Run by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, a charity for wetlands and wildlife, the project targets in particular children from disadvantaged communities.
All of the activities in Generation Wild are designed to connect children with nature through five “pathways” – senses, emotion, compassion, meaning, and beauty.
This connection is enhanced through arts-based activities and WWT has developed “an extraordinary story” based on a central character, Ava, who is part-girl, part-osprey.
So far, more than 35,000 children across the country have heard the magical story of Ava and completed Ava’s nature connection activities at home, such as building a bird nest, making a bug hotel, and gazing at stars in the night-sky.
The initiative offers a free school visit for your class designed for years 1 to 4 to one of the WWT wetland centres, including free transport. It also offers a free family visit for every child in your class and their family and school and family access to a website containing nature-connection activities for every season.
There are curriculum resource packs with activities linking to the project and certificates and badges for the children, too.
Pictured are primary school pupils taking part in a visit to WWT’s Slimbridge site as part of Generation Wild.