Presentation of Award

The final session was a very relaxed affair. Our session was held in the Castle meeting room and the children shared the videos they had made since the last session. Here is what the boys did with their friend O: Our John Muir Award Diary - Wildlife Shorts

The boys had set up a livecam, filming the bird feeders in our garden pear tree but sadly the WWT's internet connection was very slow and it wouldn't come up on the screen.

After watching the videos they were all presented with their certificates by the centre manager.

Nath's Presentation

Connor's Presentation

Nath, Connor, friends, Monica and Centre Manager

Nath's folder and certificate

Connor's folder and certificate

After lots of photos and well dones we spent the rest of the time outside for a fun quiz to identify wildlife picked out of a hat. Most of us elected to have one final ride on the boat safari in the discovery waters where we spotted a tree creeper, siskin, long tailed tit and buzzard. Then we had a wander and watch in a couple of hides.

Final Session at the Wetlands

The boys were reluctant to go to Arundel today, it's fair to say that these days they're reluctant to do most things that they haven't suggested...teenagers huh?!

They were slightly on the back foot having missed the last session because of illness but once we arrived (late because of rock-climbing) they got stuck in.

Weather wise it was grey but dry and not as cold as it has been, so the outside work wasn't too much of a hardship!

First off, they watched a couple of Chris Packham videos on how to film and edit wildlife videos and then went outside in a group of 3 to film their own video for editing at home. They'll take their finished video to next month's celebration session when they will receive their awards.

The second part of the session was spent discussing how best to celebrate, I think a bird hide crawl and boat safari were settled on with some party food and bird bingo for good measure. It's hard to believe they started this back in October 2014, how time flies!