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We found some butterfly eggs on a rocket leaf. I drew the eggs. We looked closely at the butterfly eggs with the digital microscope, and we noticed there were stripes. Afterwards, we found out which butterfly laid the eggs, by looking at a butterfly egg identification chart. We printed out a picture of the Small … Read more

Woods On our walk, we noticed the pond had overflowed onto the mud. On the way past the pond, we saw quite a few mole hills. After maintaining the campsite, I helped to cut down a sycamore tree; pretty good for a six-year-old! We had to cut down the sycamore tree to make more space … Read more

First, in Butterfly Week, Mummy and I took part in the Big Butterfly Count. We found three gatekeepers and four large whites, in the back garden. Then, I labelled the different parts of a butterfly, and I chose one of the butterfly patterns to copy. After snack, I watched a video about the butterfly life … Read more

Music This week, we played the F chord on the ukele. On the piano, we played “Easy-peasy”. Maths In mental maths, I did a set of eight number sentences. Then, I did some division and multiplication. Matilda In the book this week, Matilda knocked over the glass again for Miss Honey. Miss Honey was amazed … Read more

Farm The runner beans started fruiting, on Tuesday. All the cucumbers have more leaves. When we checked on the peppers, they were starting to flower, which is pretty exciting. Forestry We made a channel for the pond, so water could flow down into the pond. Afterwards, to finish off forestry, we planted some sedge around … Read more

Technology On Wednesday, we started making the linkages for Lycanroc. Then, we printed out a picture to copy on Friday. Mummy drew the outline of Lycanroc, and then I put in the nose, eye and the claws. Next, I coloured it in. To finish off, we cut it out so we could put it onto … Read more

This week, we started our own farm. The first thing that we planted was peppers in grow bags because we were too late to plant them as seeds. Then, we sowed carrot seeds in tubs and covered them with compost. Next, we also sowed spring onions and covered them with compost, like we did with … Read more

This week, we have been learning about rocks, soil and fossils. On Wednesday, we started to look at a few rocks like slate, sandstone and limestone. Then, we got the stones and looked at them with a magnifying glass. After that, we sketched the rocks really carefully. Later that day, both of us did some … Read more

Matilda In Matilda, this week, we read a chapter called “Throwing the Hammer”, and I read two pages. A girl called Hortensia told Lavender and Matilda about The Trunchbull. The Trunchbull throws children because she used to throw the hammer in the Olympic games. We watched a video about the Olympics, and I answered some … Read more

Matilda This week, in the book, Miss Honey talks to Matilda’s parents about her great school work. Miss Honey gives Matilda some books to study, while she is teaching the rest of the class. I wrote some answers to some questions about the chapter. Maths On Tuesday, I worked more on the new Year 2. … Read more