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SEGFLSEGFLDoing a Beach StudyDoing a Beach Study
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Aims for the ProjectAims for the Project
To ensure that children are having the opportunity to learn in a range of environments.
For children to know more about the living things that can be found in a beach habitat.
For children and teachers to use a range of ICT tools. For teachers to feel more confident about taking children to the
beach. For teachers to know more about the living things at the beach,
as well as what to do with children while there. For children to learn how to look after the beach environment.
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How the project was How the project was constructedconstructed
The teacher adviser for primary science made contact with:
Local nature organisations Local councils Environmental officer The marine conservation society Local schools who might be willing to host the
training day. ASK ICT team
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The picture of the project so The picture of the project so far…far…
3 areas of Kent will provide some CPD training on using the beach: Deal, Thanet and Whitstable.
2 coastal development officers will be leading two of the days, the remainder will be run by an environmental centre.
The MCS will aim to provide some form of support to each of the days.
2 coastal schools have agreed to be the hosts.
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Agenda for the CPDAgenda for the CPD
Contact details for individuals and organisations. Health and safety/risk assessments Planning the visit How we can safely organise the beach What can we do on the beach
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ContactsContacts Marine Conservation Society -http://www.mcsuk.org/info/contactus/contact+us Tom Hawkings – Canterbury City Coucil – Coastal Devlopment Officer.
[email protected] Tony Child – Thanet Coastal Project Officer – [email protected] Rippledown Enivonment Centre -Chris Luckhurst
Deputy Head of CentreRippledown HouseTel (01304) 364 854Email [email protected] www.rippledown.com
Reculver Centre (Kent Wildlife Trust) – Julie Tomsett – [email protected]
Richard Hayden, Senior Outdoor Education Adviser, KCC, Swattenden Centre 01580 715854 – [email protected]
Kate Phiilips – Countryside Partnerships Manager – 01622 221560 [email protected]
Andrew Berry – Teacher adviser for priamry science. [email protected]
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Health and Safety – Planning the Health and Safety – Planning the dayday
Every school should have a trained Education Visit Co-ordinator (EVC)
Outdoor Education Advisors (Richard Hayden and Niall) 01580 715854 ([email protected]) – BUT please use your EVC as these people are really busy!
If you intend to go into the sea or below the high water line (tide mark) this will be deemed as an ‘adventurous activity’ and so approval will need to be sought from the Outdoor Education Officer. You will need to allow them at least 6 weeks notice due to their workload. They will obviously consider staff competency and your assessment.
Risk Assessment – See generic risk assessment from their website (http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/UserFiles/CW/File/Policy/Outdoor_Education/Generic_Risk_Assessment/Coastal_Venue_Beach_Activity_0907.xls)
.See example from Joy Lane KCC will not recommend beaches – each school must do its own risk
assessment
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Other things to considerOther things to consider
Coast Guards – be courteous and inform coast guards so that they are aware that a group of children are working at the beach
Reculver Centre – If using the beaches around Reculver please inform the centre so that you can work together on the management of the children at the beach.
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Health and Safety – things to Health and Safety – things to considerconsider
1. Tides/currents/waves2. Shelving beaches3. Access4. Being cut off by high seas5. Drowning6. Falling rocks/cliffs7. Temperature8. Litter/pollution9. Sun/Wind burn10. Sand in eyes11. Other users – public/fishermen12. Student behaviour
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Risk Assessment form from KCCRisk Assessment form from KCChttp://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/UserFiles/CW/File/Policy/Outdoor_Edu
cation/Generic_Risk_Assessment/Coastal_Venue_Beach_Activity_0907.xls
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Additional Guidance on Risk Additional Guidance on Risk Assessment for working at the Assessment for working at the
beachbeach See the additional info on working on beaches from
the Outdoor Education Advisers:
http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/UserFiles/CW/File/Policy/Outdoor_Education/Additional_Guidance/Beach_Activities_0907.doc
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Planning for the tripPlanning for the trip
Check tide times – http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/tides/
Do a fresh risk assessment after visiting the beach. Check this with your EVC.
Ensure that you have an adequate number of adults.
Letter to parents/carers informing them about the trip– see example
Prepare resources to take to the beach.
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The actual dayThe actual day
Look at the example of a timetable for an afternoon trip to the beach.
Ensure you have a first aid kit. Include fresh water in case sand gets in eyes.
Ensure you have a dry soap for washing hands Make sure you have all your resources. Ensure each adult knows the children they are responsible for. Ensure all adults and children are well informed about: which
parts of the beach they are working on, their behaviour, risks (e.g. water, roads, sun/wind burn, cleaning hands, strangers), etc
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What to do on the beach – What to do on the beach – Identifying living thingsIdentifying living things
Set up a meeting station where you will have large containers of water, possibly a wet table, hand lenses and hand wipes.
Allow each group to have a container for collecting their animals – e.g. a cut down milk carton.
At intervals children can return to the meeting station to deposit any find and then they can use the identification materials.
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What to do on the beach – What to do on the beach – discussing the findsdiscussing the finds
1. Compare living things on the beach to living things on land.
2. Seaweeds – find different examples and identify where they have been found.
3. Talk about the different groups of animals and their adaptations to the environment.
4. Discuss and possibly act out being a food chain
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Animals to found on the beachAnimals to found on the beach
Porifera – sponges Cnidaria – Anemones, corals, hydroids, jellyfish Annelida – segmented worms Crustacea – crabs, lobsters, prawns, barnacles Mollusca – sea snails, sea slugs, bivalves, cuttlefish Bryozoa – sea mats Echinodermata – starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins,
sea cucumbers Chordata/tunicate – sea squirts Chordata/pisces – fish
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Identification ResourcesIdentification Resources
ASK – Rock Pool Identification Charts Thanet – there are id sheets for the chalky shore
(ThanetCoastProject/KentWildlifeTrust) – Tony Child Collins Pocket Guide -Seashore of Britain and
Europe, Peter Hayward, Tony Nelson-Smith & Chris Shields)
Websites.
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On-line resource – Coolseas by On-line resource – Coolseas by the MCSthe MCS
http://www.mcsuk.org/coolseas/home
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BBC Breathing SpacesBBC Breathing Spaces
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/breathingplaces/images/beachwatchguide.pdf
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What to do on the beach - Beach Clean
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Adopt a Beach
MCS Adopt-a-Beach and MCS Beachwatch are coastal environmental initiatives organised by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) involving local individuals, groups and communities in caring for their coastal environment.
The annual MCS Beachwatch event takes place on the 3rd weekend of September every year and the data collected is used for the annual MCS Beachwatch report.
MCS Adopt-a-Beach extends the monitoring to 4 times a year.
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MCS
Presenter Andy Starbuck thrills pupils and teachers alike when he introduces his life-size, inflatable whales, dolphins, sharks, turtles, seals and porpoises. Through a series of activities with volunteers from the audience, Andy explains the threats our marine wildlife faces and how we can all act to protect these amazing creatures.
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Marine Conservation SocietyMarine Conservation Society
Adopt a beach Beach clean Cool seas
www.mcsuk.org
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Back at school – what to doBack at school – what to do
Internet – find out more about the living things that were found.
Video-conferencing – use Flash meeting as a way of communicating with the experts and other schools that have been to the beaches.
Micro-site – create a micro-site showing the animals and plants that were found and information about them.
Create presentations.
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Follow up visit?
If possible, take the children again to the beach at a different time of the year, or to a contrasting habitat.
Note the difference in the animals and plants that were found.
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Shepway Centre
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Maidstone ME15 8AW
Tel: 01622 203800
Fax: 01622 670509
http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/ask/curriculumsubjects/ask_cs_science_pri_home.cfm