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Mark: Did you enjoy today’s geography Millie: Where are you off to with that
class about Canada? It really made me bag of birdseed, Jake?

want to go there!
Jake: I’m going to put some in the garden
Zoe: It’s a great place – I’ve been a few and then wait till the birds come. I’ve fed
times.
them every morning this winter – I’ve
Mark: Really? Wow! Well, I certainly had an amazing number come and feed so
discovered loads of useful stuff I wasn’t far, and recently one really unusual-
aware of before. I was struggling to keep coloured bird’s been visiting. It might
up sometimes, though. Doing some come back again.

background reading will help, I think.

Millie: Really?

Zoe: Mm, well, even though I’ve been
there, I can’t say I knew that much.
What we did should really help with our
next assignment. I wonder if we’ll get to
nd out about the animals in Canada.
Jake: Yeah. Anyway, it’s all for a
conservation organization I’m involved
with. There’s been such a decline in some
species, they’ve asked people to identify
the birds they see over a certain period.

They’re really interesting.

Millie: Sounds brilliant. Can I take part
Mark: That’d be great, but I’ve no idea if too?

geography includes those.

Jake: Sure. You can help me if there’s one
Zoe: Mm, maybe not … I don’t recognize!

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Tom: Congratulations on winning the Right, last term we made some great

national spelling test, Hayley!
model cars from ready-made kits, didn’t
we? This term you’ve got a new challenge
Hayley: Thanks. I thought it’d be scary,
– building a model car using parts you’ve
as the other students were brilliant, but I
made yourself! Now we’ve got pretty
refused to be put off by them!

much all the tools you’ll require here in

Tom: Great! Loads of the words were school, but if you need anything else, I’ll
really dif cult, though. How on earth did see what I can do. The key to this project
you learn to spell them all?
is that you are precise about the
Hayley: Well, I just got used to component parts you make. If you are
remembering them. My dad taught me careless, the car probably won’t work! But
different strategies, like using rhymes to rst, look online for the kind of car you’d
remember unusual spellings. Actually, just like to build. Even if it’s something quite
seeing the words constantly was what did advanced, you can get help to simplify it.
it – it really helped get them into my Right, let’s get started!
head. I had lots of them all stuck on the
walls in my room. I always remember
stuff that way.

Tom: Wow! Wish that worked for me!

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Nicole:   Ben, could I borrow your new Right everyone, it’s the start of the
sweatshirt? I’m going skateboarding, and football season soon, and I want to make
it’s really cold.
sure you’re all well prepared, so we can
avoid unnecessary injuries on the pitch.
Ben:   Sure – in fact, you can keep it if
We did pretty well last year, so let’s keep
you want.

that up. Now we did some strength-

Nicole:   What? But it was really building sessions last year, but I want to
expensive! And I love the bright red – it’s ensure we do that weekly this season –
not a colour you usually buy, is it? But it that’ll really help. I know you’re all aware
looks good on you.
of the importance of keeping hydrated,
Ben:   Mmm – Maybe you’re right! To be keeping up uid levels, so I won’t go on
honest, though, I’ve been tempted to about that. And those warm-up exercises
return it to the shop. It’s quite thin, we’ve always done for your muscles will
considering how much they charged for it. be just as important this year, so don’t go
You might feel quite chilly in it today.
treating those as a waste of time!
Nicole:   It’s what everyone’s wearing,
though – not like you to be so
fashionable!

Ben:   Well, thanks! I’ll take that as a

compliment!

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Beth:   I nally went to visit Curzon Hi Jack, we’re back from our family
Palace yesterday, Sam.
camping trip! As you know, we’d spent
weeks beforehand getting ready – Mum
Sam:   Really? I’m not sure that place
and Dad packed so much stuff! Anyway,
would be for me.

by the time we arrived at the coast, bad

Beth:   Well, like you, I’m not really into weather had already set in and we could
old houses and paintings and all that see we weren’t in for the sunshine we
stuff, so I just skipped those. I was told were hoping for. It could’ve wrecked the
the gardens weren’t that great, but whole trip, but our tent was really dry, so
actually they were amazing – you could we just got on with it and decided not to
just wander through them and believe let it spoil things. It was a beautiful
you were the only person there. I reckon place, overlooking the sea – you’d love it!
there’d be enough stuff there to keep you Whether we’d be tempted to go again,
interested. I mean, I even got really into though, I’m not entirely sure. Anyway, see
the exhibition of vintage cars they’ve got you next week!

there, and they’re not normally my thing

at all.

Sam:   Well … we’ll see, maybe I’ll go …

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