Looking for something to do over the half term holiday? Well, it is national nest box week 14-21 February, so dust off the saw, nails and hammer and make a bird box for your garden. There are lots of free instructions - different ones for different birds - on how to make them on the British Trust for Ornithology website (link below). They also tell you on the best place to hang your bird box.
http://www.bto.org/about-birds/nnbw
How about this one! Perhaps you could make a wacky bird box. Send us your pictures if you do!
Thursday 11 February 2016
The Big Worm Dig
Worms matter. In the words of Charles Darwin, “Without the work of this humble creature, who knows nothing of the benefits he confers upon mankind, agriculture, as we know it, would be very difficult, if not wholly impossible.”
Year 3 children are taking part in the Big Worm Dig which is part of nationwide study launched by Riverford (http://www.riverford.co.uk/bigwormdig ) in conjunction with the University of Central Lancashire.
The Big Worm Dig site |
They unearthed this coin and after a bit of cleaning and a bit of googling they identified it as an old coin from Guernsey called a double. This one was approximately the same valuable as an old penny.
If you want to find out more click on the link below.
In the news...
http://www.theguardian.com/ wwf-education-partner-zone
Latest WWF education partner zone news, comment and analysis from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice
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