Wychwood School in Oxford hosted a group of students from Peru and we had a the pleasure of showing them some of the secrets of Wytham Woods. About 40 students and their teachers came to Wytham and had a leisurely walk up the hill to the Chalet, led by long time Wytham researcher Stewart Thompson. They then had a wonderful carousel of activities with different researchers: an ecology walk with ecologist and educator Joe Boyle, a hands on science session on carbon capture by trees with plant ecologist Dr Keith Kirby, handling moths caught in the moth trap and looking at invertebrates under the microscope with entomologist Dr Liam Crowley, and a creative session discussing research in Peru with Peruvian scientist Melissa Felipe Cadillo. The weather was kind to us all after some cold wet days, and the students and teachers loved it all.

It was lovely to see them again at Wychwood School a few days later when we were there for a Green Careers Symposium.