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keep cool this summer<br />
Be inspired by your surroundings and make this beautiful fan to keep<br />
you cool during those long sunny afternoons in the garden.<br />
What you need: a piece <strong>of</strong> paper about 1m by 20 cm, two wide lollipop<br />
sticks, PVA glue, sticky tape and coloured pens/pencils to decorate.<br />
Look around you and choose a theme for your design – maybe flowers,<br />
birds or even butterflies! Now decorate the paper by drawing all your<br />
ideas. You could also include words.<br />
Pleat the paper into folds about 1.5 cm wide. Glue a lollipop stick onto<br />
each end <strong>of</strong> the paper. <strong>The</strong> lollipop stick should stick out about 2 cm<br />
above the top <strong>of</strong> the paper. Tape the bottom <strong>of</strong> the fan together.<br />
To open your fan, bring the lollipop sticks all the way round so that they<br />
meet. Now you will be able to keep yourself cool when the sun comes out!<br />
SPLASH!!<br />
This game is best played outdoors on a warm sunny day,<br />
when clothes don’t really matter! It’ll work well if everyone<br />
who takes part is a good sport. With suspicion and shock,<br />
it’s great fun...<br />
You will need: number cards (e.g. six people playing the<br />
game = six cards numbered 1 to 6), a plastic tumbler and a<br />
large bucket <strong>of</strong> warm water.<br />
How to play: Choose one player to be the splasher. He picks<br />
a number without letting anyone else see it. He then fills up<br />
the small container with water, and stands in the centre <strong>of</strong><br />
the other players, who form a circle around him. <strong>The</strong> splasher<br />
faces each person in turn, and the outside players take turns<br />
to shout out a number between one and six. When an outside<br />
player shouts the splasher’s chosen number, the splasher<br />
throws the cup <strong>of</strong> water at them!! SPLASH!!!<br />
worms<br />
are responsible for a lot<br />
<strong>of</strong> things that make our<br />
soil good enough to grow<br />
healthy plants, which in<br />
turn provide us with food.<br />
Worms help to increase the<br />
amount <strong>of</strong> air and water<br />
that gets into the soil. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
break down materials like<br />
leaves and grass into<br />
things that plants can<br />
use. <strong>The</strong> worms help to<br />
turn the soil, bringing<br />
down organic matter<br />
from the top and mixing<br />
it with the soil below.<br />
Having worms around<br />
in your garden is a good<br />
sign that you have healthy<br />
soil. If you want to learn<br />
more about a worm’s<br />
importance in our<br />
environment, you can<br />
buy worm farm kits,<br />
which allow you to see<br />
into the wonderful world <strong>of</strong><br />
worms usually hidden underground!<br />
www.snh.gov.uk<br />
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