On Friday, we had our trip to Tropical World!
The morning consisted of us making our way through different habitats and observing different animals! We started in the Butterfly House and as we started to venture through the canopies we spotted a cabinet full of cocoons and several butterflies that had just hatched and were drying their wings for their flight. As we moved through the Butterfly House we spotted very large Koi Carps and then a Morelet's crocodile - which was as still as a log! We also observed lots of brightly coloured butterflies fluttering through the canopies! Next, we entered the aquarium and we saw lots of different types of fish including a stingray which came up close to the glass to say good morning! Then, we moved into the waterfall house and we saw crested partridges, tortoises and cherry shrimps to name a few animals. We then went to Creature Corner and saw a range of insects, lizards and snakes. Next, we entered the Rainforest here we enjoyed watching the Marmosets but we couldn't spot the porcupine! Then, we entered the Desert and loved watching the meerkat and seeing the spiky cacti. The creature cavern was next on our tour and our eyes had to adjust to the low light levels - here we saw the beaded lizard, hedgehog tenrecs, Scorpion, cockroaches and a tarantula. We then went back into the aquarium and saw the hermit crab, red rainbow fish and many other fish and coral. Finally, we headed out through the Butterfly House and saw terrapin turtles! It was then dinner time - we headed over to our education room and enjoyed our delicious dinners (we were very hungry after our that exploring!). In the afternoon, we had an exciting and engaging workshop based on different habitats. We were introduced to Mango the Meerkat and were told we needed to help him find his family! So we jumped aboard our aeroplanes and started by flying to the continent of South America to a country called 'Brazil'. Here we entered the Rainforest and learnt about different animals that live here such as; the dart frog and tamarin - we decided that these animals were not part of Mangos family so we had to jump back aboard our plane! We had to travel for hours on the plane all the way to the coral reef in Australia! We learnt that sea is very water warm and that coral is actually an animal not a plant! We moved around like lots of sea creatures such as; fish, jellyfish, crabs and sharks. We also spoke about litter and how it makes animals poorly. Then we completed an activity as a team where we had to sort animals and litter out from the ocean. To complete our learning on the coral reef we played a game of fish snap - we had to look carefully at the photo of the fish we had been given and look for a friend with the same fish. We agreed that none of these animals looked like Mangos family - so back on the plane we went! We took off and landed in England in a woodland area. Team EO confidently named the 4 seasons and could discuss what the woods looked like in Summer compared to Autumn. Then we named lots of different woodland animals and moved around like them. For our activity we had to sort lots of different creatures - some of us sorted them based on the type of creature they were, how many legs they had and if they had wings or not. We discussed the body parts of a meerkat and sung 'head, shoulders, knees and toes'. Next we looked at a dragon fly and thought about whether they had the same body parts as a meerkat. We learnt a new song about insect body parts to the tune of 'head, shoulders, knees and toes'. We spoke about how humans and meerkats have a skeleton on the inside of their bodies but insects don't on the inside but do on the outside we know it is called an 'exoskeleton'. We decided that the animals in the woodland were not part of Mangos family! We took off on our plane for the final time and landed in Africa in the Kalahari Desert. Team EO noticed that there we no trees and that there was lots of sand. We know that in the desert it is very hot, hardly ever rains but can be very windy. We spoke about how plants need water to survive and that because it hardly ever rains in the desert that trees and plants can not survive. We spoke about animals we might find their such as a camel and snake and how we will find meerkats in the desert - we had found Mangos family! Next, we learnt about how meerkats are adapted to live in the desert.
Our final activity of our workshop was to invent our own animal - we had to think of the features of different animals and merge them together! The children were a true credit to Park Street and their grown-ups at home. They listened to all instructions, carried out them out sensibly, stayed together as a team and had lots of fun. All adults who supported us on the trip commented on the children's behaviour and how proud of them they were! I am so proud of the Sunshines and they should be very proud of themselves too. What a lovely day we had!
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