Episode 32 Green Balloon Club

# Gather round one and all

# You 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

# Ah-ah

# In our green balloon. #

Hello, there. Come on in.

Sky's got something really exciting for us to do today.

ALL: Hello!

Welcome to the Green Balloon Club.

So, what are we gonna do today?

Well, today I thought we could make some bread!

-Yummy!

-I've always wanted to make bread.

-Me too.

You've got your aprons on and you've washed your hands,

-so we can make a start.

-Shall we do the register first?

-Sure, here you go!

-Thanks, Jay.

Now...

First it's you, Lily-Rose.

Green team, green team, aprons on and hands are clean.

Now it's me. How did that go?

Green team, green team, aprons on and hands are clean.

-Very good, Ant.

-Thanks, Lily-Rose.

Now it's you, Cat.

Green team, green team, aprons on and hands are clean.

Now it's you, Skipper.

Green team, green team, aprons on and...

paws are clean. SKIPPER WHIMPERS

-Yay!

-I'm not sure dogs are allowed to do cooking, Skipper.

Anyway, Skipper's here...

Now it's you, Jay.

-I definately want to cook!

Green team, green team, aprons on and hands are clean.

Now what about you? Do you like cooking?

ALL: Green team, green team,

aprons on and hands are clean.

That's everyone present and correct.

Shall we do the Green Balloon Club chant?

ALL: Yay!

# 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! #

Now can we make the bread?

-OK then.

-ALL: Yay!

-Hee-hee!

Right, I think we've got all the things we need.

-Jay, would you be in charge of mixing, please?

-Sure.

Cat, can you put some warm water in the jug?

-OK.

-First of all, we're going to start with the dry ingredients.

-Can anyone guess what this is?

-Flour?

-It is.

And that's going to go first.

Pour it in.

-It looks a bit like snow.

-It does, doesn't it?

-Next, we're going to use this.

-ALL: Is it yeast?

It is yeast. What does yeast do?

-I don't know.

-Well, yeast is a kind of fungus

and makes the bread all doughy and light and airy.

Shall we put that in? Thank you, Jay.

And how about this ingredient?

-Is it sugar?

-I think it's salt.

-Well, you can use sugar

but we'll use salt. We'll start with our wet ingredients next.

First, we'll start with this ingredient.

Is it oil?

It is oil. It's vegetable oil.

-Ooh, look!

-It looks a bit like egg yolk.

-It does, doesn't it?

Next, we're gonna use this.

-What's this?

-ALL: Water!

And we're gonna use 100 millilitres, so I've got to be really careful.

-Are you ready?

-I'm ready.

-OK, let's start now.

Why do we use warm water?

Because it helps the yeast grow. Come on, Jay, use those muscles!

-It's harder than you think.

-Is it stiff, Jay?

-Very stiff, Lily-Rose.

Right, now, what I think I'm going to do is give you a break.

Jay, we'll put that there to one side.

Cat, could you put some flour just on my mat, please?

Just all over, please. Yep.

Why do you think we put flour...

-So the dough doesn't stick to the board?

-That's the perfect answer.

If we put that here...

ALL: Eugh!

-OK, now we're gonna start kneading the dough.

-ALL: Eugh!

-I think we need a bit more flour!

-I'll do that.

-Just a little bit.

He-he, it's so sticky! Thank you.

-Cat?

-Yes?

-What does kneading mean?

Kneading makes it go elasticy and you can even use your fists.

-Would you like a go, guys?

-ALL: Yes, please.

-I'll put some on your mat, Lily-Rose.

-I'll spread it out.

-OK, you give one to Lily-Rose. There you go!

-Thanks.

-I'll give one to Ant.

-OK.

-There you go, Ant.

-Thank you, Jay.

Lovely. Right, would you like to start kneading?

-It feels really soft and spongy.

-Make sure you really knead it, guys.

Or else we'll have flat pancake bread.

THEY LAUGH

OK, really knead it, Lily-Rose.

Use those muscles and your fists.

You're doing a fantastic job, Cat.

-Special Report, Special Report!

-There's Jelly with a Special Report!

-I wonder where she is today.

-Hello, Jelly!

This is Special Reporter Jelly, reporting for Green Balloon Club.

I'm here with Alice and Harry and Gemma. We're outside a flour mill,

which is where they grind flour to make bread.

I hope we get to make some. I hope we get to take some bread home!

Come on, Jelly!

Oh, yummy! This bread smells delicious.

I might just have a tiny weeny bite...

No, Jelly, you can't eat it now!

-We have to see how it's made first. Come on.

-Oh, OK.

Where's Jelly gone now?

Ah, I'm here! Yes, um, what are these?

These are sacks of wheat and they need to go to the top to be emptied.

Right, come on then, give me a hand.

No, the miller needs to do that.

-Oh, hi!

-Hello.

Oh, what's gonna happen?

Well, this is our sack hoist and we're gonna put this chain

around the sack. Pull it nice and tight.

And then we pull this string.

And we send it all the way up to the top.

Oh...oh, look!

Oh, this is amazing.

Come on, let's go and see what happens next.

Ah, so what happens now?

We're going to pour the wheat into this giant hopper,

-which sends it down to the next level.

-Oh, wow!

Look at that, this is amazing!

Wow!

Oh, wow. Lets go and see what happens next.

The wheat goes down this spout and gets ground to make the flour.

Oh, wow, I can hear it being all crunched up. Look at it moving!

Let's go and see the flour!

Finally, we're back downstairs again,

where Mr Miller-Man is putting the flour into the bag,

ready to make the bread. Have a look.

Oh, brilliant. Come on, let's go and make some bread!

-Oh, hello, Mr Baker-Man.

-Hi, Jelly. Hi, guys.

Please would you make us some bread out of the flour we brought you?

-OK. We'll mix it up first, shall we?

-Yes, please.

I can't wait to make that bread.

OK, so what do we have to do first?

OK, Jelly, first we have to put the flour in.

-Oh, yes, the best bit!

-Put the flour in.

Ah! SHE LAUGHS

And what next?

-Then we put in the salt and sugar.

-Oh, salt and sugar.

-The magic ingredient, yeast.

-Yeast!

-And the water.

-What is the yeast for?

-The yeast makes the bread rise.

-Oh, I see. OK.

-We'll shut the lid...

and turn it on.

SHE GASPS Oh, look, it's spinning! Hmmm...

It's making the bread. Mixing it up.

It's finished now, Jelly.

SHE GASPS Look at it!

So, what happens next?

We're gonna turn this dough into a loaf of bread.

Harry and Alice, me and Mr Baker-Man made the bread into loaves!

Shall we go and put it in the oven now? Come on then. Come on.

Mr Baker-Man, Mr Baker-Man, it's ready! There it is.

-Can we go and eat it, can we go and eat it? ALL:

-Yes, Jelly!

Jelly, where's all our bread gone?

Oh, sorry! Um, yes, it was just too delicious, I just had to eat it all.

I'm really sorry. But I've had such an amazing time,

thank you so much for helping me make bread.

-I better go now. Bye for now! ALL:

-Bye!

This is Special Reporter Jelly,

reporting for Green Balloon Club from the flour mill.

Back to you in the green balloon. Up, up and away!

I want my bread just to be like Jelly's.

-Have I kneaded enough yet, Sky?

-Well, let's see...

Oh, yes - look how lovely and stretchy it is!

Well done, Lily-Rose.

What do we do now?

Now, we've got to make them into a ball shape.

Then make a point on the end

so that it looks like a tear-drop.

Now I'm going to oil the baking tray just so it doesn't stick.

-Do we cook them now?

-No, we've got to make them rest first.

-I could do with a rest after all that kneading.

We've got to let the bread rest in a nice warm place

so that the yeast can start to grow before we start cooking it.

-Is this OK, Sky?

-Yep, that's perfect.

-Is that OK, Sky?

-Yep. Put it on the tray.

HORN PLAYS

It looks like there's a report coming in.

Hey, look, we're over a lake. Can you see anyone down there, Ant?

Yes, I can see some Green Balloon Club members.

BOTH: Hello!

ALL: Hello!

We're at the WaterWorks Nature Reserve.

DUCKS QUACK

We're going to watch the birds on the pond from the viewing platforms.

These binoculars help us see the birds.

-It looks so far away!

-I know.

Those are mallards gliding along the water.

-There's a shoveller duck.

-They've got a green head and a white collar.

They have huge beaks to see through the water to find food.

Oh, look, a coot.

Not that coot, the other coot!

-Where?

-Them two... the black stuff in the water.

There's a seagull.

They're going round in circles.

There's a little grebe.

Let's count how long it goes under water for.

ALL: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

Definitely four birds over there now. Four ducks.

They look like they're going in a dance.

Oh look, it's like they're filtering the pond!

Oh, look, one just dived in.

-It's disappeared again!

-ALL: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,

6, 7, 8, 9.

It popped its head back up.

Look at that one over there. It's pretty.

ALL: Hope you enjoyed watching the birds with us.

ALL: Bye!

Poor Skipper, you're not allowed to do cooking, are you?

-SKIPPER WHIMPERS

-I know, do you want me to groom you?

Hmmm, now what did Cat say I had to do?

Down. Oh, good girl!

So, first we have to do the tummy.

Brush that quite gently.

Good girl, Skipper.

Stand.

Oh, good girl.

Now I have to do her back.

-You like being groomed, don't you?

-SKIPPER WHIMPERS

-Ant, Ant, come and look at our bread! I think it's grown.

-Has it?

I think so.

Wow!

So, they're done. Are they ready to cook?

No, now it's the fun part.

I thought we could make some bread hedgehogs!

Hedgehogs?!

-Perhaps they'd be bread-gehogs.

-Bread-gehogs! Very good.

-Now, have you washed these scissors thoroughly?

-Yes.

We can start by getting some currants and making some eyes.

I better go wash my hands again cos I've been grooming Skipper.

Oh, that's a good idea, Ant. I'll start yours off.

OK, two eyes and a nose just on the point.

I'll do Ant's one.

Make sure it's nice and secure.

Now it's time for the fun part.

Everybody take your scissors.

We're gonna put spikes on the hedgehog. OK, so start at the back.

What you do is you pinch a bit of the dough,

and you pull it out like that, so you can make spikes.

OK, so put your scissors right inside and then pull. Very good.

-It looks like spiky hair.

-Yes!

It's a bit like Jay's hair!

THEY LAUGH

-That's it. All over. OK.

-Yours is really good, Lily-Rose.

-Thanks.

-Now, everybody, can you take a brush

and dip it into the egg?

Just a little bit of egg, though.

That's it. What we're gonna do now is brush our hedgehogs

very, very gently with the brush. Just glaze the hedgehogs.

Very gently so that we don't lose our spikes. That's it.

Really softly... that's it. Well done.

Wow! Your hedgehogs look wonderful.

I think I better get them into the oven.

When you're getting ready for bed,

there's a special little creature that comes out at night.

I'm a hedgehog and I live throughout the country in gardens and woods.

I'm not fussy where. I live in both towns and the countryside.

I have a little pointed face, tiny little eyes

and a little twitching nose. I'm also well known for having

lots of prickly spines on my back, which I use to protect myself.

If a fox or a badger tries to eat me, I can tuck my head underneath my body

and turn myself into a little spiky ball.

Right now, it's summer.

I'm looking for a cosy place to build a nest and for my babies.

Baby hedgehogs are born without any spines

but in a couple of hours,

their spines begin to grow and they look very different.

They grow very quickly

and after three weeks of being cared for, they're ready for the outside.

As I lead my babies away from the nest

on foraging trips round the garden,

they learn what to eat by following what I do.

We're great animals to have around the garden...

..because we eat slugs and other garden pests.

I'm also partial to earthworms,

snails and other small bugs.

If you're lucky enough to have a hedgehog visitor in the night,

you can help us by putting out a small plate of cat or dog food.

Please don't feed me bread and milk

because that can give me an upset tummy.

Are you feeling left out today, Skip?

SKIPPER WHIMPERS

I'm sorry you didn't get to make a hedgehog. But I'll tell you what.

I've got one on the computer for you.

It could be this week's secret picture password.

Or is it the grebe? What do you think? The grebe or the hedgehog?

-SKIPPER WHIMPERS

-You think the hedgehog?

I really like grebes, though. But we'll choose the hedgehog.

Clever girl, Skipper! This week's secret picture password

is the hedgehog.

I spy some Green Balloon Club members.

I think they've got a spot for us.

-This week's spot...

-Is a mallard duck!

The mallards have a green head and a white collar.

It's the most common duck in Britain. It has a yellow beak

and orange feet.

And you'll find it on ponds.

DUCKS QUACK

-Now, see if you can spot some.

-BOTH: Bye!

It's amazing how many ducks and water birds

there are this time of year.

If you spot a mallard, you can earn a sticker

for your online scrapbook.

Look, Sky's got the hedgehogs.

Here we are, four magnificent hedgehogs!

Or should I say bread-gehogs?! Hee-hee!

But don't touch them, guys, because they're still quite hot.

-They're lovely.

-Can we eat them yet?

-I don't want to eat mine,

-I want to save it forever.

-I want to know what they taste like!

I think we'll have to wait a bit, because we're coming in to land!

-And whenever we land, it's...

-ALL: Time for a song!

# All Earth's creatures are beautiful

# Fill the world with colour and sound

# From the tapping woodpecker to the green caterpillar

# They all make the world go round

# They all make the world go round

# I like the feel

# Of the furry chinchilla when he curls up with you

# And the feathers of the owl as she says

# Too-wit-too-woo Too-wit-too-woo-hoo

# There's nothing like the shell

# On a crab or a turtle or a snail or a tortoise

# Or when a worm wraps herself round your finger

# Paws and claws and mouths or beaks and wings

# We see wonder in most everything

# All Earth's creatures are beautiful

# Fill the world with colour and sound

# From the tapping woodpecker to the green caterpillar

# They all make the world go round

# They all make the world go round

# We like to watch

# The slugs and the bugs and the snakes and the lizards

# They move so slowly and gracefully

# We like the hop

# Of the bunnys and the chickens when the spring-time comes

# And the little lady robin, she goes

# Bob-bob-bobbing through the trees

# Scales and tails and feathers, shells or fur

# We love every living creature in the world

# All Earth's creatures are beautiful

# Fill the world with colour and sound

# From the tapping woodpecker to the green caterpillar

# They all make the world go round

# All Earth's creatures are beautiful

# Fill the world with colour and sound

# From the tapping woodpecker to the green caterpillar

# They all make the world go round

# They all make the world go round

# All Earth's creatures are beautiful

# Fill the world with colour and sound

# From the tapping woodpecker to the green caterpillar

# They all make the world go round

# All Earth's creatures are beautiful

# Fill the world with colour and sound... #

Cock-a-doodle-do!

SHE WHINNIES

Moo!

-Buck-buck buck!

-Buck buck-buck!

-SQUEAK!

-Awww!

Mooo!

-COW MOOS

-Aargh!

Thanks for flying with us today.

-You could make some bread.

-Or a bread hedgehog.

-Or see if you can spot a mallard.

-See you next week.

-ALL: Bye!