At your school

Avon Wildlife Trust has been providing environmental education in the area for over 25 years and we are passionate about using the natural world as inspiration for learning. Whether you want to teach your pupils to care for the natural environment, use your school grounds for food growing, explore local wild places or want fresh ideas for activities outside of the classroom - we can help.

> See also our wide selection of free resources on our Teacher's page.

Journey - at your school

Some photos to get inspired...

Come and visit our Flickr account to see more

Discover wildlife: find out about different species

There are many fascinating creatures that live all around us. Learn about their behaviour, what they look like, how to find them and what you can do to help.
> See also our wide selection of free resources on our Teacher's page.

Explore wildlife: learn about habitats, animals, plants and much more!

Wildlife activities : fancy making a bat box, a nest for bumblebees or turning your waste into compost? Click here or download illustrated activity sheets

Buster the blue tit story (KS1): "Meet Buster. He's small, he's blue, and he's very, very hungry. Follow his adventures in the big, scary world of People ..."

Get close to Nature: take part in local and national surveys
Take a closer look at nature. Can you identify different plants? Do you know how to tell a frog from a toad? Explore your playground or your local green areas and be amazed at the life secretly teeming in there!

Big Habitat Hunt

Hedgehog survey

Bee survey

Wild plants survey

Garden ponds survey

Many ways to get involved...

Bugs survey

RSPB School Birdwatch

RSPB Wildsquare

Conserve and grow an edible garden
Create an edible garden and a wonderful place for wildlife! Top tips for getting your school allotment started and what to grow.

Exciting new food growing project starting in Bristol.
Watch this space to see how your school and community can get involved.

Make space for wildlife in your garden. Learn about pests & diseases, companion planting and healthy growing.

School grounds development
Transform your school grounds into a haven for wildlife.

Growing Schools - a website designed to support teachers and practitioners in using the "outdoor classroom" as a resource across the curriculum for pupils of all ages.

Soil Association - Grow and cook local, seasonal and organic food, and learn about life on the farm

School Farms Network - a network of 93 school farms across the UK.

Garden Organic: Food for Life - a network of schools and communities across England committed to transforming food culture.

Explore a wild place in your neighbourhood
We actively encourage schools to use their local green spaces for learning and currently have projects in Southmead and Bath. Find out about our Wild Avon projects and get inspired!

See how Avon Wildlife Trust has started to link schools with their local green places, trained up teachers and created digital resources for schools through individually funded projects.

If you're interested in developing a Wild Avon project in your school, contact Julie: juliedoherty@avonwildlifetrust.org.uk

Wild Avon projects

All about Snuff Mills

Badock's Wood local nature reserve

Brown's Folly

Young Naturalists: learn how to identify and document
your local wildlife

Download these spotting sheets and take them with you when you go wildlife spotting.		Download the Wildlife Journal: Explore and record the nature in your local green space.

Wonderful
Wild Schools

Take a look at what some of our fantastic schools in Avon have been up to.

Watch more inspiring videos on our

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School grounds development and many, many other ideas

Read what other schools have been up to

> Explore wildlife
> Wildlife activities
> Activity sheets
> S potting sheets