A Journey around Planet Earth!

During our darkest month,January,the children and I visited and discovered the amazing animals that live in the continent Of Africa! There was great excitement in the classroom when each child arrived in with their wonderful projects! And we learned so much too: all about Lions from Domhnall and Louis, the Rhinos from Frankie and Arlo,the zebras from Lucy and Ella, the Mandrills from Fionn,Water Buffalos from Tom,Cheetahs from Wren and Oscar,Meerkats from Michael,Elephants from Hugo( with real photos from his Mum and Dads honeymoon!),Ostriches from Saorla,Giraffes from Emily,Gorillas from Kate, Monkeys from Oliver and the Hippos from Jake!!It has ignited our imaginations to a great big world out there which we are all eager to discover and most importantly to protect!!

As Wren visited Australia for Christmas and has been telling us all about her adventures, we decided to visit Australia during February!After looking at the animal basket for Australia,the children once again picked the animal they wanted to study!! Hugo was first in the next morning with his Tasmanian Devil and Fionn arrived that afternoon with his Thorny Devil! What very strange animals on this far off Continent,we certainly are learning so much from each other!! Tom was next with his Kangaroo and Saorla with her Dingo! This morning Oliver brought in his Kiwi from New Zealand. A most unusual bird with hair and no feathers so naturally enough, he cant fly!I cant wait to learn more about these very strange animals! Meanwhile,we have lovely stories about our Australian animals in the classroom .

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