30 June 2009

 

Pupils from Parklands School in Helensburgh were rewarded with prestigious John Muir Discovery Awards on June 23 for their efforts in improving the environment around Ardmore Point. The environmental scheme encourages awareness and responsibility for the natural environment in a spirit of fun, adventure and exploration.

 

Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Ranger Craig Walker has helped the pupils achieve the award and said: ‘I want to congratulate the pupils of Parklands School who have worked incredibly hard carrying out litter picks and discovering the amazing creatures that live around Ardmore Point. They investigated the changing seasons and the influences of climate change on the wider environment and then shared their experiences through school based multi-media displays’.

 

The founder of National Parks, John Muir believed that the only way to understand nature was to experience it. The John Muir Trust was set up in his memory. The leading wild land conservation charity works with people and communities to ensure that the wild land is protected and that wild places are valued by everyone. 

 

In addition to the work carried out at Ardmore Point the pupils also improved their own school grounds by managing their sensory garden, which is so important for experiential learning, and by making nest boxes and bird feeders which could be watched from their classroom window.

 

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Notes to Editors

For more information about the John Muir Trust visit www.jmt.org