What sort of person do you think the Queen is? Do you like her? Can you find examples in the book that tell you about her?

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Coco’s from Neptune

One day, I was bouncing on my trampoline when I felt a peculiar thump coming from a small hole in the ground. I looked down and saw two big pink eyes staring up at me. “Who’s there?” I asked, cautiously hopping off my trampoline and walking over to have a look. Looking closer into the hole, I saw a big, bright, pink, fluffy thing, about the size of a basketball, with small blue hands and feet and huge staring eyes, with a small mouth barely visible beneath all the fur. I jumped backwards when it said in a small voice like a human baby’s, “Coco”. Feeling scared, I ran inside and told my Mum. “Mum, there’s something in the backyard!” I said.

“It’s probably just a bird,” she answered.

“No, it’s underground,” I said. We looked out the window and saw the pink fluffy creature above the ground looking around curiously.

“What is that thing?” My Mum asked.

“Let’s go look,” I said.

“No, it might be dangerous!” my Mum said quickly.

“It doesn’t look dangerous,” I replied and before my Mum could stop me, I rushed outside. The pink, fluffy creature turned around when it saw me and said, “Coco.” I wonder what it is, I thought.

“Me Fairy Floss, Flossy,” it said.

“So you’re Flossy?” I said. Flossy nodded her head.

When my Mum came out she said, “I’ve rung the Wild Animal Society, and they’re going to pick it up and run tests on it, then they’ll give it back.” Not long after she finished, a van turned up outside our house. We walked over to it and Flossy followed. Two people got out of the van and one talked to my Mum and the other picked up Flossy and put her in the van. My Mum came back over and said, “Flossy will be back in a few days.”

A few days later the Wild Animal Society van turned up again and out came the same two people as before with one holding a cage. He handed Flossy over to us, while the other person said, “We’ve run tests on Flossy and it turns out that she is not from this world. Since you found her she is rightfully yours and I have also brought Flossy’s diet and care sheet. She is a new species, and would it be alright if you were on the news? It wouldn’t be all about you, though, most of it will be about Flossy,” the man asked.

“That would be fine,” my mother said warmly.

After the Wild Animal Society people had left, we took Flossy into our house. We looked at her dietary and care sheet. It said, “New found species, Coco. Diet: bugs, worms, fruits and vegetables, lollies, grass, weeds and plants. Basic care: Coco’s are very clean, friendly and playful animals. They always go to the toilet in the same place, and can be very easily toilet trained. They come in lots of different colours.”

Just when we were reading this, there was another thump from our backyard and when we looked out the window, there were lots and lots and lots of Cocos in our backyard. That’s how, all over the world now, there are lots and lots of Cocos being kept as pets, all with different colours and personalities, and that’s where it all started, right in my backyard with Flossy.

THE END. By Sonya Troy, 4JH.

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Click on this link to play the Stop Disasters game! See if you can complete the 15 “key facts” for your scenario.

Remembering we want to find EVIDENCE in the book, what ways does Asmir and his family find it difficult being Musilm? In what ways are people racist to them?

Asmir is moving a lot. How does he keep his spirits up?

Did we have any homework for litclub othr than read to pg.33 ????

Here is an example of a factor-multiple chain of four numbers:Can you see how it works? Perhaps you could make some statements about some of the numbers in the chain using the words “factor” and “multiple”.

In these chains, each blue number can range from 2 up to 100 and must be a whole number.

You may like to experiment with this FactorsandMultiples spreadsheet which allows you to enter numbers in each box. 

Answer these questions in as a comment on this post.

1. What are the smallest blue numbers that will make a complete chain?
2. What are the largest blue numbers that will make a complete chain?
3. What numbers cannot appear in any chain?
4. What is the biggest difference possible between two adjacent blue numbers?
5. What is the largest and the smallest possible range of a complete chain? (The range is the difference between the largest and smallest values.)

Click here and complete the “Multiplier”. Try different numbers and see how you go breaking them down.

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Write a brief story about one of these pictures (or choose your own). Following on from Carole Wilkonson, try to describe the scene to the reader.

What sort of person is the Queen? How do you feel about her? What things in the text makes you feel that way?

What do you expect from this sequel? How do you think Carole Wilkinson will expand on the world she has created?

What is your favourite fairy tale? What about it makes it enjoyable for you?

Welcome to the first annual Mr Hone Golf Challenge! Your task is to use your knowledge of angles and complete the course in the least number of shots.

When you have finished, print screen your score card and upload it to the blog as a picture.

The course can be found here.

The cover of the book asks what will it take for Sarah to break the habit. What do you think the habit is she needs to break? Why does she need to break it?