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In films like Ice Age and Rio, they talk about how animals like Manny the mammoth and the birds Blu and Jewel are thought to be the last in their species. When every single one of a type of animal disappears, they ‘become extinct’. Richard Bunting, a spokesperson for organisations Rewilding Britain and Trees for Life, says that we have lots of different wildlife living in the UK, like birds, fish, small mammals, including cows and deer, and even reptiles, such as lizards, but there used to be even more. This is a problem all over the world as our planet’s wildlife populations have now gone down by 68 per cent since 1970*. But, nature experts have found a clever way to help these animals called Rewilding.
Richard describes Rewilding as “reintroducing animals into an environment but also making sure their habitats, like woodlands , are right to live in.” He says: “Rewilding can make Britain really rich in nature and life again.” For example, Trees for Life moved red squirrels to a new woodland habitat in Scotland as they were struggling to survive where they were. As well as being good for the animals, Richard explains that they will help the nature too. He says: “Red squirrels are great tree planters because they bury nuts and seeds and forget where they hide them.”
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emissions and help the environment adapt to climate change. For example, WWF are building new forests and re-planting seagrass, wetlands, coral reefs and other landscapes which are disappearing. Helping wildlife in the oceans is also important as water covers over 70 per cent of the earth's surface**. *WWF’s Living Planet Report 2020 **Greenpeace UK
“And people love the squirrels being in their environment. They like feeding them when they settle in”, he adds. Also, some animals that no longer exist in the UK, are being brought back. Beavers had been extinct here for a couple of hundred years, until the Scottish government nature agency brought some over from Norway. Richard explains, “Overall, beavers bring amazing biodiversity benefits as they build small dams and can bring down trees which means extra light in the forest so good for smaller plants.” There are also other ways experts are helping wildlife, through something called nature-based solutions. A spokesperson for The World’s Wildlife Fund (WWF) describes this as using the power of nature to reduce greenhouse gas
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Doug Millard is the Deputy Keeper of Technologies and Engineering at the Science Museum in London and he has been working in the Exploring Space gallery. We spoke to him about the exhibit, what space exploration has taught us and the latest Space news!
What is your favourite thing in the Exploring Space gallery? A favourite display of mine has lots of model rockets and spacecrafts. We have models of what actually happened (like the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed humans on the Moon). We sneaked in a flying saucer towards the back of the display cabinet for a joke (although many people thought there were flying saucers back in the 1950s)! What is the biggest thing we have learnt from space exploration? The biggest thing we have learnt, I think, is that as far as we know the Moon was once part of Earth! It was created after a planet-sized body collided with the very young Earth, throwing up a huge amount of debris that gradually formed the Moon. We know this because of the rocks the astronauts brought back from the Moon. One of my favourite objects in the gallery is a piece of the Moon that is billions of years old. Page 12
Why do we travel to space? One reason is to find out new things about the solar system, the galaxy and the universe and also about ourselves! To find out if we could actually go to Mars, like we did to the Moon. How is life in space different to earth? The main difference is that you are weightless so everything you need has to be tied down. Going to the toilet is tricky! The toilet works a little like a vacuum cleaner so that human waste isn’t floating around the space station! Has anyone who has written about space mentioned aliens or life? Lots of people! We now know there are billions of planets in our galaxy and almost certainly there will be some that are like Earth. And if that is the case then there could well be alien life forms there too. But we don’t know for sure yet. Right now, the United Arab Emirates and other countries are launching probes to explore the planet Mars. Would could this mean for science? It means that we shall learn far more about Mars and especially whether life ever existed there. We think it may have done because we do know that Mars was once very wet with rivers and oceans. But what we don’t fully understand is where that water went. Why is this important? Any form of life we understand needs liquid water. So, where there is water there may be life.
If you would like to find out more about what is in the Science museum, please visit https://www. sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do
Do you know about any plans to visit other planets? There are plenty of robot missions that will be visiting other planets and their moons, especially the moons of Jupiter. But there won’t be any plans to send humans to any of these places. They are either too dangerous or too far away or both! Page 13
What do you want to be when you grow up? Fara Williams MBE knew she loved playing football but she did not know if playing professionally was possible. She is now a central midfielder for Reading women’s team, coaches children, and is the most capped England footballer of all time.
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When did you first think ‘I want to be a footballer’? I didn’t know I wanted to be a professional footballer because when I was a kid women’s football was not as big and I didn’t really know much about it. I just always wanted to play football. My dream was to play at Wembley in an FA cup final. I didn’t think it would be possible and it was amazing when it happened a couple of years ago. What is it like being a professional player? It is a dream job and I have fun every day. Every day is different. There is a game every Sunday. On Tuesday we work on tactics, Friday is a fun training day and on Saturday we work on set pieces. I coach on my days off, so I am involved in football every single day.
What is it like in the dressing room before a match? It’s fun as someone is always playing music and people are excited and dancing. I will always be out of the dressing room and having a cup of tea. I don’t really talk about football on the day of the game so I can relax and not overthink. How does it feel to lose a game? I’m a sore loser. When I was younger I used to look at all the bad things I did and blame myself or find someone else to blame. I think it’s okay to be upset that you lost because you want to win and be the best but you can’t focus on that, you have to just be ready for the next game. What has been your favourite football moment? Probably playing for England. I’d never dreamed of it until it happened and now I am the most capped England player (this means how many games I have played) and I feel very proud.
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How did it feel playing at the World Cup? My first world cup in 2007 in China was unreal as I had never been to one before. It was amazing being in stadiums with thousands of people. You played for Team GB at the Olympic Games in London in 2012. What was that like? Football at the Olympics is very different. Being around the athletes and seeing the way they worked was magical. At the World Cup, you do not stay with the other teams and everything is a secret. But at the Olympics you can speak to the other athletes and you all eat dinner together in a massive hall with loads of different food stations.
You can see people doing warmups or running around the village and amazing athletes like Sir Mo Farah casually walk around. Do you have any advice for someone who wants to be a footballer? Every time you play make sure you have fun but are always learning at the same time. If you would like to watch some Women’s Super League matches, download the FA player app at https://faplayer. thefa.com/home/all.
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Noses made from sugar, woodland creatures, and superheroes! These three things make up this year’s Red Nose Day celebrations. You might think that only clowns or Rudolph walk around with bright red noses, but you are wrong! Friday 19th March 2021 is Red Nose Day, which is organised by the charity Comic Relief. This means lots of people across the UK will be showing off bright red noses and, for the first time ever, these noses have been made without any plastic. Instead, the new Red Nose is made from bagasse, a vegan and natural product that comes from sugarcane.
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On the Friday evening, BBC 1 will have a live show with celebrity presenters, music, and TV clips. The charity is also doing something called Share a smile. It is asking people to write down their favourite joke and put it up in their window so that people walking past can read it and laugh. You will be able see how smiley the country has gotten on the interactive Red Nose map on the CBBC website
The charity has carried on with the nature-theme as there are ten different Nose characters you can collect. And they are all based on woodland creatures! Comic Relief spent over a year and a half working on the new Noses after they received lots of letters and emails from school children who wanted to reduce plastic waste and help protect the environment. One letter was from Fourlanesend Community Primary School in Cornwall. They also sent their letter to Sir David Attenborough who replied saying, “You are perfectly correct to revise the question of replacing plastic products wherever we can.” The new Noses are just one part of this year’s celebrations.
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and on TV shows on CBeebies and CBBC. There are also other challenges you can take part in, like the sponsored superpower challenge, quiz, or you can even dress up as a superhero for a day. Red Nose Day is every two years, and the idea is to raise money by making people laugh. Mo Gilligan, who is a comedian and a judge on The Masked Singer, says: "There’s just something so special about laughter and its ability to bring people together." This year, the money raised will help people with problems like hunger, homelessness, and mental health.
You can buy one of the new Noses from Sainsbury’s, online at Argos or at https:// shop.comicrelief.com/. If you would like to get involved with the Red Nose Day superhero challenges, please visit https://www.comicrelief.com/rednoseday/schools/primary/. Page 23
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