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Menzies had its own pupil centred occasional newsletter. After a few early prototypes, this would become known as “The Menzies Mouth<\/strong>“. Staff and pupils would write articles\/reviews and news stories with these being printed off and circulated for a small fee at break times. Classified adverts could be placed, and it was to these highly libellous but nonetheless amusing cryptic messages that the thumbs flicked first.<\/p>\n Mrs Hough and Mr Allsopp in particular put a great deal of time into this and encouraged “editors” to show initiative for putting together a news style artefact.<\/p>\n I’ve scanned some of the articles from the mouths I have \u00a0below. Some of these are “historic moments”\u00a0 in the school, and some amusing for their candid idealism. Click to view larger scale.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I’m sure this headline raised both eyebrows and sniggers in the staff room!<\/p><\/div>\n That new thing called “the internet” explained in 1995.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Menzies had its own pupil centred occasional newsletter. After a few early prototypes, this would become known as “The Menzies Mouth“. Staff and pupils would write articles\/reviews and news stories with these being printed off and circulated for a small … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180427-2.png\")
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