We are so amazed at how quickly the children have settled in, adapting to new routines and making new friends. 

Here are a few photos from our first week, so you can see for yourselves...

Today we were lucky enough to visit Slimbridge and as you will see, we had an amazing time...

We began our day feeding the birds, some of them were very friendly!

We looked at how webbed feet help birds walk on soft ground and sand, as well as helping them to swim. We also learned that we have webbing too - between our thumb and forefinger!

We compared birds feathers to the clothes we wear to keep us warm...

and investigated the food we eat compared to those of the birds...

After this we explored the birds and wildlife as we went on a scavenger hunt...

As part of this term's topic 'Down in the Garden' we have been looking at the wonderful bugs that inhabit our environment.

Creating our own bugs and butterflies in the woods gave us the opportunity to observe and talk about the different body parts of the creatures, count and check we had the correct number of legs and explore symmetry...

We also have some new additions to Darling Class...

We will keep you posted on how these furry creatures are getting on. We have already learned a lot - did you know caterpillars only have six legs? The others are called prolegs and help to move the caterpillar along, but they are not the caterpillar's actual legs!