Kilronan School
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Today we visited the Seven Arches on the outskirts of Draperstown to
release the Salmon that we have looked after for the last six weeks.
The folks at Sperrin Gateway and Moyola Angling Club were amazing and
they came out in numbers to see our little friends of!! A huge thank
you!! The weather was amazing and the atmosphere was fab!! We arrived in
the morning and all the pupils were so excited!! We were all wrapped up
nicely in our snug clothing. We started by collecting some mini-beasts
that are in the water- we did this by using nets and simply kicking the
water into the nets. Once we had gathered our new tiny friends, we
transferred them safely into a bucket to allow us to bring them back to
class to identify them. The pupils had a blast doing this. Then it was
time to say our final goodbyes to our salmon, we waved them off as they
swam away and we promised we would see them again soon.. When we got
back to class, the folks from Sperrin Gateway and some from the Angling
Club came back and we used our new Easi-Scope to provide a close up
inspection of the mini-beasts, this was so much fun. We learned so much
and guess what... its not over yet! In June, S2 are visiting Bushmills
to see the Salmon Station- hey maybe we will even see our little
friends? Watch this space!!
