Getting started

First, my mum helped me to cut out some special wood to be my base but, before I did that I had to plan out where everything was going to go. So I got a peice of paper and wrote down the key features that my eco house needs. After that, I got another piece of paper and drew a plan of what my eco house would look like. Now I needed my mum to help me cut out some special wood to be my base.

We marked out the shape in pencil and mum cut it out for me on one of her special saws. It's about half a metre square and has a random wavy line border. The next thing to do was make the shell of the house. The frame was made out of chicken wire which we shaped to look like a hill. Next we added the bottom bit of a Screwball lolly as a sunlight catcher. We then covered it in a special plaster to make the shell hard. We're now waiting for that to dry and then we can paint it.

The last job in this step was to mark out the various areas of the garden, for example a pond, pathway and alotment. We did this by screwing up pieced of newspaper and sticking then down in unsual places to mark each of the areas.

Hattie's year 5 school project

My school homework for this term is to focus on the environment and sustainability. Here you can read all about what I've chosen to do - a model of an eco-home which includes all the elements you'll ever need for the perfect eco home.  Mummy has helped me build the model and Daddy has helped with this blog but they've only helped to get both started - the ideas, creative thought and hard work have all been mine.

Hope you enjoy reading all about my eco house and seeing how it develops. Feel free to ask questions or suggest what else I might add.