Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland

Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland is a fantasy adventure book, written by Lewis Carroll. When Alice follows the White Rabbit down the hole, she turns all different sizes and finds herself in a forest. When she’s in the forest, she finds the March Hare. Then, she sees the Gryphon and the pack of living cards in … Read more

22/12/2020 Sunny, 6°C

Soil sampling is when you dig a pit to see what layers are in the ground. In the woods, you would normally find litter, humus, sub-soil and parent material. Litter is leaves and sticks on top of the ground. Humus is the rotted down litter and dead animals. Sub soil is under the humus. The … Read more

14/12/2020 Sunny, 10°C

On our walk, we looked at a badger sett. Badgers eat lots of different foods. They are omnivorous. They eat honey, slugs, bird eggs, and more. Badger setts are normally near a slope so water can drain away, keeping the set dry. The sett has more than one entrance; they are on different levels to … Read more

8/12/2020 Dry, Light Cloud, 4°C

Before we went for a walk, I started decorating our woodland Christmas tree. Then, we went for a walk. First, we stopped at the wasp nest where I got stung 7 times! Next, we looked for the nest where Billy, our dog, got stung by hornets three years ago. On our way back up, we … Read more

Reusing

We are trying to use as least plastic as possible, but we have to get our milk in plastic containers. Mum saved two plastic bottles. We used the first to make a house for my cuddly, Dotty. First, Mum cut a hole in it so I can put Dotty in. Then, I put Dotty in … Read more

Advent

Advent starts on the Sunday nearest the 30th November. Christians have advent to remember Jesus’ birth and prepare Christmas celebrations. Christmas is the day Jesus was born. Many people celebrate advent by putting up candles and calendars. In church, Christians light one candle on every Sunday plus Christmas. We made our own advent calendar. First, … Read more

Plastic Waste

Introduction Dumping waste plastic at sea or on land can hurt animals because they might think it’s food. Plastic never breaks down completely. Bad Stuff Instead of wasting milk bottles we could refill them. We could use beeswax wrapping instead of clingfilm. We could use mushroom packaging instead of plastic packaging. We could use wooden … Read more

Diwali

Diwali is a festival that Hindus celebrate. This festival started in India and marks the beginning of each Hindu year. Like Easter, Diwali doesn’t fall on the same day; it depends on the position of the moon. Rangoli is a way Diwali is celebrated. Hindus draw Rangoli, on the floor by the entrance to their … Read more

Bonfire Blast

First, we baked our milk chocolate cake. While it was cooking, we looked at how Bonfire Night started, on the computer. Bonfire Night is an anniversary of the failed attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Then, we made a plan for my comic strip about how Bonfire Night started. Next, I drew and … Read more