4/8/2020, Rainy, 16°C

There were loads of mushrooms. There were some sulphur tufts. We saw Hydnum repandum. Today, we found some stump puffballs. There were also some berries belonging to lords and ladies. The berries are poisonous. There were berry-like arils on the yew tree. There were two types of poo. There were loads feathers.

Compasses

What do compasses do? The red part tells you where north is and the white part tells you were south is. How do compasses work? Inside there is a magnet. The red part is the north pole of the magnet which is attracted to the north. The white bit is the south pole and it’s … Read more

Persuasive Writing

Twilight Sparkle is the best pony to be the Princess of Friendship Who is Twilight Sparkle? Explain who Twilight is and state your opinion. Twilight is a unicorn character in My little Pony, and her talent is magic. Twilight has a right to be the Princess of Friendship. Friendship Elements Think of a reason why … Read more

Magnetic Fields

Today, we had a look at magnetic fields with iron filings. Here are some things we saw:

Letter of Complaint

Dear Editor, I am writing to complain about the My Little Pony magazine that I spent the last of my money on. Here are the careless problems: You thoughtlessly called Rainbow Dash “Rainbow Crash“ You said Pinkie Pie hates parties You were reckless to call Applejack an apple fruit You should check more carefully and … Read more

31st May 2020

Bike Ride and Maths Today, we rode 8 miles! After bike ride, I finished my work on time. Science Today, we played a game called Ha’penny Shove. I learned a new force called friction when I was scooting. We investigated how far a 2 pence goes on the Ha’penny Shove board with different materials on … Read more

30th May 2020

Bike Ride and Maths After bike ride, I did some work drawing the hands on analogue clocks. Mandarin Mandarin warm up: We revised new jobs like “painter” and “athlete”. Mandarin learning: Today, we learnt “panda”, “horse”, “fish” and “rabbit”.

29th May 2020

Walk and Maths After walk, I did some work on recognising the time on analogue clocks. English Today, I retold the “Mango Tree” story from the sister’s point of view. After lunch, we read two chapters of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory called “Down the Corridor” and “Square Sweets that look Round”. China Today, I … Read more

28th May 2020

Maths and Walk After walk, I did the starter test for year 4 maths. Science Today, we started forces by me doing some things to make forces happen, and Mummy took a photo of me doing them. Then, I made them into a worksheet on Word. After it was printed out, I wrote the forces … Read more