Month: April 2016

Homework Question:  What is the longest river in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland?

England: There are loads of rivers in England such as the River Eden, River Nene, Leeds and Liverpool Canal but the longest one in England is a River called the River Thames. The River Thames is 346km. It is a river that flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom, after the River Shannon.

Scotland: There are approximately eight very long rivers in Scotland. The River Findhorn, River Nith, River Don, River Dee, River Tweed, River Spey, River Clyde and the River Tay. The longest one is the River Tay. The River Tay is 188km. It is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh-longest in the United Kingdom.

Wales: The longest river in Wales is also the second longest river in the UK. The River Severn is 354km long. That’s longer than the Leeds and Liverpool Canal twice! The River Severn is about 220 miles. It rises at an altitude of 2,001 feet on Plynlimon, close to the Ceredigion/Powys border near Llanidloes, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales.

Ireland: The longest river in Ireland is one called the River Shannon. It is the longest river in the UK. It is approximately 360.5km long. The River Shannon is the longest river in Ireland at 360.5 km. It drains the Shannon River Basin which has an area of 16,865 km², one fifth of the area of Ireland. The Shannon divides the west of Ireland from the east and south.

I was seven years old when it happened. If you was there with me you would have thought nothing can go wrong. It was a normal day as always. I woke up, brushed my teeth and ate my breakfast. As I took the bowl out the cupboard and poured the milk over my cereal, I was looking through the kitchen window at the garden. I was wondering what would lie ahead. After a couple of hours of watching my TV and playing my Nintendo DS lite. I asked my mum mum if I could go over to my next door neighbors house Otto. My mum agreed but only if I was back before dark. It was winter and it got dark very quickly. As I approached my friend Otto’s house, he saw me and waved. I smiled and gave a gesture with my arm, pointing at the door for him to open it. The thing about Otto and me was we both had Nintendo DS lites. We always used to swap games and try and finish them for each other. I swapped him football academy for Journey to the centre of the earth. We played each others games for about an hour and then got bored. His mum came and offered us some sandwiches. I said no. In the end we decided to go out into the garden. We were playing with a football. I headed the ball to Otto and he tried to volley it but kicked it into the neighbors garden. I climbed over and saw the orange ball waiting for me. I walked over to the ball and was about to bend down when I heard a voice. It was my neighbor Mrs. Susan. There was one thing that everyone hated about her…she hated children. She shouted at me. I grabbed the ball and threw it over the fence and ran. I jumped on the fence but as I jumped my foot caught the top of the wall. I dropped over the wall and saw black. Whilst I was out, a lot happened. Apparently I cracked my head on a big rock. My head opened in half. Otto ran and told his mum. My mum screamed with my sister and ran over to the garden. They called A&E immediately. The ambulance came very quickly. I’m not sure if my dad even knew about it. When I got to the hospital they had to stitch my head up. If you were to shave my head bald  you would see the line from where they stitched it. My mum cant even believe how I am still alive now.My dad and my mum think it was God who kept me alive. I have been into a lot of accidents and somehow i still turn out alive. That is my identity. That is why I am special.