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In assembly at school, we listen to music and sing the songs every day. One time I got so into the song that I didn’t realise the backing track had stopped. I was the only one left singing!
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For her Speaking Out Brownie Badge, Maisie explained how modern gardens are causing problems
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G O H E G D E H HERO! Make a COSY HEDGEHOG HOME. HOME. The Wildlife Trust shows you how to make a simple one from a plastic box, here tinyurl.com/ girltalkhedgehog
Don’t disturb a pile of leaves or compost or light a bonfire without carefully CHECKING for snoozing creatures first.
For more information, check out ptes.org/help-hedgehogs-in -your-neighbourhood/
Leave out a shallow BOWL OF WATER (not milk) for them to drink.
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“Me and my family have also made a hedgehog house, and a bug hotel and log piles to encourage the bugs that the hedgehogs like to eat.”
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After writing a letter to her local MP, Maisie has been invited to take a tour of the Houses of Parliament, and Girlguiding has she’s hoping to go there very soon. lots of brilliant badges, such Thank you, Maisie for speaking as the Speaking Out badge, that you can out and helping hedgehogs – earn as a Brownie. For more information about we think you’re amazing! these and how to join, visit Girlguiding.org.uk
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