Parklands wins 2 gardening prizes

Parklands has done very well and won two prizes for our gardens - 2nd best school garden and 2nd tallest sunflower - here are the certificates we were awarded. We should be very proud of ourselves!

Reuse and help birds!

Have a look at this brilliant idea by Mrs Nassau - reuse a plastic bottle and some wooden spoons and make a lovely bird feeder!

Switch Off Fortnight

It is now Switch Off Fortnight which is a time when we really focus on saving electricity by switching off any lights and appliances not in use - and it saves money as well as the environment!

BOTD - Goldfinches and a Goldcrest

Plenty of lovely birds in our wildlife garden today. These are what the children spotted:

A dunnock
Several blackbirds
Lots of wood pigeons
2 blue tits
1 Robin
1 Wren
Lots of crows flying over

but best of the day were 2 goldfinches who visited our sunflower hearts and a brand new bird for our garden - A Goldcrest!

This is the smallest bird we get in the UK - can you see his bright yellow stripe on his head?

Also keep an eye out for a special winter visitor - flocks of Waxwings have been spotted around Long Eaton this week - they love red berries and I would love to hear if you see some of these punky birds!

Until next week
Mrs Longmoor

New Eco-Team Photo

The observant ones amongst you will notice we have a new photograph of this year's eco team on our blog. This was taken at our last meeting when the children each decorated a notebook (made from recycled paper of course!) to record all their eco ideas. I look forward to seeing what they have come up with at our next meeting - well done Eco Team!

Green Hints

Our first green hint is now on display on the eco board - have you thought of using a reuseable sandwich wrap in your lunchbox instead of plastic bags or cling film?

Let me know any green hints you have - remember small changes make a big difference!

Mrs Longmoor

Keep Up to Date!!

Greetings!

The Parklands Eco team now have a Facebook page to make it really easy for parents and carers to keep in touch with what is going on. All you have to do is Like our Facebook page - search for Parklands Eco Team and click Like. We've also added an email link at the bottom of the page so you can recieive our updates direct to your email.

Lesley Padley

Green Ideas for the Eco board

This week I have been updating our Eco board which is in the family room. Check out the new photos and information and let me know what you think. We will also be adding "Green Ideas" to the board so if you have any little tips to help everyone be a bit greener please let me know - maybe you could even illustrate your idea into a poster to go on the wall! Have fun

Mrs Longmoor

Birds of the Day - Robins and Goldfinches

We had two sessions of birdwatching club this week and once again we had lots of birds visiting our feeders. They were:

1 great tit
1 wood pigeon
1 coal tit
1 blackbird

and our birds of the day were a Robin which visited the bird table and a Goldfinch which was actually on the feeder when we went into the garden.

This is why it is so important to go into the wildlife garden QUIETLY!

Until next week, Mrs Longmoor

Bird of the Day - Coal Tit

It was our first birdwatching club with our new screen and it was a huge success! Five children from Class 6 watched our bird feeders from behind the screen and birds were visiting about once a minute! We saw:

1 wren
1 great tit

and Bird of the Day was a Coal Tit

The coal tits love our sunflower hearts!

I was very pleased to hear from so many children that birds have been visiting their own gardens to eat the fat balls we made - May's was pinched by a cheeky squirrel we think!

Until next time

Mrs Longmoor