Holywood Hullabaloo

Hi all, Caspian is back!

I forgot to do my blog yesterday sorry. I had a lesson about the melting point of solids to liquid, and reversible change.

Melting is when a solid is exposed to heat for a period of time and melts to form a liquid. The temperature required to cause the melt depends upon the solid material.

Butter melts at 38 degrees centigrade.

Ice melts at 0 degrees centigrade.

Wax melts at 75 degrees centigrade.

When an object melts, it is the same amount of matter and can return to its original state.

Mum melted some butter when she baked some oat royales so I watched to see the whole melting down process.

Today, I wrote a piece about all the nature I saw on our nature walk and also sketched some of the things. I think moss is really interesting as it is full of moisture and always grows facing north.

That’s all folks!

Thank you for getting on the blog and sharing your learning.

We miss you and it is great to read all about your learning at home.

We have written you letters and they will be with you early next week once we have checked them over and written them out neatly!

Stay safe and well,

Miss Dale

 

Pupils have been playing in boxes – these guys built a castle which they then decided to work in!!

Jack did a hiding game ” Who’s in the Box?” and went round the playground dressed in a box. We all managed to guess who it was!!!

Pupils collected a variety of natural objects during a walk in the woods. They used their finds to create a piece of art back in the playground.

We have been taking part in games which need team work. Co-operation, sharing, good communication and resilience are some of the skills pupils used to play their games well!

Miss Dale

Hi everybody,

I did some archaeology with mummy and Caspian today because my brother found a piece of broken pottery on our walk on Saturday. The pottery is very special and fragile and it has a bumpy decoration on it. It is an old piece. It was found at the little river. It could be from an ancient cup. I drew around it to get its proper size and coloured it in. Also on our walk, we found lots of different plants which get rid of their seeds in different ways. I will tell you all about one of them in tomorrow’s blog as it is part of my nature lesson.

Byee, love from Tanith xx

Hi guys, Caspian is back!

We went for a family walk down to the river side on Saturday near where we live. We wanted to get some fresh air in a quiet area, skim some stones and also measure the splash from various sized stones and rocks which we threw in the water.  Our dog, Idris, did something she doesn’t normally do – she went digging for stones in the river and actually put her head under the water for a few seconds so she could get the rock she had chosen in her mouth. She looked hilarious because she became a ghost-like dog with her blonde fur fringe covering her eyes, that is until she had a big shake!

While we were there, I made a discovery! I found a shard of pottery and Mum suggested I did some research on it for one of today’s lessons.  If the weather hadn’t been so clear, I may not have seen the shard, as is the case with many artefacts, the weather conditions can determine if it goes unnoticed or not. It was lying amongst the river side pebbles.  It is 2.4cm by 2.8cm by 3cm (triangular in shape). The pottery is probably Victorian because of the nature of the glaze – I’m lucky Mum is an archaeologist so could help me find pointers for the age of production. Over the years, the shard has been covered in algae, the edges of the break rounded off through water and weather erosion, and I suspect the colour has faded away. It has decoration, both painted and embossed so it was not just a functional piece and so not the cheapest type of pottery in production at the time. I think the Victorian family came to the river side for a picnic, broke one of the saucers and did not pick up all the shards. Or, it could have been broken somewhere else and travelled downstream then been washed up on the bank. Eighty percent of all archaeological finds are made of pottery so not really of any value usually. This is because pottery has been in abundance for a very long time, and it also survives well throughout the years. I believe my shard is from a saucer due to it’s size and I think I have an obvious edge which makes it much easier to calculate the piece when complete. If I am right and it is Victorian, it is at least 119 years old!!

I also did some Maths and vocabulary work today. We are beginning to work on Mesolithic Scotland this week, starting with The Twelve Apostles and hunter-gathering.

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Hi everybody,

I have been learning about weasles today as we have a large number of them in our Holywood hedgerows. Found in woods, farms and large gardens, weasles are active both at night and in the da time. They sleep in burrows that have been abandoned by badgers or rabbits. Weasles live alone and mark their territory with a strong scent. They are busy mammals and need to eat regularly to keep their energy levels up. They cannot survive more than 24 hours without food.

Byee, love Tanith xx