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With swooping nets and research equipment we made our way through the park capturing a whole host of amazing mini beasts!! We looked for Centipedes, marvelled at Shield Bugs and hoped to catch a glimpse of scampering beetles or bounding grasshoppers! We came across Slithering Snails and Leopard Slugs in the dense green foliage as they slowly went about their business gorging on whatever came their way. We loved using the different pieces of equipment kindly supplied by Alice and Peter (RSPB) and learning came alive when doing so!

Progression was the name of our Learning Game as we set off once more into the Learning Environment we are growing to love. We are lucky to be joined again this week by our friends from FOS (Friends of Springburn Park) and Alice and Peter from the RSPB.

Pond Dipping was part of our planned activity and with rain jackets at the ready we set off once again. Louise AND Josephine from FOS took care of us with safe parking, water and snacks while Alice and Peter (RSPB) blew our minds with the wonders of the mini beasts found in the murky depths. Springburn Park has three ponds two of which we were to find were quite different........

With the help of our Amazing Support Workers as well as our friends from FOS and the RSPB we worked close by the second of two ponds within the park. Water Fleas swarmed within the small examination containers that we filled with the help of our Support. We talked about Backswimmers and Caddisfly Larva and wondered at these most amazing of mini beasts! Talking! Listening! Doing & Learning we are finding are useful tools as we travel along the road of this Exciting Nature Adventure!!!

The second part of our day would see us working with Alice and Peter within the college as we created some very tasty bird feeders! Using Small Sticks we had recovered from our morning at the park, Apples and Sunflower Seeds kindly supplied by Alice we got to work. It was tricky coring the apples before embedding the black and sharp seeds through and into the skin of the apples. With sticks for the birds to perch while they feasted on the seeds deep in the flesh of the apples our feeders were complete. The only question that remained was where now to hang them......