Nature Journal
Updated weekly by our very own Nature Club.
- 13/04/25
Friday 11th April 2025
It was a beautifully sunny day on this last session before Easter and we continued to discuss how flowering plants and pollinators evolved together for their mutual benefit. I started by asking them how plants were useful, and they were really good at explaining how plants absorb carbon dioxid...Read Full Story - 04/04/25
Friday 4th April 2025
On another beautifully sunny day, with a chill wind, we returned to our geological timeline to look at how flowering plants or angiosperms evolved. The children did remember that it was something to do with the mass extinction during the Cretaceous period which wiped out the dinosaurs 65 milli...Read Full Story - 30/03/25
Friday 28th March 2025
Another beautifully warm day for nature club and it was time to tackle the compost. We took it from the bottom, because this is where it has decayed most. A lot of fun was had manoeuvring the wheelbarrow and loading up the bags. It didn’t smell, (although the air was thick wi...Read Full Story - 21/03/25
Friday 21st March 2025
Although it was the spring equinox, it felt more like a summer’s day in the nature area. Whilst we were sat, a robin and blue tit arrived and I had already seen a couple of butterflies and a bee amongst the comfrey. The session started with Felicity bringing in some of her finds fr...Read Full Story - 17/03/25
Friday 14th March 2025
Spoil heaps, setts, snuffle holes and scent marking. There was a decidedly chilly edge to the lunchtime club this Thursday, but it certainly hadn’t put off our badgers, who have been very active. A new spoil heap has appeared near the sett we know the badgers are using...Read Full Story - 09/03/25
Friday 7th March 2025
Nature club was on a Friday this week, as we did not want to be doing it in our world book day costumes! We continued with our observation of the badgers- looking for paths, guard hairs and prints. We won’t see any cubs if more have been born until April . We learnt the word...Read Full Story - 28/02/25
Friday 28th February 2025
Spring is on its way! We started our nature club session with our usual observations and I set the children on a mission to locate the wildlife camera. We started off in the nature area and enjoyed just gazing into the pond watching the snails drifting. All around the stones of the pond...Read Full Story - 14/02/25
Friday 14th February 2025
Last Thursday I said spring was in the air, but this week there was a decidedly winter chill. Despite the thermometer not falling below zero, the wind chill factor definitely made it feel icy. For a change, we headed off into the Forest School area and began to map and identify the trees...Read Full Story - 07/02/25
Friday 7th February 2025
There was a definite sense of spring in the air this lunchtime. We started by me getting the children to shut their eyes and listen to a clip I had recorded from the previous night on my phone. Shutting your eyes is a good way to heighten your hearing senses. They all recognized it...Read Full Story - 31/01/25
Friday 31st January 2025
Snowdrops, Fat balls and mulch more. Excuse the pun, but there was a definite hint of spring in the air at nature club. We spotted lots of bulbs coming through and several clumps of snowdrops were in full flower. After putting our homemade fat balls out, we set about mulching the frui...Read Full Story - 27/01/25
Friday 24th January 2025
In anticipation of national bird watch this weekend, we have been making fat balls for the birds here at Foxton. Whilst you can buy them, they are surprisingly cheap to make. We used just two ingredients: porridge oats and lard. I have to say that it wasn’t the best aroma in...Read Full Story - 20/01/25
Friday 17th January 2025
Today’s nature club was supposed to involved making fat balls for the birds, but an incident involving the car going to the garage meant that had to be postponed for next time. Fortunately, by lunchtime the mist had cleared, but there was a decidedly autumnal smell to the decaying wood i...Read Full Story