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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!...