Forest walk

Last week we were the first class in the whole school to get enough stars for best líne, to earn a special reward! We chose to go on a forest walk to Merlin Woods!

We left the school in pairs, following Múinteoir Carol...

We walked along the pathway, using our senses of sight, smell and hearing to explore the local environment. 

We entered the forest with our bags to gather some leaves from all of the different trees we could find...

We discovered some very tall evergreen trees in the forest and we learnt that these trees stay green all year round, even now in autumn!

We then found other trees, that change over the seasons. We gathered lots of leaves from different trees and even found some seeds from some trees on the forest floor...

After we collected the leaves in the forest, we returned to our classroom...

We are going to have lots of fun examining the different leaves and seeds we found! 

Later in the week, we will show you some leaves from the trees that are all around us! 

Maybe then you can explore your  own area and discover some of these trees too!