Author: Owermoigne

The Owermoigne Echo

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Welcome
Welcome to Owermoigne
First School newspaper .
We are both 9 years old.
Our names are Francesca who lives in Owermoigne and
Gemma who lives in
Woodsford.
Our school is old so we are moving to Crossways in 2005.
We have a huge field and play ground. In our field we have a sand pit and stone pit. Our school is next door to a church.
We have 5 class rooms. We have 12 teachers in our school.
We have a school cat called Bruce who is a ginger tabby. One day we found a little black kitten near the pond area and our head teacher took it home.

The following articles have been sent by e-mail from other schools to be put in this newspaper.
Romans
Hadrian’s wall is 117km long.
And 500 men are inside the forts. Dreadful food is all they eat. Roman's enemy was the pits. In side there was 800 apartments. And 8 soldiers in each room.
Night after night they walked on top of the wall. Sword fighting starts in the morning at 5 0'clock.
Wars happen between and the Roman's and the pits. All the pits kept knocking bits of the wall down and the Romans had to repair it. Look at all the roman ruins. Lasting remains of a time long ago
Bryony and Kyle Damers
How to make a Roman shield
You will need a gold piece of card and pint and glow and a piece of paper and a lid.
Did you know the Romans
Had mosaics on there floors.
The celts live in round houses.
Marcus and Cameron
Damers
`How to make a shield
You will need paint card silver paper gold paper, black paper
First you design it
Then you paint it
After that you let it dry
Lastly you cut out a piece of card to use as a handle
Denneka Sophie
Damers
Animals
Our pets
Kim has 869 African land snails that grow to be 6 inches long. They live to be 20 years on a diet of cucumber, cuttlefish and apples. You can see their eyes, they are black as Harry Potters hair. They live in 20 glass tanks in the utility room.
Kim, Tom and Frank
Piddle Valley first school
Did you hear about....?
Chip is a red monkey,
Have you heard he's very funky.
I think he's got spiky hair,
Put a smile he looks like a bear.
The monkey is very cool,
He has got a football and eats bright bananas,
Monkey Chip has got little pyjamas.
Oh he totally ROCKS!
No he hasn't got stripy socks.
Koala his best friend,
Eats tiny leaves.
Yes he has got little teeth.
Ben and Tom
Damers
Changes at Damers
Damers school has now got a new head teacher called Mrs Lehal she is really nice. Mrs Lehal has been talking to us about heroes and black people.
Mrs le Marinel is now Mrs Cunningham because she got married in the summer holidays .
Harvest fruit sweet and ripe.
Apples falling of trees.
Rice seeds growing under crops.
Vegetables stored in neat piles.
Each grape still hanging tight.
Strawberries red and juicy.
Tomatoes are growing steadily.
Leonie and Alice.
Damers
Harvest was only last week and our school got together and sold tins which were donated by children. Then at the end of school most peoples mums and dads came and brought some of the tins. The money that we raised will go and help a poor family in every day life.
We have a new head teacher called Mrs Lehal she is really nice . Also our Mrs Le Marinel got married in the holidays and is now called Mrs Cunningham.
Patrick and Aiden
Damers
Helping people around the world.
Around the world people are dying.
Rain is flooding crops.
Vegetables are being given.
Everyone brings in food.
Starving people get food.
Together everyone can help.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Romans invented central heating.
They made tables.
Ate stuffed dormice.
The girls had no school.
They had beautiful mosaics.
They brought cats to Britain.
The men wore togas.
They lay down when they ate.
The slaves had their own room called the slave quarters.
Only the men were allowed in the baths.
Georgia and Nicola
Damers
How to make a shield
You will need a piece of silver card to decorate with material.
The Romans invented central heating and ate lying down.
Did you know?
Damers school had harvest day.
Harvest day is important day.
A harvest day is to raise the money.
Rhiannon went to the harvest day.
Jade Christopher
Damers
No shop for the Celts.
Eating cows and sheep was there meal.
When the Romans came, the Romans had 10/000 men.
Boudicca was the Iceni tribe.
Armour were made from metal.
Roundhouses were there homes with only one room.
New Barn was very exciting trip.
Daniel and Gary
Damers
New Barn
We went to New Barn. We made weights. It was amazing. We made string.
We put it on our toe then we turn it around. We made flour from wheat with stones. We saw Sammy the bull and we saw a round house. We saw a horse and a cow and a muddy pig.
I was tired.
Leanna
Damers school
Helping the starving
Angry farmers have no rain
Rats nibbling the crops down
Vans collecting food for the poor
Everyone brings food in
Save the poor
Treating others fairly
Joe and Sam
Damers
Computer Games
I was playing on my computer I was playing dynamite and you can throw dynamites on the game and the colour dynamites are red yellow green and blue and if you pop enough you can get thunder.
Colin
Being in year 4
In our new class we have a load of new things
* we have a computer and a laptop
* we have new furniture
* our class is going to have some lockers coming soon
* and we have a mini library in our class room
* we have a big White board
* we have a load of new chairs
Michael
Damers
Art at Damers
In art we have been doing pattern work. We got these ideas from the Romans.
You can do some swirl's , zigzags and more. We have been sketching pictures of New Barn. We did a painting of Boudicca. She was the queen of the Iceni tribe.
SCIENCE AT DAMERS
In science we are doing ,how much pull force does it take to pull a block of wood on these surfaces, cooking oil, washing up liquid, gravel, tray, and water. The most easiest was the cooking oil.
Kathleen
All of Our Art
When I came to school on the first day we did some art.
The art was to do a picture of something what you really
like with water paints .Then a month after I think. We did
a portrait of someone. I did a portrait of someone called
Jasmine .three weeks after we did a landscape picture of
when Boudicca was fighting the Romans .Hannah and Isabella[me] just did a picture of her whole body portraits together.
Isabella
Sums
Some sums are difficult
Others are easy peasy, lemon squeezy
My book is empty
So switch on my brain
David
Damers school
Fire works at Broadmayne.
Every year we have a brilliant fire work display. You can buy burgers and chips and glow sticks. Last year someone complained that it was too noisy and it upset the horses. This year we are having a quieter fire work display on Friday 7th November.
The entrance fee is £3.50 for Adults and £2.50 for children.
Thomas and Ben.
Broadmayne School Grounds
Since we have been at Broadmayne school the school grounds have been getting better and better. In Broadmayne School we have a lovely pond. Next door there is a quiet garden. Up the top of the field there is a woodland nature area. In the woodland nature area there are blue bells, owls, birds, flowers and trees. You can learn lots going around the woodland nature area. In the field there is a hill to play on. By the trees there is a meadow for wild life.
Caris and Izzy
A Poem on animals
Animals are small and large,
Animals are rough and playful
They are fun to play with,
They love to play too.
Some are cute and cuddly,
Some are fierce and rare,
Some are wild with matted fur,
Some are slow and slimy.
Some live in the cold,
And some live in the warm,
Some can fly,
And some cannot.
Some you can keep as pets,
Some you can't,
Some swim in the sea,
And some crawl on the land.
Some live in the city,
Some live in the country,
Some are nocturnal,
And some like daylight.
We love animals!
Who do you think should have won Fame Academy?
Most people in our class thought that Alex should have won, which she did but, some people wanted Simon to win. Alex had her own personality. We all know she really wanted to go home but she is the sort of girl to persuade herself to stay, because she wanted to follow her dreams. I do not know what my dreams are.
Callum and Florence
Broadmayne first school
JOKES
here are some crazy jokes
Knock Knock who's there/ boo boo hoo. Don't cry it's only a joke.
What do you get if you cross a road with a sheep and a
Kangaroo?
A woolly jumper.
Why did the egg run?
Because it cracked!
What do you get when you stand under a cow?
A pat on the head!
What do you call a fish with no eyes?
Fsh!
What do you call a dinosaur with one eye?
Doyouthinkhesaurus!
What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No idea!
What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?
Still no idea!
This lady went into a shop and asked for a mousetrap. "I need a mouse trap quickly because I have got to catch a bus."
"But we don't have a big enough trap"!
Why did the hand cross the road?
To get to the second hand shop!
Why did the skeleton cross the road?
To get to the body shop!
What do call a man who is drunk near a cliff?
Stupid!
What do you call a man with a seagull on his head?
Cliff!
What do you call a man with paper underpants?
Russell!
That's all folks!
Damers scientists discover
In year 4 we were pulling a block of wood to try and see which lubricant made the wood move the fastest. Damers scientists discover that cooking oil is the easiest thing to get the block to the other side of the tray. Out of gravel, tray ,water and washing up liquid. We think we found the easiest thing to move the block. That's why they put oil in a car engine, but not cooking oil!.
Adam
Greyhound Training
My Nan trains about fifteen greyhounds. I watch dog racing at Poole.
In the race they chase an electric hare. To train a dog we get a teddy and put it on piece of string we put it on a car and the dogs chase after it. My dog Kelly has won five races. To train a dog you have to give it special food every day. When it is racing our have to give it a small feed. You put the dog in a box you can get sprint boxes, four bend boxes, sixbend boxes and eightbend boxes.
Part of the dog is called a pencil muscle and the grey hounds have pointy skull. The dog have pointy claws.
Jessica
Broadmayne
Bats
Last week we had a bat in our classroom. That's why I'm writing about bats.
How much do you know about bats?
Test your knowledge on bats in this true or false.
Bats are very clean and spend hours grooming? True or false?
Bats often choose to hang up in modern buildings, houses and bungalows? True or false?
Bats droppings are crumbly, consisting of insect remains which are neither unpleasant or unhealthy? True or false?
FISH TANK
A lot of thing shave been going on here at Damers.
Last week school council were cleaning out the fish tank, Mrs. Langtree was cleaning the fish tank and it lost all it's friction and slid off its stand.
The goldfish had to stay in a bucket over night, but they're ok now they’re swimming in the new tank.
George
World War Two Quiz
We are doing a project on World War II
1. What was the Japanese main fighter plane?
2. Who was the British leader?
3. Who were the British fighting?
4. What plane did the Dambusters use?
5. What bomb did the Dambusters use?
6. What did people use to keep track of their coupons?
7. Who started the war?
8. What happened to some children in the war?
9. Name some planes that served well in the war?
10 . Name an armoured vehicle?
11 . The most deadly bomb was?
Answers. I have written the answers backwards I hope you can decipher them!
1. Orez ihsibusim
2. llihhcruhc notsniw
3.nemreg
4.rebmob retsacnal
5.bmob gnicnuob
6.koob noihsar
7.snamreg eht
8.noitaucave
9.eriftips.15p.29b 83p
10.Knat
11.Bmob cimota
Year Four visit Nothe Fort
A few weeks ago we went to the Nothe Fort . It is really exciting. We had to look for mice, which was good fun. There were lots of scenes about World War 2. You could see what it was like in an air raid shelter. We were allowed on the armoured vehicle. In one of the rooms there was a ghost, it was quite scary. There were big guns on the fort wall. You could see along way out to sea from the top. At the end you get a certificate for finding the mice. You could go there if you want.
James and Tara.
Bats

Species	Head and body	Wing span	Weight
Greater horseshoe	58-70mm	350-400mm	13-34g
Daubenton’s	40-50mm	230-270mm	6-12g
Whiskered	35-48mm	190-259mm	4-8g
Pipistrelle	35-45mm	190-259mm	4-7g
noctule	70-82mm	330-450mm	18-40g
Brown long-eared	37-52mm	230-285mm	6-12g

What are bats?
Bats are mammals like us and most of our pets.
Here are the sizes of the bats that live in Britain.
Try drawing a bat using the above table to see just how small it is.
What do bats eat?
All British bats eat insects. Only three kinds of bats suck blood and they live in America.
How do bats catch their prey in the dark?
Bats are not blind but at night their ears are more important than their eyes. They use ultra sound, which bounces back if any thing is in the way.
What happens to bats in winter?
Do they hibernate? Yes they do. They store up on food and take a long winter nap.
It is illegal to disturb bats because they are endangered.
Bats need friends!
Save our Bats!

Playground Helper
It has been hard to be a Playground Helper at Damers, because some people don't do as you ask them to.
But I enjoy helping people to play nicely and be kind. I do my duty once a week. My job is to help in the playground.
Playground Helpers have to eat their lunch first because we help the little ones.
Abbie at Damers,
Pokemon gold
We like to Play Pokemon gold because it is exciting. You get to catch Pokemon and find rare Pokemon. You collect items and money and free Pokemon.
You travel to different cities and up mountains. Your Pokemon can swim and surf. You sometimes find Pokemon eggs. The point of the game is to catch as many Pokemon characters as you can.
Max and James
Shoe box appeal
We are lucky we get lots of presents at Christmas, but some people don't.
So this year we are filling shoe boxes for girls and boys with presents like little toys and sweets.
We had a sponsored foot ball skills day to raise money we played King of the Ring at the end. .
Rebecca

Riddles and tongue twisters
30 White horses on a red hill, first they prance, then they stamp. Then they stand still. What is it… Teeth
What kills everything and beats down mountains... time
It happens every night, people get it eventually what is it ... its death
Say red leather yellow leather 20 times
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper, where's the peck of pickled pepper that Peter Piper picked.
She sells sea shells on the sea shore.
Round the ragged rocks ragged rascal ran.
Toby & James
Broadmayne First School

Body Crossword.
Across Down
1. Something you think with. 1.Parts of a skeleton.
4. On your foot. 2.Joins your leg to your foot.
5. A joint in your leg. 4.In your mouth.
6.Your spine has thirty-three bones yes/no. 7.Our bodies are _ _ strong.
8.Supports your body. 9.Your skeleton cannot tie itself
12. Breast bone in a _ _ _ _.
10.Long bones (initials)
11._ _ _ hair grows all the time.

This newspaper was made as part of a DASP Project to increase the use of e-mail by Year 4 pupils. Year 4 pupils at Damers, Broadmayne and Piddle Valley mailed their stories to Owermoigne First School. Their Year 4 then assembled the newspaper in one school day, using Publisher.
Thanks to the staff and pupils of all the schools involved for their hard work. And also to Nikki Griffin for her work in the ‘feeder’ schools.

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