31 August 2020

Summer Club Online 2020!

Every year we host our annual Summer Club at our five visitor centres, where we offer children aged six to 11 the opportunity to learn about how we care for our horses and donkeys, and get hands-on with fun, educational activities.

Sadly we had to make the decision to cancel our plans for Summer Club this year, but we didn’t want our young supporters to miss out, so we’ve decided to take it online!

Kicking-off today, and every Monday throughout August, we’ll be sharing special videos, quizzes, activities and print-at-home posters - perfect for providing the children with some entertainment during the summer holidays. There will also be a certificate to download every week and a final one to celebrate completing every session.

You can download the full Summer Club Online 2020 schedule here. (PDF 493 KB)

Monday 31^st August

It’s the final week of Redwings Summer Club Online. We couldn’t let a year pass without talking about our fabulous Golden Oldies at the Sanctuary!

Vet Rachael alongside pony Spice, who lives at Redwings HQ in Norfolk, will be helping to explain all the special care that goes into looking after our older residents – from extra feeds, to dental and vet care and much more!

After watching the video, learn about the Day in the Life of a Golden Oldie (PDF 26 KB), learn more about some of our residents (PDF 1.4 MB), including Redwings’ oldest pony, and become a Redwings Checker in our Checkers Quiz (PDF 625 KB). There’s a poster of handsome Golden Oldie Mr Red Puff to add to your collection and a colouring sheet (PDF 110 KB) that features Adoption Star Dolly. Finish off by having a go at the Golden Oldie Quiz (PDF 32 KB) before downloading your certificate (PDF 335 KB).

Once you’ve completed the fifth and final week, download your Summer Club Online 2020 certificate here. If you’ve yet to complete previous weeks, you can find all the activities below.

We hope you’ve enjoyed Summer Club Online 2020, and we hope to welcome you back to our visitor centres for Summer Club next year!

Monday 24^th August

It’s the penultimate week of Redwings Summer Club Online, and today we’re going to be talking all about donkeys!

This week we’re virtually learning all about our Dashing Donkeys who live at Redwings Caldecott and Redwings Aylsham, including handsome Adoption Stars Wiggins & Wacko. So watch along and discover what makes donkeys so different!

After watching the video, have a read through our “Donkeys are Different” Fact Sheet (PDF 1,013 KB) and then have a go at answering the questions in our Dashing Donkey quiz (PDF 24 KB). Once you’ve completed the quiz, why not enjoy this week’s colouring sheet (PDF 117 KB) featuring the lovely Adoption Star Esther. There’s also a poster (PDF 1.3 MB) of donkeys Sam and Adoption Star Dotty to download and pop on the wall.

Once you’ve completed all the tasks for the week, make sure you download your Dashing Donkey certificate (PDF 336 KB).

If you haven’t yet completed the previous activities, you can find them all below.

We’ll see you back here next Monday for our final week all about our lovely Golden Oldies!

Monday 17th August

It’s week three of Redwings Summer Club Online which is all about the importance of friendship!

Join us as we virtually meet some of the wonderful best friends who live together at Redwings Oxhill in Warwickshire, including Adoption Star Arya and her best long-eared pal Merlin, and fellow Adoption Star Lady with her BFF Holly Blue.

After watching the video, why not have a go at our Horsey Communications (PDF 1.0 MB) activity and then test everything you've learned with our Best Friends quiz (PDF 33 KB). Once you've finished, we've got a lovely colouring sheet of best buddies Wiggins & Wacko (PDF 116 KB) for you to enjoy and a beautiful poster of Lady and Holly Blue (PDF 1.6 MB) for your to download and keep!

Once you've completed all of this week's activities, download your Best Friends certificate (PDF 336 KB)!

And if you've missed out on any of our previous videos or activities, just scroll down below to catch-up!

Monday 10^th August

Week two of Redwings Summer Club Online 2020 is all about Rescued Residents! We have over 1,500 rescued horses, ponies, donkeys and mules at the Sanctuary, and we want to tell you some of their stories.

Meet some of our special residents at Redwings Ada Cole in Essex by watching the video below.

After learning about some of our lovely residents who have been rescued from neglect, have a go at being a Redwings Field Officer yourself (PDF 2.2 MB) by looking closely at four case files, then fill out the attached questionnaire. Once you’ve finished, have a go at colouring in Adoption Star Zippy (PDF 110 KB) while learning all about his rescue, download our Rescued Resident poster featuring lovely Carmen (PDF 1.8 MB) and then try your hoof at our Rescued Resident Quiz (PDF 114 KB)!

Once you’ve completed all the weeks’ activities, download your certificate (PDF 335 KB) for the week!

Parents, make sure you keep tagging us in your photos of the little ones enjoying Summer Club Online 2020!

You can catch-up on last week's videos and activies below.

Monday 3rd August

Today is all about Horsey Health! Keeping our horses healthy is our priority here at Redwings, and today we want you to learn about some of the roles the vets, farriers and team members play in this.

Watch the below videos and learn all about the feeds our horses need, how we keep their coats healthy, why and how often they need to see the farrier, and finally watch a special video from vet Alistair while he performs a dental examination on Adoption Star Dayzee at Redwings Mountains in Scotland.

After watching the videos, have a go at our Horsey Health Quiz (PDF 116 KB), and then check your answers here (PDF 122 KB). Make sure you also have a go at our Hooves, Hands and Feet activity sheet (PDF 121 KB) to learn all about horses’ hooves! Once finished, download your certificate here!

There’s also a special colouring sheet featuring Adoption Star Tinkerbell (PDF 111 KB), and a print-out poster of Adoption Star Dayzee (PDF 888 KB) for you to display on your wall.