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Welcome back to all the children and staff. We wish everybody involved with the school the very best for the final term.

Today, we started our new class novel; The Wreck of the Zanzibar. We learned all about the Isles of Scilly:

• The Isles of Scilly are situated 45km off the Coast of Cornwall – Katie.
• The capital city is Hughtown – Eoin.
• One of the Islands Bishop’s Rock is only 48 square metres in size – Jack.
• It has a population of just over 2000 – Sinéad.
• It is in the United Kingdom – Ava.
• It is located in the South West of England – Aisling.
• It has been inhabited since The Stone Age – Leah.
• It has a beautiful beach – Hannah.
• The major islands are Tresco, St. Marys, St. Martins & St. Agnes – Nicole.
• St. Marys is the largest island – Cormac.
• There are plenty of schools there – Declan.
• The population is approximately 2100 – Chloe.
• Bishop’s Rock is the smallest island in the world – Augustine.
• Boat trips are very popular among visitors to the island – Sarah.

Worksheets for use in class: http://www.historyonthenet.com/Lessons/w…

Here is a timeline of events in the ship’s history: http://www.theteachersguide.com/Titanict…

There is a huge amount to be learned about the different classes on Titanic when one plays this game: http://www.discovery.com/guides/history/…

You can use this to find some facts on Titanic: http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/

This site has lots of photos of the wreck: http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngex…

These lesson plans focus on the 2004 expedition to the RMS Titanic: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/exploratio…

This is a link to the online Titanic museum: http://www.onlinetitanicmuseum.com/index…

More Titanic lessons for teachers: http://www.theteachersguide.com/Titanic….

Above shows the figures for those that survived etc: http://www.anesi.com/titanic.htm

To coincide with the 100th anniversary of the sinking of The Titanic, our senior classes began work on class projects on the famous ship this morning. We found out some interesting things:

• The Company that built the ship was called White Starline – Katie.
• Only six people that were not in lifeboats survived in the water – Leah.
• A man wrote a book about a ship called The Titan. In the story the ship hit an iceberg and not too many people survived because of a lack of lifeboats. This book was written fourteen years prior to The Titanic sinking – Jack.
• The Titanic was built in Belfast – Caoimhe.
• The Titanic commenced its voyage in Southampton – Sinéad.
• It took two thousand people to build the ship – Augustine.
• Two dogs were rescued – Chloe.
• Approximately 1517 people died – Cormac.