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Brook Field children boost birdlife outside classroom

Year 3 classes at Brook Field Pri- i c) n
mary School have been feeding
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birds in the school's wildlife area FASCIAS r
to help with their science, writing
and computer studies. • Facsia Soffits Guttering Cladding
Teacher Jacquie Adams said the • All work carried out on tower scaffoldiw
children have been looking at ways • Bareeboards • All su es of oronerties
of attracting more birdlife, the aim
of the project being to develop in-
terest, ownership and respon-
siblity for the environment around • 10 year
warranty
them. "One of the problems we • Over 10 years
identified was that birds were not experience
visiting the two bird tables close to
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our building because there was no detailfacsias.co.uk
food for them.
"The Friends of Brook Field gave
Keen bird spotters at Brook Field
us money to purchase bird seed
and we used literacy lessons to part in the RSPB birdwatch at home
read instructions on how to make with their parents in early Febru-
bird cake. The children brought in ary. The two classes participated ACER PAVING
kitchen scraps to add to their reci- in the schoolswatch bird survey in
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up what they had done and what computer skills to create bird iden-
they had observed. tification cards so that others in The experts in garden and
"The children were surprised by school will be able to recognise
how quickly the birds returned birds, and will be designing and driveway construction
once there was food available. They making new feeding stations as Covering all aspects of paving and
really enjoy identifying them and part of Art and Design technology. hard landscaping
they all know their crows, mag- With a donation from Trees For
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great tits, blue tits, woodpigeons Western Community Forest par- ___
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Many of the children have be- dren plant a new hedge to encour-
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