Today Upper School learnt about biodiversity and how important it is. We also went out into the school grounds and conducted our own biodiversity study (minibeast hunt) to see how biodiverse our field actual is…

Altogether, we found 8 different species but our grassland key that we were using had a lot more species we should have seen. Partly we think that it was because it was a windy day but partly we decided it was because there wasn’t enough diversity in plants and flowers on our grounds. Some of the children also suggested more log piles and perhaps building bug hotels would encourage a greater diversity. 
Next term, we will look into how we can improve our school grounds. 
 

Mrs Hurley

Science- Biodiversity Study