School of the Wild
Mrs. Kehoe, Mrs. Wilson and 22 fourth graders set out with the rest of the Washington Township students bright and early this morning for our all-school field trip to School of the Wild. All of our worrying about the weather for a couple of days was not even necessary because it was a gorgeous day.
We arrived and found out our morning activity was going to be canoeing on Spider Pond. Some of us (Mrs. Wilson mostly) weren't too sure about the spiders. When we arrived at Spider Pond we found out it got its name because of the ropes criss-crossing over the top of the pond so that it looked like a spider web. The ropes were for us to pull ourselves along in the canoes as we took our dip nets out and tried to catch turtles and frogs.
This first group took off and before and before the second group could even get loaded they had caught a huge snapping turtle.
This group of canoers caught a pair of mating toads!!
Here we are with our catches for the day!
After lunch we headed off to the timber to do some shelter building. The object was to build a shelter that was strong enough to withstand high winds and rain. For the most part all five groups succeeded in their task.
What would a field trip be without a group picture!!
I think we all felt this way on the way home.....tired!!
It was a great day and we want to thank the Parent Boosters for helping to make this trip possible.
