This week we’ve been welcoming the first of many new Bulgarian groups to the school, and throwing a party! How has your week been?

Let’s take a look at some of the stranger things that have been happening in the news this week:

GOOD WEEK FOR:

• Safety-conscious cyclists, after a ‘neck airbag’ was unveiled especially for those who like to ride on two wheels.
  Read the story and see a picture here:
  
  
• Fans of incredible stories, after it was revealed that a former war hero – who died recently aged 94 – had over 6oz of metal embedded in his leg! Read the amazing story here:

BAD WEEK FOR:

• Those who don’t like pumpkins, because soon they’ll be everywhere! And one particular farmer has been busy growing FOUR MILLION of them!
  See the pictures and read the story here:
  
  
• A pigeon lover in the UK, who keeps 20 homing pigeons – and has been ordered by the council to get rid of them. But he can’t, because they keep coming back!
  Read the story here.

QUOTATION OF THE WEEK:

"I came, I saw, I conquered." - Julius Caesar

FACTS OF THE WEEK:

• If you could somehow yell without pause for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced approximately enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
• Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
• Butterflies taste with their feet.
• The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable".

VIDEO OF THE WEEK:

This week we have a brilliant video featuring a 7-year-old Bolivian jazz pianist – a true child prodigy!
See it here:


This week's homework is called "Business Athletics":

PART A:

Complete the sentences below using the following words

• LAP
• MEDAL
• PACE
• RECORD
• STRAIGHT
• HURDLES
• BATON

1. If you run round an athletic track once, you have completed one ???????
2. Every athlete wants to win an Olympic gold ??????
3. The 100 metres world ????? is just over 9 seconds.
4. In a relay race each runner has to pass a ?????? to the next runner.
5. The final 80 metres of a race is called the home ???????
6.  If you run at the same speed all the time - not too fast, not too slow - you run at a steady ??????
7. Some races have obstacles which you have to jump over. These obstacles are called  ???????

PART B:

Complete the sentences below with the following words and expressions:

• WORKING AT A STEADY PACE
• HANDED THE BATON
• THE HOME STRAIGHT
• DESERVE A MEDAL
• A MAJOR HURDLE
• MARATHON
• ON THE LAST LAP
• ON THE STARTING BLOCKS

1. We need to get the Board of Directors to agree to the changes. That could be ???????
2. This project is taking ages. We've already been working on it for 6 months. It's becoming a real ???????
3. Olga, you finished the project in only 3 days? That's fantastic! You ?????? for that !
4. I'm sorry. I still haven't started written your certificate. I'm still ???????
5. One more week and we should be finished. I'd say we're ?????? now.
6. Don't worry - you will finish your homework on time if you keep ??????
7. While Paul is on holiday he has ?????? to Rachel - she will be in charge of the school while he's away.
8. I've nearly finished writing your homework! Only the riddle to write. I'm on ??????

And finally your riddle:

The English think there are three,
From wealthy Earls to workers free.
The children sit there, row by row,
Absorbing all that they should know.

Have a good week and until next week!

Best wishes

Paul


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