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The
next generation
Education
No dip into the future would be complete without a glance
at the next generation. Will those who are living and working
in the Broads in the future likely to respect and protect
their heritage?
David Holmes runs How Hill Education Centre, an experience
that many people born and bred in Norfolk will recall from
their school days.
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| DAVID HOLMES: "There's a challenge
in getting the next generation interested in wildlife." |
For many children, it's at How Hill that
they get their first experience of the Broads. David grew
up near Wroxham and spent many days of his youth on boats.
"One of the most important things about How Hill is making
children know they have the right to go on boats, not just
watch holiday goers. After all, it is their Broads. There's
a challenge in getting the next generation interested in wildlife
and conservation, they are not exposed to nature as much.
It's protecting the investment of conservation organisations.
Unfortunately, nature studies have been squeezed out of the
curriculum since it is not 'core'.
"Children who come here are able to get close to wildlife,
which develops an interest in the Broads. I have people in
supermarkets come up to me who remember their trip at How
Hill. They tell me that there were never interested in wildlife
and nature before they came to How Hill."The value of
a trip here cannot be understated. Often it is the first trip
away from their families, with different social dynamics.
Just getting them all sitting down together for meal and talking
has value."Getting children out of the classroom is liberating.
Teachers tell me that some of the brightest and keenest pupils
here are the deadbeats in class."For more the How Hill
Trust(1) website click here
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