June 8 is World Oceans Day, the United Nations day for celebrating the role of the oceans in our everyday life and inspiring action to protect the ocean and sustainably use marine resources.
On this page you will find a wide range of ideas and resources to celebrate and explore World Oceans Day 2020.
Scroll down to find:
Scroll down to find:
- Tasks from Polwhele teachers
- The itinerary from 'World Oceans Day for Schools 2020' - lots of events to enjoy!
- Information and ideas from Dr Jo Henley, the Senior Lecturer at Falmouth University for BA (Hons) Marine and Natural History Photography.
- Video links for 8 June for artists, storytellers, scientists and other inspirational people for different ways to delve deeper into the world of the sea.
- Other resources and ideas
Download the Powerpoint of tasks.
Click on the fish to read about each activity.
What will you choose to do?
Click on the fish to read about each activity.
What will you choose to do?
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Elizabeth, our pupil ‘Head of School’ & editor of the pupil newspaper has created and set these interesting writing tasks for each class.
Written outcomes will be published in a special edition of the school newspaper about World Oceans Day 2020. Please email all writing outcomes to Mrs Mckeown and Mrs Topsey-Eaton. 
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Find these exciting learning moments on
8 June 2020 at World Ocean Day for Schools.
https://worldoceanday.school/
8 June 2020 at World Ocean Day for Schools.
https://worldoceanday.school/
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Polwhele House is very lucky to have Dr Jo Henley helping us with this special event. Dr Jo Henley is a Senior Lecturer at Falmouth University for BA (Hons) Marine and Natural History Photography. Below you will find her ideas for exploring World Ocean Day 2020. Thank you, Dr Henley, for sharing your wonderful ideas with us! If you would like to find out more about Dr Henley please see: Website https://www.sciartsolutions.com/projects Falmouth University: https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/staff/dr-joanna-henley |
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WOD ideas:
- Maybe like the #iamocean collective you could wear blue for the day (see image below)
- Watch an ocean epic film, such as Moana, or an episode of the Blue Planet/ a marine themed episode of Our Planet or a Ted Talk e.g. by Ocean Ramsey
- Read an ocean themed book e.g. The Big Book of Blue (Yuval Zommer), Ocean of Life (Callum Roberts) or What you should know about Sharks (Ocean Ramsey)
- Take some local action for the oceans - join Surfers Against Sewage in there #GenerationSea campaign or by signing their new UK water quality petition #EndSewagePollution, launching next week
- Or take it global and join one of World Oceans Day events (address below) or take the ocean quiz by the Two Ocenas Aquarium https://www.aquarium.co.za/blog/entry/two-oceans-aquarium-marine-masterminds-quiz-competition they also have loads of other resources on their site
- Campaign to get your school to be part of the European Blue Schools movement: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/maritimeforum/en/node/4510
- Learn the 7 principles of ocean literacy (how many did you know already?) https://www.mba.ac.uk/ocean-literacy
- Look into the work of the Marine Co Lab - they have some cool films and resources on their site https://marinecolab.org/
- Make better seafood choices or try a more sustainable choice for supper https://www.cornwallgoodseafoodguide.org.uk/
Join these inspirational speakers and artists for crafts, stories and activities on 8 June 2020.
More of these wonderful videos which will go live on 8 June can be found on the World Ocean Day for Schools website.
More of these wonderful videos which will go live on 8 June can be found on the World Ocean Day for Schools website.
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Blue Yoga with Natalie Fox - explore how water and oxygen work in the body.
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Lauren Davies reads her book 'Little Turtle Turns the Tide'.
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Create sea creatures art with Street Artist Midnight.
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Join international award winning photographer Mandy Barker as she shares her work with marine plastic debris & sets you a challenge to create your own piece of micro plastic art.
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Learn how to animate water using simple techniques and easy to use free software.
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Laura Hamm from Fabled gives you all the tools you need to create your own ocean story in this video workshop.
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Complete the Sea Monkey plastic education comic book and become a part of the Sea Monkey Crew!
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Kaimiloa project takes you into the ocean to learn all about the waves and dig into communities from different places and times that enjoyed surfing just like you! Get inspired, imagine and design your surfboard.
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Learn about great hammerhead sharks and make your own hammerhead shark from a toilet paper roll.
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Author and wildlife expert, Sarah Roberts, reads her book ' Somebody Swallowed Stanley' and shares animal facts, in this mini lesson on ocean plastic.
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Enjoy some yoga as part of your World Oceans Day activities
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Download and read 'Treasures of the Deep'.
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Think about the marvellous, magical ocean whilst colouring in these mindfulness illustrations:
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Dive into a musical underwater world and get swept away in the aquatic feeling of the music by Saint Saens & Debussy.
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Camille Saint-Saëns - October 09, 1835 - December 16, 1921
Born in France. Part of the Romantic Music period. Like Mozart, Camille Saint-Saëns was a child prodigy. At 2½ he could pick out tunes on the piano; at the age of 3 he composed his first piece; and by 7 he was giving public concerts as a pianist and organist. When he was 10, he made his public debut and offered to play any one of Beethoven's 32 sonatas from memory. He had total recall of anything he had ever read. Saint-Saëns was also a conductor, critic, music scholar, teacher and composer. Working in Paris, he founded a society that supported an entire new generation of French composers. Despite these talents, he never quite lived up to expectations. While he composed operas, none were very popular. His style of music was traditional and conservative and for the most part followed Classical traditions. His best-known works are several concertos, an organ symphony and The Carnival of the Animals. |
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Claude Debussy - August 22, 1862 - March 25, 1918
Impressionist Period Born in France Claude Debussy really had a double first name: Achille-Claude. He was born in a suburb of Paris, and it was his aunt who first noticed how musical he was. She got him started taking piano lessons. When he was only ten, Debussy started studying at the very strict Paris Conservatory. As a child, Debussy was fascinated by visual art, and as he grew up, he loved the new style called "Impressionism." Instead of painting realistic, lifelike paintings with hard outlines, Impressionists used thousands of dots, or many different shades of color to create the "impression" of what they wanted to depict. Debussy took that idea and applied it to music, creating Impressionism in music. |
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Make an Ocean Drum from recycled materials
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Listen to the3engineers rhyming story about plastic in seas and environmental issues.
'Plastic Story Audiobook'.
https://www.the3engineers.com
'Plastic Story Audiobook'.
https://www.the3engineers.com
Find out about the Mariana Trench by reading this comic strip created by National Geographic Kids.
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This primary resource from Nat Geo Kids introduces children to an environment very different from their own — the deep ocean ecosystem of the Mariana Trench, in the Pacific Ocean.
Discover more about this little-known environment — the deepest part of the ocean — using a fun, comic book-style resource.
What kinds of creatures live in the deepest part of the ocean? How was the Mariana Trench created? How have humans managed to explore this environment?
Discover more about this little-known environment — the deepest part of the ocean — using a fun, comic book-style resource.
What kinds of creatures live in the deepest part of the ocean? How was the Mariana Trench created? How have humans managed to explore this environment?
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Read about '10 different ways to reuse plastic bottles' - it may inspire you to reuse some of your bottles at home!
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Find out more about the oceans and seas, aquatic and marine life and pollution by reading these colourful presentations. Learn new facts and information!
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