Be the first to comment!First of five screenings of Disney’s ‘The Crimson Wing’ held
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In an event attended by 224 schoolchildren from 3 schools, Dinja Wahda, BirdLife Malta and Bank of Valletta’s environmental education programme, today screened Disney’s The Crimson Wing at the Eden Cinemas – the first screening of a nature documentary for primary schools in Malta and Gozo.
Today’s is one of five screenings which over 1500 schoolchildren from 28 schools will watch. The Crimson Wing is a Disney Nature documentary focusing on the lives of Lesser Flamingos at their breeding grounds in Tanzania. The film follows an orphaned baby flamingo as it overcomes threats to its survival eventually reaching adulthood and rejoining the flock, thus highlighting the difficulties these birds face in the wild.
Addressing the children Lara Schranz, Dinja Wahda manager, said “Today you have enjoyed the beauty of the flamingos, you can also enjoy the beauty of many other birds in our countryside as large numbers of migrating birds fly over Malta every migration season. Some even stay over for the winter.”
During the screening Dinja Wahda also launched a survey of six of Malta’s most common winter birds – the Spanish Sparrow (Ghasfur tal-Bejt), White Wagtail (Zakak Abjad), Robin (Pitirross), Starling (Sturnell), Black Redstart (Fjamma Sewda), and Sardinian Warbler (Bufula Sewda), which will be carried out by schools over the coming weeks. After learning how to identify these birds, schoolchildren will record which are present in their school grounds.
The survey results will be shared with all schools through a dedicated page on the BirdLife Malta website, and will also be used to produce a map for schoolchildren showing which birds are present in which of Malta and Gozo’s schools.
This Dinja Wahda event is supported by Disney Nature, KRS Malta, Mr Ian De Cesare and the Eden Group.
Dinja Wahda is Bank of Valletta and BirdLife Malta’s environmental education program for primary schools, carried out in collaboration with the Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education.
