Thursday 26 April 2012

My Homemade Tower Of London Project

Materials:

4 (750g) cornflake boxes, clear cellotape, 20 (500ml) pet bottles, 40 inch TV cardboard box, 4 toothpicks, polystyrene packaging and stapler.



How long:
3 weeks 1 week for planning, 1 week to get the materials and 1 week to make.



Why:


I just wanted to turn my hobby into fun activity.



How I made it:


I cut both A4 pieces of cardboard in half, then stuck them together with the side of the box to make inner wall. I then repeated previous step to make the wall longer for the outer wall. Then I measured both walls on 4 bottles each leaving space at the bottom of each bottle to use as house.


Next, I stapled where I stuck the walls together to make them more firm. Then I cut out the full size of my platform which is the full size of the outer wall on the 40 inch TV cardboard box, stuck both inner and outer wall on it. I then repeated the wall method to make my white tower only making it a lot smaller and found a bottle to use as bell tower.


I made one circle for each house out of polystyrene and stuck it inside each house. Then I made a tiny replica of a head out of polystyrene then added three toothpicks to three sides. The houses and head were stuck together whilst making a 7cm by 7cm square from polystyrene for execution hill.


Finally, I used one toothpick to separate head from execution hill.


             Me And My Tower At School.



Monday 23 April 2012

E For Excellence Twice

Every week the teachers choose one person from each class who has done well to nominate as E for Excellence.

1
Raising the bar for home learning and for embracing topics discussed in class. You've created a wonderful Tower of London.

2
Dedicating his own time to completing extra literacy work during break and at home, showing commitment and improvement.
E For Excellence

First To Get Silver Pencil And Finish Silver Tracker

Amazingly, I was the first person to be awarded the silver pencil due to my hard work and continuous thirst for learning. In a silver tracker you have your : class teacher sticker, see your phase leader, get your silver pencil, go and show Mr Drakes then after you have completed all the above you get your silver certificate which means you start gold. Some days after, I managed to also be the first to complete my silver tracker and start my gold. Now only two more trackers to go once I start my gold.

Bronze Tracker Finished

In Broadford we have something called trackers which you use merits that you earn to finish them. After a long time of hard work I David S was the fourth to finish it. I was extremely pleased with myself but I never knew the great success that would be in store for myself. All the trackers are : Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and Star. No more for now because Mr Drakes has still got a lot of planning to do.