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Mr Hall has been making

Cheesy Chipotle Bean Quesadillas - would you like to cook along with him?

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Cooking with Mr Hall: Cheesy Chipotle Bean Quesadillas

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Get ready for World Book Day - 11th March 2021

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Get ready for World Book Day - 11th March 2021

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This year the juniors and seniors at Walhampton will be focusing the Book Day celebrations around 'Dead Man's Cove'. Mrs Knight has recorded an introduction to the book and half term would be a great time to read it. More details about the day can be found here.

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The New Forest National Park Authority is running an online festival throughout February.  Discover why the New Forest is so special, its role in the climate and nature emergencies, what people are already doing to protect it and how everyone can help.

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Virtual, throughout February 2021
New Forest organisations, businesses and charities are taking you behind the scenes to learn about the nature and climate emergencies - and everyone's invited.

The New Forest Awakening Festival led by the New Forest National Park Authority with a range of partners is an online festival throughout February.

People can discover why the New Forest is so special, its role in the climate and nature emergencies, what people are already doing to protect it and how everyone can help.

Highlights include:

Discover the RSPB's secret forest in the north of the National Park

Immerse yourself in New Forest nature with beautiful soundscapes

Join a celebration of the achievements of the £4m Our Past Our Future lottery scheme, which has restored habitats and inspired hundreds of volunteers

Find out how to move your business towards 'net zero'

Go wild with National Park rangers as they stage an Instagram takeover

Enjoy a special screening of a film about travelling sustainably followed by Q&A with the Director

Learn how to set up a low carbon community action group

Consider applying for a New Forest National Park Authority micro grant for nature and sustainability projects.

The New Forest National Park Authority made a declaration of intent to champion action with partners and communities towards the National Park being 'net zero with nature' by 2050. Net zero is achieved when any harmful greenhouse gas emissions are balanced by an equivalent amount being absorbed by the atmosphere and landscape.

The Festival is about increasing people's understanding of the issues in the New Forest and how we can all help respond to the nature and climate crises.

The New Forest is beginning to awaken for spring: we're awakening our awareness of nature and climate issues; and we're awakening our action to help protect our precious landscape. We hope lots of people will get involved.'

Search for @newforestnpa for updates on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

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Join us in tackling the nature and climate emergencies Virtual, throughout February 2021 New Forest organisations, businesses and charities are taking you behind the scenes to learn about the nature and climate emergencies - and everyone's invited. The New Forest Awakening Festival led by the New Forest National Park Authority with a range of partners ...

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Get ready for the Spring by starting to plan a vegetable patch.  Is there an area of the garden you could plant veg in? Or could you use some pots?  There is lots of good advice on the link below, or look at the Walhampton Instagram story highlights for some great tips from Mrs Marshall.

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Planning a vegetable garden? Follow the expert advice here to make your vegetable growing a success

Make the most of space

Unless you have a large vegetable plot or even an allotment it makes sense to plan what types of vegetables you want to grow; gardens are generally too small and there's usually not enough time for most people to grow everything that they want or need.

It makes sense to grow your favourite vegetables and those where freshness is important. But early potatoes, spring onions and baby carrots with their tops on are delicious, and their flavour and texture deteriorates with every hour that passes after harvest.

Don't forget that where room is at a premium, you can grow most vegetables in containers.

Cost also enters into it. Leeks, for example, are often relatively costly to buy, but onions are cheap, so growing your own leeks is more attractive than raising onions.

Once you have listed what you like, decide how much of each you need, bearing in mind that produce that cannot be stored might end up in the compost bin. It is usually better to top up with bought produce than have to discard plants that you have spent time and money nurturing, so erring on the side of caution is better than growing too much.

Soil type

Soil has an influence. If you have a cold, clay soil (which takes longer to warm up in spring) then early crops are tricky, but later crops should be abundant and need relatively little watering. Using raised beds can help the soil warm up quicker.

Light soils, on the other hand, are great for early crops, but can be dry and unproductive later. There is no point struggling against the nature of your soil, so if you have a clay soil consider raising early crops in containers and if yours is a light soil, grow late-maturing crops in shallow trenches that are easy to fill with water for ease of irrigation.

Consider how much time and effort you want to devote. Tomatoes, for example, are popular plants but they need staking and training, protecting from blight and only crop outdoors for a few weeks in late summer. Therefore six plants giving fruits of the best flavour might be enough. In contrast, runner beans crop abundantly over a long period.

On the other hand asparagus almost looks after itself; once you have established a bed there is only some routine maintenance to do each year in exchange for up to 10 years of abundant crops of this sumptuous vegetable.

You might also want to avoid peaks of work. It makes sense to choose crops that need sowing, planting, thinning and weeding over a long period of time rather than be faced with rush periods. Timeliness is very important in growing vegetables and doing things as little as two weeks late can lead to disappointing results.

Finally, consider the timing of harvest - late-summer Mediterranean crops such as peppers, aubergines, courgettes and tomatoes are deservedly popular, but you might want to use the space for a succession of crops through the year, so aim for spring, summer, autumn and winter crops.

Fortunately, vegetable seed suppliers produce useful catalogues and websites to help source seeds and choose cultivars (cultivated varieties). As seeds can be stored, it is worth buying in as wide a selection of crops as you have room for, saving surplus seed for future years. To help choose vegetables we test and publish lists of recommended vegetables (353kB pdf) which have the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

When your seeds arrive make a seed store, using a box with dividers for each month, and place the seeds in the appropriate month so they are easy to find when the time comes to start sowing.

Unfortunately, recommendations seldom mention flavour or suitability for particular soils, sites and districts. So although recommended lists are a good place to start, it makes sense to try things that take your fancy and even ask local growers for suggestions. Swopping seeds and plants is another avenue to explore.

Once you have decided what you want to grow and when, the next task is to fit them into the space available. Usually some things have to be left out. However, remember that with some careful planning you can intercrop (grow another crop in the space between the rows) and catch crop (a fast-growing crop that is grown simultaneously with, or between, successive plantings of a main crop and is harvested before the main crop) without disturbing your crop rotation. Planning on scaled paper should help avoid overcrowding later.

Plan your own kitchen garden

Gardener designer, Jack Wallington, shares his techniques for planning your own kitchen garden and shows you how to start sowing seeds indoors.

Gardeners' calendar

Find out what to do this month with our gardeners' calendar

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Help and advice on planning a vegetable garden / RHS Gardening

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Planning a vegetable garden? Follow the expert advice here to make your vegetable growing a success Unless you have a large vegetable plot or even an allotment it makes sense to plan what types of vegetables you want to grow; gardens are generally too small and there's usually not enough time for most people to grow everything that they want or need.

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Encourage wildlife into your garden by making a mini-pond in a pot. Look out for frogspawn.

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Create an attractive mini-pond, perfect for small gardens or balconies, using our easy practical guide, from the experts at BBC Gardeners' World Magazine.

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There are lots of great shows to listen to.  For example, if you are in the mood for a giggle, check out The Joke Show...

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The Joke Show Archives - Walhampton School Stag Radio

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Live Radio and Podcasts from Walhampton School

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If you see a bird you can't identify when you are out and about, use this guide to help work out what it's called. Mr Westerman would love to know what you've seen.

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Browse our UK bird guide by name. See birds alphabetised by name and family, A-Z in this handy guide

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How long can you keep your kite in the air?

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Mr Timms wants you to put your creative, problem solving and technological skills into action with his half term challenge.  Please submit your entries in the Head's Challenge Google Classroom.

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There are lots of free audiobooks available on Audible...

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Mr Elliot has put together some workouts to keep you moving over half term.

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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Mrs Bates would like you to influence the direction your Shakespeare plays take at the Arts Festival. She's put together a half term project so you can research Shakespeare performances. More details are in your Google Classroom. Don't forget to learn your scripts!

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Google Chrome - Shakespeare in Performance - Scripts and half term task - Google Slides - Google Chrome

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Please don't forget to learn your Mary Poppins lines and songs as you'll be going full steam ahead with this after half term. More details in the Google Classroom.

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Choose one of these delicious recipes to make you and your family a wholesome, warming lunch.

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Until we are able to go to the theatre again, we can enjoy the wide array of performances online.  You may like these readings of Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales.
https://www.unicorntheatre.com/grimms

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Enjoy five minutes of calm with Mrs Knight's 'Five Minute Relaxation' series of podcasts.

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5 Minute Relaxation Archives - Walhampton School Stag Radio

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Live Radio and Podcasts from Walhampton School

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Colouring is a great way to relax. There are lots of free colouring sheets, like these ones, why not search for something you are interested in.

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There are some great Yoga tutorials online, like this from Yoga with Adriene.

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Mrs Knight's wellbeing scrapbook has lots of other lovely ideas to help you relax and enjoy your down time.

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Can you create a picture by tracking your exercise route on STRAVA?  Remember to join the Walhampton STRAVA club first so we can see.
https://www.strava.com/clubs/820046

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Way too small to see, but also unbelievably important, atoms are the building blocks of EVERYTHING! Making a model is a great way to get to know these tiny particles - and a bit of a challenge, as they are mostly made up of empty space! Mrs Marshall would love to see your models, please email photos. How are YOU going to do it? Helpful tips here:

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How do I make a model of an atom?

Do you need to make a model or a drawing of an atom for science class? If so, follow these instructions to learn where all of the atom's pieces go.

Step 1 - Gather Information

Before you can build your model, you will need to know how many protons, neutrons and electrons your atom has. If you do not already know how to use the Periodic Table of Elements to find this information, read the ' How many protons, electrons and neutrons are in an atom of...?' page to learn how.

Let's use nitrogen as an example. Using information found on the Periodic Table of Elements, we can tell that an average atom of nitrogen contains 7 protons, 7 neutrons and 7 electrons.

Step 2 - Gather Materials

Now that you know how many protons, neutrons and electrons you will need for your model, it is time to decide what to use to represent them. Ping-pong balls, rubber balls, ball bearings, golf balls and styrofoam balls have all been used in the past. Basically, anything that is roundish and that can be glued to each other should work. It is helpful if the balls are color coded so that it is easier to tell which balls are protons, which are neutrons and which are electrons. It is also helpful if the electrons are smaller than the protons and neutrons.

Step 3 - Build the Nucleus

The nucleus, the central part of the atom, is made from protons and neutrons. All of your atom's protons and neutrons go in the nucleus. For nitrogen, the nucleus would look something like this:

Step 4 - Place the Electrons

The electrons are found outside the nucleus. How you place them depends on which model of atomic structure your class is studying. There are a few ways this can be done:

The Planetary Model

This model depicts an earlier view of the structure of the atom, shortly after the nucleus was discovered. This model is typically taught to younger students as an introduction to atomic structure. In it, the electrons are said to orbit the nucleus much like the planets in the solar system orbit the sun. Depending on your teacher, the actual orbits usually don't matter. Having the right number of electrons is usually good enough. A planetary model of a nitrogen atom could look something like this:

In the planetary model, a nitrogen atom has a central nucleus, composed of seven protons and seven neutrons, surrounded by seven electrons.

The Bohr Model

Scientists soon realized that the planetary model was an inaccurate description of atomic structure. They learned that electrons could only occupy certain orbits (usually referred to as energy levels or shells) around the nucleus. They also discovered that only a certain number of electrons could fit in each energy level.

To properly place the electrons around the nucleus, you will need to refer to your element's electron configuration table. To find your element's electron configuration table, go to the Periodic Table of Elements, click on your element and scroll to the bottom of the page. If you do not know how to read the electron configuration table, read the ' How do I read an electron configuration table?' page for help.

According to nitrogen's electron configuration table, an atom of nitrogen contains two electrons in its first energy level and five electrons in its second energy level. A Bohr model of a nitrogen atom could look like this:

In the Bohr model, a nitrogen atom has a central nucleus, composed of seven protons and seven neutrons, surrounded by seven electrons. Two of the electrons are in the first energy level while the other five are in the second energy level.

The Refined Bohr Model

Further studies showed that the Bohr model wasn't as accurate as it could be. Scientists learned that each energy level is made from a certain number of sub-shells. The sub-shells, which are named s, p, d and f, can each hold only a certain number of electrons. The s sub-shell can only hold 2 electrons, the p sub-shell can hold 6, the d sub-shell can hold 10 and the f sub-shell can hold 14. The number of available sub-shells increases as the energy level increases.

To properly place the electrons around the nucleus, you will need to refer to your element's electron configuration table. To find your element's electron configuration table, go to the Periodic Table of Elements, click on your element and scroll to the bottom of the page. If you do not know how to read the electron configuration table, read the ' How do I read an electron configuration table?' page for help.

According to nitrogen's electron configuration table, an atom of nitrogen contains two electrons in its first energy level (both in the s sub-shell) and five electrons in its second energy level (two in the s sub-shell and three in the p sub-shell). A more accurate Bohr model of a nitrogen atom could look like this:

In the refined Bohr model, a nitrogen atom has a central nucleus, composed of seven protons and seven neutrons, surrounded by seven electrons. Two of the electrons are in the s sub-shell of the first energy level, two are in the s sub-shell of the second energy level and three are in the p sub-shell of the second energy level.

Step 5 - Things to Remember

It is important to remember that a model is a simplified representation of an object. Some of the models discussed above are more accurate than others, but none of them are completely correct. Here are a couple of the things we have ignored:

The Size of the Nucleus

In the drawings above, the nucleus is too large. Or, put another way, if the nucleus is going to be that large, the electrons are too close. Real atoms are mostly empty space. If we wanted our drawings to be accurate, we would have to place the electrons about a mile away. Clearly, it would be difficult to bring a drawing that large to class.

Electrons do not Orbit the Nucleus

In the drawings above, we have drawn nice circles showing where the electrons go around the atom. In reality, scientists cannot tell exactly where an electron is at a given moment or where it is going. They can calculate the probability that an electron will be found in a given volume of space, but that isn't the same as knowing where that electron is. This behavior is described in the Quantum Model of the atom. Although it is the most accurate description that scientists currently have of the atom, it is much more difficult to understand.

Related Pages:
All About Atoms Video - How to Draw an Atom! What is an atom? What are atoms made of? The Periodic Table of Elements How do I find the number of protons, electrons and neutrons that are in an atom of an element? How many electrons fit in each shell around an atom? How do I read an electron configuration table?

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How do I make a model of an atom? Do you need to make a model or a drawing of an atom for science class? If so, follow these instructions to learn where all of the atom's pieces go.

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Walhampton pupils can log-on to www.linguascope.com and choose a language to learn. You will find games and activities to help you learn a language. The choice is huge, everything from German to Maori.  Please email Madam Perry to get the log-in and password details.

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Mrs Mann doesn't just love Latin and Ancient Greek, she's also fascinated by lots of other means of communication. She's put together this guide for you to learn more about it too.

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CODES, COMMS & INVISIBLE INK WITH MRS MANN

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There are lots of ideas for some kitchen science experiments here. Mrs Marshall and Mrs Cullum would love to see photos of any that you try!

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Step-by-step instructions for science activities and experiments to do in the classroom or at home, using things found in your kitchen.

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How many times can you throw a ball up in the air and catch it without dropping it? How many times can you hit a ball up with a bat?

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Tips from the experts to help you improve your wildlife photography skills.  What can you capture on your next walk? We'd love to put some of your photos in the Mercury so please email them mercury@walhampton.com

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1. Begin with a familiar environment

Capturing a beautiful photograph doesn't necessarily mean journeying far from home. Ugo Mellone, winner of the 2015 Invertebrates category, believes that capturing a shot to be proud of is within reach.

According to Ugo, the most satisfying pictures are often created at home, once a photographer has learned about the bugs and butterflies in their garden.

'Anyone can get on a plane to a remote region, but a good place to start is your own home,' he says. 'You will learn things about wildlife that other people don't know if you look closely at what is around you.'

The wildlife might be harder to find in a residential area than in secluded jungles or sweeping deserts, but the rewards are worth the effort.

2. Tap into local knowledge

Sam Hobson's work with metropolitan foxes is a great example of how photographers can get creative in an urban environment. His shot, Nosy neighbour, earned him a finalist spot in the 2016 Urban category.

Sam began his search for a suitable location by asking street cleaners, night bus drivers and security guards where they had spotted foxes wandering at night.

'Tapping into local knowledge was so useful. You get some good tip-offs,' he says.

'One of the benefits of being in a city is that you can go and get warm. You aren't stuck in the middle of nowhere. That's great if I've been out in the winter, waiting for hours on a car park roof in the freezing cold.'

3. Get to know your subject

While some unique moments are captured in the natural world by luck, award-winning images are usually the result of the photographer's knowledge.

With animals, insight into their behaviour and reactions can lead you to the right place at the right time.

Simon Stafford won the 2016 Mammals category. His shot, The aftermath, depicts the darker side of one of wildlife's greatest spectacles, the wildebeest migration of Kenya's Maasai Mara.

Returning at first light to the site of a stampede, Simon knew that scavenging hyenas would be making the most of the grisly scene he had witnessed the day before.

'First thing is to research your subject. You need to know your subject or you won't be able to anticipate behaviour,' says Simon.

'When you are in the field, observe - because each animal or group of animals will have its own idiosyncrasies. They may have adapted to local conditions and so on. So the more you can observe behaviour the better you can anticipate what might happen.'

4. Be prepared to wait

Wildlife photographers can go to great lengths to achieve a prize-winning shot. Some will wait for weeks in below-freezing temperatures or return to locations over the course of a lifetime to capture rare or fleeting phenomena.

Ganesh H Shankar's image of rose-ringed parakeets attempting to remove a monitor lizard from their nest won the 2016 Birds category. While Ganesh was lucky enough to stumble upon this moment, capturing the perfect shot took several days of watching and waiting.

'When I saw how this parakeet was behaving - aggressively pecking the lizard - I was taken aback. I normally roam around the park, but I stopped walking. I decided to focus on these animals until I got the perfect picture,' Ganesh says.

5. Try looking closer

Four-time finalist Klaus Tamm aims for good composition and mood when photographing his tiny botanical subjects.

'You can create great images with the most average of subjects,' he says. 'I tend to focus on tiny objects since I am fascinated by their fragility and complexity, which you only realise when you get close.'

'I think these subjects could be represented much more in nature photography since often they are overlooked when the more famous or bigger objects come into frame. But even with an "average" plant like a clover, one can create good images.'

6. Take lots of photos

It can take hundreds or even thousands of photographs to produce a couple of good ones.

Photographer Imre Potyó's image of egg-laying mayflies, Light fandango, wastaken on a dark bank of the Danube River in Hungary. This photo earned him a place among the 2016 Invertebrates finalists.

Imre describes his approach as highly experimental. 'I'm addicted to unique and unusual atmospheres, especially during the night. The life of mayflies is short and their swarming dates are unpredictable,' he says.

'They only swarm for about an hour and a half, so I didn't have long to put that plan into action.'

Working to capture such an ephemeral moment in low light, he experimented with lighting and took plenty of pictures.

'My equipment was totally covered by the huge mass of buzzing mayflies. They were all around me - it was a fantastic feeling. Their wings rustle and whir very loudly at the peak of the swarm. I took hundreds of pictures, but the composition was correct in only one or two.'

7. Don't shy away from unsettling moments

Nature may sometimes seem cruel but it is in these moments that the photographer can often find beauty and compelling stories.

Scenes of predators or struggle are a common subject for wildlife photographers. While these events can be unsettling to witness, capturing them can provide unique images.

The 2015 Grand title winner Don Gutoski's image, A tale of two foxes, is both beautiful and jarring. The blood against the white fur and snow may appear graphic but it tells an important story of overlapping home ranges, shrinking habitats and a need for conservation.

Kathy Moran, a senior photo editor at National Geographic, says of Don's shot: 'The immediate impact of this photograph is that it appears as if the red fox is slipping out of its winter coat. This image works on multiple levels - it is graphic, it captures behaviour and it is one of the strongest single storytelling photographs I have seen.'

8. Remember that humans are part of the story

While many photographers pursue that truly wild shot, some of the competition's most memorable images explore the relationship between animals and human environments.

Emily Garthwaite is a photojournalist who did not set out to photograph wildlife. Her image of a chained elephant was taken while working with street children in India and was a finalist in the 2015 Wildlife Photojournalist Award: single image category.

'I was living with a group of street boys in Varanasi on the ghat [steps leading down to a river] that the elephant was photographed in. In the same manner the boys were struggling just as much as the elephant was. The elephant was an accidental incident in a big scene of trouble that I was documenting.'

'This became symbolic of everything the boys were going through too - that they were chained to their caste and to their traditions and that they couldn't get out of it no matter how hard they tried.'

9. Step back from your image

When you're working with hundreds or even thousands of photos it's often tempting to immediately dismiss one for being strangely framed or slightly out of focus.

Photographer Richard Peters was unsure of the above image, Snow pounce, when he first captured it. It was eventually commended in the 2012 Behaviour: Mammals category.

'When I took these images initially, I'm now embarrassed to say my reaction was disappointment that my favourite shot in the sequence wasn't sharp enough.

'I even blogged about it and called the original article The Shot That Got Away.

'Take a step back from pixel-peeping images at 100% whilst sat 12 inches from the computer screen every once in a while, and try and see your work through someone else's eyes.

'Because sometimes, the perfect images are staring you right in the face, just waiting for you to see them.'

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Nine wildlife photography tips for beginners

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How much do you know about Picasso and other famous artists? The Tate has some great pages with information about lots of interesting people. Mrs Pickance would love to hear what you've learnt.

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Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous artists of the twentieth-century. Why? Because he was brilliant at drawing. People really loved his doodles. What do you think of the drawing above? Look at how he has used colour...how many colours can you see? What objects are in the picture?

Even as a child he was better at drawing than many adults. He could draw and paint just about anything, and in any style. He liked to experiment and try out new ideas, which is important if you are an artist, because the world is always changing. Picasso helped us see the world in new ways

the colourful stages of picasso's life

Picasso was so experimental, and created so many different kinds of art that historians have divided his life and the art he made into stages. The Blue Period and the Rose Period came first (when he used lots of blue and pink to make paintings). These were followed by primitivism, cubism, classicism (when he created more traditional or classic artworks), surrealism, wartime and Late Works.

What is Cubism?

a closer look at cubism

One of his most famous periods is the cubist period. The painting below is one of his cubist pictures. Cubism is when the artist paints an object, like a bottle, from lots of different angles all in the same picture. So you see the front, the back and the sides of the bottle at the same time. In a way, it's a bit like having x-ray eyes!

Picasso was born in Malaga in Spain in 1881, but in 1904 when he was 23 he moved to Paris. This is because Paris was the capital of the avant-garde, which means cutting-edge and very cool. Picasso became friends with lots of artists and writers, like Georges Braque who he invented cubism with; and a writer called Gertrude Stein who collected art wrote a cubist book. He became interested in art from other continents too. You can see some of these influences in his paintings.

Look how expressive this artwork is!

In 1937 the Spanish Civil War broke out. The picture below is called The Weeping Woman, and it was painted in protest to the bombing of a town called Guernica in Spain. The woman is crying but her face is all mixed up. This is because it is a cubist painting. If you look closely you can see that Picasso has painted both the front of the woman's face and the side of her face. Hold your hand up to the picture and cover the left side of her face. Can you see that she is now in profile? Picasso was trying to show us what pain and unhappiness looks like. What do you feel when you look at this painting?

But Picasso has also painted hope. The woman's right ear has turned into a bird that is drinking her tears away and there is a pretty flower in her hat, showing us that new life is just around the corner.

What do you think of Pablo's work? If you drew a portrait of your best friend in the style of Picasso, how would it look?

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Find out who is Pablo Picasso, cubism and Picasso's paintings with this art homework guide for kids. Read Picasso biography and facts for kids.

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If the going is tough, take small victorious steps.

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The WPA are running a virtual talent show and the extended half term is the perfect opportunity to perfect and record your talent.

The video entries will be judged by Mr Timms, Mrs Mudd and Mr Miell - they are looking forward to seeing your talents, whether that is singing, dancing, dog training, gymnastics, juggling, magic, the sky’s the limit!

For more details and the form to submit your entries, click here - closing date 12th March. Just £5 per family to enter.

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Use your DT skills and creativity to make something. There are some ideas for projects in your DT Google Classroom and Mr Salmon would love to see what you've made.

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Paint a flower garland with Mrs Pickance

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Paint a flower garland with Mrs Pickance

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Have you tired Mrs Pickance's flower garland tutorial?

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Loom | Free Screen & Video Recording Software

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Did you know that Pixar studios was founded by a mathematician who invented a way of making CGI animation look much more realistic, using triangles?  Watch the video below and then try some of your own triangle drawings, ideas here.

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Fractal geometry in nature and digital animation | Maths - The Code

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Try this National Science Museum challenge to make your phone or iPod louder by designing and making a loudspeaker for it.

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Tune Booster STEM activity - Science Museum Group Learning

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Find ways to boost your smartphone speakers using objects found around the home.

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Create a portrait of a black inspirational figure

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Create a portrait of a black inspirational figure

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The project below from Place2Be
encourages you to explore the stories and lives of inspirational black people and think about who
inspires you most. Then create a colourful portrait. Mrs Pickance would love to see what you create.

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If you haven't already tried it, half term is a great opportunity to make sourdough. Chef Carl will show you how in this video and the recipes are in the next posts.

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Walhampton Head's Challenge #2 - making sourdough

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The first step towards making a loaf of sourdough is to make a starter.

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Once you've made your starter, you can make the bread. Don't forget to submit photos of your finished bread to Mr Timms in the Head's Challenge Google Classroom.