Category: The Zoe Report

  • Strathardle Highland Gathering

    Strathardle Highland Gathering

    Press play and listen to the music as you read this post.  This is what it sounded like! We attended Strathardle’s 133rd annual Highland Games, in Kirkmichael. There were many things you could watch and listen to.  The things I saw were Scottish dancers, pillow fights, round bale rolling, bagpipers marching with a band, heavy weight…

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  • A Marvelous Musical

    A Marvelous Musical

    Last night, my family and I went to see Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Theatre in London to have fun. The play is based on the book Matilda by Roald Dahl. Matilda is a fun musical about a five year old girl named Matilda Wormwood (at our show Matilda was played by Lottie Sicilia) who…

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  • My Future University

    My Future University

    Today, we drove to Oxford – my future university. We went on two tours to learn about the city’s history and see where I’ll be going to class. In the city, I learned about the flag.  The flag looks like an ox crossing a river or a ford.  If you put “ox” and “ford” together you…

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  • An English Treat for Tea

    An English Treat for Tea

    I have another delicious recipe that I made!  Are you ready for it?  Scones! With strawberry jam and clotted cream! It was pretty easy to make and tastes delicious! All you need is 350g self-raising flour, plus more for dusting ¼ tsp salt 1 tsp baking powder 85g butter, cut into cubes 3 tbsp caster sugar 175ml…

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  • A Play about Problem Solving Longitude

    A Play about Problem Solving Longitude

    How do you solve problems? Well, a long time ago in 1675, King Charles II was losing money because the ships he sent off with cargo to trade kept getting lost or crashed. The crew did not know where they were.  Charles liked to have parties, but he needed money to host. The shipping losses affected his…

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