The Lights of Plymouth Sound Workshop & CPD
This 90-minute Upper Key Stage Two workshop combines practical science experimentation with maritime lore; decoding the language, learning the meaning, and exploring the history of the buoys that light up the waters of Plymouth Sound at night. Along the way students will discover a fascinating part of Plymouth’s hidden history, and put the National Curriculum principles of electricity and circuitry to the test, before going beyond the curriculum to explore the role of renewable energy in our daily lives and future.
Resources from the session will then be left with the school so the workshop can be repeated by yourselves for other classes and for years to come.
After the workshop, a member of the OCT education team will spend an hour with your teachers in a bespoke Continuing Professional Development (CPD) session about bringing the ocean into the classroom. Your CPD will provide ideas and practical advise on how and why blue education can be incorporated into the existing curriculum.
Terms and Conditions
- Bookings will be taken on a first come first served basis.
- Offer limited to schools with a PL1-9 postcode.
- A minimum of 3 teachers or support staff will be required to attend the CPD session.
- The workshop will be delivered by the OCT to a single Upper Key Stage Two class.
- A resource pack will be left with the school to deliver the session to other classes by your own teachers.
- Should you need to reschedule your session please contact the OCT learning team with as much notice as possible. Less than 1 week notice may result in the session not being rescheduled.
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This 90-minute Upper Key Stage Two workshop combines practical science experimentation with maritime lore; decoding the language, learning the meaning, and exploring the history of the buoys that light up the waters of Plymouth Sound at night. Along the way students will discover a fascinating part of Plymouth’s hidden history, and put the National Curriculum principles of electricity and circuitry to the test, before going beyond the curriculum to explore the role of renewable energy in our daily lives and future.
Resources from the session will then be left with the school so the workshop can be repeated by yourselves for other classes and for years to come.
After the workshop, a member of the OCT education team will spend an hour with your teachers in a bespoke Continuing Professional Development (CPD) session about bringing the ocean into the classroom. Your CPD will provide ideas and practical advise on how and why blue education can be incorporated into the existing curriculum.
Terms and Conditions
- Bookings will be taken on a first come first served basis.
- Offer limited to schools with a PL1-9 postcode.
- A minimum of 3 teachers or support staff will be required to attend the CPD session.
- The workshop will be delivered by the OCT to a single Upper Key Stage Two class.
- A resource pack will be left with the school to deliver the session to other classes by your own teachers.
- Should you need to reschedule your session please contact the OCT learning team with as much notice as possible. Less than 1 week notice may result in the session not being rescheduled.
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