Episode 35 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. #

I'm so glad you're here at last, it's soaking out here

but it's sunny in the Green Balloon. We've got Nature Chris with us.

Come on in and have a look.

-ALL: Hello!

-Welcome to the Green Balloon Club.

I've wanted to visit for ages. I'm so excited to be here.

At least it's sunny over this side

-but it's raining on your side, Nature Chris.

-Yes it is.

It's horrible weather over here.

Come over here, Ant. It's nice and sunny.

I think I will. It looks fun.

We're having a weather day and making lots of types of weather.

I'm making some snow flakes to put up.

The weather at this time of year can be very changeable.

But I think if we had a sun and rain this close together,

we'd probably have a rainbow.

I love rainbows, they're so pretty. Can we make one?

-What a great idea, Lily-Rose.

-What about the register?

-Jay, you're right. You do it, go on.

-OK.

Right...

First up, Lily-Rose.

Sssss-ssssss-sssss!

Lily-Rose is here, but what are you doing?

-I'm the wind, of course!

-Oh, yes. Of course.

What about you, Ant?

RUMBLING I'm thunder and I'm here!

All right. Cool.

What about you, Cat?

-CRASHING

-K-k-kch! K-k-kch!

-I guess you're lightning.

-Yes, so you better watch out!

I will!

What about Skipper? Are you here?

Woosh! Woosh! Woosh!

Skipper's a tornado.

What is a tornado?

A tornado's like a wind storm that goes round and round

and it can be very dangerous.

-But Skipper's a gentle tornado.

-Ah, good.

Now it's me. What should I be?

I know.

-Oh!

-Hey!

-Ah!

-Jay!

-Oh!

I'm the rain, that's my job!

What about you, Nature Chris?

Well, I am a lovely, warm, bright sun!

-Ah!

-Ah!

-Ah!

And what about you? Why don't we all be tornados, like Skipper?

-Yeah!

-Woosh!

-Woosh!

-ALL: I'm here!

-Then that's everyone present and correct.

Let's do the Green Balloon Club chant.

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!

-Let's find some things to make our rainbow with, Ant.

-Good idea.

Nature Chris, look what one of our club members sent in.

This is two-year-old Beatrice doing the our chant.

-Hello, Beatrice!

-Hello, Beatrice!

We love animals, plants and birds.

We never step on bugs.

Large and small we love them all,

and we never step on bugs.

Cos we are the Green Balloon Club!

Hee hee hee hee!

Well, thank you, Beatrice.

It's my first time doing the Green Balloon Club chant today

and I think you're better than me!

-How are those snowflakes coming along.

-Really well.

I've nearly finished. Look what Caleb sent in for us.

It's a snowflake to put in our snowy corner.

Wow, Caleb, that's fantastic.

You've been busy. Let's put that up now.

I spy some Green Balloon Club members.

-Great! Who is it?

-It's Megan and Ellie.

Hello!

It looks cold and frosty down there now.

Brrr!

-Hello!

-Hello!

-Hello!

-Me and my friend Megan are going to help my dad plant a hedge.

Come on, let's go and help.

There's dad!

Hi, girls, have you come to help?

What can we do to help?

-You can help by getting a little hawthorn tree each.

-OK.

-Right. Ellie, you go first.

-OK.

-Put the roots into the ground.

-Yep.

Go on, push it, it won't hurt. That's it.

We'll get a bit of soil like this and put it round the roots.

-Right?

-Yep.

That firms the roots up so it doesn't blow over in the wind.

That's it.

A bit more soil, just to make it level.

Ick, ick, ick. There!

Now you've planted your first tree.

Yay! That's easy, Dad.

Right, Megan, come on it's your turn. Same as Ellie did.

Put the roots into the ground,

make sure that one's gone right down. That's it.

Put the soil in, go on. There you go.

Just straighten the tree up.

Put your foot on it. Go on, press it down.

-There, you've planted your first tree.

-Yes!

-Can we get another tree now, Dad?

-Yes.

I'm making sure all the roots are covered.

Hawthorns are very prickly so we have to wear our gloves.

There! Another tree planted.

All these little trees

will grow together and become a hedge like that one.

By summer our hedge should be this big!

Hedges are very important to protect wildlife.

They make sure that animals don't escape from their fields

like these sheep.

Hedges like this are brilliant for wildlife.

Look, I found a rabbit hold under this hedge.

There's a bird's nest in this hedge as well.

A good place to find berries.

Hedges also make the countryside look pretty.

It's really important to plant and look after hedges.

-We're really pleased we've helped to plant this hedge. Bye!

-Bye!

What have you got here then?

We thought we could make a rainbow to go between our sun and the rain.

-What a brilliant idea. Can I help?

-Yes, please!

OK, so we've got our paper. Now we need some paint. There it is.

-Now which colour is first in the rainbow?

-BOTH: Red!

Red? OK. Let's get lots of paint on here, then.

We need a rainbow shape.

-Now, what's a rainbow shape like?

-An arch.

OK.

A bit more on.

That looks quite pretty, actually.

-It's got white, red, white, red...

-I'll try to cover up the white bits.

-Which colour is next in the rainbow?

-Orange.

-You do orange, Ant.

-OK, Lily-Rose.

Let me just finish this red off.

Okey dokey.

There we go.

That's it, get it loaded up and make sure it's right next to the red.

That's it. Done.

Now, do you know how rainbows are made?

BOTH: No.

Well, what do you need, you need sun and what's the other thing?

-BOTH: Rain!

-That's right.

That's great, we've done the orange, what's next?

-Yellow.

-Yellow, OK.

-I'll do yellow.

-There we go.

-Will you hold it, Nature Chris?

-Yes.

The sunshine is already made up of all these different colours,

and when it hits the water in the rain, it gets split up

so you can see all the different colours in a rainbow.

Isn't that amazing?

Yes, that's amazing.

-There.

-There, brilliant. We've got red, orange, yellow - what's next?

-Green. You do green, Nature Chris.

-OK.

-Let's sing a song about rainbows, Ant.

-OK.

BOTH: # Red and yellow, Red and yellow

# Green and blue, Green and blue

# Indigo and violet, Indigo and violet

# Orange too, orange too. #

Fantastic, what a brilliant song!

So, you've just sang the song. Which colour's next?

BOTH: Blue.

That's it. Nice and close, so we've got room for the last two.

Lovely!

OK. So, what's after blue?

-BOTH: Indigo!

-Indigo.

Indigo is kind of a mixture between blue and violet.

-Oops!

-Oh, dear!

-LILY-ROSE LAUGHS

Try to do it nice and thin, so we can fit them all in. That's it.

Brilliant.

That's the indigo, so just the violet...

-You do the violet.

-OK.

This is the violet,

and we've just got enough space in our rainbow.

We have to do it very close. I'll leave a little bit of the white.

There we go!

-How does that look?

-Very fantastic.

Wow, I like your rainbow! It looks great!

What have you got there?

Equipment to make a real rainbow.

But we need to turn the lights down first. Is that OK?

-I think so. Where's the light switch?

-By the trap door.

-OK...

-Tell me when you're ready...

-Ready!

Thank you! Right...

Wow! I saw one there! There it is!

That's beautiful!

How did you do that?

Well, the water and the mirror bend the light

like the raindrops do in the sky,

and that made a rainbow.

Nature Chris, you can turn the lights back on now.

I love rainbows. They're so colourful!

Me too. I love all things colourful.

Especially colourful birds!

Take a look at this one!

One of the most unmistakable birds you'll see in the countryside is me,

a pheasant.

I'm unmistakable because you can't confuse me with any other bird.

Just look at my beautiful feathers.

I have rich, chestnut-coloured feathers,

with black markings on my body and my tail.

I've got a dark green neck and head, with a big red mark around my eyes.

Just look at how long my tail is.

Now, that's what male pheasants look like.

What about female pheasants?

I think you'll agree that female pheasants

look nothing like male pheasants.

Unlike me, they have paler brown feathers

and no green or red feathers

Oh, look! There's two female pheasants

having a dust-bath to keep clean.

Male pheasants are much more spectacular-looking

because we like to look our best to impress the female pheasants.

I'm quite a common bird,

So there's a good chance you'll see me. Bye for now!

Look, Skipper! There's a pheasant on our website.

It could be this week's secret picture password.

It's between the rainbow and the pheasant. Which should we go for?

The rainbow, or the pheasant?

SKIPPER WHINES

The pheasant? I thought you might go for that.

Oh, it's wrong!

That means it's the rainbow. Let's see.

That's right! Yay!

If you want to get on to our website,

this week's password is the rainbow.

Shall we look through the telescope?

Ooh, look! What shall we choose?

Let's go and look at the city wildlife scene today.

Let's pick the winter one.

Ooh, that does look wintry.

Look at the snow!

Hey, Cat and Skipper, I've got a weather joke!

What happens when it rains cats and dogs?

I don't know. What does happen?

You have to be careful not to step in a poodle!

CLOCK: Special report! Special report!

-There's Jelly with a special report.

-I wonder what she's up to today?

This is special reporter Jelly, reporting for Green Balloon Club.

And I'm so lucky, because I get to go all over the country

reporting on nature and wildlife.

And today, I'm really in a magical place!

I'm in a place called the Lake District.

So come on, let's see what we can find!

Hello, Callum! Hello, Elia!

-Hello, Jelly!

-Hello, Jelly!

I'm so excited I've come to explore with you!

I've heard it can be a bit rainy here.

That's why I'm wearing my new rain kit.

You're not the only one.

These sheep are called Herdwick sheep,

and they've got a nice warm coat too.

They're all warm and cosy in their fluffy coats.

-They're not exactly raincoats like we wear!

-I see.

But they have got a thick, grey fleece

that's really good at keeping the rain out.

And it's good at keeping the snow out, too!

So who looks after them?

Well, they look after themselves, really.

And they help look after the landscape, too.

But how do they do that?

They eat the grass on the hills,

so they don't need extra food from the farmer.

And that keeps the hills nice and tidy too!

Wow! But what stops them from wandering off?

The farmer might lose them!

They're different to all sheep. They don't wander off.

I guess all these dry stone walls help them too.

Oh yes, a dry stone wall.

Hmm. It looks a bit damp, actually.

It's called a dry stone wall,

because it's made without any cement to stick it together.

Because the rain washes the cement away,

and it wouldn't have time to dry.

I see. All the stones fit together so well, like a jigsaw puzzle!

So you don't need cement!

Oh! All this rain, where does it end up?

The rain goes down into the valley and makes a river.

It's so fast and noisy, isn't it?

Look, there's even a waterfall up there!

Do you see how the water gets wider at the bottom?

Oh, yes! Oh, let's go see where it finishes. Come on!

It's really raining now, isn't it?

BOTH: Yeah!

And look at all this water behind us!

This is lake Windermere, Jelly. The biggest lake in the Lake District.

It's also the biggest lake in England.

I think it must be even the biggest lake in the whole world!

I can't even see where it finishes!

Oh, and look at those ducks!

Sweet ducks.

They probably don't mind the rain.

Come on, Jelly, let's go - I know where there's a better view.

Oh, phew! I'm puffed out!

Here we are, Jelly - just look at the view!

Oh, wow, yeah. The lake is so big!

It stretches from all the way over there to all the way over there!

Look at how misty and magical it all looks.

It's like we're in a completely different country.

On a clear day, Jelly, you can see all the mountains,

but today it's misty.

It's starting to rain quite badly now, isn't it?

We'd better go inside and get warm.

This is special reporter Jelly, reporting whatever the weather!

Back to you in the Green Balloon - up, up and away!

-Look at my hyacinth!

-Oh, wow, there's lots of roots.

-Were there that many before?

-No.

-And what about the shoot - has that grown?

-Yes.

-It's doing well.

-Yes, I think it will have a blue flower. Do you?

I hope so. But what does it need to grow?

Sunlight for its food and rain for its water!

-That's right. It needs a bit of both, doesn't it?

-Yes.

I put it on the windowsill so it gets lots of sunlight!

-I give it water instead of rain.

-So you keep it inside?

-Is that because it's too cold outside?

-Yes, it doesn't like cold.

Just like me! I spy some Green Balloon club members!

Oh, yeah, so do I!

Must be time for this week's spot!

BOTH: This week, we're spotting Canada geese.

The Canada goose is a large bird with a black head and neck

and a white patch on its throat.

-They can be quite noisy birds.

-THEY SQUAWK

It has a grey-brown body and a white bottom.

It's in the same family as swans and ducks.

You might see them in lakes and parks near you.

They eat things like roots, grass,

leaves and seeds.

BOTH: Now see if you can spot some. Bye!

-Keep going!

-Nearly!

-Keep going...

-ALL: There!

-The balloon looks great, doesn't it?

-ALL: Yes!

But I still like the sunny bit best.

-And I like the snowy bit.

-I like the rainbowy bit best.

I like it whatever the weather. In fact, I've got a poem.

Whether the weather is fine, or whether the weather is not,

Whether the weather is cold, or whether the weather is hot,

we'll weather the weather, whether we like it or not!

That was a great poem. Can you teach us?

I think we're gonna have to learn it later.

It looks like we're coming in to land!

And whenever we land, it's...

ALL: Time for a song!

# On the breeze A seagull flying

# In the sea The children splashing

# On my feet My flip-flops flopping

# Oh, what a lovely sunny day today

# Ice-cream melting in the heat Pebbles crunch beneath your feet

# Shells wash up with the tide Just behind the donkey ride

# It feels good to get away

# On our summer holida-a-a-y!

# We'll say oo-aa-oh,

# A-ha! So put up your hands And stretch as high as you can reach

# We'll say oo-aa-oh,

# A-ha! So play in the sand all day Having fun out on the beach

# Beanie hats and red sunglasses

# Hide and seek and big sandcastles

# In the rockpool we found treasures

# Is it a fossil or a shell, who can tell?

# Toes that wiggle in the sand Fall down when you try to stand

# Tomorrow do it all again

# I'm so glad we came away On our summer holida-a-a-y

# We'll say oo-aa-oh,

# A-ha! So put out your hands

# And stretch as high as you can reach

# We'll say oo-aa-oh,

# A-ha! We'll play in the sand

# All day, having fun and we'll say

# Oo-aa-oh, A-ha! So put up your hands

# And stretch as high as you can reach

# We'll say oo-aa-oh,

# A-ha! We'll play in the sand

# All day having fun and we'll say... #

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Thanks for letting me fly with you today!

-Perhaps you could spot a rainbow.

-Or make one of your own!

-Or see a pheasant.

-Or a Canada goose!

-See you next week. Bye!