Stunning Sevens!

Jump rope for heart is a day to support and raise money for those in need. Newbury students will participate in a number of events on Wednesday the 19Th of May. The P.A.T have organised this event and will run it for the students in house colour teams.

The physical activity team is a group of students that are sport fanatics, and are trying to bring more physical activity into Newbury. It was a great opportunity to get the school involved by taking part in jump rope for heart, and the P.A.T will run this event on their own. Although it will be an enjoyable fitness activity the purpose will be to help the many people with heart problems.

The events will include an obstacle course, relay race, skipping and jump jam. The aim of this will be to challenge every student on their physical ability. The P.A.T thought it would be more challenging if instead of skipping all day they organise other physical events, and thats just what they will do!

It will be an enjoyable day for everyone and hopefully the students will raise lots of money for the heart foundation. The events will get everyone outside and getting active.

By Jaimee Leader

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The Black Panther 

A Black Panther is a species of leopard or of jaguar. The black leopard is the correct pronunciation rather than saying Black Panther. Leopards live in the wild but sometimes not far from civilization. When people go searching for water or food they are watching, sooner or later they will attack!

This slick cat is black, but it also has spots of the leopard. Just like most animals it has four legs, it has a long tail, it has huge sharp fangs but commonly known as teeth, it has twenty large claws, but only five large claws on one foot. Only with the two front feet the claws extend from within the foot, but the two back feet are always permanently extended.

These amazing creatures eat a huge variety of meat, so it’s a carnivore. They eat deer, Warthogs, monkeys, antelopes, gazelles, wild goats, birds, reptiles, hyraxes, baboons, frogs, fish, rabbits and rats, but for the occasional diet they eat a fair supplement of grass or vegetables.

The Black Leopard lives in two continents, they live in Asia but not all over it, they live in China and Mongolia. They also live in Africa. They live in Central America such as Mexico. They also live in South America such as, Colombia and common in Peru.

It will protect itself by fighting very very viscously, it would normally fight continuously until its enemy or attacker is very badly injured or dead. It wouldn’t usually be attacked by anything because it’s hidden in the very long grass or in bushes, this is commonly known as stealth.

It will raise its babies by teaching them how to fight enemies or to attack prey by being in stealth mode so it can eat food once older. Usually the mother will collect the food for babies while the father can watch over the babies or can scare off enemies or kill it. But mainly watches over them so the babies are all safe.

Since the Black Panther is a leopard it still has spots. Not one leopard has the exact same code of spots. These agile creatures can leap up to twenty feet up in the air. They have an amazing ability to see and hear. They have five different names Cougar, Puma, Catamount, Mountain Lion or a painter.

Amazing animals such as this one have many more interesting facts of them to come such as maybe how they survived in historic disasters, or even how it may have looked so many years ago who knows.                                             

            By Harrison Welch

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PIRANHAS   

The piranha is one of most deadly animals in the world

It is so deadly that a school of piranhas can eat a horse in two seconds. there teeth are razor sharp they could even eat bones if they want to they can grow up to 25 centre meters long.

The piranha looks vicious and they have a red belly and have red eyes and Some have blue eyes and rainbow coloured scales. They all have big fat bodies so they can store food up to three kg’s in weight they have a little head but big mouth the male piranhas have a bigger head for fighting other piranhas for territory and bigger tails to

Swim away from major fights.

The piranhas eat anything that bleeds or struggles and to swim like horses, other fish, seeds, elephants, insect and humans.

The piranha lives in the deep rivers. They can be located in South America near the hills and Africa in the cold water rivers not the warm rivers or they will die from heat stroke.

The protects its self by eating the predator or showing their teeth to the predator.

The piranha raises its babies by keeping them in a big hole in the side of the river bank and the female and male piranhas takes turns bringing the food back.

The piranha is my favourite animal because they can eat anything when it wants to and they are one of the most deadly animals In the whole wide world.

From Jack T

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                                     Meerkat Manor

The meerkat is relative of the Mongoose. But it is as small as squirrel. It lives in a house just likes ours with its own rooms and their house is underground and their front door is a hole just in the ground.

The meerkats features are?

That are they have a light brown and dark brown fur. They see in colour at day time and at night time see in red. They also stand on two feet. Their tails are 7-10 inches long. They also have curved claws used for digging burrows and digging for prey.                                                

What does a meerkat eat?                   

They eat plant foods that are leaves.

Their primary food diet is carnivore meat but they eat it sometimes.

Their animal food is birds, mammals, reptiles, insects and terrestrial non-arthropods. Also there other foods are eggs and vertebrates. They are an animal with a back spine.

Where does the Meerkat live?

The meerkats live in Africa and come from Africa and their house is called burrows. It’s like a real house with their own rooms for every meerkat. About 5-10 meerkats live in each house. For each room is mainly just a small tunnel.

How does a Meerkat protect it self?

The meerkat protects it self by using its sharp claws to try and damage their enemies does not help. The first thing they do is run back to their own house and try to hide from them. Or they run and their gang to help them fight

How does the Meerkat raise its babies?

The meerkat raises its babies by making them stay in their burrow for two or more weeks and after that they can step outside of the burrow. But the mother has to keep an eye on them or else they will run away then get lost and after that they will die. 

Interesting facts on Meerkats.

Some interesting facts are they communicate using purring sounds and the father meerkat plays with them and teach them to be alert of sudden moves. Mothers can nurse while baby meerkats are standing. Meerkats are very social and live in colonies of 20-30 members. Merkats groom each other to strengthen social bonds. Most meerkats in a group are siblings.

Meerkats are very interesting mammals and have a lot of different personality. The meerkat family are very independent mammals as they don’t trust other mammals.                       

 By Kelsi

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Mountain zebra

Mountain zebras are very special creatures and they have very unique patterns on their bodies. This is confusing to the predators because they don’t know where the zebra starts and where it ends.

The mountain zebra is located in the plains of northern Zimbabwe. They also occur in south western Africa with the more common known zebras the cape mountain zebra and Hartmann’s mountain zebra in Namibia and Angola.

The public will know when a zebra is near but they won’t know how many there are because of there patterns. A zebra has large pointy ears so they can listen for predators. The zebra has got a short mow hawked liked mane. It also has short fuzz tipped tail to flick away flies. They don’t have too much weight so they can get away from predators faster. They also use there long mussel in their legs.

The mountain zebra is a vegetarian so it only ever eats grass, shrubs, herbs, twigs, leaves and bark strictly no meat. The zebra mainly drinks water but when it is young the zebra drinks milk from their mother as it is a mammal and all mammals drink milk from their mothers when young.

When the mountain zebra is young the mother encourages it to stand and walk basically from birth. So it makes it harder for predators like lions and tigers to get them. The mother also eats the after birth so the predators can’t take advantage of new born zebras.

To protect itself the mountain zebra travels in large herds so predators get confused on were the zebra starts and were it ends. They also travel together to help protect each other and fight together.

Another interesting fact about the mountain zebra is they are an endangered species so most of them are kept in zoos and wild animal shelters. The mountain zebra should be treated respectfully so that they are around for longer.

So as this report has stated zebras are very unique creatures and should be treated with respect.  The public want them to be around for a lot longer so their presences can be enjoyed. So that is about the life of a zebra.

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World of tigers

Tigers that live in Africa, Asia, Dry grasslands and also in Siberia. Tigers have sharp claws and sharp teeth they have to hand raise their cubs and they also are the biggest cat in the cat family but that is only some of the facts about tigers here are the facts about it.

The tigers have a very long tail and its whole body has orange and black stripes it has sharp teeth to eat it prey with. The tiger is a very good and high jumper it has long legs so it can run and catch it prey and it also has the mark of Wang on its head.

It eats deer, buffalo, wild pigs but it also hunts fish, monkeys, birds, reptiles and sometimes even baby elephants occasionally tigers eat leopards bears and even other tigers wild dogs, antelope, hares, boars, yaks, cows, horse, and even donkeys but there main prey is large animals they can also hunt down people and lots of larger animals

It uses it black and orange stripes to camouflage in the long dry grasslands to hide away from the predators and the tigers also fight for its family and for food to feed its babies

 The tiger needs to hand raise their cubs. When the mother is gone she has to hide her cubs so no other animal will find them and when she comes back she feeds her cubs some milk or some meat

Tigers are the largest species of cat. The tigers stripes are like our fingers there are no alike and the tiger also has the mark of Wang the Chinese tradition the rhinos and the tigers have the same mark on there heads tigers are large cats and most are active.

Tigers are the wildest animals in the world they have big teeth long tail they eat wild pigs dogs and horse that is only some of the animals it also use it black and orange stripes to camouflage in the grass it also need to hand raise its cubs and tigers are the largest spices of cats in the wild 

By Darian Stead 

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Koalas

Koalas are lazy, sleepy, small creatures that are based in eastern Australia around the eucalyptus trees. Koalas are very small animals that sleep 20 hours a day. Koalas aren’t actually bears but a called that because they look similar to one. Female Koala’s have 1 baby every time that they produce and they leave them in their pouches for five or seven months letting it grow on its own.

What do Koala bears look like?

Koala bears are grey with little patches of grey on them. They have big black noses, 2 big fluffy ears and 2 little eyes. They have 4 little feet for climbing and five little toes on each foot. Their fur camouflages them when they are high in the tree tops. Their fur also protects them from the bad weather. When koalas are born they are born with no fur, no ears, and no eye sight and are born with a very small brain. They stay the same colour until they die. Koalas aren’t that big when they are born but they grow little each year.

What do Koalas eat?

The koalas eat eucalyptus leaves morning, day and night. The reason why they eat eucalyptus leaves is because their habitat is based around the eucalyptus trees. They also eat the flowers that grow on the leaves. Because the koalas eat so much leaves their urine starts to smell like bad eucalyptus leaves! Koalas drink some of the sap out of the tree and they suck the moisture out of the eucalyptus leaves before they eat them. When they are born they drink their mother’s milk for 6 months and then find a lake or river to get water from. Koalas only eat the eucalyptus leaves and flowers.

Where do Koalas live?

The koalas live on the eastern side of Australia. They live in a large forest full of the eucalyptus trees. They don’t make dens or permanent homes but they do have to move when there is no more eucalyptus leaves on there tree. The red river gum tree is a species of the eucalyptus trees. Some people will find that there are more koalas living in the red river gum tree then on the original eucalyptus trees. It is essential for them to live up high then on the ground so that the larger predators don’t attack them or their babies. They only live in the eucalyptus trees.

How do they protect themselves?

Female koalas protect their babies until they are old enough to be independent. When they are old enough to be independent they are well equipped to protect themselves with their strong, sharp teeth and claws. Their fur protects them from the bad weather and it camouflages them when they are high up in the trees. They stay up in the tree tops where the larger predators can’t reach them.

 How do they raise there babies?

Female koalas give birth to a single baby, which she carries in a pouch for about 6 months. During the six months the baby will suck on one of its mother’s teats. When the baby koala gets too big for the pouch it clings onto the mothers back or abdomen when she climbs through the trees. When it comes out of the pouch the mother feeds it on a substance called ‘pap’ which is the soft and runny part of its droppings. Koalas are born the size of a jellybean.

Interesting Facts about the Koalas

Koalas spend up to 20 hours a day sleeping. The Koalas drink the moisture out of the leaves. They only eat eucalyptus leaves and the flowers. They only live for 8 or 10 years. When they are born they are the size of a jellybean. The babies have to eat a substance called ‘pap’ which is the soft and runny part of the mothers droppings for 6 months as their food. It is quite hard for koalas to see at night.

Koala’s bears are special and unique creatures. They are found in the Australian forests. These animals are very rare but are very special. So save the Koalas!!!!!!!!!!!

Written by Larissa Stead.

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Belted Kingfisher

The Belted kingfisher is a wild bird and it lives around Canada and the United States. A Belted kingfisher is an active bird and is a bright colour. They are generally a shy bird and live on the side of river banks or they might live in holes in trees.

The Belted kingfisher has good vision! They have a great colour vision and capable of looking binocular vision. Belted Kingfishers don’t have to turn their whole head to look. Their eye sockets have restricted movement. The Belted Kingfisher has a long dagger bill it is a long bills so that it can hunt fish hunt prey off the ground.

The Belted Kingfisher is often found perched on trees, posts, or other watch points close to the water so when they plunge they go head first to get its prey. The Belted Kingfisher eats small insects, mammals, reptiles and amphibians.

The Belted Kingfisher looks after its young by nesting in a horizontal tunnel made in a river bank or sand bank and looked after by both parents. The Belted Kingfisher feeds its babies small prey that they find. They care for them well and they can also nest in trees and places near the sea.

They protect their self with their long dagger like bill. Hawks, magpies and eagles are there main enemies. They like to hunt fish and shorter species that they can hunt off the ground. They have a sharp beak to catch their main source of food witch is fish.

The Belted Kingfisher has a big head and they are a big billed bird. They also have a white chin throat and neck. They have dark and lights of blue shades around their chin. Belted Kingfishers are bright coloured with green and blue being their most common colour. 

They hover over water and dive into water headfirst using their long dagger bill to get fish. They are a clever bird and they also dive bomb of trees or other watch points into the water. They are generally a shy bird they can be very protective as well.

 Belted Kingfishers are a clever bird with a great personality and care for their young well. Their bright colours stand out and they add a pretty colour to the world. The UN and Canada are very lucky to have the birds in their countries. I believe that they are an amazing animal!

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Lions

The lion is one of the wildest animals in the world especially in the Sahara desert which is in Africa. It will kill all pray that gets in its way. The lion is one of the most fascinating animals in the world and are interesting to watch being feed.

Lions have very short hair. They look like tawny cats. They have long tails that are really tuff. Ears which are really stiff and thick. A triangle nose and a wide mouth for eating it’s pray with. When baby cubs are born they have greyish spots which fade to a creamy brown colour after three months. 

 Lions eat a different variety of food such as zebras, giraffes, buffalo and wild hogs. Also they sometimes eat rhinos and hippos. They also eat smaller animals like reptiles, hares and birds. Lions are also known to kill elephants if there is not much food around.

Lions are mostly found around the southern area of the Sahara desert as well as in parts of the southern and eastern Africa. Lions originated from Greece through to the Middle East and northern India but are now found in Africa. Lions mostly live on dry and hilly land but they have waterholes around them.

The only predators that lions have are other lions and humans beings. They protect themselves from other lions by either coping what they do or starting a fight. They protect themselves from humans by either hiding or running away from them.

The lions take care of their young by taking them where ever they want to go, cuddling them when they are cold and get them their food when they are hungry. But for the first 3-4 weeks the mother provides milk for its cub. Then for the next 2-3 weeks she will teach the cub how to hut for its own food.         

Lions are the only social cats and they live in a group called a pride. When they are in a pride it easier to survive through the difficult times and help to protect their young cubs. Lions do not like competition so they will frequently kill fellow predators like hyenas, leopards and cheetahs.

Lions are one of the wildest animals in the world and this report shows that it is a very dangerous and protective animal. It can last in the wild only feeding on water and meat. Lions are interesting to watch being feed but they are really scary when they fight over the meat.  

Emma

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The Belted King Fisher

 A Wild Belted King Fisher is a wild bird the Wild Belted King Fisher can swim under water they live near lakes and seas so they can get their food and they can get away from there enemies.

The belted King Fisher looks like a stocky bird and it has a very shaggy stomach. It can fly over the water and then dives head first into the water for its food. The King Fishers have a white chin, throat and neck. it has a length of 12 inches long it’s has a slate blue breath band and a upper wing with small white spots it’s a large, short legged, big headed, big billed.

Where does the Belted King Fisher live it lives near lakes and seas because they only eats types of sea food. That’s where they get away from there enemies. Their bird nests are in a tunnel made in a river bank or sand bank and both of the Belted King Fishers parents fly away for the babies.

How does the Belted King Fishers protect them selves if they are close to The Sea they will fly into the water head first to get away from their enemies. The King Fishers worst enemy is the magpies a King Fisher has a long dagger like bill the bill is usually longer and in species that hunt fish and shorter and species that hunt prey off the ground. The King Fishers have excellent vision their vision is like binocular vision and are thought in particular to have good colour vision.

What does a Belted King Fisher eat it eats all sorts of things like amphibians, small insects, mammals and reptiles. King Fishers are found in United States and Canada. The Belted King Fisher uses its sharp beck to catch its main source of food which is different types of other foods and fish.

How does the Belted King Fisher raise its babies the belted King Fisher usually raises them in earth banks on the side of the rivers lakes or human ditches and banks. Some things may nest in holes in trees.

What are some interesting facts about the Belted King Fishers colour is bright with green and blue being the most common colours King Fishers are shy birds but has interesting behaviour the King Fishers the bill is usually longer and more compressed in species that hunt fish.

The Wild Belted King Fisher I a very interesting bird so everyone should treat them with care.

By Jacob