A future for us all
30/07/2022
At the Seal Research Trust, we work hard to ensure that our next generations have a future.
The Planet doesn’t need a Plan B…We do!
The planet is a lump of rock that will survive until something collides with it and then it will likely on shatter into smaller pieces. Humans on the other hand definitely need a plan B, C and so on! Without healthy thriving biodiversity we have no water, food or air! We have a few short years to make some staggering change to the way we ALL live our lives to minimise the already devastating impacts of Climate Change.
So, what are we doing about the Plan B for People?
We have recently developed a fledgling programme for schools and young people based groups and organisations. Our ‘Wonders of the Seal World’ package involves talking about our wonderful real seal stories to help create emotional connections to the sea. Then we share seals’ amazing superpowers and the impacts we are having on them through our daily lives at school, home, rest and play. We finish with the actions we can all take to solve the issues we face now and escalating into the future.
We have a range of activities with inclusive extension activities to suit a range of age groups, including families for schools to use alongside our beautiful 16 page activity booklets. All the input has been cross referenced to the UK National Curriculum Primary School Programmes of Study, but we adapt sessions to work equally well with Secondary Schools! Sessions can be as short as 20 minutes for an assembly. Class sessions can be anything from 30 minutes to an hour with lots of ideas for class teachers or families to follow up afterwards.
We have had amazing feedback from the sessions we have already run including:
Secondary School pupil feedback: Very friendly and eager to teach us. We now know how to help a seal. It was interesting, fun and I learned a lot. I loved learning about eco-friendly products and how you can identify seals. The speakers had great energy and made the talk thoroughly enjoyable. It was good to hear about little changes we can make to save the sea and seals. I loved it all! Secondary School staff feedback: Brilliant session. The most engaged I have seen the students. Nice videos that flow well. Resources are fantastic!
Primary School staff feedback from online sessions: Thank you for a thoroughly informative talk and for giving up your time. The children said they really enjoyed it and learned lots from it. Several children mentioned they owned the flying rings you detailed and vowed to not use them on the beach. The talk was very engaging, Sue was amazing and my class loved the activity packs that were kindly sent to us. Very informative, excellent knowledge from Sue and excellently pitched for the children’s ages.
SRT Rangers and Volunteers can deliver sessions face to face or online. Honestly, it is more cost effective and environmentally sound to deliver these sessions online and realistically, we have limited capacity to deliver face to face events and logistically we can only cover Cornwall. But ONLINE the sky is the limit! We can deliver sessions to multiple classes at the same time to groups anywhere in the world!
We need your help to spread the word!
So, can you suggest our ‘Wonders of the Seal World’ package to any local school or community group? Please tell everyone and if you get any interest, please share the link to this webpage. They can contact us directly to request a session by emailing seals@cornwallsealgroup.co.uk.
