Worksheet 1a Postcards

Worksheet 2: Newspaper article
6 June 2012
A TALE OF HOPE FOR THE
AMAZON - FROM WIGAN
The town of Wigan, in Greater
Manchester, is thousands of miles
from the Amazon rainforest. But
students at St Marks CE Primary
School in Wigan have been inspired by
the Amazon’s plight– and have won
the 2012 Sky Rainforest Rescue Schools
Challenge for their amazing efforts.
The Schools Challenge, which is
open to students aged 8—14, has
resulted in a brilliant response from
schools right across the UK. Young
people get to investigate how the
food we eat, the stuff we buy and
the energy we use has an impact on
rainforests and climate change – and
then take action to make a difference.
Monkey Shoppers & Tiger Munchers
St Mark’s winning teams, the
‘Monkey Shoppers’ and ‘Tiger
Munchers’, impressed judges with
their inspirational activities ranging
from collection boxes for recyclable
materials, fashion shows using
recycled materials and displays
on re-using, to growing herbs in
a sensory garden, talking to staff
and pupils about Fair Trade goods
and holding a Fair Trade stall
Currently the Amazon rainforest
is being cut down at the
rate of three football pitches
per minute. This deforestation
is putting the future of the
people, animals and plants that
call the Amazon their home
at risk. And it’s also having a
huge impact on climate change.
Through Sky Rainforest
Rescue, Sky and WWF aim
to help save one billion trees
in the Amazon by providing
sustainable alternatives to
deforestation to people living
in the state of Acre in Brazil
and by educating young people
in the UK to inspire action.
for children, parents and visitors.
Over the two years of the Challenge
programme, nearly 18,000 students
have taken part in rainforest-themed
assemblies, over 4,000 students
have learned about deforestation,
and some 27,000 students and
approximately 13,700 student family
members have been surveyed on
their knowledge of rainforestfriendly
products and behaviour.
WoRKinG
ToGETHER To
HElp SAVE
1 Billion TREES