Manor School Chooses Our ‘Charity of the Year’
1 Look at the WWF logo. Does this organisation work in your country?
2 (43) Read and listen. Write a list of all the animals in the text.
3 Read the text again. Answer the questions.
1 What is WWF?
2 Why are some animals in danger of extinction?
3 Why are the students at Manor School doing sponsored events?
4 What kind of sharks live in the sea around Scotland?
5 What are Year 10 students doing to help WWF?
6 How can people find out more information about WWF?
This year we’re trying to raise 10 000 for our ‘charity of the year’ — WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature). WWF is an international organisation that protects wildlife around the world. It’s trying to help endangered animals like rhinos, dolphins and pandas. A lot of these animals are disappearing because their habitats are changing, or because hunters are killing them. Many of them are also suffering because of pollution.
Here at Manor School we’re doing a lot of sponsored events this year to raise money. The students in class 3E are doing a sponsored swim with sharks. But don’t worry -they aren’t swimming with dangerous sharks! The swim is part of a WWF campaign to protect sharks in the sea around Scotland, These sharks are called ‘basking sharks’ and they aren’t dangerous to humans.
We’re also doing lots of other things to help WWF this year. For example, Year 10 students are adopting endangered animals like tigers and elephants. Unfortunately they can’t take them home with them, but they have got photos. So, what are YOU doing to save endangered animals? If you want to know more, go to the WWF website (www.wwf.org). And if you want to help, contact our biology teacher, Mr Wright.