Sneak Preview

The boys are back to school today after a lovely long Easter holiday.  Here are their holiday diaries to give you a sneak preview of what we got up to in April.  Hopefully I'll catch up with my blog posts soon too!

Nicholas' Easter Holiday Diary

 

Daniel's Easter Holiday Diary

Holiday Diary - Nicholas

We rose to the challenge of doing a holiday diary for half term and actually succeeding in completing it for once.  Looking back we had quite a stimulating and exciting holiday even though we stayed at home.  The boys enjoyed the recognition they got at school!

Holiday Diary - Daniel

Daniel wants to do everything Nicholas does so it was easy to convince him to do a diary too.  I can't believe how his handwriting has developed over the past few months.  Sometimes he is determined to do it all on his own and sometimes he asks for help.  I love the pages he did on his own!

Life Fantastic

One of our adventures during half term was a Family Fun Day about Life Fantastic at the Royal Institute.  This time we spent most of the day there so we could make the most of everything on offer.  The boys really got stuck in and had loads of fun.  They demonstrated their existing knowledge and learnt a lot of new things too.  It was a great day out for all of us!

Taking a closer look at the human body

 Investigating real organs

A bit of art

Nicholas' giraffe adapted for life in the desert

(long legs, big ears, hump for storing energy and a bushy tail)

Danny's cells and DNA

(it was totally his choice)

Playing Vet

Making Molecules

Introduction to DNA

Extracting DNA out of a strawberry

Using the microscope to look at the DNA

Full moon over The Thames on the way home