It was a day of bugs, ladders and stretchers at Nature Discovery. Bailey brought a bug from home to release at the park, she thought it would be happier there and then we found an amazing green bug that had three little fingers on his antennae. Using our insect book we tried to identify each bug but further research is required.
Tree climbing was on the agenda for the day and some children found it very easy to pull themselves up to the lower branches others had a wee bit of trouble. How could we solve this problem without teachers lifting them into the tree? After brainstorming the children came up with the idea to make a ladder. But how? Jenny has just been on holiday in the UK and came back with a wonderful stick book. So we looked in there and sure enough it had pictures on how to make a ladder. Working together a ladder was built and Bailey was the first to test it out.
Jenny's wonderful book also showed us how to make a stretcher using two very big strong sticks and a coat. We had to experiment with different sticks until we found ones that could do the job. It was fun having turns carrying each other on the stretcher. When we went back to the shed we used it to carry some of our stuff back. There was a lot of laughter as children took turns carrying each other, Jake commented on how easy it was because four children helped pick it up, one on each corner.
It was another magical day.