Angus, Ava, Mia, Bella, and Isla came to Enviro Kids Club on Monday.
We talked about what kind of birds we would like to see more of in our school grounds after our birdspotting last week. The children all said they would like to see and hear more tui.
We looked up different types of tui bird feeders on the internet and then we talked about how we could try to make one at school.
This was the best birdfeeder we found on the New Zealand Forest and Bird website. We like that it is made from recycled material.
(Click on the word birdfeeder to be taken to the website and you can try making one at home too!)
Then we went out to put the bird seed that Mr Schneider gave us in different trees around the school to
encourage more birds to come. We wanted to wait until Winter to put it out as this is when a lot of birds have less food available. We saw some sparrows eating the seed almost straight away!
After that we watered our seedlings which are slowly getting bigger... the ones that haven't been munched by slugs and snails! Our celery is growing the best.
We checked on our bulbs after that. There are more beginning to push through the soil and bark in the bed at the end of room 9. If you look really closely you can see more than ten in this photo...
Next week is Matariki, and the shortest day of the year so we are going to plant garlic which is traditionally planted on the shortest day, and harvested on the longest.
If you would like to plant some at home here is a great clip that shows you how:
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