YOUNG OPERA FANS
Playground Opera, a scheme to promote opera to young people in the Cotswolds, England, has begun. Opera is a type of musical play where all the words are sung. This summer, workshops will help children to learn an opera and then perform in it.
A VERY OLD WOMBAT
The world’s oldest wombat, Wain, is believed to turn 35 this April. Wain’s exact birthday isn’t known because he was rescued as a baby in Tasmania, Australia, in 1989. He now lives in Satsukiyama Zoo, Japan. Scientists think wombats live for around 15 years in the wild but they often live a lot longer in captivity.
AN INVINCIBLE TEAM
A girls’ football team has finished top of its league without losing a game all season. Queens Park Ladies under-12s…
