Abi's Adventures

My home education journey

  • South East Wales Trip

    This weekend we went away in our campervan and visited:

    Gnoll Country Park

    • admired the Tree of Many Faces
    • walked up the cascades
    • saw the barn owl and jackdaw sculptures
    • explored the woods
    • played in the adventure playground

    Parc Bryn Bach

    • cycled around the pond
    • made new friends in the playground
    • fed the geese
    • learnt what a Muscovy Duck is
    • saw the biggest family of Canada Geese ever!

    Cwm Darran Falls

    • walked to the Cwm Darran Falls and explored the memorial garden

    Parc Penallta

    • I flew our drone over Sultan the Pit Pony

    Caerphilly:

    • cycled to the splashpad at Morgan Jones Park
    • cycled past Caerphilly Castle
    • went swimming in the Leisure Centre

    Cardiff City Centre:

    • cycled some of the Taff Trail
    • paddled at Blackweir
    • played the musical instruments in Bute Park
    • enjoyed the splashpad in Victoria Park

    Barry Island

    • went on some of the rides at the funfair
    • played on the beach
    • played on the 2p slot machines
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  • Ballooning Moths

    We came across a wildlife wonder today on our morning walk in Cardiff. We saw hundreds of Winter Moth Caterpillars all hanging on threads dangling from a Siberian Elm tree.

    We found out from Google that this is called Ballooning and it’s a method the newly hatched caterpillars use to travel to a different tree.

    There were countless strings of moths swinging around in the wind, it was impossible to walk under the tree without getting them caught on you.

  • See saw science

    Whilst playing on the se​e-saw Mummy demonstrated leverage. Mummy weighs more than me, so when she sits on the end of her side, I find myself stuck in the air.

    However, if Mummy sits nearer the centre and I stand right on the edge I can lift her end off the ground.

    We experimented with us both moving up and down and eventually found the point of equilibrium or balance.

  • Hand writing

    I have been praciting my lower case hand writing.

  • Recent Socials & Exercise

    • We took my friends Lissy & Red to Sgilliau softplay
    • I’ve had play dates with:
      • Joey
      • Esmae
    • Betsan came for a sleepover
    • Continuing weekly sessions at:
      • Llandysul Paddlers
      • Plant Dewi Family Group
      • Doyles Drama Academy
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  • Recent Arts & Crafts

    • I made a flower for our gardener out of a paper plate
    • practising my still life drawing
    • painting at Plant Dewi group
    • drawing dinosaurs

  • Recent sums

    Here’s the multiplication sums I did today using my abacus.

  • My First Eye Test

    Today I had my first ever eye test. It was lots of fun. I enjoyed reading all the letters and thought it was fun when the optician keep changing the lenses in the funny spectacles he asked me to wear.

  • We have goslings

    The Canada geese eggs on our pond hatched today. We have 3 goslings.

  • Castell Henylls Romans

    I attended a home education day at Castell Henylls where we learnt all about the Romans.