Park win the Ruby Robin Award

Children from Park Primary School in Colne have been recognised by UK charity SongBird Survival for helping local songbirds survive the winter months.

The pupils completed SongBird Survival’s free Ruby Robin Award, which encourages children to learn more about birds and take simple, practical actions to support them during colder weather. Winter can be a challenging time for songbirds, with limited food supplies, frozen water sources and low temperatures.

As part of the award, the children took part in a range of fun, hands-on activities. These included creating simple craft projects to give birds a winter boost (such as making bird feeders or bird-themed crafts), learning fascinating facts about local bird species and spending time outdoors spotting birds in their local area. In addition they also added bird related jigsaws, word searches and puzzles to their free choice activities throughout the school day. All participants received a Ruby Robin certificate and badge in recognition of their efforts.

Susan Morgan, Chief Executive of SongBird Survival, said:

“Congratulations to everyone at Park Primary School for completing our Ruby Robin Award. By taking part, the children have connected with nature and are helping to protect our songbirds for the future.”

"Children from EYFS all the way up to Year Six took part in different activities. These included: RSPB bird watch, making clay water pots, making oat and seed bird feeder, making new bird boxes and creating drawings to help spot different birds. We also played games like bingo and snap with bird cards. In total just over 300 children took part. We decided to take part this year after a huge interest was shown in birds during previous learning. The Ruby Robin Award was a fantastic way for our pupils to learn about nature and the birds they see every day. The children really enjoyed the activities and are much more aware of how they can help wildlife...especially birds."

Faye Mitchell (Outdoor Learning Lead)