Tag Archives: Outdoor Learning

Hunting!

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!

 

 

Panda Reporter travels Scotland!

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
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Hunting for bugs at Doune Nursery!

Doune bugsAfter 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. doune bugs 4  We found worms. slugs, slug eggs and spiders. And despite the terrible rain it was lots of fun. doune bugs 3One child said “I found slugs. I liked it because I touched the slug, it was a big one it always stuck to me.”

A scientist came to Doune!

doune 10A 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.

What is in our Wooded Area?

borestone woodWith 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.