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With a new year at Maranatha there are Published 19 april 2019
even more teachers at this school. But

how well do you think you know them?
Or do you really know them at all? How
many secrets are they hiding from you?
Here are some of the teachers we
interviewed.

Mr Manglesdorf 6. What subjects do you teach?
A. I teach math to year 9, 10 and 12. I
1. I hear that you were a student at teach science to year 10 and physics to
Maranatha Christian School, what years year 12.
were you here?
A. I came during year 7 in 2005 and 7. Do you like pineapple on pizza?
graduated in 2010. A. Yes, I like pineapple on pizza.

2. Did any of the teachers currently here, 8. Laurel or Yanny?
teach you while you were a student? A. I first heard Laurel and then I heard
A. Mrs Dutlow, Mrs French, Mr Smith, Yanny.
Mrs Maidment, Mr Jackson and Mr Minty
are all teachers that have taught me during 9. If you told Starbucks your name, how do
my years here. you think they’ll spell it?
A. M-A-N-G-E-L-S-T-O-F.
3. What was the canteen menu like when
you used to go here and what were the 10. What are your favourite foods?
prices? A. Pizza and pasta.
A. I can’t say because I don’t think I
bought anything at the canteen as a 11. What is the weirdest nickname you’ve
student. had?
A. I don’t know if it’s the weirdest, but I
4. Why did you choose to teach here at used to be called Amish because my twin
MCS? brother was Andy.
A. God called me to teach here, which I
obeyed by coming and applying for a job 12. What did you do on muck up day?
here. A. On muck up day, I came dressed as
Doctor Who.
5. What are your hobbies?
A. I like playing music, particularly piano.
I like reading a little bit as well.

Content

sGood Reads ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Jokes .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5

Puzzles and Brain Teasers ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Writing Competition .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

New Year, New teachers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1-2 1

Ms Kapranov A- No, but I know some dialects.

1. Which university or TAFE did you attend after 2. Are you a cat or dog person or both?
Maranatha? A- Definitely dog person.
A: I went to Monash University.
3. What is your favourite season?
2. specific hobbies do you enjoy? A- Summer and Spring, mostly Spring.
A: I like to read, snorkel, and travel.
4. Do you have a secret talent?
3. Why exactly did you choose teaching as your A- I love running. If I get bored I run 10km.
career?
A: I love getting to know students and learning 5. Do you play any musical instruments? If not,
about new topics. what instrument would you like to learn?
A- I don’t play any instruments, but I would like to
4. What food do you enjoy eating the most? learn drums.
A: Japanese food; sushi and cheese(not together).
6. Do you have any pets?
5. Did any teachers currently teaching teach you A- I used to have a dog but he passed away.
when you attended Maranatha?
A: Yes; Mr.Kannemeyer, Mr.Jackson, and 7. What is your favourite country?
Mrs.Dutlow. A- Holland, I travelled there.

6. Who was your favourite teacher when you 8. Why did you become a teacher?
attended? A- God‘s calling. I met a teenager who was addicted
A: I loved all the teachers. to drugs, but God saved his life. He is now a
worship rapper.
7. What brand of shoes did you wear to church?
A: Pass (It was very personal to her). 9. If you could have one superpower what would it
be?
8. Do you like your eggs scrambled or boiled? A- I would want to fly.
A: Scrambled with salt on top.
10. What is your favourite colour?
9. Are you a vegetarian? A- Blue.
A: No.
11. What football team do you go for?
10. Do you like any species of animals? A- I know what team I go for, but I don’t really
A: Puppy and rabbits (Not as pets). follow them (Geelong Cats).

11. Do you know what discombobulated mean? Thank you to these teachers
A: No Idea (It means confusion). who took the time to answer our

12. What subjects do you teach and what year questions.
levels?
A: Humanities for Year 8, Commerce for Year 9, Interviews by Xander, Sam, Margarate, Shadrach, Philip, Sophie, Grace, Jacob, Asher
Health and Sociology for Year 11.

Ms Liu

1. Do you know any other language besides
Mandarin and English?

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Good Reads

Looking for some good books to read? See if these books are to your taste.

Maze Runner Adaptations: The Fault In Our
Stars had been adapted into a
Maze Runner is about a boy named movie in 2014. Staring Shailene
Thomas, who is deposited into a Woodley (Hazel Grace) and Ansel
community of boys, trapped inside a Elgort (Augustus Waters).
giant maze. Like the others, his
memory has been wiped clean and Mortal Engines
the only thing he can remember is
his name. The doors leading to the The Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve,
maze close every night, protecting is set in a world where cities travel on
wheels and consume smaller cities
them from the hostile creatures that lurk in the maze. goods. Tom Natsworthy is a third-
Thomas begins to realise he’s been here before and when class historian aboard the great
a girl suddenly arrives with a mysterious message, he traction city-London. One day, an
will risk everything to find a way out. enigmatic girl attempts to murder

Adaptations: The Maze Thaddeus Valentine but Tom stops her and they end up
Runner series has been falling from the city. Little did he know the girl, Hester
adapted into 3 movies Shaw, had a good reason to murder Valentine. The pair
(The Maze navigate across the barren landscape and meet new
Runner[2014], The acquaintances, while being hunted down by a sinister
Scorch Trials [2015] and cyborg.

The Death Cure[2018]). Starring Dylan O’Brien
(Thomas), Thomas Brodie-Sangster(Newt), Ki Hong
Lee (Minho) and Kaya Scodelario(Teresa).

The Fault In Our Adaptations: The Mortal Engines has
been adapted into a movie released
Stars last year, which flopped really hard.
The movie wasn’t bad but it just
16 year-old thyroid cancer patient seemed low budget. Staring Robert
Hazel, has always been living her Sheehan (Tom Natsworthy), Hera
life knowing she could die at any Hilmarsdótti (Hester Shaw) and Hugo
moment. When Augustus Waters Weaving (Thaddeus Valentine).

(A charming 17 year-old Book Reviews by Sophie Loh
osteosarcoma survivor), meets her Images provided by Google
at Cancer Kids Support Group, her
life begins to change, ‘on a roller
coaster that only goes up’(a quote

from the book).

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Photos and Jokes
provided by Google
Jokes hand picked by

Philip Kupczyk,
Shadrach Silva, and

Asher Crotty.

Today at the bank, an old lady asked me to help her What do you call a guy with a rubber toe?
check her balance, Roberto.

so I pushed her over. What did the pirate say when he turned 80?
Aye matey.
My dog used to chase people on a bike a lot.
It got so bad, finally I had to take his bike away. A blind man walks into a bar.
And a table. And a chair.
I’m good at sleeping.
I can do it with my eyes closed. I know a lot of bad jokes about unemployed
people
Why is Peter Pan always flying away?
He Neverlands. and none of them work.

My boss told me to have a good day, What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?
so I went home. A carrot.

Want to hear a joke about construction? Did you hear about the kidnapping at school?
I'm still working on it. It's fine, he woke up.

What do you call cheese that isn't yours? I couldn't figure out why the baseball kept getting
Nacho Cheese. larger.

What's brown and sticky? Then it hit me.
A stick.
Why did the old man fall in the well?
I’ve never gone to a gun range before. Because he couldn't see that well.
I decided to give it a shot!
I ate a clock yesterday,
Why do you never see elephants hiding in trees? it was very time consuming.
Because they're so good at it.
I just wrote a book on reverse psychology.
Its called “Do *not* read it!”

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Puzzles and Riddles

Photo of question marks on a green background. Photo provided by Google

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

What has a head, a tail, is gold, and has no legs?

BreathA doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same women. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?
The letter m
It’s a single storied house, there are no stairsWhen does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
In the dictionary
An apple a day keeps the doctor awayIn a one story house the walls are painted red, the roof is painted red and the doors are painted red. What colour are the stairs?
Coin
Footsteps
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

I am as light as a feather but no man can hold me for long, what am I?

Credit to Jacob Pellowe
for the riddles.

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How am I supposed to write a poem?

I am supposed to write a poem
For English excel

I don’t know what to write
It’s very easy to tell

Something about a wizard
Or maybe chimpanzees

I am about to lose my mid
Send help please

Right now I’m procrastinating
And playing with the format
Format format format

What on earth would rhyme with that?

I might as well just finished this
I have no inspiration
Wait I have an idea

Why not use my imagination.

By Jacob Pellowe

Maranatha Short-story

Writing Competition Heres a preview of what the writing competition is going to look lIke.

Intermediate
(11-12)

1st Your name!:
“story here!”

2nd Your name!:
“story here!”

Rules 3rd Your name!:
1. It should be no less than 300 words and no more than “story here!”
1000 words.
2. It must be your own work- inspiration is one thing, but Secondary
plagiarism is a whole different story. (Years 9-10)
3. Your story must be credited to only ONE person. 1st Your name!:
4. Your first and last name are required to be eligible to “story here!”
win the competition.
2nd Your name!:
In Maranatha Christian School, we strive to do the utmost “story here!”
for his glory. The introduction of a writing competition
will help encourage more of an interest in English. 3rd Your name!:
In the writing competition, we have three levels: “story here!”
-Primary (Years 7-8)
-Secondary (Years 9-10) -Primary
-Intermediate (Years 11-12) (Years 7-8)
The winner of the competition in each level will win a 1st Your name!:
prize and will be featured in the next issue of M.C.S “story here!”
(Maranatha Central scoop). Two runner-ups per level will
also be featured in the next issue alongside the winners 2nd Your name!:
(all stories that do not get featured on the magazine will “story here!”
be posted on the M.C.S forum being available to read on
SEQTA). 3rd Your name!:
“story here!”
All you have to do to be eligible to win is to send your first
and last name with your story to Ms.Mathew over Seqta.

If you can’t think of how to start your story, here’s an
example prompt!

The prompt for this term is: “The sudden movement of
the bus jolted me awake. I wasn’t sure where I was, but…”

Happy writing!

Who did this newspaper?

These are the Year 8s that worked hard to provide you with this newspaper

Deeya Reddy Jacob Pellowe

Asher Crotty Margarate Manoj

Sam Avena Philip Kupcyzk
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Xander Luxford Sophie Loh
Grace Vo Shadrach Silva