Rodmell Pupils' Blog
splash away
When I went pond dipping, catching all the animals made me think about the people who don't look about the way they pond dip who make splashy and messy and disturb animals homes. When I think about these people I think about the way I do it and is it right and when I watch it usually is.
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One of them with big pinchers - they have been in my garden and I saw its head - it scared me lots.
Top of page | Add your commentMr Parry And Peter Hodge
Wednesday 12th July - we had the entermolgst (Peter Hodge) and ( Mr Parry) came to visit. Peter Hodge brought some moths and beetles. I had a fantastic time.
Good try with spelling of entomologist! (Editor)
Peter Hodge
We think that Mr Hodge is a brilliant entomologist because of what he does. Mr Hodge came to our school with Mr Parry on Wednesday 12th July. Mr Hodge brought in some samples of moths, beetles and scorpions.
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I think the heart of reeds is a very good place for pupils to work on the site and adults as well.
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At the Heart of Reeds there has been a few changes like..... The tree's have grown,and there's new benches!!!!
Every time I go to the Heart of Reed's it keeps getting more and more interesting,so I hope the next time I go to the Heart of Reed's it's even more interesting!?
animals
The Heart of Reeds is very good for beetles to live and children as well.
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I think insects at the heart of reeds are really interesting, several different types of insects on different plants.
Top of page | Add your commentpresentation & picnic
We went to Priory to show a presentation some other schools came, next we went to HEART OF REEDS and had a picnic and did some dancing we saw the pond that we pond dipped in.
Top of page | Add your commentJust remember
When i went onto knowledge forum and tried to get a picture but i forgot to click close and contribute so when knowledge forum comes out propely and you want to get a picture just remember to click close and contribute.
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When you go onto knowledge forum and you want to store a picture you should store it on the school server and name it so when you want to find a picture you would know where it is. THAT IS MY HANDY HINT!
Top of page | Add your commentKnowledge Forum
Knowledge Forum is open only to schools but I think it should be open to the puplic.I think it needs some instuctions.
Top of page | Add your commentLast time we went to HOR
When we went to the the Heart of Reeds we went in to 2 Groups and 1 of the groups did pond dipping and the other group went with Mr Parry and we got pictures of the site from ages ago. And we had to identify were they were. And the other group just did pond dipping and identifying the animals you have caught.
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On the first time we went to the Heart of Reads we did pond dipping in a long stream. It was very very muddy. The site didn't have much to do. Now there's lots of stuff to do. The site is a lot better now.
What exactly do you mean by 'the site didn't have much to do?' (Editor)
What we think about the Heart of Reeds.
We think the Heart of Reeds is a great place to be because.
1. You can come when you like.
2. You can find out about animals and find out new things.
3. Lots of exploring you can do.
4. All of your famiy can go and have a great time.
Overall we think the Heart of Reeds is a great place to go.
Using knowledge forum
On Wednesday 5th july 2006, Mr parry [who works at the Heart Of Reeds]came in and helped us with knowledge forum [a computer program about the heart of reeds]and interveiwed us with a video camera.
It's tricky, I know Guy, but just for the record, I work as a researcher and my work at the Heart of Reeds is voluntary as Chairman of the Railway Land Local Nature Reserve. Knowledge Forum is software developed in Canada that can be used for ANY topic and it is you and your class that are, in fact, using it in relation to the creatures you found in Heart of Reeds and the questions that you were encouraged to ask about them.
The project
The project is something to be proud of. It is really special to be pick out of a lot of schools. But I'm not going to be in the class next year and if our project is still going on I will be upset.
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Me (Georgia Derrick) and Natalie Groome - we both love knowledge forum because it is very fun. And we also think it is a good program to go on when your topic is heart of reeds.
Can you say why? (Editor)
Frogs
There were lots of frogs singing in the reeds when we went in the Spring.
How many different frogs are there?
Animals
I like spotting different animals on the Heart of Reeds. Some animals are really pretty.I would like to see some new animals soon.
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It is easy to log inout of knowledge forum. It is hard to get pictures you want.
Top of page | Add your commentLots of fun
At the Heart of Reeds we had lots of fun and I met some-one new!
Top of page | Add your commentPond dipping
When we go to the Heart of Reeds we sometimes go pond dipping with the class. I like finding really interesting pond life. Once I found a species that I didn't know so I looked on our species sheet to find out what it was called. It was a Rat tailed maggot. That was the first ever animal I caught. IT WAS GREAT!!!!
Top of page | Add your commentAnimals you never know how much they understand
I think the Fish are really inquistive
because you never know how much animals know. If animals have feelings too then they have brains too you never think they know what. For example, if you call a dog stupid in a voice that is mean, a dog might look sad and they might be mean to you but if your nice, they are happy and playful and never mean. As for the fish, if you pond dip violenty you are in more chance of really hurting the fish.
Working at school on knowledge forum
I like Knowledge Forum because it's really fun and you can answer other pupils questions. You can say what you think.
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The knowledge forum is really easy to use the only thing that is somtimes difficult is that when you are replying you can't see the question and you sometimes forget but knowledge forum is really good.
Top of page | Add your commentSquirrels
We saw a squirrel in the church yard. Does the Railway Land have some squirrels now because there were not any in 1999?
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When we went pond-dipping, we caught frogs and tadpoles newts and a weird larva of a bug AND THAT WAS REALLY FUN!
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When we went to Priory we presented our lesson plans and then we went to the heart of reeds and had a picnic and then we did some dancing.
How did you feel about this though? (Editor)
When we went to Lewes Priory
We were invited to Lewes Priory to do a presentation on the site and how to pond dip. The presentation went well anjd after that we went to the site and had a picnic then did some dancing.
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Dear mr pary how are you what sort of birds do you get at the heart of reeds.
p.s plese reply back from izaac
I can bring a list of the birds we have found on the Railway Land site as a whole and also the survey work of pupils several years ago. I am happy to do a bit of this but the blog is mainly for you to comment to one another on how you think the project is going and especially the Knowledge Forum software and whether you think it helps you think about Science itself in any way.
I will bring the bird information on Wednesday, though. See you then.
Dr John Parry (Editor)
A fun place to be
Its really cool. You can walk up the mound you dont have to turn corners. When we went pond dipping we found a baby frog there so cute.
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The Heart of Reeds is a good place to be because you can bring a net and you can go in the woods and tell stories.
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We went to the heart of reeds we did pond dipping and finding places {we had old photos of the site and we had to find the place} we really enjoyed it.
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When we make and do stuff for the Heart of Reeds I prefer to work in pairs (because) it gives you more ideas and helps you to get your work done quicker because 2 people do it and not just 1.
Do you mean the work on site or the work you do with Knowledge Forum in the classroom? (Editor)
Miss Aimee's Views on the Heart of Reeds!
I think the Heart of Reeds is a really great place to go to as it is fun, exciting and very interesting to see all the different creatures in the pond and surrounding areas.
Top of page | Add your commentThe different animals in the heart of reeds
I think the heart of reeds is really fantastic and it is really interesting that there are so many different animals in the heart of reeds.
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When we went to the heart of reeds we presented our work to different schools. After we had our lunch. Then we did line dancing it was so fun.
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Heart of Reeds in my words is a calm and relaxing place and the wildlife is just amazing - all the creatures are colourful and inquisitive.
Why do you think they are inquisitive? (Editor)
What we did at the Heart of Reeds
We went to Priory school and we had a presentation and all the schools got awarded and then we went to the Heart of Reeds and did some dancing.
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I think the heart of reeds is a really nice place because there's loads of nature and I love it. It's a really relaxing place and especially calm.
Top of page | Add your commentWhen class 2 went to lewes priory to do a presentation
We went to Lewes Priory to do a class presentation about the site and how to be safe and how to pond dip and that went very well. Then we had our lunch and after that we did a bit of dancing - that was fun, of course. The schools and people who took part in the project were Rodmell, Wallands, Priory, Barcombe and some adults with learning disabilities. It went very well.
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From Lewes Priory we walked to the heart of reeds and had a picnic and did lots of exciting dancing.
Can you say why and what you did. (Editor)
Presentation Day
A few weeks ago we went to Priory School to do a presentation about the Heart of Reeds.
It went really well and afterwards we had lunch at the Heart of Reeds. Then we did some dancing with other schools, it was really hilarious and so much fun especially dancing as funny chickens.
I would love to do it all again!
In and out. out and in
When we went to the heart of reeds the first time doing this project, and that was on October the 5th, we caught things like baby stickle backs but this time, on 7th June, we caught ordanairy (ordinary) fish and a lot more frogs. I think it is because of the water temprutar (temperature) and the time of year.
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When we went to Lewes Priory we had a great time especially when we did line dancing it was really fun and presentation went really well.
Top of page | Add your commentthe heart of reeds the place to be
i think the heart of reeds is a great place to be. i think its a good place for a family. it is very fun pond dipping. you can see animals you have not seen before.
Top of page | Add your commentAt the heart of reeds
At the heart of reeds we got split into 2 groups.
Group 1.we did a bit of pond dipping
Group 2.we played spot the difference
This was on the second visit to the site (Editor)