Wednesday 6 February 2013

Fact Hunters: Frozen seas, dinosaurs and tarantulas

Fact Hunters:
This week we have had a tremendous number of interesting facts being shared by the children. Congratulations to the following children who have amazed us with their ability to hunt out interesting snippets of information:

Tumelo Sibanda 
Did you know that children in Tudor schools used to study Latin? If you were naughty they would hit you over the hand with a birch stick!

George White
The first dinosaurs appeared about 230 million years The first dinosaurs evolved from the archosaurs, the "ruling lizards" that first roamed the earth.

Matthew Leadbitter 
Incredibly the sea - in January 1963 - froze for 1 mile (1.6 km) out from shore at Herne Bay, Kent.
Tommy Terry
Pink Toe tarantulas have urticating hairs on their abdomen that they will fling as a defense mechanism. These hairs can embed themselves in your skin and eyes causing severe pain and agitation. Luckily their venom is not strong enough to kill a human.
Dara Adu 
Did you know that the number of bones in your body decreases as you get older? When you are a baby there are over 300 bones. However – as you grow – many of these fuse together to form larger stronger bones.






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