Pupils from Portpatrick and St. Joseph’s primaries joined together to enjoy a day of outdoor learning at Logan Botanical Gardens. The children headed off in the sunshine for two workshops.
Primary 4 – 7 pupils explored different ways of experiencing our local habitat to find out some of the ways that environmental factors shape the biodiversity and the landscapes we live in. They practiced creative mapping techniques using scale. They learned how to represent and connect to their surroundings by recognising the four cardinal directions using compass bearings between features in a landscape. This helped them develop the meta-skills of sense-making and curiosity.
After the workshops there was time for the children to enjoy a picnic lunch in the beautiful gardens. It was a fantastic day thanks to the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh.
- UNCRC Rights of the Child: Article 24 Health & Environment
- Sustainable Development Goal: 3 – Good Health & Wellbeing, 15 – Life on Land
- SHANARRI – Healthy, Active, Included
