Since my contribution for the last Bedfordshire newsletter I have had my first visit to a school since before the first lockdown. It was so wonderful to be back in a school doing what I love – inspiring young people to love and look after their local green spaces. It was a pleasure to visit Hexton JMI School in school and run part of our ‘Tiny Creatures of the Big Hills’ schools programme. The children were so enthusiastic to learn of the creatures who live on the Hills and to talk about ways in which we can all help to look after wildlife. All being well in spring these same children will be joining me on Pegsdon Hills to see if we can find any of the plants and animals we were talking about in school.
I have been in touch with many of our local schools and will be contacting them again in the new year in the hope we can take our ‘Tiny Creatures Program’ into more schools very soon. If you work in local primary schools or run youth groups such as Beavers or Brownies and would like us to come and deliver our programme, or do an assembly to your group please get in touch with me at sarah.cowling@wildlifebcn.org. Click here for more information about our community engagement opportunities here in Bedfordshire.