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ACTIVITIES BOOK
ISSUE 19
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Milk bottle watering can Wordsearch
This wordsearch is all about garden creatures!
You will need:
How many of these can you find in your garden?
• One plastic drink bottle with cap (works best with a round bottle)
• Two willow sticks about 20cm long (a bit longer if using a 1- or
2-litre bottle)
• A drawing pin and nail scissors for punching and cutting the holes in
the bottle
• String 40 to 45cm long
Method:
1. Wash the bottle and if possible remove the label.
2. To make the perches, use a drawing pin to punch 2 holes opposite
each other near the bottom of the bottle and cut small holes with
scissors.
3. Insert a stick so that it passes through one hole, through the bottle,
and out the other side.
4. Repeat this to make the other perch just above the first.
5. Now you’re ready to make the feeding holes. Use a drawing pin and
scissors to make a small hole about 4cm above each perch (about
¾cm wide). Keep in mind that the seeds will just fall out if the holes
are too big.
6. To make the hanger, poke a hole in one side of the bottle neck and
then the other.
7. Thread the string through the holes in the bottle neck and tie them
together at the ends.
8. To do at home: remove the cap and fill the feeder with sunflower ants earthworm slug
bee earwig snail
seeds or mixed seeds. (A small household funnel will make this
butterfly fly spider
easier to do.) cricket ladybird wasp
9. Screw the cap back on and hang the feeder from a tree branch or dragonfly moth woodlouse
hook outside. Keep clean and replenished!
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The longest distance
flown by a bird is
7,500 miles!
Staying in the air for 11
days straight, a bar-tailed
godwit flew from Alaska to
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Draw your own!
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Join the dots!
Marshmallow crispy
squares
Ingredients
• 45 grams butter
• 300 grams mini marshmallows
• 180 grams rice krispies
• edible glitter or sprinkles (optional)
Method
1. Melt the butter in a large, heavy-based saucepan over a low
heat.
2. Add the marshmallows and cook gently until they are
completely melted and blended, stirring constantly.
3. Take the pan off the heat and immediately add the cereal,
mixing lightly until well coated.
4. Press the mixture into a greased 32cm x 23cm tin / 13 x 9
inch pan; you may have to put on vinyl CSI gloves and press
it down into the corners, as it will be very sticky. Flatten the
top and then scatter over the edible glitter or sprinkles, if so
inclined.
5. Let the marshmallow crispy squares cool completely in the
tin and then cut them into 24 squares.
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Crystal stars Sea-life facts
You will need:
Find out more about the sealife in our oceans! This week we’re
finding out about Compass Jellyfish and the Common Gull!
• Star shaped cookie cutter
• 16 oz mason jars
• 2 cups boiling water Compass Jellyfish
• 1/2 cup borax
• With brown marking reminiscent of a compass, this jellyfish
• 2 pipe cleaners is really quite distinctive. A summer visitor to our shores, the
• 2 pieces thin ribbon or string (8 INCHES LONG) compass jellyfish feeds on small fish, crabs and even other
• 1 popsicle stick jellyfish.
• They give a nasty sting, so if you spot them during a visit to the
Instructions: beach – look, but don’t touch! Once they have stung something,
jellyfish often leave the tentacle behind and can continue to
1. Bend the pipe cleaner around a cookie cutter to make a star sting using it even when not to connected to their body.
shape. Twist the pipe cleaner closed at the end of the shape.
2. Cut off any extra pipe cleaner at the end. Repeat for the Common Gull
second pipe cleaner so you have 2 star shapes.
• The common gull can be found on farmland, wetland and coastal
3. Tie the thin ribbon or string around each star, then hang habitats throughout the UK. A medium-sized gull, it is similar in
them from the popsicle stick. appearance to the larger, herring gull, but lacks the famous red
4. Lower the 2 stars into a mason jar and rest the popsicle spot on its bill.
stick over the opening of the jar. Make sure the pipe cleaner • It breeds on coastal marshes, sand dunes, rocky ledges and
stars aren’t touching each other or the sides/bottom of the shingle beaches, and even on buildings. It can be spotted at
jar. landfill sites eating rubbish, but is not as common inland as its
5. Pour 2 cups of boiling water into a glass measuring cup. name suggests.
Add the borax and stir until dissolved. If the borax won’t • Gulls can be very difficult to tell apart, especially immature birds.
dissolve, microwave the mixture for 30 seconds at a time, Common gulls are silvery-grey above and white below, with a
stirring each time, until the water is completely clear. white head (streaky during the winter) and black wingtips.
6. Carefully pour the hot borax mixture into the mason jar. Fill • They are smaller than the similar herring gull, and have greenish-
the jar until the top of the star, but no higher. (Crystals will yellow legs and a yellow bill.
form on the ribbon if it’s below the liquid)
7. Leave them for 6 to 24 hours and watch the borax crystals
grow!
8. Allow to cool before decorating
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Anagrams Poetry Page
Can you solve these ocean themed anagrams? Whether its a few lines to filling this page and more, we’d love
to see what poems you can all create! Be sure to tag us on
social media when they are done, we’d love to read them!
1 sullage
2 fishyjell
3 edit
4 eas file
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Mac and cheese recipe Quiz Time!
Time to test your knowledge with some sea-life questions!
How many can you get?
Ingredients
• 300 g macaroni - not the quick
cook stuff, which really doesn’t
work in this recipe
• 500 ml milk
• 1 tsp mustard (or to taste)
• 200 g mature cheddar (or to
1 What is the longest distance flown by a bird?
• 30 g butter taste), grated
• 25 g flour • Salt and pepper to taste
Method
2 What gives a compass jellyfish its name?
1. Preheat the oven to 220C / 200C Fan / Gas Mark 7.
2. Cook the macaroni until it’s a bit less done than normal – a couple
of minutes less than you would usually do. The brand I use takes 10
minutes normally, so I give it 8 minutes for macaroni cheese.
3. While the macaroni is cooking, make the cheese sauce. Melt the butter
in a medium sized pan on a low heat. When the butter is foaming, add
the flour and stir until it’s mixed in. Then keep cooking for 2 minutes,
3 What colours are a common gulls legs?
stirring frequently. It takes guts to do this. It looks like something is
going to go wrong but it doesn’t!
4. Very gradually add the milk, stirring constantly. Make sure each bit of
milk is incorporated before adding the next bit. If you do this slowly
on a very low heat, you should end up with a perfectly smooth cheese
sauce with no lumps and no need to whisk. However, if it does go wrong
for some reason, you can always use a whisk to beat out the lumps.
4 What seagull is biger, a common gull or herring
gull?
5. When all the milk is incorporated, add the mustard, salt and pepper.
(N.B. I use slightly salted butter, so I don’t add any extra salt here.) Then
add half the cheese, stir to combine and turn off.
6. When the pasta is done, drain it, retaining a little bit of the cooking
water.
7. Tip the pasta and a couple of tablespoonfuls of the cooking water into
5 How many days did the bar-tailed godwit fly for
to fly the longest distance?
the cheese sauce and stir.
8. Pour the macaroni cheese into a shallow ovenproof dish and sprinkle
over the remaining cheese.
9. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes. The top should be brown but the
bottom should still be saucy and the macaroni should be perfectly
cooked.
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Other useful resources... Anagram answers
1 Seagull
We’ve put together a few online resources that can help keep
you and your kids busy, including fitness, fun and education
2 Jellyfish
• www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ - An amazing selection of E-Books and
ideas for reading activities. 3 Tide
• www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/ - A brilliant App that
encourages early reading skills through games and fun activities.
4 Sea life
• www.topmarks.co.uk/ - English, maths and science activities for
KS1 and 2 pupils.
• masterthecurriculum.co.uk/ - Maths skills and reasoning
activities aimed at challenging all pupils.
Quiz answers
• www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/resources#spag - Lots of spelling 1 What is the longest distance flown by a bird?
and grammar activities for KS1 and 2 pupils.
• www.twinkl.co.uk/ - Lots of printable resources suitable for all
7,500 miles
ages. Free subscription for the next month. 2 What gives a compass jellyfish its name?
• nmmc.co.uk/2021/01/science-of-the-sea-at-home/ - The
National Maritime Museum has a range of virtual activities taking Its brown markings
place during half term.
• www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p007g5y4 - BBC Schools radio- a 3 What colours are a common gulls legs?
series of programmes covering music, dance, drama, songs etc.
Greenish yellow
• classroomsecrets.co.uk/ - Really lovely English and Maths
resources for all ages including educational video clips and 4 What seagull is biger, a common gull or herring gull?
printables. Free subscription for at least the next month.
• www.cosmickids.com - Fun yoga activities for you to do with your
Herring Gull
kids
5 How many days did the bar-tailed godwit fly for to fly the longest distance?
• newquayzoo.org.uk/education-clubs/wild-at-home- Newquay
Zoo has produced some educational ‘Wild At Home’ resources 11 days
containing crafts and environmentally-focussed activities.
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