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December is WWF Polar Bear Month on WebbliWorld

Grab your woolly mittens and that dodgy scarf your Granny knitted because next month, WebbliWorld goes to the Arctic. With the help of WWF, we’ll be featuring all sorts of stories about polar bears, their environment and the threats they face from global warming. As the ice melts, their hunting grounds are literally disappearing beneath their paws. Our main characters, Wij, Wez and Wanda will highlight the main issues and there will also be a fun ‘Name the Webbli Polar Bear’ competition.  More on that, soon.  Plus, we’ll shortly be announcing the winners of the WWF/Puffin Writing Competition chosen by children’s author, Jeremy Strong.

What can kids do for global warming?

I think everyone agrees now that global warming is going to dramatically affect the living conditions for plants and animals across the globe. And, most scientists believe that the burning of fossil fuels is the main cause of it.

We don’t have to wait to tell our kids to do something about global warming until they are grown up. People of all ages use energy and we can all help slow down global warming by saving energy. By teaching children to understand that everything they do has an impact on their environment, we can instil them with a sense of responsibility that they will take forward into their adult lives.

There are many ways to teach young people to save energy in everyday life, not least through the example we ourselves set as parents.

TVs, lamps and computers use electricity. Cookers, washing machines and heaters use gas or electricity. If you want to find ways to use these household appliances more energy-efficiently, then have a look at the home energy saving tips at Mummies Coffee Break. These include turning off lights when they are not needed, preventing your computer from hibernating and unplugging unused devices.

It seems that British children already have favourite ways of saving energy. In a survey by E.ON UK which let kids rate a number of ideas aimed at changing the way we use energy, the most popular option was “walking to school”.

WebbliWorld.com cares about our children’s future and the concerns we all feel as parents about the world they must inherit. That’s why we encourage children to help stop global warming and to conserve the natural environment. For this reason we have been working with the WWF, one of the world's biggest conservation networks, to provide children with accurate information about the natural world. We want to empower children – to give them the understanding that allows them to make a difference. It’s very important to us that children believe they can change their world.

If every Webbli saves energy, respects the environment and recycles, we believe we can all start to make a difference.

WebbliWorld.com supported by Childnet International...

We are pleased to say that WebbliWorld is now featured as one of the 'Great Sites' in the fun and games section of Kidsmart. In order to earn this position the site was reviewed by the Childnet International CEO and trustees and the feedback was extremely positive.

In addition, The Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre and thinkyouknow.co.uk are also supporting WebbliWorld. We hope this reassures teachers and parents that WebbliWorld is entirely committed to providing a safe environment for children.

Feedback from teachers...

We've had very positive feedback from Simon at Digital-teacher.co.uk.  He also suggested that WebbliWorld include parental permissions for email addresses. We'll make it a priority to add this to the registration page. We really appreciate comments from both teachers and pupils about the site, whether positive or negative. It all helps us to build a better WebbliWorld experience!

To view the posts you can go to:
Digital-teacher.co.uk
Porchester Junior School blog

 

Webbliworld.com has launched!

These are very exciting times.  The convergence of TV and internet is fast approaching and we want to be at the forefront of that revolution. 

Whilst there are already some fantastic online sites for children to visit we want to make the name WebbliWorld synonymous with quality both in terms of design and content.  We know that we have a long way to ago to achieve our ultimate goals for WebbliWorld and now that the initial site has been launched we are already working to design and deliver phase two. 

We are also interested to get feedback from both users and parents so that we can implement this in our future planning.  We want to deliver an experience that is fun, exciting, enlightening and educational - not an easy task but with the fantastic team we have built - ultimately achievable!