Safety calls for railway crossing

There was a 56-year-old woman and the 7-year-old boy who were killed as they tried to cross the train track at Bestwood Village . A local councilor said the crossing had been "an accident waiting to happen".They couldn't find any problems with it .

Stranded whales swim back to sea

There were 64 whales swam stranded themselves on the beach last Saturday night but have already died.There were 11 survivors .They were kept alive using buckets of water and wet blankets before been to moved to deeper waters at a nearby beach to swim back out to sea.Some were fitted with tracking devices so scientists study where they go .

Poetry!

What is poetry?
There are as many definitions of poetry as there are poets.
-What are some poetic devices that make poems strong (for example: metaphor, simile ...)?
Some example are metaphor,simile
is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities.
-What is an example of a rap song (in English) that is a poem? Why?
EX:"If I read a book and it makes my body so cold no fire ever can warm me, I know that is poetry"
-Why do people write poems?
Because they might like to used it in a song .

5 FAT QUESTIONS???

1.In what ways did Roman culture help Western Civilization to develop?
2.Who did the Romans base that culture on?
3.What was the culture that preceded the Hellenic culture?
4.In what period did Greek culture and expanded into the near and middle east?
5.When did Greece enter the period call the Dark Ages?

Second school collapses in Haiti

This time the people were luckier ,because most of student were outside when the part of building fell,there are nine people were injured .

Girl investigates family war history

The 11th November is the day every year that we remember the soldiers that had to fight for our country in past wars. A little girl named Stephanie wanted to know what her family did during both World Wars . Her grandfather was killed when a bomb hit the ambulance.

Hum8-Alex

A school in Haiti with 500 students inside collapsed for no apparent reason . The search for survivors was called off yesterday,because no one has been found for the last four days .
At least 92 people have died and 150 others were hurt. No-one knows why the building collapsed, but some were worried it wasn't strong enough. The owner of the school, has been arrested.

Hum8-Alex

A nine year old boy can face to face to the cheetah in his backyard yesterday , this is very unusual because Toby leaves in Cambridgeshire , England . The cheetah had escaped from a nearby zoo, but its keepers soon arrived with the police to capture it. They said the creature had escaped because of a broken electric fence, but wouldn't have harmed Toby.

Science 8 -Alex Hsieh

I learned to work better in a team , but I didn’t learn any new skills in the science experiment yesterday.