A beautiful walk, taking in the lake, canal and River Don. In addition to the wildlife, we also saw the dolomite quarry (the area is rich in dolomite due to being submerged under sub-tropical seas 260 million years ago) and lots of freight and passenger trains using the railway line. From the bird hides, we … Read more
On the 19th April, we walked along part of the Cleveland Way from Sandsend. The views from the cliff were amazing. There was a temporary diversion where the there had been a huge land slide.
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
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland is a fantasy adventure book, written by Lewis Carroll. When Alice follows the White Rabbit down the hole, she turns all different sizes and finds herself in a forest. When she’s in the forest, she finds the March Hare. Then, she sees the Gryphon and the pack of living cards in … Read more
Soil sampling is when you dig a pit to see what layers are in the ground. In the woods, you would normally find litter, humus, sub-soil and parent material. Litter is leaves and sticks on top of the ground. Humus is the rotted down litter and dead animals. Sub soil is under the humus. The … Read more