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  British Science Week It's British Science Week! I'm so excited once again because I will be meeting doctors and doing my own experiments at home. This is thanks to my amazing school (shoutout to my classmates). British Science Week begins on Fri 5 March and ends (sadly) Sun 14 March. What luck that my two most favourite weeks of the year were in a row!  Visit  British Science Week  for info, activities and a great poster competition! Here is a fun experiment to do at home: Lava Lamp! You will need: Vegetable Oil Water  Food colouring Original Alka Seltzer tablets Small cup or container Glass A tray if necessary  To begin with, you will need to fill 1/2 a cup of water with food colouring. Take the tablets and break them into 2 or 3 pieces. Place these in a small cup or container and put them to the side. Fill a glass with about 3/4 full of vegetable oil. Then pour in the coloured water until the liquid in the glass is about 1-2 inches from the top. You don...

World Book Week It's World Book Week! For me, the best week of the year! Who wouldn't want a whole week dedicated to books and reading? (Well, I can actually name quite a few people who don't really care about World Book Week but they're missing out!) It is the beginning of a new month full of new books and what better way to start it of by dressing up as your favourite character, looking back on classics and hearing from the great authors? It's like Christmas! World Book Week commences on 1st of March and lasts until the 5th of March. Thursday 4th March is the big day as it is the actual World Book Day. Character Costume  On Thursday 4 March, loads of people all over the UK will be dressing up as characters and sharing their love of reading. Even though I am a huge book fan, I still don't know who to dress up as! This is the biggest decision of my life... Harry Potter characters are great and iconic but everyone dres...