Extra Curricular Opportunities

Opportunities

With lockdown many organisations and venue are supplying online educational content for people to use. Below are some ideas that you could include with your online learning.

First Aid Course for Children - Mini First Aid are offering free first aid courses on Facebook at facebook.com/minifirstaid. These will be on Thursdays at 11am

Comic Relief - There are resources aimed at supporting Comic Relief here.

Met Office The Met Office have produced resources to help students understand how the weather works here . They have also produced a cartoon for Women in Science Day on 11th February here .

The National Marine Aquarium are giving lessons every Friday via their YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/NMAPlymouth Each week there will be two sessions;

The first 'Deep Science' (1:00pm to 1:20pm) will see our schools team using aquarium exhibits and our AquaLab to explore the science behind the animated ocean exploration tv series ‘The Deep’ (CBBC @12pm on weekdays during lockdown). Expect fascinating facts and real time experiments, as well as ideas to follow up with at home!

The second will be ‘Mermaid Tales’, which will air from 1:30 – 1:45pm and will involve a short story narrated by our resident mermaid, Marina - perfect timing before an afternoon nap, or as a gentle, relaxing start to the afternoon

Paignton Zoo have several resources available for you to use with students Wild at Home education activties Paignton Zoo

They will also be presenting an online lesson from the zoo at 11am on Friday 15th January. The latest one will be transmitted using Teams here School from the Zoo | Paignton Zoo

CPRE (The Countryside Charity) are having a start count week 6th-14th February. You can find out more information here Star Count: a lockdown-friendly stargazing activity for the whole family - CPRE

Looking for practical 'home science' activities to recommend to families? We have compiled a list of useful links here

LSO The London Symphony Orchestra has released a concert aimed at children and families called Space...but not as we know it.. They have links to the concert and resources here London Symphony Orchestra - ONLINE EVENT: Space ... but not as we know it (lso.co.uk)

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