Today is the day of Diwali, a day that celebrates light empowering darkness.
It's actually not a day, but today is the start of Diwali week. It's
celebrated throughout the week by consumptions of food, such as
Pakoras, Red Lentil Dal, Indian Butternut Squash-Carrot Soup.
Cultures may also have religious offers to the Gods.
For the final day of Diwali week, people send fireworks to the sky in celebration with their families.
Do you celebrate this week? If so, what special things do you do?
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Explanation
How Can the Snoozatron Help You Sleep?
When Wallace is struggling to sleep, he activates his ‘Snoozatron’ device. This remarkable contraption will help any insomniac inventor return swiftly to the land of nod. Would you like to know how it works? Then read on…
Auto-Comfy Bed
How It Works
Finding that he’s wide awake in the middle of the night, Wallace pulls the big, red lever (next to his bed) that activates the machine; immediately, an alarm rings in Gromit’s bedroom. As a result, his faithful assistant wakes up, retrieves a sheep costume from the wardrobe where it’s kept and puts it on.
Meanwhile, back in Wallace’s room, several mechanisms spring into action: giant mechanical hands – covered in soft fabric – bounce out from under his bed, re-tucking his covers; two huge leather pads appear and begin to push and plump the pillows from both sides (see illustration), before both devices disappear again. A pair of pincers then swings down and deposits a cosy hot water bottle on Wallace’s lap. This is accompanied by another arm, which passes him his favourite teddy bear. As a consequence of all these events, Wallace starts to feel warm and comfortable again. At the same time, the picture on the wall nearby folds down to reveal a record player, which
subsequently begins to play soothing music. Additionally, the sound of lambs bleating can be heard.
At this point, Gromit is sleepily waiting in the kitchen, with a cup of tea, because he knows he’ll soon be called to action. A hatch drops open above him and Wallace calls down, “Ready Gromit!” Gromit sighs. Wearily, he steps back onto a circular platform, which is in turn mounted on a massive spring. Suddenly, he is catapulted through the hatch into Wallace’s room and up past the end of the bed, before falling back and rebounding on the platform.
This final process is repeated over and over. Every time ‘Gromit the sheep’ appears, Wallace counts: “One, two, three…” until he starts to feel sleepy again - the
Snoozatron can reliably bounce Gromit up to 9999 times!
Today, the boys of Team 5 had talked about "Staying Still".
This phrase refers to staying off devices for prolonged amounts of time. Ways of doing so includes doing something that entertains/relaxes you, whether it's hanging out with your family, eating, gaming, drawing and so on-
Task Description:
Today, we learnt how to create a "PEEL" Structure of writing.
P: Point
E: Explanation
Point, meaning you first state what you're about to write.
Explanation, is you writing down your information.
Evidence is inputting facts, research etc. to support your statements.
Link, being a conclusion/summary to your writing.
