{"id":20570,"date":"2020-06-16T12:08:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T11:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/?p=20570"},"modified":"2020-06-16T13:50:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T12:50:24","slug":"week-in-the-woods-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/2020\/06\/16\/week-in-the-woods-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Week in the woods!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Everyone<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, I made a catapult out of lollipop sticks for &#8220;week in the woods&#8221;. The instruction the teachers gave us used big bits of wood, but I didn&#8217;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. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/uploads\/sites\/1956\/2020\/06\/16105548\/catapult.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20572\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/2020\/06\/16\/week-in-the-woods-9\/catapult\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/uploads\/sites\/1956\/2020\/06\/16105548\/catapult.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"945,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"catapult\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/uploads\/sites\/1956\/2020\/06\/16105548\/catapult.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/uploads\/sites\/1956\/2020\/06\/16105548\/catapult.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20572\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/uploads\/sites\/1956\/2020\/06\/16105548\/catapult.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"945\" height=\"1260\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Catapult!\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XDgNlTqsqvQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It went 5m92cm cool right.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how to make it if you want to do it too.<\/p>\n<p>Catapult video: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iBKEUUiBBFY<\/p>\n<p>Today I also went on a walk in the woods with Beans (my dog) and my mum.\u00a0 My mum and I went about identifying trees on our walk (Beans was very busy sniffing the scents so didn&#8217;t seem very interested in knowing which trees were which).<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the trees we found (we downloaded a free app from the Woodland Trust to help us identify the trees)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Birch<\/li>\n<li>Oak<\/li>\n<li>Goat Willow<\/li>\n<li>Hazel<\/li>\n<li>Norway maple<\/li>\n<li>Ash<\/li>\n<li>Rowan<\/li>\n<li>Common Beech<\/li>\n<li>Elder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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) :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Honeysuckle<\/li>\n<li>Ivy<\/li>\n<li>Lichen<\/li>\n<li>Moss<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We also saw or heard these birds:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grey wagtail<\/li>\n<li>Chaffinch<\/li>\n<li>Jay<\/li>\n<li>Raven<\/li>\n<li>Buzard<\/li>\n<li>Pheasant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We also some Ermine moth caterpillars who build nests in the willow leafs branches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/uploads\/sites\/1956\/2020\/06\/16120804\/ermine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20574\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/2020\/06\/16\/week-in-the-woods-9\/ermine\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/uploads\/sites\/1956\/2020\/06\/16120804\/ermine.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"945,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ermine\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/uploads\/sites\/1956\/2020\/06\/16120804\/ermine.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/uploads\/sites\/1956\/2020\/06\/16120804\/ermine.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20574\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/uploads\/sites\/1956\/2020\/06\/16120804\/ermine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"945\" height=\"1260\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/uploads\/sites\/1956\/2020\/06\/16120809\/ermine2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20575\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/2020\/06\/16\/week-in-the-woods-9\/ermine2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/uploads\/sites\/1956\/2020\/06\/16120809\/ermine2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ermine2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/uploads\/sites\/1956\/2020\/06\/16120809\/ermine2.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/uploads\/sites\/1956\/2020\/06\/16120809\/ermine2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20575\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/uploads\/sites\/1956\/2020\/06\/16120809\/ermine2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"945\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See you later<\/p>\n<p>Joe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Everyone Yesterday, I made a catapult out of lollipop sticks for &#8220;week in the woods&#8221;. The instruction the teachers gave us used big bits of wood, but I didn&#8217;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. It &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/2020\/06\/16\/week-in-the-woods-9\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Week in the woods!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16753,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16753"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20570"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20578,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20570\/revisions\/20578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}