We went on a treasure hunt with Bamboo and our new friends that will be in our class next year. We showed him how we sorted and classified the items we found in a table. It wasn’t as easy as it looked. We were not allowed to use the same item twice. We needed to discuss with our partner what we wanted to choose. We also had fun at the end playing with our new friends. Bamboo was quick at catching us!
P1M at Borestone were learning about how to look after strawberry plants and make them grow. It was messy business! We showed Bamboo the Panda how they needed soil, water and sunlight. We also worked out how much to sell them for at the Summer Fair tomorrow. We think £1 is a bargain and should make us plenty of profit.
Hi everyone! I’ve just arrived at Queen Street in station. It’s very early and there weren’t many people around… but I did see a fox running across George Square. He didn’t want to chat and seemed in a hurry though!
The first train goes to a place called Oban so I think I’ll head there and find out about the environment and conservation up there.
– Panda Reporter
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.
Lightning helped us with our Big Bird Watch. Lightning the panda enjoys looking for birds in the nursery garden. The nursery has taken part in the RSPB Big Bird Watch. Counting the birds in the nursery garden. We have made bird seed cakes for sale in the nursery shop.
With the help from OPAL scientists and The Conservation Volunteers, the adventurous P3s went on a bug hunt. They explored our playground, school playing fields and wooded area. They discovered that bugs prefer the wooded area as there is much more cover and food. Lots of worms, slaters and beetles were found but a ladybird got away!
The children recorded the bugs they found. Look out for our results in the OPAL web site. The children are looking forward to comparing what they find on their bug hunt in June.
