Sailing school

On a Thursday I go to Sailing school .
It is so fun. Our leaders are called Holly and Lisa,

  Last week I really nearly capsized!! I was by myself in a oppie and a bit of the
boat broke off!! and I headed for a safety boat but then a crashed into there motor.......

WARNING
Now I will tell you one thing if you ever sail in a oppie make sure it is checked over!!!!!!!

 

Fossil facts

Types 
1. Hard tissues such as shells, teeth and bones are more likely to become fossils, because softer materials usually decomposed before they became fossilized. Today we have the bones of huge dinosaurs that once walked the earth and the shells of giant, nautilus-like creatures called ammonites that once swam in the seas. 2. Fossils can also be the remains of activities of an organism--these are called trace fossils, and include such things as coprolites (fossilized feces), footprints and burrows. Coprolites are especially valuable, since they can tell us what a creature ate, and footprints and burrows tell us how far it moved and where it lived.

Age

3. The oldest fossil known is of a blue-green algae that lived on some rocks in South Africa 3.2 billion years ago. 4. Fossil facts are always being updated. It used to be that the oldest dinosaur known was the Eoraptor, which was 228 million years old and lived in Argentina. But a recent find in Madagascar is even older: a Prosauropod from 230 million years ago.

Size

5. The biggest dinosaur fossil is Sauroposeidon, which is believed to have stood 60 feet tall and may have weighed as much as 60 tons. That's as tall as a six-story building and as heavy as a nine elephants. 6. The smallest fossils of all are the one-celled organisms that are also the oldest: the blue-green algae. The tiniest dinosaur fossil was found recently in China. Microraptor was the size of a crow (about 12 inches long).

Catastrophe

7. About 65 million years ago, at the division between the Cretaceous and the Tertiary periods (the K-T boundary), many species all went extinct at the same time, which we know by examining the fossil record. The most widely accepted explanation is that an asteroid hit the earth, causing many of the plants and animals that lived then to perish in a blaze of fire. The boundary can be seen with the human eye in the rock strata as a layer of iridium: this is a radioactive substance that is not found on earth but is found in asteroids. 8. Immediately after the K-T boundary event, we begin to see more and more fossils of mammals. It is thought that the rise of mammals wouldn't have happened if the dinosaurs, who were voracious predators, hadn't died out.

Uses

9. Fossil fuel does not come from dinosaurs, as many people believe. Rather, it comes from the fossilized remains of tiny organisms called diatoms. Because it took millions of years to make these fossils, this resource for fuel is non-renewable. 10. Fossilized diatoms are also used as abrasives and, in fact many of our toothpaste formulas use them to make the paste abrasive enough to clean our teeth.

Facts about the romans...

1 Rome was founded in 753BC by its first king, Romulus. It grew into a rich and powerful city during the next few hundred years.

2 By AD 117 the Roman Empire included the whole of Italy, all the lands around the Mediterranean and much of Europe, including England, Wales and parts of Scotland.

 3 Roman legend says that Romulus had a twin brother called Remus. As babies they were abandoned in the area which laster became Rome. A she-wolf found and raised them, but when they grew up, Romulus fought and killed Remus and became the first ruler of Rome!

4 The Romans built such a huge empire and conquered new lands, thanks to their strong army. The Roman army could march up to 40km a day!

5 During battle, a Roman soldier or ‘legionary’ first hurled his spear at the enemy, then he fought them with his sword. To protect himself, he carried a wooden shield and wore a metal helmet and armour.

 

6 The Romans didn’t spend all their time fighting – they were amazing architects and engineers too! They built roads and walls – things we now take for granted.

7 To bring water to their cities, the clever Romans built aqueducts – a system of channels and bridges – to transport water for public baths and toilets!

8 The Romans liked to enjoy their food, often lying down on a couch while eating with their hands. They occasionally used a spoon, but they would never use a knife and fork. Roch Romans liked to eat exotic food, such as stork, roast parrot and even flamingo!

9 The Romans believed in gods and goddesses who ruled over different areas of life. For example, Neptune was the god of the ocean, and they prayed to him to protect them at sea. Temples were built to honour the gods, and people would visit them with offerings.

10 Tunics – two pieces of woollen fabric sewn together at the sides and shoulders, with openings for your arms and head – were the most common clothes in Rome. Some Romans also wore togas – a kind of woollen shawl – to show how wealthy they were.

London Week :) !!!!!!

Elderflower and me are going to London next week!!.
Hooray  Hooray Hooray!!!!

We are going to see Gee-Gee (our great granny).
Also we are going to the Olympic stadium to watch some athletes !!

Then in September we are gonna stay with nanny in London as well!!

London Here We 
Come :)

I LOVE LONDON :)

Soon we are going to London to go to the Olympic stadium !! How cool is that!!

Also we are going to the national history museum in London as well!!:)

                     
   

                                                                        
 Big Ben Is so awesome

                                           
                                                                                                                                   
It is not how I imagined 
                                                                                                                                     
 Though cos it wide and not 
                                                                                                                                         
Very tall and I imagined that
                                                                                                                                            
  It would be slim and very
                                                                                                                                                         
  tall.

 

                                                                                                                                                 
                          The London eye is brilliant I only have been on it once when you are at the top
                                   Big Ben looks like Little Ben!!! Grandma and Grandpa took us on it so I will thank them !!