Bats

Here's a mystery. Pippa gave us this wooden object. We wondered what on earth it could be.

Kenneath thought it might be a knife holder.
Devon wondered if you keep letters in it.
We did some research and found out that Project Echo is an organisation that looks after bats in Hamilton.

Yes! There are bats living in Hamilton! 

(but not the vampire variety)

So, the wooden object is a bat house! 

The bats crawl up inside to sleep.

Here's what we wrote about bats.

Whaea Sarah told us she used to teach children about bats when she worked at the Museum. She told us bats like living high up in dense trees.

We decided the big Totara tree below our classroom would be an ideal place for bats to live so we got Dugan to climb up and put the bat house up in the tree.

We can keep an eye on it from the balcony of Room 13 and see if any bats move in.

Next time you're walking down the hill, have a close look and see if you can see the Bat house.

More importantly, see if you can see evidence of any bats!