Heritage in Schools – Biodiversity

We had a visit from Heritage in school funded Botanist, Sinéad Keane and Zoologist, David McGrath. David taught 4th to 6th about the native birds in our hedgerows and gardens. He taught us how to spot the difference between species and between male and female birds. David gave us a sturdy bird feeder and a bird spotting survey form. We have set up a bird spotting rota with the senior classes to see what kind of native birds we have on our school grounds. 

Sinéad taught us about native trees to Ireland. She brought in leaves and seeds and had us identify the different trees by their branches, seeds or leaves. We used magnified glasses and found some bugs. That was fun! We drew the leaves and trees and wrote about them. We have many of these native trees on our school grounds thanks to the previous planting of a native hedgerow by our green schools team. We have mature trees in the pitch. We are quite lucky with where our school is situated. 

Here is more information on our Heritage in schools experts:

https://www.heritageinschools.ie/heritage-expert/profile/sinead-keane#:~:text=Sin%C3%A9ad%20is%20a%20botanist%20and,love%20for%20the%20natural%20world.

https://www.heritageinschools.ie/heritage-expert/profile/david-mcgrath