P5/6 canal design work!

 P5/6 went for a walk and collected a beautiful collection of autumn leaves-stunning colours and interesting shapes gathered as they went along the route.  

The swans and the cygnets came and nibbles some food in front of us and a few more brambles were

P7 treasure hunts

 P7 went out and mapped our woodland and grassy pitch and then used their maps to pinpoint where they’d hidden “treasure”!

Here are some of the young cartographers at work:

Mapping our area

 P5/6 and P7 had a go at map making using observation skills and deciding what features were permanent to the location.

They began by mapping the area around the bridge by the canal. P5/6 and P7 then tried making plans of their classrooms.  Next:a map of an outdoor site! 

Canal Dipping

As part of their RSPB Wild Challenge award, P5/6, P6 and P7 went to the Forth and Clyde canal and selected a safe spot to see if they could discover what thrives under the surface!

The swans were quite interested and visited two out of the three classes.  

P4 came with Mrs Stevely and had a go too!  

 

RSPB Wild Challenge

 P5/6, P6 and P7 have all been working towards getting a bronze Wild Challenge Award from the RSPB. Each class has to complete 6 challenges in order to get the award.  Three of the challenges encourage the children to help nature and the other three are about experiencing nature. 

They’ve built big hotels, made hedgehog homes, created mini ponds and gone canal dipping too.  

I shall add some photos of what they’ve been up to soon! 

Our Wonderful Wild Space

Look what happens when the grass isn't cut on our grassy pitch...wow! A proper meadow has appeared. There was a fox lying in the sun when I was in and the whole place seemed so peaceful and untouched.

🌿🌳 Acrostic Lockdown Nature Poetry🌳🌱

As a home learning task the children were asked to write an acrostic nature poem.

Here is Declan W's- the first to be submitted.

Damsel flies on the water
Enough there to feed the otter
Can't get enough of these glorious sights
Lazy evenings during the light nights
All the birds sing to tell us it's dawn
Now I get up with a stretch and a yawn