Lindrick Dale

A close-up of a family of swans on the water: two adults and three cygnets.

This week, Oliver, Mum and I went for a five mile walk at Lindrick Dale. While we were going up a road to the woodland, Mum spotted a topiary of a rooster. When we got to the woods, we spotted a ram called Arthur. In between parts of the woodland there was a golf course. … Read more

How to Make a Carrot Farm in Minecraft

First, clear a 7×10 area, using wooden blocks as a border Afterwards, destroy three wooden blocks on one of the shortest sides, leaving a wooden block between each gap Put three dispensers in the side with the gaps Connect the dispensers with redstone dust (remember to put redstone dust on top of the middle dispenser), … Read more

Potato Update

A few months ago, we planted a potato to grow some more. Today, we dug them up. I spotted a potato, before I put the plant on its side. After a bit of soil clearing, I found the second potato. We found six new potatoes altogether. The potatoes, which are thick parts of roots called … Read more

The Deep

A view out to sea, from The Deep.

This week Grandma, Mum and I went to the Deep. On our way to see the creatures, we saw a model of a megalodon mouth and a megalodon tooth fossil. I found out that megalodons were heavier and larger than a T. rex. My favourite creatures were the axolotl, which we hadn’t seen before, and … Read more

Beowulf: Part 3

The death-dragon laying atop the hoard of golden treasure

Soon after Beowulf killed the sea hag, his king died. After fifty years of Beowulf being king, a slave finds a dragon’s hoard and steals a golden cup. Knowing that his treasure has been stolen, the dragon wakes up and burns the Geat kingdom. After having a fire-proof shield made, Beowulf goes to find the … Read more

Formal and Informal Letters

This piece of work is a formal letter from John walker to Mr and Mrs Jackson, who are characters from Swallowdale, about a shipwreck. Swallowdale,High Moor,Rio,H48 1RZ. 7th July 1940 Dear Mr and Mrs Jackson, I am writing to apologise and explain about the shipwreck of Swallow. The rest of the Swallows and I were … Read more

Sundials

A photo of me measuring the length of the shadow.

Method: First, I put a stick in the ground in a sunny area. When it was sunny, I drew a line using chalk over the shadow of the stick and put the time at the top. Then, I measured the chalk line in cm. Results: Conclusion: The shadow was 38.5 cm long at 11:19. In … Read more

Creative Writing With Matilda

A photo of the Trunchbull from the book, Matilda.

During our English lessons, we worked through the Matilda workbook, which taught me about dialogue, reported speech, inner speech, describing voices and showing how a character feels using speech. This piece of work is a conversation using what I’ve learnt from the book. The dialogue is about planning a trick to play on the Trunchbull: … Read more

Beowulf: Part 2

The thanes are sleeping. Grendel’s mother, who’s a sea hag, kills Ashhere. All of the thanes wake up. The sea hag escapes carrying her kill and Grendel’s arm. Hrothgar, the king of Denmark, asks Beowulf, a daring prince, to kill the sea hag. Beowulf goes to find the sea hag. He sees Ashhere’s head by … Read more

Wild Flowers

With an abundance of wild flowers about at the moment, we decided to go for a walk armed with our pocket guides. Here are some of our discoveries: Yellow irises Tall melilot Common bird’s-foot-trefoil (commonly known as ‘eggs and bacon’) Bladder campion Oxeye daisy Clover Knapweed Tufted vetch Dog-rose And a blue-headed, red-hump-backed magpie!