island 2 island - from Somerset to the Seychelles

Wednesday, 5 March 2008

Hi Melv,
How many Baracuda have you caught so far?
from Connor

To Sally & Melv

Are the pineapples always red?
Why do the table legs & bed legs have tubs of water under them - we can't work out why?

From Harry & William

What are the people like on Praslin?

Do the people have schools?
Do the people have more than 1 shop?
Do you like it there?
Are the people friendly?

Luke M & Morgan

hi Sally and Melvin,
it sounds like your having a great time. The bungalow looks cosy and i bet the sound of the sea is SO relaxing. What type of fruit do you like? Do you have any strange ones? I hope you caught lots of fish .
from
Harry Durston

fruit

To SALLY & MELV,

What is your best fruit there?
Did you like the fish that night That Melv caught?

How many fish does Melv catch each day?
Does Sally catch any fish?
Doing fine at Meare. How are you doing over there?
We are wondering what the school you went to was called
Over at Meare we are learning about FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT!!!!

How many classes are in that school you went to?
Are there any banana trees in the Seychelles ?
Does the food taste nice ?
How do you cook the food?

How heavy is the fish there?
Are there massive storms there?

from Gemma & Georgia

Hi Sally,

Our names are Rowan and Abi

How big are the schools that you visited?
Do you eat any more different types of food?
Do you have a time limit for the electrisity that you use?
Do you like the fish that Melvin catches?
Does the fruit taste good and why?
Can you send us a picture of one of the classes please?
What's the biggest fish that you've ever caught at the Seychelles?
What is the heaviest fish that you have ever caught at the Seychelles?
Do you catch any of the fish?

Hope you like it there.

We don't think we could survive in the Seychelles because there is no chocolate!!

from Rowan and Abi

What do you drink ? ? ?

Hey Sally nd Melv
Having fun? what do you drink rain water? hehe it must be hard being at the seychelles with not much drink.. Well hope your doin well

Keep us posted
bye
Jamie & Louis

Adaptation at Grand Anse

Last month both I went into Grand Anse Primary school with Rory, one of our volunteers, to talk to the children about birds and adaptation. However it was just any old ordinary talk as we were really lucky that Rory played the Ukulele. Now a ukulele is a very small string instrument like a guitar and Rory was a bit of a musician so put together the children had a bit of a treat – Rory wrote a song for them all about birds and adaptation. I thought you might like to see the song and some of the pictures of the day.

Birds of the Seychelles

Verse 1
I got a beak that’s long and it is curved
For feeding on a flower, I am the sunbird
Flying around so fast you might not see
I’m so small you can’t catch me

Chorus
BIRDS BIRDS they fly so free
From the air to the ground and out to the sea
I’m a bird....I’m a bird
(x2)

Verse 2
Well I’m so pretty, oh so pretty
But I have to say that it’s a pity
That I stink of fish, but you should learn
I’m a pure white seabird, I’m a fairy tern

Chorus x 2

Verse 3
Well I get up early and come home late
Out fishin’ all day to put food on the plate
Beak like a hook gets the fish underwater
So hold your breath ‘cos I’m the shearwater

Chorus x 2

Verse 4
What’s for breakfast? What can it be?
A bowl of insects and worms for me!
With my pointed beak, on the ground I’m hoppin’,
Sing with me, I’m a magpie robin

Chorus x 2

Connor asked what do we use for fishing

Hi Connor

The fish with me in the picture above, is an emperor, and with Sal (below), is a grouper, both very good to eat. We caught it on a 6ft boat rods and reels that we brought from home. We use very strong line and hooks, not because we want to catch really big fish, it’s because when you’re reeling in the smaller fish we want to catch for tea, the bigger ones take them, and sometimes they are sharks! If we catch sharks or other big fish we let them go.

The Seychellois do not have rods and reels, they use hand lines, which are very thick lines with a big hook on the end, their hands are very strong, they are very good fishermen and always catch fish.

Melv

island 2 island - from Somerset to the Seychelles

Wednesday, 5 March 2008

fruit

What do you drink ? ? ?

Blue pigeon

Brown Noddy

Fairy Tern

Frigate Bird

Lesser Noddy

Toktok

Madagascar Fody

Seychelles Warbler

White-tailed Tropic Bird

Sooty Terns

Seychelles Magpie Robin

Adaptation at Grand Anse

Birds of the Seychelles

Guava Fruit

A good crop of bananas

Banana trees

Papaya fruit grow in bunches

A sliced papaya fruit

We shred the coconut out with as serrated knife

Inside the husk is the coconut

Having a fresh water shower with rain water off the roof

We use water from the well for washing

Melv with an Emperor fish

Connor asked what do we use for fishing

Not going to go hungry tonight

Melv with a fish for tea

Children from Class 4 & Sally at Meare School

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