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The author of this classic adventure book is Arthur Ransome. In this book, it is the summer break and the Walker children are having a holiday on the farm. When the Walker children (Roger, John, Susan and Titty) see an island from the Peak of Darien, they ask their mother if they can explore the … Read more
Today, in science, we learned about potatoes. Then, we planted one. A potato is planted in the ground and it grows roots. At the end of the roots potatoes, which are a thickened part of the root, start to grow. The potatoes are dug up and the eyes form roots. This is the life cycle … Read more
Going through Sprotbrough Flash Nature Reserve, we went to the canal. When we got to the end of the canal, we saw how boats get into the river: The boats go through a gate that then closes. Then, the water gets pumped out until the water is level with the river. Now the second gate … Read more
En la primavera veo nidos y florecer. En la primavera huelo cesped y petalos. En la primavera escucho patitos e insectos. En la primavera siento lluvia y mariposas.
On the 19th April, we walked along part of the Cleveland Way from Sandsend. The views from the cliff were amazing. There was a temporary diversion where the there had been a huge land slide.
Today, we made a cubist collage because we are learning about Pablo Picasso and he made cubist collage pictures. First, draw a picture of one or more of anything you like from two or more different angles. Now, cut up the pictures into the number of slices that suit the size. Now, stick the pieces … Read more
In art, we have been studying Pablo Picasso. This portrait shows side and front views of a face. Oil pastels have been used to give a vibrant finish.
Today, we finished the weather station project. This post is about all the changes made since the last weather station post. First, we added 3 change nodes to the flow to select which piece of information we wanted from the message we received from the MQTT broker. Then, we swapped the debug node for a … Read more
Here is our brand new weather station. The plastic box houses the sensor, microcontroller and USB connector (for power). This photo shows us testing the weather station. Here, the weather station is connected up in the shed. Now, we can monitor the weather. The flow lets us know what the weather station is publishing, on … Read more
First, we watched a video which showed us how to mix oil paints: we spread the first colour downwards until there is a finger space-sized gap between the colours we want to mix, next we spread the second colour upwards. Then, I mixed the greens for the cucumber, except for the seed colour. Next, using … Read more