QB LINO`S

QB LINO`S
A platform for children to express their views
about school, parents, teachers, each other
and the world!!!
Not to be missed -Every month!!!
Two weeks ago, classes 6.1 and 6.2 went to the „Leipziger
Buchmesse“.
We had to be at the Cole Sports Center by 7:15. We went there by
bus. The trip there took about 2 to 3 hours. It would have been a bit
boring if we hadn’t has been allowed to bring our I-Pods. We arrived
there at 9:30.
When we arrived we saw many people in costumes. We were
allowed to go around the Buchmesse in groups of three or four. The
Leipziger Buchmesse was basically 5 large halls with a lot of stands
where you could buy books. Sometimes you got stuff for free!
Both classes always met and listened to an author presenting a
book. We listened to 2 presentations. One book was called „Sturm im
Elfenland“and the other was called „Tribute von Panem: Tödliche
Spiele“, the book that is also called the Hunger Games in English.
Between the presentations we always had about an hour to go around
in our groups.
At about 16:00 we had to go and at 18:00 we arrived home. We all
thought it was a really great day. Thanks to the organisers!
The End
By Attila
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The Völkerball Championship by Jonathan 6.2
Yesterday was the big School Championship! The classes 4-6 were
playing against each other. The first games were:
6.1 against 6.2, they played very long till the 6.2 eventually won!!
5.2 against 5.1 the match was clearly better for 5.2 because they
hit everyone in the field!!!!
4.2 against 4.1 after a long match the 4.2 won.
Every team played two more games. Then there was a short
break. After the break the teams played some more. In 1st place
was the 5.2! Congratulations!!
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2 were 6.2 but were able to keep the cup because Herr. Von
Helden made a mistake and awarded victory to the wrong team!!!
The fairness trophy went to 4.1
The School Musical “Cinderella”
You may have heard of the Friday AG Musical Theatre. I’m
in it and I think it’s really fun!!! We’re performing the
Musical Cinderella, but it’s not the story of Cinderella that
you know. It’s the story of Cinderella by Roald Dahl, which
is much funnier! The Prince gets very violent with the Ugly
Sisters and Cinderella marries the … no, I won’t tell you
more, you’ll have to read the story or, better still, watch our
Musical! I’m an Ugly Sister and I’m really pleased because
I like being the mean one!
Emily Grace thinks this about Musical Theatre: I like
Musical Theatre, but I wish we would start earlier with the
acting. Otherwise, it’s fun.
Lara thinks this about Musical Theatre: Gut.
We really hope you’ll watch our Musical!!! It will be
amazing!!!
Do you hate school? Well School is not as bad as you think.
Child Labour -that is all I have to say!
Child Labour is one of the greatest causes of misery all over the world. Many children have to
work for their bread. Children at the age of 4 get sold and taken away to do child labour.
But if you have read this far then you might have asked yourself “what is child labour?” Well
child labour is work that children are forced to do in many poor countries like the Philippines,
Africa, India and many other countries.
Most children involved in child labour die because of this. They die in war at a very early age.
They also die from the terrible chemicals they use while working in factories. They die because
lots of multinational companies want to maximize their profits and the children will keep dying
if we continue not to care!
Please do what you can to help them have a better life by sending a small token of money this
address to fight the exploitation of children.
http://www.unicef.de/
By Hannah Johnston and Sina Wambach
Interview with our super French Teacher Mme Oudjedi!
Our 10 questions:
Q: How was your first day at the Quentin-Blake-Europe-School Berlin?
A: I was happy to be here, although probably a little worried too. It is exciting to begin
in a new place, with a new staff and new pupils in a foreign country. I like to start new
things.
Q: Your German is très bien. Is German a hard language to learn for French people?
A: It certainly is! It’s difficult, but it’s worth the effort, because you get to know
different people, you learn about a different culture and you understand the world a
little better when speaking other languages. And its fun too, I think.
Q: What are the main differences between Germany and France?
A: Food is important in French culture, so people take longer to eat. In schools, we have
one hour and a half for lunch time, and we eat a starter, a main dish, then cheese and
desert every day. Another point is that people cross the street any time, even if the
“Ampelman” is red. I admit that it can be quite dangerous and would not advise you to
do so!
Q: Why did you want to come here to Germany and to our school?
A: I like to stay in other countries for quite a while. I find it interesting. I also wanted to
improve my German but I didn’t know I would have so many opportunities to speak
English too! Indeed, I didn’t apply for a particular school, but only for Berlin. It was
mere chance that I was sent to a bilingual school. I think I was very lucky!
Q: Have you ever lived in Germany before?
A: I spent one year in the south of
Germany in Freiburg in Breigau a long
time ago. That’s why I wanted to go more
up north this time.
Q: How long have you been here and how
long are you planning to stay? (a long
time we hope!)
A: I arrived in August 2011 and will leave at the end of this school year. This was
decided this month. I had wanted to stay one more year, but my employees in France
wanted me back, so I have to go back to Paris.
Q: That’s a real shame. What is your
favourite German food?
A: I like Kartoffelsalad (with yogurt sauce please), but more than anything else, I love
Käsekuchen!
Q: Which school do you like the most
where you have been a teacher?
A: Quentin Blake School is one of my favourites of course!
Q: What is your favourite place in Berlin?
A: I like the cafes in Berlin. I also like to visit historical places such as Check Point
Charlie and the Allied Museum.
Q: How do you like the pictures from
Quentin Blake?
A: Yes, I do. His pictures are great. I love
art myself and would encourage everyone
to do some form of art!
Thank you very much for this interview Madame Oudjedi!
By: Samiha and Natalia
Easter sweets and treats
One of my favourites is: The Edible Easter Basket Cupcake. Just
buy a pack of plain muffins, of your choice, a pack of jellybeans and
other sweets, two cups of white icing and sweetened coconut,
coloured with green food colouring.
Put the white icing on and then quickly before the icing dries bend a
pipe cleaner or liquorice into an arch and put the end in each side
of the cupcake. Shake the shredded coconut in a stainless steel
bowl. Sprinkle on food colouring bit by bit, mixing vigorously to
distribute the colour. Then sprinkle a pinch in the middle of the
cupcake and lay three jellybeans in the nest of coconut.
Tie a little ribbon around the pipe cleaner and give it as a gift or
keep it for yourself. A perfect Easter treat.
And if you think that’s all, it’s not. Visit Family Fun for loads of
amazing recipes, crafts and so much more. The best thing is they
have recipes for each season!!!
Let’s get BAKING!!!!!!!!!!
By Lucy
New Jersey is in the
USA and is an hour
away from New
York!!!
Here is a picture of
what New Jersey
Hi guys,
I am moving to the USA!!! How exciting
is that! As my dad works for the
company Bayer Health Care he has to
move with the company wherever they
go. We have already had to move to
Germany (we lived in England) because
of my dad’s work, and this time to the
USA for two whole school years. It’s
going to be in the “New Jersey” area!!!
looks like:
I am feeling very nervous and scared at
the same time because I am going to lose
all my friends for a while and I am never
ever going to have a class that is this nice,
friendly and funny again. I would also
like to say thank-you to my teachers: Mrs
Tausendfreund and Frau Klein. They
were there whenever I needed them and
taught me stuff I did not know!!! I am
going to miss this school more than ever.
(This is probably one of my last articles.)
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MC Hammer and Heidi Klotz: Hammer Time!
If you
look very closely you will be able to see that these two are actually not the same
person!!!
Separated at Birth?
Underneath we have Heidi
Klotz who works as a Teacher at our school. Above we have the rapper MC Hammer. They
may have been separated at birth, but incredibly display amazing telepathic powers despite
living on different continents (any twin will tell you about these powers) to syncronize their
dress sense. Amazing!
Specialities from Nationalities
We got an e-mail on the Suggestion Box email address, suggesting to write an article
on specialities of the many nationalities in our
school. We think it’s a super duper idea, so
we’ll start right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK, so first, we’ll start with a speciality from
Japan. Maili, who is sitting next to me right now,
is from Japan.
Sushi
This is what you need:
4 nori seaweed sheets
2 cups cooked sushi rice
1 to 2 tablespoons wasabi paste, to taste
4 ounces cooked octopus
4 ounces cooked prawns
4 ounces raw fresh tuna, thinly sliced
4 ounces raw fresh salmon, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon salmon caviar
4 asparagus spears, blanched and sliced
Shiitake mushrooms, blanched and sliced
Directions:
1. Place each nori sheet on a serving
plate. Spread ½ cup of the rice onto
each nori sheet and distribute evenly
over the surface, pressing with fingers
to adhere.
2. Spread 1 to 2 teaspoons wasabi paste
Did you know that you eat sushi with chopsticks? When you’ve made your sushi, try
your chop-stick skills - it’s not easy!
along the middle of each nori roll, to
taste. Arrange the octopus, prawns,
tuna, and salmon evenly over the rice
among each nori sheet. Top with
asparagus spears and mushrooms.
3. Roll the sushi into a log jelly-roll style.
Slice into ¾-inch pieces and serve
French Poems from 6.1 & 6.2
The classes 6.1 & 6.2 are writing French Poems. Here are
some of 6.2:
Laura 6.2:
Dans
Dans le monde il y a des
continents
Dans les continents il y a l’Europe
En Europe il y a la France
Dans la France il y a Paris
Dans Paris il y a des maisons
Dans les maisons il y a des appartements
Dans les appartements il y a des chambres
Dans les chambres il y a des lits
Sur les lits il y a des personnes
Dans les personnes il y a des rêves
Dans les rêves il y a des expériences
Tout cela est dans le monde
Mia 6.2 :
Dans le monde il y a l’Europe
En Europe il y a la France
Dans la France il y a Paris
Dans Paris il y a la Seine
Sous la Seine il y a le métro
Dans le métro il y a des personnes
Dans une person il y a un gâteau
Dans le gâteau il y a des Smarties
Dans les Smarties il y a du Chocolat
Dans le Chocolat il y a du lait
Dans le lait il y a des protéines
Dans les proteines il y a la … FORC
Dans la Force il y a l’avenir du
monde
Charlott 6.2 :
Dans Paris …
Dans Paris il y a le Louvre
Dans le Louvre il y a la Pyramide du
Louvre
Dans la Pyramide du Louvre il y a le
musée du Louvre
À côté du musée du Louvre il y a la
Seine
Sur la Seine il y a une île
Sur l’île il y a Notre Dame
Dans Notre Dame il y a les prières
Dans les prières il y a l’espérance
Somebody from 6.2 :
Dans le monde il y a des continents
Dans les continents il y a l’Europe
Dans l’Europe il y a l’Autriche
En Autriche il y a Vienne
Dans Vienne il y a un marché
Dans le marché il y a des boules de
Mozart
Dans le boules de Mozart il y a du
chocolat
Dans le chocolat il y a du lait
Dans le lait il y a des protéines
Dans les protéines il y a des acides
aminés
Dans les acides aminés il y a des
atomes
Dans les atomes il y a des électrons
This Article Was Written By :
Thank you for reading this article!!!
This week, as promised, there’s a
speciality from France. We asked Mme
Oudjedi, and her favourite specialities are
Mousse au Chocolat and Salade Nicoise
Here is the recipe for Salade Nicoise:
Nicoise Salad Recipe
Ingredients :
Vinaigrette
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1/2 cup lemon juice
3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium shallot, minced
1 Tbsp minced fresh thyme leaves
2 Tbsp minced fresh basil leaves
2 teaspoons minced fresh oregano leaves
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Salad
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2 grilled or otherwise
cooked tuna steaks* (8 oz
each) or 2-3 cans of tuna
6 hard boiled eggs, peeled
and either halved or
quartered
10 small new red potatoes
(each about 2 inches in
diameter, about 1 1/4
pounds total), each potato
scrubbed and quartered
Salt and freshly ground
black pepper
2 medium heads Boston
lettuce or butter lettuce,
leaves washed, dried, and
torn into bite-sized pieces
3 small ripe tomatoes,
cored and cut into eighths
1 small red onion, sliced
very thin
8 ounces green beans, stem
ends trimmed and each
bean halved crosswise
1/4 cup niçoise olives
2 Tbsp capers, rinsed
and/or several anchovies
(optional)
Method
*Marinate tuna steaks in a little olive oil for an
hour. Heat a large skillet on medium high
heat, or place on a hot grill. Cook the steaks
2 to 3 minutes on each side until cooked
through.
1 Whisk lemon juice, oil, shallot, thyme, basil,
oregano, and mustard in medium bowl;
season to taste with salt and pepper and set
aside.
2 Bring potatoes and 4 quarts cold water to
boil in a large pot. Add 1 tablespoon salt and
cook until potatoes are tender, 5 to 8
minutes. Transfer potatoes to a medium bowl
with a slotted spoon (do not discard boiling
water). Toss warm potatoes with 1/4 cup
vinaigrette; set aside.
3 While potatoes are cooking, toss lettuce
with 1/4 cup vinaigrette in large bowl until
coated. Arrange bed of lettuce on a serving
platter (I used two serving platters, shown in
the photos). Cut tuna into 1/2-inch thick
slices, coat with vinaigrette. Mound tuna in
centre of lettuce. Toss tomatoes, red onion, 3
tablespoons vinaigrette, and salt and pepper
to taste in bowl; arrange tomato-onion
mixture on the lettuce bed. Arrange reserved
potatoes in a mound at edge of lettuce bed.
4 Return water to boil; add 1 tablespoon salt
This is what your Salad Nicoise could
and green beans. Cook until tender but crisp,
look like.
3 to 5 minutes. Drain beans, transfer to
reserved ice water, and let stand until just
cool, about 30 seconds; dry beans well. Toss
beans, 3 tablespoons vinaigrette, and salt
and pepper to taste; arrange in a mound at
edge of lettuce bed.
5 Arrange hard boiled eggs, olives, and
chocolate (yumm!!!)
anchovies (if using) in mounds on the lettuce
bed. Drizzle eggs with remaining 2
tablespoons dressing, sprinkle entire salad
with capers (if using), and serve immediately.
Here’s the recipe for Mousse au Chocolat:
Mousse au Chocolat
Six to eight servings
Adapted from Mastering the Art of French
Cooking (Knopf) by Julia Child.
170 g bittersweet or semisweet chocolate,
chopped
170 g unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
60 ml dark-brewed coffee (leave out, if
you’re a child )
4 large eggs, separated
170 g, plus 1 tablespoon sugar
30 ml dark rum (apple juice is also OK)
15 ml water
pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1. Heat a saucepan one-third full with hot
water, and in a bowl set on top, melt together
the chocolate, butter and coffee, stirring over
the barely simmering water, until smooth.
Remove from heat.
2. Fill a large bowl with ice water and set
aside.
3. In a bowl large enough to nest securely on
the saucepan of simmering water, whisk the
yolks of the eggs with the 2/3 cup of sugar,
rum, and water for about 3 minutes until the
mixture is thick, like runny mayonnaise. (You
can also use a handheld electric mixer.)
3. Remove from heat and place the bowl of
whipped egg yolks within the bowl of ice
water and beat until cool and thick. Then fold
the chocolate mixture into the egg yolks.
4. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites
with the salt until frothy. Continue to beat until
they start to hold their shape. Whip in the
tablespoon of sugar and continue to beat until
thick and shiny, but not completely stiff, then
the vanilla.
5. Fold one-third of the beaten egg whites
into the chocolate mixture, then fold in the
remainder of the whites just until
incorporated, but don’t overdo it or the
mousse will lose volume.
6. Transfer the mousse to a serving bowl or
divide into serving dishes, and refrigerate for
at least 4 hours, until firm.
Serving: I like to serve the chocolate mousse
as it is, maybe with just a small dollop of
whipped cream; it neither needs, nor wants,
much adornment.
Storage: The mousse au chocolat can be
refrigerated for up to 4 days.
I hope you have lots of fun making French
food!
Next week is recipes from Italy!!!
6.2
Hi! This time the Specialities are from Italy. Most of you
will know Pizza and Pasta, but there are other interesting
Specialities from this beautiful country too!!!
For an Italien meal you could make Lasagna.
Ingredients:
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic
This is Italy
The Italian flag has 3 colours: green,
white and red
his is what your Lasagna could look like
• 11/2 tsp each salt and pepper (or to taste)
• 1 can (28 oz/796 ml) whole tomatoes
• 2 cans (28 oz/796 ml) crushed tomatoes
• whole dried red chilli pepper
• 1 tsp oregano
• 5 leaves fresh basil
• grated cheese
• 450 ml ricotta cheese (Italian style)
• 1 brick mozzarella cheese 500 grams
• 3 eggs
Directions:
Step 1 - The Sauce
1• In a large saucepan, heat vegetable oil over medium heat.
Add onions and garlic; cook until lightly browned
2• Add salt and pepper; cook 5 minutes or until meat is
cooked through, stirring constantly.
3• Stir in tomatoes, bay leaf, chilli pepper, bring to a boil.
Reduce heat to low and cook 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
4• Meanwhile, in a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook
lasagne pasta 6 minutes, al dente. The reason the pasta is
half cooked is because in the oven the lasagne will resume
cooking and complete the process.
5• Drain lasagne pasta and set aside.
Step 2 -The preparation
5• In a large baking pan add some sauce to the bottom of the
pan.
6• Add the lasagne one piece at the time and compile them
side by side.
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What do we need to make us HAPPY?
By Hannah Johnston 6.1
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Happiness has nothing to do with wealth.
You might think you would be much happier if you had loads of money
but that is not true! There have been studies of people that have won the
lottery and their happiness has actually decreased! Many have sunk into
depression because of all the troubles money has brought them. So
wealth is definitely not everything!
Happiness is all about how you think.
Obviously you will be a lot happier if you think “luckily no one died”
instead of “oh no, those things are ruined”. People have done tests and
thinking positively really improves your happiness. Okay, nobody can
think positively all the time, but trying to see the bright side of life will
really improve your happiness.
To stop not being unhappy, try to do this:
Check what thoughts are in your head.
Then see which of those thoughts are positive and negative.
Then replace those negative thoughts with positive thoughts.
That will really keep you happier than ever.
There are even classes to go to where all you do is laugh. People pay
loads of money for these classes, why don’t you try it at home with all of
your sisters and brothers!?
Here is a link to a laughter class in London:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWi6QVsW-
By: Hannah Johnston and Sina Wambach
SCIENCE FARE:
You may or may not have heard about the upcoming Science fair.
If you have been to some of the other science fairs at the Quentin
Blake school, then you know that in the past, it was often only
about getting sweets and the rest of it was fairly boring. This year
it is going to be different and extra special because classes 6.1 and
6.2 are taking over!!!
There will be boiling acids and sand that is never wet even in water!
There will also be a sweet ban because of how it distracts the listeners.
I can promise you, it will be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We want to give a special thanks to
Mrs (MC Hammer) Klotz
for her
wonderful inspiration and great help!! Hannah Johnston
Some nice riddles to make you
Smile
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1. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named
April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's
name?
2. There is a clerk at the butcher’s shop, he is five feet ten inches tall
and he wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?
3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest
mountain in the world?
4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three
feet by four feet?
5. What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly?
6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the
summer. How is this possible?
7. In California, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden
leg. Why not?
8. What was the US President's name in 1975?
9. If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd
place, what place would you be in now?
10. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The
yolk of the egg is white"?
11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the
other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined
them all in another field?
1. Why do the Dummhausener always have round houses?
2. Can you spell eighty in two letters?
3. How can you double your money?
4. What can you hold without touching it?
5. A car drives past a house and has to pay 5000$. Why?
Don't look below until you answered every question.
ANSWERS:
1. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named
April the second child was named May. What was the third child's
name?
Answer: Johnny of course
2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches
tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?
Answer: Meat.
3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest
mountain in the world?
Answer: Mt. Everest; it just wasn't discovered yet. [You're not very
good at this are you?]
2. 4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three
feet by four feet?
Answer: There is no dirt in a hole.
5. What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly?
Answer: Incorrectly
6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet her birthday is always in
the summer. How is this possible?
Answer: Billy lives in the Southern Hemisphere
7. In California, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden
leg. Why not?
Answer: You can't take pictures with a wooden leg. You need a
camera to take pictures.
8. What was the President's name in 1975?
Answer: Same as is it now - Barack Obama [Oh, come on ...]
9. If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd
place, what place would you be in now?
Answer: You would be in 2nd. Well, you passed the person in
second place, not first.
10. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The
yolk of the egg is white"?
Answer: Neither, the yolk of the egg is yellow. [Duh]
3. 11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the
other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined
them all in another field?
Answer: One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they all become
one big stack.
That their dogs can’t pee in the corners.
A-T
Hold it in front of a mirror
A conversation
We are playing Monopoly
Planting is fun !!!
For the second year in a row, Mrs. Klotz has bought
plants for our school. In the new few days in March we
will be planting lots of bulbs and flowers. Five classes
have signed up for planting and we will have lots of
fun!!!
Here are some pictures of classes 6.2 and 1.3 planting
today on the 21st of March:
!!RESPECT!!!
By Lilly 5.2:
DO YOU CHILDREN SOMETIMES GET THE FEELING THAT
TEACHERS DON’T RESPECT US LIKE WE RESPECT THEM?
Well, I hope that this situation will change a little when the
teachers read this article. Most of the time we don’t dare to
say what’s really on our mind when the teachers are there.
It seems like our mind stops working if a teacher is nearby.
All I ask you is to throw your opinion about this situation
in the school-newspaper suggestion box. We from the
school newspaper don’t want to say that the teachers are
awful, in fact most of them are great; we are just trying to
tell the teachers that pupils earn the same respect as
grown-ups do.
Later on, we will tell you what the majority think about
this. That’s democracy for you. 