Hello everybody,

I hope you are all ok and have been managing to spend some time outside each day. Remember to keep following our three simple rules:

1) Look after yourself 2) Look after each other 3) Look after nature

Each week, I will be uploading some simple, nature-based Forest School and outdoor learning challenges that you can enjoy together at home, in your garden or on your walk each day. If you complete any, please send pictures to your teachers so that I can upload them to the next Forest School blog. Thanks, Miss Miah :)

27/4/20

Cheswick Green

Forest School Challenges

Challenge 3

Make a bird feeder from the bottles you would throw away following these simple steps:

You will need:

• Plastic drinks bottles
• Yoghurt pots or milk cartons (make sure they're clean)
• Wire or string
• Bird seed
• Scissors

1) Cut a hole in the side large enough to allow a free flow of seeds,

but in such a way that it won’t all fall out on the ground in the

slightest puff of wind, and won’t get wet if it rains.

2) Make a few small holes in the bottom of your feeder to allow any rainwater to drain away.

3) Fill it with bird seed then hang it with wire, or even strong string

from a tree or your washing line.

4) If your feeder starts to wear out or the food in it goes mouldy, recycle it and make another one! Remember to keep your feeders well stocked, especially in winter. Birds come to rely on them and will go hungry if you forget.

Here is a link to a video if you want to watch someone else make one before you

try it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB69OgGHKoI

Make a recycled bird feeder

Look at the next page to see some of your pictures