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Once upon a time there lived a brave stag beetle named Staggy in a log. There was lots of moss covering the log and it looked like lots of little trees and there was a bit that looked like a big mountain. Inside this mountain there lived a big scary mean spider. It was so big because the rumour was it ate all of the other insects. All the insects had to hide so they didn't get eaten. Staggy liked head buting things with his horns. One day he was out on a walk head butting things. Staggy accidently walked up the mountain and met the giant spider it said "I will eat you!" Staggy head butted him and he rolled down the hill and scuttled off in fright. Staggy was very happy and all the insects lived happily ever after.

Lord Butterfly Wins Gold Medal

Lord butterfly is a professional
butterfly catcher and unicorn
enthusiast. He likes his hobby
because we all live in the great
land of unicorns. He recently won
the greatest award of all; the
super duper fancy pansy
award for services to Lord
Mayor Cool Unicorn, who
currently lives in a remote
location undisclosed to the
public. We recently interviewed
Lord Butterfly and he said
"TO BE OR NOT TO BE
THAT IS THE QUESTION"
and tons of other gobbledigook
like that. We would like to say that he
has won many awards for unicorn
catching and butterfly breeding.
Also prizes for butterfly and unicorn
taming. He told us exclusively that
he is happy to give his services
for a pretty penny or a new breed
of butterfly.

To see more on lord butterfly go to page 12...

I go in a cocoon
I come out as
The Butterfly
I have wings so bright
but so light
I have little legs
and I like going to Gregg's
now I can fly like a
bird in the sky
I play tag with the bees
and take naps on the leaves
I fly away
away to the bay
I have little spots
and I LOVE HONEY POTS.

Today I went for a walk
I looked under a rock
I thought there was a bug
but it was a slug
I liked the trees
and loved the breeze
I measured the bushes
and felt the water rushes
I heard the birds
singing there sweet chords
By Rowan Leighton

The river gushes fast
The wild den is nice, and shall last
My sister breaking twigs
My mum collecting sticks
I'm crouching on a rock
composing my thoughts
The robin hops and sings
The sounds of the wood all ring
in harmony
By Rowan Leighton

Today I went down to the woods to conduct a water survey, with my two sisters and my Mum. I had to look for still water and take samples off the water. I tested the waters PH level and this tells you how acidic or basic the water is. If its very acidic then its not good as it can cause problems with erosion. If the water is too basic then some bacteria find it hard to live in and can affect the biodiversity. My water I sampled had a PH of 6.5 which is close to neutral. Neutral is 7 and PH has a scale of 1-14. I brought some samples of the pond water home so I could look at a drop under the microscope to look for any microorganisms. Also I thought it would be interesting to distill the water and see if any impurities were left.
Then I placed my fishing net in the water and swirled it around in figures of eight to catch up any kind of algae or other tiny creatures so I could see any life in the pond. I didn't find any but I thought it could be caused by a sewage discharge pipe that was close by and also that it was a very cold morning in march. I also checked the colour of the water using a colour meter and the water was clean and clear.
We had a picnic in a field that was close by the woods and I played with my sisters. Afterwards we went back into the woods to look for signs of spring. I found lots of different budding flowers and trees, some blooming little flowers, and a bird with twigs in its mouth. Other birds I saw were robins, house sparrows, seagulls, magpies, blackbirds, and blue tits. When I got home later I sketched pictures off all these birds.
We all helped to build a shelter from twigs, big sticks and covered it in leaves that were still there from autumn. We built the shelter using a large tree and a fallen tree as the structure. I thought it looked very cool. We were all very careful while in the woods that we wouldn't squash any of the new budding little plants.
After building the shelter I sat on a rock and composed a poem about the woods. It was about all the different things I could hear. I recited my poem in the woods and my family all liked it.
I thought overall it had been a very good day today.