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Y8 STEPS Trip to London

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On Friday 26th January some Year 8 Steps Pupils visited London to tour around the House of Parliament and visited the London Eye. After around a three and a half hours of a coach journey (had to be at school at 7:00am -_-) we visited the London Eye and saw amazing views of Central London despite many people being nervous about going on board since it is very high. However once we got on board the breathtaking views distracted us from our nerves. We then went onto the main section of our visit - the tour of Parliament! Luckily we got to explore both the House of Lords and House of Commons where Peers and MP's debate key issues on the running of our country. We then got to do a model debate in the Parliament Education Centre as if we were proposing an idea in the House of Commons. The idea that was voted was a bill that made driving lessons free, however the opposition side proposed amendments that made it only for OAP's and Public Service Workers which won! We managed to g

We Had Snow!

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After 5 years Worcester Finally got snow on December 9th! Unfortunately most of it has gone by now, and we are left with the ice which is very slippy! The school was closed for 2 ½  days so the ice and snow would have time to melt and the wonderful site staff to get the school ready for action! Snow over the Catheredral Snow over Worcester Homes Snow is an incredibly difficult weather for services and people to deal with. Many services were disrupted such as the bus and train systems around the West Midlands and our public service's have to work around the clock to keep us safe, keep us moving, and keep us healthy. Policemen and Women Clearing the Worcester Police Office Drive Where did the most snow fall you may ask curious reader? The answer is Sennybridge in Wales (about 60km north of Cardiff and 50km north west of Swansea) where they experienced 33cm (source: Met Office) of snow :O and you thought we had a lot of snow! Many accidents has happened such as t