THE MOON:

How long does it take the Moon to orbit the Earth?

The Moon takes about 27 days (27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 11.6 seconds) to go all the way around the Earth and return to its starting position.

How old is the Moon?

The Moon is 4.5 billion years old.

Which direction does the Moon travel around the Earth?

Looking down from the north pole we would see the Moon orbiting
counterclockwise from west to east.

Which direction does the Moon travel around the Earth?

Looking down from the north pole we would see the Moon orbiting
counterclockwise from west to east.

Did you know?

The moon moves toward the east in our sky by about 12 degrees
each day.

The moon rises in the east and sets in the west

Question:  How long does it take for the Moon to orbit the Earth?

Answer: It takes 27 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and return to its starting position.

Question: How old is the Moon?

Answer: The moon is 4.3 billion years old.

Question: How far is the Moon from Earth?

Answer: The Moon is 250,000 miles (384,400 kilometres) from Earth.

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“No! Don’t go in there spike!” But it was too late. He had already gone in…

That same night I told everyone that I’d tried my best, but they didn’t believe me. I was alone. I Had to show them, show them all.

Later that night I set of to find spike. I didn’t leave any trace of me behind except I took some of my clothes and some food to keep my tummy from turning into a monster.

The next morning I had found out that my food had gone missing… Who could have taken it? What could have taken it?…

TO BE CONTINUED…

What caues the moon to be lit up?

The moon is illuminated because it reflects the light from the sun. Then the part of the moon facing the sun is lit up. The part facing away from the sun will still be dark and wuld not be lit up.

What is the phase of the moon?

The lunar phase is the amount of the Moon you can see from Earth depending on how much of it is lit up by the sun.

 

How Bearwood Got Its Name.

Many centuries ago, a vicious bear, whose names was King Gregory, ruled the land. He had sharp, jaggered claws which he used to scratch out his servant eyes if they disobeyed him or did something wrong. Nobody liked King Gregory, especially Martin Smith. Martin was like a hero in Birmingham since he would fight evil. Martin Smith hated King Gregory for who he was since he was cruel to everyone and he hated everyone. He just couldn’t stand him.

One day Martin was in the barbers, having a haircut. As he looked out the window he saw the king fighting with a peasant. Martin did not like this so he barged outside wanting to teach the king a lesson. He walked up to him, knuckles clenched, anger in his veins and his face red with fury. Whilst his knuckles were clenched, he lifted his hands towards the king’s face with his face even furious than before. His hand was a centimeter away from the king’s face but he stopped to the call of someone’s voice. He looked over his shoulder. It was his brother, Luke. “Don’t Martin. Don’t punch him.” He said. Martin was confused. What was he saying?

“Martin, what you were about to do I’ve tried it before and it did not end up good.” Luke pulled up his sleeve. Martin was shocked at what he saw.

Luke had a gigantic cut full with blood and dirt sat on his arm by his shoulder. He pulled his sleeve back down. “I challenged the king to a fight but I lost.” He said glumly. Martin wanted to make Luke feel better. Suddenly, an idea popped in his brain. He was going to challenge the king to a joust. He knew that he was going to win for sure.

The next day was Saturday, the day of joust. Martin woke up and looked out the window. He thought it would be a bright, sunny morning but it wasn’t. Rain was drizzling down the window.

“It’s the day of the joust and it’s raining like mad. What am I going to do?” Upsetting thoughts about the joust drifted into his brain. His cheerful smile turned into a frown.

 Meanwhile, the king was cackling away. He thought that since it was raining, the joust would move to another day, making him have more time to practice so that he would win the joust. “It’s raining cats and dogs outside. There’s absolutely no way that the joust will be on. Martin might be feeling ever so sad but I’m feeling ever so happy!”

A couple hours later, it was still raining but more heavily.

 

Martin was sitting on his bed. “I don’t want to end the joust. I’ve been training so hard since last night. Anyway as they say in the theatres, ‘the show must go on’ so it will even if it is raining.” Martin got dressed in his metal amour suit even though the joust wasn’t till 4 o’clock.

 

After he was dressed, he walked downstairs nervously to have a hot cup of tea. As he picked up his tea, his lips were trembling and he was wobbling like jelly which made his tea spill on the kitchen floor. “I’m shaking and trembling right now but how am I going to feel when I’m actually fighting?” He asked himself worriedly. His heart sunk deep into sadness.

 

After a while, it was 4 o’clock, the time of the joust. So Martin made his way to Warley Woods, where they were going to fight. He waited and waited in the rain till half past 4, however the king did not show up. “Where’s the king? I told him to meet me here at 4 o’clock. Everybody’s waiting for him.” Martin was getting anxious thinking that the king wouldn’t show up. He sat down on the fresh grass feeling bored and tired of waiting. Just at that moment the king came galloping on his horse. The king was wearing a black cloak and his sparkling, exquisite crown with intricate, embellished patterns detailed all over. As he came galloping in on his white horse, Martin stood up. “You’ve finally come. Now let’s start the game.” Martin shouted to the king with a grin on his face. Martin sat on his horse.

“Ready, steady, go!” shouted the jouster. They both raced like cheetahs towards each other. They pulled out their shiny, handcrafted swords and held them by their side. As they came nearer and nearer, Martin aimed to the kings head. He missed. Since he only had one go, he did not be put off. They raced again.

 

This time it was the kings turn. He held his sword in his hand. As they came closer the king tried to jab Martin in the stomach but he jabbed his hand instead. The blood was dripping down, oozing from his hand. “Ha, ha, ha!” The king cackled proudly. A tear cascaded down Martins face. He wiped the tear off his face gently, trying to be brave.

“3 minutes left!” shouted the jouster. This was the last round. Who was going to win? King Gregory or Martin Smith?

The jouster announced go and the last round began. This was the final moment. They galloped towards each other and pointed their swords to each other’s faces. The king swung the sword to Martin but he ducked his face so the king missed. Martin swung the sword. What a shot! The king fell off his horse and dropped to the ground. “And Martin Smith is the winner!” The king was devastated, but Martin was in high spirits. “Well done Martin.” Said his brother cheerfully. They both hugged each other. The king was lying down on the grass in agony and pain. “You’ve defeated me. How could you? I’ve never done anything to you.”

“Yes that’s right. You have not done anything to me but to my friends you have which hurt me a lot.” The king went away to his palace to collect his things. He wanted to move to the country side to start a new life and everyone agreed that he should. Martin was now known as a real hero in the town. Since the king left, Martin made the palace into a museum and named it ‘Bearwood’ because the king lived there and was a bear and because the museum was made out of wood.

So that is the story of how Bearwood got its name.

 

 

 

On Sunday the 1^st of July Spain beat Italy 4-0 in the final of the Euros. Spain are the first team to win the Euros back to back. They are the team to win the final of the Euros with  the most goals. The order of the goal scorers were, David Silva, Jordi Alba, Fernando Torres and Juan Mata. If Torres had scored 2 goals in the final would of won the golden boot because he would have scored 4 goals in the whole tournament, but he only scored 1 goal and he scored 3 in the whole tournament so now he has to share the golden boot.

The Legend of
Bearwood By Jujhaar

Have you ever wondered how Bearwood got its name?
Well wonder no more because the mystery will be answered here.

Thousands of years ago in a town called Tropica lived a man but he wasn’t an ordinary man. He was an highly skilled wizard that had discovered a secret passage way to a forest that had never been discovered before today. In this forest lived a mysterious bear that was called Hermes. He was a immortal , vicious creature with legs of a wolf for swiftness and speed, and the body of a fox for strength. He also had the head of a bear for courage.
Whoever confronted this creature was never seen again. One day the wizard thought of getting rid of this hideous creature but he was too old for fighting so with his spells and magic he created a warrior with unbeatable power. He had armor that no man or animal can pierce. He had a sword that could slash through reinforced steel with one mighty slash. His voice booms like thunder making even the kings fall in silence. One stern look could send shivers down your back. His eyes which are more fragile than Medusa seem to hypnotize even kings to silence. He was twice as big as a normal person.
This vicious hero set off the day the wizard told him to. The hero reached the woods and took out a fabric bag he popped his hand inside and grabbed something and got i out again it looked like some kind of powder. Then he sprinkled some on the floor a strange and unusual smell came out of the ground the hero then dropped the bag and got his sword out .
He spoke a few unusual words and a roar came from all directions. He spoke a few more words and a figure came infront of him but couldn’t make out what it was until the figure came forward into light and there before him was Hermes. The hero let out a battle cry and charged towards Hermes and stabbed him right in the chest. There he was lying dead on the on the moist and clammy ground. Suddenly the wizard came and tapped the hero on the shoulder and said “you are now the ruler of these woods and if you want to name these woods then tell me the name”.
“I want to name these woods Bearwood” whispered the hero.
Then your wish will be my command from now on these woods will be named Bearwood’’ he decided. That is how Bearwood got its name…

 

Thousands of years ago in the village of Bearwood, it was a stormy night when John and Shaun were  dashing and running  to get home from the forest. But suddenly John and Shaun heard thundering footsteps behind them so they both turned as fast as lightening. But when they turned around John realized Shawn had mysteriously disappeared. John was panicking. His heart was beating as fast as a drum. He searched every corner of the forest but did not find him. Shawn had been kidnapped .

Shouting in his loudest voice he was yelling and screaming for Shawn. There was no reply back. John knew that he had to go and look for Shaun. John was  dashed in to the forest. As he was running he got trapped in a steel cage in a flash.  John was thinking how did he get in a cage. He kept thinking and thinking what to do when then a man came past. John was yelling for the man.  The man heard John.  John explained to the man “ could you set me free mu brother has been kidnapped. The man agreed to let John free. He let john free. The man looked very  powerful.

 

 He had long blonde hair muscular muscles and powerful arms. He went up to John and said  to john  “ would you like some powers to defeat the kidnapper”  the man explained. John was thinking. John took the powers to beat all of the minions on the way. So the man gave him the powers and when the man gave  John the powers he felt so powerful he can run as fast as the lightning. when John was running on he met a pile of mini bears. John thought the kidnaper sent them The pile of bear attacked John.

The bears was all over John. John used his powers and exploded with power coming out of his hand. All of the bear got scared and ran away like a Olympic runner. John ran and ran as soon as he met some bigger bear. The bears looked furious and they were all trying to kill John. They all attacked John at once but  John used all his powers to defeat them. He dashed away from the bears and finally met the kidnapper. The kidnapper was Brock. John knew that  Brock was all up to this. John and Brock went running to each other. John and Brock was hitting and kicking each other but one of the punches finished Brock. John was hurt and in pain but he was so glad that he got Shawn was back. John and Shawn went home.
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