Over two days, the Year 3,4 and
5 children enjoyed visits to Foxborrow Farm. Everybody had a great time
and learnt an enormous amount. The children and adults managed to dodge the
rain, most of the mud and everybody had a great time. The learning was
cross curricular and the children developed their understanding of
conservation, their local environment and sustainability. This is what
the children had to say:
‘We found lots of
creatures when we did the pond dipping. I identified some newts, a back
swimmer, a water boatman, a pond mite and some dragon fly nymphs.’
‘I discovered that the pond was
really healthy due to the diversity of life in it.’
‘Our group were amazed to see
how much water we use each day when we did a task about this. I am going to not
have such long showers.’
‘I can now use a compass really
easily and direct people around an orienteering course.’
‘I can now also use a compass
for taking bearings.’
‘It was all a lot of fun and I
really enjoyed everything (including my packed lunch). ‘
‘We got to work with different
grown ups and children. I liked it.’
‘In the Community Wood, we used
bearings to find clues and then there was a sequencing game to open a treasure
box. We managed to find the treat.’
‘A robin was about 4 centimetres
away from me when I ate my lunch in the barn. It was really cute.’
‘I am going to go there again
with my sister.’
The children were congratulated
by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust Staff for the fantastic attitude and behaviour
and the school staff are incredibly proud of the pupils too. Thank you to our
volunteers who gave up their time to support this field trip; we are extremely
grateful.
