Golfing Girls

I play golf at Brokenhurst golf club.
When you play golf you have to have a handicap,
(Girls: 36 and Boys: 28 at the most). Your handicap determines how many shots you get and how well you play. I cut mine from 32 to 29 last Tuesday.

There are lots of competitions you can enter, some in teams and some on your own.
Last Saturday I played in a competition with one of my mum’s friends. The competition was the Ping Four Ball Better Ball. We took the best score on every hole and tried to get the most points. My Mum and her partner had got to the Grand Final two years running and were going for a 3rd.

My team ended up with 41 points but so did my mum’s team, oh no! This meant it went down to countback, counting back to see how many points each team had managed to get. On the back 9 we had the same amount of points, back six we had the same amount of points and the back three we had the same, but my team won on the last hole!

I found out a few weeks later that because of our score I got to the regional finals! I was so excited as we ended up six under par and came 21st out of 72 teams!

Let’s hope I get to the Grand Final like my Mum has for the last two years running!!

By Charlotte

Funny Jokes

Knock knock .
Who’s there?
Boo!
Boo Hoo!
Don’t cry it was only a joke!


How do monkeys get down the stairs?They slide down the banana-ster!

A child comes home from his first day at school. Mother asks, “What did you learn today?”The kid replies, “Not enough. I have to go back tomorrow.”


Early one morning, a lady went in to wake up her son. “Wake up, son. It’s time to go to school!”
“But why Mom? I don’t want to go.”
“Give me two reasons why you don’t want to go.”
“Well, the kids hate me for one, and the teachers hate me, too!”
“Oh, that’s no reason not to go to school. Come on now and get ready.”
“Give me two reasons why I should go to school.”
“Well, for one, you’re 52 years old. And for another, you’re the Principal!”

Why don’t sharks like to eat clowns?Because they taste funny!


Why did the turtle cross the road?To get to the shell station!

Did you hear about the man who was tap dancing?He broke his ankle when he fell into the sink.

Did you hear about the stupid yachtsman who had his arm cut off so that he could sail round the world single-handed.

Knock knock.
Who's there?
Onya.
Onya who?
Onya marks, get set, go.

Knock, knock.
Who's there?
July.
July who?
July or do you tell the truth?

An insurance agent's wife was learning to drive when the brakes gave out. "What should I do?" she cried. "Brace yourself, and try to hit something cheap."

By Charles

An Interview with Clare Kennedy from the Daily Echo

The Orchard School Journalism Club asked a reporter from the Daily Echo if she would like to come to our school. Her name was Clare Kennedy and we asked her some questions about being a reporter and her job. Here are some that we thought of:

Firstly, we asked her how reporters think of stories. Clare replied,“We usually find our stories from the services (Police, Fire Brigade and Ambulance), meetings, the local courts and sometimes, people just phone in with stories.

Secondly, we asked her; how do you write an interesting story.
She said,“Always use the five W’s, What, Why, When, Where and Who. The intro should be small and tell you straight what it’s about.

Next we asked her; how do you encourage the reader to read on? She said, “It has to be interesting and has to make sense. It also needs a bit of flavour added to it.

After that, we also questioned Clare about how long it usually takes to write a good story. Clare told us that it could take from one minute to one week and you must get it done extremely quickly.

Finally, we asked Clare if she ever worked in pairs on stories. She stated that reporters usually work alone.

We found our first interview exciting and interesting, and very useful because it helped us learn how to write a story like the professionals do!

By Professional Reporters Ellen and Harry

Schooltastic!!

Words
Teachers, Learning, Children, English, Science, School, Maths, Funny, Games, Art.

By

Megan

and

Charlotte

How to draw a cartoon rabbit

Begin with the head. Very lightly draw a couple of ovals

Now rub out the middle bits and join the edges together smoothly to make a head shape.

Next we will add the bunny's ears which are simple blobs. Remember that they go behind the head, so don't forget a little overlap

The body is another blob, like a circle that has been squeezed at the sides.

Add the arms and the legs .

And finally add some paws and a face !

GOOD LUCK!!!

By Rhianna

How to draw a cartoon monkey

It is great fun to draw a chimpanzee. Let's start with an oval and two circles for the head and eyes








Next add a large oval for the light area around the nose and mouth.









Then add a line to separate the eyes from the rest of the head and put pupils in the eyes.












And add a mouth and nostrils and of course a big pair of ears and there is your chimpanzee.










Colour your chimp with a dark shade for the fur and a lighter shade for the ears and face.











This is your final product. GOOD LUCK!!!


By Rhianna

Top Tips For Noadswood

Listen up Year 6s; your worries are over!
Every Orchard pupil in Year 6 has their moments of, ‘I don’t want to go to big school!’ but this only occurs because of certain rumours such as: on your first day, your going to get egged! Or you’re going to get your head flushed down the loo!
None of this is true, since only the Year 7s go to school on the first day, the rest of the school come the next day. We have spoken to ex Orchard pupils who say they are very happy at their secondary school.

Top tips:
· Warning! You may need a folder or two-or three …OK five!
· Try to make friends with older pupils to show you around and back you up.
· Don’t worry about getting lost, you’ll be given a map!

From your U. C. Ws (unidentified clever writers!)