This is an archived website, available until June 2027. We hope it will inspire people to continue to care for and protect the South West Peak area and other landscapes. Although the South West Peak Landscape Partnership ended in June 2022, the area is within the Peak District National Park. Enquiries can be made to customer.service@peakdistrict.gov.uk
The 5-year South West Peak Landscape Partnership, 2017-2022, was funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Wild About Your School
The Wild About Your School project is a chance for a group of pupils to work on improving their school grounds for wildlife. A team of pupils can work together with the support and guidance of the project officer and work towards achieving a John Muir Award for their efforts. Download the teacher’s guide or contact the project officer for more information.
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Guidebooks for Download:
Wild About Your Schools: Staff Guidance
Wild About Your Schools: Pupil Project Guide (Updated)
Project Summaries
Useful Links
Wild About Your Schools: Useful Links PDF
Funding Opportunities
- Free trees for schools from the woodland trust.
- Alpkit foundation for £50 - £500.
- B & Q community reuse scheme to provide materials for habitat creation projects.
- Learning Through Landscapes: Nature Grants (for equipment).
- Earnest Cook Trust.
- Greggs Environmental Grant Scheme.
There will be a range of other options/restrictions to discuss depending on location of the school.
Sharing your Journey
- Creative ideas from other schools.
- Your pupils can share their experiences through the Beyond the Classroom Twitter page by tweeting
@SWP_BTC - The John Muir Award record book online can be used to share the story of your project.
Habitat and Survey Advice
We can offer you advice from our project officers if your needs are in their area of expertise but the following links have some useful advice to refer to through the planning and action stages.
- The John Muir Trust have a fantastic list of resources on surveys which can be found here.
- “I spy a habitat” An activity for learning about the habitats on your school grounds.
- Encouraging wildlife into your school grounds.
- Creating wildflower areas.
- Getting the most out of your school grounds.
- Free mini class on maximising potential of small spaces.
- Pond creation/management from the Freshwater Habitats Trust.
- There are a wealth of resources linked to the RHS Campaign for School Gardening which can be found here.
- A guide to identifying some meadow plant species (this could be useful on a visit to another location).
More information on the John Muir Award can be found here.
During the course of the programme any questions or updates should be sent to Jackie Wragg the Beyond the Classroom project officer at Jackie.Wragg@peakdistrict.gov.uk
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