{"id":4766,"date":"2025-09-08T18:09:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/?p=4766"},"modified":"2025-09-08T18:09:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:09:29","slug":"pond-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/2025\/09\/08\/pond-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Pond Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Primary 7s have been busy clearing out the pond in our school nature garden.\u00a0 When we first arrived, we weren&#8217;t sure if there was a pond in there &#8211; it was so overgrown!<\/p>\n<p>Everyone got straight to work.\u00a0 It wasn&#8217;t long before we began to see lots of frogs appearing to take a look at what we were up to.<\/p>\n<p>Some pupils are very keen to get right in the middle of the action. We are wondering if we should try to measure how much water comes out of their wellies each week, when it is time to head back to class!<\/p>\n<p>We are enjoying our pond visits and finding out how we can improve this area, so that the frogs continue to thrive and return year after year.\u00a0 Some special plants and bugs have been kindly donated, to help breathe new life into our pond.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4766 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/2025\/09\/08\/pond-maintenance\/img_0401\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/09\/08180420\/IMG_0401-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/2025\/09\/08\/pond-maintenance\/img_0392-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/09\/02180520\/IMG_0392-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/2025\/09\/08\/pond-maintenance\/img_0433\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/09\/02180606\/IMG_0433-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/2025\/09\/08\/pond-maintenance\/img_0458\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/09\/02180640\/IMG_0458-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/2025\/09\/08\/pond-maintenance\/img_0459\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/dunrossnessp67\/uploads\/sites\/1852\/2025\/09\/02180653\/IMG_0459-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<span id=\"post-ratings-4766\" class=\"post-ratings\" data-nonce=\"3406b10f81\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_4766_1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/heart_crystal\/rating_1_on.gif\" alt=\"1 Star\" title=\"1 Star\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(4766, 1, '1 Star');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(1, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/> (<strong>4<\/strong> votes, average: <strong>1.00<\/strong> out of 1)<br \/><span class=\"post-ratings-text\" id=\"ratings_4766_text\"><\/span><\/span><span id=\"post-ratings-4766-loading\" class=\"post-ratings-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/dunrossnessp67\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" class=\"post-ratings-image\" \/>Loading...<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Primary 7s have been busy clearing out the pond in our school nature garden.\u00a0 When we first arrived, we weren&#8217;t sure if there was a pond in there &#8211; it was so overgrown! 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