Posts Tagged ‘darwin centre’

21 pupils from Ysgol Clydau and 18 from Wolfcastle community primary school recently visited the Welsh Wildlife Centre in Cilgerran.  The classes were each split into two groups, in the morning one group did woodland and meadow exploration with Clare Flynn whilst the other group took part in a pond dipping session.  After lunch the [...]

Roch CP @ Hilton Court Gardens

Today we took 21 pupils from Roch CP school for an exploration of Hilton Court.  The pupils took part in mini beast hunts and some pond dipping.  

Orangutan Man Of The Forest

The Darwin Centre launched its annual Manor House Wildlife Park lecture with Professor Mike Bruford from Cardiff University.  Professor Bruford explained about the conservation biology and management issues facing the Orangutan and the strategies for preserving what little genetic diversity is left.       The evening was a great success, many thanks to Manor [...]

17 pupil’s from St Oswald’s enjoyed a morning at Oakwood Theme Park.  We used a data logger to record their heart rates and temperature whilst riding on Tree Tops and Mega Fobia.  This field trip was followed up by a workshop back at the school looking at gravity, friction, air resistance and aerodynamics using Hot Wheels [...]

We spent two fun filled days at Sealyham Activity Centre last week with some young carers.  On Thursday we took the primary school pupils to Sealyham for some camp craft and sailing.  Then on Friday the secondary school pupils went coasteering at Abereiddy followed by some rock climbing.

Come and join us at Manor House Wildlife Park on Thursday 26th April for a lecture on Orangutans by Professor Mike Bruford from Cardiff University.  The cafe opens at 6pm for hot drinks, wine and snacks.  The lecture will start at 7pm.  Places are limited, booking is essential.

Manor House Wildlife Park

  Over two days 67 pupils from Broad Haven school visited Manor House Wildlife Park.  The morning was spent with one of their zoo keepers who kindly showed us around and answered all of our animal questions.  The afternoon was spent on a bug hunt around the Manor House gardens, the pupils examined all of [...]

Time For Some Rock Pooling

This week we have started our rock pooling season with school groups.  Portfield school came with us to Lydstep Haven and Broad Haven school searched their local beach for lots of different creatures.  

Science Aglow

Over one hundred pupils from four different schools attended our Science Aglow event as part of National Science and Engineering Week 2012.  The pupils each took part in four workshops provided by the Marine Conservation Society, Eco Centre Wales, Silent World To You and Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.  The day ended with a fantastic presentation by Sarah Beynon [...]