Primaries 1 and 2 have been enjoying reading the story ‘The owl who was afraid of the dark’ by Jill Tomlinson.  We have been learning about owls and other nocturnal animals, and have also been looking at day and night.  Yesterday we had a visit from Owl Magic who brought 9 different owls with them for us to look at, learn about and handle.

We learned lots of new things about owls:

I learned that owls eat rats, mice and frogs. – Megan H

We now know that owls have 2 stomachs.  One is for fur and bones and the other is for food to give them energy. – Nia & Milo M.

Owls bring up the fur and bones through their  beak and this is called a pellet. – Lilya & Natan

I learned that some owls have yellow eyes and they are daytime owls, some have orange eyes and they come out at dawn and dusk, and others have black eyes and they come out at night. – Adil

Most of us enjoyed handling the owls and we all had the chance to stroke a Barn Owl called Cuddles.  Mrs Renshaw was so brave as she held an Eagle Owl called Apollo.