EDITION 4 50p Friday, 23 March 2012

P O R T A L P R E S S REPORTERS GAIN EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO THE MASTER CRIMINAL, ‘THE BEAR’ IN THE ZOO.

Following our exclusive interview with Lady Penelope in last week’s edition, Reporters from Press Office W managed to get a set of questions they had written to The Bear, via the Zoo Keeper.

The reporters waited patiently to see if The Bear would reply to their questions. Eventually they were contacted by The Bear, who had been able to record the answers to the reporters questions.

The reporters heard how sorry The Bear is about the whole thing. He claims that he didn’t really know what he was doing and had become confused when he saw the necklace through the window because it was “just so sparkly”.

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THE BEAR

I’M SORRY:E X C L U S I V E !

SAYS THE BEAR“ ”

See the full interview inside.

LAST WEEK’S STAR REPORTERS

LEWIS ARCHER, NATHAN MCANDREW, AMIEE ROBSON,

MIKAYLA AGNEW, KATIE KERRY, SUMMER HANN, ELEANOR JORDAN,

LEWIS STANTON, MELISSA WILSON, ANDREW DODDS, ALISHA MARSHALL, CONNOR CHARLTON, CHARDAY THOMPSON AND AIMEE

URWIN

LAST WEEK’S REPORTER LOUNGE LUNCH

ANDREW DODDS, AALIYAH WRIGHT, RHYA WILLIS,

CAITLYN ARCHER, WHITNEY HALL, CHARLI-SIOUX MCLEOD,

ETHAN MCLEOD, OLIVIA BALLANCE, MELISSA WILSON AND CHARDAY THOMPSON

 

EASTER FUNTO CELEBRATE EASTER, OUR EDITOR IN CHIEF, OLIVE STEIN HAS DECIDED THAT

WE ARE HAVING AN EASTER EGG COMPETITION! WHY NOT DECORATE YOUR EGG AND BRING IT INTO PORTAL PRESS

ON WEDNESDAY 28TH MARCH. THERE WILL BE 3 CATEGORIES FOR EGGS: REPORTER ONLY, REPORTER AND ADULT, OR ADULT

ONLY. OLIVE IS VERY KEEN TO SEE EGGS DECORATED IN A NEWSPAPER/REPORTER/

PRESS THEME! THE EGGS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING BY THE PUBLIC

ON THURSDAY AT 3PM!

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All your news and notices from Portal Press.

Easter HolidaysDon’t forget that we will close at 3pm next Friday for the Easter holidays! We will return to school on Tuesday 17th April.

(Nursery return on Wednesday 18th) Portal Press’ final edition will be published next Friday and therefore all children should return to

school (not work) in uniform on the 17th April. Please remember that our day begins at 8.50am prompt. The doors are open from

8.45am.

OVERALL ATTENDANCE LAST WEEK WAS AGAIN 96% WHICH IS ABOVE OUR TARGET OF 95%. PRESS OFFICE 1’S ATTENDANCE WAS 99% WELL DONE EVERYONE!!!

VouchersPlease, please, please keep sending your Tesco and Sainsbury vouchers and Nestle Box Top tokens in.  The deadline for ordering the box

top tokens is getting close, so if you have any lying around please just pop them into school.Thank you.

SEATON DELAVAL HALLSeaton Delaval Hall are hosting a variety ofoutdoor gardening activities for children during the Easter holidays.

Sunday 1st April -Create a Bee Garden11.00am –2.00pmMonday 2nd April -Gardening and Growing11.00am –2.00pm

Friday 6th April -Honeybees at Seaton Delaval Hall 11.00am –2.00pm (£3 booking advisable)And lots more…..

Normal admission prices apply to all activities(Except at the Spring Fair Saturday 14th April)  if interested or you would like to find out

more please ring 0191 237910 or www.nationaltrust.org.uk/seaton-delaval-hall

EASTER WALK TO SCHOOLDON’T FORGET TO WALK TO SCHOOL ON

WEDNESDAY 28TH MARCH 2012. PARENTS AND PUPILS WILL BE MET AT THE STARTING POINT

BY SCHOOL AND LOCAL AUTHORITY REPRESENTATIVES AND EVERYONE WILL WALK

TO SCHOOL TOGETHER.WHERE TO MEET: LIBRARY CAR PARK

DEPARTURE TIME:8.30AMIT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!ALL PUPILS WHO TAKE PART IN THE WALK MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A RESPONSIBLE

ADULT WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR SAFETY AT ALL TIMES DURING THE ACTIVITY.

The Hobby Club:Let’s Build it!By Destiny Armstrong and Jamie Potts

We want to talk to you about a hobby of ours – playing with LEGO. We love LEGO. Between us we own Lego City Space Airport,, Lego City Police Station and Lego Star Wars. You can make lots of things with LEGO.

If you love LEGO you can visit Lego Land which is in Windsor. Lots of kids love going there. It’s really big and fun. You can get LEGO sweet bags and free models.

Here are some fun facts about LEGO that we have found out.More than 400 million children and adults will play with LEGO this year.

★The LEGO club has 2.7 million members.

★If you built a tower of 40,000,000,000 LEGO bricks it would reach the moon.

★On average there are 62 LEGO bricks for every single person in the world.

★Seven LEGO sets are sold every single second.

★The word LEGO comes from the first two letters of the Danish words LEG GODT.

THE MADCAP WORLD OF PROFESSOR CRANKPOT

Professor Crankpot is very forgetful. He has lots of ideas for new invention but sometimes he can’t remember which materials are best to use. Press Office W have put together a guide to help Professor Crankpot and everyone else know more about materials.

A GUIDE TO RECOGNISING YOUR M A T E R I A L S

M E T A LCan be hard, heavy, smooth, stiff, rigid and is not see through.

W O O DCan be hard, heavy, snapped, cut, bendy or rigid, used for buildings and comes from trees.

P L A S T I CCan be heavy or light, smooth or rough, rigid or bendy, see through or not see through.

G L A S SCan be hard, rigid, fragile, heavy or light and see through.

F A B R I CCan be soft, rough, flexible, comfy, and smooth

By Press Office W

Captain Scott Visits Portal PressWell a look alike at least!By Aimee Urwin

On Friday the 16th March Captain Scott paid Portal Press a visit! It was really Mr Ellison but it was still fun. He came to show reporters how to survive in the wild and cold places l ike Antarctica.

Mr Ellsion said, “You need to take a proper camping oven to cook your food on. You can take bags of rice and curry. You need to eat lots of calories in sub zero temperatures to keep you fit and heathy.”

Then Mr Ellison explained about the clothes you would need to wear to make sure you don’t get frost bite. You need to wear lots of layers.

Reporters had a try at building tents and make shift shelters.

All reporters had a really good morning. Make sure you look at our newspaper on-line to see us building our tents and shelters!

To celebrate this huge milestone we are planning lots of exciting events during 2012 and will let you know more about these soon.

While we prepare there are a few things you can do to help!

If you have, or anyone you know has, any photos or memorabilia from the history of our school that we could borrow during our celebrations please send them into school. (clearly named please)

As part of the celebrations we will be collecting stories from people about their time and relationship with our school. Former pupils, current parents, retired teachers, or anyone who has been part of the history of Bedlington Station First School has a story to tell. You may have valuable information, anecdotes, fond memories or a memorable experience that could help us piece together a picture of our school over the past 100 years. These contributions will all be used during the celebrations and may be included in our ‘100years100stories’ project.

Come along to our 100th Birthday Bash on Saturday 30th June at 2pm!

Tell people! If you know a former pupil who has moved away, let them know about our centenary. Do you know of a community member who was a previous pupil or staff member but now doesn’t have a direct link to our school? We are particularly interested in hearing from people who have information about the early life of our school. Did your Grandparents or Great Grandparents used to tell you about their time at our school? We want to hear from you!

If you have any information or stories for us you can send them by:Email to bedlingtonstationfs@me.comPost to Bedlington Station First School, School Road, Bedlington Station, Northumberland, NE227JQFax to 01670 826810

We are looking forward to an exciting year and we hope you will join us in our celebrations.

We know we donʼt look it..but Bedlington Station First School is 100!

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The results o f t h e investigation

into which m a t e r i a l

k e e p s w a t e r warmest for longest

are now available! Reporters in Office 4 and 3 carried out the investigation this week and both found that the fleecy material (100%polyseter) kept water in jars warmest for the longest period of time.

The temperature of the water started at 53 degree celcius. Two hours later the water in the jar wrapped in fleecy material had dropped to 25 degrees celcius, whilst the water in the

jar wrapped in foil had dropped to 24 degrees celcius. The jar that was left unwrapped had cooled the most with the temperature being 20 degrees celcius.

Keeping Warm: By Press Office 4

Which Material is best? What has a bottom at its top?Legs!

What do you call a dog on a beach?A hot dog!

What do you call a camel with three lumps?Lumpy

What stays in the corner but travels around the world?A stamp

What’s a horse’s favourite sport?Stable tennis.

By Press Office 4

On Tuesday I went to see the X Factor Live. I went with my mam and dad, my sister Emily and my mam’s friend. It was really exciting. First to sing was Amelia Lily. After Amelia it was Kitty singing “Edge of Glory” by Lady GaGa. She was standing on a massive table with a long dress. It was

freaky! I think the best singers were Little Mix. They won the competition on the night (even though it was just a tour). The X Factor tickets were a Christmas present so when I left the show I said a big thank you to my man and dad! I would give the X Factor show five stars out of five.

My X Factor Experience By Katie Davison

What do I see?By Lewis StantonWalking through the jungle what do I see ? I see a terrific tiger looking for his tea. Walking through the jungle what do I see? I see a funny frog looking for his key.Walking through the jungle what do I see? I see a slithery snake looking for his bee.Walking through the jungle what do I see? I see a scary spider looking for his flee.Walking through the jungle what do I see? I see a golden gorilla looking for his knee.

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How Could It Be?By Keigan Jackson and Jess SterryEgg in the Microwave. What do we see? Liquid turns to solid. How could it be? Chocolate in the Microwave. What do we see? Solid turns to liquid. How could it be? Butter in the Microwave. What do we see? Solid turns to liquid. How could it be? Milk in the microwave. What do we see? Milk still is a liquid. How could it be? Chips in the microwave What do we see? Chips get hot. How could it be? Orange juice in the microwave. What do we see? It’s still a liquid. How could it be?

The Cat on the MatBy Melissa WilsonThe cat sat on the mat. He wore a lovely hat. The cat was white. He scared the lady in the middle of the night. The lady got a fright. She bumped her head. She went to bed and dreamt of dogs instead.

Jungle WalkBy Rebecca HanlonWalking through the jungle what do I see? I see a terrifying tiger looking for his tea.Walking through the jungle what do I see? I see a slithery snake looking at me.Walking through the jungle what do I see? I see a zig zag zebra staring at me.Walking through the jungle what do I see? I see a growling gorilla looking for me.Walking through the jungle what do I see? I see a silly spider looking for his tea

JungleBy Rebecca HanlonWalk ing through the jungle what do I see? I see a silver snake having his tea.Walk ing through the jungle what do I see? I see a messy monkey climbing a tree. Walking through the jungle what do I see? I see a lost lion looking for me.Walk ing through the jungle what do I see? I see a scary spider looking for his tea!

What are you? By Eleanor Jordan

My Mammy works at Asda. My Daddy works at Draeger. My cousin is a pop star. My brother is a footballer. I am a number solver. What are you?

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T h i s w e e k , ‘ m y l i f e ’

co lumnis t , Logan Reed tells us about his life and his fantastic weekend. “ I h a v e h a d a brilliant weekend at Centre Parks. I went with my family. It was m y b i r t h d a y o n Saturday. We went swimming and then we played tennis. Me and my mum won the game. We had a tea

party at the lodge and had a football cake. O n S u n d a y w e watched Newcastle vs N o r w i c h C i t y . Newcastle won and Cisse scored the goal. I got a Bart Simpson remote control car off my brother and a noisy guitar off my G r a n d m a a n d Grandad. We had a safe journey home and I am looking forward to going to work at Portal Press tomorrow.

By Logan Reed

Press Office 3 and 4 have taken part in a survival morning. These are the essential items every explorer needs to take to Antarctica.

In terms of clothing you need to take lots of warm layers to wear. You need specially designed clothing such as boots, hats, scarves, and thick coats. All of this will keep you warm in the harsh weather. You also need to take really warm gloves to keep your hands warm and to stop you getting frostbite. It helps if you take 2 body warmers, two wooly jumpers and a balaclava as well. Thermal underwear is also essential!

For your camping gear you have to bring your own tent or bivouac, survival bag, mat and a sleeping bag.

You have to take these things to keep you alive whilst camping. In Antarctica you need to take lots of food to keep your energy levels up. Eating plenty of sweets helps as well as other sugary foods. Packets of dry food can be mixed with boiling water to make simple meals when out in Antarctica, and they do not take up much space in your bag.

To get around on the ice you need snowmobiles or bikes with thick tyres on. The thick tyres mean it will not sink into the soft snow. Airplanes need skis on and a lot of space to successfully land.

In order to be a successful explorer in Antarctica, all of the equipment above is vital to surviving the harsh weather conditions.

Surviving Antarctica: By Press Office 4

What would you need?

Yesterday I...Ate an Apple,Battered a fish,Clapped a beat,Dodged a ball,Exchanged a car,Fixed a van,Graduated,Hit a ball,Invented a machine,Jumped over a river,Kicked a ball,Laughed at a joke,Missed the bus,Navigated a car,

Opened a packet of biscuits,Played a game,Queued for a show,Raked the leaves,Sat on a seat,Tasted my dads curry,Used a tool,Visited my grandma,Went to the swimming baths,X-rayed my leg,Yelled at my brother, and....Zipped my coat up.What a busy day!

Past Tense Alphabet!

P o e t r y C o m p e t i t i o n

If you are good at writing poems then send your poetry in with your reporter this week. The winning poems will be printed in next weeks paper. Good Luck!By Press Office 3

THIS WEEK THE ART GROUP ‘POW!’ CONTINUE THEIR EXPLORATION OF TEMPORARY ARTWORKS. THIS WEEK THEY USE METAL, PLASTIC, GLASS AND WOOD.

“I put a glass marble in the middle plastic cd. I also put some in a plastic pot..” Rebecca

“I used metal glass marbles. It is a face. The metal bits are the teeth.” Bailey

“It has lots of bits all together. The metal balls are mixed up with the plastic circles.” Holly

“I used the wooded lolly sticks to make a triangle on the plastic cd.” Josie

By Press Office W

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Portal Travel

Travel to: Ireland

By Katie KerryYou would love to visit Ireland

if you like a mixture of city and countryside. Dublin is the capital of Ireland and can

be a busy city.

Travel to: Egypt

By Saphyre AlexanderThere are about 69 million people

living in Egypt. The main language spoken there is Arabic. There are

about 80 pyramids known in Egypt. If you love boiling hot

weather then this is the place to visit.

Travel to: Brazil

By Kayti-Lee BrownYou would love to visit Brazil,

if you like wild animals. The Amazon rainforest is in Brazil so

even when it rains it is hot. Brazil has lots of trees,

waterfalls and grass.

Travel to: Antarctica

By Tanya WattsAntarctica is the 5th coldest place in

the world. If you visit this place you will definitely need to bring a coat, hat, gloves and scarf. If you visited this

place you would definitely see penguins and some other

sea animals.

Visit Bedlington

Station

On Tuesday 20th March Press Office 2 went on a walk around Bedlington Station. First, we got ready by going to the toilet and putting our coats on. Then, we sat on the carpet and Miss Tuart put us with a partner and explained that we would be following a map to help us get around Bedlington Station. Next, we set off on our way. We left our press office and walked down the street. The first thing we passed was the church. Miss Tuart asked us to put this on

our map. It was hard to follow the map at first but Miss Tuart helped us. We turned and continued to walk up the street passing a few houses and shops, putting them on our maps as we went. We stopped several times to put things on our maps. We eventually made our way back to our Press Office. When we got back, Saphyre said to Miss Tuart “I love doing this. It’s so much fun.” She was right!

The Big Walk: Bedlington Station

By Beth Darbyshire and Christopher Blackwood

At Bedlington Station First School

For Girls aged 5 to 7 years old

Thursdays (term time) 4:15pm till 5:15pm

For more information please call:

Claire Wakenshaw on 01670 820409

Leaders are qualified and all volunteers are police checked

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HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN WAS IN TOUCH WITH ACORN PRESS AGAIN THIS WEEK. She has decided to hold a party just for children. She knows that children love to make a mess so she would like Acorn reporters to find the messiest material suitable for her children’s party. Each day a new material arrived for the reporters to explore. They had messy squelchy mud, sticky spaghetti, drippy gloop and smooth soft shaving foam. The reporters lost no time in getting to grips with all this mess. They then decided which material the Queen should use by putting marks next to their favourite mess! Here are the results: Spaghetti, Mud, Gloop and Shaving foam. The Queen has been sent the results and Acorn reporters hope the children’s party goes very messily!

Messy Mud!by Press Office A

The Winner:After the Reporters

finished investigating the messy materials they decided that the Shaving Foam

AND the Mud should both be

used at the Queenʼs Party!

Come and be part of ‘The

Capsule’!

The Capsule is Bedlington Station First School’s online ‘Time

Capsule’. A record of our school for the future. However we

want The Capsule to represent our community too. If you

have a contribution for The Capsule, a short story, some

photographs, a video, or anything else,

that you would like included please visit

the site for more information.

www.station.northumberland.sch.uk

Cartoon: Mickey Mouse

It is about Mickey Mouse and his friends. I like it when Mickey goes on the train with his friends I would give this cartoon 5 out of 5 stars.

By Charlie Storey

Cartoon: Tom and Jerry

It is about a cat and a mouse. I like it when Tom runs away. I would give it 5 out of 5 stars

By Kelsie Wakenshaw

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Cartoon: Scooby Doo

It is about a dog, a boy and a girl. I like it when Scooby Doo jumps into Shaggy’s arms! I would give it 5 out of 5 stars.

By Lucas Rushton

Cartoon: Mickey Mouse

It is about a mouse. I like it when Mickey runs away. I would give it 5 out 5 stars.

By Holly Mills

Press Office W review their favourite cartoons!

Cartoon: The Simpsons

It is about a Mam and Dad. I like ti when Homer strangles Bart! I would give it 4 out of 5 stars

By Marley McLean

Which cartoon do you like the best?

Hello, and welcome to ‘Q&A’ This week Press Office W interviewed the criminal behind the Lady Penelope robbery...The Bear!

Hello, and welcome to ‘Q&A’ This week Press Office W interviewed the criminal behind the Lady Penelope robbery...The Bear!

Why did you steal Lady Penelope’s

necklace?

I was walking past Lady Penelope’s house and I saw the necklace through the window. And it was just so sparkly that I had to have it! I wasn’t really thinking properly.

Do you think Lady Penelope will be your

friend?

I don’t know really. I hope so! I am very sorry for what I did. I didn’t mean to upset her!

What is like in the Zoo? Hmmm, It’s alright I suppose. Not as nice as being outside and out and about. But it’s ok. The feed me well and look after me. But it would be nice to be able to run about more.

How do you feel about getting caught

and locked up in the Zoo?

I shouldn’t have done what I did, so I suppose really that I got what I deserved! I am very sorry about it though!

How do you feel now that the bear is

locked up in the Zoo?

I have mixed feeling about it to be honest. I am pleased that justice has been done, but I do feel a bit sorry for the bear. I don’t think he realised he was hurting anyone.

What would you say to Lady Penelope? I would just like to say that I am very, very sorry! I hope she feels better now that she has her necklace back

What will you do when you get out of

the Zoo?

I think I’ll go on holiday. Somewhere nice and quiet, where I can think about what I did.

W I T H T H E B E A R , C U L P R I T O F T H E N E C K L A C E R O B B E R Y !

S e e t h e f u l l v i d e o i n t e r v i e w i n ʻT h e S t a t i o n R e p o r t e r : O n l i n e ʼ !

Next week in the review zone: Press Office W review their favourite Movies!

“I think it was made my a meteorite from outer space. Something like that could have made the hole. It is a very strange mystery, very intriguing.”

Mrs Redshaw - Portal Press Office

In 2006, a big hole was discovered in the northern part of Antarctica. As soon as the discovery was made, the US military said they had nothing to do with it. Are they acting suspicious? Could it be have been made by someone else? Nobody knows. It is a mystery because every country signed a contract saying that they will not destroy any parts of Antarctica.The hole is 30 metres tall and 90 metres wide. It is big enough to fly a plane in and out of.Press office 3 have been asking staff around Portal Press this week to try and answer this Antarctic mystery. Receptionist at Portal press, Mrs Redshaw believes it was made by a meteor - just one of many theories out there.Reporter Chloe Crosby comments, “I think it was a bomb”, and reporter Michael Lee thinks it is some sort of tunnel.Other Reporters in Press Office 2 have some different opinions. Matthew Dodds thinks that “an alien spaceship made the hole.”Abbi Tate thinks that “the US military made the hole to hide weapons.”There are certainly a lot of unanswered questions about this mystery hole in Antarctica. Do you know something we don’t? If so contact us, we would love to hear your theories.You can look at the hole yourself on Google Earth. The co-ordinates for the hole are –66.553217, 99.838294.

An Antarctic Mystery:A Strange Hole By Press Office 3

This Week in History:

1839 - The first recorded use

of "OK" was used in Boston's Morning

Post.

1840 - The first

successful photo of the Moon was taken.

1998 - The movie "Titanic"

won 11 Oscars at the Academy

Awards.

1903 - Niagara

Falls ran out of water due to a

drought. 1980 - On the TV

show "Dallas", J.R. Ewing was

shot.

1891 - Britain became

linked to the continent of Europe

by telephone.

Who had an encounter with the three bears?

What is the name of Winnie the Pooh’s donkey friend?

Who was created by Gepetto the woodcarver?

Who is the bear in The Jungle Book?

What kind of creature was defeated by the Three Billy Goats Gruff?

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Who leads a gang of outlaws in Sherwood Forest?

KidsBigBrainy

Quiz!

The

Answers: Goldilocks, Eeyore, Pinocchio, Baloo, Troll, Leonardo Da Vinci, Robin Hood