Easy Peasy Green Green Balloon Club

# Gather round one and all

# You've gotta answer the call

# Listen up, look around you There's a magical world to explore

# There's a nature adventure

# Coming your way soon

# So come and join us

# In this green balloon

# And when we fly we're higher than the moon

# So join us

# O-o-oh, o-o-oh

# In our green balloon. #

Hiya, come on in!

They're here! They're here!

ALL: Hello!

Welcome to the Green Balloon Club. We're the Green Team.

We travel the country looking for members of the Green Balloon Club.

We look out for nature and wildlife.

Would YOU like to join the Green Balloon Club?

It's easy, we'll tell you how later. First, we'll introduce ourselves.

-I'm Jay.

-He loves birds.

Yes, I have a special interest in all kinds of birds.

-Especially jays.

-A jay is a very beautiful pink bird,

with blue flashes and a very clever crown it can lift up on its head.

-Like you can!

-Yeah.

-HE GIGGLES

-My name is Cat.

-Cat loves animals.

That's right. This is Skipper. Say hello, Skipper.

-Skipper is a member of the club too.

-Can we make Skipper a badge?

-Yes.

We all wear badges.

You can make one too if you visit our website.

-Excuse me, I haven't introduced myself yet.

-BOTH: Oops! Sorry, Ant.

-I'm Ant...

-Ant loves creepy crawlies.

Yes, I love all different kinds of mini-beasts,

bugs, snails, spiders, butterflies - all different kinds.

Especially ants because he's called Ant.

And this is Lily Rose in case you hadn't noticed.

-Yes, I'm Lily Rose and I love...

-Being cheeky!

Yes, and also I love flowers, especially lilies and roses.

Now you've met all the team...

Huh!

Oh, no, I forgot Skye.

This is Skye and she's really important.

She drives us round in her balloon.

Hello, everyone.

We go off on nature adventures every week. I hope you'll join us.

So do I.

You've met the team and it's time to do the Green Balloon Club chant.

-Are you ready, team?

-Yay!

ALL: We love animals, plants and birds.

We love snails and slugs.

Large and small, we love them all,

and we never ever step on bugs,

cos we are the Green Balloon Club!

We say the Green Balloon Club chant every time we meet.

And that bit at the end was the secret sign.

If someone makes our secret sign, they're a member of the club.

Try it with me. Now make a balloon with your fingers.

That's it!

(So remember the secret sign.)

-I spy a Green Balloon Club member.

-Where?

-Down there.

-Who is it?

-It's Ben.

-Hello!

ALL: Hello, Ben!

This is Ben here and this is my treehouse.

I come here to try and film wildlife.

I have a camera which is not too big or too small.

This is it...

I come up here for an hour or two, and try and film some wildlife.

Over there you can see some rabbits - not very clear but you can see them.

I can't make out what they're doing but when there's danger...

they stop, listen and turn their heads around to see or hear it.

A bit like this...

There are some rabbits behind the goalpost, hiding.

I can just see one's ears...if you look right behind the goalpost -

you can see some ears.

Rabbits have strong legs to help them hop around.

They have small fluffy tails...

that are very cute.

Rabbits like to eat grass,

cucumber, lettuce

and carrots.

My mum is cross with them for eating our vegetables in the garden.

But I don't blame them.

They like to bathe in the sun.

I know a better place to film animals from, come on!

You can just see the woodpecker.

Oh, yeah, there's a green woodpecker.

And a squirrel.

There goes the squirrel...

I think he's digging for nuts.

The woodpecker is looking for food in the grass. I doubt he'll find any.

Let's see if we can find the squirrel again.

Oh, yeah! There he goes.

There are baby rabbits living under my shed. Let's film them.

You have to be quiet so as not to scare them away.

When rabbits have babies, they are called kittens -

the same as baby cats.

I think they've heard us.

The rabbits have just gone back into their holes.

They all live in holes in the ground.

They are called rabbit burrows.

I hope you've enjoyed watching wildlife with me. Bye!

-BOTH:

-Bye, Ben!

-Isn't he lucky to have rabbits in his garden?

-And a woodpecker!

-It's great that he films the wildlife himself.

The idea of the club is to find out

about the world and share it with our friends like Ben did.

You don't have to film it, just look out for it.

Wherever you live, you'll have lots of wildlife on your doorstep,

This is a great time. There's so much to see.

To whet your appetite, here are some sights you might see.

My pick of the bunch this week is the strawberry.

They like to grow in sunny places.

The strawberry plant grows little white flowers with yellow centres.

These centres develop into the red berries which are so tasty.

They are usually ready to eat by June or July.

Watch out because lots of other creatures love them too!

Green Balloon Club has a great website.

If you can use a computer, have a look at it.

When you arrive, you get to this page.

Here we have two pictures.

Today it's squirrel and strawberry.

They are this week's choice for the password.

Which one would you choose? The squirrel or the strawberry?

That's hard because I really like squirrels.

But the strawberry is Lilly Rose's plant this week, so...

I think I'll choose that.

Yay!

That was right!

So, this week's secret picture password is the strawberry.

Now we're in we can look all around the balloon.

It's like you're really here.

Look! Down here is the scrapbook.

And here's me!

To help you get your stickers for things you've spotted.

And if you click on these pencils you can find pictures to colours.

Over here you can listen to Jelly's reports

on Green Balloon Club Radio.

Click on the wind chime and watch our songs and sing along with them.

Come and have a look through the telescope.

I love this! It's the beach!

Have a look round here to find things. What's this?

Some diving things!

Let's click on them.

Look, it's the ground crew going snorkelling.

Skye, are you going to show them the most important bit?

I was just coming to that. Why don't you tell us, Jay?

If you click here this is where you be a member of the club.

We hope you'll join the Green Balloon Club and spotting wildlife.

I think we should be getting in touch with the our ground crew.

They're our crew on the ground, ready to go off on a mission.

Shall we tell you how it works?

Think of a nature question to ask the ground crew.

Green Team, what shall we ask the ground crew?

What's the difference between a crow and a rook?

-Can they find a strawberry?

-How many eggs can a butterfly lay?

What's a red squirrel's favourite food?

-I love red squirrels. Can we ask a question about that?

-BOTH: Please!

It sounds like a good question.

-Are we all agreed?

-ALL: Yay!

Go on then, Cat.

What's a red squirrel's favourite food?

BEEPING AND BLEEPING

I think we might've been sent a mission, ground crew. Let's look.

CUCKOO-CUCKOO!

What have you got?

The mission is to find out what the red squirrels of the Cairngorms

like to eat the most at the squirrel cafe.

We'd better go and make some tasty squirrel treats. Let's go!

Red squirrels are rare.

They can sometimes be very shy.

But they like to visit the squirrel cafe.

Here at the Highlands Wildlife Park.

OK, today we'll put out a lot of different types of food for them.

We want to find out which food the red squirrels like best.

I've got some here already. Does anyone know what they are?

-This one?

-Pine needles.

Right, pine needles. They live in pine trees, that might be good.

-How about this one?

-Pine cones.

Cones, that's right.

And this?

-Carrots.

-Yes.

And this one?

-Turnips.

-Brilliant.

Everyone, what's this one?

-ALL: Hazelnuts.

-Excellent.

Fantastic. I want us to choose one each.

-James, you choose first.

-Hazelnuts.

Hazelnuts, OK. Pop some in your bowl. Donna, what do you want?

-Pine cones.

-OK, pop some in your bowl.

Lisa, which one will you have?

-Pine needles.

-OK, throw some in your bowl.

I wonder which will be most popular.

Shall we take it to the squirrels and find out? Yeah...let's go.

The food has been left on the table.

Now we have to hide so the red squirrels don't get too frightened...

to visit the squirrel cafe.

It's coming closer.

Where will it go to?

We watch the food carefully,

and count every time a squirrel eats some of the food.

There it is.

OK, then, ground crew, it's time to report back. What have we found?

-The chaffinches liked my pine needles.

-They did, didn't they?

Looking at these, the squirrels have been snacking on them earlier.

-Yes.

-How about you, James?

-Their favourite food was the hazelnuts.

I think so. Look at all those marks you got.

In that case, I think it's...

ALL: Mission accomplished. Back to you in the Green Balloon.

It is hard to see red squirrels as hardly any live in this country.

But here is something that lives near you.

Is it a Jay? No!

BIRD SINGS

Today's bird is the robin.

Robins are easily identified by their bright red chests.

These bold little birds are found everywhere in the UK.

They like to eat insects but will often be found at bird tables.

You don't often get more than one robin in your patch,

as they guard it carefully.

If you have two robins, look out for babies...

They are brown with golden spots.

Ant is helping me make a Green Balloon Club badge for Skipper.

We printed the badge off the website.

Make a badge to suit you.

I've got a flower badge cos I love flowers.

I have an ant badge cos I love ants!

We're making a badge for Skipper with bones because she LOVES bones.

-Yes.

-You glue that side and then I'll stick them on.

Thank you.

Can you start gluing the bones. I'll stick them on.

There.

There the other two.

Thanks, Lily Rose.

Number one.

Thanks.

Number two.

-Let's stick them in a triangle.

-OK.

Number three.

-I think something's missing, do you?

-Yes.

Oh, the peg! To stick it on to Skipper's collar.

Oh, yes. We can't make a badge without something to fix it onto.

There! It's done.

She'll love it.

Do you like it, Skipper? They're not REAL bones.

-There.

-Doesn't she look smart?

What kind of badge would you make?

The instructions are on our website.

I spy some Green Balloon Club members!

Must be time for the Spot of the Week.

-Who is it today?

-It's Nicholas and Eliza.

Spot of the Week.

BOTH: This week's spot is buttercups.

And here are some clues to help you spot some.

The buttercup is a small flower which is usually yellow.

Its five smooth petals look shiny in the sunshine.

One, two, three, four, five.

It grows in grassy places like lawns and fields.

There are lots of different kinds,

like the common one and the meadow one.

The stems are long and hairy.

Each flower head has 30 little seeds in it.

Some people say, if you hold a buttercup under your chin

and it shines yellow, you like butter!

BOTH: So remember the clues.

It has five shiny petals.

It grows in grassy places like lawns and fields.

It has a long, hairy stem.

BOTH: Now YOU spot some! Bye!

If you spot a buttercup,

you can earn a green star for your scrapbook!

Look, you can get your own online scrapbook on our website.

Look, here's the buttercup spot.

So if you've seen a buttercup you can get yourself a sticker.

Or you can print one out for everyone to see.

I really want to spot a buttercup this week.

I've spotted some. There's a whole field down there.

Hang on, team! We're coming in to land.

And whenever we land...

ALL: ..it's time for a song!

# Rise and shine

# Tell all your friends

# There's a great big world waiting just for you

# Run up that hill

# And roll down again

# So much out there that we can see and do

# Look through the window

# Where the sun shines bright

# We can run, run, run

# Let's go play outside

# Let's go play outside

# Play hide and seek

# In the long, tall grass

# We can go out where the air is fresh and clean

# Let's go climbing trees

# Skip through fields so fast

# And we'll make daisy chains for you and me

-# Splash through the river

-Race to the other side

# Our friends will all be there

# Let's go play outside

# Let's go play outside

# Let's go play outside

# Let's go play outside

# Look through the window

# See the sun shine bright

# Go where the wind blows Mother Nature feels so right

# I wanna take you there

# Let's go play out

# You know you wanna play out

# Let's go play outside

# Let's go play outside

# You know you wanna play outside

# Let's go play outside

# You know you wanna play outside

# Let's go play outside... #

-Time to say goodbye.

-Join the Green Balloon Club.

The Club is about you and the world around you.

Come and play with us again next week.

-We might be heading your way.

-Bye!

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