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Heritage Day 4 : Mini-Beasts

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Wednesday 24th of April was Heritage Day number four. We were all very excited as Caitríona  and Ms Dowling took us on a walk to the Biodiversity Garden near the Oakland  Centre in Glaslough village.  We named plants and picked up litter along the way .

When we got there we played a game that described the layers of the forest: Canopy, Shrub, Flower and Ground .

After that Caitríona gave us all beating trays and we got sticks. We held the tray under some ivy and leaves and beat them with the sticks.  Many insects and arachnids fell in and so did some twigs and leaves. Then we brought the trays back to Caitríona and she gave us some magnifying glasses to study and name them.  We found springtails, flower bugs, blood suckers, green flies, spiders and lacewings  .

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Then she showed us a laminated poster called a key. It helped identify what mini beast we were looking at. Next she went on to explain which animals ate insects including garden birds and bats.  

After that we were given pooters.  A pooter has a green tube and a white tube. You suck through the green one and the mini beast comes through the white tube.  When we came back we had found earwigs, beetles, spiders, woodlice and millipedes
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Searching

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Magnifying

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Examining

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Listening

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Suddenly I looked down and saw a huge earthworm.  I carefully removed it and placed it carefully in the garden.

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We were treated to juice and biscuits in the Oakland Centre before returning to the school. 

                          Report by  Matthew Curley (Third Class)

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  • About our School
    • Our Mission Statement
    • History of our School
    • School Staff
    • Parents Association
    • Board of Management
    • Extra Curricular >
      • CREDIT UNION QUIZ QUESTIONS - Fairways Hotel, Dundalk 2014 Sunday 2nd March 2014
      • Yours Sincerely
    • ICT
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    • Special Educational Needs
    • Healthy Lunches
  • Down Memory Lane
  • Classes
    • Junior & Senior Infants
    • First & Second Class
    • Third & Fourth
    • Fifth & Sixth Class >
      • Bee-lines Sculpture
  • Learning Support Activities
    • Learning Support
  • English: School Improvement Plan
  • Maths: School Improvement Plan
  • Mathematical Language & Methodologies
    • Junior & Senior Infants
    • First & Second Class
    • Third & Fourth Class
    • Fifth & Sixth Class
    • Learning Support / Resource Class
  • Homework Club
    • Homework Club
    • 1.40pm - 2.40pm Supervision
  • Green Schools
    • Flags
    • Green School Committees
    • Waste Management >
      • Tidy Towns Art Competitions
    • Travel >
      • Halloween Feet First Friday Walk >
        • Santa Feet First Friday Walk
      • St Patrick`s Feet First Friday Walk
      • Daffodil Feet First Friday Walk
    • Global Citizenship Litter & Waste
    • Biodiversity >
      • Lough Neagh Discovery Centre
      • Castle Leslie Forest Walk
      • Blackwater River Study
      • Heritage Days >
        • Day 1: Trees
        • Day 2 : Birds
        • Day 3 - Bees
        • Day 4: Mini-Beasts
      • Ecology Workshops
      • School Tour 2014
    • Green Schools Travel Slogan
    • Organic Garden
    • Newsletters
    • Photo Gallery
  • Sport
    • Achievements
    • Athletics
    • GAA
    • Soccer
    • Basketball
  • Around the Villages
  • Photo Gallery
    • Halloween Fancy Dress 2020
    • Halloween Fancy Dress 2018
    • Halloween Fancy Dress Sponsosred Walk 2016
    • Halloween Fancy Dress Sponsored Walk 2015
    • St. Patrick's Feet First Friday March 2015
    • Opening Night 6th November 2014
    • Halloween Fancy Dress Walk Oct'14
    • Daffodil Day 2014 Walk to School
    • St. Patrick's Feet First Friday
    • Open Night
    • Offical Opening of Car Park November 2013
    • Untitled
    • Lá Fhéile Pádraig 2013
    • Christmas Show - Rang 5 & 6 2012
    • Christmas Show Rang 1 & 2 2012
    • Christmas Show - Rang 3 & 4 2012
    • Christmas Show - Junior & Senior Infants 2012
    • Halloween Feet First Fancy Dress 2012
    • End of Year Presentations 2013
    • Our Wonderful Volunteers
  • Lord Mayor of Glaslough Fundraiser
  • Down Memory Lane
    • Four Village Cycle 2014
  • Learning Zone
    • Maths
  • Competitions
    • Credit Union Quiz - 31st January 2015
    • Cumann na mBunscol Table Quiz 2015
    • Schools Showjumping Competition September 2014
    • Cumann na mBunscol Quiz Teams 2013
    • Credit Union Quiz 2013
    • Monaghan Mental Health Essay Competition Winners 2013
    • Straighten Up Ireland
    • Credit Union Competition Winners 2012
  • End of Year Presentations
  • Find Us
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