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Stamford Green Primary School Magazine 2012

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to our second annual school magazine. I would like to think that we have raised

the standard even higher than last year’s first effort – the children have produced more

reports on events from around the school and we have also branched out to find out a bit

about what some of the children do outside of school. I’m sure a few members of staff will

hurriedly be turning to the interview pages to find out what was written about them (and

how they look in any artwork!) – the children always love creating these reports.

To try and include writing from more of the school’s children we ran a poetry competition so

that children from outside of the club could also get some work into print. We changed our

original plan to only publish winning entries to including those of everybody who entered but

magazine club choose their favourite poem from each year group too.

As with last year, all the art work and photographs have been produced by the children as

well. We have such a talented group of children at Stamford Green and I hope you enjoy

the efforts of those who have contributed.

Mr Loughlin, Magazine club editor

MAGAZINE CLUB STAFF

Year 4:

Emma Amselem

Harun Arain

Benjamin Collins

Edie Dacosta Jackson

Elize English

Kiera Fleeman

Anne Howlett

Tessa Robertson

Laura Schumacher

Oscar Selby

Eva Sellers

Lara West

Amy Wheatley

Year 5:

Kian Jervis

Alfie Jones

Millie Jones

Emily McLauchlan

Amaani Rana

Adam Taylor

Year 6:

Matthew Flint

Chloe Hay

Ethan Healy

Hannah Reeves

Amy Schumacher

Credits:

Kian Jervis – Front cover

Millie Jones – Back cover

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Stamford Green Primary School Magazine 2012

SCHOOL NEWS – PAGE 13

STAFF INTERVIEWS – PAGE 4

SCHOOL TRIPS & VISITS – PAGE 17

OUTSIDE STAMFORD GREEN – PAGE 23

DRAMA, DANCE & MUSIC – PAGE 25

POETRY COMPETITION – PAGE 29

SPORT – PAGE 41

CONTENTS

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STAFF INTERVIEWS

MR BRIGGS

Mr Briggs is the new caretaker so maybe you should know a

tincey wincey little bit about him. He is really pet friendly

because he has four of them – four cats! Their names are Boo,

Bready, Beans and Lulu.

He is like Mrs Woodcock because they both like pizza!

Mr Briggs really likes hot places - he would love to go to

Menorca.

Mr Briggs thinks we are a very tidy school. I asked him if he has

ever tidied any gross things and he replied, “Yes, I’ve

unblocked loos and cleaned a lot of sick.”

Mr Briggs loves the school. He loves his job!

Edie Dacosta Jackson & Emma Amselem, 4W & 4L

MRS DRUCE

When Mrs Druce became head the first thing she did was

lots of looking and listening, which helped her decide

which things she should change for the better. Mrs Druce

doesn’t chat all the time with Miss Swann but they are

good at sharing an office. She knew she wanted to be a

teacher at the age of 14 because she thinks children are

fantastic. She used to make her brother play schools. She

loved teaching children writing but her favorite subject to

learn was topic.

Her favourite hobby is kayaking on the sea and she loves

the south coast. Her five favorite iPhone apps are: Angry

Birds, a to do list, Toddler Shapes, Flight Control and BBC

News. The thing Mrs Druce would like is more time for

everybody so life is easier.

Amy Wheatley, 4W

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STAFF INTERVIEWS

MRS DEVEREAUX

The class 5D has a remarkable and very clever teacher who probably knows everything! But

we are all very nosy so wanted to know lots about her life! We found out a lot of interesting

things about her…

She said that her dream job was to be a teacher

and always has been to teach. If she was allowed

anything in the world it would be to go on lots of

travelling, to buy a big house, have a private

swimming pool, and give the rest to Great Ormond

Street Hospital as they do research on illnesses. If she

had 1 billion pounds she would spend it on her own

tropical island and on lots of traveling. Her favourite

food is shepherds pie and anything with chocolate!

She had a job before she taught pupils in schools

and that was at Heathrow airport giving airport

advice. Her least favourite food is cheese! Her idol is

Amy Johnson who was the first woman to fly solo

around the world. Her favourite toys when she was

younger were Cindy dolls and my little pony. She

doesn’t have a favourite celebrity.

Amaani Rana & Emily McLauchlan, 5D

MRS DRYLAND

Mrs Dryland - where do I start? She loves teaching year 1 (well done to you 1DG). She’s

always wanted to be a teacher. The thing she loves about teaching is that there’s

something new every day, apart from maths and English, of course, though she hates PE.

When she was younger her favourite subject was art because you can be creative and do

whatever you want. Personally I agree!

I bet you’re wondering what she does out of school. Well, she’s in an adult choir, book group

and goes swimming. Who knew a teacher could do all sorts of things? Oh and did I mention

she plays the flute beautifully! She loves teaching at this school.

Now who loves Pepe and Annabelle? I know I do. Well if her class gets them she gets

excited for her class. How nice! Now you may know that she used to be at Afters but don’t

worry, she visits them every Friday. So that’s what you need to know about Mrs Dryland.

Hannah Reeves, 6B

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STAFF INTERVIEWS

MRS CARPENTER

What is your Christian name? Jill.

When did you start at Stamford Green? 21/11/11.

What was the first year group you taught? Y1 and Y2.

Do you enjoy school? Yes.

What do you think of the children? Lovely and brilliant.

Do you have children? Sophie, Sam.

What’s your favourite food? Roast dinner.

Do you have any pets? No, but wants a dog.

Where were you born? St. Thomas’s hospital.

Harun Arain & Ethan Healy, 4W & 6PJ

MISS DURO

On Wednesday 24th January, Amy and Laura Schumacher of classes 6PJ and 4L interviewed

teaching assistant, Miss Duro on her private life! Miss Duro is a teaching assistant in year 3

and 4 and is very helpful with her job - helping children in all subjects! We really enjoyed

interviewing her and her personal life is very interesting! Miss Duro was born in Ghana, West

Africa and has an older sister called Serah. She wishes to teach year 3 because she loves

and enjoys cooking and eating and because her favourite year in primary school was year

3! Miss Duro has always wanted to teach and really enjoys her job at Stamford Green

because she thinks all the children are lovely and she enjoys helping them in all their work!

Before teaching in Stamford Green, Miss Duro was working in a clothing shop called

Monsoon! Her favorite things to do are: cooking, eating, shopping, eating, eating, and more

eating! Her favourite sport was athletics, but now she doesn’t play any sports but does enjoy

dancing! Miss Duro has several

favourite restaurants: Frankie and

Benny’s, Il Ponte and TGI Friday!

Her most embarrassing moment

was in secondary school – she

slipped over on her bottom in the

dining hall in front of everyone!

In conclusion, Miss Duro is an

amazing teaching assistant and if

you ever see her in school, you

should thank her for all her hard

work to make Stamford Green a

better place!

Amy & Laura Schumacher, 6PJ & 4L

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STAFF INTERVIEWS

MR LOUGHLIN

We asked Mr Loughlin some questions.

1. How long have you been working here?

For 4 years.

2. What was the youngest and oldest class you

taught?

I have taught in years 3, 4 and 5

3. Have you lost anything important at school

before?

I haven’t lost anything important yet – I always find

things in the end.

4. What is your favourite song?

Probably the Beatles song Something.

5. Do you want to see Mr. Vidal in a tutu?

I don’t think Mr. Vidal will agree to that!

6. What was your favourite lesson at school as a

child?

I really liked maths, literacy and PE – especially if I

was playing football.

7. What is your favourite lesson to teach?

It’s tricky to decide - I like different bits about lots of lessons. I enjoy it when we’re doing

creative things in any subject.

8. Which city/town did you live in as a child?

I grew up in Sutton, moved away and now live there again.

9. Have you ever worked in a different school?

I have worked in schools in Croydon & Mitcham.

10. What do you like about Stamford Green?

The children are fantastic!

11. What is your favourite hobby?

At the moment I am really enjoying playing the piano.

12. What is your favourite sport?

Definitely football, although I’ll watch and play most sports including cricket, tennis and

badminton. I’m really looking forward to the Olympics.

Oscar Selby & Emma Amselem, 4L

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STAFF INTERVIEWS

MRS LYTTON

Even though you might think Mrs Lytton is strict she is extremely

nice, so this is just a bit about her! She doesn’t want to be

famous because no famous mister tingles her tongue! She must

have a really bad song taste for nowadays songs because she

likes Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)! She loves chocolate so she

must just sit around and listen to Bohemian Rhapsody eating

chocolate!

Mrs Lytton must have her cup half empty because she says Mrs

McCarthy’s class is better behaved! But I must be the best

because she said my class (4W) is the best behaved!

I just had to ask but how old do you think she is? Ancient?

Maybe 1000? But no! Much younger than that! 53 - how

amazing is that! In those 53 years she has been here for 17

years! Even though the lovely but also strict Mrs Lytton loves animals she doesn’t have a fluffy

friendly companion! She doesn’t even want a dog! I mean, who wouldn’t?

Mrs Lytton teaches loads of things and one of them is recorders! She said that if she had to

do music evening she would play the recorder - see she is so talented. I found out that her

favourite hobbies are reading and sailing - can you believe it reading and sailing?

Mrs Lytton approves of being a joint teacher she says you get a well-earned rest at the end

of the week. Mrs Lytton loves the homey features of the school.

Mrs Lytton and I hope you enjoyed the interview!

Edie Dacosta Jackson, 4W

MISS McCOURT

You might know a bit about Miss McCourt but you might not know what I am about to tell

you:

Did you know that Miss McCourt’s pet is Bun Bun?

Miss McCourt has also been working for 4 years at Stamford Green.

Her dream is to own a theme park.

She thinks the best thing about Stamford Green is well-behaved children.

When she was little she wanted to be an air hostess.

She prefers to teach KS1.

The thing Miss McCourt would do to improve the school is to have fun time where we

all dress up as princesses and eat sweets.

That’s all I know and hopefully you will find out more.

Lara West, 4W

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STAFF INTERVIEWS

MISS HALL

The extremely hard working Miss Hall is our

HLTA, but that’s not all. She travels along to

Twickenham every weekend and practises

cheerleading for two whole hours. When she

gets home the dancing is not all over. She still

needs to practise, practise, practise, practise!

And along with all this amazing talent she can

also play the piano and clarinet and she hasn’t

just started - she has finished all of her grades!

You think that’s all she’s done? Well actually

she dances with a lot of X-Factor contestants

including Olly Murs, Amelia Lily, Mesha B, Jamie Afro and Matt Cardle. Her cheerleading

costumes are green, black and white although they used to be black, red and white. I

asked her if she could change the colour of her costumes then what would she change

them to and she said hat she would change them to orangey colours.

Emily Mclauchlan & Amaani Rana, 5D

MISS McSWEENEY

We asked Miss McSweeney some questions and these are the answers.

1. What do you like about the school? I like the school

because of all the friendly people.

2. Which class do you think is the best behaved class? This

is difficult because all of the classes are full of good

children… 2M.

3. If you could make a difference what would it be? A

really big sport hall and an indoor swimming pool.

4. What did you do before you taught at this school? I

worked at Starbucks.

5. Do you like teaching at this school? I love it.

6. If you could enter a talent show which one would it

be? Dancing On Ice.

7. What is your dream job? To be a teacher.

8. Would you be one of the judges in Stamford Green’s

Got Talent? Yes – Tulisa.

9. What would be your last question? What my favourite

sport is.

10. What is your favourite sport? You guessed it… netball!

Tessa Robertson & Edie Dacosta Jackson, 4W.

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STAFF INTERVIEWS

MISS SWANN

The delightful Miss Swann may seem just like an ordinary teacher BUT (and this is a big but)

there is more to her than that! She can be romantic: “I love Take That and I REALLY want to

marry Robbie Williams” spills Miss Swann.

She also spilled the beans by telling us she has boxes and boxes of shoes, so they’re

probably storing up and waiting until Robbie comes and whisks her away to a luxury

wedding. Dream on Miss Swann! And anyway, Robbie has a girlfriend and they seem very

happy together! Talking of dreams, her wildest dream is to win the lottery! As if!

She is really scared of snakes and one day she fell asleep with her arm round her head. It

went numb and after quite a while she touched it thinking it was a snake. She jumped and

turned on all the lights just in case! Freaky!

Her most embarrassing moment was when she got a really bad nosebleed. It kept bleeding

and bleeding so they rushed her to hospital and when they got there it finally stopped. How

embarrassing! Talking of bleeding, listen to this. On one of her first holidays (age 4) she had

just got there and she jumped in the pool and smacked her chin on the side of the pool.

There was loads of blood and she couldn’t go in the pool for the rest of her holiday!

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STAFF INTERVIEWS

If she had a choice of the X-Factor, Dancing On Ice or Strictly Come Dancing she would

pick Dancing On Ice because she would learn something new.

Guess what? Her dream house would have a huuuuuge swimming pool. And she’s already

leading part of her dream life - if she had a choice of any job it would be a teacher. Do you

think she’d be good at anything else? Oh, a fortune teller! Hmm, maybe not. Maybe she

should just stick to teaching.

Talking about jobs you need a lunch break, don’t you? I wonder what she has for lunch? Her

favourite food is chips and gravy… yum, yum! If she got stranded on a desert island the

three things she would take there would be an iPhone, food (e.g. chips and gravy) and her

cats. Thank goodness Miss Swann was good at school - what would happen if she wasn’t!?

Eva Sellers & Kiera Fleeman, 4L

MRS RICE

1. Do you have any pets? A cat called Buffy who is 10 years old and a puppy called

Cookie who is three years old.

2. What is your first name? Tarnya.

3. What do you do in your spare time? Zumba, gardening and I walk the dog.

4. Have you had any other jobs? Yes, office manager, secretary in a firm of solicitors,

teaching assistant and HLTA in another school. Before that a waitress and barmaid.

5. Do you have a car? What car is it? Yes, a Peugeot.

6. What’s your favourite colour? Blue.

7. Do you have any children? What are their names? Three children: Christopher, 20,

Adam, 14, and Sophie, 12.

8. What’s your favourite food? Chinese.

9. What’s your middle name? I don’t have one.

Millie Jones, Kian Jervis & Alfie Jones, 5V

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STAFF INTERVIEWS

MR VIDAL

1. Would you like to see Mr Loughlin in a tutu? Yes, it would be hilarious!

2. What’s your middle name? Martin.

3. What type of car do you have? Nissan Micra.

4. Who’s your favourite person in 5V? The quietest one.

5. What’s your favourite food? Lasagne.

6. What road do you live on? I am not telling you in case one of you horrors turns up at

the weekend.

7. Do you have any pets? No.

Millie Jones, Alfie Jones & Kian Jervis, 5V

MRS WOODCOCK

Mrs Woodcock has been at this school for 14 years

and in those 14 years her favorite subject to teach is

maths. Maths? Maths? Is that all she thinks about

because her favorite subject when she was younger

was also maths!

Mrs Woodcock MUST be a busy teacher because in

her whole teaching career she has taught the years

3, 4, 5, 6 and YR! Mrs Woodcock is very talented

because she can speak four different languages

(including English). She can speak French, English

and a little bit of Spanish and German.

You might think asking a person his or her age is

rude but it doesn’t stop me! Mrs Woodcock’s

birthday is actually on January 30th but her actual

age is still unknown! Mrs Woodcock is pretty normal

compared to some of the other teachers when it

comes to food. She likes Italian food (e.g. pizza,

pasta). Mrs Woodcock has taste when it comes to

holidays - her favourite would be Italy and Turkey.

Mrs Woodcock’s memories are really heart-warming. She remembers sitting on her mother’s

lap in front of the fire.

Edie Dacosta Jackson & Amy Wheatley, 4W

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SCHOOL NEWS

TIMES TABLE OLYMPICS

Mrs Page thought of the Times Tables Olympics where you qualify for

events (100m sprint - 30 minutes practice and 2 points, 110m hurdles -

60 minutes and 5 points and finally the marathon - 240 minutes and

26 points) or try to get medals (either gold, silver or bronze) for

triple jump (2, 5, 10 x tables), 4 x 100m relay (3, 4, 6, 11 x tables), 4 x

400m relay (7, 8, 9, 12 x tables) and finally decathlon (3 to12 x tables).

Bronze: 40 questions in 2 minutes for 5 points (multiplication)

Silver: 50 questions in 3 minutes for 10 points (multiplication and division)

Gold: 100 questions in 5 minutes for 20 points (multiplication and

division)

The class which gets the most points gets Times Table Tigger, a

small cuddly replica of the character from Winnie the Pooh!

Also the house with the most points gets announced in assembly and gets 20 house points

for their house!

Oscar Selby, 4L

VALUES BUTTONS

At the beginning of this year Mrs Devereaux

cleverly came up with the idea of values

buttons.

These have helped lots of children to learn how

to use their values. When a teacher has seen a

child using their values they will give them a

button, which they will put in the values button

box.

Benjamin Collins & Lara West, 4W

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SCHOOL NEWS

YEAR 6: HOUSE CAPTAINS

In year 6 we have the pride and privilege of writing and performing speeches to our house!

We do this to try and win votes from our house to become house captains! If you’re

wondering what and who are house captains, well house captains are year 6 children that

have offered to help and improve the school! Their job is to help and supervise their house

(either Waterloo, Hookfield, Horton or Ashley) and to offer their ideas towards the school!

Each house has two house captains and two vice captains!

Waterloo:

Captains: Tanner McCarthy

Amy Levy

Vice: Christopher Thomson

Amy Schumacher

Ashley:

Captains: Chloe Baker

Matthew Nichols

Vice: James Burton

Katie Osborne

Horton:

Captains: Charlie Horton

Mutsa Dywhilyo

Vice: Kieran Jordan

Mia Chamouret

Hookfield:

Captains: Danielle Kernighan

Daniel Salmon

Vice: Lewis Santos

Sophie Watts

Being a house captain is a very important job that has to be done properly and well! The

whole school relies on the house captains to count up their hard earned house points and

values buttons, so they have to do a great job!

Amy Schumacher, 6PJ

HOUSE POINTS

When I started at this school this year I wondered what the house points were but now I

know. Firstly, I would like to say how you get house points. You get them by doing good

things like answering correct questions or helping people to tidy up. Secondly, there are four

houses that you can be in: Horton, Waterloo, Hookfield, and Ashley.

Harun Arain, 4W

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SCHOOL NEWS SCHOOL NEWS

CHICKS

This year the school got some new chicks. They were so cute! Everyone got to hold them!

We’ve taken some pictures of them.

Kian Jervis & Alfie Jones, 5V

CELT DAY

In year 3 (personally, I think that it was my third favourite year ever) you have Celt day.

Unsurprisingly, you’re a ‘real deal’ Celt for one whole day! But, if you’re a Celt then where

are the Romans? The Romans (year 6) will invade the Celts very own territory, but the fun

doesn’t stop there. Just before the Romans invade, which is at 2:30, you work your socks off

making your own camp, try to find animals to kill (pictures) and get face paint from your

class teacher. When the Romans come they try, and I mean try, to wreck your camps. But I

remember when I was a Roman - it went horribly wrong. They actually thought that I was a

real Roman and guess what they did? They pelted me with acorns… It hurt!

Ethan Healy, 6PJ

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SCHOOL NEWS

DIABLO

There was a time when the school was a boring place then, suddenly, Brandon King brought

in the diablo! Brandon started doing amazing tricks with the diablo such as cats cradle,

elevator, grind and golden finger! After a while, more and more people brought in diablos.

My two friends Harry and Matthew F managed to make 2111 jumps with a diablo and 144

cats cradles. I however have made the most awesome… FAIL!

Ethan Healy, 6PJ

THE PRIMARY MATHS CHALLENGE.

Well, everyone thinks that maths is boring, right? Wrong! Some year four, year five and year

six children took part in the Primary Maths Challenge. Bronze, silver and gold certificates

were given to children who got 15 or more in the challenge. If you were unlucky enough to

get lower than 15, don’t worry because they got certificates too! The children who got golds

were Oscar Selby, Tom Davey and Daniel Arnold. Well done to them. The standard was

brilliant. So, next time will YOU join the challenge?

Hannah Reeves, 6B

DIAMOND JUBILEE

At school we have done lots of stuff for

the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. We

have made bunting in lots of colours of

the union jack then hung it up outside

the school, it looks brilliant. Also we all

had sausage in a roll, vegetables,

beans and ice cream. As well as that

on sports day on 1st June the whole

school sang two verses of the national

anthem.

Oscar Selby, 4L

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SCHOOL TRIPS & VISITS

YEAR 4’S MAGNIFICENT TIME AT HOOKE COURT

Year 4 had a brilliant time at Hooke court. We did lots of fun activities such as cooking,

writing with a quill, the yummy feast and banquet and lots more. We had a lovely time doing

the class assembly about Hooke Court. We had a wonderful time!

We had lots of fun!

Elize English, 4L

Year 4 came in early to school at 8 o’clock to go to Hooke court!

When we got there 4W went to go to the school room. At the school room, the man taught

us weaving, making pockets and writing with a quill, while 4L went to do some cooking. They

made some royal ginger bread, Hooke Court knot biscuits and custard surprise tarts. In the

afternoon we found out who we were in a room with. I was with Edie, Monica, Ellie, Jenna,

Summer and Charlotte. Our rooms were named - my room was called Bamboo. The other

names were Ivy, Holly, Oak and Beech. On the next day we did boat making. We made

boats out of polystyrene and tested them out on the water, they all floated! On the last day

we did candle making - you dipped the candle in hot wax then quickly dipped in cold

water until it got thicker and thicker. Then we had some lunch. We were all really sad we

knew that we were leaving after this. We went on the coaches - 4W had a really posh

coach it had leather seats, 2 TVs and a toilet. Hope we go again!

Tessa Robertson, 4W

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SCHOOL TRIPS & VISITS

ASTRODOME

On Thursday 12th January 2012, year 5 was visited by Astrodome. Everyone was really

excited, and they all dashed into the hall. It wasn’t long until we had our picture taken and

we raced in. Everyone sat inside the dome.

The man who came with the Astrodome (an astrodomian) told us loads! Here’s what we

know about space…

MERCURY

Mercury is not the hottest planet, even though it is the closest to the sun.

VENUS

Venus is actually the hottest planet because it has an atmosphere to lock in heat.

EARTH

Earth is not too hot or too cold (even though we feel cold a lot in England).

MARS

Mars is 60% Earth’s size. If Earth were a marble Mars would be a pea 50m away.

ASTEROID BELT

In-between Mars and Jupiter, the asteroid belt is thought to have been a planet once. It got

crushed!

JUPITER

The biggest planet in the solar system. A gas giant. It could fit 1,300 Earths in it.

SATURN

Saturn is the only planet with clear rings but Uranus has rings too. Also Jupiter and Neptune

may have rings.

URANUS

Another gas giant. Like Saturn it has rings, only this time the rings are on its side.

NEPTUNE

Great! The summer on Neptune lasts 21 years! The only bad thing is that the winter lasts 21

years too.

THE DWARF PLANETS: PLUTO, ERIS AND CERES

Pluto’s orbit crosses Neptune’s so they take turns to be furthest from the Sun. Pluto is smaller

than the Moon.

Eris is a dwarf in the Kelper belt.

Ceres is actually an asteroid in the asteroid belt.

Thank you Astrodome!

Kian Jervis & Alfie Jones, 5V

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SCHOOL TRIPS & VISITS

PGL

When we got on to the coach we were all greeted by a waft of excitement, there were a

lot of brilliant views and much more. We all had our suitcases packed onto the coach with

our sleeping bags. Our rucksacks, however, were with us. At the moment we saw the sign:

WINDMILL HILL, we all cheered and, with eager eyes, looked out of the window. Finally, we

had got to PGL - it was brilliant! We unpacked our suitcases and went into our dormitories.

The dorms were awesome - there were six beds. There was a wash room, a toilet and two

sinks. After exploring our dorm, we went over to our friend’s dorms.

We went to dinner, which was roast dinner (delicious). For dessert we had apple crumble

with custard and it was really nice. After dinner we were told what activities we were doing

tomorrow. We went up to a high place that was the middle of PGL. We played capture the

flag and we had so much fun and it was very tiring. After that we went back to our dorms

and had a shower. People were playing knock-down-ginger, but we just ignored them.

We went to bed at 10:00pm and we had a brilliant time at PGL. I’m sure you’re going to

have a good time too!

Matthew Flint & Ethan Healy, 6PJ

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SCHOOL TRIPS & VISITS

YEAR 4 TRIP TO BLENHEIM DANCE AND GYM SHOW

You might think that we went to watch a boring science show but we went to watch a really

exciting dance and gym show at Blenheim High School! They did back flips and somersaults

while bouncing off trampolines. They went crazy! In some of the dances the boys did back

flips off the stage! And don’t forget the girls. They were brilliant as well with the dances. They

did different dances for different countries. We were all waiting to see which country was

going to be next and when it was London we all shouted out London. Then it was the end

and we all had to go back to school. We all had a great time and hope we go and see it

again!

Tessa Robertson, 4W

PIZZA EXPRESS

In year 3 you get to go to Pizza Express! You have to go to school early and get your coats

and go to the toilet. Then you have to walk there in groups of six, in pairs. Some people were

pleased with who they walked with; some people were not so happy! Everyone was really

excited when we got there.

We opened the door and a warm wave of hot air hit us. When we were making our pizzas,

the Pizza Express people told us about the tomato sauce and what went in it. Then we put

the sauce on to the base. Next we chose our toppings to put on the pizza. Some people

made pictures of things like smiley faces. After that they were cooked in the extremely hot

oven. Our pizzas turned out really nice – nobody’s was bad or burnt!

We went back in our pairs. When we got back to school we all wanted to eat our pizza but

we weren’t allowed. SO UNFAIR!

Oscar Selby, Emma Amselem & Harun Arain, 4L & 4W

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SCHOOL TRIPS & VISITS

CHRIS HOLMES VISIT

On Thursday April 26, 2012 Paralympian

swimmer Chris Holmes and his guide dog

Lottie came in to tell us about his

achievements. But Lottie, unfortunately, has

not achieved anything. When Chris was just

14 he woke up one morning and could not

see. That must have been very scary.

But he still ended up as a great gold

medalist in swimming! He went to Russia, Spain, and many more

countries!

Kian Jervis & Alfie Jones, 5V

KEW GARDENS

Just in case you didn’t know, Kew Gardens is a garden. Except it’s really big and it’s in

London. Year 5 (5D and 5V) have recently ventured to the unknown garden and found a

vast dome, but not just any dome. No. It was an extremely hot dome with exotic plants and

lots of other stuff!

In this very hot dome, a towering staircase is formed. This staircase is not just there to look at

though. Oh no. It’s there to climb. We had to climb it! Yes, we had to climb this colossal giant

staircase. We all panted and moaned all the way through it but once we had finally gotten

through it, we found a beautiful view of

banana trees, mango trees and a tree that

reached the ceiling but we don’t know the

name of it. This was definitely worth panting

for. After this Year 5 journeyed to deserts

(Cactus Area), flew above trees (walked

across the tree top walk), battled the fierce

heat (when the weather forecast said that

it was going to be cold it was actually

extremely hot) and finally had some lunch.

Well I know I loved it, I also know that

EVERYONE else loved it!

I wish that we could go again for another

school trip!

Emily McLauchlan, 5D

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SCHOOL TRIPS & VISITS

LEGO CITY

Year 4 had Lego City come to school. First we

got into groups then we started building our

houses. We built and built and built until it was

break time but when it was break time we

wanted to go back inside and carry on

building!

Some children built mansions and some

children built smaller houses. It was really fun

because we even had lights in them! We built

trains that could move along a track too and

could go backwards and forwards. Everyone

worked hard (Even Mr Loughin built his own

house!). Everyone enjoyed themselves. We

also built a mansion with a massive garden!

One house filled the table!

After break we started to build (again). After

that the man told us how to build the railways

for the trains to go up and down to carry

things. Some children built big trains so they

could carry a lot of bricks.

At lunchtime the man said our time was up

and we were all sad but 4W had to do it too!

Laura Schumacher & Emma Amselem, 4L

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OUTSIDE STAMFORD GREEN

MY JUDO CLUB

After school on Friday, at six o’clock, I go to a judo club at Epsom College. A man called

Jigoro Kano created judo in Japan in 1882.

Judo was first included in the summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. It has been included

in every Olympic Games since then. The first woman to win a medal at judo was in 1992.

This is a list of medallists from 1980-2008

Games Gold Silver Bronze

1980 Moscow

Robert Van de

Walle (BEL)

Tengiz

Khubuluri (URS)

Dietmar Lorenz (GDR)

Henk Numan (NED)

1984 Los

Angeles

Ha Hyoung-

Zoo (KOR)

Douglas

Vieria (BRA)

Bjarni Friðriksson (ISL)

Günter

Neureuther (FRG)

1988 Seoul

Aurélio Miguel (BRA)

Marc

Meiling (FRG)

Dennis Stewart (GBR)

Robert Van De

Walle (BEL)

1992 Barcelona

Antal Kovács (HUN)

Raymond

Stevens (GBR)

Theo Meijer (NED)

Dmitri Sergeyev (EUN)

1996 Atlanta

Paweł Nastula (POL) Kim Min-Soo (KOR)

Aurélio Miguel (BRA)

Stéphane

Traineau (FRA)

2000 Sydney

Kosei Inoue (JPN) Nicolas Gill (CAN)

Youri Stepkine (RUS)

Stéphane

Traineau (FRA)

2004 Athens

Ihar Makarau (BLR)

Jang Sung

Ho (KOR)

Michael Jurack (GER)

Ariel Ze'evi (ISR)

2008 Beijing

Naidangiin

Tüvshinbayar (MGL)

Askhat

Zhitkeyev (KAZ)

Movlud Miraliyev (AZE)

Henk Grol (NED)

Adam Taylor, 5D

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OUTSIDE STAMFORD GREEN

YOUNG CHELSEA BRIDGE CLUB

Outside of school I sometimes go to YCBC which is short for Young Chelsea Bridge Club.

Though there are hardly ever kids apart from me so it’s not that young - I suppose they do

encourage young people so that might be why.

When I play with Peter Taylor, my friend (who isn’t a child), I usually win but I don’t play with

him that often. D’oh! The people at YCBC are very kind.

So is Gordon Reinsfield, our tournament director. A

tournament director is someone who sorts out all the

problems (there are normally a few).

Bridge is a card game. There are 52 cards in a pack

with 4 suits: clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades.

There are numbers 2-10 then, in proceeding order

Jack, Queen, King and Ace, Ace being the highest.

I learned bridge from my Mum and greatly enjoy it.

It is a game for all ages and I highly recommend

learning how to play it.

Oscar Selby, 4L

HOBBIES I LIKE

When I was 4 I started doing kung fu at Alexandra Park. I am currently on grade 7 and I go

with my brother Jack, 4L, and cousin James, 6B. We practice doing our routine mostly every

week and love going. Every year there is a competition held which you can win a bronze,

silver or gold medal!

Kung fu was original made up in China.

Millie Jones, 5V

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DRAMA, DANCE & MUSIC

DRAMA PRODUCTION: TROUBLE

24 May 2012:

This year drama club are doing Trouble! It is a mixture of Romeo and Juliet and West Side

Story. Two gangs, one youth group a never ending war. As with every year my expectations

are high on quality! Being in the show myself has shown me that everyone has worked really

hard to make everything come together. Singing, dancing and acting will come in to this all-

round production. The show has thrills, spills and love along the way. Everybody is working

really hard to live up to the amazing, talented actors and actresses they are.

5 July 2012:

The drama club’s first performance was today. I asked a few people some questions. Edie

(4W) watched the show.

HR: Why did you enjoy the drama show?

ED: It was full of excitement… not boring, old, plain, re-written stuff.

Elize (4L), who was in drama herself, answered one of my questions.

HR: Was it fun being in choir and why?

EE: Yes, because I love singing and dancing.

I thought that our drama show was a soap with a happy ending. The show has been a

complete success!

Hannah Reeves, 6B

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DRAMA, DANCE & MUSIC

CLASS ASSEMBLIES

Every class does a class assembly. They are all amazing and unique.

2M’s island assembly: 2M did an amazing Katie Morag act (Katie Morag acted by Zac

Jervis) about Katie wanting to do an island dance club. There was a great Hawaiian dance

and a surfing dance. It was spectacular!

3M’s cooking assembly: There were lots of fun things in this assembly! There were poems,

songs, and all the food looked lovely! There was special guest Jamie Oliver, too.

6PJ’s Greek assembly: There were Spartan dances, and the Athens took part too! I wonder

what it would be like to be a Greek.

6B’s lessons assembly: 6B told us what they learnt about. There were connective tennis

rounds and a celebrity math game.

5V’s space assembly: 5V’s was really funny. Everyone laughed, especially at Scratchy

Bottom. There were lots of videos and they were so funny. At the end some people did a

dance. They were AMAZING.

2W’s volcano assembly: The volcano dancing was great. They showed us some model

volcanoes that they had made. They could even erupt!

1V’s Diamond Jubilee assembly: 1V showed us a dance from the Eurovision song contest.

5D’s World War Two assembly: We’re speechless, 5D told us all about evacuation, and they

sang some great songs.

3LC’s Tudor assembly: A Tudor play linked with ABBA. Henry VIII and his wives did dances.

RM’s first assembly: RM had an amazing year because in their assembly they told us all

about it.

1DG’s timeline assembly: 1DG sang from different times in history. It was great.

RE’s musical assembly: RE sang songs about what they learnt. Well done!

Kian Jervis & Alfie Jones, 5V

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DRAMA, DANCE & MUSIC

RECEPTION’S FIRST CHRISTMAS

On Thursday 8 December the reception

children performed to the whole

school. They were very brave - no one

cried (well, a few of the teachers did)!

They were very cute singing all their

songs to us. They all wore little elf

costumes that made them cuter than a

tarsier monkey (a miniature monkey

from the Philippines). Ahh, look it is so

cute!

I think Miss McCourt and Mrs Everett

took a lot of time preparing this special

occasion for the reception parents.

Some children even got to have solos.

Everyone enjoyed watching it.

Lara West, 4W

MUSIC EVENING

On Tuesday 28th February at 6’oclock some people came back to school to play in the

music evening which is something that Mrs Popham (who left in the spring term) organises.

What you have to do is audition two weeks before the actual performance and if Mrs

Popham thinks you are good enough then you get to play in the actual performance and

those people were:

Amy year 6

Scott year 5

Mr Loughlin

Emily year 5

Lois year 3

Amber year 3

Harvey year 2

Tommy year 4

Rebecca year 4

Ralph year 5

Zachariah year 5

Alex year 6

Emily year 6

Mrs Dryland

Mathew year 6

Benjamin year 4

Amy year 4

Sophie year 6

Laura year 4

Katie year 6

Kieran year 6

School choir years 3, 4, 5 and 6 A few days after the actual performance, Mrs Popham chose one person from each class to

play in front of the whole school in an assembly.

Benjamin Collins, 4W

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DRAMA, DANCE & MUSIC

KS2 SHOW (LONDON)

How amazing was the KS2 show? Very amazing! Massively amazing! Amazingly amazing!

First we all did a song called Beautiful Noise and then…

5V

The Blitz (bombing in the 2nd World War) and World Cup

1966.

4W

Madame Tussauds.

3M

Where’s Wally?

4L

London songs and dances.

5D

Things to do in London and what they’re like.

3LC

West End.

Then everyone sang a London version of Wavin’ Flag.

Thank you to Mr Vidal and Mrs Cater!

Kian Jervis & Alfie Jones, 5V

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POETRY COMPETITION

POETRY COMPETITION

All children in the school could enter the poetry competition run during the summer term. The

children were restricted to a poem that could fit on one piece of A4 paper and were given

the themes of inspiring, happiness, values, achieving, ambition, learning and togetherness.

The magazine club members picked their favourite poem from each year group but every

entry has been printed. The favourite poems have been marked with a yellow rosette, like on

Kate’s happiness poem, below.

HAPPINESS

Kate Blackall, RM

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POETRY COMPETITION

HAPPINESS

I’m happy on Monday when the sun is shining bright

I’m happy on Tuesday when everyone’s all right

I’m happy on Wednesday when I play my games

I’m happy on Thursday when I sit and watch flames

I’m happy on Friday when I go to all my clubs

I’m happy on Saturday when my brother goes to cubs

and I’m happy on Sunday because the week has gone all right.

Emily Wheatley, 1V

FRIENDSHIP

My friends make me happy,

My friends make me sad,

But mainly my friends,

Make me very glad.

When I’m upset,

My friends make me laugh.

Their names are too good,

To put in a graph.

When we play,

They make me smile.

We end up laughing,

In a pile!

Jessica Skinner, 5D

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POETRY COMPETITION

HAPPINESS POEM

Happiness is being happy

it makes you want to smile a lot.

I really like feeling happy

because feeling sad is rather bad.

Sunshine and rainbows make me happy.

Playing with my sister is really lovely.

I especially like it when we get giggly.

Sharing stories and having a cuddle

with Mummy and Daddy makes me happy.

Emily Moore, 1DG

HAPPINESS

Esme Maher, RM

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POETRY COMPETITION

CRUMBLE AND TWINKLE

Crumble and Twinkle

Hampsters they were

Kind and big-hearted

And covered in fur

Demon and Devil

Gerbils, you know

Mean, hard-hearted

Cruel and low

Crumble and Twinkle

Led a long, happy life

Whilst Devil and Demon’s

Were full of trouble and strife

Lily Llambias, 5D

HAPPINESS

Happiness is better than sadness.

Happiness is great.

Happiness is something you will never hate.

Amelia Roberts, 1DG

FRIENDS

F is for friendship, beyond compare

R is for respect, a treasure so rare

I is for ideal, loved more each hour

E is for endearing, your magical power

N is for nice, you always impress

D is for daring, you’ll have great success

S is for super, a delight to know

Friends the joy you bestow.

Fajr Amer, 4W

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POETRY COMPETITION

THE SUNNY DAY

Olivia Lyes, 2M

HAPPINESS

I am happy when I look at the happy birds.

When they tweet I am happy.

I am really happy when I look at the fairies in the moon.

I am really, really happy when I am cool like my mummy,

I listen to the birds.

Lillyrose Grimshaw, 1DG.

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POETRY COMPETITION

HAPPINESS POEM

Happiness is when the sun comes out.

Happiness is when friends laugh together.

Happiness is when newborn chicks hatch.

Happiness is not snatching.

Happiness never ends.

Happiness is when the seasons change.

Happiness is when the farm animals get their babies.

Happiness is when rainbows come out.

Just remember to smile.

Christie Woodward, 2W

HAPPINESS

Ella-Neve Devivo, RM

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POETRY COMPETITION

I’M HAPPY WHEN

I’m happy when the sun comes out,

I’m happy every day,

I’m always happy with my friends

And they are happy too.

Evie Kearns, 2M

VALUES

Values are great

Bullies turn to a mate.

Values are so cool

Nothing happens that is cruel.

Celebrate having values and run

So everyone can have fun.

Sasha Hunt, 4L

HAPPINESS

Happiness, happiness, does it ever stop?

Sami Moloney, RM

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POETRY COMPETITION

WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY

I’m happy eating ice cream on my holiday.

I’m happy playing with my friends when the sky is grey.

I’m happy when my birthday comes with presents all around…

I’m happy when it’s Christmas with Jingle Bells, the sounds.

I’m happy with my cat purring on my knees,

She always seems so happy to come and sit with me.

I read my books, it’s not as easy at it looks.

Are you the mystery author of this poem? Let Mr Loughlin know if you are. He thinks it’s great!

HAPPINESS

Adhiraa Pandiaraj, RM

HAPPINESS

I’m happy because my mummy gives me cuddles and kisses.

I’m happy because my mummy is going to take me to the fun fair at the weekend.

Ella Crowther, 1DG

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POETRY COMPETITION

FRIENDSHIP

Friends and family make me happy,

They’re always there when I am feeling snappy.

They make me laugh, they make me cry,

When I am sad they bake me a pie.

They’re really good friends,

Even when they have locked me in a den.

I hope one day you will find a friend,

As good as them.

Aysha Dodhy, 5D

RHYME

Boaz Ting, RM

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POETRY COMPETITION

THE HAPPY CHICK

Oh the happy chick, the happy chick.

Oh the chick plays tennis, it plays golf and it also swims.

Oh the chick it likes everything.

It gets fatter and fatter by eating food.

The chick, the chick. Yellow and fluffy.

It’s great. It’s great!

Ava Coop, 1DG

CARING

Singing joyfully,

Lovely tunes,

Let’s try and stop,

Petrol fumes,

Look after our world,

Show we care,

Because when the world ends,

We might be there,

The whole world is happy,

So look after it do,

Make it peaceful,

For me and you.

Zoe Symons, 5D

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POETRY COMPETITION

HAPPINESS

A joke always makes me happy,

Then I giggle and giggle and giggle.

Then the whole wide world is happy.

Molly Brown, 1DG

TOGETHERNESS

Molly Chartres, 5D

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POETRY COMPETITION

HAPPINESS

Elize English, 4L

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SPORT

EPSOM & EWELL HIGH

A couple of months ago, some year six children went to Epsom & Ewell High to represent

Stamford Green. They competed against other schools like The Vale and Southfield Park and

made friends with them too. I was there and I played handball (a sort of football and netball

game but mixed together). We won 8-6 and we had loads of fun – we still play it in indoor PE!

Anyway it is an excellent game but that’s not the only thing we did. We were able to do:

football, netball or five a day. Five a day is where you have five fruits and have them all in a

medium sized cup and then you eat it! It is very nice and a lot of the time we were doing

some awesome stuff but the worst thing that we had to do was that we had to tidy up after

ourselves. I hate tidying up, although me and my friend Matthew F were very quick at it.

Ethan Healy, 6PJ

SPORT RELIEF MILE

On Friday 23 March the whole school did the

Sport Relief Mile. You had to do one mile or

more. If you wanted to you could do it in

fancy dress or hop, skip, jump or run. Some

people did sumo wrestling which was pretty

cool. We raised over £240 pounds for the

charity.

Millie Jones, 5V

INDOOR ATHLETICS

Some year four children went to indoor athletics at Rosebery school. We did running,

obstacle relay, javelin, long jump, speed bounce and five steps. The people that went were

Oscar, Jake, Jack, Zack, Tibo, Mikey, Summer, Fraser, Kiera, Fajr and Edie and some more

people. There were a lot of schools there too. The event that I enjoyed the most was the

relay. In the relay, Kiera and I came third.

Tessa Robertson, 4W

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SPORT

FOOTBALL TEAM

In reception I was rubbish at football but I didn’t stop trying to be the best. In year 1, I joined

a club called Fulham football… I got a bit better at football. In year 2 though, I managed to

score a goal! In year 3, I gave up football and tried tennis, I didn’t survive a single day. In

year 4, I got a little bit better. In year 5, I was very good at it but there are very good

footballers in this school and they’re in the football team: Shay Fitzpatrick, Tom Davey,

George Roberts-Cox, Jamie Maher, Jack Persey, Kieran Jordan, Tanner McCarthy, James

Burton, Ethan Hibbett and Lewis Santos.

Matthew Flint, 6PJ

SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS

Sports for Schools was setup in

2005 by former Great Britain

Gymnast, Ben Brown. Ben

featured heavily in the Back the

Bid Campaign, which eventually

saw London win as host nation of

the 2012 Olympic Games.

Ben was forced to quit his

passion and dream of

competing at an Olympic

Games due to lack of much

needed funding in his sport. Now

motivated to ensure that this

does not happen to other

potential sporting hopefuls as

well as the desire to inspire

children across the UK to get

involved in a sport, Sports for Schools was created with Fun, Fitness & Inspiration at the heart

of its core values.

Stephanie Gaynor (pictured winning a race) came to Stamford Green Primary School on the

11th June to help us raise money for PE equipment for the school. Unfortunately Year 6 will not

be here to use any of the equipment because we will have moved to secondary school.

Chloe Hay, 6B

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SPORT SPORT

NETBALL

This year netball was thrilling. There were draws, losses and lots of wins. Three different teams

faced against other schools much bigger than us (I am talking about St. Josephs). They stood

strong amazingly well through wet, cold and even sweat! Well done to them.

A team: Heather (captain)

Danielle

Mutsa

Laura

Sophie H

Sophie W

Elouise

Katie L

B team: Amy S (captain)

Hannah R

Rachel

Annabelle

Ali

Lauren

Hannah E

Leilah

Mixed: Niamh (captain)

Mia

Natalie

Amy L

Katie O

Charlie

Daniel

Dulhan

Eddie

Ethan Hibbett

Jack

Jamie

Josh

Lewis

Louis

Matthew

Tom

Well done to them all for there great work and all their effort!

Hannah Reeves, 6B

EPSOM & EWELL GAMES: SWIMMING

On Wednesday 4 July, four girls and four boys from each year went to the Rainbow Leisure

centre to take part in a mini Olympics swimming gala. First we went to Mrs Druce to sign in

and then we went to get changed. Once we got changed we went to Mrs Druce to have a

team talk.

When we had finished we went to sit down at the end of the swimming pool until it was our

race. First, they did the backstroke races. Then it was the breaststroke races and finally the

freestyle races. Once they were ready, everyone had a chat with Mrs Druce and then we all

got ready to do our relay races. That was the last race, so once we had finished it we went

to get changed back into our school uniform. Then we left the changing room and went to

Mrs Druce to find out our results and sign out but unluckily she didn’t know our results. We had

to wait until the next Wednesday to find out that our school won!

Benjamin Collins, 4W

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SPORT

EPSOM & EWELL GAMES FINAL MEDAL TABLE

Ahead of the London 2012 Olympics, Stamford Green showed Team GB how to do it by

winning the most golds, and most medals overall, in the Epsom & Ewell Games. Two weeks of

sporting events ended with Stamford Green pipping Auriol to first place by just one gold.

SCHOOL GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL

STAMFORD GREEN 23 17 10 50

AURIOL 22 8 18 48

WALLACE FIELDS JUNIOR 13 18 14 45

ST JOSEPHS 13 15 14 42

ST MARTINS JUNIOR 13 12 13 38

MEADOW PRIMARY 13 11 16 40

DANETREE 11 17 7 35

THE VALE 8 3 12 23

SOUTHFIELD PARK 6 10 6 22

EPSOM PRIMARY 4 7 2 13

ST CLEMENTS 4 3 4 11

CUDDINGTON COMMMUNITY 3 6 6 15

CUDDINGTON CROFT 2 4 4 10

WEST EWELL INFANTS 1 2 3

RIVERVIEW 1 4 4 9

ST MARTINS INFANT 1 1

EWELL GROVE 1 1

THE MEAD INFANTS 2 2

WALLACE FIELDS INFANTS 1 1

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Stamford Green Primary School Magazine 2012

PUZZLE PAGE

Can you find the hidden words? Each word ends in H! Once you’ve found all the words

below, see if you can find any more!!!!

Arch, Bath, Beach, Depth, Dish, Each, Earth,

Enough, Finish, Fresh, High, Length, March,

Month, Myth, Peach, Rich, Rough, Scratch,

Smooth, Stomach, Tough, Vanish, Wash, Watch.

Amy Schumacher, 6PJ

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