We're going to the Zoo!

On 16th June, Year 1 were fortunate enough to visit Colchester Zoo. The children thoroughly enjoyed the trip! As part of the trip, the children enjoyed lots of new experiences, such as, feeding giraffes, feeding elephants and stroking horses. The children also saw lots of animals they had never seen before: Meerkats, Red Pandas, Arctic Foxes and Giant Turtles!

The children got to enjoy seeing lots of animals out playing in the sunshine and learned about all the magnificent animals we have in our world. We also walked through an underwater tunnel (24m long!), went to a giant playground, fed lots of new and exciting animals, listened to the fact-finding talk at the monkey enclosure and walked around a farm. We also walked through the butterfly glade, saw the new bear enclosure and wandered through the 'tropics', which housed a large group of lorikeets.

"We saw a lion sleeping and saw little, baby foxes" Indie

"My favourite monkey was the one showing off!" Joe

"The giraffe snatched the leaves from my hand!" Michael

"First we saw the meerkats, they were very funny and one was playing pirates and pretending to be lookout" Jessica

"The red panda was hiding at the top of the logs" Zac

"Next we saw the monkeys and they were swinging from tree to tree" Alice

"I was sad to leave because I had lots of fun" Rashid

"It was the best school trip ever!" James