Yesterday, Delaunay class enjoyed an inspiring visit to the Soanes Centre. Supported by our expert guide, we explored a variety of habitats up close, and we discovered how different plants and animals adapt to their unique environments. It was a hands‑on learning experience that brought our science topic to life. The children would love to tell you about it . . .
Delaunay Class: The Soanes Centre is like an outdoor science lab where you can check for animals and plants. We met Dim, and he taught us all about what lives in the habitats. The Soanes Centre had a woodland, grasslands and a pond. Did you know that micro-habitats are little homes that you can find in big habitats.
We looked for micro-habitats, and we found them under logs, on trees, in the water, around the water and under the dirt. We learnt a new word: organisms. An organism is another word for living things, so plants and animals can both be an organism.
When we were catching animals in the pond, some of us caught minibeasts, and we looked at them in the tray. We saw creatures called bloodworms, and we used the magnifying glass to make them look bigger. Dim gave us a chance to look under the microscope, and this also made all the different minibeasts look larger. Some of us felt scared because it looked like they were trying to escape from the tray! We were being curious, and we thought that we were exceptional scientists.