The children and I made a pardalote nesting box for their pre-school’s garden. Each child took turns to help me put the box together and screw each of the pieces of timber in place. When it was complete we placed it in the tree.

We also made some native bee houses using recycle timber boxes, bamboo, drilled pieces of wood and bundled up sticks. Once they were finished we attached them to the fences in different areas of the garden.

We ended the day by chatting about Australian animals, my books and the trips I have been on to photograph the different animals that feature in them. The children also had a lot of fun stories of their own. They also had some great questions and sat quietly while I answered them all.

It was a great, fun day!