Beyond the Classroom
Petting Zoo In January, Nursery students had a visit from the Animal Care Centre Petting Zoo as part of their curriculum on Understanding of the World. The students had a wonderful time holding and learning about snakes, rabbits, guinea pigs and even a prickly hedgehog! They got to feed a goat his healthy carrot sticks and played with a big tortoise and a really long iguana. They had the best day ever!
Year 3 Ecoventure Year 3 students visited Saadiyat Beach Rotana Resort and Villas, as part of their topic, ‘What’s Beneath my Feet?’. During their visit, students learned about the ways in which the Rotana group of hotels are striving to raise environmental awareness amongst their guests and support the preservation of natural resources. The students spent time collecting ‘nurdles’, which are small plastic pellets about the size of a lentil, billions of them are used each year to make plastic products and end up washed up on our shores. A special thanks to the Saadiyat Beach Rotana Resort for their support of this great initiative.
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