Hilliers Gardens Year Three

Today Year Three visited Hilliers Gardens near Romsey as part of our science topic.We had an amazing day walking around the garden and learning new things.

We started the day with drama, pretending to be seeds turning into flowers and then being pollinated by Beatrice Bee. We then played seed survival where we learned that there are lots of things that can kill seeds.

We walked around the gardens and found lots of interesting things.

We found a tunnel leading through a giant Gunnera (dinosaur plant)

 

Another tunnel lead through bamboo. Bamboo feels like plastic and when you shake it the leaves make a calming sound.

We also saw a Giant Red Wood and all stood inside the leaves around the trunk. The bark was soft and furry and is fire proof. This tree is just a baby but they are the largest living things on the planet.

We bounced across a rather springy brigde...

...and hid inside a strange looking 'igloo' tree!

At last we stopped in the shade to look at the ducks and fish.

After a beautiful picnic lunch we set off for our last activities of the day.

We learned about the different parts of a plant (petals, sepal, stigma and stamen) and explore the rather smelly herb garden (nice smelly!)

 

We used light metres to test how much light was getting through to the ground. The gardeners use these so they know the best place to plant new plants.

 

 

Portsmouth Historical Dockyard

On Monday, Newts and Frogs spent the day at Portsmouth Historical Dockyard. We had an absolutely fantastic time, despite the down pour of rain mid way through the day!
The children thoroughly enjoyed the Percy Parrot workshop which involved teaching Percy how to become a pirate. We made pirate hats, harvested many  fantastic adjectives to describe the sea and listened to an exciting  sensory story.

 

We toured the magnificent HMS victory and listened carefully to the guides as they explained the history of the ship and distinctive features such as the 'toe rag'!

' The ship was dark inside and smelt musty like the sea'

 

 

Lastly we visited the National Museum where we learned a lot about The Navy, including the Battle of Trafalgar. Some of us took part in the 'Trafalgar Experience'

'It felt like we were on a real Navy ship'

 

 

Stubbington - Memories

Here is just a little montage of magic moments captured during our time away... enjoy....

Stubbington - Day 5 (It's gone too fast)

Today we  all woke up not quite believing this was our final day. It really was trye that time flew when you were having fun.

However there was one final activity planned. YAY!... Stubbington Fox.

Ourselves and the lovely St Deny's School (with whom we had built up some close relations with this week) set off as paired foxes with the aim of avoiding the troublesome farmers, one of which was Farmer Strangwood, and headed towards the various markers we were hunting out.

After our final lunch complete, it was back to our dorms to pack and bring overflowing cases to our 'chill out' room. With grateful and happy hearts, we bid our amazing leaders a fond farewell. So long Stubbington, thank you for the memories which will last a lifetime,  we're sure!!

Stubbington Day 4 - It was a hot one!

As we awoke for our final day here at Stubbington the sun greeted us with open arms... it was already promising to be another beautiful day.

With suncream on we headed off to the highly anticipated Earthquake! Yeah! Were we going to be able to work as a team to transport all of the necessary rescue equipment (first aid kit, torch, water, food, blankets, stretcher, ladder and dog) to the victims of this catastrophic natural disaster?

After lunch we flew off to a faraway land however, unfortunately, our plane crash landed onto a tropical desert island. To protect us from the elements and any wild beasts lurking in the undergrowth we were tasked with buidling shelters for us to rest in while we awaited rescue.

 

After lunch, as if surviving an earthquake and plane crash wasn't quite enough, we had to save a village from an infectious, life threatening tropical disease. To do this there was only one solution, to harvest a rare and ancient species of orchid (to be exact, the traffic cone orchid) and then travel across hazardous terrains to reach the helpless villagers.

By the end of the final full day the children were still having an absolute blast whereas the teachers on the otherhand...