The cacti in the greenhouse have taken root and are sprouting vigorously. Class II Lower has been eagerly watching the struggles of a bean seed which was planted upside down in the lamp glass and has got entangled in a pea seedling.

We have crayfish, catfish, goldfish, baby trout, newts, salamanders and a water beetle in the aquarium. Each has its own guardian and is well cared for.  

The catfish have long feelers which give them a most ferocious appearance. One day, we noticed that the goldfish looked far from happy. All wondered what the matter was. Miss Coignou saw one of the crayfish dart up and keep biting and nipping the goldfish's fins. We rescued the goldfish but despite careful nursing by Miss Coignou and Miss Robertson, it died a few days later. The crayfish now live in their own tank.  

We have a pair of rabbits in a comfortable hutch outside. They are feeding at such an alarming rate that their hutch will have to be enlarged. The black and white one met with an accident. The correct handling of a rabbit was not correctly understood by a child and, not being held firmly by the ears, he was dropped onto the floor.  

At the beginning of term a hedgehog appeared. He wanted to take shelter from the cold but though he was nursed most tenderly by Miss Coignou and Miss Robertson, he died. The silkworms have woven their silken nests in the corner of the paper box and are asleep inside. The lizards, the snake and the large snails are also hibernating.