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Jan-2020
Learning Naturally through Wildlife Wonder Wildlife Wonder sessions take many forms – children learning naturally, by exploring, observing and discovering the natural world around them. Here are few examples from the many hundred Wildlife Wonder days over the past ten years – all photographs taken by children and all in or near school grounds. The opportunities for […]
Jan-2020
Wildlife Wonder and Nature Rich Learning Today’s children have inherited an environmental and biodiversity crisis. Yet nature study in schools is declining. Headlines tell of young people’s lack of nature knowledge, how they can’t name trees or plants, but in my experience children are born naturalists, they have an inherent natural love and curiosity for […]
Dec-2019
Wildlife Wonder Highlights of 2019 and plans for 2020. My busiest year by far, there have been so many special Wildlife Wonder moments in 2019, involving thousands of people. Just a few photo highlights of 2019 and plans for 2020. Working in partnership with other organisations through 2019, Wildlife Wonder has led community nature days across the country for […]
Mar-2019
Exploring thE Lost Words of Dorset Through the winter I’ve been working with The Lost Words Dorset, leading workshops in primary schools across the county. Drawing inspiration from The Lost Words book by Jackie Morris & Robert Macfarlane we’ve been enjoying the once-common ‘nature’ words – from acorn and conker, to starling and wren – that were dropped from the Oxford Junior Dictionary. And despite our exploration being […]
Jan-2019
Wow, what a year of Wildlife Wonder with school children, community groups and even music festivals – here are just a few of my wild highlights of 2018. Photographing and enjoying the wild sounds of singing dipper, rutting deer, spawning toads and courting grebes. The summer had a musical […]
Jan-2019
The new year or start of term is a great time to explore seasonal change with pupils. It could be a dandelion through a day or week to discover how their clocks form, the seasonal change of a wild patch or meadow through a month, or a year in the life of a deciduous tree. As part of […]
Oct-2016
A unique year-long study of local nature by thousands of children from 25 schools, Wildlife Wonder Gloucestershire culminated in a stunning school exhibition and Eco-Summit at the wonderful Museum in the Park. To launch the exhibition, pupil representatives and teachers attended an Eco-Summit to share their wild experiences and learn from each other. Such an inspiring day, everyone engaged in the vibrant pupil-led learning, […]
Jul-2016
Wth schools out for the summer, it gives me a chance to enjoy highlights of the year so far, work on future projects – not least of which is the huge Wildlife Wonder Gloucestershire exhibition & Eco-Summit in September. And time to recharge! Can’t believed that so far in 2016 I’ve led over fifty school Wildlife Wonder sessions, involving 5000 children in […]
Jul-2016
Just 15 minutes walk from Sapperton School, the slopes of Daneway Banks are carpeted in orchids, herbs, grasses and flowers of all colours. A special location for so much wildlife, this Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve is home the the rare (and once extinct in UK) large blue butterfly. I have explored the local area with the school […]
May-2016
30DaysWild – Daily Blog June 2016 Wildlife Wonder is delighted to be an ambassador for 30DaysWild Spending time outdoors is so important for our health, happiness, creativity and connection to the natural world. Through June we will be getting wild every day with children, schools, community groups and adults, from Cornwall to London. Discovering butterflies and water voles, enjoying creative observation and photography, engaging thousands of people through […]