The Acorn Hound’s Tale

Buddy laid down in the armchair: ‘Now settle down pups and listen to my tale… Many moons before you were born, I lived a carefree life: playing in the garden every day. One day, I spotted a squirrel in the grass. The squirrel turned, staring at me with unusually large emerald-green eyes. I gave chase. … Read more

Looking for a Wild Day Out?

I recently visited Yorkshire Wildlife Park, viewing an impressive range of rare big cats, savannah animals and much more! This is the number one place to both view and learn about animals. My first destination was Ethiopia, where I spotted some mischievous gelada monkeys. The youngest was playing with the others, until its stern mother … Read more

Yorkshire Wildlife Park Advert

In English, I have been looking at adverts and how they are adapted for their purpose. Today, I created my own advert for Yorkshire Wildlife Park. In order to make this an effective advert, I have used a rhetorical question, four imperative sentences, bullet points, emotive words, a different style of text and capitalisation. Can … Read more

An Amazing Adventure of Polar Exploration

Winter Holiday, the fourth book in the Swallows and Amazons series, is by Arthur Ransome. While it differs from the summer and sailing scene that is common in the previous books, this tale takes the reader on an epic Arctic expedition. The Callum children—Dick and Dorothea—meet the Amazons—Nancy and Peggy—and Swallows—John, Susan, Titty and Roger—during … Read more

Home Sweet Habitat

Today, I started a new topic about habitats! I’ve created a presentation listing some of the physical environmental factors, animals and plants for five habitats. The slides automatically change after 15 seconds and will restart after the final slide.

A Thrilling Tale of Elemental Magic

Skandar and the Unicorn Thief is a fantasy adventure by the global bestseller, A.F.Steadman. This chapter book belongs to a series with one other book, Skandar and the Phantom Rider. However, it is a new series with Skandar and the Phantom Rider only coming out this year. Skandar, a 13-year-old boy, has always wanted to … Read more

The Effect of Material on Resistance

Table Graph Conclusion At 2 V, constantan and nichrome have a similar current between 0 and 0.1 A. Meanwhile, iron has a current of 0.3 A. As the voltage increased, the nichrome and constantan currents increased at a slow, steady rate. Meanwhile, iron had a sharp increase in current.  Finally, at 10 V, nichrome is … Read more

Grand Opening

Yesterday, I completed the task of writing a recount of an imaginary situation, explaining how I opened Cheetah Territory at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Can you spot the anecdote (a short story, normally funny, used in recounts)? Last week at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, I opened Cheetah Territory. This was my reward for winning a competition for … Read more

Giraffe

Today, I have continued last week’s English topic of figurative language. However, I have written a description of the giraffes at Yorkshire Wildlife park instead of a place. I hope you enjoy! As it eats, the giraffe wonders, ‘Why am I like a diplodocus?’ The giraffe bends its neck to reach the lower leaves, its … Read more

Yorkshire Wildlife Park: Jungle Lookout Play Area

In English, I have been focusing on figurative language. Yesterday, I wrote a description of the Jungle Lookout Play Area at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. I also completed the bonus task of using similes, metaphors and personification at least once. I hope you enjoy! The Jungle Lookout Play Area is like a simple maze with plenty … Read more