New competition brings over 300 schools together to build a better future for birds

Competition from LEGO and The Day seeks to reward students’ most innovative ideas

The Build The Change Partnership is expanding on the success of their ‘Build for Birds Live Lesson’ by launching a new competition to reward students’ most innovative conservation ideas.

The competition challenges 7-14 year olds to come up with new ways to make their school, garden, or local green spaces safer for birds to rest, feed, and shelter in.

The Build The Change competition is open now until 5th March when two winners will be selected. A package of prizes are available, including a free rewilding installation to support the winners’ local wildlife, and a virtual Build the Change workshop. All information on how to enter the competition and a full list of prizes can be found here.

The live lesson first streamed on the 23rd January, and focuses on the impact of habitat loss on biodiversity. It was attended by 7,230 students from a total of 307 schools, who logged-on from across the UK. A recording is now available so schools and other youth groups can watch on demand here.

The live lesson and competition is hosted by The Day – the online daily newspaper for young people - and international toy brand LEGO Group’s Social Responsibility team as part of their ongoing Build The Change Partnership.

School’s can also sign up to receive the free Build The Change Tuesday resource by visiting theday.co.uk/build-the-change.

Every Tuesday, The Day and the LEGO Group provide a news-led sustainability resource for students aged 7-14 years old, to be worked on as part of their school lessons. This resource brings them up to speed on sustainability news, allowing them the opportunity to think critically about, discuss and debate a new sustainability issue every week. Pupils are then encouraged to apply everything they've learned by designing and building their own solution to the sustainability problem. This unique ‘learning through play’ resource also develops literacy, communication, creative thinking and interpersonal skills.