12/8/2020 Sunny, humid, 27°C

What’s eating our leaves? There are some leaves with holes: maybe they are being eaten by slugs, snails and caterpillars. Rock home In a rock we might have seen a web or a nose. Drone flies and buddleia We saw some drone flies drinking nectar on buddleia. Wood ferns We saw sori on the sporophyte … Read more

Dragonflies

During last Friday’s visit to the woods, we were very excited to see a pair of dragonflies down at the pond. We managed to get a photo of the female laying eggs in a rotting log at the pond’s edge.

The Mystery of the Missing Apple

Introduction Every week, we’ve wondered who has been eating our apple cores at the woods. Last week, we solved the mystery up in Tumble. However, the one down in Cobble had gone, but our camera didn’t catch the culprit; we will try again in the future. Results The mystery animals are mice, and maybe some … Read more

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