A working trip to the woods today also uncovered some exciting new discoveries. Early summer is always a busy time at the woods. With bramble and bracken going through a huge growth spurt, the paths were more than ready for clearing. While Dad took care of the brush-cutting, we raked the campsite and gave the … Read more
Yesterday, we returned from our first woodland camping trip of the year. We made two exciting discoveries during our time at the woods: a bee’s nest, unusually sited in a hole in the ground; and a wren’s nest, built of moss between two logs.
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
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.
Today, we made a cubist collage because we are learning about Pablo Picasso and he made cubist collage pictures. First, draw a picture of one or more of anything you like from two or more different angles. Now, cut up the pictures into the number of slices that suit the size. Now, stick the pieces … Read more
In art, we have been studying Pablo Picasso. This portrait shows side and front views of a face. Oil pastels have been used to give a vibrant finish.
Today, we finished the weather station project. This post is about all the changes made since the last weather station post. First, we added 3 change nodes to the flow to select which piece of information we wanted from the message we received from the MQTT broker. Then, we swapped the debug node for a … Read more
Here is our brand new weather station. The plastic box houses the sensor, microcontroller and USB connector (for power). This photo shows us testing the weather station. Here, the weather station is connected up in the shed. Now, we can monitor the weather. The flow lets us know what the weather station is publishing, on … Read more
First, we watched a video which showed us how to mix oil paints: we spread the first colour downwards until there is a finger space-sized gap between the colours we want to mix, next we spread the second colour upwards. Then, I mixed the greens for the cucumber, except for the seed colour. Next, using … Read more
Vincent was a post-impressionist painter meaning he painted objects and gave you a feel of how it looked. He used oil paint. Unlike Monet, Vincent didn’t use colours you would expect: he loved bright colours. He also had a little brother called Theo. Today, I made a practice sketch of my picture. My sketch was … Read more