Year 1 makes bird cake

Year 1 children re-cycled food to make bird cake for their bird table outside the classroom.

For Eco week we made bird cakes to encourage the birds to come into our school grounds.

When we melted the lard it changed colour and went runny. It smelt yucky!

Then we mixed everything together. When it was ready, we hung the bird cake up around our school.

We watched the birds eating our bird cake. We saw lots of starlings but only one sparrow.

Some seeds fell off the bird cake so some of the birds flew down to eat them.

How to make bird cake

You need:-
monkey nuts, seeds, oats, fruit, lard

1. Break the nuts,
2. Put the nuts. seeds. oats and fruit into a bowl
3. Melt the lard in a jug in the microwave.
4. Pour the lard into the bowl and stir.
5. Pour the mixture into the plastic cup.
6. Put the twig into the mixture and leave to set.
7. Take the bird cake out of the plastic cup.
8. Roll the bird cake in the seeds.
9. Tie string around the twig.
10. Hang outside for the birds.

Five little robins

Five little robins
Splashing in the bird bath
One flew home
Then there were four
Four little robins
Eating our bird cake
One went to find a worm
Then there were three
Three little robins
Drinking water
One got full up
Then there were two
Two little robins
Flying home
One got shot
The there was one
One little robin
All on his own
Went to find some other robins
Flying in the park.

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