Monday, 20 October 2014

Make Your Own Bird Feeder

The Boy woke up and made a spider - because that is always a good way to start the day.

Monkey Girl had a good look at a far away tree.

And then everyone designed their own bird feeders.

The boy made a peanut butter and seed tube.




And used a drill to make a wooden feeder.  Happy Boy ;)







Panda Girl used a seed and honey mix which she is freezing overnight ready to hang out tomorrow.


She also made a bottle feeder, using tape to cover sharp edges for the birds.  Because she's lovely.


Monkey Girl made a feeder with a perch.



And this is why we call her Monkey Girl.

Ballet Girl used a pre-cut piece of wood and kept the seeds in with peanut butter smeared inside.

And she also made two brilliant hanging tables: one with seeds and one with porridge.


I think they are all fantastic!  They are outside our classroom window so we can see if they are a success!


Ballet Girl and Monkey Girl spent a while doing some tree and fungus identification around the garden.

And they each tied a bag around a branch to catch water vapour from the leaves: a breathing tree!

Apple bobbing.  Catch your own snack.




After lunch we did poetry...


...my always determined but today under-the-weather daughter was adamant she wanted to persevere with her maths...

...activity books...

...trampolining class and then Lego before bedtime.

Phew! 'So pleased God invented sleeping.  G'night :)

Saturday, 18 October 2014

Conkers, Safety Glasses and Frozen

We finished the week like this:

The Boy had a LOT of concentrated happy time with veneer from his Uncle T.  Please note use of important safety glasses ;)



The girls worked through their autonomous work (English)

(Spanish)

The shop remains a hit and we even discovered that two of our pumpkins weight EXACTLY the same.  Which is cool.

Bestest Nanny Mo, Grammar Queen and Word Master came over and played editor to Ballet Girl's and Monkey Girl's book that they have written and illustrated themselves on Blurb.  Now it is edited we can get it printed!

In the afternoon we went to the library.


And visited miniature cousins for a conker hunt.




We completed our week with a Friday Night at the Movies watching Frozen and eating popcorn.  Perfect.