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UNITED KINGDOM Our Photograph Winner Ella McIvor enjoys her NG Prize!

Ella and Eden at the Dear Members, Wetlands Centre As we approach the end of another extremely hectic but productiveAUTUMN year, it’s alwaysTERM wise 2015 to take a few moments of reflection out of our busy schedules. We lead such hectic lives these days that we often miss the things that are right in front of us. Technology, for all its advances, hasn’t helped this process. More often than not, it has indeed added to our already heavy workload. Commitment to digital gadgets and what is now described as ‘screen time’ has become practically addictive; creating distance, especially with our younger Davies Lisa Photos: generation, from the natural world. “As the winner of the Roots & Shoots the wildlife choose to come here of That’s why I get such great pleasure when Most Outstanding Photograph their own free will, often migrating I read all about your on-going dedication competition I was lucky to be invited many hundreds or even thousands and commitment to our planet and have to visit the London HQ of National of miles. That’s what makes it so the privilege of visiting our many member Geographic Kids Magazine to look special – it is as natural as can be. schools who have created amazing projects behind the scenes of the making Getting to see birds doing their thing in and around the natural environment. See of the magazines and the photos is what the centre is all about! As inside for more details on their efforts and hard work. behind the stories. well as the hides which overlook the I learned about the editing lakes to watch the birds (some with As for compassion, which is also a commodity process and where the photos come telescopes) there are lots of guided in short supply in our society today, Christmas from and how they come up with tours as well as special activities is the perfect opportunity for us to explore its new stories each week. I met the and challenges for young rangers. real meaning. Let’s take some time out during team and it looked the most fun My friend Eden and I learned the holiday season to put it to work in our everyday lives. place to work ever – they even gave how to spot birds and identify us cake. I came out thinking I really their everyday behaviour such as Wishing you a very Merry one and all the wanted to work there. Best job ever! dabbling and preening. We used a best for the New Year. The next part of the day was to checklist to note our observations visit The London Wetland Centre and kept a logbook. - the perfect photo opportunity! It The centre isn’t just about birds, is a wonderful place to spot and it also focuses on inhabitants of the photograph birds of all kinds in ponds and we really enjoyed pond their natural habitat. Even with dipping, swirling our nets to catch Tara Golshan planes close overhead it feels like and examine pond life under a giant Executive Director, Education a wilderness with huge lakes and microscope. woodland right in the middle But my favourite were the otters, of London. Unlike many of the Todd and Pip. I know they are not wonderful places in London like the royal parks and zoo, most of continued 1 UNITED KINGDOM

FEATURED SCHOOL FEATURED SCHOOL Students at Damers prove Mad Hatters themselves to be unstoppable! Nursery – never Since the Roots & Shoots too young to Awards in March the school has make a positive embedded the R&S pledges. Each class makes a pledge each difference! half term to help the community, animals or the environment.

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rescuing bee Photo: Mad Hatters Nursery Hatters Mad Photo: 1 Photos: Damers First Damers School Photos: Mad Hatters nursery is fortunate It is monitored by teachers and our enough to have a wonderful outdoor junior governors and at the end, space, home to two beautiful, white the class who has made the biggest rabbits called Marshmallow and impact wins Mr H Junior for the next 3 Sweetie, and filled with lots of half term. Pledges include making children’s toys, swings and Wendy- 1. Planting in the school garden. Poundbury plastic free, designing and houses. Looking after the rabbits and 2. Recycling. 3. Selling at Poundbury making bug hotels to bring nature to any other insects found in the play area Farmers Market. the school grounds, to bring the outside is encouraged. indoors and to make the air inside our Throughout the year the little ones classrooms healthier. Following our trip read the full article on the Roots & regularly check their digging patch to the Roots & Shoots awards Sophie, a Shoots website: bit.ly/RSDamers and bug hotel for new guests. Pieces of pupil in Year 3, said it was a magical day Catherine Smith, Headteacher bark, wood and stone are collected and that she will always remember and it has couldn’t feel more proud of the school’s added to the bug hotel so it’s forever inspired her to follow in Jane Goodall’s achievements in this area over the last being extended to make room for more footsteps. few years. ‘Our move to a new school guests. Black Beetles, woodlice, spiders, At Damers we get lots of organisations site in Poundbury in April 2017 has centipedes, wasps, bees, ants and to work with the children. These include: provided us with so many opportunities worms are often in residence. Urban Health Partnership, Butterfly to share our relentless efforts in this area A while back, a small child took one Conservation, RSPB, Weymouth and with local businesses and the community. of the teacher’s hands and led her Dorchester Beekeeper Association, Our children are natural leaders and to a puddle where they found a bee East Dorset Bat Rescue and Rehab and have some powerful messages to share struggling to float in the water. ‘Mrs Hedgehog Friendly Dorchester. Their with regard to sustainability and our Casey, we need to rescue him!’ the child talks come alive because they bring place of responsibility in the natural exclaimed. The teacher carefully let the their wildlife friends to school for the world and I feel incredibly proud to bee climb onto the palm of her hand children to see, touch and hold. We watch them work their magic on a daily where its wings started to dry and it will be adopting some hedgehogs from basis. They are driven by their mission began ‘buzz, buzz, buzzing, buzzing,’ as October 2018. to ensure that they always choose the the child sang. With Mrs Casey’s help, To learn about all of Damers fantastic positive difference that they want to the little boy filled a saucer with sugar projects and activities in more detail, make however great or small.’ and water. Mrs Casey then held her hand down to the saucer and slowly, but surely, the bee began to crawl off Get your rhino Christmas her palm onto the saucer where it had a revitalising drink. ‘I hope he feels better,’ cards now and help the little one said. ‘Let’s take him to the Roots & Shoots too! bug hotel so we can look after him!’ the child gleamed. This is exactly what http://bit.ly/RSrhinocards they did, and where the bee may well still be. 2 UNITED KINGDOM

Our Photograph Winner Ella McIvor enjoys her NG Prize! awards Photo: Lisa Davies Lisa Photo: natural inhabitants and I know they do not choose to live here but 2019 conservation is close to my heart. The talk from the warden told us about the way Asian short claw otters are being killed in the wild because they are seen as vermin and also sold in markets as Are you ready for tropical pets or for medicine. This means they are now in danger, along with 12 the Awards 2019? other otter species. The need for raising It is our most inspiring event of the awareness with locals is what stayed year! The Roots & Shoots Annual with me the most. Awards gives us the opportunity to I would strongly recommend the meet our hard working groups and London Wetland Centre as it offers an for them to meet each other and interactive, interesting experience where Dr Jane! everybody can learn and have fun. If you have been making a positive Thank you so much NG Kids and Roots difference to change the world Ella and Eden bird watching & Shoots! I had the best time!” around you for the better, we need to hear about it! To learn more about the Roots & Shoots Peace Day 2018 – What a Day! Awards 2019 and to express your interest in attending please email [email protected]. We hope you can join us on 14th March, 2019 at The Barbican to celebrate all your hard work.

Everyone at the beautiful Harmony Woods

Photos: John Baxter Every year on September 21st, Roots & Shoots groups from around the world gather together to celebrate Roots & Shoots Peace Day and honour Children planting a tree in honour of the UN International Day of Peace. Dr Jane and Peace Day Dr Jane has been a UN Messenger of 5 community engagement sessions at Peace since 2002 and she inspires us town events in July and August to make buzzing with excitement, little doves all to live in harmony with nature doves and write pledges. with inspiring messages and pledges and each other. This year’s theme for On the day, as well as the schools, were tied up all over the wood and the UN International Day of Peace was children, teachers and parents everyone reflected on what Peace is for “The Right to Peace – The Universal attending, we were also delighted to them and how we can help achieve it Declaration of Human Rights at 70 welcome the Deputy Lord Lieutenant locally and globally. celebrating the 70th anniversary of of Hampshire Lady Portal MBE DL; To watch the Roots & Shoots the Universal Declaration of Human the Mayor of Test Valley, Cllr Ian Carr; Peace Day video and to read guests Rights.” the Mayor of Andover, Cllr Barbara comments on the day please visit: Andover Trees United and the town Townsend; Borough Councillor bit.ly/RSpeaceday18 of Andover hosted the Parade. Ten of David Drew; Town Councillor Carol A tree was planted in honour of Peace our amazing member schools took part. Bartholomew; Enham Parish Councillor Day and Dr Jane and we look forward The doves were flown in town and in Phil Jones and the Andover Churches. to seeing it blossom! Harmony Woods. Andover Trees United volunteers and We had a wonderful time and are so Thanks to the support of Test Valley local residents helped immensely in grateful to everyone that attended and Borough Council Leader Cllr Phil North, making the day so special – everyone helped organised this day! Days like this Andover Trees United worked with the got to enjoy some tasty treats at the give us hope for the future and keep us Council’s ‘Andover Vision’ team to run tents set up for the day. The crowd was going! the Roots & Shoots team 3 INSPIRATIONAL UNITED KINGDOM Joshua Railer YOUTHS Beverley Grammar School

“My name is Joshua Railer and I am 12 years old. Since I was a toddler I have always been interested in nature and wildlife of all shapes and sizes. I first became truly interested in wildlife after watching Sir David Attenborough. I was inspired by his documentaries and started to draw pictures of wild animals using my oil 2 pastels. When I get older I would like to work with 1. Joshua Railer with endangered animals, helping 1 his fox artwork with to care and protect them. Nigel from Save Me I then decided to do “I have met Steve Backshall before and Trust. 2. Dr Jane more wildlife artwork and his talk at one of my local theatres was Goodall with Josh. write to some of the most amazing. I then watched a documentary 3. Simon King signing Josh’s influential people in wildlife with Dr Jane Goodall and it made me more artwork. conservation, to see if they determined to want to work with animals.” would sign my work in the hope of raising money escape for me as I often find the damage we humans do. Photos: Nick Railer for animal conservation. I being in groups and day to When I grow up I want to be a have been lucky enough to day chit chat difficult. Animals voice for them and to make a have my work signed by Sir and the natural world make difference”. 3 David Attenborough, Steve me feel calm and relaxed Backshall, Simon King, Brian and exploring the outdoors “I have managed to get my senior school to sign up for the Roots May and Chris Packham. makes me feel happy. Animals & Shoots programme and have spoken to my head teacher I have hearing problems can’t defend and stand up for about meeting Dr Jane Goodall and how inspirational she is not and animals and wildlife is an themselves, especially against just to me, but to the future generation of conservationists”.

Dara McAnulty we are facing – the biggest of which, is climate change. Shimna Integrated College I am autistic, and part of my character is determination. We don’t give up and are very focused on our passions. My Dara McAnulty is a Dara and 14-year-old naturalist, passion is fighting for nature and I

Dr Jane UK & Shoots Roots Photo: Photo: Roisin McAnulty Roisin Photo: won’t ever give up. I ask you to join me conservationist and activist at the and fight too; because we need as many living in Northern Ireland. He is the Animal young people as possible joining forces author of youngfermanaghnaturalist.com Hero for collective good. The planet is our life and the recipient of the BBC Springwatch Awards ‘Unsprung Hero’, Birdwatch Magazine support system, when it doesn’t properly ‘Local Hero’ and the Animal Hero ‘Young function, neither do we. It’s so important Animal Hero’ awards. He is writing “I have always been fascinated by to come together, for good. his first book ‘The Diary of a Young wildlife and wild places, as a crawling Recently, at The Animal Hero Awards, Naturalist’ which will be published by baby, a curious toddler and a questioning I had the huge privilege to meet Dr Jane Little Toller Books in Spring 2020. young child.” Goodall, we were both awarded for our This fascination has more recently led work there – it was a tremendous honour to activism and focused action against killed in the UK. The project called ‘Hawk and one of the best moments of my life. the declines our wildlife is facing. Eyes’ will involve my local community, Dr Goodall is one of my heroes and we “Two years ago, I started writing a including young people. Anyone can do should all help her, come together and blog, sharing my wonder, concern and this. If you have a passion and a strong make a difference. Even if your actions positive action. Since then, I have spoken will, we can all make a difference to what seem insignificant; doing something at conferences, events and have been we love. means you are a part of change. A part featured in documentaries and TV series’. Young people need to stand up for of the solution. Positive action through I have been passionate about birds what they believe in and fight for our Roots & Shoots is an amazingly powerful of prey since I was 4 years old; recently planet. There is so much we can do. Open way to make a valuable contribution, it I walked thirty miles, in the middle our eyes to the wonders of nature, learn is such a brilliant way to engage children of winter and raised £6,000 to fund a about species and the challenges they and teachers. I am very much looking project, which will help them against face. Make more ethical choices in our forward to creating meaningful action persecution. The money I raised will food, cosmetics and household items. through my own Roots & Shoots group at satellite tag Buzzards, Red Kites and Hen Reduce the amount of plastic we use and school. Be a part of change. A part of the Harriers – all of which are being illegally educate others about all the challenges solution.” 4 AROUND THE Shoots ar WORLD & ou ts n o d o t R h

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The Roots & Shoots education Photos: Roots & Shoots Slovakia Gathering 2018 program has existed in During the summer holidays, the annual gathering of Slovakia for nearly two years. inspiring, young individuals from all over the world, took This year, 10 schools were place at the beautiful and historic St George’s House, involved in the program, Windsor Castle. within which the primary With representatives from 24 countries, days were spent and secondary school getting to know one another, brainstorming and collaborating. students helped revive local The tree planting Friendships and memories for life were quickly formed! communities across Slovakia. We were very lucky that Joshua Holden from Accrington The teams under the primary and secondary St Christopher’s Church of High School represented leadership of their teachers schools. the UK; and Dulwich Prep London came for a special day, have been able to link their The title of the conference delivering a very moving and uplifting presentation to their schools with local residents, reflected the efforts of the rapt audience. local authorities, various institutions, businesses, and involved schools, the Green bring solutions to small but Foundation, and various local significant local problems, authorities, organisations, Dr Jane thanks to a clear vision and companies and the with the sustained effort. community. wonderful On June 15, 2018 at the At the end of the Roots & Nová Cvernovka cultural Conference, the Green Shoots center in Bratislava the “We Foundation representatives, Dulwich Made It Together” Roots & together with the pupils, Prep London Shoots Students Conference planted a tree that became a members took place. More than 100 part of the restoration of the Photo:Roots Shoots & UK pupils attended from 9 alley of the cultural center. Teacher and organiser, Claire Wilson, Dulwich Prep London said: “Thank you so much Roots & Shoots and Dr Jane for the fantastic opportunity you gave our boys to present to you Dr Jane is recognised at all at the Youth Summit in Windsor. The boys, parents and teachers had the most wonderful day and it gave us all a real the Animal Hero Awards affinity with being part of something bigger and a sense that Photo: Animal Hero Awards The Mirror’s The Animal Hero Awards what we think and do really does matter. The experience will 2018 was an awards stay with us all and I know it will be informative in shaping evening like no other! our future actions.” Attended by some of the Joshua Holden:“Where do I start? To this day I still cannot biggest names in showbiz believe that I have spent a week in Windsor Castle, sharing and animal conservation, thoughts and feelings about essential topics such as Palm Oil, many of them brought their pet as their plus one! Peace and the well being of our beloved chimpanzees, with Hosted by the engaging such an amazing group of people. A group that included people Dr Jane on stage at the AHA and enigmatic Amanda from across the globe and from all different backgrounds. I Holden, the event was full behalf of animal welfare. am so lucky to have been given this amazing opportunity and of excitement, celebration Dr Jane moved the I am reminded of this every day that I look back on the lifelong and inspiration. audience to tears when memories I have made whilst at Windsor Castle! My time in The evening honours she accepted the Lifetime Windsor has inspired me to take action for what I believe is the achievements of the Achievement award! right and to get the message out about how we can change four-legged and furry as Thank you Daily Mirror, small parts of our lives to make a big difference.” well as inspirational people RSPCA and Webbox for who have gone above and organising and sponsoring To read more about Joshua’s and Dulwich Prep’s experience at beyond personal action on the night! the Roots & Shoots Windsor gathering visit bit.ly/RSwindsor18 5 UNITED KINGDOM Compassion in World Farming International and Roots & Shoots form a new Partnership Compassion in World Farming “Compassion in World Farming International (Compassion) is a is thrilled to partner with Roots registered charity, aiming to achieve & Shoots. We know that young g r humane and sustainable global food r and farming policies and practices. g people throughout the world g Compassion campaigns and lobbies care passionately for the planet, w The newsletter of for an end to industrial farming w its people and the millions of methods and for a future farming The system based on agro-ecological creatures with whom we share and compassionate methods. this space. We look forward Compassion’s HQ is in the UK and it to working with you to raise has offices/representation in China, awareness about the wellbeing the US, South Africa and many EU UNITED KINGDOM countries. Compassion’s educational of the animals we farm, often goals are: very intensively. I believe we • to be a Centre of Excellence on the can work together to find more welfare of farm animals and on The new Partnership will involve compassionate ways to keep the impacts of farming methods on mutual commitment from both the environment, resource use and animals and to feed ourselves.” institutions to promote co-operation and Joyce D’Silva D.Litt. (Hon), livelihoods enhance each other’s work in the areas Ambassador Emeritus • to bring our message to young people of animal welfare, education, protection globally, educating tomorrow’s leaders of biodiversity and environmentally and the next generation. sustainable food and farming systems. AUTUMN TERM 2015

We are delighted to announce a new partnership between Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots and Montessori St Nicholas (MSN)

Montessori is the world’s largest believed that bringing natural objects “As CEO of Montessori St Nicholas global education movement, inspired into the classroom has value, but taking and a former Trustee of the Jane by Dr Maria Montessori in the early children outside helps them form a 1900s. It offers a unique child-centred meaningful relationship with those Goodall Institute in the UK I am as approach to education, used and objects in their natural environment. enthusiastic as Dr Goodall about acclaimed throughout the world. When the child is outside, all of their the potential of the new partnership Maria Montessori was one of the most senses are stimulated. Surrounded by we have formed. I am sure that the important early years educators of the big outdoors, children can explore the 20th century, the innovator of by touching, seeing, hearing, and when alignment in the philosophies of classroom practices and ideas which safe, even tasting. This awakens the Dr Goodall and Maria Montessori, have had a profound influence on the senses and calls the child to explore, which the partnership will actively education of young children. creating a sense of awe and wonder that Montessori St Nicholas (MSN) is the will be important throughout its life. support, is going to spread the name of the largest UK Montessori Given such synergy between Dr understanding and social impact representative. Most Montessori Montessori’s vision and Dr Jane of the child as an agent of change.” settings in the UK are privately owned Goodall’s, a partnership between JGI Leonor Stjepic and governed accordingly. MSN exists and MSN was felt to be a perfect fit. to encourage and promote education in every way. It facilitates the unification “I am very excited about our recent partnership with Montessori St Nicholas of the Montessori movement across the UK, providing relevant training, and charity. Our philosophy fits beautifully into successful Montessori teaching funding research into the value and practices, which celebrate the ‘holistic’ approach of young people as a whole effectiveness of Montessori education, being interconnected with our planet and the world around them. I look and making awards to support the forward to spreading our message to the Montessori community to reach development of Montessori education. Dr Montessori also understood the more youngsters in all walks of life through their dedicated network of importance of taking children outside students, teachers, and families.” Dr Jane Goodall into their natural environment. She

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