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SSS Group 3 discover Winspit Quarry on the Isle of Purbeck. Learning about it's history and that it is an area of conservation for the Mouse eared and Horseshoe bats.

I like helping Mrs Usher and Mr Usher in their garden 👍 I dug the ash saplings up and replanted them with a tree guard so that the sheep don’t eat them. Written by Mackenzie Gibbon 👍 We used spades, a fork and an Irish shovel to dig the ash saplings from where they were cramped by the garden gate. We dug holes big enough for the roots, put in compost, and covered them over. To keep them nice and safe. Written by Rhys

The ash saplings have a large root system, so we had to dig big holes. The dogs helped! The Irish shovel was very large, with a strong point.

On 13th November 2021 - we learnt more about trees and fungus/mushrooms and they effect the nature around in good and bad ways. Also how fungi/mushrooms effect bugs and animals in different ways and diffrent seasons.

We split into groups and half of us watched the main road, the A702 leading North to South, and the other half went to Bogsbank road that leads to West Linton. We watched for traffic between 11am - 11.45am. It wasn't a surprise that the A702 had heavier traffic, including lorries and vans. Bogsbank road had only a few cars and a cyclist. That explains why we only saw birdnests in the trees alongside Bogsbank road. The edge of the woods by the main road has less evidence of wildlife as it is busier and animals don't like that.

The images attached are from a visit to Loch Leven (Kinross) during late November. The circular parts sticking out from the Birch tree are Hoof Fungus (Tinder Fungus), these are inedible but not poisonous, they can be used for tinder to help with starting a campfire.These were seen at the North-East side of the loch and identified with the Seek App.

Sharing the students John Muir experience on the display boards at school.

We used a planting spear to clear the ground. We pulled the weeds out, then scraped the ground to leave a clear area for planting yellow rattle. This is a parasitic plant that needs grass to live off, but will eventually kill the grass. Why do we do this? We want to plant more wildflowers, and they need bare ground to colonise. So next year we will have patches of yellow rattle, and then more wildflowers will move into the bare patches. This will give a meadow feel.