Finally, today (again due to more illness) we found some time to do it. Firstly the boys watched the John Muir Award Information film on YouTube and then they completed their factsheets about John Muir and Sir Peter Scott.
The rest of the group completed these factsheets on site at the Wetlands by following a trail so the boys were at a bit of a disadvantage; but I helped them find suitable websites which contained the answers and as our own mini group completed 99% of the sheets. The only question we couldn't find the answer to was "how many Bewick's swans were recorded by 2015?" We discovered there was a swans census in January of this year and we weren't sure if it referred to the results of that. The boys will have to find out from Monica (their tutor) at the next meet up.
The boys then each designed a project cover as their piece of "artwork". They both relied on their ICT skills for this which never cease to blow me away and it's interesting to see their different ideas.
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| Connor's Work |
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| Nath's work |
It's disappointing that the boys missed the willow weaving and reed seed harvesting as there is no way for us to DIY those kind of activities. But they've made a great effort to get up to speed with everything else and now have a much better understanding of what the award is all about.
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