This week Primary 1 went on their trip to The Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. We explored the gardens and learned many new things about nature! We learned a secret code – SWAF. This stands for:
-Shelter
-Water
-Air
-Food
Animals (and people) need all of these things to survive.

The first thing that we did on our trip was have a nice snack and learn about SWAF.

Next we played a game where some children were little brown bears and everyone else wore a coloured band. The coloured bands represented the colours of SWAF. The little brown bears had to get all 4 colours in their “den” to win!

We then saw lots of lovely ducks and lily pads!

We were so excited to find a hidden message in one of the trees. Our group leader Tricia read it out to us. It said that there were bears in the garden and they had left clues as to where we could find them. Here are some pictures of us finding the clues…

When we had finished our bear hunt we found that we were back at the start and there were bears eating our lunches!!

We enjoyed our “Teddy Bears Picnic” and the weather was beautiful for sitting outside.

Finally, we were given a SWAF pack to make our own SWAF islands in a group. We had to make sure that our island included:
-Shelter
-Water
-Air
-Food
Here are some pictures of our islands…

“WILSON ISLAND”

“TROPICAL ISLAND”

“TREASURE ISLAND”

“CAPTAIN SHAUN ISLAND”

We had a fantastic time on our trip and here are our favourite parts:
Farrah – When we were eating our lunch with the teddies
Jodie – I liked when we were watching the ducks swim
Tamsyn – I liked it when the teddy bears were eating our lunches
Hannah – I liked it when Aaron said the teddy bears ate his lunch and he was angry
Archie – When we were on the bus
Donna – When we were making our SWAF islands
Max – The bus was really fun
Alfie – I loved looking out the window on the bus
Anna – I liked playing the little brown bear chasing game
Lewis – I liked playing “rock, paper, scissors” on the bus
Holly – Playing with Lewis on the bus
Lily – When we were singing songs on the bus
Erin – Playing the little brown bear game
Eva – I liked singing the songs on the bus
Lucas – I liked finding the teddy bears
Shaun – Seeing the teddy bears eating Aaron’s lunch!
Maisie – My favourite part on the trip was going on the bear hunt
Arran – I liked going home on the bus
Dylan – I liked playing with my friends at lunch time
Katie – I liked the picnic because my teddy was sunbathing
Kaycee – I liked it when we were on the bus
Aaron – I loved the entire day!

Article 28: The right to an education