Trips & Workshops
Bridlington Animal Park
On a recent few days away in Filey, we went to Bridlington Animal Park. As we pulled up in the car park, we didn’t think it looked like much but boy were we wrong. We ended up staying for 2.5 hours and had the most amazing animal experience ever. We virtually had the whole park ... Read more
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Meeting another Peggy!
Our family loves all things donkey-related and so we booked a visit to The Donkey Sanctuary in Manchester. Little did we know that Peggy human would get to meet Peggy donkey! The sanctuary manager took us to see the donkeys in the stables and told us anything we wanted to know about them. We were ... Read more
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A night at the Museum. Literally.
Our first day back for the start of the new academic year was a lot more interesting than previous years. We spent the night at
a sleepover at the Natural History Museum in London. What an amazing experience!
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The newest resident in our garden
We’d noticed a robin visiting one of our garden pots a lot and wondered if that’s where she’d laid her eggs. We read up quite a bit on robins and how long it takes for eggs to hatch and how the parenting works. A few days later we then heard lots of little chirping noises ... Read more
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RHS Garden Bridgewater
On such a gorgeous sunny day, we ventured out to the new RHS Garden Bridgewater in Salford with Grandma. We went armed with our cameras so the girls would be kept entertained whilst us grown-ups appreciated the gardens. The girls took some amazing pictures, especially Peggy. We were there for a good couple of hours ... Read more
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Going in search of bats!
Sometimes, hours spent on Facebook can be productive! I spotted an event on Facebook which I thought we’d enjoy – a Bat Walk in Worsley Woods. This event was free (although donations of £1.50 each were suggested to cover the cost of batteries) and was run by the Salford Ranger Team (Salford Ranger Team | ... Read more
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Natural World | Science | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Mayans – religion and stars
We looked at the Mayan creation story, their Gods and about their thoughts on life after death. The girls were very interested in Pok-A-Tok, the game the Mayans used to play. Aggie tried to do it in the garden but found it really hard. We watched several YouTube videos of modern Mayans playing it. It’s ... Read more
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An extra special visitor
Look who we saw when we drew back the curtains this morning! We watched it for ages before it disappeared off. We’ve taken to putting food out for the birds/squirrels just by our patio door so we can see the creatures up close. We weren’t expecting this though!
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Hedgehogs!
We had the lovely surprise of seeing a hedgehog in our back garden early one morning which got us thinking about how we could best make sure it was okay. We did some research on hedgehogs using a Twinkl comprehension and looked at plenty of things online. We then went to visit a local hedgehog ... Read more
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Fossil hunting in Whitby
This was Peggy’s rather delayed birthday treat (thank you Covid). We did a fossil hunting trip with Byron from Natural Wonders in Whitby. He gave us loads of tips on how to find fossils and his knowledge was incredible. It was amazing to see actual dinosaur footprints in the rocks and to hold a fossil ... Read more
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