Cherry Class had a wonderful day out at Drusillas despite the drizzle. They explored the zoo together, soaked up some wonderful animal facts and stamped their booklets to record all the animals that they saw. They were all impressed with how many animals were up and active at this time of year.
One of their overall favourites were the penguins who were happily splashing about and putting on their own little show. The children also enjoyed the mischievous monkeys dashing around the trees and also the nosey meerkats ,who were busy digging and bobbing up and down.
In the afternoon they hopped on the train for a ride around the park before going into the discovery centre to learn lots about some more of the animals in the park.
They had the opportunity to touch a blue tongued skink lizard, whose scaly texture was very similar to that of a snake. Some of the braver ones touched a cockroach who had a very hard back and to their surprise, its head looked very much like an ant’s. The royal python was very friendly and enjoyed being stroked. Pear the rat, was a very wriggly one, and they had to be quick to get a stroke of her!
The star of the show was the hairy mammal with a shell…can you guess the mammal? It was Gretel the armadillo from South America. She was very beautiful and the children were all so amazed to get up so close to her.
Of course, before leaving the park they managed to squeeze in some time in the play area to let off some steam.
In all Cherry Class all had a wonderful day out and the children represented St Mary’s superbly with their ready, respectful and safe behaviour.
