First, clear a 7×10 area, using wooden blocks as a border Afterwards, destroy three wooden blocks on one of the shortest sides, leaving a wooden block between each gap Put three dispensers in the side with the gaps Connect the dispensers with redstone dust (remember to put redstone dust on top of the middle dispenser), … Read more
A few months ago, we planted a potato to grow some more. Today, we dug them up. I spotted a potato, before I put the plant on its side. After a bit of soil clearing, I found the second potato. We found six new potatoes altogether. The potatoes, which are thick parts of roots called … Read more
This week Grandma, Mum and I went to the Deep. On our way to see the creatures, we saw a model of a megalodon mouth and a megalodon tooth fossil. I found out that megalodons were heavier and larger than a T. rex. My favourite creatures were the axolotl, which we hadn’t seen before, and … Read more
Soon after Beowulf killed the sea hag, his king died. After fifty years of Beowulf being king, a slave finds a dragon’s hoard and steals a golden cup. Knowing that his treasure has been stolen, the dragon wakes up and burns the Geat kingdom. After having a fire-proof shield made, Beowulf goes to find the … Read more
Today, we embarked on our longest walk to date: 8.5 miles around Carsington Water. Starting at the visitor centre, we made our way across the dam. At the other end, we found a huge stone with a plaque containing lots of facts about the reservoir. A little further on, there was a memorial for the … Read more
This piece of work is a formal letter from John walker to Mr and Mrs Jackson, who are characters from Swallowdale, about a shipwreck. Swallowdale,High Moor,Rio,H48 1RZ. 7th July 1940 Dear Mr and Mrs Jackson, I am writing to apologise and explain about the shipwreck of Swallow. The rest of the Swallows and I were … Read more
During our English lessons, we worked through the Matilda workbook, which taught me about dialogue, reported speech, inner speech, describing voices and showing how a character feels using speech. This piece of work is a conversation using what I’ve learnt from the book. The dialogue is about planning a trick to play on the Trunchbull: … Read more
Today, we walked the five miles around Clumber Lake. The lake was created by damming the River Poulter in 1772 and took fifteen years to complete. The overflow runs over the dam and back into the river course. Despite the torrent of water, the ducks seemed to like the dam, too! On the other side … Read more
The thanes are sleeping. Grendel’s mother, who’s a sea hag, kills Ashhere. All of the thanes wake up. The sea hag escapes carrying her kill and Grendel’s arm. Hrothgar, the king of Denmark, asks Beowulf, a daring prince, to kill the sea hag. Beowulf goes to find the sea hag. He sees Ashhere’s head by … Read more
