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THEOLYMPICSJust in case you hadn’t realised this year London is staging the 2012 Olympic Games. It’s very ex-citing, lots of events and many countries taking part. Come and see all the new books we have all about the Olympics and see what you can find out about this event.

DIDYOUKNOW?At the age of 5yrs Michael Phelps was diagnosed with ADHD and he used swimming in a positive way to release some of his energy and began swimming competitively. By the age of 10yrs he had his first national record and by the time he reached 25yrs of age he had won 50 gold medals in major international competitions.

WHATTHE5OLYMPICRINGSREPRESENT?Every Olympic Games has an of-ficial number and title. Do you know what Olympiad the 2012 London Games will be?

Come to the Learning Pad grab a book about the Olympics and find some answers.

• The Olympics• The Story of the Olympics• High Tech Olympics• Behind the scenes at the Olympics• So you think you know the Olympics• Olympic Events• Olympic Records• Olympic History• Celeb Olympics• Power Games• Inside the Olympics• London Olympics 2012• The World of Olympics• Sports• Britain and the Olympics• The Complete book of the Olympics

BOOKANDPASSESAMNESTYPlease take some time to have a good look on

your shelves, under your bed, in your bags andpockets and see if you have any overdue books or passes and if so please return them to the Learn-ing Pad. Thank-you.

COMINGSOON(startingMonday16thJuly)The last week of term is go-ing to be Harry Potter Week. All departments will be get-ting involved which of course includes the Learning Pad. In anticipation we have ordered the three complete sets (that’s all 7 volumes) of the Harry Potter saga. Come along and grab a book and curl up on a comfy sofa, have a read and drift into the world that starts on Platform 9 and three quarters.

PAD NEWS

31st May 2012British English edition

Issue Number 172

Newsademic.comThe informative easy to read introduction to world news

In this issue

Endeavour sails around AustraliaEgyptian presidential electionTiger range stocktakingSecurity Council and SyriaNATO members meetQueues on Mount EverestWho owns the dinosaur?Doctor’s treason charge angers USA40,000-year-old flutesPrivate companies in spaceWorld’s tallest towerLiving Planet Report‘Lockerbie Bomber’ diesFacebook shares for saleModel United NationsFamous bridge’s birthdayRats in HamelinSharing the SKAEradicating polio is a ‘global emergency’Glossary Crossword and Wordsearch Puzzle

G8 leaders at one of the Camp David summit meetings

The leaders of the G8 countries gathered for their annual meeting, or summit, on 18th and 19th May. The summit was ar-ranged by the USA and hosted by the country’s president, Barack Obama.

The two-day meeting was held at Camp David. This is about 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Washington DC, the capital of the USA. Camp David is in the coun-tryside. It is often used as a place where presidents can meet with their advisors or with leaders of other countries. Over the last 70 years, all American presidents have made use of Camp David.

Camp David is also a place where im-portant meetings can take place in secret. For example, for two weeks in 1978 se-cret meetings were hosted at Camp Dav-id by the American president at the time, Jimmy Carter. The talks involved Anwar Sadat, who was Egypt’s president, and Menachem Begin, the leader of Israel.

Later the two countries signed their first peace treaty. Today, these secret talks are known as the Camp David Accords.

‘G8’ is short for ‘Group of Eight’. The original members were the six coun-tries that in 1975 had the world’s larg-est economies and elected their leaders democratically. The members were the USA, Japan, Germany, France, the UK, and Italy. Canada joined in 1976 and the name changed to the G7.

The G7 became the G8 when Russia joined in 1998. Russia held its first dem-ocratic election in 1991 after the Rus-sian-led Soviet Union collapsed. Then Russia’s economy was small. But the G7 countries invited Russia to become a member to help with its sudden change from a communist system of government to a democratic one.

In recent years, the G8 meetings have been attended by two more leaders. One

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THEHARRYPOTTERBOOKS

1. Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix6. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Didyouknow?

Dumbledore is an early English name for Bumblebee.

When an envelope off the Howler is delivered it bursts into flames.

Professor Lupin whisked Harry away from Professor Snape after he was caught sneaking back from Hogsmeade.

Plus a review and photo from Reading Club.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is set in modern

day britain and is about a young boy called Harry Potter.

His parents were killed by a dark wizard and were left with a

lightning shaped scar on his forehead. He was left to rot with

his abusive Aunt and Uncle. On his eleventh birthday, he was

rescued by a tall, hairy giant named Hagrid that saved Harry

from his Cousin, Aunt and Uncle.

He then was taken to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and

wizardry where his future begins...

Kieran: It was a good book because there was action and

mystery and excitement in the book.

Max: It was full of suspense and scary things.

James: It is a good book because it was fast paced and

there was tension all the way. I recommend that you read

this book.

Written by: James Hogan, Max Williams, Kieran Shemmell,

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MINISAGAS-NEWADVENTURESCreative writing competition 2012 has been won by 50 year 7 students who will have their ‘sagas’ published and available to read in the Learning PAD very soon! Well Done...

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