Year 6 have been writing newspaper reports in Literacy. Some children wrote a report suggesting that Humpty Dumpty didn’t fall off the wall but was pushed. Enjoy! Mr. Hoban.

Leave a short comment with your first name answering the question. I will need to edit comments so it may not appear straight away- have fun. Mr. Hoban.

Thanks Constance for being the first to send your diary entry- excellent job! Poor Grandad. Still I bet he loved the snowball fight. Well done to all Year 6 who sent in a snow diary entry- sounds like you all enjoyed the snow. Mr. Hoban.

Tuesday 5th January 2010

Today was great! School was cancelled because of the snow and because the teachers didn’t want us to hurt ourselves.

In the morning I got dressed ready for school. My Grandad came up to take me to school while my Mum went to work; she started a new job today with Bupa. It was snowing really heavily outside, so my Grandad rang up school to ask if it was open. When they said no I was really happy that I got another day off school. I got re-changed and flopped on the couch.

It snowed right through the morning and into the afternoon. At about 3:00pm me and my Grandad had a snowball fight! It was great fun!

Later on my Mum came home from work and my Grandad got into his car and tried to start it up, but it wouldn’t. My Grandad decided to stay and have tea with us then try again. We had Spaghetti Bolognese for tea! It was delicious!

When my Grandad tried again it still wouldn’t start up so he had to sleep the night.

By Constance 

Tuesday 5th January

Today was really fun I had a great time!!! I came into my living room and my Mum was there so I asked why and she said she couldn’t get there. So I did what I normally do had a wash  had my breakfast and watched TV, then when I started getting dressed and it was snowing hard so my mum looked if the school website said if we were going and it didn’t so she commented and said way they didn’t put it down. Then my Dad called up school for along time and then he got through and I heard they said no!!

So I was watching TV on my laptop and then me and my Dad started to build a snowman. But it didn’t go as we expected my Dads hands were numbing. I wanted to finish but we went in and when we got to the house Tess started to eat it!!! My Dad was shouting at her and stuff

It was a really great day I loved it sooo much I’m glad we had a week off!!!

By Megan

Tuesday 5th January 2010

Today I woke up looked out of my window to see loads of snow on the ground!!

I ran downstairs shouting ” its snowed” my mum didn’t believe me at first but then she decided to take a look for herself she was shocked my mum then made my breakfast and had a cup of coffee I quickly ran up stairs got dressed brushed my teeth all ready for school. Then the phone rang I wondered who it could  be ? my mum answered it she screamed ” oh no! ” my mum then shouted for me to come downstairs to tell me the spectacular news school was shut  I was delighted. I then rushed outside and called for my friends we had a snowball fight it was great. Today was fantastic !!!!!!!!!!

Happy Days !!!!!!!!!

by Jacob

Tuesday 5th January

In the morning I woke up and wondered why my mum wasn’t in her work clothes. When I asked her she said that the school that she worked at was closed. I thought to myself I wish my school was closed and guess what,  it was. I was really happy so me, my sister, my mum and my dad went out to build a snowman. It took ages but it was worth while because ours was the biggest snowman in the street. After that I went in and got warm. I hoped it would snow tomorrow so I could have another day off school!

From Olivia

29th December 2009

The best thing I did over the holiday was go to a tournament with my team Ashton Athletic. We put two teams in the tournament and both teams got to the final. We won the group with 11 points in 5 games only drawing 2 games. Also Luis and Miles went to the tournament. We won the final 3-1 and I scored in the final, and did I mention I got the golden boot.

Faisal

Tuesday 5th January 2010

Today I got up and went downstairs for my breakfast. My mum was on the phone with my nan and she told her that school was closed.

So I got dressed and went downstairs. I got my coat, hat and gloves on and went outside, I made a snowman with my brother and then we had a snowball fight. When my dad was walking home from work, me and my brother hid behind a wall and threw a snowball each at him. Later on, I had to go in for my tea, I had chicken and chips, it was amazing!

After tea, me and my family played on the nintendo wii we got for christmas for a couple of hours and then watched TV and went to bed.

by Michael

The Snow

On January 10th I went to sledging at Ashurst Beacon with my 3 sisters and my sisters boyfriend. First we went McDonald’s then we went sledging, the best part was having a snowball fight. When we landed there the car got stuck in the snow and everyone came running over helping to push the car. Finally we got it off the snow. The worst part was when I went down the sledge with my sister and because I sat at the front all the snow came bursting up in my face and all over me. One time my sledge turned over with me on it so I went rolling down the hill on my own, it really hurt but it was funny.

By Rebecca

1/01/2010

Whilst I was away, over the New Year holidays, I saw some horses.  We had just been for a walk to the swimming pool where we all had a great time. They let us have some toys in the pool and included in them toys were some inflatable seats. We spent about 3 hours in the pool overall. In that time me and Gabrielle had done some swimming while Michael and Jamie just splashed about! After about 1 hour Lisa, Michelle and the boys had joined in a game of basketball in the water!! It was fantastic.

On the way back from the pool me, Gabs and my mum went to see some horses on the farm next door. This nice woman brought a really soft horse over who was called Rani. She was really nice. We all really enjoyed going away!!!

 Rachael.

Today was school, so i dragged myself out of bed and went down stairs. My mum put the news on and it was the same stuff as always. I got my cocopops and started eating them when my mum came in and said there was no school because of the snow. I didn’t  believe her but  looking out of the window she was right!

Later on after getting dressed, me and my mum went outside to clear the driveway but I got bored so my mum built a snowman. At  the other side of the road this boy and his brother built one, so did a man about 5 houses down the road.

Today was the snowiest day of my life!!!!!!!! by David

Tuesday 5th January 2010

Today was brilliant! I woke up and got ready for school and then went down to breakfast were my mum told me that school was cancelled for the day. My Dad soon came home from work after trying to get there for three hours!

 Later on me, Sophie and my dad started building snowmen and then had a snowball fight.  My sister threw a snow ball at me and it went down my back and started to sting, so I had to go in a change my clothes. I didn’t go out after that but Sophie and my dad did and I started to take pictures of them having a snowball fight.

I really enjoyed my day off!

By Chloe

Schools off-  yes! Getting my shoes on to go outside to the snow. I started to build a snowman, but it fell down. Me and my dad watched people and cars slipping and falling. I went outside with my friends and had a snowball fight, I came in cold and soaking wet. Getting off my wet clothes. I thought about my dad who was sat at work, freezing cold. Then my Nan came down to drop off something for my mum. Then she went home and I went on my games, then we went shopping.

By Cavan

Best day in the snow (5th January)

Today I woke up and got dressed. My mum and me were listening to the radio to see if the school was closed. I also looked on the computer, but then my mum rang school to see if it was open- it wasn’t so I quickly ran upstairs got changed and watched TV. An hour later I went on the computer and played a new game. I got bored so I went out and built a snowman it was about 3/4 the size of me.

Later on that day I called for a friend with my sister (Chloe) we went to a park and stayed for about an hour, after that we went to somewhere called the valley. When I came back home I watched a bit more TV.

By Sean M

While I was off school because of the snow, we decided to go up to Haigh Hall to walk through the woods to see what it looked like in the snow.  As we walked we came across Red Robins bobbing from branch to branch, and rabbits playing together.  When we reached the hall we stopped for a hot tea and watched people sledging. After the drink we found an old bin lid and used it as a sledge, I was nervous at first but soon got the hang of it.  On the way back me and my mum jumped around in the fresh snow.

When we got home we built a snowman which we shaped into a penguin, which was cold and hard but a lot of fun.

Clodagh

Snow 5/1/10

Today was great! I woke up and got dressed and went down stairs for my breakfast. It was snowing hard outside so my mum got her laptop out and went on the school website to check if school was open or not because on the news it said, ‘most schools are closed in the north west’. School was closed so I went up stairs and took my uniform off and went on the wii console with my sisters. Later on about 3:00pm I went outside with my mum and my sisters and built a snowman. After on my dad came home and all my family went sledging we had lots of fun!

By Ameillia

Snow.

In the first week of the Christmas holidays I went to Wigan Park with my 2 other brothers and my 3 step brothers. I took my black sledge and then we all decided where we were going to sledge. We decided to go down the steps on the sledge. I thought it was great. My little brother didn’t go down the steps because he might get hurt. When we all did that we decided to go down the hills on it my little brother went down the hills on my knee so he didn’t fall off. Then we went home and had a snowball fight. I put some snow down my little brothers pants.  

By Jack

Snow Days

Last week when we had an extra week off school, I was very happy. I went into my garden and started to make a snowman and as I walked outside I slipped. I was alright so I started to make my snowman. It turned out good but it was very small. Now it has all melted away, but it lasted about for a week. I tried to make another snowman but there was not enough snow. The next day I went to my nanna and grandads and I went for a walk with my nanna and Jake (my nanna and grandads dog).

By Danielle

Year 6 have written some excellent stories this term. Here are three of my favourites. Mr. Hoban.

 Hogwarts – The Remix

“Remember, magic is strictly banned unless a teacher is supervising you,” groaned Mrs. Lumb for the 8^th time that day. The bell went and Raven had been asleep that entire lesson. “Raven!” shouted Mrs. Lumb. “Wake up, you can go to sleep when you’re  in detention!”

Raven woke up and moaned.

 Everyone went outside except Raven. He noticed a wand and a laptop. They were Mrs. Lumb’s property! “Well well well , what do we have here ?” muttered Raven as he grinned . He slowly closed the door and started walking to the wand.

 Raven had no intentions of leaving the room, he scanned the room to see if there were any teachers or goblins in there with him.

 As Raven got to the wand, a split second away, he suddenly jumped … “Don’t do that!” snapped Harry quickly. “Ah Harry , since you came as an exchange student from Hogwarts you’ve been a pain!” moaned Raven. He took the wand and the laptop and ran to the corner of the classroom.

 “I’ll look up … ahah Levicorpus,” Raven said looking it up on Oogles. “So you wave your wand like this and …” Everything started floating even Raven and Harry. The two friends were screaming and then someone walked in, it was Mrs. Lumb but she wasn’t floating!

 “Ha ha need help?” asked Mrs. Lumb cockily, “Uh yeah!” shouted Raven. ”Well tuff luck! I’m not helping you fools! Bye Bye you hooligans!” chuckled Mrs Lumb with an evil laugh and then, they disappeared! “I should have stayed at Hogwarts!” groaned Harry “Oh be quiet!” bellowed Raven as lights flashed all around them.

 A couple of years later the school had changed, the toilets were clean, the cloakroom was bigger and the best part was the horrible Mrs. Lumb had been fired for being irresponsible. Then on 3^rd October a couple of weird, unexpected things flew down from the sky. Was it a bird? No, was it a plane? No, it was Raven and Harry! They were much wiser and couldn’t believe their luck to be at school with no Mrs Lumb.  They studied under Dumbledore’s cousin and stayed until they were 18 yrs old. Finally they worked at Hogwarts!

 By Glen.

Magic is Forbidden.

 “Remember, magic is strictly forbidden unless a member of staff is present,” Mrs Strictly cried for the hundredth time this year. Then the bell went for break and Mrs Strictly ran frantically for the staffroom door. She wanted some witchy brew. “Test after break!” she screamed from the staffroom door. “Oh no,” Caitlin muttered to herself as everyone in the class was leaving. Caitlin hated school and so did her friend Olivia. Caitlin found magic really hard and wished that she could stay at home all day.

 Just as Caitlin was about to leave the class she saw a wand next to a laptop. She then saw that the laptop was logged onto Witch Net where you get all the latest spells from. She crept up to the door and slowly pushed it to. Next she slowly lifted her arm up to grab the wand when…

Olivia popped out of nowhere and scared Caitlin to death. “What are you doing here?” Caitlin whispered.

“I saw you with the wand and I want to help,” replied Olivia. So the girls picked up the wand and searched the net for a spell.

 On the witch net they found some spells on how to disappear, how to make the weather and much more. The girls were just flicking through the spells when Olivia spotted a spell of how to know everything. When the girls spotted the spell their faces lit up. Both of the girls thought, if they used the spell they would know the answers to all the tests. Olivia snatched the wand from Caitlin and did what it said on the screen… BUT NOT PROPERLY!

 Everything went WRONG!!! Caitlin and Olivia were lifted off their feet and into the air. Suddenly the scared girls started spinning round really fast until they couldn’t remember a thing. When finally the shocked girls were placed back on their feet the class were coming in. “That was lucky,” Caitlin whispered to Olivia sneakily. Mrs Strictly came storming into the classroom with a steaming mug of witchy brew.

 “Now class, time for the test,” she said sneakily, “Let’s see who has done their homework.” She basically threw out the tests and then set the timer. When everyone had started she sat down to her hot brew. Mrs Strictly went on her laptop and saw what spell it was on. “Who went on my laptop at break?” Mrs Strictly boomed. Caitlin and Olivia looked at each other with a scared look on their faces. Mrs Strictly saw the girls faces and roared, “Caitlin and Olivia come here.” The girls admitted that they had used the wand. Both of them got zero in the test because the spell went wrong. The girls both wished that they had gone out at break.

 As the girls punishment Mrs Strictly sent both of the girls back to Year 1 in the school so that the girls could learn everything they had forgot. This was the girl’s worst nightmare. “Oh no!” cried the two girls as they were moved. “This is your entire fault” Olivia growled. “No it’s not!” Caitlin shrieked. The girls got into a very long and noisy row. Both of them said some words, too rude to write down.

6 years later…

When the girls were back in Mrs Strictly class, the girls still hated school and wished that they could quit. At break Mrs Strictly ran out of the classroom as usual for her brew. Caitlin saw the wand and went to pick it up. “No!” screamed Olivia, “I want to leave school not start again.”

 By Rachael.

Wigan Witches.

The girls rose from their chairs and started to pour outside through the classroom door. Raven was one of the last girls to leave the class. As she put her paper on the pile she saw Miss Strictly’s wand!

 She looked round the deserted classroom and to her delight she saw it was empty! She closed the door and slowly edged towards the wand. She stroked it as though it was worth thousands of pounds! She carefully picked it up and pulled a funny face, dancing about like Miss Strictly!

 “Hello, Raven” interrupted Hilda, with a smug grin on her face, “What are you doing this fine day?” She rose up from behind the chair where she was hiding. “Hilda!” shouted Raven.

“Don’t worry, I won’t tell!” grinned Hilda.

“What’s the catch?” said Raven.

“The catch is, you let me choose the spell you do with that wand!” she exclaimed.

“No way!” replied Raven. Suddenly, Hilda started to walk forward towards Raven and leaned out for the wand…

 The girls fought for the wand and said some very rude words! Hilda finally got the wand and waved it high up in the air. As the wand came flying down, out of the air, Hilda screamed! The wand fell on the floor. As it touched the ground all the tables and chairs lifted up into the sky. “Look what you’ve done!” shouted Raven.

“Me?” questioned Hilda, “I’ve done nothing!”  Raven took out her mobile and dialled the number for speed text. “What are you doing?” asked Hilda, angrily.

“Clearing up your mess!” shouted Raven. She typed in a spell that she thought reversed other spells and pressed send. But instead of everything getting better, it all went terribly wrong!

 Suddenly, Ravens mouth vanished! The same thing happened to Hilda. Next, Miss Strictly walked in! “Oh dear, oh dear!” cackled Miss Strictly, “What do we have here?”

“Miss Strictly, you have to help us!” shrieked Hilda, who’s legs were disappearing.

“No magic allowed” answered Miss Strictly. She spun on her heels and started to walk out of class. “Not so fast!” declared Mr Nicely, the nicest teacher in the school.

“What are you doing, Mr Nicely?” remarked Miss Strictly.

“I’m here to put a stop to your horrible strictness!” he replied.

“I beg your pardon” shrieked Miss Strictly, “I am the best and the loyalist teacher at this school and you Mr Nicely, you are a trainee and have only been here a month!”

 All of a sudden Mr Nicely pulled out his gold, shiny wand. He pointed it at Miss Strictly. “Abra-ca-dab-ra, dipodee-doo, make Miss Strictly into a nice teacher too!” stuttered a nervous Mr Nicely. The girls and Mr Nicely stood, amazed, looking at Miss Strictly. She danced about like a robot and to the girls amazement she was no longer a grumpy, old Miss Strictly, she was a beautiful, young Miss nicely. She hugged Mr Nicely and gave him a great big sloppy kiss! Mr Nicely then took her hand and they skipped down the corridor and through the door!

 Meanwhile, Raven and Hilda stood, mouths wide open, staring down the corridor. As Raven and Hilda came round from the big shot they noticed the dull, boring, dark corridors where turning bright and colourful. Children were walking out of there class rooms with smiling faces. The girls followed them outside and soon realised, they were all wearing beautiful white cloaks, instead of dull, black ones! It was great!

 Life at school was never the same again for Hilda and Raven!

 By Constance.

This week we have looked at leaflets in literacy. the children had to write a leaflet for a new Sea World centre. Molly and Eleanor worked really hard and asked if they could have their work on the website- we aim to please. I hope you two children are really proud of your leaflets. Mr. Hoban.

Sea World

About sea world

Are you bored? Try our all-new sea world. There are loads of things to do, like watching our shark videos at our video tent. There is also a fish pool where you can paddle with fish.

Food

No need to bring a packed lunch, visit our café. It serves a very good range of food from our legendary pasta to delicious salad.

The animals

Many videos and a big range of gorgeous tropical fish in our tropical fish aquarium. Even better there is a fish pool which you can paddle in. Take a boat trip along the river to see all our seals and dolphins- they also perform tricks.

Shark Videos

As you walk in the shark video tent you will hear the shark swimming towards you (Don’t worry screen you won’t get eaten). Finally a 3D shark will come towards you out of the screen.

Splash pools     

At the end of the day you might want to relax at our pools. The water is heated so you don’t need to worry about being cold.

Opening and closing times      

Sunday: Closed

Monday: Friday-10am to 9 pm     

Saturday: 8am to 10pm

Prices

Adult-£10

Child over 5-£5

Child under 5- free

Family- (2 adults 3 kids maximum)-£20 Great Value!

Terms and conditions

We would like to ask that all children be accompanied by at least 1 adult. The fish here at this aquarium are fed special fish food so please do not feed them. There is a fine for litter droppers.

Special offers

The first 100 visitors will receive a free, cute, cuddly and soft seal toy: also a free ticket for sea world.

By Molly.

Sea World.

Bored of staying in every weekend? Well not anymore, Sea World has come! There are things for the whole family to do. Come today don’t miss anything on the first day we are open.

What you will see

As you walk through the gates a beam of light will come right to you then a video will start to come on telling you what you will do and see. After that has finished you will enter Sea World and forget all your worries.

What there is to do

For the children there are games to play and a splash pool plus a fishpond. Seeing all kinds of fish will amaze your kids. The adults will love are new café and the whole family will have a great time on our boat trip. You can see whales, dolphins and if you want to, have a swim with them.

What there is to eat   

You will love our Sea World restaurant serving all kinds of seafood but if you don’t want seafood you can have a Sunday dinner and the children will like all the things on the kids menu.

Where you can stay

On our boat trip at the end there is a hotel called Mashoon and the boat will come back every hour to take you to the Sea World fair or for a swim with the whales and dolphins. The fair is a wonderful place to play and have fun.

To book in

Call: 078652 to have a day out or call: 078652897 to have a day out and stay in the Mashoon hotel. Come now don’t miss anything.

By Eleanor.

The children wrote newspaper reports this week using the following picture as the subject of their reports. I hope you enjoy reading their work as much as I did. Mr. Hoban.

Tricycle Terror

On the 5^th February a fox had a lucky escape when a man narrowly missed it and a toddler on a tricycle.

3 children Shane Mellson, Devon Katby and Kieran Wheel were walking home from St. Andrew’s Primary School, passing a rugby ball when Kieran spotted a fox rummaging through Mort Street No.42 wheelie bin. Devon threw the ball at the fox’s head causing it to flee.  However the fox would be back. Meanwhile Wigan Warriors superstar Trent Parrot was driving his Porsche home from rugby training, as he did everyday, not knowing what was coming his way.

As Shane, Devon and Kieran turned into Springfield Road they saw a young child learning to ride a tricycle. After 5 minutes of helping the toddler Shane spotted the fox again running into the road, at the same time Kieran spotted Mr.Parrot’s Porsche, they all knew what was going to happen next.

Mr. Parrot was flying into Springfield Road on the phone and speeding at 50mph in a 30mph zone. He was heading right at the fox but he didn’t know what was going to happen because he was to busy speaking to his wife.

Suddenly Mr. Parrot knew what was going to happen next he was going to crash! At that moment Mr.Parrot threw his mobile out of the window narrowly missing a pensioner, Mrs.Fudge. Mrs Fudge said, ” I was walking down Springfield Road and an electronic device nearly hit me right on the noggin, then it smashed into bits on floor.” Meanwhile the toddler was stuck in the mud on his tricycle. Mr.Parrot tried to avoid the fox but was drifting right towards him. Just before the car hit the toddler Shane made a daring move he stood on a nearby wall and jumped off scooping up the toddler on the way down then… SMACK the car hit side on into the tree. The tricycle was smashed to bits but thanks to Shane no one was hurt.

We caught up with Mr.Parrot who said, “If it wasn’t for Shane I would have been a killer I’m glad I didn’t hurt anyone.” Shane said, “It’s good to be a hero the lads at school won’t believe it.”

By Shane- a fictional newspaper report.

FOX FRIGHT

Yesterday one man became a lifesaver as a fox and a little girl made a lucky escape when disaster struck on Springfield Road.

As you will already know a terrible wind storm struck the Springfield area and just about everyone made a lucky escape except one man named Paul Smith. Paul Smith was driving home from work as he did everyday when suddenly a large tree branch hit his car windscreen falling with such force that his foot slammed down on the pedal and he swerved out of control.

Suddenly Paul saw something in the road it was a fox. He narrowly missed the fox but he ran into a big oak tree. Paul leaped out of the car as fast as he could unharmed.  Suddenly the car caught fire.  Paul said to us that he felt so lucky to have been able to get out of the car in time. Next he wafted the smoke away but it wasn’t over yet because when he looked back at the car he saw a small schoolgirl named Niamh age 10 by the car and she had seen the whole accident. Paul started shouting and yelling at Niamh hoping that she would hear him but she didn’t. So he ran as fast as he could and grabbed Niamh pulling her out of the way to safety.

After the fire had been put out Paul said,  “Wow that was so scary but I feel so lucky not to have hurt anybody.” Also Niamh told us,  “Oh I can’t believe it, I just saw the whole thing and when the car set on fire I couldn’t move, I just froze and when I saw the fox run across the road their was nothing I could do to stop it.”

Just to let you know Paul got checked over at the hospital and he was just fine. Unfortunately the fox wasn’t available for comment.

Did you know that foxes cause most of Britain’s car accidents?

By Amy- a fictional newspaper report.

Crackers Crash

As Jack Sparrow was driving home from work on Wednesday 4^th February at 3 35 pm, little did he know about the chaos that was about to strike. Suddenly the car swerved just missing a fox that had padded out into the road.

It seemed like a normal day for our key witness, Cody, when a speeding car fled down the road just missing a ten year old boy and swerved onto the pavement. This is what Cody had to say, “It was a fox that caused the crash although the driver was speeding!”

The driver got out of the car and was all right, people came gushing out of their houses just as the police arrived. The driver told us, “It was the fox that caused everything and I am so lucky no one was hurt apart from my Range Rover Sport.” The police sent the driver Jack Sparrow in an ambulance to the hospital.

Luckily the driver was not hurt! The police got a big truck to move the car that is no longer fit for the road. The police taped off where the crash had been.

The driver told us, “I will never speed again and I am getting an Aston Martin V8 Vantage.” The road where the crash took place has now reopened and the driver is being charged with reckless driving and speeding.

Finally a road safety officer said, “The number of accidents in our country is absolutely dreadful and the most accidents are caused by foxes. There have been 200,000 accidents and only a few survived.” 

By Dylan- a fictional newspaper report.

FOX FRIGHT   

On the 5^th of February in St Andrew’s Drive, a fox caused a minor crash.

David Wayne Jones was driving to Tesco when his daughter started to make silly noises and distract him from his driving.

A girl, named Joanna Walker, aged 10, was walking home from school and saw a fox near Springfield Road; not knowing the danger it was going to cause.

A dog was on a walk on Springfield Road, when it saw the fox it chased it straight across the road- there was nothing the owner could do.

Meanwhile Joanna saw what was happening and ran to move the little girl who was playing near the tree. However the little girl didn’t want to move, so Joanna told her the danger she was in which made her move.

The car came and swerved to miss the fox, but didn’t see the dog, the dog was a fast runner so he dodged the car. The car crashed straight into the tree, where the little girl had just been sitting, she would have been badly injured, if it wasn’t for Joanna.

David Wayne told us that he feels so lucky not to have injured anyone, he also added, “I will probably have to get a new car and pay for the tree, but that’s better than injuring anyone isn’t it?”

Joanna told us that she feels quite glad to have witnessed the crash otherwise the little girl, Tanya O’Neil, age 7, would have been badly injured. Tanya O’Neil told us that Joanna is her best friend and she saved her from the car.

Now we know that the fox is fine because a man saw it running away unhurt.

David, Joanna and Tanya have been checked on in the hospital and are all fine. The dog has been checked on as well he is also fine.

Today David is looking for a new car and has paid for the damage to the tree. The tree is going to be dug up and a new one will be planted in the park as the tree has caused several crashes this year already.

By Niamh- a fictional newspaper report.

If you click the link to Reading Matters, in the sidebar, you can read book reviews like the one below. Happy reading.  Please remember to click on comments and leave your reviews on our site. Mr. Hoban.

Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian (1981)

Not everybody had a good time as an evacuee during the Second World War, but for eight-year-old Willie Beech, suddenly transferred from a deprived London background into the heart of the country, it is literally a lifeline. Willie is dumped on grumpy old Tom Oakley, the sharp-tongued widower, but he soon finds that Mister Tom is fair and friendly.

What does Mister Tom make of Willie?

The tales he had heard of evacuees didn’t seem to fit Willie. ‘Ungrateful’ and ‘wild’ were the adjectives he had heard used or just plain ‘homesick’. He was quite unprepared for this timid, sickly little specimen.

It all becomes a bit clearer when Tom unpacks the brown paper carrier bag that Willie has brought with him from his unforgiving London home. There are no warm, spare clothes. There is an old Bible and a leather belt to beat him with. Willie is obviously used to being beaten – he is covered in bruises and bleeding sores. He is so malnourished he can’t keep a proper meal down, he wets the bed, he can’t read or write, and he shivers and trembles a lot.

Willie’s needs are clear. And, to the intense interest of the entire village of Little Weirwold, Tom Oakley’s stern manner melts slowly away as he takes on the task of raising Willie Beech. It’s a voyage of discovery for both of them. Willie learns how it feels to have a proper home and friends. Tom confronts the grief of bereavement which caused him to withdraw from village life all those years ago, when his young wife and baby son died.

The whole project nearly founders when Willie’s mother recalls him to London. Returning reluctantly, Willie faces unspeakable horrors before he is rescued by Tom who comes through an air-raid searching for him.

This book is really a gentle and moving story about the developing relationship of trust and love between Willie and Tom. But it also gives a very clear background picture of life in England during the Second World War, the contrast between life in the country and life in London. Highly recommended.

Taken from www.readingmatters.co.uk