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Project uses storytelling to engage children with nature

Learning project aims to “connect” up to 45,000 free school meals pupils with nature over three years.
Half-osprey Ava is part of Generation Wild’s approach to help children reconnect with nature by engaging their imaginations
Half-osprey Ava is part of Generation Wild’s approach to help children reconnect with nature by engaging their imaginations

Immersive experience is delivered at Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust nature reserves and built on in the local community

Initial teacher feedback is that the contact with nature is helping children recover from the Covid-19 pandemic

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Shortly after arriving at a Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) nature reserve, primary school pupils taking part in the Generation Wild project stumble across a creature that is half-bird, half-girl. But this “chance” meeting with Ava, who can be found sleeping in a giant nest, is far from an accident.

As the pupils watch the life-size puppet “wake up”, the children are quickly drawn into an immersive performance where they learn that Ava, who is half osprey, is unsure who she is, where she came from or how she ended up at the site.

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