We're studying Habitats which fits in perfectly with our fabulous weather and lots of field trips :)  We visited a local pond on a relaxing evening walk with Papa...

We investigated the field behind our house for rabbits.  The children took along their clip-boards and we looked for likely predators, burrows, droppings, fur, food sources, shelter etc.  

Field trip #3.  A silent wildlife watch.  In the allotments in our village we listened and hunted for wildlife we might not normally spot on our daily walks.

Panda Girl made a desert poster and Ballet Girl and Monkey Girl made brochures for tourist offices to entice people to the desert.  They had to make them as interesting and as informative as possible.

Field trip #4 was pond-dipping.  

My DARLING Ballet Girl turned 10 this month.  I can't quite believe I have a 10 year old.  She is such a gorgeous thing and I am so blessed.  She had a lovely sunny Birthday with lots of friends over for Birthday Tea.  I love you Poppet :)

Our Lady's month!

I made the girls some Mary craft packs

They loved it!

We had a busy week last week finishing off our WW2 work.  We also did some painting...

 ...messy play (this was potato peelings and sand)...

 ...outdoor play...

...cooking...

...workbooks...

...reading...

...Panda Girl did some life-cycle work...

...we had a pic-nic...

...English...

...passive verbs and active verbs...

...investigated Mummy's stone collection...

....played in the rain...

...sit down study...

...The Boy made a bicarb and vinegar volcano...

...sand play...

...and we also managed two parties :)

An Introduction to World War II

Our World War Two project has been fascinating.  It's our first real look at an era that we have had direct contact with.  My Mum lent us my Grandparents' medals and photos, stopwatch, a compass my Grandfather used in the Desert as a Desert Rat, coins from the 1940s, and other fascinating memorabilia from the War.  

I also purchased some replica 1940s documents which tied in well with our work on propaganda, rationing and evacuees.

We made our own ration books :)

Evacuees.  Ballet Girl was quite upset by the whole concept.

Copying photos and documents from their great-granpdparents.

WW2 History work online

Our look at propaganda and the government campaigns

A superb visit to Bletchley Park where the Enigma code was broken.  It is believed that the work done here cut the War short by two years.  Incredible.

Alan Turing's Bombe which broke the code for the German's Enigma code-making machine.

3D glasses for a mini-movie about Bletchley Park

A bit of Geometry :)