Holywood Hullabaloo

Hi all, Caspian is back!

Yesterday, we visited the Neolithic (new stone tool age) standing stones in Holywood – The Twelve Apostles. They are on farmland but have never been moved as they were originally placed in the sacred wood. The ten stones (two are missing) are configured in a circle. They might be under a star constellation or in the shape of the god of the people who put them there. The people were probably very sophisticated as the stones were found, moved and arranged. There could be graves or good luck charms buried underneath the stones. One of the stones is carved underneath. This was originally a side until it fell. Carving shows the people cared about these stones. Erosion has removed and cracked the stones down. There is also quartz in the stones. They are home to a species of spider that camouflages itself to hide on the stones.  Mum made us some garlic cheesy bread to munch on while we looked at the stones.

Today I did some maths and found some interesting w words in the dictionary. I also researched foraging and thought about other uses of the supplies the Mesolithic (middle tool age) people found. For example:

Berries: paint and dye

Mushrooms: medicine

Leaves: bandage

Acorns: animal food (in Mesolithic Germany, pigs were domesticated.)

Bark: Plates and paint pallets

Moss: cushioning to sleep on or under a leaf bandage to help a graze heal.

That’s it for today!

Hello,

We went to the stone circle today as it was dry and sunny.  It is only a 5 minute walk from our house. The stones are very old and very special. They have been worn down by the weather so arent as big as they once were. There is lots of nature growing on them and a spider was hiding on one of them. He was the same colour as the stone so birds couldn’t see him and eat him. The stones have quartz in them.

Love from Tanith xxx 🕷

I have drawn my clan language and my shield today. We are the Wolfox clan because we love wolves and foxes. I watched a programme about the mesolithic and the man said red deer lived near the people so the people hunted them for food and skin.

 Love from Tanith xxx

 

Hi all, Caspian is back!

We were supposed to visit the Twelve Apostles today but the weather has been so wet and windy that the field is a quagmire. Mum says we will visit at the weekend instead.

So we stayed indoors and finished our clan language and emblem. We tried to think about things that would be relevant to the mesolithic people so I didn’t do a symbol for xbox! Mum did some work with us and she told us about how things were painted, where and why. She helped us think about the sorts of language used at the time. Then we watched a couple of documentaries about hunter-gatherers and cave painting.

Enjoy!

 

 

 

Hello Caspian and Tanith,

How are you both? I hope you are both well.  What have you guys been up to? Have you been missing school and your friends? Here are some of the things in school we’ve been up to:

• creating hand bunting (hand bunting is were you draw around your hand and decorate them then hang them up).
• working in clans to make miniature  villages using natural materials.
• going back in time to 100 BC (before Christ).
• designing our own clan symbols and names (my clan name is The Red Kite).
• we have been going up the woods.
• created time capsules.
• we have been making garlands.

We are missing you lots and can’t wait to see you again!

 

From Oriana

At Holy wood we are doing quite a lot of things. Like clan things because we have a new topic which we have to do things like pretending to go back in time because we are studying the BC things. BC means before Jesus. Right now we are looking at the clan things that humans did ages ago. I am in a clan called Predators and our clan symbol is All black. Right now we are allies with the red kites, which is Ori’s  clan.  Also what are you doing right now? have you been on holiday yet? Because i am going to Dunceld to see our friends TODAY. Also we were going to Sidmouth folk festival but since Croronavirus we couldn’t go 🙁 They have the best ice creams and they also have my favourite flavor because my favourite one is cookies and cream. Palmerston’s have it but its not as good as the one at Sidmouth 🙁  How are you guys doing?  

 

From Rhona 

 

 

At Holywood we have been doing lots of stuff like going to the woods. What have you been doing? How was your summer and what have you been doing at  home?

from Kohdie

Hi everyone,

I didn’t publish my post about seed pods yesterday by accident. Mummy saw it was still a draft.

Today I have been working on my maths and spellings. I am now working on numbers in thousands. I am also learning more than and less than signs.

When I practice my spellings I now try and write joined up. For all of my spellings I write them out a lot then put each of them into a sentence to check I know what they mean.

I am now making a language with different symbols for our Wolfox clan.

Love from Tanith xxx

 

Hello again,

I have been studying meadow plants and how they grow every year. When the flowers turn to seed it is so the seeds can be sent elsewhere and the plant grows somewhere new.

Five plants that disperse their seeds are

1. Indian balsam

2. Dandelions

3. Sunflowers

4. Poppies

5. Thistles

Indian balsam is a plant that grows and dies in the same year.

It grows between 1 and 2 metres high.

It has pink flowers.

It grows on river banks.

It comes from the Himalayas.

Little seed pods grow where the flower once was and these hold all the seeds. When the pod is disturbed, it pops and all the seeds fly out and settle somewhere to grow a new plant next year. The wind can sometimes blow the pods apart but you can also gently squeeze them and they pop! I saved some seeds and the broken pod to show you in my picture.

I have been looking at eyes today (get it!!)

1. The human eye can distinguish 2.7 million different colours.
2. You blink 12 times per minute and 10,000 times a day.
3. Eyes can process 36,000 pieces of information per hour.
4. The pupil expands 45% when you look at someone you love.
5. At birth your eyes are 70% of their adult size.
6. Eyes ‘see’ upside down but the brain corrects it for us.
7. Eye transplants are not possible (yet) because we can’t get the nerves quite right.
8. After the brain, the eyes are our most complex organ.
9. Eyes can heal scratches (to the eye) in 48 hours.
10. The average blink takes one tenth of a second.

WOW!!! Eyes are amazing, and that’s without Superman’s lazer eyes!

We are currently working on our Mesolithic clan language and standard. We are the WOLFOX clan.