Feeding the birds

On Wednesday 24th November, Sue Whitworth from RSPB came to show us how to make bird food so that we can help our feathered friends to survive in the cold winter weather.

For the food balls we needed some lard, seeds, dried fruit and even some porridge oats!
We squeezed it all together and moulded it into balls.
Next we added a perch made out of twigs and some string to hang them up by.
We will hang them among the trees in the playground after they have hardened a bit in the fridge.

We also made some 'worms'! Mrs Whitworth mixed some wholemeal flour, suet and water together to make a sort of dough.

We rolled little bits into worm shapes for the birds to pick up from the ground.

We looked at pictures of the types of birds we will be helping and learned that some birds don't like to eat from tables but prefer to pick their food from the ground.
We hope the birds will enjoy their treats!

Home grown carrots!

The Green Fingers Garden Group planted carrots in the courtyard earlier this year and some of them still needed to be harvested.

Mrs Scott made some delicious carrot cake for the Snack Shack to sell at playtime. We sold some raw carrot sticks as well. It all sold out very quickly!

Waste survey

We are very lucky at Glaitness to have a selection of tasty, healthy meals to choose from at lunchtime.

 

Our cooks were concerned about the amount of food that is wasted at lunchtime so we set up a food survey last term to see if we could have less waste.

Each sitting at lunchtime had the waste weighed and we kept a chart to compare sittings and to see if the amount got less as the weeks went on.

We're going to really try to have clean plates from now on!

Mudfest Logo Competition Winner!

This is the winning logo from our 'Mudfest' competition. It was designed by Leigh and reflects aspects of the outdoor environment at Muddisdale. All the classes very much enjoyed exploring there last term and had lots of exciting experiences in the outdoors. Please look at the class blog pages to find out more!