Beach – Inspiring Norfolk

From Winterton to Happisburgh – Coastal Erosion

July 24, 2021

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Challenges at Home:

Create a new natural environment in your garden or home.
Primary school and pre-school children will enjoy making their own dunes at home.
Find out more about dunes.
Walk some of the Norfolk Coastal Path or explore some of the circular routes around the villages in the film.
Look at for terns when you are at the beach.

Challenges at School:

Create your dunes.
Find out more about the “Dynamic Dunescape” project.
Learn more about coastal management.
Find out about the 1953 floods.

RNLI – Beach Safety

July 16, 2021May 6, 2021

RNLI – Education Resources

Teach young people how to be safe near and in the water – and what to do if anything ever goes wrong. Free downloadable learning resources for water safety workshops and more.

rnli.org/youth-education/education-resources

Horsey Seals

July 16, 2021May 6, 2021

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Challenge at Home

Use a paper plate as a starting point to make a seal mask.
Find an old sock and create a seal puppet by using felt tipped pens and collage.
Seals can be found at other Norfolk beaches too.
Join in with organised beach litter picks to protect our wildlife.
Become a Friend of Horsey Seals.
What else can you spot at the beach?

Challenge at School

Science: Look at adaptation across the animal kingdom.
Why do the seals have so much body fat? Try some experiments linked to insulation.
How long do other animals look after their young for?
Food chain – where would the seal be?
English: Create a warning poster to remind visitors to the beach of how to behave.
Explore collective nouns and names of other animals and their young
Art: Create your own beach scene with a seal and its pup. Think about how you can add texture. You could add sand to your paint to make it more realistic.