Dear Reader Welcome to the Christmas Issue of <strong>Primary</strong> <strong>Times</strong> It’s the most wonderful time of the year! There’s lots to celebrate <strong>and</strong> plenty to do to keep you entertained throughout the <strong>Winter</strong>. You’ll find lots of fantastic events <strong>and</strong> activities in our What’s On Guide, many of them are free, so pop along <strong>and</strong> join in the fun. Santa is making many appearances around the region before taking to his sleigh for the big day. The What’s On Guide will tell you exactly where you can see Santa before Christmas Day - finding him couldn’t be easier! Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a Panto or a show <strong>and</strong> you’ll find something to entertain the whole family in our Box Office pages. Don’t forget to enter our wonderful competitions on page 22. You could win tickets to see Beauty And The Beast at Harrogate Theatre, two tickets for Jack <strong>and</strong> The Beanstalk at York Theatre Royal, <strong>and</strong> Supper With Santa on the Princes Quay Express for 2 Children! You’ve got to be in it to win it! Finally, everyone at <strong>Primary</strong> <strong>Times</strong> wishes you all a joyous festive time, <strong>and</strong> a wonderful 2018. We’ll see you next year for more fun ideas, events <strong>and</strong> competitions! Don’t forget, to let us know if there’s something exciting happening at your school, you can email us at sam@schoolspublishing.co.uk <strong>Primary</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Team 4 News 5-14 Wow 12-13 Christmas Crackers 17-19 Box Office 20 Loopy Library 22 Comps Calling all families <strong>and</strong> teachers! Remember to send in your news for our news pages – we would love to hear from you! 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It aims to inform families <strong>and</strong> children about current educational issues, forthcoming events, courses, attractions <strong>and</strong> to give teachers, pupils <strong>and</strong> parents the opportunity to participate in the magazine by adding to its contents or by joining in the competitions. It is NOT our intention to publish any racist, sexist or politically based material whatsoever. We also undertake not to carry any advertising which we would consider to be offensive to young families or harmful to the best interests of young children. <strong>Primary</strong> <strong>Times</strong> would like to thank all the schools in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Yorkshire</strong> for their assistance in distributing the magazine <strong>and</strong> for their contributions to its contents. We would also like to thank all the advertisers who have supported this publication <strong>and</strong> therefore made it possible. Please support their endeavours when <strong>and</strong> where you can. The copyright on all written material, logos <strong>and</strong> advertising artwork produced by our studio remains with <strong>Primary</strong> <strong>Times</strong> or with the relevant contributor. <strong>Primary</strong> <strong>Times</strong> is currently publishing over two million copies per issue under franchise licences throughout Britain. contents Holly Zheng, aged 6 Christmas card Competition Winners! Every year <strong>Primary</strong> <strong>Times</strong> asks children to create the picture for our Christmas Card. This year we received a sack full of wonderful entries <strong>and</strong> we would like to thank you all for taking the time to draw, colour, paint <strong>and</strong> glitter your designs for us! The overall winner of the competition is Holly Zheng’s, aged 6 from Garnetbank <strong>Primary</strong> School in Glasgow who will receive 50 Christmas cards made up in her design of Santa next to a Christmas Tree. We were so overwhelmed by the st<strong>and</strong>ard of entries that we have also decided to award two runner up prizes who will also receive 50 copies of their designs made into cards, they were: Sahaib Parvez, aged 10 from Cambuslang, Glasgow <strong>and</strong> Florence Holt, aged 6 from Radley <strong>Primary</strong> School, Abingdon. Everyone that entered was a winner. Florence Holt, aged 6 Sahaib Parvez, aged 10 www.primarytimes.net/nyorks | WINTER Issue <strong>Primary</strong> <strong>Times</strong> 3