The day started with the students having a talk on falconry and its history followed by a flying display with Harris Hawks and a Falcon.

Then in the afternoon Mr Eltringham brought in his snakes, rats and tarantula for an animal handling session. The students, joined by Mr White and Mr Etheridge, had the chance to hold the animals and some were even brave enough to hold ‘rosie’ the chilean rose tarantula. The snakes were then fed the mice used in the dissections yesterday to show how they digest food using ‘peristalsis’ where the food is slowly pushed down the snakes body into its stomach, leaving a huge mouse shaped lump in its middle!

There are more Science activities every day this week at lunchtime and everyone is welcome to join in, see the timetable for more info.