Our outdoor classroom

The weather was lovely today.

We went outside to learn some interesting things about the world around us.

First of all we went on a bug hunt (after learning to use the identification keys).

We found mainly centipedes and woodlice, but we also found a spider, some beetles and a millipede.

After putting our bugs carefully back where they came from we went to see a blue tit nest.

The nest was in a bird box in the tree.

We could see the mammy and daddy bird fly in and out of the nest.

We were delighted to be invited to see a webcam of the inside of the nest by Ms. Barrett in the senior school.  We could see the 8 little birds with their beaks open looking for food from their parents.

We think the little blue tit birds made their nest from the cut grass, so we tried making little grass nests ourselves.  We were quite good at this.

We love learning all about nature around us.