Day: October 28, 2020

Hi all, Caspian is back!

I have been working on comprehension today – Willaby Castle and the History of Castles. I really like visiting Lowther Castle near Penrith. We haven’t been for ages because of Covid but it is on our bucket list for when we stop shielding. We want to visit the bird sanctuary again as there is a really cool eagle. Last time we went, all of us held a Harris Hawk and fed it.

I have also done some maths. I worked on a speed graph, Venn diagram and finished off with some decimal conversion to fractions.

Finally, I researched spiders. I found a massive spider in our bathroom last night. Mum took it out. It was huge!

1. After mating, Black Widows eat their mates.
2. Black Widows don’t enjoy attacking humans.
3. Most spiders aren’t poisonous.
4. There are 40,000 species of spiders. Yikes!
5. Tarantulas bite as hard as a cat.
6. Spiders can live anywhere except Antarctica.
7. Black Widow venom is 15 times worse than a rattle snake’s venom.
8. Spiders spin different types of web.

If you don’t like spiders, move to Antarctica!

Auf Wiedersehen (German for good bye)

Hello,

I did my reading and writing today. I read Snow Time by Molly Brett. It is about the woodland animals having fun in the snow. I answered some questions to check I understood the story then I copied out two paragraphs to practice my handwriting. I found my maths a bit tricky today but mummy helped me by showing me ways to help me get the right answers. My Halloween lesson was all about spiders. These are the things I found out.

1. A spider has 8 legs.
2. Spiders have two body parts.
3. Some spiders can bite.
4. Some spiders spin a web.
5. All spiders make silk.
6. Most spiders have 8 eyes.
7. Spiders do not have wings.
8. Spiders eat insects.
9. Spiders have blue blood.
10. Spiders lay eggs.

Stay safe, be happy and smile every day, love from Tanith xxx