Illuminated Manuscripts

Whilst studying Medieval history this term, we have been looking at illuminated manuscripts. Following a visit to the British Library in London
http://www.bl.uk/,  we were inspired to have a go ourselves.
“M” and “A” have been learning about the importance of parables in Christianity, so we thought it appropriate to use a parable as the subject of [...]

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Sedimentary Rocks

“A” writes:
Sedimentary rocks are made from tiny particles of rocks and sand ,or tiny pieces of shells, plants or animal remains, which form layers and eventually become rock.
Here are some websites that give more information:
http://fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/create/sediment.htm
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/geology/sed_intro.html&edu=elem
Limestone is a sedimentary rock. It is formed from tiny shells and micro-skeletons.

Below is a picture of sandstone.
It is made [...]

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The Cocoon at the Natural History Museum

“M” writes:
The Cocoon is an interactive gallery in the Natural History Museum in London.
The Cocoon has more than 2km of display cases and has many interactive educational games.
I saw many different display cases with animals in, and some interactive tables where you can zoom in on different small animals that you can’t [...]

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Medieval Gallery Visit – Museum of London

Today we visited the Museum of London, which is located at 150 London Wall, within sight of St Paul’s cathedral and in the City.
Our initial aim was to visit the Medieval London exhibit.
We took along our Fizzbook tablet PC, which allowed us to create some blog articles “in situ” using our Live Writer software and [...]

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Museum of London – The Great Fire of London

A poem by “A”, inspired by the Great Fire of London exhibit at The Museum of London and created on the museum’s magnetic wall using available word tiles:
 
A fire suddenly burned
The wind was hot
The night was red,yellow and orange
People ran
A scream
A frightened cry
Tumbling house
Blazing street
Choking
Scared
FIRE!

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Bank of England Museum

Today we visited the Bank of England Museum. The Museum, on Bartholomew Lane in the City of London, has free admission. It tells the story of the Bank of England from its foundation by Royal Charter in 1694 to its role in the present-day economy.

The children and I really enjoyed the exhibits, particularly the one [...]

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Learning As We Go – The Roman Baths of Bath

We are always on the lookout for interesting places to visit and this was a real winner for us all.
The Roman Baths in the centre of Bath combine artefacts on display, 3D models, computer animations, audio tours and live shows with costumed characters to provide a fascinating insight into Roman Britain.
We used the audio tours [...]

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M’s Story of The Oregon Trail – Part 2

“M” catches up with Bill on The Oregon Trail…
We have been travelling for six weeks. It was so boring! Ma said that it would be an adventure – what a load of rubbish!
YES!! We are at Fort Laramie! There are loads of soldiers on horses. Me, Ma and Pa are in a trading post [...]

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A’s Story of The Oregon Trail – Part 2

“A” catches up with Lilly Mae on the Oregon Trail…
We are at Split Rock. We have been travelling for six weeks now. I wish that I could go home – I feel sick and I miss my friends.
Today I was playing on the rocks with an Indian girl. I won’t tell Ma because she might [...]

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Painting Monet’s Garden

On a recent visit to Monet’s garden at Giverney, we were inspired to take lots of photographs. Back home, we projected one of our photographs onto our Promethean interactive whiteboard and did some sketches. Being able to see the photograph on the whiteboard enabled us to really focus on the range of greens that we [...]

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