Today, after a long wait, it was finally our turn to visit the Floating Classroom. After a very rainy week, we were also lucky enough that our trip was on the one sunny day!
Our Science topics this term are ‘Living Things and their habitats’ and
‘Animals including Humans’ and in today’s activities, we were given many opportunities to consolidate our learning.
We began inside the boat with an introduction to the canal environment. Then we had time outside on the deck identifying and classifying the various birds that we saw on the journey
Back inside the boat, we learnt more about the birds that we had seen and about adaptations of water birds.
Next, we learnt more about other animals that live on, in or near the canal, as well as their habitats and the place that they have in the food chain as predators and/or prey.
After that, we got off the boat and had fun exploring Meanwhile Gardens, looking for animals and their habitats in the ponds and under logs and leaves.
Back on the boat, we played games of ‘Guess Who?’ which gave us more opportunities to identify the characteristics of mammals, birds, amphibians, fish and reptiles.
We had such a fun day as well as developing our Science skills and knowledge. Many thanks to the parents who came with us. We really appreciate your support.
The Floating Classroom was such a lovely experience . It was my first time being on a boat. ⛴️ The only part I didn’t like was seeing all the bugs-they’re scary! 😨🦟🪰🪲🕷️
I love animals including bugs 🐛.
I think you are all so lucky to find bugs under leaves and logs. I love bug hunting.
I had so much fun 🤩 on that trip!!! My favourite part was when we got to make our own game cards depicting different types of animals. I chose a Heron because it is a very special and rare bird.
I really liked spotting different types of birds and learning about the different insects that live in the park like centepeeds and leopard slugs.
it was very fun and i loved spotting different birds in the water .My favourite bit was when i put on the shoe in a shape of a bird foot.
i learned a lot such as a leopard slug existed.
I had so much fun today and I learned about why the duck and birds have different types of feet and wings.
This trip was really fun. I enjoyed everything about it. I learnt lot’s of different things about birds and other animals.
It was so fun! I learnt so much about Science, and more specifically, the animals living around the canal!! My favourite part was when we got off for a while and I dropped a spoon in the pond.
I learnt on the floating classroom that the wings of some birds are semi-waterproof which I did not know before! The floating classroom was very fun mainly because it was an electric barge.
My favourite thing about this trip was spotting the birds. It was really fun to learn about the different types of birds.
It was so much fun and we learned how to identify different birds on the canal. We were on the floating classroom and we played fun games.
This trip was super fun and I loved the activities. I learned lots of cool things about birds and we spotted so many of them. One of my favourite parts was when we stopped to look at bugs.
I loved going to the floating classroom! I learned about different bugs and ducks! I had so much fun doing all the different activities with my friends.
I loved looking at the different features of the birds and even though it was disgusting bugs, it was interesting looking at them with the magnifying glass. it was fun looking at the features of birds
I had so much fun. I also learned so much about birds 🙂
This trip was really fun and I liked how we got off at the park and looked for different bugs. The first log we flipped over had a giant worm, centipede , woodlouse and even SNAIL EGGS !!!! !!!!
I loved going to the floating classroom i learned so many new things such as the names of birds my favourite activity was bird watching and we saw so many new birds and learned all the names and i loved guess who where we tried to guess the other animals our partners had on their card using clues.
On the boat we looked at all sorts of birds and ducks, it was so much fun having the parents join us as well.
I loved looking at different types of birds and i learned that most birds feathers are waterproof and warm.
I thought that the boat was so cool and I did not expect it to be fun, it was also quite fun looking at the different ducks because most of them I have never seen before.
I found out a lot about different types of birds, insects and what would happen if one of the animals in the food chain died out.
It was very interesting, I found it very fun. I liked looking at the birds and naming the features.
The floating classroom was a brilliant experience. I learnt how to tell the main differences between birds. I also learnt that there is a world of tiny bugs under a log. Overall, it was great 😎
The boat made me feel seasick at the start and eventually. It was fun after I got over it and the activities were so much fun. I will say 10/10.
WOW it was so fun i loved it my favourite thing was when my friends were dressed up as ostriches.
I learned a lot about birds and that their wings are waterproof.
The trip to the Floating Classroom was amazing!!! We learnt all about the different types of ducks and birds. We saw a tufted male/female duck, swan and many more beautiful animals.
I learned so much about animals that live in the river such as coot and swan.