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Our Year 3 group took part in the "Whats under your feet" campaign in the final week of school before half term. They had a great time investigating and seeing what they could find. We used 2 plots of 30cm x 30cm, one of which was under a tree and one which wasn't. Our results were very similar in numbers but the size difference of the worms were very different. Patch 1 found 29 worms, 3 centipedes, 1 earwig and 3 grubs. The worms from this patch had high numbers in the 2-4cm bracket and the 4-6cm bracket. The longest worm we found in this patch was a whopping 14cm! Patch 2 found 24 worms, 1 centipede, 1 earwig and 3 maggots. The worms from this patch were much smaller in size with the overwhelming majority in the 0-2cm bracket. The longest worm from this patch was 12cm in length. The children enjoyed the experiment so much that they are now counting down to the next dig already!

We used the grass area outside the classroom to dig a square patch of grass and earth following the instructions on the video by Dr Martay. It had rained a lot during the week which might explain why we found so many worms - 12 in total. Looking closer we also found two baby spiders crawling around in the tray and one black slug.The boys quite liked holding the worms and slug.

On Wednesday 5th February, the Garlinge Eco Reps took part in the Big School’s Birdwatch campaign by the RSPB. We went to a quiet part of the school so that we could observe birds peacefully and this is what we saw: 2 blackbirds 2 house sparrows 1 carrion crow 1 magpie 3 herring gulls 10 wood pigeons We talked about how important it is to give our nature a helping hand and the types of foods we can give to birds. We really enjoyed ticking off the birds that we saw and it gave us the opportunity to talk about all of the birds we see at school, such as our beautiful robins, jays, goldfinches, chaffinches and woodpeckers. We were disappointed that these regular visitors didn’t put in an appearance, however we understand that they were probably busy finding food elsewhere.