Edition 88 Team A November 13th 2015 Founded by Ben Owen in 2011

By Isabelle Preston

Editorial

Queen Victoria Rocks!

by Jeanne Vron

Victoria was queen for 63 years. Until September

2015, she was the longest reigning monarch that
Britain ever had. That record is now held by
Queen Elizabeth II.
Queen Victoria was the very first monarch to live
in Buckingham Palace in London in 1838.
Victoria was only her second name: her first
name was Alexandrina.
Victoria was surprisingly small, less than 5 foot
tall! She became queen aged 18 and died at the
age of 81. She left special instructions for her
funeral: the whole of London was decorated in
purple and white as the queen did not like black
funerals.
Victoria was also the first British monarch to use
the title "Empress of India", given to her in 1876.

Hello and welcome to yet another issue of

Totally Tockington - the paper written FOR
students BY students! This weeks theme is
history! Travel back in time to ancient Egypt
with Hannah Williams, then look at some
amazing illustrations by the Brownings. Then
why not finish off by reading Jeannes article on
Queen Victoria? Yes we have got a treat for
you! All this and more inside Totally
Tockington!
Georgina Loring
Editor Team A
Jeannes article continued from Column 1

Finally in 2005, a rock formation resembling the

face of Queen Victoria was spotted in
Boscastle in Cornwall. Have a look at the
pictures below. What do you think? Spitting
image or not?

The Penny Black, the first adhesive stamp in the

world, was released in Britain on May 1st 1840.
This stamp showed Queen Victoria's profile
against a black background.
The Victoria sponge cake was named after
Queen Victoria who was known to enjoy a slice
of the sponge cake with her afternoon tea.
Although Queen Victoria looked like a very
serious woman, she had a fun side too: she
enjoyed a good joke, going to the opera, dancing
and playing the piano. She even had a pet
African grey parrot called Coco which could sing
"God Saved The Queen"!!!
Time for a joke: what happened when one of her
37 grand-children misbehaved? Answer: Queen
Victoria was having a bad heir day!
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Acknowledgements: BBC News website

Well Im amused, says Ms Case, but would
Queen Victoria be?

Editor-in-Chiefs Comment

The History Of Horse Riding

By Georgina Loring

At first, there were the Caveman, hunting for

food with spears made out of wood and stone,
dwelling in Caves, and living for around 25
years.

Since this weeks theme is history, I decided to

do: the history of horse riding!
We dont know the exact time humans started
riding horses, but we do know that humans
started to interact with horses around 30,000
years ago. When people first met horses, we
probably ate them. Horses first originated in
South America where they became extinct from
hunting. The first evidence of people actually
riding horses was found in the graves of
warriors of men and women in Ukraine.

Then along came the Egyptians in Egypt, very

advanced humans who somehow built the
spectacular pyramids, and how they made them
is still a mystery today.
Next we had the Greeks, who created amazing
pottery and had cities such as Sparta which had
brutal soldiers.

How Riding Has Changed Over The Years

The Romans then were nextlater the

VikingsThen the Middle AgesGeorgians
VictoriansThen the Hippies in the 70s!... Then
Modern Man.

Horses were probably first ridden around 5000

years ago! We know this because
archaeologists have found early tack in burial
mounds. Horses began to be tamed which
meant they could be more easily ridden and
used for more things. Then they were used for
farming purposes like ploughing and pulling
heavy loads. Nowadays horses are used for
many things like riding, farm work, pulling heavy
loads and many more!

But what is next?

What will we become?
Heres some of my ideas:

Horses In War!

Horses were used in war from very early on to

make it easier to get to the battle and to move in
battle. Soldiers on horseback were known as
cavalry, a term that is still used today for tanks
and armoured vehicles. A horse used for war
was called a destrier.

We wont live for as long.

Reason: Less exercise and more laziness.
Our brains will become smaller.
Reason:Technology is doing everything for
us.
We may grow an extra arm.
Reason: To hold more tech!
Our eyes will grow.
Reason: We stare at gadgets and phones
for too long.
I know these sound quite grim, but who
knows? We dont know what we will be like
in the far future. Maybe we will be better or
maybe worse. We just have to let time
decide!

Horses for transport

Horses used to be widely used for transport,
especially before the invention of cars.
Nowadays most people dont use horse and
cart but a few people still do. On special
occasions the Queen goes round in her
carriage.

Alex Jacobi
EditorIn-Chief

Now we know that horses werent just used for

riding but many other things as well!
Acknowledgements
http://www.classical-equitation.com
http://www.horseswithamie.com

Images drawn by Ellie Parker

The Victorians Food

Sphinxes

by Ben Jacobi

by Elodie Preston

This weeks theme is history so I decided to do

my article on Victorian food. The Victorians ate
some pretty disgusting meals and here is a
typical menu.

The sphinx represents the Egyptian king as

protector of his people and conqueror of the
enemies of Egypt.
The Penn Museum in Philadelphia, USA, has a
sphinx that is the largest in the western
hemisphere and weighs approximately fifteen
tons. It belonged to Rameses the Second and
comes from Memphis in Egypt.

The Victorian Menu

It is carved out of red granite, which originated at

a quarry in Aswan at Egypts southern border.
The single massive block of stone was shipped
on the River Nile from Aswan to the Ptah temple
at Memphis, 600 miles north.

Starter
Flour soup
This is made from brown flour, hot water and salt

It was built around 1200BC but during much of its

history this statue was buried up to its shoulders
in sand. It was excavated by the Egyptian
Exploration Fund under the direction of the
famous archaeologist Sir William M. Flinders
Petrie. On the 18th of October 1913, the sphinx
arrived at the museum in Philadelphia.

Main
Pheasant with vegetablesVictorians used to hang their meat to get a better
flavour. Some preferred their meat or bird hung
until it went green and maggoty.

It was transported to the museum on a flat wagon

pulled by nine horses. It was then hoisted over
the wall by a team of workmen and placed on the
lawn.

Calves Foot JellyIt was a savoury jelly and was made with calfs
head and calfs feet boiled for a long time. Then
jelly was added together with calfs brains and
the mix was poured into a mould. Then
refrigerated enough to be able to slice it.

The British Museum in London has the Sphinx of

Taharqo, which came from Sudan in Africa.

Pudding
Eves pudding
Eves pudding contains apple, sugar, nutmeg and
currants to create one amazingly interesting
dessert...
Ms Case says:
Year 6 will tell you that this was all a feast
compared to what the orphans and families in the
workhouse in Oliver Twist got to eat three
small bowls of thin gruel a day (gruel was a type
of porridge but made with water and very thin and
grey); two raw onions a week and a half roll on
Sunday. No wonder Oliver asked for more!!

Great sphinx of Giza

Allens Extinct
Animals

The History of Mermaids

According to
Anya Constantinescu

By James & Gemma Allen

If you go onto the internet right now and search

up mermaid sightings you will find numerous
documents about people spotting them and
telling you where mermaids live. So today I am
going to save you the time and give you facts
and details about mermaids

Dodo
The dodo is a turkey-sized bird with tiny wings
that could not fly.
It was found on the island of Mauritius in the
Indian Ocean. It was about 1 metre long and
weighed 10-18kg. It had a yellow beak and
feet and brown-grey feathers. In 1598 hungry
sailors hunted and ate them to extinction. It
was last seen in 1662.
It was made famous because of the book Alice
in Wonderland. It is also remembered because
it made people aware how humans
involvement could wipe out an entire species.

What Do They Eat?

Merfolk live under the water (obviously) and
breathe under water through gills, like fish, so
they only eat seafood. They eat all kinds of fish,
even though people think that fishes are their
friends. What else are they supposed to eat?
They cant just live on seaweed!
History About How They Became...
Mermaids and mer-men evolved from fish then
over time grew a human half of their body.
Some people believe that you can evolve from
monkeys (our ancestors) although some people
believe that you evolve from fish, which means
our ancestors could have been mer-people!
What do you believe?

Please
dont eat
me

Mer living
Mer-people usually live in underwater houses
made of coral and sea stones. The houses
could be really tall like a flat or they could be
ordinary houses.

Thylacine
Every 7th of September in Australia they hold
National Threatened Species Day .The day is
in memory of the last Thylacine that died on
that date in 1936 at Hobart Zoo.
A thylacine used to weigh up to 30kg and grew
to 5 feet long (1.5m). It was a shy, nocturnal
creature which looked like a medium-to-large
size dog, except for its stiff tail and tummy
pouch (bit like a kangaroo) and dark stripes that
went along the top of its back (making it look a
bit like a tiger).They were also known as
Tasmanian wolves or tigers.
The reason they became extinct was because
they were considered dangerous and so were
hunted where they lived in Australia, Tasmania
& New Guinea. Sadly the truth is that they were
not a big problem.

What Do You Believe?

I definitely believe in mermaids because they
are so fascinating and there are so many stories
about them that are so exiting and interesting.
Here are some of the stories I suggest:
Mermaid of Zennor, The Little Mermaid (not the
Disney one) by Hans Christian Anderson.
Ive told you about what I believe, but what do
you believe?

Hannah the Time Traveller

by Hannah Williams

Hannah was sitting in the back of the classroom having a year 4 History lesson with Mrs Johnson. You
may think it was boring, but Hannah thought it was amazing and really interesting. Anyway, she got so
involved in what Mrs Johnson was saying that she started thinking, I wonder what it would be like to
really live in the time of the Ancient Egyptians?. Suddenly everything around her went black and she
felt a sudden movement she was transforming in some way! Crash! Boom! La la la la!
She woke up in a house of bricks, the hot sun on her face. She got out of bed and looked in the
wardrobe it was full of white tunics! Wow, I've never worn one of these before, she thought, as she
got herself dressed in one. She ran from the room and found herself in a kitchen and found a table
with food laid out for breakfast. She sat down and saw a lady and a man come through they looked
just like the Ancient Egyptians she had seen in her history book. They sat down at the table opposite
her and started eating their breakfast, talking to each other and paying no attention to her at all.
Hannah had realised by this point that she had travelled back in time and was invisible to them! She
looked around the room she could tell they were fairly rich because they had grapes, apples,
bananas and other fruit and vegetables. There was also some bread, which looked lovely. Hannah
realised she was hungry but when she tried to pick some up her hand went straight through it!
She was keen to explore and left the house. Outside she found a lake with a boat on it. She carefully
got in the boat and paddled out onto the lake. From here she could see the rest of the village and a
small market. She knew from her history lesson that the Ancient Egyptians did not use money but
were paid with food and clothing. She could see a woman bringing goods to a market stall, someone
making sandals and lots of mirrors.
In the distance she could see a pyramid. She paddled to the far side of the lake and walked closer to
get a better look. She could see there were people working on the pyramid, and she thought they
were definitely farmers because she had learnt that when the Nile flooded the farmers had to work on
the pyramids because their fields were flooded.
Hannah spent a long time watching what was happening all around her. She realised she should
probably go back to where she'd started, so she sailed back across the lake. On her way home, she
saw a teacher teaching a class, so she sat down at the back and listened. She saw the teacher was
holding up some paper that was made out of reeds and covered in hieroglyphics.
When she found the house, she went in and ran back into the bedroom. She was feeling tired and got
into the wooden bed.....
When she woke up, she was back in school and Mrs Johnson was asking the class to write a story
for prep, imagining what it would be like to live in the time of the Ancient Egyptians!
Hannah smiled to herself. I know what I am going to write! she thought!

Werewolves

The Battle of the Atlantic in

World War 2

by Angel Burrows

by Harry Mather

The name werewolf comes from a Greek word

Lycenthropy. Lycen means wolf, thropy means
man. Werewolves are the most ancient legend.
The stories can be found all over the world. It is a
mythological human/wolf hybrid with the ability to
shape shift. There is also another type of
werewolf that only changes when the moon is full.

One of the most important battles in World War

2 was the Battle of the Atlantic.
At the start of the war, Germany decided to try to
starve Britain into defeat by preventing food, raw
materials such as oil, and weapons reaching our
country. This meant sinking cargo ships in the
North Atlantic Ocean. The Germans used their
submarines or U-boats, as the Germans called
them, to sink merchant ships trying to sail to
Britain.

A person can become a werewolf by being born

as one, bitten by a werewolf, cursed by someone
you have wronged in some way and been given
the power by sorcery. These are the only real
ways.

Although the merchant ships travelled in groups

or convoys for safety, they were still easy targets
for the U-boats which hunted in groups or
wolfpacks. In the second half of 1940, U-boats
sank over three million tonnes of shipping in the
Atlantic.

The curse of turning into a werewolf can never be

broken, no matter what some people or beliefs
may state.
All werewolves can communicate through a form
of telepathy which enables them to hunt and
perform more efficiently.

The Y-boats were a deadly weapon that fired

torpedoes to sink the cargo ships. The U-boats
spent most of their time on the surface and had
fast engines to outpace the ships they attacked.
Under the water they used battery power and,
although slower, they were still deadly.

Werewolves do not really exist they are

invented. You will never meet one in real life.

The U-boats continued to sink merchant

shipping in 1941 and 1942. This became so
serious that the outcome of the war depended
on who would win the Battle of the Atlantic. The
use of new technology such as anti-submarine
weapons as well as long range aircraft helped
Britain and America to start sinking U-boats and
win the battle.
The main reason for the British and American
success was the capture of a German ENIGMA
machine which meant that British intelligence
could understand the German navys secret
communication code. This meant that Britain
and America knew when to avoid U-boat attacks
or where the U-boats were in the Atlantic. By the
middle of 1943 the U-boat peril had been
defeated and the Germans called off the U-boat
attacks.
The Battle of the Atlantic was one of the longest
battles of World War 2 and cost the lives of
many seamen including the crews of U-boats.
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Castles
by Angus Duncan
Castles have developed a lot throughout the ages. The first proper castles were built in the Norman
Invasion in 1066.William the Conquer became king of England. His lords built castles all around
England. The first ones were called motte and baily. They built lots of these in case of a rebellion.
1066 The motte and baily castle
The motte and baily castle was surrounded by a wooden fence
to act as a wall around the main building. The main building
was placed on a man-made hill. The village houses were
placed inside of the wall. The main weakness was the wooden
wall because it can catch fire. Loads of motte and baily castles
were built because they were quick and cheap.
When William felt safe of the control of England, his lords started
to build stone keep castles.
Stone keep castles
Stone keep castles were built out of stone and had a thick
curtain wall around the keep. The keep was a tall, stone
building built to store food, house the lord and lady and pay a
major part in defence of the castle. The most famous stone
keep castle was the White Tower at the Tower of London
The final castle was the concentric castle
Concentric castle
To build one of these castles, you had to be rich, as they cost
a lot of money. The concentric castles were way bigger than
the stone keep castles .The most famous king to build these
castles was Edward . He built numerous castles in Wales to
show Englands power. The castle had two or three thick
curtain walls. The inside walls were built higher than the
outside walls, so that the defenders could fire arrows over the
outside wall mens heads. Having many walls was good
because if one broke, they could retreat to the inside walls.
The best defensive feature on this, I think, was the death hole.
The death hole was a gap through two walls so that the defenders
could drop hazardous objects at the enemy.

Egypt
By Ryan Hann

Egypt is located in the North Eastern corner of Africa. One of the longest rivers is the River Nile
which flows straight through Egypt, from the Mediterranean Sea, and into other African countries.
Egypts capital is Cairo.
The Egyptians settled along the River Nile at about 5000BC. Instead of having Kings the Egyptians
had Pharaohs. There is a very important Pharaoh called Tutankhamun. Tutankhamun was born in
about 1346BC. The person who discovered Tutankhamuns tomb was Howard Carter in 1922.
Instead of using our letters today, Ancient Egyptians used writing called hieroglyphics. There were
more than 700 hieroglyphics. There is a special stone called the Rosetta Stone which is one of the
ways we know today how to read hieroglyphics. The stone was created in 196BC. Egyptians used
papyrus paper to write on with ink pens.
It was a belief that if the Egyptians buried the dead pharaoh in a pyramid then that pharaoh would
rise to the sun God. There is a sand made statue called the Sphinx that guards the pyramids of
Giza. It has the body of a Lion and the head of a Pharaoh. Pyramids help us to find out a lot about
the person that was buried in it because the person gets buried with their belongings.
There were over 2000 names of gods in Ancient Egypt. Ra is the Sun God, Amun is the King of the
Gods, Anubis is the God of Mummification, Geb is the Earth God, and Sekmet is the Goddess of
War and Battle.
Mummies are the bodies of a person or animal that has been preserved after death.
To mummify something, (not to be practised!)
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)

The Body was washed and purified,

All organs, but the heart, were removed,
The body is filled with stuffing,
The body is dried by covering with a substance called Natron, this absorbed all the moisture,
After 40-50 days stuffing was removed and replaced with linen or sawdust,
The body was wrapped in strands of linen and wrapped in a shroud,
The body is placed in a stone coffin called a sarcophagus

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Totally Tockington Quiz

by Ryan Hann
To complete this quiz and have a chance at winning the prize you must match the events with the
correct dates. Draw lines between the event and date to show your answers. Good luck!
1837.

Battle of Hastings

1503.

Queens Diamond Jubilee

1768.

World war 1 ended

55BC

Romans came to Britain

2012.

Second World War Started

1966.

Queen Victoria crowned

1918.

England won the World Cup

1939.

first aeroplane flew

1066.

First steam powered automobile

1903.

work started on the Mona Lisa

All you have to do is hand in your response to Ryan before November 24th.
Name: ________________________________________

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