Wednesday 25 April 2012

at the snail gym

On Monday, Nicholas arrived in the classroom clutching a container positively crammed with snails; he had had his own snail hunt – and he had come up trumps!  The best thing was that it meant we could all have a closer look; there were enough for two snails to each table (I expect that, fast as a flash, Yanis will be able to tell you how many snails that means Nicholas had found altogether). 

Anyway, as everyone knows, snails are s-l-o-w animals; time a-plenty for observing closely and then sketching what we see.

At least you would have thought so.

But Nicholas’ snails were rather active snails.

Put one of them in a special Perspex viewing box and pretty soon he has slithered up the side…..

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over the top…..

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and is away across the desk…..

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to see what you are up to.

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Put one on the desk…..

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and quick as a blink, he has slid his way up and over the side of a pencil pot…..

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and is inside investigating the pencils.

We had curious snails all over the place; up and over…..

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and along…..

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as well as taking a good look about when they had got to where they were going.

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In fact, I am not quite sure who…..

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was observing…..

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whom!

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