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1. The first ever exam was hundreds of years ago. Way before calculators and pencils, ancient Chinese officials were sitting ...
Tents go all the way back 40,000 years! The earliest known tent-like shelters date to around 40,000 BC, built by prehistoric hunter-gatherers from branches, animal skins, and leaves. That’s way old – ...
Windrush Day happens on 22 June, honouring their legacy, their contributions, and serving as a reminder of the importance of justice, equality and belonging.
Love planes? Dream of flying? Ever imagined what planes of the future might look like – or how they’ll zoom around without polluting the planet? Amy Aviation is back and more » ...
Chessington World of Adventures have a pretty cool zoo at their theme park, and during lockdown a baby monkey was born there! They called it Rainbow because it was born two months ago, in the middle ...
Toto is no ordinary cat, and she can’t wait for you to join her on her FOURTH ninja adventure! Toto and her friends are due to be looking after the French ambassador on a day of sightseeing, finishing ...
Big Quiz Book. Quiz your family and friends with this ultimate Big Quiz Book from National Geographic Kids, bursting with questions that will keep everyone guessing and give you hours of fun.
Welcome to Story Quest, a weekly podcast where we bring your stories to life!. In this episode we bring Arianna’s story –Monsters vs Dinosaurs – to life. It’s all about well…. you guessed it – ...
How do you fancy going to Dracula’s castle? Built in 1557, Slains Castle in Aberdeen is one of the most famous castle ruins in Scotland. Bram Stoker, the author who wrote “Dracula” used it as ...
Why was The Newcomen Engine needed? It’s all to do with the problem of water flooding mines – whether iron ore or limestone. Water would seep through the rocks and it was almost impossible to tell ...
Set at Christmas time, Godmothered is a comedy about Eleanor, a young, inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training (Jillian Bell), who upon hearing that her chosen profession is facing extinction, ...