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April Reading List: Protecting our planet

April 12, 2021April 12, 2021Oxford Primary
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Reading recommendations for Earth Day that will inspire your children to do their bit to protect our planet and combat climate change.

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April Reading List: Nurturing Nature

April 19, 2019April 19, 2019Oxford Primary

This time of year is ripe with hatching chicks and skipping lambs, so it’s the perfect time to notice nature and get curious about conservation. What’s more, 22nd April is Earth Day, an annual event celebrated worldwide to support environmental protection. So make like David Attenborough and read on to find some exciting books to […]

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Ecosystems: not all bad news?

February 19, 2016Oxford Geography Team
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Conservation success! The WWF predict that there are 100,000,000 different species on Earth and that 10,000 of these species go extinct each year. But is it all bad news? Last January the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the Florida manatee population was up 500% since 1991, a huge comeback that has led to proposals to down-list them from an endangered species to […]

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Object permanence and Natalie Portman

April 20, 2009March 9, 2017Cara Flanagan

Natalie Portman is best known for her acting, in films such as Star Wars and Cold Mountain. However, she isn’t just a pretty face and talented actress but also a keen student of Psychology, having studied for a degree in the subject at the prestigious Harvard University. While there she was the co-author of a  journal article […]

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