Children take to the sea for their ocean learning

More than 30 pupils from Leigham Primary School went on a boat trip in Plymouth Sound as part of their Ocean Conservation Curriculum.

The children are all ‘Ocean Champions’, selected to represent their class because of their passion for the environment and ocean conservation. The boat trip, on Silverline Cruise’s Silver Crest, was made possible thanks to Southwest Seadream Education’s project to help local communities celebrate their local maritime heritage, using National Lottery Heritage Funding.

Dr Juliette Jackson, who founded Seadream Education, said: “It’s so important that we inspire children to be passionate about the world around them. The ocean supports all life on earth, and on the boat trip we took plankton samples and looked at the start of the marine food chain.

“As well as the rich wildlife, we learnt about lots of places of heritage importance, such as Plymouth Breakwater, Mayflower Steps, Smeaton’s Tower and Drakes Island.”

Every child in the school from age three right up to age 11 spent the last week of