March 12, 2021
The Little Wonders Nursery team at Penryn Campus has joined the RSPB Wild Challenge.
So far the staff have helped the children to make a frog-friendly habitat for some resident frogs; dig a hole for a small pond and plant some Starwort to oxygenate the water; recycle some old wooden cot sides to make a fence to protect the habitat and plant some wildflower seeds to create a butterfly garden.
Rosie Hillier, Day Nursery Nurse Little Wonders, said: 鈥淭he challenge has given us lots of ides to educate our children in ways to make our garden more wildlife friendly.
鈥淲e found a particularly large frog hiding under a pallet so we asked the children to come up with some names for the frogs. Our favourite is 鈥楽usan鈥�, so we are thinking of naming the frog area 鈥楽usan鈥檚 spot鈥�.
鈥淭he children have also prepared a 鈥榳ildlife tracker鈥� to put out in the garden. It consists of a tray of sand with a bowl of food in the centre and we are hoping to see the prints of any animals that come to eat it. The children have discussed what animals we might get鈥� Frogs, Hedgehogs, Cats, Owls or wolves鈥�!鈥�
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