Christmas Jumper Day

MERRY CHRISTMAS! It was Christmas Jumper Day on Friday 12^th December and if a pound was paid, you could come in your own clothes!  Ho ho ho! Of course you were encouraged to get festive and dress in a Christmas jumper or it wouldn’t be called ‘Christmas Jumper Day’. But, jumpers weren’t all the same. Some were silly, some lit up, and some weren’t even Christmas related. But Miss Vlaikidou was not the full-blown Mrs Santa I hoped for.

Apart from that, we found out that Kings have the least negative behaviour points!

P.S. I was 4^th on the nice list, beaten by Becky Marks, Lauren Lummis and Abbie Bennett.

Written by Jamie Tait

Additional Assistance by Kyle Snape

Niklaus Tag- German Christmas Tradition.

In Germany, on the 6th December 2014, people there remember the late St. Nikolaus, not to be confused with the English ‘Santa’ who Germans call ‘Weihnactsmann’ Literally: Christmas Man.

St.Nikolaus originally (St.Nicholas) was from Ancient Greece and was remembered for preforming miracles and curing ill-people. On a less serious note, St.Nikolaus left presents for children.

It is tradition for Children in Germany to leave their shoes out overnight, in hope to wake the next morning with sweets from ‘St.Nikolaus’ to remember just a little bit of what he did. However, only good, well-behaving children get a visit from St.Nikolaus.

If you’ve not been so good; the Children of Germany get a visit from ‘Krampus’ ,a demon, who goes to scare the Children and question them about why they don’t have good behaviour. Legend has it, that the Krampus carries a sack, where he kidnaps childrens and takes them to his lair.

Depending on where you live, St.Nikolaus day will be observed differently, but the main celebrations are held in Germany and Austria.

By Holly Woodcock

PSHE DAY

Welcome to Kings’ blog. On Thursday the 27th November 2014 it was Clayton’s PSHE day.

 Year 7 had a visitor who gave us a talk on road safety and then were split into two groups: forms 1-6 were Kings’ 1, and forms 7-12 were Kings' 2. We all had to design posters about bullying, and answer quizzes about our personalities.

Meanwhile, the year elevens were nervously getting their mock exam results. Year ten were doing PE team building activities. Year nine were doing Business Studies and their options. Year eight were learning about the dangers of drugs and alcohol.

Apologies that we covered so much about year 7’s, our fellow King’s bloggers are absent and hopefully will return soon. Thank you for reading our blog don’t forget to tune in for the next edition.

 

                                   By Jamie Tait and Rosie Edwards Y7