MORE than 100 primary school students from Woodhouse Primary and Urmston Junior School attended Flixton Girls (FGS) and participated in its Rainforest Roadshow.

The event was delivered by Dave Shaw.

Dave and his family have visited and experienced rainforests such as the Amazon, Madagascar and Borneo where they spent time within local communities. They share these experiences with audiences by visiting schools to bring tropical rainforests to life.

Students learnt about life in the rainforest, tribal people and their survival and how their lives are very different compared to the students’ lives and how we live today. They experienced different flora and fauna found in and around these exotic environments, as well as the types of products they use every day which are derived from rainforest ingredients.

Discussions also took place about the current and continuing threats to this precious environment.

Students had the opportunity to dress up in tribal clothing and also got up close and personal with a tropical snake and giant tarantula.

Andy Greenwood, Aa Year 5 teacher at Urmston Juniors, said ‘We received very positive comments from the children including how much they enjoyed the event, how entertaining and informative it was and how much they enjoyed seeing the live creatures.

"It was an excellent and fun conclusion to our own studies of Brazil and the Amazon Rainforests."