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Little Buffalo Magazine is influenced by the British national curriculum and encourages development of key learning skills required for English proficiently. We want to stimulate children to learn through creativity and have an appreciation of the world around them.
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Communication Literacy
Cultural Understanding
Being Creative
Developing Emotions
Speaking, listening and sharing ideas. Linking sounds and letters, who can read and write.
Understanding different cultures and values to help make sense of the world.
Expressing ideas and sharing emotions through art, music, movement, and role-play.
Building a positive personal view by doing activities that boost confidence.
Hello, My name is Little Buffalo And this is my friend, Ibis. We are from Vietnam. Where are you from? Today is the start of our new English adventure.
Today we are heading to London. What do you know about London? We will be your guide. But hurry up. The bus is waiting
6 walking through London 500 WORD STORY
10 12 COMIC
London facts
16 21 Draw new friends
DESIGN YOUR LONDON
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29 world map I am from
My name is
Write
Look
Draw
Cut
Colour
Read
Speak
Listen
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London Eye
k
Kickoff!
Q
Queuing
W
Weather
F
London
L
Red
R
Taxi
G
B
GH
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I
Dg M O mN F Guard
Jewels
Olympics
S
Telephone box
Sandwich
Y
T
Zoo
i
U
JC
Police
Night Lights
LX Yellow Lines
f
Castles
House & Hotel Ice Cream
Can you spell these London words?
l
E
nD
nd
d N
Airport Arsenal
C
rg ro u
E
Flag
A
Dogs
Pj View
a
e M V de
A of
Big Ben
Un
A-Z
Z
Draw in the missing pictures
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What do people like doing in London?
I
You
I like They
He
She
s likes
like
playing in the rain playing
playing music
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gardening
painting
taking photos
flying a kite
fishing
dancing
I like painting
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London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. London is the largest city in Europe. In 1666, a small fire started in a bakery in in the City of London. It lasted for four days and over 13,000 houses were destroyed.
Over 8 million people live in London.
A polar bear, an elephant, an alligator, lions, and kangaroos used to live in the Tower of London many, many, many years ago.
Red is the colour of LONDON.
There are 850 art galleries throughout the city. Museums are free. The Queen’s guards stand outside Buckingham Palace and their hats are called the Bearskins.
Heathrow in London is the world’s busiest airport. It has 2 runways and another one on its way.
London Zoo opened in 1829 and has an amazing penguin pool. It was home to George, the tallest giraffe who was 19.3 ft tall.
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Over 500 years ago in Medieval times, animals were brought into court, and sentenced by a judge for any mischief or damage they had caused.
The Queen lives in Buckingham Palace. It has 775 rooms. 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms and 78 bathrooms.
More than 300 different languages are spoken in London. The telephone boxes were painted red so that people could spot them in the street.
The tallest building in London is The Shard at 310 meters.
All police officers wear a black uniform. There are over 15,000 police officers in London. Some police jobes include a helicopter pilot, horse trainer, nurse, and a photographer.
London Bridge does not have towers. Tower Bridge does. The River Thames flows through London. It has over 20 islands and is 250 km long.
English people love drinking tea with milk. The London Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world. The London Underground is known as The Tube.
In Harry Potter, Dumbledore has a scar shaped just like the London Underground map on his knee. The Houses of Parliament has 1,000 rooms, 100 staircases, 11 courtyards, eight bars and six restaurants.
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London BUSES Draw the people on the bus.
Pattens used on buses.
Draw your own patterned London bus seat.
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London's buses carry around 6.5 million passengers a day. That's more than the whole population of Scotland.
In London, bus seats have fun patterns on them. Different shapes, colours and designs.
wordsearch
Find the words in the wordsearch and fill in the missing letters.
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r c q e f i h
o q u e e n b
w g i f a f f e c t
a n c g i r r s f
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j b c q w r t y u i
l o n d o n e t y u
a u c q b e a q y w i
a h b b c c x q u s e e p o t f my u j t i
G_ _af_e __eap__t U ___sh__n__
a b u a n q d we e r t g t r y o u u i n d
b f i s h i n g y u i
c y c l i n g
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Whats happening in the story?
THE SILENCE OF STARS
A SHORT STORY WRITTEN AND DRAWN BY MIKE MURPHY
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The Alphabet ab
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http://issuu.com/lucyburton/ docs/all_together
Can you remember the alphabet? Join the dots, starting with letter a. y x
c
z w v
t u
h i p
s
q
r
o n m
j k l
Write the alphabet using capital letters.
Can you put these words in alphabetical order?
D n i
Whale
Guard
Teapot
Castle
Zebra
Kangaroo
Remember when two words start with the same letter, look at the second letter.
1. Castle
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Giraffe
London has 2 famous bridges, Tower Bridge and London Bridge. Tower Bridge is 145 years old and opens up to let tall ships pass through. Tower Bridge London Bridge is only 45 years old and is next to Big Ben.
London Bridge Song London Bridge is falling down,
Build it up with wood and clay,
Wood and clay will wash away,
Falling down, falling down.
Wood and clay, wood and clay,
Wash away, wash away,
London Bridge is falling down,
Build it up with wood and clay,
Wood and clay will wash away,
My fair lady.
My fair lady.
My fair lady.
In the song, circle the words falling, build, wood and clay.
wood
Can you pick up the drummer and take him to Tower bridge?
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Spelling Look
Say
Cover
Write
Look at the word
Say the word
Cover the word with your hand
Write the word
Pencil
Pencil
Crown
Crown
Giraffe Rain Bus Rainbow Paper Paintbrush Teapot Bicycle
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Pencil
Check Check if its right
Colouring time
G d gh
K
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How many countries speak English?
UK
Canada Who speaks English in your family?
USA
Ireland
Where do you live?
South Afr 1.5 billion people speak English around the world.
Where do people speak English English is the language of the sky. It doesn’t matter which country they are from, all pilots speak in English on international flights.
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‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’. Can you find all the letters in the alphabet?
E
is the most used letter in the English language. How many E words can you think of?
E e
Hong Kong
e
India Singapore
E
Australia
e e
rica Swims will be swims even when turned upside down.
New Zealand
More English words begin with the letter ‘S’ than any other letter of the alphabet. Do you know some?
Sock Sunday Summer S S
Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry
S
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Royal Famous Guard Scar Served Burnt Country Sentenced Judge Damage Courtyard Medieval Palace Jewels Queuing Olympics View
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new words Countries Speak English Used Language Begin Other Alphabet Where Country Pilots International Flights Family Sentence Biscuit Mix Pick up Drummer Bridge Falling down Wood Clay
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Palace Bedrooms Staff Bathrooms Capital city Largest Europe Tallest Building Meters Million Tower Flows Islands Long Stand Outside Pool Scar Telephone Boxes Sandwich Weather
Brought Court Sentenced Judge Damage Staircases Courtyards Restaurants Airport Busiest Runway Railway World Served Sandwiches Art gallery Underground Burnt Painted Street Lines Tower Hotel
Look up the meanings for new words.
Colour Draw Bad Look Say Read Write Sorry Crown Pencil Rain Bus Rainbow Paper Paintbrush Teapot Bicycle Sky Lorry Jumps Fox Cars Tea Fire Rain Music
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Playing Flying Painting Dancing Photos Gardening Basketball Ping Pong Badminton Football Travelling Drawing Painting Sewing Cycling Tennis Fishing Kangaroo Alligator Polar Bear Elephant Talking Hats Giraffe Dog Pets
How many lanuages are spoken in London? 300
gardening fishing playing
Say
painting
400 500
flying a kite
taking photos
Can you spell these words?
C
n What do you like?
I like I like I What does your friend like?
He likes She
JOKE TIME HAHAHAHA Q: How many letters are in The Alphabet? A: There are 11 letters in The Alphabet Q: How many months have 28 days? A: All of them. Q: What do you give a sick bird? A: Tweetment. Q: Where do cows go on a saturday night? A: To the MOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooovies
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OA & OW POEM oa oa have you any sound? Yes sir, yes sir, I say
O
O for boat, soap, coat and goat,
O for float, moan, loaf and foam, oa oa have you any sound? Yes sir, yes sir, long
ow ow have you any sound? Yes sir, yes sir, I say
O sound
O
O for row, bow, tow and slow, O for low, mow, show and blow. ow ow have you any sound? Yes sir, yes sir, long
O sound
Can you think of any more ow and oa words? 26
Draw your own London
Queen's Guard
Post Box
Tower Bridge London Taxi
Queen's Crown
Telephone Box Tower of London
Big Ben
London Bus
London Eye
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Once there lived a humble man in a small quiet sun-kissed land.
He looked after his home and worked all day.
But when he was done, he would relax, take his guitar, and sing about his day
About the tree’s he saw covering the hills, and how he saw a Butterfly and a Cow that would go moo. But he wondered if a Cow-Butterfly could exist and, if it did, what sound it would make?
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friends Like in the story, can a Cow-Butterfly exist? Draw some new friends for us. Mix and match words that don’t go together.
Rabbit Fairy
Cow Butterfly
Dinosaur Spaceman
Dog Fish
Draw your own
LET’S SEE! We want to see what you have drawn, Send your pictures to littlebuffalomagazine@gmail.com
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i like PAGE 9 They like dancing. He likes dancing. You like taking photos. She likes gardening. They like fishing. He likes playing. wordsearch PAGE 15 Crown Gifaffe Teapot Fishing Cycling Sewing Underground Bus alphAbet PAGE 18 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP Q ZYXWVUTSR Words in order. Castle Giraffe Guard Kangaroo Teapot Zebra
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Review PAGE 25 How many lanuages are spoken in London? 300
Gardening
london bridge song
Taking photos
London Bridge is falling down, Falling down, falling down.
Playing
London Bridge is falling down, My fair lady. Build it up with wood and clay, Wood and clay, wood and clay, Build it up with wood and clay,
C n
Crown
Paintbrush
Castle
Kite Fishing Giraffe
My fair lady. Wood and clay will wash away,
Flying a kite
Wash away, wash away,
Tower Bridge
Wood and clay will wash away, My fair lady.
Crown
Painting
Policeman
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