Our local team... Who just happen to be the greatest team in the world!!!

David Moyes will hopefully be keeping Januzaj for Manchester United this season. 

When Manchester United played against Sunderland  and won 2-1, Manchester United. They won the match when Januzaj scored an amazing goal, changing the score from 1-1 to 2-1. 

This 18 year old Belgium player had 3 appearances and 2 goals; he might be the new Robin Van Persie for Manchester United. We think you should keep your eye on him!!

Written by MP

Good news for our Armed Forces...

Good news!!

The LAST big group of British troops have recently arrived in Afghanistan to help to complete the UK's mission there. 

The 7th Armoured Brigade, also known as the Desert Rats, have arrived in Helmand Province which is in the south of the country, where most of the British troops are based.  They'll be there for the next nine months and their main job will be packing up kit before British forces finally leave Afghanistan next year. Local troops will then take over. 

UK troops have been in Afghanistan for just over 10 years now - we are really glad they are coming home!!

Written by RC

How did you do?

Sorry for the delay in posting these answers, we have had some issues getting on to our blog this week - hope you haven't had problems seeing it too!!

Here are the answers to last weeks Quiz on Natural Disasters!!

Q1) A

Q2) B

Q3) C

Q4) D

Q5) A

Don't forget to let us know how you did!!!

Diamonds in the sky...

It sounds like science fiction, but as much as 10 million tons of diamonds may be stored in Saturn and Jupiter, researchers announced this week. Observational evidence of storms on Saturn that actively generate carbon particles, combined with new laboratory experiments and models that show how carbon behaves under extreme conditions, have led a pair of scientists to posit that both planets may offer stable environments for the formation of diamonds.

Written by RC

The early bird..... has two tales....

We aren't sure the rhyme goes like that either?

A 120-million-year-old bird sported a long tail and a second, shorter tail. 

The discovery points to a complicated evolutionary path for the tails we see in birds today.

One of the oldest known birds that is the Jeholornis, lived in what is today China. It was also thought to sport only a long fan-feathered tail at its back end. Now, however, paleontologists are claiming discovery of a second tail frond adorning the bird. 

In peacocks and other birds, such feathery features are more for attracting the attention of potential mates than for any functional purpose.

Since male birds today are the ones with the striking plumage, the authors suggest that perhaps only one sex of Jeholornis sported the eye-catching tail fronds.

Written by JC

Hurricane Facts

Some Amazing Hurricane Facts...

 

A hurricane is an intense tropical storm with powerful winds and heavy rain.

Other names for a hurricane include cyclone, typhoon and tropical storm, the different names usually indicate where the storm took place. Tropical storms that form in the Atlantic or Northeast Pacific (near the United States) are called hurricanes, those that form near in the Northwest Pacific (near Japan) are called typhoons and those that form in the South Pacific or Indian oceans are called cyclones.

Hurricanes usually form in tropical areas of the world.

Hurricanes develop over warm water and use it as an energy source.

Hurricanes lose strength as they move over land.

 

 

Written by AS

 

Ocean life dying fast...

 

 

The health of the world’s oceans is declining faster than thought. The ocean is heating up by climate change, turning less alkaline after absorbing carbon-dioxide gas. As well as that, other issues like over fishing and chemical pollution is combining together resulting in a more powerful threat. The international programme on the State of the Ocean warns that if the oceans get to hot and full of acid then that means that it could be a big threat; this is because it could result to extinction of much sea life. People have said that we have been taking the ocean for granted and that we should care for it more. The IPSO have said that we must stop the increase of carbon-dioxide if we want to save this beautiful world under the sea.

 

 

Written by AL and VL

 

 

 

Part of the Family...

Three tiger cubs have been adopted by a dog in Russia!

 

 

Three abandoned tigers are now being looked after by a dog in Russia called Tally. It’s not the first time they have been abandoned; however the zoo owners knew that they needed to be looked after by another animal because the tigers could possibly die. Someone put an advert on the internet, for a dog to feed the cubs; this is where Tally came in. Tally already had some cubs, but raised the cute tigers as her own. After the traumas of this 9 more puppies were born from tally; isn’t that a fantastic dog!

 

 

Written by NL and RF

 

Quiz Time....

Are you a natural hazards genius?

 

 

Have a go at our quiz to find out!!!

Q1) Which natural disaster is also known as a cyclone or a typhoon?

a)      Hurricane

b)      Tornado

c)       Flood

Q2) What was the deadliest earthquake called?

a)      Haiti

b)      Shaanxi

c)       Messina

Q3) Which natural disaster is not caused by the movement of tectonic plates?

a)      Volcanic eruption

b)      Earthquake

c)       Hurricane

Q4) What is the most dangerous type of avalanche?

a)      Wet avalanche

b)      Icefall avalanche

c)       Dry slab avalanche

Q5) How high were the waves in the 2011 Japan tsunami?

a)      10 metres

b)      20 metres

c)       8 metres

Answers will appear next week!!!

Written by LF, KH and ER

Happisburgh... the residents are not so happy....

Happiburghs BIG Problem!

The houses on the cliff of Happiburghs town are rapidly decreasing in value as over the years erosion has made the land recede and the gardens of he houses along the coast have been completely demolished.

You can literally buy the houses for a matter of pounds as the building itself won’t be there for long!

The first picture is from when the erosion first started to cause a problem for the neighbours and the second picture is from 2007 where the erosion is a clear problem and a danger to people.

These pictures are just nine years apart and it shows the shocking natural force of erosion.

 

Find out more by watching clips here: BBC - Learning Zone Class Clips - A house threatened by coastal erosion - Geography Video or

BBC - Learning Zone Class Clips - Living with coastal erosion in Happisburgh, East Anglia (pt 1/2) - Geography Video.

 

If you find any more interesting stories (geography related) that you would like us to pursue please feel free to comment and tell us your ideas.

 

Written by AB