Monday, March 19, 2007

'A setting description' by Harriet

It was lovely.
The over grown bushes on the path were bursting with leaves. Lucy felt free and alive as she waltzed forward on the mossy green path with the wind blowing her hair back in waves of ginger. Birds sang and danced as they flew, this is a truly magical world thought Lucy. She danced forward tripping on a step, but no cut at all was found on her. The slanted steps led to an opening with a well. The well had an old brown iron frame work that spun and twisted in loops, in shapes like birds, it was almost as if the birds came alive. Lucy danced and danced with them feeling as free as a swift.
The blossom on the tree was as pink as a rose, and looked as fluffy as candy floss. Lucy stood for a while and watched the wildlife before going on her way.

Monday, March 05, 2007

'The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon' by Daisy

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

The ancient city of Babylon in Mesopotamia under King Nebuchadnezzar must have been a beautiful wonder. It was walled with fortresses and temples with statues of gold. Rising above the city was the famous tower of Babel, a temple that seemed to reach up to the heavens.

The gardens were built by the King who ruled the City in 1605bc to cheer up his homesick wife. She came from a green, mountainous land but Babylon was flat and depressing.

The King tried to recreate her homeland with mountains, terraces, rooftop gardens and trees.

As time went on the gardens decayed and today there is nothing left but the foundations.

"Snow" by Rosie

All About Snow
Snow is made up of crystalline water ice made up of lots of snowflakes. Snow is formed when water vapour is formed at a temperature of less than 0 C in the atmosphere and then it falls to the ground. The amount of snowfall varies with seasons and locations. For example the amount of snow in Greenland will be much more than the Caribbean!
Snowflakes are made when it gets so cold that the water in a cloud freezes and turns into ice. Snowflakes all have six sides or points, but they form millions of different patterns.
On the coldest parts of some mountains, snow builds up and turns into ice. Solid rivers of ice, called Glaciers move very slowly downhill.


A Leweston setting description

The sun tried to peak through the smallest gaps between the heavy trees. The squishy mud stuck to their shoes as they wondered through the beautiful gardens of St Mary. You could tell that it was about 4:00 in the afternoon. The two men, one scruffy and kind and one perfect but mean, (both thinking where should they go) came to two very wide and large gates.

'The Human Skeleton' by Olivia



The human skeleton has 206 bones. We are actually born with about 350 but many join together as a child grows up. Each hand has 26 bones in it and so does the foot. The longest bone in our bodies is the femur or thigh bone. The smallest bone is the stirrup bone inside the ear.


Your nose and ears are not made of bone they are made of cartilage which is flexible but not as hard as bone.