\n Pupils from Class 5 Johnson at St Philip Westbrook Church of England Primary School have been raising awareness of the Scottish wildcat as part of a courageous advocacy project.\n<\/p>\n
\n After exploring a range of global issues, the class chose to focus on the plight of the Scottish wildcat, widely considered Britain\u2019s most endangered mammal.\n<\/p>\n
\n They spent several weeks researching the animal and learning about the challenges it faces, including habitat loss and crossbreeding with domestic cats.\n<\/p>\n
\n Class teacher Mrs Pinner said: “I couldn\u2019t be prouder of the children.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Their commitment, enthusiasm and determination to create positive change have been truly inspirational.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The pupils produced an educational video to share their findings, writing and performing an original hip-hop rap with the line: “These gentle creatures won\u2019t leave a trace, their legacy should not be erased.”\n<\/p>\n
\n They also wrote persuasive letters to Warrington North MP Charlotte Nichols, who responded and plans to visit the school in the coming weeks.\n<\/p>\n
\n The class went further by designing posters encouraging people to sponsor a Scottish wildcat and asking local businesses to display them.\n<\/p>\n
\n Their campaign culminated in a community screening of their video, attended by parents and guests including the Deputy Mayor of Warrington, Councillor Maureen McLaughlin.\n<\/p>\n
\n Children from St Philip CE in Westbrook have been campaigning (Image: UGC)\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr McLaughlin was so moved by the children\u2019s passion that she pledged to sponsor a Scottish wildcat herself.\n<\/p>\n
\n The pupils hope their efforts will inspire others to take action.\n<\/p>\n
\n According to NatureScot, only 115 to 300 Scottish wildcats remain in the wild.\n<\/p>\n
\n The children of Class 5 Johnson said they hope their work will encourage others to become advocates and help protect the species before it is lost forever.\n<\/p>\n
\n Those interested in sponsoring a wildcat can find out more through the Saving Wildcats website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pupils from Class 5 Johnson at St Philip Westbrook Church of England Primary School have been raising awareness…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-675940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}