Do you know Roald Dahl? Roald Dahl is a famous author who wrote The BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory, James and the Giant Peach and many more. Roald Dahl was also an air force pilot, but if you think that was cool then listen up, he was also a SPY!
Now you know that I can tell you about the BFG Dream Jar Trail. If Roald Dahl was alive he would be 100 this year. To celebrate London madea dream jar trail. They have got some very famous people like Simon Cowell and Sophie Dahl and more to make a jar with their dreams in it. We have seen some of the dream jars. Here they are…
Tonight we are going to go to Harrods and are going to see a dream jar with a real GOLD bar! Wow! I have never seen gold before. Keep checking here as I will add more dream jars as I find them.
We recently went to see Horrible Histories at the Apollo Theatre.
There was a man and a woman who were acting as all the characters. It was about the horrible histories of Britain.
My favourite bit was when the man had put a costume on and was being a 9 year old king. It was really funny.
The show was very good but yuck. One of the horrible things was when they interviewed Guy Fawkes. He was going to blow up parliament. Another horrible thing was when they dressed up as King Henry the 8th and his six wives. He didn't want all of the girl babies. He only wanted a boy baby. He kept on getting rid of his wives. Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. I thought Horrible Histories was a very cool show. It was a fun way to learn about history.
Yesterday, me and my family went to Hyde Park and we got to find some bats. We needed to go there at night-time because bats only come out at night. Bats are nocturnal which means they sleep in the day and are awake at night.
It was so much fun. We got to see some bats and learn about bats too.
You may think that bats are very big but they are not always. A common pipistrelle is about the size of a big moth. We saw lots of them.
Me and my brother got a bat detector and we got to hear bats. One bat sounded like 'smack-smack-smack' and the other one goes 'chip-chop-chip-chop'.
Bats eat bugs. We saw bats flying up and down, side to side trying to catch bugs.
The most interesting thing I learnt was that bats have got little arms and the wings join from the arms to the body.
If a bat is on the ground during the day it is probably sick and about to die. Bats don't usually sit on the ground because they cannot take off like a bird. They need to fly from a high up place.
I really loved learning about bats. I hope one day I get to do it again.
Morph is a character made out of clay that stars in many animations. We went to a workshop and learnt how to make one. The teacher was Jim Parkyn who makes the clay characters in Shaun the Sheep, Wallace & Gromit and Flushed Away plus lots of others.
I am going to teach you how to make a Morph in 8 easy steps.
You will need:
150g of orangey-browny clay (or white if you want to make Chas. Chas is a little bigger so you might need a little more)
small pieces of black and white clay for the eyes
Steps:
1. Roll the clay into a ball. Rub it in your hands to warm it up.
2. Shape it into a starfish.
3. Round one of the arms into a head.
4. Mould arms and legs.
5. Shape hands and feet.
6. Add eyes and a nose.
7. Smooth it out.
There you have it - you have made a Morph. Now you can get the Animate It! App and make your own animations.
On Sunday, my family and I went to see the premiere of Pete’s Dragon. Pete’s Dragon is about a little boy named Pete who lives deep in the forest with a dragon. I will not say any more because I might spoil the movie for you. I thought it was a great movie. I want to go and see it again.
At the start they had a quiz to win a poster and more. We tried to win one but we didn’t.
Did you know that the movie is filmed in New Zealand? I think that is really cool.
After the movie we got to meet Bryce Dallas Howard. She is a famous actress who acts in a lot of movies like Jurassic World, Twilight, Spiderman and more. We did not get anything signed but she said to me and my brother, ‘Bye Sweeties!’ To me and my brother that means she is our friend.
After the movie and interview we left and went to catch some Pokemon. We hoped we would find a dragon of our own.
A few weeks ago we went to see the Serpentine Pavilion at Hyde Park. A pavilion is a place where you can go if it is raining or too sunny. It is a covered area and it is usually found in a park or a garden. This one even had a Harrods cafe in it.
When we went there we discovered that there was a competition to design a pavilion so I designed my own pavilion.
Looking at the photos on the website and looking what was in the recycle bag inspired my design. I used things in the recycle bag as well as sticks, string, plastic and beads.
Here are a few photos of my design.
Anyone can use my pavilion. They can use it for reading, writing, thinking, eating, talking and heaps of other things.
You might like to design your own pavilion and enter the competition too. Click here
On Friday, me and my mum and brother went to meet Anthony Browne at Shakespeare’s Globe. Anthony Browne is a famous author. He writes children’s books. My favourite book he wrote is Willy the Wimp. Have you heard of it?
We learnt how to play the shape game. It was so cool. This is how you play it:
One person has to draw a line in any shape (Anthony Browne said take the line for a walk). The other person has to turn the line into a picture (Anthony Browne said that everyone can draw).
When we left we got him to sign some books like Willy's Stories and Willy The Dreamer and he drew a picture in everyone’s book. I got a gorilla and William got Willy the Wimp.
It was really fun meeting him. We all loved it. Have you got some questions? I might be able to answer them.
We recently went to Sorrento in Italy, by train from Rome. We were like sardines in a can and the temperature was 36 degrees! SO HOT!!!!
We finally got there and my Mum and big sister were in a different carriage so we had to meet outside on the platform. Then we went to Sorrento beach.
me looking at the beach
We had to go down heaps of steps. Down, down, down - it was a long, long way down.
On the sand there were so many people. We hopped in the water and had a good time. It was so refreshing.
beach
After our swim it was time to go. Yes! We found an elevator to take us back up to the road. There was a really long queue to go on the elevator and you have to pay. We thought we should pay the money because we didn't want to go up all those stairs.
We hopped back on the train and went back to our apartment to get ready to head out for dinner.
Last week, me and my family went to Hampton Court Palace to see the jousting. We got to sit in the front so we had a really good view.
There were knights in shining armour on horses. It was, well, amazing. I could hear the crowd cheering and hooves thundering all around.
When they are jousting, the knights gallop towards each other. They try to hit the other knights with their long poles. They get points each time they hit them. They have a big wall in the middle so they don’t get the horses injured when they do it. The winner was Sir Walter.
There was a band playing old music. Ba-de-da-ba-de-da-bababa!
After the jousting, we went to the maze and my mum and dad got lost. It was our turn to be the knights in shining armour - me and my brother. We had to rescue our parents.
Knuckles!!!!! Last week me, my mum, my brother, and nana went to see Bugsy Malone at the Lyric theatre. It was really good.
The show is about gangsters and show girls in New York.There are guns but instead of bullets they shoot out custard.
My favourite song was, ‘We are the very best at being bad’. My favourite part was when Knuckles cracked his knuckles and Fat Sam yelled, ‘KNUCKLES!’ He did that a lot of times.
The show ended at like midnight then we went back.
Last week, we went to look at Stonehenge. Stonehenge was built in the stone age. The stones came from Wales. They brought the rocks all the way from Wales to Salisbury which is about an hour and a half from London. How did they do it? Why did they do it? Noone really knows. They put it in position for the Summer Solstice. The heaviest stone is equal to the weight of 540 adults. That's pretty heavy!
Me in front of Stonehenge.
This might be how they pulled the rocks.
This is a stone age house.
In the stone age you would sleep in one the homes.
Have you dreamed about being in the biggest toy store in the world? I know I have. Yesterday my dream came true. I got to visit a toy store in London called Hamleys. We were there for a special event and got to go in two hours before the crowds came in. We got to be VIPs.
Hamleys has seven floors of toys and fun activities. My favourite floor was the one that was pink - the girls floor. It had heaps of dolls, dresses, shoes, toys, tiaras and much more. It had all of the things I like.
I got a balloon wand and face paint. It was extraordinary. We go to do a treasure hunt. At the start it was fun but near the end it was so tiring. Up and down, up and down, again and again. At the end we got a goody bag. Mine had a London bus but I swapped with my brother for an umbrella.
It was Fathers Day too so on our way home we went to the sushi train for dinner. It was delicious. That was my dream come to life. Delicious sushi, world's biggest toy store - THE BEST! I loved it.
I thought this was a fun gadget. You can have a song for your alarm clock which sings to you and even says your name.
