Minibeast Catchers

This is a great idea that I saw online and created with my Saturday School kids. You need - 

an empty plastic bottle

a pencil or twig

a piece of fruit

string

a pair of scissors or a Stanley knife,

All you have to do is cut around the top of the plastic bottle (around 6 inches from the top). Position a piece of fruit in the bottom section. Place the top into the bottom section with the spout down. Cut two holes into the top about 1 inch from the peak of the bottle (remember to be careful as you have to put holes through the four pieces of plastic and you can easily slip with the scissors / Stanley knife). Push a pencil through the four holes and then use 2 pieces of string to tie the catcher to a tree or branch. We left them there for a week and we were really lucky that there was no rain.

We did catch a selection of minibeasts including woodlice and spiders however what was really weird that somehow a worm was in one of them. I have no idea how that got in there! Any suggestions??

We did return the 'beasts' from whenst they came...great activity!

Kids say how it is!

It is normal practice (when any member of staff can remember) to write down any issues that the Site Manager can solve for them ASAP. The poor guy usually gets stopped in the corridor so someone can declare all their DIY problems.

I was walking past the book and noticed the insert from the 26th September. I could not help but belly laugh that a child in Year 4 had had the courage to add their own issue for the Site Manger to remedy. The fact that she then wrote 'somebody pooped on the seat at the end' shows not only a good selection of vocabulary but a determination to get a concern resolved. The toilets are thankfully now sorted!