“Milford Haven Port Authority’s 50th Anniversary gives schools
the chance to investigate their waterway”
Celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2008, Milford Haven Port Authority
has developed a programme of exciting field events with the Darwin
Centre, enabling several local schools to investigate and celebrate the
waterway.
Pembroke Dock Community School kicked off a series of exciting field
events for Junior schools recently. The field events, coordinated by the
Darwin Centre, are led by Sid Howells (Countryside Council for Wales)
and take the pupils on a journey from Blackpool Mill to Angle Bay.
The groups will stop along the Estuary and examine the formation of the
waterway and its importance to the area through history to the present
day. St. Francis RC and Haverfordwest VC, will all also be experiencing
the information packed field trip. Following the fieldwork, Darwin
Festival Coordinator Marten Lewis will visit the schools and help them
develop an investigative science project, for assessment via the British
Association for the Advancement of Science BA CREST Awards.
Says Darwin Science Festival Co-ordinator Marten Lewis, "Using the
outdoors as a classroom is key to all the Darwin Science Festival's
aims, working with MHPA and Sid Howells will allow over 75 pupils to
really experience the waterway as never before."
He continues "Darwin is very pleased to be delivering such an
informative programme, and would like to thank MHPA for inviting us on
board in such a special year for them.”
Projects will be presented at an event in the newly refurbished Torch
Theatre on 14th March, where the pupils will take part workshops led by
organisations involved in conservation on and around the Haven.
The collaborative programme has been developed through Milford Haven
Port Authority’s Community Initiative.
Photcaption: Pupils and Staff of Pembroke Dock Community School, Sid
Howells (CCW), Marten Lewis and Debbie Allen (Darwin Centre), Claire
Palmer (MHPA)
For further information, please contact:
Claire Palmer
Community Officer
Milford Haven Port Authority
01646 696157
claire.palmer@mhpa.co.uk
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