Students wrote letters to our principal, Mrs Gulbransen, to persuade her to help them in their efforts to provide an environment for the birds.
Dear Mrs
Gulbransen
In my opinion, I
think it would be great if we could create a safe environment at Nayland
Primary so native birds could have a place to live without feeling threatened
by predators.
Firstly, we would
need to plant more trees that had the right sort of food for the native
birds. If their food is close, they
won’t have to fly far to get it.
If we hear lots
of birdsong, we know that there are lots of birds near. If we don’t hear any we
know that either there are no birds or they are not singing. But if there are lots of safe places the
birds might not feel worried and sing more often.
Also, if we learn
about what the native birds eat we know what type of plants or trees to
plant. If we have the right sort of food
and environment, the birds will feel like Nayland Primary is their home.
To sum up, I
think we could plant more trees so the native birds can live here and we can
protect them.
Yours sincerely
From Joanna
Dear Mrs
Gulbransen
I want to bring
bird life to Nayland Primary, there isn’t much.
The birds need
more food because all the introduced birds are eating it. Also, people are feeding our birds junk food
which is bread. Bread is not good for them, it makes them
sick.
We need to set
traps for the bird’s predators, which are: ferrets, weasels, stoats, possums,
rats and mice. If we do not do this we
will have very few native birds, and we do not want this to happen.
Helping our
native birds will be good for the birds and us too. This is because we will be able to observe
them and if we can observe our native birds we can learn about them.
To sum up, I
think we need much more bird life at Nayland Primary. I hope I have convinced you.
Yours sincerely
Fiona McLellan
No comments:
Post a Comment