Here is the recipe for our mince pies: Stir together a pinch of salt and 200 g of self-raising flour Mix in 50 g margarine Add 30 ml of cold water Use a knife to stir a stiff dough Put some flour on a board Put the dough on the board Roll out the dough … Read more
On Code, I completed a harvester challenge puzzle. To complete the challenge puzzle, I had to use conditional blocks. Conditional blocks like “while” ones let you repeat something until you get to the end of a path or pick all of a crop.
Method Use the compass to draw a big circle on a white piece of card Use the protractor to divide it into six equal segments Colour the segments in this order: red, blue, green, yellow, orange and violet Poke two holes near the middle of the circle Thread similar-sized buttons onto both sides and glue … Read more
World War I took place between 1914 and 1918. World War I was started when Gavrilo Princip, from Serbia, shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand, from Austria-Hungary. The war was fought with trenches. The soldiers shot at each other with explosives containing poisonous gas and metal shrapnel, from inside the trenches. When a whistle was blown, the … Read more
Hypothesis The black card is the best at reflecting light, and the white one is the worst. Independent Variable Coloured card Dependent Variable Reflected light Constants Torch Card angle Distance between card and torch Card size Method One person gets a piece of card and holds it vertically The other person holds the torch 1 … Read more
Bike Ride For the first time, we did a huge bike ride. When we were cycling on the road, two cars went past us. I didn’t fall off, except for in the huge puddle on the footpath! Technology In Code.org, I made the unicorn come down from the sky, when the dragon hit it. Piano … Read more
Science Material Wrap-up First, we learnt about two material properties: flexible and rigid. Flexible means things are bendy. Rigid means that something isn’t bendy. Next, we played a connect four game where we needed to get four of our material properties in a row. I won! Woods At the woods, we cleared out the dormouse … Read more
Technology In code.org, I made the dragon guard the flags from the penguin. English Literature I described a picture of a waterhole using semi-colons. I needed to use semi-colons because it was a really long sentence. Mandarin In Mandarin, I practised writing the two characters for “ears”. One of the characters looks like it has … Read more
Maths Mass My card weighed 5 g, my Simba paper weighed 10 g, Sharky weighed 20 g, Wolfy weighed 35 g, the rock weighed 45 g, the phone weighed 270 g, the rubber weighed 20 g and the pot weighed 150 g. Technology In technology, I made my own flower with rockets and peacocks. I … Read more
