Eshott
Village
Kids’ Home Page
We are the kids
of Eshott village. Welcome to our web page.
There are 12 of
us in the village and we are all ages. There are lots of girls but
only a few boys. We have a playground on the village green and we
like to go there and ride our bikes as well. There are some great
places to hide and trees to climb. We have picnics there when it
isn’t raining.
Some of the kids
live abroad for some of the year and we use Skype to keep in touch.
We can use the webcam to show the snow to our friends who are living
where it is hot and sunny.
We really like
the village barbeque, especially the bouncy castle. Marianne paints
our faces and you can see what we look like on the News page. The
fireworks are really cool, but the little ones are scared of the
bangs. It is important to keep pets in on Bonfire Night. Last year
we had a bonfire and hot dogs and lots of food. We also did carol
singing which the grownups really liked, but we thought their
singing was a bit rubbish. We had a huge Christmas tree on the
village green and looked really great and we had lights on it.
In the holidays
we all go around to each others houses and play. We often stay for
tea and we sometimes have sleepovers. We also play hide and seek on
the green where there are lots of great hiding places. There is a
little nature reserve on
There are lots
of wild animals in Eshott and we all see rabbits and red squirrels
in our gardens. There is also a fox and some stoats. There are some
dead doves in the nature reserve and we think that the fox got them.
We see lots of different birds and we hear the owls hooting at
night. We all love the red squirrels and we don’t want them to catch
pox from the grey squirrels.
Kids’
Nature Club
The school holidays are nearly upon us and the kids of the village
are once again busy with the Nature Club. All kids are members and
we have special membership cards. We meet often in the summer on the
village green. Some grown ups are even allowed to take part!
We will be doing our survey again in the little nature reserve at
the top of
We have also seen that the male pheasants are different colours and
some have a white band around their necks and some don’t. The female
pheasants are a pale brownish colour. The male pheasants often
ruffle their feathers up and make a loud squawking noise. We think
this is like a cockerel’s cock-a-doodle-doo and is to show himself
off and say that the land is his. It is fun to watch them and if you
get close, the male will make soft clucking noises, a bit like
chickens.
The Latin name for a pheasant is Phasianus colchicus. We have learned that all plants and animals have an English name and a Latin name. Latin names help scientists be sure about each animal, as often there are lots of English names for the same thing. For example, a plant that some us call Goosegrass is also known by lots of other names: Cleavers, Clivers, Stickywilly, Stickyweed, Stickyleaf, Catchweed, Robin-run-the-hedge and Coachweed. The Latin name is Galium aparine.