Ocean School provides students of all ages with the opportunity to explore, investigate, protect and ENJOY their beaches. Empowering them to recognise and react to the threats that face OUR oceans in their own way.
From interactive biology in the coastal habitats and mini-ecosystems (presented in wonderful 3D in rock pools and strandlines) to the simple, yet vital citizenship lessons in hard work and collective action that a volunteer beach clean provides our beaches are literally the greatest classroom on earth.
Our beaches and oceans provide a multitude of wonderful, real-life lessons that can be reflected and connected to the national curriculum.
Ocean School has been designed to link to key curriculum subjects for KS1 – 3. The opportunity to link the Ocean School experience with the classroom objectives of mainstream education is powerful.
“I can’t express how impressed I was with the whole organisation, resources and effort you all put in! You were fab at reading the children’s needs and made the session work around them. We all had a great time and learnt a lot!
Your teachers pack is great to use and I am using it to plan lessons to deepen and embed the children’s learning from the session”- Emeline Goodall, Teacher, Veryan School
This is our ocean!
WELCOME TO OCEAN SCHOOL – Shoes and socks off, trousers rolled up. First things first, it’s time to feel the sand and sea between our toes as students explore their ‘ocean classroom’
PUPIL POWER PRESENTATION – Engage, Enrage, EMPOWER! From plastic pollution to climate emergency, we discuss why Ocean School is so important and challenge students to ensure they have the evidence, information and inspiration they’ll need to be effective Ocean Activists!
The power of Citizen Science!
BEACH CLEAN – Hands on action. Time to tackle the problem first hand. Kitted out with beach clean gloves and buckets students will work together to collect as much plastic pollution (AKA evidence!) as they can.
OCEAN PLASTIC SURVEYING – Understanding and evidencing the problem! Students enter our Ocean Lab where they will work in research teams to categorise, analyse and report on the types and amounts of ocean plastic pollution that they find.
Exploring our habitats and ecosystems!
FOOD CHAIN CHALLENGE – Exploring marine ecosystems through noisy play. Everyone gets moving again with our giant interactive game where students will challenge each other to ocean life themed ROCK – PAPER – SCISSOR duels to explore how our marine food chains function.
HABITAT ADVENTURE – Recognising human impact on marine habitats. From rock pools to rivers, we head out on an adventure where students will connect what we’ve learnt about the threats to the health of our oceans with the plants and animals that have made this dynamic environment their home.
We are #GENERATIONSEA!
VOICE OF THE OCEAN – Students now work together to create their own ocean protection protest artworks. Expressing facts, feelings and ocean protection messages. Using their artworks as a visual aid, students will be ‘given the floor’ to express their feelings, findings and ideas for change in their own way.
OCEAN PROTECTORS GRADUATION –We never ask a student to take an action that doesn’t have a purpose, so we need to capture all their ocean protection evidence. Then it’s time to celebrate with a noisy ‘Ocean Activist’ graduation ceremony!
Each of our awesome education delivery teams receive an Ocean School facilitators manual, inspiring and equipping them to feel comfortable and confident in delivering Ocean School sessions with students of all ages and abilities at a wide variety of beaches and coastal locations.
Whilst we aren’t yet making this available to all we will be releasing some Ocean School resources, stories and tasks in the coming weeks so keep your eyes peeled!
