Nature Journal
Updated weekly by our very own Nature Club.
- 30/11/23
Thursday 30th November 2023
I had planned to perform a collective acrostic poem celebrating autumn today, but the weather decided winter was here already, which is quite fitting since winter officially begins on 1st December. Instead, we performed a collective poem to mark the end of autumn! The pond and nature area is c...Read Full Story - 24/11/23
Friday 24th November 2023
Thanks to Mr Norman planting onions and garlic last year, we were able to harvest them last week and enjoy onion tart. First of all, they went and picked a load of thyme to garnish the tart and then began finely chopping the onions. We then sweated them down for 30 minutes so that they caramel...Read Full Story - 16/11/23
Thursday 16th November 2023
As it has turned a bit cooler, nature club built animal and bug hotels for those creatures that will become more dormant over the winter. They had to use materials they could find, choose a sheltered location and ensure creatures could get inside. Leaves, twigs, rope and cardboard were used. W...Read Full Story - 10/11/23
Friday 10th November 2023
Apart from Louisa, no-one has used their herbs yet. Louisa had a go at a mint tea infusion, but didn’t really like it and doesn’t need it for indigestion, but well done for having a go. This week we had a meeting to plan the rest of this term’s events and each child cho...Read Full Story - 03/11/23
Friday 3rd November 2023
During a very wet nature club session, we learnt all about worms. Sometimes our most taken for granted wildlife can be surprisingly interesting. We have about 31 species of worms in the UK, but only see about three of them. We started off with the UK’s biggest which can burro...Read Full Story