We have been learning about Scotland’s Big 5 native animals: the Harbour Seal, the Golden Eagle, the Red Squirrel, the Red Deer and the Otter. We worked in groups to research the animals and to make big pictures of them using collage.
We are delighted to announce that the eggs have hatched and the alevins (baby trout) are doing well. We have to keep changing the ice bottles in the tank to make sure the water is cold enough for them. Why don’t you pop in to see them some time? (Here are some before and after photos.)
Jo from Forth Fisheries came in on Friday to deliver 250 trout eggs to our tank in the classroom. We will be looking after them for the next few weeks as they hatch into Alevin and then become Fry. We will then be releasing them into Murieston River.
The SSPCA (Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) have been in to see all our classes this week. They have been able to tell us about all the good work they carry out and what to do if we come across injured animals. We carried out a variety of actiities with them to learn and they were also able to answer many of the hundreds of questions that the children had for them.
