Brilliant Brainz

Brilliant Brainz is a much loved magazine for children aged 6 -12 years old. It promotes creative thinking and wellbeing and includes S.T. E. A. M. subjects and activities. It is available on monthly, 6 monthly or yearly subscription. Brilliant Brainz is inclusive, gender neutral and plastic free.

We’re THE HOOTS!

NOTE TO PARENTS

Welcome

Brilliant Brainz

LETTERS

The BRAIN GAME • TREE SEARCH

Albrecht Dürer • Albrecht Dürer was born in Nuremberg, Germany, and was a painter and printmaker, with a good reputation across Europe. He was known for his excellent quality woodcut prints and beautiful portraits of animals.

OWL EYE PAINTING

TREES • Some trees have been on planet earth for over 5000 years, surviving through great lengths of history.

Supertree

FOCUS ON: The Magical Music of Trees

DEAD AND ALIVE

Brilliant APPLE BAKE • This Apple Bake recipe can become a Pear or Plum Bake by replacing the apple with pears (cored first) or plums, de-stoned before cooking.

Fruits of the Forest • Fruit and nut trees grow in abundance in England, so take advantage of what’s on your doorstep and see if you can forage some food on a lovely country walk.

Tree Families • Trees are amazing. There are over three trillion trees in the world, and some of them have been alive for thousands of years. They make their own food, live almost anywhere, and produce oxygen. But how do we classify them?

Leaf breath • We all know that trees produce oxygen. But you can’t actually see them breathing. Or can you?

GOOD NEWS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT: LIVING ASH PROJECT • Do you know what an ash tree looks like? It can be big – up to 35 metres tall. They often grow in groups making a canopy of branches reaching for the sky.

SPORT NEWS

Nature Calls

Grounding

READING CORNER

TREE TECH?

BRAINZ FOR CHANGE Planting Seeds for the Planet

JOKES

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