A theatre is where plays and other forms of entertainment, such as ballet or opera, are staged.  A theatre can be as simple as a piece of ground outdoors or a huge and complex theatre building designed especially for staging plays.  A major production requires a number of different staff, from the director and producer […]

Art is any piece of creative work that is used to portray images and express feelings.  People have been making art for tens of thousands of years.  Art is produced in many different forms, including photography, drawing and sculpture.  Painting is one type of art that has been performed for at least 30,000 years. Cave […]

Ballet is a type of dance full of graceful and artistic movements.  These are usually set to music and tell a story.  Ballet began in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.  Famous ballets include The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty. The Ballerina Prima Ballerina means ‘first dancer’ in Italian.  It is the name given […]

Snakes are reptiles, like tortoises, turtles and lizards. Reptiles are cold-blooded animals, which means that their body temperatures change with those of their surroundings. Because they need warmth to be active, most snakes live in hot countries Skeleton  Snakes are vertebrates and have skeletons made of bone. Snakes have no legs, however, and move by […]

Dinosaurs first appeared on Earth 235 million years ago but were all wiped out suddenly 170 million years later, probably by a massive asteroid (rock from space), which hit the Earth. Dinosaurs are the ancestors of modern reptiles and birds, and included the largest land animals ever. Some close relatives of dinosaurs also lived in […]