in
Isobel gets a well earned drink
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WordsbyLawrieO’Brien
A day in the life of ... running club Tuesday morning I wake with a shake because my Mum literally gets me up. I have a quick slick breakfast and it’s time to put on my trainers. After a year of running club I have finally got my hands on a pair of proper running shoes. Am sure that my new red addidas will help. However no time to lose, thinking about my trainers, we have to get to school. By eight we are ready to run, we pick up any stragglers as we head out the school front door. Today we do cross country. We warm-up, stretch and are ready to go. When we jog to the start the horses come galloping out of the mist and all of the girls say girlie stuff like ‘Look at the chocolate brown horse.’ We boys don’t get quite so excited. Kim, who happens to be my Mum, gets us into groups. Elliot is usually at the front with all of us chasing him down like a hare, which makes it good fun. The length of the cross country is two miles. The course is bumpy, rocky, slippy and in places marshy with lots of twists and turns before the homeward straight. It is now time for the final push up the hill to get to the finish. One by one we all get back. I feel exhausted but happy. Just enough energy to do some 100 metres sprints.
A quick warm up
Muddy waters
Off we go
Daniel strides in
Wiktoria completes her two miles
Mind your head
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Everyone finishes the final leg
Final push home from Isobel and Isaac
Another day at running club!
Back to school
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BySophieRuddockandLawrieO’Brien
Jubilicious!
On a wet and windy day, when our school celebrated the Queen’s Jubilee, we asked some patriotic pupils for their royal thoughts.
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What would you do if you were Queen for the day? Sit down and enjoy a lazy day Never get off the throne Change the laws about school Basically bring peace to the country Ban child poverty
If you could ask the Queen for one thing what would it be? A billion pounds please Why do we have homework? New laws To be her servant for a day To be kind to every family
What do you think is the best thing about being Queen? Being in the Royal Family Jewels All the free trips Definitely having power Living in Buckingham Palace To be famous
What is the Queen’s job? To work at Buckingham Palace Promote Great Britain and its people Making sure laws are fair Bring peace to everyone and do what parliament tells her
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camron and cole
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How old do you think the Queen is? 85, 60, 86, 61, 48 or 89, 80
What has been the best part of the Jubilee celebrations in school? Having fun Coming in this tent! The party Playing charades Cake decorating
How would you sum up today? Epic Fun No lessons, great! Hectic
Best food? Sausage rolls Cocktail sausages Strawberries and cream Cookies Coronation chicken
What is your favourite Jubilee colour and why? Blue, just like it Red because LFC rule Blue – Chelsea are the best team in the world
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A FIRST FOR BICKERSTAFFE Sunday 22nd April 2012 was a very special day for 12 pupils from Bickerstaffe School. The story began several months before when pupils were asked if they would like to receive their First Communion. Children thought long and hard about their faith and 12 pupils decided they were ready. Communion lessons took place every Friday in school. Dressed in smart clothes the 12 children arrived at church along with their parents
and Godparents and other members of the Church congregation. Rev Andrew asked all the children if they wished to be admitted to Holy Communion and to share regularly in the meal. All the children answered yes and Rev Andrew went on to ask their parents and Godparents to help them to grow in their faith. Rev Andrew finished by saying the very special words: “In the name of James, Bishop of Liverpool, I welcome you to the sacrament
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of Holy Communion”. The children then went to the alter to take the bread and wine for the first time. It was a very special moment for them all. After the service everyone went back to Bickerstaffe School for a wonderful lunch. The food was delicious and it was a chance for everyone to chat and spend time together. A Certificate of First Communion was presented to each child and a beautiful book of prayers.
All about our young authors By Isobel Housley In March three children from Bickerstaffe School took part in Chris Evans Breakfast Show’s 500 WORDS short story competition. The pupils who entered were, Thomas Ralfs, Isobel Housley and Lawrie O’Brien. Lawrie’s story was called ‘Strange Day’ and was about an orange moon and his characters all had funny nicknames, eg Inflatable Issy and Nana Knicker Bocker (which were loosely based on pupils and teachers from school). Thomas wrote about children finding treasure and Isobel created a story about 16
a boy who had been kidnapped. The children all felt nervous at first entering such a big and national competition but gave each other courage to have a go. As recognition from school they each were awarded the band of excellence and their stories were displayed proudly in Mrs Hall’s office. Judges of the competition included children’s authors David Walliams, Charlie Higson and Lauren Child. All three children enjoyed taking part and are looking forward to entering again next year. Lawrie O’Brien, Thomas Ralfs and Isobel Housley
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Chatting with
Mr Draper We catch up with our Class 3 teacher before he leaves us for a new adventure. Good luck!
InterviewbyLawrieO’BrienandSophieRuddock How does it feel to be leaving our school? It’s very sad because I have really grown very quickly to like all the children and staff. It has been a pleasure to teach at Bickerstaffe and I will miss everyone. Would you come back and teach us again? Yes, definitely without a doubt. You have been a great class to teach. What do you like most about our school? When I first arrived what struck me most was the friendliness of everyone and the great welcome I received. I have also really enjoyed all the fun activities I have been involved with from chess to cricket plus running to tag rugby. Who is your favourite pupil in Year 4? Oh I’ve got no favourites, I like you all! What is your favourite colour? Well that would have to be red as I am a huge Manchester United fan. They are the best team in the world! (Lawrie interrupts at this point “They’re not...Barcelona are”) Do you have a favourite lesson to teach? Maths as it has so many aspects to it from subtraction and addition to all the practical stuff. When did you start teaching? I started teaching in September 2002 which, thinking about it, is 10 years ago. I first taught just up the road from here at a school in Skelmersdale and it was also a Year 4 class.
Who is your favourite teacher in this school? Everyone has been great and I’ve enjoyed working with them all. Do you have a favourite band? Westlife, a great Irish boy band and I can honestly say I like all their songs. What’s your favourite food? Oh very much a good steak with peppercorn sauce and definitely with chips. You can’t beat it! Do you have any hobbies? I particularly like running and biking so I try to get out for a run or on my bike whenever I can. You are getting married this summer, who are you getting married to and what are you most looking forward to? I will be marrying my partner Miss Milne and we are getting married up in the Lake District. It’s really not long now and I am getting very excited about the whole day.
What do you like most about teaching? Simply teaching children and hopefully making a difference. Helping children to learn is very rewarding and I try to be the best role model I can be.
How old are you? 33 What would you like to achieve before you are 40? That’s a hard question. I would love to try to get down to the other side of the world and visit Australlia for six weeks one summer. When I was 16 I really wanted to move there and it is somewhere I have wanted to go since.
What will be your favourite memory of your time at our school? Friendliness! Pupils, teachers and parents alike, everyone has been so friendly that it will be a wonderful lasting memory of my time here. If you were stranded on a desert island what single item could you not live without? That would have to be my future wife. That’s not allowed. OK if it couldn’t be her then I would take sweets. Yes I know they wouldn’t last very long but I would try to ration them. What is the highest mountain you have climbed? Skiddaw in the Lake District. If you had children what would you call them? For a girl I would choose Poppy and for a boy Luke.
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THE ADVENTURE BEGINS...
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OLYMPIC CHAMPS Pupils complete the seven values By Isobel Housley
This year everybody in school has been learning about the Olympic values and striving to achieve them in order to be awarded the Olympic bands. Each of the seven Olympic bands represents a different value from determination, excellence, courage and friendship through to inspiration, respect and equality. Not just the children but also teachers and parents have been aiming to get the bands. Andrew and Jo Housley along with Catherine Ormesher and Alan Ralfs are just some of the parents who have earned bands. Ted Holtby, Year 6, was the first pupil to achieve all seven values in the school. He said: “It was unexpected to be first but I am really happy and the band I am most proud of is inspiration”. Isobel Housley and Joseph Ormesher closely followed Ted in second place in reaching the goal of seven Olympic bands.
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Ted Holtby with seven Olympic bands
EGG HEADS BRING IT ON By Oscar Hampson
Bickerstaffe sits SATS A testing week for puplis By Matthew Webster
Monday 14th May was the first day of SATS. We were all very apprehensive as we arrived in school and a bit nervous about what the day would bring. It was very tense as Mrs Hall opened the package containing the papers. Year 6 had the reading paper first and the subject was “The Great
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Plague” which fortunately was quite an interesting topic. Mr Ballard commented: “My class have shown courage, determination and although I have not marked year 5 tests yet I am hoping they have done well”. Mr Draper, Class 3, agreed and added that his class had been very calm. Miss Thomson, Class 2, said: “The
children are showing good progression with a fantastic attitude towards their work”. The SATs week was a challenging week for everyone but it ended with an afternoon of fun with a SAT’s party which everyone enjoyed. Now that’s it for another year.
The annual book quiz took place in March to see who had the best brains in school. Four panels of Orion, Saturn, Gemini and Saturn took part. Different questions were set for different age groups. The questions started off simple and then got harder until it got too hard for the children to answer. However each team carried on as they were all determined to win. It was a great opportunity for the infants because they also got involved. In the end Saturn won and it was a fun day. Everyone can’t wait until next year.
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Interview byMatthew Webster
Keep on running Mrs Teachen’s 2012 challenge
Mrs Teachen has set herself an amazing challenge – to run every day in 2012. Matthew Webster caught up with her, whilst she wasn’t running, to ask her some questions about this and her other sporting achievements.
What motivated you to start this challenge? I wanted to challenge and push myself to ‘be the best that I can be’ in 2012 the year of the London Olympics. I also wanted to be a good role model for my daughter Caitlhan and inspire others. My other aim was to have a goal that lasted a long time, not just a week or a few months. I have a friend called Dave who thought of the ‘run every day in 2012’ challenge for himself so I decided to join in with that.
TEACHEN’S TOP TIP Encourage a friend or family member to do it with you and then you can motivate each other to keep running.
How many miles would you like to run by the end of the year? Ideally 2012km in 2012 would be great, which is 1257 miles. I also want to move 2012 miles in 2012. This can be running, walking, cycling and swimming (not driving). To help me achieve this I entered the Liverpool Triathlon which took place on the 1st July. I swam 1500 meters (just under a mile), cycled 40km (approx 25 miles) and ran 10K (approx 6 miles). Despite being a terrible swimmer and this being a real challenge for me I loved it but it was tough. I have already booked to compete in two more!
Have you run in any marathons? This year I have completed the Manchester marathon in April in 4hours and 44 minutes which was great because I had an injured calf at the time. I ran a half marathon down in Plymouth in June with my sister and my next marathon will be in Chester in October. A week later I may also be tempted back out running again for the Liverpool marathon. Would you do this again next year? Yes I probably won’t stop running – ever!!! And no... as I have to wash my hair every day, which is a pain. My laundry bills have also increased as I have more clothes to wash and my house is full of trainers. Have you got any tips for people at running club? Give it a go, whether you are terrible or terrific. You don’t have to be great to start but you do have to start to be great. Encourage a friend or family member to do it with you and then you can motivate each other to keep running. Don’t compare yourself to others and when you start begin with a slow walk/run programme. Keep a log of your progress so you can see how well you are doing. Set yourself realistic goals and reward yourself when you reach that goal, then set another.
TEACHEN TELLS US HOW Keep a log of your progress so you can see how well you are doing.
Do you have any final words for people who are inspired by you? I remember that on day 11, at the beginning of this challenge, it was dark, freezing, with gale force wind warnings. I really didn’t want to go for a run. I kept telling myself it was too windy, too cold and that I was too tired so decided to run around my couch instead. Luckily Caitlhan persuaded me to run outside and I’m glad she did. I finally went for the run at 11.30pm that night. Finally, how many miles have you run so far? Nearly 1,000!
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On 23rd May there was a one mile running race at Victoria Park, Southport. It is an annual event organised by Southport and Waterloo athletics club as part of Sefton’s festival of sport. Many people are not used to running even half a mile but the Bickerstaffe School Running Club are frequently running two miles. Isobel Housley, one of the competitors, said: “There was a big course to run round with twists and turns along the paths. With some hustle and bustle plus some pushing and shoving at the start it was an exciting experience.” Hundreds of pupils took part and all of running club achieved personal best times for the one mile distance.
Just one more bite
Team tiger
Call me
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Bit squished
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Must...get....doughnut
Wait up Cole
You’ll wish you never did that
I need space man
Daniel and Jacob nothing between them
Ha I passed you
I’m right behind you little bro
Phewf I’m tired
Drive those arms
Yikes an army soldier
Lick those lips you’ve crossed the line
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QUINN’S CARTOON CRAZE
Pupils score in 2012 CHILDREN TAKE UP NEW CHALLENGES By Andrew Mercer and Alex Fotheringham
By Alex Fotheringham During book week the well known epic illustrator, ‘Tim Quinn’, came and visited Bickerstaffe School. Tim Quinn was the creator of Beano comic characters. He helped pupils create their own characters made out of basic fruit shapes, for example Class 4 used a banana. To lots of people he has been an inspiration and he certainly inspired Bickerstaffe pupils.
Joe Cotterill, Class 4, said: “I thought his artwork was awesome. He has drawn great characters from Spiderman to Denis the Menace”. Alex Fotheringham added, “Tim inspired me a lot!”. In assembly Tim Quinn brought in the famous invisible plane made by Wonder Women. He told pupils that while he worked at Marvel Comics he had to draw a picture of his boss in 60 seconds.
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During this Olympic year of 2012 many pupils at Bickerstaffe School have taken up new and exciting challenges. We tracked down the children who have made this year an Olympic one by trying something new. Kieran Sands joined a football team back in January set up by his uncle and plays in a match every Tuesday after school. He trains on Saturdays and has already made new friends and is looking forward to next season. Climbing to the top of her ambitions is Isobel Housley and with regular monthly sessions at Awesome Walls she is well and truly hooked. Keeping his feet firmly on the ground Camron Ventry joined running club inspired by wanting to get fitter. He said:
“It makes me feel sportier and also more energetic.” He also said he felt really encouraged and supported by the rest of the group and parents who also run. He can now run a mile without stopping. Adding to his swimathon achievement this year, Joseph Ormesher has taken swimming to a new level with ambitions to be in the top swim squad at Everton. Although he finds butterfly stroke the hardest he continues to be inspired by his swimming hero, Michael Phelps. Taking to the saddle Isla Webster has achieved a personal ambition this year by cantering for the first time. Her hardest moment has been jumping in a straight line but her funniest was going the wrong way. Joe Cotterill was inspired by Oscar
Hampson to take up gymnastics. He would love to win a competition this year but his best moment so far has been learning to summersault. Knitting a master piece is what Rebekah Hodgson would like to achieve in 2012 as she picked up a set of needles and took up this new activity. With close friend Isla Webster to take inspiration from she has already grasped the difficult blanket stitch and will have her first scarf ready for winter for sure. Added to all of this Andrew Mercer has found time to take up rugby and is aiming to be man of the match before the year is out. It’s certainly been an Olympic year in school and we look forward to updating you on everyone’s progress in our next issue.
STAR PUPIL RETURNS By Ted Holtby
Rory Holtby has recently undertaken a two week work experience placement at Bickerstaffe School. He has acted like a teacher and has helped Class 1 and 2. He has mostly helped them with their reading but he has also had the heroic courage to help them with their maths. Rory has been helping out with the school’s recent arrivals, the chickens, by feeding them each morning. Rory’s goal is to be the best of the best and his work experience is going to help him accomplish his ambition. Rory Holtby attends a high school in Crosby but he used to be a student at Bickerstaffe School and he also lives in Bickerstaffe. Asked about the work experience he said, “I have loved it here, especially playing with Year 1 and Year 2. My favourite lesson has been reading with Class 2.
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During the last few weeks in May pupils from Class 4 and Mr Hall were incredibly busy designing and building a hen house. Eggs-asperated at what to do with the chicks, that were growing every day, school happily decided to keep them and give them a home. With the willing help and talent of the children, along with Mr Hall, the whole school can now look forward to looking after them and getting their first Bickerstaffe school eggs! Let’s just hope there is no ‘fowl’ behaviour from them.
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AJubileeTreat
Despite the wet and windy weather the village annual treat day, dating back to 1877, was held in full glory this year. Bickerstaffe School pupils began proceedings by Morris dancing their way into Bickerstaffe Hall farm accompanied by the brass band. The eagerly awaited maypole dancing did not disappoint with ribbons of colour taking centre stage. To mark the Jubilee year pupils created heraldic shields providing a beautiful array of colour set against a backdrop of hay bales.
Class 3 shake their stuff
Pretty as a picture
Love the socks
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Walking in the rain
A delighted Jacob holds up his shield
Welly good fun
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Class 1 show how it’s done
Round and round we go
Isobel and Sophie
Well done!
Keep on playing
Nice work
Mrs Hall watches on
A royal rendition...
A ‘Ballard’ of laughs
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GOLD MEDAL EFFORT FOR SCHOOL Teachers, pupils and parents strap on their running shoes
In January budding athletes in the school’s running club set themselves a challenge of running 2012 miles during the Olympic year. The pupils have completed the remarkable distance between them braving the cold, wind and rain to hit their target. The children also completed a series of individual distances ranging from 13 miles up to 78 miles and were able to earn a colour coded wristband from bronze to gold for each of the mileage distances achieved. Daniel Harrison, Year 4, took the challenge one step
New Arrivals By Daisy Latimer In March this year school took delivery of some eggs from a farm in Tarleton. It was a few weeks before the chicks finally hatched. The chicks very soon grew to full size and their cheeping got louder and louder. The chicks arrival in school was a real talking point with multiple names, too many to mention, as most of the pupils tried to name them. Some of the names were, Freddie, Dave, Bobble and Joe. Sophie, Year 4, said: “It’s really nice to have the chicks because we have never really had a school pet as cute before”.
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further with a combined walking and running effort to take him over 212 miles! In recognition of the children’s effort a special commemorative t shirt was awarded to each of them at the last running session of the school year. The ‘Team GB’ styled t shirt is printed with all the pupils, parents and teachers names that helped reach the 2012 goal. (See picture of running club above)
Not so bland Famous poet visits school By Lawrie O’Brien On the Monday of book week, the poet Ian Bland came into our school. He encouraged pupils to create a poem about themselves, for example ‘Can Ian Bland you hold your nose?’ Class 2 wrote poems about animals using alliteration, for example ‘Two fat tigers chasing their tails.’ When he came into Class 3 he showed us a type of poem, which was introduced to us by the Vikings, called kennings. From cats and football players to people this is a section of one ‘Fast runner, long jumper.’ Basically they are a list of words about something and a bit like a riddle. Class 4 wrote a poem about what they wanted to be like, for example ‘I’d like to be manager so I could boss someone about.’ At the end of the day school had a big assembly all about Ian and we read out our poems. Everyone enjoyed the exciting day.
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JOSEPH’S BIG SPLASH By Oscar Hampson This term pupils competed in a triathlon event where they did running and swimming. Joseph Ormesher was one of the children who swam and that is why I called this story ‘Joseph’s big splash’. As well as competing in this event for his school Joseph also embarked on a personal swimathon by swimming as far as possible. Joseph Ormesher Amazingly Joseph swam a total of 25,800 meters and also raised a staggering £300 for Marie Curie cancer care, a charity that means something to his family. As recognition for his achievement Joseph was awarded a special medal from swimathon and also earned his Olympic band for equality in school. Joseph said: “It has been great and the experience at the triathlon event was an amazing day.“
Greek gods turn pages By Joe Cotterill Lots of different challenges were set in school during book week for pupils to get involved with. Children were invited to match particular poems with teachers and try to guess which their favourite was. The week was filled with visitors from Tim Quinn, of Marvel Comics, to Ian Bland a famous poet. Added to the fun filled week pupils got to dress up as their favourite Greek hero or heroine. We interviewed each other about our different characters whilst we each sat in the hot seat. The questions
The Leaving of Bickerstaffe A service to remember By Ted Holtby
Luke Clancey
proved a challenge as always with each pupil demonstrating the depth of their knowledge. Matty Webster arrived at school with green hair and thorougly enjoyed being Poseidon for the day.
The Year 6 leavers’ service, which took place in June at the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, was fantastic. It started off by Mr ‘B’ taking Year 6 boys off on a site seeing trip and then he did the same for the girls. Included in the mini tour were paintings of parables and statues of the last supper. We travelled to the Cathedral by bus and when we arrived had lunch. During the service Year 6 pupils got to sing together in the Cathedral and also pray for good luck in the future. I was there and thought it was amazing. My Mum was there too and she said she loved it all. Andrew Mercer said: “I really enjoyed it because it was fun and a great experience. The building was awesome.” Matty Webster added: “It was amazing because it was a first for me and everybody else.” 31
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Owen Nunes Q1 Making friends. Q2 Min y Don. Q4 Global renewables. Q5 Joiner
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Fun stuff
Why do wolves have holes in their underpants? So furry tails can come true •••••••••
What happens when you play ping pong with a rotten egg? First comes ping and then goes pong
By all the editorial team
What’s that!?
HA HA!
Film review
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by Isobel Housley
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100 outof 10!
volunteers instead. Katniss and Peeta meet their mentor Haymitch. The film is both gory and sad but also touching. If there was a film to compare it to it would be one that hasn’t been made yet because no film, to me, could be like it.
Answers next issue
Cool!
Book review by Isaac Benson
Billionaire Boy by David Walliams Joe Spud is 12 years old and lives with his Dad who works in the toilet roll factory. One day Mr Spud had an amazing idea, to make special smooth toilet roll, which made him very rich, so rich that he gave Joe 2 million pounds for his birthday. Joe becomes friends with Bob who is overweight and very unpopular. Bob is bullied by the ‘Grub twins’
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for being fat and Joe tries to pay them off, which upsets Bob and they fall out. Later on Joe makes another friend called Lauren, which we find out later in the book, that his Dad has paid her to be his friend. Joe realises why Bob has been so upset and eventually they make up. I found this book fun and easy to read but it has far too many lists (groan) in it!
Opinion An i Pad – does it help school and lessons? The older children were buzzing with excitement and said they loved using it and liked the fact that they could take it anywhere in school. Making class fun with the option to play games appealed too. Accessing music across all classrooms ticked a box for a few teachers. However not all pupils are fully engaged yet and despite it’s very hands-on nature have yet to identify a real value to their lessons. For some younger junior children they think it’s an expensive gadget and that the school cameras are just as portable and take better photographs. In conclusion the appeal of the school’s i Pad definitely seemed to be strongest in Class 4 with younger children yet to be convinced.
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If Frozen lemonade is iced lemonade and frozen cake is iced cake, what’s frozen ink? Iced-ink
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Saturday 6th October Bickerstaffe Hall Farm, Hall Lane (nr Ormskirk), Bickerstaffe L39 0EH
2012
www.bickerstaffefoodfestival.co.uk
DOORS OPEN: 10.00AM - 4.00PM
A small community gather in a big, big barn
SPROUTING SOON Saturday 6th October Sample local food Food stalls Cooking demos Local chefs Live music
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Workshops Farm produce Home baking Hog roast
To book a stall please email: info@bickerstaffefoodfestival.co.uk All proceeds distributed between school & church
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C.E. SCHOOL
Bickerstaffe C.E. School Hall Lane, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, L39 0EH tel. 01695 722957 www.bickerstaffe.lancsngfl.ac.uk
With special thanks to our editorial team for the making of this magazine: Matthew Webster, Joe Cotterill, Alex Brogan, Lawrie O’Brien, Oscar Hampson, Ted Holtby, Andrew Mercer, Jessica Burgess, Daisy Latimer, Isobel Housley, Alex Fotheringham and Sophie Ruddock.