The Year One and Two children have been investigating different ways of attracting more birdlife to the school grounds. One method is to increase the amount of insects in the school grounds. With the help of Annette Morris, a nature expert from the Durham Wildlife Trust, the children went on a mini beast hunt. Using magnifying glasses, nets and sheets, the children gathered many creepy crawlies. The children had great fun exploring and discovering the different insects.
The children found:
*Snails
*Flies
*Woodlice
*Spiders
*Weevils
*Worms
In the afternoon session, Annette carried out a plant identification, so we could find out which kinds of birds would be attracted to the school grounds because of the variety of seeds and berries.