Episode 11 Green Balloon Scrapbook

We're Cat and Skipper from the Green Balloon Club.

We're not in the green balloon, we're at the park. Come and join us.

# 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. #

SKIPPER WHIMPERS

I think Skipper wants to say hello to you. ..Come here, Skipper.

That's better. It's time to join in with the Green Balloon Club chant.

Daniel's here too, so we can join in with him.

INTRO TO CHANT PLAYS

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!

Thanks, Daniel. Bye!

We've got messages from the Green balloon Club. Which shall we choose?

That one? You'll like this. It's from Jasmine, Elsie and Louis.

They help at their local farm. Let's see what they're doing. ..Hi there!

ALL: Hello.

-I'm Jasmine.

-I'm Louis.

-I'm Elsie.

'There's lots of things to see and do here. Look at all the animals.

'There are goats, pigs, donkeys, and hens.'

Today, we're going to be caring for the donkeys on the farm.

-This is Claire.

-Hiya.

-Her job is to look after all the animals here.

She'll show us what to do.

Just put the lead rope on the donkey, OK?

Would you like to have a stroke of her?

Like to have a stroke, Louis?

There you go. Don't put your fingers in her mouth, though.

-What's her name?

-Her name is Alice.

Are you itching her ear there for her? Yeah?

-How old is she?

-18 years old.

-What is their favourite meal?

-What do you reckon she's eating now?

-Grass.

-Grass.

Yeah, they do love a bit of grass.

-What else do you reckon they love to eat?

-Straw.

They like to sleep on straw.

-Do you reckon they like to eat carrots?

-Maybe.

Yeah, they do. They love their carrots. Time to get busy.

Lots to do in their stable.

So now we've got to clean the donkeys out.

We're going to use your shovel first. Come closer.

-We're going to use it like a dustpan and brush.

-Look at all that poo.

-Do you reckon we need to empty that?

-Yeah.

There we go.

-Must be hard work, working on a farm.

-It's very hard work.

We'll level her bed, so when she comes in, she can lay on it.

Yeah? Would you like to have a go first? Thank you.

That's it. Really good.

Give it a bit of a fluff. There we go. Doing a really good job there.

-Alice is going to enjoy her bed now.

-Yeah.

-She'll love her bed.

We've had a busy time looking after the donkeys.

Thanks for visiting us on the farm. See you again soon.

ALL: Bye!

I loved those donkeys, didn't you? I know. Let's play a game.

I'll put these cups down. There'll be a treat under one.

You have to find it. ..Do you think she'll be able to find it?

Go find.

Well done. You found it.

Now you can choose who we hear from next.

-SKIPPER WHIMPERS

-You think Lily-Rose. Good choice.

-Hi, Lily-Rose.

-Hello, I'm Lily-Rose.

I've got something very special to show you. Come on.

Have a look at this. This is an aloe vera.

It's quite a funny name. Hello, Vera. LILY-ROSE LAUGHS

It's a bit like a cactus, but not as prickly as a cactus.

It's got white, big spots on it and it feels rubbery and squishy inside,

like it's got some watery stuff in it and it smells lovely and sticky.

Wow! Look what I've got here. I've got some baby plants. What a shame!

The mummy's not getting any food.

All of the greedy baby plants must be eating all of the food from the soil.

What I'm going to do is,

I'm going to move them into separate pots, so they're all happy.

The mummy will be green like the babies

and every single plant will be happy.

I'm going to separate them now.

I'm going to take this one out and move that one to the side,

hold them all...

Wow, look at that!

Wow! It's a tiny bit messy. There's one...

They've got their own roots so they're ready to plant.

Now it's time for these babies.

This one's going to come out... There we go. That one was easy.

That's three.

You're the last baby.

Wow! There we go.

That's the last one.

Now the mummy's left on her own.

Wow! She had all of these big fat roots and they're all hers.

She's lucky to get the most soil now and the babies are out of her house.

She's going to go into there.

I'm going to count them now.

Do you want to count them with me?

OK.

There's one, two, three, four.

Four babies and one mummy.

Now I'm going to plant them.

All we do is we get lots of soil in here.

This compost is different because it's half-mud and half-sand.

It's made it all sandy and lovely.

Now I'm going to make a big hole.

I'm going to use this... to make a big hole -

really big, cos the roots are spread out.

It needs making really big.

Now, pop it right into the bottom... like that.

Going to need to put some more soil in...or sandy soil, I should say.

Just pat it down, like that.

One aloe vera done.

I think that's really good.

One, two, three, four -

four baby aloe vera plants, all done!

We can't forget the mummy aloe vera plant - that's the best one.

So, I'll take this one out, lie her down,

get lots of soil in that.

She'll get some space now - lots of space, I expect.

Then we get the mummy plant, put her in, she's very spiky.

She's the mummy. I'll get some more and scoop it round her.

I need to do one more thing -

just give them a tiny bit of water because they're desert plants.

This one?

Need to do their leaves,

because their leaves will grow more spikes.

I'm going to put these inside because they're indoor plants.

They don't like the cold at all.

Thanks for coming to see my garden today.

BUZZING

# Oh, what fun it is to be

# A friendly, stripy honeybee

# Look down there Those lovely flowers

# Mmm, that smell The beautiful colours

# This is how I tell my friends I just do the waggle dance

# Waggle to the left Waggle to the right

# Busy to the front We're buzzing in flight

# On the petals of the flowers... Let's do the waggle dance!

-# Bluebell! Buttercup!

-Daffodil! Geranium!

-# Red rose! Primrose!

-Beautiful nasturtium

-# Foxglove! Fuchsia!

-Tulip and the snowdrop!

# Don't forget forget-me-nots

BUZZING

# Flowers give us nectar sweet

# So we can make honey that you eat

# It's so good to be alive

# Got to get that to my hive

# Going to tell my bee buddies where it is

# Do a little dance, so they can't miss

# Wiggle to the left Waggle to the right

# Busy to the front We're buzzing in flight

# On the petals of the flowers... Let's do the waggle dance!

-# Bluebell! Buttercup!

-Daffodil! Geranium!

-# Red rose! Primrose!

-Beautiful nasturtium

-# Foxglove! Fuchsia!

-Tulip and the snowdrop!

-# Don't forget forget-me-nots

-Wiggle to the left!

-To the left!

-# Waggle to the right!

-To the right!

-# Wiggle to the left!

-To the left!

-Waggle to the right!

-To the right!

# Wiggle to the left Waggle to the right

# Busy to the front We're buzzing in flight

# On the petals of the flowers... Let's do the waggle dance! #

TRUMPET SOLO PLAYS

-# Bluebell! Buttercup!

-Daffodil! Geranium!

-# Red rose! Primrose!

-Beautiful nasturtium

-# Foxglove! Fuchsia!

-Tulip and the snowdrop!

# Don't forget forget-me-nots Wiggle to the left

# Waggle to the right

# Busy to the front Buzzing in flight

# On the petals of the flowers... Let's do the waggle dance!

# Let's do the waggle dance! #

From under the trees We watch over our herd

Munching all quiet except for the birds

With their tails wagging and their heads bowed low

As I watch them I see the most beautiful doe

I wonder if she's seen me under my tree

I hope she doesn't mind my knobbly knees

The mighty stag, his antler aloft

His shiny black hooves and his coat so soft

I look at him grooming

Has he seen me?

Gosh, just look at those knobbly knees!

In such a big herd with so many other deer

I feel quite safe with nothing to fear

With a stag like him keeping lookout high and low

I'm shy but I wish I could say hello.

19, 20...

Skipper says it's her turn to hide. Will you help me look for her?

Can you see where she is? Is she behind that tree?

Is she by the hedge?

Ah! I think I've spotted her. Have you?

We found you, Skipper.

Skipper, Skipper!

There you are!

Some Green Balloon Club members have found some animals

that are usually hard to find - take a look at this.

ALL: Hello!

-I'm Miles.

-I'm George.

-I'm Joshua.

We're Beaver Scouts and we love coming to this animal rescue centre.

-Our favourite animal here is very special to us.

-They are beavers too.

ALL: Come and see.

ALL: Hello!

Come in. Ah, brilliant. Well done. Beavers can't wait to see you lot.

Look, there's one...just there.

Can you see how he's got his eyes, ears and nose on top of his head

so he can see what's going on?

Bark is the main thing in the wild that they eat.

One way you can tell in the wild that there's beavers around

is that there'll be lots of trees with the bark taken off.

They strip the bark and eat it.

Let's put some food out for the beavers. I think they're hungry.

Tip that out. Try and tip it in the middle.

There we go. Well done. They're going to love that.

Look, he's coming out of the water.

They've got two layers of fur - the first one is waterproof

and the second one keeps them warm.

Why have they got such flat tails?

The reason they've got flat tails is they'll use them like a rudder.

You know, like how the boat will steer, and that's what beavers do.

Look, there's a beaver there. I think he's hungry.

-His teeth are super.

-Yeah.

-They look orange.

-Do you think he's going to come and get some food?

-He probably will do.

He should come over and take some bread. He really likes bread.

(Oh, he's coming over!)

Sshh!

'I can't believe how close we are.'

-I think he's very brave.

-Yes, he's very brave, isn't he?

-He's eating the bread really quickly.

-Mm.

-It's really quick.

-He's enjoying that.

-Does he like going in the duck house?

-He's taking everything out.

-He will do, yeah.

-He's got the whole newspaper out.

-He's taking everything.

Uh-oh! He's taking it into the water. He got it in the water!

CHILDREN LAUGH

I think it's coming into his home now.

He's trying to build a barrier so we can't go in.

-Why do beavers build a dam?

-Because a dam, to a beaver, is their home.

So it's just somewhere safe for them to go.

Oh, that's why he wanted the newspaper.

The other one's coming in.

It looks like they're cleaning one another.

Oh, they're really cute.

We hope you enjoyed seeing our favourite beavers with us.

ALL: Bye!

Hi, I'm Ant, and I'm looking for creatures that make you squirm.

I'm going on a bug hunt. Do you want to come with me?

Hi. Bradley who lives here at the butterfly house

told me to be ready for a race, so I'm just warming up.

-Hi, Ant, what you doing?

-Getting ready for the race.

-No, WE'RE not racing, we're racing cockroaches.

-Oh. OK then.

-Shall we name them?

-Yeah.

I'll call mine Speedy.

I might call mine...

tell you what, Hiss.

Okey-dokey. So, come on, then.

One, two, three, go!

Come on, come on!

MUSIC: "Chariots Of Fire"

Enter data.

Name - hissing cockroach.

They have six legs.

Lifespan - one year.

I give the hissing cockroach

a squirm rating of 5/5,

cos I really didn't like them.

Bug file complete.

I have a fascinating fact for you about hissing cockroaches.

Did you know that they make the hissing noise out of their body

when they push air out of their tubes?

Listen.

HISS

-Bye!

-Bye!

Come on! Join in!

ALL: It's the animal alphabet!

A is the anteater. He's an anteater from Africa.

B is the big brown bear with a beautiful birthday box.

C is for chameleon, with his colourful costume on.

D is for dog. It's the dinky prairie dog. Ahh!

E is for elephant, who looks extremely elegant.

F is for flamingo, looking frivolously pink.

G is the gorilla, he's a great big grumpy fella.

H is for the hedgehog, who is sharper than you think.

ALL: All the animals at the zoo...

..are doing the alphabet, why don't you?

I is the iguana, the intelligent iguana.

J is the jackdaw, jumping to the ground.

K is the kangaroo, who's bouncing up and down with you.

L is the lion, who likes to lie around.

M is for the meerkat, its mummy and her family.

N is the nosy little naughty coati.

O is the otter, who is not a lotta trouble.

P is for the penguin, going diving in the sea.

ALL: All the animals at the zoo...

..are doing the alphabet, why don't you?

Q is for the quacking ducks, who swim quite quickly on the pond.

R is the ring-tailed lemur, romping in the sun.

S is for the sea lion, who loves swimming,

and splashing!

T is for the tapir, who prefers a tickled tum.

U is for upside-down.

V is for vicuna.

W's a wallaby.

But what about X?

X is Lily-Rose, who's getting most excited.

ALL: Y is you, and Z's the zoo,

and everyone's invited.

'Come on, everybody. All together.'

ALL: # Cos that was the animals at the zoo

# All doing the alphabet

# Along with you

# Animal

# Alphabet

# Animal alphabet

We all love the alphabet at the zoo. #

I'm afraid it's time for us to go, but there's time for one more thing.

# Just go ooh ooh like a monkey

# Like a penguin, waddle about

# If you yawn like a lazy lion

# That's what it's all about

# T-wit t-woo just like an owl

# Look around like a meerkat

# Hoppity-hop like a kangaroo hops

# That's just where it's at

# Yeah, the zoo is where it's at

# Strolling round and round the zoo

# All creatures great and small

# From the baby spider monkeys

# To the giraffes oh so tall

# Ring-tailed lemurs curiously

# Climb all over you

# Now it's not very elegant

# Mucking out the elephants

# And their enormous poo

# Just go ooh ooh like a monkey

# Like a penguin, waddle about

# If you yawn like a lazy lion

# That's what it's all about

# T-wit t-woo just like an owl

# Look around like a meerkat

# Hoppity-hop like a kangaroo hops

# That's just where it's at

# At the zoo is where it's at

# Slither like a snake

# Quack like a drake

# Howl like a wolf, oww-ooh!

# Then swing your trunk like an elephant does

# Wag your tail, you're at the zoo!

# Feed the fun-loving sea lions

# Watch them do their tricks

# So graceful in the water

# So clumsy out of it

# Across to the pelican island

# And the beautiful flamingos

# Watch some river hogs counting all the prairie dogs

# The sloth moves oh so slow

# Just go ooh ooh like a monkey

# Like a penguin, waddle about

# If you yawn like a lazy lion

# That's what it's all about

# T-wit t-woo just like an owl

# Look around like a meerkat

# Hoppity-hop like a kangaroo hops

# That's just where it's at

# Yeah, the zoo is where it's at

# At the zoo is where it's at, yeah. #