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Edition 91 Team B December 12th

2015 Founded by Ben Owen 2011

Header by Isabelle Preston

The Best Night of the Year!by Tabitha Huby

One clear night,

Christmas Eve in fact,

The moon shone bright, And I waved to the man.

The children asleep,

Dreaming of gifts,

Hoping and hoping,

That their stockings aren’t missed.

And here I am,

About to fly,

With a sleigh full of presents,

I wave goodbye.

I fly over England,

Italy and Spain,

And I keep on flying,

Whether in wind, snow or rain.

Beginning with the west,

Working towards the east, All these mince pies,

It feels like a feast.

Finally it’s over,

Let’s all give a cheer,

To the brilliant Santa,

On the best night of the year!

Editorial

Ho! Ho! Ho! And welcome to another issueof Totally Tockington, the paper written BYstudents FOR students! It’s nearly Christmasand I am so excited, are you? I’m sure youare! Advent calendars and Christmas trees,

are you getting into the Christmas spirit yet?

Anyway, in this paper we have loads of

Christmassy things including: Harry B’s

AMAZING handmade Christmas tree, Toby’s

reindeer facts, Lily’s festive pets, Harry H’s

candy canes and much more!

Enjoy!

Tabitha Huby

Editor Team B

This sculpture was installed in Melbourne, Australia

in 2004. See how warm and sunny it is! Miss Roberts

will be returning to Australia this Christmas. We all

hope she has a safe journey and we thank her for all

the friendship, warmth and songs she brought to us!


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Festive Outfits for your Pet!

by Lily Edwards

Want to dress your animals up this Christmas? Well, hopefully this will give you an idea of some

festive outfits for your pet. Personally I think that it is a bit mean to dress up your pets because I don’t

think they like it very much but of course you might think that that isn’t true and your pet might love it!

I’ve taken some photos of some of my animals (who don’t mind it VERY much) with some festive hats

on for a great competition below. And I’ve also taken some photos of other clothes that I’ve seen in

some shops. This might give you some inspiration!

However you dress your pet this Christmas, I think the only outfit they need is a big cuddle from you –

and some extra turkey on Christmas day! All of my animals will certainly get that – plus some clean

hay and a lot of extra treats! I wish all animals everywhere, wherever or whatever they might be, a

very happy Christmas free from pain and cruelty and with a lot of love.

I also have a GREAT competition for you! See if you can do a caption for each photo. Then hand it in

to Me or Ms Case and you might win some SWEETS!!!!

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How Different CountriesCelebrate Christmas

This week’s theme is Christmas, so I am to talk toyou about how different countries celebrate thisspecial time of year.

United Kingdom

We all know this one; we put out our Christmastrees and leave out our stockings, waiting forSanta to fill them.

Japan

Instead of having the traditional Christmas dinner,these guys go to KFC to get their dinner!!

Venezuela

Strangely, in the capital city, Caracas, theycelebrate Christmas by closing down all streets inthe city so people can go to church - on roller -skates.

Australia

In Australia, they celebrate Christmas in the

summer, so no wonder they have BBQs andKangaroos in their Christmas traditions. Apparently, the Aussies believe Santa has “6White Boomers” (Or Kangaroos!) and rides on asurfboard.

Spain

In Spain, humour carries on, as children believe in“Caga Tio” which means “Pooping Log!”. So theSpanish children feed the log in hope that it will

grow bigger. Then on Christmas Day, they singaround it to help it defecate presents.

So I hope you learned about how five differentcountries celebrate that very special time of year.

Which tradition would you like to celebrate?

Editor -in-Chief ’s Comment

Christmas

Everyone loves presents, right? Who doesn’t?

We wake up super early then go down to the

glowing Christmas tree, riding on a wave of

presents. Presents are great and we reallyenjoy them but just think about something for a

moment. In some parts of the world, children

and adults don’t get anything for Christmas, and

surely Christmas should be shared with

everyone around the world? Yes, they may

have the Christmas feeling, but they don’t

receive any gifts at all.

So, whilst you open your presents this

Christmas, make sure to think about how luckyyou are.

Have a great Christmas, everyone!

Alex Jacobi

Adoration of the Shepherds by Gerard

van Honthorst

Adoration of the Shepherds by Gerard van

Honthorst – what a beautiful painting – look at

how the light shines from the baby Jesus onto

Mary’s face and see how happy everyone

looks! We hope your Christmas is as happy!

From the Totally Tockington Teams.


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The Different Colours of Santa

by Henry Packham

When I think of Santa Claus, I always think of

him as a jolly old fellow in a red suit, but I’ve also

seen pictures of him in different coloured clothes

and this got me thinking about why this might be.So I decided to find out!

Santa’s red clothes probably come from the

story of Saint Nicholas, who often wore red

robes. He was a very kind man who gave

presents to children and the poor. I like to think

Santa copied him!

Some people think that the picture of Santa in a

red and white suit and hat was because of aCoca Cola advert. Red and white are Coca

Cola’s colours and Santa was used in their

adverts for a very long time from the 1930s.

The Normans brought Santa to Britain, but there

was a much earlier British story of King Winter or

King Frost who wore a long green robe with holly

or mistletoe and who brought happiness during

the winter. So this might be why some Santas

are shown wearing green clothes.

The Vikings also had a legend of Jul who was a

form of the God Odin. He had a white beard and

blue robes and rode on an eight-legged

horse. He gave presents to the good and

punished the bad.

If you have been good, you might get a chance

to see him on Christmas Eve so you will be able

to see what colour his clothes are for yourself!

All about Candy Canes

by Harry Huby

This week I am doing a very exciting article.

You will learn what ingredients go into candy

canes; how many are made every year; what

colours they come in; and how big the biggest

candy cane is.

What ingredients go into candy canes:

Usually candy canes are peppermint flavour

and decorated with red stripes. They are

stretched and curved to look like a walking

stick.

How many are made every year:

Over 1.76 billion candy canes are made each

year.

What colours candy canes come in:

They are normally red and white but sometimes

red, white and green.

Biggest candy cane:

The biggest candy cane ever made was 51 feet

long. Wow that is long, I wonder how long it

took them to eat it!

Thank you very much for reading I have really

enjoyed learning all about candy canes and I

hope you have as well.

Drawn by Isabelle Preston


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What do you like about Christmas?Name Favourite thing about

Christmas?What don’t you like about

Christmas?

Jacob Presents Sister annoying me

William Toys Getting other people presents

Jai Eating mince pies Having my birthday so close toChristmas

Ryan Mince pies and sugar mice Buying Christmas presents

Mr Spencer Christmas Dinner Weather

Mrs Pritchard The build up to Christmas Lots to do

Mr Symonds Tidy house Decorations

Miss Fox Everything Nothing

Logan Spending time with myfamily

Nothing


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The Countdown to Christmas

by Jenna Saluja

Tick tock. Tick tock,

Went the old grand clock.

Christmas is coming,

But it’s only 3 o’clock!

As the girl stood,

In her sparkly blue dress,

She hoped for it to snow,

But this wasn’t addressed.


Went the old grand clock;

Christmas is coming,

But it’s only 6 o’clock!

As the day got colder,

The girl walked to the shops;

She wore her red woollen mittens

And her red, copper top.



Christmas is coming,But it’s only 11 o’clock!

In the morning

The girl jumped up in relief,

She rushed to her mum

And smiled at her in disbelief.



Christmas is here, A nd now we stop the clock!

Presents

by William Sheppard

For this issue of Totally Tockington I thoughtI would interview a few people to find out

what their favourite Christmas presents are.

Here are a variety of people I spoke to.

Tabitha Huby year 7 - ipad

Carmen Rey-Jones year 6 - ipad mini

Jonathan Baguley year 7- scooter

Ellie Parker year 8- hamster

Ceredig Jones year 7- ipad mini

Me year 7- Xbox

Ms.Case- wellington boots

James Allen year 7- Bike

Georgina Loring year 7- iPod

Anya C year 7- Harry Potter stuff

Harry Mather year 5- Wii console

Mr Symonds- Bike

Poppy Sheppard year 2- Kindle fire HD 7

My mum (age - she won’t tell me) - cabbage

patch doll

Mrs Pritchard - the Christmas tree smell, the

first mince pie and the first Christmas song.

My Nan – A pair of Levi Jeans

Do you notice how many modern day

children put electrical devices like ipads? If

these questions were asked a few years ago

a lot of the answers would probably be very

different.

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Reindeer

by Toby Gaulton

Everyone knows about Santa’s reindeer -Rudolf, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and

Blitzen but do you know the real side of reindeer?

The History of Reindeer

You, the reader, would think that reindeer were first from the Arctic (Alaska, Greenland and Canada) but

actually they’re not. They actually originated from Europe. So in fact, the first reindeer lived quite close to where

we live.

A Eurasian reindeer

Reindeer Hunting

Reindeer hunting in Greenland is a big sport. People hunt reindeer in Greenland for food, clothing from their big

coats, and people use their antlers in medicine and they can make weapons from their bone and antlers.

It makes me really sad that people hunt these lovely animals but people don’t think reindeer are going to die out

soon.

Reindeer hunting strategies

People have been hunting reindeer for centuries but over time reindeer hunting strategies have changed. The

only one that used to work was this.

People used to use bows and arrows or crossbows and used to circle a reindeer and give it only one route to

escape- down in to a pit. Normally the reindeer would just escape but if they got the reindeer down in the pit

they would shoot it.

Reindeer today

Reindeer get hunted by animals too and these are the animals they get hunted by: Golden Eagles. They prey on

calves. Wolverines prey on calves, birthing cows or sick adults. Brown bear and Polar bear hunt reindeer of all

ages but try to take down weaker reindeer. Healthy reindeer can easily outpace a bear. The grey wolf is the

most effective hunter. They can take down fully-grown adults. The grey wolf takes more reindeer down in winter

than any other reindeer- hunting animal all year round.


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Reindeer article continued

Some packs of wolf or a single bear will hunt the same herd of reindeer for a whole year. As carrion reindeerare fed on by foxes, hawks and ravens. Blood sucking insects like the Black fly and mosquito are a plaque toreindeer. This is worse in summer. An adult reindeer can lose 1 litre of blood every week to blood suckinginsects such as mosquito and black fly.

Diet

Reindeer have four chambered stomachs. That means they can chew their food four times. Reindeer aremammals. They eat lichens (a slow growing plant with a hard leaf), grass, reindeer moss, sedges,

willow and birch leaves.

Lichens

I hope you have enjoyed my article on reindeer and here are some fun facts…

Reindeer can swim at 6.5 kilometres an hour.

They can run at 37-50 miles per hour.

They weigh 160-180 kilograms.

They are 85-150 cm from hoof to shoulder.

Their tail length is 14-20 cm.

Reindeer can live to 10-18 years old.

William Bate

designed thisyummy

Selection Box –

what would you

have in a

selection box of

your making?


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CHRISTMAS IS COMING…

By Carmen Rey-Jones

T H J V U T G M X R L V C K L B S J Q H

H N Y S U C A K E K W L A E E T M Z U Y

P P E R Q B X B W O E W N G A Z L P Q EW I K V P X M S U H C U D R M M B N S W

S E N W D E H W V E E Y L N A M W O N S

Y U H E C A M E M P O U E Z M A R Y M S

J K S E J X N E Y I N T S L T E Q V A R

Z Q D E Q O W T C K G I E N I Y Z Y B E

M R H W J E R S L D E G A L B O R R U K

N A T I V I T Y O V M S Q M T S Z R Q C

M H S G U E W O Q Y L L O H T S N E P A

R U D O L F I Q Y R J H H H S M I M G RD N D U K H J S Z T E H G C R L N M P C

S U W D Q E T U Y T R I K L P N E R X X

S O S V S R Z P M H L O N U E L E I N W

N I L F Z P L M N B X R G D D S Z R G V

O A O Z B U N O I T A R O C E D Y V O H

W I R M X R E P Y T P K I N D E Y B S Q

F O A O C X K L O I X C T K S E R F L E

Z R C E E D Y I Z C F P L E Z O Y Z Z N

ADVENTCANDLES

CAROLS

CRACKERS

DECEMBER

DECORATION

ELF

HOLLY

JESUS

LIGHTS

MARY

MERRY

MISTLETOENATIVITY

PINE

PRESENT

REINDEER

RUDOLF

SANTA

SLEIGH

SNOW

SNOWMAN

STAR

SWEETS

TURKEY

Find the words on your left in this fiendish

Christmas Wordsearch – it will keep you

busy for hours!! If you finish it, why don’t

you hand it in to Carmen and she might be

persuaded to give you a prize!

Don’t forget to put your name on the

entry!

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Christmas Facts

by James Packham

There are loads of facts about Christmas, but here are just a few of them…

1) The name ‘Christmas’ comes from the ‘mass of Christ’. A mass service where Christians

remember that Jesus died for us and then rose again.

2) We celebrate it on the 25th December to remember the birth of Jesus, but we didn’t start

celebrating until the year 440 AD. That’s a lot of birthdays to miss out on!

3) Mince pies should only be eaten between Christmas Eve and the 12th Night and one should

be eaten every day for good luck.

4) The traditional Christmas meal before turkey was mustard and a pig’s head. Yuck!

5) For every Christmas tree harvested, 2-3 seedlings are planted in its place.

6) In 1950 the tallest Christmas tree was placed in Washington Mall, USA. It was 221 feethigh!

7) The world’s biggest snowman was 113 feet high.

8) The Christmas wreath is usually made of holly. The red berries symbolize the blood ofJesus and the spiky leaves are the crown of thorns that Jesus was made to wear.

9) Santa has different names in different countries. In Germany they call him Kris Kringle; inItaly they call him Le Befana; in France they call him Pere Noel.

10) Santa has nine reindeer. Can you name them all? The answers are on page 14.


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LooLoo

Look what Harry Bloomfield made with his dad!! What an amazing

wall decoration. This is what Mr Bloomfield says about this great

Christmas project… Harry helped make this Christmas tree, we

collected the sticks (getting them to dry out caused a bit of a

delay). I helped cut them to length. Once we had tied them

Harry chose decorations to hang on it. Great fun little craft

project. Why not try it yourselves? I know I will! Ms Case


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Pupils Favourite Part of Christmas Dinner

by Jonathan Baguley

Answers to James’ question about Santa’s reindeer – how many did you get?

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunder (also called Donder or Donner), Blixem (also called Blitzen

or Blixen), and last but not least, Rudolph!


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Snow Farm

Billy Rowe

This is what

Billy will

make, if the

snow starts

to fall atChristmas.

We printed

this last

week but it

didn’t come

out very

well, so

here it is

again! What

will you

make?

We wondered what Father

Christmas’ Toy Factory actually

does look like – what do you think?

Drawn by Isabelle Preston


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Design a Bauble Competition

By Elizabeth Allan –Jones

Why not have a go at designing a bauble? I’ve done some examples but now it’s time for you to have a go. Don’tforget the winner will get a prize! Put your full name down below and give it to one of the editors. Have fun!

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Example 1 Example 2


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Can you guess who is in disguise in our Christmas line-up?

By Carmen Rey-Jones

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