On Wednesday morning the Senior school visited Macandrew Bay Beach

 We were taking part in the Metre Square project looking at the Marine creatures in our area.

 We used Tally sheets to show the number of creatures we found.Parents helped us locate and count these creatures.

 Sally and Victoria from the Portobello Marine Aquarium helped us identify some creatures.

 Later in the year we will visit the same area and observe any changes.

 We were so lucky to have such a beautiful calm morning to take part in this project.

 We found crabs, brittle stars, varieties of seaweed, different shellfish, worms, sea cucumbers, little fish, sponges and many other creatures living in the low tide area.

We discussed the things that could have an impact on our beach, things like the widening of the Macandrew Bay Road, people using the beach for leisure, the stream that is fresh water coming down onto our beach, and rubbish on our beaches. We want to make sure Macandrew Bay Beach is clean and free of rubbish for us to enjoy it.