Eight slides to prepare for Christmas. Does Father Christmas really exist? If so, where does he come from? The links from the slides suffice to begin a greater journey into how the name and image of St Nicholas has changed over the past 1300+ years (at the hands of Martin Luther (and Protestant Christians), Coca Cola and others) but also how his eternal spirit travels and lives on.

The people running Bedford bridges mini-marathon in England, UK want to extend the number of bridges it crosses. Bedford, England has a great many bridges. Can you find a route that crosses each bridge only once?

Place Bearing Point on ground and calibrate to magnetic north using compass/GPS. Pupil stands on Bearing Point with trundle wheel. Giant scale map-making/diagram-drawing begins. Corners/Vertices can be marked using cones. Bearing point can be lifted and replaced with cone at each vertex to aid taking further bearings. £4.50 IKEA Mat: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/40239429/ Chalk pen: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=pens+chalkérh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Apens+chalk [might work with Tippex pen]