The Whanganui River in New Zealand is the first river in the world to have the same legal rights as a person. The Maori People (the local tribe) have campaigned for 160 years to get the river recognised. The river is the third longest river in New Zealand.
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Chantry are through to the County Cup final against Ovingham after beating Meadowdale in the semi-finals. We interviewed Chantry’s striker, Cillian and keeper, Lucas.
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Recently, a group of Year 8 pupils from Chantry Middle School took part in the ‘Magistrates Court Mock Trial Competition’ and won! The competition involves a team of thirteen students in middle or high school taking on real roles of an actual court case in a magistrates court; including three magistrates, two defence lawyers, a defendant, a defence witness, two prosecution lawyers, two prosecution witnesses, and usher and a legal advisor.
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The Six Nations Rugby tournament comprises Ireland, France, Italy, Scotland, Wales and England. England is leading, with Ireland second, France third, Wales fourth, Scotland fifth and Italy in sixth place. England can’t be defeated, however, whether or not they get the Grand Slam we will just have to wait and see!
The Grand Slam is when you win all the games you play. England won the Grand Slam last year. This year they are playing Ireland, who are second in the league, in their last match of the league! It will be a tough match though!
Italy is at the bottom of the table, having won no games.
We hope England gets the Grand Slam and we will definitely be watching the match on Saturday at 5:00pm!
Rebecca and Alice, Year 7
Crufts this year has been better than ever before, with almost 27,000 dogs entering the competition and over 160,000 people attending over the four days. It definitely stands up to its title, ‘The World’s Largest Dog Show!’. Loads of different breeds attended Crufts. Here are some statistics from the event:
These figures show how much Crufts has changed since it started in 1891, originally Crufts was just for terriers!
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Disney are releasing a brand new live action movie on 17th March 2017: Beauty And The Beast. We’re all extremely excited to report this awesome news but we’re even more excited to watch it (I know for sure Jessica’s gonna go see it!).
When it was announced it would be released, the media went wild and were all desperate to know who would be playing Belle? Well, when it was announced that they had casted Emma Watson there was some mixed emotions from many people, mainly they were very happy, but some only saw her as Hermione Granger. In our eyes, Emma Watson is perfect to play Belle and we are very happy that they casted her, and are excited to see her featured in the movie!
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Two weeks ago, a British cruise ship took sail to the Indonesian ocean with hundreds of tourists. It accidentally destroyed extraordinary coral.
The locals are “devastated” at this news and say that the coral has always been a great sight to the village throughout the years. Lots of tourists visit the reef each year and will be a big miss. Around 1,600 square meters of the coral has been thought to be damaged.
Ruben Sauyai said to the BBC he was in “tears” after hearing about it, for he is a local diving instructor. The ship didn’t get the tide times correct and took the wrong course according to sources. A tugboat was then sent out to refloat the boat, but that just made matters worse and destroyed more of the reef.
People say that the British company should pay up around £1.7 million pounds in compensation. Lots of people are trying to raise money to repair the great reef.
By Adam, Year 7
Hello! We are here at the very schools that are doing the fabulous ‘Rocky Monster Show’! The students taking part in the shows are from Newminster and Chantry Middle Schools. We are here to find out more about the show and here is Mrs Jones to tell us more about it now. Click ‘continue reading’ for the interview.
