An egg-tastic day, exploring the Ringway Woodland (Cox’s Wood), while following the clues to claim a chocolaty prize!
Big thank you to Barry O’Donovan for joining us for story telling around Camp Nesbit at the end.
Wonderful World of Mini Beasts
Mini beasts are all around us, but we rarely stop to really look at their beauty! Today we explored the wonderful world of minibeats and the intricate detail of their design and form, and the amazing work they do for us each day to keep our world healthy.
A macro photography exhibition of mini beasts found in our local woodland was up at the Eco Lab, and children also got to explore the mini beasts of the pond through microscopes.
Holiday Clay In Nature Workshops
What a summer! We’ve had so much fun working with ‘Clay at the Ringway’ project‘ delivering 5 brilliant nature and art workshops. We explored our grasslands and and learnt about creepy crawlies and got creative making ceramic plates, pots and sculptures.
We went treasure hunting and orienteering, learning all about Edith Nesbit’s Book of Dragons and everyone joined in to make brilliant ceramic dragons!
A huge thank you also to Willow Wildlife Hedgehog Rescue for joining us. The children learnt all about hedgehogs and the great work they do rescuing injured hedgehogs.
Butterfly Fun Day
What a fun day with the Butterfly Conservation Trust, learning all about butterflies. We started off with a tour from the Ringway Woodland Gardens and ended up at the chalk embankments of Grove Park Nature Reserve, seraching for all the different butterflies that live in the different habitats along the way. We were also searching for the hidden butterfly sculptures placed in the woodlands!
We had an action packed afternoon, planting some Bird’s-foot trefoil seeds to take home to help attract butterflies in our own garden, including the common blue, wood white, clouded yellow, and dingy skipper, and green hairstreak.
We explored the different moths captured in the moth trap set the night before, and then let them go.
And we created amazing butterfly art with beautiful pressed flowers.
