Go Penguins

Colony of mini-penguins waddle into Liverpool schools

Sep 26 2009 by Ben Turner, Liverpool Echo

A CITY school has turned to a 3ft penguin to ensure pupils are dressed correctly when they waddle into class.

Blackmoor Park junior school, in West Derby, became the first in Liverpool to take delivery of a mini-version of the Go Penguins, which are set to take over Liverpool this winter.

Organiser Wild In Art hope the council-commissioned Go Penguins sculptures will repeat the phenomenal success of last years Superlambananas.

More than 100 penguins will be parading around the city to create festive-themed celebration A Winters Trail.

As part of the project, which complements Liverpool councils Year Of The Environment, 100 mini-penguins are being distributed to schools around the city for children to make their own designs.

A special Go Penguins after-school club has also been established, where pupils will paint the new arrival on a Wednesday night.

The 3ft creation will also be used as a stimulus for geography lessons, such as looking at how penguins are threatened by global warming and as a prompt for a look at the citys history.

Creative writing club pupils will also use the striking sculpture to spark their imagination.

All the mini-penguins will have been delivered to the citys primaries and a handful of high schools by Wednesday.

Each comes with a pack of green advice.

Cllr Berni Turner, the councils executive member for the environment, said: I am sure the penguins will spark a huge amount of creative energy in Liverpools children, as well as spreading important environmental messages to families across the city.

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