Year 3 pupils from Stoke Climsland school were given the opportunity to visit the Cabilla rainforest on Bodmin Moor. They were able to link the visit to Cabilla Cornwall with their work on plants and animal habitats and the children looked at the differences in the ecosystem at Cabilla Cornwall as part of this. The children were also able to explore some of the plants native to Cabilla.

During the visit , Izzi was very knowledgeable and explained to the children all about Cabilla and the work they were doing there. The children were interested in how Cabilla is supporting sustainability and reducing the impact of climate change. The children enjoyed viewing the dam, learning about how it was built and how it filters water to make it cleaner. She talked to them about Gloria – the pig – and gave the pupils a thoroughly informative talk about beavers. Izzi was able to share a lot of interesting facts about the beavers, which engaged the children, and they wanted to learn more about this exciting species.

The children were very excited about meeting Gloria and were hopeful of seeing the beavers. On the day, the children did not see any Beavers, but they did see one of the oldest trees on the estate on the woodland walk. They were able to forage in woodland solely and enjoyed comparing different trees and plants. A game of dinner or death was delivered by Miss Roberts from the Wild Tribe team to teach the children about sage plants to forage, along with some team-building games.

The pupils from Stoke Climsland school had an amazing time and learnt a lot from this amazing experience.

A big thank you to Cabilla for making this possible and for the great work they are doing at Cabilla to promote the Climate change and sustainability strategy.