A mixture of templates/ideas that I have made and acquired from many sources.

Good manners, or behaving in a way that's socially acceptable and respectful, display respect, care, and consideration for others. Excellent manners can help you to have better relationships with people you know, and those you will meet. Here&'s how to cultivate them.

A British man who saved 669 children, most of them Jews, from the Nazis has been awarded the Czech Republic's highest state honour. Sir Nicholas Winton was 29 when he arranged trains to take the children out of occupied Czechoslovakia and for foster families to meet them in London.The 105-year-old was given the Order of the White Lion by the Czech president during a ceremony at Prague Castle.

Richard III’s skeleton discovered Remains found beneath car park reopen debate over controversial king

The sweets were originally called 'unclaimed babies', invented in 1864 by an Austrian man working at Fryers of Lancashire. In 1918 they were produced by Bassett's in Sheffield as 'Peace Babies' to mark the end of World War I. Production was suspended during World War II due to wartime shortages. In 1953 the product was relaunched as 'Jelly Babies'. In March 1989 Bassett&'s were taken over by Cadbury-Schweppes.

Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse VC & Bar, MC (9 November 1884 – 4 August 1917) was a British medical doctor and British Army officer who is one of only three people to be awarded a Victoria Cross twice.

Five sheep from Harewell Hall in Harrogate have been fitted with cameras The ‘sheepcams’ are remotely controlled by farmer Ian Hammond Each camera is waterproof and features image stabilisation Tour De France starts in Leeds on Saturday before travelling to Harrogate There are 21 stages and riders finish on the Champs-Elysees on July 27

A template for History homework research - could be easily adapted for any subject. Thanks to the original creator.

A woman had a portion of her skull stored in her stomach for 42 days following brain surgery over the summer. Jamie Hilton, a former Mrs. America pageant contestant, suffered a traumatic head injury after falling about 10 feet from a platform onto rocks in Hells Canyon, Idaho, during a fishing trip with her husband and brother-in-law in June. According to the Deseret News, doctors at the Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center removed about 25 percent of her skull and stored it in her stomach to keep it nourished while her brain healed.

Red Dog (c. 1971 – 21 November 1979) was a Kelpie/cattle dog cross that was well known for his travels through Western Australia's Pilbara region. There is a statue in his memory in Dampier, which is one of the towns to which he often returned. He is frequently referred to as a 'Red Kelpie'or a 'Red Cloud Kelpie'.

A hound the world in 80 days: Meet Oscar, the canine globe-trotting sensation . Oscar is a dog without equal. This year, he travelled across an incredible five continents, 29 countries and stopped off everywhere from the Eiffel Tower to the Taj Mahal.

Lonesome George, the LAST giant Galapagos Islands turtle, dies at the age of 100 with video links.

Some more interesting news stories - I use some of them to discuss SSMC issues I find they encourage whole class reading also. You could attach a string of them and loop them to show in your form room in the background!! With many of these I have also included the direct video clip relevant to the story. Kind Regards Steven There is no delight in owning anything unshared. Seneca quotes (Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD)

Slogan - 'It is our mission to accelerate learning for students of all ages.' The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit educational organization, created in 2006 by MIT graduate educator Salman Khan. With the stated mission of 'providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere', the website supplies a free online collection of more than 2,400 micro lectures via video tutorials stored on YouTube teaching mathematics, history, finance, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, economics and computer science.

The Internet's favorite slow-moving mammals are coming to a computer screen near you, thanks to Animalist and Animal Planet. For six days, beginning on June 20, any sloth-loving person (so, all persons) will be able to see adorable footage from the Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica.

Colin Firth in 'conscious uncoupling&' from Paddington Bear film The British actor, who was to voice the beloved bear in a forthcoming film, has said that &';he simply doesn't have my voice&'

Gunner (born c. August 1941) was a stray male kelpie who became notable for his reliability to accurately alert allied airforce personnel that Japanese aircraft were approaching Darwin during World War II.

Andy Murray joins Dennis the Menace and Gnasher in the pages of the iconic British comic ahead of Wimbledon 2014. The Wimbledon champion is in the Dennis the Menace and Gnasher strip in which the tennis star is coached in how to be a menace and how to control his emotions ahead of an upcoming tennis tournament.

Mother of British student in jihad video: ‘You are my only son, I beg you to come home’

The Dickin Medal was instituted in 1943 in the United Kingdom by Maria Dickin to honour the work of animals in war. It is a bronze medallion, bearing the words 'For Gallantry' and 'We Also Serve' within a laurel wreath, carried on a ribbon of striped green, dark brown and pale blue. It is awarded to animals that have displayed 'conspicuous gallantry or devotion to duty while serving or associated with any branch of the Armed Forces or Civil Defence Units'. The award is commonly referred to as 'the animals ‘Victoria Cross'.