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Chatty Cafe

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  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3vek0kywkxo?app-referrer=deep-link What do you see in the picture? Where is it taken, what do you notice about the people, what do you think they are doing? The picture shows a new campaign called a "Chatty Cafe" What do you think a chatty cafe is? Alex Hoskyn lives in Manchester and has set up a chatty cafe to try and stop loneliness. How do you think it works? Alex encourages people to share tables in cafe's with strangers as a way of tackling loneliness. Over 700 venues across the UK have signed up to be chatty cafe's and have helped over 30,000 people. Why do you think Alex started doing this? Alex describes being in a cafe a few years ago on her own feeling lonely and fed up. She noticed an elderly lady on another table also looking fed up and lonely. On another table was a guy on his own. Everyone was just looking around the room, no-one was speaking.  Why do you think they weren't speaking to each other? Alex says, ...
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143 goals

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                                      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv21p6knnnko?fbclid=IwAR0haTAM1lk1b3DPZcfu3nygLQXsGRkw3D8gNcIkzXiLSZruh1nsRXdNXl0 What do you see in the picture, what are they holding, what do you think the medal is for, what do you think this story is about? Amelia is 10 years old and lives in Wales. She has become very good at her favourite sport and here she is with a medal.  Which sport do you think Amelia has become good at?  Amelia loves football and plays for her local team. She practices every night after school so she has become very good. So good in fact, that she has scored a huge number of goals last season in games across South Wales. How many goals do you think Amelia has scored? Think about one game a week, how many weeks in a season, what is a realistic number? Amelia scored 143 goals. She usually scores 10 goals by the end of the first half!...
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Dogs and cats

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                                                                                https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-67310766?fbclid=IwAR2_FTSBC9fG14qorSgQJyxcbF-1CMb9U3095LAzp_mi0YxnG2F1g7QAG9M Teasel is a Jack Russel living with his owner, Sue, in Newmarket. Sue likes looking after animals who need a home and when she found 6 kittens that needed rescuing, she set up a blanket in her kitchen and gave them a home. How do dogs and cats normally react to each other? How do you think the kittens felt when they first arrived at Sue's house? How do you think Teasel felt when six kittens turned up at her house? Within hours, Teasel started allowing the kittens to drink her milk and cuddle up to her. Why do you think Teasel the dog allowed cats to drink her milk?  Some dogs might say...
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Plane baby

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                                             https://www.upworthy.com/when-can-babies-fly-on-planes-ex1 What do you see in the picture? Who you you see? Where are they? What do you think this story is about? Passengers on a flight recently were surprised to receive a little zip lock bag with sweets inside. It wasn't a gift from the airline, it was a gift from one of the other passengers. They handed the bags out to all the other passengers before take off. There was also a note in the bag. Why give out a small bag of sweets to passengers before a flight? What do you think the note read? The note read, "It's my first flight. I made a deal to be on my best behaviour- but I can't make any guarantees. I might cry if I get scared or if my ears start to hurt. Here are some treats to make your flight enjoyable. Thank you for being patient with us. Have a great flight." Who do you ...
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Peace walk - Mental Health Week

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                                  https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/rescue-dog-leading-19-buddhist-monks-on-2300-mile-peace-walk-across-the-us/ What do you see in the picture, who are they, what do you think they are doing and what do you think this story is about? The picture shows a group of 19 Buddhist monks on a peace walk. What do you think a peace walk is? Do you notice anything else on the walk with them? An abandoned dog has joined the monks. They have named the dog Aloka and he has walked with them for hundreds of miles. First across India and now they are walking 2300 miles across America finishing at Washington DC. Why do you think they are doing this?  Their goal is to promote unity and compassion. What is unity, what is compassion? A governor in Texas said, "When I heard about this 2300 mile walk, I was amazed. It really touches the hearts and minds of people." How can a walk touch heart...
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Penguin Dads

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                             https://scoop.upworthy.com/a-gay-penguin-power-couple-is-celebrating-their-third-anniversary-maybe-true-love-does-exist?fbclid=IwAR3EQ_yk85JCHwVWMTl0QJpH0LTW0B3xnWoXpHqFkQ1BOFJVxBMWC296M7A What do you see in the picture, what do you think this story is about? The photo shows two penguins and their their chicks who live in Sea Life in Sydney, Australia. This is is a penguin family. What kind of animal is a penguin? Where in the world do Penguins live in the wild? What is a family? The two boy penguins, Sphen and Magic got together in 2018. They wanted to be daddies together and they sat on a rock, taking turns to keep it warm, hoping it would hatch and give them a chick to look after. Why didn't the rock hatch? Keepers at Sea Life were watching Sphen and Magic trying to be a family with their own chick. The keepers thought they would be good daddies so they gave them an egg that anothe...
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Disney glasses

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                https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-60235338 What do you see in the pictures? What do you notice? What do you think this story might be about? Lowri is 12 years old and lives in Cheshire, England. When she was 9, she wrote to Disney to ask if they could include a character in one of their films who wore glasses.  Why do you think Lowri wanted to see a Disney character wearing glasses? Why do you think there are not many main Disney characters wearing glasses? Lowri says she wrote the letter because she is the only person in her family who wears glasses. She says, "I felt a bit alone and didn't feel like I was beautiful enough." What do you think about that? Why doesn't Lowri feel beautiful? What would you say to her? A year later, In 2022, the film Encanto was released. The film has a main character called Mirabel, who is funny and brave,....and wears glasses. Why do you think Disney chose to include a funny ...
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