The lynmouth flood The wind was strong The rain was heavy And the rivers were high. Trees were floatingAlso people were drowning  and alsohouses were being swept away. John Peddar 17 years of ageSon of a post master.went two the post office with his fartherTried two save as much as they couldSomething’s as much as money And little things like stamps. Charles Postles worker of the power station The alarm went off at the stationHe went down 2 check it out Water was coming throughHe had never seen water come up so quickHe couldn’t stop the water He didn’t no what 2 doHe turned the power offThe whole village had no power! Tom Bevan hotel ownerSaw the river changing colour7:30 candles were litTwo girls were out at partyOn the harbourThey went out two find themWalking through knee height water.9:30 doors burst openTom went two save Wife’s best jewellery. Many people died But some survived But some unfortunate didn’tFrom all different agesas little as 3 months two 101. We all need two remember This very unfortunate time

For all those people that lost family and friends.

By Jemma Roper 8B3        

1.             3695 = Near Sawrey

2.             3097 = Coniston

3.             4198 = Windermere

4.             3598 = Hawkshead

5.             4504 = Kentmere

6.             5095 = Burnside

 Crack the Homework Code! Use your own OS Map……. Each of these 6-fig Grid Refs points to a word on your OS Map. The words that you find will make a sentence.When you have made the sentence you have cracked the code.Here is the code…..

Write a Newspaper Report about the Floods in Mozambique in 2000.

Give your Newspaper a name

Write catchy headlines

Include a map

Add interviews with people who were involved, victims, rescuers etc

Put in photos and sketches

Hand in during lesson on 29th January 2008

You could use the slideshow below to help you…..

http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dgccbq6q_37hhv5r523

1. Open up your free OS Map that I gave you before Christmas, you know, the orange coloured one.  Make sure that you can see the long blue lake called Windermere on it.  This means that you are looking at the right side.

2. Now for each of these 4 figure Grid references below ,find out which village or town is in each square.

Remember…. Along the corridor and up the stairs, will give you the bottom left hand corner of a grid square.

1.    3695

2.    3097

3.    4198

4.    3598

5.    4504

6.    5095

Here are the Possible Answers :-   Kentmere, Burnside, Near Sawrey, Hawkshead, Windermere, Coniston.

7A1 hand in on 25th January

7A3 hand in on 29th January

Homework (in 18/01/08)Click on this link here:-  

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Your Task is produce a Poem about the Lynmouth Flood.You must write it about the people who were actually in it.You must include what they saw, heard, and especially how they felt during and afterwardsTry to write a verse about each person. You can use this link for extra information->

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/16/newsid_2960000/2960180.stm

Your simple task, this week, is to give an accurate compass direction of Leeds from Doncaster.

For bonus marks you could give compass directions to other cities from Doncaster

This little slideshow might help you:-

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