On Wednesday 4th March 2015, 28 pupils from

Year 4 were privileged to join forces with 7000

other school children from around the North West

to perform at the Manchester Arena and sing 22

songs, including an Andrew Lloyd Webber medley,

‘Rockstar’ and ‘When I Grow Up’ from the hit

musical Matilda.

When everyone arrived there, before the real performance

began, all of the different schools rehearsed for 4 hours from

start to finish, inside and out!

The show lasted about 2½ hours. We were killing it! Parents

were on their seats! Mrs. Nelson was on her seat dancing away

(I have witnesses!).

We also invited to the stage a couple of other really talented

artists, such as X Factor finalist Lucy Spraggan, a very talented

Liverpool band called Mic Lowry and also Tom Billington who

performed Radio Gaga by Queen.

The entire evening would not have been possible if it weren’t for the

true dedication and support from both Miss Hepburn and Miss Dennis and

for that myself and the rest of the YV Posse are truly grateful!

Young Voices Shine at Manchester Arena

KD

Chronicles Issue 2: April 2015

Hear all about the Year 6 Trip

to London

Page 4

By Mya Shilco (4D)

In this Issue Find out about Year 4’s visitors from St Philip’s Primary School

Page 2

Laugh at the jokes

Page 5

Hear about KD’s sporting

achievements

Page 6

Read our film and theatre

recommendations

Page 3

P A G E 2

On Friday 27th

March, children

from St Philip’s

Roman Catholic

Primary School

came to King David

Primary School for

a visit.

St Philips is a school which has

Roman Catholicism at its

centre - like King David has

Judaism at its heart. The

school teaches and celebrates

the feasts of the Catholic

Church and teaches a lot of

Religious Education as well as

usual lessons. It teaches the

values of the Catholic faith in

much the same way as King

David teaches the values of

the Jewish faith. The schools

are very close to each other.

A few pupils from St Philip’s Year 4 and

Year 5 came to King David and met Year

4. They showed the KD children the

prayer which they say before they leave

school every day. They pray in English

and put their hands together pointing

upwards when praying. After that the

children were split up into groups and

asked each other questions.

After the question and answer session,

the children were taken round the

school and introduced to other pupils in

the playground.

One St Philips pupil said that, “The

playground was amazing, a lot bigger

than ours!”

One King David pupil said, “It was an

interesting experience to learn about

other peoples’ school and religion. I

would like to visit St Philips one day.”

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St Philips School Pays King David a Visit By Joshua Levene (4D)

On Friday 13th March,

King David Primary

School raised around

£200 each for Bluish

Jewish Child’s Day and

Comic Relief.

In Key Stage 2 a group of Year 6

pupils sold red noses. They were

sold out in SECONDS! Another

group ran stalls in the hall for

people to come and have their

face painted or get washable

tattoos or nail stickers.

Fun Raising By Sophie Jayson (6D)

In March, Year 1 had a fantastic medieval

banquet as part of their topic.

They did a royal dance and ate fruit and

chocolate crispy cake. They drank water

and grape juice. Avi Rubin thought it was

yummy. He said, “It was amazing. I had a

lovely time.”

They made goblets and a plate. Mischa

thought making the goblets was the best

but Sienna thought making the plates was

the best.

Year 1 Banquet By Orly Rubin (3K)

Theatre: Matilda

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On the 2015 Year 6 London trip, we went to the theatre to see Matilda. Matilda is a fun, family-friendly production about a little girl with big talents. Based on the book by Roald Dahl, this exciting play tells the story of how a bookworm called Matilda has to overcome her ignorant parents and wicked headmistress, Agatha Trunchbull. The Trunchbull, once an Olympic-class hammer thrower, loves nothing other than torturing and terrorising children. But when she discovers that this terrible woman could be involved in a murder, Matilda has a few tricks up her sleeves... Matilda's story is brought to life through brilliant acting, amazing songs (written by Tim Minchin) and exciting twists. The show is jam-packed with humour that will send you into fits of laughter. It's fun that all the family can enjoy and I would recommend it for people of all ages. On the whole, I would rate Matilda 4 1/2 out of 5 stars.

Matilda is currently being performed at the Cambridge Theatre in London.

Reviewed by Abigail Hurst (6D)

Film: Big Hero 6 What an amazing film for all the family!

Big Hero 6 is an awesome, action comedy

adventure about an intelligent child who is a

science genius named Hiro Hamada, who finds

himself involved in a criminal plot that

threatens to destroy the fast-paced, high-tech

city of San Frasokyo. With the help of his

closest healthcare companion, a robot named

Baymax, Hiro joins forces with an unpredictable

team of first-time crime fighters on a mission

to save their city.

Everybody loves Baymax. If you cuddle him it

would be like a warm, soft, squishy

marshmallow. He is also kind, friendly and

comical. He is the best personal healthcare

companion you could wish for, for example: he

reminds you to wait one hour after eating

before swimming! Hiro at first sounds like a bit

of a nerd but he is NOT.

It is an unpredictable and cool

movie. It is great that the six

heroes on the team have

different personalities. Fred

can sometimes be funny. He

likes to dress up in costumes.

Gogo thinks she is too cool for

school, she is not very

considerate and wants to do everything her

way. Wasabi is a good man, he has a few

fears at the beginning of the film but when

he becomes a superhero he faces them.

Honey Lemon is a very positive character.

She loves pink, is fun to be around and is

proud of Hero’s invention.

The film is about 100 minutes long but you

don’t want it to end. It really touches your

heart, especially the hugs from Baymax.

Big Hero 6 is rated PG and was released in cinemas on 30th January 2015. It will be released on DVD and Blu Ray in May 2015.

Reviewed by Joshua Levene (4D)

Reviews

This is one of the highlights of Year 6. An army of pupils, accompanied by Mr Cooper, Mrs Gruber and other teachers excitedly ran onto a coach and tried to sit still for 5 hours - (hard to believe, I know!) - to get to the capital. We arrived

in London and went to our first destination - The Natural History Museum. We marvelled at the new Blue Whale exhibit and gazed the dinosaur skeletons. The trip was fun, interesting and enjoyable. I particularly enjoyed weighing myself and finding out the blue whale is more than 4700 times heavier than me!

Our accommodation was the "5 star" Crystal Palace lodge, where we left our luggage. With three beds in each room, a television positioned on the wall and two wardrobes, this was the ideal location for 59 tired ten and eleven year olds to stay for three days.

After a quick stop there to leave our luggage and change, we went for dinner at Reubens Restaurant and took up the entire room! The food was delicious and we quickly wolfed down burgers, hot dogs, chips and salads. Then it was back on the coach and on to ten pin bowling. We all had fun and finally got to the

lodge and to bed around midnight. I was exhausted, but had an amazing day.

I love history, so was quite excited to see The Tower of London. We saw old cages, which were home to animals which used to be kept in the Tower in medieval times, when strange beasts were offered as royal gifts. By 1829, the Royal

Menagerie at the Tower was home to 69 different species including 100 rattlesnakes. I was also fascinated to see a glass sculpture of a cushion on the site

of the scaffold and chopping blocks where people were executed at the Tower - including Queen Anne Boleyn, who was beheaded there. Of course, we saw the Crown Jewels, although it was hard to believe the real things were actually genuine, as they looked so elaborate they were like fancy dress.

We ate a packed lunch on a boat, as we sailed up the Thames, under Tower Bridge, to Greenwich. When we arrived, we walked past The Cutty Sark, one of the most famous Tea Clippers which brought tea from China to England. Inside the Old Royal Naval College, we stared in wonder at the stunning, breathtaking paintings on all the walls and ceilings, which were really impressive. We had time to have a run-around in the sunshine on a hill at Greenwich, and then headed off for another fantastic meal at Reubens.

That night, we had a real treat: we went to see the musical Matilda at a theatre in the West End. It was sensational and one of the best things I have ever seen on stage.

On the final day, we were taken on a tour of the Houses of Parliament. It was awesome seeing the chambers and the throne room. We could not go everywhere though, because the MPs were carrying out their business. At one point, we were held back by police officers whilst the Doorkeeper led people into the House of Commons, using a traditional, but comical walk with extremely large strides!

After eating lunch at the Albert Memorial, we came home.

The London trip is certainly one to be remembered and hopefully enjoyed for many years to come. My favourite bit was watching Matilda as many of the actors and actresses weren't much older than us!

On behalf of everyone who came, I would like to thank Mr Cooper, Mrs Gruber, Mrs Walker, Mrs Epstein, Mrs Davies and parent Mrs Waxman, who made this amazing trip possible.

Year 6: The London Trip 2015 P A G E 4

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By Freya Demby (6D)

Joke Corner Q: What did one plate say to the other plate? Q: Why did the man eat at the bank?

Q: What shoes do you make from banana skins?

Q: What’s the strongest vegetable in the world?

Q: Why did the boy eat his homework?

A: “Lunch is on me!”

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PURIM 2015

Our correspondent, Emily Bush (3D),

interviewed KD Pupils about this year’s Purim

celebrations.

A: Because he wanted to eat rich food.

A: Slippers

A: Muscle sprouts

A: Because the teacher told him it was a piece of cake.

Ryan, Jamie and Mich are doing Habonim every Tuesday for Years 3 and 4 at lunch time. It's great fun and we play lots of new, exciting games every week. Some games we play are Wink Murder, Bang Bang, I am sitting on a chair and lots more exciting games. I really enjoy it, I think it is a worthwhile way to spend my Tuesday lunchtime!

Habonim at KD By Eytan Rubin (3K)

My favourite part of Purim was eating hamantaschans. I dressed up as a minion.

I liked dressing up.

I liked when we gave gifts to each other. I was dressed as a baby.

I really enjoyed the dressing up parade. I was dressed as a zombie school girl.

Ellie’s Gymnastics Success

The Editorial Team Year 6: Abigail (6D), Freya (6D) and Sophie (6D)

Year 5: Grace (5K), Jodie (5K), Josh (5D), Sammy (5D) and Savannah (5K)

Year 4: Mya (4D) and Joshua (4D)

Year 3: Emily (3D), Eytan (3K) and Orly (3K)

The Aquatic Centre is where our swimming team went next. On Monday 9th March, the KD swimming team competed in a series of tough swimming races, but unfortunately didn’t do as well as in the first round at Abraham Moss. They came second in two individual races and first in A team boys because another school were disqualified. They did very well to come 4th twice and 5th once.

Savannah: How did you feel when you won the trophy?

Ellie: I felt really excited because I never thought I would be able to win it and I was really surprised.

How hard did you have to work for it?

Very hard!! Because the other competitors were also really good.

How big was your trophy?

It was about 1 foot tall.

Did you earn a medal?

Yes, it was really shiny and it made me feel really happy.

Our correspondent, Savannah, interviewed Year 5

pupil, Ellie, about her recent win in a gymnastics

competition.

Super Swimming

Spectacular

Sport

By Sammy Moss (5D)

If you have any ideas for our school newspaper, or would like to write an article, please

speak to Miss Young, Mrs. M. Epstein or any members of the Editorial Team.