Today, Primary 6 went insect hunting with Mr McMullan to see if we could find some bees in the local area.

We found some amazing insects including a red tailed bumblebee and a really weird fly that looked like a wasp!

 

https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/identification-tips/

 

Here is a great website to help us identify the different types of bumblebee!

Check out some of the pictures and videos.

Today, Primary 1 were learning about the anatomy of a honey bee!

Firstly we learned that bees have 3 body parts, 6 legs and 4 wings.

 

Our honey bees are mostly black and have small yellow stripes.

 

Then Primary 1 made these brilliant anatomy posters!

 

well done

The gardening competition is underway and primary 2/3 have made a great start with some beautiful viola’s, pansies, strawberries and peas.

They also planted a bag of potatoes.

They now need to keep watering and weeding the bed to make sure that it stays beautiful.

 

Primary 7 have also been planting and have cleaned up some of the other beds.

They planted onions, strawberries, peas, beans and flowers.

Here are some more beautiful examples  well done everyone .