Slimbridge Wetland Centre

In term 4, years 3 and 4 went on an amazing trip to Slimbridge Wetland Centre as part of our science topic - Animals including Humans.

During our visit to the Flamingo hut we found out an interesting fact about where flamingos get their pink colour from.  

Tropical house

Can you spot the black-winged Stilt in the picture below?

We saw some beautiful swans and Hawaiian geese.

Across the lake we saw an amazingly crafted Beaver dam.  We learned all about the adapt and survive in their wetland habitat.

Later David gave us a talk about the South American Otters. There was a mum and her two daughters. We also talked about how otters adapt their habitat in comparison to the beaver.

Here is a Trumpeter swan was talking to its mate. It made a very loud noise like a trumpet.

Sketching nature in our school grounds

As part of our Art topic we have been developing our sketching skills.  On Friday we decided to go outside and sketch some real life objects.  

Book week

We had a great book week! Here we are reading our books we collected from the book shop. 

French 'wow' day

To celebrate our topic on France we had a wow day. We tasted a variety of popular and traditional French foods as well as writing penpal letters to children from a school in France.

We also had an Eiffel Tower building competition!  Everyone worked extremely well together and showed excellent teamwork. 

Here we are tossing pancakes as part of French week.