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!

Beowulf: Part One

We started reading Beowulf because it was mentioned in the Saxon book I read. The King of Demark, Hrothgar, gets a great hall built where people can eat. In the hall people listen to a story about how God created Earth. Outside the hall Grendel, a monster, listens to the story. Because the story is … Read more

The Twits

The author of this children’s comedy is Roald Dahl. In the story we meet the Twits, who are nasty people, and find out what silly tricks they play on each other. They catch birds for bird pie, on Wednesdays. However, the four monkeys (who were captured by Mr Twit and Mrs Twit) with help from … Read more

Longstone Villages

Today, we went on a 4.5 mile walk, taking in part of the Monsal Trail and the Longstone villages. We started our walk at Monsal Head. After a steep descent to the trail, we stopped to take a couple of photos on the viaduct of the River Wye. Then, we entered the Headstone Tunnel which … Read more

Swallows and Amazons

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

Potatoes

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

River Don Walk

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

La Primavera

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.