After a very tight contest Bugs won our nursery vote about what Opal survey we would like to take part in. So today Amy and Scott from Opal came to help us learn more about bugs. The children asked questions and shared their previous knowledge of bugs with Amy and Scott. Amy then took us on a bug hunt in the garden where we danced like penguins to bring the worms to the surface.   We found worms. slugs, slug eggs and spiders. And despite the terrible rain it was lots of fun. One child said “I found slugs. I liked it because I touched the slug, it was a big one it always stuck to me.”

A scientific visitor came to nursery. Amy Styles the OPAL scientist came to Doune to support our role of citizen scientists and to meet Lighting the Panda. She talked to the children about different projects the children could get involved with locally. We can choose between water, soil, mini beasts, trees and air. We are going to vote to decide which project we would follow. We are looking forward to her coming back in March.