SEGFL

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• SEGFL
• Doing a Beach Study

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Aims 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 constructed

• 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 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 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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Contacts

• Marine Conservation Society -http//www.mcsuk.org/
  info/contactus/contactus
• Tom Hawkings Canterbury City Coucil Coastal
  Devlopment Officer. Thomas.Hawkins_at_canterbury.gov.
  uk
• Tony Child Thanet Coastal Project Officer
  Tony.Child_at_thanet.gov.uk
• Rippledown Enivonment Centre -Chris
  LuckhurstDeputy Head of CentreRippledown
  HouseTel [phone]Email
  chris_at_rippledown.comWeb www.rippledown.com
• Reculver Centre (Kent Wildlife Trust) Julie
  Tomsett Julie.Tomsett_at_kentwildlife.org.uk
• Richard Hayden, Senior Outdoor Education Adviser,
  KCC, Swattenden Centre 01580 715854
  Richard.hayden_at_kent.gov.uk
• Kate Phiilips Countryside Partnerships Manager
  01622 221560 cmp_at_kent.gov.uk
• Andrew Berry Teacher adviser for priamry
  science. Andrew.berry_at_kent.gov.uk

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Health and Safety Planning the day

• Every school should have a trained Education
  Visit Co-ordinator (EVC)
• Outdoor Education Advisors (Richard Hayden and
  Niall) 01580 715854 (richard.hayden_at_kent.gov.uk)
  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/Generi
  c_Risk_Assessment/Coastal_Venue_Beach_Activity_090
  7.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 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 consider

1. Tides/currents/waves
2. Shelving beaches
3. Access
4. Being cut off by high seas
5. Drowning
6. Falling rocks/cliffs
7. Temperature
8. Litter/pollution
9. Sun/Wind burn
10. Sand in eyes
11. Other users public/fishermen
12. Student behaviour

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Risk Assessment form from KCChttp//www.kenttrust
web.org.uk/UserFiles/CW/File/Policy/Outdoor_Educat
ion/Generic_Risk_Assessment/Coastal_Venue_Beach_Ac
tivity_0907.xls
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Additional Guidance on Risk Assessment for
working at the beach

• See the additional info on working on beaches
  from the Outdoor Education Advisers
• http//www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/UserFiles/CW/File/P
  olicy/Outdoor_Education/Additional_Guidance/Beach_
  Activities_0907.doc

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Planning for the trip

• Check tide times  http//www.bbc.co.uk/weather/co
  ast/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 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 Identifying 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 discussing the finds

• Compare living things on the beach to living
  things on land.
• Seaweeds find different examples and identify
  where they have been found.
• Talk about the different groups of animals and
  their adaptations to the environment.
• Discuss and possibly act out being a food chain

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Animals 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 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 the MCS

• http//www.mcsuk.org/coolseas/home

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BBC 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 Society

• Adopt a beach
• Beach clean
• Cool seas
• www.mcsuk.org

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Back 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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Advisory Service Kent Shepway Centre Oxford
Road Maidstone ME15 8AW Tel [phone] Fax
01622 670509 http//www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/ask/cu
rriculumsubjects/ask_cs_science_pri_home.cfm