May Park primary school in Eastville happily hosted the Bristol Natural History Consortium’s first ever school’s BioBlitz in their grounds on Friday the 5th of November 2010.
Rain didn’t stop play as local naturalist Terry Smith (founder of the Nailsea Environment and Wildlife Trust) and Stephanie Hoddinott (Bristol Natural History Consortium staff) led an afternoon session on trees. They were also lucky enough to have two volunteers from Airbus to assist with the session. The children enjoyed running around the grounds on a tree identification mission and were delighted when they got to plant their very own Oak trees to take home with them.
Year 6 teacher, Simon Thorington was really enthusiastic about the afternoon’s events, ”We had a great time – lots of learning! The pupils love the opportunity to interact with new faces. Having experts to come and work with them really does help to raise the profile of science in the classroom. There were no complaints about the wind and the rain because they were so involved in the activity. We are looking forward to following it up with data collection focusing on numbers of different species and creating a tree safari for younger pupils to use. Thank you BNHC and Airbus!”
If you would like to register your interest in holding a school’s BioBlitz or would like a free copy of the teacher’s resource then please email schools@bioblitzuk.org.uk
Year 6 pupils from May Park with Airbus volunteers
