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  ‘Two are stronger than one’: Boston Marathon duo praised for helping struggling runner cross finish line | Boston Marathon | The Guardian What do you see in the picture? Where are they, what are they doing, what do you think the story might be about? The picture shows the finish line at the Boston marathon in the USA last week.  How long is a marathon? What do you think it feels like to run a marathon? A marathon is 26 miles. In the middle you can see Ajay Haridasse who got to the finish line but then stumbled and fell. He tried to get up but he couldn’t. Why do you think he couldn’t get up? Ajay tried to get up 4 times but each time he collapsed. He decided he would have to crawl to the finish line. He started crawling and lots of people ran past him, eager to get to the finish themselves. How do you think Ajay felt crawling along a road seeing others run past him?  Two runners decided to stop and help. Aaron Beggs from Northern Ireland appeared at Ajay’s...

Wallaby

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  A wallaby lost her mother, so a woman carried her in a pouch for a year. - Upworthy What do you see in the picture, what animal is this? What do you think this story is going to be about? Lindsay Clarity has an Animal Rescue shelter in Brighton and Hove and the picture shows a baby wallaby. What is a wallaby? When Wallabies are born, they spend the first 9 months inside their mother’s pouch. After 6 months they will start to explore but will always return to their mother’s pouch for security. This Wallaby lost its mother. It kept trying to crawl in to other wallaby pouches but all the wallabies had a baby and it couldn’t fit in. What do you think Lindsay did? Lindsay made a pouch out of a blanket for the wallaby. Is a blanket enough? What else does the wallaby need to make it feel like it’s in a pouch? Lindsay carried the wallaby around everywhere she went inside the blanket. Why did she do that? Carrying the wallaby around gave her the warmth and closeness she needed to feel sec...

Pints and Ponytails

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                                                       https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9vx1z4jkno?fbclid=IwY2xjawREXPlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJNazRnaVczUFRqa0VxdnNRc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkF7ptRrDj8w5V4EvUkPRctXPlLfnfl9jX2xSvg2dPlqJDtFG0nUXimOYHHW_aem_gwirNtDCQCx6wr5fom3geQ What do you see, what do you notice, what is going on here, what do think the story is? There are three clues to what this story is about - the pony, the bun and the mermaid - what are they? The photo shows an event in London called "Pints and Pony Tails" where 35 men are learning to style hair. Why do you think they want to do that? Looking at the photo, what are the men using to practice?  Why not practice on real children? Why not just practice at home? The founder of the event says, "It's Dads turning up who struggle with basic hairstyles." Why do y...

Every body and every ability

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                                        https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy11q1pwpgo?amp;at_campaign=rss What do you see in the picture? What do you notice, what are they doing, what do you think this story is about? The picture shows model and writer Abena Christine Jon'el at a fashion show in Ghana last month.  Where is Ghana? Abena wanted her appearance to make an impact at the show so she wrapped her leg in something.  What do you notice about Abena's leg? Can you work out what her leg is wrapped in?                                       Abena wrapped her prosthetic leg in Ghanian kente. What is a prosthetic leg? Why do you think she wrapped it in a flag for the fashion show? Abena wanted to make a statement about the visibility of people with disabilities.  What does disa...

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, ...

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!...

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...