+sonatellas Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 As some of you may know I work in a school and I have been known to take the children out on small geocaching trails that I set up for them. They love this. So next week we are sending out 5 new travel bugs for them. Each year group have their own travel bug and the staff have one too. We have a display on the wall and maps of the world all ready for our race to begin. It is so exciting. Everyone is talking about it and they are really looking forward to it. All the bugs are hanging up on the wall side by side ready to go. It is a nice way to link to their Geography. I will keep you all informed as to how our race is going. The bugs are a squirrel called Nuts, a rabbit called Nibbles, a cow called Salisbury, an owl called Ollie and a hedgehog called Herbert. Keep an eye out for them. Quote Link to comment
+uk89camaro Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 As some of you may know I work in a school and I have been known to take the children out on small geocaching trails that I set up for them. They love this. So next week we are sending out 5 new travel bugs for them. Each year group have their own travel bug and the staff have one too. We have a display on the wall and maps of the world all ready for our race to begin. It is so exciting. Everyone is talking about it and they are really looking forward to it. All the bugs are hanging up on the wall side by side ready to go. It is a nice way to link to their Geography. I will keep you all informed as to how our race is going. The bugs are a squirrel called Nuts, a rabbit called Nibbles, a cow called Salisbury, an owl called Ollie and a hedgehog called Herbert. Keep an eye out for them. Nice idea. My daughter is teacher training for primary, specialising in Geography. I'm trying to encourage her to so something similar. Unfortunately she is still young, and is fond of the phrases "geowhat?, geonerd!" etc... She'll come round... Quote Link to comment
+The Cache Hoppers Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Ohhhhh no! One of them is called Nuts The Squirrel - how many of us remember the trials and tribulations of another TB under that name and his mate Berries! MrsB can you post links please to their listings - I can't find them! Cheers, Liane Quote Link to comment
.Kismet. Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 It sound's like a really good idea and I hope all goes well. Quote Link to comment
+Munkeh Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 (edited) Ohhhhh no! One of them is called Nuts The Squirrel - how many of us remember the trials and tribulations of another TB under that name and his mate Berries! MrsB can you post links please to their listings - I can't find them! Cheers, Liane well we are on the second race between nuts and berries, nuts lost the last race due to going missing and was replaced with a bear for the second race that hes so far winning Edited January 29, 2008 by Munkeh Quote Link to comment
+purple_pineapple Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 As some of you may know I work in a school and I have been known to take the children out on small geocaching trails that I set up for them. They love this. So next week we are sending out 5 new travel bugs for them. Each year group have their own travel bug and the staff have one too. We have a display on the wall and maps of the world all ready for our race to begin. It is so exciting. Everyone is talking about it and they are really looking forward to it. All the bugs are hanging up on the wall side by side ready to go. It is a nice way to link to their Geography. I will keep you all informed as to how our race is going. The bugs are a squirrel called Nuts, a rabbit called Nibbles, a cow called Salisbury, an owl called Ollie and a hedgehog called Herbert. Keep an eye out for them. So are the teachers Nuts or Herberts? Quote Link to comment
+alma Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 great idea.hope it goes well Quote Link to comment
+sonatellas Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 (edited) Year 3 is Ollie the Owl Year 4 Herbert the Hedgehog Year 5 is Nibbles the Rabbit Year 6 is Nuts the Squirrel Staff one is a cow called Salisbury Edited January 29, 2008 by sonatellas Quote Link to comment
+Delta68 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 ...next week we are sending out 5 new travel bugs for them... Will they be under your username... or a different one? Quote Link to comment
+sonatellas Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 I have set them up their own account. They are not premium members they don't really need to be. Although I have to say they are begging me to take them caching. I won't take them to real caches as it doesn't seem right to let so many know where they are. I set up little tempory ones. In the Summer we will go out. Oh what fun. Quote Link to comment
+Delta68 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I have set them up their own account. This one I presume... Salisbury Road School Quote Link to comment
+sonatellas Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 Yes that is our lovely school. I know it looks a bit grey from the outside but it is wonderful inside. Quote Link to comment
+Fuchsiamagic Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 To record their mileage accurately, it's best to drop them off and retrieve them again from a local cache which will then act as the starting point. You can do this virtually. If it isn't done, one dropped in Yorkshire for instance won't record any more mileage initially than one dropped off locally in Plymouth. Quote Link to comment
+sonatellas Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 (edited) Gosh I didn't know that. What do I do drop it in take it out and drop it in again? Oh I know what about if I drop them into one of my own caches and then take them out again. That would work!! Edited January 31, 2008 by sonatellas Quote Link to comment
+Fuchsiamagic Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Gosh I didn't know that. What do I do drop it in take it out and drop it in again? Oh I know what about if I drop them into one of my own caches and then take them out again. That would work!! Yes, that's what you do. You obviously don't need to physically go to the cache. It just needs a starting point. You can always delete the cache logs afterwards if you want to. You won't find any mileage has been added to them until they are moved on to the next cache. I had to do that with one of my TB's which a friend took to New Zealand. If I hadn't, the mileage would have started from the first cache and it would have lost 12,000 miles! Quote Link to comment
+sonatellas Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share Posted February 1, 2008 Thank you so much for warning me about this. It could of gone so wrong. Quote Link to comment
The Red Kite Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Great to see you got this off the ground!! Good luck to all with the race Quote Link to comment
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