![]() A year pass to the National Marine Aquarium.Face to face with some stunning Ocean animals.The aquarium boasts one of the biggest tanks in Europe and. 20 minutes immersive experience in our purpose-built snorkel-pen 25 reviews of National Marine Aquarium This is a great place to visit for people of all ages.Top of the tank behind the scenes access and viewing.Animal introduction with a Marine Biologist in front of the exhibit.All those who book must be competent swimmers. All participants must be over 10+ years of age, and at least one adult (18+) will need to accompany and be responsible for anyone under 16 in the snorkel-pen. We have had some incredible feedback and we know that in this context, teachers and families have been really grateful for the opportunity to have experiences like this.Experience the Aquarium’s biggest tank from the inside! Climb into our snorkel-pen and immerse yourself amongst animals such as stingrays, sharks and even a cheeky Green Turtle too! You’ll have the best view in the Aquarium as you plunge into a snorkel experience like no other. He added: “You’ve got one eye on the present and one eye on the future at the moment. Given the hugely positive reaction from teachers and families about what the aquarium has been able to offer, Stu hopes that as well as welcoming back school visits in person in the future, that children from across the country - perhaps too far away to come in person - will still be able to access resources and experiences virtually. It was the best that we could have done and it was a really positive experience, we’re trying to find others now.” “We haven’t been able to do any trips so it made it all a bit more real. Sam Birch, Year 3 form tutor, Pinewood Junior School ![]() But do so something so different, that almost took them out of the classroom, was so wonderful.” “At the moment the children are sitting there at home and teachers are trying their best to keep the lessons interesting. But it was absolutely faultless and the feedback from parents and children was fantastic. The guide had such good energy and kept the children really engaged for the two hours. ![]() Year 3 form tutor Sam Birch explained: “We were slightly nervous about it at first because we had 45 homes with home-schooled children involved on Zoom. Pinewood Junior School in Shrivenham, Wiltshire, organised a virtual tour for their Year 3 pupils. The National Aquarium is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire conservation of the world's aquatic treasures. The aquarium’s resident ‘mermaid’ Marina narrates a short story live each week to focus on wellbeing. Just over 50,000 people tuned into the first broadcast, Underwater Volcanoes and the team received numerous comments from both teachers and parents about how much the children had engaged with the session streamed on the aquarium’s YouTube channel. Stu said he was overwhelmed at the response when they began advertising their Friday lockdown sessions. There have definitely been things to consider along the way and we have had to adapt and respond to changing situations.” We wanted it to be as simple as possible. “We had to think about how we’d maintain those connections. We originally set it up with Microsoft Teams but we had to go back to the drawing board in January when we realised we were potentially going to have hundreds of children connecting from home. “It has been an interesting journey and of course with any new project, there are teething issues. Stu Higgs, schools programme manager, National Marine Aquarium “As a nation we have come into this new way of being and we wanted to find a way to still being able to connect with our audiences.” “Schools want interesting things for the children to connect with. We began developing the virutal programme back in September 2020 and recently, we have really stepped it up.” “Before the summer we had a focus group of teachers to work out what would be the most important thing for virtual sessions – in terms of duration, the content, the balance between the curriculum, the environment and the wellbeing. “Education is part of the DNA of the organisation - we are keen to support personal development as well as academic studies. Stu Higgs, schools programme manager, explains how they adapted: “To give context, during an average year we have about 27,000 school visitors to the aquarium.
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