Unfolding riversMoorlands Wild Weeks 2026
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| Endon Hall's kingfisher |
In June, Creeping Toad visited three schools in the Staffordshire Moorlands as part of Moorlands Climate Action's Wild Weeks initiative
These were three days of laughter, excitement and some wonderful creativity. As a quick follow up, here are some words and images from those days....with another river of words after the gallery below
The River
I am the river that whispers,
Slow and deep,
Cold and murky,
This pool is calm
But then I run wild
Rough, choppy,
Mumbling, muttering
Tumbling,
Bubbling,
Troubling.
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| Leek First School |
We stand on the riverbank, watching
Water for tea!
Water for feeding,
Water for fishing,
Water for drinking,
Water for drowning,
Water for sinking,
Water for boating,
Water for skiing,
Water for skating,
Water for baptising.
This river offers us all that we need
And can take all that we are….
(Endon Hall Primary School)
With many thanks to all the young artists of All Saints CE First School,
Endon Hall Primary School and Leek First School
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and Leek First School explored their own river....
OUR RIVER
Calm water,
Runs deep and warm and friendly
With pools to hold you
And ripples that play with you.
But there are rapids in this river,
Running, racing, raging,
Rushing, thrashing.
Wild.
No friendship here.
No hope for the swimmer caught in the current.
But this river is special,
Unique,
With its mysterious blue fish,
The fish that come to you if you step into the water.
This river is
Shaped with love and imagination,
With pools and rapids and long, flowing, sweeping stretches.
Spooky corners under old stones,
Bridges with dripping shadows,
Mysterious pools,
Mystical, magical moments,
When mist gathers at dawn,
All these make this river,
Our river,
Delightful.
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