The Birds are very Hungry!

It has been quite a cold winter and as a result the little garden birds are very hungry. But we have nuts and fat balls on the feeders and so we have a great variety of little birds visiting the feeders. The children get such enjoyment out of watching the birds fly back and forth from the cherry tree,as if taking turns to feed.They already know by observation what each  bird likes to eat. Thrush and blackbird are ground feeders and enjoy apples,whilst the tits love nuts and seeds.  Robin will eat nuts but prefers fat balls as does chaffinch and goldfinch!!Watching the birds is a huge part of school life and great entertainment and conversation in the classroom.

Our Robin is always at the window  watching the children work and then delivering messages to Santa.We are on best behaviour  as a result! He is Umi s special bird and she did a beautiful project on him cutting out lovely pictures. Greenfinch is Harry’s bird and another bird we see every day. Harry did a great project on him and little brother Hugo also brought a picture of Greenfinch in for us to see! Both Michael and Wren did Great tit, two lovely projects with help from Mummys and Daddys! Michael has loved great tit ever since he learned to recognize his song “teacher teacher”!Sienne has always been so fond of little Blue tit and her big brother Zach helped her colour in the beautiful hand drawn pictures her mummy drew! Edan chose Swallow,another great project with lovely pictures, and so we look forward to welcoming him next Spring!