Topic outline

  • Name our Lynx!

    • Earlier this year, three young female lynx were rescued by experts from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland after being illegally and carelessly abandoned in the Cairngorms National Park. The three girls have since been nursed back to full health at Edinburgh Zoo.

      Now, they have a permanent home at RZSS’s Highland Wildlife Park. But there is one vital step to complete their story... they need names! And that’s where we need your help.

  • Entries

    • Helping these lynx is one of the ways we are working to create a world where nature is protected, valued and loved. We can’t do this alone, we need the schools of Scotland to help us with this!

      Each of the lynx will be named following a nature theme — think plants, lochs or landscapes — and we’d like schools to nominate suggestions for one of the lynx.

      We’d like you to work together to create a single piece of work as a whole class that showcases what you are doing to protect, value and love wildlife in your local area! Think about how to make this really stand out and grab our attention.

      Entries need to be submitted by 24 June, details below


  • Submitting your entry

    • Teachers, please send your entry to virtual@rzss.org.uk or post to Discovery and Learning, Edinburgh Zoo, EH12 6TS.

      Please note that our email servers can not accept files larger than 25MB, therefore you will need to upload anything larger to a file sharing site, such as WeTransfer, and share a download link with us.


  • Teaching Notes/Curriculum Links

    • Depending on how you use this opportunity with your learners, and how you choose to present learning there is opportunity to cover a variety of curriculum areas and contexts for learning:

      Suggested E+O’s:

      Biodiversity and Interdependence – SCN 0-01. SCN1-01a, SCN 2-01a, SCN 2-02a, SCN 2-02a, SCN 3-01a, SCN 4-01a.

      Topical Science – SCN 0-20, SCN 1-20a, SCN 2-20b, SCN 3-20b, SCN 4-20b

      People Place and the Environment – SOC 0-08a, SOC 1-08a, SOC 2-08a, SOC 3-03a, 3-10a, SOC 4-08a, SOC 4-10a.

      Tools for Listening and Talking – LIT 0-09a. LIT 1-09a, LIT 2-09a, LIT 3-09a, LIT 4-09a

      Art and Design – EXA 0-02a, EXA 1-04a, EXA 2-04a, EXA 3-04a, EXA 4-04a

      Wider links:

      Sustainable development

      Developing the Young Workforce

      UN Rights of the Child

  • Requirements

    • Entries should be A2 or smaller in size and submitted by Tuesday 24 June 2025, we will then announce the winning school week beginning 30 June 2025. We are happy to receive submissions of artwork, posters, writing, photos and videos.

      If you choose to enter our competition your work may be shared with national news agencies and on our website and social media alongside.

      Terms and conditions apply, please see below.

      Entrant details will be held securely until the draw date and will be used to contact the winning school. Entries will be shared via our digital learning environment (ZOOdle) following the close of the competition.

       

      For full details on our privacy policy, please go to:

      https://www.rzss.org.uk/privacy-policy


  • Terms and Conditions

      1.  By entering this competition, you confirm to RZSS holding and using your data for the purposes of this competition and impact assessment, in line with GDPR requirements.
      2.  By submitting photos and/or video of identifiable individuals you are confirming you have obtained correct permissions and authority to do so.
      3. By entering this competition, you are agreeing to the sharing or publication of your school and/or class name and entry submissions.
      4. RZSS will contact the winning school and may request further details about the submission and/or interview class representatives.
      5. RZSS cannot accept liability for the use of any file sharing platform to transfer files, nor can we accept liability for the security of personal information and or data shared via a third party.
      6. You reserve the right to withdraw your application at any time.
      7. RZSS reserves the right to use entry data to demonstrate competition reach, and entries may be uploaded to a gallery in our virtual learning portal ZOOdle (learning.rzss.org.uk).
      8. You reserve the right to ask for any data to be destroyed via email request.