Mobile animals
Ducks came to the Ducklings Day Nursery in Leigh, Lancashire, along withhens, sheep, goats and rabbits, when Animobile Acorn Venture Farmvisited the setting. The children patted and fed the creatures, and alsoenjoyed their own animal-shaped biscuits they had baked earlier in theday. Nursery staff reported, 'The visit helped to enrich and enhance thechildren's knowledge about the topic of animals'.
People who help birds
Children from Busy Bears Nursery in Durham took their People Who Help Ustopic to a new level of who they can help - and chose birds. The nurserychildren fed the birds in their garden, tracked them on their clipboardsand watched them from a bird observation hut they had created andpainted in camouflage colours.
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