Hedgehogs and seals were just some of the creatures seen by young environmentalists when they visited a wildlife centre.<\/p>\n
The student members of the Environmental Society at Lynn\u2019s Springwood High School had raised more than \u00a3100 for RSPCA East Winch Wildlife Centre, which is one of the largest seal rehabilitation centres in the country, helping more than 150 of the injured or orphaned creatures every year.<\/p>\n
Agnieszka Munns, the school\u2019s environmental lead, who accompanied the group, said: \u201cThis was a reward trip for the students\u2019 fundraising efforts over the academic year – efforts that included bake sales, daffodil sales, Mother\u2019s and Father\u2019s Day sales and, most recently, Sir David Attenborough\u2019s birthday celebrations.<\/p>\n
The school has donated more than \u00a3100 to the centre along with towels and newspapers<\/p>\n
\u201cThe school donated over \u00a3100 to the RSPCA centre, along with towels and newspapers which could be used to assist with caring for the thousands of animals that are treated there every year.\u201d<\/p>\n
The students were given a tour of the centre, and there was also the chance for the visitors to gain some practical experience.<\/p>\n
Mrs Munns said: \u201cA highlight of the visit was being able to feed some of the rescued seals, and watching an anaesthetised hedgehog being treated for ticks and bacterial infection.<\/p>\n
Learning more about the animals and their care<\/p>\n
\u201cSuch hands-on opportunities provided a unique insight, and developed greater appreciation for the medical treatment and care which injured animals are able to receive at the centre.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur students were immersed in the experience right from the start, showing curiosity, and confidently asking questions about the different treatments the animals were receiving.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cA major aim for the visit was to engage and inspire pupils who might one day become part of the next generation of vets, medical staff, nature conservationists, volunteers, and carers for wildlife.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the students really enjoyed the visit, and found it inspirational to be immersed in the extraordinary work being done at East Winch.\u201d<\/p>\n
A highlight was being able to feed some of the rescued seals<\/p>\n
Springwood is part of West Norfolk Academies Trust.<\/p>\n
Springwood students were given a tour of the centre
Seals are among the injured wildlife being cared for at the East Winch centre
One of the seals receiving treatment at the centre <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hedgehogs and seals were just some of the creatures seen by young environmentalists when they visited a wildlife…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2851,1398,8781,90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-708104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-education","tag-kings-lynn","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708104","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=708104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}