ORATE MAGAZINE

SUMMER 2015

RECEPTION ART WORK IN CLASS

SYMMETRY in BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES

YEAR 1 ART WORK IN CLASS

This term, Year 1 have been looking at coral reef fish. They studied the bright colours and patterns found on fish that live in coral reefs. They made some drawings

from pictures of fish, then they designed their own coral reef fishes!

YEAR 1 cont’d ART WORK IN CLASS

African inspired patterns

YEAR 2 ART WORK IN CLASS

In R.E. the children talked about how the Holy Spirit is with us all the time and helps us in our everyday lives.

Here are some of Year 2’s examples of when the Holy Spirit has guided them.

Year 2 discussed and chose the ingredients to make a FRIENDSHIP SOUP!

YEAR 2 cont’d ART WORK IN CLASS

In Science, Year 2 have been looking at living things and their habitats. Here are some habitats the children have created.

MONET’S BRIDGES by Year 2

YEAR 3 ART WORK IN CLASS

In R.E. Year 3 have been learning about special places of worship.

They have looked at how people make special journeys across the world, called Pilgrimages, to pray and pay homage to Our Lord and Our Lady.

YEAR 3 cont’d ART WORK IN CLASS

YEAR 3 cont’d ART WORK IN CLASS

This term, Year 3 have been learning about the British countryside, nature and conservation particularly learning about the importance of birds and bees in their topic ‘Our Great Britain’.

They also wrote about FOUR SEASONS in one poem and illustrated Winter, Spring, Summer & Autumn on one tree.

YEAR 4 cont’d ART WORK IN CLASS

YEAR 4 cont’d ART WORK IN CLASS

YEAR 5 WORK IN CLASS

Faber Class read the dramatic, tragic poem, The Highwayman.

They imagined INTERVIEWING important key witnesses to the EVENTS. Finally, they wrote a NEWSPAPER REPORT.

YEAR 5 THE TUDORS ART IN CLASS

Tudor architect was very distinct. Houses were half-timbered often with an over-hanging second floor. They had wooden frames and the spaces between were filled with small sticks wet clay called wattle and daub. Year 5 recreated their own houses using large cereal boxes.

YEAR 6 ART IN CLASS

HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS MIRIAM MCGINNIE

FOUR GREAT SUMMER DESTINATIONS

Wales, Spain, The Caribbean and Cyprus

1. Tenby Harbour Beach

2. Los Caños de Meca

3. Virgin Island’s Creek

4. Nissi Beach

HORRIBLE HISTORIES NICHOLAS HEINSIUS

Horrible Histories has been a children best seller. If you like gory things I recommend Horrible Histories. Let me tell you some true facts from one of their books:

Lord Horatio Nelson, Britain's greatest sailor, suffered terribly from sea-sickness.

Henry VIII played tennis while Anne Boleyn was executed.

Soldiers in the First World War had to urinate on their boots to soften the leather.

Shakespeare is said to have created the following phrases: "to be or not to be", "good riddance", "heart of gold", "dead as a door nail", "wild goose chase", "knock, knock... who's there" and "for goodness sake".

Egyptian dentists used to suggest putting half a freshly-killed hot mouse in your mouth to cure bad breath.

Earl Sigurd the Mighty, Viking ruler of Orkney, cut off an enemy’s head and hung it as a trophy from his horse’s saddle. Unfortunately, while riding, Sigurd grazed his leg on the severed head’s teeth, and died from the infection of the cut.

It wasn’t only tourists who thought the Sphinx was a mighty mystery. The Ancient Egyptians worshipped it as a god. Egyptian Prince Tuthmosis IV even saw the Sphinx in a dream. In 1400 BC he was having a nap between the Sphinx’ s paws when he dreamt that the Sphinx begged him to rescue it from the Sahara sands that were swallowing it. So he did.

Alexander the Great

Alexander the great lived from 356 BC to 323 BC. He was King of Macedonia and conqueror of the Persian Empire. He is considered one of the greatest military geniuses of all time. Alexander was born in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia. He was the son of Philip II, King of Macedonia, and Olympias, the princess of neighbouring Epirus.

Alexander spent his childhood watching his father transform Macedonia into a great military power. During his younger years, Alexander was tutored by the philosopher Aristotle until the age of 16.

After Philip was assassinated in 336 BC, Alexander succeeded his father to the throne and handed down to his family a strong kingdom and an experienced army. He had been awarded the generalship of Greece and used this authority to launch his father's Panhellenic project to lead the Greeks in the conquest of Persia.

In 334 BC, he invaded the Achaemenid Empire and ruled Asia Minor. He began a series of campaigns that lasted ten years. Alexander broke the power of Persia in a series of decisive battles, most famous were the battles of Issus and Gaugamela.

His horse was called Bucephalus.

He subsequently overthrew the Persian King Darius III and conquered the entirety of the First Persian Empire. At that point, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India, on 30 December 1865. His father was an artist and teacher. In

1870, Kipling was taken back to England to stay with a foster family in Southsea and then went to boarding

school in Devon. In 1882, aged17, he returned to India and worked as a journalist, writing poetry and fiction

in his spare time. Books such as 'Plain Tales from the Hills' (1888) gained success in England, and in 1889

Kipling went to live in London.

In 1892, Kipling married Caroline Balestier, the sister of an American

friend, and the couple moved to Vermont in the United States, where her

family lived. Their two daughters were born there and this is where Kipling

wrote 'The Jungle Book' (1894). In 1896, a quarrel with his wife's family

prompted Kipling to move back to England and he settled with his own

family in Sussex. His son John was born in 1897.

By now Kipling had become an immensely popular writer and poet for

children and adults. His books included 'Stalky and Co.' (1899), 'Kim'

(1901) and 'Puck of Pook's Hill' (1906). The 'Just So Stories' (1902) were

originally written for his daughter Josephine, who died of pneumonia aged

six.

Kipling turned down many honours in his

lifetime, including a knighthood and the poet laureateship, but in 1907, he

accepted the Nobel Prize for Literature, the first English author to be so

honoured.

In 1902, Kipling bought a 17th century house called Bateman's in East Sussex

where he lived for the rest of his life. He also travelled extensively, including

repeated trips to South Africa in the winter months.

In 1915, his son, John, went missing in action while serving with the Irish

Guards in the Battle of Loos during World War One. Kipling had great difficulty accepting his son's death -

having played a major role in getting the chronically short-sighted John accepted for military service - and

subsequently wrote an account of his regiment, 'The Irish Guards in the Great War'. He also joined the

Imperial War Graves Commission and selected the biblical phrase inscribed on many British war memorials:

'Their Name Liveth For Evermore'.

Kipling died on 18 January 1936 and is buried at Westminster Abbey.

RUDYARD KIPLING MIRIAM MCGINNIE

PRINCESS CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH DIANA

Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana was born on 2nd May at 8:34 in the Lido Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital. Princess Charlotte shares her name with the daughter of George VI, Princess

Charlotte also born on 2nd May. George V had a grey-pink parrot called Charlotte as well!! Read on to find out about more famous Princess Charlottes.

Princess Charlotte of Monaco

Charlotte Marie Pomeline

Casiraghi was born on 3 August

1986, Monte Carlo, Monaco. She

is the second child of Caroline,

Princess of Hanover, Princess of

Monaco, and the late Stefano

Casiraghi. She is eighth in line to

the throne of Monaco. Her partner

is called Gad Elmaleh. She gave

birth to Raphael Elmaleh on 17th

December, 2013. At the moment,

works as the equestrian

ambassador of the Gucci label.

Princess Charlotte of

Prussia Princess Charlotte of

Prussia (Viktoria Elisabeth

Auguste Charlotte) was the second

child of Prince Friedrich of Prussia

and Princess Victoria. She was born on 24 July 1860 Potsdam,

Germany. She married Prince

Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen on 18

February 1878. She died on

1 October 1919.

Princess Charlotte of

Wales Princess Charlotte

Augusta of Wales (7 January

1796 – 6 November 1817) was

the only child of George, Prince

of Wales and Caroline of Brunswick. She was born 7

January 1796. She was married to

Leopold George Christian

Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-

Saalfield on 2 May, 1816. She

died at child birth on 6 November 1817.

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-

Strelitz (Sophia Charlotte) was

born on 19 May 1744. She was

the wife of King George III. She

was Queen of Great Britain and

Ireland until her death in 1818.

She was also the Electress of

Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire until the promotion of

her husband to King of Hanover

in 1814. She died on 17

November 1818.

The name ‘Charlotte’ means manly and comes from the French name ‘Charles’.

PRINCESS CHARLOTTE SOPHIA HEINSIUS

CAKE RECIPE SOPHIA HEINSIUS

RECIPE FOR CHARLOTTE CAKE

1. Turn the oven to 180°C/350ºF/gas 4. Grease two 20cm spring form cake tins with a little butter, line the bases with greaseproof paper, then dust lightly with flour.

2. Beat the butter and sugar together with a wooden spoon until very light and fluffy. Add the eggs one by one, making sure you beat each one in well before you add the next, then fold in the flour, food colouring and zest from 1 lemon. Divide between the prepared cake tins, spreading it out well with a spatula, then place in the hot oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden and an inserted skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool slightly, then carefully turn out onto a baking rack to cool completely.

3. Meanwhile, to make the icing, sift the icing sugar into a large bowl, add the butter and beat until pale and creamy. Halve the vanilla pod lengthways, scrape out the seeds and add them to the bowl. Add the cream cheese, finely grate in the zest of 1 lemon and add a squeeze of juice, then beat until just smooth – it's really important not to over-mix it.

4. Once cooled, use a thin knife to halve the sponges horizontally into circles. Reserving the prettiest sponge for the top, spread one-third of the icing onto one of the cooled sponges, then place it, icing-side up, onto a cake stand. Spread the lemon curd onto another sponge and sandwich it on top. Repeat with the remaining ingredients, then top with the final sponge.

5. To make the drizzle icing, sieve the icing sugar into a large bowl, then gradually whisk in 1 tablespoon lemon juice until it forms a good drizzling consistency, adding a squeeze more juice to loosen, if needed. Spread the icing onto the cake, dot over the lemon curd, then use a skewer to ripple it through. Scatter over a few edible flowers (if using), then serve. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

250 g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing, softened

250 g self-raising flour, plus extra for dusting

250 g golden caster sugar

4 large free-range eggs

1 teaspoon natural yellow food colouring

2 lemons

3 tablespoons quality lemon curd

For the icing:

400 g icing sugar

150 g unsalted butter, at room

temperature

½ a vanilla pod

200 g cream cheese For the drizzle topping:

100 g icing sugar

2 tablespoons quality lemon curd

Parakeets in London If you take a stroll on a summer’s day through any of London’s many parks and green

spaces, you will probably enjoy listening to the many songs of different birds. However, if you find yourself walking through maybe Battersea or Richmond Park, you may find

yourself faced with an entirely different species of birds…

PARAKEETS!!!!!!

Parakeets actually originate from Australia where they call them budgerigars!

During early mornings and late afternoons they are most active. Visiting waterholes to drink, scurrying through the grass in search of seeds and flying from tree to tree. They shelter in trees and bushes in the heat of the day moving little, probably to conserve

moisture. Their natural diet consists of grass seeds, including weed seeds and sometimes ripening wheat.

They are hard to miss as they are so noisy. The natural breeding season is October to December. The average clutch of eggs is 5-8. The eggs hatch after about 17-18 days and

leave the nest after 30 days. A week later they are able to protect for themselves.

So, if they originate from Australia, you may ask, how did they end up here??

Well, Parakeet colonies have only lived in London in big numbers since the 1990’s, and theories have been put forward to explain their presence. It is generally accepted that just one single breeding pair of parakeets being released into the wild could have started the existing London parakeet colonies. It has also been suggested that a flock of the birds escaped from London’s Ealing studios during filming, that a container of the birds fell open at Heathrow airport, and that a large aviary collapsed during the storms of 1987,

releasing a significant number of the birds into the area.

PARAKEETS SOPHIA HEINSIUS

IGUANAS LUKE NEWLAND

Iguanas

Iguanas are a type of reptile. The Green Iguana is one of the most common species of iguana. Most iguanas have long toes to grip onto tree branches. The only iguana that doesn’t have long claws is the Marine Iguana. The Marine Iguana is the only amphibian iguana. Some people actually EAT iguanas and their dish is called 'Bamboo Chicken’.

Pictures of the galaxies in the IMAX These are the pictures of the galaxies in the IMAX in the London Science Museum. It is an amazing story. Year 5 went to see it and said it was absolutely cool. It is a story for 8-45 year olds.

This is what the Sun looks like These are all galaxies.

This is the movie Year 5 went to see at the Science Museum- Hidden Universe: Regards Vers L’infini

The twinkling things are the broken star.

This is where Year 5 were sitting and the massive

screen of wonders as well.

Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the moon, Americans Neil Armstrong andBuss aldrin, on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. This is the Apollo 11 crew Neil Armstrong (left), Buss Aldrin (middle), and Peter Conrad (right).

IMAX CINEMA AMELIE KLEIN

This is an exploded star. The gases are drifting away from each

Summer is

Unique, it’s one of a kind

Markets are busy and the sun is shining

Mothers are planting flowers in the garden

Earth is blossoming

Running around in the sun

Your heart pounding like a drum

SUMMER POEMS AGNES BYUN

SUMMER POEMS ALICE BROWN

Laughter and bliss

Each movement passes

Without even a miss

The grass so green

The sun so bright

Life seems a dream

No worries in sight

Summer is hot

All in a pot

Holidays are coming

Bees are humming

So summer is here

So let’s all cheer

Summer is

Utterly wonderful

Much more relaxing in the sun

Mmmm, ice cream yummy

Even the sun is happy

Rumbling tummy’s full of laughter

SUMMER POEMS LUCY BELL

BELLY OF THE BEAST

Monster in my tummy,

Why the growl?

I don’t think you’re a wolf

So I am unsure why you howl.

Monster in my tummy,

Why the bark?

You’re not a dog,

Or are you a monster from the dark?

Monster in my tummy,

Why the roar?

You aren’t searching prey,

I hope you’re not a Dinosaur!

Oh I know what you are!

I ate something funny,

Felt that I was to strive,

I ate some meat,

And I think you came alive!

A POEM ISABELLA & DARCY

INTERVIEW WITH .....

MRS GRIFFITHS

1) How long have you been teaching at the school? I have been a teacher at the school for 10 years 2) What is your favourite thing about being headmistress and why? My favourite thing about being head is giving out certificates because I get to find about why the children got the certificate. 3) What is your favourite thing to wear and why? My favourite thing is wear is a scarf because it makes my neck cosy. 4) Who is your favourite pop star and why? My favourite pop group is The Beatles because their music makes me want to dance. 5) What is your favourite TV show and why? My favourite TV show is Springwatch because it is about nature. 6) Where did you go to school? I went to the Oratory Primary RC School and I went to the Marist Convent Secondary School. 7) What is your favourite colour? Green because it reminds me of nature/Spring. 8) What is your favourite book? Milly Molly Mandy because I always wanted to live in the countryside and that is where the book is set. 9) What was your favourite toy where you were little? My Doll House. 10) What is your favourite holiday place and is it cold or hot? New York, cold and hot, and Hampshire, cold and hot. 11) What is your favourite movie? Mary Poppins because I like her magic.

INTERVIEW WITH.....

FATHER JOHN

Q1. Where do you originally come from?

I was born in Peru but my father was English and my mother was English

and Spanish.

Q2. Where did you go to school?

I went to 2 schools in Guatemala, 2 schools in the USA, 1 school in El Salvador, Summerfield in England and then Eton in England.

Q3. What is your favourite colour and why?

Blue because it is the colour of Eton, Cambridge and the sky.

Q4. What is your favourite book and why?

The Just William Books because he is always getting into scrapes and I like that.

Q5. Why did you become a priest?

Because I believed God was calling me.

Q6. What is your favourite thing about being a priest and why?

Among the things I enjoy doing, one of them is being the school chaplain.

Q7. What were you before you became a priest?

First I was a teacher in a Kenyan boys school for 2 years and then I did 2

years business in London.

Q8. How did you become an Oratory priest?

I did 2 years study at the Oratory church and then 3 years study at the Beda College Rome.

Q9. What is your full name?

John Stanley Fordham

Teacher Plant Animal Season Food

Mrs. Brown Agapanthas Elephant Summer Tiger Prawns

Ms. Jodoin Willow Tree Sting Rays Summer Thai Food

Mrs. Miller Sunflower Orca Summer Lamb

Ms. O’Brien Daffodils Dog Winters Cheese

Ms. Hennell Lily Chimps Autumn Pie & mash

Mr. Murphy Passion flower Elephant Summer Roast chicken

Ms. Cowen Palm Tree Dog Summer Chocolate

Ms. Foley Grass Dog Spring Indian

Mrs. De Meyer Aloe Vera Dog Summer All

Ms. Tanner Orchid Elephant Summer Lasagne

Mrs. Steinart Bluebell Dog Spring Boiled Eggs

Mrs. Usher Rose Donkey Spring Chocolate

Mrs. Pascoe Bluebell Otter Spring Scallops

Mr. Worsey Vine Horse Summer Cheese

Mrs. Hicks Peony Rose Flamingo Summer Oysters

Mrs. Watkins Rose Dog Summer Chocolate

Mr. Challens Cactus Penguin Summer Hummus

Mrs. Farrow Rose Dog Summer Chocolate

Mrs. Griffiths Sutculane Bird Autumn Avocado

Mrs. Mann Thistle Horse Spring Pizza

Mrs. Browns Rose Tiger Spring Pasta

Mr. Toro Hemp Bonobo Autumn Mexican Food

Ms. Piva Blue Orchid Turtle Summer Smoked Salmon

ORATORY STAFF FAVES ISSY CLOONAN & DARCY O’CONNOR

STAFF’S FAVOURITE THINGS

Our favourite pets: Loli’s: Pug

Izzy’s: Pekinese

Genevieve’s: Short haired Pomeranian

Sofia A’s: Rabbit

Agnes: White rabbit

Lucy: Robin

Hannah: Hamster

Darcy: French bulldog

Miriam: Tiger

Amelie: Fennec fox

Nicholas: Wolf

FAVOURITE PETS LORETTA CLOONAN

Colours White Black Red Orange

White

Black

Red

Orange

Pink

Yellow

Green

Brown

Purple

Blue

Colour + Picture Chart

COLOUR CHART AGNES BYUN

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Y E U I H O N V X O Z D E M L

E Y X H T D J V P L H X C C C

G S H Q N M N T F T G G Y F A

Y I D L D K Z W H B B X T D N

M C C V A T I Y A X R S Z O E

L P M J A L U N Z O M L D M O

B L U E B E L L S R I B A Y Q

C D W S V J I E I D Y L I L C

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N K N U D L M C Y L H I L L A

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DAISY

LILY

ROSE

TULIP

FLOWER WORD SEARCH

WORD SEARCH MIRIAM MCGINNIE

G R O W T H G R O A B A T R A A S A N U A S R O S E S U U M R R E G E G R A S S

B E E B E A C H E U A W S E D G E E A M Q O O D S S E T D M U L S U D A G F J E E F Y R T N U O C R S K D F S D D E R A

WORD SEARCH

GROWTH

TREES

SUN

BARBEQUES

SUMMER

SEA

SEEDS

ROSES

GRASS

BEACH

COUNTRY

FLOWERS

BAT

SAND

BED

SAT

WORD SEARCH ALICE BROWN

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WISH YOU ALL A VERY

HAPPY SUNNY HOLIDAY

GOODBYE AND GOD BLESS

FATHER JOHN

FOR

49 YEARS

AS

THE ORATORY PRIMARY SCHOOL CHAPLAIN