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Mountain

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  https://thedailyguardian.com/world/japan/the-102-year-old-who-dared-mount-fuji-but-did-he-truly-conquer-japans-tallest-peak-649904/ What do you see in the picture? Do you know the name of this or where it is? What might the story be here? This is mount Fuji in Japan. Mount Fuji is 3,766m tall and one of the tallest mountains in the world.  What kind of person do you think you have to be to climb this mountain? What does a mountaineer look like? This year Kokichi Akuzawa broke a world record to become the oldest person ever to climb Mount Fuji.  Thinking about how fit you have to be to climb that high and that far, how old do you think Kokichi was? Kokichi was 102 years old. Kokichi says, "I was really tempted to give up half way through  but my friends encouraged me. I managed to get through it because  so many people supported me." How do you think his friends supported him? What might they have said when he wanted to give up? Kokichi trained for 3 months to ...

super diversity

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                                    https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/white-handsworth-trader-blasts-derogatory-32628305 What do you see in the picture, who do you think this is? What is he doing, what do you think this story might be about? David Volante is a store manager in Handsworth, Birmingham.  Where is Birmingham? Birmingham is one of the most diverse cities in the UK, which over one million people call home. It is known as an area of super diversity. What does diversity mean? What do you think super diversity means? Many of those people were born in Birmingham, some moved here. Every single resident is unique. What does unique mean? The photo shows David Volante outside his store in Handsworth, a part of Birmingham where there are many different ethnicities living together.  David says he has encountered "nothing but respect" from the residents of Handsworth sin...

running shoes

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                                                       https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewnje717rqo What do you see in the picture? What do you notice? What do you think this story might be about? The picture shows Stef Reid who is a world champion Paralympic long jumper and sprinter for Canada and Great Britain. She is a multiple medal winner and also has a MBE. What are the Paralympics? How does Stef run?  Today Stef campaigns for Nike, Adidas and Puma to do something different... What do Nike, Adidas and Puma sell? What do you think Stef is asking them to do differently?  Lots of stores proudly display models with blades in their shop windows. Stef thinks this is great and wishes she had seen these in shops when she was little. What is a bladed mannequin? Why do you think Stef wishes she had seen these when she was little? How do yo...