Cool seas comes back to school

Four lucky primary schools in Thanet will again be experiencing the delights of the life-size seals, dolphins and whales of the ‘Cool Seas’ roadshow, when it returns on Monday 29 March, thanks to the Thanet Coast Project.

The ‘Cool Seas’ roadshow will start on Monday 29 March, and is a spectacular marine wildlife learning experience for schools run by the Marine Conservation Society that has been brought back to Thanet schools by the Thanet Coast Project with support from the Big Lottery.

The Cool Seas Roadshow last visited Thanet in 2004 and has been touring primary and junior schools throughout the UK for the last few years. Andy Starbuck, the presenter, thrills pupils and teachers alike with his life-size, inflatable whales, dolphins, sharks, turtles, seals and porpoises. He runs a series of interactive role-plays with volunteers from the audience and explains the threats our marine wildlife face, and how we can all help in protecting these amazing creatures.

Thanet Coast Project Manager, Tony Child, said: “The Cool Seas Roadshow is a great way to bring our marine wildlife right into the classroom and to show the children how we should be looking after the marine wildlife from their point of view. It’s always a pleasure to be working with the Marine Conservation Society and this roadshow will inspire local children in marine life that’s just on our coastal doorstep.”

The schools hosting the roadshow are: St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School, Ramsgate; Newington Infant School, Ramsgate; Holy Trinity and St John’s Primary School, Margate and Cliftonville Primary school.

Further information about local marine wildlife can be found at the Thanet Coast Project website www.thanetcoast.org.uk or for more information on the Cool Seas Roadshow visit www.mcsuk.org