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When and where was Cricket first played?: Pictures belonging to the middle of the 13th Century show a simple team game with bat and ball which bears a marked resemblance to cricket...
[3/29/2011]
CATEGORY: Tell Me Why
TAGS: Cricket First Played, Cricket, Team Game, Bat and Ball, National Game of England, Oliver Cromwell, Cricket Match, Marylebone Cricket Club
School vision lighting system to wake up drowsy pupils: A school has become the first to try out a special blue-tinted light designed to wake up children and become more alert by...
[12/19/2010] London , UK
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: School Vision Lighting System, Wake up Drowsy Pupils, Special Blue Tinted Light, Phillips, Epsom and Ewell High School, Day to Day Classroom Activities, Childrens Body Clock, Bodys Circadian System
Boarding school pupils put up in hotel as their rooms were not ready at start of term: Pupils at the UK's largest state boarding school, which costs £12,405-a-year to attend, were put up in a hotel for three weeks...
[10/3/2010] Reigate, Surrey , UK
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Boarding School Pupils, Put Up in Hotel, Rooms Not Ready, Start of Term, Pupils, Largest State Boarding School, Building Works at School, Royal Alexandra and Albert School, Reigate Manor Hotel, Paul Spencer Ellis, Headmaster of School
Go Go Hamster demand outstrips supply: Children who have asked for Go Go Hamsters this Christmas face disappointment after its distributor warned that demand...
[12/3/2009] Surrey , UK
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Go Go Hamster, Demand Outstrips Supply, Go Go Hamsters, Interactive Hamsters, Peppa Pig Range, Preschool Product Lines, HM Armed Forces, Military Action Figures for Boys, Go Go Pets Toys, Argos and Tesco, Four Hamsters in Go Go Pets Range, Chunk, Mr Squiggles, Num Nuts and Pipsqueak, Zhu Zhu Pets in US, Postman Pat and Scooby Doo
Four year-old who knows alphabet backwards to join Mensa: Harry Chapple, a four year-old with an IQ of 144, who knew the alphabet backwards by the age of two, has been invited...
[8/5/2009] London , UK
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Four Year Old, Alphabet Backwards, Join Mensa, Harry Chapple, Mensa, Dimensions of Circles, Squared Numbers in Seconds, George Crowther, Little Boys Comprehension, Arithmetic and General Intelligence, Exceptional Young Boy, Primary School in Farnham
Looking for volunteers to build a new house out of Lego bricks: Top Gear presenter James May is looking for volunteers to help him build a new house in Surrey - made entirely out of Lego bricks...
[7/26/2009] England , UK
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Looking for Volunteers, Build, New House, Lego Bricks, Flushing Lego Lavatory, Pioneering Lego Cause, Worlds First Plasticine Garden, Peoples Choice Award, Chelsea Flower Show, Top Gear Presenter James May, Looking for Volunteers, James Mays Toy Stories, Three Million Lego Bricks, Life Size House
Animal trainer teaches her terrier to obey simple written commands: New York animal trainer Lyssa Rosenberg has taught her terrier to obey simple written commands. Willow plays dead when...
[7/18/2009] New York , USA
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Animal Trainer, Teaches Terrier, Obey, Simple Written Commands, Lyssa Rosenberg, Willow, Unbelievably Quick Learner, Printed Words, Pet Passport, Gareth Howells, Inky Paw Print, Ten Lb English Terrier Mix
Ten patriotic destinations to visit in America: Go beyond Gettysburg. Delve into American history with a trip to one of these lesser-known (and thus far less crowded) historic sites...
[7/4/2009] New York , USA
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Ten Patriotic Destinations, Visit in America, Peter J McGovern Little League Museum, Lamade Stadium, Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Scenic Hudson River, Sacajawea Interpretive, Lemhi Shoshone Woman, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Abraham Lincoln
Why do Buddhist monks sleep upright?: A group of Buddhist monks recently emerged from four years in isolation in a retreat in Scotland, having spent their nights sleeping...
[7/1/2009] Scotland , UK
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Buddhist Monks, Sleep Upright, Sleep in Upright Position, Samye Dechen Shing Buddhist Retreat, Dumfriesshire, Meditation Box, Ani Lhamo, Abbot at Samye Ling Monastery, Bedtime, Derk Jan Dijk, Professor of Sleep and Physiology, Sentry, Forty Winks Standing Up
Art teacher wins portrait prize: An art teacher has won this year's BP Portrait Award for an oil painting of his 12-year-old daughter. Peter Monkman's winning piece...
[6/16/2009] London , U.K.
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Art Teacher, Wins, Portrait Prize, BP Portrait Award, Oil Painting, Peter Monkman, Winning Piece, Changeling Two, Portraits, Anna, Contemporary Painting, Charterhouse School