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TOTALLY TOCKINGTON

Top 7 Excuses to Avoid

SUMMER SCHOOL!!!

By Georgina Loring

Picture the scene. You are sitting in your bedroom texting on your phone and one of your friends has invited you over to their five-star luxury mansion in Spain. You reply and say yes. Just after you click the send button you realise youve got summer school NOOOOOO!!! Here are some excuses to avoid the dreaded place. Sorry Im late I was swimming in the sea and I got to an island where I saw a mermaid riding a unicycle which is very unusual since they dont have legs. I was so busy watching her that I forgot to go to school! I was eating an ice cream and every time I bit it, it re grew and by the time I had finished it school had already started! I was having a barbeque and a seagull was eating all the sausages and by the time I got one, I was already late for school. I ran out of sunscreen so I was looking all over the house for some and by the time I found some school had finished! I didnt do my homework becausea shark ate it! I was on the beach when a gust of wind blew sand all over my homework, so I started digging, until I landed in Australia, where a kangaroo stole it. I was surfing and a wave came over my head and I was transported to Atlantis, where I dropped my homework into a clam! WARNING: Dont use these excuses-you could get into trouble

for it!

Team B Edition 82 June 19th 2015

Founded by Ben Owen 2011

Editorial

Editorial

Hello and welcome to another issue of Totally Tockington, the paper written BY students FOR students. This weeks theme is anything as it is our last paper of the year. Its not only the last Team B paper of the year but for all the year 6s it might be their last Team B paper EVER!

In this paper there are loads of fabulous articles including: Ryans article on all the top video games that you can buy, Izzy Prestons on weird but true facts (and another two as well) and what is the point in sugar free barley sugar? Find out in Georginas Pointless Points. All this and more in another issue of Totally Tockington.

Enjoy!

Tabitha Huby

Editor

All Monsters drawn by Jacob Browning

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Year 8 interviews by Isabelle Preston

This week I have interviewed the Year 8s and found out some of their favourite things:

Name Favourite sport Favourite

teacher

Favourite

lesson

Favourite

food

Favourite

trip

AB hockey Mr Glanville Geography

Mexican Y6 camp

OS rugby Mr Glanville Games Mexican French

trip

OC long ball Mr Glanville Swimming Spicy wedges French

trip

MC rugby Mr Jones Geography Roast pork French

trip

DB football Mr Jones Geography

Meatballs Wales

RP rugby Mr Glanville Science Mexican French

trip

TE cricket All of them! All of them!

Chocolate crunch Stackpole

H-A-J cricket Mr Glanville Science Spaghetti

bolognaise

French

trip

AM hockey Mr Jones Geography Mexican French

trip

GS x-country Mr Glanville Art Mexican French

trip

AG rugby Mrs Barron Science

Beef crumble Y6 camp

AH athletics Mr Glanville Geography Mexican French

trip

LP hockey Mr Glanville Geography Mexican Stackpole

L-A-J tennis Mrs Barron Geography Tockington Mess French

Trip

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Are Monsters Real? By Lily Edwards

I am scared of monsters. Are you? Im scared

that there are big huuuuuge monsters out there

like giants that might step on you...I recently

went to see a Doctor Who concert and there

were some REALLY scary monsters there, but

mum said they were only people dressed up..

But is there REALLY anything to be scared of?

Do monsters actually exist? Most grown-ups

say that monsters are just in your imagination

and arent really therebut some grown-ups

have said they have actually SEEN a monster.

The Loch Ness monster is probably the most

famous of monsters and a lot of people say they

have seen it swimming. But a lot of other people

have said that the photos are fake.Will we

ever really find out? Another monster is the Yeti

or abominable snowmanagain, some grown-

ups have said they have seen this huge giant

hairy monster in the mountains and have taken

photos of the huge footprint, but other people

have said that it is someone playing a joke and

running around in a hairy suit!

There are SOME nice monsters I suppose like

Shrek, and Mike and Sully from Monsters Inc. I

actually do believe that monsters do go to school

to learn how to SCARE people! But they might

not really mean it!

I dont think we will ever know if monsters are

real or not. I suppose it is whatever your brain

tells you to believe. Some people will definitely

believe in them, and some will think its a crazy

idea!

All I know is I do not ever want to see a monster

in real life. Im quite happy to see them on T.V

and let other people go and hunt for them to

prove if they exist or not!

If you are looking for a good bedtime book about

monsters that will calm you right down if you

have ever thought there were monsters under

your bed I recommend The Beasties by Jenny

Nimmo. Its very funny and very sweet.

Sleep well readers and remember DONT LOOK

BEHIND YOU!! BOOOOO!

The Day the Fruit Came Alive

by Hannah Williams

It was a very busy day and everyone was

shopping in the supermarket. It was Sunday and

so the shop closed at 4pm. Fifteen minutes later

the shop closed and for about twelve minutes all

was silent, then an organic orange jumped up and

shouted Party Time!. The plump pears made a

tall tower and clicked on the lights. A very tall

pineapple had been waiting for this and quietly

walked into the staff room. When he came out he

was holding a black rubber case. When he got to

the brainy bananas he opened the case, took out

the glasses inside and plopped them on a

banana. Thank you prickly pineapple, Im off to

read the Sunday paper and if I have time, I might

do the crossword! and he jumped out of his

basket and led the bananas up the escalator.

Make sure the fruit have a good time Prickly

Pineapple! he shouted over the side of the

escalator.

Wakey-wakey! shouted Prickly Pineapple and

every fruit jumped up the peachy peaches,

active apples, groovy grapes, plump pears and

bouncy blueberries. The smiley strawberries

bounced up the escalator and into the babies

clothes aisle and put them on theyre too big!

they laughed. Meanwhile the brainy bananas had

worked out how to turn the televisions on and had

switched the channel to Bananas in Pyjamas and

were singing along! The tiny tangerines were

jealous of the bigger oranges but they all made

friends.

As Bruce the Banana was finishing the last clue

of the crossword they all heard the front doors

opening. The plump pears rushed to turn the

lights off and raced back to their shelves.

Everything was silent as the shopkeeper came in

and looked around. What a mess! thought the

shopkeeper as he went to get a sponge to clean

up.

The next day the shop was open as normal and

as the people walked around shopping,

inspecting the fruit, a man noticed that for some

reason a banana was wearing a pair of glasses!

Oops! thought Prickly Pineapple.

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Everton Football Club and Me By Harry Mather

My Dad and I are season ticket holders at Everton Football Club. We often see some of the Everton players

after the game and the photographs below were taken recently. The players photographed are John Stones,

Seamus Coleman and Kevin Mirallas.

We go to as many home games as possible during the season and this means that we have to get up early for

the journey to Liverpool. This is the most boring part of the day as this can take up to three hours driving on

the motorway.

When we arrive in Liverpool, we park near the stadium, Goodison Park, and walk to meet our friends, Peter

and Barbara. Barbara is always very kind and buys me some sweets and a drink for the football match. We

then head in to the stadium and sit down in our seats. My seat number is 163 in row O and we sit behind one

of the goals in the stadium.

The players from both teams come onto the pitch just before the kick off and their names are announced to

the crowd. I enjoy watching the game and also enjoy watching my favourite players such as Seamus

Coleman, Leighton Baines and John Stones.

When the game has finished we all go out of the stadium to look at the players cars and meet the players. The

players are very friendly and sign autographs as well as have their pictures taken with the fans, this is my

favourite part of the day. Then we say goodbye to our friends and leave the ground to go home. The long

drive home is always better when we have won (most of the time).

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Georginas Pointless Points

Whats the Point in Sugar-free

Barley Sugar?

by Georgina Loring

Barley sugar is a delicious old fashioned sweet that

was originally used during the war to prevent travel

sickness. It is orange in colour and is a boiled

sweet. It is one of my favourites!

The other day I was looking for barley sugar at

Cadbury Garden Centre but the only sort I could find

said it was sugar free!

I personally think barley sugar tastes like oranges

but actually it is made with lemon, sugar, cream of

tartar and butter (to line the tray). So if you were to

remove the sugar it would just be a disgusting slop.

Something you may have realised from my recipe is

that barley sugar doesnt actually contain any

barley! In actual fact, sugar free barley sugar

doesnt contain any sugar and doesnt contain any

barley! Fancy that!

How to Have the Best

Sleepover EVER!!! By Anya Constantinescu

We have all had at least one sleepover, right? But I

bet its never reached its limits. Well, in this article

Im going to show you how to stay up until 1am in

the morning and have the best time of your life!!!

The first thing you do is pack your suitcase. Here is

a list of things you might want to bring to keep

yourself entertained:

An iPad (or another electronic item)

SWEETS

A torch

Spooky ghost stories book

Riddle book

And a set of walkie talkies

For a sleepover, you need at least one more

person other than you. Every sleepover needs to

start with a fun entry, so you could play a game of

hide and seek or simply just chillax on the sofa and

watch TV until your eyes go square, but I realise

that that could get a bit boring. You can have a

sleepover practically anywhere from a garden to a

mansion; you might even decide to camp out who

knows! When it starts to get dark its probably a

good idea to put your pyjamas on and watch a

film. After that, tell ghost stories for a good hour

until youve got goose- bumps and if you get that

scared watch Youve Been Framed (that always

cheers me up). By now it has to be at least twelve

oclock, so for the next hour have a midnight feast

and lash out on sweets. Also play music whilst

playing a really addictive game like Subway Surf,

Temple Run, Minecraft or Jetpack Joy Ride.

Well thats how to have an epic sleepover. Be sure to

try it out. Trust me youll have lots of fun!!!

Be warned! Staying up this late at night can cause

anger issues in the morning. I am not responsible for

any injuries.

Win a Prize! Name Jacob Brownings Monster!

______________________________________________

Your name: ____________________________________

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Its a Dogs Life! By Wispa Huby

Hello, my name is Wispa and I belong to the

Huby Family. This is my diary

26th May 2015

Today was the awesomest day ever! Todays

awesomeness started when Tabitha came

and fed me in the morning, I used my

irresistible cute face and managed to get

another handful of dog food bonus!

The awesomeness continued throughout the

day, when at human lunch-time the Hubys

invited round some guests and they had a big

feast on the table. I could smell the lovely

food from my basket, and my mouth watered.

I was invited to meet the guests. They were

nice enough, until one little boy pulled my tail.

It hurt, so I squealed. The boy, a little scared,

was taken to see the alpacas and I was left

alone with the feast big mistake!

I tiptoed through the kitchen, towards the

dining room. I stopped to check if the coast

was clear- it was. I went through into the

dining room and paused. I had never seen so

much food in my entire life!!!

It was very hard to decide what to have first,

so I had to circle the table a few times before

I started eating. Oh no! It was the dreaded

sound of approaching footsteps. I quickly

managed to jump up and steal: half a bowl of

mini sausages, 3 scones, 5 sandwiches and a

big bite of sponge cake. Yummy!

I had just finished my fabulous meal when the

dad came in. He saw the half-eaten food and

he saw me licking my lips. He knew what had

happened and told me off and put me outside. I didnt care it was worth it!!

Oceans by Otis Walker

An ocean is a big area of water that makes

up a lot of the Earths surface; in fact it covers

71% of this world.

These are, in descending order by area, the

Pacific (biggest ocean) then, Atlantic, Indian,

Southern and Artic Oceans.

Ocean tides are caused by the gravitational

pull of the moon.

While there are hundreds of thousands of known sea life creatures, there are many that are yet to be found, some scientists suggest that there could actually be millions of marine life forms out there.

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Awful Ice-cream Sundae

by Isabel Browning

Heres a Knickerbockerglory with a weird and wonderful twist!

Can you think of a great name for this delicious desert?

What would you call it? ________________________________________________

Your name: _________________________ Hand in to Isabel you might win a prize!

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LIONEL MESSI By Toby Gaulton

I have chosen to do Lionel Messi because Barcelona is my favourite football team and I have been

to the Nou Camp stadium.

Lionel Messi is one of Barcelona (or usually called Barca) s many players. At the age of 17, he

made his first appearance in a game against Espanyol and since then Barcelona has been his

footballing home. His first championship was La Liga 2004 2005. Messi has won Barcelona some

huge trophies including the European cup. Barcelona has won this 10 times now, so that shows

Barcelonas strength in football. Barcelonas home stadium is the Nou Camp and it is the biggest in

Europe. He has won player of the year 4 times in 4 years or in other words 4 times in a row. Messi

can be called best player of all time as well as Diego Maradona and Pele. In Maradonas words

Messi is my Maradona. Messi is probably Barcelonas best striker ever. He beat Cesar Rodriguez

at 232 goals and he got a whopping 116 more going to be 348 goals.

FACT FILE

Height: 168 cm

Caps: 82

Goals in 2 years: 348

Trophies all together: 21 ( A lot in my opinion.)

Weight: 67 KG.

Age: 27

Date Of Birth: June 24, 1987.

Place Of Birth: Santa Fe, Argentina.

As well as playing for Barcelona, Messi played for Argentina in the World Cup and finished 2nd after

a 1-0 score beat Germany. It was 2 minutes until penalties when Mario Gotze scored a great goal

against Sergio Romero, the Argentine goalie.

In one of the World Cups Messi did not play the first half and came on 18 minutes into the second

half and was brought back off in 47 seconds. In other words he was off pitch for 89 minutes and 13

seconds. This game was against Hungary.

Messi is an all-time best player and I would highly recommend him. So, watch out for a football

game that has got Barcelona or Argentina playing in it and see if you can spot my all-time favourite

- the great Lionel Messi.

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Weird but True Facts By Isabelle Preston

A space suit costs about ten million dollars/pounds.

Fish cant close their eyes.

Detached sea star arms sometimes grow new bodies.

Your eyes produce a teaspoon of tears every hour.

Originally carrots were purple, not orange.

1,000,000,000,000,000(thats one quadrillion) ants live on earth.

About 150,000 hairs are growing on your head right now!

A litter of kittens is also called a kindle!

Some fish have natural antifreeze in their blood.

French fries came from Belgium, not France!

There are more TV sets in the USA than there are people in the United Kingdom.

A volcano in Italy has been erupting for 2,000 years.

Studies show that painting your room blue could make you more creative.

If you are 12 years old on earth, youd be 6 on mars.

Catnip can affect lions and tigers!

Whats your Favourite Game to Play Outside? by Henry Packham

I love playing outside, especially now its nice and sunny. My favourite game to play is cricket and while I

was busy practising my bowling, I started wondering what games other people like to play. So I thought Id

ask them.

My mum Tennis

Miss Walters Badminton

Mrs Glanville Off ground touch

Peter Banks Golf

Mrs West Croquet

Mr Mildon Cricket

Madame Veron Duck, duck, goose

Tally (my dog) She couldnt really answer, but she is VERY good at football!

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Carmens Summer Wordsearch

C E B Q Q S U N C R E A M D P S A I J Z

O Z E W R L R V L R Q F T E T S E Q F L

Z H Q B X H F W A T E R F I G H T A N I

M S U N G L A S S E S N W H L C W M Y N

Y A S P I J H Z P B D J T T O L O F S V

E V E L T T D Y H L M E T O O L S A Q F

S M O R E D C W N K V C L Y H A U P B M

A E S A C E S W I M M I N G C B R I B K

C L W G F E P Q J E X V Q C S H F C E O

T E C U R Q C O Y U N L G E O C I N L I

I O P H A U Z I V B E L N Y N A N I T K

U Q F L O W E R S E O U I U M E G C S P

S A E R O P L A N E R K P O D B Y P A R

X G I W A V I F E W V S M M X A P M C Z

U X X F N B E A C H M Z A H D Z O S D O

S I W D F S Q P B N M Q C I J U S A N D

V N N A P R Q Z O E G L L O L A J L A G

W A Y I V F E X U X E O L M F O R C S U

S E H P K E O J G B H S A W B P O D N D

D C W P K T S N P X L J V W W A O P Z V

SLEEPOVERS NOSCHOOL WAVES AEROPLANE

SWIMMING BEACH SUNGLASSES HOLIDAY

SUITCASE SANDCASTLE PICNIC BEACHBALL

SAND SEA CAMPING WATERFIGHT

SURFING FLOWERS ICECREAM BBQ

SUNCREAM POOL CHIPS SAND

BEES

If you can find all of the answers, highlight them and hand your wordsearch to Carmen.

You might win yourself a prize! Name: ________________________________

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Fill in the missing letters By Carmen Rey-Jones

_ U M _ _ R

B _ A _ H

_ C _ _ R E _ M

S _ _

_ U _ F I _ G

_ _ Q

_ O O _

H O _ _ D A _

B _ _ C H _ _ L L

P _ _ N I _

Fill in the missing letters to make some summery

words.

Why dont you win yourself a prize by handing

your answers in to Carmen one of our super

Quiz Masters?

Name:_______________________________

Video Games

by Ryan Hann

Video games have been around for ages and Im

going to write about a few that you might be

interested in buying.

FIFA

FIFA is a game about football and once you play it

you never can stop. In FIFA 15 you can make your

own victory dance up to celebrate a goal. If you

start off not knowing much about football, buy this

game. Youll end up playing football like a boss!

Minecraft

Im sure we all know what Minecraft is. If you dont

youre crazy. We all have different opinions of

course, but my opinion is that I love Minecraft.

Minecraft is a game about real life and there is a

book version. What I like about Minecraft is that you

can make your own worlds. Minecraft is 3D.

Terraria

Terraria is basically 2D Minecraft but with a lot

more items. The first boss you probably should fight

is The Eye Of Cthulu, then the eater of souls. You

start off in pre-Hard mode then you kill the last boss

(the wall of flesh) you instantly turn to Hard mode

which has more, bigger and better items etc.

Pure

Pure is a quad biking race game you start off in a

tutorial, then you go to a world tour sort of thing.

Lego Batman

Batman is a superhero with a sidekick called Robin.

Batman has a new game - Batman 3 Beyond

Gotham.

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By Isabelle Preston