The 2008 Otter Award Winners (for the 5-8 age group):

Pilling St. John’s Primary School

Pilling St. John’s Primary School presented with the Otter Award by Professor David Bellamy.

Winner of the youngest age group (5 to 8 years) – the Otter Award - were Pilling St. John’s Primary School (class 2), Preston in Lancashire with a project entitled: Tree Trail. The report of this project formed a thick book, well illustrated and packed with information about trees. The life cycle and structure of a tree was described and there were sections about produce from trees, wildlife to be found in a rotting log, and about woodland birds, animals and plants. The children made a newspaper “The Recycle Times”, to tell everyone to recycle, and they also made an infant treasure trail with interesting facts about trees.

Runners up for the Otter Award (for the 5-8 age group):

Dane Royd Junior and Infant School

Runners up in this section were: Dane Royd Junior and Infant School, Wakefield with a project called The Inside Out Project and Mrs. Bland’s Infant and Nursery School from Burghfield Common, Reading in Berkshire with a project called Woodland Conservation in School’s Wildlife Garden.