This term, the topic is birds and the children will take part in the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch. The classes have started by looking at bird anatomy. Birds have two different types of feathers; the outer ‘contour’ feathers, which enable flight and the fluffy ‘down’ feathers which lie close to the bird’s body and keep it warm.
Tuesday proved a real test for the waterproofs. Reception ventured out into the wild wind and rain, to experience the full force of the weather first hand. The children walked around the school perimeter and ended up on the main field, watching the horizontal rain and trying not to be swept off their feet! The wind was so noisy it was hard to be heard and when the children returned to school – rain battered, windswept and looking quite interesting – the power was out and the search for dry socks was by torchlight!
Hopefully the weather won’t be quite so wild and unpredictable next week.