The UTCN newspaper team: • Editor – Chloe Woodward • Design manager- Harry Moore • Reporter – Luke Duffy • Reporter – Lizzie Whitehouse • Reporter- Ethan Perry • Reporter- Jayden Taylor • Reporter/ photographer – Amy Ray Other credit: Finn smith, Freddy Strange, Oliver Burgess and Arwen Stewart

FESTIVE FUN EXCLUSIVE !

Get the latest info on the upcoming festive activities With the updated contents featured in this newspaper, at UTCN! you’ll be fully aware of the joyous week ahead. Featuring details on Christmas, News and School With Christmas fast approaching, you’ll want to get events each issue, this 1st edition will help all. in on all the info about how our school is celebrating in this issue. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this issue, please contact [email protected] Details on the engineering extravaganza are also ample in this Christmas paper, with maybe even a hint of help from our fellow peers on the pictures.

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Y11 CHRISTMAS PROJECT Every year practical engineering students get the chance to design and manufacture a Christmas ornament, such as a tree. However, this year our fantastic Year 11 group have worked hard to design a sleigh. They are using an aluminium sheet, box steel and a ping-pong table. The back compartment of the sleigh will be filled with essential donations for the local food banks, with the help of form groups and the public. Two lanterns will hang from the front and there will be an awesome seat for someone to sit in. The overall design process took two weeks, and the product is now finished and sat in reception.

ALL ABOUT THE TOP CHRISTMAS SONGS FOR YOUR PLAYLIST LIBRARY 10.) A spaceman came travelling – Chris de The UTCN library is split into Burgh 11 wonderful sections: non- 9.) Carol of the bells - Pentatonix fiction, fiction, magazines, 8.) Christmas lights – Coldplay the reading chain, the rainbow collection, comic 7.) It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas – books, manga, fantasy, Michael Bublé science fiction, the well-being 6.) Merry Christmas everyone – Shakin' Stevens section, and the blue dot 5.) Snow – Leslie Odom, Jr. section. Our fantastic Librarians Mrs. Settle and 4.) Last Christmas - Wham! Miss. Johnson are always on hand to help, along with our 3.) Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande amazing student librarian team if you ever have any 2.) Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses questions. Look at the next 1.) All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah page for more detail… Carey

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CORONAVIRUS UPDATES General news- • A new vaccine should be ready by Easter • People working from home have been asked to do so until April • The daily recorded cases have lowered since the 12th of October School – • Masks are being worn in corridors, in classrooms by teachers and on school transport (including to and from P.E)

• A one-way system is still in place • Year group bubbles are in place as well

SCHOOL VS CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS As you may have seen, certain classrooms have a bit of sparkle to them recently because of the nearing festivities. JOKES 1.) Why do Dasher and A little tinsel and some Christmas themed décor here and Dancer love coffee? there along with the mini trees greeting guests in Because they are Santa's reception, it’s an awesome addition to the school mood. Star Bucks!

With Christmas nearing, it poses the question. Should 2.) What do you call an there be more? outlaw who steals gift wrapping from the rich to give to the poor? Obviously, Christmas decorations are nice to look at and can help to lift the mood, so do we have enough around Ribbon hood school? 3.) Why didn't Rudolph Personally, I think there should be more. Bringing get a good report card?

merriness at an especially rough time in the world surely Because he went down in cannot be a bad thing. history!

VENDING MACHINE YES OR NO

So, by now I’m sure you’ve all seen the fabulous new vending machine, but the real question is, is it a smart way to avoid the queue or a money vacuum? Near to the exam hall entrance, the box of treats sells a variety of things you have likely seen. From Mars Bars to Pepsi. Is this too repetitive though? The school café sells exactly the same items, so do we really think this new vending machine is necessary?

However, the vending machine is an easy escape, if you’ve forgotten your lunch card or the queue is too long the vending machine allows you to use your credit card, so it’s an easy fix.

No matter the case, what is your opinion on it? We would love for some opinions for our next newspaper issue. Maybe a poll, maybe some strong opinions. Why not contribute?

REVISION TIPS EVENTS 1.) Post it notes everywhere – put key • Last day of term – 18th information or equations that you need to know on post it notes and put them in of December places you visit regularly like your fridge • First day back – 2.) Revise in different places - revising in Tuesday the 5th of different places helps you learn, so take January (Week A) your revision to your local park, your garden • 13th and 14th of January or even a Costa Y11 progress evening 3.) Go for a run - it is proven that exercise • Year 13 mock exams helps your brain to focus information so start on the 1st of taking a break or exercise will benefit your revision February

CLUBS SLEIGH EXCLUSIVE Norwich food bank ‘Trussell trust’ arrived to Week A Yr10 collect the donated food from the school sleigh. A volunteer driver for the charity said, “This is the Week B Y11 biggest donation that I have seen all year and will be delivered to those that need it within the next Mon – Y10 Debate team couple of days”. The food donation will be greatly beneficial to local people in Norwich that really Y11 Newspaper need it. Along with the food donation, the profits from the selling of the sleigh have also been Tues – Chess donated to the food bank. Mr. Moseley (Braxton’s father) won the bidding on the item with a 3-figure Wed – Board games donation paid directly to the charity in exchange for the sleigh. The real question though is why he Thurs – Mandarin Club wanted to purchase the sleigh? When questioned he said “When I heard that all funds were going to Fri – “How to read the food bank, I thought that after this tough year it would be amazing to buy it and help raise music” money. I also thought that it would be something I could keep for a long time and be proud of why it Book club is also once a was made. I plan to display it in my garden every month, talk to Miss. year wrapped with Christmas lights.” Finally, a huge thank you to everyone that was involved in Johnson for more making the sleigh, all of the teachers are very information proud of what was accomplished and the amount of money that it helped to raise. Well done to everyone involved!