Innholdsfortegnelse for May 2025 i Sparkle Buds

Is it good to be in the middle? Sometimes it’s not, like when you’re in the middle seat on a long car ride. But sometimes it is, like when you’re in the middle of a great movie. What will happen next? Middle school is a little bit like that. It’s called the middle school because it’s in the middle of your school years. Elementary school is behind you. High school and possibly college still await you. Going to middle school often is a big change: • First, it usually means moving to a new building, which takes some time to adjust to. • Second, it may mean taking a different bus, with different students. • Third, the friends you made in elementary school may end up going to different middle…

While camping with my son and his best friend, it was story time around the campfire. We were camping at Devil’s Rock, in the Pennsylvania Mountains. My son asked why it’s called Devil’s Rock. “It is called Devil’s Rock because of an incident that happened in 1952. On December 9th, Bob Devilin went hunting in the woods with two friends. The three spread out, to cover different areas. At sundown, they were all going to meet at Devil’s rock, but Bob never showed up. The two friends waited for a while, and then began a search along the hunting area. After looking for several hours, the two returned home and called the police. The police began a search for him in the morning, as did friends of Bob who had…

August 04, 2025 Kids and their unique perspectives of life are the centre focus on Hooray for Kids Day, held annually on August 4. The founders of this day, who remain unknown, likely wanted everyone — adults included — to share in the joy, innocence, and love children bring into the world. They’re unafraid, don’t know how to hate, find joy in the little things, and display curiosity that can rival a cat’s — which is why this day encourages everyone to say a loud ‘hurray!’ for every kid in your life and the world. WHAT’S THE HASHTAG? #HOORAYKIDS…

Russell Medal Australia 2019 Megan, just 16 years old at the time, was having breakfast at a café in Mandurah when a man suffered a heart attack in the shopping centre car park and collapsed. Trained in first aid due to her job as a lifeguard, Megan immediately ran to the carpark and began performing CPR on the victim. A staff member from a nearby business returned with a defibrillator and Megan cut the man’s clothing and applied the defibrillator, shocking him twice while continuing to perform compressions with the help of another bystander. Megan Larmour received a Royal Life Saving WA Bravery Award in 2019 and was subsequently successfully nominated for the Russell Medal. For Megan the Bravery Awards are an event that can highlight the importance of learning…

Maine Coon Cat The Maine Coon is the second most popular domesticated cat breed in the United States. Other names for the Maine Coon include Coon Cat, Maine Cat, and Maine Shag. Maine Coons are the largest breed of domestic cats and are known for their size. Their coat can be long or medium length. It gets thicker in the winter to account for colder weather. The coat comes in a variety of colours and patterns normal to all cats. They also have long furry tail. The Maine coon cat was first bred in the state of Maine. There is actually a lot of folklore about how the breed first came about. Some stories say that it is a part raccoon or part bobcat, which is very likely not true.…

AUGUST 4, 2025 World Chocolate Chip Cookie Day is observed every year on August 4 and we are celebrating it this year by… eating cookies! Biting into a Chocolate Chip Cookie can transport us back to the halcyon days of our childhoods when the days were long and the milk was cold. Chocolate chip cookies themselves are a tradition. We all have fond memories associated with chocolate chip cookies — grandma baking a batch with her secret ingredient, winter nights spent eating warm chocolate chip cookies, sneaking a couple of cookies with your siblings without mum knowing, the comforting taste, and more. On many of our special occasions and family gatherings, chocolate chip cookies have been present.…

• The word galaxy comes from the Greek word for “milky"” • Some scientists think that most of the mass of a galaxy is made up of a mysterious substance called dark matter. • It is thought that there is a massive black hole in the centre of galaxies. • The closest galaxy to the Milky Way is Andromeda, which is around 2.6 million light years away from us. • Many galaxies are more than 100,000 light-years across in distance. • It takes over two hundred million years for the sun to orbit the centre of the galaxy. This is called a galactic year.…