As you may know, our class is currently participating in the Greenwave project for schools.
This involves measuring the weather and watching out for signs of spring arriving in the area.
The six signs are:
- Primroses blooming
- Frogspawn
- Bud burst of ash tree (emergence of the leaf at the end of the branch)
- Bud burst of horse chestnut tree (emergence of the leaf at the end of the branch)
- Bud burst of hawthorn tree (emergence of the leaf at the end of the branch)
- Arrival of swallows.
Over the midterm break, please keep an eye out for these happenings. If you spot any of them, please email cecelia.class@gmail.com (or comment here!). If possible, please also take a photograph and send it on to accompany it as Greenwave are also running a photography competition for schools this year too.
Primroses and hawthorn can be found in the hedgerows around Balbriggan, including the hedges beside our school. You will find ash and chestnut trees in the park behind St. Peter & Paul’s church carpark and also in the small park to the left of the church. Keep an eye out for swallows nesting in sheds or warehouses. You may be lucky enough to find frogspawn in ponds or ditches, but please be careful when you are near water.
Additional information and guides to identification can be found on www.greenwave.ie.
This involves measuring the weather and watching out for signs of spring arriving in the area.
The six signs are:
- Primroses blooming
- Frogspawn
- Bud burst of ash tree (emergence of the leaf at the end of the branch)
- Bud burst of horse chestnut tree (emergence of the leaf at the end of the branch)
- Bud burst of hawthorn tree (emergence of the leaf at the end of the branch)
- Arrival of swallows.
Over the midterm break, please keep an eye out for these happenings. If you spot any of them, please email cecelia.class@gmail.com (or comment here!). If possible, please also take a photograph and send it on to accompany it as Greenwave are also running a photography competition for schools this year too.
Primroses and hawthorn can be found in the hedgerows around Balbriggan, including the hedges beside our school. You will find ash and chestnut trees in the park behind St. Peter & Paul’s church carpark and also in the small park to the left of the church. Keep an eye out for swallows nesting in sheds or warehouses. You may be lucky enough to find frogspawn in ponds or ditches, but please be careful when you are near water.
Additional information and guides to identification can be found on www.greenwave.ie.
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