Session 3: Active
Our focus this session from the SHANARRI Wellbeing wheel is ‘Active’.
We brainstormed ways in which we can enjoy being active outdoors.
Grace suggested we could be active by making food for wildlife and Chloe said we could feed the birds. We discussed that the the season will be changing from Autumn to Winter soon, and it can be difficult for birds and animals to find food to eat. We agreed that making food for wildlife is therefore an excellent way to help them over this time, and will attract more to our garden. For this reason we made fat ball bird feeders.
In pairs, we mixed melted lard, bird seed and oats together. Mason did not like the smell of the lard, however it did give us nice soft hands!
We reflected on the 3D shapes we have been learning about in class and chose a sphere shape for our fat balls. We shaped this mixture with our hands. The balls were completed by a loop of string, to enable us to hang them from the trees in our garden over the Winter.
We have left them on the window sill to set, and we shall begin hanging these on the branches from Thursday, throughout the Autumn and Winter. Many thanks to Sophie who was able to instruct and help her class friends make the fat balls today!
