Nature Journal

Updated weekly by our very own Nature Club.

February 2023

  • 16/02/23

    Thursday 16th February 2023

    As we head towards half-term, we turned our attention (hopefully) to spring.  Armed with iPads and whiteboards, we went on a hunt for signs of spring. Back in the classroom, we came up with: birds' nests, buds on fruit trees and butterfly bushes, birds calling to mates, daffodils sprouting...
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  • 09/02/23

    Thursday 9th February 2023

    As I watched the children sprinting towards me in the nature area, it seemed appropriate that mental health week was here and that I had decided to explore the idea of slowing life down.  We began with a spot of forest bathing (Shinrin Yoku, as practised by the Japanese), among the tree...
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  • 02/02/23

    Thursday 2nd February 2023

    It was on a windy day that Nature Club ventured into the pond area and decided to have a go at making some woodland wind chimes. First they gathered different sized sticks and applied the scientific knowledge that they learnt about sound last year to create a chime of different length sticks. Then...
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February 2023