Year 5 Trip to Seven Acres Nature Reserve

Lesson: Geography

Class: Year 5 Year: 2024 - 2025

Year 5 Rivers Trip to Seven Acres Nature Reserve

On Wednesday 2nd of July, we went Seven Acres Nature Reserve to learn about Bradshaw Brook. We met Anna, who was our instructor for the day, as she explained the features of a river whilst we sat in the environmental centre. Next, we went on a river walk and she showed us a tree that had fallen into the river she showed us the erosion of the footpath as the river was in the winding middle course. After this, we measured the flow of the river using a measuring tape, a plastic duck and a stopwatch. We dropped the duck from the footbridge and timed how long it took to travel the distance. On this day, the flow was travelling 0.5 metres per second. In the afternoon, we used the nets to catch small aquatic creatures and place them in a tray to identify what they were. Some creatures we found included; midge fly, a flat bodied mayfly nymph and freshwater shrimp. My favourite part of the day was when we went kick sampling because it was really fun and we caught lots of interesting invertebrates. I would definitely do it again! 

(Joe, Isaac and Coah)