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Wild About Woodlands

19th January 2022, by Cumbernauld Living Landscape

Our final Early Connections session of the 2021 needed to be something suitably celebratory. We wanted our last session of the year to be one to remember – so I, along with Cumbernauld Living Landscape trainees Alex Paterson and Rozelle McMillan, arranged with John Green, Principal Teacher at Woodlands Primary, to do a suitably festive Wild About Woodlands themed sessions…

General, Education and community

A little magic to start the season

3rd December 2021, by Cumbernauld Living Landscape

Cumbernauld Living Landscape is bringing a little bit of magic into our lives just in time for the festive season. Earlier this year they worked with award-winning Scottish film-maker Felipe Bustos Sierra to create an enchanting new short film featuring children from three local primary schools, Abronhill, Kildrum and Carbrain. The children went on an adventure through their local…

General, Education and community, Inspirational, Events, Creating Natural Connections

Leaving the nest

30th July 2021, by Tracy Lambert

By Tracy Lambert, Cumbernauld Living Landscape Project Officer – Young People I’ve lived in this town for 42 years and for the last nine of those I have had the privilege of connecting my community with nature. However, that is all about to change, for me at least, but thankfully only as an employee. You see I am leaving Cumbernauld…

Education and community, Creating Natural Connections

Helping teachers take the classroom outdoors

7th October 2020, by Tracy Lambert

It’s been a funny old week. It started with a public holiday that made me feel like I had lost a day somewhere, and included a bat walk spent owl watching as well as a training day with the wonderful teachers of Condorrat Primary School that had us in fits of giggles as we guesstimated the height of a tree…

Creating Natural Connections, Education and community

Free training offer for outdoor learning

26th August 2020, by Tracy Lambert

Last week saw children returning back to the classroom full time. Some will have gone with the excitement of seeing their friends in a familiar setting, while others will have been apprehensive about what being together in large groups could bring. Ultimately it is a time of change and that can be unsettling. The use of outdoor spaces for learning,…

General, Education and community, Creating Natural Connections

If you go down to the meadows today

1st July 2020, by Cumbernauld Living Landscape

The Cumbernauld Living Landscape team are gradually getting back out to visit some greenspaces in Cumbernauld. Tracy, our Project Officer for Young People visited St Maurice’s Pond recently and was amazed at how much the meadow was thriving! There’s such a diverse range of plant species to be found including knapweed, yellow rattle and birds foot trefoil. Benefiting from these…

Education and community, Projects, Species and habitats, Volunteering, Wildlife reserves, Creating Natural Connections

Hoverflies are masters of disguise

10th June 2020, by Cumbernauld LL

As I have been spending more time out in my garden, I have been noticing the arrival of hoverflies whizzing about our flowers more and more. These delightful little creatures, called flower flies in the US, are a common sight to us all. But we may not know it! Hoverflies are are masters of disguise. They have adapted to look…

Wild Ways Well, General, Education and community, Projects, Policy and planning, Volunteering

Celebrating Abronhill

3rd June 2020, by Cumbernauld Living Landscape

Like many people, we’ve been doing a lot of video conferencing. I’ve had two video conferences recently that made me think about how we can still connect with local people during this unusual time and what activities we’ll be doing when we come out it. Attending events is a great way for us to connect with local people and to…

Education and community, Projects, Creating Natural Connections

A little breathing space

27th May 2020, by Tracy Lambert

There has been much talk of children returning to school and how that might look in the months to come. Parents and guardians may be coping well with the routine of home schooling while others are struggling. Much of the pressure – even before Covid-19- is based around the curriculum and how a child conforms. This can mean we sometimes…

Education and community

Creating early connections with nature

5th February 2020, by Cumbernauld LL

Firstly I’d like to introduce myself, my name is Gemma Woodford and I’ve recently started working with Cumbernauld Living Landscape as the Creating Natural Connections learning assistant. I’ll be going into primary schools throughout Cumbernauld to run environmental workshops and activities with children in classes 5-7, with the workshops running throughout term time. In previous years it was thought that…