This week our year 1 and 2 STEM Club pupils were once again out in the Wildlife Garden. Today we were making bird feeders. The first task was to gather some sticks that would serve as the perches for the birds to land on. Next everyone got a cardboard tube to poke holes into the bottom of to push the sticks through. This bit proved quite tricky! After that came the messy bit – the children had to coat the outside of their tube with lard without getting it all over themselves – quite a skill! Then they rolled their tubes in birdseed and added some string to hang them up with. Hopefully they will be really successful in attracting birds to the children’s gardens.
Our lunchtime ‘bug and bird’ club was also in full swing this week. Year two pupils went on a hunt for minibeasts using the lunchtime science bags which contain magnifying glasses, binoculars, tweezers, bug containers and scavenger hunt lists. Also popular was bird colouring, using the bird book to help them identify and colour the birds correctly.
