Yesterday I did some of my maths and reading then we went on our bikes around Dock Park but we didnt go into the play bit as we are not allowed because of the coronovirus. I can’t wait until they open again.
Today we made our own campfire. We got an old pot, got some cotton wool and covered it in vaseline then added small sticks. I lit it with a lighter. I was very careful. I remembered that u kneel down on one knee and keep your distance from the fire as it’s very hot! We got marshmallows and toasted them then squashed them in a biscuit. It was yummy.
After that we checked by plants to see how they are growing. Look at the difference. I think the radish pot that is getting sun and water looks the best.
I was so hot mum filled the paddling pool up so I could cool down. I wish one of my friends could come and play with me in the pool. I cant wait until this virus is away!!
Yesterday, I made a catapult out of lollipop sticks for “week in the woods”. The instruction the teachers gave us used big bits of wood, but I didn’t have enough, so we used lollipop sticks instead. It was a bit frustrating building it, but it was fun shooting it at my dad.
Today I also went on a walk in the woods with Beans (my dog) and my mum. My mum and I went about identifying trees on our walk (Beans was very busy sniffing the scents so didn’t seem very interested in knowing which trees were which).
Here are some of the trees we found (we downloaded a free app from the Woodland Trust to help us identify the trees)
Birch
Oak
Goat Willow
Hazel
Norway maple
Ash
Rowan
Common Beech
Elder
We also spotted some climbing and parasitic plants (parasitic plants are plants that grow on other plants and gain some of their nutrients from the host) :
Honeysuckle
Ivy
Lichen
Moss
We also saw or heard these birds:
Grey wagtail
Chaffinch
Jay
Raven
Buzard
Pheasant
We also some Ermine moth caterpillars who build nests in the willow leafs branches.
Today I’ve been quite busy. First I went shopping with my mum. That didn’t take long. When we got back from the shops I did my Maths. I did some of the textbook. After that I did my English. I started a power point about horses. I am putting the facts that I don’t know on it. Then I did my Spanish. I am using the app Duolingo. I’ve recently started a course on French. That wraps up today’s blog bye. By Orla.
Today I helped doing the gardening, lighting a fire, melting marshmallows, building a den then had my gymnastics class. Â Today in gymnastics we had some fun time, we had to draw our teachers as characters – I picked Minnie & Mickey, then had to spell our names with stuff in the house, I choose Nutella Ice Apple Mickey Hat. Â We then worked on some of our shapes and I have to work on my forward roll to straddle sit for next weeks class.
Today is very warm! We had a great day in the woods, we saw lots of wild flowers and took pictures of them, the foxglove was taller than me and the thistle was as big as Zara!
There were a lot of broken empty egg shells lying everywhere as well.
We checked out all the dens from last year but not much left of them so we built a new one, it was great fun.  I then found a big bouncy branch low to the ground that we could sit on and bounce so I called it a swing saw.  The ground  was quite dry when we arrived but by the time we left it was very muddy and we went home very dirty. 😃