Special Visitors for Year 2

Story shared by Linda Ruffell
on November 3, 2017

Science, Year 2

Mark’s Ark arrives at Penpol School

To coincide with their ‘Science’ topic “Animals including Humans’, Class 5 and 6 invited some unusual visitors into their classroom.

During the visit, the children heard a lot of interesting facts about how animals use their senses to stay alive and for those who were feeling very brave, were given the opportunity to handle and stroke some of the animals.

Lily and Zackery feeling very brave

The snake felt all cold and soft – Mia

I felt really scared to hold the snake and then I felt brave – Lily

The owl was my favourite because it looked really soft and cute – Abigail

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