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snow

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  https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/articles/zmqmrj6 What do you see in the picture, what do you think this is? What could this story be about? Last week some parts of the UK is had lots of snow; billions of snowflakes fell from the sky.  What is snow, where does it come from? Snow is made up of tiny water crystals that have frozen in clouds. When the crystals fall from the clouds, they bunch together and form snowflakes. What is another name for frozen water? Snow appears to look the same, When we look at snow falling we can't see any differences but in 1885 scientist Wilson Bentley attached a microscope to a camera and closely at snowflakes. William realised that... What do you think William realised? William realised that however many snowflakes were captured, none were exactly the same. They were all different. Why do you think they are all different? (Think about how they are formed) The shape of a snowflake is formed as it falls through the air. Even if two snow flakes fall s...

Fish and chips

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                                            https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/reason-liverpool-chippy-staying-open-33113618?fbclid=IwZnRzaAPLCw9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEew7TC1La-ny19AICsAstGmuPo0S6kGXAFv-xsKRAXlLZDyxKOIaaxWSH5z9M_aem_B4UEyNgTeFpkSaAEbE_5eQ#wgtl72e688ewrak95jxqqengyo7c8ga2r What do you see in the picture, where is this, what do you notice, what do you think the story is going to be about? In the picture you can see Mubinul  Hoque who owns Portland Fish and Chips in Brunswick, Liverpool. This story is about something that Mubinul and his team did on Christmas day.  What do you think they did? Mubinul opened his fish and chip shop on Christmas day and served free food for anyone who wanted it. Mubinul particularly offered his fish and chips to older people or anyone who was alone on Christmas day. People could...

New Year's Eve 2026

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                             https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2152331/sadiq-khan-new-year-eve-fireworks-eu What do you see in the picture, where is is, what is happening, what is the story about? On New Year's Eve many people across the world celebrated the start of 2026. Then photo shows the celebrations in London where there was a 15 minute firework display, the biggest in Europe.  Why do people celebrate a new year? Part of the London fireworks included a speech called, "This is what England means to me" Thinking about the title, what do you think was said in the speech? "When it's sunny, it's to hot. When it's cold, the weather's rubbish. England to me is a cup of tea. How many sugars? I'm sweet enough." Why do you think the author of the poem chose those opening lines? Have you heard anyone say, "I'm sweet enough" - what's this about? "England to me is Caribbean barbers with a sharpish trim.  It's...