Pupils' creations to go on display at Ingram

Posted by The Journal on Oct 22, 09 09:00 AM in News

Mandy Roberts, Engagement Officer for the Northumberland National Park, holding some of the recycled animals Northumbrian children have made Children's imaginations literally went wild when they produced amazing woodland creatures from recycled materials.

The children, from Seahouses Middle School, Branton First School, Alnwick South First School and Longridge Towers, made the wildlife models when they took part in the Children's Countryside Day run by the Glendale Agricultural Society.

They include a cardboard red kite, an egg box hedgehog, an orange squirrel, a lemonade bottle salmon and a badger made from boxes.

The impressive creations will now go on display during the half-term holidays in the National Park Visitor Centre, Ingram.

Engagement Officer for Northumberland National Park Mandy Roberts (pictured) said: "The competition produced some amazing creatures and we hope that many of the children who made them will bring their friends and family to visit both the centre and this wonderful valley.

"We have a fantastic collection, proving that imagination and discarded objects can almost be better than the real thing."

The models will be on display from Friday October 23 until Saturday 31.

There are other things going on at the centre during half term, too, including the huge Cheviot Futures interactive jigsaw.

Cheviot Futures is a partnership involving the Northumberland National Park Authority, the Environment Agency and the Fenton Centre near Wooler.

The jigsaw highlights the importance of looking after the landscape and shows the problems we may all face in future years due to climate change.

Next year, Cheviot Futures will launch interactive visitor trails at The Fenton Centre Wooler and The Ingram Visitor Centre. These trails will highlight the impacts of climate change and how we can adapt to minimise the impact of these changes.

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