My daily diary

Day 22 - Tuesday 5th of May

It's Try-out Tuesday again! I'm going to try growing something today. This idea came from some photographs that Rory sent me, last week.

Rory has been growing sunflowers from some seeds. Look! Here are some pictures of Rory growing and measuring the new plants!

Can you see? Rory, his brother Matthew and his mum are all growing a sunflower. Rory's was the tallest on the 24th of April.

I wonder if it still is?

And it was Rory's birthday last Wednesday, too! He's seven now. 

Humans are a bit like plants - we grow when we're younger. And we need lots of the same things that plants need to help them grow. Can you guess the different things that plants need to grow?

Have a look at this funny CBBC film to see if you guessed correctly!

I don't have any seeds and I can't really go out to the shops to buy some, but my mum found some carrots and potatoes that we'd forgotten about, in a paper bag. The carrots had started to grow little green leaves from the tops. And the potatoes had long white stalks growing out of them. So we planted the potato in some soil. (You don't even need a garden to grow potatoes! You can grow them in a big bucket!) 

Come back tomorrow and I'll show you what happened.

Maybe you could try out something new for Try-out Tuesday. It doesn't have to be growing something. It could be something like reading a book you've never read before, writing a poem, or making something from things like empty cereal packets.

Whatever you decide to do I hope you have a lovely day.

Thank you Rory for these brilliant photographs, and to all of you for all the lovely messages and ideas you're sending me! I love reading them all! And everyone who sends me a message or an idea gets one of my special certificates! 

You can email me at cle@coram.org.uk

REMEMBER to ask permission from your grown-up at home before you send your message to me.

Stay happy and healthy!

Love from Harold xxx