The 'Blue Influencers Scheme' aims to help young people create deep, lasting and meaningful connections with the natural environment through their local blue space. The Earnest Cook Trust awarded 3DRB with a grant to allow them to create their own environmental project.
Amy from the Wessex River Trust presented a range of projects to the class and it was then their decision to decide which one they wanted to proceed with so they could make a difference to their surrounding environment.
In school pupils started to learn about the geography of the river and what inhabits them. As you can see below the group created a giant river in our school hall.
Once they had labelled the different parts of the river they got to meet some freshwater invertebrates.
The class decided that they would like to look after their local waterways and do a series of river cleans to reduce the amount of pollution. Their first session was a visit to Tanners Brook. To start with pupils explored the life under the water. They were catching small fish and invertebrates (creatures without a backbone).
