Snakes alive in The Coleshil School
The Coleshill School opened their doors to rainforest animals as part of their lesson about the enviromental impact deforestation has on the Brazilian Rainforest.
In December, the Year 9 Geography students of The Coleshill School attended their Snake Day which has now become an annual event. As part of the environmental impact topic, the students were looking at the issues of cutting down the Brazilian Rainforest.
Mo, from Animals in Hands, arrived with his array of animals found in the Rainforest for the students to hold (or watch from afar). He slowly moved up in size from Giant Snails, Stick insects and Tarantulas, to the more impressive Cane Toads and Geckos. The presentation was finished off with a 12 foot long, 4 stone Albino Burmese Python which certainly had the students interested. There was also a cute fluffy Chinchilla for some of the groups which came out just for the “ahhhhh” factor.
Nick who is a student at The Coleshill School said: “It was a good experience and it was interesting to see the different animals that live in the different layers of the rainforest”.
The students of the Business and Enterprise Academy were able to study the creatures throughout the morning and were then given the opportunity to discuss, debate and write up their notes expressing why the rainforests should be saved and deforestation stopped.
Future plans are underway for year 5's from local primary schools to attend the event later this year.
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