I love trains. I drew this picture from my imagination with no help at all.
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A Day on the Farm
My Aunty has a small holding near Brecon with 39 animals. Today I spent the day helping out:
- collecting eggs
- feeding the sheep
- helping in the polytunnel
- moving the horses around between fields
- checking on the owls
- walking the dogs
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Gardening Day
This morning we took a trip to the Llandysul Gardening Show. Each child was given a free Sarracenia (North American Pitcher Plant) from Farmyard Nurseries. I also choose a Chrysanthemum Carmine Blush plant as I loved the pretty pink flowers on the label.
After lunch we planted my new plants into some pots.
We read the labels and discussed how hardy each plant was. We then decided that the Sarracenia should live in the greenhouse.
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Easter Crafting
Today I did Easter crafting with Mummy. I made some cute sheep and designed and made my own Easter Bonnet with a birds nest on top.
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Learning about the seasons
Today we printed out sheets for each season along with a selection of items that represent each season.
Then we had a walk around the garden looking for all the signs of spring.
Skills:
- using scissors + glue
- learning about seasons
- comparing evergreen and deciduous trees
- collecting and studying the different types of buds and emerging leaves.
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Gardening Preparation
Having agreed an area of the garden which I can claim as my own, the next step is customising my planters.
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Chinese New Year
2025 is the year of the Snake.
The National Waterfront Museum in Swansea hosted a festival to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
Activities including:
- dressing up in traditional Chinese dress
- watching shows featuring dragons
- listening to traditional Chinese music
- arts & crafts involding painting pandas and drawing Chinese characters
- comparing Chinese characters with our alphabet
- sampling Chinese food + tea, using chopsticks
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Cookery Lessons
The Plant Dewi group I attend has just run a cookery course that lasted several weeks.
Pizza Express also regularly run lessons for home educated children.
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Llanelli WWT Centre
I am as tall as the Caribbean Flamingos they have there.
We talked to the keepers at feeding time and learnt about the different grains given to the different birds.
We discussed why these Black Necked Swans have a red bit over their beaks. We learnt later that these are called a caruncle and that only the adults have them. It’s believed to be a way of attracting a mate, identifying each other and it’s vibrancy reflects the birds health.
We learnt that a male swan is called a cob and a female swan is called a pen.
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Folly Farm
Today I went with my friend Maisie to Folly Farm for the day.
We had lots of fun going on rides and playing in the outdoor playground areas. We like to pretend we are pirates.
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