RRH visit Stanley Park

After a week of glorious weather so far we were all looking forward to a sunny day at Stanley Park today. It wasn't as hot and sunny as we thought it was going to be, and a surprise visit from the fire brigade and a bird of prey made our 'Spring walk' even more exciting!

 First we got on the minibuses and fastened our seat belts.

When we got to the park we got our clipboards and walked in pairs to look for signs of Spring. The first thing we saw were some flowers growing in the flower beds. The children were drawing pictures of the things they could see, hear, smell, and touch.

We heard the clock tower chiming so the children drew the clock in the 'hear' section of their page.

We saw Daffodil shoots, buds and flowers. Then because the grass had just been cut we could smell it.










As we walked towards the lake at Stanley park, we weren't expecting to see what we saw! Tree surgeons were chopping down trees and using a machine to turn it into woodchip!




That wasn't the only exciting thing though - there were 3 fire engines and firemen! They were testing out their hoses in the lake!

After all that excitement we walked on to look for more signs of Spring. We saw some ducks on the lake.

Then we noticed some buds growing on the branches of the trees. The children drew pictures of the buds and used their sound fingers to sound out the words.

We headed into the sensory garden where we could smell and touch the different plants.

Then we met an unlikely creature - a bird of prey out for a fly around the park!

There was just enough time left to have a photograph taken.