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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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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 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
