Holywood Hullabaloo

Hi, Caspian is back!

Today I have been researching the… Bermuda Triangle… triangle… triangle (it is a peculiar phenomenon so thought I’d some drama!)

The triangle is a shape of mystery. Some people who travel there, never return.  Many believe that there are sea monsters and alien holiday parks, that basically means they think the missing have been eaten by sea dinosaurs or abducted by aliens. The most famous disappearances are of the USS Cyclops (a USA naval ship), and Flight 19; a time when twenty-seven men lost their lives to the triangle.

Its shape is an isosceles triangle made up of Florida, USA, Puerto Rico and Bermuda. On average, sixty ships and five planes go missing every year. But fifty years ago, the triangle that many in just one day.

There are many theories, such as, a weather phenomenon like a water spout, tornado or hurricane, water bubbles,  a pull down in the earth’s magnetic field, alien abduction, sea monsters, vehicle failure, and many more. Will we ever know?!

This has been the most mysterious thing I have ever researched to date.  I would rather teleport than travel through the Bermuda Triangle.

And to calm your nerves from reading this, I can also tell you, Mum made currant buns for our break.

Bye, see you tomorrow!

 

Hi everyone,

I learned about secret messages today.  Using secret messages is called code. It was used during wars when we needed to get messages to our spies and prisoners of war so they didn’t get hurt by the enemy.  I drew a secret message to mummy. It said I wanted her to make me some smarties cookies! Then I made up my own coded message where I changed the alphabet to numbers.

Later on, Caspian and I created a new superhero game which we played in our garden.

Byeee, love from Tanith xx

 

Hi! Caspian is back!

I have been learning about codes (not computer) and ciphers today. There are many different types of code, Morse and Ceasar are two examples. Code is used to write secret messages, usually in times of war, or in games.

Lord Robert Baden Powell, founder of the Scout movement, frequently travelled disguised as a butterfly collector and created visual code. He made drawings of nature, such as a butterfly and a leaf, but incorporated plans of enemy buildings. He knew the enemy was looking through his papers so disguised the information in plain view.

A simple code is like A=01, B=02, C=03 and so on.

I created some secret messages using my own code and got Mum to work them out.

Bye for now!

Hi guys! I am back!

Great blog posts Orla. I think mum wants to buy some masks from you for us.

I researched Pluto today. Enjoy my facts!

Pluto was named by an 11 year old girl.

Pluto has not completed an orbit since it was discovered.

Pluto and Neptune swap places for 20 years every 287 years.

Pluto’s full name is 134340 Pluto.

It is the largest dwarf planet (small).

Pluto is smaller than the moon.

Pluto orbits diagonally.

Pluto has only been visited by the Horizon satellite.

With current technology, it would take over 80 years to reach Pluto.

Pluto has 5 moons:- Hydra, Styx, Charon, Kerberos and Nix. These are all characters from Greek mythology. Charon is the ferryman to the underworld. Nix is the goddess of the night. Kerberos (Cerberos) is the three headed guardian of the underworld. Styx is the river which takes you to, you guessed it, the underworld. The hydra is a beast that grows 2 more heads if it loses one.

I also helped Tanith with her jelly fish research and found out a few interesting things myself.

Some jelly fish eat their relatives. Mmmm!!!

Hungry jelly fish join in chains to eat.

Portuguese men of war only float and can not change direction.

Some jelly fish can mate with themselves.

Box jellys are also known as sea wasps.

A species of jelly fish became trapped in a lake due to a volcanic eruption. Because they can mate with themselves, they reproduced their species.

We held the Holywood Water Games in the afternoon followed by chocolate buns that Mum made us.

That’s it for today, so bye!!

Hello everybody,

I am really happy to be writing a new blog.

Today I made some bread. I have been watching and helping mummy make bread but I made it all on my own today. We had some for tea with our salad.

I have been learning a lot about the ocean. These are some of the facts I have found out. I hope you like them.

Most jelly fish are dangerous.

Some jelly fish glow in the dark.

Jelly fish are not very good swimmers.

Box jelly fish sting you with their tentacles.

I did two jelly fish pictures today. One is drawn in coloured pencil but the other is a collage. The blue frame is the sea. The sequins are the body and show all the lights of a jelly fish when it shines from the sun in the water.

We finished today off with a brilliant water fight in the garden. It was really good fun and helped us exercise and cool down a lot because it is really hot.

Love from Tanith xxx

 

Tonight me my dad and my dads girlfriends family went to the Easterbrook Bistro for our dinner. I got a plain burger. My dad got Tempura chicken. That looked nice. My meal tasted nice too. I had a lemonade for my drink. We were there for quite a long time. We were also playing with Marlow (the toddler). She’s super cute. That’s wraps up today’s blog bye. By Orla.

This morning we decided to go riding. We were just going to walk the ponies because of Duncan’s feet. We went the same route as we did on Thursday but we did go a little longer. I was riding with my mum. My pony’s back feet are just long. It’s not a long hack. We tried to get them out before it was to hot. I had a really nice hack which was good. Hope you enjoyed my blog bye. By Orla.

This afternoon me my mum and my sister went on a walk with the dog. We went to Drumlanrig again. We also took a picnic. We walked a bit and then found a bench. There was a few flies chasing me for my food but I got them away. After our lunch we walked for another five minutes and then started walking back. That’s the end of my blog bye. By Orla.

Tonight me and my mum decided to go riding. We hadn’t ridden in a while. We went out for a little hack. We soon realised that my pony’s back feet have not been cut. That meant I couldn’t trot. My sister Cameron was lunging her horse. I had a nice hack which was good. That’s all for today’s blog bye. By Orla.

Tonight we were invited to my dads girlfriends birthday dinner at the Swan. I had macaroni with some chips. That was really tasty. My dad had chicken stroganoff. He liked that. For dessert we had banoffe pie. My dads girlfriend really loved her presents. We had a great time. That’s all for today’s blog bye. By Orla.