DOT Magazine Volume 28 - TBC

Dot and Pat love sports day, where they get to play all manner of sports. Badminton is played with a racquet and a shuttlecock, which has 16 feathers. A long time ago, tennis balls were white, instead of yellow as they are now. You play table tennis with a little plastic ball and a small racquet called a paddle. In basketball, bouncing the ball up and down is called dribbling. There are many ways to enjoy gymnastics: jumping over a vault, balancing on a beam or twisting and turning around on a bar. Running is fun because it can be done anywhere and doesn’t require any equipment. Diving is a great sport for those who love to jump off things! Surfing with a board on the ocean waves is a 4,000-year-old sport! Swimming on our front is fun and…

What animal is great at baseball? A bat. Why did the chicken get sent off? Fowl play. What’s an insect’s favourite sport? Cricket! Why can’t a car play football? It only has one boot. How do hens cheer for their team? They egg them on. When do tennis players go to bed? Ten-ish. What kind of horse is good at swimming? A sea horse. Why is the banana so good at gymnastics? Because it can do the splits. What do you call a dinosaur that scores a goal? A dino-score. What do you call a sheep that likes karate? A lamb chop.…

Cook the spaghetti in a large saucepan by boiling it for 15 minutes. Once it is cooked, drain and set aside. Cut the pumpkin into quarters. Peel off the skin. Scoop out the seeds*. Cut the flesh into cubes. In a frying pan, add the oil, the cubes of pumpkin and some water (half a glass). Cover and cook for about 15 minutes. Once the pumpkin cubes are tender, add the spaghetti and mix together. Now add the cheese and 2 sage leaves. Add salt and paper and yum, yum, enjoy! *Wash and dry the seeds. You can eat them roasted or give them to birds or squirrels.…

You will need: An egg box 3 bamboo skewers Some water-based paints A paper cup Coloured card Some felt tip pens A felt pompom Tape Scissors Cut the lid off the egg box and paint the outside. Set aside to dry. Make a small slit in the egg box lid and push the pointy ends of the skewers through. Tape the 3 bamboo skewers together with cellotape or washi tape. Have one at the top, one in the middle and one closer to the end. Cut out the bottom of the paper cup. Use a felt tip pen to draw diagonal lines onto the cup to look like the net of a basketball hoop. Tape the skewers to the back of the card. Then tape the cup onto the front of the card, with the top just underneath the square. Cut…

Suffing maze Jonny loves waves. Can you help him to surf these? Snow boards Please can you give Sonia’s snowboards some nice colours and patterns? Swim search Circle the letters that make up the word ‘swim’. skate twins Can you spot Barry and Bob, the world-famous twin skaters? Clue: they are both exactly the same. bounce, bounce, bye! Vera bounced so hard on the trampoline that she reached the moon! Please can you draw her on her way back down? ball count How many tennis, basket and golf balls can you count? Answers: tennis = 8, basket = 10, golf = 9 what's the score? Can you add up each of these tennis player’s scores to see who the winner is? Then draw the winner a nice trophy. nearly there! Go over the letters to reveal what Cyrill the Cyclist and Cro the Crab are saying…