Year 3 and 4 enjoyed lovely sunny mornings at East Head earlier this term. They were greeted by volunteers from the National Trust, who guided them around the sand dunes and shared their knowledge of some of the wildlife that was common to the local habitats.
Year 3 teacher Mrs Davies said: “Years 3 and 4 learnt about how damaging microplastics can be to the local wildlife and the children wanted to do something to help. With sieves and litter pickers, they eagerly hunted along the shoreline and in the dunes for pieces of rubbish and microplastics.”
It was disappointing the children were able to find so much plastic but they felt very proud they had been able to help - just a little.
Mrs Davies
What a perfect day for a beach trip and our Year 3 & 4 pupils certainly made the most of their visit.
"We met some (National Trust) rangers called Matt and Dominic and then we went on the beach and the first thing we saw was a red flag - that means you can’t swim. Then we went to the salt marsh which was really stinky and disgusting. We saw some dead crabs on the beach and we did a litter pick and found a 50p and some plastic. We saw a skylark in the sky which was so cool, and I learnt so much about a lovely beach that I never knew before. I really enjoyed our day!"
Year 4 pupil, Rory
